New report: Animal welfare worth talking about
A recent report from Project 1882 outlines strategies to enhance animal welfare in Sweden and promote advancements all across the EU. The report offers targeted policy recommendations for hens, pigs, chickens, and cattle, alongside initiatives to support plant-based innovations.
The Swedish government has initiated an inquiry to examine the potential abolition of grazing rights. Project 1882 critiques the inquiry’s direction and fears that it may lead to the abolition of grazing rights and a broader trend of legislative “flexibility”. Our latest report puts forward proactive measures to advocate for animal welfare. Project 1882 aims for our proposals to influence the government’s decision-making process amidst the ongoing inquiry.
– It is truly concerning that the government is considering a regression in animal welfare standards in Sweden. With the EU elections looming, politicians must take decisive action and champion stronger animal protection measures domestically and internationally, says Benny Andersson, CEO of Project 1882.
One of the biggest animal welfare problems in Sweden are the chicken factories where over 100 million chickens are killed every year. Project 1882’s report highlights Sweden’s large-scale chicken factories, overcrowding, and the high proportion of Frankenchickens compared to other EU countries. According to researchers, such chicken factories are vulnerable to the food supply, while causing great suffering to the animals.
Measures identified in the report include banning the breeding of Frankenchickens, banning the caging of hens and working for better animal welfare in the EU. Grazing rights and pre-testing of new buildings, which were identified as risky for competitiveness in the government commission, need to be maintained. At the same time, Project 1882 believes that more plant-based innovation is needed to create new jobs and a more sustainable agriculture in Sweden.
– The report published today by Project 1882 shows that animal factories are unsustainable, and that the government needs to act in favour of stronger animal welfare and more plant-based innovations, which would also be good for competitiveness, concludes Benny Andersson.
Urgent political measures
1. Prohibit all caged animal farming in the food industry
2. Increase animal protection for chickens by, for example, banning the breeding of fast-growing Frankenchickens and phasing out public procurement of chicken meat from such breeding
3. Maintain and promote the expansion of grazing rights
4. Maintain and promote the system of pre-approval for animal barns
5. Redirect subsidies from meat and dairy production to promote Swedish cultivation and processing of plant-based proteins
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