Posted on November 20, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
The infiltration of the animal rights scene by right-wing extremists.
In recent years, one hears or reads more and more often in forums about animal rights, that it does not matter which political side you are with, and with which political forces you cooperate; the main thing is, you do it for the animals.
Meanwhile, some web page that I personally know are controlled by rights and spread the right-wing ideology in the name of the animals.
Experience has shown that with animal friendly slogans one reaches more people in Germany than with xenophobic ones.
“Animal protection is homeland security”, stands since then in the party program of the neo-Nazis! The right-wing extremists know that political messages can be better communicated if they are combined with a soft theme, such as animal welfare.
The animal rights community has now recognized that it has a major problem with the infiltration of the right, and therefore some associations have organized informative lectures last year: “Handling neo-Nazis in animal movements”.
The ex-chairman of the animal welfare party Germany Stefan Eck, considers the infiltration in this party for completed!
As of December 31, 2014, Eck announced his exit from the animal protection party. As a reason, he gave the following public statement on his Facebook page:
“There are a considerable number of members of the Federal Executive Board who neither have the insight nor the will to consistently distance themselves from party members or people in their political environment with a right-wing populist or even right-wing extremist past and reject any cooperation with them. I cannot tolerate this because of my innermost conviction. ”
But leading figures of other large and well-known animal rights organizations in Germany show solidarity with the heads of right-wing parties or with ex-NPD officials in public at events for animals (NPD = National Democratic Party of Germany, a far-right political party in Germany).
And they allow flyers with neo-Nazi slogans to be distributed in demos against fur or animal transports!
I see a great danger if the animal rights scene does not distance itself politically from the right-wing extremists. For the activists can only lose, and the animal rights idea as well.
Right-wing extremists are not “slightly confused” animal rights activists with good intentions, but cool-calculating neo-Nazis who need new voters. Considering that Germans hold 30 million pets, more than the citizens of any other EU country, it is easy to understand why the neo-Nazis have chosen the animal rights scene as a lucrative field of activity.
Organizations that propagate their fascist convictions under the guise of “animal welfare” are no cooperation partners for me.
Two groups I have supported in the past with articles and contributions no longer exist for me since they have degenerated into propaganda vehicles of a vile ideology.
Best regards to all
Venus
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Posted on November 14, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
SAV Comment – we have not really covered much regarding US issues over the past few months because of a team of Muppets – led by one named Muppet Trump, is doing all that is possible to destroy the natural beauty of the USA. Over the years, I (Mark) have visited the US probably about a dozen times. All the time this Republican and his cronies and climate deniers are at the helm, I can absolutely guarantee that I will never visit again. In the past I respected and admired the USA for its natural beauty. Thanks to this clown now, so much of that is under threat – I cannot even begin to muster any willingness to re visit. The message below from Kieran simply sums up the complete and utter disregard for nature that Trump and his get rich quick crew have for nature and the creatures that depend on protection and decent legislation. We will resume to publish some news and articles from US organisations; but I fear that there will be no good news for the animals. This below is the first, and special to me as I am very much a ‘wolf’ person. Trumpy and Rex don’t really give a toss about protecting wildlife – they talk about MAGA, whilst at the same time discouraging people like me from ever visiting the wildlife of the USA ever again. I wonder how long the USA will remain with its natural beauty when their are people like Trumpy with flashing ‘Dollar eyes’ and a brain that thinks of nothing more. The people and politicians of Europe know what he is about, and now he is licking the ass of those terrible Chinese that were so much at the front of his election campaign. He bleats on about MAGA whilst at the same time, his daughter imports over 50 tonnes of Chinese sweatshop made clothing for her label! – do these people have any standards or are they just dollar blind ? – Time will tell.
Hi Mark,
The most anti-wildlife Congress we’ve ever seen is now taking aim at gray wolves in the Great Lakes region.
A bill to strip Endangered Species Act protections from these wolves — opening them up to more killing — is making its way through the House. We can’t let this happen.
The Center’s Endangered Species Act Protection Fund needs your support today.
Great Lakes wolves have made tremendous progress, growing from fewer than 1,000 wolves in a small corner of northeastern Minnesota to more than 4,000 wolves across Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin.
But their recovery will end if federal protections are removed prematurely. This anti-wolf Congress is considering legislation to reinstate a 2011 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision that stripped away Endangered Species Act protection for Great Lakes gray wolves.
In 2014, a federal judge overturned the federal wildlife agency’s decision, noting its scientific and legal flaws. The U.S. Court of Appeals reaffirmed that decision — ending wolf hunts and highlighting how much more is needed before wolves can be considered fully recovered.
But now Trump and his cronies are continuing their war on wolves. States like Wisconsin have already enacted aggressive killing policies aimed at drastically reducing wolf populations by more than half and allowing the cruel practice of using hounds to hunt them.
If the proposed legislation passes, gray wolves will face even more threats.
These wolves deserve to thrive in their natural habitat and to raise their packs free from the threat of hunters and trappers. As their populations grow, we must continue to protect these packs and not allow them to be put back in the crosshairs.
The Center has been working to defend Great Lakes wolves for years, fighting to keep their federal protection and to ban hunting and trapping.
For the wild,
Kierán Suckling
Executive Director
Center for Biological Diversity
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Posted on November 13, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
| Dear Mark, |
As I write this, gunmen are trying to kill every
street dog in the entire country of Jordan.
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Dogs are being hunted down and shot because
the country’s religious leader has declared a
holy war on dogs.
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Because of this, men armed with automatic
weapons are systematically killing every street
dog they see!
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Mark, I am saddened beyond words that such
a terrible thing is happening and with your help,
I intend to do something about it. As a first step
my team is making contact with the Jordanian
government asking it to end this horrible cruelty.
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Jordan’s most senior religious figure, Grand Mufti,
Dr. Mohammad Al-Khalaileh, issued a fatwa
– a religious instruction to Muslims – to kill
the dogs. He quoted Prophet Mohammed to justify
the slaughter.
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Because a fatwa is binding on Muslims, municipalities
across the country started hiring snipers.
Thousands of dogs have been killed and the
massacre continues every day.
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Mark, as animal lovers we have no option but
to fight this nightmare by every means possible.
“It is our duty as animal lovers to do whatever
we can to stop this dog genocide. Before there
are no dogs left in Jordan.”
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Mark, we are so terribly saddened by this and
we urge you and all our supporters to share the
fact that Prophet Mohammad repeatedly forbade
cruelty to animals, saying: “Whoever is kind to
the creatures of God is kind to himself.”
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My job is to get this message through and to care
for those dogs we can on the ground. We are
already searching for land where we can create
a safe haven for some of the dogs.
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The most important immediate first steps are
to spread the word about the unspeakable cruelty
and horror that is unfolding.
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| For the animals |
| Brian Davies, Founder |
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Posted on November 11, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
This is the tiny part of stray dogs in Bor, Serbia, photos taken in in a couple of days while I was feeding them.
The number is much, much bigger and I’m afraid it will be even bigger.
The truth is that in this town people’s consciousness about these poor animals is very low, care and adoption is almost mission impossible.
The number of ones who want to hurt them or get rid of them in a cruel way is much bigger.
The winter is coming, just thinking of the last year’s winter makes me terrified. Winters in Bor are cruel , temperatures up to minus 30, last winter many street dogs died from cold.
My idea is to provide them for the following winter dog houses with straw where they will have where to get away. Food is also more than needed, during the winter it is more difficult for them to get food.
The price of a dog house for an average two medium-sized dogs is 50 eur, more houses, the better, more protected dogs in the winter period.
I am begging all good people who want to help in providing shelters for those poor dogs, to do so.
Let’s ease their harsh upcoming winter as much as possible!
Thank you
To give a donation to buy doghouses, please go to:
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Posted on November 7, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear Mark,
I read this interesting report about chicken meat, and immediately wanted to give even more joy to all those, who prepare joyful the meat-menü for the weekend!!
Robert Koch Institute: Chicken meat carries the risk of intestinal inflammation!!
(www.Merkur.de): In the waiting room of doctors sit more and more people with stomach aches and diarrhea. The Robert Koch Institute examined the increase of these cases. Result: The greatest risk comes from Campylobacter pathogens.
Behind diarrhea and severe abdominal pain is often the bacterial pathogen Campylobacter: The biggest risk of such bacterial enteritis is according to a study in Germany from chicken meat.
About one third of the illnesses could be avoided if the risk factor were eliminated, say experts of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in a recent publication.
Insufficiently heated poultry meat has long been regarded as an important source of infection.
Campylobacter cause inflammation of the small intestine, which is often associated with diarrhea and fever.
The number of reported Campylobacter diseases has been increasing since 2001, compared with around 74,000 cases last year.
It is thus the most common bacterial notifiable disease in Germany.
Experts suspect, according to RKI, that the true number of diseases in the population is “almost ten times higher”. Salmonella is significantly less frequently registered in 2016, with 13 000 reported illnesses.
The authors consider as major risk factors for Campylobacter disease, eating out and preparing prepackaged chicken meat at home. Among other things, well over 2000 questionnaires that had been proven to fill patients had been evaluated. They say that by 2018, Campylobacter limits would be set on poultry carcasses in the European Union.
Campylobacter are bacteria from the intestinal tract of animals, they can get on the meat during slaughter.
Raw milk, minced meat and sausage are also sources of infection.
Also, kitchen hygiene is important: when using the same cutting boards, for example, can pass from raw meat to salad.
But the best thing to do is not to eat meat.
For the welfare of the animals and for your own health!
Venus
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Posted on October 30, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
On October 21, 2017, care2cat wrote:
“Are we genetically predisposed to be cruel and violent? In the animal world there is no. Can we change this sad world?
In the time of Hitler, we had made people to beasts. They were the Nazis.
We do not know if these were genetically programmed to become what they have become.
People were brought up to do evil. If something like that was possible, that makes us believe that we can also educate people in the opposite direction, namely as good.
We must believe this, otherwise our struggle will not make sense if we are not convinced that we can enlighten, persuade, and change people.
Apart from that, I believe that most crimes against animals are financially hardship and not from pure sadism.
At least these crimes, which are associated with a financial gain.
The economy is stronger than morals and it is mostly the poor who exploit the animals, torture them and treat them as money-bearing objects.
I do not believe the world is worse today than before in his relationship to animals.
But today we have more possibilities to inform us about animals than before.
And that is why we are often demoralized by the number of crimes.
Of course, there are also the psychopaths in our society, who torment animals by pure sadism and sick psychic, without having a financial profit from it.
But they are a minority and therefore no proof that man is genetically inclined to violence. (The percentage of mentally disturbed persons among such perpetrators is estimated to be about to ten percent.)
This, of course, is only my personal view and interpretation of the profile of the animal cruelty.
Best regards
Venus
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Posted on October 17, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
SAV Comment.
We have campaigned for a ban on live animal exports for the last 25 years. The following is the official response from the UK government on the issue. The campaigning goes on at present and will continue until we leave the EU in 2019. With Brexit we will take back control of our legislation – free from the ‘do nothings’ at the EU.
This previous post sums up the situation at the EU – see the video footage of suffering animals presented to them for the last 5+ years. Their response ? – we can do nothing.
Watch the videos via this link-
Then tell us that EU animals in long distance transport are well cared for, in accordance with EU regulations ! – failures of Regulation 1/2005 on animals in transport are detailed in the videos.
Who wants to be in an EU with all its legislation and rules, that when presented with complete evidence to show those rules are being clearly broken, we are told by response that they (the EU) can do nothing !
We have a good deal of hope that Minister Gove (above) at Defra (UK) will have legislation for a ban on live exports in place on the day we officially leave the EU.
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Dear Mark Johnson,
Government responded:
Government has a Manifesto commitment “as we leave the European Union, we can take early steps to control the export of live farm animals for slaughter” and will be considering options in this context
The Government is committed to improving the welfare of animals. The Government share the public’s high regard for animal welfare. We are proud to have some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world. The Government believes animals should be slaughtered as close as practicable to their point of production. A trade in meat and meat products is preferable to the long distance transport of animals to slaughter. Once we leave the European Union, and in line with our manifesto commitment, we can take early steps to control the export of live farm animals for slaughter. We will be considering the options further in the context of our departure from the EU.
Until negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the EU and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.
We have made clear in Brussels that we support improvements being made to enforcement across the EU of existing rules on the long distance transport of livestock. We have also supported calls for the European Commission to make improvements to the existing EU Regulation on protecting animal welfare in transport.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Click this link to view the response online:
The Petitions Committee will take a look at this petition and its response. They can press the government for action and gather evidence. If this petition reaches 100,000 signatures, the Committee will consider it for a debate.
The Committee is made up of 11 MPs, from political parties in government and in opposition. It is entirely independent of the Government. Find out more about the Committee: https://petition.parliament.uk/help#petitions-committee
Thanks, The Petitions team
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