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01 July 2021
by eub2
-- last modified 01 July 2021
The European Commission decided on 30 June to positively respond to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) 'End the Cage Age'. In its reply, the Commission set out plans for a legislative proposal by 2023 to prohibit cages for a number of farm animals.
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1. What is the European Citizens Initiative 'End the Cage Age' about?
The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) 'End the Cage Age' called on the Commission to propose legislation to prohibit the use of cages for:
laying hens, rabbits, pullets, broiler breeders, layer breeders, quail, ducks and geese;
farrowing crates for sows;