Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Text: Captain Paul Watson (Sea Shepherd)

Wikileaks has helped Sea Shepherd in the past by exposing the collusion between the Australian and Japanese governments over whaling and their mutual opposition to Sea Shepherd’s interventions.

Wikileaks also revealed some of the truths about the horrific slaughter of dolphins in Taji, Japan.

Julian Assange is a member of an endangered profession – REAL journalism.
The efforts of the mass media to demonize Assange have been despicable.
His only “crime” was exposing the truth and exposing real crimes against humans and the environment.

Assange is now on trial in the UK, a process that is nothing more than a show trial where the verdict was passed before he even went to court.
The US, UK, and Australia intend to make him suffer for the many times he has exposed and embarrassed so many powerful and corrupt leaders.

How can the US convict a man of high treason if he is not even a US citizen?
Why is Australia so complicit in the conviction of one of its own citizens?
Why is the mainstream media trying so hard to throw one of the world’s greatest journalists under the bus?
In my opinion, Julian Assange is the most important journalist in the world today.

He has fought to uncover truths, and the message that the powers that be should send is clear: “Do not try to expose our attacks, our crimes and our corruption or anything else!”

And I mean…Isn’t it the same as what the German Agriculture Minister Klöckner said?
“We don’t need self-appointed stable police to check compliance with the animal welfare law in the stables.”
What was meant by that: We, as a government of agricultural lobbies, cannot afford to bring the truth to light.
And severe penalties were announced.

We cannot protect animals when we fear the daily conflict with the system.

My best regards to all, Venus

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VICTORY! After a decade of pressure from PETA!
PETA (and animals) just claimed a historic victory when fashion retail giant PVH Corp. — the parent company of Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, and others — announced that it would ban exotic-animal skins across all its brands!

This win comes after a decade of pushing from PETA and will prevent countless snakes, crocodiles, ostriches, and other animals from being warehoused and killed in the fashion industry for their skin.

For more… athttps://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/09/11/fashion-giant-pvh-corp-bans-exotic-animal-skins-super/

And I mean… The precious skin is peeled off, the innards cut out, the meat packaging. This is the most money to be made in this creepy business.

In Thailand, Africa, Zimbabwe, and Vietnam the animals are kept in huge breeding and slaughter farms and processed en masse into leather and meat.

Even products of the endangered Siamese crocodiles are exported.
Handbags made of crocodile leather bring the equivalent of a little more than 2060 euros. A suit made of crocodile skin costs around 5000 euros.

For the meat, there is a good 7.50 euros per kilogram and the bile and blood of the animals can also be turned into money because the fluids are said to have healing properties.

This is how the reptile business works in breeding farms in many Asian countries.

The decisive blow against this industry can only come from above if we apply organized and massive pressure

Big fashion designers stop selling exotic leathers, that’s the solution!

If brainless buyers can’t find an exotic bag on the shelf, this chapter is over.
It is that simple!

My best regards to all, Venus

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“Earthlings” is a 2005 American documentary film about humanity’s use of other animals as pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research…

Covering pet stores, puppy mills, and animal professions, “Earthlings” includes footage obtained through the use of hidden cameras to chronicle the day-to-day practices of some of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely on animals. It draws parallels between racism, sexism, and speciesism.

“Earthlings” creator is Shaun Monson

When this monumental film came to Germany in cinemas, we, the animal rights activists, had a problem: how do we get the masses to watch the film?

On the one hand, the hard pictures were the problem, but on the other hand, it was a problem to arouse interest.

We have come up with an action: we announced in the local newspaper that everyone who goes to the cinema to see “Earthlings” will get 10 euros.

Many people came just because the reward had piqued their curiosity.
The film is tough because the way we treat animals is criminal.

Many left after half an hour, but some saw the film through to the end.
We had no other, better method.

Obviously, there are other methods as well.
Especially in countries where state animal protection and the awareness of the population are still very weak.

And that tells us the case of the Ukrainian activist Maxim Krivozh (Maxim Plokhoi), which I read on the website of the animal liberation press office.

I add the link: https://animalliberationpressoffice.org/NAALPO/

The story in short:

On the 21st of July Maxim Krivozh (Maxim Plokhoi) took 13 hostages in a bus in Lutsk, Ukraine, and declared this day an “Anti – System Day”.

He did not demand any money or recognition. He demands were of a political character, but chiefly he demanded that the president of the country post a video where he recommends “everybody to watch the film “Earthlings”.

After 11 hours the president of Ukraine recommended “Earthlings” on his FB page in a video-message.

Thirty minutes later Maxim released all the hostages, they were all alive and healthy. In fact later, according to Ukrainian media, the hostages described Maxim positively and told that he was not threatening them.

The film got the largest attention in the Russian-speaking web.

Now Maxim is locked up. He is being tried as a terrorist. A journalist and animal rights activist named Akmal, when he read about this incident on the news, immediately became curious and decided to get in touch with him.
Maxim asked him to contact you and send you the following message (shortened):

“I am honored to be a “terrorist” under your laws; I am proud to have drawn attention to the terrible truth about the terrorism of the non-Guilty that is being told in the film ‘Earthlings’. The System only understands its own language – the language of power.

MAXIMAL ACTION – this is an action of the One. I am your bad conscience”!

My best regards to all, Venus

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This cow jumped from a ship that was transporting her to the slaughterhouse.

She swam for over 5 hours in a desperate attempt to escape certain death.

She was collected by another boat and slaughtered that same night.

Those 5 hours were the closest thing she felt to freedom in her entire life.

If she didn’t jump off the ship, no one ever would even know she existed.’

Animal Save Movement

What if that were a child or a human person?
Whoever has rights will be respected, whoever has no rights will be slaughtered.

Have a good night, Venus

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For the first time in Germany, African swine fever was detected in a wild boar. This was confirmed by Agriculture Minister Klöckner.
The region’s farmers are on alert.

The African swine fever, which is highly contagious and mostly fatal for domestic pigs and wild pigs, has reached Germany.
“Unfortunately, the suspicion has been confirmed,” said Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner on Thursday in Berlin.

The epidemic has been present in Europe for years and has apparently been introduced to Germany from Eastern Europe.

More carcasses in the region are now being sought.

“The virus is extremely infectious and easily transmitted,” said Klöckner. Therefore, so-called restriction areas must now be defined.

This means areas in which the disease is suspected. In the affected state of Brandenburg, where the infected wild boar carcass was found, the first villages are to be cordoned off today.

However, the consumption of pork is harmless: “African swine fever is harmless to humans,” said Klöckner. “Even contaminated meat can be eaten by the consumer without any problems” (!!!)

The wild boar carcass was found on the German-Polish border on Wednesday. The suspected case was then checked on Thursday night by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, which, as a national reference laboratory, clarifies suspected cases.

“We analyzed three samples and the results are clear,” explained the head of the institute, Thomas Mettenleiter.
The carcass in Brandenburg had already rotted heavily.
“So it has been a long time since the virus may have spread,” said Mettenleiter.

Farmers are very concerned about the economic impact.
With the current evidence of swine fever, Germany is losing its “disease-free” status and there could be a risk of export bans for pork to non-EU countries, such as Asia.

One thing is certain: in the event of an outbreak among domestic pigs, all animals on the farms affected must be killed.

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/afrikanische-schweinepest-in-deutschland-erster-fall-in-deutschland-bestaetigt-a-b7d6da34-5e88-4b5b-a75d-1edf943f201c

And I mean… a few days ago we received great reports from the conservative media..“When examining pork and pork liver, researchers in Germany found hepatitis E viruses in more than ten percent of all samples”.
Great!

Now we’re getting a visit from a new terrorist group, that of the pig front. It doesn’t look good for farmers, farmers threaten high losses.
Great!

So… we still haven’t lost hope that the new terrorist will do a better job than his predecessor, this weakling Corona.

My best regards to all, Venus

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Synthetic leather is based on fossil raw materials and is therefore problematic for the environment like real leather. A sustainable alternative could be leather made from mushrooms, as researchers of Vienna report.

Vienna – leather is made from animal hides and is therefore considered ethically questionable and problematic for the environment.

The latter also applies to synthetic leather, it is based on fossil raw materials.
A leather substitute made from mushrooms with similar properties to the original could be a sustainable alternative and has “enormous market potential,” report Viennese researchers in the journal Nature Sustainability.

Concerns about classic leather production range from ethical issues related to the use of animal products to the significant environmental impact of livestock and the leather processing industry.

It is estimated that the livestock sector is responsible for twelve to 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

In addition, there is deforestation for pastures and animal feed and the use of problematic chemicals in tanning.
Artificial leather made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or polyurethane is made from fossil raw materials.

For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/09/10/austria-researchers-develop-vegan-leather-from-mushrooms/

And I mean…When one thinks of the transport and slaughter conditions of cows, buffalo, sheep, and goats for the Indian leather trade, one is grateful for every step that is taken against this barbaric animal cruelty.

Animals in India are subjected to extreme cruelty.

The slaughterhouses are unsanitary, continue to pollute the environment, have no licenses; illegal slaughterhouses continue to operate, everyone slaughters as they want.

The transport regulations for animals are pathetic, they are transported to the slaughterhouse on vans that are so overloaded that the animals are often seriously injured with their pointed horns and hooves.

Animals of all ages, including small calves, are illegally killed.

The leather from the hides of these animals is exported all over the world. Europe and the USA are among the largest customers.

In the Indian slaughterhouses they are often cut open with dirty, blunt knives in front of their conspecifics, some animals are even skinned and cut up when fully conscious.

In Germany, a total of 14,800 tons of leather shoes worth around 300 million euros were imported from India in 2015. These figures show how valuable the cowhides are for tanneries and leather processors.

We are happy for every step that is taken to eliminate or at least minimize the suffering and exploitation of animals.
And the better when initiatives come from above, in this case from the industry.

And we are confident that the new material will actually represent enormous market potential and with the right marketing they will prevail

My best regards to all, Venus

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Advocate General misses the point on alternatives to slaughter without stunning

10 September 2020

Today the Advocate General of the Court of Justice released its non-binding opinion on the possibility for EU Member States to adopt a national ban on the slaughter without stunning, following a request made by the Belgian Constitutional Court.

Animal welfare remains basically forgotten in today’s opinion not permitting Member States to adopt rules which provide both for a prohibition of the slaughter of animals without stunning, and for an alternative stunning procedure for the slaughter carried out in the context of a religious rite (i.e. reversible stunning).

Even if the final opinion depends on the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice, Eurogroup for Animals is concerned about this judgement. While so much emphasis is given to the freedom of religion enshrined in the Slaughter Regulation by Art 4.4., it does not equally consider the provision laid down in Article 26.2 (c), empowering Member States to adopt  “national rules aimed at ensuring more extensive protection of animals at the time of killing than those contained in this Regulation in relation to […] the slaughtering and related operations of animals in accordance with Article 4.4” .

Despite the opinion seems favourable to the adoption by Member States of technical conditions which seek to minimise the suffering of animals at the time of killing, it is negative towards the adoption of reversible stunning, which would allow for the conservation of the rites while preserving the welfare animals.

Eurogroup for Animals and its members will continue working to make sure that all the animals will be properly stunned before being slaughtered.

Reineke Hameleers, CEO of Eurogroup for Animals

“In 2020 we should not think that, as cited in the opinion, animal welfare and religion ‘often sit uneasily’, as technology and best practice are there to guarantee that both values are respected at the same time”, commented Reineke Hameleers, CEO at Eurogroup for Animals. 

Scientific evidence has unambiguously shown that slaughter without stunning is incompatible with the welfare of animals. It must also be noted that acceptance of stunning methods is increasing among religious communities, as demonstrated by the declaration made last year by Ismailaga Cemaati, the largest Islamic group in Turkey, announcing that stunning animals prior to slaughter is acceptable and Halal.

“This is just an opinion and in the past we witnessed that the CJEU rule can be different from the not-legally binding Advocate General advice. Eurogroup for Animals and its members will continue working to make sure that all the animals will be properly stunned before being slaughtered” added Hameleers.

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