FECAVA is s strongly committed to the topic of the Welfare of pets including healthy breeding, fighting the illegal pet trade, and more.
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Many veterinarians are required to conduct clinical examinations on their patients without the presence of the owners due to numerous Covid restrictions.
Understandably, this can be stressful for both the animals and their owners. Without them, cats and dogs might become anxious and fearful.
The FECAVA and the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology (ESVCE) have created flyers to help owners and veterinarians make those visits more comfortable. These flyers include useful tips on how to approach animals and prepare them for a veterinary visit.
Belgian veterinarians have been offering their support in the process of choosing a healthy and suitable new family member as they were regularly seeing poorly socialized puppies with health problems. The project is called Pup4Life with the aim to encourage future owners to contact a veterinarian prior to buying or adopting a new dog.
A website with different information and tools for future owners has been set up as part of the project.
The owners can download printable checklists to find their ‘’type of dog’’ and a questionnaire to assess the trustworthiness of the breeder.
After they fill in the questionnaire, the new owners together with their vet, can make a decision from which breeder they want to purchase a new puppy.
Pup4Life project is supported by CEVA, Val d’Hony Verdifarm and the Province of Limburg.
We, at FECAVA, are totally opposed to the deliberate breeding of animals that will suffer due to extremes of body shape. The recent rise in ‘Dwelf’ or ‘bully’ cats is one such example. Hairless, with severely distorted limbs as well as other defects, these cats are unable to lead a normal life. Breeding for deformity
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A Persian show cat breeder in the Netherlands has been ordered to cease breeding of short-nosed Peke-faced Persians immediately. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) responded to an enforcement request from animal welfare organization Dier&Recht (Animal & Law). They found that the breeder violated the law by breeding nine short-nosed cats. Shortest
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After searches at two apartments in Dublin, around 40 dogs and puppies were rescued from “inhumane living conditions.” Cats, parrots, tarantulas, a snake, a scorpion, and a millipede were among the other species taken from the premises. The spokesman said the animals were removed from the apartments and taken by the Dublin Society for Prevention
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Many veterinarians are required to conduct clinical examinations on their patients without the presence of the owners due to numerous Covid restrictions. Understandably, this can be stressful for both the animals and their owners. Without them, cats and dogs might become anxious and fearful. The FECAVA and the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology (ESVCE)
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