Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Dear all;I would just like to provide you with some information about one of my all time favourite animal welfare charities. 

They are SPANA – the Society for the Protection of ANimals Abroad. 

SPANA provides free veterinary care for all working animals in some of the poorest regions of the world; care for animals that enables them to continue being of immense benefit to their owners, who very often depend on their animals for an income to support their families.

All services provided by SPANA in so many countries are given free of charge to the locals and are funded by the fantastic supporter network, of which I am very proud to be one !

Enjoy your trip around the SPANA website, learning about all the countries that they work in and the incredible veterinary support and care that they provide to working animals in these regions.

SPANA mobile clinics and refuge centres care for over 400,000 animals every year in these countires providing free veterinary care and advice to working animal owners.

SPANA teaches animal owners and children how to respect and care for animals through its educational programmes.

Once you have looked at the web site, I think that you will understand why I feel it so necessary to support the wonderful work of SPANA.

Mark – SAV.

A Working Donkey in Mali

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SPANA  Website:  http://www.spana.org/index.html

Other links within the site include:

http://www.spana.org/the-big-picture/index.html

http://www.spana.org/spana-in-action/index.html

http://www.spana.org/countries/index.html

http://www.spana.org/about-us/index.html

http://spanablog.blogspot.com/

Enjoy looking at some fantastic fundraising events on behalf of SPANA in the past year, including the very lifelike donkeys which took part in the London Marathon on 26th April 2009. 

Human ‘Donkey’ Fundraisers at the London Marathon – 2009

View all 18 pictures of the London Marathon days events at:

http://www.spana.org/you-can-help/success-stories.html

SPANA is a UK charity saving animals in the poorest countries in the world.

But they are not an ordinary animal charity – they know that working animals ensure that families can make a living.

SPANA was founded in 1923 by Kate Hosali and her daughter Nina, after they witnessed the mistreatment of animals on their travels through North Africa.

After their first trip Nina wrote:

“We realised that behind that façade of picturesque beauty there existed a vast sea of neglected animal suffering. How many tourists had glimpsed this hidden world and like us done nothing about it?”

They planned to set up a service that offered practical help and that acknowledged the extreme poverty of animal owners, lack of medicines and education.

Kate returned to Africa to treat as many animals as she could, while Nina set up SPANA in London.

About us

Some people think of SPANA as an animal charity that helps people. Others think we are a people charity that helps animals.

We’re happy to have it both ways. Without SPANA, people would be worse off and animals would be in pain and misery. Because of what we do, there are more happy, healthy animals, working hard and earning an income for their owners. This in turn puts food on the table and can pay for their children to go to school.

How we help animals and the families that depend on them

Free Veterinary Care – Our mobile clinics and refuge centres care for over 400,000 animals every year.

Education – We teach owners and children how to respect and care for animals.

Emergency programme – In times of crisis and disaster we are there to ensure both animals and people can get back on their feet.

Outreach programme – We support projects that improve animal welfare all over the world.

More about us:

What we do

SPANA is a UK charity saving animals in the poorest countries in the world. But we are not an ordinary animal charity – we know that working animals ensure that families can make a living.

History of SPANA

SPANA was founded in 1923 by Kate Hosali and her daughter Nina, after they witnessed the mistreatment of animals on their travels through North Africa. Read more about their incredible drive to help working animals.

Contact us

Addresses, phone numbers and contact details for Head Office in London.

Find us

Media Enquiries

How to get in touch with our Communciations Manager.

Centres Abroad

Addresses for our centres in Africa.

Annual Review

Highlights from our Annual Review.

Frequently Asked Questions

What we do, where we work, and more questions answered.

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The feature article at the end of this post is one from the 2009 Summer issue of ‘Green World’, produced for members by the Green Party of England and Wales. 

The article relates to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) and is prepared by Uk SSCS Director Steve Roest.  Steve is also a UK Green Party candidate and has recently returned from ‘Operation Musashi’ in Antartica where they have been battling against the Japanese whaling fleet.

Mark Sanders-Barwick, also a SSCS volunteer, talks to Steve about his reasons for joining the Antartica campaign.

Please see our post of December 2008 (link directly below) for more information and video footage of the SSCS campaigns:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/the-brilliant-sea-shepherd-conservation-society-sscs-sets-out-alone-in-defence-of-whales/

About the Green Party

Website:   http://www.greenparty.org.uk/

Membership Link:    http://join.greenparty.org.uk/membership/index.html

The Green Party of England and Wales is a growing political movement promoting social and environmental justice through campaigns, direct action and the electoral process.

Elected Greens 

Green representation is increasing at all levels of government. After the local and London elections in 2008, the Green Party of England and Wales had more than 100 parish councillors, 125 Principal Authority councillors, two members of the London Assembly and two Members of the European Parliament.

In Scotland, the Scottish Greens have two Members of the Scottish Parliament and since 2007 there has been one Green MLA in Northern Ireland. 

Our Principal Authority councillors sit on Borough, District and County Councils all over England and Wales.

Policy:  Animal Protection

Annually in Britain, over 3 million animals are used in experiments. They are poisoned, scalded, infected with diseases, crippled, blinded, starved and brain damaged, all for scientific purposes.

Every year, there are 850 million animals slaughtered for food. Most of these animals are farmed intensively, never breathing fresh air or seeing daylight. They are highly susceptible to disease and antibiotics are used routinely to suppress infection and promote growth. Their needs are ignored in the pursuit of profit.

Animals are capable of feeling physical pain and mental distress: they deserve to be treated with respect, and protected from cruelty. However, today in Britian, their habitats are increasingly under threat, they are still used for ‘entertainment’ in circuses and zoos, and they are hunted for ‘sport’.

The Green Party believes that animals have the right to live in safety, without fear or pain caused by human exploitation. We seek a more peaceful world, where all life is respected and all cruelty challenged.    

The Green Party would:

• End all animal experiments, replacing them with more reliable non-animal alternatives.

• End factory farming, stop promoting factory farming abroad and encourage a reduction in meat consumption. We would also ban live exports, and the genetic treatment of animals.

• Protect habitats, ban bloodsports and end badger culling. We would ban the use of animals in circuses and abolish zoos.

Don’t we need animal experiments to develop new cures and medicines?

Experiments on animals are unreliable as a guide to human biology. Different species react differently to drugs and toxic substances. Many drugs that cause damaging side-effects in people have passed animal tests. There are viable alternatives to animal testing including epidemiology, the use of cell cultures, human tissue and computer simulation. The Green Party would redirect research funding to such alternatives.

We are not associated with groups using violence to promote animal rights. We campaign for a fairer world, where everyone is treated with respect. We are opposed to the use of violence or intimidation for any cause. We support non-violent direct action, and work with those groups using peaceful methods to publicise animal cruelty.

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