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Humane Society International/Europe is part of @HSIGlobal . We campaign for stronger EU protection for farm animals, wildlife & animals used in research.
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📣 Our animal ally,
@rickygervais
, is calling on
#EU
citizens to defend the EU's cosmetic
#animaltesting
ban.
We need 1M signatures to save
#CrueltyFreeCosmetics
& we’re halfway there!
Sign & share to save animal lives: 🐰🚫
#WeekofAction
#BeCrueltyFree
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🇺🇦 Lucky, Busya, Gina and Vanda are just a few lucky pets who benefited from the
#VetsForUkrainianPets
program. Discover their stories and help us spread the VFUP program! 👉
#HSI
#Ukraine
#AnimalRescue
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A better Europe for animals is possible!
If you, like millions of European citizens, care about animal protection, help us put it on the agenda for the future in Europe. 👉
#HSIEurope
#EUelections2024
#UseYourVote
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142
828
.
@RickyGervais
#truth
💣💥: The
#EU
’s reputation as a
#crueltyfree
cosmetics market will be mud unless
@EU_ECHA
and
@EU_Commission
are held accountable for enforcing
#animaltesting
bans as legislators intended.
#SaveRalph
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Improving farm animal welfare, making fur farm history, protecting wildlife, ensuring animal-free science and promoting a sustainable food system: these are our goals for a better Europe for animals. 🇪🇺❤️ Join us👉
#HSIEurope
#EP2024
#EU4AnimalWelfare
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Red Cross and Humane Society International Team Up to Aid Pets Affected by War in Ukraine
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We are excited to be joining Twitter to engage with EU policymakers, national governments, key stakeholders, journalists & our supporters. Our dedicated team of animal advocates are working tirelessly to protect animals in Europe & beyond!
#FirstTweet
#AnimalWelfare
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#EndangeredSpeciesDay
🐘🦁🐻❄️- time to put a spotlight on all wild animals who are still victims of trophy hunters. We urge the
@EU_Commission
to restrict the import of trophies from species at risk of extinction.
🐦Retweet if you agree
✍️Sign
#NotInMyWorld
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👏 We warmly welcome
@EU_Commission
's compassionate decision to allow refugees fleeing from
#Ukraine
to enter the
#EU
with their pets travelling without a prior individual application for a permit.
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#Breaking
: MEPs vote down proposed
#veggieburgerban
amendment 165 (379 against, 284 for, 27 abs).
However, victory bittersweet as MEPs voted to ban any direct or indirect reference to dairy foods for
#plantbased
products.
#standupforplantbased
#CMO
#CAPreform
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🦒🐘1000s of iconic species are shot for fun & shipped to the EU as trophies
📣 Join us in calling on
#EU
to halt hunting trophy imports & end its involvement in this cruel industry!
✍️Sign petition to
@Europarl_EN
now:
#NotInMyWorld
#StopTrophyHunting
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📣
#Breaking
news from
#France
!!
🥳The French
@senat
has just approved a ban on fur farming. Yet another EU Member State votes to
#MakeFurHistory
👏Congratulations to our
@FurFreeAlliance
colleagues
@onevoiceanimal
& all the other 🇫🇷 NGOs who made this possible!!
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#Denmark
’s plan to restart
#fur
farming by importing
#mink
is contemptible
#FurFreeEurope
#MakeFurHistory
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BREAKING 🎉 We did it! The Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics European Citizens’ Initiative has been officially validated with over 1.2M signatures! 🐰
Next step: meeting with the
@EU_Commission
to address citizens’ concerns!
Read more:
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#BreakingNews
🇮🇹
#Italy
has extended its suspension of
#mink
production to end of 2021 due to risks associated with
#COVID19
.
HSI urges
@EU_Commission
to instruct other Member States to halt the breeding of
#mink
this year too.
#MakeFurHistory
#SARSCoV2
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1/3.
#MustRead
Proof that Europe’s cruelty-free cosmetics promise has been broken.💔🐰
#animaltesting
#crueltyfree
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Belgian fur producers voluntarily suspend
#mink
production due to
#COVID19
fears & low pelt prices.
#MakeFurHistory
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Romania is being urged to become the 20th country in Europe to ban fur farming following revelations from an undercover investigation by Humane Society International/Europe.
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Opposition to
#fur
farming grows, even in
#Finland
, one of the industry's last remaining production centres in EU. 80% of Finns said they opposed current fur farming system where animals are kept in cages.
#FurFreeEurope
#MakeFurHistory
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The
#mink
cages already stand empty due to
#COVID19
, but today the Dutch ban on fur farming formally enters into force!🥳
Congratulations to our
@FurFreeAlliance
colleagues at
@bontvoordieren
for their tireless efforts over the years to make
#fur
history in the
#Netherlands
!!
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While war continues to rage in
#Ukraine
, the
#fur
industry is shockingly still exporting its products of animal cruelty to
#Russia
.
Finnish MEP
@VilleNiinisto
is rightly querying the legality of these exports. We await
@EU_Commission
's reponse.
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It’s now official! As of tomorrow, 1 January 2022, fur farming in Italy is banned! The remaining 10 farms, where prior to the start of Covid-19 80000 minks were kept, will be closed by the middle of 2022. What a great way to end this year!
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15
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"
#Coronavirus
could drive the last nail into the
#mink
fur trade". HSI talks with
@CNN
about how
#COVID19
is accelerating the decline of the cruel
#fur
farming industry.
#MakeFurHistory
#EndTheLockdownForAnimals
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#Denmark
calls for total
#mink
cull on all
#fur
farms amidst
#COVID19
infections. 🦠🇩🇰
#MakeFurHistory
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#Breaking
:
#France
to ban
#mink
farming. 4 remaining fur farms to shut down within 5 years
Congratulations to our French
@FurFreeAlliance
colleagues
@onevoiceanimal
for their tireless campaign to end cruel practice of fur farming in the country!
#StopFourrure
#MakeFurHistory
Les élevages de visons pour leur fourrure en France, c'est fini... dans 5 ans.
En 4 ans, 7 élevages de visons français ont fermé, il n'en reste que 4. A ce train-là, ils auraient fermé avant.. Chez nos voisins et avec 3 ans d'avance, les Pays-Bas vont en fermer 160.
#StopFourrure
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Worldwide, around 100 million animals are killed each year for their fur. More than a third are bred in farms around Europe. Don’t let this holiday shopping season be deadly for animals. Show designers and retailers you care by leaving fur on the shelves.
#FurFreeFriday2021
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#FurFreeMaxMara
📢
@HSIItalia
,
@LAVonlus
and all the members of the
@FurFreeAlliance
, flew over the
@maxmara
fashion group's HQ with a hot air balloon to demand the brand to go fur-free! Watch the video and join our appeal 👉
#MaxMaraFW24
#FurFreeFashion
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Polish investigation uncovers 38 cases of illegal trade in
#rhino
horns. Hunting trophies were legally imported to Europe & then smuggled to Asia. Both Polish & Vietnamese citizens were involved in this
#wildlifecrime
.🦏
#TrophyHunting
#NotInMyWorld
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A year ago this month
#COVID19
was detected on a Dutch
#mink
farm. Since then, a total of 406 mink farms in 10 EU Member States have been affected by the
#SARSCoV2
virus.
@SKyriakidesEU
@jwoc
, it is time to
#MakeFurHistory
!
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Hundreds of lions are killed for fun by trophy hunters every year. Their body parts are exported and used as home decorations.
On
#WorldLionDay
we ask you to join our movement to ban imports of hunting trophies and stop this cruel trade! ➡
#NotInMyWorld
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#Lithuania
moves one step closer to banning
#fur
farming as the Ministry of Agriculture gives a green light to the bill under discussion at the Seimas.
#MakeFurHistory
#FurFreeEurope
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#Sweden
,
#Denmark
&
#Italy
- plus Belgian fur farmers - have suspended
#mink
breeding in 2021 due to
#COVID19
. The Netherlands forced early shutdown of its fur farms last year.
@EU_Commission
, time to listen to citizens & end
#fur
farming?!
#MakeFurHistory
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Huge THANK YOU
@belka_project
for generously donating to our relief efforts in
#Ukraine
🙏🐶 This incredible gift helps us on the ground in Europe supporting pets, families and local animal welfare organisations. Thank you, Belka Coin! 🚀
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#SARSCoV2
has been detected on 2
#fur
farms in
#Poland
with total of 8,000 breeding females & 29,000 young
#mink
.
Agriculture Ministers due to discuss the future of fur farming in EU at
#AGRIFISH
@EUCouncil
next Monday. It is time to
#MakeFurHistory
!
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Good news from
#Belgium
! Flanders has increased the penalities for animal maltreatment.👏
Anyone prosecuted for
#animalcruelty
or neglect can get a max 5 year prison sentence, or 10 years in the case of recidivism.
We hope rest of Belgium follows suit!
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Fantastic news!! The Estonian Parliament today passed a ban on
#fur
farming. 🥳🥳🥳
Congratulations to our
@FurFreeAlliance
colleagues
@LoomusNGO
for their stellar efforts to achieve this legislation to
#MakeFurHistory
in
#Estonia
!! 🇪🇪
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🔊 BREAKING: The
@Europarl_EN
has backed calls from
@HSIEurope
and
@Act4AnimalsEU
,
@CrueltyFreeEU
, ECEAE and
@PETA
for an ambitious action plan to
#replace
#animaltesting
once and for all!
#ScienceWithoutSuffering
#SaveRalph
👉
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Spotted in
#Brussels
& spot on from
@Vegebutcher
: "
#Vegetarian
meat is not bought by misteak!"
This week MEPs vote on misguided plans to ban use of
#meat
names for
#plantbased
products. HSI's
@joswabe
explains here👇why they need to
#StandUpForPlantBased
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Fur farms keep thousands of animals in unhygienic, unnatural, and crammed conditions, creating perfect pandemic breeding grounds! To prevent the next pandemic we need to change the system and we need a science-driven
#PandemicTreaty
to do it!
#YesToPrevention
#WHASS
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Dear Minister
@barbarapompili
, we urge you to ban
#fur
farming in
#France
and shut down your country's last 4 remaining
#mink
farms!
#StopFourrure
#FurFreeFrance
#MakeFurHistory
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Leading animal protection NGOs call for EU ban on hunting trophy imports
#EUBiodiversity
#trophyhunting
#NotInMYWorld
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Great news from our 🇪🇪 colleagues,
@LoomusNGO
Estonian Parliament will make a decision on banning
#fur
farms in June!
#MakeFurHistory
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2/3. Until we tackle the root problem—chemical regulators’ dogmatic bias in favour of animal tests over alternative approaches—companies will increasingly find themselves in a catch-22 between
#animaltesting
demands and bans, for the same substances.
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Our colleagues
@onevoiceanimal
have released horrific new footage of French
#mink
farms.
It is crystal clear that even the most minimum
#animalwelfare
standards set down by Directive 98/58/EC are not being met on
#fur
farms. Time for action,
@SKyriakidesEU
@jwojc
,?!
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26
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We're urging
@2021PortugalEU
&
@EU_Commission
to reject EP's absurd proposals for labelling restrictions for
#plantbased
#dairy
products.🥛
Do they really want to undermine
#EUFarm2Fork
Strategy's sustainability goals? Read more:⬇️
#StandUpForPlantBased
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#ICYMI
Yesterday's
@mepsforwildlife
event on the EU Environmental Crime Directive & acknowleding
#wildlifecrime
as a serious criminal activity is now available online.
You can find the link here!👇
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#Mink
farms can be
#COVID19
super spreaders.
Indeed. That is why we are also calling to end
#fur
farming in Europe. It is not only cruel, but now also poses a threat to public health!
#MakeFurHistory
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There are no more
#mink
in the Netherlands. Ag Minister
@carolaschouten
announces that all the
#fur
farm cages now stand empty.
Let us
#MakeFurHistory
in the rest of Europe!
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12
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Next Monday
#AGRIFISH
@EUCouncil
will discuss an information note from the Netherlands & Austria ending
#fur
farming in the
#EU
. It is already supported by the Belgian, German, Luxembourg & Slovak delegations.
Let's make
#MakeFurHistory
in Europe!
1
19
38
Tomorrow
@EP_Agriculture
will vote on a Resolution on the
#EndTheCageAge
#ECI
. 🐓🐖
We urge MEPs to respect the wishes of 1.4 million
#EU
citizens & deliver a strong Resolution supporting the phase-out of caged confinement for farm animals by 2027!
#AnimalWelfare
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#TheySufferWeSuffer
because the global legal and illegal trade in wild animals plays a significant role in the spread of zoonotic diseases, endangering public health worldwide!
#PreventionOverPreparedness
#WHS2021
#WorldHealthSummit
1
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👏👏👏German Ministry of Environment wants to restrict hunting trophy imports!
🦏🦒🐘We applaud
@SteffiLemke
for committing to taking action to halt imports of trophies from protected wild species to
#Germany
.
#NotInMyWorld
#TrophyHunting
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New outbreak of
#SARSCoV2
confirmed in
#mink
on a
#fur
farm in Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship,
#Poland
.
For the sake of
#animalwelfare
&
#publichealth
, it is time to
#MakeFurHistory
!
1
19
38
#Breaking
: Following
#SARSCoV2
infections on 41 fur farms,
@NOS
confirms the Dutch government will shut down the
#mink
industry for good by next year!
This is a major win for both
#animalwelfare
& public health!
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#LookingBackOn2020
In January, the world watched on in horror as wildfires devastated the Australian bush, decimating native wildlife & habitats.
@HSIGlobal
deployed a disaster response team on a search and rescue mission for wildlife survivors.🐨🦘
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BREAKING:
@dolcegabbana
is going fur-free and will be working with its furriers to transition to animal-friendly faux fur! Congratulations to our partners in the
@FurFreeAlliance
and all the supporters around the globe who helped make this happen.
#DolceGabbana
1
11
35
🐑🦘Today we held a lively roundtable at
@Europarl_EN
on how animals could potentially benefit from a trade deal between the
#EU
&
#Australia
.
🇪🇺🇦🇺Great to have negotiators & NGOs from both sides being part of the conversation!
#animalwelfare
#wildlife
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Here is our statement on the
#EU
’s revised rules on
#ivory
trade, which were published by
@EU_Commission
yesterday🐘
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#Sweden
suspends
#mink
farming in wake of
#COVID19
@HSIEurope
urges Swedish government to permanently ban
#fur
farming to protect people & animals
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#Italy
extends
#mink
fur farming ban in response to
#COVID19
, says Italian Health Mister
@robersperanza
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👏👏👏Irish government set to ban
#fur
farming & create compensation scheme for farmers.
The ban is expected to enter into force in 2022, which means that the current
#mink
production cycle should be the last!
#MakeFurHistory
0
21
35
We warmly welcome
@EU_Commission
's publication of Communication on Revision of EU Action Plan against
#WildlifeTrafficking
.
It includes many strong commitments to tackle scourge of trafficking & strengthen the legal & policy framework for (il)legal trade in wildlife. More later!
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A new outbreak of
#SARSCoV2
virus has been confirmed on a
#mink
farm in Santiago de Compostela in the
#Spanish
region of
#Galicia
.
#MakeFurHistory
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22
36
3/3.
@EU_Commission
must commit to an action plan with ambitious regulatory targets for reducing and replacing
#animaltesting
of chemicals, with concrete timetable, metrics, funding and
#accountability
.
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19
35
Polish Parliament has voted in favour of banning
#fur
farming. Bill must still go to the Senate, but this is HUGE!
Congratulations to our
@FurFreeAlliance
colleagues
@otwarteklatki
@Fundacja_Viva
@Anima_Int
!
🔥 We couldn't be happier now! 🔥
It's just after the voting and the vast majority (77% of the members of parliament!) voted to ban fur farms in Poland! 🦊
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Government demands for cruel chemical-poisoning tests could continue to increase in Europe 💔🐰 We need YOUR help to fight for an EU animal testing. Do it for Ralph 👉 stay tuned to find out how to help.
#ScienceWithoutSuffering
#EndAnimalTesting
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🇲🇹
#Malta
becomes latest
#EU
Member State to ban
#fur
farming👏
❌They don't have any fur farms, but this move will prevent fur farmers from setting up their cruel industry there.
🇪🇺Sign & RT to call for a
#FurFreeEurope
today!
✍
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Today we're joining our colleagues throughout the EU for a
#tweetstorm
to call for a stronger voice for animals in Europe through the appointment of an
#EU
Commissioner for
#AnimalWelfare
!
Add your name to the
#EUforAnimals
petition online at
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🇪🇺Today
@EP_Justice
will vote on
@saskiabricmont
's opinion on
@EU_Commission
proposal to revise
#EnvironmentalCrime
Directive.
✅Together with
@Green_Europe
@ifawEU
@WWFEU
@Act4AnimalsEU
@BirdLifeEurope
@BornFreeFDN
@TRAFFIC_WLTrade
were urging MEPs to support compromise AMs.
0
21
34
A year ago today,1st case of
#COVID19
in
#mink
was reported on a Dutch
#fur
farm. By end of 2020, fur production in NL had been shut down forever.
406 farms in 10 EU MS, plus farms in US & CA, have been affected by
#SARSCoV2
virus. It is time to
#MakeFurHistory
everywhere!
1
22
32
558 MEPs today voted in favour of a Resolution to
#EndTheCageAge
, thereby responding to the demands of 1.4 million citizens to end caged confinement for farm animals in the EU.🐖🐓
Interested in which 37 MEPs voted against improving
#animalwelfare
& who abstained?
0
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#SARSCoV2
detected on
#mink
farm in Galicia, Spain. 3,100 breeding animals to be culled.
Mating season begins end of Feb. By May, number of mink on fur farms increases 5-fold. Given
#COVID19
risks, we urge suspension of all mink breeding.
#MakeFurHistory
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‼️Just 48 hours left before the
#FurFreeEurope
#ECI
is closed.
‼️Last chance to sign it and help ban fur farming and import of fur products into the
#EU
:
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👉 Improving the welfare of farm animals in the EU
👉 Transitioning to animal-free science and plant-based diets
👉 Ending fur farming and the import of hunting trophies
Thanks to the strong record of successful campaigns and projects, HSI/Europe plays a growing role in reducing
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#COVID19
has been found on another
#mink
farm in
#Lithuania
. This is reportedly the largest
#fur
farm in the country & owned by a Dutch company. It is time to
#MakeFurHistory
!
1
23
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#ICYMI
Last night, EU Agriculture Ministers debated the future of fur farming during
#AGRIFISH
@EUCouncil
meeting.
Majority of Ministers who spoke supported NL & AT's call to
#MakeFurHistory
in the EU. Some MS, 🇫🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪, remained conspiciously silent.📼👇
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1/ Tomorrow MEPs will vote on
#EndTheCageAge
Resolution at
#EPlenary
. 🐓🐖
We remind MEPs that 1.4 million EU citizens signed this
#ECI
& urge them to respect these views by supporting ALL amendments, which greatly strengthen the text in regards to
#AnimalWelfare
!!
1
21
33
Watch one of the best short documentaries on
#furfarming
by
@brutofficiel
and
@oikeuttaelaimil
. You can help stop fur farming by signing the
#furfreeeurope
European Citizens’ Initiative at
"La mort, c'est le meilleur moment de leur vie…"
"Finlande : infiltrés dans une ferme à fourrure" est à retrouver dès maintenant sur l’app Brut :
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22
27
#Breaking
: Danish government has announced a cull of ALL
#mink
in the country due to
#COVID19
.
HSI urges Denmark to seize this opportunity to end the cruel practice of
#fur
farming & assist producers to instead transition to more humane activities!
#MakeFurHistory
Denmark to cull entire herd of mink due to risk of coronavirus mutation: TV2
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22
31
MEPs thwart
#meat
industry attempts to ban use of ‘meat’ names for
#plantbased
foods.
With many thanks to the majority who voted to
#standupforplantbased
! 🌱🍔
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8
30
#Poland
reports its first official case of
#COVID19
in
#mink
.
Several months ago researchers at Gdansk Medical University already detected
#SARSCoV2
virus in several mink.
#MakeFurHistory
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👏
#Latvia
has taken another step closer towards banning
#fur
farming after the Saeima's Committee on Economic, Agricultural, Environmental & Regional Policy voted in favour of a ban with 5 year transition & no additional compensation
#MakeFurHistory
1
19
30
Our talented team - based in Brussels, Germany, Italy, Poland & Romania - campaigns to protect
#wildlife
, reduce & replace animal use in scientific research, combat the slaughter of marine life and improve conditions for animals farmed for food, skins & fur.
#AnimalWelfare
3
9
30
Avian influenza (HN51) has been detected in
#mink
on a
#fur
farm in
#Spain
. 52,000 animals have been culled. It really is time to
#MakeFurHistory
!!
1
19
28
🐖🐓🐄
@EU_Commission
has published its evaluation of the EU Strategy for Protection & Welfare of Animals (2012-2015).
While noting improvements in
#animalwelfare
, it concludes that "none of the strategy’s objectives has been fully achieved". More info:👇
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🐓🐖🐇At ca. 13.20 CET today,
@VeraJourova
&
@SKyriakidesEU
will hold a press conference on
@EU_Commission
's Communication in response to the European Citizens' Initiative to
#EndTheCageAge
.
Follow live here:⬇️
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#BREAKING
: Health Council Member of
#Italy
's
#EmiliaRomagna
region will back a
#mink
farming ban, following the Dutch example.
Now the Italian government & Health Ministry must act in the interest of animals & public health!
#MakeFurHistory
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12
27
Today
@Europarl_EN
will vote on
@EP_BeatCancer
report.
We're urging all MEPs to resist cynical attempts to remove references to
#plantbased
products &
#meat
from paragraph 19 of this text.
#standupforplantbased
#EUFarm2Fork
#BeatingCancer
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Did you know that many species are illegally harvested & exported from their country of origin & yet traded legally in the EU?
To learn more, join
@HSIEurope
@prowildlife
@mhojsik
@JohnEScanlon
on 13/1 for
#MEPs4Wildlife
debate on
#StolenWildlife
.🦎
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