Says It's Serious that Mast Does Not Report Alleged Animal Cruelty to the Police

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"Animal welfare organizations must provide restraint to the authorities and thus improve animal welfare," says Linda Karen Gunnarsdóttir, chairwoman of the Icelandic Animal Welfare Association, but a ruling was made this week by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which refused to overturn the decision of the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) not to prosecute a farmer for violating animal welfare laws in connection with blood mule f…