No Room for Loopholes PETITION

June 21, 2007

The European Parliament adopted a report on a proposed EU-wide ban on

trading in cat and dog fur. The first-reading scraps an exemption allowing

trade in fur from cats and dogs if they were " not bred or killed for fur

production " . MEPs fear this would leave a " gaping loophole " in the

legislation, which traders would quickly exploit.

In December 2003, Parliament adopted a declaration calling on the European

Commission to draft a regulation banning the import, export, sale and

production of cat and dog fur and skins. Three years later – after a public

outcry over evidence that cat and dog fur products were still entering the

EU, despite a voluntary code of conduct adopted by European fur traders –

Parliament got its wish.

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YOUR ACTION!!>>

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Help us effectively stem the trade in dog and cat furs in the EU and thereby

end the brutal slaughtering of domestic animals in Asia.

With just a click of the mouse, you can call upon the Ministers for

Agriculture in six European VIER PFOTEN countries (Germany, Austria, the

Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania), to introduce an import prohibition

without exceptions. Say NO to a loophole in the EU regulation!

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