Posted on September 23, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Please keep the donations coming in – Thank You.
Ok , friends , I finally can think and realise was happening in last 24 hours .
Not only do you led me to believe again in miracles , you have gave opportunity to our dogs to live on safe . For me that is not small thing and forever we will be grateful for everything that you have done to us .
In total was collected : 2602 EUR . But that is not all ! Our dogs got sponsors , so now only 4 from 20 have no sponsor !
This is amazing, big relief for us and I must say again THANK YOU !
Next step for us is 5 titer test for dogs in boarding.
With 4 dogs who already have titer it will be 9 dogs who can travel to new life .
Soon I will post pictures of those dogs because they will need foster or forever home and I will ask you for one more favour – to share their stories . 🙂
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Posted on September 23, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Petitions and More, Sept. 22
http://www.cyberacteurs.org/cyberactions/liberte-armand-marozafy-1019.html Madagaskar. Please use (Google) translate and protest: Armand Marozafy, eco-tourist guide and environmental activist is convicted of defamation by a court in Maroantsetra
http://chn.ge/1iJ0Hvy Mr. Yehuda Moradi, Deputy Mayor of Eilat, put an end to the live Animal shipments that come into Israel through the city of Eilat
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Posted on September 23, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
The brilliant team led by Jill has rescued yet another seven bears from the horrendous bile trade in Vietnam. Congratulations to all the crew at Animals Asia. Below you will find video and timeline links so that you can see a lot more of this latest rescue. – SAV.
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Seven more bears are finally home
Dear Mark,
Animals Asia rescued seven more moon bears from bile farms in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province yesterday (Tuesday September 22).
See the full rescue timeline here –
The bears are from two locations in the province, where they have suffered years being held captive in small cages with regular painful bile extractions.
This represents a huge breakthrough for the team and for the local authorities who have kept pushing for the release of these bears. They will join 132 bears who already live in the beautiful surroundings of Tam Dao national park, at our Vietnam sanctuary.
Today’s rescue means just nine bears remain in Quang Ninh – and brings to 24 the total number of bears rescued from the province so far this year. This is a major success, and it’s all thanks to your support.
And you can view the full rescue journey of these bears on their road to freedom!
As always, your support means everything. Please help towards the recovery of these bears, and the other rescued bears, who are thankfully home.
Thank you for your support.
Dr Tuan Bendixson PhD
Vietnam Director
Further videos:
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Posted on September 22, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
VICTORY RESULT !!
UPDATE 23/9/15 – Target reached in 24 hours!!
Additional donations always welcome.
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Is there anyone out there who can help with a sugar daddy who can pay off this debt ?
Or, is anyone prepared to set up a donations site so that the money needed can be raised ? – urgent; by Monday or the dogs are on the street.
2,580 Euros. Otherwise a very difficult pill to swallow.
Read the story below.
Please read
This is not an appeal for help, I do not believe in miracles any more.
This is only information for you who have supported us for so long time. I think that you deserve to know.
After conversation with owner of boarding kennel today, and debt who has increase a lot, we are forced to move dogs who have no sponsor on the street.
We have deadline until the monday to pay all debt. That is not possible and we know that. Our total debt with debt for food is 2580 EURO.
For us that is big money and we have no way to pay that. We are facing with hard situation, dogs in boarding have no food, dogs in shelter have no food. In last 2 month we did not collect enough to they have food every day. And that is not rescuing.
With current situation and low chance to pay that debt we can not use boarding kennel space for free. It is one of the hardest option for us, we are aware that dogs will not survive on the street, but space in shelter for them we do not have. New boarding kennel is not an option because current debt we still have to pay.
Most of our dogs are not vaccinated, because there is no money for that. If we are not able to help them, maybe some of them will find luck on the street.
For us is already hard enough because we did not keep our promise to those dogs that they will be on safe forever, and that never will be hungry. Because they are hungry. And they will not be on safe.
We know that those dogs deserve chance and nice home, but nothing of that we are not able to give them.
We have tried, and failed and that hurt a lot. I am sorry.
BRILLIANT NEWS;
UPDATE 23/9/15 – Target reached in 24 hours!!
Additional donations always welcome.
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Posted on September 22, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
This weekend, up to 80 innocent dolphins were violently chased into the killing cove in Taiji. They were trapped, exhausted and starving. For two whole days dolphin trainers entered the cove and cruelly tore between 46-50 members of the terrified dolphin family out of the wild. They were taken to a holding facility called Dolphin Base, where they are being monitored for severe shock and fatigue.
Soon, these traumatised dolphins will be loaded into crates and shipped around the world to spend the rest of their lives in tiny, concrete tanks.
The tragic events of this weekend were a stark reminder of the appalling role dolphin trainers play in sustaining these brutal hunts. All day Saturday and Sunday, trainers got into boats and entered the cove. With pointed fingers they chose which dolphins they thought were the most ‘attractive’, condemning them to spend the rest of their lives in miserable tanks, away from their families and the ocean. They even helped the hunters trap and drag bleeding dolphins out of the sea in nets.
No doubt, many of the trainers playing God with the lives of dolphins in Taiji this weekend were from IMATA – the world’s peak animal trainers’ association.
IMATA says its trainers are helping “salvage” dolphins by participating in these brutal hunts – but last weekend was further proof they are really just stealing dolphins from the wild and sustaining the cruel slaughters in Taiji.
In its Code of Ethics IMATA states all its members are “committed to exercising the highest levels of respect and humaneness for all animals”. But trainers did not show any respect or kindness towards dolphins over the weekend as they brutally tore them out of the wild. It was torture, pure and simple, and IMATA cannot continue to say one thing and do another by allowing its trainers to participate in these cruel and barbaric hunts.
Please, add your voice to the chorus of people calling for change by sending an email directly to the person in charge at President@imata.org. If you’re stuck for inspiration, have a look at AFD’s recent letter to IMATA for ideas.
And take to Twitter using the #ShameIMATA hashtag to join in the growing movement of people saying ‘enough is enough’; IMATA cannot continue to allow its members to take dolphins from the wild using some of the cruellest methods imaginable.
On the 27th of September, in just six days time, dolphin trainers from all over the world will gather in the same room at IMATA’s annual conference in the Bahamas. There has never been a better opportunity to get IMATA to change its cruel policy, which actually allows its dolphin trainers to get in the water and participate in the barbaric Taiji hunts.
Shining a light on IMATA’s terrible practices can help end their trainers’ involvement in one of the worst acts of animal cruelty in the world. And with no trainers supporting the horrific dolphin captures, these barbaric hunts will end.
We’ve seen how powerful this approach can be with the recent win against the world’s peak zoo body – which stopped Japanese aquariums buying Taiji dolphins. We know it can work.
So please, write an email to the President of IMATA, Linda Erb, at President@imata.org now.
Tell the IMATA President that it is just not acceptable for the world’s peak animal trainers’ association to condone horrendous animal cruelty. Not on a policy level, and not in the bloody waters surrounding Taiji – where so many dolphins are subject to indescribable torture.
Because no animal deserves to be ripped away from its family and home to spend life in a miserable chlorinated tank. And no baby dolphin deserves to be left behind, injured and alone, to slowly starve to death.
Don’t let them get away with it any longer. #ShameIMATA.
Action and Sample Letter
So please, write an email to the President of IMATA, Linda Erb, at President@imata.org
now.
Sample letter:
Dear President,
We learned that IMATA captured 50 dolphins in Taiji, to be sold to life in prison!
It is not acceptable for the world’s peak animal trainers’ association to condone horrendous animal cruelty. Not on a policy level, and not in the bloody waters surrounding Taiji – where so many dolphins are subject to indescribable torture.
Because no animal deserves to be ripped away from its family and home to spend life in a miserable chlorinated tank. And no baby dolphin deserves to be left behind, injured and alone, to slowly starve to death.
You will be personal responsible for that crime against nature!
Please make the right decision, the world, your family and the future will judge you!
Sincerely,
your name, country
Above – Terrified dolphins try to escape. Photo: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Above – Injured dolphin struggles to escape its captors. Photo: Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project
Above – Dolphin trainers helping to take two dolphins out of the wild. Photo: Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project
Urgent: Demand California Coastal Commission to Stop SeaWorld’s New Plans to Keep Orcas in tanks!
Petition Link:
Sea World has submitted an application to the California Coastal Commission to build new tanks. ….. …. ….
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Posted on September 21, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Regarding the export of live sheep from Serbia to Israel in such terrible conditions recently; see our post
we have now written to Commissioner Hahn at the EU Enlargement Commission to ask what regulations / compliances for the welfare of animals in transport actually were involved (if any ?) with these consignments.
If there was no legislation in place for compliance, then the consignments should never have taken place in the first place.
Directly following is a copy of the letter sent to Commissioner Hahn.
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To: Commissioner Hahn – European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations
Who’s Responsibilities Include – Supporting pre-accession countries in implementing democratic and economic reforms, upholding the rule of law, strengthening economic governance and competitiveness, developing a well-functioning public administration, and building bridges with neighboring countries.
Sir;
Serbia has a pathetic international reputation for the welfare of animals within its borders. Despite its terrible global reputation, Serbia actually has some very good animal welfare legislation on statute; but these regulations, the national ‘rules of law’, are never actually enforced by the Serbian government / or regional authorities. As shown in your responsibilities above, and as declared on your website http://ec.europa.eu/commission/2014-2019/hahn_en your fundamental existence is to uphold the rule of law in EU pre-accession states, which currently includes Serbia. One is therefore to assume that as Serbia has existing animal welfare legislations; you; as part of your Enlargement responsibilities, should be undertaking the actual enforcement of animal welfare legislation within the republic of Serbia.
In relation to the involvement of my organisation within Serbia over the last eleven (11) plus years, it is blatantly clear to the entire world that the Serbian authorities have no regard for the actual enforcement of their own animal welfare legislations. Further, it seems that the EU Enlargement Commission; of which you are the head; have very little interest in undertaking your actual responsibilities in enforcing Serbia to apply their own animal welfare legislations prior to EU accession.
To further support my argument of the failures, I provide information relating to an incident which has taken place over the last few weeks. Live animals, namely sheep and / or lambs; have been transported from Serbia to Israel for slaughter. We understand that a consignment of 16th September was possibly the first of several transported by air from Serbia to Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. This specific shipment involved around 1500 young lambs that were transported in one of the worst heat waves Israel has known, using four trucks which used the Qalandiya checkpoint, for onward movement to slaughterhouses in Ramallah.
Several lambs died during transportation from heat exhaustion and the very overcrowded conditions which clearly did not comply with EU standards for animals during transport. Below are a few photographs from the many we have on record showing the conditions of travel.
Photographs removed – but same as that shown on this site.
The EU, of which you are an official, are very quick to continually point out that all the (EU) legislation for animals in transport is in place – Regulation 1/2005 of December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport refers.
As we have seen with very recent expose of transport to Turkey by European NGO’s such as Eyes on Animals, http://www.eyesonanimals.com/inspection-of-eu-livestock-trucks-heading-to-turkey/ compliance with EU Regulation 1/2005 is haphazard to say the least.
I ask you to provide please what regulations currently exists within Serbia legislation for the enforcement of transport regulations for Serbian farm animals; please provide details on who is responsible for their enforcement, and who has the responsibility in advance of any consignment for ensuring that the (Serbian / EU ?) regulations are adhered to re inspection and approval of consignment journey plans?
As Serbia is currently seeking EU accession, the question is – should your Commission not be upholding its responsibilities (as detailed above) by ensuring that you ensure that the Serbian authorities enforce the ‘rule of law’; either ensuring compliance with their own animal welfare during transport regulations or; if they do not exists, then enforcing EU animal transport existing legislation such as 1/2005 ?
If Serbia does not have its own animal welfare legislation currently in place regarding long distance international transportation; should you not be taking the necessary actions to ensure that journeys such as those detailed above do not ever happen in the first place ?
Serbia should be stepping up to the plate at all times; and be ensuring that legislation (either Serbian or EU) regarding the welfare of (its) animals is strictly adhered to. Compliance with the law should be the current situation for all animals in Serbia, including stray dogs and cats. Serbian animal welfare legislation established in 2006, which under the Criminal Code of Serbia. Article 269 declares:
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Paragraph 1: anyone who is cruel to, inflicts violence or kills an animal as defined by this law, must be punished by up to a 6 month prison sentence;
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Paragraph 2: if suffering or death is carried out on more than one animal, the person who inflicted this suffering can be sentenced with up to 3 years imprisonment.
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any person who is cruel, violent or inflicts death on any animal making up the ‘special protection’ group of animals (as for example, the wolf or the brown bear) can again be sentenced to up to 3 years imprisonment.
In addition to Article 269, Article 46 of the Serbian Veterinary Law declares:
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that animals have a right to life. There is no law declaring euthanasia has to be undertaken as a means of stray / street animal control.
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each local community in Serbia has an obligation to provide care for abandoned dogs and cats – unfortunately this is still not the case in many circumstances, some 10 years after legislation was introduced
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each community has an obligation to finance stray animal care, including the building of shelters
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each community has an obligation to finance sterilisation, medical care and food for the (stray) animals
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volunteer prizes can be given as an alternative for payment to people who volunteer and are directly involved with jobs that include the care and protection of abandoned / stray dogs and cats.
Be they farm animals; animals in transport, stray animals or other; if any form of legislation currently exists, which it does; then this should be enforced by the Serbian government and authorities at all times. With Serbian EU accession currently taking place, it is also very much the responsibility of the EU to ensure that it fully monitors the entire situation and that Serbian ‘rule of law’ is fully enforced by the Serbian authorities prior to them ever being allowed to become a future EU member state.
The EU cannot make statements declaring enforcement of the ‘rule of law’ on one hand, and then, through its Enlargement Commission, conveniently turn a blind eye to the animal abuses which are happening within these same accession states; it needs to enforce what it says or remove the statements from the ‘europa’ website at the every least.
If there are to be new future member states in the EU such as Serbia; then we as EU citizens need to be given the satisfaction that everything is currently being undertaken by the EU Enlargement Commission to ensure the welfare of animals within Serbia. Neither your Commission or the authorities of the Serbian republic give us even a hint of any satisfaction of welfare regulations being enforced at this present time.
As we, EU citizens and taxpayers; are currently providing so much pre-accession financial support (in excess of 1 billion Euros) into Serbia, the very least you can do at the EU Enlargement Commission is to actually ensure that Serbia enforces its own rules of law when it comes to animal welfare legislation. If they do not, we have to question the point of your own existence within the EU !
I very much look forward to you providing me with a full account of all the sheep sent live from Serbia to Israel; including full information and copies where necessary of compliance with existing Serbian and / or EU legislation on the transport of live animals. You are the EU Enlargement Commission; let us have the facts when it comes to Serbian animal welfare legislation !
We are working with UK, German and Austrian animal welfare organisations to further promote this issue. The world has been informed of the situation regarding Serbian – Israeli live animal exports. We very much suggest that you undertake what you preach – that being Serbian adhesion of the rules of law – its own national laws. At this present time; regarding Serbian animal welfare, like much of that also in the EU, it very much fails / has been proven to fail. Global supporters will be informed of the progress of this (our) request via networking sites. The choice is yours; it can be compliant or non compliant with what you declare on your website – ‘enforcement of the rule of law’. Lets see it !
I look forward to your response in the very near future;
Yours,
Mark Johnson
Founder – ‘Serbian Animals Voice’; Kent, England UK.
Date: 21/9/15.
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It is only contact address and e mail details which have been removed on this copy – there are no further changes to the letter.
We now await a response from the EU regarding the points we have raised; and you can be assured that we will be publishing the response in full sometime in the future on this site; as well as via many of our other networking sites across the world and within the EU.
We want answers to this animal abuse – Serbia needs to be made account if it has any wish of becoming a future EU member state.
We hope the letter fully outlines our current views and requirements on this issue.
We have asked for detailed answers – we want them !
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Posted on September 20, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
“To allow wild animals to be used in circuses is to ignore the calls of the 94% of respondents to the 2010 public consultation on this matter, to dismiss the reams of evidence and opinion published in Hansard, and to overlook the outcome of dozens of hours of parliamentary debate, dating back to 2005 and earlier; all of which clearly demonstrate the overwhelming support for a ban on all wild animals in travelling circuses”
Ok, so you have yet another go at the clowns led by chief clown David Cameron MP; this is what you get – Demo, Houses of Parliament, London, 16/9/15:
David Cameron always promises one thing and then always goes down a completely different path.
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