Posted on November 18, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Target: Varick Town Supervisor Bob Hayssen
Goal: Protect rare white deer from certain death by purchasing land around the old Seneca Army Depot to utilize as an eco-park.
Hundreds of rare white deer who roam freely at the 7,000-acre Seneca Army Depot in New York could face certain death when the land goes up for sale soon. The white deer have been able to thrive in the area surrounding the abandoned army depot thanks to a fence that has helped protect them from predators.
The Seneca Army Depot has the largest known population of the white deer. If the buyer of the depot land takes down the fence, the deer aren’t expected to survive for long due to predators and hunters.
Many groups are fundraising to buy some of the land to keep as a protected area for the deer and to turn into a tourist attraction, as the deer are a popular attraction among visitors. Bob Aronson, Executive Director of the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency, is selling the land and has made an offer to the town of Varick that they can have the land that falls within their borders for a dollar so long as they market it themselves.
Varick Town Supervisor Bob Hayssen said they are considering the deal and would turn 1,000 acres into an eco-park for the deer. Urge Varick officials to save the rare white deer by taking this deal and turning the land into an eco-park safe haven for the deer.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Town Supervisor Hayssen,
Hundreds of rare white deer that make up the largest known white deer population have been able to thrive within the protected area of the 7,000-acre Seneca Army Depot. If the wrong buyer gets their hands on that land, it could be the end of the white deer there.
These rare deer are awe-inspiring to locals and visitors and deserve a chance to survive and thrive. The deal you have been offered by Bob Aronson would allow the deer to do just that. I urge you to save the rare white deer by taking this deal and turning the land into an eco-park safe haven for the deer.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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Posted on November 18, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Believe us, sometimes when you spend ages constantly going through and signing petitions; you often ask yourself if it really worth doing. We know, we often feel the same. So here is some brilliant news that is a direct consequence of a petition – one that relates to palm oil and saving the lives of the wonderful orangutans.
Read and celebrate – a victory you have achieved through asking the right questions ! – SAV.
2015 – Awesome news & update! 🙂
Nutella are on our safe list.
They have gone above and beyond any other brand in the world, not only are they using 100% certified sustainable palm oil, they can also track all of it back to the source and ensure that it is not coming from areas that have been recently deforested.
They are also not sourcing any of their palm oil from Indonesia, therefore they are not threatening the survival of orangutans.
Thank you all for making Nutella Safe!
Find out just how eco friendly many of your daily products are
– click on the link below.
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Posted on November 16, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Posted on November 15, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
SAV Comment – people of the USA; please think about what some of your politicians have tried / are doing. Introducing ‘Ag Gag’ legislation would stop all evidence such as that in the following video from being obtained. Do you want that ? – should processors that abuse animals be allowed to continue their abuses un monitored by evidence gatherers ? – NO. Then fight to stop ag gag being introduced by some states in the future. The guys who film this are NOT the animals abusers; it is the workers at the facility who are. Fight ag gag in every way that you can – be an animals voice.
This is What Pigs Endure to Become Bacon and Processed Meat
by Alicia Graef
November 14, 2015
“If the USDA is around, they could shut us down”
A disturbing video released this week by Compassion Over Killing (COK) has brought to light the horrifying treatment pigs are subjected to at a slaughterhouse that exclusively supplies Hormel Foods.
An investigator for the organization recorded footage at Quality Pork Processors (QPP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspected slaughterhouse in Austin, Minn., and uncovered heartbreaking treatment of pigs, in addition to serious issues impacting food safety.
Some of the problems shown in the video include pigs being beaten, shocked and improperly stunned and slaughtered while they’re still conscious, in violation of federal law, pigs who were too weak or sick to walk on their own being beaten and dragged to slaughter and others covered in feces and pus-filled abscesses being slaughtered and processed for food – complete with the USDA’s approval.
Warning: the video below is very graphic.
Problems with the treatment of pigs and other farm animals who are raised and killed for meat have continued to surface through these undercover investigations, but this one in particular is raising serious concerns about a questionable program intended to speed up production and essentially allow facilities to police themselves.
QPP is one of five pork processors in the U.S. that are currently participating in a pilot program that was implemented in the 1990s called the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP). The program allows for a disastrous combination of faster line speeds at slaughter and lower government oversight.
According to COK, at this particular facility approximately 1,300 pigs are killed each hour to make Hormel pork products, including Spam.
“The abuses we uncovered at Hormel reveal a high-speed slaughter hell for pigs,” said COK’s Executive Director Erica Meier. “Workers are taking inhumane shortcuts to keep the kill lines moving, and with fewer government inspectors on site, this flawed self-inspection system is also jeopardizing food safety.”
COK added in a statement that an audit done by the Office of Inspector General in 2013 had already identified multiple concerns about the HIMP program related to food safety and humane animal handling and that last year several USDA whistleblowers also spoke out about it, yet the USDA has allowed the program to continue unchecked.
Not only has it been allowed to continue, but last year the the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service launched a review to see if the program could be expanded.
Unedited footage been given to local authorities and the USDA, which is now investigating.
“The actions depicted in the video under review are completely unacceptable, and if we can verify the video’s authenticity, we will aggressively investigate the case and take appropriate action,” USDA spokesman Adam Tarr told the Washington Post.
Meanwhile, COK is encouraging the USDA to end this dangerous program over concerns about the inhumane treatment of pigs and the risks it poses to food safety. Hopefully the attention this investigation is garnering will not only get this program shut down HIMP, but will help encourage people to stop supporting products that inherently perpetuate this type of abuse.
Take Action!
If you could not watch the video using the above link; watch it here on the petition.
urging Hormel to stop buying pork from this pig-torturing supplier.
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Posted on November 14, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
CHANTAL
Above – Chantal today – a beautiful cat full of life; very different to the little kitten in October.
We have no idea of where or when Chantal was born, or how she ended up on the street all alone; what we do know is that she was found lying motionless near the pavement, most probably hit by a car.
She was the embodiment of utter despair, a tiny and seemingly hopeless creature with filthy, matted fur and wide terrified eyes that was totally unable to get up.
Her first X ray scan showed that she had a fracture of her right femoral head and all of us were puzzled to see that she was still able to put weight on her right rear leg, yet she was dragging the other one, so another X-ray scan needed to be taken and it turned out that she had a broken spine as well. Someone even mentioned putting her down, but we wanted to try and give her another chance, regardless of how slim it was, so we put her in the cage; she was being given painkillers together with vitamin B complex every day and we all just waited to see what would happen next.
Fortunately, even though her vertebrae were broken, the spinal cord remained unharmed and she promptly began to walk – staggering, stumbling and falling but she walked. A stroke of good luck in her life (which had been miserable so far) was that she befriended a healthy kitten we’d taken in around the same time. Slightly a little younger than she was, her new friend quickly became her therapist, her strength and the force that pushed her forward.
In just a couple of weeks, with huge help of her little pal, Chantal managed to beat all odds and emerged a winner 🙂 She keeps improving by the day, she is already capable of climbing onto the bed and she spends most of her time doing more or less everything a healthy kitten would do – she’s playing with cat toys, defending her place in a cat tunnel she’s proclaimed to be hers, wrestling with her kitty friends and her days are finally full of joy.
She is not filthy and pitiable anymore; her long hair is shiny, sleek and soft and she’s already showing what a gorgeous, luxurious furred beauty she will become when she grows up.
At such a tender age she was forced to endure something that no cat, much less a kitten should have to go though in a lifetime, but she fought like hell and she won because at least sometimes “fortune favors the brave”.
Any donation to help, feed and keep the cats warm this winter; – please visit:
Below – Chantal’s first visit to the vet, in early October…
THANK YOU !
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Posted on November 14, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
GET YOUR CRUELTY FREE CHRISTMAS UNDER WAY –
Animal Aid’s Christmas Fayre – Sunday 6th December.
10am – 5pm.
Kensington Town Hall – More than 100 ethical stands.- Vegan café; Face painting; children’s workshops; Talks. Nearest tube – Kensington High Street.
Admission £2 – children under 11 enter free.
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Posted on November 13, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
One amazing story from our animal petitions (News and More) link which you can see below:
Well done Adam !!
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