Posted on March 30, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Celebrate – Its ‘Moon Bear Monday’ Folks !!!
THEY MADE IT !!
… we can now report that today (30 March 15) they have finally all arrived safe and sound at the facility.
The best way to catch up with all the news and photos of the arrival after 4 days on the road is to visit the AA Ben Tre Rescue Timeline – here is the link to some great reading:
This has been a wonderful job and all credit must be given to everyone who has taken part in this rescue. Thanks also to Jill who as always has done such a superb and professional Animals Asia job to ensure that everyone has been able to closely follow this rescue and re homing right from the very start. Thank you Jill – magic job which is now complete.
Please give anything that you can to support the wonderful work of the AA crew who have been involved with this superb bear rescue. The bears are now free from their lives at bile farm; and they can look forward to many years of superb care, freedom and super food as provided by the staff and supporters of this excellent organisation which we are so proud to be members of here in the UK.
Welcome to your new and vastly different, SO MUCH BETTER future life bear friends – Now with people who will always care for you rather than abusing you as others have done in the past – YOU ARE FREE !
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Posted on March 28, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
March Winds Blow Kisses to the Dogs of Romania
Yet again, our spectacular monthly supporters have enabled us to provide aid to three dog rescue centers in Romania. You’re providing food for more than 2,000 dogs here!
We thought you might enjoy seeing how that aid impacts a single dog.
This is Sienna who was found in a grocery store parking lot. She was hungry and shivering and was spotted by our beloved rescue partner Norica Prigoana who runs a very special rescue center in Gherla.
Norica took Sienna home for a warm bath to raise her body temperature, and after several good meals and time under the blankets, Sienna began to come around.
Every month Harmony Fund sends aid to sponsor the rescue, veterinary care and sheltering of street dogs in Romania who are injured or simply hungry & alone. The caregivers of these animals are some of the most selfless and devoted rescuers on the planet.
New Bosnian Dog Sanctuary – Love Abounds!
It’s a bit hard to get a photo of the stray dogs of Travnik standing up. Every time Bosnian rescuer Anela Elkazevic approaches, they simply fall over as the excitement of receiving affection washes over them. It’s hard to believe that gentle souls (like this one being warmed in blankets) are among the dogs under threat from a new task force of dog catchers. But many of the dogs can stop running soon. The fence is going up around the new sanctuary at this very moment and dogs will start pouring in next week.
This gorgeous piece of land, pure wilderness, will become a haven for the dogs. We’ll start with fencing and then housing will be erected for a caretaker and for the dogs. Volunteers from Germany will be helping to organize spay/neuter for the incoming dogs and to also help host an adoption program.
“You are amazing!” Anela wrote a few days ago when we sent funds to commence work. “Thank you very much!! Now we can start. This is a dream come true!”
Anela says the homeless dogs chase after her car to follow her home after she feeds them. She thinks of how many have chased after the cars of the families who left them. Soon, very soon, they’ll all be home and the only running they’ll do is to chase each other through those gorgeous, great big fields.
Delivery of 7,000+ meals to Turkish Street Cats
We’d love to take you all on a balloon ride over the streets of Avsallar, Turkey. This is something you simply must lay eyes on to appreciate. Volunteers here walk the streets for six to eight hours each day, feeding the hungry street animals. The sacks of food are wheeled along in carts and so many of the cats and dogs come running when they see the “chuck wagon” approaching. In a community where animals are chased and poisoned and stoned, we bring them love and good food. The lucky ones are adopted internationally. All of this is made possible by our monthly supporters.
Want to Volunteer in Turkey?
We’re in the middle of another round of spay/neuter here and always on the hunt for volunteers to come and spend a week and lend a hand feeding animals in the street. If you are interested, please email Jenny@harmonyfund.org.
European Games Campaign Making Headway?
Those of you who follow us on Facebook may know that we’ve been hosting the international protest against the round-up of dogs in advance of the upcoming European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. After watching undercover video and hearing reports from local residents that dogs were being rounded up to cleanse the streets, we went to work to force the European Games leadership to be held accountable for the welfare of dogs in host cities like Baku.
Here’s what we now know:
More than 20,000 people have signed our petition.
2 million people have experienced the campaign through social media.
This week, the state veterinary staff was seen administering rabies prevention to street dogs – instead of grabbing them and driving away.
The Communications Director for the European Games has been fired.
And we’ve been sponsoring the rescue of dogs through Baku Animal Rescue
It’s very difficult to penetrate such multi-million dollar events, but it’s possible that this time, we are being heard.
Food Delivery for Shelter in Donetsk, Ukraine
“At this time, we are only surviving because of your support.” Those are the profound words uttered by Viktoria Vasilyeva who runs the PIF shelter in Eastern Ukraine.
“The situation with food for the dogs is desperate and we’re sending SOS signal wherever we can,” shelter worker Vita explains. “We’re collecting money to buy it in Russia because it’s possible to transport it to Donetsk as humanitarian aid in the end of March. We’re currently monitoring dog food prices on the Russian market because in Donetsk and other Ukrainian cities they are sky-high.”
In a thousand full moons, we couldn’t begin to express the depth of our gratitude for all of you who have donated to help. Please accept our apologies for asking for continued support for the animals here ,but the need is ongoing and substantial. We do need help.
Joyful Recovery as Paralyzed Street Dog Can Walk Once More
Frank was hit by a car a few weeks ago in Bosnia. Luckily a girl found him and started calling for help. She knocked on the door of her teacher, asking what to do.
“I got a call from my friend saying her student had found a dog in the middle of the road and he can’t move,” Suzana Demiraca told us. “I took him in. People helped locally to get the X-rays, food and diapers. He was very emaciated, dirty, scared, shocked and old (missing incisors). Radiographs showed a hip dysplasia on one leg and a broken femur on the other. So we took him to the surgery on a debt, because we couldn’t waste time, and risk leaving him paralyzed for the rest of his life. A week after the surgery I started massaging his legs, and after a few days of doing that we started doing some exercises. And then after two weeks, when the vet came to do a check-up Frank stood up!”
Suzana wrote us asking for help to pay for Frank’s veterinary debt and we were happy to help. After all, what greater joy than helping a dog to walk again. Frank is now walking fairly well and will be adopted by a woman in Italy who will bring him to physical therapy to continue his special care.
A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU to all of you who support the Harmony Fund and touch the lives of thousands of animals like Frank each and every month.
Please Consider Sharing & Donating
Though it’s always very uncomfortable to ask, we’d be so grateful for a donation from anyone who feels compelled to help us continue to save lives in the month ahead. And, if you perhaps might consider sharing this email with other animal lovers, we’d be more grateful than words can say.
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Posted on March 28, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
The latest (end of March 2015) pictures of some of the cats at
Shelter Felix.
Danica must be so proud of them all – from their terrible beginnings of existing on the streets to a life now of a secure home, love; warmth and very regular food !
And we are sure you will agree; they are all in such magnificent condition – Congratulations Danica !!
All of the kitties in the shelter are safe and loved for life,
but they still do need help to aid with their keep.
Please give anything you can – thank you.
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Posted on March 26, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Please give your support to the following important petition from Mirela for Bosnia and Herzegovina dogs.
Petition wording:
Why this is important
Terrible crimes are happening, do not be blind!
people are worried, scared and mostly evil,
Dogs still roam the city hungry, sick, terrified, thousands of them ..this petition trying to get all the cantonal authorities to take in account of opening the new asylum, who will not only work through the system of donations, budget such a way is strictly parasitic. Asylum must be run by people who love animals, and who are willing to volunteer to look for new, fresh ideas, and thus involve all the media, public and private companies. Asylum would depend on its own income .it is difficult, but not impossible, if the authorities allow, the ideas, plan already exist, with the help of professional advice we can make it happen, on the end we can protect stray dogs, and also increase the number of jobs! sign the petition, and help rescue dogs BiH
Petition Link:
Message: Terrible crimes are happening, do not be blind!
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Posted on March 25, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Due primarily to language issues we are currently leaving all contact (and opposition work) associated with this to our Serbian campaigner friends. Change and opposition has to come from within Serbia, by the Serbian people; not by outside Europeans. But you can give your support and opposition to the current proposals by signing the petition link below – Thanks – SAV.
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After examining the working version of the Amendment of the Animal Welfare Act of the Republic of Serbia, it introduced the concept of “quarantine for a lost and abandoned animals,” which lasts 15 days, after which the animals can be “killed humanely.”
This mean that thousands and thousands of animals being killed and no one will be able to help it.
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE
Petition wording
After examining the working version of the Amendment of the Animal Welfare Act of the Republic of Serbia, it introduced the concept of “quarantine for a lost and abandoned animals,” which lasts 15 days, after which the animals can be “killed humanely.”
We believe that the amendments to the Law which was never fully implemented are counter-productive and unacceptable to us, the citizens, and that in no way it will solve the problem of abandoned animals with killing thousands of healthy animals.
Also, we consider that in the beginning of work on the amendments to the Act must include representatives of civil society. This is enforced by the “Guidelines for the involvement of civil society in the process of adopting regulations” adopted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia on 26 August 2014.
We want solution to the problem of abandoned animals in a humane and sustainable manner.
Petition Link:
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Posted on March 24, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Mark Johnson (SAV – this site) and Philip Lymbery (CEO at CIWF – http://www.ciwf.org.uk/about-us/our-staff/philip-lymbery/ ) have known each other and been campaigning (farm animal) friends for some 25+ years. They originally got to know each other regarding their extensive campaigning regarding the live transport of farm animals from the Kent ports of SE England and other parts of the UK to mainland Europe back in the 80’s.
You can read more about Mark’s long term work with CIWF by reading ‘About Us’ – https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/about-us/ – in 2003 Mark was awarded the ‘campaigner of the year’ in recognition of his work into the UK live export trade (calves, sheep, pigs) and also for his investigative work as part of the CIWF Investigations Unit into the export of live horses to Europe for the meat trade.
You can read more from Philip on his current regular CIWF blog page – http://www.philiplymbery.com/
Philip’s recent book ‘Farmageddon’ – which lifts the lid on intensive farming around the world has been made into a film also. You can see this by looking at the following links from either CIWF or directly on Youtube. Links are given below – please take a look as this is worth seeing !!!
Described by Joanna Lumley as ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ for food and farming, a year and several reprints later, Bloomsbury is re-launching Farmageddon in a new-look paperback format. To celebrate, CIWF have pulled together this short film showing some of the key moments of the three-year journey behind the closed doors of the factory farm industry.
‘Farmaggedon’ — The True Cost of Cheap Meat
Also, in the following link, see extensive undercover footage obtained by CIWF investigators who have been involved with Rabbit farming / production in several countries of the EU.
Watch their appalling expose of this disgusting business at:
Exposing the biggest secret of the Cage Age:
Check out all of London based CIWF’s work and campaigns at http://www.ciwf.org.uk/
Its time to lift the entire lid on the abuse of millions of animals every day and the ill health suffering of humans caused by intensive farming.
Its time to decide:
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Posted on March 22, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
The following is a letter sent to the French authorities by our good friend Lesley at Eyes on Animals; regarding a French pig transporter which overturned a few weeks ago. We did not know about this in the UK, but it obviously made news in mainland Europe. We feel the need to show you what has been written by Lesley.
You will also see a link to the video of the accident and the suffering animals; which are the subject of Lesley’s letter.
Lesley takes up the issue from here:
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I am sending this out today to the gendarmes and official vets in France, related to the clean-up of the pig truck accident a few weeks ago there.
I have added all the logos.
Let´s keep our fingers crossed for a response.
If I do, I will let you all know.
Bises en bon weekend
Lesley – Director – Eyes on Animals –
Warning – animals suffering in this video:
The original letter in French which Lesley sent to the authorities.
Below is a translation (Google Translate) of what the letter says.
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Dear ……
Your services were responsible for monitoring of an accident involving a pig transport truck rolled on its side at 6:30 am on March 4 in Britain. Shocking video of this accident circulated on social networks throughout Europe. This film is visible on the following link:
We are writing on behalf of animal protection organizations in Europe. We discussed
the pictures with transport companies of animals and we want to express our astonishment and vis-à-vis concern the method used to support the rugged truck and clean up, hoping it would not happen again.
When an accident occurs and which involves a vehicle transporting live animals, driver of the truck and the animals are cared for first. In the case of this accident, the driver was taken to hospital, but animals were still inside the truck injured when a crane was sent there. This raised the truck and handed over its wheels with injured pigs and struggling inside. Video images show pigs suspended the 3rd level of the truck (4 meters high!), with their hind legs trapped inside the compartment and front legs struggling in the void, struggling to reach the soil.
Some pigs were crushed under the weight of other conspecifics stacked above them. These pigs had been extremely traumatized and too long; we can then wonder why their suffering was extended by new injuries and a state of Panic?
The best method would be to unload pigs as soon as the driver had been taken to hospital, saving animals to await the arrival of the crane and still be inside the truck when it was back on its wheels.
We talked with experts who are management of truck accidents transporting live animals. They tell us that in the formations, it is specified that the truck drivers, accident, must be emptied of all its animals. These must then be gathered to protect them from further accidents. Animals injured and suffering should be immediately euthanized. After this step, the truck can then be back on its wheels. In the case of this accident, the truck roof should have been open immediately to allow the release of pigs, its collection and treatment before the crane is used to straighten the vehicle.
Can a particular reason to explain the procedure followed in this accident?
No doubt you are also shocked as we are by this accident, regret them decisions taken and would improve in the future support of this type transportation accident?
We are aware that an accident involving live animals is a complicated event manage and that there is no ideal solutions.
However, expertise and skills that can improve the efficiency of the management Load exist. We would be happy to help you benefit from this experience in you proposing to organize a seminar to establish a synergy between your expertise field and specific external expertise.
Thank you for your understanding and awaiting your reply
Please accept, Madam, the expression of our respectful greetings.
Lesley Moffat
Director – Eyes on Animals
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