Over a dozen of activists rallied outside the Parliament’s building on Thursday to protest against a proposal to legalize night-vision scopes for hunting.
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Human beings are omnivores, we are supposed to eat both plant and animal matter. Our physiological structure demands this. I do not support vegetarianism, and think veganism is really for the type of people looking forward to Kanye West’s Presidential nomination in 2020.
Several vets have been punished in Lithuania and a number of investigations into breeders' activities have been launched in response to reports by a UK non-governmental organization about alleged illegal dog trade.
One of animal rights organisations has submitted an official complaint to the European Commission over the adopted amendments to the Law on Animal Welfare which enabled slaughter of animals based on Muslim and Jewish rites without prior stunning.
The law legalizing ritual slaughter of livestock, which was passed by the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament, has attracted controversy. While the local Jewish Community of Lithuania welcomed the law, animal rights activists said they will turn to the European Commission.
The Lithuanian parliament has legalized the ritual slaughter of livestock in a move that is expected to help farmers hit by Russia's food import ban to sell their production to Muslim markets.
