The best animal welfare in the world?– an investigation into the myth about Sweden
By Cecilia Mille and Eva Frejadotter Diesen, Translation by Niki Woods
Link: http://www.djurensratt.se/sites/default/files/best-animal-welfare-in-the-world.pdf
of animal welfare lawyers and commissioners
The best animal welfare in the world?– an investigation into the myth about Sweden
By Cecilia Mille and Eva Frejadotter Diesen, Translation by Niki Woods
Link: http://www.djurensratt.se/sites/default/files/best-animal-welfare-in-the-world.pdf
In 2013, together with the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU, VIER PFOTEN has produced a booklet on the new Lithuanian animal welfare legislation, including comments and analysis of the law.
The booklet is available in English and Lithuanian
Comment on the Italian Animal Welfare Act
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Csaba Csintalan Szent-István University (SZIE) Veterinary Medicine Faculty (ÁOTK) Budapest
Continue reading Legal Regulation of Animal Experiments By László Visnyei
Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary
Continue reading The Regulation of Animal Protection in Hungary by ZOLTÁN, TÓTH J.
The EU Commission published a document on good practices regarding the enforcement of the EU Zoo Directive.
The Commission launched a study contract with a view to promoting the sharing of experience and of good practice for the implementation of the Zoos Directive aimed at supporting practitioners and Member States in implementing
the spirit and requirements of the Zoos Directive. This has involved consultation with experts and practitioners in different Member States and with different representative bodies concerned with Zoos.
This included a dedicated expert workshop, which took place in Brussels in November to share draft results of the study. The document reports on the findings of this study and aims to summarise the current state of knowledge and
highlight good practices to support practitioners and Member States with a view to helping the m achieve the overall
objective of strengthening the role of zoos in the conservation of biodiversity.
Author: EU Commission
Date: July 2015
Document:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/pdf/EU_Zoos_Directive_Good_Practices.pdf
Today, the EU Commission has published its report for 2014 on the infringement of EU legislation.
It shows that number of infringement procedures opened has decreased. Greece and Italy are on the top for infringement, followed by Spain, Belgium, Poland and France. The lowest number of infringement is in Croatia, Estonia and Malta.
The main domain concerned by infringement is Environment.
Read the full report on http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5326_en.htm