EPO is honored to welcome Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft Zoologischer Fachbetriebe (WZF) GmbH – Service company for the pet industry- as one of its first Associate Members for 2024. WZF is the fully-owned business entity of ZZF, the German Pet Trade & Industry Association (ZZF). ZZF focuses on the responsible pet ownership and the joy of living … Read more

EPO is honored to welcome Das Futterhaus as one of its first Associate Members for 2024. As a partner for people who love animals, Das Futterhaus has been dealing with everything around pets for 37 years. Das Futterhaus is currently represented with over 430 locations in Germany and Austria. It opens between 20 and 30 new … Read more

EPO is honored to welcome Fressnapf as one of its first associate members for 2024. The Fressnapf Group is the European market leader for pet supplies. Since the opening of the first “Freßnapf” specialty store in 1990 in Erkelenz (NRW), founder Torsten Toeller has remained the company’s owner. The company headquarter is in Krefeld (DE), … Read more

Following the EPO AGM 2024 decision to welcome a new category of members with ASSOCIATE MEMBERS, EPO is honored to welcome its FIRST Associate Members with: ·      Fressnapf ·      Kölle Zoo ·      Megazoo Alpha ·      Megazoo Management ·      Egesa Zookauf ·      Zooma · … Read more

With the recent EU elections that took place over the EU from June 6th to 9th, 2024 and the installment of the new European Parliament foreseen for week 29, the Secretariat of the EP Intergroup on CCBSD has started to promote its Intergroup for its relaunch under this new term (2024-29) around the dissemination of … Read more

At the EPO AGM 2024, EPO members unanimously adopted a new category of membership with associate members. ‍Associate members are members of the pet sector but not a national pet association. They are already affiliated as a member with one of the EPO members or as an entity collaborating with one of them. They also … Read more

On May 9th, 2024 EPO members met for their annual AGM at Interzoo 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany. The 2024 AGM provided the EPO members a good opportunity to continue consolidating their organization and ensuring it continue to be a strong voice of the pet sector at EU level. In addition to strengthening its structure and … Read more

As the world’s leading trade fair for the pet industry shows, the Interzoo 2024 edition gathered a total of around 37,000 trade visitors from 140 countries from May 7 th to 10 th , 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany. ‍ Thanks to the Interzoo organizers, WZF GmbH – Pet Industry Services, EPO has been invited to intervene … Read more

EPO will intervene in the Country Session Europe taking place on Wednesday May 8th, from 11:00 – 12:30 am in NCC East, Room St. Petersburg. EPO President, Svein A. Fosså will present EPO activities within the EU arena, at the heart of the EU decision making process, with a particular focus on the legal framework … Read more

Following the successful June 2023 event hosted by the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development at which EPO intervened, EPO has decided upon to become actively involved with this EP Intergroup’s activities. By joining its Advisory Board, EPO aims at better contributing to the EP agenda discussions by sharing its expertise … Read more