For ENGLISH SUPPORTERS ONLY – Do Your MEP’s Support The Campaign for 8 Hours Maximum Journey Time Across Europe ?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

England

Your MEP’s in England – do they support the 8 hour limit ?

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Researched and compiled by Mark Johnson

 If you are a English (UK) citizen AND SOMEONE WHO VOTES, then please take a look via the following link to see who your regional MEPs (Member of the European Parliament) are.. These are also detailed in the regional tables which form part of this document and are given at the end:


http://www.europarl.org.uk/view/en/your_MEPs.html

 I live in Kent.  As such, I am ‘represented’ at the European Parliament by ‘South East’ MEP’s; as Kent is part of the South East region.  If you live elsewhere in the country, then by using the above link or the regional table information provided in this document, a listing of MEPs who represent ‘you and your region’ are shown.

You can click on any MEP name given in the following tables, and should be taken immediately to their page which provides a contact e mail address and phone numbers.  These are the e mail addresses which should be used for contact, in conjunction with the sample letter given later in this document.  Note – you should ONLY make contact with MEP’s who represent your region.  Please DO NOT contact all MEP’s from all regions; just your own.

As well as providing a listing of MEP’s for each region, I have also provided against each members name, either an ‘x’ or the word ‘SUPPORTER’.  These represent the following:

‘SUPPORTER’ = Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who HAVE expressed their support for the 8hours campaign as a whole.

Note – This is NOT a list of MEPs who have signed Written Declaration 49/2011 – there are over 300 of these, but we are not allowed to make their names public.

‘x’ = Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who have NOT CURRENTLY expressed their support for the 8hours campaign.

The 8 Hour Campaign

Web link: 
http://www.8hours.eu/

Today, too many animals are transported under unacceptable conditions on European highways.  The most important issue is the duration of the transports. Current EU legislation allows for animals to be transported for several days. This has to be changed. Live animals for slaughter should never be transported for more than eight hours.

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Why 8hours?

Every year millions of animals are transported along European highways, and too often under unacceptable conditions.  In 2002, the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare published the report “The Welfare of Animals during Transport” concluding that animal transports, as a ground rule, should be as short as possible. This recommendation is, however, not reflected in the current EU legislation.

According to current legislation, animal transports which can last up to several days are acceptable as long as the haulier fulfills simple demands concerning rest, feeding and watering of the animals etc. These demands are detailed in the current Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 of 22nd December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations.  A copy of this regulation can be viewed at:


http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32005R0001:en:NOT

Select ‘EN’ for English.

The 8 hour campaign does not think this is acceptable.  As the EU Correspondent for ‘Kent Action Against Live Exports’ (KAALE), and with 23 years personal experience in all aspects of live animal transport, I do not feel that the current EU legislation is acceptable either.  It is time for a major change in animal transport regulations throughout Europe.

For a long time, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, concerned EU citizens and politicians have argued that something has to be done. Animals for slaughter should never be transported for more than eight hours.

The following link provides a full listing of all MEP supporters for the 8 Hour campaign across the EU. 
http://8hours.eu/mep_supporters/

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The following is the 8 hours campaign web site statement:

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for 8hours

This is a list of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who have expressed their support for the 8hours campaign as a whole.

This is NOT a list of MEPs who have signed Written Declaration 49/2011 – there are over 300 of these, but we are not allowed to make their names public – but of supporters of the campaign and of its aims as a whole. In fact, some of the MEPs listed on this page have not signed Written Declaration 49/2011 because they don’t sign Written Declarations in general, but they are supporting the review of Regulation 1/2005 to include a maximum journey limit of 8 hours, whenever possible in the relevant parliamentary bodies. – See more at:


http://8hours.eu/mep_supporters/

The above supporters listing, which includes English MEP’,s is a pathetic one (regarding English MEP support) to say the very least; when you consider the term that we in the UK are supposed to be an ‘animal welfare supporting nation’; a nation which hates cruelty to animals.

Current situation – Only 8 English MEP’s have currently given their name to the 8 hours campaign out of a total of 60.  This needs to be changed.

Please use the regional tables following to select your area and then view how many of ‘your’ MEP’s have either added their name as a ‘SUPPORTER’ to the 8 Hours campaign, or are currently given a ‘x’ to represent them as a non supporter of the campaign.

But things could be on our side

Between 22 and 25 May 2014, the next European Elections will arrive, this is where all of the MEP’s representing your country and region are elected.  So if current MEP’s have not supported the campaign and will be standing for re-election next May, then you, as a European, and as a voter, can mail or write to them ask they either support the 8 Hour campaign (by adding their name to the listing), or you may decide to take your vote elsewhere at election time.

This is your opportunity to demand of MEP’s what you wish to see – after all, they are there supposedly in Europe to represent you, their regional electorate.

English Political Party Contributions To 8 Hours – Current Situation

The following table is a summary of support to the 8 Hour campaign by MEP’s from all the (English MEP) represented political parties.  The order is not given with any preference.

Political Party

No. of  SUPPORTERS

For 8 Hours

MEP’s Who Have NOT Supported
Conservatives

1

23 of 24

Not supported
UKIP

0

10 of 10

Not supported
Liberal Democrats

2

9 of 11

Not supported
Greens

2

Fully Supported
Labour

3

6 of 9

Not supported
Independent

0

1 of 1

Not supported
British National Party

0

1 of 1

Not supported

Whilst past experience has shown us that we never expect much in the way of animal welfare support from UKIP MEP’s and very little from the Conservatives; despite their documented continual talk of supporting animal welfare issues – (we all know how Defra always start their letter – ‘animal welfare is so important to us blah blah ….. ), the elections next May are now providing us with a very good opportunity to request to our regional MEP’s that they either join the ‘8 hour SUPPORTER club’ and as a result, possibly get  a vote from you next May, or they stay as non supporters and definitely do NOT get your vote at Euro Election time.  The choice is theirs !

In the following tables as stated earlier I have outlined each of the English regions and the full listing of MEP’s which represent them.  I have identified supporters of the 8 hour campaign, or current non supporters.  For those non supporters (MEP’s) who have not yet signed up; it is suggested that the following sample mail could be copied (and if you feel, modified) and sent to them; asking them to consider giving their support AND signature to the campaign.

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Dear ??  MEP;

As one of your Euro constituents, I notice that you are currently NOT a supporter of the 8 Hours campaign as a whole.  Supporting 8 Hours as an official MEP supporter on the web site is different to the signing of Written Declaration 49/2011 which you may or may not have given your support to.

Today, too many animals are transported under unacceptable conditions on European highways.  The most important issue is the duration of the transports. Current EU legislation allows for animals to be transported for several days. This has to be changed. Live animals for slaughter should never be transported for more than eight hours.  This is why the 8 Hour campaign was founded.

May 2014 sees the next European Elections at which ALL MEP’s are elected.

I, as an animal welfare campaigner who fully supports the need for a maximum journey time across the entire EU of 8 hours maximum, write to ask if you will add your name to the list of MEP supporters for 8 hours.

I have heard concerns from some quarters that it would not for example, be possible to move animals from the islands of Scotland to the mainland under these time regulations.  I ask you to not accept this argument, as special derogations would be structured by the EU for any such special circumstances.  This 8 hour limit is one which would apply to the long distance live transport of live animals within / across the main EU.

If you are unable to support this campaign with the addition of your signature, then I am afraid I will have to consider giving my vote at the Euro Elections to an MEP / Political Party which ARE much more supportive of this specific issue.

Thank you for your consideration of my request. I am keen to hear your response.

To become a full signed up MEP supporter of the 8 hour campaign, please go to
http://8hours.eu/mep_supporters/
 for further details.  You can contact the 8 hour team and add your name via
http://www.8hours.eu/contact
 .

I very much hope that you will consider becoming a signed up member of the 8 hour campaign which will lead to my support and vote for you in may 2014.

Yours Sincerely

Add your name and importantly, your address to show that you are from the region represented.

South East – 10 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Daniel Hannan Conservative

x
Nigel Farage UKIP

x
Richard Ashworth Conservative

x
Sharon Bowles Liberal Democrats

x
Keith Taylor  Green Party  SUPPORTER
Njri Deva Conservative

x
Marta Andreasen Conservative

x
James Elles Conservative

x
Peter Skinner Labour SUPPORTER
Catherine Bearder Liberal Democrats

x


South West – 6 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Giles Chichester Conservative

x
Trevor Colman UKIP

x
Sir Graham Watson Liberal Democrats

x
Julie Girling Conservative SUPPORTER
William (The Earl of) Dartmouth UKIP

x
Ashley Fox Conservative

x


North West – 8 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Atkins Conservative

x
Arlene McCarthy Labour

x
Paul Nuttall UKIP

x
Chris Davies Liberal Democrats SUPPORTER
Sajjad Karim Conservative

x
Brian Simpson Labour SUPPORTER
Jacqueline Foster Conservative

x
Nick Griffin British National Party

x

North East – 3 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Stephen Hughes Labour

x
Martin Callanan Conservative

x
Fiona Hall Liberal Democrats

x


Eastern – 7 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Geoffrey Van Orden Conservative

x
David Campbell Bannerman Conservative

x
Robert Sturdy

x
Andrew Duff Liberal Democrats

x
Richard Howitt Labour

x
Vicky Ford Conservative

x
Stuart Agnew UKIP

x

East Midlands – 5 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Roger Helmer UKIP

x
Glenis Willmott Labour

x
Derek Clark UKIP

x
Emma McClarkin Conservative

x
Bill Newton Dunn Liberal Democrats SUPPORTER

London – 8 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Charles Tannock Conservative

x
Claude Moraes Labour

x
Baroness Sarah Ludford Liberal Democrats

x
Dr Syed Kamall Conservative

x
Jean Lambert Green Party SUPPORTER
Gerard Batten UKIP

x
Mary Honeyball Labour

x
Marina Yannakoudakis Conservative

x


West Midlands – 7 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Philip Bradbourn OBE Conservative

x
Mike Nattrass UKIP

x
Michael Cashman Labour

x
Malcolm Harbour Conservative

x
Phil Bennion Liberal Democrats

x
Nicole Sinclaire Independent

x
Anthea McIntyre Conservative

x

Yorkshire & the Humber – 6 MEP’s

MEP Name Political Party HAVE Expressed 8 hours support NOT Expressed 8 hours support
Edward McMillan-Scott Liberal Democrats

x
Linda McAvan Labour SUPPORTER
Godfrey Bloom UKIP

x
Rebecca Taylor Liberal Democrats

x
Timothy Kirkhope Conservative

x
Andrew Brons British National Party

x

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Mark is the founder of ‘Serbian Animals Voice’ which provides support for stray and street animals in the Balkans:

Site –
http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/

Facebook –


https://www.facebook.com/groups/SerbianAnimalsVoice/?ref=ts&fref=ts

and is also the EU Correspondent for ‘Kent Action Against Live Exports (KAALE);


http://www.kaale.org.uk/

 

PLEASE CHANGE THE LEGISLATION, GO 8 HOURS MAXIMUM

 

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Global News Shorts – June 2013.

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

USA

University ends cruel use of cats

Following an extensive PETA campaign, Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) confirmed this morning that it has ended the use of cats in painful and crude intubation training drills and is joining the hundreds of other facilities across the country that teach people to save babies’ lives by exclusively using sophisticated lifelike simulators.

The change in WUSTL’s programme comes just 6 weeks after PETA released undercover video footage of cats having hard tubes forced down their throats in the school’s Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course, offered in conjunction with St. Louis Children’s Hospital. WUSTL was the last facility in the country that PETA knows of that was still using animals for the PALS course.

Following PETA’s recent exposé, TV icon and Missouri native Bob Barker wrote to WUSTL to offer to purchase $75,000 in simulation equipment if the school would end the cruel use of cats. PETA also filed a complaint with the Missouri attorney general alleging that misleading claims that the school made on its website in defence of the course violated consumer-protection laws. PETA’s campaign to urge WUSTL to end its use of cats began in 2008 and has included protests, pleas from medical experts, ad campaigns, and tens of thousands of e-mails and phone calls from PETA supporters.

WUSTL joins Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre, Naval Medical Centre San Diego, Naval Medical Centre Portsmouth, Primary Children’s Medical Centre, the University of Michigan, Heartland Regional Medical Centre, and many other facilities that PETA has convinced to use modern simulators for intubation training instead of animals.

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Perverted UK Prime Minister – Cameron blocked peerage

The Prime Minister shows his real blood lust.

David Cameron blocked a peerage for Ann Widdecombe allegedly because of her opposition to fox hunting, the former Tory MP says. In a new book, serialised in The Mail on Sunday, she says that as a former Minister she ‘had a strong probability’ of joining the House of Lords when she left the Commons in 2010.

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The Real Side of Fox Hunting as Supported by the UK Prime Minister Cameron.

Above Photo – M. Johnson (SAV) – associated with East Kent Hunt Sabs (England).

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England UK – Badger baiters jailed

3 men from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside have been jailed after being convicted of badger baiting.  Carlisle Magistrates’ Court heard how the three travelled to Cumbria from Merseyside to set a dog in a badger sett near Penrith.

Anthony John Campbell of Hawthorn Ave, Luke Michael Jones, of Heywood Close and Spencer Stubbs, of Larch Ave, had denied the offence but were convicted after trial on May 17.  Stubbs was convicted of an additional charge of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.  The court heard how he had failed to take a brown and tan terrier to get medical care despite it having infected eyes.

The 3 were accused of interfering with a badger sett by causing a dog to enter it on or around July 27 last year, at Morton Farm, Calthwaite, Penrith. The court heard that following the incident, a black terrier is in the care of the RSCPA. Spades and a badger tacking device were also seized.

Sentencing, District Judge Gerald Chalk said: “None of you have visited a prison and I have borne that in mind. You have all deliberately travelled to Cumbria to go hunting and placed a dog in a badger sett. “I am sending all 3 of you to prison.”  Campbell, Jones and Stubbs were sentenced to 140 days in prison each and Stubbs was also banned from keeping dogs for 5 years. They were also ordered to pay court costs.

UK Badger cull

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Somerset badgers will soon find themselves in the sniper’s sights as part of the national cull. Last year a mixture of activism and Middle England’s outrage was enough to see off the proposed cull in Gloucestershire before a single shot was fired. That time the level of public outcry caught the government by surprise but badger activists are predicting a more determined approach from the government this year as despite the flawed science they are determined to push the cull through.

Crucially campaigners were able to de-rail the cull last year before Defra were able to sign up the required 70% acreage in the cull zone. In Somerset though they are already at around 90%, so the moment when activists will have to confront shooters is growing closer.

Theoretically the cull could start as early as June 1st – as that’s when the necessary licenses start.  Currently anti-cull activists are predicting that the shooting will start in Somerset in mid-July but warned that “the situation is fluid and unpredictable”. The resources required – policing, trained marksmen etc to cull 70% of the badger population in an area are significant enough to make a simultaneous cull in both zones unlikely but possible.

If either of the cull zones pull out due to farmers withdrawing their consent for shooting on their land Defra have organised a back up cull zone in Dorset. There are many groups opposing the cull, but the ones gearing themselves up for direct action are Stop the Cull and the Hunt Saboteurs Association. The best way to get into the cull zone and be effective is to hook up with your local sab group.

Once in the zones, suggested activities include: Sett surveying – a knowledge of exactly where the badgers are will be vital to disrupting the cull. This is one where you’ll need to hook up with an expert first, but once you know the signs are obvious. Stop the Cull will be maintaining a database of all the setts.  Ribbons – Just letting farmers know that pro-badger types have been out and about on their land is useful – it’s been suggested that activists leave black and white ribbons or paper around the place.

Watching for signs of pre-baiting. – In order to get a clear shot at the badgers the gun teams are likely to start pre-baiting areas around the setts with peanuts up to 3 weeks before shooting starts. Peanuts are typically buried near sett entrances initially before being spread further afield in order to get the badgers habituated to foraging in certain areas making them an easier target. This will probably be the clearest sign of where shooters are intending to operate. 

The Somerset cull zone particularly is dominated by the pheasant shooting industry. One huge estate in the cull zone Chargot , a vital participant in the cull, boasts its own helicopter pad for the wealthier brand of bloodsports enthusiast. In order to make sure that there are enough birds to be gunned down on any given day the pheasants are kept in pens near the ranges.

It’s these pens that Stop the Cull are asking activists to monitor. They want photographs and locations of the pens – they also need people to leave luggage tags with their web address on the pens  www.stopthecull.net/pheasant SchNEWS

UK – Prosecute badger killers says Prof Linzey

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Above:  The Brilliant Animal Advocate – Professor Andrew Linzey, Theologian at Oxford University

Below – just 2 of his many books on AR

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The RSPCA should prosecute those involved in the mass killing of badgers says leading animal ethicist, Professor Andrew Linzey a theologian at Oxford University.

“The planned killings — erroneously called “culls” — which are planned to take place on 1 June are utterly bereft of scientific or ethical justification”, says Prof Linzey. “In the history of animal protection, we have witnessed many attempts to fool the public but none more concerted or ridiculous than the proposed killing of thousands upon thousands of badgers.  In less than a week’s time government paid guns (David Cameron et all) will shoot free running badgers which will undoubtedly cause suffering.

The RSPCA and other animal welfare organisations should bring test cases to demonstrate the cruelty involved and the perfidity of the government’s justifications.”

“The Animal Killing Secretary of State for the Environment, Owen Paterson, has shown himself incapable of reflecting either the views of the Commons (which has voted overwhelming against the “cull”) or the majority of public opinion.

He should resign to make way for someone who understands the nation’s concern for the proper treatment of animals.  “The only solution to bovine TB is the vaccination of cows and/or badgers. Everything else is dross and detail.”

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Animal Killing Mates Through and Through – Owen Patterson and David Cameron

Dover, Kent, England – Live Exports

The RSPCA is seeking permission for its inspectors to be allowed into Dover port to monitor live exports. Live exports resumed from the Port of Dover in Kent in May, after previously sailing from Ramsgate for over a year, but RSPCA inspectors have not been granted permission to enter the port.  The RSPCA said it had received no response from the Dover Harbour Board to its request for permission to “safeguard the welfare of the animals”.

2 sailings, 2 lorries.

Yes, one lorry per sailing.  First shipment comprised of sheep and the 2nd of calves.  Don’t think any of us need an economics degree to work out how that could be economical – unless something else is going on of course.

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Above:  A Calf carrying Transporter Boards the ‘Joline’

Below: Anti Export Protestors Voice Their Disgust at the Trade

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Australian live exports trade is facing further scrutiny

The Australian live exports trade is facing further scrutiny with fresh allegations of cruelty, this time concerning Australian goats and cattle in Malaysia. Already reeling from footage of Australian cattle being brutally slaughtered in Egypt, footage has emerged of goats being stuffed into sacks and put in the boot of a sedan in Malaysia. Animals Australia has again embarrassed the Federal Government by releasing shocking footage of cruelty against cattle exported live from Australia. How many reports of terrible cruelty meted out to defenceless creatures does the government need to see before this disgusting practice of shipping live animals is totally banned?

Australian vets sent by the Government to inspect the abattoirs in Egypt have found one of them was below international animal welfare standards. The vets have been working with Egyptian counterparts to inspect the Ismaila and Ain Sokhna abattoir facilities since May 15, after footage of cattle being stabbed at and mistreated was leaked to the ABC.

Illegal camel transports

The Haryana government has directed all the district magistrates and superintendents of police in the state to check the illegal transportation of animals and ensure the strict implementation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.  A spokesman for the Home Department said it had been noted that a large number of camels were being transported from Rajasthan to Uttar Pradesh and other states via Haryana for illegal slaughter. The inhumane manner in which these animals are transported clearly violates the provisions of the Act and such a practice should be stopped with a firm hand while following the provisions of the law, he added. He said the police and the district administration, along with other agencies involved in protecting animals’ rights, had been asked to take all necessary actions to prevent this. The district heads of police would also send periodic reports regarding the action taken with regard to animals being transported in a manner violating the law.

Netherlands

Dutch Meat Wholesaler Sells Horsemeat As ‘Beef’

A Dutch meat wholesaler, Willy Selten, has been arrested for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat as beef, officials say. Mr Selten, who owns meat wholesaler Willy Selten BV, was arrested with the company’s interim director. The public prosecutor said they were suspected of false accounting and fraud. BBC News. 23 May

A horsemeat company regularly mixed horse in with beef, say Polish workers.  “Everything passed through my hands: beef, horse, old meat that stank, sometimes even ‘fresh’ meat but it wasn’t exactly fresh … Yes, I cut horse. I suspected there was something wrong but I just did what I was told to do,” Jan Kowalski said.

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Horse Testing

The Food Standards Agency (UK) explored the idea of testing all horses slaughtered in the UK months before the horsemeat food crisis began in January. But the agency was concerned that the costs of extra testing would cause every horse abattoir to close down. Without the tests, it is likely that meat tainted with phenylbutazone continued to enter the food chain.

USA

Live Poultry Markets

On May 15th I stumbled upon a live poultry market in Chicago while on a bike ride. And I decided to have a look. I posed as someone interested in having a business like theirs and asked if I could take some photos. They agreed. I then just let the video roll. What I found was even worse than I would have imagined.

Chickens have evolved from their tropical forest home to a human-fabricated hell on earth. Here are some of my key findings: Chickens crowded into filthy, faeces-caked cages on top of each other. Those on the bottom were sickly and immobile. Other chickens visibly terrified, depressed, sick and suffering, as well as vocalising in distress Birds jammed through kill cones who had their necks cut and were being bled, some still thrashing and screaming when I arrived blood, faeces and feathers splattered all over the walls and floors.

One infant chicken drinking the dirty water off the kill floor. “Frankenbirds” (the same you see in factory farms) – just weeks old, still chirping, yet fattened up into adult bodies, awaiting slaughter Live poultry markets like this are in US backyards and neighbourhoods. They are marketed as the “buy local, sustainable, free range, pasture-raised and organic” alternatives to factory farming. And they all subject the birds to the same miserable existence and violent death. Robert Grillo Free from Harm
http://freefromharm.org

Sri Lanka

Burning monk protests cattle slaughter

A Buddhist monk has suffered serious injuries after setting himself on fire to protest against the slaughter of cattle for meat. Sri Lankan police said the monk set himself on fire near the famed Temple of Buddha’s Tooth Relic in the central town of Kandy. The monk was brought to Colombo National Hospital in the capital with serious injuries.  Buddhism, Sri Lanka’s state religion, opposes the killing of any life. Nearly 75% of Sri Lankans are Buddhists. Many Buddhists in Sri Lanka eat meat, but most avoid beef because they consider cows sacred

Whales to be slaughtered for dog food

Fin whales are giants of the sea. But soon, over 180 of this endangered species are set to be slaughtered by a tycoon and his buddies whose summer hobby is to harpoon them, chop them up and ship their meat through the Netherlands to Japan for dog food!  There is one way to stop the hunt before it starts — you can’t dock a boat full of illegal whale carcasses just anywhere. German and Finnish authorities have shunned the shameful trade. Now, the Dutch are the linchpin.

They care deeply about their reputation as environmental leaders, and are hoping this bloody trade won’t get any global attention. But if we expose it now and demand the Dutch authorities refuse the transfer of whale meat in their port, we can stop the whale massacre!  We have to act fast — the whaling ships are due to start the hunt in days. Sign now and tell everyone to join — let’s build a 1m strong campaign to Prime Minister Mark Rutte warning him that we will create a media storm unless he stops the transfer in Dutch docks:  www.avaaz.org/en/days_to_stop_the_whale_slaughter_global/?bZHVcab&v=25263

Italy

Pig farming in Italy

A recent investigation by Compassion in World Farming into intensive pig farming in Italy has uncovered shocking animal cruelty.

Following our previous investigation into Spanish pig farms, CIWF visited 11 farms in Italy.

On every single one we found the EU Pigs Directive, designed to protect the welfare of pigs, being blatantly flouted. We believe these farms to be representative of the massive Italian pig industry – which means up to 13m Italian pigs could be enduring these terrible conditions every year.

Our investigation exposed: Pigs living in completely barren environments, housed on bare concrete with nothing to satisfy their inquisitive minds; Pigs with tails routinely docked – a painful mutilation used to prevent tail-biting, which can occur when pigs are forced to live in barren conditions. Pigs left sick or injured. On one farm a pig was so severely wounded from fighting that it had died.

Please go to the CIWF website and sign the petition calling on all EU Agriculture Ministers to ensure that the EU Pigs Directive is fully enforced.


http://www.ciwf.org.uk/donate/pages/illegal_pig_cruelty_exposed_2.aspx

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Chinese circus cruelty

The shocking extent of animal rights abuses in China’s zoos is laid bare in a series of pictures that have emerged from the country, taken by a British tourist. They show bears, monkeys, lions and tigers all being forced to perform circus acts for the watching crowds.

A panda and an ape are also shown lying motionless in their small cages at the animal park in Shijiazhuang, a city to the south east of capital Beijing.

The man who took the pictures, Nick Hopkins from Swansea, said: “I can only describe the way the animals were treated as horrific.  “There were monkeys made to walk on stilts and riding bikes. Bears were dragged to the ring via a chain through their nose and also rode bikes.  “There were tigers and lions forcefully made to perform tricks, with one poor tiger forced to walk on a large ball.  “They were even poked in the eye with a large stick until they performed the desired trick. “And one lion had to lean on the side of another to support its head.”

A spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said: “These photos show the grim reality of everyday life for animals who are beaten and forced to perform.  “In the 21st century, it is unacceptable for wild animals to be denied everything that is natural and important to them, confined to cages or boxcars and dragged around the country and forced to perform demeaning and painful tricks for human amusement. “It’s time for animal abusers to pack their bags and say goodbye to wild-animal circuses. “For the sake of the animals, the show must not go on.”

The zoo is also ignoring the advice of the animal Asia foundation, who reported on it in 2010 recommending an “immediate end to the use of animals in animal performances and suitable homes found for performing animals”.   Nobody from the Shijiazhuang Zoo was available for comment. Nick Hopkins donated his fee for this story to PETA.

Kosovo

2 brown bears released into a special sanctuary

2 brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary near Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, after being rescued from a 20sq m cage where they had been held almost all their lives to amuse visitors at a restaurant. Ari and Arina, both 10 years old, were taken to their new home by the international animal charity group Four Paws, which helped sedate and transport them.

 

 

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Serbia: Do The Republic Veterinary Inspectors Know the Law ? – It Appears That They Still Live In and Use Legislation From A Serbian A World PRE 2005 !! – and That Is Very Dangerous for Serbian Animal Welfare (and Serbian EU Membership In the Future !).

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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I never show something so stupid like the demand of republic veterinary inspector of Serbia, Subotica, because she, republic veterinary inspector :Mrs Matilda Sobloher knows and republic veterinary inspector :Mrs Sanja Celebicanin knows too : there is no free place for 600 dogs , because 170 Serbian cities have NOT adequate shelters .

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These inspectors also know the fact that nobody may replace these 600 – they still have own place, Subotica city has NOT any legal city shelter , and nobody may touch these 600 , they are protected BY LAW ! If somebody touch dogs at Titogradska 53 , EPAR would immediately bring a criminal charge against everybody who maybe could be involved by any way.

It is veterinary inspector obligation and duty ( still long time ago, FROM 2.11.2005.) : and they must write urgent demand to city authorities : immediately start with care about these 600 city-dogs and also about all street dogs and cats in Subotica.

The same , equal situation is in the whole of Serbia – because of the authorities non implementation of up to date existing laws for 8 years . Those responsible for the non implementation are veterinary inspectors.

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Dr. Slavica Mazak Beslic – Subotica.

Additional SAV comment:

We at SAV would support Dr. Beslic by immediately writing once again to the EU and informing them that Serbia is NOT implementing its own ‘rule of law’ – a fundamental requirement which must be shown to be happening within any member state seeking EU accession (membership).

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Send e mails of complaint to:

kabinetpremijera@gov.rs    eu.integracije@gov.rs     press@gov.rs   www.mrrls.gov.rs  kabinet@mpravde.gov.rs      kabinet.min@merz.gov.rs    kancelarija@kornrp.gov.rs
budimir.plavsic@minpolj.gov.rs   zoran.ivanovic@minpolj.gov.rs
maja.andrijasevic@minpolj.gov.rs
s.celebicanin@minpolj.gov.rs  zoran.marinkovic@minpolj.gov.rs     ombudsman@subotica.rs   office@ombudsmanapv.org    zastitnik@zastitnik.rs    info@mup.gov.rs    zivotnasredinasu@gmail.com     office@rtvcity.com    gukomunalno@subotica.rs

The following text relates to the following link, but also  gives an overview  of current legislation

Reference:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2010/05/04/serbia-temerin-city-their-animal-shelter-death-after-3-days-and-a-national-public-attorney-who-says-all-is-ok/

Serbian LAW – Some very Important points to be considered especially relating to Shelter Alex: 

After three days at the ‘shelter’, dogs are taken to Novi Sad city where they are killed by ‘euthanasia’, using Pravilnik 29/94 legislation.

Prior to the new Serbian Veterinary Law of 02/10/2005, there was an old law dating from 1991 for the health protection of animals. In agreement with the old law of 1991, the authorities produced their own other ‘underlaw’ (extra law) regulation – named ‘Pravilnik 29/94’, which was intorduced to allow the killing of animals after they were held in pounds for 3 to 7 days.

** From 02/10/2005, the new Veterinary Law Article 168 effectively destroyed everything that was written in Pravilnik 29/94, ** because the 2005 law demanded the care of animals.

Pravilnik 29/94 was overwritten by Article 168, the result being that all killing of animals was forbidden apart only from cases for Rabies infected areas, which were covered by application of Articles 64 and 65 of the Veterinary Law.

By continuing to undertake the killing of animals after 3 to 7 days in accordance with regulation Pravilnik 29/94, the authorities were then in a situation where they were working in opposition to the actual existing law.

But it is very much the case, even up to the present day, where authorities are still using Pravilnik 29/94 as a reason for the killing of animals.  But in reality, Pravilnik 29/94 became nonexistent on 02/10/2005 with the introduction of the new Veterinary Law (Article 168).

Hence there should be no killing, but animal care instead.

Pravilnik 29/94 is only an ‘underlaw’ (extra law) regulation, has very less power than the actual law, and most importantly, must be in agreement with the existing law.  Pravilnik 29/94 was valid originally (1991 on) to protect animal health but is now in opposition to the new and current animal law – the new Veterinary Law Article 168 of 02/10/2005.

Serbian campaigners have written to the Constitutional Court saying that it is unlawful for Shinters (Dogcatchers) and also veterinarians to kill stray dogs and cats only after they have been held for three (3) days, as this is now old and outdated legislation.  Killing is forbidden under the new Veterinary law.

Campaigners have now heard from the court in writing, and they say that no analysis of the case is necessary for Pravilnik 29/94 as it has been replaced by the new Veterinary Law Article 168 (02/10/2005).

This is exactly what the campaigners had said, ie. that the old ‘underlaw’ (extra law) of Pravilnik 29/94 was still being used when it fact it has been overwritten by the new Veterinary Law Article 168 of 02/10/2005.

In addition, Article 46 of the new Veterinary Law (02/10/2005) states that the killing of stray cats and dogs is forbidden and that instead they should be provided with care.

The word from the Serbian Constitutional (law) Court is that from 2005, animals should be provided with care and not be killed.

It would appear that all of the public firms responsible for garbage collection in Serbian cities are still working to, and effectively using Pravilnik 29/94 rather than Article 46 (168) of the new Veterinary Law.

In effect, by still working to this now non existent law, these public firms who collect and kill strays are UNDERTAKING ILLEGAL WORK– they should be working in accordance with the new Veterinary Law Article 46 (168) of 02/10/2005 which demands care for the animals.

Unlike the Temerin ‘shelter’ dogs which are illegally killed after only 3 days, Cats which are taken to the ‘shelter’ do not even live three days – they are killed immediately.

A detailed explanation of the legislation is given in our past SAV Link:

Constitutional Court ruling link:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/serbia-constitutional-court-of-serbia-says-that-the-killing-of-stray-dogs-and-cats-in-serbia-is-forbidden-from-02102005/

You have to ask if the Subotica republic veterinary inspector :Mrs Matilda Sobloher and republic veterinary inspector Mrs Sanja Celebicanin actually know what the law IS in Serbia ? – It would appear that they do NOT know the laws of Serbian animal welfare, despite their positions !!!

Serbian campaigners have now taken this case to the court of human rights in Strasbourg – an EU court.  The case – Garbage collectors in Serbian cities are still working using the (now) non existent Pravilnik 29/94 rather than Article 46 (168) of the new and current Veterinary Law of 02/10/2005 which demands care.  In addition, campaigners have requested justification be presented for all the animal killings by the authorities from 02/10/2005 right up to the present day.

Serbian authorities  and officials are responsible for ensuring the correct laws are implemented are:

Mrs. Sanja Čelebićanin  -Chief of  Veterinary Inspection

Mr. Zoran Mićović - Director of Veterinary Department

Mr. Radivoje Kaurin - Chief of  Hunting – Forests Inspection.

So the situation is that many Serbian authorities are not implementing the most recent and current legislation which would give protection to animals in shelters, but are instead using old and outdated, non existing legislation (Pravilnik 29/94) as justification for the continued killing of animals held in shelters.

Another very important factor here is that what has been happening since 02/10/2005 is that existing Serbian law (legislation) has not been implemented throughout the country in relation to animal welfare.

Probably the most important point:

And the proof of the implementation of the ‘Rule of Law’ is a paramount requirement for any nation wishing to become a future member of the EU !

And so what about the ‘Shelter’ for animals at Temerin or any other location in Serbia – such as Shelter Alex in Subotica ?

We declare that the alleged ‘shelter’ at Temerin is NOT shelter but a terrible, unlawful place being funded by Serbian taxpayers to the tune of many millions of Dinars.

Is this facility simply a place that takes in public money allegedly caring for animals, whilst at the same time killing them immediately (cats) or after just three days (dogs) using outdated legislation which was replaced in 2005 ?

Animals such as these dogs and cats which are taken from the streets by shinter teams, are not marked or identified in any way.  There is no way that the authorities can provide details of the animals taken by the shinters, be it 10 dogs or 100 dogs captured.  In effect, with no accountability of their work, these public firms can ask for as much public money as they wish – and very often / always they are provided with it !!

Can this be called ‘organised crime’ ?

If a full sterilisation, vaccination, identification and care system was established for all stray animals taken by the shinters, then the facilities such as the Temerin ‘shelter’ would be very much more accountable (ie. Record keeping) of all animals which enter the facility.

As it is, by using old, outdated, self created (mass killing) legislation such as Pravilnik 29/94 rather than working to what should be current animal protection legislation, (ie. Article 46 (168) of the new and current Veterinary Law of 02/10/2005), the authorities and those involved with it appear to in a situation where they can request, and are provided with an endless supply of public money – public money for killing animals – WHICH IS ILLEGAL (since 2005).

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Serbia: IMMEDIATE URGENT ACTION REQUIRED TO SAVE SHELTER ALEX AND OVER 600 DOGS WHICH ARE BEING SUPPORTED THERE – MAIL AN UN CARING SERBIAN GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY. WRITE TO MEPs IF YOU ARE IN EUROPE.

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED TO SAVE

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** VERY URGENT – WE NEED E MAILS TO BE SENT IMMEDIATELY ** from International supporters everywhere !

In short, this is the current situation, and things are very desperate.

We need to get e mails flooding in to the Serbian authorities immediately.

 

UPDATE – 9/6/2013 -

Please look at the following post for current information on Serbian animal welfare legislation:

 
http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2010/05/04/serbia-temerin-city-their-animal-shelter-death-after-3-days-and-a-national-public-attorney-who-says-all-is-ok/

This is also repeated at the  end of this current post.

 

In short : THE SERBIAN STATE VETERINARY INSPECTION ISSUED A DECISION TO BAN THE WORK OF THE DOG SHELTER “ALEX”  – please look at shelter Alex under our main header on this site – ‘Shelters’.


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/serbian-shelters/

The story has been as follows.

In 2003, the first stray dog entered the premises of the “Alex” dog shelter at Titogradska 53 street in Subotica, Serbia.

From that day on the shelter took care of more than 1,000 dogs, because there was no other choice given that the policy of this state and this town was as it still is today, and that is to kill and only to kill.

This irresponsible were never punished. A regulation for a humane way of resolving the problem of abandoned animals was never issued, such as neutering and responsible ownership (chipping), the easier way has always been to steal from the citizens and to kill the animals.

In the last two years there have been major changes in the dog shelter (Azil Alex). The shelter was taken over by a group of citizens who were joined together by the same idea – to change the killing policy and to show and prove that there is another way.

Every day a group of volunteers – activists receive numerous calls from the citizens about wounded and abandoned animals, and they go out and find these animals and help them. This group of volunteers also works efficiently on education (on animal ownership, neutering, etc.), and has been helping the town in the last months since the town pound was closed down.

The shelter responded to the calls of the Communal Police, took in the injured dogs from the streets, cured them and sought homes for them … and two days ago the shelter now receives the government / authorities answer to this help for all these years:

THE STATE VETERINARY INSPECTION ISSUED A DECISION TO BAN THE WORK OF THE DOG SHELTER “ALEX”, IT PROHIBITS THE TAKING IN OF NEW ANIMALS AND THE EXISTING (SHELTER) HOME FOR DOGS MUST BE DISPERSED WITHIN 90 DAYS.

WE HAVE 8 DAYS FOR COMPLAINTS

8 days for complaints – so we need to ask people to act IMMEDIATELY and tell the authorities that they are completely wrong to attempt to close down this shelter.

People who run shelter Alex are aware of the fact that the dog shelter as a facility does not meet all of the items from the rules on dog shelters, but they also know that THERE IS NO SHELTER IN SERBIA WHICH DOES MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.

Shelter Alex knows that it is one of the shelters that sadly, even in these scarce conditions, is one of the few in Serbia that has humane conditions and at the time it was founded it was the only humane one.

During the last two years, the shelter has found a home for a large number of animals, neutered many animals, found and returned lots of lost pets to their owners; returning animals and showing the right way to operate and willingness to work.

Update ** The authorities are saying that the reason for closure is they stated that the shelter doesn’t comply with new regulations . In fact none of the shelters (maybe 1 or 2 that were financed by state) in Serbia do and shelter Alex is one that is probably in the best state of all of those.  **

This shelter is now being persecuted by the authorities of Serbia because they are doing the correct thing and the Serbian government  / authorities have NEVER acted correctly regarding control of stray animals and shelters under their operation.

Shelter Alex is showing the government how to operate a shelter correctly, and the government does onto like it.

Shelter Alex therefore asks all the people and organizations everywhere in the world who/that can and are willing to support their work to be with them now, since it is a matter of literally life and death for the animals at the shelter.

THERE IS VERY LITTLE TIME TO ACT – JUST DAYS

- SO PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY.

Astra, Piti, Rea, Sergej, Bambi, Pepita, Zevezdana, Muki, Zoki, Marina, Marinko, Momo, Lulu, Hana, Dona, Dark, Sime, Mila, meadow 1, meadow 2, meadow 3, meadow 4 – Bagremar, Beogradska street, Emotivni, Vasington, Gerontoloski – these are the names of some of the 600 dogs and the names of the shelter parts, who all received their names from the heart…the shelter will never stop fighting for them!

Please help us!

Send e mails immediately to the authorities and Serbian media at the following addresses:

** UPDATE ** New Additions – these are probably the most important.

kabinetpremijera@gov.rs    eu.integracije@gov.rs     press@gov.rs   www.mrrls.gov.rs  kabinet@mpravde.gov.rs      kabinet.min@merz.gov.rs    kancelarija@kornrp.gov.rs
budimir.plavsic@minpolj.gov.rs   zoran.ivanovic@minpolj.gov.rs
maja.andrijasevic@minpolj.gov.rs
s.celebicanin@minpolj.gov.rs  zoran.marinkovic@minpolj.gov.rs     ombudsman@subotica.rs   office@ombudsmanapv.org    zastitnik@zastitnik.rs    info@mup.gov.rs    zivotnasredinasu@gmail.com     office@rtvcity.com    gukomunalno@subotica.rs

Addresses published earlier:

vetinsp@eunet.rs,  CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:muprs@muprs.gov.rs”> muprs@muprs.gov.rs

office@seio.gov.rs,   CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:kabinetpremijera@gov.rs”>kabinetpremijera@gov.rs,

omr@srbija.gov.rs,   CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:info@mup.gov.rs”>info@mup.gov.rs,  kabinet@mtt.gov.rs,   CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:press@mfa.rs”>press@mfa.rs,  vetks@EUnet.rs; CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:nacelnik@beograd.gov.rs”>nacelnik@beograd.gov.rs,

dragan.djilas@ds.org.rs,   CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:press@sns.org.rs”>press@sns.org.rs,

info@sps.org.rs,  office@minpolj.gov.rs,  stanislava.nol@minpolj.gov.rs; CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:vetuprava@minpolj.gov.rs”>vetuprava@minpolj.gov.rs,    CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:zoran.ivanovic@minpolj.gov.rs”>zoran.ivanovic@minpolj.gov.rs,    CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:slobodan.sibalic@minpolj.gov.rs”>slobodan.sibalic@minpolj.gov.rs,   s.celebicanin@minpolj.gov.rs,   CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:branka.stosic@minpolj.gov.rs”>branka.stosic@minpolj.gov.rs,  CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:vesna.topalovic@minpolj.gov.rs”>vesna.topalovic@minpolj.gov.rs,   vetinsp@eunet.rs,   ns.vet@eunet.rs,

CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:slavoljub.stanojevic@minpolj.gov.rs”>slavoljub.stanojevic@minpolj.gov.rs,

beogradski_program@rts.rs,   CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:tvprogram@studiob.rs”>tvprogram@studiob.rs,

redakcija@politika.rs,   CTRL + Click to follow link” href=”mailto:redakcija@blic.rs”>redakcija@blic.rs,  EU – If you live within the EU, please contact your MEPs immediately and ask them to write to the Serbian authorities about this criminal act of attempting to close down shelter Alex.

You can find access to your MEPs via the following:

Finding any MEP in Europe – a ‘Euromap’:

Link:  
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch.do?language=EN

Finding any MEP by the alphabetical name list can be done via the following link:

Link:  
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder.do?language=EN

To find MEPs by individual Member States and their associated political group (7th parliamentary term), use the following link:

Link:  
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/groupAndCountry.do?language=EN

Also contact the Eurogroup and ask them to take action against the Serbian government for their open abuse of animals which IS AGAINST EXISTING SERBIAN LEGISLATION. 
http://eurogroupforanimals.org/

Contact them at  info@eurogroupforanimals.org or at  +32 (0)2 740 08 20
You can also use the form on the site via the above link:

A requirement of EU Accession (membership) is that a member state wishing to join the EU proves that it is implementing its own national legislation.  With regard to animal welfare for animal shelters, the SERBIAN Government IS NOT DOING THIS.

As a result, Serbia should NOT be allowed to become an EU member state until it shows it is doing the right thing.  Please remind your MEPs of this if you are a European.

Shelter Azil Alex is attempting to do everything right wuith its work – and the government is trying to shut it down for what ? – because it is a embarrassment to the government because it is so good and because it has the right approach to stray animal welfare and legislation in Serbia !!

The lives of over 600 dogs are depending on action from us all – PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY AND SAVE SHELTER AZIL ALEX.

Thank you – SAV.

Please crosspost to all your national and international contacts and MEPs.

TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY – SAVE SHELTER ALEX

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The following text relates to the following link, but also  gives an overview  of current legeislation

Reference:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2010/05/04/serbia-temerin-city-their-animal-shelter-death-after-3-days-and-a-national-public-attorney-who-says-all-is-ok/

Serbian LAW – Some very Important points to be considered: 

After three days at the ‘shelter’, dogs are taken to Novi Sad city where they are killed by ‘euthanasia’, using Pravilnik 29/94 legislation.

Prior to the new Serbian Veterinary Law of 02/10/2005, there was an old law dating from 1991 for the health protection of animals. In agreement with the old law of 1991, the authorities produced their own other ‘underlaw’ (extra law) regulation – named ‘Pravilnik 29/94’, which was intorduced to allow the killing of animals after they were held in pounds for 3 to 7 days.

** From 02/10/2005, the new Veterinary Law Article 168 effectively destroyed everything that was written in Pravilnik 29/94, ** because the 2005 law demanded the care of animals.

Pravilnik 29/94 was overwritten by Article 168, the result being that all killing of animals was forbidden apart only from cases for Rabies infected areas, which were covered by application of Articles 64 and 65 of the Veterinary Law.

By continuing to undertake the killing of animals after 3 to 7 days in accordance with regulation Pravilnik 29/94, the authorities were then in a situation where they were working in opposition to the actual existing law.

But it is very much the case, even up to the present day, where authorities are still using Pravilnik 29/94 as a reason for the killing of animals.  But in reality, Pravilnik 29/94 became nonexistent on 02/10/2005 with the introduction of the new Veterinary Law (Article 168).

Hence there should be no killing, but animal care instead.

Pravilnik 29/94 is only an ‘underlaw’ (extra law) regulation, has very less power than the actual law, and most importantly, must be in agreement with the existing law.  Pravilnik 29/94 was valid originally (1991 on) to protect animal health but is now in opposition to the new and current animal law – the new Veterinary Law Article 168 of 02/10/2005.

Serbian campaigners have written to the Constitutional Court saying that it is unlawful for Shinters (Dogcatchers) and also veterinarians to kill stray dogs and cats only after they have been held for three (3) days, as this is now old and outdated legislation.  Killing is forbidden under the new Veterinary law.

Campaigners have now heard from the court in writing, and they say that no analysis of the case is necessary for Pravilnik 29/94 as it has been replaced by the new Veterinary Law Article 168 (02/10/2005).

This is exactly what the campaigners had said, ie. that the old ‘underlaw’ (extra law) of Pravilnik 29/94 was still being used when it fact it has been overwritten by the new Veterinary Law Article 168 of 02/10/2005.

In addition, Article 46 of the new Veterinary Law (02/10/2005) states that the killing of stray cats and dogs is forbidden and that instead they should be provided with care.

The word from the Serbian Constitutional (law) Court is that from 2005, animals should be provided with care and not be killed.

It would appear that all of the public firms responsible for garbage collection in Serbian cities are still working to, and effectively using Pravilnik 29/94 rather than Article 46 (168) of the new Veterinary Law.

In effect, by still working to this now non existent law, these public firms who collect and kill strays are UNDERTAKING ILLEGAL WORK– they should be working in accordace with the new Veterinary Law Article 46 (168) of 02/10/2005 which demands care for the animals.

Unlike the Temerin ‘shelter’ dogs which are illegally killed after only 3 days, Cats which are taken to the ‘shelter’ do not even live three days – they are killed immediately.

A detailed explanation of the legislation is given in our past SAV Link:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/serbia-constitutional-court-of-serbia-says-that-the-killing-of-stray-dogs-and-cats-in-serbia-is-forbidden-from-02102005/

Serbian campaigners have now taken this case to the court of human rights in Strasbourg – an EU court.  The case – Garbage collectors in Serbian cities are still working using the (now) non existent Pravilnik 29/94 rather than Article 46 (168) of the new and current Veterinary Law of 02/10/2005 which demands care.  In addition, campaigners have requested justification be presented for all the animal killings by the authorities from 02/10/2005 right up to the present day.

Serbian authorities  and officials are responsible for ensuring the correct laws are implemented are:

  • Mrs. Sanja Čelebićanin  -Chief of  Veterinary Inspection
  • Mr. Zoran Mićović - Director of Veterinary Department
  • Mr. Radivoje Kaurin - Chief of  Hunting – Forests Inspection.

So the situation is that many Serbian authorities are not implementing the most recent and current legislation which would give protection to animals in shelters, but are instead using old and outdated, non existing legislation (Pravilnik 29/94) as justification for the continued killing of animals held in shelters.

Another very important factor here is that what has been happening since 02/10/2005 is that existing Serbian law (legislation) has not been implemented throughout the country in relation to animal welfare.

Probably the most important point:

And the proof of the implementation of the ‘Rule of Law’ is a paramount requirement for any nation wishing to become a future member of the EU !

And so what about the ‘Shelter’ for animals at Temerin ?

We declare that the alleged ‘shelter’ at Temerin is NOT shelter but a terrible, unlawful place being funded by Serbian taxpayers to the tune of many millions of Dinars.

Is this facility simply a place that takes in public money allegedly caring for animals, whilst at the same time killing them immediately (cats) or after just three days (dogs) using outdated legislation which was replaced in 2005 ? – we think so.

Animals such as these dogs and cats which are taken from the streets by shinter teams, are not marked or identified in any way.  There is no way that the authorities can provide details of the animals taken by the shinters, be it 10 dogs or 100 dogs captured.  In effect, with no accountability of their work, these public firms can ask for as much public money as they wish – and very often / always they are provided with it !!

Can this be called ‘organised crime’ ?

If a full sterilisation, vaccination, identification and care system was established for all stray animals taken by the shinters, then the facilities such as the Temerin ‘shelter’ would be very much more accountable (ie. Record keeping) of all animals which enter the facility.

As it is, by using old, outdated, self created (mass killing) legislation such as Pravilnik 29/94 rather than working to what should be current animal protection legislation, (ie. Article 46 (168) of the new and current Veterinary Law of 02/10/2005), the authorities and those involved with it appear to in a situation where they can request, and are provided with an endless supply of public money – public money for killing animals – WHICH IS ILLEGAL (since 2005).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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England: London March Against the Badger Cull – 1st June 2013.

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

England

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As the brilliant Morrissey song says, London is home of the Brash, Outrageous and Free; 

   – and they and more were in London on Saturday 1st June to take part in the demonstrations to stop the badger cull.

Brian May Badgers

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Led by the brilliant Queen guitarist and animal rights campaigner, founder of the ‘Save Me’ campaign organisation –
http://www.save-me.org.uk/
  – Dr Brian May –

  , he was joined by beautiful girls, Hunt saboteurs, wildlife campaigners, animal welfare campaigners, Virginia McKenna,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_McKenna
  – founder of the Born Free Foundation (BFF –
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/
 ) , bird expert and wildlife conservationist from the BBC, Bill Oddie, and hundreds of other good people to voice their opposition to the government proposed badger cull which started on 1st June.

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Please click on the links given below which are just some of the dozens of national press reports which covered the story.

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Brian’s Team Badger have made the following statement

“The Government’s determination to go ahead with the badger cull this summer once again proves how misguided and out of step with scientific fact and public opinion it is on this issue. Culling badgers is not the answer to eradicating bovine TB. Not only is the practice inhumane and impractical. It is also proven to be ineffective in tackling the disease, as has been made repeatedly clear by all the leading scientific experts.

“There is also a viable alternative: vaccination, which Team Badger, a growing coalition of like minded animal welfare organisations, is committed to, as made clear in our recent submission to the EFRA Committee. Team Badger strongly condemns the Government’s support for this barbaric policy and we remain committed to working together and with others to stop the cull going ahead.”

Media Links:


http://www.channel4.com/news/thousands-to-march-in-london-in-protest-against-badger-cull


http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/brian-may-leads-thousands-in-march-against-badger-cull-8640810.html


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/01/badger-cull-protest_n_3372032.html


http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/01/uk-britain-badgers-idUKBRE95008F20130601


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/badger-cull-protesters-led-brian-1924820


http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-06-01/brian-may-leads-2-000-people-in-anti-badger-cull-march/


http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/404248/Brian-May-leads-anti-badger-culling-protest-in-London-as-pilots-begin-in-two-counties

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Bulgaria: Latest News on ‘Borko’ and Some Great News From K9 Bulgaria.

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Do you remember our recent post about Borko ?


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/03/30/bulgaria-my-name-is-borko-a-year-this-may-i-was-beaten-so-badly-that-my-spine-was-broken/

Latest news from K9 Bulgaria about Borko:

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Borko is doing great, he now has his wheelchair and adores running around in it!

Our media trip to Bulgaria is planned for June where together with Wetnose Animal Aid and Norton Animal Rescue Foundation, we will bring Justice for Borko with a film crew and British presenters Lorraine Chase and Wendy Turner Webster to highlight the plight of dogs like Borko and make a documentary about the animal welfare situation in Bulgaria and what can be done about it.

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Above: Lorraine

Below: Wendy

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In other news, Dr Litov had his first court victory on 25th April when the Judge suspended the eviction notice, until the end of the trial, and now this week at the Administrative Court, the Regional Health Authority Inspector gave evidence and confirmed that all inspections carried out in the last few years showed no violations justifying an eviction. The Court’s final ruling will be at the end of June, so please sign and keep sharing our Justice 4 Borko petition – we have 56k signatures so far – we need to aim for a target of 100k signatures for it to be taken seriously by the Government. Borko and all the abused animals deserve our support!  Thank you! ♥

K9 Bulgaria Links:

Home: 
http://www.k9-rescue.org.uk/

Adopt Us: 
http://www.k9-rescue.org.uk/adopt-us/

Sponsor a dog: 
http://www.k9-rescue.org.uk/sponsor-a-dog/

Giving: 
http://www.k9-rescue.org.uk/giving/

Latest News: 
http://www.k9-rescue.org.uk/latest-news/

PRESS RELEASE

7th April 2013


http://www.k9-rescue.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/PressRelease_Justice4Borko.pdf

Lynch mob enters private property and beats defenceless disabled dog while TV-reporters film the scene

After years of selfless dedication to helping hundreds of stray Bulgarian dogs,

Dr Georgi Litov has become the victim of persecution from Bulgarian Government officials because he is protecting strays.

Caring Doctor faces Eviction from his home  – read lots more in the PR via the above link.

 

Other news and stories – for more please visit the website

Rina Shot and Left in a Cellar…

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Rina’s ordeal was horrific – after being paralysed by multiple gunshots she was then left untreated in a cellar for 2 months.  Now after 2 months in our clinic, Rina is enjoying life again, and with her wounds all now healed, she is ready for her new forever home.. Read more…

Ricky found injured, trying to survive…

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Ricky was found living on the streets with a seriously injured foot.

We found he had a crush type injury to the bones in his front foot, with the injury itself infected and he was running a high fever… Read more…

Disabled Jossie needs a wheelchair…

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Jossie was found on the streets unable to walk – her X-Rays showed no spinal damage, however she does have old trauma to her hips, knees and ankles which have ankylosed and caused her legs to stay stiff and straight – she has very little movement at all… Read more…

If you can help with funds in any way the please click on the following link.

Thanks – SAV.

Giving: 
http://www.k9-rescue.org.uk/giving/

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Serbia: VERY URGENT APPEAL FROM SHELTER ALEX.

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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VERY URGENT APPEAL FROM SHELTER ALEX – SERBIA.

For Donations:

Udruženje gradjana „Društvo za zaštitu životinja Alex“
Azil Alex
Titogradska 53
24000, Subotica
SERBIA
Tel: 062 89 34 697
PIB:102674558
Matični broj:080778744

The account the local donations can be paid to:
Banka Intesa br :   160-122093-69    (Serbian Dinars account)

For donations in foreign currency (EUR) use this account please:  

Raiffeisen Bank   265-1000000023285-36
SWIFT:   RZBSRSBG
Iban:   RS35265100000002328536

Or by using PAY PAL and the following email address: adrijanaurschall@gmail.com

 

Name: Adrijana Urschall

Email: azilalex.subotica@gmail.com

Website:
http://www.azilalex2.weebly.com

Message:   Hello Mark,

We would be very thankful if you could help us by putting  this appeal up on your site .

Just to quickly explain:

We are now under tremendous pressure as our (Shelter Alex) food supply is going to be cut for about 2 weeks.

From June the 1st 2013 until June the 15th 2013.

We were told about this only 2 days ago and we have very little time to do something about it.

We have about 600 dogs and we need about 300kg of food per day  which for us is hardly achievable without some very serious help.

We receive very very little in donations ( It cannot cover even food for 1 day in a month ).

We’ll be alright for the next 4 days but after that who knows. Usually we receive enough food from the food industry ( 3 times a week ) and thankfully that is free for us but  occasionally they do cut this supply off for short periods of time which is happening right now .We need to get over these 2 weeks from now on and later we’ll be fine again.

We already appealed to so many places but it is just so so little that we know we cannot rely on that.

We hope you’ll understand this urgent situation and will be able to put this appeal for us .

We are also very aware that you are a very busy man and that you have on your back so many things, so we’ll understand if this isn’t possible right know as we are sure there’s so many organizations like ours in similar situation.

Here are some links and information for the possible donors :
http://azilalex2.weebly.com/information-for-donors.html 

We have also PAY PAL option in place and that’s all on our site in “info for donors” section.

All the best

Adrijana Urschall

Shelter Alex

Subotica,  Serbia

www.azilalex2.weebly.com

www.facebook.com/azilalex.subotica

Time: Wednesday May 29, 2013 at 7:16 pm

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Azil AlexAlso check out more about shelter Alex by clicking on our ‘Shelters’ tab at the very top of the site.

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Israel: Law Suit Filed Regarding Disgusting Animal Abuses at Slaughterhouse.

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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A group of consumers headed by a Haredi woman is looking to sue Tnuva for consumer anguish.

By: Yori Yanover   Published: May 20th, 2013

Jerusalem District Court on Monday will hear arguments over the validity of a consumer class action suit against Tnuva Central Cooperative for the Marketing of Agricultural Produce in Israel Ltd., based on the claim that Tnuva misled consumers regarding the humane treatment of animals in its Beit She’an beef slaughterhouse and meat-packing plant, where its Adom Adom (“very red”) top quality brand is produced.

After a December 6, 2012 expose on Israeli TV consumer advocacy program “Colbotech” revealed some shocking details of the way animals are being treated in the Beit She’an slaughterhouse, a group of consumers, headed by a Haredi woman named Ruth Kolian, is looking to sue Tnuva for consumer anguish.

The issue at hand is whether the fact that the animals had undergone inhumane treatment in itself justifies a claim for monetary compensation for the plaintiffs, and whether it is sufficiently broad to justify a class action suit.

Tnuva, for its part, will be arguing that the very fact that the plaintiffs are essentially organized and represented by an organization called Anonymous for Animal Rights, which exposed the terrible violations at the Beit She’an plant in an effort to get it to close down, disqualifies them from adopting the stance of a cheated consumer.

Here are just some of the appalling conditions the Colbotech show exposed, the list is very long:

Calves were beaten and shocked repeatedly to urge them to march to slaughter.

Calves who had difficulty walking were shocked dozens of times in a row, in different parts of the body including the head and testicles. Those who still did not manage to walk were dragged on the floor by forklifts (the law in such cases says they should be killed on the spot).

Lambs were dragged on the ground by workers holding them by one leg (one employee was documented hauling two lambs at the same time).

Lambs were beaten repeatedly on their heads and bodies with a pipe, in order to encourage them to stand or walk, sometimes without any apparent reason.

Workers were documented stepping on lambs, lying down on them or riding them, throwing them in the air and catching them by the lambs’ mouths.

Calves were kept hanging upside down before slaughter for extended periods of time. An employee told an undercover investigator: “Today a live calf released itself, because of a worker’s blunder. It freed itself [from a conveyer belt to which it was attached hanging upside down by one leg] after it had already been butchered, it came to us still alive, it started to riot, nearly killed us. We fled. Finally they overcame it, with electric shockers. They beat it up until it calmed down ”

In many cases this Tnuva slaughterhouse’s meat was disqualified as traif because of bone fractures and other issues. The meat was marketed non-Jewish consumers.

It is interesting to note that while the plaintiffs never make the claim that it’s the halachic shechitah which is to blame for the terrible images the TV audience had viewed last winter—they blame Tnuva’s mismanagement—it is the corporation which, in effect, is making the anti shechitah case, suggesting it is impossible to slaughter an animal humanely.

The defense also provided a friend of the court note from Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Machpud, head of the Badatz kashrut system, who argues in very strong language against unnecessary cruelty to animals, stating that such action would entail the removal of the kosher certification.

Anonymous for Animal Rights has recruited potential plaintiffs for the district court case by defining them as “any person who has purchased … over the seven year period prior to the filing of this appeal, meat products produced by the brand ‘Adom Adom,’ and who, because of watching the investigation on Colbotech … has suffered emotional anguish and damage to their private autonomy.”

The suit is for 200 million Shekel (roughly $55 million).

The defense will argue that the law in Israel does not award damages to a person who suffered anguish from watching another person’s suffering (parents and their children, for example). How much less entitled are the plaintiffs, who were only affected by watching animals suffer.

But, of course, as Yossi Wolfson, an attorney for the plaintiffs, noted, the human-suffering is in relation to a third person, while here the consumer experienced the anguish directly.

To remind you, today’s ruling by Judge Tamar Rapaport, is expected to be only over the validity of the class action suit, and not a deliberation of the suit itself.

Anonymous for Animal Rights also has a case pending before the Supreme Court, requesting that the Tnuva slaughterhouse be shut down, first temporarily and then permanently.

The Jewish Press contacted the Friedman legal firm representing the defendant, Tnuva, but they were not available for comment.

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Image taken from plaintiffs’ website, which says the calf pictured sustained a broken leg but the Tnuva employee continued to shock it to get it to move

Link:


http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/suit-over-israeli-corp-cruelty-to-kosher-slaughtered-animals/2013/05/20/0/

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Serbia: May Update From Danica At Cat Shelter Felix. – The Biggest Problems Are Yet to Come !

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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23rd May 2013.

Here is the latest update from Danica about the situation at Cat Shelter Felix.

As you can read, the repair work is just ongoing, and so donations towards helping with the costs are always welcome.

If you would like to donate, then please go to the links at the end of the latest news from Danica.

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The Biggest Problems Are yet to Come

This year’s round of shelter repairs is currently well underway. Paving of the sheltered area under the eaves is finally finished and we’ve already undertaken our next challenge – fixing the only cat room in the front yard. Not until the workers began to rip out the ceiling were we aware of its true condition and the real reason why that huge bump had formed in it months ago.  The old saying “You never know what lies beneath” takes on a whole new meaning during repairs at Felix shelter.

Like all of the other auxiliary rooms, the one in question has originally been made of reeds and rammed earth, with random bricks scattered here and there. The ceiling sagged down because the roof was leaking water and not only that, the rammed earth and reeds became wet and heavy, which has caused one of the beams carrying the weight of the roof to frighteningly bend down in the middle. That particular beam lies on top of the walls and supports the structural roof beams so it can’t be replaced, as the entire structure would fall down otherwise.

Nevertheless, it can stay as it is without causing any additional problems. OSB sheathing has already been placed above, and an insulating layer of Styrofoam will be attached beneath. After that, special nets will be adhered to both the inner walls and the ceiling and Bavalit, which is a kind of mortar, will be applied afterwards. New electrical installations of cables, plugs and wall sockets will replace the old ones and the best news is that all of the costs of renovating that room in the front yard are covered. Unfortunately, this is just the beginning…

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The biggest problem is the roof of the auxiliary rooms itself – half-rotten and cracked in places, it must be replaced entirely, not a single part of it is worth saving. The only cat room in good shape is the last and the biggest one in the backyard, as it was built out of normal building materials just before I moved in a few years ago, so it’s still quite new. Raising enough money to replace the roof sounds like science fiction at the moment, but if we miraculously succeed, there will be plenty of hard work ahead. Additional layers of bricks will be added onto the existing walls and after that, the wooden frame will be placed on top of the bricks to allow the concrete to be poured into it. Once the concrete frame is finished, it will be ready to carry the new roofing. Roof beams and rafters will be set in place to make a new roof structure, which will then be covered with an insulation layer and the final step will be putting up new roof tiles. With this new roofing, all of the auxiliary rooms will be ready for next winter.

However, if the lack of funds prevents us from accomplishing what we have planned, Felix kitties will be facing an extremely uncertain future.  We can try and put a nylon cover under the old roof that is already leaking in multiple places, hoping  that the water won’t continue soaking the ceilings of the  auxiliary rooms, but this patched up roof can’t reasonably be expected to  endure another snow.  The longer we wait, the greater the risk we run that this rotten roofing will collapse in on the cats and everything will fall apart. It’s been said a long time ago that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure…

Please, help us if you possibly can! Felix kitties look pampered and happy, without a care in the world, but their lives will change dramatically if the roof above the rooms they eat and sleep in caves in. Some of them are very old or chronically ill, while others are very young, they have all been through a lot before they arrived here, and now the question is just how many hardships these delicate, brave little creatures can endure in their lifetime. After all of the misery, fear, violence and hopelessness they were forced to experience, they have found their safe haven that gave their lives a completely new dimension.  It would be so unfair to let anything shatter their hope again…

Together, we can make their fairy tale last! Every little bit helps!

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PayPal button is on our blog:


http://novisadcats.blogspot.com/

and our website: 


http://catshelterfelix.com/

Webshop: 


http://www.cafepress.co.uk/catshelterfelix

Dinarske uplate: Felix-Felinolosko drustvo  355-1070729-96

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Previous SAV posts for Cat Shelter Felix:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/serbia-020712-more-news-and-photos-from-danica-at-felix-shelter-can-you-help-with-a-donation-towards-roof-repairs-thank-you/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/serbia-latest-from-felix-cat-shelter-sanctuary-photos-info-and-appeal-to-help-with-new-building-updates-due-to-terrible-winter-can-you-help-please/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/serbia-post-winter-repairs-at-felix-shelter-are-costing-can-you-help-costs-with-a-donation-paypal-link-provided/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/serbia-the-felix-kitties-have-got-a-website-please-visit-and-take-a-look/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/serbia-big-freeze-across-europe-latest-pictures-from-cat-shelter-felix-can-you-help-with-a-donation/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/serbia-please-help-the-kitties-at-felix-shelter-with-a-winter-donation-thank-you/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/serbia-financial-appeal-to-help-the-cats-this-winter-at-felix-shelter/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/serbia-felix-cat-shelter-a-request-for-financial-help-please-can-you-give-a-donation-full-details-below/

Please give a donation if you are able – anything will help, no matter what the size.

Thank You – SAV.

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Serbia / UK: New Facebook Site – ‘Help The Pozega Dogs’.

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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DIRECT DONATIONS LINKS:


http://www.youcaring.com/other/help-us-pay-to-save-20-new-dogs-from-pozega-torture-pound-costs-for-57-saved-so-far/60205

 
http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/help-get-10-more-dogs-out-of-serbian-torture-shelter-15-saved-so-far-/55845

 

VIDEO OF POZEGA:



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Our (SAV) past posts on this particular issue:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/05/12/serbia-pozega-pound-please-sign-the-petition-and-tell-the-ministry-of-agriculture-forestry-and-water-management-to-close-the-facility-down-immediately-and-undertake-the-13-existing-prosecutions/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/05/10/serbia-activists-trying-to-save-dogs-from-the-cruel-and-painful-death-in-nas-dom-pound-in-pozega/

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The latest news from Slavica today (23/05) is that there is very little in the way of positive change.

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We made contact with Lucy here in London yesterday; and Lucy has sent us some great information about the work she is doing for the Pozega dogs. 

Lucy has established a Facebook page called ‘Help the Pozega Dogs’ and the following are all links which we encourage you to view and help with.

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Help Pozega Dogs

Facebook –
https://www.facebook.com/groups/134641413389079/

Recent photos from the shelter:


https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201145559942005.1073741826.1259885246&type=3


https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200937651941292.1073741827.1165592061&type=1

About - This group is created to help volunteers from Belgrade HumAnimal who rescue dogs from the Pozega horror shelter in Serbia. It is estimated over 7000 dogs have already been killed there and it is well known the animals are tortured and literally starved – we are trying to save as many as possible by reserving them vetting them/placing them in private kennels and finding them fosters or adopters.

We will raise funds, build awareness and assist with lobbying the government.

This infamous torture dog pound ironically called “Our Home”:

– is catching dogs from 7 cities in Serbia
– after a few weeks dogs are killed with t61 injenction and no preparation
– or they are strangled or beaten!!!
– dogs are literally starved before they die
– most dogs can no longer walk
– and can barely lift their heads

Pups only couple of months old are curled up on the ground and do not react any more to the human voice.

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VIDEO OF POZEGA:



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It is well known that the shelter supervisor and the veterinarian torture the dogs. There are 20 criminal charges against the management of the pound, but they continue to catch and kill these poor animals.

– it is thought around 300-400 dogs are killed per month.
– Local Authorities pay 100 euros per dog to the pound!
– it means they earn around 400.000 euros for year

**  In the last 2 weeks 57 dogs have been saved by Belgrade group HumAnimal and we are now raising funds for 20 more!!!! (10 more this week/10 next) **

– many of those saved have a serious health problems, due to being saves and sterilisations performed by incompetent veterinarians.
– some are fighting for their lives
– 4 have very sadly died due to having been starved or distemper

PLEASE HELP IN WHATEVER WAY YOU CAN TO STOP THE HORROR!

DONATE to paypal – humanimal.org@gmail.com
or:



http://www.youcaring.com/other/help-us-pay-to-save-20-new-dogs-from-pozega-torture-pound-costs-for-57-saved-so-far/60205

RECENT PHOTOS OF THE ‘SHELTER’:


https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201145559942005.1073741826.1259885246&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200937651941292.1073741827.1165592061&type=1

LIST OF ACTIONS TO TAKE:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151600811030399&set=o.134641413389079&type=1&theater

RECENT ARTICLES:



http://inserbia.info/news/2013/05/serbia-activists-trying-to-save-dogs-from-the-cruel-and-painful-death-in-nas-dom-pound-in-pozega/

HumAnimal has saved over 250 dogs from Pozega so far and also from other kill shelters and or where dogs are being killed but live in horrible conditions as Stara Pazova, Rakovica in Belgrade etc – approx 400 dogs rescued in total.

Over 250 dogs have been adopted in Italy, some in Germany and some in Serbia.

We will not tolerate any profanities or arguing on this site. We are all here to help these poor dogs and will use all our energy and resources solely for that goal.

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DIRECT DONATIONS LINKS:


http://www.youcaring.com/other/help-us-pay-to-save-20-new-dogs-from-pozega-torture-pound-costs-for-57-saved-so-far/60205

 
http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/help-get-10-more-dogs-out-of-serbian-torture-shelter-15-saved-so-far-/55845

THANK YOU !

 

 

 

 

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World: FOOD, FARMING & LIVE EXPORT NEWS Shorts

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

FOOD, FARMING & LIVE EXPORT NEWS

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UK (England) Live Exports from Ramsgate

KAALE (England):  www.kaale.org.uk

Eyes on Animals (NL): 
http://www.eyesonanimals.com/

Read the EoA report on the importance of access to animals during transport by clicking on the following link:

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Access Doors fitted all along the trailer are so very important for providing access to all animals carried (EoA)
 

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Mark (SAV and KAALE) and Lesley’s (Eyes on Animals) tireless work on boxed trailers has born fruit and the Dutch government has told the manufacturers of these trailers that they have to have access side doors so animals can be examined.

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Above – a typical Dutch registered ‘sealed’ box trailer (lacking side access doors) and carrying live animals sails from Ramsgate (V. Cameron KAALE)

The ones already in use could lose their certificates when they come up for renewal. You can read more about this and other issues we are heavily involved in on our website www.kaale.org.uk  KAALE

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The ‘Joline’ at Dover for berthing trials (V. Cameron KAALE)

The Joline sailed from Dover on 2nd May with just ONE transporter of sheep. This vehicle is owned by Onderwater, the owner of the ship, and we feel he was making a point to establish himself at Dover since the Harbour Board passed the ship in berthing tests.  There was a good turn out of protesters, but of course we could always do with more. We understand the Harbour Board will not talk to the RSPCA so at the moment they are being denied access to the port. Probably this is at the suggestion of Animal Health, who hate the RSPCA being there. We are asking everyone to get on to their MP and MEP about the denial of the RSPCA into the port and a letter to David Heath, the farming minister would help . Ruth will be doing a full report as usual which will appear on our website www.kaale.org.uk

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The ‘Joline’ departs Ramsgate with a typical load of animal transporters (J. Jackson KAALE)

Ramsgate Protester cleared of Sec 14 breach

An animal-rights protester has become the second person in 2 months to be cleared of breaching a police order during protests at Ramsgate port.

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Gerard Bane appeared at Margate Magistrates Court charged with “knowingly failing to comply with a condition imposed by a senior police officer under Section 14 of The Public Order Act 1986″ in Nov 2011.  The Sec 14 order means protesters have to stay within a designated area while they are demonstrating.  After a 7-hour trial and a 50-minute deliberation, magistrates cleared Mr Bane of any wrongdoing as evidence that he was actually protesting when he left the area was not beyond reasonable doubt.  A delighted Mr Bane told the Isle of Thanet Gazette: “It is wonderful news. I am happy to be able to return to stop live export protests from Ramsgate port without having my good name smeared.  “I have been overwhelmed by the support at my trial from friends, family, and complete strangers. From tomorrow, it’s business as usual.”  Mr Bane, who represented himself in court, maintained he had left the Sec 14 area to go home, where he had to care for his 7 rescue dogs and 6 rescue cats.  He left the section 14 area to walk away but says he was “pounced on by the police”.  Mr Bane added: “The Sec 14 was discussed and brought in as legislation to help contain during riotous acts. The protests at Ramsgate port are far from riotous. I don’t understand why we have Sec 14 orders in place.  “It is like trying to crack a nut with a sledgehammer. It’s totally unnecessary.  “This is not just a victory for me but for all of the protesters that are standing up for what they believe in. “We can only hope now that Kent Police will see that these Sec 14 orders do not help them in any way and drop them from their remit.”  Asked whether the use of Sec 14 containment orders will now be reviewed a Kent Police spokesman said: “The primary role of Kent Police in this operation has been to facilitate lawful export activity and peaceful protest, to prevent and detect crime and disorder and to ensure the safety of the public, the protesters and the police.”

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Ireland: 

More than 100 people protested outside the Dept of Agriculture in Dublin over the reopening of the live cattle trade to Libya, and vowed to step up their campaign in the coming weeks. Libya banned imports from the EU in 1996 because of the BSE outbreak but recently lifted the ban. The first shipment of almost 3,000 Irish cattle went to the Middle East in February.

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Australia:

Australian cattle exporters said they had suspended live shipments to Egypt after abattoir footage shot by animal rights activists showed “horrific” mistreatment of cows. The Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council, the industry’s representative body, said it had urgently halted shipments to Egypt after Animals Australia presented it with footage showing “vicious, cruel and clumsy” practices.

Animal welfare groups want a permanent ban on live exports to Egypt after rejecting measures aimed at preventing cruelty like that seen in shocking footage of WA cattle. Animals Australia said the risk of cruelty in Egypt was too great to reopen the market, which exporters and producers closed voluntarily last week when the footage from 2 Egyptian abattoirs became available.

The controversial live exports trade is facing further scrutiny with fresh allegations of cruelty, this time concerning Australian goats and cattle in Malaysia. Already reeling from footage of Australian cattle being brutally slaughtered in Egypt, footage has emerged of goats being stuffed into sacks and put in the boot of a sedan in Malaysia.

The Australian Greens claim Australia could revive its struggling cattle industry and improve animal welfare standards by processing meat at home instead of continuing live exports.

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Israel:  Woman stripped and milked

In an amazing piece of street theatre by the 269life movement in Israel, a woman had her baby forcefully taken from her, was stripped of her top and was milked with a milk expressing machine while she cried for her baby.  This moving action is to highlight what happens to dairy cows all the time so that humans can steal their babies’ milk.  Watch it at

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UK:  Badger Cull

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March Against the Badger Cull (by the Government) – 1st June 2013 – LONDON.

Britain’s oldest specialist agricultural journal has condemned government plans to shoot thousands of badgers. The Smallholder magazine, first published in 1910, has accused ministers of poor science and “craven submission to their political paymasters in the agri-lobby.”

A charity dedicated to the conservation and welfare of wildlife around the world is urging organic food companies to refuse to take products from badger-cull farms. According to Care for the Wild International the move could help boost the sector financially, while acknowledging the animal welfare concerns of customers.

A badger battle bus made a stop in Quedgeley yesterday as part of an anti-cull campaign. Campaigners who are against a planned cull of badgers in Gloucestershire, which could start in June, are touring the county. Police officers moved them on from the Tesco Extra store after a store manager complained about their presence. Tour manager Andrew Butler said: “The last cull was postponed but some people think it was stopped altogether so this tour is about reminding people about the Government’s plan to start the cull in the summer.  Jeanne Berry, from Gloucestershire Against Badger Shooting, said: “We’ve not found a single person in favour of the cull.”

Opponents of the badger cull have enlisted the help of members of the squatter and Traveller communities, threatening to occupy farm buildings and set up camps on private land where badgers will be shot. Newly-formed protest group, Squat the Cull, has further escalated tension in the rural areas earmarked for trials of the Government’s cull

A badger flash-mob protested today against a Government-led cull of the animals, outside Defra. 50 ‘badgers’ danced to Queen guitarist Brian May’s own version of the popular YouTube Badgers song, which was inspired by Queen’s hit record Flash.





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Farmers who support badger culling could be banned from trading at a farmers’ market in Gloucestershire under plans to force traders to sign an anti-cull agreement. Stroud Council wants to prevent any farms which that badger culling on their property from trading at the market after councillors agreed they did not support badger culling as a way to tackle bovine TB in the county.  Under the agreement being proposed, traders will also have to confirm that they have not sourced products from farms taking part in the planned cull.

Plans for a project to administer a TB vaccine to badgers in the wild have moved a step closer to being realised after a successful meeting between farmers, vets and a politician in Penwith, Cornwall. St Ives MP Andrew George called the meeting at an undisclosed location in Morvah “successful” and described himself as being “more optimistic” than he thought that the project which could start on a micro-scale as early as this year, would take place.

Cruelty to badgers on the rise

The number of people prosecuted for cruelty to badgers has almost doubled in 5 years, new figures suggest. The data, obtained by Labour MP Diane Abbott, showed 58 people were prosecuted in magistrates’ courts under the Protection of Badgers Act in 2011 – up from 30 in 2007.

Ms Abbott said pro-cull campaigning had given a “green light” to those carrying out crimes such as badger baiting. The government said unlicensed killing of badgers was “unacceptable”. The figures, revealed by Ms Abbott in a parliamentary question, showed that prosecutions for crimes including badger baiting have risen each year since 2007 – with only a minor dip to 48 in 2010 from 50 in 2009. Speaking in Parliament, Ms Abbott said …… “We’ve got to send the message out that this kind of thing is wrong. The laws are clear so we need to talk about why these incidents are increasing,” she said. The Labour MP added she was “concerned that there are gangs of people, sometimes with dogs, who think this is a macho thing to do”. “The problem is that some of campaigning on badger culling has given a green light to this kind attitude to our wildlife.”

Labour has opposed a badger cull, arguing it will cost more money than it saves, put strain on the police and could even spread TB as badgers flee to different parts of the country. Responding to the figures, a spokesman for Defra said: “Any killing of badgers without a licence is illegal and unacceptable. “If anyone has any evidence of that occurring, they are strongly encouraged to report this to local wildlife crime police officers to deal with.” BBC News 14th April

 

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Israel:  Slaughterhouse transparency

As part of their campaign to make “the walls of slaughter houses transparent,” a guerrilla animal rights group in Israel recently scattered the heads of decapitated animals in public places throughout Tel Aviv and surrounding neighbourhoods. Last week police arrested ten 269life activists in connection with these rather visual public protests, which included dying the fountains red and placing the heads around them.

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New Zealand:  Dairy farm neglect

New Zealand’s largest share milking company is on trial in the Rotorua District Court facing hundreds of charges of failing to feed and water a large dairy herd. Dairy farming operation Milk Pride, directors Murray Flett and Ross Cottier, and employees Craig Coote Raymond Griffin collectively face 625 charges. Radio NZ. 7 May

 

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USA:  First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution

Amy Meyer wanted to see the slaughterhouse for herself. She had heard that anyone passing by could view the animals, so she drove to Dale Smith Meatpacking Company in Draper City, Utah, and from the side of the road she could see through the barbed-wire fence. Piles of horns littered the property. Cows struggled with workers who tried to lead them into a building. And one scene in particular made her stop. “A live cow who appeared to be sick or injured being carried away from the building in a tractor, as though she were nothing more than rubble.” As she witnessed this, Meyer did what most of us would in the age of smart phones and YouTube: she recorded. When the slaughterhouse manager came outside and told her to stop, she replied that she was on the public pavement and had the right to film. When police arrived, she said told them the same thing. According to the police report, the manager said she was trespassing and crossed over the barbed-wire fence, but the officer noted “there was no damage to the fence in my observation.” Meyer was allowed to leave. She later found out she was being prosecuted under the state’s new “ag-gag” law. This is the first prosecution in the country under one of these laws, which are designed to silence undercover investigators who expose animal welfare abuses on factory farms. The legislation is a direct response to a series of shocking investigations by groups like the Humane Society, Mercy for Animals, and Compassion Over Killing that have led to plant closures, public outrage, and criminal charges against workers. UPDATE: Just 24 hours after the story broke, and following a massive amount of media coverage, prosecutors dropped all charges! 

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California’s “ag-gag” bill is no more.

Assembly Bill 343 would have forced animal activists to submit video evidence of livestock cruelty within 48 hours or face prosecution. Journalists and activist groups had rallied hard against the proposal, eventually forcing the author, Republican Jim Patterson of Fresno, to withdraw the legislation this week.

What’s in meat products?

We don’t know what is in a quarter of the meat products we buy. It also emerged that the Food Standards Agency was aware of the huge extent of food mislabelling months before the horsemeat scandal was exposed by inspectors in Ireland. DNA testing showed consumers were unwittingly eating food from a wide variety of animals never mentioned on any of the packaging. Sunday Express. 21 April 

Overcrowding on farms around Shanghai was the underlying factor that led to 16,000 dead pigs floating down the Huangpu River into China’s affluent financial centre, according to an analysis of official documents and interviews with farmers in the region.

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Is China ready to go vegetarian?

In cities like Shanghai, poultry markets have closed and most residents still steer well clear of not only chicken but also pork – thanks to the lingering images of 16,000 diseased pig carcasses bopping along the Huangpu river.

Bird flu …. Every cloud…..

The new strain of bird flu in China has brought vegetable dealer Xu Jialiang a commercial opportunity. “Cabbage that was once left to rot has become a hit,” said Xu, adding that he recently sold more than 50 tonnes of cabbage in a single day, double the amount he was selling just 2 months ago.  “People have become more reluctant to eat poultry, so vegetables have become much more popular,” he said.  The Wuhan municipal bureau of commodity pricing said vegetable prices have surged since the end of March.  The first human H7N9 infection was reported in late March. A total of 102 cases have been reported to date, resulting in 20 deaths.  The poultry-raising industry, restaurants that sell poultry and even producers of shuttlecocks, which are made using bird feathers, have been impacted by the virus.  Figures from the China Animal Agriculture Association showed that direct economic losses for broiler chicken breeders have exceeded 3.7 billion ($593m). However, other sectors have been boosted by the virus’s arrival. In addition to vegetable vendors, sellers of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have also profited.

 

The parent company of KFC said sales had fallen in China because of concerns over a new bird flu outbreak. Yum Brands said publicity associated with Avian flu in China has had “significant, negative impact on KFC sales”, without giving figures.

 

Chinese police have arrested 904 people and seized 20,000 tonnes of illegal products since the turn of the year, in an investigation into “meat-related offences” which revealed fox, mink and rat meat all being passed off as mutton.

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has come under fire after an undercover video emerged exposing ‘shocking cruelty’ at a foie gras factory which supplies one of his licensed restaurants. PETA is accusing the star of having double standards after filming thousands of ducks being force-fed through steel tubes. In 2011, Ramsay made a documentary in which he condemned the slaughter of sharks to make shark fin soup. On the Channel 4 film Shark Bait, he described the cruelty of the industry as ‘sick’ and ‘barbaric’ and encouraged viewers not to buy the dish. But PETA have revealed how Hudson Valley Foie Gras appears on the ‘Menu Prestige’ at New York restaurant Gordon Ramsay at The London. The group have released undercover footage from the farm which shows steel tubes being forced down ducks throats to fill them with large amounts of grain three times a day. The Manhattan fine dining venue was sold by Ramsay to the Blackstone Group in 2009, but it continues to operate under the chef’s name and he acts as a consultant. An estimated 15,000 ducks per year die at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras factory before they even make it to slaughter. PETA claim experts probing foie gras production have found that force-feeding causes oesophageal tears and splits, liver rupture and failure, heat stress and aspiration pneumonia. The group has written a letter to Ramsay urging him to take foie gras off the menu.

Animal rights activists hacked the website of Hudson Valley Foie Gras and sent the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of their customers to animal rights groups.  The company has been fined tens of thousands of dollars for violations of the Clean Water Act.  “We temporarily took down their website (www.hudsonvalleyfoiegras.com) and online store, and uncovered name/address/phone number/credit card details for over 1,200 customers who purchased foie gras and duck flesh products between June 2012 and April 2013.  The customer list includes many in California, where the production and sale of foie gras is illegal.  These email addresses were all published online.”

California chef Amar Santana said that now that his name, address, cell phone, and email have been published, he’s going to stop selling foie. “Those people care about animals more than people and they’re getting the support of the government to get away with what they want,” he said. “I’m not serving it anymore because this is getting out of hand.”

A family of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) was photographed clinging to the sole remaining tree in their former forest habitat after the rest of it had been chopped down for a palm oil plantation. The orangutans were all starving by the time they were rescued. They were actually lucky: most orangutans in similar situations have been killed.

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Veteran actress Brigitte Bardot is appealing to the prime minister of Thailand to clamp down on the slaughter of thousands of dogs in illegal abattoirs. The French star, who is an avid animal rights activist, has penned an emotional open letter to Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra urging her to watch YouTube.com video Hell on Earth – Thailand’s Dog Meat Trade in a bid to open her eyes to the brutal operation.

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USA: Bees

Nearly a third of managed honeybee colonies in America died out or disappeared over the winter, an annual survey found. The decline – which was far worse than the winter before – threatens the survival of some bee colonies. The heavy losses of pollinators also threatens the country’s food supply, researchers said.

 

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World: Vivisection News Shorts.

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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USA:  Harvard to shut primate centre

Harvard University announced that it would shut down its primate research centre and move the 2,000 rhesus macaques and cotton-top tamarins to other research facilities throughout the country. Harvard cited “financial uncertainties” as the cause of the shutdown, neglecting to mention that this research facility has been cited for violations of animal welfare by both governmental and private organizations.

The facility was called out last January by the Dept of Agriculture for 5 direct violations, including the deaths of multiple monkeys as well as poor treatment of other monkeys–one cage was too small, others showed signs of psychological distress. Of the deceased monkeys, the one that jumps out is a cotton-top tamarin, a very small New World monkey that was euthanized after it was discovered that its watering system had malfunctioned, leading to severe dehydration.

It is not clear why the facility decided that euthanizing was the best solution to dehydration.  Harvard claims the decision was solely based on economics, and researchers at the facility expressed disappointment that research would have to end. Popsci. 25 April

 

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Following the ban on primate transports imposed by China Eastern Airlines last month, and the subsequent clarification from Hainan Airlines, we can now confirm that China Southern Airlines are the last transporter of primates destined for the research industry from China to the US and Europe.

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GlaxoSmithKline has been accused of paying 3 generic firms to delay the release of cheaper copies of one of its key anti-depressant drugs in a bid to protect one of its best performing products. The Office of Fair Trading has said it had found evidence that the FTSE100 pharmaceutical giant made “substantial payments” to Alpharma, Generics UK and Norton Healthcare.

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The U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis AG on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of millions of dollars in reimbursements based on fraudulent, kickback-tainted claims.

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As many as 2,644 people, called subjects, died during the clinical trials of 475 new drugs on human beings in last 7 years and only 17 of the medicines were approved for marketing in India.

 

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UK:  Horrific expose at Imperial College London

An undercover investigation carried out by the BUAV has exposed appalling suffering and wrong-doing inside one of the UK’s leading universities, Imperial College London, ranked as one of the best in the world. Despite Government and industry claims that the UK has strong regulations in place, the BUAV has uncovered a catalogue of suffering and wrongdoing.

Behind the closed doors of this ‘world-leading’ university, the BUAV investigator discovered a nightmare world for animals used in experiments: animals who suffered even more than was allowed by the experiment because of staff incompetence and neglect; a failure to provide adequate anaesthesia and pain relief; breaches and lack of knowledge of UK Home Office project licences and the shocking way in which animals were killed. The harrowing experiments carried out at Imperial College during the investigation involved the deliberate infliction of major organ damage, surgical mutilation and invasive head surgery to implant cannulas (tubes) so that substances could be directly injected into the brain.

Some animals were forced to run on treadmills to exhaustion to avoid electric shocks, others were restrained while a long tube was forced down their throats and substances injected directly into their stomachs. This investigation has shed new light on the daily reality for animals in laboratories and the ordeal they are forced to endure.

“Thanks to public scrutiny, the UK has some of the highest welfare standards in animal research in the world.” (Principal of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College 22 October 2012)   Their suffering was often severe and could include a high degree of pain, distress, weeping or bleeding head or abdomen wounds, diarrhoea, lethargy or hypothermia. Many animals died during or after the surgery; and others had to be killed because the level of their suffering was so great. In the researcher’s own words: “Because I am doing feeding studies, I want to make sure that I don’t crack their teeth (laughs) …. …sometimes if you tighten it their teeth break and that’s not really useful when you’re doing feeding studies.” – A researcher puts a rat into a device ready for brain surgery.

Often with the radio blasting continuously in the research facility, rats and mice were subjected to a range of distressing and painful experiments and tests, often causing them severe suffering.  Again In their own words: “I culled one because I made a mistake (laughs) I left the clamp in the tummy and I stitched up and I was looking for the clamp – ‘where is it?’ – and I realised – oh my god there’s a clamp in the mouse tummy”   Even those individuals with special responsibilities under the UK legislation to ensure good animal welfare care and practice – the Named Animal Care and Welfare Officers (NACWO) and the Named Veterinary Surgeons (NVS) – failed the animals at Imperial College.

In Oct 2012, 8 out of 20 rats died in one experiment. The researcher said: “A couple I had to kill because their cannula wasn’t in the right place and then we’ve lost 6 so quite a lot.” One researcher even raised concerns about the competence of a colleague: “I think you should keep an eye on XXX because he makes many mistakes.” The researcher in question wrongly blamed a heat box for the death of one rat recovering from surgery and, on another occasion, claimed there was a problem with the anaesthesia when one rat woke up during brain surgery while he was injecting a substance into the brain. Out of 4 rats the researcher carried out surgery on 24th July 2012, one woke up during surgery and one died at the end of the surgery.

On 23rd July, one researcher worked on 2 mice simultaneously. When asked whether she always did it like this, , she replied: “Yeah because otherwise it takes forever.” The surgery involved clamping the blood supply to one of the kidneys of 6 mice. She laughingly reported that she had made a mistake and one mouse had to be killed. She had left a clamp still attached to one kidney and then sewn up the mouse.

One of the disturbing things the BUAV investigation uncovered was the lack of knowledge that researchers had about their project licences, in particular the severity limits and endpoints. Each project licence is graded ‘unclassified,’ ‘mild’, ‘moderate’, or ‘substantial’ depending on the level of pain and suffering inflicted on the animals. Not knowing the severity levels and endpoints is no laughing matter; as a result, animals can be subjected to even more pain and suffering than was permitted by the licence.

The BUAV is calling on the Home Secretary to revoke Imperial College’s Establishment Licence, stopping them from carrying out further animal research, and launch a full and independent inquiry in the concerns raised by the BUAV investigation. The RSPCA too is supporting this call.

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Brilliant Animal Advocate and Former Imperial College student and Queen guitarist Dr Brian May (pictured above) has spoken out against the university and backed our call for an independent inquiry:

“I am shocked and saddened to see these revelations. And ashamed that it could have taken place in the University of my own training, in which I have had so much pride.

I can only fully support the work of BUAV and the RSPCA in conducting a full inquiry. And I hope the result will be that this appalling cruelty will never be allowed to happen again.

Research on animals is an outdated concept – unethical, and unsupportable now that it is known that it yields false results. There is now, in every case, a better alternative.

Experimentation on animals must now come to an end, and I urge Imperial College to use this opportunity to put all cruelty in the past, by eliminating animal experimentation, and thereby set an example to the world.” 

Watch the investigation film and find out more about the investigation:
http://licensedtokill.buav.org
   Sign the petition at:
http://tinyurl.com/c57qb2w

 

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Japan:  No animal test but it still worked

A research team from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine has come under suspicion of treating a heart attack patient with stem cells in a clinical trial in 2004 without animal testing to confirm the safety of the treatment.

The trial was conducted under the direction of Prof Hiroaki Matsubara, who resigned at the end of Feb this year. Matsubara informed the university about the process during a university inquiry into alleged improprieties in research papers.

He stressed that he referenced animal testing with a chronic heart condition. However, the patient in question had an acute condition, which was different. “From the perspective of medical ethics, it’s possible there were serious problems with the process,” the university’s investigation committee stated in a report.

The clinical trial was apparently conducted on Feb. 14, 2004, after passing screening by the university’s ethics committee. Researchers extracted blood vessel-forming stem cells from the blood of a male patient in his 40s who had suffered an acute myocardial infarction, a kind of heart attack. To regenerate blood vessels in the heart, they injected stem cells directly into a coronary artery through a catheter inserted into him from his foot. The same day, the researchers held a news conference stating that they had conducted the first clinical trial of its kind in the world.

They said they had confirmed the effect of the process in advance in experiments with pigs. The patient is said to have been released from hospital about 2 weeks later. According to a paper published in Japanese Circulation Society’s journal in 2007, clinical tests were performed on a total of 18 people. It concluded that the process was effective and that no problems occurred.

 

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Australia:  Baboons killed in pointless research

Animal activists say the “pointless” killing of 8 baboons used in a Sydney study highlights the need to end animal experimentation.

In the study, reported in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, surgeons from Royal North Shore Hospital cut the shoulder tendons of the baboons and then undertook tendon-to-bone repair of the rotator cuff of each animal to study healing rates.

The ageing female baboons were killed in the course of the research, which was approved by the University of NSW Ethics Committee and the Central Sydney Area Health Service Animal Welfare Committee.

Humane Research Australia’s CEO Helen Marston said the study, published in 2010, highlighted the plight of lab animals during Global World Week for Animals in Laboratories. The baboons had died in a “pointless and cruel surgery experiment”, she said. “The final conclusion was a recommendation that excessive tension on the repair site should be avoided for at least 12 weeks, hardly a new revelation, and one that is already well known and documented by orthopaedic surgeons around the world,” Ms Marston said. World News Australia. 23 April

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Russia:  Animals launched into orbit

An unusual crew of 45 mice, 8 Mongolian gerbils, 15 geckos and a few other species of animals were launched into orbit aboard the Russian Bion-M1 space capsule to undergo a month-long experiment to study the effect of space travel on them.

A Russian Soyuz rocket took off from Kazakhstan with the animals on board.

The scientists are confident the animals will return to Earth alive. 

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Serbia: Sometimes, Dreams DO Come True !

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Under the section / Tab -  ‘Shelters’ at the top of our site, we recently provided a Care2 link regarding Sasha, the Serbian man who has been rescuing stray dogs for years, and who very recently was in dire straits in helping them all; simply feeding them for a start.

Our article (which you can still see under ‘Shelters’ stated:

Subject: This Man is Running Out of Food to Feed 400 Rescued Dogs

Link: 


http://www.care2.com/causes/this-man-is-running-out-of-food-to-feed-400-rescued-dogs.html

Written by Jovana Ivastanin

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Sasha Pejčić is a rare kind of man who has been rescuing dogs in Nis, Serbia for years.

His animal shelter is absolutely breathtaking.   The dogs all follow Sasha around and it’s amazing to watch their interaction with each other. They all eat together peacefully, play, run and sleep together.

Most of the dogs have been taken off of the streets and nursed back to health (as well as spayed and neutered) and now live in a large pack in a disused riding school. At night they sleep in stables in groups of about 15.

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However, Sasha is now facing a major crisis over how to feed these dogs.

The Austrian organization that was supporting him is no longer able to cope with all the financial needs and the dogs did not eat for two days recently. Sasha has now run out of food totally. His four workers who help with the feeding and cleaning have not been paid since the New Year and the rent hasn’t been paid for four months.

Well now (16/05) we have some brilliant news !

Have you heard the news?

Thanks to the amazing Harmony Fund supporters across the planet, 400 dogs living at this cage-free oasis in Serbia are now safe.

Last month, they couldn’t eat for two days due to a financial crisis that gripped the shelter, but with your donations, we sent the first $10,500 this week and another $12,000 will go over to Serbia in June. After that, we’ll be helping on an ongoing basis with a couple thousand dollars a month for the long term to buy food, veterinary care, electricity and worker’s wages to make sure that the dogs here never go hungry again.

The shelter’s founder Sasha does not speak any English, so the news was given to him by translator. It’s heartwarming to see this stoic man who has become so accustomed to suffering try to hold back his emotion as he receives word that the dogs will not go without food ever again.

At the very end of this video clip, Sasha has just a few simple words to express how he feels.

You can watch it here   

Be sure to stay in touch with us at www.HarmonyFund.org

Bless you all for making this dream come true – and also thanks to all from SAV.

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Serbia: Pozega Pound – Please Sign the Petition and Tell the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management To Close the Facility Down – Immediately and Undertake the 13 Existing Prosecutions Against Workers of the Pound.

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Re our very recent post on the dog pound at Pozega:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/05/10/serbia-activists-trying-to-save-dogs-from-the-cruel-and-painful-death-in-nas-dom-pound-in-pozega/

There is now a petition which can be viewed and signed via the following link:


http://www.change.org/petitions/local-and-state-authorities-in-serbia-as-well-as-the-european-union-shut-down-the-horror-dog-shelter-in-pozega-serbia

Petition wording:

The infamous dog pound, ironically called “Our Home” in city Pozega in Serbia is catching dogs from 7 cities in Serbia. After a few weeks in the shelter dogs are being killed with t61 injection with no proper sedatives or preparation.
Dogs in this shelter are beaten and literally starved before they die. Most dogs can no longer walk and can barely lift their heads. Pups only couple of months old are curled up on the ground and do not react any more to the human voice.

Due to a sterilisation performed by incompetent veterinarians dogs die infection. Instead of surgical thread, rope is used to saw sterilisation wounds.

It is well known that the shelter supervisor and the veterinarian torture the dogs. There are currently 13 charges against the management of the pound, but they continue to catch and kill these poor animals.

- It is thought that around 70-90 dogs are killed every week!!!
- Local Authorities pay 100 euros for each dog to the pound!

This means the shelter earns around 400.000 euros per year.
- The pound charges volunteers 28 Euros per dog to get them out of the horror shelter

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TO HELP US SHUT DOWN THIS CORRUPT SHELTER FOREVER AND TO CHARGE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HORROR.

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Please crosspost this petition and get as many people to sign as you can.

If you are an EU citizen then please go to out ‘EU Links’ tab at the top of the page and use the links provided to provide this information to your national MEPs.

Explain that you are very concerned about the killing of dogs at this (Pozega) pound and that you wish all EU funding to be stopped that supports the abuses at this shelter.

At a meeting on 17th April in Belgrade we were unofficially informed via Milos Skalicki of the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, that the Serbian authorities were going to call for ‘better implementation of animal welfare laws’.

If the pound at Pozega is not somewhere where the Ministry should be acting immediately, then we don’t know what is !

You can see the Ministry response to the meeting below:

Response from the Ministry of Agriculture to letter DO NOT CHANGE ANIMAL WELFARE LAW IN SERBIA

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On 04/09/2013 you sent an e-mail to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in which you expressed the view that the Conference about the welfare of abandoned animals, organized by TAIEX and Veterinary management on 17.04.2013, should not be held because it is an attempt to make changes to the Animal Welfare Law, relating to the ban of killing animals.

We inform you that the Conference on this issue is of great importance and it is opportunity to meet Directors of Veterinary management from this region, representatives of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), representatives of the European Commission and the RSPCA – all to talk about the problem of abandoned animals. The aim of this Conference was to share experiences of countries in the region related to the problem of stray animals, control of their population, the role and responsibilities of government agencies and non-governmental organizations.

The allegations from some animal welfare organizations are incorrect – who are calling for protest rallies and petitions against the Serbian authorities, NGO organizations and speakers at this Conference – because, as stated above, this Conference hasn’t been organized as “attempt” to make changes in the existing Animal Welfare Law, but rather for better implementation of same.

Veterinary management has good cooperation with many well-meaning animal welfare associations and non-governmental organizations, of which some actively participate and provide help to us in achieving our mutual goal of animal welfare.

Sincerely
Milos Skalicki
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Belgrade, Nemanjina Street 22-26
Phone +381 11 3622-101
www.minpolj.gov.rs

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Letters from supporters asking that Pozega pound be immediately closed down can be sent to the following:

zoran.micovic@minpolj.gov.rs; s.celebicanin@minpolj.gov.rs; mfa@mfa.rs; kancelarijan@narodnakancelarija.rs; predsednikvladesrbije@srbija.gov.rs; kabinet.zpv@srbija.gov.rs; office@poverenik.org.rs; predsednikvladesrbije@gov.rs; kabinet.zpv@gov.rs; potpredsednik.prr@gov.rs; kabinet.zpv@gov.rs; potpredsednik.prr@gov.rs; predsednik@pozega.org.rs

Thank you – SAV.

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England (UK): “Rock With The Foxes” Date Announced – Saturday 20th July 2013. In Aid of ‘The Fox Project’.

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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For UK campaigners.

ROCK WITH THE FOXES

Date -Saturday 20th July 2013.

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Please support Frankie and Bill – event in aid of ‘The Fox Project’:

The Fox Project


http://www.foxproject.org.uk/


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The Fox Project is a registered charity dedicated to the Red Fox.

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Serbia: Activists Trying To Save Dogs From The Cruel And Painful Death In “Nas Dom” Pound In Pozega.

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Serbia: Activists Trying To Save Dogs From The Cruel And Painful Death In “Nas Dom” Pound In Pozega

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Warning: The text contains disturbing images and video.


http://inserbia.info/news/2013/05/serbia-activists-trying-to-save-dogs-from-the-cruel-and-painful-death-in-nas-dom-pound-in-pozega/

All Photos: nadlanu.com

POZEGA – PUC “Nas Dom’ (Our House) in Pozega, few people can call asylum for dogs, but majority calls it concentration camp, reports “Na Dlanu”.

The asylum represents horrible image of brutality toward animals which is not rare in Serbia.

This concentration camp for dogs in PUC “Nas Dom” in Pozega, as activists call this place since the scandal of the brutal treatment toward dogs was discovered, has started working in march 2008.

It was founded by two cities – Uzice and Cacak and seven more municipalities who gravitate towards Pozega, and capacity is about 200 seats.

“Estimations are that from the beginning until today, more than 7,500 dogs were killed. Dogs were tortured, killed with blunt objects, corpses were buried just off the coast Djetinje. Now the corpses are sent to Cuprija and are burned there”, said Dusica and Dragana, activists who are desperately trying to save these unfortunate animals via Facebook.

Company “Napredak” from Cuprija has won the tender for destroying the waste from PUC “Nas Dom” in Pozega. The dogs that are contained in the pound are left to starve to death, and if they don’t die they are killed with injections without anesthesia  and in the first years with injections of liquid detergent.

“Among the numerous criminal charges against this pound is also criminal charge made by their former employee who testified about sadistic killing of dogs – a female dog with puppies – they killed all the puppies in front of her eyes, then at the end they killed her,” say activists who are trying to save these dogs.

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Above – One of the employees pulls the dog like a bag     Photo: nadlanu.com

At least 15 criminal charges have been filed against the pound and those responsible, but until today nobody has taken any action against them. The charges were filed to the Ministry of agriculture, The Veterinary against republic veterinary inspector, mrs. Micovic, for refusing to react on multiple charges made against the pound. “Otherwise, Mrs. Micovic and vet Bozovic are wedding best men,” reveal activists the connections between the responsible persons.

Conditions in the cages and boxes are dramatically bad. There is no water or food. Small dogs are not separated from big ones, so the slaughter of the animals is common. Also, dogs mate in cages. Pound does not meet the standard rules on keeping the dogs in asylum and pension of Republic of Serbia which was adopted in February 2012.

“Eywitnesses testify that employees are beating the dogs with sticks. The dogs that we manage to rescue are traumatized, they are afraid of the approach by humans and they have scars from beating,” continue their story activists.

As activists, who are trying to get public attention on this tragic situation, further state, it is not known how much money the pound receives from local governments of the seven cities it covers.

“It is known that Municipality Uzice pays RSD 11,000 (EUR 100) by the trapped dog. The municipality also pays sterilisation of the dogs. Nonetheless, the administration of the pound seeks from fosters or volunteers who take the dogs money for sterilisation. The administration does not want to agree that the dogs are sterilized in other veterinary clinics, and they send the confirmation about the sterilisation after,” activists said and added that these interventions are performed extremely unprofessional and that dogs’ lives are in danger of sepsis, as well as cuts are sewed by ordinary string.

Volunteer Svetlana Bozunovic- Lalic has wrote the following from the spot, calling the people who love dogs to join in the rescue:

“Saving dogs from death camp in Pozega can in short be described as pure demonstration of force and evil.

Irena, from the Assiciation “Kosutnjak” was scheduled to come to Pozega to take the dogs she reserved and paid for at the crack of the dawn. I was scheduled to come at 10 AM. The first news I received was that Irena got three dogs in their own choice, but not the ones she reserved week before and paid for. On the entrance to the pound they have set the table and few chairs, dogs for takeover were put in carriers, the table and chairs were turned to look at the grid to the street.

Everyone except the director Svetlana wore white coats, and few puppies were released. I entered and first thing that I was told was that there is suspicion of rabies and that we are not allowed to access the dogs, and that even the takeover is against the law and that they should do that! I took 12 dogs, but all the dogs I asked for, nobody had the anwer. They only told me that the skinny dog has died. At that moment Andrijana Kozic and few other girls arrived.

They, of course, did not let Andrijana inside. Instead of her, a girl named Ruza has taken 4 dogs. From that moment the complete madness began. Few of us who came for the dogs were standing like orphans at the gate of the pound and begged them to give us the dogs we already reserved and paid for. The fleecers picked up and fled to their offices  hid from us and called the police. Four local policemen came, greeted with fleecers and kept us for two hours outside.

We voluntarily gave them our identity cards. Talking to the policemen we found out that one of these men numerous times called the fleecers to pick up a pack of dogs that was attacking his chickens. We suggested him to feed the dogs and that we will help him with this. We also suggested to split the pack in several locations, so they wouldn’t be strongly clustered and aggressive  we offered help in food. I personally asked the policemen to provide me with the paper – document where it says that there has been official warning on the occurrence of rabies, because I did not get one in the pound. He told me it was not his job. In all that time, fleecers left one by one.

The first one to leave was senior Bozic. By his own words – he is an awkward combination of Erc and something else, a self-proclaimed God. Then left Svetlana, and then all others except for one guard. Mr. Rade Radunovic has called republic inspector with appeal to come and previously call the pound and tell them to give us the dogs we asked for.

Of course, criminals knew when to leave the object – every arrival of an inspector after they leave is completely meaningless. After about 3 hours of standing with the hope that we could at least get one more life out of there, we had to go. It was 30 degrees, dogs were in the carriers in the van…”

The Association for the Care of Animals “BETA” from Zajecar, has filed criminal complaint against the officials in PUC “Nas Dom” from Pozega, where, in a period of a year, were killed about 438 dogs, sterilisation without anesthesia and adequate surgical materials was performed, and often the “residents” of this pound were hungry for several days, according to website Zivotinje.rs.

InSerbia News tried to contact the officials in the PUC “Nas Dom” in Pozega, so we could hear their side of the story, however, nobody answered the calls.

 

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Romania: More On Flavius Barbulescu and His Henchmen / The City Officials Protecting Him – PleaseTake Actions and Join Facebook Page for Romanian Animals.

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Our previous post on this issue:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/01/10/romania-exposed-the-mass-dog-catcher-and-killer-from-brasov-romania-contact-your-meps-and-ask-them-to-take-action-now/

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Flavius Barbulescu – the MONSTER and HIS GANG – Brasov, Romania – please send the letter

by Romania – The land of Death for animals (Notes) on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6:05pm

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Flavius Barbulescu is the most notorious DOG KILLER Romanian has ever produced.
He lives in BRASOV – Brasov County Romania and….takes pride in having killed tens of thousands of dogs with the BLESSING, the APPROVAL and the PROTECTION of Romanian officials 
Flavius Barbulescu has made a living from KILLING STRAY DOGS….with his team of dog killers ( or dog catchers….in Romania is it almost the same thing….)

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Many notes and articles have been written about him on the internet….YET he LIVES HAPPILY  and much more than COMFORTABLY , from KILLING DOGS, protected by the Mayor of Brasov, by the Police of Brasov and even by the COURTS in Brasov, because  Barbulescu Flavius has 8 legal complains filed against him and tens of other reports, at the DSVSA, ANSVSA and Police….YET NOBODY TOUCHES HIM and his ” men”

There is a very detailed article about him on this site – and be prepared to read HORRORS – condoned by the authorities in Brasov county….and a HUGE THANK YOU to this great site which is a very LOUD VOICE for animals in South Eastern Europe…


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/01/10/romania-exposed-the-mass-dog-catcher-and-killer-from-brasov-romania-contact-your-meps-and-ask-them-to-take-action-now/


More reading about the DOG EXTERMINATOR and his BUDDIES in these links….
THIS HORROR GOES ON AND ON AND ON FOR YEARS…because THIS EVIL is protected by people in high places….because THE POLICE SIDES with the MONSTERS, because the prosecutors and the justice SIDES with the MONSTERS…because THEY, the elected officials on that county, as well as many other counties in Romania DECIDED TO KILL…..KILL…..KILL……dogs FOR EVER….so these EVIL people, and PROTAN, make BIG MONEY, 

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The laws in force are broken by the very people who are supposed to make sure that they are applied, that CRIMINALS ARE PUNISHED, that NOBODY is above the law….

This is WHY people MUST take Romania OUT of any list for tourist destinations….THEY SLAUGHTER ANIMALS , illegally, they protect the criminals, they collaborate with CRIMINALS….
Take a look and SEE the “people” who work ( kill ) for FLAVIUS BARBULESCU and who protect him….


http://animatime.ro/2013/
02/what-is-hidden-behind-the-pad-fote-eyowf-of-flavius-barbulescu/

http://chatte-gossips.blogspot.ca/2011/04/stray-dog-business-in-romania-by-codrut.html

Well…well….guess what….he is The President of the newly created “direction=agency” DMPA which is formed by 9 towns surrounding the city of Brasov. DMPA would mean in English the ” Association for the Monitoring and PROTECTION of ANIMALS….wow…These town halls ( Codlea, Sacele, Rasnov, Predeal,Sanpetru, Halchiu, Harman, GHimbav, Cristian and Bran ) receive from the Government a certain amount of money, every year, to manage the stray dogs population in their towns …Actually, around 50,000 Euro per town…and what do they do ? they contracted the services of SGPA Brasov ( The Service for the Management of Animals ) to catch and take to shelters in Brasov – STUPINI and RASNOV – the dogs….GUESS WHO is the boss of SGPA ????????? Yes, the same FLAVIUS BARBULESCU….So…money from the budget goes to the company led by Barbulescu, who kills 99,99 of all dogs they pick up from the streets in Brasov and those other 9 towns….

TO : 

victorponta2.0@gmail.com,drp@gov.ro,  info@mdrap.ro, PetitiiMFP@mfinante.gov.ro ,

petitii@mai.gov.ro, relatiipublice@just.ro, contact.minister@fonduri-ue.ro, 

dumitru.parvu@politiaromana.ro, office@ansvsa.ro,  amr@amr.ro,

florentin.robescu@politiaromana.ro,   pt_brasov@mpublic.ro,  pca_brasov@mpublic.ro, pj_brasov@mpublic.ro,  cabinet@bv.politiaromana.ro,  liviu.naghi@bv.politiaromana.ro, cabinet.prefect@prefecturabrasov.ro,

cabinet.subprefect@prefecturabrasov.ro, sesizare@mpublic.ro

CC :  

 primar@primaria-predeal.ro, viceprimar@primaria-predeal.ro,

contact@primaria-codlea.ro,   primaria@municipiulsacele.ro,

primariagh@artelecom.net,

secretar@uatcristian.ro ,george.scripcaru@brasovcity.ro, razvan.popa@brasovcity.ro, adraian.atomei@brasovcity.ro,

uat_comuna_halchiu@yahoo.com ,

contact@primaria-harman.ro,

officeprimariabran@yahoo.com,

 primariabod@yahoo.com,

redactie@hotnews.ro, martorocular@realitatea.net, contact@evenimentul.ro, reporter@corect.com, redactia@romanialibera.ro, mimpiarr@gmail.com,

BCC: marin.almajanu@cdep.ro,  laurentiu.nistor@cdep.ro, marcelciolacu@clicknet.ro, hubert.thuma@cdep.ro, pitumas@yahoo.ro,

boboc.valentin@cdep.ro, boboc.valentin@cdep.ro, simona.bucuraoprescu@cdep.ro,ion.calin@cdep.ro, eugen.chebac@cdep.ro, cezar.cioata@cdep.ro, florin.ciurariu@cdep.ro, victor.dobre@cdep.ro, dragnea.liviu@gmail.com, floringheorghe@cdep.ro, 
vasile.horga@cdep.ro, victor.manea@cdep.ro, marocico.ion@cdep.ro, carmen.moldovan@cdep.ro, ioan.oltean@cdep.ro, ionel.palar@cdep.ro, rovana.plumb@cdep.ro, neculai.ratoi@cdep.ro,razvan.rotaru@cdep.ro, dan.simedru@cdep.ro, simionescu33@yahoo.com,
raluca.surdu@cdep.ro, urcanflorin@cdep.ro, aurel.vladoiu@cdep.ro, 
bogdan.ciuca@cdep.ro, steluta.cataniciu@cdep.ro, ciprian.nica@cdep.ro, gabriel.andronache@cdep.ro, theodor.nicolescu@cdep.ro,
avocatadam@gmail.com, daniel.barbulescu@cdep.ro, george.becali@cdep.ro, ioan.cupsa@cdep.ro, bogdan.diaconu@cdep.ro,daniel.fenechiu@cdep.ro, danielflorea72@yahoo.com, daniel.geanta@cdep.ro, alina.gorghiu@cdep.ro, m.grosaru@cdep.ro,
ibram.iusein@cdep.ro, manolache.marius@cdep.ro, mateandras@cdep.ro, bogdan.mihailescu@cdep.ro, niculina.mocioi@cdep.ro,
neculacosmin@gmail.com, enicolicea@cdep.ro, victor.roman@cdep.ro, valeriaschelean@yahoo.com, sorin.stragea@cdep.ro, vasile.varga@cdep.ro, colaboratori@ziare.com 


Please add the email of the Romanian Embassy in your country, from this link

http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/romania

SUBJECT :  Romania STOP the MASSACRES of STRAY DOGS committed by FLAVIUS BARBULESCU from Brasov .
 Romania opreste masacrele cainilor fara stapan comise de FLAVIUS BARBULESCU din Brasov.

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** SAMPLE LETTER to copy and send **

Use the above e mail addresses to send your letter.

Distinguished Romanian Officials,
Distinguished members of the Romanian Media

We, citizens of the world are HORRIFIED by the MASSACRES of stray dogs committed by FLAVIUS BARBULESCU from Brascov, Romania, and his team of dog catchers, veterinarian and all his employees, under the protection of Brasov County official, the Police included.
Noi, cetatenii din lumea intreaga suntem oripilati de MASACRELE cainilor fara stapan comise de FLAVIUS BARBULESCU din Brasov , impreuna cu angajatii sai, sub protectia autoritatilor din Judetul Brasov, care includ si Politia.

Based on the information included in the following links
Pe baza informatiilor de mai jos

http://animatime.ro/2011/06/barbulescu-flavius-portret-de-hingher/


http://animatime.ro/2013/02/cine-se-ascunde-sub-fote-le-hingherului-barbulescu-flavius/


http://animatime.ro/2013/04/in-amintirea-unui-prieten-ucis-de-hingherii-lui-barbulescu-flavius/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/01/10/romania-exposed-the-mass-dog-catcher-and-killer-from-brasov-romania-contact-your-meps-and-ask-them-to-take-action-now/

( in the link above there are a lot of information about the BLOODY activity of Flavius Barbulescu’s dog catchers, and a lot of videos
In link-ul de mai sus sunt foarte multe informatii referitoare la activitatea sangeroasa a hingherilor lui Flavius Barbulescu, si foarte multe video-uri ) 

http://www.occupyforanimals.org/romania–organized-crime–stray-dog-business.html


http://www.libertatea.ro/detalii/articol/adapost-canini-stupini-orori-391490.html


http://brasov100la100.ro/noua-localitati-din-zona-metropolitana-au-constituit-directia-pentru-monitorizarea-si-protectia-animalelor


http://www.vrajitorul.eu/firma/28631524/directia-pentru-monitorizarea-si-protectia-animalelor


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Romania-The-land-of-Death-for-animals/204542339556844?fref=ts


http://www.causes.com/causes/522056-stop-the-massacre-of-animals-in-romania

we ask that you open a very detailed investigation into the activity ( and the finances ) of
va cerem de deschideti o ancheta minutioasa in activitatea si finantele

-DMPA Brasov – Directia pentru Monitorizarea si Protectia Animalelor
-Flavius Dumitru Barbulescu – Brasov
-SGPA Brasov
-Adapostul de caini de la Stupini
-Adapostul de caini de la Rasnov

We ask that Flavius Barbulescu and his accomplices ( in all his activities , including the Mayors and Deputy Mayors from Brasov, Codlea, Sacele, Rasnov, Predeal, Sanpetru, Halchiu, Harman, GHimbav, Cristian and Bran ) be brought to justice and punished for their horrible actions.
Cerem ca Flavius Barbulescu si complicii lui ( in toate actiunile sale, inclusiv primarii si vice-primarii din Brasov, Codlea, Sacele, Rasnov, Predeal, Sanpetru, Halchiu, Harman, Ghimbav, Cristian si Bran ) se fie deferiti justitiei si sa fie pedepsiti pentru actiunile lor.

We are shocked by this barbarism and we will think twice before deciding to visit Romania.
Suntem socati de acest barbarism si  ne von gandi de doua ori, inainte de a hotara sa vizitam Romania.

Any more massacres will not be tolerated. It has to stop. Now.
Continuarea masacrelor nu va mai fi tolerata. Ele trebuie sa se termine. Acum

Sincerely,
Multumesc pentru atentie

( your name and country )

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Australia / Egypt: What the Australian Gutless Government Dont Want You To See – Very Disturbing Video and Full Australian and Egyptian Embassy Links Provided.

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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** WARNING – ABSOLUTE ANIMAL ABUSE AND SUFFERING **

The video link on the ‘egypt’ below shows extreme animal cruelty and suffering – be warned. 

Some of the most disgusting footage ever – it shows Australian cattle walking around even after they have had their throats cut and their heads are half hanging off – BE WARNED – Disturbing !!

This is the cruelty that Julia Gillard the Australian PM, and her other gutless cohorts in parliament support.  This is what happens to Australian animals which are exported overseas on journeys lasting many weeks.

This is the most disgusting footage from an Egyptian slaughterhouse, supported by a most disgusting Australian Prime Minister and government.

Please click on the links and take action today.

Even non Australians can easily send a message to this  disgusting live export government.

How to send a message to the Australian government, even IF YOU ARE NON AUSTRALIAN.

Click on the following link:


http://www.banliveexport.com/egypt

Under ‘Take Action’ – ‘Find my MP’ – if YOU ARE NON AUSTRALIAN, then use the drop down in ‘Fine my MP’ – ‘State’ and select the last drop down entry – ‘Non Austrailan’.


http://www.animalsaustralia.org/


http://www.banliveexport.com/egypt

Dear Mark,

Just over a month ago my heart sank as I opened an email from a brave Egyptian veterinarian. He was seeking our help after witnessing horrendous abuses of Australian cattle in Egypt.

He described terrified animals having their eyes stabbed, tendons slashed, throats brutally cut open and being butchered alive. Their ordeal was exposed nationally tonight on ABC’s 7.30 program.

It was the worst kind of déjà vu. I had been to Egypt before, in 2006, and he could just as easily have been describing the same horrors that shut down the trade with Egypt then.

I immediately travelled to Egypt with a co-investigator to speak to Dr Abdelwahab and to gather further evidence.

The problem was much bigger than initially thought. The cruelty witnessed was systemic. Australia’s live export industry had purpose-built two supposed ‘state of the art’ abattoirs that were being used to abuse and brutally slaughter Australian animals. Once again — the live export trade has been exposed for knowingly supplying animals to extreme cruelty.

I have no doubt that if these animals could speak, they would be asking: Why? Why should any animal be stabbed in the eye — for the mistakes of the live export industry? Why has this industry decided that it is acceptable for exported animals to have their throats cut while fully conscious? And why, when countless animals have suffered these same abuses in Egypt in the past, are we seeing history repeat itself in 2013?

They will never be able to ask these questions. But you will. Click here to add your voice to the hundreds of thousands of caring people who are speaking out on their behalf. In an election year, even politicians who won’t be swayed by the plight of animals, will be swayed by your vote.

Mark, I understand how upsetting images of animal abuse can be. I don’t want to shock you, and I do know you care. So if you click here, you can send an instant message right now — without needing to see any graphic images if you choose not to.

Please accept my most sincere thanks for helping to tell these animals’ stories — and save others from suffering.

P.S. As you read this, live exporters are making moves to send animals back into these same brutal abattoirs. We cannot let this happen. Please join me and take urgent action today and help end the cruelty of live export, forever.

Terrified animals making desperate efforts to escape after having their throats cut open; others with eyes stabbed; leg tendons slashed; and being butchered while still alive… This is the nightmare endured by animals who were exported live from Australia to Egypt. If it weren’t for the brave actions of one Egyptian vet who alerted Animals Australia, this cruelty may have gone completely unchallenged.

Tragically this systemic abuse occurred under the close watch of Australia’s live export industry — inside the ‘closed-loop’ facilities of Sokhna and Ismailia. These two locations represent the entire Egyptian live export supply chain and has been lauded by industry as ‘state of the art’. But when Animals Australia revealed that we had obtained footage from inside these facilities, the industry immediately and loudly announced a temporary trade suspension. Yet just days later, live exporters are already making moves to re-open the live export trade to Egypt — and send more animals to be killed in these same abattoirs. We cannot let this happen.

Animals shouldn’t have to pay the price for the fact that the live export trade cannot be trusted to protect them from extreme cruelty. Please take urgent action to demand that animals never again be sent to these cruel destinations, and tell our political leaders to end the cruelty of live export, forever.

You can copy the following and send to all your contacts by e mail if you wish:

I’ve just added my name to this online campaign to fight animal cruelty. Please join me:
http://www.banliveexport.com/take_action/egypt-live-export-investigation/”>
http://www.banliveexport.com/take_action/egypt-live-export-investigation/

 

For a list of Egyptian and Australian embassies, should you wish to contact them and complain, then please use the following links:

Australia:  
http://www.allembassies.com/australian_embassies.htm

 
http://www.learn4good.com/travel/australia_embassies.htm

 

Egypt: 
http://www.touregypt.net/usconsulates.htm


http://eg.embassyinformation.com/

 

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EU: ‘STOP VIVISECTION’ – Please Visit the Site and Take Part in the Campaign.

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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STOP VIVISECTION


http://www.stopvivisection.eu/en/content/what-stop-vivisection


http://www.stopvivisection.eu/en


http://www.stopvivisection.eu/en/content/citizens-committee


http://www.stopvivisection.eu/en/content/get-moving


http://www.stopvivisection.eu/en/content/faq

What is STOP VIVISECTION

Article 13 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union states “the Union and the Member States shall, since animals are sentient beings, pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals”. The official acknowledgement, referred to therein, carries over the moral obligation to respect the fundamental rights of animals: the protection of those rights must be recognized as a European Union priority and must be guaranteed through the medium of a coherent legal framework at European level. Imposing pain and suffering to sentient and defenceless beings, animal experimentation – or vivisection – is, without a shadow of a doubt, to be considered as an intolerable practice.

Ethical reasons – shared, inter alia, by 86% of European citizens, as indicated in a 2006 Eurobarometer survey – are supported by scientists, claiming a lack of scientific validity in using “animal models” for assessing human health issues; indeed, any statistics prove the efficiency and the reliability of the model referred to therein.
Animal experimentation can therefore be considered as:

a danger for human health and the environment;

a brake on development of new methods in biomedical research, based on the most recent scientific achievements;

an obstacle to tap into much more reliable, exhaustive, cheaper and faster responses, provided by new technologies expressly conceived for humans.

In consideration of the above premises, we, the undersigned European citizens, urge the European Commission to abrogate the directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
We therefore call upon the European Commission to present a new proposal geared to doing away with animal experimentation, by the compulsory use – in biomedical and toxicological research – of data specifically conceived for humans and not for animals.

Why STOP VIVISECTION

The initiative STOP VIVISECTION was born following vibrant and numerous European citizens’ protests against the approval of Directive 2010/63/EU (said on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes). Such a directive did not trigger the abolition of animal experimentation as set forth in the European Treaties, whereby European Union policies must take into account animals’ needs and wellness, as sentient beings. Additionally, animal experimentation constitutes a serious danger for human health as animal testing do not have any predictive values for human being and impede development of new methods in biomedical research.

Learn more:

What is animal testing: questions and answers

JUST SAY NO: 66 articles that make Directive 2010/63/EU morally, scientifically and politically unacceptable

STOP VIVISECTION in progress

From 1st April 2012, thanks to Citizens’ Initiative, European citizens – with 1 million signatures – can take part in legislative decision making process of the European Union.
By the means of such a new instrument, the European Commission is compelled to analyse citizens’ requests within three months after the deposit of the signatures. The European Commission is therefore in charge to organise a public hearing of the steering committee and subsequently release a communication, explaining how it intends to act.

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Serbia: Petition for 17th April Meeting Now Closed and Delivered to the (Serbian) Government. We Now Await A Formal Response.

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Regarding our petition which was specifically created for the one day meeting in Belgrade on 17th April; we can confirm that today (2nd May), we have now officially closed the petition. 

It is no longer open for signatures.

Original links:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/04/07/new-petition-for-serbian-stray-animals-please-sign-now-and-do-not-let-the-government-return-from-no-kill-to-a-kill-policy-by-law/


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/04/14/serbian-petition-can-you-get-us-to-3000-signatures-before-the-17th-april/

It can be confirmed that the petition has now (02/05/13) been delivered to the persons named on the petition – ie. the Serbian government.

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We now wait to see if any formal response to the petition is supplied by the government.  This will be sent to us via ‘avaaz’ – the organisation which we created the petition through.

The petition was closed with 3,293 signatures.

We wish to thank everyone who signed the petition and who made it such a success that it was in such a very short period of time.

Now we wait and hope for a formal written response from the Serbian government on this issue to explain to us fully what will happen as a result of the meeting of 17/04..

If we do get a reply from the government, this will immediately be published on this site.

You can see a full listing of all the persons who signed the petition, along with their nationalities, by clicking on the following link:

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It has been a very global petition and we trust that the Serbian government will take note of the global feeling from you all about stray animal welfare in Serbia.  We hope that this will be reflected in their response to us.

Thanks again and regards;

SAV.

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UK: ‘Doctors say drugs ‘profiteering’ threatens lives.

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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‘Doctors say drugs ‘profiteering’ threatens lives.

A very interesting article from ‘i’, one of the UK daily national papers.

Reproduced as published in the newspaper.    29th April 2013.

‘Nice’ is the National institute for clinical excellence’ – the UK (government) authority which has to approve all medication before it is allowed to be given to patients.

Who says big ‘Pharma’ are having it hard ?

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Twitching In Agony – The Suffering of Our Equine Companions.

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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WARNING – This following video shows continual animals suffering.

But if you care about horses, then it must be watched, even if just the once.

 

** WARNING – EXTREME ANIMAL SUFFERING **



 

Anyone who wishes to help horses, can easily join this group which a serious one.  Lots of actions are taken by people in this group:


http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/STOP_HORSE_CRUELTY/

 

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UK: The Welsh Government Decides to Introduce Compulsory Microchipping for All Dogs.

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, has greatly welcomed the Welsh Government’s decision to introduce compulsory microchipping for all dogs.

Dogs Trust has long campaigned for the introduction of compulsory microchipping, which has proven to be the most effective way of ensuring lost dogs are returned to their owners.

The compulsory permanent identification of all dogs means that more dogs found lost or straying can be returned to their owners and in a timelier manner. The total number of stray dogs in Wales increased from 9,482 in 2011 to 10,230 in 2012, equating to a staggering 28 dogs being picked up each day by Local Authorities in the country. We believe compulsory microchipping will help reduce the burden on animal welfare charities such as Dogs Trust, who have a centre in Bridgend, and reduce the cost to local authorities of kennelling.

Welcoming the Government’s announcement, Dogs Trust CEO Clarissa Baldwin OBE said:

“For many years Dogs Trust has led the campaign for the introduction of compulsory microchipping and we are delighted with the decision the Welsh Government has made on this important issue for dog welfare.

“Reducing the stray dog population in Wales and throughout the UK is at the very heart of what Dogs Trust does, which is why we have committed a considerable amount of money to ensure no dog owners in Wales will lack the financial ability to microchip their dog. Currently, microchipping involves a minimal one-off cost, but the benefits last a life-time.

“The reality is that no matter how responsible an owner you are there is a chance your dog could get lost or stolen – microchipping is the most effective way to assist in a lost dog being returned to their owner.  Whether it’s an abandoned stray or much loved family pet, there is no such thing as hierarchy in dog pounds.”

Notes: 

  • Dogs Trust has 18 rehoming centres, including one in Bridgend, and is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and cares for over 16,000 abandoned and unwanted dogs a year.
  • Dogs Trust has a non-destruction policy, and will never put a healthy dog to sleep. The charity is working towards the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction.

“Chip facts”

  • A microchip on its own is ineffective. Responsible owners need to register the chip number and their personal details with an appropriate database and update as necessary. It is important to remember that getting your dog chipped is just one slice in the pie of responsible dog ownership.
  • The cost of microchipping is minimal, and is just a one-off cost for the lifetime of the dog. Most vets will charge between £10-£20 for microchipping.
  • A 2011 You Gov survey reveals 83% of the public strongly in favour of compulsory microchipping

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Serbia: This Man is Running Out of Food to Feed 400 Rescued Dogs From the Streets – Can You Give A Donation ? – Thank You.

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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PLEASE support the work of this brilliant man now by giving any donation you can

- see the donation options link at the end of the post – Thank You – SAV.

Subject: This Man is Running Out of Food to

Feed 400 Rescued Dogs

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Link: 


http://www.care2.com/causes/this-man-is-running-out-of-food-to-feed-400-rescued-dogs.html

Written by Jovana Ivastanin

Sasha Pejčić is a rare kind of man who has been rescuing dogs in Nis, Serbia for years.

His animal shelter is absolutely breathtaking. The dogs all follow Sasha around and it’s amazing to watch their interaction with each other. They all eat together peacefully, play, run and sleep together. Most of the dogs have been taken off of the streets and nursed back to health (as well as spayed and neutered) and now live in a large pack in a disused riding school. At night they sleep in stables in groups of about 15. However, Sasha is now facing a major crisis over how to feed these dogs.

The Austrian organization that was supporting him is no longer able to cope with all the financial needs and the dogs did not eat for two days recently. Sasha has now run out of food totally. His four workers who help with the feeding and cleaning have not been paid since the New Year and the rent hasn’t been paid for four months.

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How the Shelter Was Born

Over the years, Sasha has witnessed so much suffering amongst the Serbian dogs and it has affected him deeply. Ever since he can remember, he always felt sorry for little puppies and would always try and feed them whenever he saw them. It was in 2008 that he really started to notice that many of dogs he was trying to help were disappearing – what he realized was that the Nis pound was killing more and more dogs daily as a way of ‘managing’ the population.

Sasha would often notice that his friends, the street dogs he fed on regular basis, would suddenly go missing. They were being caught by the dog catchers and murdered (the methods used to ‘euthanize’ dogs are unspeakable).

One day, Sasha found four puppies near a very busy street and he moved them somewhere safer as he was so scared they would be killed and he began feeding them in that safer place. A few days later, he found another eight puppies on the way to feeding the first four. He bought them a couple of dog houses for shelter and came back every day to feed and water them. People noticed this and started to drop off more and more puppies. In no time, there were 70 of them. Sasha managed to finance all of this on his own as he was working full time. If he was ever short due to an illness of the pups or something similar, he’d turn to friends and family for help and they’d lend him the needed money for the treatment.

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Sasha managed to find a disused riding school that he could rent and the owner agreed he could keep dogs there. A homeless man, Zoran, noticed him feeding the puppies and started to help. Since Sasha was working, he offered Zoran a part time job so that he could look after the weaker puppies while Sasha was at work.  Together, they started to help the really sick and injured dogs. Sasha would nurse them back to health and bring them to the ‘shelter’ Zoran and he had started building. When he first rented the disused riding school, it was overgrown and the roof of the stable was in a bad way. With the help of friends, family and a lot of hard work, Sasha and Zoran transformed it into the shelter that it is today.

Years later, Sasha is now responsible for more than 400 dogs who he has rescued. Several of them came in via a former humane organization who rescued dogs from the pound as they were being spayed but not stitched up properly after surgery before being put back on the street, which led to a terrible end for so many dogs. Some of the dogs have been left outside the gates, but Sasha is not actively rescuing more dogs now as he has reached full capacity. Sasha cannot manage on his own and he has some workers who come and help him (Zoran is one of them still).

As there are 400 dogs to be fed, the food bill is now very high. To start off with, Sasha could buy the food but as the numbers grew, he depended on donations from local abattoir and bakeries. This was a great solution for a while, but eventually they couldn’t keep up with the amount of food that Sasha needed for his ever-expanding pack.

To feed the dogs every day, Sasha needs between 100 and 120 kg worth of kibble. The cheapest kibble available in Serbia (dog food is a novelty, most people feed their dog stale bred dunked in their own leftovers) it is about Euro 16.4 ($21 US dollars) for a 20kg bag. The shelter mixes meat, dry food and donated bakery goods at a total of Euro 3,600 a month. A couple of years ago, he managed to find an organization in Austria who started to help him, but sadly this year they have not been able to cover all the costs and for the first time since Sasha has rescued his dogs, they have no food.

Here’s What’s Being Done to Help Feed the Dogs

While volunteers try to begin networking on Facebook to build a base of supporters to help with regular contributions, the Harmony Fund is offering to help raise immediate funds to feed the dogs as well as to pay the rent, the veterinary costs and the workers’ wages.

More wonderful photos of the sanctuary

DONATION OPTIONS:

and several donation options  (
http://harmonyfund.org/donation/sashas-shelter.html
) can be found on their website.

** VERY IMPORTANT ** – ‘donation options’ link above:

Once you have entered the ‘Donation options’, you must specify from the drop down that you wish your donation to be given specifically to:

Please Direct My Donation To:  Sasha’s Dog Shelter in Serbia.

If you do not select  ‘Sasha’s Dog shelter in Serbia’ specifically from the drop down, then your donation will only go into a general fund. 

You must therefore be specific and selective of where you wish your donation to go.

Read more:


http://www.care2.com/causes/this-man-is-running-out-of-food-to-feed-400-rescued-dogs.html#ixzz2RTIFlIcI

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Serbia: Azil Alex Shelter – An Insight and Request for Help and / or Donations to Feed The Dogs.

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Please also check out our information on Dr. Medicine Slavica Mazak Bešlić under the header tab ‘About Us – An Insight Into the SAV Team’.

Located in Subotica, Northern Serbia, Friend – EPAR shelter was founded by Slavica and was the biggest No Kill shelter in Serbia.  The running of the shelter has now been taken over by Adrijana who is continuing this no kill policy.  Adrijana has now given a new name to the shelter that she works with; the old Friend – EPAR shelter founded by Slavica. 

This shelter is now called (shelter) ALEX.  Below is much more information on shelter Alex; please support them in any way you are able.

Azil Alex
Titogradska 53
24000, Subotica
SERBIA

Website link –
http://azilalex2.weebly.com/

Facebook  - 
https://www.facebook.com/azilalex.subotica

Dogs for Adoption –
http://azilalex2.weebly.com/dogs-for-adoption.html

Information for Donors –
http://azilalex2.weebly.com/information-for-donors.html

For donations in foreign currency (EUR) use the following account please:  

Raiffeisen Bank   265-1000000023285-36
SWIFT:   RZBSRSBG
Iban:   RS35265100000002328536

Or by using PAY PAL and the following email address: adrijanaurschall@gmail.com

Visiting the shelter at Subotica

Visiting shelter Alex:  If you decide to visit our shelter you will be our guest and it is best to first contact us by telephone or via our Facebook profile to make sure our staff can devote you attention during the visit.

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Here is an insight into the current situation of shelter Alex by Adrijana

We  are  non-governmental  organization for the protection of animals -  “Alex”, situated  in the city of Subotica,n North Serbia. ”Alex” is the first  privately held  shelter for animals with a  “no kill” policy in Serbia and in former Yugoslavia. It was founded  in  2003 out  of  the  martial need  to rescue  animals from city streets  and  keep  them  away  from  brutal  elimination executed  by  the communal  service of city  of  Subotica. Unfortunately, the same situation is in most cities in Serbia and the wider region.

The above mentioned  Subotica’s  communal  service established a shelter  for  dogs where their execution is allowed in the most brutal manner, although  the Serbian Animal Welfare  Act  actually forbids this in Serbia since 2005.

The animal shelter “Alex” takes  care  of  more  than  600 dogs and operates on  a solely donations only basis.

We never had any support  from the city council until  the year 2010, when  our  shelter  was left  without  food  and  with  dues  for  electricity.  After negotiating  with  the city  council,  we got  their commitment  for  waste  removal free of charge, as well as the transportation  of meat (milled meat products) from a  nearby meat  industry three times a week.

That is all the support we obtained. However, we hear stories on daily basis that  this supplier to us may possibly go bankrupt  like many companies, and we have enormous fear regarding how we are going to feed the dogs in our shelter.

Our shelter thus needs 300 Euro per day  to be able to feed our dogs, should  they  be fed with granules. Dogs in our shelter are in the care of 5 people who are the  there on voluntary basis and 5 external associates that are engaged in the  promotion and  provision of donations, as well on voluntary basis.

The shelter “Alex” managed  to sterilize and castrate all of our 600 dogs  in a  year  and  find new homes  for  over  100 dogs  thanks   to our  devoted  volunteers.

Also, we  take actions in educating young pupils in our city by visiting schools  where  we are  trying  to  inform  young  people about  the  problem  of  stray  dogs, about  the  problem  of the survival of our shelter, and we’re talking about  sterilizations as  the only solution  to  reduce  the  population of stray dogs and cats.

Fortunately, we encounter a great deal of support  from  our  fellow  citizens,  who recognized  the sincere  desire  for  progress  and  a resolution  of  stray animal problems  in  our  city.  Thus it is very hard to  do, due to non-supportive  attitude of  our  city  council  and  municipality  in  financial  terms and supplying any financial support.

We are addressing  you  with an  honest  request  to  help us with the food  for our dogs.   We offer you  to  send  mini  video and photos  of  our  shelter, and  you  can  also visit our  Facebook page (Azil Alex) or  our  website  page which currently serves as  the major  means of gathering  support  and  for dogs adoption.

All these links are provided above.

Also, we would like to  emphasize  that  during adoption of dogs  from our shelter, we  are doing  rigorous  checks  on  future  adopter, where any future  owner needs  to  sign a contract  committing  her or  him to responsible  ownership. If this is  violated, we  have  basis  for a  lawsuit,  because  the irresponsible  owner  has then violated  the  Animal Welfare  Act  of  Republic  of  Serbia which  prohibits  the  maltreatment  of animals and their ejection onto the  street.

Shelter Alex would like to thank you and all our 600 dear dogs!

Adrijana Urschall

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Mexico:: Eyes Gouged Out and Penis Hacked Off With A Knife – Sign the Petition Demanding Justice for Angelito NOW Plese.

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Gobierno del estado de Ensenada Baja California:

I want justice for Angelito, the dog that was tortured, burned and maimed!!

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Petition by

Sandra Rivera

Oxford, AL

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Here’s the link:


http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/gobierno-del-estado-de-ensenada-baja-california-i-want-justice-for-angelito-the-dog-that-was-tortured-burned-and-maimed-2?share_id=pcHnkrGjzG&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition

Without eyes, his sexual member ripped with a knife and burned on the back was located in Colonia Gomez Morin (Ensenada Baja California Mexico) an stray dog that was tortured by “humans”.

Hector Manuel Lopez Carrillo the person in charge of Canine Care Center explained that the dog is a stray, has no name, this dog that one time was white was found by staff of the center in the worst conditions. They indignantly reported the event due to the cruelty that this animal was attacked with.

The dog was on the main street of Colonia Gomez Morin, awaiting death, blind and very hurt, when they picked him up and moved him to the center, where he is since Monday.

This is the first time an animal is detected in these conditions, with obvious marks of torture, by one or more people who “apparently” gouged out his eyes, burned his back with a cigarette lighter and finally removed his penis with a knife or stabs.

The person in charge said that it is the first time that the center has reached an animal with such traces of torture.

He added that they daily collect injured animals and in poor condition because they are sick or have been run/hit by cars, but in this case the evidence of torture, made ​​the drivers to see the dog and report the matter to the Director of Medical Services.

This Tuesday they even doubted if it was better to put him to sleep or attempt to rescue, but he is suffering a lot and could be very difficult to rehabilitate without pain, plus he is completely blind.

He disclosed that there had been cases of animal in bad conditions but not that tortured, he acknowledged that unfortunately there is no law to protect them. Even when citizens have animals in an abusive situation, there is no law that obligates them to surrender their pets. If the dogs are in their property, the rescue cannot enter by force because their work is on the street.

PLEASE HELP ANGELITO SIGNING THIS PETITION because stray dogs such as Angelito deserve to be treated with respect. Whoever did this to him has to pay! This is such a horrible crime! Angelito is an innocent creature. The government needs to be severe with this kind of crimes!

To:
Gobierno del estado de Ensenada Baja California, Gobierno del estado de Ensenada.
4 Patas – Asociacion Protectora de Animales de Ensenada, Asociacion Protectora de Animales de Ensenada

I want justice for Angelito, the dog that was tortured, burned and maimed in Ensenada Baja California Mexico!!

I want him to be taken care of no matter what.

Sincerely,
[Your name]

Here’s the link:


http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/gobierno-del-estado-de-ensenada-baja-california-i-want-justice-for-angelito-the-dog-that-was-tortured-burned-and-maimed-2?share_id=pcHnkrGjzG&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition

 

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Spain: Animal Abuser Matador Gets Gored By Bull Before It Is Tortured To Death.

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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How many times by how many people was the bull ‘stabbed’ by various torture instruments before he finally was able to get his own back ?!

Feel sorry for El Juli,  ….. NO !  NO !  NO !

He gets everything he deserves – he is an animal torturer !

Lots more pictures by Reuters photographers at:


http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/spanish-matador-lopez-el-juli-gored-bull-during-photo-201225998.html

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Nepal: Completely Disgusting Animal Abuse Exposed by ”Animals Nepal’ In New Bhairab Brick Factory. Please Take Actions Given.

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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SAV – We have no further info than what is published here.

Please click on the links in the text below to be diverted to other areas.

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Worked literally to the bone – exposed backbone

Animal Nepal can be found at: 
http://animalnepal.wordpress.com/

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The  mule’s spine and vertebrae were exposed


http://animalnepal.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/animal-nepal-shocked-by-conditions-in-tika-bhairab-brick-factory/

Animal Nepal shocked by conditions in New Bhairab brick factory

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 Lubhu, April 12, 2013 – Animal Nepal’s working equine outreach team today was shocked to find a grave case of animal abuse in New Bhairab brick factory in Lubhu, Lalitpur.

A mule, which was literally worked to death, died this morning from deep trauma saddle wound on its back. The wounds were so severe that the mule’s spine and vertebrae were exposed.

Donkey Sanctuary India’s managing vet Ramesh Kumar said he had never come across such a serious case of equine abuse. “I am deeply saddened to see the conditions of equines in Kathmandu’s brick factories, and vow to do whatever possible to improve their lives,” said Dr Kumar.

Already 15 equines died in a similar manner in the factory since December.

Over 30% of surviving 47 equines suffer from malnutrition, saddle wounds, blindness or other injuries.

Animal Nepal’s team of paravets is presently being trained in wound management, PRA methods, hoof cutting and tooth rasping.

Animal Nepal, apart from providing training to equine owners and child handlers, conduct regular mobile clinics in brick factories. The organisation has launched a campaign to improve the conditions of ‘brick donkeys’.

Actions – Letters and Petition

Supporters are requested to send a letter to the Federation of Nepal Brick Factories and to sign this petition on Care2.com.

Animal Nepal is a founder of Brick Clean Network Nepal, which promotes a responsible brick industry. A write up on ‘Blood Bricks’ , produced with the blood of countless working equines, child workers and bonded labourers, by Animal Nepal’s volunteer directors Pramada Shah and Lucia de Vries, can be found here.

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England: Finally, The Government Bows To Public Pressure and Introduces A Ban On Wild Animals Used In Circuses.

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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FANTASTIC NEWS !! – 16/04/13

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Finally, after so many hard years of campaigning, public consultations etc, which always seemed to be ignored despite their overwhelming public support (94%) for a complete ban, we now have a deadline set by the UK government.  Always viewed as taking sides with the circus owners, the UK government has (in our view) now been forced to accept that the British public DO NOT want to see wild animals being used in pathetic circus acts in England.

Despite the end being December 2015, this now gives UK animal welfare organisations plenty of time to ensure that all the animals are re-homed in much better environments, and do not have to spend each and every day of their very sad lives chained and cramped in the back of a circus trailer.

Brilliant news, and we celebrate for the animals !

Well done everyone who worked so hard on this issue for so many years – now we see good triumph over evil.

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BBC Link:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22167725

Circuses to face wild animal ban

Related Stories:

MPs defy ministers on circus ban

MPs ‘may vote on circus animals’

People urged not to visit circus

Circuses in England will be prohibited from using wild animals in their shows from the beginning of December 2015, the government has announced.

Ministers were initially reluctant to bring in a blanket ban – demanded by many MPs and campaigners – in case of legal action by operators.

Agriculture minister David Heath said the two-year “grace period” would allow circus owners to arrange suitable care.

There are currently 20 licensed wild animals working in circuses.

These include camels, zebras and snakes, but not elephants, monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees or big cats.

‘Common sense’

Under the terms of the draft Wild Animals in Circuses Bill, the ban will cover any creature not normally domesticated in Britain.

The government has already introduced licensing regulations to improve conditions for performing animals until the law is changed.

Conservative MP Mark Pritchard, whose backbench motion in 2011 calling for a ban was passed without a vote in the Commons, said: “I am delighted the government have finally decided to introduce a ban.

“This is a victory for animal welfare and common sense – and proves that politicians who have belief, stick to their principles, and persevere despite hostile opposition, can still shape events.”

Further Links:

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Congratulations to Jan and the crew at ADI (London) who gathered so much harrowing undercover footage over so many years; and who had the vigor to take this campaign all the way until a ban was achieved.


http://www.ad-international.org/adi_home/


http://www.ad-international.org/animals_in_entertainment/

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Vivisection.

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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If you do nothing, just watch the videos.

You will only want to see them once.

Vivisection is the practice of animal experimentation. This can include administering drugs, infecting with diseases, poisoning for toxicity testing, brain damaging, maiming, blinding, and other painful and invasive procedures. It can include protocols that cause severe suffering, such as long-term social isolation, full-body restraint, electric shocks, withholding of food and water, or repeatedly breeding and separating infants from mothers.



Essentially, it is using animals in ways that cause distress and/or death in attempts to test the safety of drugs and biological products or of finding treatments, prevention, or cures for human diseases. However, results derived from the animal model are not valid or relevant for humans. Tens of millions (some estimate in excess of 25 million) of animals in the U.S. suffer, die, or are killed each year in laboratories for biomedical experimentation, product and cosmetic testing, and for science education.



Imagine spending your entire life as a hospital patient or prisoner – this will only begin to approximate the life of an animal in a laboratory. Animals in labs live stressful, unnatural lives of daily confinement and deprivation. They spend their life in barren cages, unable to exert their will, make choices, or express their natural behaviors and needs. Most never experience fresh air or sunshine, only bars and concrete. The only changes in their lives come from invasive experiments, which range from uncomfortable to agonizing. And they are helpless to defend themselves.

Ten worst laboratories in U.S:



Steps YOU can take to help end animal research

*Buy only cruelty-free cosmetics and household products. Download the free, pocket-sized Leaping Bunny Compassionate Shopping Guide with hundreds of companies who guarantee cruelty free at all levels of production:


http://www.leapingbunny.org/shopsearch.php

*Write to companies that still test their products on animals and let them know that you won’t buy their products until they STOP.

*Sign up for NEAVS eNews and eAlerts to learn what you can do to help locally, nationally and globally:


http://my.neavs.org/site/PageNavigator/SignUpNEAVS.html

*Make sure your charitable contributions are not going to cruel and wasteful animal experimentation. Visit Leaping Bunny for a complete updated list of approved charities.


http://www.leapingbunny.org/indexcus.php

*Tell the college or university from which you graduated that you won’t donate to the alumni fund as long as they continue to use animals in research or in their science education programs.

*Educate yourself and others about vivisection.

*Spread the word! When you see articles in your local newspaper about animal testing, write letters to the editor explaining how vivisection is cruel to animals and impedes progress on human health problems.

Source: NEAVS

Please read more:
http://animal-lib.org.au/subjects/animals-for-science/52-vivisection-.html


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“Vivisection is the blackest of all the black crimes that man is at present committing against God and his animal creations”.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

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Please visit our recent post (below) on the World Day for Lab Animals – 24th April.

Note – the above has not been produced by NAVS.


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/04/08/k-april-24th-is-world-day-for-laboratory-animals-data-from-navs-london/

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UK (England) – National March and Rally – Sat 27th April.

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Please Sign the Petition to the EU Regarding Horse Transport and Slaughter.

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Please sign the petition to the EU regarding horse cruelty during transportation and also at slaughter.

 Subject: WG: Petition to EU-Member Andreas Erler BAN CRUELTY TO HORSES ….

Please, click on the link to hear the wonderful voice and song from Maria Daines!

Hello!

I’ve started the petition “Andreas Erler, a.erler@eurogroupforanimals.org:

BAN CRUELTY TO HORSES DURING TRANSPORT AND IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES ” and need your help to get it off the ground.

Will you take 30 seconds to sign it right now? Here’s the link:


http://www.change.org/petitions/andreas-erler-a-erler-eurogroupforanimals-org-ban-cruelty-to-horses-during-transport-and-in-slaughterhouses

Here’s why it’s important:

THE PAIN OF HORSE-TRANSPORT
Link auf YouTube:

von: Annamaria Grabowski

NO TO HORSE-SLAUGHTERING
Link auf YouTube:

von: Annamaria Grabowski

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Link auf YouTube:

Mexico produces 78,000 tons p.a.
Argentina 57,000
Kazakstan 55,000
Brazil 21,000
Italy 16,000
Canada 18,000
Ukraine 13,000
Poland 18,000
Chile 10,000
Romania 14,000
Japan 200.000 horses
Senegal 9,5000
Columbia 6,000
Spain 5,000
China 150,000
Russia 80,000
Mexico 78,000
United States 25,000
(numbers estimated; by Wikipedia and Google)

Maria Daines`Song to Ban Horse Slaughtering:
Set Us Free:

You kill our souls you gonna carry this shame
Oh take a horse to water but he just won’t drink
I know your game no matter what you think
You wanna mess with me, I might knock out your teeth
Yeah all through history you wanna make us bleed an’ bleed
Well we got friends they all scratch our backs
The rope’s untied don’t take up the slack
Don’t go a pickin’ on me, they’re gonna set me free
They gonna set us free, they gonna set us free
Yeah all through history you never set us free
Well we got friends they all know the score
They’re right here breakin’ down the slaughterhouse door
They gonna set us free yeah, they gonna set us free
They gonna set us free, they gonna set us free
Oh the sun’s gonna shine on our backs they’re gonna set us free yeah
They’re gonna set us free, they’re gonna set us free
Oh the sun’s gonna shine on our backs n’ we’ll be runnin’ free…

Maria Daines/Paul Killington
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http://www.maria-daines.com

You can sign my petition by clicking here.

Thanks!
Annamaria Grabowski

Please take a look unto my blog:

www.spiritandanimal.wordpress.com/

Annamaria

Thank You!

 

 

 

 

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Serbian Petition – Can You Get Us to 3,000+ Signatures Before the 17th April ?

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Serbia petition – Last Push.

Dear all; we have had a great week with the petition for stray animals prior to the meeting on 17th April.


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/04/07/new-petition-for-serbian-stray-animals-please-sign-now-and-do-not-let-the-government-return-from-no-kill-to-a-kill-policy-by-law/

At the time of writing we have collected over 2,480 signatures from around the world in less than one week, which is brilliant !

Although we are hearing of some more positive news from sources regarding the meeting on 17th, we need to keep the pressure up right until the day.

It would be great if we could achieve 3,000 signatures by the day of the meeting – Wednesday 17th.

Can you help us do this ?

Can you please pass on the link to all of your contacts and friends before the 17th, and ask them to give their support to the petition.  The more signatures we have from around the world, the better things will be.  Although we are confident that the meeting will be positive, we must not drop our guard now; we need to keep the campaign going up until the last minute.

Please do what you can to help us reach 3,000 signatures, or even go beyond.

Post meeting news will be posted on this site once we have accurate information on the outcome of the meeting.

DIRECT Petition link =


http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Serbia_Implement_Existing_Animal_Welfare_Legislation_To_Protect_Strays/

Or alternatively, you can go via the SAV site link which is given at the start of this post.

Thank you all for your help and support.

SAV.

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Please get everyone you know to do it NOW !!

 

 

 

 

 

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Thailand: SOI DOGS – Can You Donate To Provide Shelter for Dogs Rescued From the Meat Trade ?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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CRISIS FOR RESCUED DOG MEAT TRADE DOGS!

Soi Dog Foundation Appeal:
https://www.soidog.org/en/donate-today/08-04-2013-appeal/default.aspx

Your support is needed now to help build the shelters so that more dogs can be saved. Your donation of $100/€75 will provide 4 square meters of shelter for rescued dogs, a generous donation of $200/€150 will provide 8 square meters. Each shelter will be 1,500 square meters and 100% of all donations will go directly to this vital project.



A Crisis Looming For Dogs

Rescued From The Illegal Dog Meat Trade…

Dear Friends and Supporters of Soi Dog,

Last month over 1,000 dogs were rescued during arrests of dog meat traders. Had these dogs not been rescued they would have been transported to Vietnam and faced a slow and terrible end.

While it is wonderful that the lives of these dogs (such as those pictured here) have been saved a considerable challenge lies ahead and this will only be overcome with your help.

The recent interceptions of dogs destined for the dog meat trade has seen over 1,000 dogs saved in March alone. The shelter at Nakhon Phanom is now bursting at the seams.

After pressure from Soi Dog, the Department of Livestock Development agreed not to send 500 dogs to the Livestock center at Thong Pha Phum which itself is hopelessly overcrowded and is in effect a dumping ground far removed from public scrutiny.

300 dogs have recently been sent to the Khemmarat Livestock center, a much more suitable facility, however it is also already overcrowded.

The Department of Livestock have no budget to care for the dogs and have requested Soi Dog to help build additional shelters at Buriram in central Thailand. It is a matter of urgency that the first of these shelters be completed by the end of this month as otherwise additional arrests cannot occur, no dogs will be rescued and instead the dogs will suffer a horrifying fate on the dinner plates of Hanoi.

The video below (which contains no upsetting footage) gives a good overview of the situation and I encourage you to watch it.

Buriram is an ideal location as it is situated well away from any houses and covers a vast area of woodland. Yesterday 738,815 Thai Baht (about 25,000 US dollars) was transferred for over 30 tons of food.  Soi Dog will continue to do all that can be done to stop the trade and save the dogs but expenses are currently outstripping donations and that cannot continue for long.

Each of the 9 shelters will cost approximately 1 million Thai Baht (34,000 US dollars) to build. Soi Dog has authorized funding for the first of the shelters and is working with the Department of Livestock towards completing the shelter. Please do not stand by and allow the dog traders to win!

Your support is needed now to help build the shelters so that more dogs can be saved. Your donation of $100/€75 will provide 4 square meters of shelter for rescued dogs, a generous donation of $200/€150 will provide 8 square meters.

Each shelter will be 1,500 square meters and 100% of all donations received will go directly to this vital project.

I cannot emphasize too strongly that this is an emergency situation! Although natural disasters such as the 2011 Bangkok floods tend to grab people’s attention the situation here is far more grave. Owing to the recent interception of over 1,000 dogs the situation at the shelters has indeed reached crisis proportions.

The more funds raised the more shelters that can be built and more dogs can be saved from the fate of the dog meat trade. Your support is urgently needed today!

Best wishes,

John Dalley

john@soidog.org

www.soidog.org

P.S. Please donate as generously as you can so more dogs can be saved!

For residents of Thailand: A special bank account has been set up with the Kasikorn Bank, Cherngtalay, Phuket branch to accept donations solely for this purpose. The account number is 4862142212.

US Residents – Soi Dog is a registered charity in the USA and your donation is tax deductible to the full extent allowed by US law.

United Kingdom Residents – Soi Dog is a registered charity in the UK and your donation qualifies for HMRC gift aid.

 

 

 

 

 

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New Petition For Serbian Stray Animals – Please Sign Now and Do Not Let the Government Return From ‘No Kill’ To A ‘Kill’ Policy By Law.

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Hi all;

Very Important:

on 17th April 2013 in Belgrade the Serbian government may try to change existing legislation on the protection (No Kill) of stray animals.  They may try to return to legislation which DOES allow the killing of stray animals. 

We need to try and stop this happening.

Petition Link:


http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Serbia_Implement_Existing_Animal_Welfare_Legislation_To_Protect_Strays/

 

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Please give your support to the above petition which is asking the Serbian government to better enforce existing animal welfare legislation, rather than revert back to a policy of stray killing as they have always done – and not in agreement with existing Serbian legislation.

We also call for a public education programme to inform irresponsible pet owners that they should have their animals sterilised, microchipped and vaccinated.

Sterilised owned animals DO NOT mate with stray animals and produce yet more strays !

Stray animal killing is big business in Serbia, despite good existing national legislation to give No Kill protection to stray animals.  Unfortunately, big business and money makes it a profitable task for many, despite a No Kill law, verified by the Serbian Constitutional Court in 2005.

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Constitutional Court directive reference as follows:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2010/01/25/serbia-constitutional-court-of-serbia-says-that-the-killing-of-stray-dogs-and-cats-in-serbia-is-forbidden-from-02102005/

The Constitutional Court of Serbia says that the killing of stray dogs and cats in Serbia is forbidden from 02/10/2005.

Prior to the Veterinary Law of 02/10/2005, there was an old law dating from 1991 for the health protection of animals. 

In agreement with the old law of 1991, the authorities produced their own other ‘underlaw’ (extra law) regulation – named ‘Pravilnik 29/94’, which was intorduced to allow the killing of animals after they were held in pounds for 3 to 7 days.

From 02/10/2005, the new Veterinary Law Article 168 effectively destroyed everything that was written in Pravilnik 29/94, because the 2005 law demanded the care of animals.

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The new petition started on 7/4/2013 is:

Serbia- Implement Existing Animal Welfare Legislation To Protect Strays! Its power grows with every additional signature.


http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Serbia_Implement_Existing_Animal_Welfare_Legislation_To_Protect_Strays/

Please sign it now and be a voice for Serbian animals !

Thanks – SAV.

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Robin – 5/4/2013 – Take Care Little Man.

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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5/4/2013 – Rest In Peace dear little Robin.

You were one fortunate little guy to have such a caring and loving mum.

In the end, there was nothing more that could be done to help you and your trouble – you know the world would have been moved by your mum if it meant saving you.

Take care little man.

Thank you for such happy times.

Now gone but forever in thoughts.

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Watch the New HSI Animated Canadian Seal Video Here.

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Latest  from the HSI – please click on the following link:


http://www.hsi.org/world/united_kingdom/

Watch the very effective animated video on the Canadian seal hunt by clicking on the following link:


https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=seals_2013video_hsiglobal&s_src=hsiuknews_sealsvideo040413

Take further action by clicking on the yellow button underneath the video.

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Serbia: UPDATE 3/4/13 – ‘Jonza’ the Goat has now Started His Homeopathic Treatment – We All Wish Him Big Success !!!

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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UPDATE:  03/04/13

Please see our post of 25th March:


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/03/25/serbia-england-international-efforts-to-help-jonza-the-goat-living-in-serbia/

 

Today we have had a message from Slavica.

The Vermiculite has now arrived safely in Serbia from the UK and we are informed that today young Jonza the goat has started his homeopathic treatment.

We are all keeping our fingers crossed that Jonza will be feeling much better very soon.

The message from Slavica:

Dear our friends :-)

Vermiculite is by Jonza ! :-) !!!!

Vesna has send me sms by mobile phone – Jonza has start today with homeopathic therapy :-)   thankfully you:-)

Jonza,Vesna, and I  – we all are grateful to all of  you , dear friends :-)

with all  our hearts .

Love and

Regards

Slavica

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EU: KAALE PR Regarding the 8 Hour Maximum Journey Time for Animals in Transport.

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Please access the KAALE PR by clicking on the following link.

Website details given on PR.

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Thailand: Petition to Government – End Orangutan Boxing Matches – These Primates Are More Intelligent Than You !

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Petition Link: 
http://forcechange.com/62904/end-orangutan-boxing-matches-in-thailand-now/?utm_source=ForceChange+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8ae41217ba-NL3874_2_2013&utm_medium=email#gf_1
  

End Orangutan Boxing Matches in Thailand

By Christopher Baranowski

Target: Government of Thailand

Goal: Stop inhumane orangutan boxing matches at the Safari World theme park

At the Safari World theme park in Thailand, orangutans are forced to put on gloves and fight each other in “fake” boxing matches as an attraction for visitors.  Despite attempts for years to shut down the operation, this outrageously inhumane event continues to this day.  Demand an end to this brutal spectacle by asking that the government of Thailand close Safari World for good.

Since 2005, over 22,000 apes have been sold, killed while being hunted or died in captivity as a part of the illegal trade of primates that still continues to this day.  Huge profits are made selling illegally captured primates to zoos and other attractions around the world at the cost of biodiversity in places like Africa and southeast Asia.  One of the destinations for these captured animals is the Safari World theme park in Thailand.  Safari World drew harsh criticism as early as 2004 when evidence of orangutan boxing matches set up for tourists began to circulate among animal welfare groups.  That year, the government seized 48 orangutans and returned them to their native country of Indonesia.  But in 2010, images of kickboxing orangutans once again began to surface and animal rights activists renewed their charge against Safari World.  Just last month, citizens in Indonesia donned monkey masks to protest the boxing shows that continue to go on.

According to reports, the orangutans at the theme park are dressed in traditional boxing gear and “pretend” to knock each other out, though animal activists insist the chances of the heavy animals knocking each other out is very real.  Winners are awarded food and other rewards but ultimately both primates return to the dark cells where they are illegally kept.  It is time to stop this disgusting display of animal brutality; orangutan boxing certainly stands as the most shameful symptom of the illegal primate trade.  No operation that has repeatedly been cited for such flagrant abuse should be able to continue to exist.  Demand that government officials put an end to the orangutan boxing matches by closing Safari World for good.

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USA: Help Protect the Wolves of the United States – Before Man the Almighty Does the Wrong Thing Yet Again and Destroys Them All.

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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I am in favor of animal rights as well as for human rights. That is the way of the whole human being.
– Abraham Lincoln

 I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
– Abraham Lincoln

(Please take the two actions that appear in this email. Reading this email without TAKING ACTION accomplishes nothing for wolves.)

Demonizing, persecuting and slaughtering wolves is not acceptable any more. This sick and criminal behavior has nothing to do with science but is rooted in hatred, brutality, cruelty, selfishness, a dysfunctional culture and an evil tradition. But such evil traditions can and do change and we are going to throw this sick tradition on the trash heap of history where it belongs. The people of Michigan have begun the process of doing exactly that! And an accomplished wolf biologist in Montana has stepped forward for wolves in his state!

PROTECTING WOLVES IN MICHIGAN: POWER TO THE PEOPLE, THE HUMANE MAJORITY!!!
The state of Michigan has under 700 wolves and a fifty year tradition of protecting wolves. But Governor Rick Snyder, state legislators and the state’s corrupt wildlife MIS-management bureaucrats were more than ready to throw it all  away to serve a bizarre minority of sport killers, selfish hunters, sadistic trappers and other strange humans who get off on killing innocent animals. Just as in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota and Wisconsin, an immoral, undemocratic and corrupt state political system was poised to give the finger to the humane majority and serve a bunch of animal abusers and twisted killers.  

Not this time!! Michigan has a ballot initiative process that allows all citizens to vote and decide such important issues at the ballot box, for themselves. This democratic ballot initiative process places the power in the hands of the people and takes it out of the hands of corrupt governors, corrupt legislators and corrupt wildlife bureaucrats.

A coalition of over 2,000 Michigan residents volunteered for Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, a fantastic coalition of animal welfare groups, Native Americans, veterinarians, conservationists and faith based leaders. In just 67 days, often in sub-freezing temperatures, they gathered 253,705 signatures to place this measure on the ballot in November 2014.  After the signatures are certified (161.305 valid signatures are required), it is the people of Michigan who will decide whether to protect the wolves there, not the animal abusers, not the anti-wolf killers, not the governor or legislators, not the corrupt state wildlife bureaucrats, not the NRA, not the energy companies. The people of Michigan will decide.

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TAKE ACTION FOR WOLVES IN MICHIGAN:

Please support this wonderful endeavor at: http://www.KeepWolvesProtected.com
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PROTECTING WOLVES IN MONTANA: A NEW AND POWERFUL EFFORT
There is a new and wonderful initiative to protect wolves now under attack in Montana, led by Montana-based wolf biologist Jay Mallonee. Jay recently wrote: “For over twenty years I have researched and taught about wolves. Having had the longest running behavioural study of these animals in Montana’s history, outside of Yellowstone National Park, my interaction with wolf management agencies has been extensive. I have found that managers have an appalling lack of knowledge about these animals, along with a disregard for science.”

Unlike the very strange wolf biologist David Mech, who has used his credentials in an immoral and perverted way, to enable the persecution and massacre of America’s vital and innocent wolves by those who demonize and hate them, Jay Mallonee and other accomplished, honest and ethical wolf biologists are coming to the defense of America’s wolves with knowledge, science, respect and decency. Please support his efforts!   

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TAKE ACTION FOR WOLVES IN MONTANA:

Sign and share wolf biologist Jay Mallonee’s petition at: 

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-unjustified-killing-and-hunting-of-montana-s-wolves-use-science 

(When you click on this link, please take the time to read what Jay has to share. He has studied wolves in the wild for decades and knows these beautiful and innocent beings very well.  Knowledge is power.)
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Thank you for America’s ecologically vital, innocent and beautiful wolves,
Robert Goldman
Protect America’s Wolves! petition and action campaign

http://signon.org/sign/protect-americas-wolves?mailing_id=10862&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=4977271

P.S. We are approaching 20,000 signers from around the US and the world.

Please share this entire Action E Mail with everyone you know who cares, so they can help fight for wolves, too.

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Germany: Dog Found Dead – Wrapped With Cable Clips – A Sign of Modern Attitudes to Animals By Some ?

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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This happened in Anklam, Meckenburg-Vorpommern.

The little dog was found, already dead, near the Anklam airfield.

Police and animal welfare are shocked, and are to take up investigations.

If it was someone just trying to get rid of his dog then there would have been a shelter close by the site where the dog was discovered. But clearly the perpetrator had other ideas

Any identification has yet to be found, hopefully enabling police to identify the owner.


http://www.nordkurier.de/cmlink/nordkurier/lokales/anklam/wer-hat-dem-hund-das-angetan-1.557219#.UVWe55MuNTI.facebook

 

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Bulgaria: UPDATE 31/03/13 – My Name is ‘Borko’, a Year This May I was Beaten so Badly That My Spine Was Broken. Please Take Action for Me and My Friends.

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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INFORMATION UPDATED 31/3/13

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My name is Borko, a year this May I was beaten so badly that my spine was broken.

I was taken in by a loving family, my Daddy is a Bulgarian Doctor and a very kind man. Now my Daddy is being vilified in our village because he helps the poor… strays like me.

The people want my family and me out and there was a mob sent to our home with a film crew. I was attacked and beaten again in my own garden.

PLEASE share for us and let the world know that the Government in Bulgaria are not enforcing acts of cruelty and that they are allowing the kind people who help animals like me to be persecuted and removed from their home.

Watch my video here, please don’t ignore my CRY for help ♥

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http://www.occupyforanimals.org/bulgaria–lynch-mob-enters-private-property-and-beats-defenseless-crippled-doggy-while-tv-reporters-film-the-scene-and-the-police-does-nothing.html

 

A message shared by K9 Rescue Bulgaria:

Thank you so much everyone for your incredible support of Borko and his family.  

Borko is much loved by his family and he loves them too, so we do not want to take him away from them, yet of course, they also want his safety, and this is the purpose of our appeal – to finally have legal protection for Borko and all the other animals in Bulgaria.  This is why we want to gain as much publicity as possible, so that it is picked up by the international media and the Bulgarian Government are embarrassed into finally taking action against animal abuser.

Bulgaria has an excellent animal protection act, yet it is totally unenforced and this is what we want to see change, to stop the mob culture like this, that we keep seeing time and again happen against animal advocates in Bulgaria, who are targeted daily for feeding, helping, rescuing and accommodating strays.

The fact that the TV crew think it’s acceptable for the ТTV 7 Film Crew to simply film and report this atrocity as the most normal thing in the world, without criticism of Borko’s abuse, only criticizing that the village doctor has animals on his property and patients have to put up with them, speaks volumes about the culture towards animal abuse as being normal and acceptable in Bulgaria. 

It’s time for change, and maybe, just maybe, Borko can be the voice of that change…

Please help Dr Litov and Borko to grab the international media’s attention to embarrass the Bulgarian government into finally enforcing their Animal Protection Act.

Please send this video link: 
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=589874617690272
 or the You Tube version: 

 to:

The President of Bulgaria,
Rosen Plevneliev
priemna@president.bg

The Prime Minister of Bulgaria,
Marin Raykov
GIS@government.bg

Secretary General of Bulgaria,
Liliya Ivanova
liliya@esu-online.org

with each email copied to the Bulgarian Press:
editor@sofiaglobe.co
editor@novinite.com

and to the following news channels and newspapers:

Major news-channels:
kelly@foxnews.com; americasnewsroom@foxnews.com; bullsandbears@foxnews.com; cash@foxnews.com; cavuto@foxnews.com; forbes@foxnews.com; friends@foxnews.com; fncspecials@foxnews.com; fns@foxnews.com; newswatch@foxnews.com; foxreport@foxnews.com; atlarge@foxnews.com; hannity@foxnews.com; happeningnow@foxnews.com; huckmail@foxnews.com; glennbeck@foxnews.com; jer@foxnews.com; ontherecord@foxnews.com; redeye@foxnews.com; special@foxnews.com; studiob@foxnews.com; oreilly@foxnews.com; warstories@foxnews.com; cavuto@foxnews.com; mediainquiries@msnbc.com

British Media:
ITV news yourstory@itv.com
BBC news worldhaveyoursay@bbc.co.uk

British newspapers:
letters@guardian.co.uk
letters@independent.co.uk
letters@the-times.co.uk
dtletters@telegraph.co.uk
letters@observer.co.uk (subject field of email should say “Letter to the Editor”)
letters@dailymail.co.uk
letters@mailonsunday.co.uk
express.letters@express.co.uk
letters@the-sun.co.uk
mailbox@mirror.co.uk
your.letters@news-of-the-world.co.uk
newsdesk@notw.co.uk
letters@liverpool.com
reporters@dailyrecord.co.uk
reporters@sundaymail.co.uk

Germanmedia:
chefred@taz.de
explosiv@rtl.de
info@bild.t-online.de
info@center.tv
info@zdf.de
mail@vox.de
news@rtl.de
nachtjournal@rtl.de
news@rtl.de
post@express.de
Punkt12@rtl.de
Redaktion.extra@rtl.de
redaktion@jungewelt.de
redaktion@wdr.de
userpost@taz.de
zuschauerredaktion@rtl.de
zured@daserste.de
zuschauerservice.n24@n24.de
redaktion@radiokoeln.de
redaktion@koelner.de
online@welt.de

and/or to any other media outlet that you can think of. Please can you also contact the offices given below and tell them of your disgust. 

These are the addresses of the mayor of Devin municipality and the mayor of the village of Selcha, as well as the address of the public prosecutor’s office in Smolian.

Mr. Cvetalin Vasilev Penkov
Kmet OBSHTINA DEVIN Ul.
Druzhba No 1
DEVIN PK
4800 BULGARIA
Tel: 359 (0)30412174
e-mail: obshtina@devin.bg

Venelin Velizarov Opov
Kmet Selo Selcha Obshtina Devin Obl.
Smolian PK 4814 BULGARIA
Теl:  00359 (0)30476/223
Mobile:  00359 (0)889536600

Public Prosecutor’s Office
Smolian Bul. Bulgaria No 16
Smolian BULGARIA
Email: rprok_smolyan@sm.prb.bg

Use the following link to see all Bulgarian MEPs. 


http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/performsearch.html?action=0&webCountry=BG&webTermId=7&name=&politicalGroup=&bodyType=ALL&bodyValue=&type=&filter
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Below is a block listing of ALL Bulgarian MEP contact details.

Please mail them and tell them how disgusted you are with what you have seen on the video and the photos of ‘Borko’.

Send them a copy of the video: link: 
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=589874617690272
 or the

You Tube version: 

 

Tell them that Bulgaria wants to be in the 21st Century, and yet mob rule allows animals and their protectors to be targeted like this.  They are MEPs, European Politicians – and they need to act with their government and act hard and fast.

Otherwise we do not want Bulgarian MEPs if they do not take action.

BLOCK BULGARIAN MEP CONTACT LIST:

slavi.binev@europarl.europa.eu,  preslav.borissov@europarl.europa.eu,  mariya.gabriel@europarl.europa.eu,  filizhakaeva.hyusmenova@europarl.europa.eu,  stanimir.ilchev@europarl.europa.eu,  ilianamalinova.iotova@europarl.europa.eu  ivailo.kalfin@europarl.europa.eu,  metin.kazak@europarl.europa.eu,  evgeni.kirilov@europarl.europa.eu,  andrey.kovatchev@europarl.europa.eu,  svetoslav.malinov@europarl.europa.eu,  Nadezhda.Neynsky@europarl.europa.eu,  vladkotodorov.panayotov@europarl.europa.eu,  monika.panayotova@europarl.europa.eu,  antonyia.parvanova@europarl.europa.eu,  dimitar.stoyanov@europarl.europa.eu,  vladimir.urutchev@europarl.europa.eu,  kristian.vigenin@europarl.europa.eu, 

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Update on Borko, Danny & Jako

Here are some photos’s of Borko and his brothers Danny and Jako taken today, March 30, 2013.

All three dogs are well and safe for now.

These sweethearts are the “so called dirty vermin” that the villagers object to being in their doctor’s house!

For updates on Borko and his family, please follow the Facebook-page of K9 Rescue Bulgaria. 

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UK (England): KAALE Report J76 on the shipment of live animals from Ramsgate port, England, to Calais, France, on 28/3/13

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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As a continuation of the fight by UK campaigners against the live animal export trade, Thursday 28th march saw an export consignment departing from the port of Ramsgate in Kent.

The ‘consignment’ consisted of just one vehicle carrying live animals – one too many but it could have been 6 or 7.

A12 hour round trip by the vessel from Calais, France, to Ramsgate, and then the return (to Calais) with animals . makes any normal person ask how this can be a trade which makes money for the operator ??

Please click on the following link to read the KAALE report of this shipment of just one truck.

SAV Copy of KAALE Report J76 for Ramsgate shipment of Thur…

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Joline off Ramsgate 19 March 2013

Visit KAALE at http://www.kaale.org.uk

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UK: Its Very Bad – Cold spring kills thousands of newborn lambs – Helicopters drop food as farmers in isolated rural areas struggle to save animals

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/26/cold-spring-kills-newborn-lambs

Cold spring kills thousands of newborn lambs

Helicopters drop food as farmers in isolated rural areas struggle to save animals

Tuesday 26 March 2013 12.21 GMT

Fears for the UK’s already embattled upland sheep-farmers have been raised by the return of winter to hill country, which has cost thousands of newborn lambs their lives.

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Emergency crews have helped with rescues in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Cumbria and the Pennines. But the sheer graft of digging into snow-blanketed fields has come too late for many flocks.

Shielded by thick fleeces, ewes have largely survived the drifts, which have topped 16ft (5 metres) in many parts of the fells and mountains. But in spite of modern protective measures, including plastic jackets to warm young lambs, rescue has often come too late.

In Northern Ireland, helicopters have been deployed to carry out food drops to animals in isolated rural areas cut off by the snow. At the height of the extreme weather, up to 140,000 homes and businesses were without power as heavy snow and ice brought down power cables in counties Down and Antrim.

With power restored to most households and businesses, the focus has switched to the plight of thousands of livestock cut off in snowbound mountainous areas without food.

Sinn Féin’s agriculture minister, Michelle O’Neill, said: “It is a severe situation. People have said that this is worse than 1963. Some of the scenes are harrowing – to see farmers bring in sheep that have died in the snow. People are angry and concerned. We have an animal welfare issue. Farmers need a food drop. We have a surveillance helicopter so that we can see where the livestock are and then we have an MoD helicopter, which is prepared to make a food drop.”

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The blow to agriculture and the economy has been worsened by the scale of power failures in which more than 3,000 people were cut off for a fifth day in parts of Argyll and the island of Arran. For the first time in Scottish and Southern Energy’s history, two large metal pylons were toppled by snow and ice. The last time a pylon fell was in 1987, in the far north of Scotland.

Drifts are still blocking roads in hilly areas, with continuing fierce cold and occasional snow flurries doing nothing to ease the situation. The Met Office issued further yellow, “be aware” alerts for ice in Scotland and north-east England and snow in the north-east, Yorkshire and the east Midlands. It said severe cold weather and icy conditions would last at least until Friday morning.

“Bitterly cold easterly winds will persist this week, bringing snow showers to north-east England and light snow flurries across other areas of England,” it forecasted. “With lying snow and partial snow melt during the daytimes, icy conditions are likely during the nights.”

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Social service departments in affected areas are stretched to reach isolated homes, and the Age Sector Platform called for an emergency winter fuel payment to pensioners as the chill persists. The prevailing easterly winds are forecast to keep temperatures exceedingly cold until late April, except in the south-west where their clash with milder Atlantic fronts promises weeks of rain.

Paul Mott, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, said drier conditions were likely for most of the country in the runup to Easter but a slow thaw at the end of the week would be able to make little progress. He said: “We should see temperatures creeping up to 4C or 5C (39F or 41F) during the days by about Friday but there is still going to be a very sharp frost during the night. For the foreseeable future it is going to stay cold, and the snow on the ground is likely to last for some time.”

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Transport problems also persist, with the AA attending 16,000 callouts on Monday, 6,000 more than the seasonal average. Rail services have been better on Tuesday but drifting snow has blocked trains in the Midlands between Rugeley Trent Valley and Hednesford and signalling problems have disrupted services in East Anglia between Thetford and Norwich and in Kent between Queenborough and Swale.

Malcolm Roberts, a farmer in Oswestry, Shropshire, had been expecting 600 lambs before the end of the month but is now having to pile up small victims of the snow while rescuing his 200 ewes. He said: “Every day since the snow hit, and surely for days to come, I’m having to go and pick up lamb corpses from ewes who have given birth outdoors. Newborns can only survive for around half an hour in the freezing temperatures – and the snow is so thick that some are even buried.

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“We have to get through it. What else can you do? But there’s no doubt the financial impact will be absolutely devastating. This is my living, and if you’re not successful raising lambs you can’t survive: that’s the bottom line. We spend more trying to feed the animals, more on fuel, more to run the farm. But as livestock die, you end up having less produce to sell and are hit hard.”

The farm lacks room for indoor lambing, a problem widely shared by small sheep-breeders. Vegetable crops have also been affected. Tim Gilbert, who grows fruit and vegetables on the edge of Hereford, said: “After last year’s horrendous, rain-filled summer, we had been hoping that 2013 would be much better. It’s always disastrous when it snows. We’ve had to stop completely for at least a fortnight. The effect not only hits us but also impacts on our customers, who rely on us.”

A spokesman for the National Farmers Union said: “Severe weather warnings are still in place and the majority of farmers are out there, battling freezing temperatures, to protect their livelihoods, families and income. It’s relentless.”

Snow at Gillroyd Lane, Linthwaite.

The power blackout in Scotland has been described as the worst for 30 years, with 400 engineers working to repair lines. A spokesman for Scottish and Southern Energy said: “Scottish Hydro Power Distribution engineers are continuing their intense and brave efforts to restore power to homes in Argyll and Arran following unprecedented weather conditions.

“Instances of significant damage to the electricity network infrastructure have been among the worst seen for 30 years, with the weight of line icing pressurising the transmission lines around Crossaig, where transmission towers were felled by the conditions. Transmission overhead lines staff have started working to make towers safe and carry out temporary repairs after finally gaining access to the location earlier today.”

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Scottish Power said: “Our engineers have encountered some of the most difficult conditions they have ever faced attempting to restore supplies.” The company has set up eight field kitchens in Argyll and Arran and delivered 18 large generators and 50 smaller ones to supplement existing resources such as the generator at Arran War Memorial hospital, which is keeping power going. Royal Navy helicopters and lifeboats have joined ferries in taking supplies to the islands.

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Serbia / England: International Efforts To Help ‘Jonza’ the Goat Living In Serbia.

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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The end of last week saw several of us called into action to try and help a goat in Serbia.

His name is ‘Jonza / Jonzy’ and from the photos of him above and below, we are sure you will agree with us that he is a very handsome young lad !

He lives with Vesna and Slavica, and they contacted to ask if we can get some Vermiculite Homeopathic medicine for Jozna, as he has severe arthritis in his legs.  Vesna asked for this medicine specially as in the past and for many years, she worked in a homeopathic ambulance.  So Vesna knew exactly what would be good for Jozna and his leg problems, which we are informed are currently causing him lots of pain.

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Vermiculite is not available as a homeopathic medicine in Serbia.

Jonza was rescued by Vesna and Slavica in 2007, and has been under their care ever since.

And so Friday morning (22/3) we jumped into action to try and help Jonza as quickly as we could. 

First of all contact (myself) was made with Ainsworth homeopathic specialist in Marleybone, London.  I thought that when I explained to the man on the phone that I needed medicine to help a goat in Serbia with leg problems, the man would think I was some kind of nut and put the phone down.  Instead, he was very helpful and listened to what I asked. He then said ‘yes, ok’ and asked me if I required tablets or liquid for Jonza.

In the end, with the help of Jean and Linda here in the UK, and also by going back to Vesna and Slavica to get exact requirements, an order was made on 22/3.  Today, 25/3, Linda has informed me that she now has the medicine (sent in the post by Ainsworth’s) and that tonight it will be packaged up ready for shipment to Serbia tomorrow (26th).  Packages normally take about one week to arrive, so we are very hopeful that by the middle of next week, Jonza will have started his new medication, and more importantly, we see an improvement in his leg condition.

We will try and give more updates on Jonza as time moves on, but for now enjoy the pictures that we have from Vesna showing Jonza.

Get well very soon Jonza !! – from all the crew.

Regards -  Mark – SAV London.

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UK (England): Live Exports Update Latest News – 20th March 2013.

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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UK Live Exports Update – 20/03/2013:

Please see our post of 18th March (link as follows) for an overview of events leading to this report.


http://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/03/18/uk-england-the-story-continues-live-export-ship-due-at-dover-on-19th-march-for-berthing-trials/

Latest – Tuesday 19th March 2013 –

Today the MV Joline owned by the consortium of Johannes Onderwater, Tom Lomas and Peter Ziolkowski arrived at Dover at 11-30am to start her berthing trials prior to returning to this port after protestors have made events too hot for her at Ramsgate.

If she does return to Dover, we view this as a victory that through perseverance we have stopped her using Ramsgate, as the stringent tests and inspections she is facing at that port makes the trade less profitable even though her berthing fees are less than a third what they will be at Dover.

The ship took nearly two hours of manoeuvring before she could get onto berth No. five within Dover harbour, time we very much doubt she will have / be given by the port authorities when in operational mode.  She then attempted berth No. two, with even less success. It was later revealed that the trials were inconclusive and more modifications would be needed on the Joline before further tests could be carried out.

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The ‘Joline’ arrives at Dover for berthing trials (Photo: KAALE)

This was in good weather with light winds, no swell and a rising tide in the harbour. The large and regular cross-Channel ferries (UK-France and return) were also affording her courtesy by producing only minimum wash as they entered and exited the port; usually their wash is much higher as they put on speed to exit the harbour because of their fast turnarounds.

After the tests we thought she was to lay over until Wednesday (20th) on the Eastern Arm in the harbour; but a contact advised us that she had asked to stopover, but when told the price, she decided to move out of Dover port. She proceeded to Ramsgate harbour where we understand she is to lay off until Friday (22nd) morning, when they intend to sail with live animals to Calais. The sailing is scheduled between 7.30am and 11.00am, but as we all know they can change their mind and we will update everyone should events change.

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The Joline heads to Ramsgate after leaving Dover (Photo: KAALE)

We thought she would look very different after her modifications in the Netherlands, but the only differences we could visibly see were rubber bumpers round the entire vessel and ropes to grasp if personnel fall overboard.  We understand she has also had fitted a bow thruster to make her more manoeuvrable.

The High Court has granted the RSPCA an oral hearing for its legal challenge to ban live animal exports from Ramsgate.

The hearing will be held in open court at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 10 May. This has now been scheduled for earlier and has started today – Wed 20th March.  In January, a judge refused the RSPCA permission to bring the case to a judicial Review following consideration of court papers. But the charity appealed the decision and has won the right to an oral hearing, which could result in a full judicial review.

RSPCA chief executive Gavin Grant said: “We remain confident in the strength of our case and that we can persuade the court to grant permission for a full hearing”.  “Our challenge to the legality of the arrangements which Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) have put in place to regulate this trade deserves to be heard at a full hearing as the implications for animal welfare are very serious.” The RSPCA believes the AHVLA, which is responsible for checking consignments of live animals operating through Ramsgate port, is “acting illegally”. The charity has accused the AHVLA of failing to impose sailing restrictions on the Joline - which it described as an “open-decked, flat-bottomed converted Russian tank transporter” – to ensure that animals were “not injured or caused undue harm while being transported by sea”.

The RSPCA has established a fighting fund to help pay for the legal costs for the case. The fund has in a matter of just a few months received over £160,000 in donations to date. The AHVLA said it would not be commenting on the case while legal proceedings were still active. In December, UK farm minister David Heath announced new, tougher rules for live animal exports from Ramsgate port. AHVLA inspectors have been told to increase inspections and take a “zero tolerance” approach to any breaches of welfare regulations where unnecessary suffering is caused to animals.

Up until now the AHVLA have only inspected around 1 in 3 of all livestock transporters arriving at the port.  Whilst not the official ‘competent authority’, the RSPCA inspectors have inspected every truck and its animal cargo, finding many breaches of regulations.  The RSPCA have done a much better job of inspections than the government inspectors at AHVLA.

Charges following sheep deaths (at Ramsgate)

3 men and a firm are to face charges following the deaths of 47 sheep at Ramsgate.  3 sheep drowned and 44 were destroyed during an incident at the port on 12 Sept 2012.

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The men, based in the UK and France, and a Kent firm are accused of loading sheep which were unfit to travel and transporting them in an inappropriate vehicle.

All defendants are due to appear before Canterbury magistrates (in Kent, England) on 2 April. The maximum punishment, if convicted, is 6 months’ imprisonment and/or a £5,000 fine.

The Farming Minister David Heath announced that every future consignment of live animals that passed through Ramsgate would be inspected (and not just 1 in 3 as has been done up until now). He said there would be tougher enforcement of welfare procedures following a review by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA). The AHVLA also plans to make sure a vet is within an hour of the port and has vowed to work with transport operators on new emergency contingency measures.

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Please visit the Kent Action Against Live Exports (KAALE) web site, for which SAV founder Mark is also the EU and legal correspondent, at  www.kaale.org.uk 

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The Joline loaded with animal transporters crosses the English Channel in heavy sea conditions (Photos: KAALE)

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UK (England): Hunt Sabs Attacked by Hunt Supporters Whilst Saving Foxes – Also Brian May’s ‘SAVE ME’

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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http://hsa.enviroweb.org/index.php/news/press-releases/414-planned-attacks-on-saboteurs-by-essex-a-suffolk-hunt-supporters

Planned attacks on saboteurs by Essex & Suffolk hunt supporters

Hunt saboteurs Association Press Release. 17th March 2013

On Saturday 16th of March as part of a clearly planned attack saboteurs from the Essex and Suffolk group were attacked. Using sticks tipped with metal supporters of the hunt assaulted and beat the saboteurs aiming in particular for the person carrying the video camera, smashing it beyond use. Saboteurs were also kicked and punched in the head in the sustained attacked.

Following this incident the hunt chased a fox to earth into a badger sett and proceeded to dig into the sett in breach of both the Protection of badgers act 1993 and the Hunting act 2004. Saboteurs on the scene were again attacked with spades and multiple assaults were committed, resulting in many injuries such as pictured. Essex police responded to a 999 call with four vehicles and a helicopter and acted on the clearly visible injuries by arresting a saboteur for breach of the peace, although no charges were pressed. On request for action to their assaults they were told by police in attendance to report them to a police station later.

Lee Moon of the hunt Saboteurs Association stated:

“Faced with a clear breach of animal welfare law and numerous assaults to hunt saboteurs, Essex police responded by blaming the victims and ignoring the crimes against wildlife. They seem to be acting in the time honoured stance of turning a blind eye to hunt violence and animal cruelty. It’s about time Essex police started realising that times have changed and the public expects these criminal acts to be treated the same as if they were in the high street on Saturday.”

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Above – UK Prime Minister David Cameron MP – PRO HUNT Supporter and person who prior to election vowed to have a vote in parliament to overturn the anti hunt legislation which is now giving more protection to UK wildlife.

Tories still working for repeal

Tory MPs are “actively working” behind the scenes at Westminster to drum up support for a repeal of the hunting ban before May 2015, a senior Minister has revealed.  Environment Secretary Owen Paterson told the Yorkshire Post he is “absolutely clear” that there will be a free vote on repealing the controversial ban before the next general election – but that, as things stand, the pro-hunt lobby does not have enough support to win. The Coalition Agreement signed by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in May 2010 committed the newly-formed Government to holding a free vote on the hunting ban at some stage during the 5-year Parliament. But almost 3 years later, the issue has barely surfaced at Westminster.  In an exclusive interview with the Yorkshire Post, Mr Paterson, a Tory right-winger and passionate advocate of fox hunting, said,

there is “more work to be done” to convince backbench MPs to vote for a repeal.  “We’ve got a pretty busy programme with a lot of other issues,” he said.   “But I’m absolutely clear it’s the right thing to do to have a free vote at the appropriate moment.”  The problem for the pro-hunt lobby is that while many Tories want the ban repealed, the party also has a smaller number of mainly urban-based backbenchers who insist it should remain in place. With many – though not all – Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs opposed to repealing the 2005 legislation, the pro-hunters face an uphill struggle to win a free vote in the Commons. Mr Paterson, who was handed the environment brief in last year’s Cabinet reshuffle, said a group of backbench Tories have been tasked with drumming up support over the coming months.

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Owen Paterson, Conservative MP – Trying to Get Hunting Approved by Parliament once again.

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East Kent Murder – the REAL side of Foxhunting – Photo: Mark Johnson (SAV) / East Kent Hunt Sabs.

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SAVE ME by Brian May – ‘Queen’ Guitarist

Brian May’s SAVE ME –
http://www.save-me.org.uk/

 


http://www.02infinity.co.uk/save_me/about.html

 


http://www.02infinity.co.uk/save_me/merchandise.html

 

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UK (England): The Story Continues ! – Live Export Ship Due At Dover on 19th March for Berthing Trials.

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Rabies: Why China Needs To Become A 21 Century Nation – And Dog Killing In Nepal – Disturbing Video – Please Take Action.

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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If a person can contract rabies from butchering animals that are infected with the rabies virus or have already died from it, a person can also contract rabies from beating a rabid dog to death  (as in the recent Nepal footage), as blood, saliva and/or brain tissue inevitably goes flying around in the process. This is one very good reason to discourage the public from the all too common practice of beating suspected rabid animals to death.

 A Side of Rabies With Your Dog Meat in China

People in China and other Asian countries are dying of rabies. But
it’s not because dogs are biting them — it’s because they are biting
dogs, eating 18-80 million a year just in China.

“Rabies is a major problem in China. The country’s Ministry of Health
says it has the 2nd highest rate in the world after India.” And it’s
getting worse. Human rabies cases appear to be on the rise in China
based on the most recent numbers available. “In 2007, there were 3302
confirmed human rabies cases in China, nearly 21 times the number
found from the entire period between 1990 and 1996.”

It’s not just eating the meat that causes rabies. Slaughtering,
processing and cooking it may be even more dangerous. After a rabies
outbreak led to human fatalities in Viet Nam, government officials
“reported that 70 percent of deaths were from dog bites but up to 30
percent were thought to be linked to exposure during slaughter or
butchery.”

“In a 17 Mar [2009 -- see comment below] study from Hanoi published by
the PLoS Medicine journal, researchers pointed to 2 cases of human
rabies in Viet Nam where the patients were believed infected while
butchering a rabid animal — in one case a dog, the other a cat.”

“In the 1st patient’s case, he had prepared and eaten a dog that had
been killed in a road traffic accident; rabid dogs were known to
inhabit the neighbourhood. The 2nd patient had butchered and eaten a
cat that had been sick for a number of days.” Other people who ate the
same meat did not fall ill.

According to the Welcome Trust rabies is a very serious — and in
nearly all cases fatal — disease. It is estimated to kill over 30 000
people each year in Asia, and the number of cases in China and Viet
Nam is increasing. Symptoms include agitation, severe spasms, fever,
fear of water and inability to drink liquids, and eventually death.
There is a vaccine for rabies and even a treatment that can [very
rarely] cure the disease after infection, but it must be administered
very quickly after the patient contracts rabies. “Once a person shows
symptoms, the disease is almost invariably fatal.”

[Byline: Piper Hoffman]
Communicated by: ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>

This report cites figures in support of an assertion that rabies
virus infection is increasing in China and wishes to correlate this
with increasing consumption of dog meat in China. In support of this
contention the article cites 2 cases [which actually occurred in 2009
- Mod.CP] in Viet Nam where rabies was contracted by an individual
slaughtering an accident-injured dog [see: Rabies, via dog/cat
butchering - Viet Nam archive number 20090318.1092], and another
slaughtering a cat.

Eating dog meat is common in many Asian countries, but research
conducted as part of the South East Asia Infectious Diseases Clinical
Research Network identified a potentially lethal risk associated with
preparing dog meat. In research published on 18 Mar 2009 in the open
access journal PLoS Medicine, Heiman Wertheim and colleagues from the
National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and the
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, Viet Nam,
report on 2 patients admitted to hospital showing signs of rabies
infection. Neither patient was thought to have been bitten by a rabid
animal in the preceding months see: Wertheim H, et al: Furious Rabies
after an Atypical Exposure. PLoS Medicine. 17 Mar 2009 [available at

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000044
].
It is clearly probable that rabies virus can be transmitted during the
course of slaughtering and butchering dogs and cats, if the person
involved has exposed abrasions or wounds. However, rabies virus cannot
be transmitted through consumption of cooked meat since rabies virus
(and related rhabdoviruses) are heat sensitive and rapidly lose
infectivity at normal environmental temperature and humidity.

Vaccination and dog licensing are mechanism for controlling rabies
virus infection, not banning consumption of dog meat. – Mod.CP

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PETITION TO SIGN HERE:


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(NP) Swift action by animal protectors in Nepal in the wake of botched stray killing

Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:35 am (PDT) .

Posted by: “Lisa Warden” foghorndoghorn

Animal protectors in Nepal were quick to respond when police in Kathmandu engaged in a botched killing of a street dog in the city last month. The killing was filmed and uploaded to youtube (

).

The footage shows a dog hiding in a drain at the side of the road. The dog is shot and injured by a police officer. The dog then runs out of the drain, and one of the officers eventually manages to club it to death.

The issue was brought to the attention of Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN), a coalition of animal welfare groups and concerned individuals working in the country.

Shristi Singh Bhandari, Communication Director at Animal Nepal submitted the following update to AWNN on March 6, 2103  (certain names have been redacted):

<<Dear all,

I am sending you my follow up on the recent shooting of the stray dog in kathmandu:

1. After receiving the video, I went to talk to the local people who had witnessed the killing about the issue. They told me that the dog had bitten several people and they were scared to walk by the street. SO they called the local police to attend to the matter. The police told them to tie the dog up to observe if he had was rabid, The locals obviously did not agree to do so. They again called the police to take care of the situation, so they came and you know the rest.

2. I went to talk to the nearby police station where they had reported the dog. The officer who was at the station told me that the police officers had been dispatched by the Kamalpokhari police station and not from the local section.

3. I went to talk to Inspector Kunwar from Kamalpokhari branch about the matter. He was very supportive and said that they indeed had make a mistake but the main order had been handed out by xxxx of Hanuman Dhoka district police station. The inspector proposed to work together in future that still needs to be discussed.

4. Then I went to Hanuman Dhoka t o talk to xxxx who was super rude and non cooperative. He said it was an emergency situation and he did what he had to do and that he does not have time to look for animal welfare groups and that he will not dispatch any letters regarding what happened and that we were more than welcome to stage a protest.

5. SO I got in touch with Rana bahadur Chand who is the head of Hanuman Dhoka and told him about the situation. He said he was shocked to find out how xxxx had behaved and that he himself had not seen the video. He said he will be more than glad to release the circular stating an order to contact animal welfare groups to handle such cases in future and a letter to AWNN stating the case. So he has asked to draft a letter for them so that they can sign and send it to everyone necessary. I on the other hand told him that in case he does that we will send a press release thanking him for his cooperation. So we are drafting a letter and will send him that by 2 today and hope to get it back by tomorrow morning.He has called us to work with the police in such matter. Once the strike is over I will be going to meet him with our brochures and information.>>

A letter was drafted to send to the police that they would then issue as an apology for their actions, plus a circular for the police to issue to their officers regarding future handling of suspected rabies cases. AWNN was subsequently invited to attend a still-to-occur gathering of police to sensitize  them about animal welfare issues.

Kudos to the animal protection community in Nepal for swift and effective action.

Lisa Warden

REPLY

Re: (NP) Swift action by animal protectors in Nepal in the wake of botched stray killing

Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:49 am (PDT)

Posted by:  “Lucia Animal Nepal” animalnepal

Thanks Lisa.

Today our team met Kathmandu Police Chief Rana Bahadur Chand, to hand over our petition with 4000 signatures (see
http://animalnepal.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/take-action-against-brutal-dog-killing-by-nepal-police/
).

He informed us that he has send out a circular to all police offices to not kill dogs but instead inform animal welfare agencies when dealing with an agressive dog.   Chand promised to send a letter of apology to the Animal Welfare Network Nepal.

The chief said he loves animals and that he and a number of colleagues oppose animal sacrifice.

We have also been asked to educate police officers about animal welfare.

This is an encouraging development but much work remains to be done. Poisoning is still the preferred method to ‘limit’ stray dog populations by virtually all municipalities in Nepal. AWNN in August organised a seminar on humane dog management, during which a number of local government promised to stop the poisoning, see

http://animalnepal.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/national_seminar_on_dog_population_management_nepal/

We request international campaigners to continue to be involved in the Nepal situation. With no animal welfare legislation in place, and hardly any humane dog management taking place outside Kathmandu Valley, Nepal really needs encouragement in this area.

Thanks,
Lucia

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 FROM Animal Nepal website:

Take action against brutal dog killing by Nepal Police

Kathmandu, March 1, 2013 – Animal Nepal today expressed its shock at the brutal killing of a dog by the Nepal police in Baluwatar, Kathmandu. The dog, which reportedly bit two people, was killed brutally with the help of a gun and bamboo sticks, in full view of the public. The killing was recorded by video and uploaded on youtube. 

Animal Nepal today handed over letters to the Inspector of Police, the Chief District Officer and the Kathmandu Municipality, requesting the authorities to take immediate action.

According to Animal Nepal, “the images of ‘man’s best friend’ dying such an agonizing death are heart rendering and deeply traumatizing for children and other members of the public.”

Despite the fact that humane solutions like Animal Birth Control/Anti Rabies have been introduced in Nepal a decade ago, authorities continue to kill dogs inhumanely using strychnine poison, guns or sticks. The incident shows that Nepal badly needs an Animal Welfare Act, to provide protection for canines and other animals.

The campaigners invite all concerned citizens to sign this petition, as well as send emails to the municipality through this link, and to the Nepal police at  info@nepalpolice.gov.np. The CDO can be reached by fax at 009 771 4267619.

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Serbia: Zahtev,18.6.13.Brojno stanje i dr.

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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Zahtev,18.6.13.Gde su zivotinje2251

 

EPAR – OIPA SRBIJA
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24000 Subotica Matka Vukovića 9

epar@open.telekom.rs

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JKP`Cistoca I zelenilo`,Subotica
18.6.2013.
Zahtev za informacijama od javnog znacaja

1. Brojno stanje pasa I macaka na dan 18.6.2013. u prihvatilistu na adresi Ganjo sor 134,Subotica;

2. Dostavite kopiju dokumentacije iz koje se vidi na koji nacin je nastalo brojno stanje pasa I
macaka koje postoji na dan 18.6.2013. u odnosu na brojno stanje 31.12.2012. u prihvatilistu na
adresi Ganjo sor 134, Subotica.

3. Dostavite kopiju dokumentacije iz koje se vidi da je ova firma postupila po Resenju RVI Subotica
br.273-323-0843/2012-05 od 23.1.2012.

4. S obzirom na broj uhvacenih pasa i macaka u poslednje 3 godine za koje ste duzni imati
dokumentaciju , a koji je : 2187 pasa i 234 macke ( po vasim mesecnim izvestajima), zahtevamo da
nam dostavite kopiju dokumentacije iz koje se vidi sta se dogodilo svakoj od ovih zivotinja , narocito s
obzirom da ste nas 2013. izvestili da nakon svih tih 2421 hvatanja pasa I macaka vi raspolazete
brojnim stanjem 170 pasa i 0 macaka I, takodje ste nas obavestili i o smestajnom kapacitetu : 234
psa , i da -ako vi nemate dokumente dokaze nenasilne smrti nedostajucih zivotinja ( 234 macke i
2017 pasa , vi ste time priznali da ste pocinili krivicno delo zlostavljanje velikog broja pasa I macaka ,
a nepostojanje dokumentacije je upravo dokaz vase krivicne odgovornosti I krivicne odgovornosti
veterinarske sluzbe koja je za vasu firmu radila u te poslednje 3 godine :zataskavanja tog krivicnog
dela , jer ta dokumentacija je jedini moguci dokaz s kojim mozete vi dokazati nepostojanje ovog
krivicnog dela.

S poštovanjem,

EPAR – OIPA SRBIJA/Alijansa za zaštitu prirode,prava životinja i prava ljudi
24000 Subotica Matka Vukovića 9
Zastupnik: Prim.mr.sci.dr.med.Slavica Mazak Bešlić

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UK (England): Respect, and In Memory of Emily Wilding Davison.

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

England

Respect for women’s rights and votes – a special day in British history.

100 Years – In memory of Emily Wilding Davison (Photo below).

emily davison


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22725094

2013 – A crowd of more than 100,000 people were on Epsom Downs to see some of the finest racehorses in the world round Tattenham Corner in this year’s Derby.

The horses thundered past a plaque commemorating the moment 100 years ago when suffragette Emily Wilding Davison ran on to the course and was knocked to the ground by King George V’s colt Anmer.

Davison died from her injuries four days later in Epsom Cottage Hospital, and the suffragettes quickly established her as a martyr for votes for women.

“I think what we need to remember is the lengths which women 100 years ago were prepared to go to.

“I don’t think she intended to kill herself, but she was clearly aware of the dangers so her personal safety was secondary to the cause.

“Her legacy to women today is as a reminder of the strength of feeling – of the acts these Edwardian women were prepared to carry out so women could be treated as full citizens economically and politically.”


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom


http://www.robana.com/?service=set&action=show_content_page&language=en&set=7&ref=news

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Suff Kings Horse

 Above photos – Suffragette Emily Davison throws herself in front of the King’s horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby. She died from her injuries.

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Above – Suffragettes Under Arrest May 1908.

Miss N G Bacon – one of six Suffragettes being arrested outside Downing Street London .1900s Police Officers Policemen Women’s Rights Movement.

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