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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
BARCELONA––Enjoying a reputation as one of the most animal-friendly cities of Europe, Barcelona did not disappoint the more than 320 animal welfare workers drawn to the city for the 2013 International Companion Animal Welfare Conference. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
BARCELONA–– Among the more unusual and useful offerings at the 2013 International Companion Animal Welfare Conference was a session entitled “Ethical decision making,” presented by Dorothy E.F. McKeegan, British Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Foundation senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2013: (Actually published on November 20, 2013.)
By Merritt Clifton
Two days after Dutch animal advocate and rescuer Nathalie Klinge addressed the ICAWC conference in Barcelona about her observations of dog population control in Romania, I tested her findings by doing 1,500 kilometers of dog-censusing in Romania myself. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
LONDON––Four weeks into a six-week government cull of up to 5,000 badgers in Gloucestershire and Somerset counties, Guardian environment correspondent Damian Carrington on October 1, 2013 recommended that the apparent fiasco should be stopped. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
MADRID––Legislation to protect bullfighting as part of the cultural identity of Spain, pushed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of the center-right Popular Party, moved closer to passage on October 2, 2013 when endorsed by the parliamentary culture committee by a vote of 24-6, with 14 abstentions. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
VIENNA––The Austrian-based international animal welfare charity Vier Pfoten (Four Paws in the U.S.) is expanding its constellation of bear sanctuaries to accommodate 15 to 20 bears who have been used in bear-baiting competitions in Ukraine. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
DEN HAAG––Asked by the Dutch Party for Animals to expedite a ban on trimming the beaks of egg-laying hens, originally to take effect in 2021, Dutch agriculture minister Sharon Dijksma in June 2013 reset the deadline to September 2018. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
DEN HAAG––Dutch state secretary of economic affairs Sharon A.M. Dijksma on June 4, 2013 committed The Netherlands to trying to reverse European Union and other international policies which require culling livestock who have been exposed to contagious diseases of concern, even if the animals are apparently healthy and have been vaccinated against the feared diseases. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
Raising millions of animals per year in close confinement for decades longer than most other nations, The Netherlands has correspondingly had much more experience than almost anywhere else with how contagious diseases spread among large herds and flocks in close quarters. Read more