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Dogs attack 4-year-old girl

A four-year-old girl was taken to hospital in Stockholm after she was attacked on Thursday afternoon by two dogs.

Published: 5 February 2009 18:32 CET

The incident took place outside the Maria Magdalena Church on the Södermalm island at 4pm. The girl was able to return home after her mother took her to hospital for treatment.

With the aid of a witness police were able to identify a 46-year-old woman as the owner of the two dogs, reported by newspaper Aftonbladet to be pit bull terriers. The woman was questioned and a report was filed for causing bodily harm and a breach of laws regarding domestic pets.

The witness told police that the woman appeared to be intoxicated, news agency Svenksa Nyheter reports.

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Paris authorities to shut down bird market over cruelty concerns

The Paris city council on Wednesday agreed to shut down a live bird market operating in the historic centre close to Notre Dame cathedral, responding to rights activists who called it a cruel and archaic operation.

Published: 4 February 2021 11:37 CET
Paris authorities to shut down bird market over cruelty concerns
Photo: AFP

The bird market on Louis Lepine square in the centre of the French capital has long been a fixture in Paris, operating close to the famous flower market.

But Christophe Najdovski, Paris' deputy mayor in charge of animal welfare, said that the market was a centre for bird trafficking in France while conditions for the birds were not acceptable.

“This is why we are committed to changing the regulations to ban the sale of birds and other animals,” he said.

The closure had been urged by activists from the Paris Animals Zoopolis collective who had called the practice of showing the caged birds “cruel and archaic”.

France and Paris have in the last months adopted a series of measures aiming to show they are at the forefront of efforts to protect animal welfare.

The government said in September it planned to “gradually” ban mink farms as well the use of wild animals in travelling circuses and dolphins and orcas in theme parks.

Parc Asterix, which normally has some two million visitors a year, announced last month it would close its dolphin and sea lion aquarium.

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