GEE petition - summary in english

THE RIGHT OF ALL EUROPEAN CITIZENS TO HAVE THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION APPLIED, RESPECTED AND ENFORCED IN ALL MEMBER STATES.

PETITION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT launched on the website of the European Parliament March 16, 2010 at 14 H 50

PETITION LAUNCHED ON LAPETITION.BE   
 http://www.lapetition.be/en-ligne/le-droit-de-tout-citoyen-europeen-de-voir-la-convention-europeenne-de-protection-animale-appliquee-respectee-renforcee-dans- all-the-member-countries-6683.html


"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." (George Orwell)

WE CAN NOT BY OUR SILENCE BE COMPLICIT IN VIOLENCE AGAINST HELPLESS BEINGS, IGNORE THE NON IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS PROTECTING THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME PRETEND TO SERENELY EMBODY A MATURE SENSE OF HUMANITY.


European citizens concerned about animals ask that the European animal welfare laws be initiated and / or applied. They are shocked, disgusted and traumatized by the impunity enjoyed by torturers. They see their actions too often ignored in court. They believe that the protection of citizens and children begins by teaching them the respect of Life.


INTRODUCTION

 
NEW REGULATIONS FOR ANIMALS

"What comparative anatomy and physiology previously revealed is now amply proved by genetics : the profound Unity of Life. Biologically, man is part of the evolution of species and obeys the laws that govern the animal kingdom.

Therefore, it becomes obvious that an Animal is not a thing, nor a machine nor a commodity but a sentient being with a nervous system experiencing the pleasure/displeasure principle.

This evidently involves in the ethical order the imperative to respect sentient beings, not on behalf of the sensitivity of humans who could be upset by the spectacle of cruelty to an animal, but for the animal as a being.

However, if the laws in Europe and the State Members constitutions recognize the sensitivity of animals and as a consequence draw up protection, lobbies have too many exceptions that result in a denial of the basically virtuous principle.

Thus, for all member countries of the Union, positive laws assert that the animal is a sentient being to be saved from cruelty and violence, except with respect to livestock concentrations, so-called slaughter rituals, experimentation, hunting, leisure death, bullfighting morbid entertainment and so on.

The dog and the horse, man's best friends, are in theory protected by law, but the fox, so close to the dog, can be hunted and killed mercilessly and "local identities" are a web of lies perpetuating endless abuse on tortured animals.

Lobbies are avoiding any ethical debate, they prefer to use invective against people who fight conformism and narrow interests and thus expand the the field of consciousness and the circle of empathy.

These lobbies do against animals what others in the past did to keep all sorts of racism and exclusion from law and protection.

It is time to think of a new status for animals in the light of scientific facts and achievements of contemporary ethics.

The animal should no longer be classed among objects, things, but be elevated to the rank of sentient being without arbitrary distinction between pets, livestock or wildlife. "
Gerard CHAROLLOIS
President CONVENTION VIE NATURE – ECOLOGIE RADICALE
http://www.ecologie-radicale.org


On behalf of the alliance formed by federations and associations having signed the GALGOS ETHICAL EUROPE CHARTER, involving dozens of European organizations bringing together people of various nationalities, we call for the implementation of the right of EU citizens to see the 1987 European Convention for the Animal Protection updated, strengthened and strongly enforced.
We ask for the creation of :

1.A EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY FOR ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PROTECTION ;

2. A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE FATE OF ANIMALS IN EUROPE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION OF ANIMAL WELFARE ;

3. AUTONOMOUS STRUCTURES SPECIFIC TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PROTECTION AT BOTH EUROPEAN AND MEMBER STATE LEVEL.