USA: US Citizens – Please Send an E Mail to Help Wild Horses (Before 12 February Close)

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Please Send An E-mail To Help Wild Horses

Public Comment Ends Friday Feb. 12

Photo-IDA

Our voices are making a difference for America’s wild horses, but now is the time to keep up the pressure. In the last two months, after receiving well over ten thousand public comments in opposition, the BLM has postponed two scheduled wild horse roundups in Utah’s Confusion Mountains Complex and eastern Nevada’s Eagle Herd Management Area.

The agency even admitted that the tremendous public opposition to the roundups influenced its decisions. Read article here.

As a result of your emails, 700 free-living mustangs have gotten a reprieve from the BLM’s brutal roundups, like the helicopter stampede in the Calico Mountains Complex that has cost 39 horses their lives so far and another 20-30 pregnant mares to spontaneously abort.

Now we need you to act again to oppose the massive removal of 1,506 wild horse in the Antelope Complex located in northeastern Nevada.

This proposed removal of approximately 75 percent of the horses would leave behind only 471 horses in the vast 1.3 million acre public lands complex! It’s hard to believe, but the BLM is actually claiming that the 1.3 MILLION acres, consisting of four herd management areas (HMAs), can only support 471 to 788 horses.

This Antelope Complex roundup is currently scheduled to take place this summer or fall. The BLM’s Elko and Ely District Offices are seeking public input for the preparation of a preliminary environmental assessment (EA). This is our chance to oppose and highlight that the BLM’s determination of the “appropriate management level” (AML) for wild horses is flawed and must be revised before proceeding with yet another ill-conceived roundup and removal of wild horses.

 

In Defense of Animals has secured an extension for public comment until Feb 12. So please take a minute to fill out the form at this link and customize the email. In addition, please send this alert to at least three friends and family … you never know who may want to help stop and reform this unnecessary and wasteful government program which destroys the lives of so many wild horses.

Links to BLM press release and letter of notice:

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office/blm_information/newsroom/2010/january/blm_seeks_public_comment.html

http://budget.state.nv.us/clearinghouse/Notice/2010/E2010-117.pdf

Completing the form at this link will send your comments directly to both the BLM’s Elko District Office, and the Wells Field Manager.

Thank you!

In Defense of Animals, located in San Rafael, Calif., is an international animal protection organization with more than 85,000 members and supporters dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals by protecting their rights and welfare. IDA’s efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi, Mumbai, India, and Cameroon, Africa.
In Defense of Animals is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We welcome your feedback and appreciate your donations. Please join today! All donations to IDA are tax-deductible.
In Defense of Animals
3010 Kerner, San Rafael, CA 94901
Tel. (415) 448-0048 Fax (415) 454-1031
idainfo@idausa.org
 
 

Filed under: CAMPAIGNS - Global Animal Welfare Issues, GENERAL NEWS - International / National / Regional, GLOBAL PETITIONS - Anything Animal, Anywhere ! | Leave a comment »

Turkey: With EU Funding to Authorities and Government, 700+ Dogs Thrown Out Into the Wilds to Defend for Themselves – Activists Call for Urgent Changes to Animal Welfare Legislation

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

 

 

 

Freezing Dogs Thrown Out to the Wilds

**IMPORTANT NOTE** –

TURKEY IS NOT CURRENTLY AN EU MEMBER STATE, BUT LIKE OTHER NATIONS IN EUROPE WHO DO NOT ENFORCE ANIMAL WELFARE LAWS, TURKEY IS APPLYING TO BECOME AN EU MEMBER STATE; HENCE THE FUNDING BEING GIVEN ALREADY TO TURKEY BY THE EU.

AS WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID, THE EU MUXST ENSURE ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION IS ALLIED BY THESE NATIONS BEFORE THEY ARE EVER ACCEPTED AS EU MEMBERS.

IN ADDITION, THE EU NEEDS URGENT LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF STRAY AND PET ANIMALS.

THE EU HAS FAILED ITS CITIZENS TO DATE – NOW THE EU MUST ENTER CENTURY 21 FOR ANIMAL WELFARE.

SAV.

————————————————————————————-

February 10th 2010

Newsletter

From  APG-Animalrights@t-online.de  – http://www.turkish-animals-apg.org/  (site temporarily offline – please visit again)

TÜRKIYE DE KISIRLASTIR ASILA SAL PROJESI IFLAS ETMISTIR!

TÜRKIYE SOKAK HAYVANLARI YOKEDILMEKTEDIR.

YASANIN DEGISMESINI ISTEYEN DERNEKLERI DESTEKLIYORUZ !

 

CASTRATING/VACCINATING AND RELEASING HAS FAILED IN TURKEY !!

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ABANDONED ANIALS ARE BEING KILLED AND WE JOIN THE TURKISH ANIMAL WELFARE/RIGHTS COMMUNITY IN DEMANDING URGENT CHANGES TO THE TURKISH ANIMAL WELFARE LAW

http://kopekcehennemi.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2052773&id=1489872866&ref=mf

(please look at the photos of the volunteers feeding the abandoned dogs in the forests; most of these dogs are no longer alive)

LOOK AT THE IMAGES ON THIS BLOG AND THE FACEBOOK PAGE: 

THE TURKISH STRAY ANIMALS ARE BEING PERMANTELY DESTROYED, THE PERPETRATORS, IN MOST CASES, CAN NEVER BE IDENTIFIED:

FOR EXAMPLE, OF THE APPROX. 700 DOGS ABANDONED BY THE AUTHORITIES IN THE FOREST OF BEYKOZ ONLY 200 REMAIN ALIVE.

THESE ANIMALS ARE WITHOUT PROTECTION – THEY ARE LEFT TO THEMSELVES IN THESE DESOLATE AREAS.

Abandoned Dogs 1

MANY TURKISH ANIMAL WELFARE ACTIVISTS DEMAND CHANGES TO THE ANIMAL WELFARE LAW. THEY DEMAND OUTDOOR ENCLOSURES FOR LARGER DOGS AND KENNELS FOR SMALLER ONES, SO THAT ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS CAN, IN COOPERATION WITH COMMUNITIES, ADEQUATELY CARE FOR THESE ANIMALS.

THE CURRENT SITUATION IS LIKE THIS:

THE ANIMAL WELFARE LAW 5199 ONLY STIPULATES REHABILITATION SHELTERS FOR THE STRAYS.

THERE, THEY ARE BEING CASTRATED AND VACCINATED

WITH EU MONEY,

AND THEN RELEASED TO “FREEDOM” (???). THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THESE ANIMALS BE “FREED” IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY CAME FROM (WERE CAUGHT) IN THE FIRST PLACE.

BUT SINCE THE LARGER PART OF THE POPULACE DOES NOT TOLERATE THE STRAYS IN AREAS SETTLED BY PEOPLE THE COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER PRESSURE TO REMOVE THE ANIMALS.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME SITUATION AS IN ROMANIA:

THE STRAYS, AFTER CASTRATION, ARE BEING ABANDONED IN DESOLATE AREAS – MOUNTAINS, FORESTS. THERE THEY CO-EXIST WITH WILD ANIMALS.

THEY HAVE NEITHER WATER NOR FOOD NOR SHELTER.

Dogs Have NO Food

THEY ARE FAIR GAME TO THE ELEMENTS, MAN AND THE HUNTERS.

IF THEY FALL ILL OR ARE INJURED THEY DO NOT GET ANY HELP. ESPECIALLY FOR THE SMALLER DOGS THIS IS A HOPELESS SITUATION – THEY SUFFER CRUELLY.

Some of the Dead Dogs

MOST TURKISH STRAY DOGS ARE BREED DOGS WHO WERE BOUGHT WITHOUT MUCH THOUGHT AND THEN THROWN OUT INTO THE STREET WHEN PEOPLE TIRE OF THEM.

THEY CANNOT AND DO NOT SURVIVE THE BATTLE WITH NATURE AND WILD ANIMALS.

THERE ARE SMALL PUPPIES LIVING IN CAVES IN THE HAYMANA MOUNTAINS OF ANKARA. AN ACTIVIST DRIVES UP THERE EACH DAY TO TRY AND SAVE THEM FROM STARVATION:

THE TURKISH STATE MUST TAKE IST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ANIMALS MORE SERIOUSLY AND, TOGETHER WITH ANIMAL WELFARE, MAKE SURE THESE ANIMALS ARE NOT ABANDONED TO A CRUEL DEATH AFTER CASTRATION.

Abandoned Dogs 2

DÜNYANIN HIC BIR YERINDE EVLERDEN ATILMIS SÜS VE SOKAK KÖPEKLERI ORMANLARDA YASAMAMAKTADIR.

MADEM BU HAYVANLAR ORMANLARA ATILIP ÖLÜME TERKEDILIYORLAR; O ZAMAN NEDEN AB BUNLARIN ASILANIP-KISIRLATIRILMASINI-DOGAYA SALINMASINI FINANSE EDIYOR? SONLARI NASILSA ÖLÜM. ÖLÜME GÖNDERILEN CANLARIN ÜZERINDE DE KAZANIYORLAR.

HAYVANLAR ICIN SONU ÖLÜM OLAN PROJELERIN FINANSE EDILMESINI I S T E M I Y O R U Z !

BU PROJEYI 1990 LI YILLARDA TÜRKIYE YE TASIYAN KISILERI KINIYORUZ

; BU PROJENIN GERCEKLESTIRILMESINE KATKILARI OLAN DERNEKLERI DE KINIYORUZ

ORMANLARA TERKEDILEN HAYVANLARIN COGU EVLERDEN ATILMIS KEDILER VE KÖPEKLERDIR, ORMANLAR HAYVANLARIN YASIYABILECEGI YERLER DEGILDIR.

ORMANLAR YABAN HAYVANLARININ YASADIKLARI YERLERDIR.

ORMANLARDA KUDUZ HASTALIGI TEHLIKESI DE VARDIR.

HALKIN SAGLIGINI VE HAYVANLARIN YASAMINI TEHLIKEYE ATAN BU AKSIYONA KARSIYIZ.

ORMAN BAKANLIGINDAN BU KONUDA TEPKI BEKLIYOR VE SAVUNMASIZ HAYVANLARIN YASATMAK ICIN PROJE TALEB EDIYORUZ.

SOKAK HAYVANLARI ICIN DOGAL YASAM PARKLARININ, UFAK BOY VE YASLI HAYVANLAR ICIN DE IYI ISLEYEN BARINAKLARIN OLUSTURULMASINI ISTIYORUZ.

BU BARINAKLARDA BELEDIYELER STK LAR VE GÖNÜLLÜLER ILE BIRLIKTE HAYVANLARI YASATMALILAR, SAHIPLENDIRMELILER.

YASANIN DEGISME ZAMANI GELMISTIR.

Animal Protection Group Arbeitsgruppe fuer Tierrechte e.V.

Ignatz-Stroof-Strasse 8

06749 Bitterfeld

Sachsen-Anhalt

Tel: +49 (0) 3493 / 605476

© Animal Protection Group Arbeitsgruppe für Tierrechte e.V.

Filed under: CAMPAIGNS - Global Animal Welfare Issues, GENERAL NEWS - International / National / Regional, PHOTOGRAPHS - **WARNING** (Animal Suffering), SUPPORTERS | Leave a comment »

VERY URGENT APPEAL – By 11/02/10 – Written Declaration 54/2009 – 35 More MEP SIGNATURES NEEDED BY 11th February !!

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear Friends,
anyone can help with phone calls or contacts in Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Germany?
still 35 signatures needed by tomorrow,
  
*** Feb 11th ***

 

Daniela
 
——– Original Message ——–
Subject:        Written Declaration update
Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:35:32 -0000
Dear All,

Written Declaration 54/2009 now has 334 signatures. I’m delighted to say
that the support from Romania has been fantastic, 19 MEPs have now signed!

Thank you all so much for your help with this. But please don’t stop
now, we still need 35 more MEPs to sign before the Declaration closes
tomorrow. The response from Spain, Hungary, Portugal, France and
Germany has been disappointing so if you have contacts in these
countries do please encourage them to call their MEPs and ask them to sign.

Many thanks,

Hannah

Filed under: CAMPAIGNS - Global Animal Welfare Issues, GENERAL NEWS - International / National / Regional, GLOBAL PETITIONS - Anything Animal, Anywhere ! | Leave a comment »