[Associations] OIPA International news letter - April 2009
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OIPA
International Organization for Animal Protection
INTERNATIONAL NEWS LETTER
April 2009
TRAFFIC OF WILD ANIMALS, RESCUED IN A BRAZILIAN ZOO
Some week ago, OIPA received a report about a traffic of wild animals in the Goiânia zoo, capital of the State of Goiás, Brazil. Goiânia seems the center of abuse on animals: this is the second time that OIPA informs the world about the cruelty on animals in this Brazilian city.
http://www.oipa.org/zoo/alerts/goiania.html
MEP VOTE SUPPORTS NON-ANIMAL RESEARCH BUT FAILS ON LAB ANIMAL PROTECTION
MEPs have voted in favour of the creation of new EU facilities to develop alternatives to animal experiments. The vote by the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee in Brussels1 marked a key stage in the revision of Europe’s 20 year old animal experiments law, Directive 86/609/EEC
http://www.oipa.org/vivisection/news/mep.html
VIABLE RULES ON THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS AT THE TIME OF SLAUGHTER
All forms of unnecessary suffering by animals must be avoided, but religious freedom must be respected, says the Agriculture Committee, which voted on Monday on plans to tighten up the rules on animal welfare at the time of slaughter.
Every year in the European Union, 360 million pigs, cattle, sheep and goats are killed, as are over 4 billion poultry birds and 25 million animals reared for fur. In a consultation report drafted by Janusz Wojciechowski (UEN, PL), the Agriculture Committee approved a European Commission proposal seeking to replace the 1993 directive on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter by a new regulation to improve animal welfare while allowing more uniform application of EU rules in Member States.
http://www.oipa.org/farms/news/slaughter.html
NOVEL FOODS, MEPS SET NEW RULES
In a legislative report dealing with an update of the EU rules on novel foods, the European Parliament calls on the Commission to interdict the placing on the market of food derived from cloned animals and their descendants. MEPs also want food being produced by nanotechnology processes to undergo a specific risk assessment before being approved for use and be labelled. The report was adopted with 658 votes in favour, 15 against and 11 abstentions.
http://www.oipa.org/vegetarism/news/food.html
BOLIVIA BANS MILITARY ABUSE OF ANIMALS
After less than a month of campaigning, the Bolivian minister of defense went on that country's national television to announce an historic ban on all animal abuse in military training exercises, stating that the Bolivian government is issuing a Resolution to prohibit all acts of violence, exploitation, and mistreatment that provokes the death of animals.
http://www.oipa.org/animalabuse/news/bolivia.html
SERBIAN ANIMALS VOICE
“Serbian Animals Voice” (SAV) alliance is a completely volunteer run organisation which campaigns for the better treatment of all animals within the Balkans states; especially on behalf of stray / roaming street animals.
http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com
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