Every year, over 8.4 billion cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, pigs, chickens, as well as around 1.5 billion farmed fish, are raised and slaughtered in the European Union (EU). Most of them are confined in systems that deny them the most basic freedoms: space to move, fresh air, or natural behaviours. We work to change that.
At the European level, farmed animal welfare is governed by outdated legislation that fails to reflect both scientific evidence and massive public concern. We work to urgently update them, ensuring that all EU policies affecting animals reflect the latest scientific knowledge on welfare, move away from systemic cruelty and drive long-term, structural change from ending cages and extreme confinement to phasing out painful practices, from ending painful animal transport to promoting species-appropriate high welfare living conditions.
We speak for the animals. We won’t stop until they’re heard.
