The , usually known as the or simply EE, is a European organisation of breeders of

poultry Poultry () are domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, their meat or their feathers. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, qu ...

pigeons Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

rabbits Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit sp ...

guinea-pig The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (''Cavia porcellus''), also known as the cavy or domestic cavy (), is a species of rodent belonging to the genus ''Cavia'' in the family Caviidae. Breeders tend to use the word ''cavy'' to describe the ani ...

s and cage-birds. It was founded in Brussels on 18 June 1938 as the ; the founding members were from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. It is now based in

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

. It represents some 2.5 million members from 31 countries. It sometimes uses an alternative name: * french: Association Européenne pour l'Elevage de Volailles, de Pigeons, d'Oiseaux, de Lapins et de Cobayes, italic=no * german: Europäischer Verband für Geflügel-, Tauben-, Vogel-, Kaninchen- und Caviazucht, italic=no * European Association of Poultry, Pigeon, Cage Bird, Rabbit and Cavy Breeders.

References

{{reflist, 45em, refs= 75 Jahre EE – Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture
(in German). Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 15 February 2015. .n.(2015)
EE-Documentation
Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Accessed April 2018. Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture
European Association of Poultry, Pigeon, Cage Bird, Rabbit and Cavy Breeders. Accessed April 2018 Organisations based in Luxembourg Animal breeding organizations Aviculture Leporidae