Episodes

  • The Live Animal Transport Regulation Revision, with MEP Tilly Metz

    The Live Animal Transport Regulation Revision, with MEP Tilly Metz
    Feb 23 2022
    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.
    Show More Show Less
    28 mins
  • Highlights for animals in 2021, with MEP Anja Hazekamp

    Highlights for animals in 2021, with MEP Anja Hazekamp
    Dec 16 2021

    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.
    Show More Show Less
    31 mins
  • The online animal trade and the EU Digital Services Act

    The online animal trade and the EU Digital Services Act
    Dec 1 2021
    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.
    Show More Show Less
    29 mins
  • Time to end the wildlife trade, with World Animal Protection CEO Steve McIvor

    Time to end the wildlife trade, with World Animal Protection CEO Steve McIvor
    Oct 28 2021

    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.

    Show More Show Less
    35 mins
  • The role of working equines in the EU and beyond, and how we can protect their welfare

    The role of working equines in the EU and beyond, and how we can protect their welfare
    Oct 7 2021
    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.
    Show More Show Less
    36 mins
  • Why is Europe’s cosmetics animal testing ban under threat?

    Why is Europe’s cosmetics animal testing ban under threat?
    Sep 9 2021

    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.
    Show More Show Less
    35 mins
  • The urgent need for food system transformation with MEP Francisco Guerreiro

    The urgent need for food system transformation with MEP Francisco Guerreiro
    Jul 29 2021
    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.
    Show More Show Less
    27 mins
  • How we achieved a ban on cages in animal farming, with Compassion in World Farming

    How we achieved a ban on cages in animal farming, with Compassion in World Farming
    Jul 8 2021

    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.
    Show More Show Less
    25 mins