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Eurogroup for Animals
@eurogroupforanimals.org
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🇪🇺 The voice for animals in the EU
🤝 Umbrella NGO - 100+ animal protection organisations lobbying EU institutions as one
🐾 Building a Europe that values and respects animals as sentient beings
📍 Brussels
http://forwardforanimals.eu/
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Effective rabies elimination needs a One Health approach. Our 🆕 report explores why mandatory identification and registration of dogs & cats matters, for animal & public health.

🇬🇧🇺🇦 Available in English + Ukrainian ⤵️
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Rabies elimination through One Health
Rabies is resurging across Ukraine and spilling into neighbouring EU countries but the solution is within reach. This report shows how a One Health approach, combined with mandatory identification…
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January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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🐻✊ Finland’s court ruled bear hunting permits unlawful. The EU Habitats Directive must be defended, for every large carnivore, in every country!

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Itä-Suomen hallinto-oikeus: karhun metsästykseen myönnetyt poikkeusluvat olivat lain vastaisia
Hallinto-oikeus kumosi Riistakeskuksen myöntämät poikkeusluvat, koska niille ei ollut hallinto-oikeuden mukaan perusteita. Kiista karhun metsästyksestä jatkuu.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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❤️🇦🇺 Australia is reviewing its animal research code for the first time in a decade, with proposals to recognise animal sentience, include crustaceans, limit animal use in teaching & restrict surgery to vets. A step toward more humane science.

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Are crabs animals and should we experiment on monkeys? Major review of Australia’s research code to mull tough questions
Ending use of animals in teaching and limiting surgery in research settings to veterinarians among suggested changes
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January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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‼️ EU citizens have provided overwhelming feedback to the EU’s public consultation on the modernisation of animal welfare legislation, with 236,520 responses submitted in just three months, compared to 60,000 responses back in 2021.

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January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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High animal welfare standards are increasingly a mark of quality in global food markets.

This year, let’s make a resolution we can all keep: to give the animals in our lives not just a life worth living but a good life.

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Ending the cruellest practices in farming makes financial as well as moral sense
High animal welfare standards are increasingly a mark of quality in global food markets
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January 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Member states have approved the EU-Mercosur deal which is set to increase imports of animal products from highly intensive systems!

All eyes on the European Parliament to oppose the ratification of this deal.

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EU-Mercosur deal will have devastating impacts for animals
Today, EU member states have greenlighted the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, marking a major political step towards the ratification of a deal that threatens millions of animals.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Wild animals don’t belong in our homes. 🐍❌

"Don’t Pet Me" by @onekind.org exposes the hidden suffering of exotic pets + calls for a #positivelist to protect animal welfare in Scotland.

🗳️ Please vote for the campaign & support change
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Don't Pet Me
The campaign—led by OneKind, Born Free, and the Scottish SPCA—urges the Scottish Government to introduce a legal permitted list of animals that can be…
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January 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Jane Goodall's legacy of hope in a fragile world 🌍

Read the latest piece from @philip_ciwf about turning intellect into intelligence for the year ahead ⤵️

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Jane Goodall's legacy of hope in a fragile world
Turning intellect into intelligence for the year ahead
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January 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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🇳🇱 As of January 1, it has become illegal in the Netherlands to use electric shocks on pigs and cattle while being driven on farms or during #LiveTransport that starts and ends on Dutch territory.

More on the steps being taken to end this cruel practice: shorturl.at/rKqjc
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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🇪🇺🧬 Integrating #CellularAgriculture into our farming systems, replacing industrial farms with small-scale, high #welfare farms focused on cell culture growth, could have many benefits for animals, people, and the planet.

Our new paper dives deeper: shorturl.at/Mkruy
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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‼️ Finland has adopted changes to its Hunting Act that undermine the protection of large carnivores + breach EU law.

The hunting of up to 100 #wolves is authorised, despite scientific evidence & genetic risks.

The @ec.europa.eu must act before more protected wildlife is lost.
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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🐴💔 A new investigation by our member Animal Equality Italia reveals serious abuse & animal welfare violations in an Italian horse slaughterhouse.

Horses were beaten, neglected & slaughtered while still conscious.

These abuses must stop ⤵️

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Dentro un macello di cavalli del Nord Italia | Animal Equality Italia
Un’inchiesta esclusiva sotto copertura di Animal Equality documenta gravi violazioni nel macello di cavalli Zerbini e Ragazzi in Emilia-Romagna
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January 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Waitrose’s decision to introduce sandwiches made with chicken produced to higher standards than usual is described by the @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social as ‘trail-blazing for animal welfare’.

Read more on the article [email protected] ⤵️

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Why choosing a sandwich for lunch is a serious moral issue
Waitrose’s decision to introduce sandwiches made with chicken produced to higher standards than usual is described by the RSPCA as ‘trail-blazing for animal welfare’
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January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Today we remember Brigitte Bardot and honour her lifelong dedication to defending animals, her fearless advocacy for animals played a defining role in shaping the animal protection movement as we know it today.

Thank you, Brigitte.
December 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Intensive farming, not sewage is the biggest threat to our waterways - and it's time for action. 💧

Read more from @philip-ciwf.bsky.social on the biggest source of pollution we face.
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Sewage in rivers is a real problem. But it's not even the biggest source of pollution
Intensive farming, not sewage, is the biggest threat to our waterways – and it’s time for action, writes Philip Lymbery
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December 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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🙌 The UK government has published its Animal Welfare Strategy, promising the biggest animal welfare reforms in a generation. 🐔🐷

Plans to outlaw hen cages and pig farrowing crates are a major step forward — and show what political ambition for animals can look like.

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Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England
Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws
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December 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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What did 2025 bring for animals in the EU and what is coming next?

⏯️ Our CEO @ReinekeEG4A looks back on the big breakthroughs and challenges from 2025 and outlines the four important moments coming up in 2026.

Thank you to all the animal advocates for your support this year!
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy should play a central role in supporting the transition to more sustainable, animal welfare-friendly & cage-free farming systems by directing funding & incentives to farmers who adopt higher-welfare practices - @tillymetz.bsky.social 🌱

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December 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Member spotlight: Tusti Narvai ✨

Founded in 2014, Tušti narvai aims to prevent animal suffering in Lithuania.

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December 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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🐺🇫🇷 Good news for #wolves: France’s highest administrative court has blocked authorisation to shoot wolves in the Hautes-Pyrénées, recognising the extremely small local population.

✊A welcome decision that puts conservation & #coexistence first!

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Le Conseil d'État interdit de tirer sur les loups des Hautes-Pyrénées - Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis
La plus haute juridiction administrative a annulé un arrêté autorisant les tirs sur les loups dans les Hautes-Pyrénées, compte-tenu du faible effectif présent dans le département. La Fondation 30…
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December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Millions of animals could pay the price for the EU-Mercosur trade deal.

Trade deals must raise standards — not lower them.

❌ That’s why we call to #StopEUMercosur — animals, people and the planet deserve better.

#AnimalWelfare #Mercosur
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🦞 Lobsters feel pain — yet they’re still cooked and slaughtered alive.

Sign @GAIABrussels’ petition to require stunning and end this cruelty 👉
Homards | GAIA
Chaque année, la Belgique importe plus de 4 millions de homards vivants. Tout le chemin parcouru par le homard, de la capture jusqu'à la mort, est un supplice.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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The upcoming REACH revision is a once-in-a-generation chance to keep Europe safe & end cruel, outdated animal tests.

🙌 #AnimalTesting should be replaced with modern, animal-free science. It’s time for #REACH to enter the 21st century!

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REACH revision must keep Europe safe
Century-old lethal dose animal tests and other cruel methods must be replaced with kinder science. It’s time to embrace animal-free science.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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👎 Alarming news from Finland 🇫🇮 Parliament has voted to allow quota hunting of strictly protected species, wolves, bears, lynx & otters, in breach of EU law. 🐺🐻🦦❌

This undermines nature protection across Europe.
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Envi ministers, follow the call of 200+ orga, stand up for:
🐺 #Wolves & their role in the ecosystem
🗓️ Decades of science-based conservation
💪 A resilient EU nature

MS must step up. We cannot accept weaker laws for wild animals & nature. #HandsOffNature
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December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM