Tag: animal welfare

Animal welfare: civilization benchmark

Blog, EU, Europe

Strasbourg 17.09.2024 Today Olivér VÁRHELY has been named as Commissioner-designate for Health and Animal Welfare, and many considered it to be a diminishment of the incumbent influential position of Neighbourhood and Enlargement portofolio.
However, this assessment is wrong because contrary to opinion of political enemies of Varhely, his powers are at a rise, and this new appointment is far more political than the previous one, because this time his responsibility is not regional, but global. (Below: Voodoo ritual, full video on X platform)

Vodoo cat killing

With the American presidential elections the issue of animal welfare became a leading political theme, becoming a symbol of civilisation, a measurement of development level of individuals, and societies.

Fresco Cave Age
“Make cats safe again!” is more than a joke flooding social media, and more than a sarcastic metaphor, – it is a new benchmark of civility, of civilised life, distinguishing it from barbarism, and Cave Age. However even then, people worshiped animals, leaving to us the amazing masterpieces of this admiration depicted on frescos. (Image below: Voodoo ritual cat killing. Full video with sound at X platform)

Vodoo cat killing 3

‘They eat cats! They eat dogs!” accusations of Donald Trump transcended the borders of U.S. presidential race, and transformed the issue of animal well-being into a highly political issue, defining the essence of civilizations, and societies. Civility against barbarism, development against degradation, and progress against regress. What way to choose?

(Image below: Voodoo cat cat eating ritual. Full version of X platform) Vodoo cat killing 2

The article 13 of the EU Lisbon Treaty clearly states that the animal welfare is the European value. It is up to Varhely to use his newly assigned powers to defend, and develop the European civilisation, or to let it fall into decline, surrendering to barbarism, and narrowing animal welfare to health related issues. How the Commissioner will define his mission? Linear, or multidimensional? In the upcoming weeks at the hearing in the European parliament, he will have an opportunity to define his vision of his mission, contributing to benefits of our civilization, or to its downfall.

Dutch Fauna party leads largest Europarl Intergroup

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In the framework of the September Strasbourg Plenary the Animal welfare Intergroup of the European Parliament has elected Anja Hazecamp, Dutch MEP as president of the biggest cross party congregation.

Anja Hazekamp (51) is a prominent Dutch politician, a member of the Party for Animals (PvdD), and a member of the group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left (@GUENGL).

The PvdD is the first political party across the  world to gain parliamentary seats, including three seats for Senate, with an agenda focused primarily on animal rights, and animal welfare. At her election Hazekamp said she expects from Ursula von der Leyen ‘real change” in animal welfare issues.

Hazekamp was elected unanimously as the only candidate put forward by the MEPs. The former president of the group Sirpa Petikainen has been elected as an Honorary president.

The Intergroup is providing a forum for debate, and initiating actions for animal welfare-related issues in the European Parliament.  An entire spectrum of activities as issuing  reports, resolutions or amendments, formally asking parliamentary questions and sending letters to authorities, organising public awareness events, – all of them resulted in graduate improvements in the animal welfare situation in the EU.

 Next meeting of the Intergroup will take place in Strasbourg during October Plenary to discuss problems of exotic pet trade in the EU (Thursday 24 October, 10:00 – 11:00).