Opinion: Why are the foxes still in charge of the henhouse?
Dr. Joanna Swabe, senior director of public affairs for Humane Society International/Europe.Animal welfare is an emotive issue, and not without good reason given that it concerns how we treat other sentient beings, particularly those species exploited for food production. The more that scientists learn about farmed animals, the clearer it becomes that we should all be doing far more to assure their welfare needs. Indeed, the European Commission itself recently reached this conclusion, making an explicit commitment in the Farm to Fork Strategy to improve farm animal welfare and broaden