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EU and US Animal Welfare Groups Unite

Animal welfare groups in the European Union and the United States are joining forces in an effort to ensure that animal welfare standards are included in transatlantic trade. Several animal welfare groups have signed a declaration uniting like organizations in the European Union and the United States. Organizations signing the declaration include: Animal Welfare Institute, Compassion in World Farming, Global Animal Partnership and The Humane Society of the United States.

Sonja VanTichelen, Director of Eurogroup of Animals, which also signed the declaration, says this declaration will work to ensure that the USA and EU member state governments integrate animal welfare in their bilateral and multilateral trade agreements in the future and also urge private companies to consider animal welfare in their CSR and supply chain policies.