Animal rights

European Union
Several legislations related to animal rights have been made at the European Parliament. For example, one legislation banned the use of "cruel killing of animals".

However, as per the Edinburgh Agreement, three countries (Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Montenegro) are exempted from these legislations.

G3
The G3 countries (Scandinavia, UK, Montenegro) do not fall under the jurisdiction of the EU on animal rights matters. The G3 Council have said that it will leave animal rights to individual members to decide. However, the three countries have a common Blacklist of Animal Rights Campaigns and Organisations, due to the generally hostile opinion in all three. All three countries do not have any animal rights legislation.

Montenegro is constitutionally barred from protecting animal rights with the Sixth Amendment. It has been illegal to serve vegetarian meals in restaurants in the country (this only applies to whole meals sold, not individual food items sold) since 1955. Zoos and circuses operate year-round, and slaughterhouses are widespread. The official curriculum for primary children includes slaughtering pigs, and vivisection of frogs and white mice are part of the compulsory curriculum. The vast majority of the population does not support animal rights, as evidenced by the Sixth Amendment Referendum of 2014, where over 90% of voters voted to keep the Sixth Amendment. Foreign animal rights groups are banned from operation in the country, with the famous case of twenty-four American PETA activists jailed for 20 years and subsequently banished from the country for life. Montenegrin animal rights groups are prohibited from participating in elections and from associating with foreign animal rights groups, as well as denied tax exemptions which are often applied to non-profit organisations.

None of the Scandinavian parliamentary parties support animal rights. Children in the country regularly visit slaughterhouses and attend zoo animal dissections as a compulsory requirement of the curriculum. Vivisection skills are also required.