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[Guest guest]

David Byrne, Esq.,

EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection

200, rue de la Loi

B-1049 Brussels

Belgium

 

 

Dear Sir,

The trade in dog and cat fur

I write in support of the campaign by the Humane Society International and the

efforts of Struan Stevenson, MEP, to ban the import of dog and cat fur into the

European Union and to end the trade in such products within the Community.

Whilst recognising that there is a range of opinion on many moral and ethical

issues, I feel that this trade takes us beyond that which is acceptable in a

civilised society. The poor conditions in which the dogs and cats are bred,

the cruelty regularly involved in their slaughter, and the misleading way in

which the end-products are often labelled combine to demonstrate that this is

a heartless and totally unnecessary industry. It has no place in the Europe

that

we wish to build for our children and we should not tolerate its existence

elsewhere, still less support it through our trade.

I urge you to act to bring Europe into line with the recent move by the United

States of America to ban trade in these items and thus to end the activities

that

depend on it.

There are many issues of animal welfare that interact with your responsibility

for Health and Consumer Protection and I support you and all those within the

Commission who strive towards a balanced, integrated approach to

production and trade within the context of world-wide human and

environmental needs.

With thanks for your work on our behalf in Health and Consumer Protection,

Yours faithfully,