UN Urged to Put Animal Welfare on the Agenda
September 30, 2008
September 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Humane Society issued the following news release:
A coalition of leading international animal welfare organizations, supported by the governments of Brazil, Argentina, Sweden and Costa Rica, has called on the UN's Food & Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) to place the welfare of animals on their agenda for the first time. The call comes as a panel of international experts, appointed by the FAO's Animal Production and Health Division, begins . . .
A coalition of leading international animal welfare organizations, supported by the governments of Brazil, Argentina, Sweden and Costa Rica, has called on the UN's Food & Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) to place the welfare of animals on their agenda for the first time. The call comes as a panel of international experts, appointed by the FAO's Animal Production and Health Division, begins . . .