![]() ![]() This gave legal status and ensured animal sentience was recognised in EU law. The declaration was annexed, as a legally binding protocol, to the Treaty of Amsterdam. Taking our animal sentience protest to Dublinġ997: The Treaty of Amsterdam becomes legal Protesting on the streets of AmsterdamĬompassion led a demonstration outside the EU Prime Minister’ conference calling for greater recognition of animal sentience in European Law. It’s vital that MPs support the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill as it progresses through parliament to ensure that animal sentience is re-established in UK law.ġ996: A protest took place in Dublin as we continued our call for animals to be protected in the new Treaty. Joanna Lumley talking in 2021 about the forthcoming Animal Sentience Bill: Having fought for so many years, alongside Compassion, to see animal sentience recognised in EU law, it is a travesty that since January 2021, animals have not been recognised as sentient beings here in the UK. The UK was also instrumental in convincing other Member States to act during the discussions on EU treaty reform. This helped to secure the status of animals as sentient beings at the Intergovernmental Conference on Reform of the Treaty. In 1996, our patron Dame Joanna Lumley delivered a petition to the British Prime Minister. #Animal sentience full#This was the first-ever EU petition to reach one million signatures!ġ992: A declaration that recognised animals can feel was annexed to the 1992 Maastricht Treaty.ġ994: The Petitions Committee of the European Parliament, and later, a majority of the full European Parliament, endorsed our petition.ġ996: Dame Joanna Lumley delivers petition to 10 Downing Street Handing petition signatures to Downing Street In 1991, we handed in over one million signatures to the European Commission calling for animals to be recognised as sentient beings. She notes that in 1998 the EU treaty didn’t mention sentience, instead only referring to animals as “goods” and “products” like sacks of potatoes.ġ988-1991: Compassion led a coalition of organisations across the European Union to gather signatures for animals to be recognised as sentient beings, able to feel pain, joy, and suffering.ġ991: One million signatures to the EU Handing over one million signatures to the European Commission Our former CEO and current Ambassador Emeritus Joyce D’Silva reflects on how the campaign started in her 2020 guest blog. It was back in 1998 that Compassion in World Farming began campaigning to get the European Union to recognise animals are sentient beings. Animal Sentience in the EUġ988: Compassion in World Farming starts campaigning on animal sentience ![]() For over three decades, Compassion in World Farming, alongside its supporters and patrons, has been campaigning to have animals legally recognised as sentient beings.įirst by campaigning for the introduction of animal sentience in EU law, and recently focusing our attention on making sure animals in the UK have the same legal recognition following Brexit.Īs we celebrate this historic victory, let's look back over the hard work and dedication that got us here. ![]()
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