Brussels, 28/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - In January, the European Commission will be unveiling a new action plan for 2006-2010 to boost animal welfare and protection, and is looking at the option of introducing new legislation for specific categories of animal and establishing a new European animal welfare label. The Austrian Presidency will be organising a conference on animal welfare in the first half of the year.
The action plan will cover five main themes: 1) improving existing...