The link sent to us by Violette relates to a kitten in Malaysia – here are the words from ‘The Mirror’; a UK national newspaper which reported on the incident:
A cruel thug turned a kitten into ‘living torch’ as the feline desperately meowed for help
The horrific incident was filmed in the Malaysian state of Pahang and the video was shared on Facebook by the Malaysia Animal Association where it has been viewed 76,000 times.
The NGO also announced that they have raised the reward for anyone providing information that leads to the culprit’s arrest from 3,000 MYR (£560) to 10,000 MYR (£1,900 GBP)
The suspect allegedly poured flammable liquid over the kitten before burning it alive in a field at night.
In the distressing video, the unsuspecting kitten, apparently dampened with flammable liquid, is seen lying on the grass.
Both Violette and ourselves can never get a grip on how some so called ‘civilized’ humans can get their kicks out of injuring, or killing, defenceless little animals as per the kitten here. It’s a real sad world when assholes like this person have to post such things on line to get ‘likes’. Pass him over to the AR and lets see if he is liked as much for what he does.
It is not the answer and has not saved the kitten; but the reward offered now by the Malaysian Animal Association may hopefully lead to a name being given, and then a conviction.
We are all lost for words really; but this just shows the senseless lengths some dickheads will go to nowdays to get attention on their mobiles.
Posted on July 21, 2020 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Burrow hunting – one of the cruelest types of hunting!
In “civilized” Germany, with the supposedly best animal protection law in Europe, it is still legal.
During this hunting method, a so-called ground or construction dog has the task of driving the fox out of its burrow.
Image: Burrow hunting-Wild beim Wild
The fox has no chance: If it flees, it is shot or shot by the hunters waiting outside. If he stays under burrow, he has to face the dog.
Often there are bites, in which the dog and fox as well as any existing puppies are seriously injured or killed. If neither the dog nor the fox gives in, the hunters dig up the building.
Eventually, the fox is shot, slain, or shredded by hunting dogs.
Hunters kill almost half a million foxes in Germany every year. In doing so, they resort to unscrupulous means: from live traps to homicide traps to burrow hunting.
There is no reason for the fox hunt – the animals only serve the hunters as a target for their cruel hobby.
Fox children are also affected in front of the hunters’ rifles: young foxes can and should be shot almost everywhere in Germany. Only in a few federal states do young foxes have a closed season.
Burrow hunting is undoubtedly one of the cruelest types of hunting.
According to two Swiss reports, building hunting represents legal cruelty to animals, which is why it has already been banned in the Canton of Thurgau, in Swiss, for example, and in the Canton of Geneva anyway, where the people voted in 1974 for a general ban on hunting of mammals and birds through a referendum.
Articles in specialist magazines and hunting forums show again and again how unscrupulous hunters think about killing foxes and their children. The cold-blooded planning of the killings reveals the real face of the fox hunt:
“Killing playing fox pups on the building or catching them with a young fox trap is probably the most effective hunting method.
The young foxes spend their time improving their mouse-catching skills and are therefore inattentive. Their curiosity, paired with youthful recklessness, makes the young puppies easy prey. ”
Sign our petition to the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the responsible ministries of all federal states today and ask them to finally ban the senseless fox hunting in Germany!
And I mean… In the burrow hunting, the hunters violate the applicable animal welfare law, which states in Article 4 (2):
“Nobody may unjustly cause pain, suffering, or harm to an animal, make it afraid or otherwise disregard its dignity. It is forbidden to abuse, neglect, or unnecessarily overexert animals. ”
This article of the law applies equally to all animals.
Hunters inflict the most torture and abuse of animals, especially by the way they are killed.
Even the closed seasons are unclearly regulated nationwide, and if they are not observed, no hunters will be punished.
How did the hunters get the right to execute animals in the forest?
By economically interested lobbyists and hunters in politics, i.e. precisely through these circles, who can incorporate the laws into the constitution and do so.
The hunters in Germany have a large lobby, holding many offices and higher posts, and do not let their privileges shake.
From certain political circles, sadism, barbarism, and brutality are pseudo-scientifically transfigured and thus presented as acceptable and necessary. Hunters are protected in such a way that they believe they do not have to justify their cruelty to animals.
Shooting defenseless animals in the forest as a passion is not a nature conservation activity, but a perversion like no other! There must be an end to this legal desire to kill.
Today’s hunters want to kill – they don’t do it for lack of food!
That’s why in our eyes, everyone who operates hunting as a sport is a murderer.
Posted on July 21, 2020 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Hi all
Time is not on our side at the moment. We are still trying to put all our WAV posts onto SAV also; but this is not always done immediately.
So to save time; I am giving over a whole series of post links under the one heading on SAV. Just click on any of the links to get the full story and take actions if necessary.
Regards Mark
USA – ‘Unseen’ – a look into the final hours of life for many pigs:
Dead, pathogen-laden pigs were left outside the slaughterhouse where wild animals were seen feeding upon them. This presents a proven risk of zoonotic disease transmission, with pigs, birds and even feral cats potentially infecting humans.
Workers cut away infected flesh from slaughtered pigs so they could be sold as healthy, with the removed, infected flesh left outside in open bins.
The diseases brewing inside Smithfield’s farms are being spread around the country, and everyone — animals, workers, and all life on this planet — is in danger.
The COVID-19 crisis has thrust animal agriculture into the public spotlight. People everywhere are waking up to this senseless collision course. Now is the time to call on California to lead the way and take a stance against animal ag. We’re demanding an immediate moratorium prohibiting the construction of new factory farms and slaughterhouses statewide, and phasing them out completely by 2025.
Join Hon Damien O’Connor (Labour), Hon David Bennett (National), Gareth Hughes MP (Green) and Mark Patterson MP (NZ First) as they tackle issues facing New Zealand animals today and in the future.
Date: Thursday 23 July Time: 7pm – 8pm Location: Your computer or your phone! This is a virtual event that will be streamed live. Attendance is free, and the link will be emailed to you when you register.
Posted on July 17, 2020 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Slavica has made the world a better place for animals.
If her animal friends knew she isn’t there anymore, they would come to her deathbed and cry.
She did a lot for them and she would have continued to do so even though her strength had already given way.
Because she knew it: the best motivation for not giving up is to continue doing everything to reduce animal pain and suffering.
The world is poorer after the death of such people.
They have not only consumed goods and generated garbage, but they have done something worthwhile for those who have no rights, for the defenseless.
They never betrayed their friends, the animals.
They are people who have done their best, everything they could, and if they had one more life to go, they would give it to make this world a better place for the animals.
“It’s not about the theoretical question of whether life has meaning. It’s about the practical question of what meaning we give it” said Margit Spira
Slavica had given the right meaning to her life.
We are sad, infinitely sad.
We promise that we will continue the fight and, like you, will do everything we can for those you loved and protected, for the animals.
Image: Burrow hunting-Wild beim Wild
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