In addition, on this past post I included some old archive information for you to read from October 2018 – regarding Kuwait Livestock and Trading (KLTT) and its Australian subsidiary, Rural Export Trading WA (RETWA), who made this special appeal to continue shipping in the Summer months.
We immediately sent a message of solidarity to our campaigner friends at Animals Australia last week; both of us united in the fight against this disgusting trade; and on 1/6 we had a super message back from Jacqui at AA thanking for being united in support with them. As you can see below, the fight on this particular has paid off and the sheep will not suffer enduring weeks of heat stress on a ship destined for the Middle East.
We want to congratulate AA for fighting the fight so hard, as they always do.
As Lyn (at AA) says, “sadly there will be no ‘happy ending’ for these sheep who will now go to local slaughterhouses in Western Australia. However, they have been spared the extended and extreme suffering of weeks at sea where the risk of ‘cooking alive’ from heat stress is very real. And they will also now not face painful fully-conscious slaughter”.
To resolve all these issues, we suggest going over to a meat free, plant based diet. End the suffering and killing and do yourself some good also. Vote with your stomach !
Thanks to all of you who took action here; and thanks to the Department of Agriculture in Australia who were torn between to sides; but who in the end listened to the people and made the very right decision.
Regards Mark
Original message from AA:
Mark, the summer live export ban stands!
Late last night we received official word from the Department of Agriculture that 56,000 sheep will NOT be sent into the blistering heat of the Middle East summer. A decision to allow this shipment would not only have subjected animals to extreme and extended suffering, it would also have required an exemption to new laws that prohibit dangerous summer shipments.
I know that, like me, you’ll be breathing a tremendous sigh of relief. It’s been an intense but uplifting few days observing people turn their compassion for these sheep into effective action on their behalf.
Over the last week, we worked every angle and played every strategic card we could to present the strongest possible case to prevent these sheep from being exported. From legal avenues, close consultation and advice to the Department of Agriculture, and media coverage. But perhaps most critical of all was the analysis we instigated from an expert climatologist that warned, if the ship set sail, it would be sending animals directly into the ‘danger zone’ for heat stress. We worked day and night to ensure the regulator had all of the facts in front of her to make the right decision — and she did!
The live export industry has been sent a very strong message: they are no longer above the law.
They can no longer expect to ‘call the shots’.
We are mightily relieved that this decision has been made. It is so very important that precious laws instigated to protect vulnerable animals are upheld, and we are grateful that the regulator has put the interests of animals ahead of the interests of live exporters.
Sadly, there will be no ‘happy ending’ for these sheep who will now go to local slaughterhouses in Western Australia. However, they have been spared the extended and extreme suffering of weeks at sea where the risk of ‘cooking alive’ from heat stress is very real. And they will also now not face painful fully-conscious slaughter.
With heartfelt sincerity, I say thank you for never failing to heed the call for help whenever animals need it. Your support has given these animals a voice and the representation they so desperately needed.
Not only the wildlife markets suspected of origin have to be criticized. The corona outbreaks in numerous US and German slaughterhouses show how quickly dangerous germs can also spread in this system.
The exploitation of the animals meets there with mostly poor working conditions for the staff – a combination that causes maximum damage.
“With this campaign, we want to draw your attention to the fact that we not only have to look at the wild animal markets but also that we have to change something directly in our company. Animal production, intensive animal husbandry, slaughter, meat consumption – something has to change here!”
And I mean… I quote a comment that just shows that we deserve a second corona:
“It has nothing to do with animal welfare, nothing with veganism, nothing with ecology or sustainability. It is simply a dangerous form of actionism that we cannot tolerate. No matter in which area. A limit was crossed here”.
The border has long been crossed in all slaughterhouses around the world.
Of unscrupulous meat producers, farm owners, and their lobbyists in government posts who use our money to conduct criminal and (often) illegal business with the “livestock” animals.
No slogan in the world can be hard enough to describe this hell.
Such apolitical and indifferent idiots are the feed of this fascist system.
We would like to thank the activists for their great action!
Posted on June 2, 2020 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
A disturbing, first-of-its-kindPETA undercover investigation reveals that workers hit, kicked, tied down, and mutilated pregnant, crying alpacas in Peru, the world’s top alpaca producer.
This groundbreaking footage highlights just some of the abuse documented at Mallkini,the world’s largest privately-owned alpaca farm, near Muñani,Peru.
Mallkini is owned by the Michell Group, the world’s largest exporter of alpaca tops and yarn.
When the workers stitched them up, most were never even given a topical numbing spray, which would have been inadequate anyway for gaping wounds.
According to one veterinarian, “The workers are inflicting excruciating pain and torture by sewing up wounds on fully conscious restrained animals without proper pain control”.
They slammed pregnant alpacas onto tables.
After talks with PETA, ESPRIT will now phase out alpaca. And as a first step, Gap Inc. (which owns Banana Republic, Athleta, and more) and the H&M group (including its eight brands) have cut ties with Michell, which had supplied them with alpaca.
Please, see for yourself, and join us in helping these animals.
“At Michell, we are the pioneer and leading company in the field of transforming this noble fiber into luxurious yarns, working harmoniously with nature, the environment, and with the utmost respect for the local population.
Our ranch named Mallkini, has the goal of improving Alpaca breeding, improving the herds and animal live, training local breeders, and contributing to the sustainable development of the communities in the Puno region”.
Of course, the company always sells the argument that the business with wool is most important for people living in the heights of South America, especially near the Andes. “We help people who are really poor and live without heath … just to maintain their alpacas and their families”.
To support the human species, we should forgive every crime against animals.
Is it ethical?
If the Michell Groupe wanted to ensure the survival of the Puno people with organ trafficking of human animals, we would call it crimes against humanity.
Those who have rights are respected.
Those who have no rights are despised.
Posted on June 1, 2020 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
30. Mai 2020
FRANCE -Live “decoy ducks” are bred especially for their beautiful voices.
When adult, they are elevated in micro prisons along the banks of a dam to vocally attract their free-flying friends while the hunters lie in wait, their rifles at the ready.
When will our base level of ecological unconsciousness in the name of sport ever change?
We demand an immediate end of this shameful practice.
France: Ban the use of live ducks, encaged, to attack their wild friends, to be shot down.
“Ever since we arrived on this planet as a species, we’ve hunted them down, dug them up, burned, and poisoned them. Today we are doing so on a greater scale than ever”.(Sir David Attenborough)
And I mean… Hunters are serial killers.
Like the serial killer, hunters have to prove their status as a person who has power over life and death.
Both the serial killer and the violent hobby hunter thinks he is taking part in something important.
It is time for every civilized society to recognize hobby hunting for what it really is: a pastime for psychopaths that is kept alive with government support.
So we never tire of publishing their crimes so that everyone knows about them.
Posted on June 1, 2020 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
For the International Milk Day, June 1, 2020
So far, over 100 campaigns from around the world have been announced or registered for the day. We have not yet discovered one from Germany.
On the action map for World Milk Day 2020,the center of Europe is rather a blank spot.
When almost everyone talks about milk and its “miracle” effects on this day, we have found a scientific article that can cure even those who still believe in miracles. Because it is now known that milk is not as healthy as it has been for a long time.
And everyone must finally learn that drinking milk can not only harm their bodies but also cause suffering and death for millions of animals.
Bodo Melnik,professor of nutritional science at the University of Osnabrück, Germany, is considered one of the greatest critics of the drink. He makes it clear why he thinks it is extremely questionable to consume cow’s milk.
“Milk is not a product,” he told the “Vegan World ” magazine.
“Milk is a highly complex signal substance for the care of a newborn. His signal is growth.
“You could also understand it as a kind of doping. But this has to end after weaning”, explains Melnik. “All animals then stop – only humans don’t.”
Milk increases the risk of prostate cancer
According to the scientist from Osnabrück, when drinking milk, a signal is sent to the human body and this is aimed at growth – that’s why milk is so important for newborns.
In contrast, stimulating an adult’s body to grow could be dangerous.
And I mean…For us today, it’s not just about the health damage or benefits of milk.
It is about the mother cows, who are enslaved and exploited lifelong as turbomachines, with udders so big that they can no longer walk.
And as soon as they stop delivering their 50 liters of milk a day, they are brutally slaughtered.
That is the milk, that is the system of milk production, that is our enemy.
It is about the financial gain of the slave owners, the cattle breeders, who get their legally guaranteed license from criminal governments to torture and slaughter their “milk” cows.
And then the stolen milk, for which the blood of innocent mammals has been spilled, is also thrown away when the sale is not worth it: “European farmers have had to pour some of their milk away”, we read in the media.
Today we have nothing to celebrate because we know how the milk production system works.
Avoid milk and animal products.
Stop supporting this shit with your money. Don’t buy it.
Not just because of your health, or to make you feel better, but because it is the right thing against this fascist system of exploitation.
So I went right back to the farm that we exposed roasting pigs alive through “ventilation shutdown.”
They’re about to do it again, but activists are locking down at the farm RIGHT NOW, blocking trucks hauling in pigs, and demanding an end to the violence.
Help us elevate the cries of the pigs and get Governor Kim Reynolds to end this horror and start protecting animals and workers.
Then please help us get our message to Kim Reynolds every way that you can. You can tweet at her asking her to end VSD and #CancelAnimalAg. You can call her office at 515-281-5211 and leave a message. You can submit an email through her website here. We need as many people speaking up as possible if we’re going to protect these animals and the workers who suffer emotional trauma in this violent industry.
Text: “Your factory farming leads to pandemics
Serbian Animals Voice (SAV) 