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The European Food Safety Authority publishes its recommendations to improve animal welfare during transport. We welcome the new research but we would have hoped for stronger recommendations given that the evidence of animal suffering is there.

EFSA scientific opinions on the welfare of animals during transport

7 September 2022

The Italian coalition in support of End the Cage Age - the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) calling for an end to the caging of animals reared for food - released a new investigation today carried out in seven Italian rabbit farms. The coalition calls on the Italian government to urgently introduce a national ban on cage farming and support the EU Commission's commitment.

New investigation documents the conditions of rabbits bred for meat in Italy: crowded and injured in battery cages

Today, we are releasing our last demand as part of our campaign “No Animal Left Behind” focusing on the billions of animals left unprotected by our current EU legislation: Fish, turkeys, dairy and beef cattle, sheep and goats, ducks and geese, quails and farmed rabbits… the list seems endless. The review of our animal welfare laws is long overdue, and we need to make sure that this time, no animal is left behind in the process.

No Animal Left Behind: Why every animal deserves protection and care

6 September 2021

Today (15th April 2021), the European Parliament held a three-hour public hearing on the End the Cage Age European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which was warmly welcomed by the three European Commissioners present during the debate. A large number of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) made interventions and, overall, the ECI received overwhelming support.

Time to End the Cage Age - a ban on cages for farmed animals receives overwhelming support at EU Parliament hearing

This morning, close to 500 brands and animal protection organisations sent an open letter to the EU Parliament, Commission and Council calling on them to uphold the cosmetics regulation bans.

Animal protection organisations and cosmetics brands defend animal testing bans

2 December 2020

Following calls from EU authorities for cosmetics ingredients to be tested on animals, Europe's leading animal protection groups have sent a joint statement to MEPs urging them to uphold the groundbreaking cosmetics testing and marketing bans.

Leading Animal Protection groups join forces for animal testing bans

23 November 2020

Most animals used in biomedical experiments are not accounted for in published papers, a first-of-its-kind study suggests. The analysis found that only one-quarter of more than 5500 lab animals used over a 2-year period at one university in the Netherlands ended up being mentioned in a scientific paper afterward. The researchers believe the pattern could be similar at institutions around the world, resulting in potentially millions of animals disappearing from scientific studies.

Millions of animals may be missing from scientific studies

26 October 2020

At least 5,000 pets were found dead in cardboard shipping boxes last week at a logistics facility in Central China, likely casualties of a miscommunication in the supply chain of China's thriving mass-breeding industry.

5,000 pets found dead in boxes at Chinese shipping depot

Today L214 presents new investigative images filmed at the end of August 2020 in a cage farm of more than 40,000 rabbits, located in Augan in the Morbihan.

New investigation in a cage rabbit farm in Morbihan

29 September 2020

Our Scottish member OneKind, has called on the Scottish Government to put an end to the breeding of flat-faced dogs, cats and rabbits, such as French bulldogs, amongst other welfare calls, ahead of the 2021 Scottish elections.

OneKind launches 2021 manifesto calling on the Scottish Government to prioritise animal welfare

21 September 2020

By 2025, all breeding rabbits in professional farms in Flanders must be kept in ‘enriched parks’ that are more spacious and have tunnels and gnawing material.

More space to improve the welfare of breeding rabbits

Animal issues are no longer socially invisible, and increasingly, greater attention is being devoted to understanding the moral significance of experiences of animals and to taking into consideration the welfare of animals.

AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition

29 January 2020

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