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Big success at the European Parliament
Written Declaration 26 on dog population management adopted!

After four months the Written Declaration No 26 on dog population management in the European Union has gained more than the majority of the Members of the European Parliament. With this result the Representatives of the European citizens have recognized officially the harm of the growing number of unwanted animals in Europe and solution strategies and want the EU Commission to be active. [more]

Future CAP eliminates animal welfare from the list of objectives
VIER PFOTEN calls for clarity on payments for higher animal welfare standards

VIER PFOTEN is disappointed that animal welfare will no longer be a priority of the next Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), while it was among the objectives in the previous reform. The reform will only support farmers that will respect the existing animal welfare legislation, but will ignore the ones who wish to do better for animals. “The next CAP looks rushed and unfinished. [more]
 
Stray Dogs Campaign 2011
The life and suffering of stray animals


Please help FOUR PAWS
to ensure that an historic ban on animal-tested cosmetics is not delayed!

Public support for a complete ban on animal-tested cosmetics is overwhelming and in March 2009 the Cosmetics Directive introduced a long-overdue ban on both the testing and sale of animal-tested cosmetic products and ingredients within the EU. However, a legal loophole allowing an extended deadline of March 2013 for three types of test (worryingly two new types of test have recently [more]
 
Aid for animals in Libya:
FOUR PAWS delivers supplies to Tripoli Zoo after 48-hour odyssey

As part of the FOUR PAWS relief project for the animals of Tripoli, medical and food provisions have been delivered to Libya. The delegation had travelled across the continent, all the way from South Africa, with much needed supplies sponsored by people and organisations from around the world. During the 48-hour-journey, the team had to pass no less than 30 checkpoints and was held up at [more]

Romanian wild horses
The second transport was successfully completed

On Saturday the 8th of October the remaining wild horses were brought back safely to the Danube Delta, Romania. At the end of May 46 wild horses were rounded up and kept illegally in an enclosure. They should have been brought to a slaughterhouse as locals wanted to make some easy money, and the horses apparently posed a threat to the highly protected Letea forest. [more]
 
Chimpanzee –
gift, clown, victim of war

Heartache was to be expected when the FOUR PAWS animal welfare emergency relief team from Europe and South Africa arrived back at the Tripoli Zoo yesterday. After a grueling 48 hour journey through more than 30 checkpoints, they were welcomed, not only by the Zoo staff but by heart wrenching cries. After months of lack of food and resources for the animals, the FOUR PAWS team has delivered [more]

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