Dutch Animal Party bans use of mouse poison in parliament

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Party for Animals, which entered

parliament for the first time last November, has forbidden the laying

of poison to deal with a mouse infestation in its offices, a

newspaper reported on Wednesday.

 

The party, which campaigns for animal rights and compassionate

farming, will only allow humane traps in the parliament wing where

its offices are housed, allowing trapped mice to be released

unharmed, the daily De Telegraaf reported.

 

The Dutch parliament, or Binnenhof, which is centred around a cluster

of mediaeval buildings with turrets and a moat, has a lingering

problem with vermin, the paper said.

 

It added one Christian Democrat politician joked he had strewn bread

crumbs around before handing over his office to the Party for Animals.

 

The party says it is the first animal rights party to be elected to

parliament anywhere in the world. It won two seats in last year's

general election.

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maybe i can seek asylum in april.............

 

 

>heartwerk <jo.heartwork

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> Dutch Animal Party bans use of mouse poison in parliament

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>AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Party for Animals, which entered

>parliament for the first time last November, has forbidden the laying

>of poison to deal with a mouse infestation in its offices, a

>newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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>The party, which campaigns for animal rights and compassionate

>farming, will only allow humane traps in the parliament wing where

>its offices are housed, allowing trapped mice to be released

>unharmed, the daily De Telegraaf reported.

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>The Dutch parliament, or Binnenhof, which is centred around a cluster

>of mediaeval buildings with turrets and a moat, has a lingering

>problem with vermin, the paper said.

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>It added one Christian Democrat politician joked he had strewn bread

>crumbs around before handing over his office to the Party for Animals.

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>The party says it is the first animal rights party to be elected to

>parliament anywhere in the world. It won two seats in last year's

>general election.

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