MEP Tiziano Motti:
"Europe should apply non-bloody solutions for strays"
date of publication: 19 April 2012
Press conference at the European Parliament on alternative solutions to the extermination of stray animals happening in some European countries
Press conference this morning at the European Parliament on the protection of animals and strays.
Tiziano Motti MEP, EPP Group, UDC delegation, presented in Strasbourg a video in which he presented, uncensored, images related to the condition of the kennels in some European countries and the recent cases of mass killings of stray animals by violent means, endorsed, among others, by Romanian, Spanish and Ukrainian public authorities. Ukraina is organising the European CUP 2012, it's a chance to be under the spotlight of the world, but the first step is already bad.
According to Tiziano Motti, one of the few MEPs who opposed the recent approval of the Directive on animal experiments, the content of the video sets, beyond the issues of morality left to the consciences of individuals, a legal question of substance: "The question concerns the application by Member States of article 13 of the Treaty of Lisbon, where many documents circulated by organizations for the protection of animal welfare show the cruelty and pain inflicted against stray animals that are in fact considered "sentient beings" the TFEU, art. 13. The European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals of November 13, 1987 had already indicated measures of sterilization as a method of prevention to prevent the uncontrolled reproduction of strays. Not all member states of the Council of Europe signed this convention, but the Treaty of Lisbon was signed and ratified by all Member States, including Romania and Spain, where, however, are perpetrating actual extermination of stray dogs".
Following the screening of the movie, which is now available on the Internet, Tiziano Motti said that only the adoption of communitarian political strategies for the management of the dog population and the promotion of an animal care will keep the phenomenon under control. "There are about 120 millions stray animals in Europe - said the MEP from UDC - that are becoming easy prey for animal testing for scientific purposes, according to the dictates of the new Directive 63/2010. The massive collection of signatures underway in Italy and in many European countries demonstrates the will of the people, towards which the Parliament has an obligation to raise its voice, through the application of preventive measures for sterilization, that all States will have to adopt under the pressure of public opinion, on the one hand, and the opening of an infringement procedure on the other".
On. Tiziano MOTTI
Deputato al Parlamento Europeo
Gruppo PPE - Delegazione UDC/SVP
Membro Commissione Mercato Interno e Consumatori
Membro Commissione Industria Ricerca ed Energia
Membro Delegazione UE-NATO
Membro Delegazione UE-Penisola Arabica
Presidente Associazione "Europa dei diritti"
Recapiti:
Parlamento europeo
ASP 9E 209Rue Wiertz 60
B-1047 Bruxelles
Tel. 0032.22 84 72 47
Fax. 0032.22 84 9247
[email protected]
Source: CARODOG
Press conference at the European Parliament on alternative solutions to the extermination of stray animals happening in some European countries
Press conference this morning at the European Parliament on the protection of animals and strays.
Tiziano Motti MEP, EPP Group, UDC delegation, presented in Strasbourg a video in which he presented, uncensored, images related to the condition of the kennels in some European countries and the recent cases of mass killings of stray animals by violent means, endorsed, among others, by Romanian, Spanish and Ukrainian public authorities. Ukraina is organising the European CUP 2012, it's a chance to be under the spotlight of the world, but the first step is already bad.
According to Tiziano Motti, one of the few MEPs who opposed the recent approval of the Directive on animal experiments, the content of the video sets, beyond the issues of morality left to the consciences of individuals, a legal question of substance: "The question concerns the application by Member States of article 13 of the Treaty of Lisbon, where many documents circulated by organizations for the protection of animal welfare show the cruelty and pain inflicted against stray animals that are in fact considered "sentient beings" the TFEU, art. 13. The European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals of November 13, 1987 had already indicated measures of sterilization as a method of prevention to prevent the uncontrolled reproduction of strays. Not all member states of the Council of Europe signed this convention, but the Treaty of Lisbon was signed and ratified by all Member States, including Romania and Spain, where, however, are perpetrating actual extermination of stray dogs".
Following the screening of the movie, which is now available on the Internet, Tiziano Motti said that only the adoption of communitarian political strategies for the management of the dog population and the promotion of an animal care will keep the phenomenon under control. "There are about 120 millions stray animals in Europe - said the MEP from UDC - that are becoming easy prey for animal testing for scientific purposes, according to the dictates of the new Directive 63/2010. The massive collection of signatures underway in Italy and in many European countries demonstrates the will of the people, towards which the Parliament has an obligation to raise its voice, through the application of preventive measures for sterilization, that all States will have to adopt under the pressure of public opinion, on the one hand, and the opening of an infringement procedure on the other".
On. Tiziano MOTTI
Deputato al Parlamento Europeo
Gruppo PPE - Delegazione UDC/SVP
Membro Commissione Mercato Interno e Consumatori
Membro Commissione Industria Ricerca ed Energia
Membro Delegazione UE-NATO
Membro Delegazione UE-Penisola Arabica
Presidente Associazione "Europa dei diritti"
Recapiti:
Parlamento europeo
ASP 9E 209Rue Wiertz 60
B-1047 Bruxelles
Tel. 0032.22 84 72 47
Fax. 0032.22 84 9247
[email protected]
Source: CARODOG