Spain: Fashion ‘Model’ Dog Dies After Being Strangled – Another Pathetic Human ‘Fashion Trend’

Video Link and Article:     http://en.terra.com/lifestyle/articles/html/hof8619.htm

Spain: Fashion Drama at Dog Show

Two year old dog died, strangled by its own coat, at a dog show in Madrid.

The tragedy occured at the PROPET fair where stray dogs from the animal protection groups took part along with other dogs presented by breeders.

The dogs were on the catwalk as fashionistas in the latest trends for ‘Dog Model’company in jackets, overcoats, and pajamas.

At the show everyone was shocked to find out that one of the dog models collapsed and died after getting caught and strangling its own coat.

VIDEO: Dog dies, strangled on its own coat

Are these the possible consequences of wanting to humanize animals?

 

 

Update 08/03/10 – SAV – Computer Problems.

Apologies for not putting any new posts onto the (SAV) site since 11/03; this has been caused by major computer problems with our antivirus software / systems.

Tonight (2135hrs GMT 08/03/10) this problem has now been rectified, and it is hoped that things will be back to normal during the next few days.

The computer loss has caused loads of e mails waiting in the Inbox to be processed, in addition to keeping SAV going. 

Please give us a little time to sort things, which hopefully will get under way on 09/03.

Hope to see you back here soon;

Thanks – SAV.

USA: Foreverescue Sanctuary Requires Help – Can You Donate A Few Dollars or More to Help ?

 

 

 

 

Permission to cross post everywhere!

http://foreverescue.chipin.com/feed-for-the-horses

I only have ONE week of feed left for ALL the critters!

I am beyond begging here. I do NOT need rescue for my animals as they are safe here…I NEED help with feeding them. I am a Not-for-Profit business and sanctuary for farm animals that relies on donations to survive…I realize that the economy is tough, and most of everyone’s concern is with pulling all the urgent animals that are in kill situations…BUT if we pull/save these animals and NOBODY helps us to keep them fed, vetted, and housed…then what was the point of saving them to begin with? ALL but 3 of these animals here at Foreverescue have been animals in danger of being PTS, and or slaughtered for food.

I may be a small sanctuary at this time…but I specialize in special needs animals. That means larger vet bills, larger supply bills, etc. I have a horse that loves to crib (it is a nervous habit not a suppliment thing), and then colics because he gets his tummy full of air. I have a 2 year old mare with a club back foot…she wont make a great riding horse…she will be mostly a pasture pet.

I have also taken in people in need…one of whom lost his home to the foreclosure crisis…he is a carpenter and cant find steady work, and if he gets lucky he gets a side job once a month…needless to say, I am feeding him (and his 2 dogs) as well.

The other person I took in had to move in because he had double hernia surgery, and was off work just long enough to lose his apartment. Just as he was getting on his feet again…he was diagnosed with having an A.V. M. leaking into his brain…he had to have brain surgery in November 09, and has been off on medical leave ever since. They wont clear him to go back to work until they do another crainial angiogram sometime this month. Plus he is learing to drive all over again after losing his left field of vision in both eyes.

I realize that some of this may not seem important to you…but I have a heart and cannot toss out 2 people that have NO family and no place else to go. Please understand I have known these individuals for over 20 years…and somehow our life paths crossed again at a time when they needed me to be there.

The one roomie that lost his house, also had 2 dogs I couldn’t bear to see him take to the pound. 2 black dogs with food and toy aggression issues…I ALWAYS GET THE MALE DOGS WITH ATTITUDE ISSUES! We are constantly teaching them how to get along…it gets better everyday, but there are the occasional setbacks.

With all that said, I must add that I am in NO way blaming anyone that reads this…just putting it all out there so you can at least uinderstand my frustration. Maybe realize that if you give your latte or dunkn donuts or whatever it is you treat yourself to for just ONE day and donate that amount towards the animals here at Foreverescue, you will be hel[ing to keep another rescue from going broke by having to take in yet more animals…PLUS you would be keeping these critters with issued from being PTS or being separated after bonding…and I can tell you right now that Crazyhorse would NOT survive being shuffled around…neither would the dogs here. They have attitudes that WE tolerate as long as there is NO bloodshed and senior cats that have litter box issues as well.

So I am down on my knees…pleading and screaming…WON’T SOMEONE PLEASE HELP THESE BABIES BEFORE THEY END UP ONLY GOD KNOWS WHERE!

Needing URGENT help feeding Horses and other Farm Animals

I am in dire need of funding to help feed the horses, sheep, llama, dogs and cats here at Foreverescue.
Foreverescue is a Sanctuary that takes in and keeps special needs animals and gives them a place to live out their lives with love and kindness shown to them instead of being traded/sold off for feed/put on a dinner plate, etc.

We are currently housing:
3 horses – 2 with special needs
3 sheep – 2 needing to get altered
1 llama
6 dogs
6 cats
3 budgies
1 blind cockatiel
1 rabbit

If you can help in ANY way…it would be greatly appreciated…even if it is only $1.00 as it all adds up.

For anyone wishing to donate feed…you can call my feedstore “Feed N Time Feeds” at the following number and purchase a gift certificate to go towards the purchase of feed.
Here is a list of the feeds I use and the total cost of each bag NOT including tax:

County Acres All Stock feed $7.79@ bag (We use about 6 50# bags every 2 weeks)

Beet Pulp Without Molasses $10.49@ bag (We use about 6 40# bags every 2 weeks)

Purina Mills Strategy Horse Feed $12.29@ bag (We use about 5 50# bags every 2 weeks)

Purina Mills Gravy Crunches $20.19@ bag (We use about 2-3 40# bags every 2 weeks)

PC Cat Litter $9.99 @40# bag (We use about one a week)

PMI Feline Medley $19.99@ bag (We use about 1 bag a every 2 weeks)

To purchase a gift certificate simply call Debbie (owner/manager) of Feed N Time Feeds and tell her how much you want to purchase, as far as a dollar amount, and she will add it to my account. NO CASH WILL CHANGE HANDS! (NOTE: she will only issue a gift certificate/store credit..so if you wish to purchase a bag or two for the animals..she will just give me store credit for that amount)

FEED N TIME FEEDS
1259 E. 3300N RD
Chebanse, IL
815-697-3231
Hours of Business: Mon, Tues, Fri.- 9am -4pm
Saturday-9am -12pm (noon)

Thank you ahead of time for any and all help you may give us here.
I realize times are tough, but we need to stick together to keep the ones that are safe from possibly having to go into a harmful/stressful situation.
Foreverescue is a NFP in good standing with the IL Sec of State. Please feel free to check out for yourself. Thanks to ALL!
 

 

‘Animal Connection’ – A New Group Dedicated to ALL Animals by the People Working to Help, and Protect Them

‘Animal Connection’ is a dynamic new group which has been founded to help animals all over the world.

Animal Connection is Dedicated to all Animals by the People working to Help, and Protect them.

The site includesAC Community, Members Photos, Videos, Forums, Groups, Blogs, Polls, Pet Pic of the month and a Monthly newsletter.

Link:   http://animalconnection.ning.com/

It is simple to join and become a member, go to

http://animalconnection.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fanimalconnection.ning.com%2Fforum%2Ftopics%2Fanimal-connection-site-team

Please join up now and become a member of Animal Connection NOW ! 

Italy: Please Take Action NOW for the ‘Canile’ Dogs – Sample Letter and E mail Addresses Included in Post

 

 

 

Update 01/03/10:

It has been noted that campaigners have been having some problems with regard the one large e mail listing originally provided.

We have been in contact with the originator of this listing and we can confirm that there should not be any problems with the addresses given; all have been checked and are ok.

But there may be a problem if all are copied en masse and sent in just one block.  So what will be seen below now is that the one original block listing has been divided into three blocks.

It is a little more work on your part, but now it is asked if the sample letter can be sent out three times; in accordance with the addresses in each block below.

It is hoped that this will make life easier and that all the mails will be delived without any comeback or failure errors.  If there are still failures, then at least the problem addresses can be traced down to one address or some of those in (any one of) the smaller blocks which make up the three. 

This three block mail route has been checked out as a trial today (01/03) and there have not been any problems.  It is hoped that you do not encounter any.

 

Please send a copy of the sample letter to all the addresses given in each of the three block listings below. 

It is hoped this will stop any error messages being returned to sender.

Block 1:

presidente@giuseppecastiglione.it, segreteriaMinistroSacconi@lavoro.gov.it, segreteria.martini@sanita.it, segreteria.frattini@esteri.it, r.brunetta@governo.it, stampa.turismo@governo.it, alfano_a@camera.it, martini_f@camera.it, urp@politicheagricole.it, Gabinetto.capo@politicheagricole.gov.it, frattini_f@camera.it, caposegreteria.ministro@interno.it, callcenter@giustizia.it, cdr@esteri.it, gabibbo@mediaset.it, segreteria.berlino@esteri.it, consolare.berlino@esteri.it, segreteria.amburgo@esteri.it, info.colonia@esteri.it, consolato@consonordresda.de, segreteria.dortmund@esteri.it, segreteria.francoforte@esteri.it, segreteria.friburgo@esteri.it, consolato@italia-hannover.de, consolato-onorario-kiel@t-online.de, italconsul.mannheim@t-online.de, italcons.monacobaviera@esteri.it, segreteria.norimberga@esteri.it, consolato@ambitaliavienna.org, coninns@tirol.com, ambasciata.berna@esteri.it, segreteria@italconsbasilea.ch, segretaria@consolato-italia-be.ch, consolato.stoccarda@esteri.it, infowolfsburg@esteri.it, italconsul.losanna@tiscali.ch, consolatosg@bluewin.ch, consolato.lione@esteri.it, consolato.marsiglia@esteri.it, consolato.metz@esteri.it, consulit.nizza@esteri.it, affariconsolari@itwash.org, segreteria.saarbruecken@esteri.it,

Block 2:

roberta.angelilli@europarl.europa.eu, alfredo.antoniozzi@europarl.europa.eu, paolo.bartolozzi@europarl.europa.eu, carlo.casini@europarl.europa.eu, silvia.costa@europarl.europa.eu, francesco.deangelis@europarl.europa.eu, leonardo.domenici@europarl.europa.eu, roberto.gualtieri@europarl.europa.eu, guido.milana@europarl.europa.eu, claudio.morganti@europarl.europa.eu, alfredo.pallone@europarl.europa.eu, niccolo.rinaldi@europarl.europa.eu, potito.salatto@europarl.europa.eu, david.sassoli@europarl.europa.eu, marco.scurria@europarl.europa.eu, antonello.antinoro@europarl.europa.eu, rita.borsellino@europarl.europa.eu, rosario.crocetta@europarl.europa.eu, salvatore.iacolino@europarl.europa.eu, giovanni.lavia@europarl.europa.eu, giommaria.uggias@europarl.europa.eu, pino.arlacchi@europarl.europa.eu, raffaele.baldassarre@europarl.europa.eu, andrea.cozzolino@europarl.europa.eu, luigiciriaco.demita@europarl.europa.eu, vincenzo.iovine@europarl.europa.eu, clemente.mastella@europarl.europa.eu, barbara.matera@europarl.europa.eu, erminia.mazzoni@europarl.europa.eu, aldo.patriciello@europarl.europa.eu, mario.pirillo@europarl.europa.eu, gianni.pittella@europarl.europa.eu, crescenzio.rivellini@europarl.europa.eu, sergio.silvestris@europarl.europa.eu, salvatore.tatarella@europarl.europa.eu, gabriele.albertini@europarl.europa.eu

Block 3:

sonia.alfano@europarl.europa.eu, magdicristiano.allam@europarl.europa.eu, francesca.balzani@europarl.europa.eu, vito.bonsignore@europarl.europa.eu, mario.borghezio@europarl.europa.eu, sergio.cofferati@europarl.europa.eu, lara.comi@europarl.europa.eu, mario.mauro@europarl.europa.eu, cristiana.muscardini@europarl.europa.eu, pierantonio.panzeri@europarl.europa.eu, fiorello.provera@europarl.europa.eu, licia.ronzulli@europarl.europa.eu, oreste.rossi@europarl.europa.eu, matteo.salvini@europarl.europa.eu, francescoenrico.speroni@europarl.europa.eu, gianluca.susta@europarl.europa.eu, patrizia.toia@europarl.europa.eu, gianni.vattimo@europarl.europa.eu, iva.zanicchi@europarl.europa.eu, sergio.berlato@europarl.europa.eu, luigi.berlinguer@europarl.europa.eu, mara.bizzotto@europarl.europa.eu, antonio.cancian@europarl.europa.eu, salvatore.caronna@europarl.europa.eu, giovanni.collino@europarl.europa.eu, luigi.demagistris@europarl.europa.eu, herbert.dorfmann@europarl.europa.eu, lorenzo.fontana@europarl.europa.eu, elisabetta.gardini@europarl.europa.eu, tiziano.motti@europarl.europa.eu, vittorio.prodi@europarl.europa.eu, amalia.sartori@europarl.europa.eu, giancarlo.scotta@europarl.europa.eu, debora.serracchiani@europarl.europa.eu, paolo.decastro@europarl.europa.eu, carlo.fidanza@europarl.europa.eu

PROTEST  CANILE  PLEASE!  – Sample Letter Below.

SAMPLE LETTER TO COPY AND SEND x3 – each letter copy to all the contacts listed in Blocks 1, 2 or 3 above.

Please feel free to copy and attach a few photographs to your mails also.

 Thanks – SAV.

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Dear  Madame or Sir,

You are representing your country and its  interests abroad. I think you might feel concerned about a serious topic which throws a negative light on Italy.

The disastrous situation in regard to abandoned dogs in the so called “canile” makes me and many people around me think twice about going on holiday to Italy, even to buy any Italian products. There is no doubt that the terrible and disgusting so called  “concentration camps” for dogs is bound to profit from thirst for money.

Catching dogs and keeping them in terrible conditions bring millions to some people who pursue this bloody business in collaboration with local politicians.

Why does Italy not spend that money on neutering or sterilization of dogs so as to stop their uncontrolled breeding ?

Any normal human being who has seen the cruelty of Italian dogs in these places can never again feel at comfort while travelling to Italy or buying Italian products.

Who would be able to still enjoy a holiday in Italy or take pleasure on eating Italian dishes and drinking Italian wine while having knowledge of incredible pain and sorrow which dogs in canile must endure?!  The only fault of these dogs is to have been born as dogs in Italy – a country that apparently does not care at all for animals.

 Italy, the land of Christianity, the residence of the Pope, the land of Canile! Canile, where unbearable suffering of dogs feeds the ever growing greed for money.

It is hard to believe that those beautiful Italian people with their beautiful culture, beautiful music and beautiful seaside, who go on Sundays to their beautiful churches and send their prayers to God are treating their dogs in a way that even an animal itself would not do.

More and more people realize what is going on and there will be accountability sooner or later. And there is  no  way  to completely hide this hell no matter how many people are involved.

They keep  the gates of canile shut for visitors, they employ foreigners who fear for their jobs, they drive away animal helpers from abroad.

I myself, am determined not to travel to Italy or to buy anything it comes from Italy until canile is replaced by animal shelters where dogs are treated well. Until then I will certainly do everything I can to let as many people as possible know what is going on in “bella Italia”.

So, if you really want to make a difference, then do it right now!

http://www.ahimsa.it/canili

www.lasaggezzadichirone.org

www.nothuman.org

www.ahimsa.it

http://chiliamacisegua.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/campagna-internazionale-contro-i-canili-lager-italiani/

Best regards

Yours sincerely,

Your Name

Your Nationality 

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Help !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMzW3LIkNLA

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZdL8j6ImgQ&feature=related 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i19L_R8hAIc&feature=related

Spain: Please Copy and Send a Letter In Support of Suffering Galgos

Please copy and send the following Sample Letter to all the e mail addresses given:

Send To:   cm@coe.int;

‘CC’ To:  

webmaster.assembly@coe.int;  info@zapateropresidente.comjlrzapatero@presidencia.gob.esinfopsoe@psoe.esportal.presidencia@mpr.esinfopsoe@psoe.es ; portal.presidencia@mpr.es ; buzon.oficial@londres.ofcomes.mcx.esministra@mma.es ; gabinete.prensa@mma.esjuarez@mapausa.org;  detorres@mapausa.org;  cores@mapausa.org;  jmaznar@presidencia.gob.es

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SAMPLE LETTER –  SAMPLE LETTER –  

To  – See above e mail listings.

D. Miguel Angel Moratinos

Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación

Plaza de la Provincia 1

28012 Madrid

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Complejo de la Moncloa

 Avda. Puerta de Hierro, s/n.

28071 Madrid

Dear Minister Moratinos,

once again the end of the Spanish hunting season is upon us, and what happens to Galgos who have not “performed” or otherwise fulfilled the expectations of their owners ?

They are disposed of by hanging them on trees (or whatever other means comes to hand), so their feet barely touch the ground to perish, slowly suffocating for many hours, even days.

There is a term in Spain apparently for this: “piano playing”, “piano players” – after the way the animals struggle desperately to free themselves – usually in vain …

I can assure you – have seen these horrendous pictures of hung Galgos for many years now. And I am sick of it to a point that defies description.

WHY do authorities still turn a blind eye to these atrocities, when organisations in and outside of Spain have highlighted this for many years and demanded that it be stopped ???

Is this yet another of Spain’s hallowed traditions that the populace is loath to let go, like the bull fights ? A manly ritual designed to bolster the feeling of dominance over defenceless animals in a society that still has need of such archaic “traditions” ??

Spain in the 21st century ???

I demand of you, and your govermment, Sir, that immediate steps be taken to once and for all commit this impossible outrage against all that God ever demanded of us in terms of compassion to ALL HIS CREATURES to history !!!

There is NO excuse for it, never was. Spain has much to lose from tolerating such behaviour from people that do definitely NOT represent anything a country like yours should be proud of.

Sincerely,

ADD Your name and nationality 

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For more information and GRAPHIC pictures,

visit:  http://www.sosgalgos.com/UK/uk-stop.htm

Photograph shown on this post is from same site.