Les articles “Les productions animales intensives en droit : état des lieux et perspectives de transitions”, écrit par Alice Di Concetto (Directrice juridique) et “Le droit de la santé animale : un frein à la transition agroécologique ? Étude du dispositif de surveillance et de lutte contre la grippe aviaire en France”, co-écrit par Anatole Poinsot (Juriste en droit de l’animal) ont été publiés à la Revue Juridique de l’Environnement.
1.6 billion cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry are transported across EU countries and outside the EU every year, making the bloc the biggest live animal exporter in the world. EU legislation on the protection of animals during transport is more than 20 years old – but the European Commission’s proposal for new rules on animal welfare during transport has been stuck with the co-legislators since its publication in December 2023.
Our latest publication is a White Paper advocating for stronger protection of pigs under EU law through a prohibition of caged farming. “Reforming Pig Welfare in the European Union: The Case for a Cage-Free Future,” by Gabriela Kubíková, Artūrs Kaņepājs, Griffin Carpenter and Marietheres Reinke, presents a compelling argument for a transition to free farrowing in the pig sector, with the aim of informing the Commission’s ongoing modernization of animal welfare legislation.
Our new Omnibus Tracker offers a centralized, user-friendly overview of the scope of the European Commission’s ten “omnibus” regulations, which amend dozens of regulations and directives simultaneously, and how they relate to animal protection issues.
