ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR &

WELFARE
Animal welfare today and tomorrow
DG Agri webinar
Seminar 10

Cluj Napoca, 16th of December, 2021

https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/eu-animal-welfare-today-
tomorrow-2021-dec-09_en
• The high-level Conference 'EU animal welfare - today & tomorrow'
took place on 9 December and was a hybrid event, opened
by Commissioner Kyriakides and the Slovenian Presidency,
represented by Mr Jože Podgoršek, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry
and Food.
• Other speakers included Commissioner Wojciechowski and MEP
Norbert Lins, in addition to Dr Jane Goodall whose key note speech
stressed the ethical aspects and the fact that animals are sentient
beings, capable of knowing fear and feeling pain.
• The event had around 500 active participants (of which 45 on-site)
and more than 2000 people following via web-streaming.
• Summary
• AGENDA AND SPEAKERS

• EU Animal welfare today & tomorrow - Agenda

• EU Animal welfare today & tomorrow - Speaker's biographies
• VIDEOS

• Plenary, session 1 on labelling, session 2 on phasing out of cages & session 4 on slaughter
• Panel 3 on transport & panel 5 on farm level
• PRESENTATIONS

• EU Animal welfare today & tomorrow - presentation - Fitness check findings by Bernard Van Goethem
• EU Animal welfare today & tomorrow - presentation - Revision of the legislation: options for its review and
introduction on the panel discussions by Andrea Gavinelli
• Summary
• AGENDA AND SPEAKERS

• EU Animal welfare today & tomorrow - Agenda

• EU Animal welfare today & tomorrow - Speaker's biographies
• VIDEOS

• Plenary, session 1 on labelling, session 2 on phasing out of cages & session 4 on slaughter
• Panel 3 on transport & panel 5 on farm level
• PRESENTATIONS

• EU Animal welfare today & tomorrow - presentation - Fitness check findings by Bernard Van Goethem
• EU Animal welfare today & tomorrow - presentation - Revision of the legislation: options for its review and
introduction on the panel discussions by Andrea Gavinelli
• Related links
• LATEST: Conference: EU Animal welfare today & tomorrowSearch for
available translations of the preceding linkEN•••
• Revision of the animal welfare legislationSearch for available translations of
the preceding linkEN•••
• ECI ‘End the Cage Age’Search for available translations of the preceding
linkEN•••, Video
• Decision renewing the EU Platform on animal welfareSearch for available
translations of the preceding linkEN•••
• Third EU Reference Centre
• List of approved control postsSearch for available translations of the
preceding linkEN•••