The number of kangaroos in Australia increased over the past months due to weather conditions, which caused another widespread debate about massive culling actions. Millions of kangaroos are brutally killed and a large part of Australian kangaroo leather and meat is shipped to Europe for commercial use. Once again, experts and animal protectionists from Australia as well as Europe call for an end ...
بداية من حظر مدى الحياة على امتلاك الحيوانات للمرتكبين للتعذيب القاسي على الحيوانات، ومروراً بزيادة في العقوبات القصوى للمارسي التعذيب ضد الحيوانات وانتهاء بحظر قتل الحيوانات الأليفة الخاصة بالأفراد. وبفضل اعتماد هذه التعديلات التشريعية الثلاث الأخيرة، فإن الحزب الهولندي من أجل الحيوانات يعتبر قد حقق انتصارا كبيرا في نضاله ضد سوء معاملة الحيوانات وإهمالها. حيث يشعر النائب في حزب من أجل الحيوانات ف...
Result! This was a month of big breakthroughs for the animals! The Dutch parliament supports three very important legislative changes by the Party for the Animals: much harsher penalties for animal torturers, a lifetime pet ban for the worst offenders and a ban on pets being killed by their owners. The Party for the Animals has been fighting for this for years. There are also positive developmen...
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DAY 1: SATURDAY 10th of JULY
09.45 – 10.20 Lecture and Q&A: The Eco-centric Political Movement
by Esther Ouwehand, party leader of the Dutch Party for the Animals
10.20 – 10.45 The rise of the Animal Politics Movement
Presentation on the political movement for animal rights by Elsa Miedema, political historian and researcher
11.00 – 11.40 Lecture and Q&A: Food and the ecological and climate crisis, by Helen Harwatt, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House Food and Climate Policy and fellow at Harvard University
12.25 – 13.25 Masterclass Food Impact: Ecocide & Food, by Jojo Mehta, co-founder and executive director of Stop Ecocide International and MP Lammert van Raan of the Dutch party for the Animals
13.25 – 14.25 Interview and Q&A on food transition, with pioneer entrepreneur Kees Kruythoff, CEO of The LIVEKINDLY Collective
Interview with Kees Kruythoff, former CEO at Unilever, now CEO of The LIVEKINDLY Collective of plant-based food brands, by Sophie Kevany, journalist, writing on animal agriculture and the future of food production for The Guardian.
14.25 END OF DAY 1 PROGRAMME
Watch the best international speakers on the topics of food, health and politics live via our YouTube channel on 10th and 11th of July.
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DAY 2: SUNDAY 11th of JULY
09.45 – 10.15 Lecture and Q&A: Food & Health: Pandemics and protecting our health in the future, by professor Hans Zaaijer, medical doctor and microbiologist, professor of blood-borne infections at the University of Amsterdam
13.35 – 14.05 Lecture: Behaviour Change and the concept of ‘Plant-based by default’, by professor Henriëtte Prast, economist, senator for the Dutch Party for the Animals and initiator of the ‘Plant-based by default’ initiative