Serbia: Smederevo City Pound – The Dog Who’s Eyes Cried Pus

 

 

 

 

Shedding ‘Tears of Pus’ at the Smederevo City Pound – Serbia

 

Please view the following site post and link with regard a full review (including pictures) and reports on the shelter at Smederevo; a facility run by the organisation – JKP “Komunalac”, who provide just 3-4kg of dry food to over 50 dogs at the shelter each day:

http://balkansanimalsuffering.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/serbia-smederevo-dog-pound-update-take-note-eu-the-rule-of-law%e2%80%99-is-not-being-implemented-by-serbia/ 

JKP “Komunalac” operates from Smederevo city and is the public garbage firm.  It has a dogcatching department named zoohygiena “Komunalac” with approximately 3-4 dogcatchers and 3 or 4 senior type managers.

As with almost every city in Serbia, the dogcatchers catch the stray animals and then take them to the city pound – in this case Smederevo city pound. 

JKP “Komunalac” has a contract with one local vet who is doing very well.  There is a neverending business because dog owners continue to throw their unwanted dogs and cats out onto the streets; the dogcatchers catch  the dogs and cats, and the vet then sterilises the animal.  But after the animal has been operated on, it will be moved to an unknown location where nobody will verify if the operation was done badly.

By the Criminal Code law of Serbia, a vet could go to jail for up to 2 years if a bad operation with bad results occur.  But as the government and the authorities have no control and very little interest in the welfare of the animals, there are no procedures in place to document the results of the operations.

The vet also undertakes euthanasia for the city authorities; a procedure which costs around 1000 dinar.  The sterilisation of a male dog costs around 1800 to 2000 dinar, even more if the dog is large, and charges around 4000 dinar for a female sterilisation.  As said earlier, there are no procedures in place to document how good these operations are.

A solution is urgently needed for Smederevo.  Animal welfare contacts around the site feel that a large campaign of letters, mails and faxes aimed at the Mayor of Smederevo is the way forward. – see details at the end of this post.

At the moment the Mayor just ignores anything and everything to deal with the shelter.  But the Mayor is the VERY PERSON who is able to make changes.  So it is essential that the Mayor is deluged with e mails and faxes about the Smederevo city pound and the terrible suffering inflicted on animals in the pound by JKP “Komunalac”.

Trying to help the animals

Euro-P.A.S.  is a German animal welfare organisation who are very much involved with the Smederevo shelter.  You can visit their wen site and see pictures from Smederevo via the following link:

http://www.euro-pas.de/0000009c78098c101/03fb1f9cd712f880d/index.html 

You can see from the photos that thanks to donations already given from supporters, some new wooden shelters have been constructed and are now on site. 

But this is simply not enough; lots more donations are needed to be given to Euro-P.A.S.  to enable them to construct more much needed shelters for the dogs and to provide more food.

The welfare people who are trying to help the dogs at Smederevo could use both lots of extra feed and many additional dog shelters (among other things). 

JKP “Komunalac” who run the shelter are currently providing just 3-4kg of dry food to over 50 dogs at the shelter each day:

Items such as a dog shelter or any food can be ordered / purchased via ‘ZooPlus’ and sent directly to Germany, the EuroPas HQ and collection point.  International Delivery is free for orders above certain costs – please see site link below for shipping costs (if applicable):

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/content/shippingcosts 

EuroPas HQ in Germany will then send the received items (shelters / food etc) directly to Serbia for use by its own workers and officials at the Smederevo pound. 

On the following international ‘ZooPlus’ links, simply scroll down until you see the dog shelter pictures.  Prices are given for anyone wishing to donate a shelter.

(German site)
http://www.zooplus.de/shop/tierbedarf/aktionen/bestseller_2009/fuer_hunde/82533

(English site)
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/specials/dogs/special_offers
(scroll down on both sites to find dog shelters)

(special offers)
http://www.zooplus.de/shop/tierbedarf/aktionen/leckere_futterangebote
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/specials/dogs/special_offers

ZooPlus runs international sites:

Netherlands – http://www.zooplus.nl/

France – http://www.zooplus.fr/

Belgium – http://www.zooplus.be/

Ireland – http://www.zooplus.ie/

Poland – http://www.zooplus.pl/

Italy – http://www.zooplus.it/

Spain – http://www.zooplus.es/

Czech Republic  – http://www.zoohit.cz/

For donations, the following information will be necessary:

Euro-P.A.S. e.V.
Konto 312 599 22
BLZ 700 530 70
Sparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck
IBAN: DE87 7005 3070 0031 2599 22
BIC: BYLADEM1FFB
Verwendungszweck “Toni”

A Euro-P.A.S. party went to Smederevo recently to vaccinate/chip the dogs.  It was very difficult, with frightened dogs kicking out and having to be held down by the team during the process.  One particular dog was noted, a German Shepherd who has been kept in a confined shed without light on a soaking wet floor for over a year now.  The poor animal has wounds all over his body and is unable to even stand. 

 

His eyes wept pus; not tears, as can be seen in the photograph:

We are informed that food is thrown to him by hand; simply to be picked up out of the dirt. 

We are currently aware  that at the present three (3) Criminal Charges have been brought against the company that runs the shelter – “Komunalac”, and as a result of pressure, Komunalac has been forced to at least provide some dry food for the dogs – although this amounts to only 3-4 kgs a day which they appear to think is satisfactory for 50 dogs !

Donations to Euro-P.A.S. are urgently required to help buy extra food; and also for additional shelters for the dogs.

The Mayor of Smederevo needs to be deluged with e mails and faxes about the Smederevo city pound and the terrible suffering inflicted on animals in the pound by JKP “Komunalac”.

If you wish to send messages of complaint and objections to the Mayor of Smederevo, the person who IS ABLE to make changes about all of this, he can be contacted on:

Mayor of Smederevo =    kabinet@smederevo.org.rs

Please also copy your letter (CC) to the community contacts, Smederevo city Municipality at:

 julija@komunalacsd.co.rs j.antic@komunalacsd.co.rsoffice@komunalacsd.co.rs

They are all detailed on the public information web site which can be viewed at:   http://www.komunalacsd.co.rs/  

To send a message to JKP “Komunalac” who ‘run and operate the shelter’ , please use the following e mail address:

 XXXXXXXXXX TO BE PROVIDED VERY SOON XXXXXXXXXXX

Take another look at the situation in Smedervo city pound; look at the dog shedding tears of pus from his eyes;  and NOW PLEASE TAKE SOME FORM OF ACTION on behalf of these suffering animals.

 

Thank You – SAV  and BAS.

BAS  = balkansanimalsuffering.wordpress.com

  

 

Serbia: Smederevo City Dog Pound – **Latest** – Pictures and Reports

We have updated sister site ‘Balkans Animal Suffering’ with the latest news and photographs from Smederevo city dog pound today; this can be seen via the following link:

http://balkansanimalsuffering.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/serbia-smederevo-dog-pound-update-take-note-eu-the-rule-of-law%e2%80%99-is-not-being-implemented-by-serbia/

**Latest ** – we are getting in late news that there may be some positive moves taking place at Smederevo; until we can confirm source and information, we will not publish; but possibly there is some progress happening.  We cannot verify at present but simply hope.

SAV / BAS.

Uk: Campaign to Stop China From Introducing Bullfighting – Also Excellent Result in EU Court re ‘Human Rights’ and the Uk Ban on Hunting (an Existing Uk Law)

League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) Web Site Link:  www.league.org.uk

Stop China from introducing bullfighting!

The Chinese government plans to introduce bullfighting in the country.

A Spanish matador is already in charge of operations, with a shipment of bulls and cows for breeding planned for as soon as January.

The construction of a bull ring is also due to start in the New Year and be complete by October.

We need to act now!

China may want to support Spanish culture, but would only promote a cruel past time that the vast majority of Europeans abhor and that most Spaniards have no interest in.

STOP THIS EXPORT OF CRUELTY!

Join the League, Animal and CAS International and send an email to the Chinese President by clicking here and urge him to stop these plans.

Bullfighting is bad enough where it is, we can’t allow it to start in other countries.

Thank you for your help and best wishes.

PS  If you would like to donate to our campaigning work, please visit the League Against Cruel Sports website.  All donations will be gratefully received. 

** Also from LACS – Some Really Good News  **   Some Really Good News ** 

Posted: 17 December 2009

In a landmark legal ruling, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Hunting Act does not breach human rights legislation.

The case, brought by the Countryside Alliance and Brian Friend, 70, of Axminster, rested on whether or not the Hunting Act 2004 breached the rights to a private and family life, freedom of association, and protection of property. The court rejected all arguments.

The court rejected arguments that the Hunting Act infringed an individual’s right to a private and family life on the basis that hunting is a public activity and it is not integral to an individual’s identity. The judgment also made clear that the ban on hunting had “not created serious difficulties for earning one’s living”.

Welcoming the ruling, Douglas Batchelor, Chief Executive of the League Against Cruel Sports said: “This is a victory for common sense. No-one has the right to chase and kill animals purely for sport. The Hunting Act is a landmark piece of animal welfare legislation and today’s decision sends a clear message to politicians and the hunting community alike that the ban on hunting is here to stay.”

An Ipsos-MORI poll in September found that 75% of the public support the ban on fox hunting, and 84% and 85% support the ban on stag hunting and hare hunting respectively.

Keep It Where It Belongs – Only In the History Books !! 

Photo: M. Johnson – SAV.

 

China: 600 Cats Rescued Near Shanghai – Story and Photographs Below

—– Original Message —–
From: Joy Gao
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 1:37 AM
Subject: RE: SOS – Dec 19th 2009, 600 Cats Rescued near Shanghai

In the afternoon of Dec the 18th, the cat rescuers got a text message about the track of a cat nappers’ truck, and they had themselves ready to depart at any time.

At 10:00pm, two cars with ten cat rescuers and one reporter from Beijing joined other cat rescuers from the city of Wuxi (a city close to Shanghai).

At 11:20pm, they had the cat-nappers truck stopped at Jiaxin city in the Zhejiang Province (not far from Shanghai) and called the local police.

After midnight, at 1:00 am on Dec the 19th, they managed to get the truck down to the local police station called: ‘Wang Jiang Jing Police Station’ with the police officers’ help. There were 30 cages containing around 600 cats with 3 cat-nappers and 2 truck drivers.

At 2:00am, the police decided they will make a decision on what to do after when the morning shift starts. The rescuers from Shanghai and Wuxi had to stay with the truck for the whole night, where the temperature was below 0 degrees and frost was on the ground.

At 9:00am, the rescuers were all there waiting for the police to make their decision about the cat nappers. During the wait rescuers discovered that some cats had died in the cage over night. Two cat-nappers went inside the police station and after a short while they emerged and announced their decision. The police officers saw that the cat-nappers have a certificate of quarantine, and legal paperwork. Rescuers tried explaining to the police that the certificates were fake, but the police maintained that if the rescuers couldn’t prove that the certificates were fake, then the truck will be released to the cat-nappers.

At 10am, the rescuers, being upset about the police officers’ unfair attitude, had posters made saying “Down Cat-nappers! Return Our Cats!” These were hung on their cars. Mr. Xu Yixiang, the vice director of the Wang Jiang Jing Police Station, said that the citizens’ property is under protection, so the cat-nappers are protected under the law because the cats belong to them. Other police officers rudely asked the cat rescuers if they had any other jobs to do other than play with cats.

At 12:00pm, Mr. Shen, the director of the Wang Jiang Jing Police Station, gave the police officers the order to destroy the rescuers’ protest posters. Both the police and the rescuers had small fights, and one of the police officers even tore the clothing of a rescuer. At this, Mr. Shen shouted, “Don’t make any more trouble, I HAVE A GUN!” At12:30pm, Suzhou rescuers came to support the other rescuers, and five rescuers’ cars blocked the access for the truck to leave.

At 1:00pm, the police officers, under pressure, agreed to negotiate with the rescuers. Three representatives from Shanghai, Wuxi and Suzhou went into Director Shen’s office to discuss the problem. At the same time, one rescuer was sent to Zhen Jiang (also near Shanghai) to report the situation and to find a way to prove that the cat-nappers’ certificate was fake. Mr. Shen demanded that the rescuers prove the certificate of quarantine fake by 3:00pm, or the truck will be released to the cat-nappers. At 2:00pm, after several ways of trying to show that the certificate was fake failed, the rescuers had to give up the negotiation with Mr. Shen. Mr. Shen then gave the rescuers two choices: to have the truck transported out of Jiaxin by the police, or to have 200 of the cats released to rescuers.

The rescuers from the three rescues groups (Shanghai, Wuxi, Suzhou), refused to choose, and declared that they will fight to the death and not abandon even one cat. To prepare for the worst situation, the rescuers called for more help, and split the rescuers, with some going to the access of the Jiaxin highway and with some staying at the police station.

At 4:00pm, more police arrived. There were more than ten police officers that arrived that were specialised and fully armed. The rescuers were in a bad situation, but some still went and lay underneath the cat-nappers’ truck to prevent it from moving.

At 4:30pm, at Mr. Shen’s order, the police surrounded the rescuers and the truck and dragged the rescuers out from under the truck one by one. When the access was all clear, the cat-nappers returned to their truck and left towards the highway.

At 5:00pm, Mr. Shen said that the rescuers will be allowed to leave half an hour after the truck had left. However, he soon changed his mind, and asked for all the rescuers to show their IDs so that they can be recorded for the investigation, which resulted in the rescuers staying there even longer. Mr. Shen even had two of the front rescuers arrested for affecting their official business. After all of this, the rescuers could finally leave to join the rescue over the highway .

At 6:30pm, all the rescuers joined ASAP to contact the two cars that were waiting over at the highway access, and knowing that the truck was stopped successfully at the toll pay highway station, they called the police in the Jiangsu Province.

At 7:00pm, the rescuers went to the Wu Jiang Police Station in the Jiangsu province, and called the Jiangsu Agriculture Bureau in hopes that the police officers there will release the cats. At the same time, more rescuers from Shanghai arrived, and the local police officers showed mercy to the rescuers and had the truck transported to the police station.

At 7:30pm, after negotiations with the rescuers and the cat-nappers, the cat-nappers were forced to have all 600 cats released to rescuers. We won! The rescuers had an urgent meeting, and decided that the 600 cats will be released to the Wuxi Cat Rescuer Group. At around 1:00 of Dec the 20th, 30 cages containing the rescued cats were safely back in Wuxi, and the cats were released to chosen living areas in Wuxi. At 4:00am, the Shanghai cat rescuers finally returned to Shanghai for a well deserved rest.

We won!

The new searched in petuion:

http://bbs.petunion.com/viewthread.php?tid=35723&extra=page%3D1&page=1<http://bbs.petunion.com/viewthread.php?tid=35723&extra=page%3D1&page=1>

Translated by Joy Gao 金椒妈

Uk (England): Thanks for all your Support – A Christmas Message

SAV Christmas

Well, today (19/12) it was going to be a pond clearing day by volunteers at the local Forestry Commission http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/HCOU-5YHJS7   area called ‘Jeskyns’ :

Newsletter Linkhttp://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/forestry.nsf/byunique/infd-6drl75  

But for some reason; don’t ask why, but just possibly because it was around 4 degrees below Zero, there were too not many volunteers to go into the water; none to be exact.  So, in order to have some fun and celebrate the end of a great year protecting both wildlife and woodland in the area, why not have a Winter Barbeque !

So that is what we did.

Here are a few piccys of the volunteers very cold but very enjoyable few hours out in the Winter sun.

A lot of the time I personally was thinking about the Balkans dogs and cats who are having to survive conditions like we experienced here on an everlasting basis at the moment.  They are not able to fill themselves with food or go into somewhere warm when the need arises.  They are always hungry and they are always cold.  What we experienced today for a few hours is a 24/7 situation for all Balkans strays.

2010 will see SAV continuing to fight for the animals of the Balkans states, especially for the stray and sometimes owned, roaming animals.  The fight will continue to press governments and authorities to undertake humane, No Kill sterilisation, vaccination, microchipping and identification procedures in order that owners of roaming animals can be traced and identified, and by the adoption of programmes towards the humane sterilisation of strays, the ever growing ‘pyramid of stray animals’ is gradually reduced.

One unspayed female (bitch) dog, her male (dog) mate and all of their subsequent offspring, as they mature and if none of them are ever sterilised, will produce between them a staggering 67,000 dogs within the next 6 years.

 

That is just one pair of animals.  Belgrade City in Serbia kills over 9,000 strays each year as part of the ‘control’ programme.  A small drop in the ocean.  A policy of humane, sterilisation and no kill for just one pair as detailed above, would in effect, prevent 67,000 further strays being born onto the streets.

Can the Serbian government not understand this ? – it appears not as they are showing no leadership and management in attempting to reduce stray animal numbers, other than the blinkered view that killing off a percentage of strays on the streets will resolve all of the problem.  It will not.

Cats under the same conditions as the dogs detailed would produce 11,606,077 new cats onto the streets in around 9 years.

 

We have been greeted with some great news from our buddies in India today – read all about it on our post at:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/india-excellent-news-high-court-allows-strays-to-be-fed-as-a-central-reason-to-the-sterlization-and-immunization-scheme-for-controlling-stray-dog-population-numbers-and-preventing-the-spread-of-r/

We hope that this same kind of approach to stray animal understanding and welfare controls could be adopted by Balkans states.  We live in hope that the Balkans government understanding light actually switches on in the near future rather than remain firmly off.

Whatever and whenever, we will continue to be a voice for both Serbian and other Balkans states animals, and we will be presenting evidence and information to the European Union Enlargement / Accession Commission whenever it is felt necessary.  We have very recently supported the call of EU Animal Welfare Intergroup / Eurogroup President Dr. Caroline Lucas in expressing our concerns about the situation at Vardariste holding facility in Macedonia.  The full story and some pictures from our Vardariste photo archive, as well as a copy of Dr. Lucas’ can be seen at the following:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/macedonia-sav-now-supports-eu-eurogroup-for-animals-by-formally-writing-letter-to-eu-commissioners-expressing-concerns-about-conditions-and-animal-suffering-at-vardariste-holding-facility-skopje-ma/

A copy of SAV’s letter to Commissioner Vassiliou and Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner  can be viewed by clicking on the following link: 

Commissioner letter Macedonia Dec 2009

The year of 2009 has seen a few ‘highs’ but an awful lot of ‘lows’.  But the lows make us all ever more determined to move forward with new campaigns and actions in 2010.  2009 campaigns, along with other campaigns we are involved in outside of the SAV ‘box’, such as investigating long distance live animal transport in the EU, teach us many things, and we hope that we can group all our experiences, the highs and the lows together, to tackle balkans animal abuse as a more stronger and effective group in the future.

I would like to thank everyone for their involvement, support and hundreds of comments which have been left on the SAV site.  Every one is read fully, I can assure you.  Very limited resources do not allow replies to everyone who comments, but we thank you for them; please keep them coming !

Finally, I would like to wish you all a very enjoyable, cruelty-free Christmas this festive season.  Regards go to all your friends and family.

2010 is a new year, with new problems and hopefully new solutions and campaigns to resolve them.  We are not going anywhere, so we look forward to enjoying your company once again at SAV in the new year of 2010.

SAV Christmas

Regards and thanks

Mark – SAV – Kent, England, Uk.

Think of them this Christmas time –

 

Montenegro: Mud, Rain, Cold and always Hunger – cruel conditions at the Kontor asylum

 

 

 

Hier wird ganz  DRINGEND  HILFE  für die armen Seelen benötigt !!! 

We urgently need help for these poor souls !!!!  

Schlamm, Regen, Kälte und immer wieder Hunger – grausame Zustände im Asyl Kotor

Mud, Rain, Cold and always Hunger – cruel conditions at the Kontor asylum

http://www.tierhilfe-montenegro.de/berichte/montenegro/asyl_tivat_kotor/asyl_tivat_kotor.htm 

Die Tiere im Asyl sterben. Es ist kalt geworden in Montenegro und der Regen ist eisig. Über hundert Hunde haben nichts zu fressen und kein warmes oder kaum ein trockenes Plätzchen. Die Gelder sind verbraucht.

The animals at the asylum are dying. It has gone cold in Montenegro and the rain is icy. Over one hundred dogs have nothing to eat and no warm or dry place to withdraw to. The money is used up. 

Lungenentzündung und Blutdurchfälle sind das Todesurteil für diese Tiere.

Pneumonia and bloody diarrhea are the death sentence for these animals.

Der Mann mit der Sense ist rund um die Uhr beschäftigt.

The grim reaper is busy 24 hours a day.
 
Es sterben zu viele Tiere. Die Welpen jaulen und zittern vor Hunger und Kälte.  Die Stadt gestattet erst im Januar die Überdachung zu bauen.
Das werden diese Tiere nicht mehr erleben.

Von Podgorica, dem Tierheim, das so viele Tiere tötet, kamen die ausrangierten alten Boxen. Dort standen sie in Zwingern, jetzt sollen sie im Freien vor Regen schützen.

Too many animals are dying. The pups wail and tremble for want of food and warmth. And the council’s permission for the building of the sheltering canopy does not allow us to start work before January. The animals will not live to see it …

We have been given old discarded boxes from Podgorica, the killing shelter. They were used inside kennels – here, they are supposed to shelter the animals from the rain.

Sie sind kaputt und das Wasser läuft rein. Sie nützen gar nichts.
Man hat sie auf einen Haufen geschmissen … und die Stadt lässt uns nicht bauen, trotz Zusagen!

But they are broken, leaky and wet. They are of no use.

They have been thrown onto a pile .. and the council will not let us build our canopy, despite assurances to the contrary.

Es ist ein Verbrechen was dort geschieht. Wir klagen diese Leute an. Was sind das für Menschen in dieser Verwaltung, wer hilft diesen Tieren!

What’s happening here is a crime. We accuse these people. What people are those at the council ? Who helps these animals ?

Die Hunde sind in Käfige eingesperrt, können nicht selbst auf Futtersuche gehen. In Freiheit hätten sie die Chance zu überleben.

The dogs are locked into cages, and cannot go in search of food. In freedom they’d have a chance of survival. 

Die Tiere brauchen uns ! Bitte lasst sie nicht im Stich ! 

Wir haben versprochen, die Tiere über den Winter zu bringen.

The animals needs us ! Please do not abandon them !

We have promised to bring them through the winter. 

Leider nützen nur Geldspenden, denn das Futter bekommen wir kaum über die Grenzen.
Und wenn, dann nur kleinere Mengen.           
Es sind 7 Grenzen zu passieren.

Unfortunately only money donations are any good, as we cannot transport food over the borders. And if, only in small quantities.

There are 7 borders to pass (from Germany).
Bitte, helft uns ..

Please, help us ..

KONTOVERBINDUNG / ACCOUNT DETAILS:

Renate Heimann

(renateheimann@gmx.de)

“Tierhilfe Montenegro”
Sparkasse Leipzig
BLZ / bank code: 86055592
Konto-Nr. / account number: 1801498950
 
Internationale Konto-Nr. (IBAN) /international account number (IBAN): DE81860555921801498950
Internationale Bankidentifikation (BIC) / International bank identification (BIC) : WELADE8LXXX

 

 

Uk: Lots of Snow in England Today !

My Beautiful ‘Golda’ out enjoying the snow in Kent, England,  today.

Mark – SAV Founder.