Europe: EU REJECTS Poland’s Attempts to Delay Europe Wide Ban on Disgusting Battery Cages

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 CIWF

Great news:

From:  Compassion In World Farming, London, Uk.

Web links:  http://www.ciwf.org.uk/

http://www.ciwf.org.uk/farm_animals/default.aspx

Yesterday the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers rejected Poland’s attempt to delay the Europe-wide ban on barren battery cages.

As a result, the ban is still due to come into force as planned in 2012.

Thank you to the 10,214 dedicated Compassion supporters across Europe who lobbied on our behalf by sending emails, post cards and letters – once again, you have shown that we can get things done for farm animals when speaking with a united voice.

This latest campaign also reiterates the need to be vigilant about the threats that remain, even when victories such as the forthcoming battery cage ban have been gained.

Whatever the challenge, Compassion will continue to take decisive action until the battery cage ban is fully implemented across Europe.

Thank you for your support; we share this victory with you.

Sarah Halevy
Public Affairs co-ordinator

 

 CIWF

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Finland: Leading Europe in Fur Farm Animals Abuses – Please Watch Videos and Then Take Action.

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

   

  

 

 

SAV Reference Notes on Finland and this issue:

Finland IS a Member of the European Union (EU).

Finnish Government web site link:     http://www.government.fi/etusivu/en.jsp  

Government Ministry Links:  http://www.government.fi/ministeriot/en.jsp  

Finnish Ministers Block e mail Listing:

Matti Vanhanen@vnk.fi,  Risto Volanen@vnk.fi,  Velipekka Nummikoski@vm.fi,  Antti Pelttari@vnk.fi,  Mari Kiviniemi@vm.fi,  Heljä Misukka@minedu.fi,  Marcus Rantala@minedu.fi,  Jouni Lind@mmm.fi,  Riina Nevamäki@tem.fi,  Katariina Poskiparta@tem.fi,  Eeva Kuuskoski@stm.fi,  Vesa Rantahalvari@stm.fi

Finnish MEP Block Listing:

sari.essayah@europarl.europa.eu,  carl.haglund@europarl.europa.eu,  satu.hassi@europarl.europa.eu,  heidi.hautala@europarl.europa.eu,  ville.itala@europarl.europa.eu,  liisa.jaakonsaari@europarl.europa.eu,  anneli.jaatteenmaki@europarl.europa.eu,  eija-riitta.korhola@europarl.europa.eu,  riikka.manner@europarl.europa.eu,  sirpa.pietikainen@europarl.europa.eu,  mitro.repo@europarl.europa.eu,  timo.soini@europarl.europa.eu,  hannu.takkula@europarl.europa.eu, 

Video Link:

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Following a recent shocking undercover investigation into Finland’s fur farms (see below), CAFT-UK will be taking part in an international day of action
this Friday.
 

International day of action to ban fur farming in Finland Friday this Friday 26th February.

Protest at the Finnish Embassy in London, from 2pm (We may go on to protest at fur shops later)
Embassy of Finland, 38 Chesham Place, London SW1X 8HW
Map:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=528223&y=179233&z=0&sv=SW1X+8HW&st=2&pc=SW1X+8HW&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf 

contacts on the day:
07866 879851,
07899 775493 

Contact the embassy to demand an end fur farming in Finland
 Tel. +44-20-7838 6200 E-mail: sanomat.lon@formin.fi 

A new fur farm investigation was published in Finland last Wednesday. It
included 30 different fur farms which were visited during the summer and
autumn of 2009. The results show widespread animal abuse, intense suffering
and neglect. Friday 26.02.10 will be an international day of action. We are hoping that as
many countries as possible will do something (demo at embassy, some
action..)

The reputation of the country is very important for the Finns,
that’s why it’s very useful if this gets international attention.

In Finland approximately three million animals are killed annually at fur
farms. The footage shows the everyday life of these animals. It’s time to
ban fur farming in Finland and put an end to this suffering.

Look at the videos and pictures and demand the ban!

We launched a new fur campaign Wednesday evening in Finland. A very
respected current news program “A-Studio” did a great, long piece on it,
 showing a lot of footage which a veterinarian commented at the same time.
After that there was a debate between an animal ethicist and a
 spokesperson for the Fur Breeders Association.

 Then on Thursday we did a press conference and since then we have been all
over tv-news, newspapers and media’s websites. We are getting lots of
support and it seems everyone here has seen the pictures and videos.We also held a public discussion in the parliament today where the head of the green party and the head of the left party said they supported a ban (which is our aim of course). 

Yesterday (Thursday) we published pictures of a farm which belongs to the head of the Fur Breeders Association.

This was understandably big news.

The fur farm discussion is suddenly very big here now (less than a week ago
it was non-existent) and it seems that – although they desparately
 try – the fur farmers are not getting a lot of sympathy.

You can watch a short clip here:   http://vimeo.com/9476403 

 ————–  30 FUR FARMS INVESTIGATED IN FINLAND

Finnish animal rights organisation Oikeutta Eläimille and Animal Defenders
International have released a joint investigation into Finnish
 fur farms. Investigation included 30 different fur farms which were visited during the
summer and autumn of 2009. The results show widespread animal abuse,
 intense suffering and neglect. Many animals were suffering from
eye-infections, injured limbs, open wounds, bitten off tails, deformed limbs
and ears, mouth diseases and overgrowth of gums among others.
 

Animals also suffered from stereotypical behavior, fear and apathy. 

Also, the prolonged suffering was proved by visiting some farms many times.
One particularly bad farm was filmed three times, in a period of
 four months. In this farms there was a breeding male fox, whose head was at
a strange angle, eyes and mouth were infected, claws were over grown
 and his ear was withered. 

After four months the animal was still there, and his condition was as awful, if not worse.

The activists also filmed a fur farm, which belongs to the head of the
Finnish Fur Breeder’s Association. This farm was the worst mink farm of
 the investigation. He also had foxes in the farm. Mink had eye-infections, open wounds and bitten-off ears. Foxes were very frightened, one fox had an injured ear and some of the cages were dangerously broken so the animals could injure themselves. This shows that these are not individual cases: systematic animal abuse takes place in all Finnish fur farms.

In Finland approximately three million animals are killed annually at fur
farms. The footage shows the everyday life of these animals.

It’s time to ban fur farming in Finland and put an end to this suffering.

Look at the videos and pictures and demand the ban!

 A short video: http://vimeo.com/9476403 www.tarhauskielto.fi/en

 
The video and photos of the fur farm which was visited three times:
 http://tarhauskielto.fi/en/content/narpio-fronas-1

The video and photos of the head of The Fur Breeders’ Association:
 http://tarhauskielto.fi/en/content/narpio-pirttikyla-1

 In English (a campaign video etc): www.furstop.com

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Germany: 22/02/10 Update – Fox ‘Week’ Killings Go On and On for Weeks

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

  

  

 

 

Past Weeks and Photo Links:

03/02/10 –  https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/germany-fox-week-sees-hunters-killing-thousands-of-beautiful-animals-please-crosspost/

08/02/10 –   https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/germany-fox-week-update-080210-more-killings-animals-now-skinned/

22/02/10:

The ‘Fox Week’ (???) of mass killing by German hunters just seems to go on for a lot more than just a week; now around 3 weeks since we published out first photographs.

9 new foxes found on 22/02/10 –  Several look mutilated – more than just being hit by a bullet !! 

We hear that it is now claimed that foxes are being killed because they have Mange !! – we know from experience that foxes with mange DO NOT have beautiful tails such as these shown in the pictures.  A bad tail region is always the first sign of a fox with mange.  Mange then spreads over the hind quarters and continues up to the eyes, causing severe eye infections.

This ‘Mange’ talk by the hunters is nothing but lies and another bent reason they have to invent in order to go out and kill perfectly healthy animals.

If you want to see a real fox with real mange, then go to the (Uk) NFWS site – http://www.nfws.org.uk/mange/index.htm 

Even animals with such a bad mange infection such as shown can be treated over weeks to the situation where they can be released back into the wild, rather than blasted to death as loved by German hunters.

There is NEVER a need to kill foxes with mange; and the German foxes DO NOT HAVE MANGE.

German hunters trying find yet more excuses to justify their blood lust.

The German hunters Blood Lust results for this week (22/02/10) are as follows:

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Uk: 3 Minutes to Show Why The (Uk) Hunting Ban Must NEVER be Overturned by the Conservative Party

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

LACS

Warning – Images of animals suffering shown on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXs3WFndvb8

Here are three minutes showing why THE HUNTING BAN IN THE UK MUST NEVER BE OVERTURNED, as wished and aimed for by the Uk Conservative Party.

This is howe it used to be – we DONT WANT IT BACK TO THIS – KEEP THE BAN !!

Past SAV post on hunting:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/uk-petition-to-stop-the-conservatives-re-introducing-hunting-in-the-uk-please-sign/

(UK) League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) Website Link:  http://www.league.org.uk/

How would you feel if the hunting ban was repealed? – watch the LACS celebrity video using the above link.

LACS Hunting Campaign:  http://www.league.org.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=294

‘Keep Cruelty History’ :   http://www.keepcrueltyhistory.com/

Note – you can register on this link to be kept up to date with news.

VOTE CONSERVATIVE PARTY

in the General Election AND

YOU VOTE FOR A RETURN TO THIS.

 

LETS KEEP CRUELTY HISTORY –

VOTE TO KEEP THE HUNTING BAN.

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Petition: Please Sign and Demand Justice for ‘Nikki’ the Kitten

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

Petition Link – Please Sign:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/86/justice-for-beloved-kitty-nikki

NIKKI, MY LOVE, MY KITTY DIED BECAUSE VET MADE MISTAKE.

I WANT JUSTICE!!!!!!!!

Target:
Ministry Of Internal Affairs
Sponsored by: 

Petition for Dr. Vet. Zoran Dragas license suspension

THIS IS A LONG STORY,BUT AT LEAST JUST READ THE BEGINNING-THE REST IS MY WHOLE STORY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND FACTS OF MY FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE.MY POINT IS-THE DOCTORS ARE ONLY HUMANS AND THEY ARE MAKE MISTAKES BUT NEVER PAY FOR IT!!!!!!WHY ARE THEY SO PROTECTED???ITS A SHAME TO PROTECT SOMEONE WHO IS BAD AND CARELESS DOCTOR AND WHO IS A KILLER!!!THIS VET IS VERY BAD DOCTOR.HE DIDNT EXAMINE MY NIKKI,BUT HE TOLD ME THAT SHE IS HEALTHY.ALTHOUGH I HAD MY DOUBTS ABOUT HER HEALTH CONDITION,HE CONVINCED ME THAT IM WRONG.SO,I BELIVED HIM.HE IS A DOCTOR,HE KNOWS BETTER.HOW WRONG WAS I!!!AFTERWARDS,I FOUND IN MED BOOKS THAT I WAS RIGHT AND HE WAS WRONG.AT THAT SURGERY DAY,HE CAME(GAVE HER ANESTHESIA IN MY HOME!),TOOK HER AWAY AND KILLED HER.DOES EVERY VET TREAT ALL STRAY CATS (AND DOGS) THE SAME WAY(I TOOK MY BABY FROM THE STREET AND THOUGHT THAT I SAVED HER LIFE!)BECOUSE THEY ARE LESS IMPORTANT-NO PEDIGREE,NO NOTHING,JUST ONE OF MANY STREETERS???MY CONSCIENCE IS KILLING ME AND MY HEART IS BROKEN BECOUSE I BELIVED HIM, DIDNT LISTEN TO MY FEELINGS AND DIDNT ASK FOR MORE OPINIONS.BABY,IM REALLY SO VERY SORRY.

This man killed my loving creature, my little kitten Nikki. He took her alive to the neuteralization, and he brought her back dead into my embrace. (I also have other two cats: Kiara and Mrvica, that both had the same operation, and are still alive and well). It happened at the beginning of last year, on January 6th, 2008. Before the operation I had asked the above mentioned veterinarian why Nikkis breathing was irregular, panting like, after running and playing (it seemed abnormal to me). He told that it was noting, she just got tired. Only afterwards I found an information, in medical books, that its a disease indicator. That was also confirmed by a veterinarian who was treating Kiara and Mrvica who were disturbed and fell ill after Nikkis death. Nikki had a weak heart. If Id known that, I would have never taken her to the operation under those conditions, yet I would search a cure and solution for her illness.

Few days after Nikkis death, the vet came (on my demand) to explain me what went wrong, during the operation. He gave me some stupid citations from the textbooks, but what really happened – he didnt know. I cannot exactly remember my words then, but I do remember his words- please Danijela dont, I have to live from this work.

Soon afterwards, he came again, and he brought a sack of my cats favorite food. My ex boyfriend took it while I was laying in the bad and crying.I couldnt stand to see this man and I would threw him and the sack out,but when I got up it was too late so I gave away a sack of food to my friend, who also has cats. Perhaps it was an act of -cleansing conscience- of the incompetent doctor who commited a medical crime? The agony of grief is still present. Its impossible to describe in few lines what all three of us were and still are going through. Almost every day I am soaked in tears.

A 6 month ago, I reported the doctor to the veterinarian inspection, but i still havent got an answer. Despite of my immense pain, I m resolute to go to the state institutions till justice hasnt been served. I realize that it wont bring Nikki back, but I do belive that it would help to bring the justice, not only for Nikki, but for all other animals that could, by the same accident, end up with the similar fate. With this kind of veterinarians, we, who love and take care of the animals, should study the School of Veterinary Sciences. Should this be a reality? Should the above mentioned expert, who doesnt know neither the diagnosis nor the surgery, continue to play the doctors?

At the end, Id like to add, the neuteralization might not be a natural, but certainly a human act towards the animals that were abandoned or thrown away from home where once were pets, before growing up and having a sexual instinct.

P.S.

I reported this man three times to the veterinarian inspections-no respond.

I went to the police-didnt help.

I wrote to the president of Serbia and some ministers-no respond!

I ended up in the hospital at the beginning of this year couse my body crashed- I couldnt stand that tremendous pain any more.

P.S.1

I wrote (again) to the President and Vet Inspection-no respond.

You are my only hope to get him directly on the Court!Please,SIGN and HELP ME.

P.S.2

Last month police finally called me couse of my letter to the Ministry of Internal Affairsrs(big thanx to them).I went there and make my statement.They told me that will call the vet and let me know what to do next.Yesterday(09.07.2009) I recived a call from the officer who told me that vet denied everythig and that Im wrong.Yet,he told them bunch af lies and they believed him!Of course-he is a MR.DOCTOR and Im a crazy woman who loves animals and fights for justice!

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EU Member State Animal ‘Abuse’ Album Series – Part 1 – GREECE

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

How the EU Protects its Animals:

– or why  there is complete and utter justification for EU legislation to PROTECT Stray and Pet animals.

 

Atrocities in Greece:

Dog shot in the face with buck shot (euthanized; Nea Efesos);

Dead falcon displayed on car (Katerini);

Dog kept in rabbit cage;

Cat dragged behind a car, burned and hung on a tree (Athens);

Dogs hung on a tree (Crete);

Fox hung up on a road sign (still warm when found; Lesbos);

Dog found near motorway (euthanized; Patros);

Dog initially saved from shooting and poisoning, only to be burned to death with acid (euthanized; Mytilini);

Dog found tied to post to die, unable to move or lie down (Karditsa);

Dog found with leg shot away (survived);

Dog with severe leg injury, possibly shot (unknown if survived; Karditsa);

Dead dog, possibly also shot;

Link to source page:

http://www.tirolertierengel.com/infosausgrLWM.htm

 Thinking of holidays in ‘civilised’ Greece this year ?

– take our advice; dont; boycott and go somewhere else.

And EU; lets see the stray and pet animals legislation.

Watch this space –  More pictures to come soon from another EU member state.

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Macedonia: 16/02/10 Update – Still No Change – Your MASSIVE Action and Support Now Needed – Please Read On ….

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

     

    

As you can see from the letter sent to us on 16/02/10, things are not changing in Macedonia, despite the wishes of the public for the authorities to show much more compassion.  The wishes of the people of Macedonia are being ignored by the Macedonian authorities.        

    

The Mayor of Skopje – Responsible for the Killings

What Can You Do to Help and Support ?

   

Please support all of our campaigner friends in Macedonia by taking actions as we have published on the following link;         

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/macedonia-actions-for-vardariste-pound-skopje-campaign-%e2%80%93-part-3-of-3/ 

 This link includes a sample letter to copy and paste, addresses (e mail) of where to send them, and a full list of Macedonian embassies around the world which can also be sent the e mail letter. 

The following is a direct copy of the letter received on 16/02/10 by SAV, from Macedonian campaigners: 

Dear friend of animals,We ask for your help again in order to stop the massive killing of the homeless dogs and the inhuman treatment in Skopje, in the holding facility Vardarishte.  

Despite all efforts to change the condition, nothing has been changed for better, there is no consideration for the reactions by the Macedonian citizens who are disgusted from the principle of massive killings, disgusted from the standards for the dogs stay in the holding facility Vardarishte, disappointed from the functioning of the facility.   

   

Although as a public institution it is obligated to operate transparently in front of the citizens, it hides public data, it is closed for public and for visits, except for the total 6 hours per week (of which 3h on Friday, from 9-12h when people are at work), there is prohibition of free movement within it, the recording and photographing are the most strictly prohibited in order for the glamorous camp photo of the 21st century not to be seen.  

1. Currently, in the holding facility almost all small puppies are dying from freezing, pneumonia, viruses, because it is very cold and temperatures are below 0, and the holding facility is half closed type of facility, without any possibilities for working in winter!  

And the few dogs that have surgery done / sterilized, die because they are outside, freezing. The dogs lie on frozen water, frozen concrete, with no place to hide or get warm even for a moment. They continue washing the cages with heavy flows of water, without removing the dogs from cages. The dogs stay in the cages and die in tremendous torments!  

Simultaneously continues the practice of massive killing, officially around 70%, unofficially much more.  

 

2. People who catch dogs are completely incompetent, rude bullies (with the exception of maximum 5 out of 36 dog catchers). Hunting massively, saying that there won’t be any dog on the streets, not even leaving the dogs that are quiet and for whom the people take care of, vaccinated, sterilized….They say that it has been ordered and that every stray dog is to be caught – believe it, there is massacre and genocide, and only in Skopje there are around 10 000 homeless dogs! 

 

3. The dog-catchers also carry bats while catching, going in 8 teams, in three shifts, with unmark vehicles, massively and roughly catching a part of the dogs, and part of the dogs they don’t even take them to the holding facility but surely kill them in other places – for this we testimonials by citizens whose dogs have been caught and who had gone the same day to look for their dogs.However, the dog-catcher have been telling them that their dogs had not been caught (despite the photographs of the dogs being caught) or that they have been adopted, of course, without giving them information about location!  

4. The latest strategy in the holding facility is that on every cage they put papers on which it is written that the dog is too aggressive – we claim that it is a disgusting lie in almost all cases, because they never want to say who concretely (including name, analysis and evaluation) has put the paper.Believe me, almost all dogs marked like this, even those who are so dear, peaceful, social, with randomly written label – ‘AGGRESSIVE’  to justify the killing, declared without any official document to show, official evaluation by competent person.  

 
    

  

    

 This is the main excuse for the death of almost 90% of caught dogs, dogs that we didn’t manage to save.
  

Despite all our reactions, calls, meetings with the authorities, organized protest (under the slogan No to Bloody Skopje), we fail to stop or change anything, we have never succeeded anything because obviously this is a fixed defined “strategy” for solving the problem of excessive dogs population.  

 There is no holding facility on the entire Macedonian territory, where the CNR program should performed! Instead, here rules the system of massive poisoning, dog tournaments, torture, murder with guns.  

Please help us in any way, please start to put pressure once and for all to put an end to the violent and extremely cruel principle – we will do everything for this to be stopped, everything that you think that could and should be done. We ask for your support because without assistance from abroad, the struggle for salvation and life of over 10 000 dogs in Skopje, and many more in other places in Macedonia, is lost in advance. 

 THANKS !  

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Past SAV Posts including many photographs:    

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/macedonia-dogs-being-hunted-with-baseball-bats-killed-and-dumped-on-local-landfill//01/09/macedonia-dogs-being-hunted-with-baseball-bats-killed-and-dumped-on-local-landfill/      

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/macedonia-sav-now-supports-eu-eurogroup-for-animals-by-formally-writing-letter-to-eu-commissioners-expressing-concerns-about-conditions-and-animal-suffering-at-vardariste-holding-facility-skopje-ma/     

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/macedonia-no-change-at-skopje-now-the-eu-animal-welfare-intergroup-president-writes-to-the-eu-commissioner-asking-for-actions/     

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/macedonia-vardariste-pound-skopje-campaign-part-1-of-3/     

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/macedonia-vardariste-pound-skopje-campaign-%e2%80%93-part-2-of-3/     

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/macedonia-actions-for-vardariste-pound-skopje-campaign-%e2%80%93-part-3-of-3/         

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