EU announces historic cage ban
Compassion in World Farming, June 30, 2021
Abstract
The Commission plans to prohibit cages for over 300 million hens, mother pigs, calves, rabbits, ducks, geese and other farmed animals every year, looking at a phase-out by 2027. EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová made the statement at a press conference covering the Commission’s response to the End the Cage Age European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which received overwhelming support with over 1.4 million signatures from EU citizens. The Commission announced that it will put forward a legislative proposal by the end of 2023 to phase out and ban the use of cages for farmed animals. That proposal will need the approval of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU.
