Netherlands working to ban flat-nosed dogs, folded-ear cats to prevent animal suffering
1 year, 11 months ago

Netherlands working to ban flat-nosed dogs, folded-ear cats to prevent animal suffering

NL Times  

The Netherlands is taking “far-reaching steps” towards becoming a country where “no pet has to suffer from its appearance,” Minister Piet Adema of Culture, Nature, and Food Quality announced on Friday. He is working on two bans - a ban on owning animals with harmful external characteristics, such as a cat with folded ears or a dog with a short snout. The second ban is on showing these in While features like folded ears or a short snout may look cute, they can cause life-long suffering for the animal. Today, the Netherlands will start working towards stopping this suffering, starting with dogs and cats, Adema said.

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Netherlands puts further limits on breeding flat-faced dogs: report
1 year, 4 months ago

Netherlands puts further limits on breeding flat-faced dogs: report

NL Times  

The Netherlands is further tightening the rules around breeding flat-faced dogs, sources close to the government told De Telegraaf. From today, Minister Piet Adema of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality will also ban breeding dogs with an extremely short snout in combination with dogs with a longer snout. Previously, the rules for breeding flat-faced dogs included an exception for breeding …

Netherlands to punish animal abusers more severely
1 year, 7 months ago

Netherlands to punish animal abusers more severely

NL Times  

There will be stricter punishments for animal abusers, according to a debate in the Tweede Kamer. That there will be a lifetime ban on holding severe animal abusers is all but certain. According to minister Dilan Yeşilgöz, the fact that the ban can now be imposed separately has a "strong normative effect." Mede namens Roos & Moos en alle andere …

Flat-nosed dogs and folded-ear cats to be phased out in NL
1 year, 11 months ago

Flat-nosed dogs and folded-ear cats to be phased out in NL

Dutch News  

Farm and wildlife minister Piet Adema plans to introduce new rules to stop the illegal breeding of cats and dogs with extreme appearances, by banning them altogether. ‘No pet should suffer because of its appearance.’ A ban on owning such animals would also, in effect, mean a trade and import ban, in line with MPs wishes, he said. Issues like …

Flat-nosed dogs and folded-ear cats to be phased out in NL
1 year, 11 months ago

Flat-nosed dogs and folded-ear cats to be phased out in NL

Dutch News  

Farm and wildlife minister Piet Adema plans to introduce new rules to stop the illegal breeding of cats and dogs with extreme appearances, by banning them altogether. ‘No pet should suffer because of its appearance.’ A ban on owning such animals would also, in effect, mean a trade and import ban, in line with MPs wishes, he said. Issues like …

Animal abusers should be banned from owning pets, say two political parties
2 years, 2 months ago

Animal abusers should be banned from owning pets, say two political parties

NL Times  

The Netherlands needs better laws and regulations to protect pets from animal abusers, according to right-wing coalition party VVD and left-wing opposition party PvdD. MPs Erik Havekort and Frank Wassenberg of the animal party want to ban animal abusers from keeping pets, ban the sale of over-bred animals in the Netherlands, and encourage people to get their cats chipped, De …

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