Brussels 14.08.2024 Hundreds of companion-animals have been abandoned in the Kursk region. Their owners left them to die in locked apartments and houses when they were evacuated. Elena Goryuchkina, director of the Kursk shelter “Good City,” said that volunteers are currently unable to help their furry friends due to the difficult operational situation in the…
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EU considers cats and dogs welfare rules
Brussels 26.06.2024 Today, member states’ EU ambassadors – Coreper – agreed on the Council’s negotiating mandate on a proposal to improve the welfare of cats and dogs by setting minimum EU-wide rules for the first time ever. Today, the EU shows that also the welfare of animals can be at the forefront of their policy…
Cats: International Day Celebration!
Brussels 08.08.2023 Did you know that over 25% of homes have a pet cat? While some cats can be aloof, furry felines make for wonderful and affectionate pets. Cats are low-maintenance creatures that can bring their owners years of love and comfort. The animals are being transported and sold at live markets for their leather…
Bardot defends N.Karabakh animals
Brussels,1.12.2020 Legendary French animal welfare defendant Brigitte Bardot, President of the Foundation bearing her name, addressed an open letter to the attention of the Presidents of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, regarding the dramatic situation of the abandoned animals of Nagorno-Karabakh. The thousands of abandoned animals of…
EU vacation with compagnon animal
An EU national can freely travel with his cat, dog or ferret if it has a European pet passport. This passport is available from any authorised veterinarian and must contain details of a valid anti-rabies vaccination. Remember, you can take your purrfect friend with you on holidays. Get them the EU pet passport and enjoy…
Hermitage cats enjoy fame
Russian media monitoring company, Medialogia has prepared a list of the most popular cats on Russian social networks in the period of the COVID-19 confinement, with Hermitage cats making the top of the list, TASS news agency reports. Hermitage cats among most popular felines on Russian social networks:https://t.co/uzXJGefuD1 pic.twitter.com/rypLASly4O — TASS (@tassagency_en) April 14, 2020…
China Shenzhen bans cats&dogs meat
China’s city of Shenzhen (12,5M inhabitants) has just passed a ground-breaking law to ban the consumption and production of dog and cat meat, the first city in mainland China to do so. The ban has been welcomed by long-time anti-dog meat trade campaigners Humane Society International as a watershed moment in efforts to ban the…
MEPs oppose cats and dogs illegal trade
MEPs want action to tackle the illegal trade in pets in order to better protect animals and punish rule breakers.(Image: social media) Many pets are traded illegally across the EU generating high profit at a low risk, often providing a profitable source of income for criminal networks. ✋ Stop the trafficking of cats and dogs!…
Aeroflot destroyed cats in luggage
The recent case of animal cruelty exposed Aeroflot inhumaine practices of transportation of animals with luggage, leaving a passenger devastated when receiving two cats crushed in cages, and one frozen to death. Brutal destruction of all tree cats, belonging to the same passenger, caused public outrage in Russia and beyond. (Image above: illustration). На борту…
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