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<title>EU Politics Today: EU Animal Welfare News</title>
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<title>Graffiti on Mount Elbert raises hackles</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186810810</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  summit mementos include plastic dolls and stuffed animals, McEllhiney said. I have carried numerous monuments  ...  to the point of endangering my own welfare, she said, describing how she once hauled  ...  Here, as they slogged their way through European and Asian battlefields. And while this grassroots  ...
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<title>Moo-ve Over, FDA</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186786663</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 04:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  opposition to food from clones. Yesterday, the European Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for  ...  an E.U.-wide ban on the use of animal clones and their offspring in food. They  ...  better food safety, environmental protection, and animal welfare practices in the absence of FDA protections.  ...
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<title>Humane Society sues University of California over Prop. 2 activities</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186777486</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 02:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ballot, called the Standards for Confining Farm Animals initiative, would amend the state&amp;rsquo;s Health and  ...  They contend Prop. 2 would undermine animal welfare and food safety by increasing the risk  ...  outlawed in all member countries of the European Union by 2012. ...
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<title>Mooo-ve over, FDA</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186773596</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 02:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  opposition to food from clones. Yesterday, the European Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for  ...  an E.U.-wide ban on the use of animal clones and their offspring in food. They  ...  better food safety, environmental protection, and animal welfare practices in the absence of FDA protections.  ...
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<title>New Zealand-Based Veterinary Surgeon Restored to RCVS Register</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186737689</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 21:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the paramount importance of dealing with an animal&apos;s welfare in all situations. He accepted that he  ...  +44(0)20-7202-0727, Fax: +44(0)20-7202-0740, Copyright: 2008 PR Newswire Europe. All rights to PR Newswire Content are  ...
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<title>First European Launch for Boar Taint Vaccine</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186731593</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  this section or the whole site First European Launch for Boar Taint Vaccine SWITZERLAND -  ...  base of the ear. Improvac, from Pfizer Animal Health, uses the pig&amp;rsquo;s own immune system  ...  is likely to be welcomed on animal welfare grounds as a practical and humane alternative  ...
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<title>Survey finds food groups pledging to keep out clones</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186677979</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 15:59 GMT</pubDate>
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... While European and US risk assessors play down safety  ...  concerns over using food sourced from cloned animals, the fledgling industry appears set for tougher  ...  panel strongly recommends that the health and welfare of clones should be monitored throughout both  ...
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<title>EU wants ban on cloned animals</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186506406</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 14:27 GMT</pubDate>
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... The European parliament on Wednesday urged the EU&apos;s executive branch to ban the cloning of animals for the food trade, citing reduced genetic  ...  a strong proposal that will protect the welfare of animals,&quot; said Neil Parish, president of  ...
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<title>Namibia: Meatco Introduces New Meat Brand</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186503980</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 14:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  helping to save the earth and treating animals kindly,&quot; the newsletter said. The Free Range  ...  farming beef complies with internationally accepted animal welfare principles. All Nature&apos;s Reserve cattle will be  ...  new brand concept for the company in Europe, during the German Namibia The Namibia-German Agriculture  ...
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<title>Use of Genetics to Boost Piglet Survival</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186483749</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 12:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Use of Genetics to Boost Piglet Survival EU - EU-funded researchers have improved the survival  ...  cage that has been widely criticised by animal welfare groups. Neonatal mortality is a serious problem  ...
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<title>EU Parliament Votes Against Animal Clones</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186483738</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 12:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  search this section or the whole site EU - The European Parliament called for a  ...  in the EU on the cloning of animals for food supply. MEPs also urged an  ...  model The text refers to the health, welfare and higher mortality problems of cloned animals  ...
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<title>EU unveils plans to develop maritime sector</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186482826</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 12:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  too late.&quot; However, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) criticised the Commission for failing to  ...  level of pressure on cetaceans, other marine mammals and sensitive areas&quot;, says Veronica Frank, Marine  ...
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<title>Euro-MPs call for ban on cloned farm animals</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186475545</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 11:53 GMT</pubDate>
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... &quot;Today MEPs showed they care about animals by voting for a ban on cloning  ...  a strong proposal that will protect the welfare of animals,&quot; said Neil Parish, president of  ...  It called on the European Commission, the EU&apos;s executive arm, to &quot;submit proposals prohibiting the  ...
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<title>Charity in plea to Prostrakan over drug tests on animals</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186461748</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 10:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... A MAJOR animal welfare charity has urged Borders-based pharmaceutical company Prostrakan  ...  throughout the rest of the UK and Europe, and has been touted as a real  ...
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<title>EU lawmakers call for ban on cloned meat</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186454749</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 09:34 GMT</pubDate>
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... EU lawmakers call for ban on cloned meat  ...  an EU-wide ban on meat from cloned animals as they may be less healthy than  ...  Parliament called for the ban on animal welfare grounds, saying it would also protect the  ...
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