Posted on October 28, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Danica Mirkovic
October 8 ·
This past month was one of the most exhausting and excruciating months in the history of our cat sanctuary. Many of the senior kitties became ill due to their ages, and we have suffered the loss of three of our fighters – two little sisters, just a couple of tiny kitty babies, lost their battle with FIP and a couple of days ago, Zack succumbed to meningitis.
The struggle in keeping this Cat Sanctuary running doesn’t get easier due to our constant debts. Yes, we’ve been registered for almost a decade, and no, the state nor the local authorities provide our kitties with a single cent. It seems like the animals here aren’t on anyone’s priority list but ours.
For years Felix Cat Shelter has been trying to help the community by taking in as many abandoned or ill kitties as possible. Once again, we are relying on the goodness and the grace of all of the kindhearted people out there who will find a place in their hearts to support our sanctuary’s mission and help us keep this place running. Not for us, but for all of our residents who have nowhere else to go.
Perhaps our sanctuary would’ve been more likable if we tried to make our entire story about us and us alone by constantly complaining that we’re having a rough time because we have families which don’t see us as often as our kitties do. Moaning that we’re too busy and don’t even have time for ourselves as we are taking care of such a huge number of animals and also have to go to work, whining about our health problems, incessantly lying as to the number of our sanctuary residents or exaggerating when talking about their health, vet treatment and the costs of such.
Yes, perhaps that would make us more appealing to many kindhearted people, but that would be a lie. Felix Cat Shelter was established because of the kitties and that’s the way it shall be for as long as we’re around. Perhaps our residents would have been better off if we were prone to telling sad and pathetic fabricated stories instead of simply telling the truth. If things were the other way around, we share the opinion that our residents would be ashamed of us. However, no matter how hard it gets, no matter how many misfortunes keep following us, we can always take pride in everything we did for every single one of our kitties. Honestly, we had more than our fair share of “having had enough” or “too much”, but we will be trying to keep this sanctuary afloat for as long as we can.
Well, since we’re not fond of misleading people, our sanctuary’s mission is hanging in the balance once again. Thanks to many of you, we’ve been able to reduce our last month’s veterinary debt for 80 Euros. But, since then, we’ve had more sick kitties (Mastika, Giuseppe, Grania, Venus, Serena, and Zack) and our total debt is now 330 Euros. Obligatory annual vaccinations of all of the cats against rabies is just around the corner and we have no idea of how we’re going to cover the costs for that either.
We still owe 200 euros for canned wet food and if it weren’t for the Danish group UFFAC (who has donated significant amounts of canned cat food to our cats), we don’t know how we would’ve made it through the end of the month. The cold days have already started and consequently, the shelter residents are craving more food. They are not spoiled, they are just cats and if we want to keep them the way they should be kept, one of their meals has to be wet canned food because kibble just isn’t enough. Also, many of our residents are elderly cats with bad or missing teeth, and wet canned food is all they can eat.
And once again, we are here to humbly ask for your help.
Please donate and help us keep our cat sanctuary running and its mission persisting.
Felinologic Association Felix – Cat Shelter Felix (Bikovo, Subotica, Serbia)
PayPal: savage1@shaw.ca
For those of you who want to make a donation but don’t or can’t use PayPal, you can donate to our foreign currency bank account:
Felix – Felinolosko drustvo
SWIFT/BIC: VBUBRS22 (Vojvodjanska banka a.d. Novi Sad)
IBAN: RS35355000320003120311
In the name of all our sanctuary residents –
THANK YOU, from the bottom of our hearts.
Please go to the following for other ways to donate:
For alternative ways of giving donations:
PayPal button is on our blog:
and our website:
Webshop:
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Posted on October 26, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
PLEASE HELP ELLIE WALK AGAIN!
If we can’t raise funding for her tests and scans then the only real option for Ellie is PTS
We are yet again thrust into a nightmare scenario where one of our gentlest of souls is currently under veterinary care whilst they try to diagnose a very serious neurological issue. Ellie has never been given a chance of a home or a chance to show her gentle kindness, simply because she is a Rottweiler, and yet, she is the sweetest, gentlest, and most beautiful of souls we have ever been privileged to meet.
This week Ellie has taken a really bad turn. Her back legs have given out. She is a young dog and we are still at the vets with her trying to figure out what the issue is. For sure it’s neurological, but this darling girl just doesn’t understand what is going on. She is so down, crying, whimpering for reassurance and it’s tearing us apart that we the answer until we can provide her with series of tests.
She needs MRI and other several in depth tests that the vet needs to do, but the biggest cost is the time taken to do these. Without the tests and our fast reaction she may not walk again. Her front legs have given out and we can only know if surgery or physio can correct this.
If we can’t raise funding for her tests and scans then the only real option for Ellie is PTS.
She doesn’t understand what’s happening to her and we can’t explain. We just know she needs medical help and without your precious help we simply cannot afford this. We are a tiny rescue charity, utterly dependant on you, our loving supporters to help us with each of our rescues. You are our rescue. We truly can’t do anything for our dogs without you. You are the lifeblood of our rescue and the only people who care enough to help this poor girl to walk again.
For Your kind donations
PayPal address:
Humanimalserbia@gmail.com
Marked: For Ellie
She can’t speak, she can’t ask, she can’t beg. We are her voice and we want to save her life and get to the bottom of this critical problem. Without your support her chances are very slim indeed.
Please, we beg you, help this big girl to feel the joy of walking normally again.
Thank You,
Help Pozega Dogs Admin Team
Please watch Ellies video’s on our YouTube channel: :
Registered number Serbia: 107291108
Codice fiscale Italia: 97632110157
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Posted on October 25, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
As we have exposed many times in the past on this site; for example; the EU is utterly incapable of enforcing its very own legislation that is supposed to protect live animals in transport – Regulation EU 1/2005 of 22/12/2004.
So again as we have said before, why pay money into a club that cannot even enforce the rules set up by the club ?
And all those alleged super intellegents at the EU are just starting to realise that without the financial contribution UK, the EU is going to have big financial problems. If they had enforced their rules like they are supposed to do, then maybe the people of the UK would have voted to remain in the EU, rather than do a Brexit.
Mr Junker – Head Of EU Commissions – all talk and no enforcement of the regulations.
Here are just a few of our past links showing why we have NO faith in the EU. Video links are included which we suggest you view – the proof that the EU is all talk and no real enforcement action.
Please watch the videos as they show / list all the infringements of Reg 1/2005 which the EU does not undertake.
REVEALED: The 70 BILLION reasons why the EU doesn’t want Britain to LEAVE Brussels
SAV Comment – also as we have shown on this site for 10+ years, the EU does NOTHING to get Serbia to enforce the ‘rule of law’ (supposedly as required by the EU for all nations wishing the join the EU) with regard the treatment and care of stray animals within Serbia. Serbia does not enforce its own rules (national legislation), yet it wants to join the EU. What does the EU do ? – it hands out Billions of Euros to Serbia as a ‘sweetner’ for when it becomes an EU member state, yet neither the EU or Serbia put any pressure on the Serbian government to make sure Serbian strays are treated in accordance with Serbian national legislation.
So why do we in the UK want to support these ‘weasel worders who do nothing’ ? – NO- we get out of the EU and leave them all to pick up the financial tab whilst they continue to enforce nothing ! – a sort of ‘they get what they deserve’ approach many Brits would say.
EUROPEAN Union leaders are desperate for Britain to remain part of the bloc as its huge budget contributions will be sorely missed.
Politicians from across Europe have begun to panic as they have realised they will be €70billion short once the UK leaves the EU.
Regional leaders met in Helsinki for the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPRM), where they questioned the impact of Brexit on the EU budget.
Come March 2019, when Brexit is finalised, the EU’s €1trillion budget will be severely depleted, which could be bad news for some of the smaller regions of the member countries.
The 160 regional presidents gathered in Finland have expressed concerns about what the budget reduction could mean for them.
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Posted on October 18, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
UPDATED 19/10/17
Dogs and Cats of Ms. Duda in Serbia – Would You Help Them
Hello, Mark. I hope you’re doing well
We are here to kindly ask you for your financial aid for the dogs and cats in Ms. Duda’s care. Duda (Dubravka Kokinović) and her animals reside in Nova Pazova, a town in the north of Serbia.
At this moment, she cares for around 30 dogs and a few cats and lately she’s been struggling to afford even basic necessities like food and medication.
She has been taking care of numerous abandoned animals at her home for years – some of whom were happily adopted by people from Serbia and abroad. She’s also looking after animals that are still on the streets of Nova Pazova.
We are also inviting all the caring people who are visiting this page and whose support would be much appreciated to donate via PayPal:
Here are the latest photos from the rescues at Duda’s home:
Here is an excerpt from the local veterinary inspection report done in late 2015. at Duda’s home where she keeps all her rescued dogs and cats:
Veterinary inspection was preceeded by municipal communal inspection that constated factual circumstances, but didn’t state whatsoever whether placing of an animal shelter was allowed in inhabited areas and in specific zones.
The ordinance about the conditions that must be performed by animal shelters and pensions – Službeni glasnik RS 19/12 – cited by the communal inspector does not specify in which location a shelter may be placed, but only the conditions it must fulfill.
Regarding Animal Welfare Act, Dubravka provided maximum protection and care for injured and sick animals with no assistance from municipal structures that should have been solving these issues according to Veterinary Act – Službeni glasnik RS No 91/05; 30/10 article 46.
Please read this short story about Duda from Nova Pazova published by Aleksandra Dudić:
Thank You for your time. Please support Duda’s selfless work.
Regards,
Slavica Mazak Bešlić
Aleksandra Dudić
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Solidarno za životinje i prirodu (Solidarity for Animals and Nature)
Non-governmental organization
Pere Segedinca 5
11070 Beograd
+381641514554
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Posted on October 15, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
We’ve been talking about the urgent need to replace the old chain link fencing for five years now, to no avail. The fencing in question is actually the most essential part of the outdoor enclosure, as it keeps the kitties safe in the yard so they can’t wander off into the streets, nor can something or someone get in at them. However, as time went by, the old chain link fencing became a serious liability and the new one remained in the domain of the unreachable until recently, when a group of our friends and supporters decided to provide us with the much needed fencing and even paid the contractor to put it on.
Since the old chain link fence was never strong enough, not even when the shelter was founded, our guardian angels enabled us to purchase some hardware cloth fencing. Its steel construction makes it stronger and more durable, and it’s not only that our older kitties are safe now, but our little ones can join the adult cats in the yard sooner than before thanks to the density of the new hardware cloth fence. Hailey, Finn and Sheena were the first to test our new fencing and we think they are delighted with the yard as well as with mingling with the grownups. Finn is all over the place and doesn’t seem able to stand still for a second; Hailey is fearlessly exploring every part of the shelter; Sheena was a bit shy at first but she got over it quickly. All three of them are unstoppable and can’t get enough of their freedom.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our donors who wished to stay anonymous – you have literally saved our kitties. We would also like to thank our contractor Nenad and his fiancé Ana for a job well done. And we would also like to thank each and every one of you for your help and overall support during all of these years. Please don’t forget that your moral and financial support has always been and continues to be crucial for Felix shelter’s ability to stay afloat. Things are still far from perfect, but we will do our best to scrape by on no fixed income for as long as we can.
Now that are furry friends and residents are safe from any harm, we can focus on many important things that are waiting for us right around the corner – annual rabies vaccinations of all of the cats, cat food and heating gas supplies for the upcoming winter. Also, next spring we will try and change the whole existing construction of the fence in order to make it safer or maybe build a new outdoor enclosure that will provide our residents with even more space. Perhaps someday we will also be able to provide a new forever home for more cats and kitties in need; right now it’s a little tight.
Thank you for making all the good things possible!
Lots of love,
Cat Shelter Felix and its furry and fluffy residents
Please go to the following for other ways to donate:
For alternative ways of giving donations:
PayPal button is on our blog:
and our website:
Webshop:
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O hitnoj potrebi zamene žice na spoljnom delu prihvatilišta pričamo već pet godina. Pomenuta žica predstavlja najvažniji deo spoljne jedinice prihvatilišta jer štiti naše drugare – niti mogu da odlutaju na ulicu, niti ih neko ili nešto može povrediti. Pošto nikako nismo uspevali da prikupimo neophodna sredstva, postojeća žica je predstavljala sve veći problem a nova je ostala u domenu nedostižnog. Makar je tako bilo do skoro, kada je grupa prijatelja i donatora Felix prihvatilišta donela odluku da nam donira neophodnu žicu, pa čak i plate majstora za izvođenje radova.
S obzirom da stara žica nikada nije bila dovoljno čvrsta, čak ni kada je prihvatilište izgrađeno, naši anđeli čuvari su nam omogućili kupovinu 400 kvadrata rabic pletiva. Čelična konstrukcija i punktovani varovi je čine daleko čvršćom i trajnijom. Felix mace ne samo da su sada bezbedne, već i maćići mogu ranije da se pridruže odraslim macama u dvorištu jer su okca rabic pletiva mala i ne postoji apsolutno nikakva šansa da se malci kroz nju provuku. Hejli, Fin i Šina su bili prvi juniori koji su testirali novu žicu i mislimo da su oduševljeni dvorištom i druženjem sa odraslim mačkama. Fin se rastrčao po celom dvorištu i ne može da miruju čak ni na sekund; Hejli neustrašivo istražuje svaki kutak prihvatilišta; Šina je u početku bila pomalo stidljiva i suzdržana, ali ju je to prošlo veoma brzo. Svo troje su nezaustavljivi i ne mogu da se zasite novostečene slobode.
Od srca zahvaljujemo donatorima koji su izrazili želju da ostanu anonimni, ali svejedno osećamo potrebu da im još jednom kažemo “hvala” jer su doslovno spasili naše prihvatilište. Takođe želimo da izrazimo veliu zahvalnostmo Nenadu i njegovoj verenici Ana na profesionalnom, izvanrednom, pedantnom i brzom radu i druženju. Ukoliko nekome budu bile potrebne slične usluge, bez trunke lažnog marketinga vam preporučujemo ovaj par jer se nećete pokajati.
Zahvaljujemo svakom od vas za pomoć tokom svih ovih godina. Vaša moralna i finansijska podrška je od samog početka bila i ostala krucijalna jer ste Felix azilu za mačke omogućili da se održi. Ima ovde još puno posla, ne bi se baš moglo reći da je sve savršeno, ali daćemo sve od sebe da i bez stalnih i redovnih donacija održimo azil što je duže moguće.
Sada kada su naši štićenici bezbedni, možemo da se fokusiramo na druge važne stvari koje nas čekaju u bliskoj budućnosti – obavezna godišnja vakcinacija protiv besnila svih mačaka u prihvatilištu, konzervirana hrana i gas za grejanje za hladnu sezonu koja je već uveliko nastupila. Osim toga, sledećeg proleća ćemo pokušati da izvršimo zamenu i rekonstrukciju celokupne konctrukcije spoljnog dela prihvatilišta kako bismo je učinili što bezbednijom i trajnijom na duže staze, ili ćemo možda izgraditi još jednu spoljnu jedinicu što će našim štićenicima obezbediti dodatni prostor za igru i druženje. Možda ćemo jednog dana biti u mogućnosti da pružimo utočište i dom još većem broju nezbrinutih maca i mačića koji iz određenih okolnosti imaju slabe šanse da se dobro udome, jer trenutno nam je malo „tesno“.
I naravno, jedno ogromno hvala našim prijateljima iz veterinarske ambulante Panvet veterinarska stanica u Subotici. Njihova profesionalnost, stručnost, posvećenost i ljubav prema životinjama su zaslužni za to što naše mace imaju najbolju moguću veterinarsku negu u svako doba dana i noći. Hvala vam za svaku macu nad kojom ste bdeli zajedno sa nama, koje ste hranili špricem kada mi nismo bili u mogućnosti da to uradimo, koje ste u naručju šetali i nosali samo da biste ih smirili. Hvala vam za svaki vid bezuslovne podrške i hvala vam na najpovoljnijim mogućim uslovima lečenja maca jer bez toga nikako ne bismo bili u mogućnosti ni da lečimo ovako veliki broj azilskih mačaka, niti bismo bili u mogućnosti da im pružimo svu moguću negu. Da nema vas, životinje pronađene na ulicama, izbačene, zlostavljane i često ozbiljno povređene teško da bi ikad naišle na takvu ljubavi i posvećenost, niti bi saznale da postoje veterinari koji nikada nisu niti će profitirati na napuštenim, uličnim ili azilskim životinjama. Hvala!
Hvala vam svima što ste omogućili da se lepe stvari dešavaju!
Zahvalni,
Azil za mace Felix i svi njegovi čupavi stanari
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Posted on October 5, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
5/10 – We have had the following message in from Svetlana.
As we said before, we tried to help Gordana with the re homing of some dogs here in England; but this was not possible either.
If anyone anywhere feels that they can help, then here is Svetlana’s Facebook link.
Please contact her direct.
Hi Mark
I was wandering if you could help me..
I’ve got many rescued strays from Bor, Serbia and adoption simple doesn’t work in Serbia
I’ve been trying and trying to find them homes, but nothing
I can’t afford paying pensions for them, so absolutely I have no solution
Can you please help me to try to find them homes or fosters, anything?
I’m really desperate, I can’t bring them back to streets..
Thank you in advance;
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Posted on October 5, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
One lost battle too many, one more life that ended to early, another sorrow, additional pain, one more casualty of reckless veterinarians – how to describe the anger, emptiness and grief over another lost little fighter?
How much value is a cat’s life to people? If you ask Zack’s vet that had treated him before Zack came to us, not much or not at all. That vet left Zack’s eye infection untreated for months – he said it was normal for a blind eye to be inflamed. Due to his expertise, Zack got meningitis and that meningitis took Zack away last night. Zack has lost his last battle and passed away in his sleep, quietly, unobtrusively and peacefully, just like he was the first day he came to us.
We are so sorry, Zack. We’re sorry for everything you had to go through. We are sorry for all of those careless people you had to deal with. We wish we could have done more for you and change everything that’s happened.
We wish we’ve gotten the time to know you better, although it was clear from the beginning that you were a sweetheart. You picked your special place in the yard as soon as you stepped in it, and we still can’t deal with the fact that we won’t be seeing you there anymore.
That special place will not be the same without you. We are sorry for all the pain you had to endure and for all the circumstances that led to it. You didn’t leave this world the way we had imagined, the way we wanted for you. All we have ever wanted was a long, happy and pain free life for you, little Zack. Instead, you have left us as the result of a mistake, as an error in someone’s judgment. You have paid the price for someone’s careless lapse.
We’ll be looking for you in the yard although we know that you won’t be there. You won’t be there but we will remember you, because we have loved you from the moment we set eyes on you. And we hope that you knew you weren’t homeless and unimportant the moment you were brought here and you must’ve felt we would never even imagine letting you down. Ironically, after all is said and done, we are the ones who feel as if we failed you, as we promised you’d have a good home and a wonderful life.
We are so sorry, kitty boy. We are very thankful for the opportunity to have met such a courageous little fellow like you. You had accepted us from the very beginning, even when you had to watch us crying while you were trying to win the biggest struggle of your short life.
You had an amazing and incredible spirit and left us wondering if any other cat could endure the suffering you’d been bearing for such a long time, in total silence. You were a blessing and we have to thank you for giving us the chance to love you.
We will remember you forever.
You will always be in our hearts and on our minds.
Run free, little Zack; find your special place over the rainbow and don’t look back.
Please go to the following for other ways to donate in memory of Zack:
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PayPal button is on our blog:
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