On Monday 11 November, Four Paws called on the EU to introduce stricter measures to regulate the trade in dogs and cats, including mandatory identification and registration of all pets.
The NGO is calling for verification systems to be put in place across the EU to ensure that dogs sold on classified ad sites are properly registered before ads are uploaded (see EUROPE B13469A13).
The demand for dogs in the EU has skyrocketed, and criminal networks can make money by intensively breeding...