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Considering that that animal by-products from healthy wild animals, having died accidentally or naturally (so not as a consequence of an infectious disease) or through hunting, can not represent a threat to human or animal health, FACE - representing all national hunters’ organisations and some 7.000.000 hunters in Europe – is of the opinion that animal by-products from game, “produced” in direct connection to hunting or game management activities, should not be included in the new “Animal by-products” Regulation. 

In the framework of the Sustainable Hunting Initiative, FACE has recently written - jointly with BirdLife International - a letter to the European Commission to request their intentions for the phasing out the use of lead shot for hunting in wetlands.

Birds Directive.

We have received the following from FACE: “The European Commission just confirmed that the presentation of the official publication of the Interpretative Guide for the “Birds” Directive will take place on Tuesday 20th January 2009 from 16.30 till 19:00 in Paris, in the presence of Commissioner DIMAS and the French Environment Minister BORLOO, and will include intervention by President de TURCKHEIM on behalf of FACE. We should receive more practical details by early February at the latest but in case you wish to attend this important event, please note this date and also inform us of your interest.”