#Act4 AnimalsEU Want to help Stop Pandemics and make Europe a safer and better place for animals and humans? Our ‘Stop Pandemics – Start here’ campaign 9 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife The COVID-19 crisis has prompted decision makers to clamp down on the legal and illegal trade of exotic animals in the EU. MEPs support call for an EU Positive List of species allowed as pets 8 April 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Did you know that hundreds of millions of animals in the EU are still kept in cages, either for their entire lives or prolonged periods of time? Find out what’s on the horizon for animals at the EP this week 7 October 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Tomorrow, Eurogroup for Animals will launch its VoteforAnimals2019 campaign to put animal welfare at the heart of the next European elections. VoteForAnimals2019 offers opportunity for MEP candidates to (re)connect with citizens and win votes 13 February 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Pets On Tuesday 20 November the premiere of the new film “A dog’s life – The homeless dogs of Romania” will be held at the European Parliament in Brussels (19h). The event is hosted by MEP Stefan Eck and co-organised by the Intergroup for the Welfare and Conservation of Animals and Eurogroup for Animals. A dog’s life – The homeless dogs of Romania 29 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today the European Parliament almost unanimously adopted a Resolution urging the European Commission to improve the welfare of broiler chickens as a prerequisite to reduce the sector’s dependency on antibiotics, which is increasingly threatening human health. European Parliament’s plenary urges Commission to improve broiler chicken welfare and public health 25 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today, the European Parliament hosted the first ever high level political event, ‘Seizing the Day for Fish Welfare’, gathering fish professionals and political stakeholders to discuss the welfare of fish. EU citizens and leading fish stakeholders demand better welfare for fish 6 June 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Parliament today expressed itself for the first time on the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and emphasised the strong position it sees for animal welfare in the future of food and farming. European Parliament sees stronger position for animal welfare in future CAP 30 May 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU The European Parliament has today approved a Resolution on the framework of the future relationship between the EU and UK, post Brexit. This comes ahead of the negotiations on the long term relationship, where the Parliament will have a final say. MEPs vote to prevent deregulation in animal welfare post Brexit 14 March 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands are the world’s largest importers of kangaroo meat with annual totals up to 1,000 tons of meat, equivalent to approximately 1 million animals [1]. EU to act responsibly on import of cruel and contaminated kangaroo meat 6 March 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Large carnivores are charismatic species. Wolves, bears, lynxes and wolverines are top predators that are starting to return to regions where they were completely wiped out by hunters in the past. Achieving coexistence with large carnivores in the EU 26 February 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Pets At the Brussels premiere of ‘A Dog’s Life’ in the European Parliament, viewers were exposed to the inhumane conditions that hundreds of dogs have to endure behind the closed door of shelters in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “‘A Dog’s Life’ – The strays of Sarajevo” New docu-film to prompt European leadership on humane treatment of stray animals 30 January 2018 Eurogroup for Animals