Compassion in World Farming EU

How ambitious is the @ec.europa.eu's plan to make animal farming sustainable, accessible, and resilient? @vincianebxl.bsky.social explains 👇 Our full analysis of the Livestock Strategy is in the comments.

Recently, our China team went to Egg Culture Festival - an event designed to help consumers learn more about eggs & farmed animal welfare. Through interactive public engagement activities, they helped bring hen welfare & cage-free farming into conversations with consumers.

There is no species-specific legislation to protect farmed fish from suffering. This needs to change. 🐟 Help us protect them by calling on the @EU_Commission to #RethinkFish. ➡️ buff.ly/ZAFiEiz

The EU's Vision 2040 featured low-trophic aquaculture and animal welfare. But it supports growth in carnivorous fish farming, fails to tackle reliance on wild-caught fish feed, and offers no commitment to welfare legislation for farmed aquatic animals. Read our analysis: l1nq.com/lczfs3a

2 weeks ago, we sent @irishferries.bsky.social a legal notice with Four Paws & Welfarm, raising concerns that EU law is being breached on its ships. Its response is not good enough. The young calves on board should be fed, but this need is not being met. Find out more www.ciwf.org/media-and-ne...

Today, we join our friends at @eurogroupforanimals.org to tell the @ec.europa.eu hat it's time ⏳ To #EndtheCageAge for all farmed animals. And to better protect them by modernising rules that are up to 20 years old. Our eyes are on the 2027 work programme.

It's #GlobalFertilizerDay. Chemical fertilisers can fuel emissions, poison water & degrade soils - and are linked to illnesses. An alternative is possible. Agroecology regenerates soil, support farmers & feeds communities. 🔎Find out more www.ciwf.org/our-work/our...

🏆 It’s #WorldOctopusDay! This year, Nueva Pescanova abandoned its plan to build the world’s first octopus farm. ✉️ Our joint letter to @ec.europa.eu, coordinated by @ciwf.eu, explains why octopus farming is incompatible with #AnimalWelfare. 🔗Read it → tinyurl.com/jxdkc5bw #KeepThemWild

🐙💌 Commissioners Kadis & Varhelyi - you've got mail! 35 MEPs and over 160 NGOs and scientists have spoken out this #WorldOctopusDay, calling for an EU-wide ban on intensive octopus farming. The EU must act before this cruel industry takes hold. Read more: bit.ly/4y5C9BV @ciwf.eu

Today we were outside the @ec.europa.eu to represent the demands of 1.4m citizens, 170 NGOs, and 82% of surveyed farmers. Our message was simple: enough delays. It's time to #EndtheCageAge Tell the Commission you’re tired of waiting ⏰https://www.endthecageage.eu/en/it-s-time-to-end-the-cage-age/

What empties our oceans, starves local communities in the Global South, and traps migratory fish in underwater cages? Today we'll reveal the true impacts, and the hidden costs, of carnivorous aquaculture. #OceanWeek

The current food system isn't just pushing our planet to the limit, it's also wasteful & inefficient. We're calling on the @ec.europa.eu to transform food production & move away from factory farming. Sign the Good Food for All ECI ➡️ www.goodfoodforall.eu #FLWDay

No taxpayers' money for keeping ducks & geese in cages during the brutal force-feeding stage on foie gras farms. #AGRIFISH ministers must deliver a #CAP that supports farmers in a just transition - not one that locks animals in cages & society in a climate doom loop.

⏰ THREE DAYS TO GO ⏰ @ec.europa.eu is running out of time. In Germany, France, Italy, Czechia, Slovakia, Belgium and beyond, we will keep campaigning until all farmed animals are freed from cages. ️ ✍️ Join us. Tell the Commission it's time to #EndTheCageAge: bit.ly/4Aughmo

⏰The clock is ticking for the @ec.europa.eu⏰ Promised cage-free proposals are almost due. It's been a five-year wait. ✍️ Tell the Commission it's time to #EndtheCageAge: www.endthecageage.eu/en/it-s-time...

Around 32 million ducks & geese are farmed for foie gras in the EU. This brutal force-feeding practice must end along with their cruel confinement in cages. The @ec.europa.eu has committed to #EndTheCageAge by the end of the year. It must keep its promise🦆

🔎 NEW: 71% of farmers surveyed said going cage-free would have a positive impact on their wellbeing. ⏰ @ec.europa.eu has 10 days. Farmers agree it’s time to #EndTheCageAge ➡️https://www.ciwf.eu/media-and-news/press-releases/82-of-farmers-support-caged-farming-ban-as-eu-faces-deadline-to-act/

Ducks & geese farmed for foie gras spend their last weeks confined in cages in the EU. The @ec.europa.eu must keep its word and finally #EndTheCageAge Find out more: endthecageage.eu

Should the EU allow investments that degrade nature or harm animals? We don't think so. If you agree, #HaveYourSay. Today's the last day to respond to a consultation on the #DoNoSignificantHarm principle: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Too many animals suffer in cages each year. Farmers struggle to make ends meet amid climate breakdowns. Citizens want change. Tomorrow, tune in to hear what Commissioner @christophehansen.bsky.social thinks of the future of animal farming. 🔗https://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/calendar

“The government really shouldn’t be promoting Big Chicken. It should be pushing for Better Chicken.” After watching Mo Gilligan’s Big Chicken, our Global CEO @philip-ciwf.bsky.social shares his thoughts on transparency, animal welfare and the future of chicken farming. 👇 https://bit.ly/4hhDVtF

1.4 million citizens called for an end to cages. Today, we delivered an open letter backed by 280+ signatures from academics, industry stakeholders, farmers, veterinarians, lawyers, consumer & animal welfare organisations. @ec.europa.eu, keep your promise. #EndTheCageAge

50 days left for the EC to keep its promises to #EndtheCageAge

Cow milk emits around 3x more greenhouse gas emissions and uses around 10x more land than plant-based milks. Repairing our broken food system means adopting higher-welfare, plant-rich diets. Sign the Good Food for All European Citizens’ Initiative: www.goodfoodforall.eu

We can’t fix the climate crisis without transforming our food system and ending factory farming. 👉 Demand action from the EU and sign the Good Food for All European Citizens’ Initiative: www.goodfoodforall.eu

Factory farming runs our land dry. It fuels the very environmental catastrophe that affects animals and farmers across Europe. The EU must transition to a kinder, better type of farming: one that works in harmony with nature, animals, and people.

Animals deserve compassion, not cruelty 💚

These practices are all legal in the EU. 👇But they shouldn't be. We are calling on policymakers to deliver the long-promised revision of animal welfare legislation and end some of the worst suffering for animals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8d7... #Howisthislegal

They deserve compassion and not to become yet another species suffering in factory farms. Even though Nueva Pescanova dropped its plans to build the world's first octopus farm, we need an EU-wide ban on octopus farming. #KeepThemWild

After over a year of campaigning, with @welfarm.bsky.social, Ethical Farming Ireland, Quatre Pattes, Southampton Animal Action & Dorset Animal Action, Brittany Ferries has announced it will stop transporting live farmed animals from Ireland to France! Learn more: www.ciwf.eu/media-and-ne...

Did you know most farmed fish are killed inhumanely? Fish urgently need legal protection to ensure pain-free, humane slaughter. This is an obligation in law for land animals, so why is fish welfare ignored? Find out how you can help #RethinkFish: action.ciwf.org.uk/page/182323/...

Most dairy calves farmed in the EU spend their first weeks in small individual pens. Calves are social, curious animals – individual pens prevent them from playing & interacting with other calves, causing fear & frustration. The @ec.europa.eu must #EndTheCageAge

In a month, we’ll reveal the true scale of the impact of emptying our oceans to feed farmed carnivorous fish. Stay tuned. #KeepThemWild