Posted on January 2, 2020 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
With Karl Lagerfeld, another large brand now dispenses with the use of furs in its products. The AM Retail Group, which operates the Lagerfeld stores, and the US parent company G-III Apparel Group will also stop using furs.
Even though the name Lagerfeld is certainly in the foreground here, the more extensive decision by AM Retail to generally become fur-free is important.
Especially since the company not only operates stores from Karl Lagerfeld Paris, but also chains such as Wilsons Leather, GH Bass & Co. and Calvin Klein Performance.
The news itself came from the animal welfare organization PETA, which said that this move reflects the views of today’s “ethical buyers”.
She added that “these fur bans are evidence that the fashion industry is changing to meet the increasing demand for luxurious, pet-friendly alternatives.”
The late Karl Lagerfeld regularly used fur in his collections.
Lagerfeld had spoken out in an interview with The New York Times in 2015 for the use of fur. Even then, his reasoning was poorly tied up rather than convincing: Lagerfeld warned that there was a whole industry behind the fur, which would then be robbed of its work.
There was also a round of Whataboustism: people wear leather and eat meat – then it is hypocritical to only fight against the brutal killing of animals for the fashion industry.
Whether those who were behind the decision probably thought of Lagerfeld’s stance?
We do not know. However, we think this new development is great!!
The fur ripped off, including blood and muscles: This is what an activist protested against a fur fashion show by Karl Lagerfeld in Paris. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
In recent years the number of high-end labels that reject fur has increased significantly. The top labels that have taken the path to fur-free today include Armani, Burberry, Prada, Gucci, Michael Kors and Versace.
The French group SMCP recently announced that its premium brands Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot will stop selling fur.
Both consumers and employees of fashion and retail companies are increasingly opposed to fur and focus on “vegan” alternatives.
This is also reflected in legislation – California has banned the sale and manufacture of new fur products in this state this year.
My comment:“I have no boss, except myself and my cat Choupette,” said Lagerfeld shortly before his death, last June in the business newspaper “Les Echos”.
Obviously his moral principles stretched to the love of his cat, but he ignored other fur animals and used them excessively for the senseless world of fashion.
I always asked myself: What would he say if one were to pull off the skin of his “Choupette” while she were alive?
Criticism of his love for fur left the fashion tsar completely cold. “The problem with fur…For me, as long as people eat meat and wear leather, I don’t get the message.” he told the New York Times in 2015.
And then I heard that he finally died, that was February 2019, and immediately thought: One less asshole!
“There are not too many people with an opinion I care for”, he used to say.
Oh Karl! Animal torture is not about opinions but about abolish it.
Well Christmas is just over, so we must pay homage to the three dim fire men of this world – :
The dim men came from different lands.
After they had all heard about the raging fires for which they were responsible, in the East, they all went on their way, and the smoke from all their government induced fires they had seen in the east lay en mass ahead of them, until it stopped over the places where the fires burned and all the animals were dying – places called Amazonia and Australia.
The 3 dim men each had in their hands, lots of gifts for the lobbyists of these places, of coal, coal, and yet more coal which had been mined under immense pressure from those same lobbyists, and which went completely against what the wise men eco environmentalists had been saying – fossil fuels and animal farts contribute to global warming; so why mine coal and farm animals in Amazonia for meat production ?.
As always, the 3 dim men ignored yet again the sayings of the wise men environmentalists and went with those known as ‘political lobbyists’, money people; after all; and as politicians the 3 dim men are only interested in finance; nothing else matters.
That is why the world views them as the dim men; destroyers of the world.
WAV Comment – We shed no tears, apart from those for the millions of animals that have been obliterated by the wrongdoings of man once again. It is pretty clear from what has happened that PM Scott Morrison and ‘Environment’ Minister Sussan Ley have sucked up to industry for years whilst failing to listen to the environmentalists. Now they pay the price. These people should have been the first to be destroyed in the flames; idiots who by their ignoramus attitudes are now responsible for obliterating entire species from the face of the planet. They are the government so called ‘environmentalists’ who have provided extinction for species rather than working to protect them. And still they will probably gripe that it has nothing to do with global warming !
In our opinion; it is a kind of ‘Karma’ time by the animals. Fools like Morrison have supported the live export industry; now the animals have gone and hopefully put the final nail in the coffin of this business. Morrison and Ley have got everything they deserve; their self opiniated importance is now charred and mixing with the burnt out embers of their country.
We have no feelings for them, apart from saying that they ignored the evidence, and now everyone else is paying the price. They must go to a burned out bare patch of land in the bush with nothing to eat or drink – they deserve no better ! – WAV
Nearly 500,000,000 animals have been killed in Australia’s wildfires
Almost half a billion animals have been killed in Australia’s raging wildfires with fears entire species may have been wiped out.
Ecologists from the University of Sydney now estimate 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have been lost since September with the figure likely to continue to soar.
Harrowing pictures and videos have captured kangaroos desperately attempting to flee great walls of flames while rescue teams have been met by the charred bodies of thousands of koalas.
Others reported seeing cockatoos falling dead out of trees and farmers have fled only to return to their burned land and find it littered with the bodies of livestock.
Koalas have been among the hardest hit of Australia’s native animals because they are slow moving and only eat leaves from the eucalyptus tree, which are filled with oil, making them highly flammable. Up to 8000 of the animals — a third of the entire koala population of the NSW mid-north coast — are believed to have been killed in less than four months.
Nature Conservation Council ecologist Mark Graham told the Australian parliament that the fires have burned ‘so hot and so fast’ that there has been ‘significant mortality’ of animals, particularly in trees.
Stand Up for Nature, an alliance of 13 organisations, is calling for an immediate halt on logging of native forests in NSW until the impacts of the catastrophic bushfires on species and habitat are understood. In an open letter, it warned that the impact of the fires is ‘extreme and ongoing’ and the scale of the loss will ‘probably never be known’ but will certainly be in the millions.
The alliance acknowledged a moratorium could have impacts on native forest timber industry workers and have called on the government to support them in the meantime.
Environment Minister Sussan Ley said true animal death figures would not be known until ‘the fires have calmed down and a proper assessment can be made’.
Posted on January 1, 2020 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
We mourn the death of 30 Persons monkeys in the zoo- prison in Krefeld / Germany.
The monkey house burned down completely on New Year’s Eve.
More than 30 animals died in the flames, said a spokeswoman in the morning. At 5.50 a.m. there was the sad certainty that none of the monkeys could escape from hell. More than 30 animals were killed. Among other animals, the “senior group” of the gorillas (Silverback mass) came under the flames.
Silverback mass died in the flames.(Archive)
Two chimpanzees had survived the fire “slightly miraculously injured,” said zoo director Wolfgang Dreßen at a press conference at noon. At home were among the animals killed orangutans, chimpanzees, marmosets, epaulet fruit bats and birds.
Cause of fire unclear – speculations about New Year’s Eve fireworks
Local residents had alerted the fire department at 0.38 a.m., the fire department said. The emergency services arrived a few minutes later. When they arrived, the monkey house was already in full fire.
“It was clear that nothing could be saved,” said operations manager Kai Günther at the press conference.
The emergency services had no hope for the animals at first.
They therefore tried to prevent the flames from spreading to the neighboring kangaroo house and the gorilla garden, which was also successful.
According to the criminal police, an illegal so-called “Chinese torch” could be responsible for the fire. These are floating sky lanterns that have been banned in Germany except for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since 2009.
Orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees lived in the monkey house. The 2000 square meter monkey tropical house was one of the zoo’s main attractions (!!!)
Gorilla in Krefeld Zoo (herbert2512 / pixabay.com)
According to the zoo, the monkey house was opened in 1975.
By 2020, the orangutans and chimpanzees should still have outdoor facilities.
The police called on eyewitnesses via Twitter to report. The Kripo took over the investigation.
According to the zoo, the monkey house was opened in 1975. By 2020, the orangutans and chimpanzees should still have outdoor facilities.
The zoo has over 400,000 visitors a year!!Elephants, leopards and rhinos also live there!!
Massa; now is dead
The footprint of the greenhouse-style building was 2,000 square meters. At home were orangutans, chimpanzees, marmosets, epaulet fruit bats and birds.
The police called on eyewitnesses via Twitter to report. The Kripo took over the investigation.
My comment: As soon as the news was out, a bunch of zoo fans and zoo insiders created an atmosphere of mourning in Facebook and gave the prison director their condolences.
One made the proposal for donation without explaining the purpose, the stupid pack cheered the idea.
“We feel deep sadness,” feigned the zoo director Wolfgang Dreßen.
Just a few hours after the devastating fire, it is certain that the prison will be rebuilt, new monkeys bought and there be blocked. Now we understand what the donations are used for; so that more victims can be ready for amusement as quickly as possible and the euro rolls again …
When the monkey house of the Krefeld Zoo was on fire shortly after midnight, there were no emergency personnel at the location, and there was also no fire extinguishing system. The animals had no escape route, they were locked up.
In the past, people from other ethnic groups with special physical characteristics were also shown in human zoos.
These were the human zoos. Because thesehuman beings were “different” in some way at that time, the dignity of these people was ridiculed.
We haven’t had human zoos since 1940, but the zoo director’s shameful job still exists. With non human animals!
He will bring other highly intelligent victims to prison with the help of an insurance company!
But also with the support of a primitive, mentally weak clientele who feels perverse fun watching the prisoners, because this society, and as far as its morals are concerned, still lives on the trees!
Posted on December 31, 2019 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Well here we are again drawing this time to the end of another decade – and despite all the bad issues that we have shown on the site; after all, that is what we exist for; to inform people about the bad stuff; with the hope of change; looking back it has also been a very productive year in 2019 for the welfare of animals.
Looking back; the recent disaster at Midia which took the lives of so many innocent sheep is one issue that I cannot forget. The authorities want us to, but after many years involved with live export; it is an issue very much engrained in my ‘system’; I hate it and will forever fight to stop it; all the way to the grave.
Animal Aid Unlimited in India are an organisation that I have so much respect for. Where do you start with them ?
23,550 calls requesting help for sick or injured animals in Udaipur. Each year more and more people in the city are becoming aware that they can do something when they see an injured animal, by a simple call for help, they are making their first step into becoming an animal protector.
9,384 animals were admitted in Animal Aid’s hospital to receive life-saving medical treatments for serious injuries and illnesses. About 26 new patients were taken in each day. We attempt to cover many of the stories here on WAV; just type in ‘Animal Aid Unlimited’ into the search box to get links to all the past videos.
In addition to the work back at base, AAU also provided 1,092 street treatments for animals who did not require full hospitalization. 1,317 dogs were spayed and neutered once they healed from their injuries. 3,728 incredible volunteers and visitors enriched the lives of animals, many of whom served the animals more than 2 weeks!
AAU also vaccinated 8,266 dogs against rabies both in their hospital and also directly on the street. Finally, 40 animal activists from across India have learned first aid principles and techniques from the intensive AAU First Aid Training Program.
Now that is something to be proud of, and we wish Erika and all the crew there an even better 2020 with their work.
Also, 2019 can be viewed as the year in England when the Hunting Act of 2004 was given long term protection and we will never legally return to the old days of wild animals being hunted to death by those with nothing more than a blood lust.
We must never forget Jill and the team at ‘Animals Asia; – it is probably best that we give their link as so many positives are covered. https://www.animalsasia.org/uk/our-work/ – with the young and a new positive view on how animals should be treated, we look forward to the day when bear bile farming and the dog meat trade in the Far East are confined as atrocities carried out in past times – rightly in history books where they belong.
The destruction of the Environment is a massive concern for every one of us. The deaths and suffering that is going on in Australia at this very moment, combined with recent events in Amazonia largely to increase space for cattle grazing at the cost of the indigenous peoples only shows that those in power there have one thing on their mind, and nothing else; and that is called ‘money’.
Circuses and sea life centres are really being shunned by the educated public now; and we very much welcome that. It is fantastic to see that some dolphins are even being returned to purpose built sanctuaries for them; where they can once again return to the type of lives that were cruelly taken from them in the past.
Turning to Serbia; it has been a positive year with regard the fur industry. We personally worked with the team at ‘Respect for Animals’ http://www.respectforanimals.org/ in England, and with Slavica and Serbian activists, supplying lots of information and undertaking lots of research which led to getting the fur farming ban introduced at the start of 2019; saving tens of thousands of Chinchilla in the process – http://www.respectforanimals.org/serbian-fur-farming-ban-comes-into-force/
In the United States, there have been some really positive moves; and we thank all our US visitors for the work they have done behind the scenes. California has become the first US state to ban the sale of animal fur products http://www.respectforanimals.org/history-made-as-california-fur-ban-becomes-law/ The new legislation, AB44, bans the manufacture and sale of new fur products across the state and is already considered to be the most ground-breaking moment for the anti-fur campaign for many years. We hope and look forward to other states following the example of California.
Staying in the USA, we have seen a lot of positives with regard ‘killing contests’ – where animals are deliberately killed for prizes etc. In recent months we have seen bans introduced in Massachusetts, Arizona, as well as Coyote killing contests in New Mexico.
Food has been a big issue in America; with many major food chains now providing plant based options as part of the menu. This is great news and reflects the huge amount of people that have decided to change to a plant based diet, thus contributing to cutting down on global warming which is an intrinsic part of the meat production system; and which is very much responsible for some of the huge fires that we have witnessed this year in Amazonia due to forest clearance to make more grazing area for meat cattle. Many of America’s largest food chains have now moved to producing Vegan foods for consumers as part of their range – https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2019/03/20/usa-americas-biggest-food-companies-are-moving-to-meatless/ .
We thank Stacey at Our Compass https://our-compass.org/ for working with us, and giving links to many issues and videos associated with a meat free Vegan diet. Thanks Stacey; and keep up the great work !
We also say “thank” to our companion commentator under the name “eparslavicaepar”, (Slavica – we know her) for the faithful accompaniment (almost) for each article. Comments are a strengthening of our work, even if they are critical!
Whizzing over to South Korea, we wants to give thanks and credit to Korean Dogs.org https://koreandogs.org/ for all their tireless work aimed at stopping the live dog and cat meat trade. On the site given, you can find endless ways to give your support to their work, and we encourage you strongly to do that.
Back here in England, we need to highlight the huge amount of work being done by CIWF all over the world on so many different farm animal issues; https://www.ciwf.org.uk/our-campaigns/ from the ban the cages campaign in Europe, through to helping pig producers in China to be more animal welfare considerate and change (improve) their methods of farm animal husbandry.
All in all; we have just skimmed the surface of what has been a very positive and productive year (in 2019) aiming at helping animals across the world. We cannot cover everything as it would take far too long, but we know that you, our friends and supporters are able to investigate a lot more about specific issues that may be of concern to you.
To try and give you a little assistance, we have provided on our site an A to Z listing of major animal welfare organisations, complete with their web site links, in order that you can hopefully find out a bit more much easier. Here is the link to this section:
… and for me (Mark), I especially wish to give support to free Tibet from the current rule of China which is covered so fantastically by London based ‘Free Tibet’ – https://www.freetibet.org/
Be a voice and fight the fight – results are never immediate and campaigns can take a long time to win – just look at the League Against Cruel Sports (London) – formed in 1924; but it was not until 2004 that they managed to get Hunting with dogs stopped for wild animals – https://www.league.org.uk/about-us
Posted on December 31, 2019 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear readers, followers and animal rights activists,
The German dramatist Heiner Müller once said: “Optimism is a lack of information”!
Is that correct?
Is our hope of eliminating animal suffering based on a lack of information?
I would not say that!
We who fight for animal rights are better informed than ever before.
And everyone has access to information.
Today we have the Internet, the various animal welfare blogs that primarily seek objective and global information.
We report where there is new and old animal suffering, we clarify, we mobilize, we call for actions and demos, we always try to be on the side of the animals.
But we never lose hope because that’s what drives us, not optimism.
Because we believe in our mission: a better world for animals without concentration camps and places of mass destruction.
Our struggle is a struggle against a fascist exploitation system supported by billions of followers because this system has legalized the ruling human race.
We are fighting for the abolition of slavery by “others”, a form of rule based on the principle of power and not on justice.
As with any struggle for the rights of the weaker, this struggle for animal rights is a political struggle, it is the continuation of the struggle for human rights that has been achieved even after a long, hard struggle.
The animal holocaust is the worst capital crime in history.
Do we seriously want to abolish it?
Then let’s go to the new year with fight, power and hope !!
I’m an ASSHOLE, I’m wearing FUR
Serbian Animals Voice (SAV) 