Council of Europe - Bern Convention is not animal welfare, but the conservation of European wildlife

Walrus Freya v. Council of Europe -- 05.09.2022 -- Given the information provided, the incident mentioned appears to be isolated and irregular. Please note that the mandate of the Bern Convention is not animal welfare, but the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats.
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bern convention [email protected] 5. september 2022

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Given the information provided, the incident mentioned appears to be isolated and irregular. Please note that the mandate of the Bern Convention is not animal welfare, but the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats.



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Secretariat of the Bern Convention



Bern Convention / Convention de Berne



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Healthy nature for healthy Europeans / Une nature saine pour des Européens en bonne santé


PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING / AVANT D'IMPRIMER, PENSEZ A L'ENVIRONNEMENT
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The Norwegian Black List (Fremmedartslista) is an overview of alien species in Norway, with ecological risk assessments for some of the species. The Norwegian Black List was first published in 2007 by the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre[1][2] and developed in cooperation with 18 scientific experts from six research institutions.

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British Divers Marine Life Rescue
Freya: open letter and petition launched
Following the devastating death of Freya in Norway last week, BDMLR and our friends at Seal Rescue Ireland and the Seal Research Trust have put together an open letter to the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries asking critical key questions of the process that led to her shocking and untimely demise.

We would like answers as to why more could not be done, what barriers prevented non-lethal methods from being used to keep her safe and more to understand why this happened the way it did. Many other organisations are still being added to the list of signatories on the letter, including Ecomare, Zeehondencentrum Pieterburen, Yorkshire Seal Group, Friends of Horsey Seals and The Seal Project.

There is a lot to learn from this incident and having these answers we hope will ensure that incidents like this are not repeated in the future and animals such as Freya are allowed more opportunities to be protected.

Alongside the open letter (which you can read here), we have also launched a petition for people to support this effort and continue to illustrate the strength of feeling that people around the world feel about Freya’s treatment. You can sign and share the petition on the link here.
https://bdmlr.org.uk/freya-open-lette...

Help Ensure Protection for Climate Change Refugees (like Freya)
Lizzi Larbalestier started this petition


https://www.change.org/p/help-ensure-...


Rettslig betenkning fra Norges Bondelag
20. feb. 2017 — Norge er forpliktet til å følge Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats («Bern-konvensjonen»).
https://www.bondelaget.no/getfile.php...

BORGARTING LAGMANNSRETT - WWF
29. jan. 2020 — Articles 8 and 9 of the Bern Convention, vedtatt av Bernkonvensjonens ... Som eksempler kan nevnes elg og moskus som har forvillet seg inn i.
BORGARTING LAGMANNSRETT
Ingen begrensninger i adgangen til offentlig gjengivelse
DOM
Avsagt:
29.01.2020
Saksnr.:
18-128035ASD-BORG/01


Komiteuttalelsene står i et enda klarere spenningsforhold til lovforarbeidene: NOU 2004: 28 side 590 og Ot.prp. nr. 52 (2008–2009) side 389. I spesialmerknaden til bestemmelsen nevnes som eksempler «elg og moskus som har forvillet seg inn i bebyggelse og vist aggressiv adferd overfor mennesker, individer av store rovdyr som tar opphold i tettbygd strøk, eller bjørn som opptrer nærgående overfor mennesker». Selv om disse i prinsippet kunne tenkes å være eksempler på «allmenne helse- og sikkerhetshensyn», og slik sett ha mindre betydning for forståelsen av hva som ligger i «andre» interesser, ble dette ikke lagt til grunn i den senere Prop. 63 L (2016–2017), som lå til grunn for Innst. 257 L (2016–2017). Her la, som nevnt, departementet til grunn at eksemplifiseringen peker i retning av situasjoner der det er konkret risiko for personskade.
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