Stop the EU from Funding Mega Slaughterhouses Destroying Croatia
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Sponsor: The Animal Rescue Site
Europe is being asked to bankroll projects that trade clean water animal lives and human health for profit and silence and only public pressure can stop the damage before it becomes permanent.
Across central Croatia, plans are moving forward for a tightly linked network of mega poultry farms, hatcheries, feed factories, and slaughterhouses designed to process hundreds of millions of chickens each year.1 This scale of industrial farming would fundamentally alter the land, water, and air of entire communities, with consequences that cannot be undone.
These projects concentrate production into a single region, creating an environmental load far beyond what local ecosystems were built to handle. Waste, emissions, and wastewater would accumulate faster than nature can recover, while nearby villages, schools, and drinking-water sources sit directly in the impact zone.4
Animals Reduced to Outputs
At the heart of these plans is a model that treats animals as units in a production line. Millions of chickens would be raised in dense confinement, then slaughtered at industrial speed. Industry analysis shows these facilities are designed for maximum output, not humane care.2
This approach clashes with widely held European expectations around animal welfare. Once such systems are built, suffering becomes embedded into daily operations, hidden behind efficiency metrics and supply chains.
Water, Pollution, and Public Health at Risk
The environmental footprint extends well beyond animal welfare. Individual facilities would consume enormous volumes of freshwater each year while releasing wastewater, ammonia, and other pollutants into surrounding soil and waterways.4 Wildlife habitats and protected natural areas stand directly in harm’s path.
Residents face long-term risks to health and quality of life. These are not abstract concerns. They are the predictable outcomes of concentrating industrial waste and emissions in one place.
Approvals That Ignore the Full Picture
Investigations into Croatia’s environmental oversight reveal a troubling pattern. Large projects often receive approval through fragmented environmental assessments that fail to account for cumulative impacts.3 Interconnected developments move forward as if they exist independently, even when their combined effect overwhelms the region.
This regulatory weakness allows destructive projects to advance while appearing compliant on paper. The real costs surface only after construction begins.
Why Europe Must Act Now
Because these operations sit inside the European Union, they gain access to the single market while bypassing safeguards meant to limit harm.2 Financial and institutional support from European bodies gives these projects momentum and legitimacy.
Europe has a choice. It can continue to enable industrial systems that sacrifice animals, communities, and ecosystems, or it can draw a clear line in defense of health, welfare, and environmental protection.
Take Action
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank have the power to stop funding and supporting operations that place people and animals at risk. Add your name to demand divestment, accountability, and a future that values life over unchecked industrial expansion.
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