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

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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.

SAMPLE MAIL  SAMPLE MAIL  SAMPLE MAIL

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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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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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.

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Titogradska 53
24000, Subotica
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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

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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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Ireland: Join ARAN and CIWF for a National ‘Stop Live Exports from Ireland’ Rally on April 24

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice

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IRELAND’S SHAME:

Join ARAN and CIWF for a National ‘Stop Live Exports from Ireland’ Rally on April 24

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Thousands of Irish animals need your help.

Join many others and book just two hours off from school, college, university or yes, even work! There will be inspiring speakers on the day and it’s family friendly so everyone is invited along to this peaceful event.

March saw the resumption of live cattle exports from a Waterford port which will be the first of many shipments from Ireland to the Middle East. This shipment was the first in more than ten years and was a sad, dark day for animals in Ireland – a step back in time. The hardship and blatant suffering many thousands of Irish cattle will face during the grueling journey is one thing, but the horrendous torment and cruelty these gentle animals will endure at point of destination, is only imaginable. When the animals reach Libya they will be slaughtered but generally without the “standards” that are often put in place in Western countries – either way the suffering is wrong and the live export trade from Ireland must be stopped.

It’s imperative if you want this horrendous trade stopped you must take a stand – please don’t leave it to others to do the active job of speaking out. Wherever you live in Ireland we’re asking you to please book just two hours off and attend this most important event of the year.

Thank you,

ARAN
‘Fighting animal abuse across Ireland’

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P.S. ARAN is working with CIWF specifically on the live exports campaign as the group is highly experienced and has led the calls to ban the vial trade across Europe.

Click here for an investigation into live exports,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DbHdBrHvA

ARAN Web Site =  http://www.aran.ie/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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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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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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