On April 1st, 2025 EPO celebrates a unique milestone: its 35 years anniversary! “Pets are an essential part of modern people’s life. Across Europe, more than 166 million households keep some kind of pets, be it dogs, cats, small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish or invertebrates. The diversity is immense, and it has to be … Read more
“We’re proud to celebrate these inspiring leaders and organizations making invaluable contributions to the responsible pet care community,” said Mike Bober, President and CEO of the Pet Advocacy Network (PAN) “Their exceptional dedication has helped improve the lives of pets, their owners, and the businesses that serve them.” On March 25th, 2025, our President Svein … Read more
Matthias Jesenko & Michael Kerschhackel from WKO, Austria attended on behalf of EPO the 78th CITES Standing Committee that took place in Geneva from February 3rd to 8th, 2025. Several agenda items of interest were discussed including: EPO position document can be viewed here.
Meet EPO Secretary General, Nathalie Gamain, at the ZZF Forum taking place in Wiesbaden, Germany on April 1st and 2nd, 2025. The agenda provides a good base for discussion on the following topics:– pet trade trends– human animal bond– Hobby farming and cat feeding– Internet reviews Interested to join this two days event, please consult … Read more
Within its recently updated position on positive list of animals that can be traded or kept as pets, the European Pet Organization re-emphasizes its position against such an approach: EPO supports the position of the European Commission in refusing until now to provide an EU legislative framework for a positive list of species allowed as pets. There … Read more
EPO is proud to release its consolidated charter as adopted by its members. The EPO charter serves as a backbone to the organization’s activities. All of the EPO members and supporting partners must comply with it. The EPO charter recalls how important it is for EPO to promote and support the vital and integral role of pet keeping to European … Read more
Copyright: Pet Worldwide 5-2024 Looking to better understand the EU arena and the challenges ahead for the pet sector under this new EU term? EPO’s recent published article “EPO voice has never been more important” in the December edition of Pet Worldwide should provide you some responses. As highlighted in this article, this new EU term … Read more
On December 10th, 2024, the European Pet Organization (EPO) Board Members held their 3rd meeting of the year in Wiesbaden, Germany – a great opportunity for EPO Board to assess EPO activities and continue strengthening the voice of the pet sector at EU level. A special thanks to Zentralverband Zoologischer Fachbetriebe (ZZF) for hosting the meeting!
On November 13th, 2024, European Pet Organization (EPO) Secretary Generalattended Industrieverband Heimtierbedarf (IVH) e.V. Annual Meeting for its accessories group members in Muenster, Germany. Considering that IVH became member of EPO in early 2024, this meeting provided a unique opportunity to meet and exchange with the IVH members while also presenting EPO and its activities.
