Towards compassionate conservation in the EU: aligning EU’s biodiversity laws with animal welfare Ghent University
Despite the emergence of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that stipulates that since animals are sentient beings, when formulating and implementing the EU’s policy, both the Union and the Member States shall pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals, EU’s animal welfare policy is still approached very separately which undermines integration and thus downplays the very key rationale of Article 13. ...