A VICTORY For Animals: the New President of the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals within the European Parliament - A Real Activist in Animal Protection! On Thursday, September 18, after a very tight vote, MEP Janusz Wojciechowski became the President of the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals within the European Parliament. MEP Wojciechowski is known to animal lovers for his constant involvement in the stray dog situation in Romania and for the action he has taken in order to change this reality. Following the countless protests at the European Parliament against the dog killings in Romania and against the abusive and cruel situation in public shelters, on December 4, 2013, MEP Wojciechowski initiated and led the first European delegation to Romania with the aim to experience the situation directly through the eyes of the authorities. He had meetings with representatives of ANSVSA (Sanitary- Veterinary and Food Safety National Authority) and with the Mayor of Bucharest. The Romanian authorities assured the members of the delegation that the law for dog management is a law of adoption, not of euthanasia, and that “the citizens have access to public shelters” which are totally “transparent and complying with the law”! Because of the contradictions between the declarations of Romanian authorities and the statements, images and protests received from European citizens, MEP Wojciechowski initiated a second visit on January 28, so that he and the members of the delegation could inform themselves directly on site about the stray dog situation. The European Delegation found major discrepancies between what the authorities had told them during their first visit and what they found on site during their second visit. Shelter halls are closed to the public (for example on the gate of the public shelter of Slatina’s city hall was written Private Property. Access denied). There was no food, no water, no medical care, the animals are in suffering badly, and adoptions are made difficult if not impossible. MEP Wojciechowski organised some events about the stray dog situation in Romania, the last one being a round-table discussion in the European Parliament, “The Brutal Killing of Dogs in Romania”, https://youtube/watch?v=gmNmbGgEKjY, where he stated that the situation he saw in Romania is horrible, that the Romanian authorities don’t want to stop the brutal killing, that the stray dog management is a business, and that the Romanian authorities have an interest to continue this. As the President of the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals, MEP Wojciechowski aims to really improve the situation of all animals. The first objective of the initiative is to develop a legal framework for: management of stray animals through humane and effective programs the implementation of a postulate that limits the transport of animals for slaughter to a maximum of eight hours My first task will be organizing a conference on the situation of stray animals in Europe. We need to do more to improve the situation of animals on our continent- said MEP Wojciechowski. As vice-presidents, Anja Hazekamp, Marlene Mizzi, Stefan Eck, and Keith Taylor were elected, also known to be dedicated animal activists. https://youtube/watch?v=gmNmbGgEKjY
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:18:23 +0000
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