EPO members welcomed on May 9th 2018 Gael de Rotalier, the European Commission Team Leader on Wildlife Trade as a follow-up meeting to the first year anniversary event (February 2017) of the EU Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking- meeting EPO actively contributed with various speakers and attendances. This meeting provided an additional opportunity to strengthen its collaboration with … Read more

On May 9th 2018, EPO held its annual AGM at Interzoo.  This 2018 edition enabled the re-election to its Board Members. They are: Svein A. Fosså as EPO President, from NZB (Norway), Kurt Essmann as EPO Vice-President, from WKO (Austria), Dominic Whitmee as EPO Vice-President, from OATA (UK) and Norbert Holthenrich as EPO Treasurer, from ZZF (Germany).  Moreover EPO has appointed … Read more

As a active member of the Working Group on Invasive Alien Species (WGIAS) of the European Commission, and in line with one of this working group’s objectives “to share relevant communications materials” in order “to share best practices with the EU authorities, Member States, other public entities and stakeholders”, EPO has recently released (summer 2018) a dedicated leaflet … Read more

ZooExpo 2017 is held at Thon Hotel Oslo Airport, 7 kilometers from the airport terminal at OSL, within easy reach by shuttle bus S22. The show specifically targets an audience of owners and employees in the Norwegian pet retail trade. The exhibitors are manufacturers, importers and wholesalers who sell directly to retailers in Norway. This … Read more

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Tuesday, March 28, the Netherlands Board of Trade and Industry rejected the 2015 proposed list of mammals that could not be kept. With this, the Court has also rejected the positive list for mammals which would come into force this summer. An end to this positive list is good news for animal welfare. As shown … Read more