Norway´s Council for animal ethics relseases statement with recommendations on animal ethics issues in Norway

Norway´s Council of animal ethics has released a statement to the ministries of agriculture and fisheries respectively titled "Brennende etiske temaer knyttet til dyrevelferd i Norge" (literally: Burning ethical topics related to animal welfare in Norway). Knut Bøe, Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau and me are credited as Co-authors of the statement (14 pp.). The statement was written in response to the ministries´ work with the government´s forthcoming parliamentary notice on animal welfare.

News story about Council of animal ethics statement in VG

The Norwegian national daily newspaper VG has run a news story, online Saturday and in print today, titled "Nå kan kyllingrasen du spiser bli forbudt" (now this chicken breed may be forbidden - concerns Ross 308). The news story builds on our recent statement to the Norwegian ministries of agriculture and fisheries respectively in relation to the government´s forthcoming parliamentary notice (stortingsmelding) on animal welfare.

 

Last Council for animal ethics meeting in this round attended

Last Friday, May 5th, I attended the last in-person meeting of Norway´s Council for animal ethics in this round. A new Council is soon to be appointed. The last meeting was devoted to discussing the council´s proposals to the ministries of agriculture and fisheries related to the government´s forthcoming animal welfare parliamentary notice (stortingsmelding). I chaired the discussion.