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• Achieving better treatment for animals • The first think-and-do-tank specializing in #AnimalLaw & policy based in Brussels, Belgium ▸ animallaweurope.org

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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🏆 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
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🐙 Happy #WorldOctopusDay! Want to know why farming octopuses would be a really bad idea? ⛔ Together, the GW Animal Law Program & Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics want to make sure octopus aquaculture never becomes a reality. 🔗Watch here → www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWC3...
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2026 Aquaculture Summit Film
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🇫🇮 “Monster foxes” are still found on Finnish fur farms. 🦊 Bred for oversized pelts, they suffer injuries, infections & impaired mobility. ⛔ @ec.europa.eu’s response to the #FurFreeEurope ECI is still overdue. 🔗More → tinyurl.com/4d3ts4tm @furfreealliance.bsky.social @project1882.org
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎙️ “From policy to plate – Improving the ambition & implementation of public procurement” will be the topic of a Coller Animal Law Forum (CALF) webinar next week, with @alicediconcetto.bsky.social moderating. 🔗Register → tinyurl.com/bdf9589z 📅 8th October 🕒 3pm–4:30pm UK time (GMT) 📍 Online (Zoom)
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇳🇱 Great news! The Netherlands plans to ban permanent crating of sows and increase space for sows & piglets. 🐖New #AnimalWelfare rules also target tail docking, cow tethering & fast-growing chicken breeds. 🔗 Our White Paper on #PigWelfare has been updated accordingly! → tinyurl.com/3btszmjc
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🐖 Globally, 18B animals in intensive farming die each year without reaching a plate. 🌍 Better food-chain efficiency could prevent 7.9B of these deaths in vain... 🌱 …but lasting change needs a faster shift to #PlantBased diets. 🔗 More here → tinyurl.com/ytbap66z #FoodWaste #FLWday
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🐟 A resolution adopted by @europarl.europa.eu last week calls for more science on aquatic #AnimalWelfare. 🚫 But last year, @ec.europa.eu dropped plans to ask @efsa.europa.eu for fish welfare opinions. ❓ Will the Commission finally act for fish? 🔗 Read the resolution → tinyurl.com/4y8dvkke
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🐷 We want @ec.europa.eu to propose – and co-legislators to adopt – a ban on sow stalls and farrowing crates. 📚 Our White Paper finds that the #AnimalWelfare gains could be 40x the costs. 🔗 Read it here → tinyurl.com/3btszmjc #PigWelfare #BanFarrowingCrates #freefarrowing #EndtheCageAge
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🐖 Our new White Paper, “Reforming Pig Welfare in the European Union: The Case for a Cage-Free Future,” was cited in a @brusselstimes.com article about the slaughter of sheep and pigs. 🔗Read it here → www.brusselstimes.com/belgium-news...
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🗓️ 6 years since @ec.europa.eu promised to revise #AnimalWelfare laws – but what do we have? 🚫 A stalled transport file, cage-free promises & a vague fur pledge. 🐾 If @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's #SOTEU acts as a litmus test of political priorities, this will be a poorer term for animals than ever.
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🇵🇱 We’re at @anima-int.bsky.social's CARE Conference 2026 in Warsaw this week. 🐖 It gathers together animal advocates from all across the globe, particularly Europe, to discuss how to best advance the treatment of animals. 🔗More information → careconf.eu
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🏆 We’re honored to be named “promising Belgian charity of 2026” by Effectief Geven! 📸 Pictured here are Gabriela Kubíková, @alicediconcetto.bsky.social & Mathieu Spillebeen at the presentation of the certificate in Brussels. 🙏 Thank you to our donors & supporters for making what we do possible.
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
📑 #StopTheGrind & @seashepherdglobal.bsky.social have published a comprehensive report about the Faroe Islands’ “grindadráp.” 🐋 Around 1100 to 1200 cetaceans a year are killed in a cultural practice upheld at the cost of immense animal suffering. 🔗Distressing reading here → tinyurl.com/ymtcza5u
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🇪🇺 Our Legal Advocacy Manager, Hugo Menotti-Valloir, discusses the crucial role of EU law in advancing #AnimalWelfare law in Europe. 🐶 Hugo also mentioned recent positive developments in EU law, such as the new legislation on the welfare of cats and dogs. 🔗Watch here → tinyurl.com/3nsttr6k
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Comprendre la législation européenne sur la protection animale
Qui décide des lois qui protègent les animaux en Europe ? Quel rôle joue la France dans ce cadre ? Le droit animalier progresse-t-il lentement ? Hugo Menotti-Valloir, responsable des affaires publiques et juridiques au sein du European Institute for Animal Law & Policy, présente le cadre législatif européen relatif à la protection animale. Bon visionnage ! 🌐Notre site internet : https://chaire-bea.vetagro-sup.fr/ 🔻Nos réseaux sociaux 🔻 LinkedIn : https://fr.linkedin.com/company/chaire-bien-être-animal Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/chairebienetreanimal/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/chairebea Questions : 0:00 : Présentation 0:28 : État des lieux des lois protégeant les animaux dans l'UE 1:09 : Les textes en cours et les blocages politiques 2:27 : La complexité des procédures et les limites structurelles de l'UE 3:14 : Rôle des États membres et du contentieux 4:06 : La position de la France
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🐖 Female pigs spend ~160 days a year in cages so small they can't even turn around. 🚫 The EU can end this. 📕Our new White Paper analyzes the economic impact of transitioning to free farrowing & shows that costs are small relative to #AnimalWelfare gains. 🔗Read it here → tinyurl.com/3btszmjc
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📗 In Volume 32.2 of the Animal Law Review, @alicediconcetto.bsky.social highlights the significant shortcomings of EU farmed #AnimalWelfare legislation. 🔗Visit → tinyurl.com/bdddwmdy for print copies, or to request access to older articles. #animallaw #animalprotection #lawschool
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📕 A new @ciwf.org report explores Atlantic bluefin tuna farming & its impact on #AnimalWelfare, marine ecosystems & food security. 🐟 Wild tuna are confined in sea cages, suffering injuries including fin damage, skin erosion & eye loss. 🔗Read the report → tinyurl.com/m8tnab96
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🐾 Stay on top of EU #AnimalLaw! ⚖️ Get the latest legislation, court rulings, events & publications – plus global updates – every 2 months. 📥 Subscribe to our e-newsletter → animallaweurope.substack.com
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🇸🇪 In Sweden, Christian Democrat "meat extremists" are railing against advice to eat less red meat and calling school veggie days "anti-feminist." 🥩 Meanwhile, Finland is reducing meat in public institutions 🐖 And Denmark is ditching its image as the EU’s bacon factory!
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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 · 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 · 12/08/2026
🐥 Gabriela Kubíková has an article on the Coller Animal Law Forum (CALF) website about chick culling. 🚫 Millions of day-old chicks and ducklings are killed each year, despite viable alternatives. 🇪🇺 It's time for an EU-wide ban. 🔗Read it here → tinyurl.com/44jb4vz5 #AnimalWelfare
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🐯 What prevents the full realisation of animals’ moral status, & how can those barriers be overcome? 🇬🇧 The 11th Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics Summer School is exploring this and other topics this week. 🗨️ @alicediconcetto.bsky.social & @gabrielakubikova.bsky.social are among the speakers.
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🏆 @ec.europa.eu is set to ban fishing in more marine protected areas in the Baltic Sea. 🐟 After a request from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Finland, fishing will be prohibited in 6 more #Natura2000 sites. 🔗 Delegated act here → tinyurl.com/3ctp4vs5
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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 · 27/07/2026
🇳🇱 300 million chickens a year will be protected from being caught by the legs in the Netherlands. 🐔 Thanks to NGO @wakkerdier.bsky.social, the country's highest court has closed a legal loophole in the EU ban. 🚫 Farms must switch to more humane catching methods by 1 January 2027. #AnimalWelfare
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🥛 Europe’s dairy supply is 2.5× higher than anywhere else. 🐄 This drives selective breeding for extreme yields, shorter lives, & separating calves and mothers – much of it needlessly. 🚨 @ec.europa.eu's Commission’s Livestock Strategy must do more. 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8fy7kj #AnimalWelfare
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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 · 21/07/2026
🍽️ Adopting the #EATLancet Planetary Health Diet by 2050 could mean: 🐐 400M fewer cows, sheep & goats farmed 🌍6% less land used for farming 💨85% less land-use CO₂ emissions, & lower methane 💦 Less water & fertilizer use 🔗 Read the Nature study → tinyurl.com/2vsjx7d6 #AnimalWelfare #FoodSystems
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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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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
💬Our Legislative Advocacy Manager, Gabriela Kubíková, was quoted in a @brusselstimes.com article on @ec.europa.eu's Livestock Strategy. 🐄 “In an ideal world, any ‘livestock’ strategy would propose a ban on factory farming,” she said. 🔗 Read the article → tinyurl.com/yc48xzr8 #AnimalWelfare
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
❓Why don’t we like the word ‘livestock’? 🐄 Because animals are more than what humans use them for. They’re individuals with needs, preferences & social lives. 💭 We’re ALL animals – and language shapes how we see & treat each other. 🔗More from @animalthinktank.bsky.social → tinyurl.com/52fyudfr
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🦐 Half of EU shrimp imports come from intensive farms in Ecuador. 🐟 They are fed 178,000 t of wild fish each year, reducing food supplies for people. 🌳 Farms often replace mangroves, & shrimps produce the most GHGs after beef or lamb. 🔗Report from @foodrise-eu.bsky.social → tinyurl.com/39tr29nc
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🏆 Julie Elie (UC Berkeley) has won this year’s @collerdolittle.bsky.social prize for two-way Inter-species communication. 🐦 Her research identified 11 core "words" in zebra finch communication, bringing us a step closer to understanding the language of animals. 🔗More → tinyurl.com/y8tc3avt
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🐖 @ec.europa.eu has announced cage-free reform for pigs, aiming to transition from crates to pens by Q2 2027. 🐔 It also pledges to phase out cages for hens and broilers – but with no date stated. ❓With no plans for other species, and major gaps, concerns remain. #AnimalWelfare
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🚫 @ec.europa.eu wants to remove leather from its Deforestation Regulation. 🐄Meat from deforested land would be banned, but hides from the same animals could still enter the EU. 🌳This risks fueling deforestation & industrial animal farming. 🔗 More here → tinyurl.com/2dc4yvc6
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🐟 Wild anchovies & sardines are being turned into feed for Europe’s fish farms. 🚫 Aquaculture harms the aquatic animals it farms & uses up wild ones that millions of people rely on for food. More → tinyurl.com/26w9r273
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨 Methane from industrial animal farming is a major driver of climate change. 📨 30+ organizations ask Commissioner Hansen to ensure the EU Livestock Strategy urgently addresses agricultural methane. 🐄 In the EU, 60% of methane comes from raising farmed animals. 🔗Read it → tinyurl.com/24rcny6t
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🎉 17 Member States have backed @ec.europa.eu’s proposed restriction on lead in ammunition. 🦆 Lead from hunting and fishing poisons wildlife, pollutes habitats, & harms people. ⚠️ @europarl.europa.eu could still face attempts to block this vital measure. #AnimalWelfare
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
☀️ As Europe’s heatwave continues, many animals can’t escape the extreme temperatures. 🐔 Crowded, airless industrial farms become ovens. 🇫🇷 French chicken farms have reported hundreds of deaths in just days. 🔗More here → tinyurl.com/2r2s4f23 #AnimalWelfare
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
⁉️ Confused by @ec.europa.eu’s omnibus regulations and what they mean for animals? 🐄 Our Omnibus Tracker provides a clear, centralized overview of the 10 proposals & their impacts on animal protection. 🔗 animallaweurope.org/omnibus-trac... #AnimalWelfare
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨 As @ec.europa.eu delays its fur farming decision again, @politico.com poses questions over lobbying. 🦊 While 1.5M Europeans backed a fur ban, the IFF pushed for stricter welfare standards instead – while being funded by a St. Petersburg fur auction house. #AnimalWelfare #FurFreeEurope
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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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DeSmog @desmog.com · 12/06/2026
🔴 NEW: Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit? 📝 @phoebecooke.bsky.social @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @rachelsherrington.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/06/12/d...
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Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?
Denmark is set to radically overhaul its drinking water policy as part of a raft of sweeping reforms to the country’s livestock industry. In a nation with more pigs per capita than anywhere else in th...
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
🚛 It’s #BanLiveExports International Awareness Day! 📑 Yet another study, this time by DG SANTE, finds that the current system is antiquated & needs reforming. 🔗Read it → tinyurl.com/23w2ed83 #StopTheTrucks #AnimalWelfare
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🦞 In honor of #CrustaceanCompassionDay2026, a screening of ‘Seantience’ by Animal Ethics. 🦀The film explores the inner lives of aquatic animals & makes the ethical implications of their sentience impossible to dismiss. 🎞️ Register to watch @ 20:00 CEST → tinyurl.com/2rd3t4dr #CCDay2026
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🐖 Big news from Denmark: a new Ministry of Nature & Animal Welfare, taking on much of the work of the former ministers for food and agriculture. 🚔 #AnimalWelfare enforcement moves to the Justice Ministry. 🤞Let's hope it leads to strong commitments for animals in the EU institutions, too.
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
📕 At #UKAnimalLawCon2026, Aude-Solveig Epstein & @alicediconcetto.bsky.social presented their book, “Animals in EU Economic Law.” 🐟 Today, Alice joins the Intl #Aquaculture Law & Policy Symposium on aquatic #AnimalWelfare reform. 🔗 20% off the book with code PALAUT→ tinyurl.com/4vxp2yry
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🐖 Denmark’s new government pledges better pig welfare, with tail-docking enforced by 2030 & extreme breeding by 2035. 🚚 They’ll also reduce live animal exports, end caged pig farming, & impose a CO₂ tax on livestock. 🐟 Water protection will also increase. #AnimalWelfare #BeLikeDenmark
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The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy @animallaweurope.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🧪 @ec.europa.eu has launched a roadmap to phase out animal use in chemical safety assessments. 💊 Implementation starts now; progress will be reviewed in 2029. 🔗Read more → tinyurl.com/3n7p98ep #AnimalWelfare #3Rs #EndAnimalExperiments #CrueltyFree
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