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Dec 13, 2024
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The great majority of mother pigs spend about half of their short lives inside crates or stalls, in which they cannot even turn around (Photo: Compassion in World Farming)

Big-Agri is pushing for loopholes to keep caged animal farming

by Tilly Metz, Brussels, October 13, 2022, 10:27:31 AM
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After years of citizen mobilisation and political support for an upcoming EU ban on cages for farmed animals, the lobbyists of the Big Agri-food industry are now asking the EU for delays and loopholes that would make the new law ineffective in practice.

Thursday (13 October) is World Cage-Free Day.

Across the EU, every year about 300...

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