Posted on October 12, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Photo – Peta
Please support PETA with this very important campaign – China again !!
PETA visited angora farms in China that were deemed “humane” by third-party auditors, and we confirmed with our own eyes that live rabbits’ fur is ripped out of their skin and they’re forced to live in horrendous conditions, despite assurances to the contrary.
On these farms, most rabbits were suffering from a severe skin irritation, and in many cases the animals weren’t offered any treatment for serious and chronic infections, sores, malnutrition, and respiratory distress.
Some rabbits were so sick and weak that they were lying in their own waste, motionless or panting. This is yet another example showing that the auditing system is a farce that protects suppliers and retailers rather than animals, regardless of “standards” that might be in place.
There is no way to mass-produce angora humanely. Because of the cruelty involved, more than 110 top retailers have banned angora, including Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Ann Inc., H&M, and Inditex.
Yet Free People, which is owned by Urban Outfitters, continues to sell cruel angora wool.
Video – you have to sign in to view:
The Video That Started It All
They were the screams heard around the world. Undercover footage shot by PETA Asia revealed extreme yet routine cruelty to angora rabbits, whose long, soft fur is often used in sweaters and accessories. See the footage for yourself: Link above.
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Posted on October 9, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Name: Susanne Heitz
Message: Dear Animals Voice-Team, would you be so kind to share/spread support this petition to Romanias President Klaus Iohannis.
It ends end of Oktober!!
Thank you very very much
In this group you will find the german original as well as an english, romanian and french translation:
Best regards Susanne Heitz
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Posted on September 23, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Petitions and More, Sept. 22
http://www.cyberacteurs.org/cyberactions/liberte-armand-marozafy-1019.html Madagaskar. Please use (Google) translate and protest: Armand Marozafy, eco-tourist guide and environmental activist is convicted of defamation by a court in Maroantsetra
http://chn.ge/1iJ0Hvy Mr. Yehuda Moradi, Deputy Mayor of Eilat, put an end to the live Animal shipments that come into Israel through the city of Eilat
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Posted on September 22, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
This weekend, up to 80 innocent dolphins were violently chased into the killing cove in Taiji. They were trapped, exhausted and starving. For two whole days dolphin trainers entered the cove and cruelly tore between 46-50 members of the terrified dolphin family out of the wild. They were taken to a holding facility called Dolphin Base, where they are being monitored for severe shock and fatigue.
Soon, these traumatised dolphins will be loaded into crates and shipped around the world to spend the rest of their lives in tiny, concrete tanks.
The tragic events of this weekend were a stark reminder of the appalling role dolphin trainers play in sustaining these brutal hunts. All day Saturday and Sunday, trainers got into boats and entered the cove. With pointed fingers they chose which dolphins they thought were the most ‘attractive’, condemning them to spend the rest of their lives in miserable tanks, away from their families and the ocean. They even helped the hunters trap and drag bleeding dolphins out of the sea in nets.
No doubt, many of the trainers playing God with the lives of dolphins in Taiji this weekend were from IMATA – the world’s peak animal trainers’ association.
IMATA says its trainers are helping “salvage” dolphins by participating in these brutal hunts – but last weekend was further proof they are really just stealing dolphins from the wild and sustaining the cruel slaughters in Taiji.
In its Code of Ethics IMATA states all its members are “committed to exercising the highest levels of respect and humaneness for all animals”. But trainers did not show any respect or kindness towards dolphins over the weekend as they brutally tore them out of the wild. It was torture, pure and simple, and IMATA cannot continue to say one thing and do another by allowing its trainers to participate in these cruel and barbaric hunts.
Please, add your voice to the chorus of people calling for change by sending an email directly to the person in charge at President@imata.org. If you’re stuck for inspiration, have a look at AFD’s recent letter to IMATA for ideas.
And take to Twitter using the #ShameIMATA hashtag to join in the growing movement of people saying ‘enough is enough’; IMATA cannot continue to allow its members to take dolphins from the wild using some of the cruellest methods imaginable.
On the 27th of September, in just six days time, dolphin trainers from all over the world will gather in the same room at IMATA’s annual conference in the Bahamas. There has never been a better opportunity to get IMATA to change its cruel policy, which actually allows its dolphin trainers to get in the water and participate in the barbaric Taiji hunts.
Shining a light on IMATA’s terrible practices can help end their trainers’ involvement in one of the worst acts of animal cruelty in the world. And with no trainers supporting the horrific dolphin captures, these barbaric hunts will end.
We’ve seen how powerful this approach can be with the recent win against the world’s peak zoo body – which stopped Japanese aquariums buying Taiji dolphins. We know it can work.
So please, write an email to the President of IMATA, Linda Erb, at President@imata.org now.
Tell the IMATA President that it is just not acceptable for the world’s peak animal trainers’ association to condone horrendous animal cruelty. Not on a policy level, and not in the bloody waters surrounding Taiji – where so many dolphins are subject to indescribable torture.
Because no animal deserves to be ripped away from its family and home to spend life in a miserable chlorinated tank. And no baby dolphin deserves to be left behind, injured and alone, to slowly starve to death.
Don’t let them get away with it any longer. #ShameIMATA.
Action and Sample Letter
So please, write an email to the President of IMATA, Linda Erb, at President@imata.org
now.
Sample letter:
Dear President,
We learned that IMATA captured 50 dolphins in Taiji, to be sold to life in prison!
It is not acceptable for the world’s peak animal trainers’ association to condone horrendous animal cruelty. Not on a policy level, and not in the bloody waters surrounding Taiji – where so many dolphins are subject to indescribable torture.
Because no animal deserves to be ripped away from its family and home to spend life in a miserable chlorinated tank. And no baby dolphin deserves to be left behind, injured and alone, to slowly starve to death.
You will be personal responsible for that crime against nature!
Please make the right decision, the world, your family and the future will judge you!
Sincerely,
your name, country
Above – Terrified dolphins try to escape. Photo: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Above – Injured dolphin struggles to escape its captors. Photo: Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project
Above – Dolphin trainers helping to take two dolphins out of the wild. Photo: Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project
Urgent: Demand California Coastal Commission to Stop SeaWorld’s New Plans to Keep Orcas in tanks!
Petition Link:
Sea World has submitted an application to the California Coastal Commission to build new tanks. ….. …. ….
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Posted on September 18, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
12.08.2015 German authorities take action based on our complaint about Hefter
On May 1st a team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation was in Poland and observed a livestock truck from the German company “Hefter”, loaded with young Lithuanian calves. The truck was parked at the WIMA control post where the driver was supposed to unload, rest and feed the young animals properly.
Instead he left the animals on board for over 9 hours and then just continued on the journey. The animals were never unloaded or fed.
We alerted the NVWA in the Netherlands. They were terrific and sent out a team to stop this truck should it enter the Netherlands. In the end the truck went to Belgium. EonA and AWF sent a complaint and request for investigation into the matter to the Belgian authorities and the German authorities from the region where Hefter is registered. Today we received news from the German Ministry that they were in contact with the Belgian, Lithuanian and Polish authorities based on our complaint and after checking the navigation print-outs confirmed that the animals were not unloaded as legally required. They have thanked us for our tip and are taking action against Hefter.
Pet Dogs to be “Clubbed to Death”
In Jinan, China, the small Dayang New District has recently outlawed dogs as animal companions. Citing complaints from residents, the government posted a notice that all families must, “Deal with it on your own, or else the committee will organizes people to enter your home and club the dog to death right there.”
Obviously, this is outrageous.
The Chinese government, however, is no stranger to the mass killings of dogs. Such measures have been previously ordered to eliminate stray dog populations, often stemming from the fear of rabies.
This latest atrocity, however, targets both stray and companion dogs, vaccinated and unvaccinated. It appears to be the knee-jerk reaction to complaints regarding dog feces throughout the area. One “unidentified worker” with the District stated, “Dogs are always defecating all over the place and bothering people. A lot of people were complaining so we wrote a public notice to avoid a conflict.”
It’s amazing that the apparent solution is killing, not starting a “pick up dog poop” policy. Please speak up for these dogs today!
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Posted on September 16, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Targets: BLM Director Neil Kornze and Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall
Goal:
Stop the unnecessary suffering and death of America’s wild horses.
A group of over 200 wild horses west of Las Vegas were found to be enduring starvation conditions on and around federal land, and 28 have since died at human hands. When the BLM found the emaciated mustangs, who were in their charge, they opted to kill a score of the exhausted and hungry creatures. We need to pool our voices in demanding a federal investigation regarding the decision-making process responsible for the death of these majestic animals and the conditions under which they came to be starving in the first place.
The herd was found some 30 miles west of Las Vegas near the BLM-administered Red Rock Canyon National Park. The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for administering the land as well as “protect[ing] and manag[ing] wild horses and burros,” according to the BLM’s own website. The New York Times reported that the BLM justified their decision on the grounds that the horses had apparently been reduced to eating “desert shrubs” with “little or no nutritional value” after being forced to travel “10 or more miles” to find any sustenance because of “extreme drought and lack of forage.” As a result, 28 of the equestrian climate refugees were so close to starvation by the time the BLM happened upon them that BLM officials saw fit to “euthanize” them.
When the BLM’s response to starving horses is lethal, there is cause for rigorous investigation and firm reaction. We are observing a gross mismanagement of one of our most treasured domestic wildlife populations either 1) directly through BLM neglect and misconduct, or 2) through allowing climate change to proceed in such an unfettered fashion that ending dozens of innocent lives was in fact the least of all evils. It is imperative that the Department of the Interior, the BLM’s parent agency, conduct a thorough investigation into the matter and make swift, sweeping changes to BLM practices in order to protect and manage wild horses and their habitats.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Director Kornze and Deputy Inspector General Kendall,
This September, over 200 wild horses on and around federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management were found to be starving to death, due to drought and depletion of foraging stocks. Agents of the Bureau of Land Management went on to kill 28 of these wild horses that the Bureau has a duty to protect and manage.
In light of this recent, unnecessary loss of American national treasures at the hands of Bureau of Labor Management agents, it is undeniably your duty to promptly pursue a thorough investigation into the cause of this tragedy so that similar events can be prevented in the future. I urge you to carry out that duty.
Further, if the investigation concludes that Bureau of Land Management officials had the means to prevent the conditions that led to the killings, or that the horses could have been saved by any reasonable means despite the condition they were found in, I demand swift recourse for responsible officials and the implementation of prevention strategies.
Sincerely, [Your Name Here]
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Posted on September 12, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Photo – HSI.
End the Transport of Canadian Animal Hunting ‘Trophies’
Protect wildlife!
British Columbia is one of the last refuges of the grizzly bear, yet the province still allows a Limited Entry Hunt for grizzly bear trophy hunters twice a year.
To make things worse, Air Canada and WestJet continue to allow the transport of Canadian animal ‘trophies’, such as black bears, grizzly bears, polar bears and wolves, despite banning the transport of big game out of Africa.
Join us in urging Air Canada CEO, Calin Rovinescu and WestJet CEO, Gregg Saretsky to take a stand against this brutal and inhumane ‘sport’ in their own backyard by refusing to transport grizzly, black bears, and wolves from their natural habitat.
Please sign and share this message to help #BanTheTrophy hunt, one step at a time.
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