And Animal is in good good If it is healthy, well -fed, comfortable, you can express innate behavior and do not suffer from an unpleasant feeling, which is related to pain, fear or restlessness.
This is the definition of animal welfare proposed by the map (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain) and which is based on the Code for Land Animals of the World Animal Health Organization Known for his acronym ‘Omsa’, formerly called Oie.
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Members of the parliaments of Spain, Italy, Poland, Denmark and the Netherlands They demand their respective governments to press the European Commission (EC) to prioritize The assessment of animal welfare legislationApplying for a specific schedule for the remaining proposals with regard to animal regulations in captivity, sacrifice and labeling.
After parliamentary initiatives in these five countries, national parliaments are expected to discuss the need for the European Commission to resume work with regard to these proposals as quickly as possible. The goal is Avoid more delays and efforts the road to improved and harmonized legislation throughout the EU.
Because the CE is willing to present his work program for 2025 in the coming weeks, NGOs for Animal Protection require a specific plan for the publication of current proposals. This happens after the health commissioner and animal welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, promised that the first of these files will be announced in 2026.
The EC initially proposed to revise the legislation, outdated by 2023 for decades, but did not fulfill his bet. Although this agency promised to respect the requirements of 1.4 million citizens who have asked for the ban on cages, a schedule or concrete details are not presented, and 300 million animals They are still limited in the EU every year. Citizens are also waiting for the committee’s answer with regard to their request for Prohibition Fighting FarmsIt is expected for March 2026.
Common interest in the subject
The The importance of revised legislation on animal welfare It has been emphasized by all interested parties of the strategic dialogue about the future of agriculture, a forum created by the EC to tackle polarization around the Agri -Food issue, which requested this assessment before 2026.
Faada (basis for advice and action in the defense of animals) and Eurogroup for Animals They remember that this is the first legislative mandate with a commissioner who focuses on animal welfare, so there are no apologies for more delays. The scientific evidence is, as well as the consensus that current legislation does not comply with its purpose: this legislative mandate may be the progress that animal protection entities and citizens have been waiting.
In Italy, representatives of Almost all competitions presented a motion in which the CE was encouraged to turn this review into a priority for 2025. In Spain, the parliamentary groups of addition, republican and mixed presented a non -statutory proposal that the Spanish government asked to intervene.
Poland has asked questions in writing, while the Netherlands intends to send a different request after previous statements from their cabinet about the importance of ambitious animal welfare legislation in the EU. Denmark asked if Your Minister of Agriculture will present an extensive and ambitious plan EU legislation assesses before Denmark takes on the EU presidency in July 2025.