NGOs Pressure Commission to Include Animal Welfare in Future of Farming

Our Director of Advocacy, Olga Kikou, was quoted in an article by Euractiv on President Ursula Von der Leyen’s “Vision for Agriculture and Food.”

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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.

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