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Posted on July 18, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Do you know the sordid history re L’Oreal ????
Posted on July 18, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Photo and petition: Change.org
http://www.change.org/petitions/l-oreal-stop-animal-cruelty-stop-testing-on-innocent-animals
Subject: Do you know the sordid history re L’Oreal????
This article is from the site
http://www.yourwebsite.com/www.vegetarianbeautyproducts.com/
“Beauty product giant, L’Oreal, has made a lot of headlines lately, but not in the most positive way. From the presence of lead in their lipstick, to resuming animal testing to sell new products to the Chinese market, L’Oreal has found themselves in hot water with consumers who demand ethical practices and safer products.
L’Oreal is no stranger to controversy. Founder Eugene Schueller, who formulated the first hair dye product in 1907, was a well-known Nazi sympathizer and, to this day, the company is embroiled in a legal battle due to the fact that its German headquarters are situated on land that was confiscated from a Jewish family during World War II.
Holocaust survivor, Edith Rosenfelder, whose family was forced to sell their house and land to Nazi officials (and never saw the proceeds), has been in a legal battle to get her family’s land back from L’Oreal for several years.
Because legislation has been passed stating that all such transactions were illegal, and thus invalid, the land is technically owed back to the family. L’Oreal, however, has refused to relinquish the land, and the fight has been brought to the European Court of Human Rights.
http://www.forbes.com/2005/03/18/cz_sh_0318oreal_bill05.html
The controversies have persisted throughout the years. In 2005, the Supreme Court of California found that a former L’Oreal manager was wrongfully terminated after she refused to fire a valued employee due to the employee being dark-skinned. The manager was ordered by L’Oreal executive, Jack Wiswall, to hire a blonde employee in place of the dark-skinned employee.
In 2007 L’Oreal faced criticism by the British Advertising Standards Authority (BASA) for false advertising. L’Oreal’s ad claimed that their “Telescopic” mascara would make eyelashes 60% longer, when the mascara formula did nothing to physically lengthen eyelashes.
In 2011 L’Oreal once again fell under the microscope of BASA when they banned two ads by L’Oreal subsidiary, Lancome, for airbrushing actress Julia Roberts and model Christy Turlington in both of their ads. BASA again claimed “false advertising” due to the misleading touch-ups.
Then there is the continued animal testing.
L”Oreal is among the ranks of Mary Kay and Avon, the companies who have slyly claimed they are against unnecessary animal testing, while really meaning that they just did not have any need to do so at the time. Now that they are aiming to sell new products in China, they have resumed animal testing, but are lamenting that their hands are tied and they have no other options.
They’ve also been craftily stating that they haven’t tested “finished products” on animals since 1989, which really means that they still test ingredients on animals, just not the finished product.
It is this continued practice of animal testing that led to such a large backlash when L”Oreal purchased noted anti-cruelty beauty product company, The Body Shop.
Legions of devoted Body Shop fans were outraged to know that a company known for still testing on animals was the new parent company of a brand whose ethics they so appreciated.
To date, L’Oreal owns a range of well-known brand names, including:
Kerastase
Redken
Matrix
PureOlogy
Shu Uemura
Lancome
Yves Saint Laurent
Giorgio Armani
Diesel
Kiehl�s
Ralph Laruen
Stella McCartney
Clarisonic
Garnier
Maybelline
Essie
Skinceuticals
The latest PR disaster to hit L’Oreal is the revelation by the FDA that the cosmetic giant’s lipstick came out on top (in a bad way) of a list of over 400 different lipsticks that contain lead. L’Oreal, and its subsidiary Maybelline, were both found to have five of the 10 most lead-contaminated lipsticks tested.
L’Oreal, and the FDA itself, were quick to point out that the amount found in their lipstick was well below what is considered safe limits. The limits to which they are referring are global guidelines for cosmetics, but there are no limits established with the United States. The closest mandate that consumer advocate groups could find was the limitation on how much lead can be found in children’s candy, a measure that the FDA says is apples and oranges compared to lipstick, which is not intentionally consumed.
Still, consumer advocates are quick to point out that that lipstick is constantly consumed since it is applied topically to the mouth. Mark Mitchell, MD, MPH, is the policy advisor for the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice and co-chair of the Environmental Health Task Force for the National Medical Assocation.
Mitchell contends that, even if the lead-levels in lipstick are low, “Lead builds up in the body over time and lead-containing lipstick applied several times a day, every day, can add up to significant exposure levels.”Those who are working on behalf of the cosmetic companies, such as the Personal Care Products Council, point out that the lead found in lipstick is naturally occurring lead that is found in the minerals used to pigment the makeup.
Consumer advocate groups maintain that this is not a sufficient explanation and have been steadily pushing for requirements, on both state and federal levels, that mandate the cap amount of lead allowed in a single cosmetic. All efforts have, so far, been successfully defeated by lobbyists on behalf of the cosmetic industry.
While the debate continues to rage as to how much lead, if any, is safe, two things are very clear:
1) L’Oreal has proven to be a company who is shrouded in too much controversy for comfort, and,
2) when it comes to piece of mind with purchasing beauty products, the smaller, organic and cruelty-free beauty product companies still reign supreme.”
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URGENT – Bricks for Bears – Can You Help With the Purchase of 1 Brick ? – See Below for Details.
Posted on July 18, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Bricks for Bears – Can You Help ?
Can you help buy a brick to save the bears ?
Current total of bricks purchased (as of am on 18/7) = 3,525.
Less than 500 bricks needed now.
We at SAV have done our bit with a purchase – can you buy a brick to help save the bears ?
Animals Asia web site = http://www.animalsasia.org/
A million thanks to you caring supporters who’ve donated to our China flood appeal already.
Your generosity will allow us to start urgent repair work at our sanctuary – including stabilising the river wall with wire baskets filled with rocks and concrete. But large sections of the river bank, perimeter fence and concrete path remain unsecure and repairs are needed urgently.
A few days ago, we asked you for 4,000 virtual bricks to fund the repair work, and we’re not there yet. (Click here for the latest tally.)
We’re immensely grateful to those who’ve donated already. If you haven’t given yet, please buy a brick today and keep our bears safe from harm. A virtual brick costs just £20/€20.
We still hope to reach our goal of 4,000 “bricks” in the next few days.
Please give now so we can repair the river wall and secure our sanctuary from further damage.
We hope to start work as soon as it is safe when the heavy rains and water levels subside. Should we exceed our goal, additional funds will go towards the care of our rescued bears.
Jill
Jill Robinson MBE Dr.med.vet. h.c.
Founder and CEO
PS: We’ve just heard that more torrential rain and severe storms are forecast over the next five days. We need to start on urgent repair work. If you haven’t donated already, please give today – it’s just £20/€20 for a virtual brick. To contact our office, please call +44 (0) 1579 347148 or email: ukqueries@animalsasia.org
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Poland: Any Slaughter Without Stunning IS Forbidden In Poland!
Posted on July 16, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Very good news
After few months of intensive campaign (and a few more less intensive before) started by Viva! but joined and carried by many other organisations (including Gaja and Otoz Animals) we did it!
Any slaughter without stunning is forbidden in Poland!
We are amongst few countries in the EU to ban religious slaughter!
if it wasn’t for viva – it would not be possible BUT without those others organisations most likely neither.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130712-polish-parliament-rejects-ritual-animal-slaughter
Our Viva! Poland Manager, Czarak says: “We are overwhelmed with this victory, most of us still can’t believe it. I believed in it always but I’m an optimist and believe we can do anything .”
Fox news.com
Polish lawmakers reject reinstating religious slaughter of animals, Jews protest
Published July 12, 2013
Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland – Polish parliament’s lower house has voted to reject a government plan to reinstate the religious slaughter of animals.
Lawmakers rejected the divisive issue in a 222-178 vote Friday as 38 members of the ruling Civic Platform party joined the opposition to vote against it.
Until January, Poland was making good business exporting kosher and halal meat to Israel and Muslim countries, but religious slaughter was banned under pressure from animals’ rights groups, which say it causes unnecessary suffering because the livestock aren’t stunned before being killed.
The government argues the ban means a loss of money and 6,000 jobs at a time when around 13 per cent of Poles are unemployed.
The Conference of European Rabbis condemned the vote, calling it a sad day for Polish and European Jews.
Juliet Gellatley BSc, Dip CNM, Dip DM, FNTP, NTCC, CNHC
Founder & Director, Viva!
& Revive! Nutritional Therapist
8 York Court
Wilder Street
Bristol, England UK
BS2 8QH
Tel: 0117 944 1000
Everything vegetarian & vegan and Viva!’s campaigns: www.viva.org.uk
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Serbia: Is Rabies Now Being Invented by the Ministry Yet Again In Order to Undertake Mass Animal Killings ? – Maybe, As Serbia Has NOT Officially Informed the OIE of Any Outbreak, Which It Should If A Reality !
Posted on July 16, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
UPDATE 17/7/2013.
SAV have today written to the Serbian authorities regarding the alleged Rabies outbreak in Zabrezje and the hunting grounds ‘Posavina’.
You can read a copy of the letter by clicking on the following link:
SAV Rabies letter to Serbian government 17 7 2013
Slavica has supported the distribution of the SAV letter by ensuring that copies are sent to all the appropriate personnel at the Ministry and in government. We have requested a response by the end of 19/7. Again this can be sent by the authorities to Slavica, who will then forward on to us. Alternatively, the authorities have our e mail address and can respond to us directly.
We hope the letter makes our feelings on this matter clear.
Regards Mark.
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Original post starts here.
We call on the Serbian government and regional authority to either provide all the information to the OIE about this alleged ‘Rabies’ outbreak, or if they do not, then we can only assume one thing once again – that the Serbian government is again ‘inventing’ disease outbreaks within Serbia in order to undertake the mass and illegal killing of animals. – SAV.
News in fro Slavica – 16/7/13:
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Serbia have adopted legislation No. 323-02-5571/2013-05 from the date of 10/07/2013 which applies to the area of Zabrezje in Obrenovac, and in the hunting grounds “Posavina”.
It declares that the area is infected with the disease Rabies.
An area of at least 10 km is declared to be in danger of this infectious disease – rabies.
And so as the Serbian authorities always wish because they do not have any useful animal management policies, according to the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, all unmarked and unvaccinated stray dogs and cats will be killed, and there will be increased hunting allowed of foxes and other wild animals who are living in this area.
Campaigners in Serbia have asked in writing that the Serbian authorities to PROVIDE EVIDENCE ABOUT RABIES PUBLICLY!
By going public, you have to provide the proof; put all your facts on the table for people to see – you cannot simply make a ‘Rabies area’ statement and then go on by allowing the legal the killing of all stray animals.
Our request is that the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management work in accordance with the law solve this problem rather than just inventing the issue of rabies yet again in order that they can then start killing all wild animals.!
Stray animals, as well as wild animals, should not be killed before any accurate analysis is undertaken to determine the facts. These facts should then be made public.
Have we not seen the ‘invention’ of Rabies infected areas in the past in order that regional authorities can simply undertake a mass cull of animals rather than provide a proper stray animal management for reduction ?
Here is the link to global animal diseases which is constantly updated by the OIE – note that the issue of Rabies and Serbia does NOT appear to be given on the listing:
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Diseaseinformation/WI
As we say, probably just another ‘invention’ by the authorities to allow them to undertake mass and illegal animal killings.
Some of our past post relating to the ‘invention’ of rabies in areas where authorities wish to undertake mass killing of animals in order that they do not have to comply with existing Serbian legislation and provide care for stray animals:
SAMPLE LETTER TO COPY AND SEND
– if you wish please copy the link to this post and also send this to the authorities – as proof that we know this has happened many times before; and yet, the OIE who are the very people who should be informed about Rabies outbreaks – NEVER ARE !
OIE Rabies links:
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/self-declared-disease-status/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/rabies-portal/
http://www.oie.int/animal-health-in-the-world/rabies-portal/about-rabies/
08/07/2013 Greece notifies one rabies outbreak
In a follow-up report sent to the OIE, Greece notified that one outbreak of rabies has occurred in the Pella region. A dead fox has been found in the framework of the programme of rabies passive surveillance.
BUT NOT SERBIA !! – how very strange.
http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Media_Center/docs/pdf/Disease_cards/RABIES-EN.pdf
Please copy and send the following sample letter to the following:
To: komunalno.stambeno@beograd.gov.rs, zorica.novakovic@minpolj.gov.rs, budimir.plavsic@minpolj.gov.rs, maja.andrijasevic@minpolj.gov.rs, s.celebicanin@minpolj.gov.rs, miroslav.cuckovic@obrenovac.org.rs, dragoslav.mrsevic@obrenovac.org.rs, ivan.jegorovic@obrenovac.org.rs, dragan.blazic@obrenovac.org.rs,
Cc: beogradski_program@rts.rs, rtstv@rts.rs, tvprogram@studiob.rs, redakcija@politika.rs, redakcija@novosti.rs, redakcija@nin.co.rs, redakcija@vreme.com, redakcija@blic.rs, redakcija@alo.rs, desk@danas.rs, redakcija@24sata.rs, redakcija@dnevnik.rs, redakcija@kurir-info.rs,
SAMPLE LETTER to copy and send to the above addresses:
Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, sumarsta i vodoprivrede Srbije donelo je resenje br. 323-02-5571/2013-05 od 10.07.2013. godine kojim podrucje mesta Zabrezje, u opstini Obrenovac i u lovistu “Posavina”, proglasava ZARAZENIM OD ZARAZNE BOLESTI BESNILA.
Podrucje od najmanje 10 kilometara od zarista proglasava se ugrozenim od zarazne bolesti besnila. Prema odluci Ministarstvo poljoprivrede Srbije bice ubijeni svi neobelezeni i nevakcinisani psi i macke bez vlasnika i bice pojacan odstrel lisica i drugih divljih zivotinja koje zive na tom podrucju.
Molimo nadležne da JAVNO PRUZE NA UVID DOKAZE O BESNILU! Na ovaj nacin se ne moze legalizovati ubijanje zivotinja bez vlasnika, umesto da se one adekvatno zbrinu.
Ovaj problem mora da se resi u skladu sa zakonom. Zivotinje bez vlasnika, kao i divlje zivotinje, ne smeju se lisavati zivota dok se ne uradi tačna analiza i utvrdi pravo cinjenicno stanje.
Molimo nadležne da hitno reaguju! Ne širite strah, paniku i mržnju prema životinjama.
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English TRANSLATION:
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Serbia adopted the legislation No. 323-02-5571/2013-05 from 10/07/2013 that the area of Zabrezje in Obrenovac, and in hunting ground “Posavina”, PROCLAIMS INFECTED WITH CONTAGIOUS ANIMAL DISEASE RABIES.
Area of at least 10 km declared to be in danger of infectious disease rabies. According to the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, all unmarked and unvaccinated stray dogs and cats will be killed and will be increased hunting of foxes and other wild animals who are living in this area.
We ask Serbian authorities to PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE ABOUT RABIES PUBLICLY! With this method you cannot legalizing the killing of all stray animals, instead to take care of them.
Our request is that you in accordance with the law solve this problem! Stray animal, as well as wild animals, should not be killed before the accurate analysis is done and determine the facts.
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England UK: Now You See It, Now You Don’t.
Posted on July 14, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
A report into how Dutch livestock hauliers operate within the UK has now been written by Mark – founder SAV.
This shows that it is quite possible that ‘LIVE ANIMALS’ signage which should be carried on the outside of the vehicle in accordance with EU Regulation 1/2005 (protection of animals during transport); may have only been visible at inspection times – place of origin when animals were loaded, and at Ramsgate when they were on the ship to be exported to France.
Read the full report by clicking on the following links:
Front Page
TEXT
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England UK (1000hrs) 11/07/13 Breaking News: ‘ICECLIMB’ – Greenpeace Scale the ‘Shard’ (in London), Europe’s Tallest Skyscraper; To Stop Shell From Drilling in the Arctic. Watch the Climb Live Here.
Posted on July 11, 2013 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Absolutely Brilliant Freeclimbing !
Congratulations Girls.
Arrived at the top of the Shard at 1915hrs GMT
– around 15 hours after setting off from ground level.
Hi,
If you’re reading this email it means I’m clinging to the side of the Shard – attempting something that’s never been done before: scaling Europe’s tallest skyscraper.
If we make it to the top, we plan to install a giant piece of art in direct view of Shell’s three London headquarters down around me. We can see them, so I know they can see us.
I’ve been climbing for years, but this is the biggest challenge I’ve ever taken on.
Am I scared? Hell yeah. But I know that fear is only what you make of it. For me this is a personal act of bravery, and I hope that beyond all else it can encourage anyone hesitating over taking action – no matter what scale – to take that step today.
There are only six of us up here, but there are millions of us in every corner of the world who want the Arctic protected.
The most effective action we can do now is to make everyone else care for the Arctic as we do, and to do that we need to make it news. This is not a niche subject. This affects every single person on our shared planet.
Everyone should know that we’ve lost 80% of the Arctic sea ice in the last 30 years, and that should make people want to protect it. Not to drill for more oil that caused the melting in the first place.
Follow our progress on LIVE TV and please share this page with everyone you know on Facebook, Twitter and over email. Let’s make this as big as we can.
Shell doesn’t want us talking about their dangerous Arctic oil drilling plans. Together we can shout about them from the rooftops 😉
Wish us luck,
Victo (and Sandra, Sabine, Liesbeth, Wiola and Ali) x
The ‘Shard’ Skyscraper in the Distance, London; behind Tower Bridge
Photo: BBC
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