EU Aims to End, Caged Animal Farming, by 2027.<br />On June 30, the European Commission pledged to work toward ending the practice of caged animal farming across the bloc.<br />The BBC reports that the promise came after a petition demanding an end to the practice collected more than 1.4 million signatures.<br />Animals are sentient beings<br />and we have a moral, societal<br />responsibility to ensure<br />that on-farm conditions<br />for animals reflect this, Stella Kyriakides, EU Health Commissioner, via BBC.<br />Animals are sentient beings<br />and we have a moral, societal<br />responsibility to ensure<br />that on-farm conditions<br />for animals reflect this, Stella Kyriakides, EU Health Commissioner, via BBC.<br />Animals are sentient beings<br />and we have a moral, societal<br />responsibility to ensure<br />that on-farm conditions<br />for animals reflect this, Stella Kyriakides, EU Health Commissioner, via BBC.<br />The proposed changes would affect rabbits, young hens, quails, ducks and geese.<br />The proposed changes would affect rabbits, young hens, quails, ducks and geese.<br />According to the BBC, the new <br />legislation will be proposed by 2023. <br />Actual changes would be gradually introduced by 2027.<br />The announcement comes a few <br />weeks after the European Parliament <br />also voted to support the ban.<br />The parliament expressed "grave concerns" regarding how some animals were housed.<br />The EU has some of the highest <br />animal welfare standards in the world.<br />However, according to a report by End the Cage Age, 94% of its farmed rabbits are currently caged, as are 49% of its hens and 85% of its sows.<br />However, according to a report by End the Cage Age, 94% of its farmed rabbits are currently caged, as are 49% of its hens and 85% of its sows.<br />The proposed changes would push <br />for alternatives to caged farming <br />to meet each animal's specific needs.<br />Government subsidies would also go to helping farmers upgrade equipment and receive training. .<br />Government subsidies would also go to helping farmers upgrade equipment and receive training.
