Serbia: New Video Footage of Stray Dog Capture at Zajecar City. Sample letter Provided – Please Copy and Send.

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

The following footage was filmed in Zajecar city. Throughout Serbia, the authorities violate both animal and human rights by undertaking the killing of animals in this way.

Please write to the authorities of Serbia and insist  that  both your human rights and the rights of the animals are respected. A sample letter is shown below, complete with e-mail addresses to which the letter can be sent.

Thank You so very much  on behalf of poor animals in Serbia;

Sincerely – EPAR

Video footage can be seen via the following link: 

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1588819992773

 

BLOCK  E-mail contact details for the sample letter are as follows:

To: kancelarijan@narodnakancelarija.rs ; izivanovic@predsednik.rs ; jzivanovic@predsednik.rs ; kontakt.predsednik@predsednik.rs ; omr@srbija.gov.rs ; press@gov.rs ; predsednikvladesrbije@gov.rs ; kabinet.zpv@gov.rs ; kabinet.potpredsednika@gov.rs ; kabinet@merr.gov.rs ; msp@mfa.rs ; info@mod.gov.rs ; info@mup.gov.rs ; press@mfin.gov.rs ; kabinet@mpravde.gov.rs ; office@minpolj.gov.rs ; press@merr.gov.rs ; kabinet@mre.gov.rs ; mrkonjicm@mi.gov.rs ; kabinet@mduls.gov.rs ; info@mduls.gov.rs ; trgovina@mtu.gov.rs ; info@nauka.gov.rs ; kabinet@mp.gov.rs ; office@mos.gov.rs ; kabinet@mtid.gov.rs ; ministar@minrzs.gov.rs ; pr_sluzba@minrzs.gov.rs ; info@ekoplan.gov.rs ; kabinet@kultura.gov.rs ; kabinet@kim.gov.rs ; kabinet.mv@mv.gov.rs ; info@mzd.gov.rs ; kabinet@ljudskaprava.gov.rs ; pr@ljudskaprava.gov.rs ; kabinet@mbp.gov.rs ; kancelarija@kornrp.gov.rs ; epar@yunord.net ; arka@eunet.rs ; contact@epar.org.yu ; contact@epar.org.rs

***  Sample letter  ******  Sample letter  ***

Honorable Officials:
Dear Sir/Madam,
 
I am outraged and very saddened to see the many cruelties and abuses against stray animals throughout Serbia. My respect for your country has greatly diminished because of your cruel and inhumane treatment of the all too many strays in your country.

I am disgusted by your lack of compassion and disregard for the lives of the animals in your country.  I know there are many caring, good and sensitive people who love animals living in Serbia, but the fact that authorities are still committing mass killings of strays makes me very angry. 

Please STOP killing of the innocent stray dogs in the Nis, Zajecar and throughout other cities in Serbia; and take positive action to reduce stray annual numbers in your country through a ‘No Kill’, vaccination, sterilisation and microchip program.

In addition, rather than wasting taxpayers money on the continually killing animals, why not invest it in a program to educate the public and informing them that the sterilisation of their own pet animals is necessary if the stray animals numbers population is to ever be reduced. The public cannot continue to allow their own un-sterilised pets to turned out of their homes each day, wandering the streets and mating with any stray animals that they encounter.   This does nothing overall to reduce animal population numbers; in fact it does the exact opposite, contributing to an increase in stray animal numbers.

The video footage which I have recently seen regarding stray dogs in Zajecar city, is not based on any existing Serbian Animal Welfare legislation. Dogs are simply caught and treated in the most inhumane ways possible. They’re captured at random, stuffed together into tiny cages, forced to sleep in their own faeces and suffer terribly as an immediate result of your action.

The hellholes which you call an animal ‘shelter’ are anything but a shelter – they are simply places of death; killing houses. You are doing nothing to implement existing Serbian animal welfare legislation, and because of this you should be ashamed.

The Constitutional Court of Serbia says that the killing of stray dogs and cats in Serbia is forbidden from 02/10/05.  Authorities which still kill animals rather than provide them with care are working in direct opposition to the existing laws of Serbia regarding animal welfare. Public firms responsible for stray animals still are still attempting to justify animal killing by working to old and outdated Pravilnik legislation rather than Article 46 (168) of the new Serbian Veterinary law. As a result of this, the public firms who collect and still continue to kill strays are undertaking illegal work.

As you appear to support illegal activities which non-compliant with existing Serbian legislation, I am left with no alternative but to inform everyone in my power of the illegal actions you are taking against stray animals. This will include writing to politicians in my own country as well as providing information to the Enlargement Commission of the European Union. There is no excuse for the procedures which you are undertaking and I am determined to ensure that your actions will be fully exposed throughout the world.

You need to desperately move into the 21st-century regarding the treatment of animals, especially if you have any hope of becoming a future member state of the European Union. Compliance with the law is a fundamental requirement which is to be proven by new states seeking EU membership. As I have shown above, you are not complying with the law of your country; you are undertaking illegal activities. This needs to be, and will be, presented to the EU.

You have a fundamental duty to prove that you are complying with your own national legislation regarding animal welfare. At the moment, you seem to be failing dramatically in this. I ask you to treat all animals within Serbia correctly and with compassion. Now is the time for change as the whole world is watching you and is continually being updated on your illegal activities.

‘No kill’ sterilisation, vaccination, micro-chipping and identification is the only way forward to effectively reduce stray animal numbers throughout all towns and cities in Serbia. Until you undertake this action, you are wasting valuable taxpayers money by pouring it into a bottomless barrel. This is not acceptable.

Name:

Nationality:

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India: Baby Elephant Calf Killed by Mob Whilst Armed Guards Look On – Disgusting ! – Video and Petition.

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

VIDEO
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/baby-elephant-killed-with-spears-on-camera/172066?cp

PETITION:

Justice for Baby Elephant Tortured to Death as Police Watch

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/276/justice-for-baby-elephant-tortured-to-death-as-police-watch/

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Serbia: Please Consider Making a Donation to Help Stray Animals Living at EPAR Shelter This Winter.

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Please have a look at the photographs in the following links, which are all taken at EPAR shelter, Subotica, Serbia. 

EPAR shelter is run by our good friend Slavica, a lady who dedicates her entire life to helping all stray animals as well as fighting through legal routes for the enforcement and implementation of existing stray animal legislation by the Serbian authorities:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/serbia-latest-pictures-from-epar-shelter-subotica/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/serbia-june-2010-new-pictures-of-the-rescued-stray-dogs-at-epar-shelter/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/serbia-more-photographs-from-epar-shelter-subotica/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/serbia-new-photographs-from-epar-shelter/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/serbia-january-2009-pictures-from-slavica-at-epar-shelter/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/serbia-epar-shelter-saves-klementina-the-pigs-bacon/

As we are rapidly approaching winter now the animals at EPAR shelter need as much help as they can be provided with.   There are nearly always around 1,000 stray dogs being cared for at EPAR shelter.

This is an appeal to ask if you would consider making a donation for the animals at the shelter. Even a small donation will provide a few feeding bowls, allow the purchase of some wood or cement for building improvements, or help with the purchase of straw bales which are very much needed to provide warmth of the animals in the coming months.

One of the best and cheapest ways to internationally donate money to EPAR shelter is by using Western Union.  Transfer costs vary and are calculated depending on the amount of the donation – you only pay more in the form of a transfer cost if you donate larger quantities. 

In most countries donations can be done on line, by telephone, or visiting a local agent. 

Please look at the Western Union web site for further info:

http://www.westernunion.com/info/selectCountry.asp

Direct donations can be made to the EPAR account in Hungary, which should be used in preference to Serbian accounts:

OTP Bank

Szeged

Klauzal ter,5

Hungary,EU

Account number : 11775355-37518886

Account name : MAZAK-BESLIC JANOS

Address : Subotica 24000,Matka Vukovica, 9

IBAN : HU31117753553751888600000000

Swift : OTP VHUHB

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Donating to the Hungarian account is best, because the tax for money transfer is  very low and it avoids the payment of tax to Serbian authorities who have done nothing for stray dogs and cats, but who immediately ask high taxes for any donation given.

Please consider making a donation to help the animals at EPAR shelter this winter.

 Thank you – SAV.

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Have a Cruelty Free One !!

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

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Happy Halloween from SAV !

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EU: Excellent News for Seals – European Judge Marc Jaeger has Refused to Suspend a Ban on the Import of Seal Products in Europe – Read More …

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

European Judge Marc Jaeger has refused to suspend a ban on the import of seal products in Europe, a move that will save the lives of hundreds of thousands of harp seals, sparing them from the brutal clubs of Canadian sealers.

 The European Union’s decision to ban such imports prompted Canada to mount an expensive legal challenge using indigenous Inuit groups from Canada and Greenland as their pawns in a move to elicit sympathy for the commercial hunt, which is really a slaughter and has absolutely nothing to do with Inuit traditional hunting.

Judge Marc Jaeger rejected the argument made by the Inuits that the embargo on seal products would cause severe financial damage and raise the risk of suicide among youths in their communities. The ban in question took partial effect on August 20, 2010, and included a temporary exemption for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, a native Canadian group, and 15 other plaintiffs who sought a freeze until Europe’s top court makes a final ruling. But Jaeger rejected the request, making it a total ban until the European Court of Justice decides on the legality of the prohibition.

The European ban included an exemption for seal products derived from hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit and indigenous communities for subsistence. The Inuit kill some 10,000 adult seals annually whereas the commercial hunt slaughters 325,000 juvenile seals. In other words the Inuit have no argument to say that they are being economically disadvantaged. They are in effect acting as Canadian government puppets when they argue for the lifting of the commercial ban on the hundreds of thousands of juveniles.  They are simply using their status as indigenous people to elicit sympathy from the European courts and as a justification for the continued slaughter of juvenile seals by non-indigenous peoples.

Despite the exemption, Inuits argued to the court that they were affected because the EU ban diminishes the market for the product. Judge Jaeger was not swayed. This is great news, especially as it is well known that the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans has a history of justifying the commercial hunt by linking it to traditional aboriginal hunts.  According to Judge Jaeger “The plaintiffs presented no concrete indication that would justify their fears in this regard,” the judge wrote in his October 25 decision issued in French. His decision can be appealed.

In Brussels, the European Commission said the legislation will now apply “to all, fully and without restriction.” The EU executive said the plaintiffs’ case was “misguided and clearly inadmissible.”  Meanwhile, the Lawyer for the Canadian Inuit sealers responded by saying, “I can only regret this order. All I can say is that the battle continues.”

The European Parliament endorsed the ban last year after public outcry over Canada’s annual commercial seal hunt. “We appreciate and respect the wisdom of Judge Jaeger,’ said Captain Paul Watson. “He clearly saw through the deceptive charade, and now the Northern Inuit have lost ground with respect to their own seal hunt because they have chosen to support the obscenity of the East coast seal massacre.”

Native groups, hunters and fur companies from Canada, Greenland, and Norway are among 16 plaintiffs contesting the European regulation, saying it is unfair and discriminatory. “The people of Europe have a right to legislate against the destruction of the seals and to oppose the horrific cruelty of this annual massacre of innocent and biologically valuable creatures.”  Said Captain Paul Watson

Canada and Norway have asked for consultations at the World Trade Organization in an effort to resolve the dispute. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has described the ban as “completely unfair” and “flagrant discrimination” against Canadian sealers who have been following established rules of animal husbandry.

Canada argues that some 5.6 million harp seals were in Canadian waters in 2009 compared to two million in the early 1970s. However the estimated population of seals off the Eastern seaboard of Canada and the United States was around 45 million at the time of the European invasion in the early 16th Century.

Seal populations are now about 10% of their original numbers.

source of info:

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-101028-3.html

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Europe (EU): November Conference to Examine Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing.

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

Conference to examine alternative approaches to animal testing

The promotion of alternative approaches to animal testing is a major issue in EU policy. Animal welfare is a value stated in the Lisbon Treaty, and strongly reflected in EU law.

As part of the policy on the promotion of alternative approaches, the European Commission Services and seven (7) sectors of the industry have created a partnership that is committed to pooling resources and expertise to promote alternative approaches in regulatory testing.

The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing, the EPAA, will dedicate its 2010 Conference on 30 November to ” The Unveiled Potential of Reduction and Refinement Strategies” (2Rs).

Whilst Replacement remains a main objective in EU policy, Reduction and Refinement strategies today already allow for the significant reduction of the suffering of animals and of the numbers of animals used in testing.

The Conference will present proposals for action on the 2Rs. Statements will be made by Commissioners Antonio Tajani, John Dalli and Janez Potocnik, highlighting the evolving regulatory landscape and its implication for the promotion of alternative approaches.

For further information, including a link to the registration form, please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/epaa/index_en.htm

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USA: Michigan Momma Bear on Death Row – PLEASE SIGN Petitions !!!!!

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

http://spendeursauvage.over-blog.com/ext/http://www.change.org/petitions/view/urgent_-_please_help_save_mother_bear_in_petoskey_mi

http://spendeursauvage.over-blog.com/article-urgent-ne-laissez-pas-abattre-cette-ourse-pour-avoir-defendu-ses-petits-59832327.html

Targeting:

Jennifer M. Granholm (Governor of Michigan), Rebecca A. Humphries (MDNRE Director), and Russ Mason (MDNRE Wildlife Division Chief )

Started by: Italia Millan

On Oct. 9 a deer hunter in Emmet Co, MI had an encounter with a mother bear and her cubs. According to a MDNRE press release , the bears were probably lured by the fried food scents on the hunter’s clothing (he had been at a family party previously).

The hunter said at first the two cubs climbed up the tree-stand ladder, and when he shouted at them, they dropped to the ground. A third cub then climbed the tree, and he punched and elbowed the cub until it fell from the tree.

Then the mama bear, who obviously perceived the hunter as a threat to her cubs, climbed up the tree and bit the hunter in the leg. He was treated in the hospital and released. The MDNRE says that black bears are shy by nature, and have a fear of humans.

However, “A sow will do whatever it takes to protect her cubs if she perceives a threat. In this case, the hunter was not threatening the cubs, but the sow apparently thought he was, and she attacked him.” said DNRE Wildlife Chief Russ Mason. Now, the MDNRE has decided to trap and kill the mother bear, and orphan her cubs.

Please don’t allow this injustice to happen! It’s unfortunate that the hunter got bit on the leg; although, some risks have to be expected when hunting in a rural area where bears are present, alone, smelling like fried food, with no scare off devices or anything else to protect himself from the wild.

Are we now going to kill animals for doing what animals do – especially a mother bear for defending her cubs, like any mother would?

As Mary Dettloff, MDNRE public information officer, said to the Petoskey News: “The situation may just resolve itself once (the bear) is in hibernation (from November to early spring), it’s not a threat to anyone.”

Please take action by sending a polite comment to Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and the MDNRE Wildlife Chief Russ Mason, asking them to allow this mother bear to live. Also, ask them to enforce rules so humans don’t attract bears and other wildlife (with garbage, mainly) to avoid future encounters that could result in an accident. You can also call Governor Granholm at 517-335-7858 or 517-373-3400 and Chief Mason at 517-335-4085 to express your request.

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