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In a monumental step for animal welfare, the UK’s Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill passed through the final stages to become law yesterday (7 April 2022). The passing of this Bill is a historic moment for animal welfare as it marks the first-time animals like lobsters, crabs, shrimp, octopus, cuttlefish and squid are protected this way in law.

UK Sentience Bill passes final stages to recognise decapod and cephalopod sentience by law

Crustacean Compassion

On 23 December 2021, German retailer Kaufland made a commitment to end the sale of live carp in Slovakia, taking effect in January 2022. The commitment was made following a dialogue with our member, Humánny Pokrok.

Kaufland commits to end the sale of live carp in Slovakia

14 January 2022

Humánny Pokrok

In an ongoing campaign and petition, GAIA is calling on the three regional Ministers for Animal Welfare in Belgium to introduce a ban on the cooking of live lobsters, as is already the case in Switzerland, as well as a ban on cutting lobsters in half.

GAIA calls for ban of live cooking of lobsters

2 December 2021

A UK Government-commissioned study has recognised the sentience of decapods and cephalopods, leading to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill being extended to recognise animals such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp, octopus, cuttlefish and squid as sentient beings.

Decapods and cephalopods to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law

23 November 2021

Animal welfare and the future of farming is the topic at the heart of the conference organized by La Fondation Droit Animal, Éthique et Sciences on October 22, 2020 at the Grand Amphithéâtre de la Sorbonne (Paris 5th).

Conference on 22 October: Animal welfare and the future of farming

21 September 2020

Understanding the psychological and socioeconomic motivations behind fish consumption could help to guide consumers towards more “sustainable” options.

‘Sustainable’ Fish Consumption: A Psychological and Socioeconomic Model

They are sentient beings with rich emotional lives, yet we subject them to experimental cruelty without conscience. Why?

Rats are us

Gene-edited pigs and brain implants are blurring the lines of what it means to be human, so our morals and laws may need to change to include beings that are “substantially human”.

Should animals with human genes or organs be given human rights?

As the first country in the world, Danish law now recognizes that all animals are sentient beings.

Denmark's pioneering new animal welfare law

17 February 2020

Dyrenes Beskyttelse

In order to give animals the status of sentient beings, the 60th Legislature of Mexico unanimously approved the opinion with the addition of various paragraphs to article 18 of the State Political Constitution.

Mexico recognizes that animals are sentient beings

12 November 2019

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