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Published 13/10/2021News
Published 13/10/2021
Celebrating World Cage-free Day
Today, on World Cage Free day, we reflect on the tragic lives of hundreds of millions of farmed animals in industrial farms. Every year over 300 million animals in Europe spend all, or a significant part, of their lives imprisoned in cages.
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Published 10/03/2021
EU Parliament set to develop a position on fish welfare
On 3 March 2021, Portuguese Member of the European Parliament Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA) presented a proposal for the European Parliament to take a position on fish welfare in aquaculture through a so-called own-initiative report.
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Published 08/03/2021
EU intervenes in crisis of cattle stranded at sea for over two months
The EU has intervened to put diplomatic pressure to reduce the suffering of animals, who have been stranded at sea for over two and a half months.
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Published 04/01/2021
Why World’s First Approval For Cultured Meat Is Good For Us All
In early December, San Francisco-based Food tech company, Eat Just, Inc., announced that it had been given the go-ahead to sell its cultured chicken in Singapore, writes Philip Lymbery.
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Published 13/11/2020
Friday the 13th is a lucky day for Czech hens!
Millions of laying hens in Czechia will no longer be confined in cruel cages from 2027! Today, on Friday the 13th, the Czech upper house of Parliament voted to confirm the ban on cages passed by the lower house in September.
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Published 20/10/2020
We denounce EU Parliament shenanigans around farm subsidies vote
Today, 20 October 2020, the EU Parliament is voting on amendments to EU farm subsidies scheme, the Common Agricultural Policy, which were fast-tracked through dirty political shenanigans, without proper debate.
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Published 08/10/2020
Stop the veggie burger ban!
Today, 8 October 2020, we wrote to Members of the European Parliament to express our deep concern about a proposal to ban calling plant-based products 'burgers', which will be voted on in two weeks' time.
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Published 18/09/2020
White smoke from Warsaw! Poland set to ban fur farming
At 2 AM this morning, the Polish lower chamber of Parliament voted to ban fur farming! The law, which won a monumental battle, will also ban ritual slaughter for exports and the use of wild animals in circuses.
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Published 16/09/2020
Victory! Czechia bans cages for hens, now EU must follow
Today, the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic banned cages for laying hens from 2027. Compassion in World Farming welcomes this progress, as well as the commitment of Czech policy-makers to push for an EU-level ban.
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Published 02/07/2020
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.
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