Posted on February 11, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear Mark,
It is with a heavy heart that I write to share the news – the Grand Canyon wolf is dead.
DNA analysis confirms that the female wolf shot and killed on December 28th in Utah was the same wolf that some in the Southwest had nicknamed “Echo.”
Not long ago, she captured the world’s imagination by showing up on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon – hundreds of miles from her birthplace in the Northern Rockies. She was the first wild wolf to see the Grand Canyon in 70 years.
Her death is a cautionary tale – a glimpse into the dark future facing so many of America’s wolves if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goes through with its proposed national delisting.
I know you love wolves as much as I do. So won’t you please make a generous donation today to Defenders of Wildlife – for the wolves and other vulnerable wildlife?
We’re fighting a multi-front war for America’s wolves – in Washington, D.C., in the field, and in rogue states like Idaho. No one fights for the wolves you love harder than Defenders. But we can’t do it alone.
That wolf travelled hundreds of miles from her Northern Rockies home in search of new habitat and a mate. That’s what healthy wolves do. She reminded us all of the resilience of these magnificent animals. But her tragic death also reminds us that wolves need continued protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Please donate today to help us continue our all-out fight for America’s wolves!
Thank you for your passion and your commitment.
Sincerely,
Jamie Rappaport Clark
President
Defenders of Wildlife
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Posted on February 10, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear all;
In addition to this site; on which EVERYTHING is vetted and approved before posting; we also have an SAV Facebook site with very many ‘animal welfare’ members who put out appeals and requests for help; in addition to showing the excellent work they are doing to help animals in need.
Like this site, SAV Facebook should be completely geared towards helping animals, nothing more, nothing less.
We (at SAV) are provided with new SAV Facebook members requests to join up in advance of final approval. We have certain things to go with, and usually you can get a ‘feel’ for the person wishing to join. Currently on SAV Facebook we have around 1,149 members.
Usaually we do not have any problems and are very keen to welcome new members into the group. But sometimes; at odd times, you do get someone who applies to join; and despite doing what you can by checking them out a bit in advance, they end up joining for reasons other than animal welfare.
Today we have approved 3 new members – 2 of them we are very keen to welcome; but the latest ‘member’ who was approved tonight immediately (within 5 minutes) started to load porno video and footage onto the site.
We hopefully stepped in within a few minutes to remove all the footage from SAV Facebook; and also to block the person from ever posting anything more onto the site.
Yup, tonight we were duped – by someone who obviously has no interest in animal welfare; but who wants to infiltrate and show their pervy videos and footage onto the SAV Facebook site.
Hopefully, within an hour of getting approved; this perv has now been completely blocked from future actions.
You see some come and you see some go – life plays out that way.
But we are trying to do basic checks on people and all requests for membership prior to giving them approval to join the SAV Facebook group. Unfortunately, you always get the odd one who tries to get through in order to put something of no interest to most members onto the site and tonight it happened.
Stick with us; we are trying to validate all people, but sometimes you can be sent a few ‘benders’ to throw you off track during the approval process. But we can deal with it; and as tonight’s new porno info shows, we can and will take action to remove it asap !
We continue to always welcome new SAV Facebook members requests to join up – we try to deal with them on the same day as the request was made. So keep on; don’t let this event put anyone off – as we say; people who try to infiltrate for reasons other than animal welfare issues will be blocked as soon as we are able !
I hope this gives you an insight into what we are trying to do on SAV Facebook.We will always continue to welcome new animal welfare supporters to the site; so contact us if you wish to join.
Regards Mark
For all your ANIMAL WELFARE issues !!
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Posted on February 10, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Target: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi
Goal: Demand punishment for group of teenagers who cruelly tortured and killed a wild pelican
A wild brown pelican was sadistically tortured by a group of Florida teenagers before it was suffocated by the smoke of one of the teens’ e-cigarette. Liz Barraco, the spokeswoman of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, says that one boy aged 17 has been identified to be the instigator of the cruel attack. All the details from the attack have yet to be revealed, but Barraco says that several teenagers were involved.
The pelican was forcibly held down and the teens blew smoke from an e-cigarette into its beak and eyes. They eventually clamped the pelican’s beak shut multiple times, and since pelicans do not have nostrils, they cannot breathe if their mouths are closed. Sadly, this act resulted in the pelican’s death during the night.
The entire incident was captured on surveillance camera and the incriminating footage will be released after a scheduled court hearing. The main instigator has been charged with violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which is a second-degree misdemeanor. For adults, this charge would lead to a maximum penalty of $500 and 2 months of jail time, but since the culprit is a minor, he will most likely be enrolled in a diversion program.
Brown pelicans used to be protected as an endangered species, but the population bounced back after the banning of DDT pesticides. Unfortunately, since these birds are large and easily caught, they are still frequent victims of humans. Several pelicans have been discovered with their pouches cut, which renders them incapable of eating. This investigation has yet to be solved. The case of the pelican savagely tortured and killed by a group of teenagers, however, can be closed. Please sign this petition to ensure that the teenagers who committed this heinous crime will be brought to justice and punished.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Pam Bondi,
Brown pelicans have made a remarkable recovery over the years once the DDT pesticide was banned. However, other threats to the species still remain. Pelicans have been mysteriously attacked on numerous occasions by humans. Do not let this become a massive trend. We have to continue protecting the species, even if their population has stabled.
Recently, teenagers were caught on camera torturing a brown pelican by suffocating it with smoke from an e-cigarette. Although the main instigator has been charged, the other participants have yet to be held accountable. Please make sure that all the perpetrators are sufficiently punished for their crimes.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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Target: Robert and William Woodward, owners of Bowood Yorkshire Lamb slaughterhouse
Goal: Prevent horrific acts of cruelty against slaughterhouse sheep.
A horrifying video recently came to light that showed workers in a UK slaughterhouse viciously kicking and shoving terrified sheep before slaughtering them. According to a report in Daily Mail, workers are alleged to have burst into laughter while watching a sheep bleed to death, and others were reported to have taunted the animals by waving knives in front of their faces. These acts were discovered after hidden cameras were installed to monitor the behavior of the workers. Although three men were suspended and another fired, the damage from the incident, which reportedly took place in December of 2014, has already been done.
According to Daily Mail, an organization called Animal Aid claimed that UK law had been violated because the workers moved the animals quickly after their throats had been cut; UK law requires workers to hold them for at least twenty seconds. This is a measure to ensure that the animal fully loses consciousness. To add insult to injury, these animals were intended to be slaughtered according to the Islamic tradition of halal, which dictates that animals should be killed quickly, without seeing the blade or witnessing the deaths of other animals. Slaughterhouses need to make sure that there are strict measures in place to prevent workers from engaging in this kind of cruelty.
Please sign this petition to let the owners of Bowood Yorkshire Lamb slaughterhouse know that you would like for them to enact stricter measures to ensure that no more cruelty is inflicted upon animals slated for slaughter.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Robert and William Woodward,
I was appalled to see the recent video that was released online, which shows workers shoving and kicking sheep that were scheduled for slaughter in your facility. According to a report in Daily Mail, “A worker stood on the neck of a conscious sheep, then bounced up and down.” This terrible abuse is unforgiveable. There is no reason why an animal should experience such distress before it is slaughtered. While I commend you for disciplining the workers involved, I also feel that there is much more to be done.
I ask that you please impose stricter measures to ensure that this kind of cruelty never takes place again within your slaughterhouses. This may require thorough background checks and tougher supervision of the workers, but I feel that it would be worth the extra expenses. I trust that you will get this matter straightened out.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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Posted on February 10, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
If you can find the time to help an Australian student with views on the live export trade, then just click and take part in the short survey which can be accessed below – Thanks SAV.
Above – A live export ship carries Australian animals to death in the Middle East.
Dear Mark
A year 12 student has created this survey on live exports, and we think it’s important that the results they end up with reflect community attitude.
The animals Australia currently exports for slaughter and breeding are sheep, cattle, goats, buffalo and camels. The methods used to slaughter animals are slaughter with stunning, Halal slaughter with reversible stunning, Halal slaughter with no stunning, Kosher slaughter with no stunning and non-Halal, non-Kosher, unstunned street slaughter with added abuse.
The pro-live export mob are onto it already, so we urge you to please take 2 minutes out of your busy day and have your say; just click on the highlighted link above.
In appreciation
Katrina Love
Campaign Manager & Coordinator
Stop Live Exports.
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Posted on February 10, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Please go to the IAR site via the following links:
Where you can become a supporter and either donate to adopt Budi and lots more.
You may remember that we recently posted an article on little ‘Budi’, the baby Orangutan who was so very close to death when he was finally taken in by the International Animal Rescue team:
Well now we have had an update from IAR; and the fantastic news is that Budi is really coming on in leaps and bounds ! – he now looks so good you would not even think it was the same tiny animal which was rescued a few weeks ago.
Thank you for your support!
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Dear Mark
I wanted to write to you on behalf of our amazing animal care team and sincerely thank you for your recent donation to International Animal Rescue.
Thanks to you his life is no longer in danger and his health is improving every day. The change in little Budi has been remarkable. From a pitiful creature who was in so much pain that he was unable to move or sit up on his own, he has become an inquisitive young orangutan with a huge appetite for food and a strong will to survive.
Many people have been moved and inspired by the story of Budi the baby orangutan
Budi has won the hearts of people all over the world and his story has given us an amazing opportunity to raise awareness of our orangutan rescue project in West Borneo.
I am sorry that it has taken us a while to write to you: of course, we have been busy looking after Budi but I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you and let you know that your donation has made a real difference. As you will see from his update, Budi is responding extremely well and, while there is still lots to do, because of your contribution we have been able to provide him with the very best intensive care – I am sure that you will be as delighted as we are with his progress.
I have been asked whether it is possible to adopt Budi and I am very pleased to say we have just completed the adoption package for our new star. I would like to offer you an early opportunity to adopt Budi, and become one of Budi’s “first buddies” – if you will forgive the pun! – before we share this exciting news with the rest of our supporters.
Should you decide to adopt Budi, you can choose either a digital pack or postal pack and you will receive a certificate, factsheet and full colour photo of Budi, followed by regular updates, photos and videos of his progress, accessible via our website.
Please note that the postal packs are still in production and it could be a few days before they are dispatched from the UK. Our digital packs are sent immediately after purchase and make the perfect Valentine’s Day Gift!
Once again, please accept a very heartfelt “thank you” for your support on behalf of Budi and all of us at International Animal Rescue. Our rescue teams out in the field genuinely couldn’t save a single animal without you.
With warm regards.
Yours sincerely
Alan Knight OBE
Chief Executive
Copyright © 2015 International Animal Rescue, All rights reserved.
Our UK mailing address is:
International Animal Rescue
Lime House
Regency Close
Uckfield, East SussexTN22 1DS
United Kingdom
UK Registered Charity number 1118277
Our US mailing address is:
International Animal Rescue – US
PO Box 137
Shrewsbury
MA 01545, United States
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Posted on February 9, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Petition Link –
Target: Senator Kirk Pearson, Chair of the Washington State Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Parks
Goal: Officially ban the capture of wild killer whales off of Washington State’s coasts.
Capturing wild killer whales off the coast of Washington so that they can be put in tanks and made to perform tricks might soon be made illegal, if legislation under consideration by the state’s Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Parks is approved. This would be a huge blow to the unethical animal entertainment industry. Demand that the committee approve of the proposal so that it can be given a full Senate vote and ultimately made law.
Washington’s Puget Sound, and the seas off the state, are a natural habitat for killer whales, and have been for hundreds of thousands of years. Because of this, more than half of all killer whales that have been captured and sent into captivity have come from Washington’s waters. Even though, admirably, there are no killer whales in captivity in the state itself, the fact that its waters could still be used as a source of these animals is an issue that needs to be addressed. The bill currently under discussion in the Committee on Natural Resources and Parks would do just that, but it needs to become law before it can have any positive impact.
To be given the chance to become law, the bill needs to be approved by the committee before it can actually be given a full vote by the Senate. Sign the petition below to demand that the committee approve the bill and send it to the Senate floor for a full vote.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Senator Pearson,
I am writing you today regarding a bill that you and your colleagues in the Committee on Natural Resources and Parks are discussing that would ban the capture of killer whales in your state’s waters. I urge you and your committee to approve the bill so that it can have the chance to become law.
As your colleagues have pointed out, more than half of the killer whales that have been captured and put in captivity have come from Washington. These naturally social and highly intelligent animals, who in their natural habitats regularly swim thousands of miles, are then placed in chlorinated tanks that are too small and forced to perform tricks. They are denied everything that is natural to them. You have heard testimony from advocates of these practices in your committee’s discussion over this bill who claimed that this helped the animals because it inspires people to support their conservation. In what backwards world does actively harming killer whales help their conservation?
This bill is a huge step forward for protecting these animals and making sure that they can live as they were always meant to. I demand that you and your committee approve this bill so that it can move on to the Senate floor and be given the chance to become law.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo credit: Christopher Michel via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted on February 9, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
SAV Comment
This is why cctv should be fitted as compulsory into EVERY slaughterhouse right across the EU. People should not be allowed to get away with animal abuse, especially at their time of death. They are frightened; they hear, see and smell others die – the whole system is wrong. S. Bagshaw and Sons who run this facility – butchers they certainly are. Close them down !
Click here to see the other recent expose by Animal Aid at a UK slaughterhouse:
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Please click here, or above, to see our latest Farm Animal Investigation including a short film of our findings. This investigation, which was carried out 200 miles away from us in Staffordshire, was featured in both yesterday’s Sunday Mirror and today’s Daily Mail. Once again, we have uncovered cruelty to animals behind the closed doors of the farming industry, that are destined for the food table. Today, following this exposure, Trading Standards, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the RSPCA have all visited the premises and have told us they intend to take appropriate action using the filmed evidence we are providing to them.
If you would like to help us with our work exposing cruelty to innocent animals,
please click here to donate to our Farm Animal Investigations Appeal.
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