SAV would like to send early wishes to everyone for a very cruelty free Christmas, and a Very Happy New Year in 2009.
Thank You for all your support with all the campaigns – we hope to have your continued support next year.
KEEP ON BEING A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS ! !
Regards.
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if there was a trophy to be handed out for those that do wonderful work but quietly and where it is needed the most I would give it to my two friends Guzide and Ayse. They work together in the areas of Istanbul where N & R is required the most but very rarely touched.
My vote for the two most caring ladies in Istanbul goes to Guzide and Ayse.
Thank you so much you do wonderful work, I should know because I have followed you for a few years now.
With love & much respect, Tina
From: Guzide ERDEN
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6:08 PM
Subject: 25-26 October 2006 + 9th Nov, CAT NEUTER&RELEASE, Istanbul Archeology Museum’s Garden
CAT NEUTER & RELEASE, 25-26th OCTOBER 2008,
ISTANBUL ARCHEOLOGY MUSEUM
Istanbul Archeology Museum is in the center of old city, a favorite place for tourists. This peaceful place has a large garden with full of trees that has been a home for several large cat groups. The number of cats have been increasing significantly for two reasons : (i) No sterilization took place beforehand (ii) Cats are being dumped into the garden from other areas. The pictures give an idea from the place and cat groups.
Initially a two-day sterilization activity was realised. The third step was done 2 weeks after. The Museum team are very cooperative with us, they allocated a place for the equipment, operation and post-operation. A team of a vet, vet. assistant and a catcher worked together during n&r.
RESULTS :
Total number of cats sterilized : 42 (17 male, 25 female). All of them are vaccinated against rabies, besides inner and outer anti-parasite treatments applied.
Only vaccinated : 8 ( 5 of them were young enough for an operation + 3 were already sterile).
Medical treatment : 1 (sent to the clinic)
We thank very much to the below organisations, without their support this activity could not have been realised :
Marchig Trust that covered the cost of the activity (vet, vet assistant, catcher, medicine)
Actiezwerfhonden that provided the cat trap.
FIRST DAY, 25th Oct.
The vet who is in green giving injection for anaesthesia.
This vet has been very experienced in n&r. He can make the operations through a very small cut with inner stitches, so that the recovery period is the shortest possible with the minimum risks. Please see below how small cut he makes the operations from.
The traps are very useful when catching (cat trap) and keeping the cats before/after op (dog traps). The traps were provided by Actiezwerfhonden (Holland).
THE SECOND DAY, 26th Oct
There was heavy shower in the morning, but the team continued the activity.
3 DAYS AFTER THE ACTIVITY :
A visit was made to the place 3 days after to check the area/cats. The non-sterile ones and the ones require medical treatment were noted for the 3rd step.
Ayse Doganci is in the picture.
A sign is required to separate the sterilised one from the others (male ones can be identified but the females!). In every sterilisation activity we catch one or two that had been sterilized before but have no sign of the operation.
As seen, the small cut to one ear given during the operation enables easy separation.
No harm to cats.
The tourists and cats are very happy to be together.
During catching, we received so many questions and curious looks. It was pleasure to tell them that “this catching was for sterilisation and vaccination only !”. Those explanations together with the team’s careful and caring attitude gave them a good relief.
THE THIRD STEP, 9th Nov.
The third step was realised on the 9th Nov. It was good to see the sterilized ones around.
FINAL NOTES :
Upper respiratory infection (viral) are very common among the cats. We observed that the rate was not below than 60%. As the winter is close, we will not do the operations till spring.
In the mean time, a vitamin and anti-biotic treatment is planned. A day-long activity can work well.
There are still non-sterile ones that are very difficult to catch. Besides, there are many young ones around.
If those are done in next spring, then the cat populations will be kept under control.
Guzide Erden Ayse Doganci
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URGENT: A HORROR STORY IS UNFOLDING IN CANADA:
The slaughter (by Nunavet) of what was thought to be 200 (which we now
know was underestimated) narwhales “trapped in the ice” was bad enough;
now the horror has turned into a blood bath of up to 500 narwhales!
Please contact Minister Gail Shea and tell her to put a stop to the
slaughter of hundreds of narwhales. Tell her to call off the hunters and
send in the nearest icebreaker immediately. Also tell her that the annual
quota for whales 130 should be respected and any additional “takes”
applied to next year’s allotment for the Nunavet. Tell her whale meat is
contaminated, and
Send your own letter or if you copy the letter below please add the
following statement:
Name,
City, State,
Country
Telephone: (613) 992-9223
Fax: (613) 992-1974
Letter to copy and send – Send your own letter or
if you copy the letter below please add the
following statement:
Name,
City, State,
Country
Dear Minister Shea:
It is simply unfathomable that the DFO has been as exceedingly negligent
in protecting the narwhales of Pond Inlet as it has been. Not only does
the condemnable lack of action by the DFO reveal the agency’s actual
utter disregard for the welfare of its natural resources, but supports
an illegal disregard for the rule of law established for the welfare of
marine species.
I speak for hundreds of animal welfare and wildlife specialists in my
area, and while we are far from the scene, I advise you that the concern
for these whales is exceedingly great. We don’t need to remind you that
we are in a global crisis and the extinction of species is 100 times its
normal pace due to human activities.
If the native Nunavet could not accurately estimate the number of
entrapped whales (“200”), as it now seems there are more than double the
initial tallies (closer to 500), one can discount their statements that
the population is “healthy.” In reality, a population could be called
“healthy” to justify a mass slaughter.
Narwhale tusks can fetch $1500 a piece on the market. What do you think
is the real motivation force here? The quota for hunting whales should
be adjusted over the next several years to account for the slaughter in
excess of their 130 number tally this year. This is the only proper
course to take in response to this outrageous killing spree.
It was reported that the nearest icebreaker was 50 km away from the
carnage. In that case, the DFO should be condemned even further, as 50
km is an easy distance to travel, despite the conditions, to save an
entire population of cetaceans.
Now a major portion of the global population of narwhales, and certainly
this specific population and its genetic diversity, are poised for
annihilation.
-We can not urge you more strongly and with more urgency to call off any
hunting activities immediately and send the icebreaker to the scene. In
addition, you must please advise the Nunavet to vacate the scene at
once. Otherwise the blood of this species falls on the regulatory body
that failed to act, allowed an essentially illegal mass slaughter to
occur, and brought about a collapse of the ecosystem that the narwhales
are an integral part of.
If the DFO is ridiculously concerned that “the noise of the icebreaker
will scare the narwhales,” what do you think the sound of gunshots next
to their faces, and the slaughter of their close kindred is doing to
them? That is a poor excuse for what is likely a lazy and apathetic
attitude, leading to the utter failure of the DFO’s objectives by the
DFO itself.
In addition, it is essential that the DFO create an proper marine mammal
stranding response team to immediately address future crises such as
this, for whatever measures are in place are pitifully, woefully
inadequate.
Sincerely,
Taffy Williams
Taffy Lee Williams
New York Whale and Dolphin Action League
PO Box 273
Tuckahoe, NY 10707 USA
914-793-9186
407-404-2046
<http://www.ny4whales.org>www.ny4whales.org
Taffy Lee Williams
New York Whale and Dolphin Action League
PO Box 273
Yonkers, NY 10707 USA
www.ny4whales.org
914-793-9186 / 407-404-2046 cell
Because when we save whales, we save ourselves.
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The following message about SOS Galgos has been sent to us by
Maria and Paul. Please check out the links given at the end of this
message to see the work of SOS and also Maria and Paul. (SAV).
Dear all,http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=18DfbQ02Q3w
just a quick message to share the first few clips of our visit to SOS
Galgos. We had such a lovely time and it was truly an inspiration, I’m
sure new songs will come from the imagery and sights and sounds but
for now here is the moment we met sweet little galgo ‘Wonder’ and her
new family, the link to view is here –
We will hopefully have a slideshow of the whole event online soon &
there’s some pics on the SOS Galgos website.
Have a great weekend & keep on rockin!!!
Bye for now,
Love from Maria & Paul xx
Notes from the slide show –
On November 21st 2008 we flew to Barcelona in Spain to visit Anna and
Albert of SOS Galgos and play a benefit gig for them at City Hall, the
event was called ‘Concierto Benefico Live cantante de rock ‘Maria
Daines a favor a los galgos necesitados’ and it was fantastic! The
event started with an Egyptian fashion show where the models were all
dressed as Cleopatra, including an amazing Egyptian King! The models
walked down the red carpet each walking with a beautiful dog, most of
them galgos, it was so glamorous and unforgettable.
Egyptian Fashion Show
On the day after the event we went for a walk on the beach with many
of SOS Galgos rescue dogs and that’s where we met the precious galgo
named ‘Wonder’, she is blind but you would not believe it if you met
her, she is loveable, intelligent, happy, sweet natured, and now, the
best part of all, she has her own family because she has been adopted
and they love her very much. Of all the special memories we took home
with us from the trip, meeting Wonder and her family is something we
will always treasure and even thinking about it now I have a lump in
my throat.
My mum, Mary Coe, painted a picture of Wonder and donated it to SOS
Galgos and on the beach I was able to present the picture to Wonder’s
mum and dad, it was quite an emotional moment and as you can see,
Wonder is looking at the picture of her wonderful self!
Thank you to everyone who made us so welcome in Spain and thank you
to Anna Clements, Albert Sorde and volunteers of SOS Galgos who do
such a vital job saving and rehoming the galgos and greyhounds that
badly need help when they are cast out or neglected.
You are in our hearts always.
Best wishes, Maria & Paul xxxxxxx
To visit the brilliant SOS Galgos website, which has many photographs,
please click on the following link –
Visit Maria and Paul at:
http://www.maria-daines.com
http://www.myspace.com/mariadaines
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As you probably know, Jelena has been sending Serbian shelter dogs
to Austria to their new homes that Animal Care Austria is finding.
For one dog to be sent it costs 100 Euros for papers / blood test on rabies
and certificate and 50 Euros for transport.
We have found someone who wants to take dogs with a van, so every second
Wednesday we can send dogs if we had money to pay the necessary expenses.
Please give anything you possibly can to help us send dogs to loving homes in Austria.
‘ZELJKO’
This dog is named ’Zeljko’ and there is interest in him being rehomed already. Jelena needs 70 Euros for blood tests regarding rabies so that he can cross the border without problems and 25 Euros to take him to another town, from where a van will pick him up to take him to Austria. ACA in Austria are contributing the 50 Euros needed for transport.
Please can you give a donation and help raise the money for the essential blood tests.
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‘BANE’
This dog is named ’Bane’ and is going to Austria next Wednesday.
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Yesterday Nina left :
‘NINA’
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‘SIRKAN’
Do you remember Sirkan was shown waiting for a new home on our site recently ?
** ‘SIRKAN’ UPDATE 29/12 ***
Some great news – Jelena has informed that ‘Sirkan’
has now been given a new home.
Here he is with his new owner;
Now Jelena has sent 15 dogs and 3 kittens so far to Austria; and with your help and support, we can find loving homes for many more.
Thank you
Jelena
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For Jelena’s shelter information, please access the following SAV links:
https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/very-urgent-appeal-from-jelenas-shelter-serbia/
and then please GIVE A DONATION !!
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Corfu Animal Rescue Establishment:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/2321933 http://www.carecorfu.com/
End Whale and Dolphin Slaughter:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-whale-dolphin-slaughter-in-the-faroe-islands
To ban animals in circuses in Ontario:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-animals-in-circuses http://www.circuses.com
Abused and sick animals at the animal pound of Palencia – Spain: year after year, animals are mistreated and abused. Sick animals have no veterinary care. Animals have no vaccines. The employees show no regards for the wellbeing of the animals at this place. http://www.amigosdemilord.com/apoyanos-con-tu-firma.php
Mass killing of Wild American Horses and Burros: BLM (Bureau of Land Management) -proposes-mass-killing-of-Americas-wild-horses-and-burros
Tell Burberry to Stop Selling Fur: http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/ukburberry
Introduce legislation in China: http://www.animalsaviors.org/petition.html
Celeb. Boyfriend Kills Girlfriends Cat in Jealous Rage: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/celeb-boyfriend-kills-cat-in-drunken-jealous-rage
Microwave killing of cat in Camrose Alberta – Canada: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/microwave-killing-of-cat-in-camrose-alberta.html
Undercover Video Shows Rabbits Screaming During Slaughter: http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/armani_fur_investigation
Slaughter of Sharks: http://www.hai.ch/Stiftung/Aktionen/08esw/08-eusharkweek-pet.html
I want the TV stations to respect animals in Portugal http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/bastadetelevisoescontraanimais
Tell the government to protect sea turtles from trawls: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/12/take-action-tell-the-government-to-protect
Edgar County Animal Shelter is a Death house for Dogs: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/edgar-county-animal-shelter-is-a-death-house-for-dogs
CARE: Stop animal cruelty throughout Greece: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/2321933 and/or http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/greece-protect-your-animals-or-lose-your-tourists
Save the Homeless and Abused Animals of Egypt:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/save-the-homeless-and-abused-animals-of-egypt
Heartbreaking Cruelty – Dog Tied up like in a Crucifixtion – Limassol Cyprus: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/heartbreaking-dog-cruelty-cyprus
Bolivian Army TORTURES a dog to train soldiers: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ejercito-boliviano-tortura-y-mata-a-un-perro-en-entrenamiento
Protest against the massacre of stray animals in Bulgaria:
Maximum penalty for the men who hacked up a puppy in Australia: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/maximum-penalty-for-the-men-who-hacked-up-a-puppy
Hope for Horse made to carry Lion in China:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hope-for-horse-made-to-carry-lion
STOP the killing of wild geese in theNetherlands:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/18/stop-killing-geese-in-the-netherlands
Help Stop the Sadistic ‘Fire Bull’ Festival in Soria: http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/toro_de_fuego?rk=8pXfI8KqACggW
Change military Policy about animals:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/2194011
Australia’s Ultra-Fine Wool Industry – Wool: Australia’s Secret Shame: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-battery-sheep-farming
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Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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