COVID-19 outbreak declared at mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

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Health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.

In a media release Sunday night, Fraser Health said eight people at the farm had tested positive, and that it was screening employees and contact tracing.

READ MORE: Culled minks with COVID-19 mutation rise from their graves in Denmark

Affected staff were self-isolating, it said.

The health authority did not identify the community or the farm.

A spokesperson for the health authority said “the information bulletin is all we have to share at this time,” when asked for more specific information.

The farm has been ordered to stop transporting animals, products and goods from the farm under the BC Animal Health Act, Fraser Health added.

WorkSafeBC is contacting other mink farms to discuss requirements under their COVID-19 safety plans, it said.

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So we learn something useful that is deliberately kept secret in school.

Regards and good night, Venus

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PROGRESS! 🙌
Rome has banned horse-drawn carriages from city streets!
Horses forced to pull heavy carriages through traffic can get injured easily and die from exhaustion. They don’t belong on busy streets.
Horse-drawn carriages must be banned everywhere!

Rome, Italy- September 1, 2017: Carriage with a horse in Rome street at Italy

Horses will no longer be forced to negotiate busy roads while hauling heavy loads for human amusement in Rome, which has banned horse-drawn carriage rides from its streets.

In the future, they will only be allowed to drive in selected parks.
In addition, there will be a weather rule in the future to protect the animals.
The animals have to take breaks and finish work after seven hours.

Commenting on the ban, Rome’s mayor, Virginia Raggi, said, “You will never again see tired horses on the streets of the city during the hottest hours of the summer months because we have expressly forbidden it.”

Rome joins other cities that have already banned horse-drawn carriage rides from the streets, such as Oxford, Barcelona, New Delhi, and Tel Aviv.

And cities such as London, Paris, and Toronto no longer issue licenses for horse-drawn tourist carriages.

On Mallorca, however, dozens of exhausted horses are still forced to pull carriages laden with tourists through the busy streets.

Please urge the mayors of Alcúdia, Palma, and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar to ban horse-drawn carriages and switch to using electric tourist vehicles instead:

Please sign the Petition: https://secure.peta.org.uk/page/30696/action/1

For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/12/06/rome-ciaobotticelle/

And I mean…The animal protection party “Progreso en Verde” has collected more than 120,000 signatures on the online portal change.org for the demand that carriages in the Mallorca metropolis should no longer be pulled by horses.

“After many years of struggle, everything is still the same today as it was before, “criticized Guillermo Amengual, chairman of the Animal Welfare Party

“Every year we have to watch the horses tire on the asphalt, and nobody does anything about it. And the few regulations that exist are simply ignored by the coachmen without any consequences for them.”
The animal rights activist also recalled that in 2016 two horses were killed after they collided with cars.

In Germany, it is not much different for carriage horses than in Mallorca. Even in Germany, carriage horses have no special legal protection because there is no corresponding statutory regulation.

Only minimum requirements are formulated, which are intended to serve the local official veterinarians as an orientation aid during controls.
The result: Only 4 to 8 checks take place annually so that not even every company is examined once a year.

What we have achieved so far is that from 30 degrees Celsius in the shade no more horse-drawn carriages will drive in the future.

That applies only to Berlin!
Horse-drawn carriages are now banned in the capital, but only in the Brandenburg Gate. A general ban in Berlin has not yet been enforced.

My best regards to all, Venus

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The EU Commission wants to intensify the fight against disinformation with a “European Action Plan for Democracy”.
Last but not least, the coronavirus pandemic has shown how much misinformation can shape public opinion, explained Věra Jourová, Vice President of the EU Commission for Values and Transparency, on Wednesday.

The Commission now wants to counter this with an action plan.

from the Greek press

New guidelines planned

In 2018, social networks and search engines such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter agreed to the commission to sign a code of conduct against disinformation.
Now the commission wants to “go over to co-regulation”, announced Jourová. To this end, new guidelines are to be created by spring 2021 that can be enforced by national regulatory authorities.

The planned Digital Services Act would create “horizontal rules” for the platforms, explained the Commissioner.

These would then have to specifically reduce the risk of spreading disinformation.
It is not about having controversial content deleted from the right or left, but there must be clear guidelines for everyone.

Jourová advocated observing actors over a longer period of time in order to find those who spread systematic disinformation.

It must be possible, for example, to use vaccines efficiently against the coronavirus pandemic.
They have already notified Google and Facebook that “we want to promote vaccination strategies” (!!!)

The EU no longer wants to tolerate “dirty methods” as in the cases of Cambridge Analytica and the Brexit referendum (!!!)

For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/12/05/eu-commission-take-drastic-action-against-disinforming-and-decides-what-the-truth-is/

And I mean…At the time of the translation of this article (which, by the way, has appeared on conventional media), there have been 334 comments.
Of course, I couldn’t read all of them.
I particularly liked some of them, and I’ll add them here:

It is time to accept that the EU is a thoroughbred dictatorship

… There is no more to be said.

……………………………………………………

“And above the entrance, it says: Truth sets you free (Explanation: Above the entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp it says: “Work makes you free”)

Well finally! Then it may not be long before the headline reads: EU Commission wants to train disinformers

It is best to spend the disinformers in a place where they can better “concentrate” on the training content, ie the truth, and are not as distracted as in normal life.

Germany has a certain amount of expertise when it comes to warehouse management, transport logistics, and location selection, and above the entrance, it says: Truth sets you free”!

……………………………………………………….

“Who decides what the truth is?
Quote from the article:
“Anyone who systematically spreads false information, for example about elections or Covid-19, should be pilloried and sanctioned.”

Has anyone noticed that it is nowhere mentioned WHO is allowed to tag information as “wrong”?
So I think these regulations are excellent if I am allowed to be that person. I’m really good at it too.

I’ve ALWAYS been right in my entire life until now !! Honest!!

Then I think the pillory is ok too. And when people have gotten used to the pillory, we can then also introduce the shooting and a few years later legal shooting.

Uhmmm, didn’t we have all of this before …..?”

My comment now! By the way, we are sliding from the hygiene dictatorship to the digital dictatorship.
And all of this, says the EU, just for our protection!

Instead of developing surveillance systems to eliminate other opinions, the EU should rather deal with surveillance in slaughterhouses, animal transports, and animal farms.

And finally getting active there where it is urgently needed.

My best regards to all, Venus

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New Zealand’s prime minister declared a climate emergency, joining 32 other nations in recognizing the need for urgent government action in addressing the climate crisis.

This is what a real leader looks like
Can we send our stupid prime ministers, chancellors, and other political failures to training?

My best regards to all, Venus

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Sea Shepherd Germany

Today we congratulate Captain Peter Hammarstedt on his 36th birthday.

He has spent almost half of his life onboard our ships. Today, as Sea Shepherd’s campaign director, he leads our missions against illegal, unregulated, and undocumented fishing. And if his time permits, he leads the BOB BARKER as captain.

We wish Peter good luck, health, and strength so that he can continue to fight so passionately for our oceans. ⚓💙

Today, leave your congratulations to Peter Hammarstedt in the comments.

We wish Captain Peter Hammarstedt many more healthy years.
And we are sure, the inhabitants of the sea too

Regards and good night, Venus

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Reptiles smuggled from Mexico found at German airport stitched inside dolls

German airport customs officers have found 26 rare reptiles – 10 of them dead – smuggled inside parcels of toys and sweets from Mexico.

Some of the dead animals had suffocated as they had been stitched inside cloth dolls, a statement from Cologne Bonn airport customs said.

The endangered horned lizards, alligator lizards and box turtles were destined for private buyers in Germany.

They are among many species that the global Cites accord seeks to protect.

German officials are now trying to trace the origin of the reptiles, using DNA samples.

It is not yet clear if they came from the wild or from captive breeding programmes. They were in two packages seized on 30 October and 8 November.

The customs service is collaborating with Mexican authorities and with zoologists at the Alexander Koenig Research Museum (ZFMK) in Bonn. The smugglers could be fined, if the police can identify them.

The 16 surviving reptiles might be returned to their Mexican habitat.

ZFMK’s work with customs mostly focuses on illegal goods made from poached endangered species, such as snakeskin handbags or furs.

The 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has been signed by 182 states and the EU, and covers about 6,000 animal species and 30,000 plant types.

Reptiles smuggled from Mexico found at German airport stitched inside dolls – BBC News

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