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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

Regarding our petition which was specifically created for the one day meeting in Belgrade on 17^th April; we can confirm that today (2^nd 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.

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:

petition_signers

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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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

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

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.

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.

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.

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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

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.

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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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

UPDATE: 03/04/13

Please see our post of 25^th 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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Serbia / England: International Efforts To Help ‘Jonza’ the Goat Living In Serbia.

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

Jonza

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.

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 (26^th). 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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Romania: Animals Voice Romania – Support Please.

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

Animals Voice Romania

Hello.
First i want to thank you for signing this petition.
And I want to tell you more about our activity and to ask for a donation to support our cases. We have 5 important cases right now:
1. Chancy (6 months old cat)-broken eye
2. Maronica (5 years old dog)-heartworms
3. Neuter 3 stray dogs
4. Grey (7 months old cat) – hit in his mouth by people, have 1 broken tooth and wounds.He eat very hard.
5. Food,medical care and more to about 30 stray dogs and cats
You can see all those cases with photos and complete stories at our site: http://animals-voice.weebly.com/

We also want to do:
-neuter as many animals as possible
-save and take care about the animals that was beaten, abused or hurt
-rescue dogs from dog catchers and public shelters
-make our own shelter
-support owners with low bidget but with big heart
- See more at: http://animals-voice.weebly.com/projectscases.html#sthash.NcMW6TKW.dpuf

If you want to help us save stray animals you can donate here: http://animals-voice.weebly.com/donate.html

DON’T BE INDIFFERENT!

Thank you,
Alina (site administrator)

This message is from bumbac alina who started the petition “Romanian Government: Stop Barbulescu Flavius from Brasov, Romania to kill stray animals!,”

View the petition

‘Home’ link:

http://animals-voice.weebly.com/home.html#sthash.MuKVcRls.dpbs

Photo links:

http://animals-voice.weebly.com/need-help-skinny-and-sick-dog.html#sthash.QNigtLTG.dpbs

http://animals-voice.weebly.com/need-help-hurt-dog.html#sthash.AoCKZ8De.dpbs

http://animals-voice.weebly.com/sos.html#sthash.cIuJ30Hb.dpbs

http://animals-voice.weebly.com/lucky-and-his-family.html#sthash.Dy7ujBtX.dpbs

http://animals-voice.weebly.com/aschiuta.html#sthash.MDB9XYKk.dpbs

To give donations please click on the following link – Thank You.

http://animals-voice.weebly.com/donate.html?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email#sthash.aj3c3OOA.dpbs

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Serbia: Sample Letters To Send – Animal Killers Go Unpunished – Not An Example For An EU Candidate Nation !

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

Hi,

Scroll down please – there is an English version of the letter following the Serbian one.

And it is very important to know- everybody must know these :

Article 269. of Criminal code of Serbia ,Official gasette number 121/2012 : has 3 paragraphs:

1) paragraph: to human/humans who cruel or kill 1 animal in opposite to rule of law: up to 1 year prison or money punishment;

2) paragraph: to human who cruel more then 1 animal, or even only 1 but if that one is of high protection/protected species: this paragraph 2) of Article 269. demands: up to 3 years prison or money-punishment;

3) paragraph of Article 269. who organises or watchches or act animal fighting between animals of one or of different species: would be punish by up to 3 years prison.

( You can find this law by Google.com if You write this:

Krivicni zakonik Srbije , find number 121/2012, there You could find Article 269. ( Clan 269. with paragraphs 1), 2), 3)

it is the latest version of this Law , valid from 24.12.2012.

p.s.

I fight very hard ,and almost 24h per day, every day, on behalf of EPAR-OIPA , short, name of my organisation is EPAR, and it fights against shinters, hunters, veterinary inspections, hunter inspections, public attorneys, and all those of authorities of State Serbia and cities of Serbia who dont implement laws, as at my city Subotica, as all over Serbia too.

Serbia has good laws , and many good people who deep suffer because these criminals – but inspections and authorities don`t implement laws, because high level of corruption.

Also, there are many organisations and single people who fight – but Corruption is very hard Enemy .

Regards

Slavica

EPAR-OIPA SRBIJA/Alijansa za zastitu prirode,prava zivotinja i prava ljudi
24000 Subotica,Matka Vukovica,9

Zastupnik: Prim.mr.sci.dr.med.Slavica Mazak Beslic

BUDI VEGAN za Zivotinje i Zemlju
GO VEGAN for the Animals and the Earth

SAMPLE LETTER TO SEND:

Send both letters please to the following:

SERBIAN Letter

Pisem vam da izrazim svoju zabrinutost zbog porasta slucajeva zlostavljanja i ubijanja zivotinja u Srbiji.

U mnogim gradovima sirom Srbije, skoro svakodnevno, pojedinci namerno truju pse i macke bez vlasnika. Tokom proslog meseca vise desetina vlasnika takodje je obavestilo nadlezne organe da su njihovi ljubimci otrovani.

http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/beograd.74.html:420259-U-Sumicama-ponovo-otrovani-psi
http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/srbija.73.html:418213-G-Milanovac-Trovao-macke-umalo-i-decu
http://www.nadlanu.com/pocetna/stil/zivotinjsko-carstvo/Otrovana-dva-psa-porodice-koja-je-usvojila-Milu.a-164815.835.html

Vest o psu iz Borce, kome je odrana koza, uzasnula je ljubitelje zivotinja sirom sveta.

http://www.nadlanu.com/pocetna/info/vesti/SVIREPO-Odrao-kozu-psu-i-bacio-ga-pored-kontejnera-u-Borci-UZNEMIRUJUCE-FOTOGRAFIJE.a-168603.295.html

U Novom Sadu nedavno je otkriven ugljensan les macke, a u ovom gradu neko takodje bezdusno ubija i golubove.

http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Hronika/362122/Monstruozno-Novosadjani-nasli-pecenu-macku-UPOZORENJE-UZNEMIRUJUCI-PRIZOR
http://www.nadlanu.com/pocetna/stil/zivotinjsko-carstvo/Pred-ocima-javnosti-Surovo-ubijanje-golubova-u-Novom-sadu-FOTO.a-164850.835.html
Jos jedna zrtva je macka Zvezdana iz Beograda, kojoj je neki monstrum odsekao zadnje sape.

http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Beograd/344942/Beogradjanka-spasla-mace-kojem-su-odsekli-zadnje-sape

Poslednji slucaj zlostavljanja zivotinja dogodio se 22. februara 2013 godine. Dva psa su brutalno ubijena u Barajevu, a iza njih je ostalo osam stenaca na ulici.

http://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/557388-bezdusno-ubijena-dva-psa-u-barajevu-osam-stenaca-ostalo-na-ulici

Jedno od najbrutalnijih ubistava dogodilo se u novembru 2012 godine na pijaci u Zemunu, kada je Vujica K. lopatom ubio cetiri steneta. Tada se niko se nije usudio da mu pridje. Policija ga je privela i posle saslusanja pustila da se brani sa slobode.

http://www.alo.rs/vesti/hronika/stenci-cvileli-dok-ih-je-ubijao-lopatom/5006

Svi gore navedeni primeri upucuju na to da je nasilje nad zivotinjama u velikom porastu u Srbiji. Nazalost, nema odgovarajucih kazni za pocinioce ovih monstuoznih dela!

26. februara 2013. Osnovni sud u Čačku osudio je Borivoja Obradovića, za ubistvo dva psa sekirom (od kojih je jadna bila skotna kuja) na novcanu kaznu od 60.000 dinara. Samo sudski troškovi koje Obradovic treba da plati su veci i iznose 61.390 dinara. Za ovaj zlocin, prema Zakonu, mogao je da bude osudjen na godinu dana!

http://www.pressonline.rs/info/hronika/263974/kaznili-ga-sa-60000-dinara-zbog-ubistva-psa.html

Ako pojedinci koji su pocinili ovako okrutne zlocine prodju nekaznjeno, ili sa neadekvatnom kaznom, jasno je da u buducnosti mogu da izvrse nasinje i zlocine nad ljudima.

Prema Clanu 269 Krivicnog zakonika, zlostavljanje i ubijanje životinja je krivično delo. Nadlezni organi Srbije moraju postovati Zakon i poslati jasnu poruku da se nasilje nad zivotinjama ne tolerise, i da ce pocinioci ovih dela snositi ozbiljne zakonske posledice.

U Evropskoj uniji se zivotinje smatraju svesnim, osecajnim bicima i tretiraju se sa postovanjem. Evropa zbog etickih i kulturnih razloga, kao i zbog ekonomskih i zdravstvenih, ima veoma visoke standarde kada je rec o dobrobiti zivotinja. AKO SRBIJA ZELI DA ZASLUZI STATUS KANDIDATA ZA EU, ONA MORA DA SE SUPROTSTAVI ZLOSTAVLJANJU ZIVOTINJA I POCNE DA IZRICE OSTRE KAZNE ZA OVE ZLOCINE.

Molim Vas da zastitite gradjane i zivotinje u Srbiji tako sto cete pojedince koji ubijaju neduzne zivotinje ubuduce kaznjavati adekvatnim zatvorskim kaznama.

Hvala na paznji i sto cete uzeti u razmatranje navedeno u ovom pismu.

S postovanjem

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ENGLISH VERSION:

I am writing to express my deep concern about increasing animal cruelty in Serbia.
In many Serbian cities, almost daily, some people are deliberately poisoning dogs and cats without owners. During the last month, several dozen owners also reported that their pets were poisoned.
http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/beograd.74.html:420259-U-Sumicama-ponovo-otrovani-psi
http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/srbija.73.html:418213-G-Milanovac-Trovao-macke-umalo-i-decu
http://www.nadlanu.com/pocetna/stil/zivotinjsko-carstvo/Otrovana-dva-psa-porodice-koja-je-usvojila-Milu.a-164815.835.html

The news about the brutally murdered dog in Belgrade, whose skin was removed from the body, horrified animal lovers across the globe.
http://www.nadlanu.com/pocetna/info/vesti/SVIREPO-Odrao-kozu-psu-i-bacio-ga-pored-kontejnera-u-Borci-UZNEMIRUJUCE-FOTOGRAFIJE.a-168603.295.html

In Novi Sad recently was discovered the charred body of a cat. Also in this town someone is heartlessly killing pigeons.
http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Hronika/362122/Monstruozno-Novosadjani-nasli-pecenu-macku-UPOZORENJE-UZNEMIRUJUCI-PRIZOR
http://www.nadlanu.com/pocetna/stil/zivotinjsko-carstvo/Pred-ocima-javnosti-Surovo-ubijanje-golubova-u-Novom-sadu-FOTO.a-164850.835.html

Another victim was a two month old kitten from Belgrade, to whom some monster cut off the back paws.
http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Beograd/344942/Beogradjanka-spasla-mace-kojem-su-odsekli-zadnje-sape

The last atrocity against animals happened 22 February 2013. Two dogs were brutally murdered in the Belgrade municipality of Barajevo. Eight puppies left on the street without mothers.
http://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/557388-bezdusno-ubijena-dva-psa-u-barajevu-osam-stenaca-ostalo-na-ulici

One of the most severe cases of animal cruelty took place in November 2012 at the market in Zemun, where Vujica K. with a shovel killed four puppies. No one dared to approach him. Police detained Vujica K. but after a hearing, he was released to defend himself from freedom.
http://www.alo.rs/vesti/hronika/stenci-cvileli-dok-ih-je-ubijao-lopatom/5006

Sad examples above show that there is increasing violence across Serbia. Unfortunately, there are no real consequences for people who committed these monstrous crimes!

26th February 2013 – the Court in the Serbian town of Cacak sentenced Borivoja Obradovic for killing two dogs with an axe (one of them was pregnant) to the fine of 60,000 dinars. Fines that Obradovic must pay to the court are of 61.390. For this crime, by the Serbian Law, possible imprisonment is up to one year!

http://www.pressonline.rs/info/hronika/263974/kaznili-ga-sa-60000-dinara-zbog-ubistva-psa.html

To allow individuals guilty of perpetrating such cruel acts to go unpunished, or not be sufficiently punished, would permit them to go on to commit serious and violent crimes against humans.

SPECIFICALLY BY ARTICLE 269 OF THE SERBIAN CRIMINAL LAW, ABUSE AND KILLING OF ANIMALS IS A CRIME!

Serbians authorities must act by the Law and send a clear message that such brutal crimes will not be tolerated, and there are serious consequences for people who commit them.

The EU recognizes animals as sentient beings and treats them with respect. There are ethical and cultural reasons, without for one moment forgetting the economic and public health reasons, for maintaining a very high standard of animal welfare!

IF SERBIA WANTS TO GET THE CANDIDATE STATUS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EU, MUST STOP THE ACCEPTANCE OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND ENFORCE A POLICY OF HARSH PUNISHMENT FOR THESE CRIMES.

Please protect the citizens and animals of Serbia by giving these animal killers serious jail time.

Thank you for your valuable time and consideration

Respectfully

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