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14/5/15 – Animal Petitions and More.
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
South Africa: RESULT – Towers Restaurant at Crystal Towers Hotel in Cape Town Will No Longer Sell Foie Gras.
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Stop Crystal Towers Cape Town (African Pride Hotels Group) from selling Foie Gras!
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!
Thanks again everyone! Please note I am now “going after” a different restaurant in Cape Town: The Taste Kitchen. Please SIGN!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/870/108/632/stop-foie-gras-meals-at-the-test-kitchen-in-cape-town
About the original Petition – which has now stopped.
Please click on the above link for the new campaign.
Original wording:
Towers Restaurant at Crystal Towers Hotel in Cape Town is selling foie gras!!!!
The production of foie gras (the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened) involves the controversial force-feeding of birds with more food than they would eat in the wild, and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically.
According to Peta.org this is what occurs:
“Foie gras is made from the grotesquely enlarged livers of ducks and geese who have been cruelly force-fed. Although France is the primary producer (and consumer) of this so-called “delicacy”—France produces more than 20,000 tons of foie gras each year—force-feeding takes place on a few duck farms in the U.S. too.
Although foie gras has historically come from force-fed geese, most foie gras farms now raise ducks—mule, Muscovy, and genetically manipulated, sterile birds called “moulards.”
Farmers have found that they can sell more than just the ducks’ fattened livers: Ducks’ legs, breasts, fat, and skin are all marketed for (mostly French) specialty foods. The bodies of geese, however, age too quickly to be used for some of these foods. Today, in France, only 4 percent of foie gras comes from geese. It is common, however, for geese to be raised for their down as well as for foie gras; birds with white feathers are preferred for this purpose.
Force-Feeding
Birds raised for foie gras spend the first four weeks of their lives eating and growing, sometimes in semi-darkness. For the next four weeks, they are confined to cages and fed a high-protein, high-starch diet that is designed to promote rapid growth. Force-feeding begins when the birds are between 8 and 10 weeks old. For 12 to 21 days, ducks and geese are subjected to gavage—every day, between 2 and 4 pounds of grain and fat are forced down the birds’ throats by means of an auger in a feeding tube.The Washington Post reported that the tube “is pushed 5 inches down their throats, and more food than they want is gunned into their stomachs. If the mushy corn sticks … a stick is sometimes used to force it down.”The birds’ livers, which become engorged from a carbohydrate-rich diet, can grow to be more than 10 times their normal size (a disease called “hepatic steatosis”).The mortality rate of birds raised for foie gras has been found to be as much as 20 times higher than that of birds raised normally, and carcasses show wing fractures and severe tissue damage to the throat muscles”.
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Various New Animal Petitions. Please Support.
Posted on May 13, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Ban Savage Animal-Killing Contests
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/91144/ban-savage-killing-contests/?utm_source=Animal+Petitions&utm_campaign=d955df84f2-199AP5_12_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5c8ef52732-d955df84f2-79739337
Target: Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Goal: Ban inhumane contest killing in the United States.
Contest killing is a game. The purpose of this “game” is to slaughter as many animals as possible in the shortest amount of time or to kill the largest or smallest animal first. Participants are awarded cash or prizes for winning and participating. The most common targets are coyotes, prairie dogs, and pigeons. These animals are treated as disposable and like their lives don’t mean a thing. Urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finally ban cruel killing contests.
The most common killing contest is coyote calling. This is the most savage of the contests as the coyotes may be killed by any means—the body count is all that is taken into consideration. When the timer goes off, the bodies are counted and weighed and a winner is chosen.
In prairie dog killing contests, prairie dogs are shot down with powerful rifles. Hunters have described the experience as “beautiful,” and boast the “red mist” as perfection. That red mist is the bloody remains of the prairie dog. The players actively enjoy watching the prairie dogs being blown apart. The person who kills the highest percentage of prairie dogs is deemed winner. Pigeon shoots are just as violent: Shooters line up and try and shoot down as many pigeons as possible. Thousands of birds may be killed during a pigeon shooting contest.
There have been several proposals to ban contest killing in various states across the United States. However, this should not be a state issue. The USDA has a federal duty to protect animals from being killed for no purpose. There is simply no reason to allow these contests to continue. The only people who benefit are the killers with the highest kill-count. If contest killings were made illegal, no one would suffer any negative consequences. The animals would be able to live out their lives as nature intended, rather than being killed for the sake of a prize.
Sign the petition below to show you do not support these savage contests.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Secretary Vilsack,
I am writing to you because we cannot allow contest killing to continue in the United States. The Animal Welfare Act needs to be expanded to include all sport killing and hunting contests. When the purpose of a contest is to take as many innocent lives as possible, it is no longer a game, it is slaughter. We have a duty to protect animals from heartless humans that have such a desire to kill for the sake of killing. Blood lust is not a reason to harm animals, and these cruel impulses should not be indulged.
Animals are not here for our entertainment. It is inhumane to allow these violent contests to continue. I urge you to let these coyotes, prairie dogs and pigeons enjoy their lives in nature without a constant human threat.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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Save Tigers from Illegal Logging / Save Wildlife and their Habitats from Deforestation!
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/91865/save-tigers-from-illegal-logging/
Target: US Congress, Secretary Vilsack, Secretary Jewell
Goal: Protect the last remaining habitat of Siberian tigers from the ravages of illegal logging.
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Save Dog Fighting Victims from Lives of Cruelty and Abuse
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/91848/save-dog-fighting-victims-from-lives-of-cruelty-and-abuse/
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Justice for Puppies and Reptiles Found Dead in Freezer
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/91850/justice-for-puppies-and-reptiles-found-dead-in-freezer/
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Praise Construction of Wildlife Crossings Along Busy Highway
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/91513/praise-construction-of-wildlife-crossings-along-busy-highway/
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Pigs Beaten with Cans and Boards Deserve Justice
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/90803/prosecute-farmers-accused-of-hitting-pigs-with-cans-and-boards/
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Stop Barbaric and Illegal Hamster Fighting
Innocent hamsters are being injected with aggression enhancing drugs such as cocaine and steroids, before being forced to fight one another.
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/90805/stop-barbaric-and-illegal-hamster-fighting/#gf_1
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Protect Sea Turtles
Nearly 50,000 endangered or threatened sea turtles are injured or killed as the result of fishing practices every year. While efforts have been made to help protect sea turtles, thousands are still experiencing unnecessary suffering and more needs to be done to combat this issue.
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/90535/protect-sea-turtles/
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Stop Cruelty Toward Animals at Pork Farm
Employees at a pig farm were allegedly caught beating, abusing, and even killing animals on a recent undercover video taken by a Mercy for Animals member at a Seaboard Foods farm. The video depicts employees hitting pigs in the face and body with large coffee cans filled with rocks, beating them with boards, and shooting them in the head in front of other animals. In past years, Seaboard Foods has been accused of improper animal handling procedures, improper disposal of waste, and deceptive claims about the welfare of the animals on its farms.
Petition link – http://animalpetitions.org/90529/demand-pork-producer-end-cruelty-toward-animals/
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India: Petition – Stop Cruel Elephant Fighting.
Posted on May 12, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Stop Cruel Elephant Fighting
Each year, elephants are forced to fight in front of crowds of howling spectators at the Suwori harvest festival in Assam, a northeastern state in India. The elephants are mounted by riders, traditionally called mahouts, who beat their heads with sticks in order to force them to charge forward and attack a rival. The matches last until one elephant pushes the other out of a circle drawn on the ground.
http://forcechange.com/142508/stop-cruel-elephant-fighting/?utm_source=ForceChange+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d419a08535-526FC5_11_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_600a6911b9-d419a08535-278817597
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Serbia: 12/5/15 – Very Disturbing News – The EU Enlargement Commission Appears To Have Failed The Animals and People of Serbia.
Posted on May 12, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
THIS IS VERY EARLY NEWS THAT WE ARE GETTING THROUGH – UNCONFIRMED BUT WE ARE WORKING TO GET MORE INFORMATION. WE HAVE JUST HEARD THAT THE SERBIAN AUTHORITIES WERE VERY SUPRISED BECAUSE ALL THE ANIMAL WELFARE NGO’S WORKED TOGETHER AND MADE VERY STRONG CASE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION AT PRESENT; BUT FROM OUR 10 YEARS PAST EXPERIENCE; THE GOVERNMENT HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO OUR SUGGESTIONS TO DATE, SO WHY WOULD THEY NOW ?
– WE WILL GIVE MORE NEWS WHEN WE HAVE IT.
Latest news in from another source: 2050hrs GMT 12/5/15.
I can say that it seems to me after reading the feedback from the associations present at the joint meeting on Monday, that the ministry has finally seen united voice from all animal protection associations and few NVOs present. This came as a surprise to them and the fact that all present were very knowledgeable of the law and situation in general and what doesn’t work, how to correct it…
We shall see what happens next.
Disappointed to hear that there is not much support from the enlargement commissioner!
Mark please tell your members that not all is lost that we had a very positive feedback so far!
Kind regards
Vesna
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1045hrs GMT 12/5/15.
We have just had the following information sent to use via our ‘Contact’ route.
Everything you read here; including the link is what we have been given. We will now have to decide what route we are going to take – it may be to pull away from ALL Serbian animal activities because no matter what you do and what info and links you supply; people who should be demanding change; such as the EU Enlargement Commission; appear to be doing very little to enforce Serbia to clean up its act with regard corruption and the rules of law as set down by the Constitution.
So you have to ask yourself; if you cannot rely on the ‘important’ people at the EU, then what is the point of doing anything ? – the EU is utterly useless in most EU citizens eyes; and this situation is yet another issue which supports this. The EU Enlargement Commission can never bother to contact us about anything; yet they spend OUR money propping up a corrupt government within Serbia !
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Name: Marina Morozov
Website: https://www.facebook.com/KoalicijaZaZivotSrbijaNoKillCoalition?fref=ts
Message: We, animal lovers and supporters of animals in Serbia want to inform whole world that, regardless all complaints of animal welfare, in spite of all emails, in spite of all fake meetings government
arranged, where animal welfare suggestions were refused, in spite of everything, against The Consitution, Government of Serbia will introduce Kill policy in shelters, fur farms in the country, barbaric treatment of all animals, which will support corruption.
Animal welfare in Serbia won’t exist any more.
It will be dead letter on the paper.
We want you all to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUveNbGvDdA
Time: May 12, 2015 at 7:40 am
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Love Is.
Posted on May 9, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Cholita the Abused Circus Bear Enjoys Her First Steps to Freedom.
Posted on May 9, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Cholita the Abused Circus Bear Enjoys Her First Steps to Freedom
Video footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUvB9wWy48
Our recent SAV post associated with this: https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2015/05/02/uk-london-victory-39-rescued-circus-animals-returned-to-the-jungle/
Just a few weeks after we heard about the heartbreaking plight of Cholita, an abused circus bear in Peru who desperately needed a new home, her rescuers have successfully brought her to safety and are giving her the love and care she deserves.
Cholita, who was nicknamed the real-life Paddington bear, is an endangered Andean bear, but it’s hard to tell by looking at her.
Images and video of Cholita previously taken by Animal Defenders International (ADI), the organization behind the effort to bring her to safety, are heartbreaking and tell quite a story about her abusive past in entertainment.
Her fingers had been cut off to remove her claws and her teeth were smashed to leave her unable to defend herself, according to ADI. She should be covered in thick fur, but her body is bald as a result of alopecia, which her rescuers believe was caused by stress.
She had been confiscated by authorities and placed in a zoo until a permanent home could be found for her, but there was nowhere for her to go in Peru. ADI heard about her during a rescue it was participating in at a nearby circus and stepped in to save her.
They took custody of her from the zoo and after a two-day journey traveling in her former circus cage to ADI’s rescue center in Lima, Cholita is finally getting to enjoy some of the simple comforts that were denied to her for so long.
According to ADI, for the first time in her life she’s been able to make nests, enjoy good food and play in a bath.
“Cholita has taken her first steps to freedom and is clearly enjoying herself at the ADI rescue centre, making cosy deep straw nests and eating her favourite foods, especially grapes.” said ADI President Jan Creamer. “She is elderly and quite frail so we are keeping her under close observation to monitor her health. With the public’s continuing and heartfelt response we can give this sweet bear the brighter future she deserves.”
While she’s now safe, she’s only part of the way through her journey to her forever home at a sanctuary.
Following Peru’s ban on wild animals in circuses, ADI has rescued nearly 80 animals in a months-long mission dubbed Operation Spirit of Freedom. Last week, 39 monkeys, coati mundis and kinkajous saved during the operation were finally released into their new sanctuary home in the Amazon rainforest.
The next step of the operation involves transporting Cholita, along with 33 lions and a tiger, on a flight to their new home at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado next month where they will all live out their days free from their past lives.
As we continue to oppose the use of wild animals in entertainment, more and more countries are taking a stand against their abuse by banning them from circuses. Help wild animals in the U.S. have a future like this by signing and sharing the petition urging Congress to take action on their behalf by banning them here too.
For more info on Operation Spirit of Freedom, visit Animal Defenders International.
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