#Act4 Pets Over the summer, owners discover that hotels charge extra for animals or even ban them altogether. Why the French are 'European champions' at abandoning pets 10 August 2020
#Act4 Pets Reports of pet scams in April more than tripled compared with March. Have you seen one? Here’s how they work and what you need to watch out for. Scam watch: pet scams soar during lockdown 10 August 2020
#Act4 Pets On National No Pet Store Puppies Day, New York State moved one step closer to shutting down the puppy mill pipeline for good. NY Senate passes bill to end retail pet sales 26 July 2020
#Act4 Pets Animal businesses that breed dogs for profit like to sell the public on the idea of small breeders and family-owned pet stores—but don’t be fooled. This is a multimillion-dollar industry that stays afloat by exploiting animals. The US commercial puppy industry doesn’t need a bailout 26 July 2020
#Act4 Pets Activists hope coronavirus epidemic will be the death knell of tradition. China dog meat festival goes ahead but COVID-19 takes a toll 29 June 2020
#Act4 Pets Canadian officials have launched an investigation after the "horrible" discovery of more than a dozen dead puppies on board a cargo plane from Ukraine that landed at the Toronto airport last week. 38 French bulldog puppies were found dead among a 'nightmare' shipment of 500 dogs imported on a Canada-bound plane from Ukraine 22 June 2020
#Act4 Pets Today during an online meeting our CEO Reineke Hameleers handed over ‘The Illegal Pet Trade: Game Over’ Report to Stella Kyriakides, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. Commissioner Kyriakides welcomes new ‘Illegal Pet Trade: Game Over Report’ 22 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Pets Regardless of COVID-19 crisis the breeding and trading of pets continues. In between supply and demand both cats and dogs get caught and it is for the policy makers and competent authorities to ensure that these animals are protected especially in times of pandemics. Cross-border trade of pets continues despite COVID-19 19 June 2020
#Act4 Pets The seventh meeting of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare today saw the announcement that the European Commission is to mandate a new reference centre for ruminants and equines. New EU reference centre to finally remove the blinkers on equine welfare 15 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Pets The RSPCA has backed the calls for tougher sentencing of animal abusers, seeking to raise awareness of the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill, which the Labour party today asked the Government to bring to the House of Commons in August. Support for Animal Sentencing Bill in the UK 8 June 2020 RSPCA
#Act4 Pets From May 18 2020, pedigrees will no longer be provided to purebred short-snouted dogs that do not comply with the law. Success: no more pedigrees for pugs and French bulldogs in the Netherlands 2 June 2020
#Act4 Pets Djurens Rätt welcomes the decision of the Swedish Board of Agriculture to adjust the existing animal welfare law regarding pets. From June 15 cat owners will be obliged to ensure their cats do not reproduce unplanned. Free roaming cats in Sweden should from now on be neutered 2 June 2020 Djurens Rätt