11 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2016/2077(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the housing of rabbits kept for farming purposes is one of the central questions discussed among stakeholders involved in their breeding, especially with regard to animal welfare;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in organic production systems rabbits are kept in group pens with access to a small area of pasture at the base of the pen, which allows the rabbits more space, increased social interaction and more opportunities for, owing to the absence of natural predators, rabbits kept in group pens no longer necessarily display natural behaviour such as gnawing on wooden blocks, eating hay, hiding in tubes and under platforms, standing on their hind legs, lying stretched out, hopping and jumping;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its concerns that rabbits in the EU are usually reared in unenriched cages, a barren environmeNotes that more scientific research is needed into that only has a drinker and feeder; also notes with concern that rabbits are fed on pellets and the close confinese housing and natural behaviour of rabbits and into their ideal nutrition model, in order to reach a conclusion, ofn the battery cages do not allow rabbits to express their natural behavioursis of scientific findings, about how animal welfare can be improved;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the use of pen systems for groups, which are the most suitablefurther research into housing systems for rabbits because of their highly social behaviour; points out that the use of pen systemsin order to further improves the animal welfare of farm rabbits and reduces the incidence of abnormal behaviour amongst thesituation in this sector in the long term;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, owing to the absence of species-spec the breeding of rabbits in the EU is highly intensificed animal husbandry legislation for rabbits in the EU, the breeding of rabbits is highly intensified and its architecture resembles a high-output industrial production sysd that the conditions in which rabbits are bred and kept vary, partly in line with the aims for which the rabbits are being bred and of the differing consumer requirements in the various Member Statems;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, to cut costs and save space, a typical barren wire cage for an adult doeere is still a great deal of uncertainty about the most suitable form of housing for rabbits, that further research ins the EU is 60 to 65 cm long, 40 to 48 cm wide and 30 to 35 cm high; concludes that this means that rabbits cannot move normally or adoptrefore needed into the ideal housing system, and that conclusions need to be drawn, on the basis of such scientific research, about how the normal postures of rabbits such as stretching out, sitting and standing with their ears erect ( a ‘look out’ posture typical of the species), rearing up, turning around comfortably and hopping; underlines that this lack of exercise can also lead to weakened or broken bones, can be stimulated;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that there is a high rate of disease and mortality amongst caged farm rabbits, compared with other farmed species;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern that rabbits reared and fattened for meat production in the EU are typically caged in groups, and are provided with a space per rabbit that is less than the area of two ordinary A4 sheets of paper;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission, in the light of the high number of rabbits being farmed and slaughtered in the EU and the severe animal welfare implications of the systems currently used for keeping rabbits, to put forward soon legislative proposals on settingundertake further research on minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19