eurogroupforanimals

Every year, 100,000 mice suffer across Europe for Botox quality testing, despite validated non-animal alternatives being available for over a decade. To help bring this practice to an end , our member organisation Doctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE) together with the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) have launched a new campaign calling on European regul...

The EU has published its long-awaited Roadmap to phase out animal testing for chemical safety assessment. This initiative builds on momentum from the European Citizens Initiative "Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics", which demonstrated unprecedented public support for ending animal testing. We welcome this important milestone, which is the result of three years of intensive work by the...

The country's new government has announced plans to tackle some of the most harmful practices in pig farming, including ending routine tail docking, phasing out confinement systems, giving pigs more space and reducing long-distance transport of live animals. For a country that is one of Europe's largest pig meat producers, this is a landmark political commitment.

Cruelty Free Europe, Eurogroup for Animals, European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE), Humane World for Animals and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) welcome the release of the European Commission’s long‑awaited roadmap to phase out animal testing in chemical safety assessments, signalling an end to nearly half a million invasive procedures inflicted ...

Recent EU trade agreements with Australia, Mercosur and Mexico show that animal welfare is becoming part of EU trade policy. However, they also highlight inconsistencies in applying animal welfare standards across trade deals. As the EU revises its animal welfare legislation, this creates a key opportunity to apply its animal welfare standards on all products entering its market.