It’s a grim sight: twisted cages, starving lions, the bodies of dead monkeys.

 

 

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SAV Comment:  And they say that humans are the intelligent ones ! – Israeli air strikes have got a lot to answer for.

http://www.takepart.com/photos/zoo-animals-gaza?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2014-08-21

 

It’s a grim sight: twisted cages, starving lions, the bodies of dead monkeys.

 

The Al-Bisan recreational park in Jabalya, northern Gaza was caught in the recent crossfire between Israeli and Palestinian forces. It had a cafeteria, a soccer field, and carousels, most of which have been crushed by air strikes.

Yet the zoo and its beastly residents remain—at least some of them and likely not for long.

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The park’s chief veterinarian, Abu Sameer, told CNN that eight to 10 monkeys, a lion, a fox, and a gazelle were killed. Survivors include crocodiles, birds, monkeys, and lions. Many of them appear traumatized and haven’t eaten for 10 to 15 days.

According to Sameer, the three lions face the biggest challenge because the zoo can’t afford to buy meat to feed them.

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“We can’t get the animals out to clean the cages,” he said. “Many of them are getting sick because they are weak and it is dirty. But we don’t have any alternative places.”

The Hamas government built the zoo in 2008 to give locals a respite from the difficulties of living on the Gaza Strip. With 67 Israeli and 1,960 Palestinians killed in the current month-long conflict, Al-Bisan’s zoo animals only add to the casualties of war.

“You can see the cages for the animals are badly damaged,” zookeeper Farid al-Hissi told the AFP. “When you see it, it makes you sad because they are in a jail now.”

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Further links:

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2727169/Caught-crossfire-Hundreds-animals-trapped-dilapidated-Gaza-zoo-weeks-Israeli-shelling.html 

 http://www.click2houston.com/news/gazas-zoo-animals-caught-in-crossfire/27591772 

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2014/08/20/animals-caught-in-crossfire 

http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=172917&heading=Middle%20East 

 

 

 

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Australia: ‘Animals Australia’ Investigation Reveals Battery Hens ‘Living’ Amongst Towers of Rotting Faeces, Surviving On Scraps, Beetles and Eggs.

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What you are about to see has never before been revealed to the public…

If heaven for a bird is sunshine, fresh air, and freedom, then this must be hell.

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Her job was to lay eggs for Australia’s biggest egg producer — a company that boasts that its hens are “treated with the greatest of care”. But these unbelievable images captured inside a cage egg farm in rural NSW tell a different story.

This mega factory farm is not only ‘home’ to thousands of hens trapped in cages. But hidden deep in the trenches below them, investigators discovered a prison of a very different kind… Here, dozens of abandoned hens were found ‘living’ among enormous towers of rotting faeces — surviving on scraps, beetles and eggs.

This isn’t the first time we’ve needed to report Australia’s biggest egg producer for neglect and cruelty.

Please take action today to help ensure it is the last.

These birds had been abandoned and forgotten — in a system so cruel — on a factory farm so massive — that the value of individual life is lost and thus the suffering of the individual, overlooked.

It’s shocking to contemplate that these hens stuck in the manure pits were in fact the ‘luckier’ ones. Their caged sisters cannot in any way move freely. They cannot forage. They cannot stretch their wings. They must eat, sleep, defecate and lay their eggs in the same small space — day, after day after day… You’ll no doubt share our dismay that the company profiting from this cruelty carries the ‘stamp of approval’ from the egg industry’s peak body.

According to their website, the ‘Egg Corp Assured’ logo is a sign that eggs are ‘produced under strict guidelines’. Yet just over a year ago the owners of this cage egg facility were fined for multiple violations including illegal overcrowding. Now they are under investigation again. Regardless of whether authorities can compel this cage egg producer to adhere to the law, the suffering of caged hens will continue.

That’s because in Australia battery cages are still legal — despite being banned in many other countries on cruelty grounds. Laws that allow this callous ‘farming’ method to continue were due for review four years ago. But we are still waiting… You and I can vote with our shopping trolley and refuse to buy products of cruelty.

But hens need more than that — they need our voice. Please lend them yours today by demanding a ban on the battery cage in Australia.

Thank you so much for caring, and for giving a few minutes of your time to send an instant message on behalf of hens today.

For the animals,

Lyn White AM Campaign Director

P.S. This hen’s incredible story should never have come to light. It should never have been filmed. It should never have happened. The cruel system that she was born into is now banned in so many countries.

Please send an instant message now to help ban the battery cage in Australia too!

 

 

 

USA: Major Breaking News 21/8/14 – ‘Mercy For Animals’ – Because of your support, we have secured a major victory for animals! – Nestle Introduce Massive Welfare Changes.

 

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SAV Comment:  If every day was as good a news bringer as this; there would be many more good days !! – Congratulations to our friends at MFA – job well done !

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Greetings!

Because of your support, we have secured a major victory for animals!

Nestle, the largest food company in the world, has just announced perhaps the single largest and most sweeping corporate animal welfare policy change in history!

The announcement follows a Mercy For Animals undercover investigation late last year that revealed shocking cruelty at a Wisconsin dairy factory farm supplier for DiGiorno Pizza, a Nestle company.

MFA’s undercover footage showed workers kicking, beating, and stabbing cows, and cows who were too sick or injured to stand being callously tortured and dragged by their fragile legs and necks with a chain attached to a tractor.

You helped us push for convictions of four workers charged with criminal animal cruelty at this factory farm and together we won.

Then, bolstered by your support and tens of thousands of petition signatures, we campaigned to convince Nestle to adopt meaningful animal welfare guidelines for its suppliers.

And today we celebrate a monumental success that will reduce the suffering of millions of animals.

Earlier today, Nestle announced landmark new global animal welfare policies to be implemented in each of its hundreds of thousands of supplier farms in 90 countries. Nestle has thousands of suppliers for dozens of brands like Lean Cuisine, Stouffer’s, and Hot Pockets.

Nestle’s global corporate policy change will eliminate particularly cruel practices for cattle, pigs, chickens, and turkeys. Practices like:

  • Dehorning and tail docking of dairy cattle and castration of piglets without painkillers
  • Extreme confinement of calves in veal crates, pigs in gestation crates, and egg-laying hens in battery cages so small they can’t even turn around or stretch their limbs
  • Use of growth promoters that often lead to crippling leg deformities, organ failure, heart attacks, and other obesity-related ailments in animals

We praise Nestle for stepping up to the plate and taking important steps to improve the lives of animals on a global level.

At Mercy For Animals, we are well-known for the impact of our undercover investigations of factory farm cruelty. Our investigations have led to sweeping changes in corporate animal welfare policies, like those adopted by Tyson Foods, Costco, Kmart, and others.

On the heels of Nestle’s announcement, it’s now time for Walmart, McDonald’s, and other global food retailers to stop dragging their feet and implement similar animal welfare standards, and with your help, we will continue to fight for meaningful animal welfare policy chan ge.

We absolutely could not do this work without you.

Thank you for supporting the world-changing work of Mercy For Animals. Please join us in celebrating this landmark success that will reduce the suffering of millions of animals every year. And remember that the most powerful action each of us can take to help protect animals is to adopt a compassionate vegan diet.

For farmed animals everywhere,

Nathan Runkle Executive Director

P.S. There is still much work to be done to eliminate the suffering of animals in factory farms. Please give today — you will help us achieve more victories for farmed animals!

 

Past SAV posts relating to Mercy For Animals investigation work:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/04/23/usa-mercy-for-animals-canada-reveals-heartbreaking-cruelty-to-baby-calves-at-one-of-the-largest-veal-producers-in-north-america/  

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/08/06/usa-mercy-for-animals-great-news-ag-gag-is-dead-in-north-carolina-livestock-auction-owner-convicted-of-animal-cruelty-following-mfa-investigation/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/06/04/canada-new-undercover-video-by-mercy-for-animals-shows-baby-turkeys-mutilated-ground-up-alive-at-butterball-hatchery/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/10/11/usa-mercy-for-animals-undercover-expose-major-animal-abuses-at-burger-king/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/06/27/usa-update-excellent-result-for-mercy-for-animals-and-proof-why-ag-gag-legislation-must-be-banned-now/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/04/18/usa-mercy-for-animals-hidden-camera-footage-leads-to-arrest-and-criminal-charges-in-california-this-is-what-ag-gag-in-other-states-is-attempting-to-prevent-who-is-the-real-criminal/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2011/04/20/usa-mercy-for-animals-expose-calves-being-killed-with-pickaxe-and-hammers-at-e6-cattle-ranch-in-hart-tx-at-the-same-time-states-introduce-legislation-to-imprison-those-who-obtain-this-kind-of/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/03/04/usa-ag-gag-laws-now-starting-to-be-passed-a-dangerous-thing-for-animals-and-for-the-american-public/

Serbia: Please Give Whatever You Can (Even $1) To Help Fix The Roof At Shelter Felix.

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Below you’ll find a recent link which we posted in order to try and buy roof guttering in addition to helping Danica with the massive re-roofing that she has had to undertake at shelter Felix:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/08/11/serbia-message-from-felix-shelter-can-you-donate-to-buy-us-some-roof-guttering-please-help-thank-you/ 

Here is the YouCaring site link which enables you to donate money directly to help this cause. 

http://www.youcaring.com/pet-expenses/help-the-feline-residents-of-cat-shelter-felix/161828 

As YouCaring say on their site – “We transfer donations directly into your PayPal or WePay account as soon as they are received. YouCaring does not charge its fundraisers, regardless of the amount of money they raise. Our site is supported by amazing donors from all over the world, which makes it the only truly free website of its kind”.

YouCaring is a free service and now fundraiser is charged for their services.

See more about the YouCaring service at: http://www.youcaring.com/how-it-works 

 

Over the last few days nothing has been donated by anybody to help pay for the new roofs at Felix shelter;  $1,565 has been raised of the $3,000 goal.

Whilst we appreciate the help and support given by many great people who have already donated, we are disappointed that things now seem to have stopped midway. It is essential that this roofing is sorted in order that the shelter can continue and take new cats as they arrive. If the money was not needed, then we would ask for it on behalf of shelter Felix. It is essential that the work be completed as soon as possible and definitely before the arrival of winter.

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Above – Reasons why it is essential that donations be given to purchase new guttering !

So we are asking yet again if people can give something, anything, in the way of a donation to help get this roof repair completed. We are not asking for the world, simply a donation of five dollars, $10, $50, or more if you are able to stretch that far. Anything, even a donation of one dollar would help – we only need 1500 people to each give one dollar and the problem is sorted. If 150 people each gave $10, again the problem will be sorted. Is $10 a lot to ask of people nowadays ? – Just think of the help and forever home that you would be contributing to for felines that Danica has rescued and taken in from a pitiful life on the streets.

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Above – We want to get this all sorted so that we can get back to enjoying our forever home !

Below you will see some other pictures of the residents and other work which is currently in progress; work which has to be completed as soon as possible.

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Please, please consider making a donation, regardless of size, to help the cats at shelter Felix

Lets move together from being stuck at $1,565; and instead reach and exceed the $3,000 goal which has been set.

Thank you – SAV.

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Please donate and help us get back to our peaceful, Purrrfect Home –

Thank You.

All the cats at Shelter Felix.

 

Here is the YouCaring site link which enables you to donate money directly to help this cause. 

http://www.youcaring.com/pet-expenses/help-the-feline-residents-of-cat-shelter-felix/161828 

PayPal button is on our blog:

http://novisadcats.blogspot.com/

and our website: 

http://catshelter-felix.com/

Webshop: 

http://www.cafepress.co.uk/catshelterfelix

Dinarske uplate: Felix-Felinolosko drustvo  355-1070729-96

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Australia: Petition to Tony Abbott – MP of Australia: Subject – Ban Live Export.

 

 

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To:  Tony Abbott – MP of Australia: Ban Live Export

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Above Image taken from petition site.

Please spend just a few seconds to add your name to this very important petition – thank you.

The petition is really important and could use our help.

Click here to find out more and sign:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Tony_Abbott_MP_of_Australia_Ban_Live_Export/?kiVEiab

 

Petition wording –

Stop the cruelty against bulls. They do not deserve the abuse they are getting. They are getting beaten, stabbed to death, tied up unable to move. They need help. They need protection. Don’t turn you back on them. Please help them.

Thanks so much,

Please check out the following for lots more on the Australian live export trade:  http://www.banliveexport.com/ 

Regards Mark – SAV.

 

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USA: NYC Carriage Horse Latest – Unbelievable! – Carriage Drivers Behaving Outrageously! Illegally! Abusively! – Image Link Below.

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Above – A carriage driver ‘parks his horse’ over a steaming manhole cover !!!

See very many more images via the link provided below.

 

NYC: These have got to be seen!!!!!!

A picture is worth 1,000 words!

Unbelievable! – Carriage Drivers Behaving Outrageously!  Illegally! Abusively!

 

PLEASE FORWARD, TWEET AND SHARE.

An excellent collection of images showing what happens in NYC each day… 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/banhorsedrawncarriages/nyc-carriage-drivers-behaving-badly-v3sf

 

Elizabeth Forel / President

Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages   Horses Without Carriages International

No Walk in the Park – Facebook

BanHDCarriages – Twitter

 

you can’t defeat an idea whose time has come 

 

 

 

 

 

Serbia: **URGENT ACTION 9/8/14** – Illegal Action by Local Police Takes Baby Deer From Carer and Hands It To Hunters Who May Kill It Or Let It Die. Telephone Police Director and Insist That Baby Deer Is Rescued and Returned To Its Proper Owner, Mrs. Mitic; Who Will Ensure It Has Proper Food and Care.

 

 

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EPAR, Prituzba na rad PS Cicevac, nezakonit rad patrole, 01.08.2014., 08.08.2014._ (1)

 

We have a very urgent request to save the life of a baby deer

(named ‘NANI’) from Illegal Police Action and Serbian hunters.

 

It is especially important that Serbian campaigners telephone the police about this and request that action is taken to return the deer to Mrs Dragana Mitic.

Police telephone numbers and e mails are:

Minister of Police  011 314-83-64; 011 314-83-65; факс 011 314-85-35

E-mail: nebojsa.stefanovic@mup.gov.rs

and of Director of Serbian police. 011 313-96-58; 011 313-96-57;

факс 011 313-98-87

E-mail: milorad.veljovic@mup.gov.rs, dp@mup.gov.rs

Ministar                                                                                                                                         

            Nebojša Stefanović

           

            Phone : 011 314-83-64; 011 314-83-65; faks 011 314-85-35

            E-mail: nebojsa.stefanovic@mup.gov.rs

 

Šefa Kabineta                                                                                                                             

Ivan Ristić

Phone : 011 314-83-61; faks 011 314-83-58

E-mail: ivan.ristic@mup.gov.rs

 

Direktor policije                                                                                                              _____

            Milorad Veljović

           

            Phone : 011 313-96-58; 011 313-96-57; faks 011 313-98-87

            E-mail:milorad.veljovic@mup.gov.rs, dp@mup.gov.rs

 

Načelnik Operativnog centra                                                                                       

            Milomir Čabarkapa

          

            Phone : 011 361-71-82; 011 361-78-63; faks 011 361-72-25

            E-mail: milomir.cabarkapa@mup.gov.rs

 

 

The basic story:

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The baby deer was saved by Mrs dragana Mitic, and was kept at her home where it was safe and cared for.

 

Video link: 

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But the Police inspector in that village of Cicevac on 1.8.2014 undertook the unlawful assistance to local hunters; assistance which is against the Serbian laws for animal protection.

With police assistance, the hunters took the baby deer from Mrs Dragana Mitic. Now the deer is being held by the hunters.

Mrs Mitic has visited the deer and it is now very poorly and sick; it is very hungry and is being kept in a very bad place.  Nobody where the deer is now being held is providing it with food; it is being given bad milk and Mrs Mitic feels that possibly the hunters will either kill the baby deer or will let it die so that they can eat it !

The Police officer of the village at Cicevac has personally acted in opposition to Serbian laws, and as the hunters do not appear to have registered the deer – they too have acted illegally.

 

If Mrs Mitic gets the deer back at her property, she can register the deer officially and would receive official Ministry approval very easily.

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Above – the good facility of Mrs Mitic where the deer can be properly cared for.

 

Complaints about this illegal situation and the illegal work of local police needs to be made public and given to the Minister and Director of the Serbian police – contact details are as follows:

Police telephone numbers and e mails are:

Minister of Police  011 314-83-64; 011 314-83-65; факс 011 314-85-35

E-mail: nebojsa.stefanovic@mup.gov.rs

and of Director of Serbian police. 011 313-96-58; 011 313-96-57;

факс 011 313-98-87

E-mail: milorad.veljovic@mup.gov.rs, dp@mup.gov.rs

 

The deer will only eat when it is fed properly by Mrs Mitic; as it knows her and knows that she is caring for it and trying to help it become a strong animal.

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People of Serbia especially, please call the Serbian police now on the above numbers and get the deer taken away from the hunters and returned to Mrs Mitic. 

Ask that the local police be prosecuted under Article 269 of Serbian law for illegally giving support to the local hunters by taking the animal away from Mrs Mitic.  In addition the local police have acted against the Serbian national laws for the police by supporting the hunters and not Mrs Mitic.

 

Please call the police immediately – thank you.

Police telephone numbers and e mails are:

Minister of Police  011 314-83-64; 011 314-83-65; факс 011 314-85-35

E-mail: nebojsa.stefanovic@mup.gov.rs

and of Director of Serbian police. 011 313-96-58; 011 313-96-57;

факс 011 313-98-87

E-mail: milorad.veljovic@mup.gov.rs, dp@mup.gov.rs

Ministar                                                                                                                                         

            Nebojša Stefanović

           

            Phone : 011 314-83-64; 011 314-83-65; faks 011 314-85-35

            E-mail: nebojsa.stefanovic@mup.gov.rs

 

Šefa Kabineta                                                                                                                             

Ivan Ristić

Phone : 011 314-83-61; faks 011 314-83-58

E-mail: ivan.ristic@mup.gov.rs

 

Direktor policije                                                                                                              _____

            Milorad Veljović

           

            Phone : 011 313-96-58; 011 313-96-57; faks 011 313-98-87

            E-mail:milorad.veljovic@mup.gov.rs, dp@mup.gov.rs

 

Načelnik Operativnog centra                                                                                       

            Milomir Čabarkapa

          

            Phone : 011 361-71-82; 011 361-78-63; faks 011 361-72-25

            E-mail: milomir.cabarkapa@mup.gov.rs

 

 

 

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Hello to all,
I sent today this short e-mail to all e-mail addresses which have been known to us.
And I’ve also added the photo of the baby deer at the end.
It is a short but I hope a factual action to save the baby deer.
We must always hope, we can not fight without hope.
If someone wants, he can take over and send my mail.

In Subject I have stated: “The case of the baby deer did in village of Cicevac on 08.01.2014″!

Dear Sir or Madam,

I have been informed about the case of the baby deer in that village of Cicevac on 1.8.2014 trough de website Serbian Animals Voice.
I ask for your Supports.
The Serbian police must get the deer away from the hunters and return it to Mrs Mitic.
NOW!
The local police should be prosecuted under Article 269 of Serbian law for illegally giving support to the local hunters by taking the animal away from Mrs Mitic.

The deer will only eat when it is feed properly by Mrs Mitic; as he knows her and he knows that she is caring for him and trying to help him become a strong animal.

Kind regards
Venus, Germany