1 Amendments of Tiziano MOTTI related to 2013/2013(INI)
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the efforts made by this Committee to convey the request by many citizens for an EU legal framework that offers more thorough protection and improvements in animal welfare, including for pets and stray animals; hopes that the Commission will adopt a policy which, based on Article 13 of the Treaty of Lisbon which defines animals as 'sentient beings', goes as far as to recognise the mutual emotional value of the relationship between humans and animals;