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Article: UN Urged to Put Animal Welfare on the Agenda

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September 30, 2008
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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 discussions at the first ever 'Expert Meeting On Capacity Building To Implement Good Animal Welfare Practices' in Rome (Sept. 30 - Oct. 3).

The coalition of animal welfare organizations has issued a set of 10 recommendations for the UN FAO to ...

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