🇱🇺 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

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...

🚨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

🎙️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

🚨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

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...

The consumer push for better treatment of farmed animals has led to a growth in supply chain audits. But are current audits accurate enough? https://faunalytics.org/how-accurate-are-audits-in-assessing-animal-welfare/

🐤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

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/

🇵🇱 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

🇫🇷 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

🐑 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

🐖 @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

🏆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

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!

🔔 Today! ⤵︎

📚 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

🐊 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

🚨 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

🐰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

🇬🇧 @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

🚨 @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

🐈🐕‍🦺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

🇪🇺 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.

🚨 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

🇵🇱 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

🚨 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

🌊 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

🐟 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

💡 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! 👇

📉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

❓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...

💦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...

🇧🇬 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

🐬 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

❗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

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...

❓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

🇩🇰 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

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...

🚨 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

🚨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

🐄 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

🐟 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...

🐥Chickens live 10+ years, but most broilers are killed at just 5–6 weeks. 📈They’re the most farmed animals in the bloc, with at least 6 billion slaughtered yearly. 🚫 90% live out their short lives on intensive farms. 🔗 More in our Policy Brief → tinyurl.com/32n2y4pw 📷 @weanimals.bsky.social

🚨 Save the date! 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 Curtain: the Food Industry's Marketing Tricks” on 11 Sept at 18:45 CET. 🔗 More → vegansummit.eu #vegan #foodsystems

German customs officials find 1,500 tarantulas hidden in cake boxes at airport www.euronews.com/2025/07/14/g...

“Lawyers say the case now paves the way for suffering communities to bring replica suits across Europe, to demand justice and protection from their authorities.” 👏 Congrats to @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social @cecuconsumo.bsky.social and all those behind the case! www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

@alicediconcetto.bsky.social is quoted in @voxdotcom.bsky.social on a new Swiss law requiring animal products to disclose cruel production methods. 🛒 She says restaurants & stores, rather than consumers, may shun such products to avoid negative association. 🔗 More → tinyurl.com/3zyysbmp

🩸Like humans, animals have blood types — often more than us! 🐴Horses have 8 blood types, cattle 11, and dogs at least 13. 💉They need blood donations too, but not all companion animals can donate. 🔗 More here → tinyurl.com/4w947dv7