La nuova legge sul benessere degli animali ridurrà il commercio illegale?

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La nuova legge sul benessere degli animali ridurrà il commercio illegale?  L’UE ha creato la prima legge sul benessere di cani e gatti applicabile in tutto il blocco, con l’obiettivo di contrastare il commercio illegale e le pratiche dannose. Si tratta di un regolamento atteso da tempo, considerando che il 44% delle famiglie dell’UE possiede un animale domestico.  ALTRE INFORMAZIONI : http://it.euronews.com/2025/07/01/la-nuova-legge-sul-benessere-degli-animali-ridurra-il-commercio-illegale  Abbonati, euronews è disponibile in 12 lingue.

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00:14The EU has created the first law

00:16on cats and dogs welfare

00:18to be applied across the block.

00:20The rules will target

00:22illegal trade and harmful

00:24practice against these pets.

00:26The European Parliament and Council

00:28have just defined their positions

00:30and are now entering negotiations

00:32to fine-tune the law.

00:34The rights of these pets are at the heart

00:36of EU Decoded.

00:38There are 127 million cats

00:40and 104 million dogs

00:42in the EU, with 44%

00:44of households owning either pet

00:46according to European Commission data

00:48of 2023. The upcoming legislation

00:50sets minimum rules for the

00:52entire EU, such as mandatory

00:54microchipping and registration

00:56of dogs and cats

00:58were born in or imported into the block.

01:00The European Parliament added

01:02that there should be a ban

01:04on the sale of dogs and cats

01:06in pet shops in an amended proposal

01:08approved this month.

01:10Finally, to avoid consanguinity,

01:12the cross-breeding between parents and children,

01:14grandparents and grandchildren,

01:16as well as between siblings

01:18and half-siblings, will be prohibited.

01:20Registration is mandatory

01:22in 24 of the 27 member states,

01:24but systems are fragmented.

01:26Let's hear what Europeans

01:28think about the new rules.

01:30I think it's a good thing,

01:32because whenever it happens,

01:34a dog gets out of the house,

01:36a dog gets out of the house.

01:37It's not good,

01:38I think it's not good.

01:39We can't keep our animals alone.

01:40We can't keep our animals alone.

01:42If you have a cat,

01:44a cat, a cat,

01:46or you don't know where the mother

01:50or the father comes to the house.

01:51A cat, many cats are always hunting,

01:53and they're hunting,

01:55and they're hunting on the street,

01:56for example in Romania,

01:57or in Kosovo,

01:58or in Kosovo.

02:00Euronews reporter Gerardo Fortuna

02:02has been following this portfolio.

02:04The law aims to curb

02:06inappropriate practices in trade

02:08and breeding of these pets.

02:10Let's start by explaining

02:12these new limits on the number of litters

02:14that a female animal can have.

02:16Why is it so important?

02:18The commission proposal sets

02:20a clear limit on the litter.

02:22So basically,

02:24a female of a dog or a cat

02:26can have maximum three litters

02:29over a two-year period,

02:30and after that,

02:32they're going to have

02:33at least one year of break.

02:36This is because frequent pregnancies

02:40actually lead to malnutrition

02:43or also weakening the immune system

02:45of the female dog and cat.

02:48So is this addressing

02:49the so-called puppy meals?

02:51Indeed.

02:52Indeed.

02:53It's one of the ways

02:54to curb this phenomenon

02:56of puppy meals.

02:57At the moment,

02:58it's actually both backed

03:00by the council and the parliament.

03:02There are also new rules

03:03and recommendations

03:04for pet owners

03:05in terms of the conditions

03:07that should be provided

03:08for the animals.

03:10What does the law impose now?

03:12There are some new standards

03:15when it comes to,

03:16for instance,

03:17species nutrition,

03:20depending on the species

03:22of the animal,

03:23a walk in the day,

03:26but also, for instance,

03:27confinement.

03:29This is approved

03:32just for transport

03:35or during hospitalization.

03:37So the three European institutions

03:39will now negotiate the final texts

03:42of this law.

03:43Are there still

03:44any points of friction?

03:46What else could change?

03:47The main points of friction

03:48are due to the fact

03:49that the European Parliament

03:50position is more ambitious

03:52than the Commission's proposal

03:54but also than the Council's position.

03:57So, for instance,

03:58they're trying to ban inbreeding

04:00or breeding for extreme physical trade

04:04but also euthanasia for healthy dogs

04:09in shelter.

04:10Of course,

04:11we can see some sort of resistance

04:13from the Council

04:14with the traditional arguments

04:17of the Council.

04:18So basically,

04:19this will add more red tape

04:21and more bargains

04:22on businesses in Europe.

04:25The EU dog and cat trade

04:27is worth 1.3 billion euros annually

04:30and 60% of owners

04:32purchase them online.

04:34Online trade

04:35has led to opacity

04:36regarding the origin

04:37of the animals,

04:38their health

04:39and whether they are vaccinated.

04:41Regarding illegal trafficking,

04:43the main countries of origin

04:44are Romania and Hungary,

04:46both EU members,

04:47and the third countries,

04:49Russia,

04:50Belarus,

04:51Serbia,

04:52and Turkey,

04:53according to a study

04:54by the European Commission.

04:55Our guest is Tilly Metz,

04:57a Luxembourgese politician

04:59from the Green Group

05:00here at the European Parliament

05:02and Shava Rapporteur

05:03for this regulation.

05:04The new rules

05:05are expected to apply

05:07to about 40,000 commercial dog

05:10and cat breeders

05:11across the EU

05:12and many of them sell

05:14their animals online.

05:16Do you believe

05:17that the future online platform

05:19will be enough

05:20to ensure traceability

05:22or should the European member states

05:24also invest more

05:26in inspections

05:27and even punitive measures?

05:29I think it's very important

05:31that you can certify

05:33if you're a breeder

05:35that your animal

05:36is not only microchip

05:38but really also register

05:40and it's really the aim

05:41and the responsibility

05:43now from the commission side

05:45to put a system

05:47that will work also

05:48in every member states

05:49so we have also then

05:50the guarantee

05:51of interoperability

05:53to really have traceability

05:55of the animal

05:56throughout Europe.

05:57Illegal pet traders

05:59operate in mafia-like structures

06:02said your colleague

06:03Peter Lees

06:04two years ago

06:05when the commission

06:06proposed this regulation.

06:08Will the new rules

06:09actually curb this

06:11in particularly

06:12with uncooperative countries

06:14such as Russia

06:15and Belarus

06:16which are some

06:17of the main suppliers?

06:18That's why we want also

06:20that the animal

06:21is registered

06:23as soon as possible

06:25when it comes

06:26into the European Union

06:28so what we have been advocating

06:31is really

06:32that the animal

06:33is registered already

06:34at the border

06:35but now it is really

06:37to look also

06:38what is possible

06:39to implement

06:41but the rule should be

06:42that the animal

06:43is also registered

06:44in the lapse of time

06:46when it comes

06:47into the European Union.

06:50So finally

06:51although dogs

06:52and cats

06:53are about 90%

06:55of European pets

06:57could this law

06:59be extended

07:00to other

07:01companion animals?

07:02Could you explain

07:03a little bit

07:04the positive list

07:05that is advocated

07:06by the European Parliament

07:07which species

07:08could be included?

07:09You know

07:10that some people

07:11like to have snakes

07:12or even animals

07:14wild animals

07:15that are protected

07:16or little monkeys

07:17or whatever

07:18so if we have

07:19a positive list

07:20that would mean

07:21all the animals

07:22that are not

07:23on this positive list

07:24you are not allowed

07:25to have them

07:26as companion animals.

07:28Electronic tracking

07:29may also help

07:30to combat

07:31pet abandonment.

07:32There are

07:33an estimated

07:34100 million dogs

07:36and cats

07:37on streets

07:38and in shelters

07:39across Europe

07:40according to

07:41the Socialist

07:42and Democratic

07:43Group

07:44in the European Parliament.

07:45We won't know

07:46whether this situation

07:47will change

07:48until the European Commission

07:49presents the first

07:50evaluation report

07:52in five years

07:53but first

07:54we need the regulation

07:55to be approved.

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