Monthly Archives: May 2013

20 May 2013 The following extract comes from a report sent to ALAW by Dominika Flindt: “The Local Ocean Trust, a marine conservation organisation based on the coast of Kenya, is opposing an application to establish an enclosure in the Indian Ocean for two juvenile whale sharks in a net measuring around 150 meters across and 10 meters in depth at low tide and 14 meters at high tide. The applicant’s idea is to entice tourists to pay a fee […]

20 May 2013 The General Court of the European Union has issued a press release on Judgment in Case T-526/10, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Commission. The press release states, “The EU legislature took the view that, in the absence of action at EU level, obstacles to trade would arise. It therefore took action in order to harmonise the rules and thus prevent the disturbance of the internal market in seal products. Taking into account animal welfare considerations, it […]

09 May 2013 The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation have issued a policy document entitled Ethics in Policy: Weighing Values With Sense and Sensibility which describes an ethical appraisal process for all central government policy impacting on animals. Click here to read Ethics in Policy (PDF)  

02 MAY 2013 The decision to ban the Animal Defenders International television advert, which was created as part of their ‘My Mate’s a Primate’ campaign in 2005, has been upheld by the European Court of Human Rights. See the link below for commentary on this decision: Strasbourg ties itself in knots over advertising ban (UK Human Rights Blog)