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So now the possibility of ‘an exemption’ to allow animals to be exported when they should not. In addition, the ship (Al-Kuwait) with crewmembers suffering from Covid 19, possibly sailing to foreign shores and taking the disease there with them ! – wow; this just sums up how bloody desperate the Australian government and live export industry are to keep their trade going. Prepared to take the risk of human health in another country by potentially allowing this vessel to sail.

Seems like they care just as little for human life as they do for the animals they transport. Sick, all of them – literally !

We totally support Lyn and the crew (and all other folk fighting this trade) at Animals Australia and wish them the best for success in getting this stopped. As for the government and the exporters; they are bastards; simple as that; putting money before the welfare of animals and now humans. Lets hope the trade goes to the wall and that in the near future the Australian people vote in a government that does give a shit about the environment and compassion to all living beings.

Hi Mark,

You may have seen reports in the media of a COVID-19 outbreak onboard a live export ship, the Al-Kuwait, which is docked in Fremantle. This situation is still unfolding, with predictions that further crew members could be diagnosed with the virus.

Back in March, we wrote to the Department of Agriculture expressing concerns about the heightened risks that the global coronavirus pandemic posed to crew members and animals. As you know, seafarers live and work in close and unhygienic conditions and have no access to medical care. Risks of shipment rejections increased dramatically as a result of COVID-19 implications.

The sheep who were supposed to be loaded onto the Al-Kuwait remain in an export feedlot while their fate is determined. In theory, this delay should mean a reprieve from live export for these animals as new regulations prohibiting voyages during the Northern summer come into effect next week.

However, we’ve read concerning media reports that indicate an exemption could be granted to the exporter to allow a shipment in June.

We have expressed our opposition to this in the strongest possible terms to the Department of Agriculture today and will again tomorrow during a teleconference.

Any exemption would obviously be totally unacceptable given the well-known heat stress risks that these animals would face.

I will be in touch again when we know more, and we will of course let you know if we need you to amplify our efforts on behalf of these animals. But for now, I wanted you to know that we are are doing all we can to ensure that the welfare of these sheep is prioritised.

Warm regards,
Lyn

Animals Australia.

https://www.animalsaustralia.org/

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Bullfighting celebrations are not the second show in this country by a number of spectators, as they claim from the bullfighting sector, but the tenth, behind football, cinema, monuments and sites, museums, current music concerts, and classical music, exhibitions, theater and art galleries.

The bullfighting sector is the show that gets the lowest mark in relation to the interest it arouses among citizens.

Only 8% of Spaniards went to a bullring in 2019, according to the “Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices” in Spain.

The cinema, the second show that brings together the most people after soccer, was attended by 57.8 percent of those surveyed.

It is followed by monuments (49.3%), museums (40.5%), current music concerts (30.1%), art exhibitions (29.8%), theater (24.5%), archaeological sites (21.8%), and classical music concerts (9.4%), which outperform bull shows for the first time in public.

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For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/05/26/spain-the-bullfighting-industry-is-broke/

And I mean…Unfortunately, these statistics do not tell us how many Spaniards are against bullfighting.
If one does not attend bullfighting, it does not necessarily mean that he is also against it.

There are also many people who don’t go to the theater, but most of them (at least in Germany) agree that theater should be subsidized with public money.

When the bullfighting was recognized as a national cultural heritage on November 7, 2013, the bull mafia was delighted.
Because that would mean subsidizing taxpayers’ money.
But business has been going bad for years and now is worse in the Corona Krisis.

The bullfighting industry expects a loss of 200 million euros.
Now would be the right time to end the matter once and for all.

Nevertheless, even the left-wing government of PSOE and Podemos, (the latter declared itself to be the enemies of this spectacle), have so far not dared to put an end to the bloody spectacle. Behind it are a strong lobby and powerful industry.

My best regards to all, Venus

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https://www.plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/cardiologist-says-saturated-fat-causes-heart-disease

Leading Cardiologist Says Saturated Fat Should Be ‘Off The Menu’ For Causing Heart Disease

The study ‘demonstrated unequivocally that reducing dietary saturated fat lowered the risk of combined CVD events by 21 percent’

Plant Based News

May 24, 2020

Leading cardiologist Joel Kahn, MD has announced saturated fat should be ‘off the menu’ as it causes heart disease.

The medical expert penned an Op-Ed for The Beet titled ‘The Big Fat War is Over’ – following a recent paper published by the Cochrane Library analyzing the relationship between dietary saturated fat and cardiovascular disease.

‘It’s huge’

“The Cochrane Review demonstrated unequivocally that reducing dietary saturated fat lowered the risk of combined CVD events by 21 percent. That may not sound like a lot, but in scientific terms it’s huge,” Kahn wrote.

“Further analysis showed that the greater the reduction in dietary saturated fat, the greater the drop in the risk of CVD events. This was true both for people who had no prior history of heart events, and those who had. In fact the reduction in sat far was even more powerful for those who did have known heart disease.”

‘Ammunition’

Speaking to Klaus Mitchell, Founder of Plant Based News, Kahn discussed how this study could affect future dietary guidelines.

“Now we have ammunition to go to the USDA and ask them can we incorporate [sic] – there are already recommendations that you limit saturated fat in the diet,” he said.

“They have a comment in the current guidelines in the US – ‘as little cholesterol as possible’ – and I believe it’s less than seven percent of the calories in the diet should be from saturated fat.

‘Tighter’ recommendations

“Now with this new big Cochrane database study we need to go back to when there are hearings and an opportunity for appearances at Congress to call for even tighter recommended reductions.

“Because that does translate to school meals and intuitional meals and dollars that are spent in this country. And more beans will be bought and less beef; and more water will be bought and less full-fat dairy; and there’ll be more salads and less cheese because that’s how the dollars are spent based on the guidelines. So we need to get politically active.”

You can read the paper here

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Every human born vegan, with heart full of compassion and love, but sadly customs, traditions and teaching of the family and society misguide us .

We learn violence, hatred and greed from society.

In a few years, this little person may be someone who orders a dead animal from McDonalds at the counter. Or someone who fights wholeheartedly for animal rights.

Teaching children respect and love for animals is our responsibility.

Regards and a good night from Venus

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And we do not forget the animal victims of the country.
And the mass murder of the farm animals, which the psychotic president finances because of Corona.

It is always the psychopaths and political criminals around the world who support the meat industry and feed it with billions from our tax money..

We ALL must finally stop eating animals and be miserable accomplices of this fascist system of animal exploitation.

My best regards to all, Venus

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https://www.vegan.com/fruit/

Fruits come in countless varieties, offer solid nutrition, and can make an important contribution to a vegan diet. There are so many delicious varieties of fruit that there is always something new to discover. So let’s take a look at all the delicious possibilities, in order to acquaint you with the most delicious types of fruit in existence.

Common Varieties of Fruit

The first thing you should know about fruits is that the variety grown in the tropics is entirely different than what you can find in colder climates.

Here are the most common fruits grown in temperate climates, in roughly the order they come into season:

• Strawberries

• Cherries

• Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines

• Raspberries and Blackberries

• Melons

• Blueberries

• Apples

• Persimmons

And here are some of the most popular tropical fruits:

• Papayas

• Bananas

• Pineapples

• Avocados

• Mangoes

• Passionfruit

• Starfruit

If you love fruit, the tropics are an incomparable place to live. The above list of tropical fruits only scratches the surface of what’s available, since several of the most delicious tropical fruits can’t stand up to shipping and are rarely exported. These include starfruit, soursops, egg fruit, and jackfruit. What’s more, the bananas, pineapples, and mangoes sold in the tropics are far tastier than the exported varieties.

A good mango has my vote as being the tastiest of all tropical fruits, but the flavor totally depends on the variety—of which there are dozens. Smaller long and thin orange or yellow mangoes like the Ataulfo are among the most consistently delicious mangoes. Be sure to avoid Tommy Atkins mangoes, which are justifiably compared to the godawful Red Delicious apple.

Savory Fruits

While most tree-grown fruits are sweet, two notable and delicious exceptions are avocados and breadfruit.

Avocados thrive in both tropical and warmer temperate climates. They come in numerous varieties. Hass avocados are widely available and I think by far the tastiest variety. You can find avocados almost everywhere, since they are exported from Mexico to every part of the world.

Breadfruit has a flavor and texture like potatoes and it is magnificent sliced and sauteed with some garlic. Unfortunately, breadfruit bruises easily and rots quickly, so it’s rarely exported. In many parts of the tropics, breadfruit is among the very cheapest foods since the trees yield a massive amount of fruit.

Nightshades

Tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant are all nightshades. This family of fruits is widely cultivated in Italy, and all varieties grow on poisonous vines. Nightshades are planted in the spring, as soon after the first frost as possible, and they die in autumn with the first frost. Every sort of nightshade is delicious when combined into an Italian sauce.

Eggplant is also a staple of Middle Eastern cooking, and is the key ingredient for a classic dish called baba ghanouj.  Made traditionally, the eggplant for baba ghanouj is baked in a wood-fired oven, where it gains a smoky flavor and a wonderfully rich texture.

Purchasing Fruit

Since every fruit starts out as a flower, it’s no surprise that many fruits are naturally fragrant. In fact, often the best way to judge the ripeness of your fruit is not by sight but by smell. You’ll often encounter gorgeous, flawless-looking fruits that are practically tasteless. Giving your fruit a sniff before purchasing is often the only way to determine whether it has good flavor.

When shopping for produce, remember that smaller fruits tend to have more complex and intense flavors. That goes for bananas, tomatoes, blueberries, and especially strawberries. Larger fruits may seem more eye-catching, but often their size seems to dilute their flavor.

You’ll get the most delicious and the cheapest fruit if you buy at peak of season. You’ll get strawberries in the spring. In early summer cherries are the first tree fruit to ripen. By mid-summer, peaches, plums, and nectarines reach peak of season, along with raspberries and blackberries.

In early autumn, blueberries start coming in. The further north (or south, in the southern hemisphere), the later the blueberries ripen and the better they’ll taste. The fruit season closes out in late autumn with apples and persimmons. Persimmons may be the most delicious fruit of all—when perfectly ripe their flesh has a texture like pudding.

No fruit comes into season during the winter, but you can get freshly-picked apples and persimmons through late fall. Since apples can hold up well in cold storage for a couple months, they’re probably the best fresh fruit to eat over the winter. By the time spring rolls around, you should switch from apples to freshly-harvested spring produce.

Frozen Fruits

Every supermarket and natural foods store sells inexpensive frozen fruit year-round. The most common varieties include peaches, strawberries, blueberries, and mangoes. All of these fruits are especially good for vegan smoothies. Just use the vegan milk of your choice—it makes sense to choose an unsweetened variety for smoothies since your fruit will add plenty of natural sugars.

Frozen fruits provide a wonderful boost for eating well during the winter. And nutritionally speaking, they’re a much better option than canned fruits, since there’s no sugar-sweetened syrup. Plus, since frozen fruits haven’t undergone the cooking that’s part of the canning practice, you are eating something that’s much closer to tasting freshly-picked.

You should also consider washing, slicing, bagging, and freezing your own fruit during peak of season. The best produce you can buy locally is likely to be far superior than bagged frozen produce, and quite possibly less expensive. Any market will sell double-sealed freezer bags in sizes ranging from quarts to gallons.

When freezing most fruit, arrange your berries or sliced fruit on a single layer of a tray, then freeze until solid. Once the fruit is frozen hard, transfer it to freezer bags. This method is called “individual quick freeze” (IQF) and keeps your fruit from clumping together into an unappetizing frozen brick.

Dried Fruits

Dried fruit are a wonderful option during the cold months. Raisins are probably the most widely-eaten dried fruit, but that’s just the start of your options. No matter what kind of dried fruit you buy, sulfites whenever possible.

Nearly every fruit is wonderful dried. Just like frozen fruit, dried fruit can easily last through the winter. If you have an abundance of fruit in the summer—especially if you have your own fruit trees—why not consider purchasing a food dehydrator? That’ll enable you to feast on delicious dried fruit during the lean months of autumn and winter. Dehydrators were once outrageously expensive, but today you can buy a good one for less than the price of a rice cooker or bread machine.

My favorite dried fruit is apricots, but not just any apricot. They’ve got to be unsulfured Blenheim “slab” apricots. If you seek this variety of dried apricot out, I can’t imagine you’ll be disappointed.

Finally, don’t forget about figs and dates. Much of the world’s fig and date crops are grown in Turkey, Greece, and other Mediterranean countries. Both these foods are commonly dried, especially for export. I think the most delicious varieties are medjool dates and calimyrna figs. I actually prefer dried figs to fresh, since the texture improves and the flavors are much more concentrated. But avoid black mission figs. They’re terrible, and should be summarily rejected by anyone of discriminating tastes, just like red delicious apples and Tommy Atkins mangoes.

For further reading: please see our vegan cooking guide, our vegan nutrition guide, and our guide to vegan foods.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8341049/Chinese-wild-animal-trafficker-caught-100-frozen-protected-turtles.html

Wild animal trafficker is jailed for smuggling 107 endangered turtles by freezing them in his refrigerated van

Shen was arrested by police who found his lorry packed with 107 frozen turtles

The wildlife trafficker was given a nearly 13-year sentence for his illegal trade

Officials said the seized animals were estimated to be worth over £345,000

The case was reported by local court to raise awareness for wildlife protection

A Chinese wildlife trafficker has been jailed after being caught by police transporting 107 protected sea turtles with his refrigerated truck.

The resident, known by his surname Shen, was tracked down by police after the officers seized found his lorry packed with frozen turtles in the woods in Zhoushan city, Zhejiang province of eastern China.

Mr Shen was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison and handed a fine of 150,000 yuan (£17,287). Two other residents who sold four of the sea turtles to Mr Shen were also imprisoned.

The crime case took place in 2018 and was revealed this week by a local court in Zhejiang to warn the public against wild animal trafficking.

Read the rest of the story by clicking on the above link.

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