“We are fed up!” demonstration in Berlin
They went to the streets to stand up for a sustainable Common Agriculture Policy and healthy food suitable for the next generations. More than 100 organisations joined the demonstration, as well as 35,000 protesters including 170 tractors driven by organic farmers from all over Germany. Protesters gathered to ask the German agriculture minister, Julia Klöckner, to guarantee fair financial distribution of the CAP-money in accordance with the principle “public money for public goods”, and therefore to reward those farmers who protect the environment and the wellbeing of their animals.
35.000 Menschen – danke für eure riesige Unterstützung!
So haben wir am Wochenende in Berlin gemeinsam auf der “Wir haben es satt” – Demo protestiert. #WHES2019 https://t.co/zOAiM8nN4j pic.twitter.com/SdliRVo62C— Tierschutzbund (@tierschutz_bund) January 21, 2019
At the demonstration, Thomas Schröder, president of Deutscher Tierschutzbund, pointed out that we need stricter laws to protect farm animals and that a national animal welfare label, as it is planned right now by the German government, shall not be an excuse to not adjust the legal framework. In other words, an animal welfare label should be part of an overall concept to improve animal welfare.
Danke an alle Unterstützer heute auf der #WHES19
Auch @Stefan_Eck_MEP unterstützt #endthecageage in Berlin
Unterstütze auch du unsere Petition https://t.co/Pqj0S6VZQv pic.twitter.com/PrFObueVEC— VIER PFOTEN (@VIERPFOTEN) January 19, 2019
VIER PFOTEN highlighted the urgent need to “End the Cage Age” for all animals in Europe’s agricultural sector with a truck showing digital images. Rüdiger Jürgensen, the German Country Director, said: “We are fighting hard to free animals from unacceptable keeping conditions that increasing numbers of Europeans find objectionable and repulsive.”
The demonstration took place for the ninth time and the high number of participants shows once more that people care, sending a strong signal to decision-makers now that the CAP is being renegotiated.