Posted on July 19, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Surprise, surprise – it’s China yet again folks !! – human and animal abusers.
Help stop China forcing its puppet Dalai Lama on the Tibetan people.
“The Chinese understand that Tibetan religion is the root of Tibetan identity and therefore they want to destroy it.” Anonymous monk, Gyakya monastery.
Free Tibet’s new Beyond Belief campaign seeks the support of religious leaders, political parties and human rights organisations to stand against China’s plans to appoint its own candidate for Dalai Lama.
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China’s Panchen Lama to conduct Buddhist ceremony in Tibet.
Gyaltsen Norbu, China’s Panchen Lama
14th July 2016
The planned ceremony indicates increased responsibility and profile for China’s handpicked Panchen Lama
China’s role in Tibet’s religious affairs is in the spotlight again with the planned visit of Gyaltsen Norbu, China’s Panchen Lama, next week to Tibet. While there he will conduct the important Buddhist ritual called Kalachakra. As Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu in theory occupies the second highest position in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama. However, he is widely rejected by Tibetans, who still demand to know the location of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, recognised by Tibetans as the real Panchen Lama. He has been missing since his abduction in 1995.
Gyaltsen Norbu will conduct the four-day Kalachakra ceremony between 21 and 24 July in Shigatse, southwest Tibet. This is the biggest religious platform that Beijing has given him so far after years of grooming him for a greater political and religious role. Not only is Kalachakra one of the key rituals in Tibetan Buddhism, but the ceremony will take place at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, which throughout Tibet’s history has been the official seat of the Panchen Lama.
Infrastructure is being built for the ceremony, which is expected to draw a large crowd. The set-up will include a 200-square-metre altar, which will be surrounded by large LED screens. WeChat, a Chinese messaging service, is being used to provide updates about the ceremony.
Kalachakra, meaning “wheel of time”, is a series of teachings, initiations and empowerments given by a senior lama in order to assist Tibetan Buddhists through the cycle of life. This will be the first Kalachakra ceremony to take place in 50 years in the heavily-policed Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). Such ceremonies have taken place outside the TAR, including in the historic Tibetan province of Amdo in 2015.
The “fake” Panchen Lama
Gyaltsen Norbu is known throughout Tibet as the “fake” Panchem Lama because he was selected by Beijing in 1995. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the boy chosen by the Dalai Lama and who Tibetans recognise as Panchen Lama, was abducted in 1995 and has not been seen since.
Free Tibet’s ongoing ‘Beyond Belief’ campaign has drawn attention to the attempts by the Chinese government to co-opt Tibetan Buddhism for its own political ends by trying to control it at its highest level. China’s officially atheist government claims the right to determine which of Tibet’s reincarnated “lamas” are genuine by storing their details on a database that it has compiled itself.
Members of the Chinese government have also clearly expressed their intention to choose the next Dalai Lama when the time comes to select his successor. They have also condemned statements by the present Dalai Lama in which he has suggested that he might not reincarnate at all. Having refused to accept the Panchen Lama handpicked by Beijing, Tibetans would also reject any Dalai Lama chosen by them.
Take action
Free Tibet’s ‘Beyond Belief’ campaign supports Tibetans in pushing back against China’s relentless interference in their religious affairs. Sign the petition to call on political and religious leaders to tell China that they will do the same and will never recognise any Dalai Lama it appoints.
Above – The ‘Real’ Dalai Lama
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Posted on July 19, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Target: Ollanta Humala, President of Peru
Goal: Outlaw festival that allows dogs and bulls to be viciously attacked and killed by other bulls.
A dog is tied to the back of a bull and attacked by other bulls every year in a religious festival. We need to take action in order to ensure that animals do not have to endure this sick and torturous treatment. After being tied up, the animals are callously tossed into a bullfighting ring before being chased and stampeded by the bulls. …………………………………………
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Posted on July 18, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Further updated 19/7. New text and pictures added.
Recently, a PETA Asia eyewitness visited 10 different circus and animal-training facilities in China and documented heartbreaking conditions for animals kept as slaves in the entertainment industry. These are their faces:
Bear cubs were also tied to a hook in the ground by a short rope, making it impossible to move more than a few inches in any direction.
When not being forced to perform, big cats were confined to small cages with little space to move around in. Many were forced to wear chains around their necks.
Monkeys were kept in and chained to small, barren cages, in which they thrashed around and paced back and forth, showing signs of intense distress. They had no choice but to eat, drink, sleep, defecate, and urinate all in one small area.
This senior dog, named Laifu by the eyewitness and too old to perform, was forced to live in this cage 24 hours a day and never let out.
You’ve heard their stories. Now what will you do to stop this?
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Throughout China, circuses, traveling shows, and roadside zoos force animals—including bears, monkeys, tigers, lions, dogs, and others—to perform for the public.
A PETA Asia investigator visited 10 different circuses and animal training facilities in the city of Suzhou, which alone encompasses more than 300 circuses, and documented animal abuse and suffering on a massive scale. PETA Asia’s investigator documented that bear cubs are chained or tethered to a wall and forced to stand on their hind legs, sometimes for hours. If they can’t hold themselves up, they risk choking and hanging themselves.
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Bear cubs were chained to a brick wall and forced
to stand upright, putting them at risk of choking or hanging.
This bear’s snout was pierced with a metal ring, which was used to lead her around.
This caged bear’s snout was pierced by a metal ring, which was used to lead her around. This procedure is frequently performed without pain medication.
One monkey, named Xiaohau by the investigator, was dragged around by a rope around her neck, causing her to struggle frantically and try to escape.
Xiaohua struggled against her trainer as he tossed her around and pulled on the rope around her neck.
Any circus that uses animals inevitably subjects them to terrifying and cruel training methods as well as barren, cramped living conditions. U.S.-based circuses like Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, UniverSoul Circus, Jordan World Circus, and others continue to exploit animals. Training sessions take place behind closed doors and are not regulated by a protective entity. Jordan World Circus—one of the largest producers of Shrine Circuses in the country—even uses bears, just like the Chinese circuses that PETA Asia investigated.
Please click here to learn more about the investigation and pledge never to buy a ticket to any circus that uses animals.
Jenny Haggerty
Animals in Entertainment Campaigner PETA
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Posted on July 17, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Posted on July 15, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear EU and MS authorities, official highway inspectors and police, transporters and NGO colleagues,
During one of our practical training courses for road inspectors in Poland, a livestock truck was stopped. There were several violations to the EC 1/2005. It concerned a poultry truck from the Polish company Lech Drob (they own trucks and a slaughterhouse in northern Poland). The birds on board had been loaded on a farm in the Netherlands. Many of the birds that we could see in the outer rows were dead. The birds were seriously overcrowded (17 per crate instead of the 14 max) and the so-called ” water-system” was leaking.
Please find here a short vidoe of some footage taken of the birds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-cxGwY7S_o
And attached is our report.
The Polish authorities that participated in this training are inquiring further and applying sanctions where necessary to the Polish transporter and we have asked the Dutch authorities to look into the Dutch keeper of the birds (farmer) and catching crew in the Netherlands responsible for the horrible overcrowding.
We do not expect you to do anything, it is just for your information.
With best wishes, on behalf of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF
Lesley Moffat
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Posted on July 15, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
This is not an area that we usually go into; but having a leaflet on the subject arrive today with the post, we found that it was something worth informing people about; a UK charity which has been established and which uses a dogs natural abilities and specialities to detect early health problems (such as cancer) in human beings..
In their own words:
About Medical Detection Dogs
Medical Detection Dogs trains dogs to detect the odour of human disease. It is at the forefront of the research into the fight against cancer and helping people with life-threatening diseases.
Our bio detection dogs are trained to find the odour of diseases, such as cancer, in samples such as urine, breath and swabs. Our Medical Alert Assistance dogs are trained to detect minute changes in an individual’s personal odour triggered by their disease* and alert them to an impending medical event. We receive no Government funding for the work we do and rely entirely on the generosity of donations from trusts and the public.
Please visit their website and also learn more about their work and also their animal welfare policy at:
No animal abuse and testing, but using well trained dogs to use their natural specialities (and noses) to detect illness and disease in humans well before ‘normal’ medicine often can. To us this is a win-win all round.
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Posted on July 14, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
As many of you will be aware, live animal transport is still probably our greatest campaign – you can read a bit more about our history in this field at ‘About Us’ – https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/about-us/ and which shows that live animal transport investigations were being undertaken at least 15 years before SAV was even founded !
The EU has a lot of legislation supposedly to protect the welfare of animals in transport. The main regulation is 1/2005 – which SHOULD be enforced by all member states of the EU.
Here is a link to the regulation (1/2005) to show just how detailed things should be; and which we have to know fully when undertaking animal transport investigation work.
We have recently shown that the EU fails miserably to enforce regulations which should protect animals in transport. Here are links to just a few of our recent posts which show where the EU is failing the animals:
Our good friend Lesley at ‘Eyes on Animals’ in the Netherlands has produced an excellent and very detailed presentation video relating to Regulation 1/2005 and how the EU is failing animals by not enforcing the legislation.
Here below you can read Lesley’s into to the video, and then have a look for yourself.
As we have said, the Regulation is very detailed and this is borne out by the length of this video. Over the years we have made contact with the EU very many times relating to live animal transport. The importance of access to livestock being carried is one of the most important factors when carrying live animals.
Associated links:
Regards Mark.
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Dear EU and Member State authorities, highway police, livestock-transport companies and livestock-truck manufacturers and fellow colleagues of animal-welfare NGOs,
During our inspections of livestock-trucks we are often confronted with vehicles that have received a Certificate of Approval of Means of Transport by Road of Live Animals but that in reality are not appropriate. Sometimes the water system on board is not the correct design for the specie and age of the animals on board and yet this limitation is not indicated on the Certificate. For example, we continue to see adult cattle transport in livestock trucks with only metal nipples. Cattle needs large and deep troughs in the corners. This may seem like a small mistake, but as the Certificate is valid for 5 years, it results in many cattle suffering from thirst during transport and some even dying.
We also continue to see partitions that are poorly designed and cause animal injuries, such as when they are not solid to the ground. In the gap we find sheep, calves, adult cattle trapped underneath and as a consequence many become trampled to death. It is a horrible sight to see.
The good news is that these problems can easily be solved if the livestock trucks are correctly checked before handing out the certificate of approval. Design adjustments can be made on time, or limitations can be indicated in the Certificate of Approval, before live animals are loaded!
For this reason Eyes on Animals was invited by the Dutch authorities at the NVWA to give a presentation on this topic a few months ago. We gave this “course” together with our colleagues from TSB|AWF and it was a successful and also positive day.
I am writing to you now because Dr. Tea Dronjic and I have now made a video of this educational course so that everyone can watch it via youtube.
Please take a look and feel free to pass it on to any colleagues that could also benefit from watching it:
Watch the new video here:
Should you have any questions, or should you wish to have us come in person to also give a live presentation to you and colleagues, do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
Lesley Moffat
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