Turkey (Again !): Terrible Animal Suffering at Altindag Municipality in Ankara – Deluge the Mayor With e Mails; Demand He takes Action Now !!

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Dead dogs, prison style cages, puppies with more ticks than you can count on them: there goes the Altindag Stray Animal Rehabilitation Center in Ankara….

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(warning: very disturbing images).

There are no words to describe the suffering of these dogs.

‘Well – thought decisions, right steps’.  

– That is the motto of the Altindag Municipality in Ankara.

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Now, we invite Mayor Veysel Tiryaki to take the right steps; and correct the disastrous conditions at this particular facility.Please join us and write to the Altindag Municipality yourself:

Mayor Veysel Tiryaki
vtiryaki@altindag.bel.tr

Location: Altındağ,Ankara

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Serbia: NGO Requests to Government Ministry for Information About Zoo Animals Result in ….. Order From Ministry for NGO to Re-Vaccinate Its Animals or Face Massive Fine

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Five days ago (late July 2009), one Serbian animal welfare organisation (EPAR of Subotica city) filed a charge with the government requesting that they forward a list of euthanasia, forensic results and diagnosis relating to deaths of animals in Palic Zoo, located 6km from the city of Subotica in Northern Serbia.

In a response sent by Mr. Micovic, Director of the government Veterinary Department, Mr. Micovic declares that the zoo does not come under the control of, or basically have anything to do with Republic Veterinary Inspectors.

According to our information and the new Serbian law for animal welfare, republic veterinary inspectors must be involved with all aspects of animal welfare WHEREVER animals are present in the country (Serbia).

In the past, republic veterinary inspectors who have visited and inspected the EPAR shelter many times, and always having found everything to be correct, have, on 26th July, now written to EPAR shelter and demanded that 174 dogs at the shelter must immediately be re-vaccinated.  All of the dogs which the inspectors require to be vaccinated were vaccinated on 21/07/2008, almost one year ago to the day.

If the dogs are not vaccinated, then EPAR have been informed that they will be punished by the veterinary inspectors.  EPAR will be fined 3,000,000 dinar and the President of EPAR will personally be fined 300,000 dinar.

EPAR shelter has many times requested that the veterinary station at Subotica visits EPAR shelter and undertakes a vaccination of all the dogs who are not already vaccinated.  Those dogs, the 174 vaccinated by EPAR in 07/2008 could also be re-vaccinated now, one year later.

EPAR shelter, being a shelter which takes animals from the streets and animals which are delivered / left at the entrance of the shelter, requested that a veterinary inspector attends the shelter and undertakes the vaccinations using money from the republic budget allocated for such vaccinations

But in return, the veterinary station director has responded in writing and demanded that the EPAR shelter pays 500 dinar out of its own funding for each and every dog which they declare has to be vaccinated.

174 dogs x 500 dinar = 87,000 dinar.

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Quite understandably, EPAR consider that this is a pressure being put on them by the government simply because of the original EPAR charges relating to information requests about Palic Zoo and the requests for copies of information and documentation about the standards for animals at the zoo.

EPAR are correct to think that they are being punished by the government for requesting information which should now be provided in accordance with the new animal welfare law of Serbia.

EPAR have also campaigned hard for the government to investigate further and to prosecute people and organisations in relation to hunting issues throughout Serbia. 

The government have done nothing about this in the form of any prosecutions, but they have now attempted to impose an 87,000 dinar penalty on EPAR shelter for vaccinations which should be funded out of the national budget.

Please view the following very recent photographs (26/07/09) taken at Palic Zoo and then ask yourself if you consider that animals here should be exempt from any veterinary inspections by government authorities.

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Brown Bear in its ‘enclosure’

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Conditions suitable for a roaming animal ? – it would appear not

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View of same enclosure in another direction

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Brown Bear Enclosure with Adjacent Leopard Enclosure

The Palic Zoo website is at the following, with a link to the ‘animals gallery’:

   http://www.zoopalic.co.rs/index.php/gallery2/action/list/?g2_itemId=224

Pictures taken of the zoo animals by independent investigators in recent weeks at the Palic zoo are shown above.  We consider that in the least, especially in relation to the conditions in which the Brown Bear and its neighbour, the leopard are kept, the very, very least which should be done by the government is to send veterinary inspectors into the zoo to check on the health of individual animals and as importantly, animal living conditions.

SAV have been in contact with international zoo check organisations; supplying photographs of the animals and living conditions where necessary.  This is an on-going task and we are awaiting responses.

So it is rather strange; an animal welfare organisation (EPAR) asks for information on animal welfare at a Serbian zoo; and the government responds by informing that the zoo inspections have nothing to do with their veterinary department inspectors, and yet at the very same time the government veterinary authority demands that the animal welfare organisation which originally asks the questions now has now been instructed to immediately vaccinate 174 dogs at their shelter, at a cost of 87,000 dinar, of which the government wants nothing to do with funding !

This situation is currently under investigation by campaigners, and we think and hope that we will have some breaking news on the veterinary vaccination procedures in the very near future.  Information obtained to date appears to be very interesting !

Please watch for new posts and updates which we hope to publish within the next 3 or 4 days.

Serbia: Is Anything Changing for Animals ? – If ‘Yes’, Then Provide Us With A Written Statement of Your Progress, Serbian Government, Possible Future EU Member State !

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Serbia Update – 18/07/09

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EU membership state policy is supposed to be one of an open policy, providing information, and the rest for citizens to see.  What about Serbia ?

Dear all,

The photographs shown in this post, and many others, have been provided to us this week.  They were taken at the OVCA pound, Belgrade during the past few weeks.

Please take time to read the PR issued by the RSPCA in April 2009 after their meeting with President Tadic (of Serbia), and being given assurances (by the President and Ministers) of better animal welfare procedures within the country.  A copy is given by accessing the following link, or a copy is given directly at the end of this current post.

Link:  https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/serbia-uk-press-release-from-uk-rspca-regarding-serbian-animal-welfare/

Well the news from Serbia at the moment is very limited with regard the new animal welfare legislation and how it is affecting animals.  SAV wrote to the RSPCA, Uk, on 22nd June (06) 09 asking if information can be provided by them in relation to what exactly the new Serbian animal welfare legislation means for stray and roaming animals now residing in city pounds.

As of today, 18/07/09, mid July, we have been provided with NO written response from the RSPCA in relation to what the Serbian government are actually doing to support their words detailed in the Press Release of 23rd April 2009.

No accurate and informative information is being provided to welfare organisations in relation to what is happening in Serbia today.

But now we do have access to the following photographs taken at the infamous OVCA pound, Belgrade, Serbia, on 14/07/09:

OVCA Belgrade Link : http://www.zivotinje.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=277

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18/07/09 – SAV have written once again to the RSPCA International’s Senior Programme Manager for Europe, asking for an accurate and informative information as to what exactly is happening in relation to the new Serbian animal welfare legislation (of June 09) and the treatment of stray and pound animals within Serbia.

Via our internal Serbian campaigners, copies of this post will also be sent directly to the Serbian Government and Ministries responsible for animal welfare issues. 

We have asked the RSPCA International to kindly provide a response to us before the end of July (07) 2009, as most of you, our global supporters and campaigners, wish to know if the words of the Serbian government in the PR of 23/04/09 are actually materialising into action, or if they are words which in reality, aspire to nothing, no change for the animals in city / government pounds.

We require answers to the photographs shown in the above link and we are determined to get them.  It is now down to all parties involved with the PR of 23rd April (See below) to provide gloabal campaigners with an update on what is happening for animals within Serbia. 

No information breeds misinformation and it breeds anger.

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Time for the parties involved at the original meeting of 23rd April to inform the waiting world what progress IS actually happening.  Without accurate information to substantiate the declarations made in the formal Press Release of 23rd April, we can only assume that the new pictures of 14th July 09 from OVCA Belgrade actually show the ‘progress’ which has been made for Serbian animals;

That could mean nothing different now from that of the past.

We will provide updates on this important issue as soon as we are provided with information from anyone.

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As stated, we simply require regular information from parties involved, which includes the Serbian government, to inform us what is happening.  If they do not provide this information, then we can only go with the info and photographs we ARE provided with. 

Responsibility now lies with all these parties to continue from where they started – the Press Release !

Serbian government, RSPCA International; please provide us with up to date information of what is happening across Serbia for stray and roaming/shelter animals.  We are not asking for the world, just a fairly basic question !

Please use the following link to find global Serbian embassies. http://www.embassiesabroad.com/embassies-of/Serbia

Please feel free to copy this post, especially the OVCA, Belgrade pound photographs link – http://www.zivotinje.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=277  – , and send to the Serbian embassy in your country, asking them to provide accurate and up to date information on the new Serbian animal welfare legislation; especially that about the animals in OVCA pound, Belgrade.

Thank You.

SAV.

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RSPCA Press Release:

President of Serbia meets with RSPCA ahead of firstanimal welfare law 

Thursday, 23, Apr 2009 12:00 

Serbia has today signalled its intent to improve animal welfare following a meeting between the country’s president and the RSPCA, ahead of the introduction of new legislation to better protect animals next month .  

RSPCA International’s Senior Programme Manager for Europe, Alexandra Hammond-Seaman met President Tadic after Serbia joined a long line of countries worldwide signing a petition calling for a Universal Declaration of Animal Welfare.  

Alexandra said: “It was a great honour to meet President Tadic and discuss such a vitally important issue. The Minister for Agriculture, Saša Dragin signed the petition and confirmed that Serbia will be adopting its first animal welfare framework law in May.”  

Serbia is a potential country to join the European Union, and this move will allow the country to harmonise with current EU legislation on animal welfare.  

The animal welfare framework law covers all species, and includes research animals, the protection of farm animals, transport and slaughter and the protection of wildlife in captivity, as well as forbidding wild animals in circuses.  

After the adoption of this law Serbia will adopt the full EU legal framework on animal welfare into national legislation, as one of the prerequisites in the process towards the EU integration.  

Alexandra added “RSPCA International has been actively engaged with Serbia for over five years now, by providing assistance and training with issues such as dog population control and stray dog management. We also work very closely with Serbian government agencies and the veterinary profession on improving farm animal welfare in the Country. We look forward to continuing to play a central role in helping to enforce the law.”  

RSPCA International attended the meeting with another non-governmental organisation, the Organisation for Respect and Care for Animals (ORCA) which has in the past worked in Serbia to promote responsible pet ownership.  

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Campaigners in Serbia have written very recently to ask the government about the new animal welfare legislation and its implementation, complete with a request for public information.

Did government inspectors demand to the 135 communities that they make a programme for the numbers control of stray cats and dogs ? – in agreement with Article 54 of the law for animal welfare ?

If the municipalities have not made this plan, then as we understand, and in agreement with Article 83, the inspectors can directly punish those responsible for not making the plan, with a fine of 10,000 to 50,000 dinar.

This information will be provided to the EU Parliament immediately.

As stated above, we have asked questions; now we require formal WRITTEN answers from the Serbian government. 

Verbal assurances and promises from the government are not adequate. 

Only written responses will suffice.

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Republička veterinarska inspekcija, Subotica-

Republička veterinarska inspekcija, Beograd-

14.7.2009.  18.7.2009.

Predmet : Zahtev ovlašćenom licu  Ministarstva poljoprivrede-Sektora  veterinarske inspekcije u skladu sa Zakonom o slobodnom pristupu informacijama od javnog značaja  da  , u zakonskom roku do 15 dana  , na adresu u potpisu, dostavi tražiocima  sledeće informacije i  kopije dokumentacije:

1.  Da li  je organ jedinice lokalne samouprave   Subotica  i  svih 135  lokanih samouprava Republike Srbije  i grada Beograda  izradio,  i da li sprovodi ,  u skladu sa Zakonom o dobrobiti i Zakonom o veterinarstvu :  

 Program kontrole i smanjena brojnosti populacije pasa/mačakabez  ubijanja , zbrinjavanjem ovih životinja ( s obzirom da metodu kontrole brojnosti : ubijanjem  i/ili  napuštanjem tj. izbacivanjem na ulice  , važeći zakoni  Rep.Srbije krivično-prekršajno sankcionišu )   .

2.  Dostavite  fotokopiju Programa kontrole i smanjena brojnosti populacije pasa/mačaka  organa jedinice lokalne samouprave  Subotica,  i svih 135 lokalnih samouprava i Grada Beograda koji je  izradjen i koji  se sprovodi  ,  primenjuje  u skladu sa važećim Zakonom o dobrobiti životinja i  svim  ostalim  zakonima Rep.Srbije , koji po Ustavu RS moraju  biti u  medjusobnoj harmoniji   – a  nadzor   čijeg  dono[enja ,postojanja  i primenjivanja je u nadležnosti  područno-nadležne Rep.veterinarske inspekcije , čiji rad  je  pak pod nadzorom i koordinacijom  Sektora veterinarske inspekcije Ministarstva poljoprivrede Republike Srbije , Beograd Omladinskih brigada 1.        

3.  Ukoliko organ jedinice lokalne samouprave, Subotica i svih 135 lokalnih samouprava i Grada Beograda  ne poseduje  i samim tim ne  primenjuje Program kontrole  brojnosti i smanjenja populacije  kućnih ljubimaca –bez ubijanja  tj  zbrinjavanjem   tj.ukoliko  odgovorno lice  organa jedinice lokalne  samouprave  Subotica i svih 135  lokalnih samouprava Rep Srbije i Grada Beograda ne postupa po Zakonu o dobrobiti životinja koji nalaže izradu ovog Programa , a važeći je od 10.6.2009.  , da li je   nadležna Rep veterinarska inspekcija naložila  lokalnoj samoupravi Subotica  i  svim  odgovornim licima u 135 lokalnih samouprava i Gradu Beogradu   : postupanje po  clanu 54,  članu 66. stav 2   i 67. Zakona o dobrobiti životinja – s obzirom da se  rok od 3 godine  ne odnosi na  ove članove Zakona o dobrobiti životinja  nego se daje samo  i isključivo za uskladjivanje rada   prihvatilišta s  odredbama ovog zakona – kao što nalaže  Zakon o dobrobiti životinja    članom 87.  , i taj  se rok ne odnosi  ni na jedan drugi postupak naložen ovim Zakonom .

4. Dostavite Rešenje kojim je  Rep.veterinarska inspekcija  naložila  lokalnoj samoupravi Subotica  i svim  lokalnim samoupravama u Srbiji  – 135 plus Grad Beograd -postupanje po članu 54. ,  članu 66. i  članu 67.   Zakona o dobrobiti životinja , po kojima  organ jedinice lokalne samouprave dužan postupati od 10.6.2009. ,  ili  u protivnom  , kao što kaznenin odredbama  nalaže  Zakon o dobrobiti životinja ,odgovorno lice ovog organa – odgovorno za ovu oblast , pa i za donošenje i primenjivanje zakonitog Programa kontrole  i smanjenja populacije napuštenih pasa i mačaka , podleže kaznenim odredbama   definisanim članom  83. Zakona o dobrobiti životinja(  ili pak ,nepostupanjem po službenoj dužnosti   i ne nalaganjem  izrade i primenjivanja  zakonitog  ili tolerisanjem nezakonitog Programa  kontrole  i smanjenja brojnosti populacije pasa i mačaka   -područno nadležni Rep veter.inspektor podleže  disciplinskom postupku  i krivičnom gonjenju zbog  nepostupanja po službenoj dužnosti  usled nepreduzimanja mera- ukoliko  mere ne  preduzima , u ovom , kao i u svim drugim slučajevima ).

5. Ukoliko je organ jedinice lokalne samouprave Subotica  i svih 135  jedinica lokalne samouprave i Grada Beograda  izradio Program kontrole i smanjenja  brojnosti populacije pasa/mačaka –  bez ubijanja i bez izbacivanja na ulicu – jer su isti  u suprotnosti sa  važećim zakonima Rep Srbije  – dostavite  informaciju : kojom drugom  metodom,    smanjuje  brojnost populacije ovih životinja(  s obzirom  na činjenicu da  su  stalni  glavni izvor novih jedinki :  nesterilisani  vlasnički psi/mačke .)

Napomena radi pojašnjenja ovlašćenom licu za postupanje po Zakonu o slobodnom pristupu informacijama od javnog značaja  : 

Prelazne i završne odredbe definisane  stavom 2 člana 87.  odnose se  samo na  uskladjivanje rada prihvatilišta  sa Zakonom o dobrobiti životinja, jer  postojanje prihvatilišta  i zbrinjavanje je  naloženo  još  2 11.2005. , članom 46. Zakona o vet.– tj.  :  članom 87. Zakona o dobrobiti životinja  zakonodavac  daje   rok do 3  godine  za  uskladjivanje rada samog  prihvatilišta sa  ovim Zakonom  i budućim podzakonskim aktima ,   – što ne odlaže  obaveze postupanja  svih subjekata  po svim ostalim  nalozima Zakona o dobrobiti životinja  i  svih ostalih zakona Rep.Srbije  koji se tiču životinja ( Zakon o veterinarstvu- od 2.11.2005.  , Krivični zakon  RS  od 1.1.2006.)  , –  stoga :

nema zakonske osnove za  odlaganje obaveze  postupanja  lokalne samouprave po članu 54. i 66.  stav 2 ,  i 67 . ovog  Zakona, kao ni za odlaganje  postupanja po nalogu  člana 46.  i 138. Zakona o veterinarstvu  važećeg  od 2. 11.2005.  godine.

Zakon ne dozvoljava odlaganje , jer  svako odlaganje povećava  neopravdane  troškove iz lokalnih budžeta i budžeta grada Beograda  i dovodi do ponavljanja  dugogodišnjih promašenih investicija i rasipanja javnog  novca u ovoj oblasti, kako na finansiranje nezakonitog rada  šinterskih  timova(  hvatači pasa -radnici  javnih komunalnih preduzeća  plus veterinari koji vrše masovna ubijanja  plaćena javnim novcem ,pod  licemernim  i netačnim nazivom “eutanazija” i   “trijaža”)  koji ne mogu staviti pod nadyor piramidu reprodukcije pasa i mačaka , tako i na  održavanje opasnosti od povredjivanja gradjana ujedima i  isplate  milionskih svota odštetnih zahteva ujedenih gradjana – opet iz  javne kase – što nije motivisalo  na yakonito ponašanje, Budući da je sada preciyirano da  je odgovrnost lična – odredjenog  lica  u organu jedinice lokalne samouprave i Grada Beograda i  odredjenog  rep vet inspektora-  to očekujemo pomak s mrtve tačke , zakonito  eliminisanje problema ili  zakonito sankcionisanje odgovornih zbog  njihovog eventualnog nepostupanja.

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Australia: Australia’s new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said prior to the election that he would not abide animal cruelty. So why does he still allow it ?

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Australia’s new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said prior to the election that he would not abide animal cruelty.

Please ask him to keep his word.

In conjunction with our campaigner buddies at Animals Australia;

*** WARNING – GRAPHIC PICTURES OF ANIMAL ABUSE

– Responsibility of Kevin Rudd ! ***

Live Export Photographs:

http://www.animalsaustralia.org/media/photos.php?campaign=2

Animals Australia Web Site:

http://www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/

Live Export Videos:

http://www.animalsaustralia.org/media/videos.php?campaign=2

PLEASE SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THIS DISGUSTING, BARBARIC TRADE – THE ABUSE OF ANIMALS FOR MONEY – Nothing More.

Australia is the largest exporter of live animals in the world. Millions of animals, mostly cattle and sheep, are exported by sea each year. Many die on the way: all suffer. Animals Australia has conducted numerous ground-breaking investigations into treatment of animals in the live export industry, resulting in public outcry and government suspensions of the trade.

However, we will not rest until this trade is ended.

Visit LiveExport-Indefensible.com to find out why!

Subject: FORWARD TO FRIENDS OR UP TO FORTY THOUSAND LIVES WILL BE CRUELLY LOST.

This not a joke and has real consequences.

Visit http://www.humanechain.org/?r=1 to bring an end
to this intolerable cruelty by joining the Humane Chain that’s spreading
across Australia

You literally have the fate of thousands of lives in your hands.

You can help to end the cruelty of live sheep export from Australia to the Middle East and stop the needless deaths of tens of thousands of animals a year en route.

During their transport by land and sea, sheep are generally confined in poorly lit, cramped conditions. They are at risk of injury, heat stress and disease. Many starve
due to stress or because they fail to recognise unfamiliar pellets as food.

The sheep that do reach the Middle East are often exposed to appalling
handling and slaughter techniques that would neither be legal nor tolerated
in Australia. But worst of all, this suffering is completely unnecessary, as
alternatives do exist.

Visit http://www.humanechain.org/?r=1 to bring an end
to this intolerable cruelty by joining the Humane Chain that’s spreading
across Australia.

Jason Buckwalter in NSW received this letter, did not
respond in any way and as a result, nothing happened to him. Thousands of
sheep a year however, are not so fortunate.

Please send this letter immediately on to five friends. Act quickly, as this isn’t a question of superstition. No animal deserves to suffer the ordeal of live export.

The longer you delay, the longer this cruelty will continue.

Don’t be afraid to send on this letter.
Be afraid not to.

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Mary Alice Pollard
Cornwall’s Voice for Animals
http://www.cornwallsvoiceforanimals.org/Welcome.html
http://www.myspace.com/cvfa

Jollity Farm Appeal
http://www.cornwallsvoiceforanimals.org/Appeal.html

 
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Just Nice Photos by Mary Alice
http://www.justnicephotos.com

Maria Daines Band: Music United for Animals
http://www.maria-daines.com/

One Life Rescue
http://www.oneliferescue.org

One of the most dangerous things that can happen in our society is to allow
anyone to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.

The First Strike:
http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/first_strike_the_connection_between_animal_cruelty_and_human_violence/

 

International / Global: Is There Anything That You Want to Eat That Badly?

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“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” 

Paul McCartney

We ask everyone to publicise the footage and links that are given regarding the slaughterhouse issues below – we have included Youtube, Myspace and Facebook links within the text.  It is graphic footage, but then killing animals is a graphic business, whatever the reason.

Please visit the BBC site at the following links for latest veggie and vegan ideas:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/vegetarian_and_vegan/veganproteins.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/vegetarian_and_vegan/

Latest Uk News – Vegetarians ‘Avoid More Cancers’ –

VEGETARIANS GOT NOTABLY FEWER OF THESE CANCERS:

Stomach

Bladder

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Multiple myeloma

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8127215.stm

Other Links:

http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/slaughterhouses/index.en.html

http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/slaughterhouses.html

http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/ar-aninsidelook.html

– SAV.

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http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/video/

Translations in French, German, Portuguese and Spanish are linked directly on the site, should they be required.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE VIDEO LINKS – WARNING ** ANIMAL SUFFERING / DEATH **

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcPYBuecCjI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHTNq33cXBQ

Two Slaughterhouse Videos

In 1978, I visited a slaughterhouse. I walked in as someone who had eaten meat all of his life and had never thought about the moral aspects of the practice. I walked out shocked and horrified at what I saw and convinced that I could no longer participate—I stopped eating flesh immediately.

As you watch these two videos, ask yourself whether that hamburger you want or any other product that comes from these sentient creatures is worth it. Is there anything that you want to eat that badly? And remember that the people who are ultimately responsible are not those who own and operate the slaughterhouses; those who consume meat and animal products, who create the demand, bear the ultimate moral responsibility.

These are videos that we found on the web and they appear to involve French slaughterhouses. But all slaughterhouses are more or less the same. They are all places of unimaginable suffering and death. They are all tragically sad places on so very many levels. There is—and can be—no such thing as a “humane” slaughterhouse.

There are many more of these clips available on the web. At the present time, we are not inclined to add more of these to the site. The purpose of this site is to get you to think about whether we can justify animal use irrespective of whether it is “humane” or not (whatever that means), and to encourage you to think about veganism as the only appropriate response to animal exploitation. The issue is not whether we can make the process more “humane.” The issue is how we can justify any of this under any circumstance. The issue is not treatment; the issue is use.

I did, however, want to post these particular videos for two reasons. The first video, which shows cows in a holding area awaiting slaughter, causes us to focus on these nonhumans as individuals. The hamburger that we eat comes from someone. The second video shows a very typical slaughterhouse. Note that the animals, who have supposedly been stunned, are quite clearly conscious when they are shackled, hoisted, and cut. In every slaughterhouse I have seen, many animals are clearly very conscious during the actual killing process. But even if they were not conscious at that very last moment, this whole enterprise would still be nothing but a moral outrage.

Gary L. Francione

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Is there anything that you want to eat that badly?

 Posted by Gary L. Francione in Blog

 Dear Colleagues:

I never fail to be amazed when I hear people—including well-known promoters of animal welfare—claim quite remarkably that animals do not have an interest in continued life; they just have an interest in not suffering. They do not care that we use them; they care only about how we use them. As long as they have a reasonably painless life and a relatively painless death, they do not care if we consume them or products made from them. I have discussed this issue in a number of essays on this site (see, e.g., 1; 2; 3) and in my books and articles. It will be a central topic in my forthcoming book, The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?, which I have co-authored with Professor Robert Garner and that will be published by Columbia University Press this fall.

On our video page, we have two videos from slaughterhouses. A significant number of visitors have viewed these videos and have written to us about them, particularly the video that does not show any actual slaughter. That video has obviously made an impact on many people and so I wanted to highlight it in a blog post.

The video shows two cows waiting in a chute to be led into the abattoir. An employee comes out and uses an electric prod to get the first cow to enter the abattoir. The second cow remains behind the door that has closed. She is clearly terrified. She knows that she is in trouble and this is not simply a matter of “instinct” (I do not even know what that means.) She is desperately looking for a way to get out of the chute. She may not have the same sorts of thoughts that beings who, like us, use symbolic communication, but it is clear that she has some equivalent sort of cognition.

To say that she does not have a sense of having a life is beyond absurdity.

I find this video to be profoundly tragic on many levels. Watch it and then ask yourself whether animal organizations should be investing their time and your resources in trying to design “better” slaughterhouses or promoting “happy” meat, or whether we should all commit ourselves to veganism and to clear, unequivocal, nonviolent vegan education.

The video is apparently from a French slaughterhouse. But it does not really matter. All slaughterhouses are places of hell and unspeakable violence against the vulnerable. Never believe that such a place can ever be described as “humane” except by someone who is very deeply confused about fundamental issues of morality.

Someone who saw this video wrote to me and said the following:

I am a vegetarian but have found it difficult to transition to veganism. My two weaknesses: ice cream and good Cheshire cheese. I watched this video. I looked into her eyes and I answered the question that you asked on your video page: “Is there anything that you want to eat that badly?” The answer was clear to me in a way it never was before. I am now a vegan. I also recognised that all of the suffering and death that is going on is not because of what “they” are doing but because of what “we” demand. You are right to say that “the people who are ultimately responsible are not those who own and operate the slaughterhouses; those who consume meat and animal products, who create the demand, bear the ultimate moral responsibility.”

Go vegan. Educate others in creative, nonviolent ways about veganism.

Gary L. Francione
© 2009 Gary L. Francione

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China: The Ultimate in Animal Abuse **WARNING** Graphic (but real) Photographs

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*** WARNING *** - Graphic Photographs.
Not what we wish to show, but it must be shown.
This is what goes on within China where there are no animal welfare / protection laws.
What can we do ? - BOYCOTT ALL CHINESE PRODUCTS for a start.
Please copy the link for this post (in the address bar - top of your computer) 
and forward it on to everyone you know; also politicians.  
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Post from Yahoo Chinese Animal Group:

From:
Cc: ‘Planeta Animal’
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:03 AM
Subject:  (Very disturbing to) view these came from China…
Their behaviour is not illegal. There’s no animal protection law in China and that’s what we’ve been working on as hardest as we can for the past years.

Hi, this is Danielle from Sunflower Human Society Beijing.

A few words about the picture of the suffering dog:

It’s a seriously abused stray dog who’s in heaven now.

A volunteer found him in Foshan, Guangdong province.

His two eyeballs were digged out and his genitals cut off.

The volunteer sent him to the vet.

Many people couldn’t stop crying when they saw his wounds everywhere.

They finally agreed to put him into sleep to end his suffering.
However, even if they found him/her, what they can do about him/her other than cursing him/her?

Volunteers have been searching the information about the murderer online.

 

There are similar tragedies happening everywhere


Thanks so much for your care, support and help to the Chinese animals.

Let's pray things will be improving gradually through our joint continuous efforts.

We-friends and voices of the animals here-will do our very best for our furry friends.

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Please take a look... and help the suffering Chinese animals as much as you can!!!

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