Authors/Contributors: Nayyira ElGohary, Max Carpendale, Wasseem Emam, George Bridgwater
Acknowledgments
This report was written in collaboration with Ethical Seafood Research, which helped with the initial scoping with the help of Melinda Jackson from New York University (see their report on Animal Advocacy in Egypt). We would like to express our immense gratitude to Nayyira ElGohary for all her hard work on this report as part of the Ambitious Impact (AIM) internship program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Egypt is a major producer in animal agriculture and aquaculture, producing more fish from aquaculture than all other African countries combined, and it is one of the leading producers of broiler chickens (1). Despite this monumental production, Egypt remains a net food importer, including many types of meat. Unfortunately, this is not governed by specific animal welfare legislation, only the occasional mention in other legislative provisions. In Egypt, minimal legal protections are extended to farmed animals. This means that there are a wide variety of potential improvements that should be made to Egyptian animal protection regulations and standard practices within these industries.
