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Serbia: Not Even An EU Member State Yet, But Already Wants To Dismiss New EU Wide Legislation On Stray Animal Population Management ! – Should Serbia Join the EU On These Conditions ?

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

The Veterinary Director of Serbia, Mr.Zoran Micovic, has said on Serbian tv named: Beogradska hronika (18.10.2011), that after several citizens in Belgrade were attacked by stray dogs, he (Micovic) said that Serbia must and will change the laws because it is not possible to do animal controls without killing dogs and cats, and that citizens must be protected first.

He declared that killing will be permitted as is done in Slovenia and other EU countries.

But now, passed just this month, there is now the EU Written Declaration relating to stray dog population management control.

Unfortunately, as is so often the case with Serbian politicians, Mr. Micovic did not follow up the news about this Written declaration, even though it is part of his job task.

The wording of the EU Written declaration is as follows below.

This has now been adopted / approved in the fist stage by the EU Parliament:

WRITTEN DECLARATION

pursuant to Rule 123 of the Rules of Procedureon dog population management in the European Union

Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Elisabeth Jeggle, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Janusz Wojciechowski

Lapse date: <DateForclusion>{06/10/2011}6.10.2011</DateForclusion>

0026/2011

Written declaration on dog population management in the European Union

The European Parliament,

– having regard to Article 13 of the Lisbon Treaty,

– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 5 May 2010 on the evaluation of the Animal Welfare Action Plan 2006-2010,

– having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas, according to the Treaty, animals are sentient beings and the EU and Member States must pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals,

B. whereas in some Member States, stray animals pose a threat to public health and safety,

C. whereas some Member States are taking extreme measures against stray animals,

1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the principle mentioned in Article 13 of the Treaty is respected by the Member States;

2. Calls on the Member States to adopt comprehensive dog population management strategies which include measures such as dog control and anti-cruelty laws, support for veterinary procedures including rabies vaccination and sterilisation as necessary to control the number of unwanted dogs, and the promotion of responsible pet ownership;

3. Ask the Commission to encourage the Member States to introduce the mandatory identification and registration of every dog, by means of EU-wide compatible systems, in order to avoid the spread of diseases;

4. Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the Commission and the governments of the Member States.

So under the regulations of this new WD, Slovenia and the rest of EU member countries will actually be obligated to do changes to their own national legislation so that the killing healthy dogs/cats going under the name of ‘euthanasia’ will be forbidden.

Sterilisation, identification by micro-chipping, responsible animal ownership for all owned animals will need to be undertaken as per the requirements of the WD.

This is the only way that dog and cat population numbers will ever be reduced in the EU; something which animal welfare campaigners have been saying for years, and which even now, the Serbian government still wants to dismiss !

But it must also be remembered, as it is a very important point; Serbia is wishing to become a member state of the EU. If it does, then it will be required to introduce all the EU legislation into its own national legislation – and this includes the requirements of the WD on dog population management in the EU.

So Serbia and the Veterinary Director of Serbia, Mr.Zoran Micovic; if you want to come into the EU, then you abide by the regulations of the EU. If you do not, then you remain out of the EU. The choice and requirements are simple for most people to understand; even though you still consider that you are in a position to ‘invent’ your own set of regulations which are non compliant with the new standards which have just been approved within the EU !

We can confirm that activists in Serbia are now currently informing the Serbian press and media that Mr.Zoran Micovic is way out of touch with the current situation in the EU – a situation of membership that his government is so keen to join. We suggest that he takes a good long look at the wording of the WD and changes his approach to ensure that this is adopted within Serbia; and not his old paaroach of kill, kill, kill as it has always been in the past.

FROM NOW, WE WILL BE WATCHING THE APPROACH OF Mr.Zoran Micovic AND HIS SERBIAN GOVERNMENT VERY CLOSELY. IF THERE IS AN APPROACH TO DEVIATE FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE WD, THEN WE WILL BE MAKING REPRESENTATIONS WITHIN THE EU TO ALERT THEM TO SERBIAN NON COMPLIANCE; WHICH WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED GOOD FOR A STATE STILL WISHING TO JOIN !!!

Veterinary inspectors in Serbia have never taken the correct approach to stray animal management.

They do not punish irresponsible owners who do not have their animals sterilised, but who still allow their dogs and cats to go onto the streets every day to reproduce with un-sterilised stray street animals. A continuous cycle of ever increasing stray animals results. Yet the government is so thick it does not seem to, or want to, understand that something corrective has to be undertaken.

The EU written declaration should now start to address this problem.

For the Serbian government, the choice is a simple one – either play by EU rules (the WD) and become a member state, or ignore it and stay out of the EU.

Whatever your choice; we are watching and will take necessary action that we consider is required.

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Romania: Aurel Olarean – Mayor and ANIMAL ABUSER – Send His Name Throughout the EU Parliament. Show Him Up For What He Is; An Animal Abuser.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

THIS MAN IS A NATIONAL ANIMAL ABUSER

– THE EU MUST BE INFORMED.

THIS MAN IS A NATIONAL ANIMAL ABUSER – THE EU MUST BE INFORMED.

SAMPLE LETTER:

Send To:

relatiipublice@primariaradauti.ro ; prefsv@prefecturasuceava.ro ; cabinet@sv.politiaromana.ro ; gabriel.pantiru@sv.politiaromana.ro ; sugestii@ziare.com ; redactia@ziare.com ; dsvsv@suceava.rdsnet.ro ; mimpiarr@gmail.com ; redactie@monitorulsv.ro ; nrosca@obiectiv.ro ; tudora@obiectiv.ro ; office@ansvsa.ro

Dear Romanian officials and media,

Stimati oficiali romani si media romana

The international community is outraged by the conditions in which the stray dogs in your city are kept in the city’s pound. It is so inhumane that we come to believe that only in a Middle Age country such horrors can be possible. Unfortunately, for far too long time, Romania has presented to entire world a very ugly image about the way animals are treated.

Comunitatea internationala este oripilata de conditiile in care cainii fara stapan sunt tinuti in adapostul orasului. Sunt atat de inumane, incat s-ar putea crede ca apartin unei tari din Evul Mediu. Din pacata, de foarta multa vreme Romania prezinta lumii o imagine foarte urata despre felul cum sunt tratate animalele.

Album with photos taken IN the shelter in Radauti

https://picasaweb.google.com/103317761824832823806/CITYPOUNDRADAUTISuceavaCountyRomania

Videos taken IN the shelter in Radauti :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OROYzZSwXc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Q2DOm1xow&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS29-P1o0KU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3kn5XU3Hw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D8wm0PhvJA&feature=related

It has come to our attention that the local authorities have allowed only very limited ACCESS to the dogs in the shelter to the local association for the protection of animals (Fundatia pentru protectia animalelor FAFNER Radauti), and this is UNACCEPTABLE. Please take all the necessary measure to let everybody who wants to help the animal to do so, all day long.. It is ONLY IN ROMANIA that cities pounds are locked, which raises the concern that HORRIBLE CRIMES against the animals are committed in there and the authorities cover them up. This is OUTRAGEOUS. Anybody willing to help the animals MUST BE ALLOWED to do so. The access to the city pound should be from 9 to 5 every working day…because it is a public service.

Am aflat ca autoritatile locale au redus accesul in adapost membrilor asociatiei pentru protectia animalelor din localitate (Fundatia pentru protectia animalelor FAFNER Radauti) si acest lucru este INACEPTABIL. Va rugam sa luati toate masurile mecesare sa lasati oamenii care vor sa ajute animalele sa intre in adapost, pe parcursul intregii zi. NUMAI IN ROMANIA adaposturile de stat sunt INCUIATE, accesul interzis, ceea ce ne face sa credem ca se comit crime odioase acolo iar autoritatile locale fac tot ce le sat in putinta sa tina acest lucru secret. ESTE DE NECONCEPUT aceasta atitudine. Oricine doreste sa ajute animale trebuie sa fie liber s-o faca. Accesul la adapostul public trebuie sa fie de la 9 la 5 conform orarelor tuturor serviciilor publice.

Please take a look in this album , and ask your selves if this is normal, humane or civilized ? Please take all the necessary measure to CLOSE this death camp immediately and let those animals live their lives in peace. Please STOP THIS HORROR, and punish all those responsible for these INCREDIBLE ACTS OF CRUELTY against animals, no matter who they are, including Mr. Mayor Aurel Olarean…

Va rugam sa priviti fotografiile din acest album, facute in adapostul din Radauti, si sa va intrebati daca aceste conditii vi se par normale, civilizate, sau umane. va rugam sa luati de urgenta toate masurile necesare sa INCHIDETI IMEDIAT acest lagar al mortii, si sa lasati animalele sa-si traiasca viata in pace. va guram sa puneti capat acestei ORORI si sa pedepsiti pe toti cei responsabili de asemenea acte de INCREDIBILA CRUZIME fata de animale, inclusiv Dl.Primar Aurel Olareanu .

We are aware if the fact that the mayor, Mr. Olarean and his veterinarian technician Angelica Olenici, claim that these photos are edited…what else can they say ? Please call an expert and see ….they try to cover up the horror…..

Stim ca domnul primar Olarean si asistenta veterinara de la adapost sustin ca aceste fotografii au fost editate….ce altceva ar putea zice dansii / Chemati un expert, dansii vor sa iasa basma curata din aceasta situatie de groaza.

http://www.monitorulsv.ro/Local/2011-10-08/Imagini-horror-cu-caini-sfasiati-si-mancati-de-alte-patrupede

http://www.realitatea.net/imagini-ingrozitoare-caini-se-hranesc-cu-cadavre-de-caini-intr-un-adapost_876539.html

http://www.realitatea.net/situatia-de-la-adapostul-din-radauti-in-care-cainii-se-mancau-intre-ei-pe-cale-sa-se-rezolve_876855.html

We are very well aware that many complains have been made regarding this horrible place,, mothers and puppies are crowded with adult dogs, puppies, sick, dead and partially eaten animals are kept together in a despicable filth, yet NOTHING HAVE CHANGED. Romania has become notorious all over the world, not only in the EU for the barbaric way animals are treated, for the mass killings of hundreds of thousands of innocent animals, for the unwillingness to apply her own laws, let alone the international conventions and treaties about animal well fare. Romania has become a shame for the EU and many people from around the world are asking for sanctions against Romania in this matter.

Stim ca s-au facut nenumarate rapoarte despre acest loc ORIBIL, unde femele cu pui sunt tinute cu masculi adulti, animale bolnave, moarte sau jumatati de cadavre zac in cea mai mare mizerie imaginabile, si NIMIC NU S-A SCHIMBAT. Romania a devenit notorie, nu numai in UE dar in intreaga lumea, f pentru felul barbaric in care sunt tratate animalele, pentru masacrarea a sute de mii de animale nevinovate, pentru incalcarea propriilor ei legi, ca sa nu mai amintim de conventiile si tratatele internationale referitoare la bunastarea animalelor. Romania a devenit rusinea UE si oameni din intreaga lume cer sanctionarea Romaniei de cetre UE din aceste motive.

Until the outrageous situation in the city pound of Radauti will be solved and those guilty of all the atrocious crimes committed against the animals bill be punished ,until the members of the “Fafner” foundation will have access to all the activities regarding the strays ( as the Romanian law stipulates ) until the public will have full access during business hours – because the shelter has to have the same accessibility as any other PUBLIC SERVICES paid from public money – OR until this death camp will be closed , OR until you will accept all the help which might be offered to those dogs, until you accept to give each and every dogs the chance to find an adoptive family…until you will treat all sentient beings with respect for LIFE….we reserve the right to show to the entire world these images and to boycott Romania.

Pana cand nu se vor lua masuri de remediere a acestei situati infioratoare, si cei vinovati de atrocitatile din adapostul din Radauti nu vor fi pedepsiti, pana cand membrii Fundatiei Fafner nu vor avea access la toate actiunile privind cainii comunitari – conform legii in vigoare in Romania – pana cand publicul nu va avea acces la adapost care apartine de servicii publice, finantate din bani publici, SAU pana cand acest lagar al mortii nu va fi inchis ,sau pana cand nu veti accepta orice ajutor care va fi oferit acestor animale nevinovate, pana cand nu veti accepta ca toti cateii sa aiba sansa de a gasi familii adoptive, pana cand nu veti trata toate fiintele cu respect pentru VIATA care o poarta in ele…ne rezervam dreptul sa difuzam in toata lumea aceste imagini, si sa boicotam Romania.

Please put an end to this HORROR , and become more humane and civilized.

Va rugam sa inchideti aceasta OROARE si sa deveniti mai umani si mai civilizati

Thank you for your attention

Multumim pentru atentie

Citizens of the World

Then crosspost to as many MEP’s as possible

– use the following links to name and shame this animal abuser –

Aurel Olarean

Finding any MEP in Europe – a ‘Euromap’:

Link: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch.do?language=EN

Finding any MEP by the alphabetical name list can be done via the following link:

Link: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder.do?language=EN

To find MEPs by individual Member States and their associated political group (7th parliamentary term), use the following link:

Link: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/groupAndCountry.do?language=EN

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Global News and Petition Links – Please Access and Sign.

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Victory! Rachel Gilbert Goes Fur-Free!

Source: PETA Asia-Pacific

In what can only be described as another victory for the little guy, Rachel Gilbert has decided to remove all fur from her collection.

Gilbert joins other designers—including Alannah Hill, Camilla Franks, and Gail Elliott—in refusing to support an industry that confines animals to barren cages for their entire lives before killing them by anal electrocution, strangulation, or bludgeoning.

From http://www.rachelgilbert.com/ – “Rachel Gilbert is proud to confirm that our label is now completely fur free. Myself and The Team work extremely hard to ensure our creations are made from cruelty-free materials, for our own peace of mind and that of our loyal clients”.

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Military Ending Use of Live Monkeys for Nerve Agent Exercises

Background: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

Congressman Confirms Army Will Stop Poisoning Monkeys in Chemical Weapons Training

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Army will soon stop poisoning live vervet monkeys in chemical weapons training exercises, the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has learned from the office of Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, an outspoken Congressional opponent of the practice.

At Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, the Army currently uses live vervet monkeys in exercises meant to teach trainees how to treat patients exposed to nerve agents. In August PCRM filed a legal complaint against this use of animals, urging the Department of Defense to halt the shipment of additional monkeys for use in these demonstrations. Despite the complaint, 20 more monkeys were recently shipped to Aberdeen.

But in a recent meeting with Rep. Bartlett, generals from Ft. Detrick and Aberdeen Proving Ground confirmed that the Department of Defense will soon end the use of monkeys in these exercises.

“I congratulate the military on moving away from the cruel, ineffective method of poisoning monkeys to try to teach medical personnel about nerve agent exposure,“ says John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., director of academic affairs for PCRM. “Military medical professionals should be fully prepared to cope with a chemical weapons attack, and the best training involves human-patient simulators and other high-tech methods.”

A military chemical casualty training video obtained by PCRM through the Freedom of Information Act shows a vervet monkey spasming violently after being given a toxic dose of physostigmine, a drug that can cause seizures, difficulty breathing, and sometimes death. The video can be watched here:

Nonanimal methods are more effective. Researchers with the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps and Israel’s Carmel Medical Center, for example, have developed a nonanimal training curriculum for the medical management of patients exposed to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.

For an interview with a medical expert or a copy of the legal complaint, contact Jeanne McVey at 202-527-7316 or jeannem@pcrm.org.

Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research,and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.

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World Wide Legal Action 4 Animal Rights

Lots of info, links and petitions at:

http://legalaction4animalrights.net/

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CAP Fails to Consider Animal Welfare

http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/27736/cap-fails-to-consider-animal-welfare

EU – Eurogroup for Animals is extremely disappointed that the Commission in
the proposals published today has missed the opportunity to address the
animal welfare problems caused by very intensive systems of agricultural
production.

The group says that these systems cause distress to millions of farm animals
and go against the concerns of Europe’s citizens who expect their food to be
produced without animal suffering.

The legislative proposals despite repeated calls by both stakeholders and
the general public do not recognise in their objectives animal welfare as a
public good. Instead the objectives are limited to delivering viable food
production, sustainable management of natural resources and climate action,
and balanced territorial development.

The improvement of animal welfare could well be promoted through these
broader objectives, but it remains to be seen how in practice this will be
taken into account as well as other public goods such as biodiversity
conservation.

“No basic payment is foreseen to be given to farmers to improve animal
welfare and in fact animal welfare is no longer stated clearly as an
objective of the Common Agriculture Policy as it was previously in 2003,”
said Véronique Schmit, Executive Officer Policy of Eurogroup for Animals.

This is disappointing as the reform doesn’t include any instruments to
reward farmers who correctly apply animal welfare related directives and
provides no sanction that is sufficiently dissuasive to those who fail to
respect the European law.

“The European Commission is failing to adopt measures according to Article
13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which states that
agriculture legislation must pay full regard to the welfare requirements of
animals. The majority of the CAP budget will also still be spent on
intensive production and this is totally unacceptable,” she added.

“The future CAP will also continue to subsidise the export of live cattle to
third countries, with the associated problems caused by long distance
transport. The European Commission has missed the opportunity of standing
firm and leading the way in ending export refunds,” she concluded.

Eurogroup for Animals will work with the European Parliament and the Council
to ensure animal welfare is incorporated more robustly in the CAP and the
proposals are debated over the coming months. We hope that policy makers
will recognise animal welfare as a public good and support the demands of
Europe’s citizens.

ThePigSite News Desk

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Free the Dolphins !!

Hotel room at a Singapore resort: $253.

Discounted tickets to watch wild dolphins suffer in captivity: Priceless.

Mastercard is offering discounted tickets to the infamous Resorts World Sentosa, a resort in Singapore that recently kidnapped 27 wild dolphins for an exhibit. Two of those dolphins have already died, and the 25 other dolphins are being held in brutal conditions until construction of the exhibit is complete. The surviving dolphins’ risks of illness and death increase with each day of captivity.

100,000 Change.org members have already called on Resorts World Sentosa to release its captive dolphins. If Mastercard cancels its ticket discount promotion, it will put big financial pressure on the resort to finally set the dolphins free.

Please sign dolphin activist Barbara Napoles’s petition on Change.org calling for Mastercard to stop offering discounted tickets to Resorts World Sentosa.

Statistics for captive dolphins are bleak. While dolphins in the wild usually live for 45 years, more than half of all captured dolphins die within their first two years of captivity.

In tanks, dolphins swim around in circles. They can’t hunt. They’re exposed to bacteria that have been known to cause blindness and death.

Resorts World Sentosa has canceled ocean animal exhibits from public pressure in the past. With 100,000 Change.org members already calling for the resort to free its captive dolphins, financial pressure from Mastercard could push the resort to finally take action.

Please sign the petition to ask Mastercard to cancel its ticket promotion to Resorts World Sentosa:

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-mastercard-stop-supporting-the-live-dolphin-trade

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EUROPEAN VEGETARIAN UNION PRESS RELEASE:
The French Government Outlaws Vegetarianism in Schools

Whoever believes that animals are not ours to eat is now in France a
second-class citizen.

A governmental order issued on October 2, 2011(1) has determined that all
meals served in school canteens in France must contain animal products, and
that meat and fish will be served at a certain minimum frequency. This
implies that by law from now on no vegetarian can eat at any public or
private school in France.

Six million schoolchildren are now forced to eat animal flesh, whether they
wish to or not. For many families lunch at home is not an option. At best, a
vegetarian student will be allowed to leave the meat on the plate, and
consequently suffer from inadequate and imbalanced meals.

Following a law voted last year by the French Parliament(2), similar decrees
will be taken shortly regarding almost all forms of catering from
kindergarten to hospital, prisons and retirement homes. Vegetarianism will
then have effectively been banned for a large part of the population.
These measures ostensibly aim at ensuring the nutritional quality of the
meals. Animal flesh is imposed as the only source of good quality protein
and iron and dairy products as the only sources of calcium, in disregard of
the fact that all these nutrients can be obtained in adequate quantity and
quality from plant and mineral sources. The internationally recognized fact
that: appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or
vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health
benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases [and that]
well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all
stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy,
childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes(3) is flatly ignored.

No practical considerations warrant a blanket prohibition of vegetarianism
even in those canteens where the management is willing to offer vegetarian
or vegan alternatives. These decrees are thus an arbitrary violation of the
rights of the vegetarian citizens of France.

The European Vegetarian Union wishes to point out that the decision that
many citizens have taken not to eat animals is not a mere dietary whim or a
nonconsequential choice of lifestyle, but follows, for many of them, from
deeply held beliefs about the way animals should be treated. A democratic
government cannot arbitrarily restrict the beliefs of its citizens nor the
practice thereof. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
which is binding on member states including France, holds that: Everyone has
the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right
includes freedom to change religion or belief and freedom, either alone or
in community with others and in public or in private, to manifest religion
or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance.(4)

The public debate regarding animal rights and the moral status of animals is
active in France as in many other countries. Citizens are entitled to choose
freely where they stand on these issues, and those who believe that they
cannot, in conscience, accept to eat animals must not be discriminated
against.

A government cannot settle a philosophical, ethical and political debate by
restricting the rights of those who disagree with its own positions. For
years, the official policy of the French government has been openly hostile
to vegetarianism.(5) The French agriculture minister, Bruno Lemaire,
declared in January 2010 that the government’s aim in determining its public
nutritional policy was to defend the French agricultural model and
specifically to counter initiatives such as those of Paul McCartney calling
for a reduced consumption of meat.(6)

The European Vegetarian Union demands that the recent governmental orders
outlawing vegetarianism in school canteens be rescinded and that the French
government respect the civil rights of its vegetarian citizens.

Renato Pichler
President of the European Vegetarian Union (EVU)

Footnotes:
1. Décret n° 2011-1227 du 30 septembre 2011; arrêté du 30 septembre 2011.
2. “Law for the modernization of agriculture and fisheries”, published on
July 27, 2010.
3. Position statement of the American Dietetic Association
4. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, article 10.1
5.An example is the site mangerbouger.fr, where the only nutritional advice
given to a teenager contemplating becoming a vegan is “By all means, do not
follow that diet!” (www.mangerbouger.fr/pro/IMG/pdf/guide_adolescents-2.pdf,
page 11).
6. http://tinyurl.com/FlashLeFigaro

European Vegetarian Union
Niederfeldstrasse 92, CH-8408 Winterthur
Fax: +41 (0)71 477 33 78
http://www.euroveg.eu / president@euroveg.eu
You can read this press release online at:
http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/press/20101014.php

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EU: YOU DID IT FOLKS ! – Written Declaration on Dog Population Management and Compulsory Identification and Registration Gets the Support It Needs – Even Without the Help of Some MEPs and Mainstream Political Parties !

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

You did it folks – Brilliant News !!

Even with such typical scepticism as we see here in the Uk from so many alleged ‘animal welfare supportive’ MEPs (from political parties such as the Conservatives and UKIP), those parties who’s MEPs who could not even bother to sign the WD; we have now won through to be able to take our message further into the next stage now.

I would personnally like to thank Liberal Democrat, Labour Party and Green Party MEPs in the South East of England for giving their support to this declaration.

The others ? – well what can you say ? – remember when you vote at the euro elections next time !

A monumental day for animal welfare across europe. Please see the statement below from the EU Intergroup for animal welfare; plus other messages from Chrissy at Romanian Animal Aid, London, Carmen and also Ingrid.

There is lots to be done and lots still to be acheieved – but this is the first step now of what will end in better legislation for stray animals across Europe.

Thank You to everyone who lobbied there politicians – this is your victory.

A big congratulations to you all.

United we stand for animal welfare.

Regards and than

Mark – SAV, Kent, England.

UPDATE –

LIST OF WHICH MEPs DID (Tick) and DID NOT sign the WD.

Please click on the link below:

WD Sig list

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October 13, 2011 · 12:09 pm

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR ACTION ON DOG POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND IDENTIFICATION

Eurogroup for Animals is extremely pleased that the European Parliament has supported a Written Declaration calling on the Commission and Member States to develop a cohesive policy for dog population management and compulsory identification and registration of dogs. This sends a clear message to the European Commission that it must act now and respond to Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which states that, animals are sentient beings and that the EU and Member States must pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals.

This Written Declaration reinforces the message sent by the European Council during the Belgian Presidency at the end of 2010 when Council Conclusions on the welfare of cats and dogs were agreed. These conclusions called on the European Commission to include the welfare of companion animals in the second EU strategy for the protection and welfare of animals and represent a first step in developing a harmonised approach across the EU for companion animals.

“We are extremely grateful to the European Parliament for recognising the current difficulties experienced by not having a co-ordinated approach to companion animals across the European Union and for supporting this Written Declaration. Currently there are major differences in animal welfare standards across EU member states and there is a need for concerted action to improve the situation,”said Sonja Van Tichelen, Director of Eurogroup for Animals.

“We hope that the Commission will now act swiftly to address the concerns raised in both this Written Declaration and the Council Conclusions agreed at the end of last year. It is vital that we have a co-ordinated policy approach across the EU to prevent animal suffering and halt the spread of disease and illegal trade,”she concluded.

Eurogroup for Animals will work to ensure that the European Commission incorporates the welfare of companion animals robustly into the next animal welfare strategy and that the demands of Europe’s citizens represented by the members of the European Parliament are listened to and acted upon.

– ENDS –

Notes

1. Eurogroup for Animals represents animal welfare organisations of nearly all EU Member States. Since its launch in 1980, the organisation has succeeded in encouraging the EU to adopt higher legal standards for animal protection. Eurogroup represents public opinion through its membership organisations across the Union, and has both the scientific
and technical expertise to provide authoritative advice on issues relating to animal welfare. For more information about Eurogroup, visit www.eurogroupforanimals.org.

2. Council Conclusions on cats and dogs can be found here
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/10/st15/st15620-ad01re02.en10.pdf

Written declaration on dog population management in the European Union

(legalaction4animalrights.net)

Dear all,

After in European Parliament, during the last 10 years, three Written declarations with regard at stray dogs situation have been launched but did not obtain the majority necessary to be adopted, October 13 comes with a great success.

The Written declaration no. 26 on management of dog population (initiators: Daciana Sarbu and Adina Valean, Romania, Elisabeth Jeggle – Germany, Raul Romeva i Rueda – Spain, Janusz Wojciechowski – Poland) was ADOPTED !!!

The Written declaration requires the EU Member States to adopt a dog population management strategy including:

– Sterilization, identification, registration of dogs

– Promoting responsibility of the owners towards animals

– Legislative measures against cruelty to animals

The adoption of this statement is a very important step in stray animals welfare ! The animals from the countries with dramatic situation like Romania can hope!

Thank to you all who got involve in lobbying the MEPs!

Sincerely

Carmen Arsene

SIEG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Die schriftliche Erklärung wurde im EU-Parlament angenommen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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EU: Management of Dog Population Written Amendment – Only 11 Signatures required. Please Contact MEPs Who Claim to be ‘Animal Welfare’ People and Ask Them to SIGN – Now, Today !!

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Nur noch 11 Unterschriften fehlen!!!

Hier nochmal zusammengefasst, die Parlamentarier aller Länder, die bis heute nicht unterzeichnet haben. (Aus anhängerder Word-Datei kopiert).

Bitte appellieren und Daumen drücken!

Dear all,

The Written declaration no. 26/2011 concerning the management of dog population (launched by the MEPs Daciana Octavia Sarbu, Elisabeth Jeggle, Raul Romeva i Rueda, Adina-Ioana Valean, Janusz Wojciechowski) whose text is in full compliance with the requirements of implementing measures for a humane, rational, effective management of dog population by:

§ identification, registration

§ promotion of responsible pet ownership and awareness of the benefits of sterilization the owned animals

in order to control the number of unwanted dogs and to stop and prevent abandoning and asking also implementation of legislation against cruelty to animals, needs till Thursday, 13 October, ONLY 11 signatures to be adopted! (till now 358 signatures have been collected).

During the last 10 years other 3 Written declaration on this subject have been launched but not adopted. It is the first time when we are so close of such a victory!

Please, contact TODAY your deputies (or their assistants) at their cabinets in Bruxells and ask them to sign the Written declaration no. 26. Because they are motivated to sign a declaration that needs only few signatures, please mention that.

You have attached the names of the deputies who did not signed yet (ordered by country) and here http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch.do?language=EN you can find their telephone numbers in Bruxells.

The best time to be contacted is in the morning, 9 – 11 AM.

Thank you.

Sincerely

Carmen Arsene

olle.schmidt@europarl.europa.eu
cecilia.wikstroem@europarl.europa.eu
annamaria.corazzabildt@europarl.europa.eu
christofer.fjellner@europarl.europa.eu
gunnar.hokmark@europarl.europa.eu
anna.ibrisagic@europarl.europa.eu
alf.svensson@europarl.europa.eu
christian.engstroem@europarl.europa.eu
eva-britt.svensson@europarl.europa.eu

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Algeria: Protest letters Against Bullfight Required – Sample Letter Included.

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST BULLFIGHTS

MOVIMENTO INTERNACIONAL ANTI-TOURADAS

MOVIMIENTO INTERNACIONAL ANTITAURINO

MOUVEMENT INTERNATIONAL ANTI CORRIDAS

www.iwab.org

IMAB@iwab.org

Dear Friends,

Oran, the second largest city of Algeria, has a bullring. The first bullfight took place in 1954 and during the French colonization held bullfights that ended with the independence of the country. During the 90’s the bullring was used for political meetings, sports and theatre.

Meanwhile over time the bullring became delapidated so the City Hall of Oran decided to repair it in 2010.

It will be inaugurated in December this year and instead of using it for cultural spectacles they decided to reopen with a bullfight to boost tourism.

The media of Algeria begin to report these intentions in August. Meanwhile some of the articles mysteriously disappeared but the City Hall has this announcement in their website (http://www.oran-dz.com/ville/actualite/article69.html ).

We cannot allow that another country hosts bullfights. The bullfighting industry is desperate to export their bloody business to other countries because in their own countries is no longer profitable.

Please send letters of vehement protest to the authorities with CC to the newspapers and blind copy to us.

Sample letter below (in French and English), please modify if you can but send polite letters.

President of Algeria

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

President@el-mouradia.dz

The Prime Minister is only available on line, copy and paste your letter at:

Mr Ahmed OUYAHIA

http://www.premier-ministre.gov.dz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=105

Minister of Culture
Ms TOUMI KHALIDA
ministre@m-culture.gov.dz

Cabinet Chief of the Minister of Culture
Ms YAHI Zéhira
cabinet@m-culture.gov.dz

City Hall of Oran
info@oran-dz.com
Wilaya d’Oran
Siège de la Wilaya, El M’naouer, 31000 – Oran
Télephone : +213 (0) 41 40 34 10 / +213 (0) 41 38 01 22 / +213 (0) 41 38 05 22
Fax : +213 (0) 41 38 01 95

Tourism only available on line:
http://91.121.220.162/~ont/fr/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1

EMBASSY OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA
2118 Kalorama Road NW – Washington DC 20008
Tel: (202) 265-2800
Fax: (202) 667-2174

Website: www.algeria-us.org

Email: mail@algeria-us.org

Newspapers

El Watan
admin@elwatan.com,nationale@elwatan.com,redactionweb@elwatan.com,region@elwatan.com

L’Echo d’Oran
lecho_doran@yahoo.fr

Le Jour d’Algérie
lejourdz@lejourdalgerie.com

Le Soir d’Algérie
info@lesoirdalgerie.com

Le Quotidien
admin@lequotidien-oran.com,
infos@lequotidien-oran.com

To:

President@el-mouradia.dz,ministre@m-culture.gov.dz,cabinet@m-culture.gov.dz,

info@oran-dz.com,mail@algeria-us.org

CC:

admin@elwatan.com,nationale@elwatan.com,redactionweb@elwatan.com,

region@elwatan.com,lecho_doran@yahoo.fr,lejourdz@lejourdalgerie.com,

info@lesoirdalgerie.com,admin@lequotidien-oran.com,infos@lequotidien-oran.com

BCC:

IMAB@iwab.org

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Monsieur le Président,Ministres et Autorités Locales,

J’ai appris que la Mairie d’Oran a l’intention de ré-ouvrir ses arènes en Décembre avec une corrida de taureaux car ça va stimuler le tourisme dans la ville.

Les corridas en Espagne, en France et au Portugal sont de plus en plus contestées et les touristes évitent visiter ces pays en raison de ce fait. La popularité des corridas dans ces pays est en baisse année après année.
L’importation d’une coutume barbare à votre pays n’est pas une choix judicieux, bien au contraire. Beaucoup de gens qui pouvaient choisir visiter votre pays ne le feront pas.

S’il vous plaît utilisez les arènes pour des spectacles d’art et non de torture et mort.

Espérant que votre sagesse prévaudra sur l’atrocité, je vous demande de ne pas permettre cette corrida de taureaux ou autres corridas dans votre pays.

En attendant une réponse positive,

Sincèrement

Name/Country

***************************************************************************************************

Dear Mr. President, Ministers and Local Authorities,

It came to my knowledge that the City Hall of Oran intends to reopen its bullring in December with a bullfight.

Claims have been made that this will boost the tourism in the city.

Bullfights in Spain, France and Portugal have been more and more contested and tourists avoid to visit these countries due to that fact. The popularity of the bullfights in these countries is decreasing year after year.

Importing a barbaric custom to your country is not a wise choice, quite the contrary. Many people who would choose to visit your country will choose not to.

Please use the bullring for spectacles of art and not spectacles of torture and death.

Trusting that your wisdom will prevail over atrocity I request you to not allow this or other bullfights to go ahead in your country.

Waiting for a positive response,

Sincerely

Name/Country

****************************************

For the Animals
Maria Lopes (Coordinator)
International Movement Against Bullfights
www.iwab.org

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Sign Up To Save Old Forests From Destruction.

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Dear Forest Loving Colleagues,

WE SIMPLY MUST HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION in these alerts if they are to be successful. Last month we stopped a major geoengineering trial together, now we must unite to end primary forest logging. Sadly this means confronting our fallen brethren that participate in logging primary forests – and making it clear old forests are required to maintain our one shared biosphere.

Please send and forward this alert – might as well unsubscribe at the bottom if you are not doing so.
Regards,
Dr. Glen Barry

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ACTION ALERT URGENT, PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!

FSC Rainforest Logging is Disaster Capitalism:

Tell RAN and Naomi Klein, No Such Thing as “Ethical Primary Forest Timbers”

By Rainforest Portal, a project of Ecological Internet
October 9, 2011

TAKE ACTION HERE NOW:
http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=ran_ancient_forest_logging

SHAME!

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is one of the primary obstacles to protecting ancient rainforests as they promote their first time industrial logging. RAN founded and ardently supports the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) destruction of 320,000,000 acres of primary forests (the size of South Africa), including for toilet paper and lawn furniture.

This week RAN throws another swanky celebrity filled party to congratulate themselves for logging primary forests to protect them, and to raise further money for more such “rainforest protection”. Noted author Naomi Klein will be their guest of honor and receive an award from RAN. Please make Naomi aware of this greenwash, ask that she decline the award to protest RAN’s disaster capitalism, and demand that RAN resign from FSC.

Discuss Alert:
http://www.facebook.com/ecointernet
http://www.rainforestportal.org /issues

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forests at http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/donate/

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