Animals in Europe
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Welcome to Animals in Europe, a podcast presented by Eurogroup for Animals, the pan-European animal advocacy organisation. Join us to meet animal advocates, decision-makers and experts building together a Europe that cares for animals.
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Feb 23, 2022
The Live Animal Transport Regulation Revision, with MEP Tilly Metz
This week our Political Affairs Manager Joe Moran speaks with MEP Tilly Metz, President of the Parliamentary Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals and Chair of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport. She filled us in on last month's vote in the European Parliament, how successful she feels the Committee was, why the European Commission needs to urgently revise the rules, and much more.
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Dec 16, 2021
Highlights for animals in 2021, with MEP Anja Hazekamp
With her tenure as President of the Parliamentary Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals coming to a close, we also reflect on Anja’s highlights and successes over the past 2.5 years.
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Dec 1, 2021
The online animal trade and the EU Digital Services Act
With large numbers of animals being sold in online marketplaces in Europe, both animals and consumers are at risk. The Digital Services Act could help tackle this issue through improved regulation of digital markets.
We speak with Georgia Diamantopoulou, EU Companion Animal Policy Coordinator at Four Paws, and Maryant Fernandez Perez, a lawyer and Senior Digital Policy Officer at the European Consumer Organisation BEUC, about how this legislation could better protect consumers and animals.
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Oct 28, 2021
Time to end the wildlife trade, with World Animal Protection CEO Steve McIvor
Steve McIvor, CEO of World Animal Protection, explains the organisation's new strategy to end the wildlife trade, and why international action is needed at the G20 Summit to make this a priority.
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Oct 7, 2021
The role of working equines in the EU and beyond, and how we can protect their welfare
More than 200 million working animals support the livelihoods of over 600 million people. With Dr Joe Collins from The Donkey Sanctuary, we explore what kind of roles horses, donkeys and other working equines perform in the EU and beyond.
From Greece to China, we explore how crucial working equines can be to developing communities and how we can work to protect their welfare and empower those persons who work with them.
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Sep 9, 2021
Why is Europe’s cosmetics animal testing ban under threat?
We speak to Julia Fentern, who has led Unilever’s non-animal science work for more than 20 years. Unilever, along with other major brands such as Dove, The Body Shop and numerous NGOs, are driving this ECI to achieve change for animals used in science.
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Jul 29, 2021
The urgent need for food system transformation with MEP Francisco Guerreiro
As outlined in the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, there is an urgent need to shift towards more plant-based diets and alternative proteins in Europe in order to improve animal welfare, mitigate climate change and prevent biodiversity loss. We are joined by MEP Francisco Guerreiro to discuss the importance of transforming food systems in the EU, and how we can make that happen.
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Jul 8, 2021
How we achieved a ban on cages in animal farming, with Compassion in World Farming
The End the Cage Age European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which launched in September 2018 and gained over 1.6 million signatures, has now become the first successful ECI on farmed animal welfare.
We speak with Aleksandra Terzieva, Public Affairs Advisor at Compassion in World Farming EU. CIWF led a coalition of 170 NGOs from across Europe and rallied citizens from every corner of the Union to achieve this success.
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Jun 18, 2021
Fish welfare - improving standards in the EU
Our expert special guest this week is Janneke Aelen from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, who fills us in on the future of fish welfare research and how we can achieve better protections for fish. Learn more on our website.
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Jun 3, 2021
How can the EU tackle the exotic pet trade?
With Belgium as a case study, we explore how a Positive List for species kept as pets can act as an effective solution to regulate the trade in exotic animals, reducing animal suffering and better protecting public health.
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May 20, 2021
How can animal welfare be improved through trade agreements? Focus on EU-India negotiations with MEP Manuela Ripa
With MEP Manuela Ripa, member of the INTA Committee on International Trade, we discuss how Free Trade Agreements can impact animal welfare standards, which trade agreements represent opportunities and threats to welfare and sustainable development, and why the EU-India negotiations are extremely important in influencing their fast growing agricultural industry.
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May 6, 2021
Why 2021 could be the year we change the future for farmed animals in Europe, with MEP Jytte Guteland
We discuss the current situation for farmed animals in Europe with MEP Jytte Guteland, who explains how lack of species-specific legislation is allowing millions of animals to fall through the cracks of legislation.
To learn more about our demands for the legislation fitness check, view our campaign No Animal Left Behind and sign the petition.
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Apr 22, 2021
European Citizens' Initiative ‘End the Cage Age’ with MEP Eleonora Evi
The European Citizens' Initiative ‘End the Cage Age’, which has received over 1.4 million signatures, received a hearing last week in the European Parliament. The discussion was extremely promising, and we discuss how this ECI could and should move forward with MEP Eleonora Evi.
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Apr 1, 2021
Moving towards non-animal science
In this episode we are joined by Dr Laura Gribaldo, Scientific Officer at the Joint Research Center of the European Commission. Laura has over 30 years of experience and has been very active in driving the non-animal science agenda.
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Mar 11, 2021
Wild animals in circuses - why do we need an EU-wide ban?
With guest David van Gennep, Executive Director of Animal Advocacy and Protection, we learn more about how Member States are leading the way in banning the use of wild animals in circuses, as well as getting an insight into AAP’s work with rescuing and rehabilitating animals from circuses.
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Feb 25, 2021
Mink farming - a danger to public health?
We discuss the risks to public health from COVID-19 spreading to mink on fur farms with Bo Algers, Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine. Bo is a signatory of our recent scientific statement, urging the European Commission to take a precautionary approach and suspend mink farming and breeding, backed by a new EFSA report stating all mink are “at risk” of COVID-19 infection.
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Feb 11, 2021
Launch of the World Federation for Animals
To celebrate the launch of the World Federation for Animals, this week we will be discussing the exciting new initiative on our Animals in Europe podcast.
Our host and CEO Reineke Hameleers will fill us in on how and why the WFA was formed with two of the fellow founding board members, Britta Riis and Wim de Kok. We also get an insight into the goals and ambitions of the federation, and what the WFA hopes to achieve for animals whilst representing the animal protection movement on the international stage.
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Jan 28, 2021
How can we improve the live transport rules?
To celebrate the launch of our White Paper on the Transport Regulation revision, our Animals in Europe podcast theme this week is live animal transport.
In this latest episode, our host and CEO Reineke Hameleers has a conversation with Maria Boada of member organisation Animal Welfare Foundation. Maria has extensive experience working on the ground with animals being transported, and offers a fascinating insight into the problems with the current legislation and enforcement. The conversation focuses on how the Transport Regulation can and should be improved to better protect the welfare of the animals.
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Dec 17, 2020
Interview with Tilly Metz
In the latest episode of our Animals in Europe podcast, our host and CEO Reineke Hameleers has an open conversation with Tilly Metz. Tilly is a Luxembourg MEP for the Greens party and a strong advocate for animals. She is one of the Vice-Presidents and an active member of the Animal Welfare Intergroup and has been recently been appointed as the chair of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport.
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Dec 2, 2020
Interview with Ruud Zanders
In this episode, our host and CEO of Eurogroup for Animals Reineke Hameleers has an open conversation with Ruud Zanders. Ruud is chairman of the Caring Farmers, an organization by and for farmers working on a different and more responsible food system.
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Nov 13, 2020
Interview with Britta Riis and Niels Fuglsang
Following the alarming news of the culling of Mink in Denmark, Eurogroup for Animals CEO talks to MEP Niels Fuglsang and Britta Riis from Dansh member Dyrenes Beskyttelse.Don't miss this important episode of our podcast.
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Oct 27, 2020
Interview with Anja Hazekamp MEP
What were the main highlights for animals last week at the European Parliament? Is change for animals on the horizon? What are the biggest political opportunities for animals during this political mandate? These are some of the questions our host and CEO Reineke Hameleers asks Anja Hazekamp MEP in our podcast. Biologist and animal advocate, Anja Hazekamp MEP started her political career with the Dutch Party for the Animals and last year she was appointed as President of the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals. She is one of the forces behind the newly constituted Committee of Inquiry on Live Transport of the European Parliament.
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Oct 16, 2020
Interview with Philip Lymbery
For the first episode of Animals in Europe our host and CEO Reineke Hameleers interviews Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming and President of Eurogroup for Animals.
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