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Call to the PM Erdogan: Stop your government’s proposed “Death Camps” for stray animals!
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I just signed the following petition addressed to: The Prime Minister of Turkey Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan. —————- Stop Turkey’s proposed Death Camps for stray animals! Dear Mr Prime Minister We have been shocked and outr...
"When Policy ignores Evidence: Badgers and Austerity" by Simon Wren-Lewis
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In the wood next to our house live at least one fox and maybe some badgers. We have seen badgers around, but it was only this summer that we first saw a badger walking (or more accurately sniffing) its way through our garden. It caused great exciteme...
The Importance Of Having Vets For Your Pets
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Vets Houston is health care practitioners who tend to animals which are inflicted with any kind of condition. They can diagnose and treat many types of illness and conditions which are likely to animals. It is also their duty to … Continue read...
How Your Vet Can Help in the Prevention and Treatment of Canine Distemper
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Apart from you, your dog has to have a second best friend. In most cases that friend is a vet Seattle. These doctors will do what they can to prevent diseases from inflicting your dog. When they do get inflicted, … Continue reading →...
What to Consider When Choosing a Vet
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A Carmel vet is a type of doctor whose expertise is mainly on carrying out treatment for various types of animals. Many professionals of this career specialize their services to particular animals only. For instance, some restrict their services to &...
Choosing the Right Pet Hospital
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When it comes to choosing the most excellent Santa Barbara pet hospital, it is necessary to find one before an emergency situation takes place. In case of emergency, the health care facility’s availability, hours, and location should be accessi...
Factors to Consider When Picking an Animal Hospital
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One of the most important decisions you can make as a pet owner is to choose the right animal hospital in San Jose. By being choosy during the process of selection, you make sure that your pet will receive the … Continue reading →...
Tricks to Finding Good Veterinarians
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Locating good Dallas veterinarians is a necessary part in keeping your pet healthy and happy. They are trained to conduct routine checkups to assess the general health of the animal and will be able to provide treatment if he is … Continue read...
Factors to Consider When Searching for a Veterinary Clinic
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There are several factors that you may need to consider when trying to choose a Fishers veterinary clinic where you can take your pets. Among the most common considerations are the location, offered services, payment methods, reputation, and the type...
New strategy to improve animal welfare
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The European Commission has recently adopted a new four-year strategy (2012-2015) that aims to further improve the welfare of animals in the European Union. EU Animal Welfare legislation, developed in response to contingencies and political demand...
Nature is fooled into flowering in a ‘second spring’
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Fruit, frogs, birds, insects, plants: they are all enjoying a warm autumn as the seasons go topsy-turvy. Via www.guardian.co.uk...
Cat haters: a dwindling minority
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Which is more important: a cat being swung by its tail by a teenage thug, or the possibility of France and Germany setting up an exclusive “club” within the eurozone? If the number of comments posted by Daily Telegraph readers are an indication...
Remembering animals in war: brave or just victims?
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It’s not just human victims of war that are being remembered today. This morning, dogs, horses and even a mule attended a special remembrance service at the Animals in War monument on London’s Park Lane. They, alongside several animal welfare and...
EU support to African veterinary services brings an end to Rinderspest
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Almost 50 years of continued collaboration between the EU and the African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) to eradicate Rinderpest is about to achieve its ultimate goal, with the official declaration of global freedom from Rin...
EU Seal Trade Ban Begins
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This week marks the beginning of an EU ban on the trade of all seal products, except for those hunted by traditional methods. But what's next for animal welfare groups?
Whalesong revealed to be inane mindless chatter.
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Marine scientists admitted to being bitterly disappointed at new evidence that whalesong, once heralded as being an example of the intelligence of whales, has been revealed to be nothing but bland, boring conversations between the giant seagoing m...
Dog owners are a social menace
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Right, this is a blog entry that’s going to annoy a lot of people. But I’m very annoyed. So here goes. I’m totally, utterly and completely sick of dog owners. Note I am not completely and utterly sick of dogs. I’m no...
Written Questions - Animal Welfare And Trade
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Rural Development Regulation and improved animal welfare Animal Health recommendations concerning the on-farm welfare of animals Welfare of dairy cows 2009 EU funding [...]...
EU to ban meat from poorly handled animals
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The European Parliaments agriculture committee is considering proposals to ban the sale of meat from livestock that has suffered from poor welfare and has been produced in the EU. Members of European Parliament pushed for a swift draft of a new ‘...
£13m plan to fight animal diseases
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UK scientists have announced a £13 million plan to tackle livestock diseases such as foot and mouth disease, bluetongue and African Swine Fever in the developing world. The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Departme...
Bluefin tuna benefits from political deadlock
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The European Commission has decided to delay its decision - from yesterday January 13 to a new undetermined date - about whether to include the bluefin tuna in the endangered species' list. Despite the EC's initial endorsement of the proposal, the re...
Oppose Ivory Sale To Save Elephants, Say Green Euro-MP
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Commenting in the Independent today on a proposed ‘one-off’ auction of ivory which conservationists fear could lead to more elephants [...]...
Correspondence about Animal Protection
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Letter to Commissioner Dimas on the revision of the Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals - 2009 Letter [...]...
Correspondence about the Welfare of Companion Animals
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Animal welfare concerns in Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina Letter to the Romanian authorities about stray dogs 2006 No response received Letter to [...]...
Lucas Warns Of Last Chance To Save EU Animal Experiments Agreement
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18 December 2009 - Greens in the European Parliament, including UK MEP Caroline Lucas, are leading a challenge to the [...]...
Animal welfare labeling scheme
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The 2986th Council meeting on Agriculture and Fisheries held in Brussels on 14-16 December 2009 took note of the presentation by the Commission of its report on options for animal welfare labelling and the establishment of a European Network of Refer...
South East MEP Supports 1.5 Million-Strong Petition To Tackle Animal Testing
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02 July 2009 - Green Party MEP for South East England Dr Caroline Lucas will submit a 1.5 million strong [...]...
Animal health laws must be kept says EU commissioner
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EU commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has highlighted the importance of keeping animal health legislat...
How to ban seal products and shoot Europe in the foot
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The heady aroma of power without responsibility is wafting through the corridors of the European Parliament this week as legislators prepare to slap a blanket ban on the trading of seal products throughout the 27-nation bloc. It seems little short o...
World Day for Laboratory Animals
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Day of action including a march through central London. Caroline will be speaking as part of this event. More details here.
Fur no more…or how the EU promises to save the lives of seals [Veerle VRINDTS]
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The European ban on seal fur is recently approved by the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) in the European Parliament. With this agreement follows the rest Europe in the footsteps of Belgium, the first EU-country that put a...
Bears In The EU
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The Belgraded reporst a case where animal rights activists have smuggled four bears from Serbia to Bulgaria, claiming that the EU gives more rights to animals. A Serbian paper commented with a bit of politically incorrect sarcasm that the actitivist...
Correspondence about Promoting Animal Welfare
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Letter to the South African government encouraging them to back a ban on the use of gin traps 2009 Letter to [...]...
Green MEPs Showcase Their Record on Protecting the Rights Of Humans and Animals - online PDF leaflets
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Caroline Lucas and her fellow MEP Jean Lambert have produced two new publications to outline their work on Animal Protection [...]...
Animal welfare dilemmas
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One of the advances made when Franz Fischler was farm commissioner was to recognise farm animals as sentient beings rather than agricultural products. This provided a basis for treating animal welfare as one of the planks of multifunctionality. How...
