#Act4 Pets In a joint letter to the European Commission and all Chief Veterinary Officers, Eurogroup for Animals, FOUR PAWS and Veterinarians of Europe ask for additional support to facilitate free movement of companion animals and equines to aid safe evacuations from Ukraine. War in Ukraine: call on European Commission to step up support for animals 1 April 2022 Four Paws Open letter
#Act4 Pets On International Women’s Day, the European Commission released its proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. Eurogroup for Animals welcomes this initiative as an important step to achieve gender-equality and put an end to all abuses. However, we are concerned by the lack of consideration and measures to address abuse towards companion animals as victims and instruments of these violence. New proposal on domestic violence is insufficient to guarantee safety of victims and their animals 17 March 2022
#Act4 Pets As investigated by Eurogroup for Animals’ member, Four Paws, every year over 10 million dogs and cats are killed for their meat in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam hosting the most robust dog meat trade in the region. The dog and cat meat trade: Interview with MEP Petras Auštrevičius 18 February 2022 Four Paws
#Act4 Pets On 20 January 2022, the European Parliament adopted its position at First Reading on the Digital Services Act. Once the Council has adopted it's General Approach, trialogue negotiations between the co-legislators and the European Commission will begin. Digital Services Act: if not for the animals, do it for the money 21 January 2022
#Act4 Pets Last week colleagues from our political team went on a mission to Ireland to visit our Irish Members the DSPCA and the USPCA, and also met with the head of the Animal Welfare Unit in the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine. Mission to Ireland 11 November 2021 USPCA
#Act4 Pets A new petition has been launched in Spain to demand equal protection for all animals, including galgos. Open petition to save galgos in Spain 26 October 2021 AnimaNaturalis
#Act4 Pets Aid for companion animals affected by flooding in Germany 29 July 2021 Deutscher Tierschutzbund
#Act4 Pets Eurogroup for Animals visited Lëtzebuerger Déiereschutzliga (the National League for the Protection of Animals) in Luxembourg on 9 July for a shelter visit and to discuss both interior and cross-border challenges facing cats and dogs in Luxembourg. This visit was also the occasion to conduct an interview featuring Luss Bildgen, President of Lëtzebuerger Déiereschutzliga, and Tilly Metz, Member of the European Parliament. Lëtzebuerger Déiereschutzliga (LNPA): Interview of MEP Tilly Metz and Luss Bildgen 15 July 2021 LNPA
#Act4 Pets Animal shelters, pet shops, and the like are considered "zoological nucleus" and must comply with the Spanish legislation that governs the authorization procedure. A zoological nucleus is any center, establishment, or facility that houses, maintains, raises, or sells animals, whether or not this is its primary activity. Unfortunately, the only state legislation on this subject that is currently in effect dates from 1975 and is clearly out of date, harming companion animals. New Spanish draft royal decree on zoological centers for pet animals 8 April 2021 ANDA
#Act4 Pets Eurogroup for Animals has released a policy briefing on the need to include illegal animal trade in the Communication on an EU Strategy to tackle organised crime (2021-2025). As the convergences between animal trafficking and other forms of transnational organised crime have been very well-established, it is evident that illegal animal trade must be addressed accordingly. Will illegal animal trade be addressed in the EU Organised Crime Strategy? 7 April 2021
#Act4 Pets The Animal Friends Croatia, which has been intensively lobbying for a ban on firecrackers for years, welcomed today's vote on the Final Bill on Amendments to the Law on Explosive Substances and the Production and Trafficking of Weapons. At the second reading, members of parliament unanimously supported the ban on firecrackers of category F2 and F3. Unfortunately, amendments by which the use of other pyrotechnics from these categories would be allowed only between the 31st of December and the 1st of January were not accepted. 12/18/20 Historical moment: Firecrackers finally banned! 21 December 2020 Prijatelji životinja
#Act4 Pets Pets being moved for commercial purposes and pets rehomed by charities are subjected to different rules than pets travelling with their family just for holidays. From January 1st we expect delays en route to and at ports, so we advise to pause these types of pet movements for the short to medium term. Read more to understand why. What are the new rules applying to the commercial movement and rehoming of pets after Brexit? 18 December 2020
