Being born, growing and dying without barely moving. Overcrowded chickens that cannot even open their wings, rabbits that never set foot on the green or breeding sows immobilized for weeks on a slatted floor. That is the reality of 300 million animals in Europe. In 2021, Brussels promised to put an end to animal confinement with a law to progressively eliminate cages in livestock farming. The Commission was sensitive to the petition of more than 1.4 million citizens who supported the End the Cage Age initiative. Five years later, that promise is a dead letter. Continue reading
