Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
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| 1. Vetting shows European zoos in poor condition | November 11, 2008 |
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Animal-welfare group says many European zoos are failing to meet standards that are already too low and too vague. Animals in zoos across Europe are being kept in conditions... | |
| 2. Good news for Europe's animals? | July 3, 2008 |
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Animal welfare has been on the EU's agenda for more than 30 years. But conditions for Europe's animals have only recently started to improve. Most of the European Union's... |
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| 3. Leading by example? Not just yet | July 6, 2006 |
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Although the focus on animal welfare tends to be on farmed and laboratory animals, endangered species and wild animals are also included in EU policy and legislation.... | |
| 4. The EU and animal welfare | July 6, 2006 |
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Over the years there has been a gradual evolution in Europe towards better standards and policy on animal welfare. Hand-in-hand with changes in farming and attitudes to... | |
| 5. Tasteless question | April 13, 2000 |
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Don't read this if you are about to eat. Belgian Liberal MEP Dirk Sterckx has highlighted a rather unsavoury issue for the Commission. He has asked whether there are rules... | |
| 6. New directive to bring zoos under Union scrutiny | February 18, 1999 |
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ZOOS in the EU could be closed down if they fail to meet new standards of animal care which will be formally endorsed by Union governments in the next couple of weeks. After... | |
| 7. Monkey business at large in Vienna | January 21, 1999 |
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The secret of Austria's EU presidency success can now be revealed: an orangutan was called in to design the logo which was splashed across the end-of-year gifts handed to all... | |
| 8. MEPs set to approve plan to protect zoo animals | June 25, 1998 |
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MEPs and animal welfare campaigners have welcomed EU environment ministers' agreement last week on EU-wide rules obliging zoos to observe minimum standards of animal welfare... | |
| 9. MEPs move to strengthen EU guidelines for zoos | January 22, 1998 |
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BINDING European legislation to ensure that zoos throughout the EU respect certain basic minimum standards is likely to come a step nearer next week. The move is being led... | |
| 10. Campaigners demand new rules for zoos | October 9, 1997 |
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A FRESH campaign has been launched for EU-wide rules to force zoos across Europe to conform to basic animal welfare standards. The International Fund for Animal Welfare... | |
| 11. Linking welfare to policies | October 10, 1996 |
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THERE can surely be no better way for a lobby group to ensure its voice is heard in the Union's institutions than to be led by a man with years of experience at the heart of... | |
| 12. Zoo campaigners pledge to keep up fight for standards | February 8, 1996 |
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ANIMAL welfare lobbies have reacted angrily to confirmation that the European Commission has ignored their calls for a binding directive on zoo standards and this week... | |
| 13. Call for tighter controls on zoo standards | December 21, 1995 |
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ANIMAL welfare lobbies are mounting a fresh campaign for EU action to improve standards in zoos across the Union. Angered by the omission of promised plans for a... | |
