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A EUROPE
THAT CARES
Photo by Andrew Skowron
FOR ANIMALS
ABOUT US “
We believe
EUROGROUP FOR ANIMALS, the pan-European
wholeheartedly
in the power
of unity and
VISION
animal advocacy organisation, was launched forty
years ago. collective A EUROPE THAT
strength.
We unite and amplify the voices of over 60 national Animal welfare
CARES FOR ANIMALS.
and international animal protection organisations
knows no borders. All our efforts A Europe where the well-being of all
across Europe, the US and Australia.
and successes for animals have animals is assured, and where they
Together we provide a voice for the billions of animals been achieved thanks to our experience a good life.
kept in laboratories, farms and homes, and for those commitment to a cause that
living in the wild. goes beyond political colours and
geographical boundaries.”
MISSION
We drive positive change by working with our
members to identify common goals and coordinate Reineke Hameleers CEO
EU-wide action to influence laws and policies that
“
offer higher standards of animal protection.
We play a pivotal As the pan-European animal advocacy organisation, the primary focus of Eurogroup
role in bringing for Animals is to improve the well-being of as many animals as possible and defend
We deliver concrete results through dedicated
programmes and a strategic approach to about change animals’ interests. We do this by achieving better legislation, standards, enforcement
campaigning and advocacy based on our scientific for animals by and societal attitudes, through a united community of animal protection organisations.
knowledge and technical expertise. bringing people
This mission has been translated into a triple role. These roles are intertwined, mutually
together and
Only by legislating at an EU level can we be sure that reinforce each other and reflect our advocacy approach:
animals will be respected as sentient beings across all facilitating
Member States. greater coordination. This amplifies
our impact at the national level and REPRESENTING CIVIL SOCIETY CAMPAIGNING TO DRIVE CHANGE
ensures that our voices are heard AT EU LEVEL REGARDING IN FAVOUR OF ANIMALS
in Europe.” ANIMAL WELFARE ACROSS EUROPE
Britta Riis President As the only pan-European
Through our pan-European
animal advocacy organisation,
2 campaigns, we use the
“
we represent our members
I have cared power of public mobilisation
about animals
and more generally the
interests of animals
1 to connect citizens with
EU decision makers and
all my life. As at EU level. Our
create new animal
representativeness
a politician and expertise make us
advocacy opportunities.
in Finland I a trusted partner in EU 3
was active in stakeholder and expert
groups.
the national
parliament's animal welfare FOSTERING COHESION,
EXCHANGING EXPERIENCES AND
intergroup and so it was logical DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE
to join the European Parliament's
Intergroup. It is a very important We act as a facilitator, bringing together
people, knowledge and expertise, and
and powerful group with very broad
develop our members’ capacities to help
support from civil society and the us reach our common vision.
scientific community.”
Sirpa Pietikäinen Honorary President of the
Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals
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PURPOSE
We expect and demand that Article 13 of the Treaty
on the Functioning of the EU, which acknowledges
the sentience and intrinsic value of animals, is
valued and effected in all relevant EU legislation.
We expect that the EU institutions, the European
Parliament, the European Commission and the
Council of the EU, include animal welfare and the
humane treatment of animals as integral elements
of all relevant impact assessments and legislative
proposals.
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
FOR 40 YEARS, Eurogroup for Animals has been instrumental in obtaining and improving EU legislation in
the area of animal welfare. Here are a few of the successes resulting from our four decades of advocacy. 2010
Alternative
methods and
three Rs in the
2010 2016
1983 Directive on 2019
1991 Council
Ban on Adoption of the 2009 conclusions
animals used 2013 Animal Health 2018 European First horizontal
Regulation on for scientific Law, with Court of Auditors'
imports of Pigs Directive, 2001 on cats Ban on
key welfare
Council
baby seal 1998 Ban on Sow the protection purposes marketing first ever report Conclusions on
banning routine and dogs provisions
skins Zoos Directive Stalls of animals at the and testing of assessing the Animal Welfare
tail docking of pigs
time of killing cosmetics on Commission's
animals action in ensuring
animal welfare
1991
Leghold 2009 2017
Traps The legal 2018
Establishment of
prohibited obligation Animal
2005 2016 Union Reference 2018
1986 in EU 1997 Regulation on
under the 2012 Adoption centers for Animal
welfare as a
Directive on EU Treaty stand-alone Animal welfare
Ban on Veal the protection EU strategy of the EU Welfare with the
Animal to consider chapter in linked to
crates of animals on Animal Action Plan Official Control
Experimentation animals as the trade sustainability
during Welfare against wildlife Regulation
sentient beings agreement in trade by the
transport when drafting trafficking with Mexico Commission
legislation for the first
time
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SUCCESS
SCIENCE WILDLIFE COMPANION ANIMALS FARM ANIMALS ALL ANIMALS
FOR 40 YEARS, JOINTLY WITH OUR MEMBERS, WE HAVE
BEEN DELIVERING RESULTS AND TAKING STEPS FORWARD
FOR ANIMALS IN THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS.
ANIMALS IN SCIENCE FARM ANIMALS
Over 11 million animals, including dogs, rabbits lives of those animals currently used for research,
and even our closest genetic relatives, primates, testing and education. Animals used for food are not just agricultural and highlight cases where EU subsidies lead to
are used in laboratory research and testing products but sentient beings. From the moment animal suffering. We believe that supporting more
throughout Europe every year. EXAMPLE: We participate in platforms to promote they are born until they reach the slaughterhouse sustainable, environmentally and animal friendly
the development and uptake of alternative they need to be treated accordingly. food is our shared responsibility.
We work with legislators, experts and industry to methods and promote the spread of animal-free
ensure their protection, with the aim of ultimately methodologies in areas where the use of animals We campaign for the development and EXAMPLE: We were instrumental in pushing the
replacing all animal experiments with viable is still common. enforcement of higher animal welfare standards EP to vote to implement two pilot projects which
alternatives. We do all we can to improve the in food and farming through EU legislation and have won EU funding of €1.7m. Starting in 2020,
voluntary actions by retailers and others. the projects will produce best practice guidelines
We encourage financial compensation for farmers for the welfare of dairy cows and look into higher-
who invest in higher welfare production systems welfare alternative systems for laying hens.
CATS AND EQUINES OUR KEY AREAS OF FOCUS:
DOGS
PIGS LIVE
We work to decrease the ANIMAL
significant number of TRANSPORT
There are around 66 million owned cats and 60 Depending on where and how they are used, violations to EU pig welfare
million owned dogs in the EU. For many, dogs and equines may be legally defined as farm animals, legislation. One million animals are transported every day
cats are loved family members, but others see companion animals or even wild animals, and in Europe, most of them for slaughter. We fight
them as an income source, through breeding or a single equine can cover several of these to improve legislation to reduce and replace live
commercial trading. We work to guarantee a safe classifications within its lifetime. This leads to animal transport, and call for existing rules to be
environment for all cats and dogs. serious challenges across the EU, including CHICKENS better enforced.
overpopulation, irresponsible breeding, We advocate for a shift
EXAMPLE: In 2019 we had meetings with the illegal trading, poor levels and over-use of towards free-range FISH We work to
European Commission’s DG for Communications transportation and inhumane slaughter. and organic systems to put fish welfare on the
Networks, Content and Technology and the DG ensure more humane egg European policy map
for Justice and Consumers to raise awareness of EXAMPLE: The EU Platform on Animal Welfare production and advocate and to ensure it is
the illegal puppy trade and identify joint areas of endorsed the “Guide to good animal welfare for closer attention to integrated more broadly
cooperation, especially in the context of platform practice for the keeping, care, training and use of the proper management into the regulatory
responsibility under the upcoming Digital Services horses”, produced by its own-initiative equines of poultry farms and framework addressing
Act. subgroup, for which Eurogroup for Animals and genetics issues. animal welfare.
World Horse Welfare share the secretariat.
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SUCCESS OUR WORK
FOR ANIMALS with EUROPEAN DECISION MAKERS
OUR ADVOCACY WORK WITH EU DECISION
MAKERS IS CENTRAL TO DELIVERING OUR
WILDLIFE STRATEGIC GOALS.
We have relationships with experts throughout
the European Commission, the European
Council and the European Parliament, work
hand in hand with many Member States and
hold seats in the Commission’s main stakeholder
consultation groups.
Wild animals across the world are exploited, Species. We support national campaigns and
improperly kept as pets, cruelly trapped, poisoned explore EU opportunities to ban wild animals We are the secretariat for the Intergroup on
and hunted. from circuses. the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
This brings together MEPs from all political
We advocate for effective legislation to EXAMPLE: In 2019, the European Commission groups to debate and learn about these
protect them and for better enforcement of published the English-language "Zoos Directive issues, encouraging them to ensure that all EU
existing legislation to safeguard their welfare. Good Practices Document" in eight more legislation respects animals and their welfare.
We contribute to EU policy and legislative languages. The translation of this important
developments that regulate the keeping and document was one of our main calls during the
sale of exotic pets, that reduce wildlife trade EC’s evaluation of the Zoos Directive, as it is
and trafficking and that ensure the application crucial if the level of implementation of the
of humane methods to manage Invasive Alien Directive is to increase.
OUR GOVERNANCE
WE ARE DEMOCRATICALLY GOVERNED BY
TRADE & ANIMAL WELFARE OUR MEMBERS AND RECEIVE OUR MANDATE
FROM THEM AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL
ASSEMBLY (AGM).
The AGM is our supreme decision-making and
oversight body which establishes our direction
via the adoption of a Strategic Plan.
Billions of animals and their products are traded EXAMPLE: Our advocacy efforts have led to the
The General Assembly is composed of voting
across the globe each year without adequate impact of trade on animal welfare being more
members from all member organisations. It
welfare protection. highly recognised by the EU institutions. In 2019,
delegates its authority to an elected Board,
a grant awarded to Eurogroup for Animals by the
which is made up of representatives from
We seek to ensure that animal welfare is Open Philanthropy Project allowed us to expand
13 member organisations, together with an
included within multilateral and bilateral trade the scope and depth of our trade-related work.
independent President and Treasurer.
agreements by taking a holistic, long-term and This new funding concerns objectives specifically
strategic approach. We want EU animal welfare related to farm animals, and has allowed the
standards to be maintained and standards in trade team to grow.
other countries improved.
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OUR MEMBERS
UPDATED IN JANUARY 2020 SPAIN
AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection*
ANDA
Animal Equality*
AUSTRIA Compassion in World Farming* LITHUANIA
AVATMA
Four Paws Fondation Brigitte Bardot Lithuanian Animal Rights
Compassion in World Farming*
LFDA Protection
The Donkey Sanctuary*
BELGIUM WELFARM
FAADA
GAIA LUXEMBOURG
GERMANY LNPA
SWEDEN
BULGARIA Animal Equality
Compassion in World Farming*
Four Paws* Animal Welfare Foundation NETHERLANDS
Djurens Ratt
Ärzte gegen Tierversuche AAP Animal Advocacy and
Djursjyddet Sverige
CROATIA Deutscher Tierschutzbund Protection
Svenska Djurskyddsforeningen
Animal Friends Croatia Four Paws* Bont voor Dieren
World Animal Protection*
Menschen für Tierrechte Compassion in World Farming*
CZECH REPUBLIC Dierenbescherming
SWITZERLAND
Compassion in World Farming* GREECE Four Paws*
Animalfree Research
Spolecnost Pro Zvirata Animal Action Greece/GAWF * Sea First Foundation
Four Paws*
Ippothesis Stichting Proefdiervrij
Schweizer Tierschutz STS
CYPRUS Vissenbescherming
The Donkey Sanctuary HUNGARY World Animal Protection*
UNITED KINGDOM
Four Paws*
Animal Action Greece / GAWF
DENMARK MÁOSZ NORWAY
Animal Defenders International
Dyrenes Beskyttelse VÁE Dyrevern Alliansen
Animal Equality*
World Animal Protection*
Animal Protection Agency
IRELAND POLAND
Badger Trust
ESTONIA The Donkey Sanctuary* Compassion in World Farming*
Catholic Concern for Animals
ESPA Dublin SPCA Otwarte Klatki
Cats Protection
Loomus Irish SPCA
Compassion in World Farming
PORTUGAL
The Donkey Sanctuary
EU ITALY Animais de Rua
Four Paws*
Compassion in World Farming* Animal Equality*
One Kind
Four Paws* Compassion in World Farming* ROMANIA
RSPCA
World Animal Protection* The Donkey Sanctuary* Animals International*
Ulster SPCA
Essere Animali Four Paws*
World Animal Protection
FINLAND LAV
World Horse Welfare
Animalia Lega Nazionale per la Difesa SERBIA
SEY del Cane ORCA
OUTSIDE EUROPE
The Wolf Action Group
LATVIA SLOVAKIA
AUSTRALIA
FRANCE Christine Chilver's Animal Sloboda Zvierat
Voiceless
Association L214 Friends Society
Animals International
C'est assez
Code Animale
UNITED STATES
World Animal Net
* Regional/national offices
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