In a full-blown discussion of the handling of the Animal Welfare Act, new data shows the long way to go to ensure minimal respect for animals raised in the region. spanish farms. According to a new ranking table released today that lists all 27 member countries by percentage of livestock still in cages in each country, Spain has more than 86 million caged animalsrepresents 87% of the animals raised on our farms. According to the aforementioned report, our country is the country where the highest number of cattle are permanently imprisoned in absolute terms.
By 2021, the EU has committed to ban the use of cages in agriculture and is currently reviewing all animal welfare legislation.. According to animal organizations, this “offers a historic opportunity for countries to begin ending factory farming and try to adapt existing inadequate animal welfare laws to the scientific evidence on animal welfare, as well as to citizens’ expectations.”
According to the new leaderboard, Malta takes the last place in the table with 99% of livestock in cages, followed by Spain, Portugal and 66% with 87%, 81% and 66% respectively.. In the middle, Italy registers with 59% and Germany with 13%. Even in countries with fewer caged animals, such as Austria (3%) and Luxembourg (2%), the number of animals incarcerated in brutal cages is estimated in the hundreds of thousands.
“To prevent sheep and cattle from suffering on stressful journeys hundreds or thousands of miles away and being slaughtered at destination, legislation is needed to ban the export of livestock. Likewise, more than a billion fish suffer in silence every year on the EU’s submarine factory farms. Compassion in World “They urgently need laws annually that protect their well-being,” Farming (CIWF) says in a statement.
“But while some European countries are making progress towards cage-free agriculture, none are yet 100% cage-free and some are sadly lagging behind. Across the EU, around 300 million pigs, chickens, quails, ducks and geese, calves and rabbits are unnecessarily kept in cages throughout their lives, often in horrific conditions., having little room to move and performing natural movements. Many suffer needless mutilation without anesthesia, including chickens whose beaks are partially amputated in painful procedures.”
Spanish CIWF representative Patricia de Rada says: “Unfortunately, Spain is the European country with the most caged animals.and the Minister of Agriculture’s statements that he supports the gradual abandonment of cages but excludes certain species such as rabbits. It is appalling that so many EU countries have failed by continuing to raise animals in the most brutal way, in cages. It is a unique opportunity for the EU Commission to review animal welfare laws. It is time our laws reflect what scientific evidence shows, what EU citizens want and what animals deserve: compassionate agriculture that works in harmony with nature, not against it”.
“Therefore, we urgently need people to write to the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, to ask them to be a ‘superhero’ for animals by supporting the European Commission’s plan to ban cages for all species and protect animals on farms and many other shocking and unnecessary atrocities,” finishes Rada.
Actor Alan Cumming mobilizes the Europeans
Spanish spokesman’s request joins EU campaign in favor of stricter laws for animal welfare backed by the famous actor Alan Cumming, describing the horrors faced by farm animals across Europe, video It directly appeals to EU citizens, asking them to write to their national agriculture ministers, calling them to be “superheroes” by banning cages and supporting new animal welfare laws.
The hero of movies like Cumming, X2 TIMES-Men United, Golden eye, or Spy Kids said: “At the moment, The welfare of billions of animals is at stake. The EU has a chance to make history by ending factory farming. But we need your help. We must make sure that they do not miss out on this vital opportunity to give animals the much needed legal protection. Please write to your minister of agriculture today and encourage him to be a superhero by giving animals lives worth living.”
Both the scientific community and EU citizens expressed their support for such measures. Last month, the European Food Standards Agency (EFSA), the EU’s scientific body, confirmed that the welfare conditions of laying hens and chickens for meat need to be improved.
He asked if these thoughts came after last year no more keeping sows in small cages and publish a report outlining how current EU law allows animals to suffer during transport. in total 1.4 million European citizens and 1,700 environmental, consumer rights and animal protection groups across Europe support the CIWF petition to end the cage age.
full report: https://www.ciwf.org.uk/media/7453329/156671_compassion-2021_spanish-cage-age-report_t.pdf
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