The corona pandemic is causing mixed feelings: fear, but also solidarity. Many people are helping each other and are brave enough to do the most important jobs: in hospitals, supermarkets, homeless shelters, cleaning, and animal shelters. I sympathise with all those who have lost a loved one, those who are worried about the health or their next of kin, and those who are finding it hard to keep the...
The Dutch Party for the Animals urges the European Commission to immediately suspend all cross-border animal transports as corona measures lead to extreme delays at borders, causing much animal suffering. In addition, the Party for the Animals is calling for more attention to the prevention of future pandemics - especially now. Party for the Animals MEP Anja Hazekamp: "The way we treat animals inc...
The Netherlands Party for the Animals pleads for a substantial increase in flight tax. The current government's proposal to implement a flight tax of 7 euros per ticket is much too low to have a serious effect. The Party for the Animals’ member of the Lower House Lammert van Raan wants to increase flight tax to at least 90 euros. Additionally, it will bring the Dutch flight tax more in line with t...
Local authorities in the Moldovan capital Chisinau let dogs die every day from misery in a crowded kennel where they are kept, report local animal protectors. In 2018, the municipality had promised the Dutch Party for the Animals to implement animal-friendly stray animal policy in the short term.
In my previous blog I wrote about the disclosure of animal abuse in Dutch slaughterhouses. Severe animal abuse took place in a slaughterhouse that was supposed to be one of the ‘best’ in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, we have officially pressed charges against the slaughterhouse concerned and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), the supervisory authority that should lega...
The Dutch Party for the Animals has gathered enough support in the European Parliament to submit a request for the establishment of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into abuses in animal transport.
A ten-point plan against abuse in the Dutch livestock industry and slaughterhouses. The Dutch Party for the Animals presented it last week in the Dutch Lower House to the Minister of Agriculture. This happened after more horror practices in the meat sector were unveiled. “We cannot wait any longer. If we do not intervene now, it means that we knowingly choose for countless animals to be seriously ...
“Animals should not become victims of Brexit” The European Parliament wants the European Union (EU) to make animal welfare a binding part of its negotiations on the future relationships between the EU and the United Kingdom. A proposal of the Dutch Party for the Animals to this end was supported in the European Parliament.
The Dutch House of Representatives supported a motion by the Party for the Animals last week to add the trade in wild animals to the agenda of the next meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO). As far as the Party for the Animals is concerned, this is the first step towards a European import ban on wild animals.The trade in and consumption of wild animals, and products that incorporate wild ...
The Dutch Party for the Animals presented a private members’ bill for a ban on consumer fireworks last week. The proposed bill regulates a ban on all heavier categories of fireworks. "Children's fireworks" such as sparklers will still be allowed. The law is supported by various Dutch social organisations.
Once again, horrific footage from Dutch slaughterhouses was posted last week. The footage shows pigs that are being beaten, crippled pigs that are pulled by their tails, and sick animals that are chased. Previously, we also watched pigs being cooked alive in slaughterhouses. This also happens to pigs from an organic company.Vets of the Dutch Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) - the superviso...
Europe must combat the abuse in the rabbit industry as soon as possible.Party for the Animals MEP Anja Hazekamp pleaded for this cause in a meeting with the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski.
Last week, the European Parliament's environment committee almost unanimously approved proposals to better tackle the illegal puppy trade in Europe. The environment committee wants improved registration of pets, which makes it easier to trace breeders, traders, and owners, even if pets have been brought to another EU country.
Last week, after years of political lobbying, Turkish animal rights activists booked a major victory: Istanbul has banned horse-drawn carriages, which were responsible for much animal suffering.
After ten years of fighting, Europe finally bans thiacloprid, an agricultural poison that is dangerous to bees and is associated with cancer. The poison also has negative effects on groundwater. The Party for the Animals has been requesting a ban since 2010. Member of the House of Representatives Esther Ouwehand has asked questions about thiacloprid several times and successfully gathered support ...
A new decade has arrived and this decade will be decisive. We are in the midst of a climate crisis, nature crisis, and resource crisis. Worldwide, billions of animals and people are victims of this. The world is at a tipping point. That's why, just before New Year's Eve, we saw people of all ages and backgrounds take to the streets and demand action that their government keep our earth livable.