Spain: The Brutal “Toro de la Vega” Has Just taken Place – Contact the Deadbeat Mayor – Also Video Links.

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Contact the Mayor animal abuser via the following link:

http://www.tordesillas.ayuntamientosdevalladolid.es/?q=contact

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 Above – “Tordesillas’ mayor Jose Antonio Gonzalez Poncela played down the protests, saying there were similar demonstrations at bullrings around Spain “so it is nothing more than that”.

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 Watch the barbarity of the event via the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj7qQFrFE_s

http://alcaldedetordesillas.es/

 

http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/photographer-gored-after-this-pic/story-e6frfq80-1226721385871

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A PHOTOGRAPHER has taken these striking images of a 580-kilogram bull named Vulcano moments before the bull gored him in the thigh.

As part of a medieval festival young men in jeans or shorts and T-shirts chased Vulcano through the fortified town of Tordesillas in central Spain.

It was slaughtered after crossing a bridge into a meadow where it faced crowds of people, some on horseback and many carrying lances.

A total of 12 people were injured in the event, known as Toro de la Vega, a Red Cross spokesman said.

Most people suffered cuts and bruises but two people had broken bones and one person was gored: photographer Pedro Armestre, 41, a freelancer who works regularly for AFP and was covering the event for the agency.

The bull gored Armestre in the right thigh.

Armestre, who was conscious and speaking to AFP’s Madrid office after the injury, was taken to a hospital in Valladolid for surgery.

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A man riding a horse stabs a bull with a spear during the ‘Toro de la Vega’ festival, in Tordesillas. Picture: Pedro Armestre.

The Red Cross official said Armestre’s condition was serious but not life-threatening, describing the skewering as “long but not too deep, that is to say, it is not an excessively serious goring”.

Hundreds of activists from the Party Against Bullfighting and Animal Cruelty (PACMA), protested in Madrid three days ahead of the event. Banners at the protest declared: “Torture is not culture” and “Stop Toro de la Vega”.

Activists from the group delivered a petition to Spain’s parliament, saying it contained more than 85,000 signatures opposing the Toro de la Vega.

Tordesillas’ mayor Jose Antonio Gonzalez Poncela played down the protests, saying there were similar demonstrations at bullrings around Spain “so it is nothing more than that”.

“There are always people in favour and people against in all aspects of life, not just for bullfighting,” he told Spanish public radio RTVE.  

The festival is one of the oldest in Spain with roots dating back to the fifteenth century. The bull has to be enticed across the river from the village to the plain ‘Vega’ before it can be killed to honour the ‘Virgen de la Pena’. Picture: Pedro Armestre

Please click on the following link and then scroll down to see video footage of this bloodlust by the braindead:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/358447

 

The brutal “Toro de la Vega” event is set to happen tomorrow in Tordesillas, Castile & León region in central Spain. Last night, 20 of the bulls which are to be used in the festival either escaped, or were purposely let out.

Digital Journal reported on the festival and the protest held in Madrid on Saturday, with ten to fifteen thousand people rallying against the brutal ritual. The “Toro de la Vega” festival features a bull being released into the meadow and slaughtered by people on horseback and on foot.

The protest was organized by the Partido Animalista (PACMA) and thousands condemn the festival as a brutal and medieval act that should be stopped.

A video of Saturday’s protest is included above.

20 of the bulls intended for the festivities went missing on Sunday and officials in the town are not ruling out possible sabotage.

The bulls were in the corrals in a meadow in the vicinity of Salamanca road, where the event is set to take place on Tuesday. Someone had released the bulls.

While it sounds like the Partido Animalista might be involved, according to the local mayor, José Antonio González Poncela, “no one knows who and how they have been able to escape but we do not believe this was the act of the anti-bullfighting people” adding that this would have to have been done by someone used to working with bulls.

The bulls have since been led back to the corrals in the early hours of the morning ready for the event tomorrow.


Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/358447#ixzz2fFV0XDWt

 

 

Romania: Further Update 10/9/13 – Are Government Pockets Being Lined With Gold ?, Are the Romanian Government / Regional Authorities Using Nationwide Stray Animal Killing To Divert Attention Away From Gold Mine Public Protests In the Country ?

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ROMANIA – Further Update 10/9/2013

The Greed of Gold and Stray Catching !

Gold is discovered near to the capital – people are taking to the streets in objection to the way it will be mined – using Cyanide – Is the Romanian government very much making a lot more with the press and media over the stray dog issue as a way of very much diverting attention away from their own dealings in the gold mine – and what will line who’s pockets with the money that is made from the gold mining if it does ever get to commence ?

So, regardless of what can be viewed as a bit of a cover up, which instead has attempted to get attentions diverted to the stray dog issue and the alleged killing of a child by stray animals, even this is very much in doubt now.

Here, we will provide you with some links; proof of the other side which the Romanian government don’t want you to see – instead, they only wish to divert attention away from their gold mine actions and instead concentrate on the issue of stray dogs (and cats).

See the information below in “Life for a stray dog in Romania” to see how much money is being given (largely by the EU) for stray dog controls.  Like other nations in Europe which we have exposed on this site; Romania government does not want to invest the money into the sterilisation of stray animals; thereby gradually reducing their numbers over time.

Instead, they wish to retain the current policy of capturing and killing as many stray animals as possible – it has become a very lucrative business for some.  It could be stated that their pockets are being lined with gold – and now they also have found a gold mine, well ………………………….

IT HAS COME TO LIGHT THAT THIS COULD BE A CASE OF THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT USING THE STRAYS ISSUE TO COVER UP AN INFANTS ATTACK BY A PEDOPHILE AND CHILD MURDERER TO GET A VOTE TO SUPPORT THE SLAUGHTER OF THE STRAYS

 

Gold mine links:

“Gabriel has been beset over the years by a series of problems in getting the green light for the project. Local citizens have been up in arms over what they say will be the virtual destruction of their village. Critics say the area’s heritage, including 2,000-year-old Roman mining corridors and Rosia Montana’s historic centre, are threatened, while environmentalists and the local public are concerned over the use of cyanide in the extraction process”.

http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-protest-romania-gold-mine-plans-215142628.html

http://rt.com/news/cyanide-gold-romania-protest-585/

http://rt.com/news/cyanide-gold-romania-protest-585/

http://www.euronews.com/2013/09/09/romanian-gold-mine-project-scrapped-amid-nightly-protests/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/gabriel-resources-seeks-clarification-on-key-romanian-mine/article14184772/

 

 Information that has been supplied to SAV – un edited:

 Life for a stray dog in Romania

According to a calculation of Helping Animals in ten years, Romania has not only improved stray animals, but increased. And the profits are soaring.

 

  • In Bucharest in the period 2001-2007 has been spent almost 9 million to kill 144,000 dogs (62 euros per head).
  • In Arad in the 2008-2010 period 2,986 dogs were killed for 308,048 euros, or an average of more than 103 euros per animal,
  • in Slatina in the 2008-2010 period 1,111 dogs were killed by spending 205,500 euros, almost 185 euros per dog,
  • in Brasov in the period 2003-2008 were killed 20,000 dogs, to the tune of 1.45 million euros (72 euros per dog),
  • Constanta in 2008-2010 were killed 20,000 euros for the $ 1.5 million (75 euros per dog).

The result is that the massacres of stray dogs has increased.

*** Sterilization instead only costs 20-25 euros per dog. ***

Perhaps this is the reason why politicians and companies have no interest in the stray issue being  interrupted.

source: http://www.anydogildorescue.org/the-romanian-rescues—their-story.html

 

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Dear all,

The case of the 4 year old child killed by dogs is becoming more and more blurry and uncertain for many people who are starting to ask questions and wonder.

The child was found approximately 1 km away from the park and in order to get there he would have had to walk a highly difficult road even for an adult! Especially for a child!? He should have passed a steep and then pass homeless people.

Furthermore, the majority observes the attitude and behaviour of the parents, which are constantly present in the TV studios, especially the mother who is awkwardly relaxed and untroubled. In order to counter-balance this relaxation, some journalists resort to shocking titles, by expressing their own suffering, by photos. There are more and more details which do not make sense and which do not fit the story. And the grandmother who lost sight of the child is not in any way legally accused or pursued, not even interogated!

On the contrary, the entire fault is attributed to the NGOs!!!!!!

 A continuous and intense campaign, full of lies, calumnies, accuses, unimaginable scenarios regarding the animal lovers, especially the NGOs, is undertaken by the televisions, especially by “Antena 3” (please, send protests to site@antena3.ro ).

The animal welfare NGOs are merely „bastards who steal the state’s money”, which have „turned rich by exploiting the strays problem”, which have „done businesses with the mayors for huge amounts of money”, „impostors, fake animal lovers, only ruled by their own interests”. The loss of credibility towards the NGOs has occurred and thus the people are starting to talk about the NGOs like entities for which the „truth” is only now surfacing. Fake statistics, images with „fearsome” strays, interviwes with „terrorized” citizens, have fully occupied the TV broadcasts these days! Fake histories, forged documents are presented to the population!

 For 10 days the televisions are debating and are histerically yelling and screaming on the same subject!

 A campaign without precedent in Romania, led mainly by Antena 3, hides INCREDIBLE POLITICAL STAKES AND INTERESTS! An unimaginable vizual and psichological pressure! A mediatic destruction which was never met before!

 We have managed to defeat a political force by stopping mass euthanasia in 2011! Now their strategy has changed by creating such a public pressure, which, supposedly, will put pressure on the political bodies! The loss of credibility of the NGOs, of the animal lovers, currently represent the priority of the country! Once these occurred, they lead to the meeting of various objectives having collosal financial implications!

They have manipulated the collective mentality in such a way that the people themselves have massacred strays in the streets, people are abusing and hitting them, the public dog pounds are emptied over night, a national dog cathing procedure has begun, the dog catchers even enter the properties of the people. They have entered so deeply in the psyche of the people that the people have started to denigrate each other, to mutilate one another!

 TODAY (10/9/13) , at 12:00 AM, THE MASS MURDERING OF THE STRAYS IS BEING DECIDED!

The protests against the gold extraction by cyanides in Rosia Montana has brought 10.000 people in the streets, for 9 days. This is a protest without precedent in Romania but still the televisions only rarely present this subject. Nonetheless they are constantly debating the subject of the child killed by the strays!

Only the joint and distructive forces they resorted to in a premeditated manner show us just how high the stake really is!

We need foreign pressure and interventions, in any ways possible!

We hereby kindly ask you to organize protests in front of the Romanian embassyes/consulates, please attempt to show in the foreign press the diabolique interests of the statal authorities in Romania as well as the way in which they meet their objectives! The corruption has surpassed all limits in Romania and it can no longer be controlled!

Thank you!

Carmen ARSENE

 

 

 Liebe Freunde,

 Der Fall des 4-jährigen Kindes, der von Hunden getötet wurde, erscheint nun zunehmend unglaubwürdiger für die meisten Leute, die sich immer mehrere Fragen stellen. Das Kind wurde ca. 1 km von dem Park weit entfernt gefunden, und um dahin zu gelangen, hätte es einen sogar für einen Erwachsenen besonders beschwerlichen Weg hinterlegen müssen! Umso mehr für ein Kind! Es hätte einen steilen Hang überwinden und dann an Obdachlose vorbeilaufen müssen. Zudem bemerken die meisten nun das Verhalten der Eltern, die laufend in Fernsehsendungen zu sehen sind, und insbesondere das der Mutter, die merkwürdig entspannt und gelassen scheint. Um dieser Gelassenheit entgegenzuwirken, helfen manche Journalisten nach, indem sie den eigenen „Schmerz“ verkünden oder Fotos vorzeigen. Immer mehr Sachen passen nicht ins Bild. Und die Großmutter, die das Kind nicht beaufsichtigt hat, wird in keiner Weise beschuldigt oder zumindest befragt. Doch die ganze Schuld haben die Tierschutzorganisationen zu tragen!!!!!!!!!

Die Fernsehsender, ganz besonders Antena 3, führen eine kontinuierliche und intensive Lügen- und Verleumdungskampagne, mit Beschuldigungen und unvorstellbaren Szenarien gegen die Tierschützer und insbesondere gegen die Vereine. Die Tierschutzvereine seien „Widerlinge, die das Geld des Staates verschwinden lassen“, die „sich an Straßenhunde bereichert“ hätten, die „für Unsummen Geschäfte mit den Bürgermeistern abgewickelt hätten“, „Hochstapler, falsche Tierliebhaber, alle nur vom Interesse getrieben“. Der Verlust an Glaubwürdigkeit ist somit erzielt, so dass die Leute nun über Tierschutzvereine reden, als ob jetzt alle „Wahrheiten“ ans Licht gekommen seien. Falsche Statistiken, Bilder mit „wilden“ Straßenhunden, Interviews mit Menschen, die von Hunden „terrorisiert“ worden wären, überfluten die Medien diese Tage!! Es werden lauter falsche Geschichten und gefälschte Dokumente vor den Augen der Bevölkerung herumgeführt!

Bereits seit 10 Tagen besprechen und behandeln die Fernsehsender dieses Thema hysterisch.

Eine in der Geschichte Rumäniens noch nie dagewesene Kampagne, die besonders von dem Fernsehsender “Antena 3” (please, send protests to site@antena3.ro) geleitet wird, verheimlicht UNGLAUBLICHE POLITISCHE INTERESSEN! Der psychische und visuelle Druck ist unerträglich, der Lynchmord durch die Medien beispiellos!

Es ist uns gelungen, eine politische Macht zu besiegen, indem wir die Einführung der Euthanasie in 2011 verhindert haben! Nun hat sich ihre Strategie geändert, es wird Druck auf die öffentliche Meinung ausgeübt, der soll nun angeblich weiter die politische Entscheidung beeinflussen und begründen. Die Verleumdung und Schlammbewerfung der Tierschutzvereine und Tierliebhaber sind nun die Hauptziele der ganzen Bevölkerung, und sobald dies erreicht wird, führt es zur Umsetzung von Objektiven von höchstem finanziellen Interesse!

Das kollektive Gewissen wurde derart manipuliert, dass die Leute nun eigenhändig Hunde auf der Straße massakrieren, vergiften, mit dem Brecheisen erschlagen; die städtischen Tierheime werden über Nacht geleert; eine nationale Kampagne für das Einfangen der Hunde hat begonnen, Hundefänger dringen auch in den Höfen der Menschen ein. Das Bewusstsein der Menschen wird derart überrumpelt, dass diese sich sogar gegenseitig verleumden, angreifen und verstümmeln!

HEUTE WIRD DIE MASSENTÖTUNG DER HUNDE BESCHLOSSEN – 12:00 AM !!!

Der Protest gegen die Einsetzung von Zyaniden für den Goldabbau in Rosia Montana hat seit 9 Tagen 10.000 Menschen auf die Straßen getrieben. Obwohl es eine noch nie zuvor dagewesene Protestaktion in Rumänien ist, reden die Fernsehsender nur höchst selten davon, und behandeln fast ausschließlich das Thema des Kindes, das von Hunden gebissen wurde und gestorben ist.

Nur der Umstand, dass diese Kräfte alle sehr kalkuliert, konzentriert und mit verheerenden Wirkungen zum Einsatz gebracht werden, verrät uns, dass der Einsatz, um den es eigentlich geht, enorm ist!

WIR BRAUCHEN DEN DRUCK VON AUßEN, IN JEDER FORM!

Bitte organisiert Demonstrationen und Protestaktionen vor den Botschaften und Konsulaten Rumäniens, stellt der ausländischen Presse die schäbigen Interessen der Staatsmächte Rumäniens vor, und die Art, in der diese ihre Ziele erreichen! Die Korruption ist im Moment in Rumänien so hoch, dass sie komplett außer Kontrolle geraten ist!

 

Besten Dank!

Carmen ARSENE

 

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http://actionaidforanimals.blogspot.de/2013/09/the-war-has-begun-how-romanian.html

THE WAR HAS BEGUN

– How the Romanian Government are using the death of a young child to misuse public funds and begin the vile massacre of Romanian Strays

URGENT – CHECK OUR PETITION UPDATE – IT HAS COME TO LIGHT THAT THIS COULD BE A CASE OF THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT USING THE STRAYS TO COVER UP AN INFANTS ATTACK BY A PEDOPHILE AND CHILD MURDERER TO GET THAT VOTE TO SLAUGHTER THE STRAYS…HOW LOW WILL THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT SINK TO GET THAT VOTE?

NEW FOOTAGE BY JOURNALISTS FOLLOWING THE ROUTE THE 4 YEAR OLD WOULD HAVE HAD TO TAKE TO GET TO WHERE HIS BODY WAS FOUND…A ROUTE BY THE GRANDMOTHERS STATEMENT WOULD HAVE TOOK HIM 45 MINS TO MAKE  ( SHE STATES OUT OF HER SIGHT FOR JUST 45 MINS)


YOU WILL SEE IN THE CLIP THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK FOR A 4 YEAR OLD TO COMPLETE. PROVING THE COVER UP AND HOW ROMANIA’S GOVERNMENT WOULD RATHER PROTECT A PEDOPHILE AND CHILD MURDERER IF IT GIVES THEM THE EXCUSE TO MASSACRE THE DOGS AND MAKE SOME EASY MONEY. 

 

THE WAR HAS BEGUN

A few days ago sadly a young child and a sibling was in a Romanian park was left unsupervised by the grandmother. Sadly the boy was attacked and killed by a stray dog the boys name was Ionut, his brother also was bitten but this was not fatal . We do not know what provoked the attack, or who was to blame

This most certainly was an awful thing to happen to any child, to any family. Across Europe we know this is a rare occurrence. However this single child’s death has given the Romanian government the perfect excuse to declare war on the strays and line their vile pockets with public money.

 The Romanian government right now are cruelly catching every stray they can see in every town and village and horrifically battering, poisoning and stabbing them to death. Tiny puppies, pregnant bitches NONE are being spared the barbarity

For every dog caught, killed, cremated the local dog pound invoices its local city hall on average 120 euros each dog, the city hall then take from the public purse (local tax payers) and sends a nice hefty cheque back to the dog catchers and city pound that are normally related in some form or another to the mayor of the city hall or the mayor is on the dog catchers payroll.

 

Now do you see why they need public backing, why the scaremonger tactics?

They are not asking for the citizens permission to kill the dogs, they are asking the citizens if they can con them out of the taxes they pay the city halls!!!

THIS ENTIRE EXERCISE AND SCAREMONGER TACTICS IS A BLATANT MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, SOMETHING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CAN STOP AND INVESTIGATE

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Please help us to stand up for the strays of Romania and end this one sided, unfounded and barbaric massacre now by completing the following I whatever order you wish:

Step 1 – Educate yourself on the situation, read the information and stats below to understand why this barbaric war on the strays is a smoke screen and why it needs to be stopped.

 

Step 2 – Click here and sign the petition adding your own personal comment to why this must be stopped. Give your voice to those that cannot speak for themselves.

 

Step 3 – Share and cross post this red alert on yours and others social pages. In emails and anywhere that will help this red alert go viral as soon as possible.

 

Step 4 – For even greater impact, make your way through the emails and telephone numbers, face book pages and so on, contacting the people in power that can and should stop this vile war from continuing. Some example letters have been provided below. (Please do change and add your own words. This really will have a greater impact than a generic letter sent by others)

 

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STEP 1

(EDUCATE/ARM YOURSELF WITH THE FACTS)

 

Romanian Government lies:

LIES – Romanian stray dogs are dangerous and MUST be eradicated by all means necessary.

The Romanian government claim that their stray dogs are a terrible threat to public safety( using the death of a poor child to spur this war), so we compared recorded stray dog attacks in other European countries in comparison to Romania’s. We then compared the human population of each of those countries in comparison to Romania’s. After all if dogs are a threat to humans, we must take into account the human population in comparison to the attacks.

 

This is what the Stats prove:

 

FACT – Despite having a higher amount of strays on the streets in comparison to other European countries , they have a lower year on year rate of dog attacks ( See our data at end of this red alert) to the majority of other EU countries.

 

FACT – You are no more likely to be attacked by a dog in other European countries than you are buy a stray dog in Romania.

 

FACT – You more likely to be attacked by a owned pet dog in Germany, UK or Italy than you are from a feral street dog in Romania ( see stats below) The Romanian Government are lying not just to its own people but to the rest of Europe.

 

 

This cruelty MUST STOP 

This massacre MUST STOP 

This Fraud MUST STOP 

This lies MUST STOP 

 

The European commission already have a petition from (Kendra Pinder) Action Aid for Animals on the table that was presented last year that is still open, warranting an investigation into Romanian Governments misuse of public funds they need to action this immediately.

The European commission MUST ACT NOW and demand a stop to this massacre pending a full investigation into the basis of this war on strays. This is NOT about controlling the population of domestic strays, this is a cover to commit fraud of their own countries citizens taxes on a mass scale by the Romanian Govenment.

 

FACTS AND FIGURES PROVING THE WAR ON STRAYS BY THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT IS BUILT ON LIES

 

Germany Dog Attacks 303.031 – Population 82,302,465

Italy Dog Attacks 213,446 – Population 60,550,848

UK Dog Attacks 221,583 – Population 62,035,570

France Dog Attacks 222,147 – Population 62,787,427

Ukraine Dog Attacks 175,485  –  Population 45,448,329

Spain Dog Attacks 148,091 – Population 46,076,989

Romania Dog Attacks 82,189 – Population 21,486,371

Belgium Dog Attacks 38,045  – Population 10,712,066

Austria Dog Attacks 30,054 – Population 8,393,644

The Romanian government states its strays are so very dangerous towards humans.

YET other European countries who have a higher rate of dog attacks, or lower Human population but higher dog attack ratio advocate sterilisation NOT BARBARIC AND UNFOUNDED MASSACRES.

This is because unlike Romania WE DO NOT use our domestic stray population to defraud our citizens.

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STEP 2

Sign, share and cross post petition

https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/the-romanian-government-and-the-european-parliament-end-romanias-government-abuse-of-public-funds

 

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STEP 3

Share this red alert, help us make this go viral.

Let the world know what is truly happening in Romania right now

 

http://actionaidforanimals.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-war-has-begun-how-romanian.html

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STEP 4

Emails and Contacts, make your voice known

 

Ministers of Romania:

Here are emails to various Romanian Politicians spanning various regions

procetatean@presidency.ro,cp01@cdep.rocp02@cdep.rocp03@cdep.rocp04@cdep.rocp05@cdep.rocp06@cdep.rocp07@cdep.rocp08@cdep.rocp09@cdep.rocp10@cdep.rocp11@cdep.ro,cp12@cdep.rocp13@cdep.rocp14@cdep.romarin.almajanu@cdep.rolaurentiu.nistor@cdep.romarcelciolacu@clicknet.rohubert.thuma@cdep.rozgonea@cdep.ro,bogdan.ciuca@cdep.roviorelh@cdep.rodan.motreanu@cdep.roioan.oltean@cdep.roenicolicea@cdep.rocristian.buican@cdep.roadrian.diaconu@cdep.roniculae.mircovici@cdep.ro,mircea.draghici@cdep.roionel.palar@cdep.roioan.balan@cdep.rodenes.seres@cdep.rooffice@ansvsa.rooffice@cmvro.rosrp@cdep.ropresa@cdep.ropetitii@mai.gov.ro,amr@amr.ro, CJD@bucuresti-primaria.ro, procetatean@presidency.roccr@ccr.ro, office@agerpres.ro, stiri@agerpres.ro, mediafax@mediafax.ropeti-secretariat@europarl.europa.eu,koen.doens@ec.europa.eu

 

Please, send as well your letters to fax:

Parliament: 00 40 21 3120828, 00 40 21 3146934

Government: 00 40 21 3139846

Head of the European Parliament

Martin Schulz

Form to fill in to contact him directly. Please do take your time in doing this, be polite and courteoushttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/the-president/en/president/html/contact

 

His facebook page https://www.facebook.com/martinschulz.ep

His Twitter Page – https://twitter.com/MartinSchulz

 

European Ministers

Find your local MEP and write to them

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/map.html

Romanian MEP’s

Just pick a few or all and write to them

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search.html?country=RO

 


The National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety – 
office@ansvsa.ro

Media – Address to The editor

 

stiri.craiova@digi24.ro

anca.ochianu@lupamea.ro redactia@lupamea.ro

martorocular@realitatea.net

redactia@romanialibera.ro

contact@evenimentul.ro

info@RomaniaTourism.com

office@gds.ro

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England UK: RSPCA Press Release – Friday 23rd August 2013 – Back-to-back shipments of animals leave from Dover today.

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All photographs are given below as a supplement this RSPCA PR are provided by KAALE – photographer: Valerie Cameron. 

Note that although operating from the port of Dover, England; the entire operation is organised and run by Dutch business – one J. Onderwater; owner of the vessel ‘Joline’.  Note also that all trucks are Dutch and are Dutch registered.  Although operating from an English port, there is almost no English involvement in this operation.

KAALE web site = www.kaale.org.uk 

Read the KAALE Report (J87) for the first (early morning) shipment of the day by clicking on the following link – KAALE report J87

The photographs below are only associated with the second (afternoon / evening) shipment of the same day.

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RSPCA Press Release:

Back-to-back shipments of animals leave from Dover today

Friday 23 August 2013

Four lorries of sheep and calves arrived at the Dover Docks this morning and sailed to Calais, with a further shipment expected later today (Friday).

Today marks the biggest shipment of animals from Dover since trade resumed from the port in May.

The lorries were loaded onto the boat, the Joline* in the early hours of the morning. A further shipment is expected this afternoon at around 3pm.

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Above – ‘Joline’

RSPCA inspectors continue to be refused entry into the port to inspect the animals, despite repeated calls from the charity.

RSPCA deputy chief executive John Grounds said, “This trade has no place in a modern, civilised, compassionate society and it must stop. The fact that this is the largest shipment only highlights this further, as ever more animals are suffering unnecessarily.

“Four lorries carrying both sheep and calves have already left our shores today and another shipment is expected this afternoon. It is unacceptable that these poor animals are being failed and we do not believe enough is being done to prevent their suffering.”

It also emerged today that a meeting has been requested between Kent County Council, Trading Standards, RSPCA and Kent Action Against Live Exports (KAALE) and Thanet Against Live Exports (THALE) and to explore how Trading Standards could provide a role in inspecting the trade.

Earlier this year the trade moved from the port of Ramsgate to the port of Dover. Previously, RSPCA officers, at the request of Thanet council (who own the port of Ramsgate), were given permission to be inside the port and carry out welfare checks on the animals as they arrived on the lorries.

RSPCA inspectors found a whole series of offences were being committed, including injured animals, failed ventilation systems and ineffective watering systems.

“We will continue to urge the Dover Harbour Board to allow RSPCA inspectors into the port to inspect the animals and help ensure their welfare,” continued John Grounds, “We must all stand up and speak out against live transport as the animals cannot speak for themselves and they cannot act for themselves.”


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Notes to editors

*The Joline is a flat-bottomed Russian tank carrier designed to work in rivers, not the open sea.

The 12 September 2013 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic events at Ramsgate, where 44 sheep had to be put to sleep when a lorry was stopped at the port and the animals were found to be sick and lame.

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Email: press@rspca.org.uk  Website: www.rspca.org.uk

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China: Chinese Customs Seize 645 Wolf Skins From Greece.

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Subject: Chinese customs seize 645 wolf skins from Greece

 Source:  http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.politics&id=1351

Chinese customs seize 645 wolf skins from Greece

Pelts arrived on July 29 flight from Athens

Author: Damian Mac Con Uladh

The 645 wolf skins were concealed in bags that were labelled ‘fur scraps’. It is not clear if the skins are from Greece’s indigenous wolf population, which is estimated to number 500-700 animals

Below – Customs officers check wolf skins at Beijing Capital International Airport, 8 August 2013 (Reuters)Customs officials in China on Thursday seized almost 650 pieces of wolf skins that arrived on a flight from Greece last month.

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The pelts, which cover a total area of 200m2 when spread out, were imported into China on July 29 on a flight from Greece to Beijing Capital International Airport, officials said, describing the haul as the biggest case of suspected smuggling of skins of endangered wild animals in China in over a decade.

According to Chinese media, the goods were packed into 30 sacks, each of which was labelled “fur scraps”. The accompanying documentation stated that the total weight of the freight was 1,400kg and was valued at $3,700.

But as that represented a price of $3 per kilo – well below the average market price for fur scraps – customs officials became suspicious and decided to carry out on inspection.

Below – Customs officers check wolf skins at Beijing Capital International Airport, 8 August 2013 (Reuters)After x-raying the consignment, officials opened the bags to find up to twenty pelts in each sack concealed beneath fur scraps on top.

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The seized skins are mostly brown in colour but there are also black- and grey-haired pelts.

A trading firm in Beijing is suspected of smuggling the wolf skins and arrests have been made, customs officials told the media. They estimate that the market value of the skins could be in the region of 1m yuan (€125,000) or more.

It is not clear if the skins are from Greece’s indigenous wolf population, which is estimated to number 500-700 animals, or were imported from elsewhere.

Ukraine: Kiev’s dog hunters go on the attack to rid the city of strays.

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Subject: (Ukraine) Kiev’s dog hunters go on the attack to rid the city of strays

Article:  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/11/kiev-dog-hunters-rid-city-strays

Creatures slaughtered with poison or a single shot to the head on the grounds of public health

  • Oksana Grytsenko in Kiev
  • theguardian.com, Sunday 11 August 2013 23.18 BST

 

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Kiev has up to 18,000 stray animals, mostly dogs, the authorities say. Photograph: Anna Voitenko

They adopt nicknames such as hunter, comrade and chemist-amateur. They swap tips on the whereabouts of a target and recipes for poison. And when the moment is right, they strike with doctored food or a simple shot to the head.

Kiev’s dog hunters are taking matters into their own hands, targeting the city’s thousands of strays in the name of public health. But in so doing, they are stoking a row about animal rights in a country famously blase about the welfare of its animals.

Last year, when pictures of strays lying on Ukrainian streets provoked an international storm in the runup to Euro 2012, the government invited in foreign vets, including the Austrian organisation Vier Pfoten (Four Paws), which offered free neutering and vaccination of stray animals at mobile clinics.

But soon after the football fans went home, the slaughter of stray dogs resumed in Kiev.

Now Vier Pfoten has stopped its neutering programme after death threats were posted on the web. “They said I could be killed exactly like happened to a judge in Kharkiv,” said Amir Khalil, head of the Vier Pfoten project in Ukraine, referring to a judge found decapitated in his flat together with three members of his family in December 2012. “They said: ‘We don’t need foreigners to castrate our dogs!'”

He said because the authorities and police in Kiev had not taken action after the threats, the project had been moved out of the city.

Kiev, which has a population of about 3 million people, has up to 18,000 stray animals, mostly dogs, city officials say. The authorities claim they lack money to keep them all at shelters.

Dog hunters use a website called “Vreditelyam.net?” (“no to pests”) to share information about the dogs’ locations, discuss recipes for poison and post photographs of the dogs they have killed. They call the dogs “flea carriers”, the pieces of food laced with poison “yummy” and the dog’s killing “sending to a rainbow”.

 

Dogs killed by dog hunters lie on the ground 

Dead dogs in plastic bags left on the ground. Photograph: Anna Voitenko

Oleksiy Sviatohor, a lawyer, is one of the few who admits to being a dog hunter. “This work is like cleaning up the trash,” he said. “Some may not like it, but we are finding the solution.”

Sviatohor claimed that the neutering by Vier Pfoten was merely mutilating the dogs and did not solve the problem. He said the poison, an anti-tuberculosis medication that is extremely toxic for dogs, causes a relatively fast and painless death.

But Tamara Tarnavska, an animal rights campaigner, finds it almost unbearable to talk about the dog hunters. “An animal takes five or six hours to die in agony,” she said.

Volunteers have seen the hunters giving poison to the dogs and reported them to the police. But they remember only one case of someone being imprisoned for slaughtering stray dogs. In June 2012 a student, Oleksiy Vedula, who tortured and killed more than 100 dogs and posted videos on the web, was sentenced to four years in jail.

Sviatohor said thousands of residents had been attacked by stray dogs and many people supported the dog hunters.

But animal rights activists say family dogs and even children playing in gardens risk eating poison left by the dog hunters.

Serhiy Morozov, a video engineer, was recently bitten on the leg by a stray dog. He said he was lucky to be wearing jeans, which protected him from the dog’s teeth and the risk of rabies.

Morozov said that while he would be more careful around stray dogs, he would never justify the killing of animals by dog hunters. “I would strangle these people with my own hands,” he said.

 

England (UK): Another Demo (This Time in London) Against Live Animal Exports.

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There has always been a massive public outcry against the live export of live farm animals from the UK.  Things are really hotting up again at the moment, with Minister David Heath MP STILL FAILING to take action and change the 1847 law that was introduced very soon after the Battle of Waterloo, and which is STILL being used today as a law to justify the export of live farm animals from the UK.

There have been protests about the animal exports both at Dover (Kent) on the 3/8/2013 – the only UK port which live animals are exported from, and yesterday (10/8/2013) in London.

Saturday 10th August 2013.

Here below are photographs from the London march against live exports organised by Compassion In World Farming (CIWF). – http://www.ciwf.org.uk/

Photographs below with thanks to our great personal friends at:

Stop Live Exports from the Port of Dover.

 Check them out on their excellent Facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Live-Exports-From-The-Port-of-Ramsgate/205331499512961

See the tv footage from ITV Meridian television who covered the march in London for their news programme::

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2013-08-10/live-exports-campaigners-march-in-london/ 

On this video you can see campaigners fighting to stop the export of animals through Kent for slaughter in Europe who marched in London on the 10th, calling for a new law giving ports the power to refuse the trade.

John Ryall (reporter) spoke to Pru Elliott from Compassion i World Farming and veteran campaigner Reg Bell.

View our post on the Dover demonstration on 3/8/2013 at:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/08/05/england-uk-dover-live-exports-demo-report-for-august-2013-with-video-link-at-end-watch-the-speakers/

What is the 1847 Act; and how can I take action to become involved ?

Click on:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/08/09/uk-live-animal-exports-see-ciwf-undercover-footage-tell-david-heath-mp-to-change-the-uk-law-he-can-do-it-without-affecting-eu-law-but-will-he-continue-to-hide-behind-the-blame-the-eu-cu/

Photos from the London march are as follows:

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Change the outdated 1847 Act – and NOW !!

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The man who will not stop live exports – Cartoon – CIWF.

This is David Heath, the UK Minister at the UK Ministry of DEFRA, and who says he cannot stop the live exports of animals from the UK, as the EU will not allow it.

This is incorrect and he does not want to change things; he only wishes to keep blaming the EU saying why his hands are tied.  He could take action to change UK legislation, but he will not.

ACTION:

Live exports: Tell David Heath to stop hiding behind EU law

A UK law that is over 160 years old, the ‘Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847’, means that public ports across Britain have no say in whether they wish to accept the trade in live animal exports. 

This is pathetic, and is a law passed soon after the Battle of Waterloo !! – we say that now in 2013 it is time for change !

We know that many UK Port Authorities would rather not allow shipments of live animals. But as long as this outdated legislation remains on the books, their hands are tied.

The UK Farming Minister, David Heath MP, needs to have some guts and stand up and take a lead on this issue by amending the 1847 Act. He has the power to make a significant change for farm animal welfare.

But David Heath and his colleagues at Defra, the Government Department that oversees live exports, don’t seem to understand what we are calling for. They believe that amending the 1847 Act would be a ban on live exports – and illegal under EU law.

Yes, current EU law prevents the UK government from banning live exports altogether.

BUT if local authorities were given more power over the trade they allow through their ports (using an updated act of law) this could still end live exports

and it would be perfectly legal under EU law.

What is the 1847 Act?

The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act states that all ports must allow the free trade of goods: if someone pays the fee to use the Port, they must be allowed to ship their goods. Astonishingly, live farm animals are still classified as goods.

So, by law all British ports must allow lorries full of animals to pass through, even if the ports don’t agree with the trade. This law is over 160 years old. It’s high time that this law is amended.

Please visit our good friends at CIWF to take further action about this:

http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=21798&ea.tracking.id=05bb9ddb

If you want to send us (SAV) a caption to go at the end of the above cartoon of David Heath MP, then please do so.  Send via the ‘Contact Us’ link.

We will publish those which are good and which are not abusive – anything that is like this will not be shown.  Keep it clean but using the above information, keep it accurate.

CIWF Undercover Footage – the EU has NO ‘Ag Gag’ fortunately.

Go to http://www.ciwf.org.uk/  to see undercover footage investigation of calves being exported from the UK to mainland Europe.

Note – investigators voice and identity has been changed for this report.

This is the reason why so many UK citizens have been protesting at Ramsgate port in the recent past; and now Dover, as the live animal exports have now changed to this facility.

View the 3rd August Dover demo at:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/08/05/england-uk-dover-live-exports-demo-report-for-august-2013-with-video-link-at-end-watch-the-speakers/

KAALE in Kent, England are a major campaign group against live exports.  Mark, SAV founder, is the EU and media correspondent also for KAALE. 

Visit the KAALE website at:  http://www.kaale.org.uk 

See some photos of Ye old Historic Kent County – the ‘Garden of England’, at:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?gs_rn=24&gs_ri=psy-ab&cp=3&gs_id=2a&xhr=t&q=utc&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50500085,d.d2k&biw=1231&bih=571&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=OFUFUsSMM6zP0AXrr4CIDQ#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=6a59fc1a3845674d&hl=en&q=kent+england+images&sa=1&tbm=isch&um=1

The following pictures are all by Val who is the official photographer for KAALE

They show live animal exports from the UK ports of either Ramsgate or Dover, both in Kent County, England.

The most annoying thing about it all is that NO UK people are involved with the exports.  It is run by a Dutchman named J. Onderwater and often involves calves travelling from Ireland to mainland Europe, simply using the UK as a ‘land bridge’.  Onderwater operates the vessel ‘Joline’ which is a simple barge; a throwback from the Cold war days with the Soviets when it was used as a battle tank carrier.  Now the ‘Joline’ carries live animal transporters from Dover port in the UK (England) to Calais in France.  British people in general are outraged at this, and the want the UK government to step in and amend the 1847 Act so that UK ports can refuse the trade in live animals.

But David Heath will not act; and so most British people hate him as he always wants to blame Europe about legislation when in fact he could amend UK law if he wished.  He does not have the guts to do it.  But people vote, and they will let him know their feelings at the next general election.

Below are Dutch transporters on UK roads – the Dutch have yellow number plates on the front – UK have white.

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Below – Live sheep are sometimes carried in ‘sealed box type trailers’ – used in the EU but not the UK

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Below – A dutch transporter carrying live sheep enters Ramsgate port

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Below – Live sheep being checked by UK authorities inside the sealed box trailer (at Ramsgate)

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Below – the ‘Joline’ photographed whilst crossing the English Channel to France.

Note the ‘sealed box trailers’ on the deck.

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All photos by Valerie Cameron – KAALE

Please visit KAALE at http://www.kaale.org.uk  for all the latest and lots more pictures and reports.

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Some Previous posts:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/03/20/uk-england-live-exports-update-latest-news-20th-march-2013/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2011/10/20/uk-england-kent-action-against-live-exports-kaale/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/10/04/uk-england-the-live-export-saga-continues-but-after-a-quick-attempt-at-ipswich-exports-have-stopped-once-again/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/02/17/uk-england-the-live-animal-export-battle-continues/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2013/01/24/uk-netherlands-uk-live-export-policing-goes-over-400000-in-18-months-nl-new-film-released-re-eu-long-distance-live-animal-transport-investigations/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/12/22/uk-england-eu-live-animal-export-campaign-for-better-animal-welfare-grows-in-strength/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/12/10/uk-the-live-animal-export-debate-gets-hotter-uk-parliament-debate-on-131212-rspca-issue-formal-brief-on-their-views/