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Victory! U.S. state of Colorado bans cages for hens
On 1 July 2020, the U.S. State of Colorado banned all cage confinement of egg-laying hens! This goes well beyond what the law requires in the EU, where over 200 million hens are still in cages.
Read moreGreat news! MEPs voted for new Committee on animal transport
Today, 19 June 2020, the EU Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry on animal transport. We are delighted with the outcome of the vote!
Read moreLegendary Jane Goodall to speak on pandemics, wildlife and intensive animal farming
On 2 June 2020, wildlife Jane Goodall will speak at the online conference: ‘Pandemics, wildlife and intensive animal farming,’ which we are hosting together with seven Members of the European Parliament.
Read moreSave bees and farmers across Europe now!
The European Citizens' Initiative "Save bees and farmers," which Compassion in World Farming supports, aims to collect a million signatures to end the use of synthetic pesticides across Europe.
Read moreMembers of the EU Parliament call for a meat tax
Today, we had a full room in the European Parliament to discuss the true price of meat! With MEPs, NGOs & business representatives, we spoke about the need for a sustainability charge on meat and animal products.
Read moreEU ministers made a New Year’s resolution to improve the lives of animals
Ahead of the holiday season, EU ministers gave a gift to animals by making a political commitment to improve their lives. The Council of the EU adopted today Conclusions, calling for sustainable animal production.
Read moreWe caught some MEPs in a fishing net
On 12 November 2019, nine Members of the European Parliament from across the political spectrum opened an exhibition on fish and their wonderful world.
Read moreFlexing muscles in rainy Brussels, MEPs call for a ban on cages
On 8 October 2019, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), public interest organisations, and EU citizens urged the European Commission to respond to the biggest ever concerted effort to improve the welfare of farmed animals across Europe.
Read moreRecord-breaking European Citizens’ Initiative calls on the EU to ban cages
The largest European petition ever for farm animal welfare has just closed on 12 September 2019, breaking the record for balanced representation of voices across the EU.
Read moreInvestigation uncovers dairy calves raised in breach of EU law
Our new undercover investigation released today exposes some incidents of EU law infringement, such as calves completely unable to see and touch each other and calves around three to four months old being kept in pens that were small for them.
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