At its meeting in Brussels on Thursday 8 September, the European Parliament’s agriculture committee discussed a draft report calling for European legislation on farmed rabbits.
The draft report by Stefan Eck (GUE/NGL, Germany) is relatively ambitious, arguing for protection to be provided for farmed rabbits. It says that over 340 million rabbits are slaughtered for their meat every year in the EU, with more than three quarters of all rabbit farming taking place in Italy, Spain and France....