This week marked the start of Canada’s brutal commercial seal hunt, when hunters beat baby seals to death with clubs, skin the animals for their fur and leave the carcasses to rot on the blood-stained ice. Most of the helpless seals are younger than 3 months old.
Global sales of seal products have plummeted, with seal fur banned in the US, EU, Russia, India and more.
Yet Canada’s government keeps the slaughter going with millions of dollars in subsidies. It’s time to stop the killing.
Then, email Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca and urge him to stop the bloodshed
Sample Letter
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,
It’s time to end Canada’s brutal commercial seal hunt and spare innocent baby seals from being beaten and shot to death for profit. By continuing to subsidize commercial sealers, the Canadian government is directly contributing to animal cruelty and tarnishing the entire country’s image to the rest of the world. I urge you to show that Canada is a compassionate and forward-thinking nation by cutting all funding and banning the commercial seal hunt for good.
Imagine watching other humans’ throats being cut while they scream in agony and convulse—all while standing in a line knowing that your turn is coming up.
Pigs at this slaughterhouse in Cambodia were left to witness and listen to the violent slaughter of other pigs—sometimes for six hours—before enduring the same terrifying and painful death.
They can’t escape. They can’t stop it from happening.
But you can help.
The pigs subjected to this systematic torture and slaughter are helpless to do anything about it, but you’re not. You can help them simply by not eating animals, because buying meat, eggs, and dairy “products” is what keeps factory farms and slaughterhouses running.
Look at this breaking investigation into a Cambodian slaughterhouse to see for yourself why millions of people are choosing not to support these cruel industries anymore.
Posted on April 10, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Poland was the hunt country number one for hobby hunters from German-speaking countries, especially in western Poland. Now completely different rules of the game apply, which come into effect from the 1st of April. From now on, all social hunts must be reported in advance to the authorities. Hunting opponents will be able to adjust to it in the future. The intentional obstruction of the hunt is no longer punishable.
In the revolutionary Polish hunting reform (IG Wild at Wild informed), foreign hunters like Hubertus-Hunting will probably not enjoy much either. The animal rights activists prefer that the hobby killers will be able to avoid their country in the future.
The new regulations will also improve the supervision of the Minister of the Environment through the Polish Hunting Association. For too long the criminal bustle was watched. The public opinion to hobby hunters opposite is completely tilted. The same can be said in Czechoslovakia and so on. The stupid and hypocritical talk of shooters and benefactors, lawyers of the animals, etc. the hobby hunters just is not right.
Whoever kills senselessly does not protect, and it does not benefit civilized society.
Above all, the new hunting law will strengthen the rights of property owners. They will now be able to pacify their land from hobby hunter gangs without giving any reason.
In addition, the new regulations increase the distance to residential buildings, near which hobby hunters can hunt from 100 to 150 meters. The hunt may only be carried out at a distance of at least 500 meters from public meetings.
Minors have been banned from active and passive hunting. So, no more children are allowed to drive for hunts from the surrounding villages. The new law is intended to guarantee a harmonious development for children and adolescents.
According to the new law, the hobby hunters have to undergo every 5 years medical and psychological character test!
You cannot shoot in national parks or nature reserves without permission, etc.
Under the new law, it will now be impossible to use live animals in the training of hunting birds and hunting dogs.
For example, the fox caught in the wild has been kept on a leash so that he
cannot escape. For this purpose, he has tied his muzzle with tape, so he cannot defend himself. (Unfortunately, the video where the fox is shown as a training victim is no longer available).
The sadism to which the average hobby-hunter feels attracted when dealing with wild animals, there are no limits, there would not be common sense, which intervenes against the hobby hunters.
This can be observed in all countries with a hobby-hunter culture.
The hunting of wolves in Poland has been banned since 1998. Depending on the source, an inventory of around 1,500-2,500 animals is estimated.
Thus, Poland has made a quantum leap in animal welfare in hunts. Wild Wild IG congratulates all the revolutionary forces that have made this possible.
Translation: Venus
My comment :The new regulations in Poland prove, that violence against animals can be abolished from above, because the system has the power to do so.
Whether the neighboring country, Germany, will take over something from the new exemplary regulation of Poland … What do you think?
I can only say, that the hunting law in Germany, in spite of stupid “renewals”, is the hunting law in the sense of the “Reichsjagdgesetz” of 3 July 1934.
That means, we still have a fascist hunting law.
A minority of 0.45% in the German population thinks they can do in the woods what they want.
And anyone who disagrees will be intimidated by force of arms.
And with the new government, everything what has to do with hunting, looks much worse than before.
Posted on April 8, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Since then the Trailer “Bullfight” on Monday on the Facebook page of the Spanish animal rights organization Libera gone online, it spreads viral!!!.
On April 25, the film premiere of the European tour in Wuppertal will take place.
Iago Prada is the director and producer, a studied filmmaker as well as an activist who has been engaged in constant learning about the planet throughout his life.
Do not expect a normal documentary. Bullfight is characterized by its objectivity, rawness and high technical quality.
Iago Prada describes his film as follows:
“It is not a documentary that pleases the public, but a documentary to show the fight as it is: with pain, with agony and with death.
And also with applause, with cheers and with pride. With anger, with instinct, for which some animals fight for survival and kill others for fun. “
For the filming, seven film cameras and ten ultra-directional microphones were used in a single pass to capture the sounds of the bull.
The film consciously omits studio-recorded special effects or audios. There is nothing added that could affect the viewer, nothing more than the reality of bullfighting.
The veterinarian of the organization AVATMA, José Enrique Zaldívar, explains the course of the Corrida with total objectivity and only with scientific information from the moment when the bull jumps into the arena until the moment when he is at the end of the mule out of the mules Arena is pulled.
The documentation dispenses entirely with political propaganda, showing nothing but the truth. As a result, many cinemas and animal welfare organizations have censored or rejected the film.
This movie may be the most powerful weapon against bullfighting. – The gate opens, the “Fiesta” begins …
Currently confirmed more than ten screenings, between April and May in different cities and municipalities in Germany, Belgium and the Czech Republic.
In Germany these are Wuppertal, Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, Chemnitz and Freiburg. Further data will be announced via the Facebook account as soon as confirmed.
SAV Comment – the UK had already banned ‘modern’ ivory; but old ivory selling was allowed. Now this should stop ALL ivory trade – great !
Two more nations this week announced their decision to come down hard on commercial sales of elephant ivory, further strengthening the global campaign to save these gentle giants from poachers and wildlife traffickers.
On Tuesday, the United Kingdom said it will introduce what Prime Minister Teresa May described as “one of the toughest bans on ivory sales in the world.” On the same day, on the other side of the world, the government of Taiwan announced its intention to ban all commercial sales of ivory products, starting 2020.
Britain’s announcement follows a swell of public opinion against elephant ivory — when the U.K. government solicited public input last December, 88 percent of respondents supported a ban on ivory sales. HSI sent a detailed submission to the government on behalf of 19,623 of our supporters who agreed that only the strictest regulation would be acceptable. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, a vocal proponent of the ivory ban, applauded the public support, stating that it is “vitally important that we reverse the tragic decline in elephant populations.”
The U.K. still needs to codify this proposal into law, and we hope it will do so as soon as possible, to ensure that unscrupulous dealers do not have an opportunity to dump their illegal or questionable stockpiles onto the marketplace before the ban takes effect. But the U.K. announcement is also crucial because it ramps up pressure on the European Commission, which is the world’s largest exporter of legal ivory.
The EU has been examining restrictions on the import, export, and sale of elephant ivory in its member countries, and we hope that it too will act immediately to reduce its prominent role in the global trade in ivory. The majority of EU ivory exports are destined for China and Hong Kong, whose ivory markets have been fueled by illegal imports for decades. For their part, China and Hong Kong have already taken steps to address the threat to elephants posed by the trade, with China prohibiting all domestic sales of elephant ivory starting January 1 this year, while Hong Kong will prohibit commercial ivory sales by 2021.
It is now up to the EU to ban the ivory trade and make sure it does not fall behind in the global war on ivory. Because legally acquired ivory is very difficult to distinguish from illegal ivory, continued trade in ivory in the EU perpetuates demand for ivory and undermines efforts to combat wildlife crime.
Taiwan’s announcement, we hope, will similarly add pressure on Japan, which has more ivory manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers than any other country, and which trades tens of millions of dollars worth of ivory annually. Taiwan is seeking comment on its proposed ban, and HSI will soon submit a response in support of such a ban.
Our teams at HSI and The HSUS have been at the forefront of the work to end the ivory trade. Here in the United States, federal law prohibits most import, export, and interstate sales of elephant ivory, and seven states have recently passed additional safeguards and prohibit the sale of elephant ivory and rhino horns. Similar legislative campaigns are underway in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. North of the border, HSI/Canada is keeping up the pressure to address that country’s ivory market.
In Asia, HSI last month launched a “No Ivory” campaign video featuring Yoh Daikan, an outfielder with the Yomiuri Giants, a legendary baseball team in Japan. Yoh was born and raised in Taiwan, and with assistance from Taiwan SPCA, he recorded public awareness videos for both Japanese and Taiwanese audiences, becoming the first celebrity in Japan to speak out for elephants. The Yomiuri Giants shared the press conference on multiple social media platforms, making it possible for Yoh’s message to reach the Japanese public on this important topic.
Protecting elephants is an issue that resonates with animal lovers around the world. They are sentient beings with emotions and social behaviors evocative of humans, and they are synonymous of Africa’s natural wonders and heritage. The announcements from Taiwan and the United Kingdom give us heart at a time when elephants face critical threats to their very survival and need all the help they can get.
Posted on April 6, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
SAV Comment – Don’t really know what to say about this. One of Team Trump obviously trying to make a name for himself – for what ? – are there any personal interests in attempting to introduce this legislation again ? – otherwise, what is the real point ? – vested Republican interests ?
This is really now down to the good people of the USA to stop this. Under Trump; animals are getting a bad time;
The world is watching this and it is fully aware of the frightening situation.
MAGA ? – NOT when it comes to environmental issues that include animal welfare and protection.
America – the world is watching
– if you really want to even attempt to MAGA, then get this farce stopped and stopped now. We are in the UK and like the world, watching your every move !
Don’t Let Them Destroy Animal Protection Laws
If a devastating measure from Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) passes, animal protection laws that activists have worked decades to achieve could be nullified in an instant.
Trigger Happy Steve King out on a hunt.
Says it all really !
Dog meat bans could be overturned in states like New York and Georgia.
California’s ban on cruel foie gras could become void.
Hens could be forced to live in filthy, disease-ridden battery cages in states where such confinement is now outlawed.
And puppy mills that sell sick, abused dogs could be unstoppable.
??? – By Doing This ??
We must fight back against King’s deceptively titled Protect Interstate Commerce Act (HR 4879/HR 3599), which would block states’ authority to enact their own laws against animal cruelty and unsafe food in agriculture. Don’t let this terrible measure pass!
Then, call your representative and state senators at (202) 224-3121 to respectfully tell them you are a concerned constituent and urge them to stand against HR 4879/HR 3599 and instead support laws that protect animals from abuse.
