European Union (EU): Stray Dog Situation Debated in European Parliament. Hopefully; EU Wide Legislation to Come and Destroy the Stray Animal ‘Mafia’ Business That Currently Exists.

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Datum:   30.04.2012
Betreff: Stray dog situation debated in European Parliament
 
Dear all,
 
On April 24, in the European Parliament, discussions were held on animal cruelty in some Member States focused on the situation of stray dogs.
 
The meeting also included a project containing a set of recommendations of the Committee on petitions to the Commission of Agriculture of the European Parliament recommending the inclusion in the European Union’s strategic plan for the protection and welfare of animals more points that were highlighted often in petitions and complaints: stray animals, farm animals (transport to slaughterhouses and killing without stunning), corrida, zoo, restrictions on experiments on primates, introduction of alternative methods that do not use animals in experiments. Rapporteur on the project was a Romanian MEP, Victor Bostinaru.
 
In the meeting was presented five PETITIONS related to animal protection, adopted to be debated by the Committee on Petitions.
One petition was of Kendra Pinder, UK, where it was talking about the brutal treatment of animals in Romania, about the killing of 230 dogs in Botosani and the case of wild horses from Letea as well as the illegal expenditure of public funds. Committee requested evidence of the statements so together with a colleague I prepared and submitted a comprehensive report accompanied by material evidence of the fact that budgets for management by some of the mayors are actually spent on private interests, and photo materials and video of the atrocities in shelters, circuses, animal exhibitions; I also sent a material developed for this purpose by Vier Pfoten on Letea case.

Another petition was to Rumi Becker, Arzte fur Tiere eV, Germany, collecting 157,000 signatures and seeking to establish a legal framework for protection of stray animals in the EU.
Both petitions were presented by Hans Richter, representative of Arzte fur Tiere eV who also presented the photo materials, which had a major impact on the audience.
 
 
With regards at photo material the Romanian MEP, Victor Bostinaru said that “it is hard to control your emotions when looking at these pictures, it’s carnage, you only can revolt. My country has been mentioned repeatedly here, but the European Commission says it can not act. Romania is a country that systematically fails to protect the animals?
 
All those present advertising need the involvement of European Commission in the implementation of the EU legislative framework for managing stray animals but the European Commission representative said that although they every day receive letters on mistreatment of stray animals and that although he is shocked by the images presented, “the problem is not of European Parliament but of the Member States “,” we don?t have a legal context in which we can act”.
 
The German MEP, Mr. Jahr, said that “it is fair the EU not only to say that there is a problem but also to deal with it. Not to say the Member States must deal with it because it is their problem. It does not work. Member States do not want the European Parliament to be involved. Can indeed each Member State do what it wants, I would ask the European Commission? The public no longer tolerate this cruel situation”.
 
Romanian MEP Elena Basescu (daughter of Romanian president, whose party, PDL, lead a campaign for killing dogs): “the images are really horrible but as terrible images were as with the child from Suceava killed by dogs. Don?t misunderstand me, I?m animal lover, but the dogs kill people. I guarantee that local authorities in Romania do everything to respect the existing legislation. My opinion is that this problem is a national competence and not in EU competence”.
 
 
Note that her speech, besides being perfidious or untrue, came out as the only contrary to all statements made; also she confirmed that the Romanian authorities do not want an EU involvement, in order to to continue this mega-bussiness
 
Representative of the two petitions, Hans Richter: “The EU is obliged to act when Member States do not act properly. Also noted that sterilization involves much lower costs than other methods, and sterilization is only effective as shown in this diagram “- reffering the diagram developed by Robert Smith, UK, at reducing canine population, sterilization comparing with euthanasia, incarceration.
 
 
President of the Committee, Mrs. Mazzoni, decided that petitions remain open which means they remain in Parliament attention.
 
I personally think these debates, extremely important also by the fact that we learned that the governments of Member States do not want EU involvement in managing dogs – illogical at first view considering that it involves the allocation of EU funds for management. The reason is very obvious that the Member States do not want involvement of EU, for this reason: because the governments don?t want to solve the problem that meant the closure of stray dogs businesses.
 
We however hope that over the interests of member authorities, staying open petitions, protests by the European Parliament (to be mentioned that are increasingly more and more) interventions of politician supporters and NGO interventions, to tilt the balance towards the introduction of an explicit management policies imposed in all Member States of EU.
 
 
All the best
Carmen ARSENE
 

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Visitor Poll – Are We Showing Too Much Bad Footage or Do We Have The Right Approach ? – Please Vote In Our Quick Poll.

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

The aim of SAV has always been one of telling the realities and showing the realities of global animal abuse issues.

We have a policy of not holding back – we only want to show and tell the truth; regardless of how bad the truth is.

But what do you think – are we showing too much in the way of bad photos ?

Please take part in our short and simple poll – we will consider the results and possibly change our approach if needed.

To take part in the poll, please vote via the following:

Thanks – SAV

 

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England: More Pig Abuse – New Undercover Investigation Reveals Shocking Brutality at East Anglian Pig Co.

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Please click on this link to see the video footage and photo stills from the investigation:

WARNING  – EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY SHOWN.

http://animalequality.net/news/383/new-undercover-investigation-reveals-shocking-brutality-east-anglian-pig-co

New undercover investigation reveals shocking brutality at East Anglian Pig Co.
Undercover investigation reveals shocking brutality 
exposing leading supermarket supplier in the UK
 
A new Animal Equality undercover investigation exposes the British Pig Industry again, revealing shocking brutality 
at East Anglian Pig Company (EAP), which is the third largest pork producer and leading supermarket supplier in the UK.

An undercover investigator worked at two different sites for a total of 29 days:

Little Thorns Weaner Unit:
This is a weaner unit, with approximately 8,000 to 10,000 pigs on site. At Little Thorns, the pigs were bred outdoors in six sheds for a period of 6 to 8 weeks, before being sent to the finishing units.

Didlington, The Piggery:
This is a breeding unit, with 3,000 pigs on site and over 700 female pigs. The pigs are raised outdoors, and fattened indoors. Over 300 pigs are sent to the slaughterhouse from this facility each week.

Animal Equality proves once again that, regardless of whether a farm is labeled as being ‘higher welfare’, ‘Quality Assured’ or monitored by the RSPCA, there exists pain, suffering and exploitation on a huge scale.

Animal Equality’s investigation has received statements of support from leading international experts, including a renowned British veterinarian, Professors and animal behaviourists.

Sickly piglets were killed by blunt force trauma. These animals were grasped by their hind limbs and brutally whipped head-first multiple times against a hard surface. In some instances, whereby the animals did not die following the blunt force head trauma, a worker tried to suffocate the piglets by placing his hand on the animal’s muzzle and then placing his foot over the throat.
 
Extreme confinement within sow stalls and farrowing crates resulted in the pigs being subject to extreme movement restrictions, as they were unable to turn around.
 
Stereotypies were readily observed. Female pigs were frequently observed bar-biting, and one pig demonstrated excessive swaying behaviour.
 
Pigs appeared to suffer significant injuries. Deep abrasions were evident on the backs of some individuals, and several piglets were lame or paraplegic, probably as a result of spinal trauma.
 
Piglets appeared to have abrasions and ulcerative lesions on their joints. Such wounds can lead to secondary infections as a result of bacterial and ammonia contamination from the environment, further perpetuating the condition.
 
Several dead piglets were present in the farrowing crates, most likely the result of crushing from the sow.
 
Piglets were beaten in the head with an iron bar, and an adult lame pig was shown with a twine muzzle over the snout. The animal was struggling and clearly suffering.
 
Several amputated tail segments were observed, most likely as a result of tail docking. Tail docking in commercial piggery units is normally performed on young piglets without the use of anesthetic and can be a highly painful procedure.
 
Workers moved adult pigs by kicking them and one female pig was repeatedly slapped and punched across her sensitive muzzle and head.
 
Weaners were thrown aggressively around by their fragile limbs.
 
A worker grabbed an adult pig by his tail for restraint whilst cutting and hacking the caudal thigh. The animal was not afforded any sedation or anesthesia.

INVOLVED SUPERMARKETS AND BRANDS
• The East Anglian Pig Company is owned by Cranswick Plc – a leading UK food supplier that manufactures and supplies products to the food service sector, food producers and grocery retailers within the UK, such as

Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, The Cooperative Food, Waitrose and ASDA.

• The company produces a range of products, its brands include Jamie Oliver, Weight Watchers, Richard Woodall, The Black Farmer, Red Lion Foods, Reggae Reggae, Simply Sausages and Yorkshire Baker.
• Cranswick Pork is also used to make famous dishes served in McDonald’s such as the Sausage & Egg McMuffin. Cranswick had been named supplier of the year at the OSI McDonald’s Awards on 4th April 2011.
 
Source:
Please visit: http://www.britishporkindustry.co.uk/

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England: Update – ‘Animal Aid’ Cruelty Case Gets 2 Slaughterhouse Workers Jailed – And the Very People (Government) Who Should Have Prosecuted, Refused to Do So. Shame on the Conservative Government Yet Again.

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

There has been some positive news today regarding pig abusers at a slaughterhouse who were caught on undercover filming.

Our previous post (July 2011) on this issue:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/uk-england-horrific-scenes-of-animal-cruelty-against-pigs-facing-slaughter-have-been-captured-by-animal-rights-activists-the-uk-government-fails-to-act/

Source: Animal Aid – http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_slaughter//2688//

Cheale Meats animal abusers sentenced
Posted 25 April 2012

Today, two former Cheale Meats slaughterhouse employees received jail sentences after pleading guilty to offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The men had been caught on covert cameras placed by Animal Aid in March and April last year.

Last week, Piotr Andrzej Wasiuta from Southend admitted three charges relating to stubbing cigarettes out on the faces of pigs, while his colleague Kelly Smith from Benfleet admitted two counts relating to beating the animals with excessive force and frequency. Wasiuta was jailed for six weeks, and Smith for four weeks. Their prison terms were reduced from nine to seven weeks, respectively, because they had pleaded guilty to the charges. It is understood that both intend to appeal their sentences.

The prosecutor described how one pig was hit more than 30 times in 62 seconds, including around the head. That both men were in positions of responsibility and both used weapons were aggravating factors.

The cruelty caused public outrage when the footage was broadcast on national news last year. Despite the clear abuse of animals, Defra, the government department which had responsibility for bringing a prosecution, refused to do so, stating erroneously that the footage would not be admissible in court. The bench at Westminster Magistrates Court was last week shown the footage. Animal Aid has long believed that the decision not to prosecute was politically motivated. In September, Defra’s responsibility for prosecuting was removed and given instead to the Crown Prosecution Service, which brought this case.

Says Animal Aid’s Head of Campaigns, Kate Fowler:

‘We are satisfied that Wasiuta and Smith have now been brought to justice. Their acts of cruelty were inexcusable and caused untold suffering to animals who were already scared and vulnerable. However, many other slaughterhouse workers, who also caused serious and deliberate suffering to animals, have escaped justice because this government refused to act. We are now calling on the Food Standards Agency to look again at two other cases to see whether charges may be brought under the Animal Welfare Act.
‘Our detailed investigations have found illegality in eight of the nine slaughterhouses we visited, despite government-appointed vets being present in all of them. The current regulatory system does not work. It does not catch those who abuse animals. But this case proves that properly placed and independently-monitored cameras do work, and we renew our call for Defra to make CCTV mandatory to catch those who abuse animals and to act as a disincentive to those who might consider it.’
Ninety-five MPs have now signed EDM 2273, which calls for mandatory CCTV in slaughterhouses.

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Jim Paice – the Uk Government Minister (Defra) who (Typically) REFUSED to Act on this issue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Further Information on the Dogs and a Message of Thanks From Jelena.

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Thank you so much for your support!

Read the right informations here

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.436755633005001.117167.151970001483567&type=1

Jelena Paunovic

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USA: (Article) – Mitch Head: The Notion of Sadism by Indifference.

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Watch the undercover footage obtained at Hy-Line via the following link – scroll to the end:
http://aella.org/2011/03/mitch-headthe-notion-of-sadism-by-indifference/ 
 
Mitch Head: The Notion of Sadism by Indifference

Well, just when you didn’t think humanity could get any more sadistic through a totally apathetic viewpoint, along comes Mitch Head defending the notion of sadism by indifference in his defense of “The hatchery”, which is owned by West Des Moines-based Hy-Line North America. It is one of many operations in Iowa , the nation’s leading egg producer.
Grinding up chicks alive.
Are we that disconnected to the life around us and within us that we will tolerate anything? Isn’t that how concentration camps were built, through indifference to sadism?

Boycotting eggs in general would be helpful. An alternative to eggs is also helpful. Griding up chicks alive, despite what Mr. Head seems to believe, is NOT humane, nor is it helpful.
“Using a grinder,” Head said, “is the most instantaneous way to euthanize chicks.”

What he really means to say is that it is the most efficient and cost-effective way to dispose of unwanted life forms. You know, somewhere in the “ballpark” in how the Nazis placed humans in gas chambers and then cremated their bodies? This was their idea of more “efficient” and “instantaneous”.

We can point to someone else who once thought as Mitch Head does. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a spokesperson for the Nazi Party, Reichsführer of the SS, a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. As overseer of the concentration camps, extermination camps, and Einsatzgruppen (literally: task forces, often used as killing squads), Himmler coordinated the killing of some six million Jews, between 200,000 and 500,000 Roma, many prisoners of war, and possibly another three to four million Poles, communists, other Germans whom the Nazis deemed unworthy to live, including homosexuals, people with physical and mental disabilities, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and members of the Confessing Church.

Himmler was also very interested in agriculture and the “back to the land” movement. He was unsuccessful as a chicken farmer, the way he had set up the concentrated feeding area for the chickens caused them all to die. This failure was the horrific blue print, years later, for the concentration camps he was a major contributor of creating. In contrast to Hitler, Himmler inspected and oversaw all concentration camps. As a result of these inspections, Himmler and the Nazis searched for a new and more expedient ways to kill, which culminated in the use of gas chambers and the ovens.

Mitch Head stating that grinding live chickens is “the most instantaneous way to euthanize chicks”, sends chills up the spine of humanity.  Indifference and selective compassion are a dangerous duo, for together, they breed excessive apathy and thus, become a gateway for the darkness to thrive. Reference the Holocaust to see how indifference and selective compassion manifests themselves. Look at any holocaust/genocide past or present, human or animal, and one can clearly see how it all begins. It starts when someone says “they are only Jews” , “they are only Native Americans”, “They are only Africans”, “They are only animals”, “they are only chicks…”

It’s a choice, everyone. We can stand by, do nothing but give into our fears, our doubts and our anger, OR we can stand up for what we believe in, we can stand with courage in our conviction that we are all connected and that all life matters.
P

eople believe that the opposite of love is hate, but that’s not true.
The opposite of love is indifference.

And indifference is the plague of a people that can no longer feel or hear its own collective heart. Once that happens we are all dancing to what is tantamount to soul genocide.

And genocide begins when a man, who is representative and spokesperson to an egg producer, publicly states that grinding chicks alive is “the most instantaneous way to euthanize chicks.”
Marla Stormwolf-Patty
Vice-president of AELLA
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WASHINGTON – An animal rights group publicized a video Tuesday showing unwanted chicks being tossed alive into a grinder at an Iowa plant and accused egg hatcheries of being “perhaps the cruellest industry” in the world.
The undercover video was shot by Chicago-based Mercy for Animals at a hatchery in Spencer , Iowa , over a two-week period in May and June. The video was first obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
“We have to ask ourselves if these were puppies and kittens being dropped into grinders, would we find that acceptable?” asked Nathan Runkle, the group’s executive director, at a news conference in Des Moines. “I don’t think that most people would.”

The group said that tossing male chicks, which have little value because they can’t lay eggs or be raised quickly enough to be raised profitably for meat, into grinders is common industry practice. United Egg Producers, a trade group for U.S. egg farmers, confirmed that.

The hatchery is owned by West Des Moines-based Hy-Line North America and is one of many operations in Iowa , the nation’s leading egg producer.

The video, shot with a hidden camera and microphone by a Mercy for Animals employee who got a job at the plant, shows a Hy-Line worker sorting through a conveyor belt of chirping chicks, flipping some of them into a chute like a poker dealer flips cards.

These chicks, which a narrator says are males, are then shown being dropped alive into a grinding machine.
In other parts of the video, a chick is shown dying on the factory floor amid a heap of egg shells after falling through a sorting machine. Another chick, also still alive, is seen lying on the floor after getting scalded by a wash cycle, according to the video narrator.

Hy-Line said the video “appears to show an inappropriate action and violation of our animal welfare policies,” referring to chicks on the factory floor.

But the company also noted that “instantaneous euthanasia” — a reference to killing of male chicks by the grinder — is a standard practice supported by the animal veterinary and scientific community.
Company spokesman Tom Jorgensen said Tuesday an investigation was continuing, and once it’s completed the company would release more information.

Runkle acknowledged that his group’s ultimate goal was to get people to stop eating eggs. He said he believe many would refuse to eat eggs if they knew what happened to male chicks.
“The egg industry is perhaps the cruelest industry on the face of the planet,” Runkle said.

Mercy for Animals also sent letters to the nation’s 50 largest grocery store chains, including Walmart, Whole Foods, Safeway, Harris Teeter and Trader Joe’s, asking them to include a label on egg cartons that says, “Warning: Male chicks are ground-up alive by the egg industry.”

A spokesman for United Egg Producers called the proposal “almost a joke.” Spokesman Mitch Head said Mercy for Animals had no credible authority, as well as questionable motives. “This is a group which espouses no egg consumption by anyone — so that is clearly their motive.”
Mercy for Animals estimated 200 million male chicks are killed a year, which the United Egg Producers also confirmed.

“There is, unfortunately, no way to breed eggs that only produce female hens,” Head said. “If someone has a need for 200 million male chicks, we’re happy to provide them to anyone who wants them. But we can find no market, no need.”

Using a grinder, Head said, “is the most instantaneous way to euthanize chicks.”
There is no federal law that ensures the humane euthanasia of animals on farms or hatcheries, according to Jonathan Lovvorn, vice president and chief counsel of the Humane Society of the United States .

The Humane Society also says that virtually all egg farms, even those that sell cage-free eggs, get their hens from hatcheries that kill their male chicks.

Hy-Line says on its Web site that its Iowa facility produces 33.4 million chicks. Based on that figure, Mercy for Animals estimates a similar number of male chicks are killed at the facility each year. Hy-Line did not comment on that estimate.

Runkle, of Mercy for Animals, said most people would be shocked to learn that 200 million chicks are killed a year.
“Is this justifiable just for cheap eggs?” he said.

As to more humane alternatives to disposing of male chicks, Runkle said the whole system is inherently flawed.
“The entire industrial hatchery system subjects these birds to stress, fear and pain from the first day,” he said.

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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Sadistic Couple Cementing Dogs Alive Into Walls ! – Please Take Actions Now and Demand These Abusers Are Punished In The Extreme.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

** FURTHER UPDATE 2030hrs GMT:  Lots of photos.

http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/79658/uhapsena-senka-saric

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UPDATE 1900hrs GMT 23/4/12.

We have just been informed that the dogs have been FREED ! – Thank you Ela.

We are now trying to get accurate information about this situation from Balkans contacts.

You can watch very recent video footage via the following link:

http://www.source.ba/clanak/855632589397/vijesti/Zbog%20ovoga%20je%20u%20Pru%C5%A1%C4%8Dakovoj%203%20napadnuta%20ekipa%20Source.ba!/?ref=ostali

Please watch this space or any new posts we will create as news updates arrive.

But it appears that the dogs are now free.

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German Site – Link and photos: 

http://www.tierarztblog.com/2012/04/22/horrorhaus-sarajevo/ 

EXTREMELY URGENT! DOGS COLLECTED/BURIED IN CEMENT ALIVE FOR SLAUGHTER!

 

PETITION:
http://deutschlandsagtnein.com/?p=1680

Vorname = First name
Nachname = Second name
Unterschreiben = Sign

Info (in german) and PHOTOS:
http://www.tierarztblog.com/2012/04/22/horrorhaus-sarajevo/

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Please send emils to:

Delegation of the European
Commission to
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Address: Dubrovačka 6
Phone: 387 33 254 700
E-mail: delegation-bih@…
Web site: http://www.europa.ba/

City Government
Address: Hamdije Kreševljakovića 3
Phone: 387 33 221 145
E-mail: info_grad@…
Web site: http://www.sarajevo.ba/

Office of the High Representative
in B&H – OHR
Address: Emerika Bluma 1
Phone: 387 33 283 500
E-mail: interviews@…
Web site: http://www.ohr.int/

Council of Ministers
Address: Trg BiH 1
Phone: 387 33 219 923
E-mail: cmpress@…
Web site: http://www.vijeceministara.gov.ba/

Government of Federation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Address: Alipašina 41
Phone: 387 33 212 986
E-mail: info@…
Web site: http://www.fbihvlada.gov.ba/

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 URGENT ACTION NEEDED!

A sadistic couple in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia is collecting dogs, cementing them while still alive into walls and slaughtering them. Neighbors have complained about the cries of the animals and the stench of the dead bodies but no authority will take action.

Jelena Paunovic is the brave woman who is taking photos, visiting the poor creatures with food, and trying to raise world-wide condemnation so something will be done. All pleas she has made to veterinarians and local authorities have fallen on deaf ears.

THESE DOGS DESPERATELY NEED HELP! THIS COUPLE NEEDS TO BE STOPPED!

If you are on Facebook, you can follow her and receive updates. The link directly below this takes you to a German story on this atrocity. I’ve provided some contacts but don’t know if they are the right ones. Please email them a note voicing your outrage!

I also need your help in locating the contacts for Sarajevo local police, the mayor and the tourist ministry. I need you all to spread the word….share, crosspost, Tweet, Facebook and let the world know these poor dogs
need help! Please post any contact info you have! Thank you

Michelle S.

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