Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Hi Mark,

Animal Equality’s latest investigation, carried out with the Spanish news website Público, has shed a light on the atrocities that are common in chicken farms across Europe.

Selectively bred to grow to huge weights in a matter of weeks so that the industry has more meat to sell, and more money to make, many of the birds we filmed were unable to stand because of the sheer size of their bodies. With no veterinary care, the painful sores and burns on their skin went untreated, and the corpses of those who didn’t survive were left to rot on the urine-soaked floor. These shocking conditions are typical in Europe, and we’ve filmed similar scenes inside British chicken farms too.

Almost 700 million chickens are slaughtered each year in Spain, with many of them exported to other countries. This makes it one of Europe’s biggest chicken producers, although an even larger number of chickens are raised and killed in the UK – nearly a staggering one billion every year.

Our investigative work has again exposed the horrendous reality of conditions inside typical factory farms, shattering the idyllic image that the meat industry often tries to hide behind.

Tragically, it’s too late to save the chickens we filmed on this farm, but you can help countless others just like them, by choosing to eat plant-based options more often. For recipes, advice and more, head to our Love Veg website.

Thank you,

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Mark, this time last week we were building a case to stop 56,000 Australian sheep being shipped into the furnace of the Northern summer. Within 24 hours we would receive the news that the exporter’s bid to be exempted from new laws prohibiting these dangerous summer shipments had failed… and that not one of those animals would be stepping foot on board a live export ship.

The relief was palpable. But it would be short-lived. You see, the moment this company was turned away from Australia, it headed for South Africa — their sights set on 70,000 sheep they had been blocked from exporting just weeks earlier. And such was their confidence that they could simply sail in and take the animals, they even started loading them onto trucks.

But that’s where their journey would end… because our friends at the NSPCA were waiting. They had sought an urgent injunction from the High Court to stop the animals being loaded onto the vessel, and I’m glad to share the news with you that

THEY WON!

Thanks to your support of our work for animals with the NSPCA, 70,000 sheep are safe from ‘cooking alive’ on a live export ship, for now.

This is a landmark moment for animals, but the reprieve may be temporary because the full case will be heard in mid-July. But we know the team at the NSPCA (South Africa’s peak animal protection body) will give it their all. For now, these animals are safe from live export at the most dangerous time of year — when the risk of ‘cooking alive’ from heat stroke is very real.

As you would know, one of the live export industry’s key PR lines is that if they can’t get animals from Australia, they’ll just go elsewhere. In itself, this shows how little regard for animals they have. Australian authorities have determined that shipping sheep into the Northern summer is cruel and should no longer occur. So what does the live export industry do? What it has done for decades — ignore the science, ignore the evidence, disregard the risks to animals and attempt to carry on live exporting anyway.

What they didn’t count on is that our reach extends far beyond Australia. With your support, we are collaborating with advocates all around the world who, like you and me, are determined to protect animals from this global trade in animal suffering. If they show up in Romania, we are there. If they show up in South Africa, we are there. Wherever live export exists, animals will suffer — wherever live exporters go, we will too.

We are proud to work with and support the legal efforts of our colleagues at NSPCA and are enormously grateful to you for making this powerful collaboration on behalf of the victims of live export possible.

For the animals,

Lisa Chalk
Campaign Director

Animals Australia

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Do you fancy a very special adventure vacation?

Then book two weeks full board for the whole family in our beautiful hotel ” Pig fattening facility” in Lower Saxony, Germany!

Escape everyday stress and enjoy dullness and boredom in a tight box.

Experience day and night up close how beautifully warm and soft it is in your own excrement, feel well and be pampered by our four-star cuisine.

Gen-Mai, Gen-soy, animal meal, kitchen waste, growth hormones, and antibiotics are just a few examples of our extensive menu.

Switch off and leave your children to our specialist staff who will neuter them for a small surcharge without anesthesia.

The highlight is an adventurous journey through Europe (without food and drink).

Let yourself be driven onto a ramp with electric batons and squeeze yourself into a stinking truck with your loved ones and other holidaymakers.

If you reserve early, you will receive one of the coveted window seats!

As soon as you have reached your destination, our specialists will bring you into the waiting room after a “welcome electric shock” (if you are still alive). Then it’s time:

An employee hits you on the head with 360-volt electric pliers and cuts your neck before you stand on a chain on your head.

This is pure adrenaline!

A UNIQUE experience!

The beautifully situated house is furnished with little attention to detail.

The holiday boxes for 1 person are tight and uncomfortable.

Participation is at your own risk and the organizer assumes no liability for accidents or damage during the adventure trip through Europe.

14 nights full board for 4 people only 673 euros.

My best regards to all, Venus

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The Spanish Ministry of Culture enables the bullfighting sector to benefit from the CREA Fund for “Fine Arts Professionals” (!!!)

Once again, the government, administrations, and political parties have sided with those who enjoy torturing and killing animals.

PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) and Podemos (Left Party Spain`s) have given in to the pressure from the bullfighting sector and are offering financial support (especially with public funds) to save bullfighting, which the vast majority of society rejects.

With the crisis caused by COVID-19, there is a risk that bullfighting will be condemned to inevitable disappearance.

However, the PSOE and Podemos have decided to save this sector and prolong the agony of thousands of bulls, oxen, heifers, and other animals tortured and killed in bull rings and streets.

The Minister for Culture and Sport, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, published and announced financial support for the cultural sector last Friday.

For example, the bullfighting sector can make use of the CREA fund, for which a credit line of EUR 40 million is planned for the ‘professionals of the fine arts’ (!!!)

PACMA has given a voice to the society in Spain, which is calling for a ban on bullfighting, and encouraged the Minister of Culture to immediately listen to the outcry from the citizens.

However, the government has decided to betray the absolute majority of society and to continue torturing the animals.

… and we help and support PACMA … sign and share our petition.

https://www.change.org/p/die-grausame-tradition-der-stierk%C3%A4mpfe-in-spanien-und-mallorca-m%C3%BCssen-beendet-werden-es-gibt-keine-rechtfertigungen-f%C3%BCr-die-grausamen-schauspiele/u/26845161?cs_tk=Anotbf774kpEIVpY3l4AAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvL-wBviTZn3gZeEwMfcOr5E%3D&utm_campaign=bf74a1de86eb44aa8fb641b1ac71e311&utm_content=initial_v0_4_0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_update&utm_term=cs

For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/06/10/spain-the-betrayal-of-the-podemos-to-the-animals/

And I mean...It is a corrupt political decision, a betrayal of the animals.
It only shows the decay of the left.

The Podemos’ promise for the abolition of bullfighting proves to be a propaganda staging before the November 2019 elections in order to capture new voices.

“We don’t have to worry about the anti-capitalist alternatives because capitalism has no alternatives, no enemies other than itself,” the left said in the 1980s.

In the case of Spain, we are actually not worried about capitalism, but about the Podemos.
They are our enemies now.
Traitor and loyal to the powerful! those were formerly our enemies and now these are the Podemos.!

And not only the Podemos, but that is also the left today. At least in Europe.

My best regards to all, Venus

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A 44-year-old was injured by a cow in the Innsbruck-Land district (Austria) a week ago.

The man was unloading the animal from the trailer on the way to the butcher when the cow became aggressive (!!!)

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He could no longer hold the animal and the cow ran away. The man was injured by a kick on the thigh.

The police reported that the animal was shot “because of the unpredictability of the animal and the risk that it would run onto the busy road,” because the animal ran into an open space next to a federal highway.

A hunter or, more precisely, a butcher was notified.
The federal road was completely closed during the period of use.

https://www.salzburg24.at/news/oesterreich/tirol-mann-durch-kuh-verletzt-tier-erschossen-88495723

And I mean…Every slave uprising was always severely punished.

Now he is dead, shot by the solidarity partners of the slave owners, who are always on the perpetrator side, and declare the murder in the protocol, “for road safety”.

You have to be an asshole to demonstrate all your power on the weak and defenseless.

My best regards to all, Venus

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SPANA is a wonderful animal organisation as you can see from the links below. I am pleased to be a SPANA supporter knowing that my monthly donation goes towards assisting animals in so much need around the world. Take a trip here and see how working animals are being supported without cost to the owners; all from donations and funds provided by supporters.

Regards Mark.

SPANA; or the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad; is based in London, England. It also has an office n Australia:

https://spana.org/contact-us/

https://spana.org/about-us/   – Established in 1923, SPANA’s goal is simple: to improve the welfare of working animals in the world’s poorest communities. Through three key areas – treating, training and teaching – we’re inspiring others to act in the best interests of working animals while also providing practical, professional and sustainable solutions today. We recognise that the fortunes of working animals and people go hand in hand: in the developing world, just one working animal can support an extended family of up to 30 people. SPANA’s work improves the lives of working animals while supporting the communities that depend on them. We rely entirely on our loyal supporters to help us in our huge but vital task.

Our History

In 1923, Kate Hosali and her daughter Nina set off for North Africa as tourists; it was a journey that would last a lifetime. As they travelled through the countryside, passing bustling souks, remote communities and rural farms, they were inspired by much of what they saw. But they were also struck by the awful sight of donkeys, mules and camels – malnourished, weak, buckling under the weight of huge loads; suffering with wounds inflicted by poorly fitting harnesses.

Nations in which they currently work include:

Tanzania – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/tanzania/

Somaliland – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/somaliland/

South Africa – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/south-africa/

Sierra Leone – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/sierra-leone/

Peru – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/peru/

Namibia – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/namibia/

Mongolia – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/mongolia/

Liberia – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/liberia/

Kenya – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/kenya/

India – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/india/

Ghana – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/ghana/

Cameroon – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/cameroon/

Jordan – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/jordan/

Morocco – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/morocco/

Myanmar – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/myanmar/

Botswana – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/botswana/

Zimbabwe – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/zimbabwe/

Mali – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/mali/

Tunisia – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/tunisia/

Mauritania – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/mauritania/

Etheopia – https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/ethiopia/

Click on the following link to see all the areas of the world where SPANA is helping to make the lives of working animals so much better:

https://spana.org/about-us/our-work/

Via this link you can make donations and also sign up to the SPANA Newsletter.

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Debra Ashton
Chief Executive Officer

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