Sadistic Spain: 13/09/10 – Take Action TODAY As Bull Will be Tortured to Death Tomorrow – NO TIME TO DELAY – ACT NOW !!

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

On 14th, a bull will be chased all over town by drunken yobs armed with lances.  They will attempt to drive the lances through the bulls body.  The one who delivers the fatal thrust is rewarded by being given the bulls testicles, which will be cut off.
 
Show the testicles of the city authorities who allow this to continue your disgust.
Vow never to visit Spain all the time this continues.
 
 
Monday 13th September 2010

PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR CONTACTS!
 

PLEASE WRITE YOUR PROTEST TODAY AGAINST THE SADISTIC TORTURE TO DEATH OF PLATANITO THE BULL IN TORDESILLAS TOMORROW.

THANK YOU:  

PROTEST VIA THIS LINK – Send a strong message to the authorities.

http://www.tordesillas.net/webs/inicio.php?cont=8

Sample message in Spanish:
Por favor detengan la espantosa tortura del inocente toro mañana. ¡Estamos en la UE en el 2010, basta de barbaridades!
 
 

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EU: New Laws Passed on Vivisection of Stray Cats and Dogs ?

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCLiHtm9tHE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAS PASSED A LAW TO ALLOW VIVISECTION ON STRAY CATS AND DOGS WITHOUT ANESTHETIC OR ANALGESICS…

PROTEST NOW…PETITION IN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN …..

PROTEST NOW PLEASE.

http://www.leal.it/campagna-bruxelles/petizione-online/

SVP SIgnez cette petition et diffusez-la. Le UE a approuve la vivisection des chats et chiens errants, meme sans anesthesie…

SAV Comment

This is early, breaking news from around 9 or 10 /09.  At present, we are in contact with the EU Eurogroup to both ascertain the  exact facts, and also to express out disgust if the EU has failed its citizens to allow such animal abuse to happen.

This is just the start of what will be a massive campaign for the animals – if what first reports inform us but as we say, are currently unconfirmed.

In the very near future we aim to hear back from the Eurogroup with the facts of this case.  Further news and posts will be issued accordingly.

In the meantime and until we have further facts; please click on the link and support the current campaigns to oppose this.

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Ukraine: Animal Protection Groups Demonstrate at Kyiv City State Administration for Reforms Regarding Stray Animal Treatment

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

http://www.phl.ua/_site/src/session_detail.aspx?_id=41697&_int_segment=0

The representatives of animal protection organizations, once again picketed the Kyiv city state administration required to stop the destruction of homeless animals in the capital.

The… protesters carried posters with slogans: “No – Euro 2012 on animal bones”, “Their blood is on your hands”, “Ukraine – the state program of cruelty.”

The protesters demanded an immediate start to perform a program regulating the numbers of homeless animals humanely, in particular, to immediately cease catching and destruction of homeless animals in the streets and enforce the city program registration and identification of pets.In addition, animal protectors require some funds from the city budget that is now being spent on killing animals, to extend preferential and free sterilization of pets of low-income seniors or people of Kiev, and reorient spending the city budget, which direct the destruction of animals, partial funding of existing shelters .

Experts say the problem animals not only in Kiev but also in Ukraine can only be resolved to establish a network of shelters and mass sterilization not only homeless, but also domestic dogs and cats.

“To date, all developed countries have enacted laws to protect the rights of animals, that is a testament to humanity, society,” – said during the campaign President, of Association of animal protection organizations in Ukraine Asya Sierpinska.

This animal protectors stressed that capture and destruction of ONE animal cost the city budget in 434 gryvnas (almost 62$) .

At the same time, they argue that these funds would be sufficient for sterilization of THREE animals, reports UNIAN .

Protesters handed over to City Hall a letter to the Deputy Chairman Alexander Popov KCSA with request to draw attention to the cruel destruction of homeless animals in the capital.

Thanks for your participation!

SAV Comment;

Serbia, the Balkans, Ukraine – why dont these ignorant authortities accept that their kill only policy does not work.  Taxpayers money continually wasted when it could so effectively be directed into an effective no kill sterilisation programme to reduce future stray animal numbers.

Congratulations to our Ukraine animal friends who like us, will continue to be a voice for stray animals until governments and authorities see real sense with a forward looking policy and approach to stray animal numbers management.

NO KILL, Sterilise, Vaccinate and Microchip.  Combined with good public education and adoption programmes – the only way forward.

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Serbia: Government and Authorities Abuse Human and Animal Rights by Attempting to Close Down Private Funded Shelter Which Will Result in All Animal Deaths – Please take ACTION NOW – Sample Letter Included.

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Below you will see a call by Serbian activists to a local judge regarding the situation where a communal inspector has taken a charge against an animal welfare campaigner – Mrs Rada Zivanovic, because she has many stray animals at her home which she cares for.

The communal inspector has demanded that the animals be moved out of Mrs Rada Zivanovic’s home.

 

 

But where do they go to ? – in Loznica where Mrs Rada Zivanovic lives, there is only one completely and utterly disgusting dog ‘shelter’ (see photos in links below) and NO CAT shelter !

So, where do the cats go ? – other than outside to their deaths.

Loznica dog ‘shelter’ (?)  links:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/serbia-180510-new-photographs-of-loznica-pound-animal-killings-and-conditions-at-city-dump-no-wonder-stray-animals-are-attracted/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/serbia-loznica-again-female-dog-saved-from-being-buried-alive-proof-of-the-killings-done-by-the-city-shinters-bodies-dumped-openly-on-the-city-dump-adjacent-to-the-animal-pound/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/serbia-loznica-city-further-rabies-necessary-killings-by-hunters-and-shinters-acting-under-orders-from-government/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/serbia-loznica-city-shelter-captured-stray-dogs-used-for-target-practice-by-local-hunters/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/serbia-loznica-city-pound-3-million-dinars-for-what-certainly-not-for-animal-welfare-politicians-maybe/

If the communal inspector gets his way and the animals are removed from the home of Mrs Rada Zivanovic, then we can see no other way but that the animals will all be killed.

Campaigners now consider that a letter should be sent from global campaigners in support of Mrs Rada Zivanovic.  These letters should be sent to the Mayor of Loznica and to Mr Zoran Micovic – Director of  the Veterinary department.  Mrs Rada Zivanovic has now been advised that she should undertake actions to make her home and animal sanctuary a private cat and dog shelter.

This is what Mrs Rada Zivanovic has done, but she is very concerned.  She is concerned that any judge who is involved in this process will demand that something is ‘wrong’ at the animal shelter and will stop her shelter request.

Animals at the home of and being cared for by Mrs Rada Zivanovic are all sterilised and vaccinated; apart from any new arrivals.  Mrs Rada Zivanovic is having new animals thrown over the fence into her home or simply left at the front door.

And do the government and the authorities and the veterinary department ever want to do anything to help ?

– NO, they have one solution to every situation like this, and that is to kill, kill, kill.

Mrs Rada Zivanovic is described as an animal angel, NOT a criminal.  But the communal inspector is treating her like a criminal and is making attempts to kill all the animals in her care; for which she is never financially helped from a corrupt government and authority system which looks after itself but never any animals as it should – Kill, kill, kill – the Serbian government and authorities policy on animal ‘welfare’.

The government and the authorities do not respect Serbian citizens animal welfare work.  In addition, as we have so often shown, the government and authorities do not implement their own national legislation for animal welfare.  Serbia is a corrupt nation run by corrupt people.

The authorities attempt to undermine existing legislation by producing their own underlaws which show no respect for either animal or citizens human rights.

The authorities try anything they can to punish citizens.

SAMPLE LETTER    SAMPLE LETTER 

Please send your letters to:

vetuprava@minpolj.gov.rs ; s.celebicanin@minpolj.gov.rs ; vetinspekt@gmail.com; zoran.micovic@minpolj.gov.rs ; goran.milosev@minpolj.gov.rs ; zoran.marinkovic@minpolj.gov.rs,  gradonacelnik@loznica.rs

IN ADDITION, please click on the following link to select your own human rights international contacts.  Please copy and send the sample letter or your own modified letter to them.

http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us

EU citizens can send copies to their own MEPs using the following link to view MEP information and obtain contact links:

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

Copy also to the EU Enlargement Commissioner at  http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/fule/contact/commissioner/index_en.htm

Sirs;

I am disgusted about news being given to me now that once again, the Serbian government and authorities are attempting to undermine both human and animal rights in Serbia.

I talk about the situation of Mrs Rada Zivanovic at Loznica; who using entirely her own money and facilities; with NOTHING in the form of help from yourselves, is providing a shelter at her own home for stray cats.

Mrs Rada Zivanovic ensures that all her cats are sterilised and vaccinated – a policy which the ignorant authorities such as yourselves seem unable to do.  Where does all the money allocated for this actually go ? – into your pockets ?

Mrs Rada Zivanovic has now applied to have her home and cat sanctuary made into a public animal shelter.  You will fully support this and you provide funding to Mrs Rada Zivanovic to enable her to provide animal welfare where you very much fail.

You will not undermine the human rights of Mrs Rada Zivanovic; and you will not undermine animal rights for animals in her care.  The hell  hole for dogs which you call ‘Loznica shelter’ is a complete and utter disgrace.  As authorities and persons in office who should be respected for what you do, you are not respected by citizens across the world because you fail to do anything positive for animal welfare.

You are the ones that need to change, not Mrs Rada Zivanovic.

I am informing all my international contacts about your actions to destroy Mrs Rada Zivanovic, and that includes international human rights organisations.

Do not target Mrs Rada Zivanovic; instead provide her and her animals with the finances and shelter approval she requires.

And above all, you please learn from it.  Mrs Rada Zivanovic is an example of a good citizen; not a criminal.  Treat her with respect; not the abuse which you appear so keen on, especially where animals are concerned.

Yours,

Name:

Nationality

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Spain: Bullfight / Fiesta News Update

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

International protest against bull festival ‘Toro de la Vega’

On 14 September 2010, another edition of a festival called ‘El Toro de la Vega’ will take place in the Spanish city of Tordesillas (Valladolid, Castilla y León). During this festival, a bull is stabbed to death with lances by hundreds of men on horse and on foot. This year, a bull called Platanito (‘little banana’) will be killed before its fifth birthday.

For the sixth time in a row, animal protection organizations PACMA and CAS International, with support of AnimaNaturalis organize a striking protest against this event on Sunday 12 September, in Tordesillas and Valladolid.

 

Read more…

Guggenheim platform against bullfighting

On Saturday 21 August 2010, CAS International and Spanish anti-bullfighting organizations AnimaNaturalis and Equanimal organized a striking protest against bullfighting, right in front of the Guggenheim Museum entrance in Bilbao (Spain).

About 125 activists, among which people from Madrid and Barcelona, were lying in front of the museum and formed the shape of a bull with their bodies. The activists were painted in black and red: black representing the colour of the bull and red symbolizing the blood that is spilled during bullfights.

 

Read more…

French politicians introduce bill against bullfighting

On July 13, 2010, politicians Muriel Marland-Militello (UMP) and Geneviève Gaillard (Socialists) introduced a bill in the Assemblée Nationale (‘Parliament’) proposing a ban on bullfighting in France.

Mrs. Marland-Militello already introduced a similar bill in 2004, but now she is officially supported by a colleague representing the Socialists. This is good news, since more Socialists are now going to vote for the abolition of bullfighting. 58 of the 577 representatives already officially support the bill.

 

Read more…

CAS International (Comité Anti Stierenvechten) is the biggest organization in the world which works exclusively on the abolition of bullfighting and cruel fiestas (festivals) during which bulls and other animals are tortured. Together with our colleague organizations, we want to end this animal abuse as soon as possible.

More information about CAS International.

 

 

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Serbia: 9/9/10 – Expose on Veterinary Corruption Procedures – How They Can be Paid 2 or 3 Times for Doing Just ONE Job.

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

Slavica has sent a request to a Subotica veterinary station called ‘VETERINAR’ regarding the vaccination of some of the dogs and booster vaccinations of other dogs living at EPAR shelter.  This amounts to around 730 dogs in total.

In agreement with existing Serbian legislation, this vaccination treatment should be done free of charge to Slavica.  But the vet at ‘VETERINAR’ has written to Slavica and informed her that as far as he is concerned, she must pay herself for every dog at the shelter to be vaccinated.

So now Slavica has written back to the vet in question with the request that he comes and does the vaccinations; but in agreement with the law – which means free of any costs to herself.  If vets are not sent to the shelter to undertake the vaccinations, then Slavica is left with no choice but to send a formal charge to the Veterinary Inspector of Subotica, informing him that what is being asked here is illegal.

This will be supported by SAV who will be informing the EU of the situation. 

Slavica has fully documented proof obtained over recent years showing that the (vaccination) vets receive all the things necessary for them to undertake the vaccinations.  These vaccinations are not only for Rabies, but also other Zoonoses including Bluetongue, Newcastle disease, pig plague etc. 

The vets who undertake these vaccinations are supplied with all their needs and goods for FREE from any of 27 specialist veterinary institutes located around the country.  As with the vaccination of dogs, the vets supply a monthly bill for their work to the Agricultural ministry and they are paid.

But we know that many vets appear to be directly asking the farmers of animals who need vaccinations to pay them directly from their (farmers) pockets.  The vets declare that if they are not paid by the farmers, they will not do the vaccination job.  An essential requirement on a farm is to keep all animals vaccinated as necessary.

For dogs vaccination, as shown before in past SAV investigations with Serbian campaigners,

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/serbia-attempt-to-punish-serbian-ngo-animal-shelter-investigation-report-into-vaccination-procedures-uncovers-discrepancies/

We said:

“The current arrangement is that all the veterinary stations involved in this programme, being those which are located throughout Serbia, each send a monthly report to the National Veterinary Institute and the Veterinary Department of Serbia, detailing specifically how many doses of the (Nobivac Rabies) vaccine they have given in their individual national region (municipality) for that (1 month) period”. 

“As a result, once they have been supplied with the monthly information from the individual (municipal) regions, the Republic of Serbia (government) then finances (pays back) the individual regional / municipal  veterinary stations for undertaking their monthly vaccination work – ie. the administration of the dose of vaccine to animals by the vaccinator”. 

The vets are allowed to submit a monthly report or ‘bill’ to the Ministry informing of what vaccinations they have undertaken.  The costs declared on these veterinary reports must be paid to the vets from the republic budget which officially covers these costs.

In addition, the vets are also paid from the city budget.

But in the corrupt systems which operate so much in the world of Serbian ‘animal welfare’, which is anything but the welfare of animals as far as regional authorities are concerned, the vets are still, illegally informing Slavica that she must personally pay them (the vets) for all the vaccinations of the dogs at her shelter (EPAR Subotica).

If this were to happen; ie. Slavica pay the costs herself, and the vets were to then undertake vaccination of all the dogs (and take Slavica’s money), then they would also complete the report or bill paperwork necessary for them to also claim the same costs out of the republic budget. 

Basically, THEY WOULD in effect get DOUBLE THE MONEY for doing just one job – vaccinating dogs; money from Slavica and then money from the republic budget also !

Quite rightly, Slavica is refusing to pay the vets with her moneywhen the vaccinations should be done by the vets using money from the republic budget.  Ie. The vets are paid just once for doing a job once – not paid twice for one job and illegally getting money out of people such as Slavica when the republic is really covering the costs.

All this leaves is for one to assume rightly that the vets are not happy with this system of one payment for one job, and instead they want to attempt to bend the system and get double, treble or even more money by demanding advance payment from citizens, including farmers, also for doing this very same job which comes directly from republic and municipal funding.

This is corruption by the vets as far as we are concerned.  They are being paid three or four times (for a vaccination of both dogs and also farm animals) by ‘bending the system’ for doing the job which is paid from the national and/or regional budget anyway.  On top of this, they are demanding monry directly from citizens owning animals or from farmers; or the vaccination is not done !!

Corruption ??

The EU is making big attempts to clean up and eliminate corruption in member states and accession states, which includes Serbia for the future.

The EU must be informed of this corruption by Serbian vets – and they will be.

 

 

 

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: 08/09/10 – Puppy Killer Girl Update.

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Our recent article post:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/uk-sav-attempts-to-help-uk-newspaper-find-sadistic-young-puppy-killer-captured-on-video/

UPDATE 08/09/10

The Bosnian puppy-thrower is being protected by an elderly woman who claims she saved the dogs from being swept to their death, villagers say.

Ruza Pavlovic, who lives in the village of Curcic Lug near the town of Bugojno, told the Jutarnji List newspaper she found the puppies two weeks ago and put them in her garage.

The puppies are apparently the same ones that appeared in a sickening 47-second video posted online, showing a hooded teenage girl throwing them into a river.

Photographs published on Monday show Pavlovic holding a litter of puppies in her arms — but the animals are brown and black while the ones in the video are black and white.

Freelance reporter Ljubica Vujadinovic, who has contacts within the Curcic Lug village, told ninemsn Ms Pavlovic was a neighbour of the teenage girl.

“The old lady is next door neighbour of the girl’s family … [my source said] they made a deal to make up that rescue story to ‘save’ the girl,” Vujadinovic said.

Vujadinovic said she found her source by calling bars and other villagers in the area until she found someone who would talk to her.

“[The girl] can hardly bear to live with the reactions and everyone believes Pavlovic made this up only to try to help the girl and her family,” the source was quoted as saying.

The man would only speak on the condition his identity was not revealed.

Vujadinovic said locals were protective of the girl and did not understand the media attention because they live in a region where stray cats and dogs are regularly killed.

“On many internet pages you find lot of comments like, ‘what is all that fuss about a few dogs?’,” Vujadinovic said.

Bosnian police have tracked down the girl in the video but it is not yet clear if she has been charged.

Under Bosnian law a person who kills or tortures animals is punishable with fines ranging from $6900 to $16,000.

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