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Seminar

Caring about Animal Welfare: Non-live plucking & Reptile Skins

Background

In recent years, more and more consumers consider animal welfare in the manufacturing of products. Relevant legislation is ongoing. In order to provide brands and retailers an update on trends and insights on animal rights protection, BSR and TUV are working on a seminar to share good practices in this field. The half-a-day seminar will discuss non-live plucking and reptile skins sourcing for materials used in clothes and accessories.
 

Agenda

TimeContent
1:30pm-2:00pm Registration
2:00pm-2:30pm Introduction
2:30pm-3:30pm

Non-live plucking project introduction (TUV-Rheinland)

  • How down is gathered and what is live-plucking down?

  • How widespread is the practice of Live-Plucking?

  • Introduction to TUV-Rheinland animal welfare audit

3:30pm-4:30pm 

BSR

  • Sourcing of reptile skins
  • Animal welfare concerns and public awareness
  • Veterinary standards for animal welfare in reptile care and processing
4:30pm-5:00pmQ & A

Tutor:    TUV (Vincent Chen)
               BSR (Laura Ediger)

Date

2011-04-26 13:30 - 17:00

Venue

Macao Room at 3rd Floor of Shangri-La Hotel, Shenzhen

Cost

Free

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