#Act4 AnimalsEU Ahead of the November IMCO vote on the Digital Services Act (DSA), Eurogroup for Animals together with 29 business, consumer and civil society organisations called the Members of the European Parliament to stand their ground and set unambiguous rules to tackle illegal activities and rogue traders of animals. Will the Digital Services Act continue protecting unscrupulous sellers and platforms? Call to IMCO Members of the European Parliament 12 October 2021 Four Paws
#Act4 Wildlife After a marathon day finalising the adoption of the ambitious law aiming to reduce pet abandonments and end the use of wild animals in shows, the French Senate significantly weakened the text. No surprises as French senators distort anti animal mistreatment law 1 October 2021 FBB
#Act4 Pets At least 5,000 pets were found dead in cardboard shipping boxes last week at a logistics facility in Central China, likely casualties of a miscommunication in the supply chain of China's thriving mass-breeding industry. 5,000 pets found dead in boxes at Chinese shipping depot 5 October 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Online technology companies in the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online reported removing or blocking over 3 million listings for endangered and threatened species and associated products from their online platforms to date. Tech companies take down three million online listings for trafficked wildlife 16 March 2020
#Act4 Pets The campaign hopes to suffocate the trade for puppies and kittens being advertised by disreputable sellers, and highlight the“red flags” members of the public should look out for. UK Government launches campaign against illegal pet trade 6 March 2020
#Act4 Pets More and more Swiss citizens are buying their dog online. Investigation on the illegal puppy trade in Switzerland 2 March 2020
#Act4 Pets Five dogs have been imported to Switzerland from Romania with invalid documentation. The dealers pretended to work for an animal protection organization and all dogs have been seized. Five dogs imported from Romania confiscated in Switzerland 28 February 2020
#Act4 Pets Our Belgian colleagues at SAVAB are on high brachycephalic alert! Small Animal Veterinary Association Belgium on brachycephalic alert 17 February 2020
#Act4 Pets The annual trade in exotic vertebrates as pets is a multi‐billion‐dollar global business. When pets become pests: the role of the exotic pet trade in producing invasive animals 3 June 2019
#Act4 Pets The city council has assured in a statement that it will "continuously monitor the ads to sanction in case of persistence in the breach of the withdrawal of the ads" Online pet trade: Barcelona demands the withdrawal of online adverts 10 May 2019
#Act4 Pets "We wanted a puppy. On the website of dog breeder X we saw a cute dwarf geese. We fell in love right away." Campaign against intensive pet trade 13 February 2019 GAIA
