Animals

CELEBS BACK GREEN MEP ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY - Her supporters include actress and animal rights campaigner Joanna Lumley, actors Jeremy Irons and Juliet Stevenson, architect Richard Rogers, political cartoonist Ralph Steadman, Body Shop Founder Anita Roddick, former Python Terry Jones, climate scientist Norman Myers, artist Anish Kapoor and author John Fowles...

MEP WELCOMES EU VICTORY ON ANIMAL TRANSPORT - 27 April, 2004 - EU farm ministers have rejected proposals from the Irish presidency for a so-called 'compromise' regulation on animal transport which would have meant livestock facing longer journeys with less rest.

EUROPEAN BIG CAT PUSHED TO VERGE OF EXTINCTION - IBERIAN LYNX FACES 'EXTINCTION EMERGENCY', WARNS EURO-MP. 26 April, 2004 - THE world's most endangered big cat - the Iberian Lynx - is on the verge of extinction, according to a study commissioned by Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas published today.

FARM ANIMALS FACE LONGER JOURNEYS, LESS REST - EU TRANSPORT PLANS UNDERMINE ANIMAL WELFARE - AND DEMOCRACY. 26 April, 2004 - EURO-MPs have appealed to EU farm ministers to reject proposals from the current Irish presidency to adopt new animal transport regulations that would force livestock to endure longer journeys with less rest.

NINE-HOUR LIMIT 'DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH', SAYS GREEN MEP - EURO-MPs REJECT LIVE EXPORT BAN. 30 March, 2004 - THE European Parliament has today rejected calls from Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas to ban live animal exports - instead setting a maximum journey time for animal being transported for slaughter.