Thanks Joren for this reflection. Can you give a bit more insights on how these litigations can then lead to a change in EU legislation that can maximise the impact on animals across the EU? I often get this question and discussion around how litigation cannot and should not be separated from political lobby, otherwise its efforts can remain at a low impact level or even be undermined. Let’s take the example of the holding chicken by the legs. As you rightly pointed so, in the EU this generated some commotion, as a result, when the transport legislation is revised at EU level, instead of improving the legal protection the plan is to remove it completely, making it worst than before. Without strong lobby action allied with the litigation, the impact can even become negative. The same for cases like pig castration or tail docking, they can lead EU legislators to be incline to just try and enforce outdated legislations instead of modernising them. Can you expand a bit on this topic? Happy to discuss it further as well :)
Thanks Joren for this reflection. Can you give a bit more insights on how these litigations can then lead to a change in EU legislation that can maximise the impact on animals across the EU? I often get this question and discussion around how litigation cannot and should not be separated from political lobby, otherwise its efforts can remain at a low impact level or even be undermined. Let’s take the example of the holding chicken by the legs. As you rightly pointed so, in the EU this generated some commotion, as a result, when the transport legislation is revised at EU level, instead of improving the legal protection the plan is to remove it completely, making it worst than before. Without strong lobby action allied with the litigation, the impact can even become negative. The same for cases like pig castration or tail docking, they can lead EU legislators to be incline to just try and enforce outdated legislations instead of modernising them. Can you expand a bit on this topic? Happy to discuss it further as well :)