AGRI Committee adopts “disappointingly weak” report on the welfare of animals on-farm
Brussels, 26[th ]October 2021 – Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted its report on the welfare of animals on-farm. While disappointingly weak - and lamentably making some misleading statements regarding animal welfare - the report is still a considerable improvement on the poor draft delivered by French liberal MEP and meat cattle breeder Jérémy Decerle. Dr Joanna Swabe, senior director of public affairs for Humane Society International/Europe, noted: “It is astonishing that while most EU citizens, animal welfare scientists and even