Across Europe over the past three years the #EndTheCageAge campaign amassed 1,397,113 validated signatures, far exceeding the minimum 1,000,000 required to force EU legislative action. Significantly, signatures must also exceed minimum thresholds in at least 7 member states. This campaign surpassed the thresholds in all 18 EU member states.
Support for ending factory farming is a common concern that runs broad and deep throughout the European Union. Olga Kikou writes, “A ‘Eurobarometer’ survey of EU public opinion conducted for the Commission found that 94% of people believe protecting the welfare of farmed animals is important and 82% want farmed animals better protected.”
This forces the European Commission to put forward meaningful legislative proposals to phase out confinement systems in animal farming, in effect, putting an end to factory farms!!!
Read #EndTheCageAge Update here. Read It’s High Time to End the ‘Cage Age’ for Farmed Aminals here.
