11 Amendments of Jean ARTHUIS related to 2016/2078(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the estimated 7 million equidae in the EU perform hugely varied roles, with an age-old relationship with man, from racing and competition animals to pets, working animals in transport, tourism, forestry, domestic security, behavioural therapy and agriculture, sources of milk and meat, research animals, and wild and semi-feral animals, and whereas they may perform several of these roles during their lives;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that, alongside the emergence of new scientific knowledge, legislative developments and learning methods, equid professionals have improved their working methods in such a way as to enhance equine welfare;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Affirms that equid owners should have a minimum level of knowledge of equid husbandry, and that with ownership comes aownership comes with personal responsibility for the standard of health and welfare of the animals in their care;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to actively support the development of guides to good practice, by releasing resources for translation of such documents and assisting with their distribution such as the equine welfare charter drawn up by the French equine sector;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support the production and dissemination of information on how to meet the needs of equidae, whatever their role, based around the ‘five freedoms’ (1 - freedom from hunger, malnutrition and thirst, 2 - freedom from physical and thermal discomfort, 3 - freedom from pain, injury and disease, 4 - freedom to express normal patterns of behaviour and 5 - freedom from fear and distress) and covering the entirety of an equid’s life; calls also on the Commission to include guidance on responsible breeding and the benefits of equid sterilisation; recommends that such guidance should be disseminated to breeders, equid societies, farms, stables, sanctuaries, transporters and slaughterhouses, and that it should be accessible in a variety of formats, including online;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to recommit to the development of a European Charter for Sustainable and Responsible Tourism, with the dissemination of clear information to help touristm stakeholders make welfare- friendly choices when deciding whether or not to use the services of working equidae;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to prioritiseconsider carefully the possibility of launching a pilot project to examine the use of new and existing funding schemes to reward good welfare outcomes for working equidae, including those on small and semi-subsistence farms;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to issue guidance on donkey milk farming; calls on the Member States to commit to increasing the number of inspections on donkey milk farms;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on professionals to lift the taboo on the end of life of Equidae; considers that facilitating the end of life of a horse does not exclude its entry into our food chain, and that all hypocrisy on the subject should be avoided; sees no grounds to be afraid to assert that excluding half of all European horse stocks from the food chain for life is an aberration; considers that the rule so excluding them should be combated before any fresh scandals occur involving fraud or ill-treatment;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to consider, together with the European Representation of Equine Veterinarians, harmonising access to treatment and medication throughout European territory; considers that such harmonisation would have the advantage of avoiding any distortions of competition and facilitating the wider treatment of equine diseases and more effectively relieving the suffering of Equidae;