A successful summer for the European tour “For the Animals”
Project 1882’s tour “For the Animals” is in full swing and has visited ten major European cities so far. The mobile exhibition provides EU citizens and policymakers with insight into the real situation of animals, capturing attention as it travels throughout Europe.
“For the Animals”, a unique initiative aimed at improving the situation for the animals in Europe, is currently on tour. The first stop was in Helsinki in early June. Since then, the tour has visited nine other major European cities: Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw, Berlin, Bratislava, Prague, Ljubljana, and Budapest.
– With the tour, Project 1882 aims to spread awareness of the reality for animals in Europe’s factory farms and at the same time call for stronger EU legislation for animal protection. The goal is also to create a platform for discussion and collaboration, and we have certainly seen evidence of this in the cities we have visited this far, says Benny Andersson, CEO of Project 1882.
In addition to collaborating with other animal rights organizations across Europe, the mobile exhibition has allowed Project 1882 to discuss animal rights issues with locals and policymakers. Panel discussions, including on the importance of ensuring that no hens live their lives confined in cages, have been organized, and the exhibition’s interactive experiences have engaged many.
Project 1882 is grateful for the engagement the tour has sparked and for the support that made the tour possible from the very beginning. The organization will continue to urge policymakers to prioritize animal welfare and calls on the EU Commission to publish the long-awaited animal welfare legislation.
– It takes more than a single individual or organization to bring about change; a collective movement is essential to improve the lives of the billions of animals in Europe’s factory farms. The European tour and mobile exhibition are Project 1882’s contribution to building the European animal rights movement, says Benny Andersson.
Upcoming tour stops:
- 27th–28th of August: Madrid, Spain
- 2nd–3rd of September: Lisbon, Portugal
- 7th–8th of September: Porto, Portugal
- 14th–15th of September: Vegan Festival, Spain
- 24th–25th of September: Bologna, Italy
- 26th–27th of September: Torino, Italy
- 18th–19th of October: Copenhagen, Denmark
- 22nd–23rd of October: Malmö, Sweden
- 25th–26th of October: Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1st–2nd of November, Stockholm, Sweden
Dates are subject to change. The list of tour stops will be regularly updated here.
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