http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:01:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/templates/int/images/logotopleft.jpg http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl RSS feed worldlog Party for the Animals http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2689/Marianne_Thieme/EN Here's a good piece of news to start us off. In 2011, the Party for the Animals experienced the highest rate of membership growth of all the political parties in the Netherlands! We welcomed 640 new members last year, an increase of no fewer than 5... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2687/Marianne_Thieme/EN Next Sunday the Party for the Animals is organizing a benefit screening of the film The Cove in Amsterdam in support of Erwin Vermeulen. Erwin is a Dutch Sea Shepherd volunteer who was arrested in Japan on 16 December 2011 when he was photographing a... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2677/Marianne_Thieme/EN Many happy returns for the New Year! We are going to do everything we can this year too to help the Netherlands become more animal-friendly. New Year's Eve fireworks causes a lot of stress for animals as well as many injuries. Moreover, fireworks... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2668/Marianne_Thieme/EN This week the Dutch senate threw up a barrier to the adoption of the bill seeking a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals without stunning. On Tuesday night a majority of the senators declared their opposition to the bill. The debate will continue on 17... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2660/Marianne_Thieme/EN Wij hebben deze week de actie ‘Groeiend Verzet’ op poten gezet om op korte termijn een protestbos tegen de nieuwe Wet Natuur aan te leggen. Dit bos staat symbool voor het groeiend verzet onder Nederlandse burgers tegen de desastreuze... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2650/Marianne_Thieme/EN There’s a lot of commotion at the moment in the Netherlands regarding the numbers of geese in the vicinity of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Bird collisions are a hazard to aircraft taking off and landing. The plan of Secretary of State for the... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2641/Marianne_Thieme/EN As I said in last week's Worldlog,  PACMA, Spain's Party for the Animals participated in elections last Sunday. PACMA received more than 101,000 votes! That's 60,000 more than the previous elections in 2008. Unfortunately it was not... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2633/Marianne_Thieme/EN The dangers of microplastics, which were the subject of Parliamentary questions we submitted in early October, are now finally being recognized by State Secretary for the Environment Atsma! In responding to our questions, Atsma admits that microplastics... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2623/Marianne_Thieme/EN The battery farming ban of1 January will still go into effect on 1 January! The Party for the Animals has foiled plans for the impending postponement on the battery cage ban. We have known for 12 years now that battery cages will be prohibited in Europe... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.partyfortheanimals.nl/content/view/298//weblog/view/2614/Marianne_Thieme/EN The Netherlands will finally introduce rules to protect buildings housing animals against fire! On Tuesday the Lower House adopted a motion whereby animals kept in sheds and stables are no longer seen as objects. That has been the case up to now under... Party for the Animals Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100