Behind 8hours

This site has been initiated by Dan Jørgensen, member of the European Parliament for the Danish Social Democrats.

Dan Jørgensen has been working to stop long animal transports across Europe since he was elected to the European Parliament.

He is member of the European Parliament's Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

Read more about Dan Jørgensen here (in Danish).

Richard Corbett is Labour MEP for Yorkshire and Humber. He is Deputy Leader of the Labour MEPs and the Socialist group spokesman on EU Reform. Richard has campaigned on animal welfare matters for many years, producing a regular animal welfare newsletter in his region. He is also campaigning for an EU ban on the import of seal products. Please visit my website at www.richardcorbett.org.uk and read my blog at www.richardcorbett.org.uk/blog

Neil Parish is the President of the European Parliament Animal Welfare Intergroup as well as being Chairman of the Parliament´s Agriculture Committee. He represents the South West of England and is the Prospective Conservative candidate for the Westminster constituency of Tiverton and Honiton.

A well known political activist and campaigner of many years’ standing, Struan Stevenson won one of the eight Scottish seats in the European Parliament in the 1999 elections and was re-elected in 2004. He is the Vice President of the ruling EPP-ED Group and is currently the Spokesman on Fisheries and Deputy Spokesman on Agriculture for the Conservative Party. Mr. Stevenson also campaigned for eight years for an EU-wide ban on cat and dog fur imports from Asia, which the European Parliament agreed on by an overwhelming majority in June 2007. He is at the top of the Conservative candidate's list in Scotland for the upcoming European elections in June 2009.

www.scottishtorymeps.org.uk