#EUtrade - My 2 cents on @PhilHoganEU statement in the Dutch senate today as #AnimalWelfare was mentioned!
#SpoilerAlert - the story is not as wonderful...
👍 it is great that #AnimalWelfare has been picked up as a topic for cooperation with 🇨🇦 (1)
einnews.com/pr_news/516793…
#SpoilerAlert - the story is not as wonderful...
👍 it is great that #AnimalWelfare has been picked up as a topic for cooperation with 🇨🇦 (1)
einnews.com/pr_news/516793…
.. BUT ❌there has been no concrete result to these discussions.
First, Canada has been discussing an update of its very outdated rules on #AnimalTransport for years. A first draft was published in 2013 - with better journey times for animals - but following an intensive (2)
First, Canada has been discussing an update of its very outdated rules on #AnimalTransport for years. A first draft was published in 2013 - with better journey times for animals - but following an intensive (2)
industrial lobbying, another draft was presented in 2016, with longer journey times. 🐔can be transported for 28 to 36 hours; 🐮for 36 ; 🐎and 🐷for 28. In the EU, transportation time is in theory limited to 8 hours (with additional requirements for longer journeys) (3)
This draft is the basis of the new law adopted only a few months after the cooperation with the 🇪🇺 started (🇨🇦 had warned us : it would be a silo-approach: agencies dealing with both were not the same).
You can read more on this issue here ➡️eurogroupforanimals.org/news/canadas-n… (4)
You can read more on this issue here ➡️eurogroupforanimals.org/news/canadas-n… (4)
In conclusion, no, the 🇪🇺 did not have a positive impact there but we commend the initiative, it was timely to put the topic on table with 🇨🇦, even if they refused to use the EU's expertise. Plus, the EU has now reacted by raising #MobileSlaughtering - an agile move ! (end)
