Eurogroup for Animals welcomes today’s publication by the Dutch Government of its Positive list on the keeping of mammals as pets which will come into force on 1 February 2015. This decision clearly determines which animals are suitable to be kept as pets or which can only be kept if strict conditions are applied. This has taken 22 years to be achieved, through the concerted and proactive work of many organizations including our member Stichting AAP and we look forward to other EU member states following suit.