The
Declaration does not specify how we are to strive
toward that goal - whether through state
policy, international initiatives, market dynamics, voluntary action, charity, or all of these combined.
The measure would encourage all parties to the
declaration to include in the
declaration a joint commitment to promote the humane treatment of companion animals and promote kindness and empathy
toward companion animals through laws, resolutions, and
policies, and through the humane education of their people.