Animal category: Canines

Animaux de compagnie, équidés… Tout savoir sur le certificat d’engagement et de connaissance

French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Document from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty pulling together all the information on the certificate of commitment and knowledge for keepers of equids required by the French law to combat animal abuse of November 30, 2021 and specified in its first implementing Decree of July 18, 2022.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories:Canine, Equine, Feline

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Education, Human-animal relationship, Population management, abuse, Societal issues

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question P-002279/23: Violence against companion animals in Bulgaria

Question: Emil Radev (EPP), Andrey Novakov (EPP), Andrey Kovachev (EPP), Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov (EPP), Asim Ademov (EPP), Manuela Ripa (Greens/EFA), Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA), Vlad Gheorghe (Renew), Elżbieta Kruk (ECR). Reply: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission.

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on whether the European Commission intends to propose specific regulations on the welfare of companion animals, what measures already exist on this subject, and whether it has any information concerning the financial resources allocated to the construction and maintenance of shelters.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationship, Abuse, Societal issues

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European Parliament: written answer to question E-002134/23: The illegal pet trade and organised crime

Question: Petras Auštrevičius (Renew). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on how the European Commission plans to tackle the illegal pet trade, including the creation of a European task force to combat the illegal cross-border trade in animals.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Animal trade, Societal issues

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-001976/23: Cat and dog welfare - identification (microchipping) and registration

Question: Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on whether the European Commission has assessed the feasibility of requiring microchip identification for dogs and cats from commercial breeders,  and of setting up an official database for compulsory identification and registration before they leave the breeding establishments.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Animal trade, Population management, Identification, Societal issues

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European Parliament: written answer to question E-001974/2023: Cat and dog welfare in transport

Question: Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on the European Commission's intentions concerning the introduction of specific requirements for dogs and cats during commercial transport, as part of the revision of European animal welfare regulations. It also concerns the welfare checks to be carried out on these animals to ensure their suitability for transport.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Animal trade, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport

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Arrêté du 28 juin 2023 relatif aux messages de sensibilisation et d’information devant figurer dans les rubriques spécifiques aux offres de cession en ligne d’animaux de compagnie

Maud Faipoux

Published in 2023

Order specifying the content of the two mandatory awareness-raising and information messages that must appear without alteration in the sections of French websites containing  pet sale offers, and must be displayed according to clearly defined technical procedures.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Identification, Human-animal relationships, Population management, Societal issues

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European Parliament: written answer to question E-001629/2023: Identification and registration of all cats and dogs

Jiří Pospíšil (PPE), Stanislav Polčák (PPE). Reply: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on whether the European Commission considers all cats or dogs to be of potential commercial interest, and whether proactive regulatory measures such as identification and registration should therefore apply by default.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Identification, Human-animal relationships, Population management, Societal issues

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n° 8538 : Hausse des abandons d’animaux et situation des refuges face à l’inflation

Anne Le Hénanff (Horizons et apparentés - Morbihan). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Answer to a question on the measures the French Government intends to implement to combat inflation-related abandonments, and whether it plans to set up an emergency plan for the summer. It also asks how the Government intends to support associations and shelters financially.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationships, Abuse, Population management, Societal issues

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Assemblée nationale : réponse écrite à la question n°7621 : Abandon d’animaux de compagnie à l’approche de l’été

Question: Alexandra Martin (Les Républicains - Alpes-Maritimes). Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Published in 2023

Written answer to a question asking what action the government plans to take to manage pet abandonment during the summer and what measures it intends to take to support shelters and animal protection societies.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines, Exotic pets

Keywords: Adoption,Abandonment, Human-animal relationships, Abuse, Population management, Societal issues

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Toxicity of House Plants to Pet Animals

Zuzana Siroka

Published in 2023

Scientific review of the most common and popular poisonous houseplants in Europe, how their active substances work, and the clinical signs of poisoning, with photographs and suggested treatments for poisoned pets.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Risk management, Living environment

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