#Act4 Wildlife In December, the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced a proposal to kill 20 wolves from 4 packs outside the reindeer herding area this winter, with the supposed purpose of "regulating the growth of the wolf population, preventing damage and promoting the acceptability of the wolf”. Finland proceeds with plans to kill wolves 6 January 2022 Susiryhmä
#Act4 FarmAnimals One of Italy's leading poultry producers, Fileni Group, has publicly committed to introduce better welfare standards for all its free range, organic, and 20% of its conventionally produced chicken by 2026. One of Italy's leading poultry producers joins European Chicken Commitment 17 November 2021 CIWF
#Act4 Wildlife Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry wolf population management group ended up supporting a quota based system for the hunting of entire wolf packs and wolf pairs, which is illegal under EU law. Luonto-Liitto announced that they could not support such a decision and thus withdrew from the working group entirely. Luonto-Litto leaves Finland’s wolf working group after quota based hunting plan approved 3 June 2021 Susiryhmä
#Act4 Wildlife Public opinion around dolphins in dolphinariums is clearly changing. But what happens to dolphins when the parks get closed? Talks with policymakers are underway and several dolphin rehabilitation programs are getting implemented in Europe, but none are yet operational. The very complex nature of such a pilot project may be to blame. The rapid closing of dolphinariums poses a threat to dolphins 22 April 2021 Sea First Foundation
#Act4 Wildlife Eurogroup for Animals has signed a letter together with its member organisations, Luonto-Liitto, Animalia, SEY, and other organisations to demand that the European Commission take action and seriously intervene in Finnish wolf policy. Letter to the EU Commission: Action must be taken now on wolves in Finland 11 February 2021 Susiryhmä
#Act4 Wildlife According to a survey by the polling company Taloustutkimus, 62 % of Finns do not approve of killing animals for their fur. Survey: 62 % of Finns do not approve of killing animals for their fur 21 January 2021 Animalia
#Act4 Wildlife Wolves and other large carnivores play an important role in ecosystems and should not be killed for hobby purposes. You have to learn to live side by side with wolves 23 September 2020 Susiryhmä
#Act4 Wildlife In a historical vote, the Social Democratic party of Finland (SDP) committed to working towards ending fur farming and fur sales both in Finland and in the EU within a reasonable transition period. News on the decision broke on 24 August during the Social Democrats’ party congress, held in Tampere, Finland. Finnish Social Democrats take a historical stand against fur farming, Animalia and Justice for Animals rejoice 25 August 2020 Animalia
#Act4 Pets Finnish study finds three-quarters of dogs exhibit highly problematic behaviour. Dog breeders urged to act over high levels of anxiety in pets 9 March 2020
The aim of the study was to evaluate the job satisfaction of official veterinarians working in the field of animal welfare control and identify both positive features and challenges of their work. Finnish vets stressed by animal welfare control work, study says 24 February 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Two surveys carried out on behalf of our Finnish member organisation Animalia proved that 74 percent of Finns already oppose fur farming in its current form. ANIMALIA: 74% of Finns oppose fur farming and most don't accept killing animals for fur 4 December 2019 Animalia
#Act4 Wildlife Earlier this month Animalia gave the Anti-Animal Award of the Year to Jari Leppä, Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, for his questionable interpretation of the EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation. ANIMALIA: Misinterpretation of the EU Invasive Alien Species regulation leads to more suffering for raccoon dogs in Finland 25 November 2019 Animalia
