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Alice Di Concetto

@alicediconcetto.bsky.social
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A stranger in a foreign land • Also: Chief Legal Advisor at the European Institute for Animal Law & Policy (@animallaweurope.bsky.social)

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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🫏 Planning to visit an animal sanctuary while on holiday? Choose carefully. 🔍 Before you go, check if it's accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. 🛡️ They list genuine sanctuaries & rescue centres, not exploitative attractions. 🔗 sanctuaryfederation.org
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🚨 Out now: “Animals in EU Economic Law” edited by Prof. Aude-Solveig Epstein and @alicediconcetto.bsky.social. 📕 The book explores ways in which economic law could better protect animals & prioritize their welfare. 🔗 Order here (20% off with code PALAUT) → tinyurl.com/4vxp2yry #EULaw #AnimalLaw
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
💬Gabriela Kubíková is quoted in an article by @zdboren.bsky.social, “Inside Big Ag’s plot to kill the EU Green Deal,” published in Grilled. ⌛COPA-COGECA's tactics were “a smokescreen to justify delays in implementation,” postponing real change in farming practices. 🔗 Read it → tinyurl.com/ycxavpa2
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Compassion in World Farming EU @ciwf.eu · 23/07/2026
🐙 MAJOR WIN FOR OCTOPUSES! 🎉 Nueva Pescanova has just abandoned plans for the world’s first octopus farm in Gran Canaria, Spain. This victory follows 5 years of campaigning: 🔎 3 major reports ✉️ 43,000+ supporter emails ✍️ 130+ NGO & scientist signatures #KeepThemWild #StopOctopusFarming
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🦠 New research links giant chicken farms to the spread of campylobacter, the leading bacterial cause of food poisoning. 🐔 Crowded factory farms raise serious #AnimalWelfare concerns while accelerating zoonotic diseases & #Antimicrobialresistance. 🔗 More from @pnas.org → tinyurl.com/bdfurxk7
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🐎 In EU holiday hotspots, equids suffer to give tourists a “real” experience. ☀️Malta’s horses pull heavy carriages in stressful conditions, & Santorini’s donkeys trek up steep, hot paths. ✒️ Please sign today: 🇲🇹 → tinyurl.com/bdteerve 🇬🇷 → tinyurl.com/3h5ynkzp
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🇱🇺 Notre directrice @alicediconcetto.bsky.social présentera sur le thème : « Les animaux dans le droit luxembourgeois et européen » lors d’une conférence organisée par l’ALDE au Luxembourg. 📅 Jeudi 26 février, 18h30 📍5 pl. Winston Churchill, Lux. 🔗 Inscriptions → tinyurl.com/wyn9rbv5
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
In Journal of Animal Ethics 15.2, @alicediconcetto.bsky.social ( @animallaweurope.bsky.social ) presents a review article on "Human/Animal Relations in Animal Studies" by Augusto Vitale and Simone Pollo, now on @projectmuse.bsky.social 📗 muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
Cover of Journal of Animal Ethics, Volume 15, Number 2, Fall 2025
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🚨Still time to register for @neildullaghan.bsky.social & @alicediconcetto.bsky.social’s webinar today at 15:00 CET on "The Compassion Mandate". 🐄They’ll explore how the EU's global leadership in farmed #AnimalWelfare fell behind – and how it can be restored. 🔗 Register → tinyurl.com/yc452tf5
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🎙️If you missed our webinar earlier this week discussing Dr. Neil Dullaghan’s new book, “The Compassion Mandate,” you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel → youtu.be/Kck9crB3JPs #AnimalWelfare #farmedanimals
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The Compassion Mandate Webinar, 26 January 2026
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🚨Don’t miss @alicediconcetto.bsky.social on the panel at “Label the Future” on January 28th at @europarl.europa.eu. 🌿Co-organized by MEP Sebastian Everding & the Green REV Institute, it will discuss transparent, reliable food information and veganism in the EU. 🔗Register → tinyurl.com/tey4hsda
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Camille Perrin @perrincam.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Updated Dutch eating guidelines advise more legumes 🫘 🫛 and less meat (less than 200g red meat/week). The Dutch Health Council said a more plant-based and less animal-based diet is better for health and benefits the environment. #PutChangeOnTheMenu www.healthcouncil.nl/documents/20...
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Faunalytics @faunalytics.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The consumer push for better treatment of farmed animals has led to a growth in supply chain audits. But are current audits accurate enough? faunalytics.org/how-accurate-are-au…
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How Accurate Are Audits In Assessing Animal Welfare? - Faunalytics
The consumer push for better treatment of farmed animals has led to a growth in supply chain audits. But are current audits accurate enough? This study looks at the reliability of one of these tools in evaluating the welfare of pigs on U.S. farms.
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🐤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
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Compassion in World Farming EU @ciwf.eu · 28/11/2025
SAVE THE DATE: Join our event with @eurogroupforanimals.org “Time for the EU to Stop Octopus Farming” 🗓️ 2 Dec 2025 🕚 15:00-17:00 CET 📍EU Parliament & online The @ec.europa.eu must ban this cruel, unsustainable practice before it emerges. Register here: salesforce-eu.123formbuilder.com/form-87851/
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🇵🇱 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
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🇫🇷 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
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🐑 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
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🐖 @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
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🏆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
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Alice Di Concetto @alicediconcetto.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Interesting read on the limitations of the legal recognition of animal sentience -- although we shouldn't infer too much from a ruling that was limited to assessing the amount of compensation for damage to baggage!
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Alice Di Concetto @alicediconcetto.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🔔 Today! ⤵︎
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
📚 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
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🐊 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
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🚨 Catch @alicediconcetto.bsky.social on the panel later today at “International Disputes in Animal Law – Dynamics of Global Conflict & Cooperation”. ⚖️The webinar is hosted by GW Law’s Animal Law Program. 📅 Oct 2 | 6–7pm CEST 🔗 Register → tinyurl.com/56kfurbd
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🐰While fur farming isn’t yet banned EU-wide, national bans, EFSA’s opinion & public pressure may pave the way. 📰 @gabrielakubikova.bsky.social asks: is this the beginning of the end for fur farming in the EU? 🔗 Read the UIA article here → tinyurl.com/533har7e #AnimalWelfare #banfur
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🇬🇧 @alicediconcetto.bsky.social & @gabrielakubikova.bsky.social are in London for today's launch of the brand new Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience. 🐾 The centre will explore how animals feel — and how human choices, policies, and behaviours impact them. 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/sentience
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🚨 @alicediconcetto.bsky.social will join the panel for “International Disputes in Animal Law: Dynamics of Global Conflict & Cooperation”. ⚖️The webinar is hosted by GW Law’s Animal Law Program. 📅 Oct 2 | 6–7pm CEST 🔗 Register → tinyurl.com/56kfurbd
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🐈🐕‍🦺Join us in October for the launch of our White Paper with AlmoNature & Deutscher Tierschutzbund: “The Protection of Cats & Dogs in EU Law”. ⚖️ Explore the new Regulation, opportunities & solutions with EU policymakers & protection orgs. 🗓️17 Oct, 14:00 CET 📍Zoom 🔗Sign up → tinyurl.com/ypc92pjb
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🇪🇺 Billions of EU farmed animals got NO mention in @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu’s #SOTEU this morning. 💪"We have always had to fight for our freedoms,” she said; what about animals’ freedoms? 🐄 We urge @ec.europa.eu to deliver stronger, more ambitious #AnimalWelfare rules to protect farmed animals.
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨 Save the date! @alicediconcetto.bsky.social will join the panel for “International Disputes in Animal Law – Dynamics of Global Conflict & Cooperation” on Oct 2. ⚖️ The webinar is hosted by GW Law’s Animal Law Program. 📅 October 2, 6–7pm CEST 📍 Webinar 🔗 Register → tinyurl.com/56kfurbd
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🇵🇱 Our Legislative Advocacy Managers, Gabriela Kubíková & Ekaterina Solomina, will be at the Conference for Animal Rights in Europe on Sept 11–14. 🐄Join them and other #AnimalWelfare advocates from across the globe in Warsaw or online. 🔗Info & registration → careconf.eu @anima-int.bsky.social
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🚨 Join @alicediconcetto.bsky.social at the European Vegan Summit 2025 (9–11 Sept), hosted by the Green REV Institute. 🗨️ She’ll be on the panel “Behind the Green Mask: the Food Industry's Marketing Tricks” on 11 Sept at 18:45 CET. 🔗 More → vegansummit.eu #EVS2025 #vegan #foodsystems
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
🌊 We’ve joined the Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition to end this most destructive of fishing methods. 🐠 #BottomTrawling devastates seabeds and kills countless fish and other animals as bycatch. 🔗Learn more → transformbottomtrawling.org
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🐟 The #AquaticAnimalAlliance has released its 2025 mid-year report. 🌊 Aquatic animals make up most animals used by humans but remain overlooked in policy & welfare. 🌎 As proud AAA members alongside 177 others in 75 countries, we’re working to change that! 🔗 Read more → tinyurl.com/4eermd57
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Eurogroup for Animals @eurogroupforanimals.org · 21/08/2025
💡 REGISTER FOR FREE Join our insightful workshop with the aWISH project, to explore the powerful impact of #AnimalWelfare indicators on improving welfare measures across the EU. Sign up here: bit.ly/40S5Oks Any questions? Drop them below! 👇
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
📉Billions of animals are slaughtered yearly—even under EU laws meant to protect them. ⚖️ Legal loopholes allow cruel practices to continue. 🌱We need an EU Action Plan for #PlantBased foods—to protect animals, people & the planet. 🔗 More here → tinyurl.com/3a85x4r7
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
❓Is it legal for zoos to feed companion animals to wild animals in captivity? 💬 Our Director @alicediconcetto.bsky.social answered in this piece by @lessurligneurs.bsky.social (in 🇫🇷) about yet another objectionable practice taking place in European zoos. ⤵︎ lessurligneurs.eu/un-zoo-danoi...
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Un zoo danois nourrit-il ses prédateurs avec des animaux domestiques ? - Les Surligneurs
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
💦Intensive animal farming fuels #water scarcity & pollution in the EU. 💀 Nitrogen & phosphorus runoff creates aquatic dead zones. ❌Factory farming harms animals, people & the planet. 🔗 More here → animallaweurope.org/wp-content/u...
The estimated cost of water pollution from animal-sourced food production reached €25 billion in 2022 in the EU
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🇧🇬 In a ruling handed down on Monday, the Bulgarian Supreme Court has confirmed the legality of the national mink farming ban, stating that this ban was proportionate in light of environmental objectives. ⚖️ Ruling (in Bulgarian) → bit.ly/46RDYZt
Jo-Anne McArthur / Djurrattsalliansen / We Animals. Sweden, 2010.
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🐬 DYK bottlenose dolphins use unique whistles to address each other by ‘name’? 🗨️ They’re the only non-human animals known to do this, a key step in language evolution. 🐳 Orcas have shown similar behavior. 🔗 More → tinyurl.com/54cdw3ky
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The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity
The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity was first produced in 1995 as a comprehensive resource for the public, the media, scientists, students, and policymakers to learn the various
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
❗77% of farmland grows feed for farmed animals, yet meat & dairy give only 18% of our calories. 🌱 We need an EU Action Plan for #PlantBased foods—to protect animals, our health & the planet. ♥️ Let’s choose compassion, sustainability & a better future. 🔗 More → tinyurl.com/yp85yc5c @eeb.org
77% of farmland used to grow cereal crops to feed farmed animals
Meat and dairy provide only 18% of calories for humans
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Dr Jo Swabe @joswabe.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court has announced that it will uphold the Ministerial Order banning breeding and import of American mink. This hopefully means a permanent end to fur farming in Bulgaria. The last mink fur farm shut down earlier this year. info-adc.justice.bg/courts/porta...
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
❓DYK about the amazing adaptions some birds make before migrating? ❗Some shrink or grow their organs, burn muscle for fuel, or double their body weight. 🌎 All to power their perilous journeys across the globe. 🔗 More amazing bird facts → tinyurl.com/6rybruc5
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Five Incredible Ways Birds Change Their Bodies for Spring and Fall Migration
To power perilous journeys, birds undergo extreme feats like doubling their body weight and rearranging or even consuming their internal organs.
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🇩🇰 Aalborg Zoo wants the public to donate healthy guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens & even horses to feed its predators. 💉The animals would be “gently euthanised.” ‼️Highlights how difficult - or impossible - it is to meet animals' needs in captivity. 🔗More → tinyurl.com/2khx8cwd
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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Our new book chapter is out, looking at self-awareness/personhood in nonhuman animals, and how it may relate to questions of suffering link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Self-Awareness and Personhood in Non-Human Animals
Beyond simple consciousness or sentience, some non-human animals may possess more sophisticated cognitive abilities linked to capacities for self-awareness or even personhood, capacities that may infl...
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🚨 EFSA’s opinion on #furfarming confirms that small barren cages harm animals, & #AnimaWelfare can’t improve without systemic change. 🇪🇺 13 Member States have already banned fur farming. 🚫It is high time to abolish it in the EU. 🔗 www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajourn... 📷 @weanimals.bsky.social
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨Animal #agriculture is a significant driver of #climatechange. 📋 In the EU, it causes 70% of agri emissions—yet remains one of the least regulated industries. 🔗 Learn more in our Research Note → tinyurl.com/4dm5rzxz
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EFSA Biological Hazards, Animal Health & Welfare @efsa-biohaw.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🐄 Just published!🐄 EFSA releases a scientific opinion & technical report on beef cattle welfare in the EU. Welfare risks, best practices & system-level insight — all in one place. 🔗 europa.eu/!TtY4bY #AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle #EFSA_EU
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🐟 Up to 1.3B fish are slaughtered yearly in EU aquaculture. 🌊 Nearly 90% of marine stocks are overfished or maxed out, fueled by aquaculture. 🚫 Crowding causes stress, disease, and suffering. 🔗 More in our Research Note 7→ animallaweurope.org/publications...
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