CONFUSION OVER EU LIVE TRANSPORT PROMISE

At a press conference on 7 June, Euopean Commissioner John Dalli declared in front of broadcast media that by 2014 the Commission would introduce a “legislative proposal” that would take a “holistic” approach to animal welfare, including animal transport.
5 July 2012

The Commission is the European institution which can propose legislation, that is then scrutinised and debated by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.

The press conference where Mr Dalli made his announcement was held by the 8hours campaign, which Compassion supports, as they handed in more than one million signatures to the Commission, calling for a maximum eight hour journey time for all animal transports to slaughter.

At the time, campaigners were heartened by the Commissioner’s words. But at a Brussels conference on animal welfare legislation on 12th June, the Commissioner’s representative said that now was not the time for new legislation.

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Source: CONFUSION OVER EU LIVE TRANSPORT PROMISE
Author: CIWF

Link: 8hours Blog
Link: Cracks in the Crate - Routine abuse of the EC 1/2005 legislation during the transport of chickens.


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