NEWS AND COMMENT: The European Union through the European Chemicals Agency (ECA) have insisted that a German chemicals company, Symrise, conduct animal tests on two ingredients that are only used in cosmetics. They made this demand because of a set … Continue reading →
This article concerns pet travel from the UK to the EU. Right now, at the date of this article, nobody knows what will happen to pet travel after Brexit because there is yet to be an entire agreement between the … Continue reading →
Arie Trouwborst, an environmental law specialist at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and Han Somsen, at the same university, say that European Union law insists that cat owners in Europe should keep the cats inside the home to protect wildlife. … Continue reading →
You may have picked up on the claim by a couple of Dutch professors that European Union laws prevent cat owners allowing their cats to go outside except on a leash. The scientists’ argument is that free-roaming outside cats damage … Continue reading →
A couple of Dutch academics, Arie Trouwborst and Han Somsen – the former is an associate professor and the latter a full professor – state that allowing cats to roam outside without supervision by their owner or another person is … Continue reading →
In the event that the UK leaves the European Union with a hard Brexit by which I mean without an agreement with the EU then the pet travel arrangements change completely. The UK would be treated as an unlisted country. … Continue reading →
The European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals (1987) created an agreement between 23 European nations on protections with respect to the killing of pet cats.
Continue reading →It is interesting to note that the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals, created in 1987 and effective in 1992 is an agreement between 23 European countries to not declaw cats. The UK is not a signatory to … Continue reading →
See video for harrowing scenes that the RSPCA investigators uncovered when they cracked an Eastern European dog trafficking racket. In the UK, the RSPCA have discovered and prosecuted an Eastern European dog and cat trafficking racket. I believe that this … Continue reading →
Almost 75,000 pet passports were issued last year. This is a 50% increase on 2010. The figures come from the Animal and Plant Health Agency. In 2015, for the first 6 months, 55,000 have been issued. More than half of … Continue reading →
