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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy
@animallaweurope.bsky.social
• Achieving better treatment for animals • The first think-and-do-tank specializing in #AnimalLaw & policy based in Brussels, Belgium ▸ https://animallaweurope.org/
🐤At this week’s @eu2025dk.bsky.social farm #AnimalWelfare event, Minister Jensen urged phasing out fast-growing broilers EU-wide.

💰Commissioner Várhelyi said a legislation update is due in late 2026 – but his focus was on the competitiveness of EU farming.

🎞️Watch it here → tinyurl.com/5asra2t4
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🎉 Poland just became the 23rd EU country to ban or heavily restrict fur farming!

🏆 As Europe’s largest & the world’s #2 fur producer, this is a huge win for animals.

🗓️ Farms must close by 2033, with compensation for earlier shutdowns.

#AnimalWelfare #EndFurFarming
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🛳️ Spiridon II left Uruguay with 3000 cows, then spent a month stranded off Turkey.

🐄 At least 58 died & 140 gave birth/miscarried. The fate of 90 calves is unknown.

🚨A stark reminder of the #AnimalWelfare crisis of live transport.

🔗More → tinyurl.com/ysbb733y

#BanLiveExports #EndLiveTransport
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🏆A big step against the illegal pet trade & cruel breeding in the EU!

🐾 @consilium.europa.eu & @europarl.europa.eu backed stricter #AnimalWelfare rules for breeders, plus mandatory ID/registration for all dogs & cats: key reforms we urged in our White Paper.

🔗 Read it here → tinyurl.com/22v8ukus
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🐖 @ec.europa.eu's modernization of #AnimalWelfare law is open for public consultation for just three more weeks.

📣 Have your say by 12th December here → tinyurl.com/2an6zdwd

❓Need some tips? Check out @anima-int.bsky.social's consultation toolkit → tinyurl.com/54fe7csw
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
✈️ Hugo Menotti has published an analysis of the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ruling that animals count as baggage.

🇪🇸 The Spanish court said their loss isn’t like losing a suitcase.

🇪🇺 The CJEU disagreed, meaning sentience doesn’t ensure human-level protection.

🔗 More here → tinyurl.com/5brre52c
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🐑 We contributed to an in-depth @wearesolomon.bsky.social investigation on Greece’s mass, avoidable sheep slaughter following an August sheeppox outbreak.

🦠 It exposes a wider flaw in Europe’s animal health system.

🔗 Read it here → tinyurl.com/4r977du4
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🇪🇺 We're delighted to have MEPs @tillymetz.bsky.social & Michal Wiezik at our event today, discussing transport, modernization, and the future.

🗨️ Tilly has the perfect retort whenever she's asked why we champion #AnimalWelfare in a world so full of strife: "It's the same fight: the abuse of power."
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
⚖️ Roundtable 2 of our event with @fondation-droit-animal.org, Animal Protection & EU Law, is diving into case law.

🇪🇺 Article 13 TFEU might seem symbolic at first glance - but it helps to mainstream #AnimalWelfare into EU law.
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🐖 Our event on Animal Protection & EU Law with @fondation-droit-animal.org is in full swing!

🇪🇺 DG SANTE reports that an astonishing 700 contributions have been received in the @ec.europa.eu Call for Evidence on #AnimalWefare so far.
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
⚰️A world where infections and other diseases can’t be treated is closer than you think.

💉Intensive animal farming relies on antibiotics – but their overuse fuels #AntimicrobialResistance, a global threat to our survival.

🔗More → tinyurl.com/bdewmpvf

#AMR #WAAW
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🌿With #COP30 underway, we stand with @provegint.bsky.social in backing the #BelemDeclaration.

🌍 It calls for plant-rich diets and national #PlantBased Action Plans in time for COP32.

🏆 A win for animals, people, and the planet.

🔗More → bit.ly/49oiK6T
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🇫🇷 Our Junior Researcher Gladys Le Goff was in Paris to launch a motion to adapt the legal status of sanctuary animals.

🐐It wants to see farm animals removed from the food chain recognized as companion animals.

🔗More here → tinyurl.com/5y9kas2y
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🐖 Treating animals like machines harms them AND the planet.

🌍 Intensive animal farming drives global warming, deforestation, & species extinction.

✒️ With 260K others, we’ve signed the Plant-Based Treaty for kinder, sustainable, climate-friendly diets.

🔗 plantbasedtreaty.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📚 Our new Policy Brief, “The Road to Reform,” shows the urgency for stronger rules on animal transport.

🚛 Talks in @europarl.europa.eu & @consilium.europa.eu stalled over journey times & temperatures – leaving 1.5B animals to suffer each year.

🔗Read it here → tinyurl.com/ysbb733y

#StopTheTrucks
October 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
📗 A new @ec.europa.eu report helps schools, hospitals & canteens serve food that supports a sustainable #FoodSystem.

🐖 It recommends reducing animal protein & prioritising high #AnimalWelfare products.

🔗 More → tinyurl.com/2apv4rx2
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🐄 Don’t miss "Climate Change and Factory Farming", a CALF webinar with @alicediconcetto.bsky.social, on Thursday.

⚖️ Explore how litigation can hold industrial farming & governments accountable for environmental harm.

📅 30 Oct, 15:00 CET
🔗 Register → tinyurl.com/26xz8877
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🇵🇱 Poland’s Parliament has voted to ban fur farming — a major win for animals & a big step toward a #FurFreeEurope!

🐾 339 of 436 MPs backed the bill.

🖋️It now goes to the Senate & then the President — and even his veto can be overturned by the Sejm.

#EndFurFarming #AnimalWelfare
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📢 @ec.europa.eu's Work Programme for 2026 is out - with no mention of the cage ban.

🐖 Despite Commissioner Várhelyi’s hints that 2026 would be the year for action, #AnimalWelfare is only mentioned under the Livestock Strategy.

❓How long must animals wait?

🔗 More → tinyurl.com/22dnc5uy
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🐕 The @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social has ruled that companion animals count as flight baggage.

✈️ If lost, airline compensation is limited unless a special declaration is made.

🧳 Treating sentient beings like suitcases defies Article 13 of the EU Treaty on #AnimalWelfare!

🔗 tinyurl.com/pdhccy5k
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Our new White Paper with Almo Nature & Deutscher Tierschutzbund is out now!

🐈🐕 “The Protection of Cats and Dogs in EU Law: Companion for Life” reviews current EU protections, new rules, & paths for improvement.

🔗 Read it here → tinyurl.com/22v8ukus
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🐈🐕‍🦺 Join us at 14:00 CET today for the launch of our White Paper with Almo Nature & Deutscher Tierschutzbund, “The Protection of Cats and Dogs in EU Law – Companion for Life: From Ownership to Responsibility”.

🗓️ Friday 17th Oct, 14:00 CET
📍Zoom Webinar
🔗Register → www.almonature.com/en/the-prote...
October 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🐊 Yesterday we joined “Stolen Wildlife: Closing the Loopholes in EU Wildlife Trade Regulations” at @europarl.europa.eu.

@alicediconcetto.bsky.social spoke on strengthening EU laws against the illegal #wildlife trade.

📕 Read the new Stolen Wildlife report → tinyurl.com/2jfpfbb7
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🐳 This Thursday, Legal Advocacy Manager Hugo Menotti joins the #StopTheGrind webinar for #OceanWeek, “Debunking Myths & Developing EU Policy Solutions to End the Faroese Dolphin Hunt.”

📅 Thursday 16th October, 15:00 CET
📍 Online webinar
🔗 Details and registration → tinyurl.com/339nznyc
October 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🐈🐕‍🦺Join us on Friday for the launch of our new White Paper, “The Protection of Cats & Dogs in EU Law”, with Almo Nature & Deutscher Tierschutzbund.

⚖️ Explore new rules, opportunities & solutions with EU policymakers.

🗓️17 Oct, 14:00 CET
📍Zoom webinar
🔗Register → tinyurl.com/ypc92pjb
October 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM