Posted on October 24, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
A new video (link below) from Felix showing some of the cats – plus other ‘cat’ video links –
Autumn Rhyhtm cats
Figaro’s feeling much better after just two days of medical treatment.
His body temperature has returned to normal, he’s got a healthy appetite and he behaves like he always has, half playful and sweet, half grumpy. If he stays this way, his leg surgery and neutering will finally be done next week.
Hopefully he’ll recover smoothly, without any additional problems; heaven knows he’s had enough of those already.
Above – Figaro
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Posted on October 21, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear Mark
Next week, on Wednesday 28th October, the European Union will vote on budgets for 2016. Each year the European Union provides an estimated £100 million through Common Agriculture Policy payments to farmers who breed bulls for bullfights.
You will be horrified to learn that YOUR hard-earned tax is helping to support this barbaric industry, with £13.5 million coming from the UK alone!
Next Wednesday, your MEP will have an opportunity to support and vote for an amendment to prohibit the use of European funds to support farmers who breed bulls for bullfights. Last year, a similar amendment fell just short of an overall majority, but the tide is turning against bullfighting. 76% of Spanish people are opposed to public subsidies for bullfighting, and only 29% support bullfighting at all.
The European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes is clear: Animals should not suffer pain, injury, fear or distress. Farmers breeding bulls to be tortured slowly for public display can never comply with these conditions and therefore should not be eligible for agricultural subsidies.
Bullfighting relies heavily on the backing of European funds and also funds from Spanish Administrations. Without these payments, trends show that this bloodthirsty industry would be on the brink of collapse.
We need to demonstrate political and public support against the use of our taxes being used in this way. Last year we came so close, and all we need is a few more MEPs to turn up and vote.
Please contact your MEPs TODAY and urge that they vote to stop European subsidies for bullfighting on Wednesday. You can choose to contact any or all of your MEPs that are listed as there may be several representing your region. We have provided some suggested text for you to use if you wish, however personalised emails have a greater impact so please add your personal comments.
Thank you for your support.
Mark McCormick
Senior Communications Officer
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Posted on October 20, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Our recent post on this site said – “The Serbian government / Ministry are claiming that animals were NEVER exported from Serbia in the first place and that we are wrong in what we say”.
Well it would appear that upon further investigation at our request by the EU, the EU Commission has been informed by the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture that the animals did originate from Serbia; in direct opposition to what was said to us earlier.
When Serbian campaigners questioned the Ministry about this issue in the recent past they were informed that they were ‘wasting Ministry time’.
But as a result of campaigners continuous “questioning” to the Ministry on the issue; they were then threatened with closure the shelter “Alex” (for stray dogs and others) as some kind of vindictive revenge for asking normal questions about the export consignment.
Now it appears that the Serbian Ministry are telling the EU that the animals did originate in Serbia; and that they were shipped to Israel in accordance with EU Reg 1/2005 and all IATA standards. We cannot currently prove or disapprove this at the current time. Possibly all was correct in the air; but why did the Serbian Ministry deny any involvement with the export consignment ?
Yes we agree, the photos on the posts were only taken in Israel; we have never denied that and make that clear in our posts.
But this does prove that the Serbian authorities will make threats to close down animal shelters within Serbia if questions about their work is asked by welfare campaigners. Suddenly we have a letter from the EU informing us that the lambs that we were informed ‘Serbia had no dealing with’, have suddenly been ‘exported from Serbia by air in accordance with all the regulations’ – and a threat made by the Serbian authorities to close down a shelter (Alex) if we kept on ‘wasting Ministry time’ !
Here is the EU letter we have just been sent to confirm the situation:
Past links and photos:
Was our persistence a waste of time ? – we think not.
But the very worrying aspect of this is the threats made to welfare groups by the Serbian Ministry when outsiders question them or anything they do – a shelter could have now been closed and animals back on the street to be killed by shinters and authorities.
As EU citizens and investigators, Do we continue to investigate (and take the Serbian Ministry threats for shelter closure) or do we just shut up and let them continue without any programme of stray animal management – just like Romania ? – see the above link.
Crunch time folks !
Serbia – if you are going to join the EU; then clean up your animal welfare policies and enforce them; as EU welfare groups from across the continent will be hot on your heels all the time to show where you are failing – and report you as a consequence.
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Posted on October 17, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
British charity saves the life of tiny orangutan left for dead in Borneo.
All photos – Standard and IAR.
A British animal charity has stepped in to help save the life of a baby orangutan who was left out in the sun to die in Borneo.
The baby ape was so lifeless when a team from East Sussex-based International Animal Rescue (IAR) reached him that at first they thought he was dead.
The tiny creature had been dumped and left for dead in a filthy urine-soaked cardboard box.
Lying with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look corpse-like and “almost mummified”.
IAR officials said the baby, who they named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from their orangutan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.
The baby oranguatan, who was dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, was taken to the IAR clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.
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IAR chief executive Alan Knight said: “It’s hard to stomach the shocking state Gito was in when we rescued him.
“Our team has seen a significant increase in the number of baby orangutans being kept as pets and some of them have only recently been taken from the wild.
“This is the result of the forest fires devastating Indonesia and leaving wild orangutans without food or shelter. Those that escape being burnt alive are left exposed and vulnerable, under threat of starving to death or being killed or captured by human beings.”
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet.
He was found to be suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange – a highly-contagious skin disease.
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito’s body to soothe and soften his itchy skin, and he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.
Mr Knight added: “Gito is in safe hands now and receiving expert treatment and care at our centre in Ketapang. But tragically there are many more like him in desperate need of our help.”
Forest fires in Ketapang Regency have triggered a rise in the number of orangutans being captured, and an urgent need for funding to help continue the IAR’s work, Mr Knight said.
IAR Links:
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Posted on October 17, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
SAV Comment – It is essential that we support our conservation group friends and find out who this person is. We especially call on our German friends to help us with his identification.
Note that if you click on the photo you will then be allowed to enlarge it – this may further aid in identification. Thanks.
Link:
A German Hunter Killed One of Africa’s Biggest Elephants
Conservation groups in Zimbabwe aim to find the identity of the hunter to give him the ‘Cecil the lion’ treatment.
A German trophy hunter reportedly shot and killed one of the largest elephants recorded in nearly 30 years, and now a Zimbabwean conservation group wants to make him infamous, like the killer of Cecil the lion.
The 40- to 60-year-old elephant was shot just outside Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou National Park and had tusks weighing more than 100 pounds each, Zimbabwe Conservation T
ask Force chairperson Johnny Rodrigues said in a statement.
“His tusks were so big that they dragged along the ground when he was walking,” Rodrigues said. This elephant was unknown to wildlife rangers at the park and might have wandered across the border from South Africa into Zimbabwe, where the unidentified hunter shot and killed it.
According to The Telegraph, the hunting organization that led the guided hunt has refused to name the hunter, who paid $61,000 to participate in a 21-day excursion that ended Oct. 8 with one dead elephant. But Rodrigues said the conservation group is going to find out the hunter’s identity.
“The authorities and the hunters’ association are trying to protect him, but we’ve got his photograph,” Rodrigues told The Guardian. “We will identify him, and when we do we’ll leave the public to do what they did to Walter Palmer. People like that deserve it.”
The hunter reportedly had the correct permits for hunting on the land, so no illegal activity occurred. But conservationists say the animal’s size made it one of a kind—an animal like that should have been preserved for others to see in the wild, according to Anthony Kaschula, a safari firm operator in Zimbabwe.
“We have no control over poaching but we do have control over hunting policy that should acknowledge that animals such as this one are of far more value alive (to both hunters and non-hunters) than dead,” Kaschula wrote on Facebook. “Individual elephants such as these should be accorded their true value as a National Heritage and should be off limits to hunting. In this case, we have collectively failed to ensure that legislation is not in place to help safeguard such magnificent animals.”
While this elephant might have been killed legally, Zimbabwe national park officials are dealing with a recent rise in elephant poaching incidents, finding 26 more dead elephants this week due to cyanide poisoning—on top of the 14 found poisoned just last week.
As many as 100 elephants are killed each day at the hands of poachers to profit from ivory demand in places such as China, Vietnam, and the United States.
If those numbers continue, African elephants could be extinct within 20 years, according to animal rights advocates.
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Supplement –
Please see our other link on German elephant hunting and the so called ‘conservationist’ involved :
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Posted on October 12, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Photo – Peta
Please support PETA with this very important campaign – China again !!
PETA visited angora farms in China that were deemed “humane” by third-party auditors, and we confirmed with our own eyes that live rabbits’ fur is ripped out of their skin and they’re forced to live in horrendous conditions, despite assurances to the contrary.
On these farms, most rabbits were suffering from a severe skin irritation, and in many cases the animals weren’t offered any treatment for serious and chronic infections, sores, malnutrition, and respiratory distress.
Some rabbits were so sick and weak that they were lying in their own waste, motionless or panting. This is yet another example showing that the auditing system is a farce that protects suppliers and retailers rather than animals, regardless of “standards” that might be in place.
There is no way to mass-produce angora humanely. Because of the cruelty involved, more than 110 top retailers have banned angora, including Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Ann Inc., H&M, and Inditex.
Yet Free People, which is owned by Urban Outfitters, continues to sell cruel angora wool.
Video – you have to sign in to view:
The Video That Started It All
They were the screams heard around the world. Undercover footage shot by PETA Asia revealed extreme yet routine cruelty to angora rabbits, whose long, soft fur is often used in sweaters and accessories. See the footage for yourself: Link above.
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Posted on October 9, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Name: Susanne Heitz
Message: Dear Animals Voice-Team, would you be so kind to share/spread support this petition to Romanias President Klaus Iohannis.
It ends end of Oktober!!
Thank you very very much
In this group you will find the german original as well as an english, romanian and french translation:
Best regards Susanne Heitz
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