Posted on September 12, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Hi Mark
This is in Macedonia, Stip city NGO. Can You help them by SAV, please.
Thanks.
Regards
Slavica
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Posted on September 11, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Bear cubs were chained to a brick wall and forced to stand upright, putting them at risk of choking or hanging.
Bears Crying Out for Help
Dear Mr Johnson,
For a bear PETA Asia’s investigator named Doudou, “training” meant being yanked by her neck and forced to walk on parallel bars, sometimes on just her front paws. If she stopped or made even the smallest mistake, she was struck with a stick. When she wasn’t being forced to perform, she could often be found pawing and biting at the bars of the cramped, barren cage she was confined to, crying out desperately for someone – anyone – to stop her abuse.
Her cries – like those of the many bears, tigers, monkeys, and other animals PETA Asia’s eyewitness found in 10 different circuses and animal training facilities across China – were simply ignored by trainers, who saw Doudou and other animals like her as little more than another circus “attraction” to be coerced into performing ridiculous and often painful tricks through fear, intimidation, and violence.
The abuse PETA Asia has exposed at Chinese circus training facilities is heartbreaking. In addition to Doudou, the eyewitness documented that bear cubs were tightly strung up by their necks and forced to stand on their hind legs – sometimes for hours on end – at the risk of choking or hanging themselves. Young lion cubs were found quivering in fear, and tigers were seen being violently whipped and beaten with heavy metal poles to force them to jump through hoops and balance on balls. The eyewitness found terrified monkeys grimacing, struggling against neck chains, defecating in fear, and attempting to escape from their handlers.
In every circus inspected by PETA Asia, animals lacked adequate food, drinking water, housing, and veterinary care.
The abuse documented in this groundbreaking investigation isn’t just the result of notoriously weak Chinese animal-protection laws. In circuses everywhere, animals are routinely kept in chains and confined to cramped cages. The use of fear and punishment to force animals to perform – much like what was discovered in China – is common practice among circuses that exploit animals around the world.
But with your help, we can change that.
This latest exposé has done more than reveal the heavy chains, frequent beatings, and constant fear of abuse that circuses use to control the animals they hold captive: it’s also inspired tens of thousands of people around the world to pledge never, ever to buy a ticket to any circus that uses animals.
PETA Asia’s circus investigation is even beginning to have an impact in China, where the group has now become the top international charity on Sina Weibo, the biggest social-networking site in that country. Footage from the investigation has been seen by millions, and just last week, the largest English-language newspaper in Eastern China – Shanghai Daily – ran a story on the tremendous social media response to this case.
Across China and around the world, calls to shut down circuses that abuse and exploit animals are growing louder. Governments in France, the UK, and elsewhere are seeing new pressure to follow the lead of Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, and other countries by banning wild-animal acts, and more and more families are refusing to buy tickets to any circus with animals.
Your generous gift today will immediately strengthen PETA’s vital work for all animals, including those who are being abused for human entertainment right now.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Ingrid E Newkirk
Founder
PS: PETA Asia’s
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Posted on September 9, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Posted on September 8, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Ref link to our earlier post:
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 6/9/16. Breaking News and Pictures – Authorities Have Until 8/9 To Clean Up; Or We Then Take Further Action.
Further Update 8/9.
Dear all;
Despite saying that we will publish names and e mails at noon (GMT) today in our earlier post; we have held back on this as things have progressed during the day today.
Slavica has been working hard – and today the main Veterinary Inspector has written back to her and said that immediately after the charge by Slavica, the veterinary inspector will start immediately with controls, which is being treated as an urgent case. Most importantly, he stated that they will send a report of what they have done after the work has been completed.
The Ministry also confirmed that they will send copies of all the documentation that is requested in the formal charge.
Now Slavica / we are allowing 15 days for everything to be sorted and provided to us as per the charge sent. Slavica is in charge of this program, and we are working with her and on her advice. We have not had any response from the EU, but we cannot say for sure that despite not contacting us, they have not acted on our e mail of 7/9 and put extra pressure on the B&H Ministry.
So now we wait to see what happens and if promises are kept. We are ready to act in defence of the dogs at the shelter as we have done; and we will not hesitate to take further action should the Ministry not provide all the data within the time frame; and taken clean ups at the shelter as they have promised.
We will keep you all informed of any future news on this issue.
SAV.
Here is a copy of the letter sent by the Ministry to Slavica:
Poštovani,
Ocjenjujući hitnim Vaš zahtjev za poduzimanje mjera iz nadležnosti Inspektorata veterinarske inspekcije, koji je jučer 07.09.2016.godine dostavljen veterinarkoj inspekciji Kantonalne uprave za inspekcijske poslove KS, kantonalni veterinarski inspektori su istog dana izvršili inspekcijski nadzor na oklnosti navedene u dostavljenom zahtjevu. S obzirom da postupak inspekcijskog nadzora u predmetu koji se odnosi na Prihvatilište za napuštene pse Žunovnica u Općini Hadžići još nije okončan, poduzete su i dodatne radnje i aktivnosti koje imaju za cilj pravilno utvrđivanje činjenica,to u ovom momentu ne možemo otkrivati više detalja, posebno iz razloga što je po nalogu Tužilaštva KS u slučaj istovremeno uključen i Odsijek nadležne krim policije.
Također, potvrđujemo da smo danas zaprimili i Vaš Zahtjev za informacijama od javnog začaja, te s tim u vezi bićete blagovremeno obaviješteni po okončanju započetog inspekcijskog postupka.
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Posted on September 6, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Update 8/9 – there is now further (and hopefully positive) updates to what has been happening during 8/9 – please go to the following for the latest news – Thank – SAV.
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Out original data is as follows:
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 6/9/16.
Update 8/9 – despite objections we have had no response from the B&H officials. Therefore later today (8/9) we will be publishing all their e mail addresses so that you can write to them directly – and flood their inbox.
Hi Mark,
this is our official Request to veterinary inspection , ask for copies of documentation by which we can see what they did do after our Urgent Charge with a proof.
Now , Cantonal veterinary inspection, Sarajevo has 15 days for sending to us a copies – evidences about what they did do. If they will not send , we will send an appeal to Commissioner for public information.
Regards
Slavica
DOPUNA Zahteva za info tačkom 3. Dostavite kopiju Programa kontrole i smanjenja broja neodgovornih držalaca pasa i mačaka u gradu Sarajevo, koji se može zvati i Program kontrole i smanjenja populacije napuštenih pasa i mačaka, ali su mere i sankcije usmerene na ljude: držaoce životinja ,jer životinje nisu aktivni pravni subjekti i nima propisi ne nalažu, nego njihovim držaocima i firmama koje se bave životinjama..
EPAR
SAV Comment – we have copies of this documentation.
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We have just had these pictures in. Hadzici is a community in Sarajevo city.
It would seem that these dogs are due to be killed as they are termed to be ‘aggressive’. We have very serious concerns once again about corruption taking power over animal welfare.
We need to see major changes to the situation by the authorities by the morning of 8/9; otherwise we will publish all the e mail contact details that we hold of the people concerned – and then they can be deluged by mails from you.
We wish to see all the dogs saved; fed a lot and the facility very much cleaned up from the disgusting state which it is in at this time; and which can be seen in the photographs. If we find any of the dogs have been killed we will be taking further action.
We are immediately sending this post and ALL the photographs to the Enlargement Commission of the EU, as it is clear from the photographs that B&H are not enforcing adequate animal welfare legislation, and as such are not worthy of becoming future members of the EU.
We will remind the EU Enlargement Commission of this. Good EU member states are now leaving the EU and they are being replaced by corrupt states as we have identified for years now. This situation is no different.
We are holding back on e mail contact details for now but unless we see major improvements by 8/9; and the photographic and other proof sent to our contacts, we will then release the contact info.
Just look at the conditions in the following pictures – and the state of the floor covered in excrement. Authorities have until 8/9 to clean up and feed all the animals or we will be taking the next stage of our action.
SAV.
Comment:
It must be noted that B&H is not a modern nation of Europe that recognises that sterilisation of animals is the way to reduce numbers. Like Serbian politicians, they only want to kill, with no overall long term view to reducing animal numbers.
B&H has a law which DOES allow the killing of healthy but unwanted dogs.
Sterilisation would not even produce these dogs in the first place; but B&H politicians don’t seem to understand the basics. Maybe they want to put the money elsewhere – it is called ‘corruption’ by a lot.
Mass animal killing by law is allowed in B&H. The EU must decide on accepting this type of policy and the massive backlash which it will get as a result.
We also understand that the EU does not care about animal welfare, as the last 6 year evidence given to the EU over live animals to Turkey has resulted in no action by them. If the EU does not care about food animals then it for sure does not care about stray cats and dogs.
We are sure that the EU will have a great time putting endless money into B&H when it becomes an EU member state. By the ‘EU’, we mean German, Dutch, Danish citizens etc. If the EU does not work for them, then you follow the Brits and you get out of Europe. Let the money going to Serbia and B&H come from other member states who cannot afford it anyway.
The EU is in a complete and utter mess due to its own making. With the likes of Serbia and B&H becoming members; the EU rules of law will never be applied and Europe will become a kind of wild west.
EU – you deserve it. You have never listened to the citizens. Now face the consequences.
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Posted on September 5, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear industry stakeholders involved in the trade of live animals from Europe to Turkey,
For the past six years,
Animal Welfare Foundation, Eyes on Animals, Tierschutzbund Zürich, Compassion in World Farming and Animals´Angels
have been complaining to the EU Commission and the Member State officials about continuous breaches of Regulation (EC) 1/2005 during transports from the EU to Turkey committed by industry stakeholders.
Our experience has sadly shown that too many officials are incompetent- either by ignorance or naivity or lack of motivation. They are approving live-animal export consignments to Turkey whereby the animals are overcrowded, some of the animals are unfit (too pregnant, too weak…) and the journey log is completely bogus (no reserved booking at a control post to guarantee offloading, unrealistic journey times, accepting false control post names such as Kapikule or Svilengrad, claiming temperatures within the max EU range…).
This poses really bad competition for those of you trying to abide by the law and show more respect to the animals, and sets a very bad example to the cheating players in the industry (that they can get away and even profit from their bad attitude and actions).
A few transport companies cleaned up their act by getting rid of some inexperienced or lazy drivers and giving additional training and payment to the ones driving on this complicated route. Some transport companies and organizations agreed to stop sending animals in July and August when the temperatures are known to be too high, but a couple have now taken back their word saying they need to stay in the competition because animal-exporters will just use other companies.
A few livestock-truck manufacturing companies have altered the designs to their water systems and partitions and access doors, to solve some of the problems we were seeing. But sadly we have heard very little from exporters, many of whom continue to send animals on this route, and pressure transporters to load high densities and even highly pregnant cows that end up giving birth on the trucks. And we hear very little back from transport companies that continuously create problems. Even despite us offering their drivers a training course.
But the point is that although we appreciate those of you that at least took some steps, not enough has been done. Not being able to rely very much on authorities, we can only hope that you industry players will finally take the necessary action to put an end to all the horrible and unnecessary suffering and clean up your acts as much as possible.
Become aware of the problems, do not let cheating colleagues get away with it (open your mouths and police yourselves a bit better ). As long as this trade is so ridden with so much suffering , cheating and incompetent people, we will continue to expose it to the media and call for a full suspension.
In late June 2016 our teams were again at the border, for one week and it was the worst we have documented to date. Many dead animals and pregnant heifers giving birth. On top of the usual suffering from heat stress and lack of sufficient water.
You can download our June 2016 report here:
and watch the video here:
Urgent action is needed!
Yours sincerely, on behalf of Eyes on Animals and Tierschutzbund Zuerich|Animal Welfare Foundation,
Lesley Moffat
— Lesley Moffat, MSc Ethology Eyes on Animals – Director
Above – the principal person failing to act – Bernard Van Goethem of the EU Commission;
– and yes, he claims to be a veterinarian !! – animal welfare and all that !
This below is what he considers to be ok and is failing to act on:
Utterly USELESS EU COMMISSION
We have sent a copy of this post to Mr Van Goethem
Your message
To: VAN GOETHEM Bernard (SANTE)
Subject:
Sent: 05 September 2016 17:08:18 (UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
was read on 05 September 2016 17:10:25 (UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris.
– Like everything else with him, we expect no further action from the EU!
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Posted on September 3, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Indonesian military personnel spray water on a burned forest area at Rimbo Panjang Village, Kampar, Riau, Indonesia on Aug. 6. 2015.
SAV Comment – the greed of man for that thing called ‘money’ is once again destroying this planet. We care that the animals are being killed – consumed by the fires started illegally. Indonesia is now paying the price big time for its lack of controls of the trade and allowing this to happen for illegal Palm Oil production when it should have instead been encouraging tourism to its country for people to see and photograph beautiful animals; many of which are now dead due to Indonesian mans greed. We shed no tears for them – one could argue that they are now getting what they deserve. The animals – they do NOT deserve this. Around for millions of years; destroyed and killed in months because of greed.
Mark,
As we speak, Indonesia is burning out of control. Just two days ago, the country declared an emergency, as hundreds of forest fires swept across the land.
These fires are being illegally lit to make way for palm oil and other plantations, clearing out swathes of forest and carbon-rich peatlands. And with that, critically endangered orangutans, elephants, and tigers are swallowed up.
This palm oil ends up on our supermarket shelves and is in almost everything we consume.
It doesn’t have to be this way. We’ve already made serious inroads: big brands like Starbucks, McDonald’s, Kellogg’s, and a dozen of others have adopted responsible palm oil policies after campaigning by the SumOfUs community and our partners.
But there’s so much more work to do. If we’re going to help stop Indonesia burning, we need to force PepsiCo, Tyson Foods (maker of Sara Lee desserts), and other companies to clean up their palm oil supply chains now. And we can only do this with a commitment from you.
The fires in Indonesia are so bad that the government has ordered schools be shut. Pollution levels are hazardous. Indonesia, as well as its neighbours, Singapore and Malaysia, are now being blanketed in a toxic, thick smog.
Firefighters are working around the clock, and even the military has been brought in to put out the fires.
These fires are not new: they happened last year, and they were the worst on record. Thousands of people and countless animals died; cities across South East Asia were covered in smog for weeks; half a million people were hospitalised; and 1.7 billion tonnes of carbon — equivalent to what Brazil produces in a year — was released into the atmosphere.
We have the power to decide whether history will repeat itself year after year, or whether we put a stop to it now — if you can chip in now!
If you make a donation today, we can instantly ramp up the pressure on companies like PepsiCo and Tyson Foods, using strategic tactics like brand-jamming on social media, on-the-ground organising, and ad buys.
In a few weeks, we’ll be paying a visit to Pepsi’s headquarters in New York, representing the voices of hundreds of thousands of SumOfUs members like you. And if we can raise enough money, we’ll run radio ads in the area so it definitely can’t escape our demands.
When we stand together, we are powerful enough to take on the biggest, baddest corporations in the world. But all of this starts with members like you, making a small donation of whatever you can afford to make protecting Indonesia’s rainforests possible.
Thanks for all that you do,
Paul and the team at SumOfUs
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