Posted on September 12, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Dear Mark,
A lot has happened this week with McDonald’s—one of the largest fast-food chains in the world—and thanks to your support, MFA has been at the forefront of these developments.
On Wednesday, McDonald’s publicly announced its commitment to going 100 percent cage-free for its U.S. and Canadian egg supply chains. This landmark change will spare nearly 8 million birds each year from a life crammed in cages so small they can’t freely walk, spread their wings, nest, or engage in other basic natural behaviors. While cage-free doesn’t mean cruelty-free, it represents progress.
This major shift didn’t happen on its own. For years, MFA and other organizations have campaigned to make this day a reality. Over the years, MFA has conducted investigations at multiple McDonald’s egg suppliers in both the U.S. and Canada, documenting the horrific animal cruelty and severe neglect inherent in confining birds in barren cages. Our hidden cameras exposed birds suffering from open wounds, carcasses left to rot in cages, and other sickening findings.
MFA’s campaign to convince McDonald’s to stop confining egg-laying hens in cages included more than 200,000 consumer signatures on our online petitions and the support of animal-friendly celebrities, including Ryan Gosling, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Deschanel, and Alicia Silverstone.
With its cage-free egg announcement, McDonald’s has demonstrated not only that it’s able to drive important change for animals, but also that it’s listening to consumers’ growing concern about the treatment of animals used for food.
While we celebrate McDonald’s progress in reducing the suffering endured by egg-laying hens, there is still work to be done. Now is the time for the fast-food giant to take meaningful steps to also reduce the cruelty endured by the birds killed for its Chicken McNuggets.
MFA is calling on McDonald’s to swiftly adopt meaningful animal welfare policies to end many of the worst forms of cruelty to “broiler” chickens—those raised and killed for meat. Specifically, MFA is calling on McDonald’s to end selective breeding of birds for rapid growth and to shift to slower-growing breeds of birds to prevent health problems related to accelerated growth; provide birds with more space, clean litter, access to natural light, and environmental enrichments; and replace live-shackle slaughter methods with less cruel systems.
With your support, we can make this happen, further reducing the suffering experienced by millions of birds each year.
Here is what you can do:
It’s never been clearer that the days of cruel factory farms are numbered. But we must continue to push forward to ensure their final day arrives.
Sincerely,
Nathan Runkle
President
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Posted on September 11, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear friends, I need your support yet again.
The officials from Serbian town Bac have served a final notice for the owner of the private shelter LESI to evacuate the premisses and get rid of all of her stray animals 100 in total. The date for her court is 24th September!
Milica is desperate and has nowhere to take them to safety – the only possibility is the street again (where they are only going to be caught again and put into city pounds, and we all know their destiny then!)
Please could you at least send your protest messages to these addresses below hoping that they will realise that the other organisations are watching their actions.
Milica was given all instructions from the city officials what she needs to do in order to keep her shelter, which she obliged to, but now they are saying that it is not right and she must close it as it is too close to the neighbours!
I am so sure that by now you know how “good” serbian officilas are at following the AWL and that they only follow the rules when they want to.
Milica will go to court to fight against their decission but she needs our support so that they can see that she is not alone.
Thank you again!
Kind regards,
Vesna S.
Please send your letters of protest to the following addresses :
SAV Comment – we feel it is important that we send an international message about this to the Serbian authorities who do so wrong; let them know the world is watching them. Please add your nationality and location to anything you send.
Dear all
EPAR filed a criminal complaint against persons of municipal administration Bac and against JKP Komunalac, Kula. They act together : opposite to law demands and they together do crimes to animals and to public money . We will see what like will be action of Public Attorney of Novi Sad.
We will also send copy of our complaint to the judge who will lead Milicaş case.
Kind regards
Slavica
We are hoping that together we can make the realise that they cannot carry on with breaking the law!
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Posted on September 11, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
400 Million Fewer Animals Were Killed for Food in 2014 Because People Eat Less Meat
By Mihai Andrei • Originally published on ZME Science
Whether it’s Meatless Monday, Weekday Vegetarianism or simply cutting down meat consumption – people from developed countries are eating less meat, and it’s already making a difference. Even though some argue that cutting-back-consumption campaigns don’t push enough of a paradigm-shift, we’re already seeing the changes: 400 million animals were spared in the US alone in 2014 because people ate less meat.
Some 93 percent of people still eat meat and it’s difficult to imagine a future where most people won’t, but a world that eats less meat is already on the right way. According to a new report, meat consumption has been steadily declining in the U.S.—by 10% per capita since 2007. In 2014, the U.S. raised and killed 9.5 billion land animals for food, but 400 million (almost 4%) were saved simply because people skipped a few meaty meals.
Paul Shapiro, Vice President, Farm Animal Protection for The Humane Society of the United States explains:
“What that means is that compared to 2007, last year almost half a billion fewer animals were subjected to the torment of factory farming and industrial slaughter plants–and that’s despite the increase in the U.S. population,” Shapiro explains.
Things are starting to change in the US when it comes to meat – and the same trend can be noticed in most of the developed world. In 2012, the average American consumed 71.2 pounds of red meat (beef, veal, pork, and lamb) and 54.1 pounds of poultry (chicken and turkey), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and that number has went down significantly.
It’s worth noticing that on the other hand, developing countries are generally increasing their meat consumption so that on a global level, meat consumption has actually grown by a small margin – but this takes nothing away from the people who actually made a difference and consumed less meat; and as more and more countries go through this cycle, they too will ultimately reduce their consumption.
So why is this a good thing? Aside for the ethical reason of saving the animals themselves why is eating less meat a good thing?
The reasons can be split into two main categories: it’s good for you, and it’s good for the planet.
Why eating less meat is good for you:
reduce cancer risk; hundreds of studies suggest that diets high in fruits and vegetables may reduce cancer risk. Both red and processed meat consumption are associated with colon cancer.
reduce heart disease risk; it’s well known that (especially red) meat increases heart disease risk and can damage blood circulation.
reduce diabetes risk; research suggests that higher consumption of red and processed meat increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.
live longer; red and processed meat consumption is associated with increases in total mortality, cancer mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality.
improve the quality of your diet; if you eat less meat, you’ll have the chance to substitute it with a healthy alternative. For example, consuming beans or peas results in higher intakes of fiber, protein, folate, zinc, iron and magnesium with lower intakes of saturated fat and total fat.
Why eating less meat is good for the planet:
reduce your carbon footprint; the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions – far more than even transportation. Other foods don’t generate as much greenhouse gas.
reduce water usage; the water needs of livestock are huge, far outweighing vegetables or grains. An estimated 1,800 to 2,500 gallons of water go into a single pound of beef. Soy tofu produced in California requires 220 gallons of water per pound.
reduce fossil fuel dependence; on average, about 40 calories of fossil fuel energy go into every calorie of feed lot beef in the U.S. Compare this to the 2.2 calories of fossil fuel energy needed to produce one calorie of plant-based protein.
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Posted on September 8, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
We are currently producing very little on this site.
For the last 11 years we have campaigned to improve the welfare of Serbian animals; mainly strays; urging the Serbian government to adopt a policy of ‘no kill’ sterilisation to reduce numbers over time. The government have ignored our every wish and suggestion, as they have with that of many other international animal organisations; including those from Germany and Austria.
You get to a point when you ask yourself if there is any real reason to continue with a campaign which has been ignored by the government for the last 11 years plus.
We have now reached that point.
In recent years we have seen many excellent German organisations – those who have undertaken sterilisations and treatment; pack up and get out of the country; betrayed by a pathetic government which still kills animals which have been sterilised and fitted with red button ear tags to say the same. Organisations have put time and money into making an effort to reduce stray numbers. Thanks to the thickheads in the Serbian government; all these efforts have been in vain; the killing continues; and despite some very good laws for animals in Serbia; nothing is complied with legally to enforce the ‘rule of law’.
Showing that you are applying ‘the rule of law’ is a fundamental requirement of any new state wishing to become a member of the EU. As you can see from many posts on this site, we have written to, and made contact with the EU Enlargement Commission on several occasions asking them to get Serbia to enforce its own rules of law if it ever wishes to become an EU member state. The EU Enlargement Commission Has not acted for us or with us – it has ignored us in its feeble attempts to get Serbia into the EU come what may. We feel betrayed by both the Serbian government and the EU Enlargement Commission; both full of self important’s who in reality are not listening to the people on the ground but are simply doing their own thing regardless of what the rules and regulations say.
We are now questioning if we should join with the German organisations of the past and simply get out to leave the thickheads in the Serbian government and the EU to wander on ignoring their own allegedly so important ‘rules of law’. This is a sad situation, but we ask why we should try to get governments to enforce the rules of law when nobody else, including the EU Commission, turns a blind eye to what is happening – ignoring all the evidence we present to them.
It is the same with the EU and the issue of live animals being shipped to Turkey, Israel and Gaza from the EU. We have often shown the flag of ‘the EU Must Ensure Animal Welfare’. Make no doubt, by allowing live animals to be shipped under such long and terrible conditions; the EU is DOING NOTHING to ensure that animal welfare is being enforced. People called ‘Members of the European Parliament’ (MEP’s) should be constantly taking action to ensure that animal welfare legislation is enforced throughout the EU. They are failing, and they are failing dramatically ! – over a week and a half ago we wrote to many UK MEP’s regarding live animals being shipped from Lithuania to Israel; and calves being shipped from France to Turkey. None of those contacted have even bothered to respond to us on the issue – so what exactly are the doing ? – these so called representatives of the EU people who were elected by the people of the EU ?
If they cannot even respond over the issue of live animals from the EU being transported to non EU nations; then it is obvious that they are not interested in animal welfare in future EU accession states such as Serbia.
So this week we are now considering our future. What is the point of giving endless evidence to Serbian and EU authorities when they simply ignore you and basically carry on in their world of self appreciation and very little else ? – MEP’s are not and do not represent the wishes of the EU citizen – they do not ensure that EU regulations are enforced within the EU; and so you get to a point when you have to ask why we are contributing to the keep of such people ! – they certainly do not represent us and they certainly do not listen and look at the evidence we present to them. As a good investigator friend from the Netherlands said this last weekend; why does the EU allow the wrongs to continue in long distance animal transport until people like us have to come up with the proof of the wrongdoing ! – governments and EU authorities should be investigating in advance and taking actions when necessary to stop the wrongdoings; not waiting until welfare groups have to come forward and show that the rules are being broken !
By next weekend we will probably have decided on the future of us and this site. Who knows; MEP’s may even break the habit of a lifetime and actually get in contact with us about live calves being shipped from France to Turkey; but then ……………..
Is 11 years of no progress in Serbia worth it ? – NO.
Is the EU and its ‘self important’s worth it ? – not if they continue to ignore the people they should be representing – US – EU citizens !
Do we simply say that we have tried and failed, thanks to a mass of no support from the Serbian government and the EU ? – probably yes.
Will our actions help Serbian animals ? – no; but then there are supposed to be laws in place in Serbia to make sure things are undertaken correctly; and the EU should; yes the EU, should be ensuring this happens before Serbia becomes a member state.
Do you hold your hands up and say to yourself that with such incompetents doing nothing to help your cause; there will never be any progress ? – probably.
What would you do in our position of Serbia and the EU utterly ignoring your evidence and proposals for reform ? – walk away !
We may do just that!
Do you want to hear a joke ?
Ask the calves going from France to Turkey; the calves going from Lithuania to Gaza, and the dogs being killed under the ‘rule of law’ by the EU in Serbia. We dont think they would shout that the EU is enforcing any animal welfare !
There has been just one MEP; Mr Keith Taylor (Greens) who has helped and supported us. We thank him for that. But the support of just one MEP is not enough; and constantly hearing nothing from the EU Enlargement Commission really shows how importantly they actually consider their basic principles of new accession states making sure they enforce the rule of law.
By the end of 2017 the UK is supposed to have a referendum on staying in or leaving the EU. At present, polls show more support for getting out of Europe – we wonder why !!!
Above: Livestock transporters full of EU animals on the EU – Turkish border – waiting several days to clear customs. Then what awaits them ? – ritual slaughter in a Turkish slaughterhouse.
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Posted on September 8, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
SAV Comment: Somehow we do not think that Mr Palmer will return to work and everything will be as was – we hope not. We think he is in for a bad time at his dental practice.
U.S. Hunter Tied To Killing Of Cecil The Lion Headed Back To Work
“If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study obviously I wouldn’t have taken it.”
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota dentist whose killing of Cecil the lion sparked a global backlash emerged for an interview in which he disputed some accounts of the hunt, expressed agitation at the animosity directed at those close to him and said he would be back at work within days.
Walter Palmer, who has spent more than a month out of sight after becoming the target of protests and threats, intends to return to his suburban Minneapolis dental practice Tuesday. In an interview Sunday evening conducted jointly by The Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune that advisers said would be the only one granted, Palmer said again that he believes he acted legally and that he was stunned to find out his hunting party had killed one of Zimbabwe’s treasured animals.
“If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study obviously I wouldn’t have taken it,” Palmer said. “Nobody in our hunting party knew before or after the name of this lion.”
Cecil was a fixture in the vast Hwange National Park and had been fitted with a GPS collar as part of Oxford University lion research. Palmer said he shot the big cat with the black mane using an arrow from his compound bow outside the park’s borders but it didn’t die immediately. He disputed conservationist accounts that the wounded lion wandered for 40 hours and was finished off with a gun, saying it was tracked down the next day and killed with an arrow.
An avid sportsman, Palmer shut off several lines of inquiry about the hunt, including how much he paid for it or others he has undertaken. No videotaping or photographing of the interview was allowed. During the 25-minute interview, Palmer gazed intensely at his questioners, often fiddling with his hands and turning occasionally to an adviser, Joe Friedberg, to field questions about the fallout and his legal situation.
Some high-level Zimbabwean officials have called for Palmer’s extradition, but no formal steps toward getting the dentist to return to Zimbabwe have been publicly disclosed. Friedberg, a Minneapolis attorney who said he is acting as an unpaid consultant to Palmer, said he has heard nothing from authorities about domestic or international investigations since early August.
Friedberg said he offered to have Palmer take questions from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service authorities on the condition the session be recorded. He said he never heard back.
“I’m not Walter’s lawyer in this situation because Walter doesn’t need a lawyer in this situation,” said Friedberg, who said he knew Palmer through previous matters. “If some governmental agency or investigative unit would make a claim that he violated some law then we’d talk about it.”
Ben Petok, a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Andy Luger, declined comment about conversations with Friedberg and referred questions to Fish and Wildlife. An agency spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a call or an email Sunday evening.
After Palmer was named in late July as the hunter who killed Cecil, his Bloomington clinic and Eden Prairie home became protest sites, and a vacation property he owns in Florida was vandalized. Palmer has been vilified across social media, with some posts suggesting violence against him. He described himself as “heartbroken” for causing disruptions for staff at his clinic, which was shuttered for weeks until reopening in late August without him on the premises. And he said the ordeal has been especially hard on his wife and adult daughter, who both felt threatened.
“I don’t understand that level of humanity to come after people not involved at all,” Palmer said.
As for himself, he said he feels safe enough to return to work — “My staff and my patients support me and they want me back” — but declined to say where he’s spent the last six weeks or describe security steps he has taken.
“I’ve been out of the public eye. That doesn’t mean I’m in hiding,” Palmer said. “I’ve been among people, family and friends. Location is really not that important.”
Palmer, who has several big-game kills to his name, reportedly paid thousands of dollars for the guided hunt but wouldn’t talk money on Sunday.
Theo Bronkhorst, a professional hunter who helped Palmer, has been charged with “failure to prevent an illegal hunt.” Honest Ndlovu, whose property is near the park in western Zimbabwe, faces a charge of allowing the lion hunt to occur on his farm without proper authority.
Asked whether he would return to Zimbabwe for future hunts, Palmer said, “I don’t know about the future.” He estimated he had been there four times and said, “Zimbabwe has been a wonderful country for me to hunt in, and I have always followed the laws.”
In addition to the Cecil furor, Palmer pleaded guilty in 2008 to making false statements to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about a black bear he fatally shot in western Wisconsin outside of the authorized hunting zone. He was given one year probation and fined nearly $3,000 as part of a plea agreement.
Cecil’s killing set off a fierce debate over trophy hunting in Africa. Zimbabwe tightened regulations for lion, elephant and leopard hunting after the incident, and three major U.S. airlines changed policies to ban shipment of the trophies.
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Posted on September 4, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
A couple of our recent posts associated with the very same issue:
and from our good friends at ‘Eyes on Animals’ in the Netherlands:
Photos – EoA Netherlands.
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Posted on September 4, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
28 August 2015
IEC conference: Avian influenza and welfare
Egg industry leaders came together at the International Egg Commission conference in Lisbon at a time of crisis. A global threat called avian influenza was foremost on everyone’s mind. That, and the ongoing animal welfare discussion around beak-trimming and male layer chicks, were the main focuses of the meeting.
Author/Organization: World Poultry
Year: 2015
Topics: animal health, eggs production, laying hens, welfare on the farm
28 August 2015
Sherrie Webb Named Animal Agriculture Alliance Chairperson
The Animal Agriculture Alliance Board of Directors recently elected Sherrie Webb, director of animal welfare for the National Pork Board (NPB), as chairperson of its board of directors.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Where: United States of America
Topics: animal welfare/general concepts, welfare on the farm
28 August 2015
Animal Production and Health Division e-newsletter 122
Contents: 1) Hardy cattle boost Zimbabwe farmers’ incomes. 2) Worries rise over outbreaks of avian flu in West Africa. 3) FAO boosts capacity of the Ugandan government to fight Foot-and-Mouth disease. 4) FAO ECTAD Indonesia: a fun way to exchange messages with farmers at the Indolivestock Expo. 5) FAO projects win prizes at EXPO 2015. 6) Mobilizing the Data Revolution: evidence from Eastern Africa. 7) Realizing ‘Uganda Vision 2040’ through livestock. 8) Realizing ‘Tanzania Vision 2025’ through livestock. 9) Maintaining Global Freedom from Rinderpest. 10) FAO China ECTAD Highlights. 11) FAO project: “Una salud” – Rabia Bovina.
Author/Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Year: 2015
Topics: animal health, cattle, disease control, livestock, poultry/chickens, productivity
27 August 2015
Canada Supports Safe Transportation of Livestock and Poultry
Canada has given a grant of $183,929 to the Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC) to help ensure that livestock and poultry are transported in a safe and humane manner by certified transporters.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Where: Canada
Topics: livestock, poultry/chickens, transport, welfare during transport
27 August 2015
Is Animal Welfare Becoming a Commercial Issue?
Large multinational processing companies, retailers and foodservice organisations are starting to define the way that producers view animal welfare and ethical, sustainable production.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Topics: animal production, ethics, farming, retailers, standards, welfare on the farm
27 August 2015
Over 12,000 Dairy Cows to Benefit from Welfare Awards
Compassion in World Farming celebrated the commitment of leading food businesses to improve animal welfare standards at their Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards held at the Milan Expo on 9 June, hosted by chef, writer and broadcaster, Allegra McEvedy MBE.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Where: Italy
Topics: dairy cattle, dairy production, standards, welfare on the farm
27 August 2015
Improving Pig Welfare: Addressing Tail Docking
In pigs, an intact, curly tail may well be the most important animal-based welfare indicator, says the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). It stands for both high quality management and respect for the integrity of the pig. It is obvious that a farmer who gets his pigs through to slaughter without tail docking or signs of tail biting must be managing a very good system. What is unfortunate, though, is that management of this quality is a rare occurrence, writes Melanie Epp from the 2015 International Conference on Pig Welfare, Denmark.
Author/Organization: The Pig Site
Year: 2015
Topics: genetic , pain/injury/harm, pigs, training, welfare assessment, welfare on the farm
27 August 2015
Reducing Threat of Mastitis and Antibiotic Use
The blanket use of antibiotics in dry cow management to prevent mastitis and other udder problems has been common for many years.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Topics: animal health, cattle, dairy cattle, dairy production, disease control, food safety, husbandry procedures, livestock, socio-economical aspects, veterinary drugs, welfare on the farm
26 August 2015
Survey Finds Animal Welfare Tops Consumers’ Ethical Concerns
Three quarters of consumers in the UK put animal welfare at the top of the list when it comes to ethical issues for food companies.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Where: United Kingdom
Topics: dairy production, eggs production, ethics, meat production, welfare on the farm
26 August 2015
How to Replace, Reduce and Refine Antibiotics On Farm
Pressure is mounting on the animal health industry to reduce, replace and refine the usage of certain antimicrobial medicines, writes Michael Priestley.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Topics: animal health, animal production, disease control, human health, livestock, water buffaloes, welfare on the farm
26 August 2015
Preventing Lameness to Increase Profitability
Lameness in the dairy herd is not only a significant welfare problem but can also create a significant financial loss to the farmer.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Where: United Kingdom
Topics: animal health, cattle, dairy cattle, dairy production, disease control, housing, welfare on the farm
25 August 2015
Animal Welfare Amendment Bill Passes Final Reading
New Zealand’s Animal Welfare Amendment Bill received unanimous support during its third and final reading in Parliament this week.
Author/Organization: The Pig Site
Year: 2015
Where: New Zealand
Topics: animal welfare/general concepts
25 August 2015
Germany Focuses on Farm Animal Welfare
The German agriculture department has launched a new initiative to make animal welfare a high priority.
Author/Organization: The Cattle Site
Year: 2015
Where: Germany
Topics: animal welfare/general concepts
25 August 2015
Federal Legislation Introduced to Prohibit Slaughter of American Horses
Federal lawmakers introduced legislation to prevent the establishment of horse slaughter operations within the US, end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad, and protect the public from consuming toxic horse meat.
Author/Organization: Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)
Year: 2015
Where: United States of America
Topics: food safety, horses, importing/exporting, legislation, meat production
25 August 2015
Animal Voice Online Magazine, September 2015
Table of Contents: 1) The University of Stellenbosch shines a light on the way forward for the animals. 2) The Democratic Alliance makes a ground-breaking stand on animal sentience. 3) South Africa’s Rosie Kunneke is arrested for throwing herself between a pod of pilot whales and their killers. 4) Ships of Shame and Insanity – an expose of the heart-breaking trade from East London to Mauritius. 5) South Africa’s Nikki Botha helps bring about a ban on animal sacrifice at Nepal festival. 6) Cape Town man shares his experience of “perhaps the toughest job in the world”. 7) Sixteen Cape Town high schools debate whether battery farming of laying hens should be banned. 8) Countdown to the end of stalls for breeding sows… 16 months until ban deadline.
Author/Organization: Compassion in World Farming (South Africa)
Year: 2015
Where: South Africa
Topics: animal welfare/general concepts
25 August 2015
Africa Network for Animal Welfare Newsletter, August 2015
This issue at a glance: 1) Vaccination in Naivasha and Voi; 2) Judicial Dialogue; 3) Naivasha Desnaring and rescue; 4) Desnaring; 5) Desnaring.
Author/Organization: Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW)
Year: 2015
Topics: animal health, animal welfare/general concepts, dog population management, public health.
25 August 2015
Transport of Calves from France via Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria to Turkey, 04th – 10th July 2015
From 04th of July to 10th July Animals’ Angels observed three transports carrying calves from France to Turkey, via Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, exiting the Border Inspection Point at Kapitan Andreevo.
According to the information received, the animals were loaded at FRAYSSINHES, FRANCE and destined for KAHRAMANMARAS, TURKEY which means a journey of around 4.500 km.
Taking into account the extreme length of this road transport and the importance of the checks at the Border Inspection Posts, all parties involved should have used their maximum attention to verify the compliance of these transports with Council Regulation No. 1/2005. On the contrary, the competent authorities did not check thoroughly the three transports as provided by article 21 and calves travelled for 7 days staying in the truck, in their own excrements, with diseases not treated, without food and without access to water, without sufficient space to move, in the heat of the summer, waiting long times at the Turkish customs and without appropriate rest.
From the journey log it was already clear that the planning was unrealistic and the part of the journey in Turkey did not take into consideration the enforcement of the Regulation 1/2005, as the Court of Justice recently confirmed in its sentence No. C-424/13.
Author/Organization: Animals’ Angels (AA) and Asociación Nacional para la Defensa de los Animales (ANDA, Spain)
Year: 2015
Where: France, Turkey
Topics: animal stress/discomfort/distress, calves, importing/exporting, inspection and control , legislation, transport
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