6 Amendments of José BOVÉ related to 2016/2077(INI)
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the use of pen systems for groupcollective park systems, which are the most suitable system for rabbits because of their highly social behaviour; points out that the use of pen systems improves the welfare of farm rabbits and reduces the incidencefor fattening because they allow more generous living space, permitting social and locomotive behaviour; points out that the use of collective park systems, which is associated with better farming practices that reduce stress, improves the welfare of farm rabbits and consequently helps to place rabbit farming ofn abnormal behaviour amongst them trajectory towards quality production;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the use of alternative flooring to slats, in order to provide greater comfort than plastic gratings or solid floors with litter;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that growing rabbits and does kept in pencollective park systems, typically 750 cm²/rabbit for growers and 800 cm²/rabbit for does, benefit from more space for movement, social interaction and play, and that platforms in pen systems allow rabbits to avoid aggressors by getting out of the way, with separate housing for does when they are nursing a litter;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that abolishingthe gradual abandonment of the use of battery cages across the EU would have a positive impact on the protection of public health and would help to reduce the use of antibiotics in rabbit farming;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission to consider pencollective park systems as the guiding principle and to promote the gradual abandonment of cage systems when proposing measures for housing requirements for breeding does and for rabbits reared for meat production;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to support farmers who develop systems that improve the welfare of rabbits as part of the CAP's rural development programmes;