#Act4 Wildlife A Positive List (a list of allowed species) for mammals has been introduced in the Netherlands, permitting just 30 species to be legally kept as pets in the country. This move will prevent exotic mammals from being kept as pets in unsuitable conditions. The Netherlands introduces new Positive List for mammals 7 July 2022 AAP
#Act4 Wildlife Since its founding in 1972, at least 4,850 animals have been rescued by AAP. AAP: 50 years committed to helping exotic animals in need 14 April 2022 AAP
#Act4 Wildlife E-commerce giant, Bol.com, has decided to stop selling kangaroo products, after less than four weeks since World Animal Protection launched its campaign calling on Dutch companies to end the cruel sales. Bol.com has committed to updating its animal welfare policy: items with kangaroo will no longer be sold on the platform. Dutch e-commerce giant stops selling kangaroo products 3 December 2021 WAP
#Act4 Wildlife Mink were pulled from cages by their tails or hind legs and hurled into mobile gas chambers on fur farms in the Netherlands, video footage has revealed. The rough handling of the animals breaks EU animal-welfare regulations. Video shows mink pulled from cages and thrown ‘like rubbish’ into gas chambers on Dutch fur farms 23 November 2020
#Act4 Wildlife COVID-19 spreading in mink farms all over Europe Public health concerns should prompt permanent closure of all mink farms in Europe 5 November 2020 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 Wildlife An unexpected win for animal-rights activists. Covid-19 ends Dutch mink farming 7 September 2020
#Act4 Wildlife A survey commissioned by the Dutch government showed that despite recent incidents of wolves attacking farm animals, a majority of Dutch people have no problem coexisting with the animals. Dutch people enthusiastic about wolves returning to the Netherlands 29 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife The Netherlands, a top exporter of mink, has killed more than 500,000 of the animals this month to stop the spread of disease. Coronavirus is killing the Dutch mink industry 26 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife A Dutch judge late on Thursday (June 4) postponed the planned cull of around 10,000 mink on farms in the Netherlands where coronavirus had been reported, after animal rights groups objected. Coronavirus: Dutch postpone cull of thousands of minks amid animal rights objections 8 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Fur farming has been banned in the Netherlands, with the effect from 2024,. However, amid COVID-19 infections among minks used for fur farming, Dierenbescherming thinks the existing farms should close immediately. Fur farms should close immediately 2 June 2020 Dierenbescherming
#Act4 Wildlife Two mink breeders in North Brabant have diagnosed the coronavirus in several animals, reports Minister Schouten of Agriculture. The animals had gastrointestinal complaints and breathing problems. Coronavirus found at mink farms in North Brabant 27 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Wild animal populations in both the Netherlands' open natural areas and in the agricultural landscaped halved since 1990, according to the Living Planet Report Netherlands published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Netherlands' animal populations halved since 1990; nitrogen the main culprit 10 February 2020
