Campaigners to step up efforts to ban use of cages for farmed animals Renewed calls for a ban will come when Parliament holds a hearing on the ‘End the Cage Age’ European Citizens’ Initiative. Adobe Stock 14 Apr 2021 A campaign group will present the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to MEPs, three EU Commissioners and other representatives of the EU institutions. The Commission will then have three months to finally announce whether or not it will follow up with a legislative proposal to ban the use of cages for farmed animals. Aleksandra Terzieva, public affairs advisor to Compassion in World Farming, said that the EU has been slow to take action.