Animal Policy International

NGO focused on farmed animal welfare standards and international trade policy 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 #stopcruelimports

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

🇧🇷Brazil's Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill to ban the production & sale of foie gras.

If Lula signs, it's a Latin American first.

A production ban alone still lets the cruelty in through imports. Sales bans like this closes the gap👏

Read more: https://t.co/LqVKZbWu0B

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

"Reflecting welfare standards at the border is a logical step — supported by the people who produce and the people who buy."

@RainerKravets, API Co-Executive Director, on new polling: ~80% of farmers want imports held to NZ welfare standards.

https://t.co/Bws1H1MDs9

[Humane World for Animals UK @humaneworlduk]

More than 50 cross party MPs and Peers have today written to @EmmaforWycombe to urge Govt: Don't trade away the promise of a Fur Free Britain https://t.co/ZNGLiy6Tms

[BowTiedMara @BowTiedMara]

After just 15 days of the EU / Mercosur trade agreement, Argentina 🇦🇷 already hit its egg 🥚 export quota

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

Just days after EU-Mercosur entered into force, Brazil faces a meat export ban for failing to meet EU antimicrobial rules.

If the political will is there for this, it has to be there for animal welfare too.

#StopCruelImports

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

🇬🇧 Labour MPs seek better labelling and stricter import standards - https://t.co/2r7JT3tzFm

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

Seven in 10 Brits would avoid restaurants serving lower-welfare eggs - via @FarmingUK https://t.co/We6GOYP5Mj

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

Hold imports to Kiwi standards, farmers say - via @FarmersWeeklyNZ @Gerharduysbeer https://t.co/kmMKTr1MzW

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

What do 78% of New Zealand farmers want? Political parties to commit to making imports meet domestic welfare standards.

The wider public agrees too - over 80%, consistently.

With an election ahead, parties have a clear mandate.

Read more 👉https://t.co/acbMiaayqO

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

What do 78% of New Zealand farmers want? Political parties to commit to making imports meet domestic welfare standards.

The wider public agrees too - over 80%, consistently.

With an election ahead, parties have a clear mandate.

Read more 👉https://t.co/acbMiaayqO

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

This is already happening. More is coming.

Stay tuned.

#StopCruelImports @AWF_Germany

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

🇪🇺@NJDullaghan on why applying welfare standards to imports is one of the most impactful and tractable animal welfare policies the EU could pursue right now

https://t.co/kWvLDw3UQe

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

The EU's largest-ever farmed animal welfare consultation has spoken and the results are unambiguous: 99% want cages phased out for laying hens and pigs. 96% want imported food to meet the same welfare standards as EU-produced.
Read the full analysis: https://t.co/GT3fTwGPtg

[Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation @ConservativeAWF]

Ministers should secure an explicit animal welfare carve-out in trade negotiations. Imports must meet the same welfare standards required of UK producers. Practices deemed unacceptable on British farms should not be permitted through imports

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

NZ Farmers calling for same animal welfare standards on local and imported pork https://t.co/KX5iGA1Xru

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

“You can’t promise to ban foie gras and fur sales, then quietly negotiate away the legal power to deliver on those promises. If it’s too cruel to produce here, it’s too cruel to import.��� - Tashi Thomas, Head of UK Policy, API

https://t.co/X8rR9nmVpK

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

🇳🇿NZ farmers left sow stalls and battery cages behind. Imports haven’t.

Unfair on farmers. Unfair on animals. Unfair on Kiwis.

New #FairforFarmers campaign says it plainly: If it’s not ok to produce here, it’s not ok to import and sell.

@the_postnz

https://t.co/WyhYKwQKoj

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

The UK banned battery cages, sow stalls & fur farming bc these practices are too cruel, but the EU trade deal may stop us applying these standards to imports ❌️ The farming committee urges the Gov to secure welfare exemptions, like Switzerland did @amcarmichaelMP @JayneKirkham4

[EFRA Committee @CommonsEFRA]

EFRA member @JayneKirkham4 asks Chair @amcarmichaelMP about the importance of protecting UK farmers when negotiating new trade deals.

Find out more about the Committee's report into UK-EU trade: https://t.co/qZ28BQd23t

[Animal Policy International @AnimalPolicyInt]

News in Trade: The EFRA Select Committee has urged the Government to pursue a Swiss-style exemption from dynamic alignment on animal welfare in the UK-EU SPS Agreement. This recommendation echoes calls from animal protection groups. Read more ➡️
https://t.co/lrTXpNoEF1