Stupid rules should be broken

The European Commission is promising new animal welfare proposals next year. The overdue proposals include phasing out cages, regulating imports, and ending chick killing. Whether they progress will say a lot about the seriousness of animal welfare commissioner Oliver Varhelyi

Mention spéciale à Transilien SNCF Voyageurs pour son nouveau système de tickets byzantin et son application mobile qui ne fonctionne pas. La « simplification » à la française !

🎖️ Félicitations à Eugénie Duval, lauréate du Prix de droit de la Fondation Droit Animal, Éthique et Sciences (LFDA) ! Nous sommes chanceux de pouvoir compter sur un esprit aussi engagé que méticuleux. Bravo!

Unbelievable. euractiv.com/section/eet/ne…

Incroyable : La Commission européenne découvre le rapport de force dans les relations commerciales avec les pays tiers !

🩸 The sea ran red in the Faroes as 336 pilot whales, including unborn calves, were slaughtered in the 2nd "grindadráp" of 2025. ❌ This bloody tradition persists despite global & local opposition. #StopTheGrind 🎥 Sea Shepherd

🐇 Rabbits & poultry most often face intensive farming—but get the least #AnimalWelfare support under the CAP. 📚In fact, a new IEEP - Institute for European Environmental Policy report finds CAP tools for ALL animals fall short. 🐾 Animal welfare must be a standalone objective! 🔗 More → tinyurl.com/3ar3u98u

The European Commission is preparing to fast-track approval for so-called novel foods – ranging from cell-based meat to cricket flour and UV-treated vegetables – according to a draft document seen by Euractiv. euractiv.com/section/agricu…

👍 Mink farming will be banned across the EU from 2027 after minks were listed as invasive species. 🗓️ Member States have two years to phase it out… ⁉️ …but Denmark is seeking an exemption. 🔗 More → tinyurl.com/3yta3jr2 #FurFreeEurope

Can you believe that the #Pork Industry is actually *proud* of this appalling cruelty? 😡

🚨 This is huge: the European Commission effectively banned mink farming in the EU by classifying minks as invasive alien species! Member States can apply for exemptions but it's a great example of how environmental regulations can work in the interest of farmed animals.

The global decline in the factory farming of mink is a great untold story of animal welfare progress. Now the EU has effectively banned most mink farming (exceptions remain), we'll hopefully see the further decline of this cruel industry. It can't come soon enough.

From the Brussels effect to the Brussels constraint: After bragging about its Brussels effect (leading third countries to enact its own rules on their territory ), the EU is now a victim of the Brussels constraint: it deliberately disapplies its rules on its territory, thus

🎙️Alice Di Concetto joins James Özden 🔸 on the How I Learned to Love Shrimp to discuss the stalled EU #AnimalWelfare reforms. 🐄 What went wrong—and what’s next? 🔗 Listen → tinyurl.com/5n7m3fxj

Great news: the Supreme Court today rejected yet another pork industry lawsuit to try to force states to allow the sale of pork from crated pigs. The pork industry is now lobbying Congress hard to wipe out state crate bans through the Farm Bill later this year.

📚 An article by Alice Di Concetto & Hugo Marro-Menotti in the Sorbonne Doctoral Law Review (SDLR) explores the tension between animals as property vs. sentient beings. ⚖️ It looks at how the ambiguous legal status of animals can be used to advance their protection. 🔗 Read → tinyurl.com/2pemdh8c

New report from Farm Forward— Animal Agriculture and the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis—Tyson, Cargill, and JBS—three of the four largest beef producers in the U.S.—have been misleading consumers by marketing their products as “raised without antibiotics.” farmforward.com/wp-content/upl…

🥵Suffering this week? Imagine the animals packed into trucks on long, hot journeys. 🇧🇪 Flanders has banned summer exports by road to hot non-EU countries—a small but meaningful step. 💪Let’s hope others follow. 🔗 More → tinyurl.com/2a2z7tb4 #AnimalWelfare #StopTheTrucks

#Droit | La LFDA a récompensé les travaux de recherche d'Eugénie Duval sur la protection des animaux d'#élevage en lui remettant son 6e Prix de Droit 👏🐄