Written Declaration in the European Parliament (26/2011)

In June, a Written Declaration in the European Parliament (26/2011) was launched by Romanian MEPs, Daciana Sarbu and Adina Valean, Elisabeth Jeggle (German MEP), Raül Romeva i Rueda (Spanish MEP), Janusz Wojciechowski (Polish MEP), concerning "the management of the dog population in the European Union," asking Member States to adopt relevant strategies on this, that include "measures such as sterilisation of owned and stray animals, dog control laws and the promotion of responsible pet ownership."

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/plenary/writtenDecl/wdFastOngoing.do

written-declaration-26-2011EN.pdf

To be adopted the declaration must be signed by at least 378 MEPs (up to now 140 signatures are); the lapse date is October 6.

The society “Ärzte für Tiere e.V.” (doctors for animals), has launched a petition on this subject:

http://www.eu-protest1-en.aerztefuertiere.de/

They also calls upon all animal welfare organizations from Europe to unite thus putting pressure onto the EU to act and would like to form one delegation that will personally submit the signatures in Brussels.

We urge you all to write to your country's MEPs and ask them to sign this written declation (26/2011). Here you find all adresses: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch.do?language=EN

An European law gives much more chances to animals. It is more efficient to concentrate all our fights in a single place than to divide them in every country with problems. Moreover there are more chances the law to be respected, controlled, followed by the Governments of member states.