Game farms which are considered potential infectious receptacles, markets and fairs compared to the market of Wuhan, a complete ban on trading, keeping and consuming wildlife throughout Europe. If it had not been proposed and voted on yesterday in the plenary session in Brussels, all this would seem like a joke, one that, among other things, does not even make people laugh but rather… cry!
Thus the Nordic green left group GUE-NGL presented, within the proposals aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, amendment no. 79, signed by Manon Aubry and Martin Schirdewan, reported below: “33bis. stresses that the trade and breeding of wild animals amplifies the public health risks, combining factors critical for the appearance of zoonoses; calls on the Commission and EU Member States to support a global ban on the wild species and the use of these species in traditional medicine; urges the Commission to come up with legislative proposals to ban the import, trade, possession and consumption of wild species within the EU, in order to reduce the risk of future zoonosis outbreaks; " However, the amendment did not escape the Vice President of the Hunting, Biodiversity and Rural Culture Intergroup Marco Dreosto, which, with the collaboration of the FACE Secretariat, managed to sensitize members of parliament to vote against.
At 22.30 pm the negative outcome of the vote, with 449 votes against and 186 in favor, made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. “It is amazing that some political groups animal rights and anti-hunt wire, with the silent advantage of the emotional wave aroused by the pandemic, may propose halter amendments such as yesterday's, which if it had passed it could have resulted in the closure of thousands of companies and the loss of as many jobs "says Dreosto, who then concluded" my staff and I, together with the members of the Intergroup, FACE and ELO, will continue to ensure that any proposal contrary to the primary sector can be opposed and we will carry on our instances, to the advantage of the categories included in it ".