On January 29th 2019, the European Commission held its 2019 CITES CoP stakeholders consultation meeting in Brussels (Belgium). EPO took this opportunity to share with the EU officials its position about the CITES CoP agenda and supporting documents of interest. The EPO delegation was composed of the EPO Vice- President, Dominic Whitmee, its Secretary General, … Read more

On November 7th 2018, EPO Board members met at the ZZF office in Wiesbaden, Germany. They took the opportunity to discuss EPO strategic matters in order to prepare the next EPO AGM, to be held at Zoomark (Italy) in May 2019.

EPO has organized its first”Meet and Greet” on May 10th 2018 at Interzoo. It provided a unique opportunity for the pet sector to better network in order to ensure a better dialogue within the industry, and thus its representation in Brussels. The mottos of “protecting and promoting” the pet trade industry, and “speaking under ONE voice” … Read more

EPO plans to have its next AGM on May 7th 2019 at Zoomark, Italy. All EPO members have already been invited to attend this unique annual meeting, in order to discuss EPO strategies, workplan and priorities for the coming years.

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

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