Posted on January 14, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

ROMA VILLAGES – MEDIMURJE REGION – CROATIA
English Translation :
Jasna has asked about Mediumurje which is quite close to Varazdin.
Quote:
“Due to articles in the national and international media, TV, Radio, and newspapers there was a public outcry about the fate of these dogs. The Croatian Ministry has ordered control in these villages and These took place.
A number of dogs were confiscated and placed into the care of national animal rescue shelters, some also into ours Asyl SPAS (e.g. the Rottweiler dog Safira who was so emaciated she was taken to a vet clinic and will stay in our shelter).
The Croatian authorities are actively to change the conditions and stop animal abuses there. They promised to take care of the dogs castrations and chipping and take away any dog that is not properly treated or kept.
The Ministry confirmed it is in their interest to cooperate with the local animal rescue organisations. Something good has started and we hope it will continue.
We shall watch the situation and keep you up-to-date.
Kind regards, Jasna.” Unquote.
Message sent by :
Gabriele Fuge LESIKA – Hundehilfe Varaždin e.V.
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To: info@medjimurska-zupanija.hr ; zupan@medjimurska-zupanija.hr ; sandra.herman@medjimurska-zupanija.hr ; zoran.vidovic@medjimurska-zupanija.hr ; opcina-orehovica@ck.t-com.hr ; gradonacelnik@cakovec.hr ; mario.medved@cakovec.hr ; romano.bogdan@cakovec.hr ; vijece@cakovec.hr ; dragica.kemeter@cakovec.hr ; lidija.jaklin@cakovec.hr ; drazen.baric@cakovec.hr ; ivica.pongrac@cakovec.hr ; vesna.horvat@cakovec.hr ; ivan.zadravec@cakovec.hr ; nedelisce@nedelisce.hr ; nacelnica@pribislavec.hr ; procelnik@pribislavec.hr ; opcina.pribislavec@ck.t-com.hr ; procelnik@pribislavec.hr ; drazen.srpak@mursko-sredisce.hr ; miljenko.stefanic@mursko-sredisce.hr ; opcina-podturen@ck.t-com.hr ; josip.lepen@ck.t-com.hr ; vjenceslav.hranilovic@ck.t-com.hr ; opcina-domasinec@ck.t-com.hr ; dragutin.furdi@ck.htnet.hr ; opcina@opcina-mala-subotica.hr ; drago.branilovic@gmail.com ; procelnik@opcina-mala-subotica.hr ; mario.moharic70@gmail.com ; ivan.blazek1@gmail.com ; virgo@ck.t-com.hr
Subject:
ABUSE, TORTURE AND RAPE OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS IN MEDIMURJE COUNTY,CROATIA
To :
Chief Mayor Matija Posavec
Chief Franjo Bukal
Mayor Stjepan Kovac
Chief Darko Dania
Chief Visnja Ivacic
Mayor Drazen Srpak
Chief Josip Lepen
Chief Dragutin Lisjak
Chief Vladimir Domjanic
Chief Mario Mohari
Chief Ljubomir Grgec
SAMPLE LETTER
Dear Sir,
Facts :
In the county of Medimurje , Croatia evidence has come to light of the most heinous acts of animal cruelty being carried out by the Roma community who inhabit 12 villages within this region.
Some examples are:
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Illegal dog fighting is a daily occurrence – The authorities and Police do nothing
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Puppies and dogs being barbarically hit across heads with bricks/shovels by gypsy children and left to die – The authorities and Police do nothing
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Animals tied with rope and dragged behind bikes and cars for entertainment – The authorities and Police do nothing
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Animals regularly hung from trees and fences, laughed at as they writhe around terrified and dying – The authorities and Police do nothing
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Regular rapeing of animals is deemed normal behavior among the community, puppies daily are raped by children and young teens, larger and older dogs tied down and raped by adults – The authorities and Police do nothing
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Carcasses of animals with their genitalia sliced off, throats sliced open can be seen laying around the villages like refuse – The authorities and Police do nothing
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Animals legs tied with rope and strong, then attachd to bikes and cars dragged along in races – The authorities and Police do nothing
The news recently visited one of these villages and the reporter witnessed itself the horror of the situation. Click here to watch the report (Warning graphic and disturbing footage) For all these reasons we the undersigned demand that Chief Mayor Matija Posavec does
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To immediately stop the abuse and torture of animals within its villages by actually arresting, charging the criminals and removing the abused animals.
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To stop immediately dog fights and to arrest, charge the organisers/spectators to seize the animals used as bait and for fighting and work with local NGO’s to rehabilitate and provide veterinary care
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Order an investigation into the 12 regions under his authority and city hall officials that have deliberately disobeyed Croatian laws and failed the people they were voted in to serve.
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To investigate all claims of animal cruelty and order his police force to make arrests and charge appropriately the abusers. (If the police refuse to go into these villages then send the army)
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To collaborate , support and fund local non profit groups to benefit the animals and also the gypsy community
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To collaborate with outside agencies such as the UK charity Action Aid for Animals who are ready, willing and able to coordinate and organise sterilisation , chipping and vaccination programs along with local NGOs and rescuers and implement education programs and community initiatives for the gypsy children and youth.
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To fund and build a rescue shelter specifically for the animals within the 12 villages and to allow local NGOs to manage this with on going funding and support from local city halls.
Sincerely, Your name and nationality.
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Posted on January 5, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)



Above – The Dugong.
Stop the Planned Military Base in Okinawa.

Dear Mark,
Despite overwhelming opposition from the Okinawan people, their governor and scientists throughout the world, the Japanese and U.S. governments are moving to construct a controversial new air base in Japan’s Henoko Bay — the last refuge of the critically endangered Okinawa dugong, a distant relative of the manatee.
The Center has been fighting this project since 2003 — so stay strong with us and help save this irreplaceable “Galápagos of the East.”
The base will be built atop a coral-reef ecosystem that’s home to more than 1,000 species of fish, sea turtles and other marine life as well as dugongs.
We’re in court to stop the project, and Okinawa’s governor has rescinded a permit for the base. Yet this past month drilling surveys have proceeded on the project, even as the island’s people have been putting their bodies in the path of construction.
Please demand that President Obama and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe stop this atrocity against nature and the Okinawan people.

Please click here to take action and send a letter to President Barack Obama and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Click on this link to TAKE ACTION:

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Posted on December 11, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)


Picture – LACS.
This action is very much aimed at supporters in the UK only, as the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) are asking UK residents to mail (via their site link) the UK Home Secretary Theresa May regarding the issue of dog fighting; which still illegally goes on here.
The following is a link to the LACS site and a sample letter which you can submit once you have provided details such as your name and address.
Link to LACS letter to Theresa May:
A new report commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports shows that, despite being illegal for over 150 years there is still a dog fight going on somewhere in the UK every day.
Dog fighting is incredibly cruel. Organised dog fights can last up to five hours with horrific injuries sustained by the animals involved. Those that don’t die during the fight are often patched up using crude methods including supergluing torn ears or stapling wounds closed.
Cruel training methods involve putting a smaller ‘bait’ animal – often a cat or a rodent – just out of reach for hours whilst the dog strains against a tether. Eventually, the tether is removed and the dog set on the bait.
Dog fighting is one of the most barbaric forms of animal abuse that still takes place in the UK. It should have been confined to history alongside bear baiting and cockfighting, yet it still takes place every day.
You can make a difference by contacting the Home Secretary Theresa May asking her to take action on dog fighting.
Simply fill in your details and you will be taken through to a template letter.

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Posted on November 24, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Urgent action: ask the EU to challenge China on torture
The pressure on China is growing with more than 1,000 signatures in a few days and the UN’s Committee Against Torture due to issue its report on China very soon.
The European Union now has an opportunity to build the pressure even further by challenging China over torture at a crucial meeting on Monday.
Can you help us urge EU officials to highlight torture at the meeting? Time is short because the EU has only just confirmed that its next “EU-China Human Rights Dialogue” will take place on 30 November.
Last week China claimed to the UN that it doesn’t allow torture in Tibet – our research proves that this is far from the truth.
Unfortunately, torture hasn’t been discussed at the dialogue meetings for more than three years: the EU must confront China over torture now.
URGENT ACTION
Please send an email to the head of the European External Action Service (the EU’s “foreign ministry”) to ask her to ensure that torture is high on the agenda for the meeting on 30 November.


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Posted on November 11, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

English and Deutsch message
Sorry to be so late with this update, but we had technical problems with editing for YouTube my presentation in Strasbourg. I wanted it to play precisely and had to wait for an IT collaborator who could finalize the work according to our requirements.
Entschuldigt bitte, dass diese Zusammenfassung so spät kommt, aber wir hatten technische Probleme mit der Bearbeitung fur YouTube meines Vortrags in Strasbourg. Ich wollte eine genaue Übertragung, und wir mussten auf einen IT-Mitarbeiter warten, der das Projekt unseren Anforderungen gemäß fertig machen konnte.
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ENGLISH VERSION
Dear all,
As I had told you in my previous email, on October 8th a session dedicated to the stray dogs of Romania was held at the European Parliament, in the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals, in Strasbourg. It was the first time that they accepted that the topic of Romanian stray dogs could officially be approached in the European Parliament.
October 7th – Roundtable Meeting
On October 7th, the day before the event, a meeting in the European Parliament was organized, with the purpose of presenting a preliminary report, attended by the President of the Intergroup, MEPs and the renowned EU journalist Peter von Kohl.
I presented the situation found in the streets and in the public dog shelters and I outlined why the authorities would be interested in maintaining the current situation. I revealed a new problem: the negative effects of the new legislative provisions on public health, legislation which stipulates the administration of the rabies vaccine may be done only after microchipping. According to the answer from the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) at the request of the National Federation for Animal Protection (FNPA), in rural areas the rabies vaccination was administered only to 1,03 million dogs, which means to about 23% of dogs with owners.
According to the new law, only michrochipped dogs can be vaccinated against rabies, but most of the owners don’t have the financial resources to support michrochipping which generated a major problem: millions of dogs with owners in Romania are currently not vaccinated against rabies! The motivation of those who insisted on such an aberrant provision (without simultaneously planning to subsidize this action) is not only hugely dangerous for the society, in terms of the potential for rabies outbreak, but also causes massive abandonment of dogs by their owners, in order to avoid the fine requested for the failure to identify (and sterilize) the dogs. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to require immediately that the microchipping of dogs with owners will be subsidized!
October 8th – Stray Dogs Situation in Romania
On October 8th, I presented the report “Current Dog Management Practices in Romania. Towards a Sustainable and Human Solution?” to the Animal Welfare Intergroup of the European Parliament, which included:
The cruel reality of public shelters – compared to the exorbitant budgets “spent” by the city halls for managing stray dogs;
The negative effects of a deficient law for stray dog management, which actually caters to many financial interests by permanently maintaining a high number of dogs in the street, resulting in:
– the massive abandonment of dogs which happens because people can’t pay the fine (up to 2500 euros) for violation of the provisions concerning the obligatory identification and sterilization;
– a serious disturbance of public health, physical health (risk of rabies incidences), and psychological health (the abuse of animals led and is still leading to serious mental disorders)
Showing the inefficiency / ignorance / complicity / corruption of the authorities assigned to monitor the compliance with the rules concerning the animal protection and medical veterinarian deontology who in fact, with their actions, contribute to the continued abuse of animals.
Presenting the European Commission’s legal powers to intervene in the issue of stray animals;
Requests to the European Parliament and the European Commission, concerning:
– Enforcing respect of the European Convention for the protection of pets, ratified by Romania in 2004, which requests that stray dogs can only be killed according to the national program of disease control;
– Financial Control of some city halls in Romania conducted by the European Parliament, to see to what extent European funds are fraudulently misappropriated in the area of dog management when they are being killed;
– Pressure on the Romanian authorities to implement a proper, compassionate and effective management;
– Financing or co-financing sterilization and micro-chipping, at least of dogs with owners in rural areas and of disadvantaged people;
– European legislation for the management of stray animals, which considers social interest and ethical values;
You can see the PRESENTATION “Current Dog Management Practices in Romania. Towards a Sustainable and Human Solution?” (website version, duration: 8 minutes) at this link:
To approach the situation of stray dogs from another angle seems to be the right way in order to encourage the European officials to intervene, because, in accordance with article 168 TFEU, the EU has an obligation towards the public health of its citizens.
The President of the Intergroup for Animal Welfare, the MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, said at the end of the event: “There is a chance to open a different kind of discussion, because I found that there is not only a matter of animal protection, but a problem of public health, and we will intervene, from this point of view, because the public health is a matter of the European Union. “
Broadcast of EU Reporter Peter von Kohl After the event the EU reporter Peter von Kohl invited me to participate in the broadcast: “Romania: Animal Welfare Round Table”, a broadcast attended also by the other two speakers of the event, Marlene Wartenberg and Ruud Tombrock.
(the translation into German of the broadcast can be found at:
Upcoming Actions
Together with the President of the Intergroup for Animal Welfare, MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, who visited Romania twice in connection with his efforts to change the harsh reality of this country, we have developed an action plan for the upcoming period with this goal: the intervention of the EU institutions concerning the Romanian authorities and the implementation of European legislation in the matter of dog management.
This event helped to make the MEPs present be aware of the cruel reality in Romania, of the necessity of intervention of both the Romanian authorities and the European Commission authorities, and represents an important step on our way to an effective and humane approach to the management of stray animals.
Best regards,
Carmen ARSENE

Broadcast of EU-Reporter Peter von Kohl

Stray Dogs Situation in Romania MEETING – 8 October 2015

With MEP Janusz Wojciechowski,
Carmen (left); President of Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals (middle) and Dr. Karolina Tomaszewska (on right)
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GERMAN VERSION
Ihr Lieben,
Wie ich euch schon in einer früheren Email mitgeteilt hatte, fand am 8. Oktober eine Sitzung im Europäischen Parlament in Strasbourg statt, in der Intergroup of Animal Welfare, die den Streunerhunden Rumäniens gewidmet war. Es war das erste Mal, dass das Thema der rumänischen Streunerhunde offiziell im europäischen Parlament behandelt werden konnte.
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Oktober – Runder Tisch
Am 7. Oktober, dem Tag vor der Veranstaltung, wurde ein Treffen im Europäischen Parlament einberufen mit dem Zweck, einen vorbereitenden Report zu präsentieren. Anwesend waren der Präsident der Intergroup, Mitglieder des europäischen Parlaments, und der renommierte Journalist Peter von Kohl.
Ich legte die Lage dar, die in den Straßen und in den öffentlichen Tierheimen zu finden ist, und ich gab einen Überblick, warum die Behörden daran interessiert sind, den gegenwärtigen Zustand zu bewahren. Ich deckte ein neues Problem auf: die negative Auswirkung, die neue gesetzliche Regelungen auf die öffentliche Gesundheit haben, eine Gesetzgebung, die verlangt, dass Tollwutimpfung nur nach Einsetzung des Microchips verabreicht werden darf. Die National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) beantwortete eine Anfrage von der National Federation for Animal Protection (FNPA) mit der Aussage, dass in ländlichen Gegenden nur 1,03 Millionen Hunde Tollwutimpfung erhielten, das heißt, nur 23% von Hunden mit Eigentümern.
Dem neuen Gesetz zu folge dürfen nur Hunde mit Microchips gegen Tollwut geimpft werden, aber die meißten Eigentümer habern die finanziellen Mittel für Microchipping nicht, was ein Riesenproblem hervorrief: Millionen von Hunden mit Eigentümern in Rumänien sind zur Zeit nicht gegen Tollwut geimpft! Diejenigen, die auf so einer abnormalen Provision bestanden (ohne gleichzeitig diese Aktion zu subventionieren), verursachen nicht nur eine große Gefahr für die Gesellschaft, nämlich die Möglichkeit eines Tollwut-Ausbruchs, sondern auch die massive Aufgabe von Hunden, denn die Eigentümer wollen die hohen Strafen vermeiden, die verhängt werden, wenn Hunde keinen Microchip haben (und nicht sterilisiert) wurden. Es ist deswegen unbedingt notwendig, zu verlangen, dass Microchipping subventioniert wird!
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Oktober – die Situation der Streunerhunde in Rumänien
Am 8. Oktober gab ich meine Präsentation ”Der derzeitige Zustand der Hunde-Verwaltung in Rumänien. Führt er zu einer nachhaltigen und mehr humanen Lösung?” in der Intergroup of Animal Welfare, mit den folgenden Stichpunkten:
Die grausame Realitat in den öffentlichen Tierheimen – im Vergleich zu den gigantischen “Ausgaben”, die die Rathäuser für das Management der Straßenhunde angeben;
Die negativen Auswirkungen einer mangelhaften Gesetzgebung für die Verwaltung der Streunerhunde. Diese Gesetzgebung spielt in die Hände von Interessengruppen, die sich finanziell bereichern, indem sie andauernd eine große Anzahl von Streunerhunden fördern, was Folgendes nach sich zieht:
– die massive Aufgabe von Hunden, weil Leute die Strafe (bis zu 2500 Euro) nicht zahlen können, die verhängt wird, wenn die obligatorische Identifizierung und Sterilisierung nicht ausgeführt werden;
– die ernstliche Gefährdung der öffentlichen Gesundheit, der leiblichen Gesundheit (Risiko von Tollwut-Ausbruch) und der psychologischen Gesundheit (Tierquälerei führt ständig zu schwerwiegenden seelischen Krankheiten).
Aufdeckung der Inkompetenz / Ignoranz / Mitschuld / Korruption der Behörden, die beauftragt sind, die Einhaltung der Tierschutzgesetze und der veterinär-medizinischen Pflichtethik zu überwachen, die in Wirklichkeit mit ihren Handlungen zu der ständigen Tierquälerei beitragen.
Präsentation der legalen Kraft der Europäischen Kommission, in Sachen der Streunerhunde eingreifen zu können;
Ersuche an das Europäische Parlament und die Europäische Kommision wegen Folgendem:
– Respektierung der Europäischen Konvention für Tierschutz, die in 2004 von Rumänien unterschrieben wurde, und die verlangt, dass Hunde nur im Einvernehmen mit dem nationalen Programm für Krankheits-Kontrolle getötet werden dürfen;
– Finanzielle Kontrolle einiger Rathäuser in Rumänien, unternommen vom Europäischen Parlament, um festzustellen, in wie weit europäische Geldmittel im Bereich der Hunde-Verwaltung auf betrügerische Weise veruntreut werden, wenn die Hunde getötet werden;
– Druck auf die rumänischen Behörden, um eine angemessene, mitfühlende, und effektive Verwaltung auszuüben;
– Finanzierung oder Mit-Finanzierung von Sterilisation und Microchipping, zum Mindesten bei Hunden mit Eigentümern, die auf dem Land wohnen oder die benachteiligt sind;
– Europäische Gesetzgebung für die Verwaltung von Streunerhunden, die soziales Interesse und ethische Werte in Betracht ziehen.
Ihr könnt die PRÄSENTATION ”Der derzeitige Zustand der Hunde-Verwaltung in Rumänien. Führt er zu einer nachhaltigen und mehr humanen Lösung?”(version website, 8 minuten) hier sehen:
Es sieht so aus, als ob es der richtige Weg sei, die Situation der Streunerhunde von einem anderen Gesichtspunkt aus anzugehen, um die europäischen Behörden einzuschliessen, denn, im Einvernehmen mit Artikel 168 TFEU, ist die EU für die Gesundheit ihrer Staatsbürger verantwortlich.
Der Präsident der Intergroup for Animal Welfare, der MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, sagte am Ende der Veranstaltung: “Wir sehen die Möglichkeit, eine andere Art von Diskussion zu eröffnen, denn ich stellte fest, dass es nicht nur um Tierschutz geht, sondern auch um öffentliche Gesundheit, und von diesem Standpunkt aus können wir eingreifen, denn öffentliche Gesundheit ist ein Anliegen der Europäischen Union”.
Übertragung des EU Reporters Peter von Kohl
Nach der Veranstaltung lud mich der EU Reporter Peter von Kohl ein, bei einer Übertragung teilzunehmen: “Rumänien: Tierschutz Runder Tisch”, eine Übertragung, bei der auch die beiden anderen Sprecher der Veranstaltung mitmachten, Marlene Wartenberg und Ruud Tombrock.
Die deutsche Übersetzung der Übertragung findet ihr hier:
Aktionsplan für die Zukunft
Zusammen mit dem Präsidenten der Intergroup for Animal Welfare, MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, der Rumänien im Zusammenhang mit seinen Bemühungen, die harte Realität dieses Landes zu ändern, zweimal besucht hatte, haben wir einen Aktionsplan für die nahe Zukunft entworfen, der folgendes Ziel hat: die Intervention von EU-Institutionen, was rumänische Behörden anbelangt, und die Realisierung von europäischer Gesetzgebung im Bereich der Hundeverwaltung.
Diese Veranstaltung half mit, um die anwesenden MEPs auf die grausame Realität in Rumänien und auf die Notwendikeit einer Intervention der rumänischen Behörden und der Behörden der Europäischen Kommission aufmerksam zu machen, und sie bedeutet einen wichtigen Schritt auf unserem Weg zu einem effektiven und humanen Zugang zur Verwaltung der Streunerhunde.
Alles gute,
Carmen ARSENE

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Posted on November 7, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)


FURTHER UPDATE 8/11/15
SAV Comment – the following sounds like a very good idea and partial solution to the problems. We will try to find out about where to make donations, but for the moment we suggest using the Facebook limnk at the very end of this post – please make it clear in your mail that the donation is for Jelena and a car. Thank you.
Dear all..:) after Jelenas yesterday post (see below – SAV) the idea was born to collect for a car!
Costs for transport are so high and in Serbia it is possible to get one for max. 1500 €!
I hope we all will be able to collect this amount, so Dragoslava Ljuboja and Jelena Ljuboja can buy their own car and minimize the transport costs in the future..
Glen Smith thank you in advance for your unbelievable donation of 500 €…:) and thank you all for your support now and in the past! 🙂
Liebe Alle..:) nach Jelenas gestrigem post wurde die Idee geboren für ein Auto zu sammeln!
Die hohen Transportkosten würden dann in Zukunft wegfallen..in Serbien bekommt man ein kleines Auto bereits für 1500 €!
Ich hoffe sehr, wir bekommen die benötigte Summe zusammen und Dragoslava und Jelena haben dann bald ihr eigenes Auto! Glen Smith, im voraus vielen Dank für Deine zugesagten 500 €..und Euch allen für Eure großartige Unterstützung jetzt und in der Vergangenheit! 🙂
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Original Announcement
After few days of thinking and calculating , we have made decision . After all , I think that all of you deserve to know everything about that . All of you know how much ill dogs we have .
For those who not know , we have dog with metastasis , dog with dislocated hip and something more ( with low funds probably never will know what ) , dog with crushed hip ( who also need lot of examination because obviously is il ) , 2 dogs with chronic gastro problems, dog with bigger heart ( consequence of heart worm ) , dog with epilepsy ( who also need more vet examination) , dog with lung problem , dog with bone problem, dog with arthritis , paraplegic dog with low function of kidneys and bladder .
It is not easy to watch them every day . I won’t lie , for so many years in animal welfare we never had so many dogs who need constant vet . Today I must inform you that all of them will not have any vet .
We have vet in Coka but that same vet did not recognised that cat has 3 dangerous virus even when she barely was alive. I do not want that for my dogs . We have vet in Senta but she only can work sterilisation and vaccination – she has no ultrasound, x-ray or lab. Our dogs need all that because of their condition. That is reason why I take them to nearest clinic that has all of that . They are great . They work careful , they pay attention on everything , and they often reduce my bills .
But , transport to them is expensive for us . For example , total costs for Charlotte was more than 600E . For her was collected 300E. Difference we had to pay from money for shelter food . and she is not only example . Some of dogs could not collect anything . Not only that , for some sterilisations we still owe money .
So this is reason of our decision. We can not allow that dogs be hungry . We buy them food every few days because never have enough to buy big packs for week or two . Or whole month . It is hard decision, it is not what we wanted but we now have no choice.
Maybe was better to leave them on the street , maybe some of them could find better luck than with us . Maybe . But it is too late . They are here and they will have to survive on their own. For so many years only 3 of our rescued dogs died, 2 because they were old , one because was ill and had bad vet . I only hope that that number will not increase now.
We have done everything for them, and maybe somebody will judge this decision , but I can not choose who will go to vet , who no. I live with all of them , I see when they are in pain, when they are bad , when they suffer .
And I gave everything that they be ok.
But in this point I do not have anything to offer them anymore . Sorry.
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Posted on November 4, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)