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Dear
Friends
Those of you that have been receiving our
Updates for a while may well remember the one of
17th December 2003. We were pleased to be able to
report then that the majority of Euro MPs had
backed a call for the banning of dog and cat fur
within Europe.
For reasons known only to themselves, the
EU Commissioners have delayed implementing this
democratic decision. If they do not act before the
end of this EU Parliament in May, Declaration 17
will become automatically
shelved.
At ITD we try to avoid making
political comments of any kind. This is however an
exception. Should they not implement a ban
that has the backing of the majority of
democratically elected Euro MPs and of European
citizens, the EU Commissioners will show
themselves to be not only ineffectual, but unfit
for the position of trust that they hold.
Although they may be replaced in the next
Parliament, they will have displayed dishonour and
contempt for the citizens in whose name they
supposedly act.
Please read the report from the Daily
Record below, then email the Commissioners
expressing your outrage at their
inactivity.
RED TAPE
HOLDS UP BAN ON FUR TRADE
Apr 17
2004
CAMPAIGNERS are
facing a race against time to ban the evil trade
in cat and dog fur.
Euro MPs finally backed a ban on
the imports of household pet skins last year
following a lengthy campaign led by the Daily
Record.
But despite winning the support of
a majority of MEPs, the ban has been caught up in
Euro red tape with less than a month before the
European Parliament breaks for the May
elections.
Scots Euro MP Struan Stevenson has
hit out at the European Commission who he claims
are trying to stall the ban for political
reasons.
Our campaign highlighted the
shocking trade in the furs of cats and dogs, which
are brutally killed and skinned by furriers in
China, Thailand and South Korea before being
imported to Europe.
MP Stevenson said: 'It is now up
to the Commission to draft the legislation and put
it before the Council of Ministers who can then
approve the ban.
'But, even although it would only
take five minutes for them to write up the
legislation proposal to go before the Council,
they still haven't done it and it could all soon
be too late.'
Please write emails wherever you live. The
upholding of democratic principles is of concern
to citizens of every nation. Send emails to
the Commissioners
below.
Sample email, but PLEASE write your own if
possible.
Dear
Commissioner
I was
dismayed to learn that Declaration 17, which was
endorsed by a clear majority of Euro MPs in
December 2003, has not yet been acted upon by the
Commissioners and, as a result, may not become a
Directive.
Declaration 17 calls for the ban of the
reprehensible trade in dog and cat fur and has the
support of the majority of EU citizens. This
support was reflected in the votes of their
democratically elected Members within the EU
Parliament.
You must
be aware that, should you not act upon this within
the current life of the EU Parliament, Declaration
17 is likely never to become legislation. I
therefore urge you to take a few minutes from your
busy schedule to draft the paperwork required to
put this before the Council of Ministers, thus
allowing the wishes of the European people to be
enforced. The democratic process demands no
less.
Yours
sincerely
Name/email
address
Our continued thanks to all of you for
caring.
From all the team at
ITD
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