End the Cage Age

Hundreds of millions of EU farm animals are kept in cages for most of their lives, causing great suffering. We call on the European Commission to end this inhumane treatment of farm animals. Cages inflict suffering on enormous numbers of farm animals every year. They are cruel and unnecessary, as higher-welfare cage-free systems are viable. The Commission is therefore invited to propose legislation to prohibit the use of: • cages for laying hens, rabbits, pullets, broiler breeders, layer breeders, quail, ducks and geese; • farrowing crates for sows; • sow stalls, where not already prohibited • individual calf pens, where not already prohibited