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MEPs call for EU food strategy to promote plant-rich diets
Today, on 10 September 2021, two powerful European Parliament committees called on the European Commission to promote healthy plant-rich diets as part of a sustainable EU food strategy.
Read moreEU exports of animals by sea pose public health risks
The increasing number of animals exported from the EU by sea is posing serious risks to animal welfare and the environment. In Europe, dead animals are repeatedly washed ashore on several beaches.
Read moreEU Commission makes a big step for farmed animals, committing to ban cages
Today, the European Commission made a historic commitment to phase out cages in animal farming across the EU. It plans to prohibit cages for hens, mother pigs, calves, rabbits, ducks, geese and other farmed animals.
Read moreScientists including Dr Jane Goodall call for EU to promote healthier diets, not animal products
An international group of over 60 scientists today called on the European Commission to shift its funding for food advertisements away from animal products and towards healthier and more sustainable plant-based diets.
Read moreOverwhelming support by EU Parliament for ban on cages for farmed animals
Today, the European Parliament urged the European Commission to make cages for farmed animals illegal across the European Union by 2027, adopting a resolution on the ‘End the Cage Age‘ European Citizens’ Initiative.
Read moreEU must stop paying for ads for animal products
The EU gives millions of euros each year for marketing campaigns with the purpose of increasing our consumption of animal products made in the EU. We are calling on the European Commission to revise this absurd policy.
Read moreEU Parliament’s Agriculture Committee calls for ban on caged farming
The European Parliament’s agriculture committee today called on the European Commission to propose legislation on banning the caging of farmed animals.
Read moreFish welfare included for the first time in EU guidelines for underwater farms
This week, the European Commission published its new guidelines on fish and seafood farms, which set out standard priorities and targets to ensure the sector is run and developed sustainably.
Read moreMotherhood film highlights cruelty of cages
We have commissioned a new short film, Motherhood, about life in intensive pig farms, created by Dutch filmmaker Eline Helena Schellekens and editor Kate Morgan.
Read more101 MEPs push Commission to keep its promise to end caged farming
101 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from across the political spectrum have called for a phaseout of cages in animal farming.
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