Well we have now had an update on the situation from Venus. Here is her response:
Good Morning Dear Mark!
Dear Mark,
Today, Sunday, I turned on my PC and was (as always) prepared for the worst. Because only bad news reaches us when it comes about animals, doesn`t it?
But No! Today was not like every day, it came a message that gave me hope and joy. Perhaps some readers of SAV remember the letter-action I did against the construction of the world’s largest shark aquarium in Sinsheim (Germany). I had written a letter to the mayor of the city and had spread the same sample letter all over I could, so that other people could send it to the mayor. Today I got a message from the organization, which is fighting exclusively against the construction of the aquarium!
I translate:
“A few weeks ago, we asked you to write to Jörg Albrecht, Lord Mayor of Sinsheim, and ask him to take action against the shark tank “Shark City” (www.animal-public.de/stoppt-shark-city/).
The response was very large and we would like to thank all those who have followed this call for their time and effort.
As mayor Albrecht now announced, the construction application for the shark aquarium is currently not approved. In an interview, Albrecht stated that the project would not be in line with the valid development plan, a special area would have to be designated for the construction. Local politicians have to decide about the project-related development plan.
Investors do not have a right to a positive decision. This seems to have settled the plan to start construction of “Shark City” in May….”
This is a clear sign for me, that we can achieve better results for the rights of the animals by making animal protection a political issue and putting pressure on politicians.
Posted on February 22, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Aerial view of the recently land clearing by PT. Agra Bumi Niaga. Peunaron Village. East Aceh, Indonesia. 13/01/2017 Latitude: 4° 34′ 1.062″ N Longitude: 97° 41′ 11.73″ E
Mark,
A new report is shining a spotlight on some of the most ruthless destruction of elephant habitat we’ve ever seen. And the massive forest clearance is linked to the suppliers of snack foods sold by companies like PepsiCo across the world.
A field investigation by our partners at Rainforest Action Network uncovered the devastating clearance of already endangered forests in the Leuser Ecosystem. The only place on earth where elephants, tigers, orangutans and rhinos live in the same forest, Leuser is considered one of the world’s top priority conservation areas. It’s also the source of drinking water and livelihoods for millions of people in the Indonesian province of Aceh.
But Leuser’s critical importance is apparently of no concern to rogue palm oil producer PT. ABN. The company has been illegally — and rapidly — turning lowland forests into palm oil plantations despite being ordered out by the Indonesian government. So who has been buying PT. ABN’s conflict palm oil? Wilmar palm oil refineries, supplier of brands like PepsiCo, McDonald’s, and Nestlé.
We can’t let mega-corporations like PepsiCo, Nestle, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, and McDonald’s sweep the destruction of this priceless ecosystem under the rug.
Posted on February 22, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
LOZNICA: ENTERING THE DOORS OF HELL AGAIN A DOG… A HEART BEAT AT OUR FEET
The hardest and most painful thing for any rescuer is to leave a dog pound with saved dogs and look into the eyes of the ones who are left behind.
They know. They know their fate. Their end is coming… Your heart aches, you can’t stop dreaming about them during night, you can’t sleep, flashes come into your mind of their imploring eyes, paws on your legs, and then immense sadness when the pound door is closed and you leave….
We can’t forget so many babies and we are begging you for your help again: we want to save more lives. The dog too scared to move for fear of being beaten, the little dog brushing round our ankles just desperately trying to get us to notice her.
So many precious beating hearts begging to be noticed and taken out. Almost as if they’re promising us they will be “such a good dog if we rescue them”. A silent promise.
We really are their last hope on Friday.
We will re-visit this living hell to save more gentle dogs.
THIS REALLY WILL BE OUR LAST RESCUE FOR SOME TIME until we can home some dogs.
Those left unsaved will spend their last moments on earth terrified and often in agonizing pain. Euthanasia if conducted, is not conducted in a civilized way – but by the cheapest means possible which involves immense brutality.
These sweet lives can’t cry for help, but we can. And we have to! Only their eyes tell us their pain and need. Give them this final chance of life! Help us free the prisoners of one of the worst Serbian dog pound we have ever seen. ONLY YOU CAN HELP US TO DO THIS
Posted on February 22, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Garden Bros. Circus, featuring an elephant act by Carson & Barnes Circus, is on tour in the South this month, and we need to tell venues that plan to host the show why that’s the worst idea ever:
Carson & Barnes’ head trainer was caught attacking and electro-shocking elephants as they screamed in pain.
A whistleblower reported that Zachary Garden, the manager of Garden Bros., beat animals regularly and denied them food and adequate veterinary care.
He reportedly struck a zebra with a 3-foot-long stick “with such force that the zebra fell to his front knees and then fell over sideways.”
Posted on February 21, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
WARNING – EXTREME ANIMAL SUFFERING IN VIDEO.
The latest breaking eyewitness investigation, released by PETA India and Anonymous for Animal Rights, of major chicken farms that raise and slaughter chickens for their eggs and meat, found widespread, rampant cruelty to chicks.
As you can see in this shocking video footage, it is clear that the egg and meat industries are focused on maximising profits at the chicks’ expense and that they consider living, feeling, thinking birds to be mere commodities. From problems in incubators that cause organ deformities to invasive methods of sex determination and using burning-hot blades to de beak them, the lives of newly hatched chicks are filled with agony and end in a premature death – suffocated, burned, ground up alive, or drowned. These sensitive baby birds are treated like trash – literally. Some are even tossed, live, into waste bins to die.
Baby chicks need your help.
The best thing that you can do for baby chicks is to refuse to eat eggs and chicken meat. By reducing that demand, we can spare them this horrific suffering.
Posted on February 21, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear Mark,
I am following up on an email I sent you recently, about a crisis in Mongolia.
After an unprecedented winter last year, animals continue to struggle as this year winter arrived two months earlier than expected.
Right now animals are not only suffering to withstand temperatures much colder than usual, but they are having trouble breaking through the snow to find food, and are starving.
Now that we are in February, temperatures are brutal and these animals need us now more than ever.
World Animal Protection is on the ground providing aid and nutrients to the households that own these animals, but we need help. I’m afraid time is running out for these poor animals.
Please considering donating a gift to help the animals of Mongolia, and others around the world, who desperately need our help. Thank you for caring, and for being a friend to animals when they need you most.
