Posted on March 28, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
There are a lot of cat appeals and things going on at the moment.
As you know, we have tried to support Jasna and Danika at ‘Felix’ shelter in Serbia for many years. Felix helps take in cats from the streets and provide them with a forever home at the shelter, where they get great food, warmth, a safe place to live and they feel love and attention, often for the first time in their lives.
But like all shelters; daily upkeeps for facilities and the animals is huge. This is where we now step in – to try and help get some support for much needed updates. Felix has been having a few problems recently covering all of its costs; and without support of a regular good quality Kibble food supply from Denmark (UFFAC) over the last few months; things could have been a lot worse. In addition, the Winter has been bad with temperatures often down to -25 degrees; so the gas tank has been working overtime to keep the cats warm. Money is required here also to keep the gas tank topped up.
8 of the 9 youngsters taken in last year have already been sterilised, and the last cat has to recover from sickness before he is able to be neutered also. Vet costs also add up.
Jasna informs us that the outside fence is literally falling apart, as can be seen in the photographs. This is a big job and will probably cost around 3000 Euros. It is a concern as at the moment, anyone can open the gates and approach the cats – and as we know, not everyone always has the best of intentions !
All the fence posts need to be buried underground and strengthened with concrete; after that they should be rebuilt around the thick steel poles in the middle so they won’t crumble and deteriorate in the years to come. The same goes for the low walls between the pillars. The gates must also be replaced and the ancient iron fence badly needs cleaning and polishing. It is a big job which sadly costs big money.
So we are putting out an appeal to everyone asking if they can help; both with a donation and also by sharing this link to as many places as possible. It could end up getting to someone rich who can help cover all the costs needed – so please pass this link / info around.
Below we are providing all the links to Felix if you can help out in any way. We know that we are nearly always asking for donations; but many of the facilities we support are the only places that have ever given a loving home and food and heating to many animals that lived pitiful lives on the streets.
Please help if you can – and please pass on this link far and wide.
Thank you – SAV – for our friends at shelter ‘Felix’.
Here are some pictures of some of the residents; and also the sad state of the walls and fence that we have talked about earlier.
Please go to the following to donate:
For alternative ways of giving donations:
PayPal button is on our blog:
and our website:
Webshop:
Dinarske uplate: Felix-Felinolosko drustvo 355-1070729-96
Please help us – Thank you.
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Posted on March 23, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Update 27/3 – Come on folks, get your dosh out !!
(an English term for giving money).
Anything please – even a few dollars will help us to reach the target.
We need to do this as soon as possible – please help – Thank you. – SAV.
Update 25/3 – well done to those who have donated; a good result for a short time.
But we really need to do this please – so give anything you can, no matter how small or large the donation – it all adds up.
Thank you – with hope – SAV.
We are putting out this special appeal to help our friend Susann in Germany.
You can read the story below – but basically it is a request to help an old couple in Serbia with food for all the homeless cats and dogs that they help; often going without themselves to do it.
Please give anything that you can – any little helps and it all soon mounts up.
Please dig deep and give what you can – Thank You – SAV.
Urgent: help for old Serbian couple and their 60+ strays
Please look at the following link to see many more pictures of the animals:
The Story
61 cats, 7 dogs and an elderly couple need urgent help.
Jelka and Branko live in Pancevo, a town close to the Serbian capital Belgrade. They’re both 65+ and not very well off, sometimes not having enough food for themselves, they go without in order to ensure the animals are fed in order to give them a better life than the one they had on the streets of Pancevo.
Luckily the very kind soul and animal rescuer Slavica happened upon them and is now helping them with the animals. Feeding them, heating the house in winter in order to keep them all warm as Serbia has extreme temperatures in the winter, spaying & neutering and getting the animals vaccinated or to the vets if they are sick is very time and money consuming. Especially because no one has a car and it is 4 bus rides away.
A small facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/306259319732027/) is helping Slavica, Jelka and Branko with a bit of money monthly but it is not enough to cover everything that is needed.
Things seem to get worse instead of getting better. Branko had a stroke and it is still unsure if he will survive. A new law requires all cats to be chipped and vaccinated incurring more costs, the fence is broken, etc… Slavica, Jelka and Branko need you to help them and would be forever grateful for any donations.
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Posted on March 23, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
You may remember a few post which we did at the end of last year regarding abuses on a dairy farm in Somerset, England:
Well now we can share an update to this – and we are really pleased to say that one of the dairy workers has now been formally changed following the investigation.
Dear Mark
As a valued Animal Equality supporter, I wanted you to be one of the first to know that – as a result of footage captured by Animal Equality investigators – a worker on Pyrland dairy farm in Somerset has been charged with two counts of cruelty to cows and calves under the Animal Welfare Act.
The scenes of this young farm worker violently kicking cows and throwing calves against the wall were truly horrifying, and thanks to your support he will be prosecuted for these terrible acts. A court date has not yet been set, but we will keep you updated when we know more.
In case you haven’t see the footage which we released at the end of December, you can watch it here: www.animalequality.net/dairysdarksecret.
Please share it widely and help alert others to the suffering of mother cows and their calves in the dairy industry. Encourage them to sign our LoveVeg pledge for FREE advice and recipes for dairy-free eating.
Thank you for helping to bring perpetrators of such unthinkable cruelty to justice.
Sincerely,
Toni Shephard
Exec Director – AE UK.
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Posted on March 22, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Relating to one of our recent campaigns:
Your efforts and actions have hopefully now made a difference:
Animal protection laws promised after Indonesian bear footage goes viral
21 February 2017
Animal lovers are celebrating as Indonesia’s government finally acknowledged zoos need standardised laws on animal care to avoid cruelty.
Footage showing sun bears in poor conditions at Bandung Zoo set the internet alight last month with people around the world voicing anger and sorrow that any animal could be kept in such appalling conditions.
Read more:
With those conditions not confined to just one zoo, Animals Asia called for legislative change to improve the welfare of all animals at all facilities.
Following months of criticism the Indonesian government appears to have heeded the calls and has promised to standardise captive animal care through national regulation.
It’s a move that could not only safeguard the future of these bears but also improve the lives of thousands of captive animals across the country.
The nation’s Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar told media such legal protection was necessary to avoid future problems and specifically referred to Bandung Zoo where the sun bears are kept.
Animals Asia’s Animal Welfare Director Dave Neale responded:
“This announcement is very promising and exactly what we have been calling for. It clearly shows the government taking the concern of domestic and global citizens seriously and responding to criticism. However, we need to wait for the government to release the regulation before we can comment on the potential effectiveness.”
The world was alerted to the dire conditions of sun bears at Bandung Zoo by local NGO Scorpion Foundation. The charity is partly funded by Animals Asia to expose animal welfare abuses such as this.
Animals Asia Founder and CEO, Jill Robinson MBE said:
“This is very much a step in the right direction for Indonesia and has the potential to change the lives of thousands of animals. We thank the government for listening to criticism and the willingness they have shown to respond and look for solutions. We look forward to seeing the draft regulation and advising where necessary.”
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Posted on March 17, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Posted on March 8, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Click HERE to see this newsletter from our homepage.
To the Sponsors of PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea:
please help bring an end to the dog and cat meat trades in South Korea!
Please sign our petition and send email and postal letters to the Sponsors of PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.
Click HERE to take action.
Pyeongchang’s project to hide the Dog Meat Restaurants
from Olympic visitors!
Please contact your country’s news media to write about this.
Now we have translations in Spanish, Greek, Russian,
Japanese and Swedish and more to come.
The PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics is less than a year away. On our “Boycott PyeongChang 2018 Action Center” we have a list of actions you can take to protest South Korea’s horrific cruelty of its dog and cat meat industry.
Below is a translation of Korea Animal Rights Advocates’ (KARA) commentary regarding PyeongChang’s plan to dodge criticism of Korea’s dog meat cruelty. Please read and share. Click HERE to read from our homepage.
Gangwon Province is currently making preparations to welcome guests to the Winter Olympics, which will be held in February 2018. To alleviate the shortage of lodging accommodations and restaurants, and to create income for agricultural households, support will be provided to the hospitality industry to strengthen the spirit of service as well as networking with the local agricultural community to introduce Korean culture to the visitors. In addition, certain restaurants that may evoke negative emotions from foreign visitors will undergo renovations, including new signage, in order to conceal the underlying cause of the controversy and avert debate.
What is the underlying cause of the expected negative emotions from the Winter Olympics guests? 18 dog meat restaurants in Gangwon Province around Pyeongchang and Gangneung. The government will subsidize up to 10,000,000 won for each restaurant to change their signs (3,000,000) and renovate their facilities (7,000,000). 50% of the cost for this project will be paid by the Province and 50% by the city.
Click below to take more action:
New Friendship City Campaigns – Gyeongsan and Yeosu
Please take action to give a voice to the poor Korean dogs and cats.
Friendship City Campaign – Yeosu, South Korea – Seward, Alaska
Friendship City Campaign – Gyeongsan, South Korea – San Bernadino, California
The mayor of Long Beach, California responds with support for our campaign against the South Korean dog and cat meat industry.
We have received a response from Mr. Mark Taylor, Chief of Staff for the Mayor Robert Garcia, in Long Beach, California regarding our campaign, asking them to take action over the dog-meat trade in Pohang in South Korea. We are grateful to the Mayor and his office for responding to our concern so quickly, and especially appreciate the Mayor for supporting animal rights and opposing cruelty in the South Korea’s dog and cat meat trade.
Click HERE to learn more
SAV – Finally, there may be some good news for the future – read our good news post by clicking here:
We hope for better for the dogs of South Korea !
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Posted on March 7, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
We have been contacted by Ana in Serbia; who wrote to us on behalf of her friend who runs a horse shelter in Serbia. Here is the link to the shelters Facebook page:
We are trying to currently look into existing Serbia legislation regarding horse welfare, as it not something we have done before. But we have liaised with Ana and said that even if Serbian horse law existed; in our opinion and experience, the Serbian authorities would ignore it just the same as they ignore legislation for stray dogs and cats.
Ana (being Serbian) is aware that the Serbian government could do a lot better when it comes to all animal welfare, but we are trying to help the horse shelter by giving out its Facebook link:
We will also be putting the link onto SAV Facebook page, where we hope a lot more Serbian campaigners and supporters will become aware of the excellent work being done to give help and support to the equine population.
If you can help in any way with a donation, then it would be greatly appreciated.
Even if you cannot donate, please just spread the link around so that more people are informed of this horse haven.
Thank you – SAV.
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