Dr Jo Swabe

@joswabe.bsky.social

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Senior Director of Public Affairs for Humane World for Animals Europe (formerly Humane Society International). Advocate for animals. EU policy wonk. Erstwhile sociologist. Bird nerd & nature lover. Vegan foodie. Posting in EN & NL. Usual disclaimers apply.

Photo exhibit at European Parliament featuring marine wildlife of the Azores
Event Programme: The True Cost of Disease
Timetable showing 9.04 train to Brussels cancelled
A fallen tree blocking a cycle path
Meadow pipit
Black tern
Pied avocet chicks foraging in shallow water
Carel Fabritius’ Goldfinch
Poster - financing the cage-free transition
2 cranes
Pigeons on screen at EP event on pigeons
EP committee room with panel on animal transport.
Commissioner Roswall with animal protection NGO representatives
European Parliament committee room with panel incl. Commissioner Hansen
Spoonbill preening on tree nest
Two mink looking out of a filthy wire mesh cage with text: UNFURGIVABLE - European Commission: 1.5 million citizens demand a ban on fur farming and trade
Conference room with screen on ethics in animal production
2 female smews
Timetable showing cancelled 9.04 train to Brussels
Ring-necked parakeet in the snow
Happy New Year!
Government of Canada, receipt for $25 for seal observation licence - March 2005
Me holding a swan on the cover of a newspaper wearing a Amsterdam Animal Ambulance uniform
Kingfisher
Great bittern
Slide on why a good auditing system must not be vague with Temple Grandin on screen. Danish Presidency conference on animal welfare.
Cover of conference programme
Cover conference programme
Dutch sign outside voting station on the Wibautstraat, Amsterdam showing red pencil & text ‘vote here’. Conveniently located next door to my swimming pool!
Voting results amendment on meat denominations https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-10-08-RCV_FR.pdf
Poster voor première Boerocratie. Cartoon van BBB-leidster die op een tractor door Den Haag rijdt.
Me holding a chiffchaff in a Piccadilly Line train
Spur-thighed tortoise sat amongst garden plants
Event poster: What would a diet with significantly less animal protein mean?
Screen announcing vegan dish (vegetable couscous & falafel), but listing it as containing milk & eggs.
Spoonbill standing in shallow water
Greater Scaup or Tufted Duck?
Red deer grazing
Road blockade & signs announcing cycle path closure & re-routing
Serval sat in a box at AAP sanctuary
Coypu - also known as nutria - swimming in a lake between waterlilies
1st carriage on Deutsche Bahn train from Amsterdam to Hannover. A 6 seat compartment looks like it was from 1970s with narrow rock-hard seats.
List of birds heard in Merlin app, including Alexandrin parakeet, woodpigeon, Egyptian goose, blackcap, coot & chiffchaff.
White-tailed eagle.
Participants at EU Platform on Animal Welfare meeting with my name board in the foreground.
Organic tofu in a package.
Open bridge over the river Amstel.
Eurasian Spoonbill
Full house at European Parliament event.
Report on wild animals, not pets: the case for an EU positive list. Photographed at a European Parliament event.
Train timetable: 09.03 Eurocity Direct to Brussels Midi cancelled due to a defective train.
Black-tailed godwit
Early vegetarian publication & restaurant menu
Aluminium sculpture at ARTZUID.
Cover of Genesis by Sebastio Salgado