USA: High-Speed Slaughter is Hell for Pigs – You Can Help Stop the Cruelty.

High-Speed Slaughter is Hell for Pigs

– You Can Help Stop the Cruelty

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed a scary new slaughter method for pigs that ramps up kill speed while slashing regulation.

This high speed, reduced-inspection program, known as HIMP, shifts key inspection responsibilities to the slaughterhouses themselves, allowing animal abuse and food safety problems to go unmonitored.

Under HIMP, 1,300 pigs are slaughtered each hour — about one every five seconds.

During the pilot program, Compassion Over Killing investigator Scott David worked undercover at Quality Pork Processing, an exclusive Hormel supplier, in Austin, Minnesota. What he encountered there was a shocking disregard for animal welfare and federal law.

This video features David recounting his experience, as well as horrific footage from inside the slaughterhouse:

TAKE ACTION

The USDA’s terrible proposal is now open to public comment.

Use your voice to stop the high-speed torture of pigs.

Click here to take action:

https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FSIS_FRDOC_0001-0558 

 

See the sample text below, and click here to leave your comment.

Sample Comment

I strongly oppose the Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection rule, which endangers animals, consumers, and American workers. Under this dangerous rule, the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS) would give slaughter plants free reign to kill at irresponsibly high speeds with severely inadequate oversight. An investigation by Compassion Over Killing of a pilot high-speed slaughter program exposed pigs dragged, kicked, excessively shocked, and improperly stunned by workers who struggled just to keep up — risking their own safety in the process. I urge you to abandon this cruel and reckless proposal, for the good of pigs and humans.

 

Petition Link:

https://www.change.org/p/not-so-fast-usda-stop-the-unhealthy-inhumane-high-speed-slaughter 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Animals Asia – Behind The Scenes. The Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre.

https://www.animalsasia.org/uk/media/news/news-archive/behind-the-scenes-at-the-sanctuary-ending-bear-bile-farming-in-vietnam.html?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=c011bbbd2bf644f8b9d4cd3ebca6c4ec&uid=3003466684&nid=244+276893704 

Behind the scenes at the sanctuary ending bear bile

farming in Vietnam

 

From educating the public to empowering law enforcement, Animals Asia and their Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre are on course to end bile farming in Vietnam.

Demand for bear bile for use in traditional medicine dates back centuries in Vietnam.

Today it is responsible for the poaching of bears from the wild, the trafficking of their body parts on the black market and their unimaginable suffering inside tiny, metal cages on bile farms.

Even so, the battle to end such horrific cruelty is being won. Here’s why:

 

EDUCATION

Educating the next generation about the horrors of bear bile farming is critical to ending the industry once and for all.

Every year, hundreds of school children and university students visit Animals Asia’s bear sanctuary in Tam Dao National Park to meet bears who have been rescued from a lifetime of misery and exploitation.

These young people are Vietnam’s future and by teaching respect and compassion for all animals, we can ensure these children will grow up demanding an end to animal cruelty.

 

TACKLING DEMAND

To end the bear bile industry, it is essential to address demand for bear bile.

In 2015 there was a significant breakthrough when Animals Asia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine Association to end prescriptions of bear bile by 2020.

Our partners for at least a decade, the Association has also co-authored a book of herbal alternatives to bear bile.

Animals Asia has also been working alongside traditional medicine doctors in Vietnam’s Ha Giang, Tay Ninh, and Vinh Phuc provinces, to cultivate thousands of herbal plants. More than 30 types of herbs that can be used in place of bear bile are now growing in these gardens – the seeds of a new beginning for Vietnam.

 

EMPTYING THE CAGES

Since 2007, Animals Asia has rescued 186 bears in Vietnam – mostly from bear bile farms. This has been achieved by working closely with the authorities and in some cases, farmers who have turned their backs on the trade.

Starved, abused and often suffering from a range of ailments, the bears are given a chance to put their pain behind them at our sanctuary where a dedicated team of vets and bear managers are on hand to provide the best possible care for the rest of the bears’ lives.

Not only do the bears receive medical treatment for broken teeth, high blood pressure, cracked paws and other health problems, they undergo a comprehensive rehabilitation programme that takes into account all their health, social and cognitive needs.

A cornerstone of their rehabilitation is being given access to a grassy enclosure, often the biggest space they have ever known, where they can forage for food among trees, pools and wooden climbing frames, and interact with new playmates – everything denied to them in captivity.

 

 

EMPOWERING LAW  ENFORCEMENT

For a long time authorities turned a blind eye to trafficking and bile farming as they simply had nowhere to put confiscated bears.

With support from Animals Asia, the Vietnamese authorities are able to do their job and protect their county’s precious wildlife from poachers – safe in the knowledge rescued animals will have a home for life.

One of the many bears to benefit from the authorities’ enhanced capacity to act is Murphy.

In 2015, the bear cub was taken to VBRC after he was discovered by Forest Protection Department rangers in the mountainous northwestern province of Son La, which borders both Laos and China. He had been trafficked in a backpack.

Despite attempting to escape, Murphy’s trafficker was tracked down by rangers and while under arrest, he admitted killing Murphy’s mother in order to traffic the cub, paving the way for criminal charges to be brought against him.

 

Writing the roadmap to end bile farming cruelty

In a historic agreement signed with the Vietnamese government in 2017, Animals Asia committed to ending Vietnam’s bear bile industry forever by rescuing all bears remaining on bile farms within five years.

The MOU also set out a commitment to improve the welfare of captive bears in Vietnam and conserve the country’s wild bear populations. In effect, it offers the possibility of creating a national standard for keeping wildlife in captivity.

Without the extraordinary example set by Animals Asia, this would not have been possible.

Animals Asia has shown the government that ending the bear bile trade is attainable, achievable and the compassionate thing to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England: And What Did You Do Today ?

 

 

Mark has just completed giving responses to a UK government consultation on the first draft of a new Animal Welfare Act.   This is a unique opportunity to speak out and be a voice for the voiceless for all animals and support stronger legal protections for them in the UK.

So, an opportunity that cannot be missed.

Included in his response; Mark had called for, and justified the need for:

 

·         More definition in the term ‘Sentience’ when applied to all animals and their situations

·         Often, in places such as factory farms, animals do not ‘live’; they merely ‘survive’

·         The term ‘Animal’ needs much more definition; lab rats, broiler chickens, circus tigers are all ‘animals’ but their protection requirements vary greatly – hence you cannot define everything as an ‘animal’ only – more specific definition is required

·         The ‘welfare needs of animals’ should be defined explicitly in written legislation

·         UK sheep exported live in Summer in temperatures above documented maximums given as example

·         There is no ‘welfare’ for animals that travel constantly with the circus

·         Maximum sentences for animal cruelty. Definitely not strict enough.  The legal profession to have much more specific legislation as part of statute; which defines the protections which are to be given to any specific animal species which is in any specific environment.  In the UK, many judges have recently spoken out that the are only allowed to impose certain maximum sentences for animal abuse; when they would individually (and legally) be allowed to give much harsher sentences.

·         For example, if slaughterhouse workers are shown to abuse animals with UK slaughterhouse cctv legislation; then the worker to be dismissed from his job in the industry for life.

·         Much heavier financial fines to be given for animal abuse

·         A call for the ‘law enforcers’ to actually enforce the law at places such as hunt meets; where legislation is often overlooked

·         Examples of the failings of EU legislation; especially that which is supposed to ‘protect’ animals in transport (EU Regulation 1/2005) has been cited as a typical case of ‘paper’ legislation which is actually hardly ever enforced by the authorities.  You have seen our many battles with the EU authorities on live (EU) animals being exported to Turkey, for example.

 

Submission for the consultation finishes on 31/1/18; and so very soon now the government will start undertaking a full review of submissions.  We are currently unsure when the first new draft ‘Animal Welfare Act’ will be produced; as we appreciate there is a lot of submissions and opinions (from many different viewpoints) to be considered.

We know that this new Act will become UK legislation in the not too distant future.  And knowing the feel of the British and animal welfare, we hope that many of our viewpoints will be included in the new Act. 

We are not legal specialists by any means; but there are a couple of near future very important issues to consider:

 

·         The UK will be leaving the EU within the next few years – Brexit negotiations with the EU are well under way

·         When it leaves the EU, the UK will be free to establish worldwide trade agreements.

 

And so, if a new up to date ‘Animal Welfare Act’ is part of UK law / legislation; this will form part of a good negotiating basis for future deals around the world.  It is hoped that UK standards can be used in agreements set up with, for example, China; and that Chinese animals welfare will greatly improve as a result.  This is just one example and one hope.

The same can be said for trade deals with (current) EU member nations.  The UK will be establishing new trade deals with current EU partner states; and as such, UK animal welfare standards will be used as a ‘tool’ during future negotiations.

Who knows, this new Acorn of the Animal Welfare Act could grow into a big tree which then spreads its animal welfare branches (through new trade deals) into nations who currently do not put animal welfare much onto their list of priorities.  If they want a good deal with the UK, then hopefully they will have to change that will be the view from the UK.

 

Existing UK animal welfare legislation – there is already lots – check it out:

Remember that under Brexit negotiations; all existing EU animal law will become new UK (independent) law post Brexit.

 

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-welfare

 

 

The United Kingdom was the first country in the world to implement laws protecting animals. In 1822 an Act to Prevent the Cruel and Improper Treatment of Cattle was passed by Parliament.  The UK government has publicly stated that animals are sentient beings, not merely commodities, and has confirmed its commitment to the highest possible standards of animal welfare.

The first general animal protection law, called the Protection of Animals Act, was introduced in 1911 and updated several times since.

  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/defending/legislation_1.shtml

 

http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/animal-welfare

 

https://www.bva.co.uk/News-campaigns-and-policy/Policy/ethics-and-welfare/animal-welfare/

 

 

Finally; a few things which we keep planted somewhere in the head !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK: BBC ‘Winterwatch. A Daily Visit To British Wildlife.

The BBC has, quite rightly, an international reputation for producing excellent wildlife programs.  Being English (and not Serbian as the site name suggests) – we can experience a lot of these throughout the year.  Every night at the moment we can view ‘Winterwatch’ – which gives an insight into British wildlife in the Winter months.  We want to share some of this with you.  Foxes, Badgers, Owls, Deer, Birds, etc, etc.

 

 

Chris Packham – see our recent post on his search for lost girl of the forest – https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2018/01/29/england-in-search-of-the-lost-girl-chris-returns-to-sumatra-to-find-the-little-girl-that-haunts-him-from-a-photo-he-took-20-years-ago/   is one of the presenters.

 

 

 

Here is the main link to the Winterwatch website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012msk2

 

and here we are going a little bit deeper – more specific.

 

Program clips to get a feel for some of the natural issues covered – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012msk2/clips

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wks1z

 

Best bits from wildlife cameras – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wldcn

 

Chris responds to a special letter – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05w9419

 

Starling murmuration – Amazing – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04qlyyf

 

 

Scroll to the bottom and there are 7 pages of clips and special items.

This page 2 for example – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012msk2/clips?page=2

 

There is lots more via the main link given above.

Enjoy !

 

We think and hope that this CAN be viewed by international visitors.

 

Winterwatch on Twitter – https://twitter.com/search?q=bbc+winterwatch&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

 

England: 11 of the Best Ol’ London Town Places for Vegan Junk Food.

 

 

11 of the Best Ol’ London Town Places for Vegan Junk Food

 

All vegans must be skinny right?

All they can eat is salad, so of course they must be super healthy too.

Well actually no, whilst many dairy products are the source of highly calorific foods like cheese and butter, vegans can still roll around in all the oil and sugar they please without compromising their beliefs.

So, read on as we shed some light on some the most indulgent and vegan friendly foods in London.

 

https://www.thehandbook.com/london-guidebook/best-places-vegan-junk-food/

 

 

 

 

 

Dont Ever Support Holiday Elephant Rides – Here Is Why.

Reproduced from https://www.thedodo.com/what-happens-before-elephant-ride-1555698313.html

 

This Is What Happens Before The Elephant Ride

If you love elephants, just don’t ride them.

 

It’s called crushing – a practice inflicted on wild elephants to make them carry tourists on their back.

It’s a way of deliberately breaking the spirits of animals so humans can use them. Crushing involves tying up and literally beating an elephant into submission.

“Tourists may think activities like riding an elephant do no harm,” Dr. Jan Schmidt-Burbach, senior wildlife and veterinary adviser at World Animal Protection, told The Dodo in a May 2015 feature on this kind of cruel tourism. “But the brutal truth is that breaking these animals’ spirits to the point that they allow humans to interact with them involves cruelty at every turn.”

While it’s unclear exactly how many elephants endure this torment each year, it’s believed that one of the main threats to elephant populations in Asian habitats is the illegal capture and “training” of young elephants.

 

The “training crush” often involves taking young elephants away from their mothers and then caging, starving and beating them. Crushing also involves making the constricted elephant stay awake for days.

The practice feeds the tourist industry’s demand for tame elephants, as well as other forms of captivity, like circuses and entertainment. (And, by the way, “training” captive elephants in the U.S., which can involve hitting elephants with painful bull hooks and tying them up with ropes, isn’t any less cruel or debasing.)

While capturing wild elephants is supposed to be illegal, this law is often hard to enforce, and once an elephant has been forced into submission, the laws shift – the elephant is seen in the eyes of the law as a captive animal, no longer wild, and any protections no longer apply.

And once broken, their spirits can never fully be repaired.

To learn how you can help Elephant Nature Park, a sanctuary for abused elephants in Thailand, click here.

 

 

28/1/18 – Petitions, Petitions, Petitions.

There is way too much here for us to spend hours formatting – so please find as we publish it.

Please sign and support where you can – Thanks SAV.

 

California – A puppy was beaten, shot and hung from a tree by her leash in a horrific case of animal cruelty. The person responsible is still at large.

Demand justice for this innocent puppy.

 

More info and petition – https://animalpetitions.org/556355/puppy-beaten-shot-and-hung-from-a-tree-deserves-justice/

 

 

 

Queensland, Australia – The corpse of a koala bear was nailed to a post, fooling onlookers into believing it was alive until they realized the truth. The culprit took great effort to meticulously nail the dead koala to make the adorable animal appear alive.

Sign this petition to demand that the sicko who did this be found and punished.

 

More info and petition  – https://forcechange.com/462386/find-and-punish-sicko-who-nailed-koala-corpse-to-a-post/

 

 

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Adam Meyerson Captain at Sea Shepherd Global

“I don’t care if you are Muslim, Christian, Jewish or Wiccan, if your need to follow your

religion is stronger than your compassion for fellow creatures of this earth, you are no

friend of mine.”

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

Was Du nicht willst, das man Dir tu’, das füg’ auch keinem andern zu.”

GOOD NEWS FIRST:

Success: Nosey the Elephant Granted Permanent Home at Elephant Sanctuary

https://animalpetitions.org/554858/success-nosey-the-elephant-granted-permanent-home-at-elephant-sanctuary/

Bresche für das Wohl von Zuchtfischen
Eine vom Verein fair-fish lancierte Petition fordert das Fisch-Label ASC auf, den Standard um Tierschutz-Kriterien zu ergänzen und grundsätzlich keine Fischzucht in Netzkäfigen mehr zu akzeptieren. Sie ist kürzlich eingereicht worden und wird vom ASC positiv aufgenommen.

http://fair-fish.ch/media/filer_public/2a/00/2a0002c3-142a-4e3b-a273-c5798c181231/fair-fish_zucht.pdf

IMPORTANT NEWS:

Conservation groups sue to protect right whales

http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20180118/conservation-groups-sue-to-protect-right-whales

BAD NEWS:

Monsanto’s dirty fingerprints all over this
https://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/organic-bytes-576-monsantos-dirty-fingerprints-all-over

Eastern U.S. cougar declared extinct 80 years after last sighting

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cougars/eastern-u-s-cougar-declared-extinct-80-years-after-last-sighting-idUSKBN1FC06Z

222 Bird Species Worldwide Now Critically Endangered

http://therevelator.org/bird-species-critically-endangered/?utm_source=eeo&utm_medium=email

Pesticides threaten salmon & whales, too

http://www.panna.org/blog/pesticides-threaten-salmon-whales-too?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=groundtruth&utm_campaign=gt-01-26&link_id=3&can_id=885468bd9bbbf15fd9f0f492ca7245d5&email_referrer=email_291885&email_subject=orcas-pesticides-dicamba-forecast-farm-bill-for-the-future

Petitions – protests – sample letters

PETITIONEN /PROTESTE/MUSTERBIREFE

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Petitionen.Tierleid.int/

Stop the Illegal Orangutan Trade!

Orangutans are subjected to immense cruelty as part of the illegal pet trade.
We must act now to end this trade and save these animals.

http://go.saveanimalsfacingextinction.org/page/s/stop-the-illegal-orangutan-trade?source=MS_EM_PET_2018.01.25_B1_Pet-Orangutans_X__F1_S1_C1__all&firstname=Martina&lastname=Patterson&email=pattersonmatpatt@gmx.de&zip=53909

Ready, Set, Ban! End the Dog & Cat Meat Trade in South Korea

End the Imprisonment of Big Cats

http://ida.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=40824.0&dlv_id=44393&pgwrap=n

AWI eAlert: Ask the US Government to Deny an Import Permit for a
Black Rhino Trophy

https://awionline.org/compassion-index#/196

Signatures Needed! Report: American Bison as Species of Conservation Concern

Buffalo Field Campaign is gathering signatures in support of listing America’s last wild buffalo as a species of conservation concern on National Forest lands. Individuals and organizational entities within the U.S. may sign on. Read the report and sign on! Signatures are needed by March 1, 2018

http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/press-releases-2017-2018/report-american-bison-a-species-of-conservation-concern

Privatpersonen:

http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/get-involved/advocacy-act-now/individual-sign-on-to-list-american-bison-as-a-species-of-conservation-concern

Save the White-Tailed Prairie Dog

https://animalpetitions.org/555560/save-the-white-tailed-prairie-dog/

Dogs Reportedly Found Starved in Wire Cages With No Shelter Need Justice

https://animalpetitions.org/555620/dog-allegedly-starved-to-death-deserves-justice-2/

Puppy Allegedly Beaten to Death Deserves Justice

https://animalpetitions.org/554854/puppy-allegedly-beaten-to-death-deserves-justice/

Petition: Punish mother who tossed dog in a ditch in front of young girl!

http://animalnewstoday.com/2018/01/petition-punish-mother-tossed-dog-ditch-front-young-girl/

Stop Keeping Sheep in Sweltering Heat to Cruelly Harvest Their Secretions

https://animalpetitions.org/555618/hold-company-and-industry-accountable-for-cruel-sheep-practice/

Punched, Kicked, Slammed to the Ground How Can This Still Be Happening?

https://e-activist.com/page/message?mid=4f254a26663049a1bc9b313610a7db81

Go on a sterilization drive in the city. Too many stray cats and dogs who produce pups and kittens all the time

https://www.sosvox.org/en/petition/go-on-a-sterilization-drive-in-the-city-too-many-stray-cats-and-dogs-who-produce-pups-and-kittens-all-the-time.html?utm_source=highlight&utm_medium=title&utm_campaign=campaign-p240118&uid=87d6b6722e0420c8ad9bbe70b581ae21

We can, and must, save those 100 innocent elephants!
Sign your name to demand Zimbabwe stop the sale of baby elephants

http://go.saveanimalsfacingextinction.org/page/s/save-zimbabwe-elephants?source=MS_EM_PET_2018.01.26_B2_Baby-Elephants_X__F1_S1_C1__all&email=pattersonmatpatt@gmx.de&firstname=Martina&lastname=Patterson&zip=53909

Gesendet: Freitag, 26. Januar 2018 um 18:59 Uhr
Von: “Martina Patterson” <pattersonmatpatt@gmx.de>
An: kontakt@suedkurier.de
Betreff: Jetzt nehmen Jäger die Füchse ins Visier von Markus Reutter

Vom 28. Januar bis 4. Februar 2018 ist Fuchswoche im oberen Bregtal. Die intensive Jagd soll den Auerwildbestand erhalten. Geschossen wird verstärkt auch auf anderes Raubwild.

An den Chefredakteur Stefan Lutz

Sehr geehrter Herr Lutz,

der Artikel von Markus Reutter weist eine unfassbare Häufung an Halb- und Fehlinformation auf.

https://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/furtwangen/Jetzt-nehmen-Jaeger-die-Fuechse-ins-Visier;art372517,9590005

Handelt es sich hier um Inkompetenz oder gezielte Fehlinformation der Öffentlichkeit?

Ich bitte um Veröffentlichung der nachfolgenden Fakten:

Die Nahrung des Fuchses besteht hauptsächlich aus Mäusen (ca. 90 %) und anderen Kleinnagern, Würmern und Insekten.
Aber auch Beeren und Früchte nascht er gerne, auf die er im Sommer reichlich zurückgreift. Auch Aas gehört zu seinem Speiseplan.
Damit erfüllt der Fuchs die wichtige Aufgabe der Gesundheitspolizei im Wald.

Warum werden Füchse so gnadenlos verfolgt und getötet?
In Folge wird die Überpopulation von Feldmäusen von Bauern mit giftiger Chemiekeule bekämpft… Informierte Bauern sollten ein großes Interesse daran haben Füchse zu schützen!

Auch die Tollwut ist schon lange kein Thema mehr, denn Deutschland gilt durch Impfaktionen seit Jahren als tollwutfrei, seit 2008!
Die Gefahr durch den Fuchsbandwurm wird weit übertrieben: In ganz Deutschland infizieren sich jährlich etwa 20 Menschen mit dem Fuchsbandwurm (insbesondere Jäger und Landwirte). Das liegt deutlich unter der Wahrscheinlichkeit, vom Blitz getroffen zu werden.

Weitaus mehr Menschen kommen dagegen bei Jagdunfällen zu Schaden…

Bilanz erschreckend: Über 30 Tote durch Jäger 2017
http://www.abschaffung-der-jagd.de/menschenalsjaegeropfer/statistik-2017/index.html

Jäger geben den wahren Grund für die Fuchsjagd offen zu: „Um unser Niederwild zu hegen und wieder gute Strecken an Hasen und Fasanen zu erzielen, dürfen wir nicht nachlassen, seine Beutegreifer zu bejagen.“ Die Jäger töten aus Beuteneid, denn sie dulden keine Jagdkonkurrenten in „ihrem“ Wald.
Und durch die Verwertung des wertvollen Winterfells wollen die Jäger ihrem unsinnigen Tun eine zusätzliche Rechtfertigung geben. Und damit dem Grundsatz § 1 unseres Tierschutzgesetzes: „Niemand darf einem Tier ohne vernünftigen Grund Schmerzen, Leiden oder Schäden zufügen“ genüge tun…

Füchse sind keine Gefahr für den Artenschutz – die Jäger schon Populationsrückgänge betroffener Arten, wie beispielsweise Auerhuhn oder Feldhase, sind überwiegend auf den Lebensraumverlust und das schwindende Nahrungsangebot zurückzuführen. Zudem töten die Jäger in Deutschland selbst jährlich mehr als 200.000 Feldhasen.

Dazu der sehr interessante Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Josef H. Reichholf “Jagd Reguliert nicht”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeknVbfzT_w&feature=youtu.be

Weitere Infos:

http://www.fuechse.info/index.php?navTarget=artikel

Ein weiteres Märchen, das von Jägern gerne verbreitet wird: Füchse vermehren sich ungezügelt, wenn sie nicht bejagt werden.
Das ist pure Propaganda zur Rechtfertigung der Fuchsjagd. Wissenschaftler haben in umfangreichen Studien nachgewiesen:
Je weniger Füchse bejagt werden, desto niedriger ist ihre Geburtenrate. Füchse regulieren ihre Bestände also selber.

In Luxemburg wurde das seit 2015 bestehende Jagdverbot erneut verlängert. Die Erfahrungen mit der Vollschonung des Fuchses sind dort – ebenso wie in anderen Gebieten, in denen Füchse nicht bejagt werden – durchweg positiv.

Inzwischen fordert das Aktionsbündnis Fuchs, eine Initiative von inzwischen mehr als 40 deutschen Tier- und Naturschutzorganisationen, eine bundesweite Vollschonung des Rotfuchses.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Martina Patterson

 

 

 

 

Wildschweine geraten ins Visier

Aktionsbündnis gegen die Fuchsjagd

http://www.wochenspiegellive.de/eifel/kreis-euskirchen/kall/artikel/wildschweine-geraten-ins-visier-51263/

Kommentar von Martina Gerlach gestern

Der Schuss geht nach hinten los …
Hetz-, Drück-, Treib-, Bewegungsjagden gehören ersatzlos abgeschafft, nicht aber wie jetzt, unter dem Vorwand ASP, noch ausgeweitet und durch finanzielle Vorteile oder Gefälligkeiten wie Abschaffung von Schonzeiten forciert. Das ist der falsche Weg. Es wird suggeriert, dass die Wildtier-Vernichter die Wildschweine zu Massen abknallen müssten, um die Einschleppung oder Ausbreitung der sog. Afrikanischen Schweinepest zu verhindern. Nur die ASP gibt es in Deutschland bisher nicht und andere wichtige Präventionsmaßnahmen scheint man lieber zu unterlassen. Prävention durch Säuberung/Desinfektion, Sauber halten von Rastplätzen ist natürlich nicht so interessant wie Nervenkitzel und Schussgenuss, was noch prämiert wird!
Nicht einmal das FLI bzw. Prof. Mettenleitner verlieren auch nur ein Wort zu Zwangsbeajgung oder Erhöhung dieser wegen ASP.
Aber das Gegenteil von Prävention vor ASP wird durch noch mehr und übergreifenderen Terror gegen Wildtiere bewirkt, denn Blut – Tierblut – ist der effizienteste Übertragungsweg von ASP. Wer sind die Gefährder? Schweinezüchter, Tiertransporteure/Fahrer, Schlachter, Jagdtouristen/Jäger, Letztere nicht selten selbst Schweinezüchter/Nutztierhalter. Diese sorgen vor allem mit Hilfe offensichtlich amtsmissbrauchender Politiker für wirkliche Einschleppung und mögliche Verbreitung mit allen schlimmen Konsequenzen.
Vielmehr wird z.B. vom FLI gewarnt vor illegaler Einfuhr infizierter Schweine und tierischen Nebenprodukten oder indirekten Übertragungswegen (Fahrzeuge, kontaminierten Ausrüstungsgegenständen einschließlich Jagdausrüstungen, landwirtschaftlich genutzten Geräten und Kleidung, tierischen Nebenprodukten, einschließlich Trophäen, also Tierteile ermordeter Wildtiere), die tatsächliches Risiko sind.
Aber von einer Reduzierung der Wildschweinbestände – also Wildtier-Mord gegen Schweinepest gegen ASP – ist weder von Mettenleitner etwas bekannt noch vom FLI, wie Wildtierschutz Deutschland e.V. anführt.
Dafür ist aber bekannt, dass sowohl der DBV, bekanntlich sind viele Nutztierhalter auch Hobby-Jäger, im Gleichklang mit den Jagdverbänden hinter dem Vorwand: Noch mehr Hetzjagden wegen ASP stecken. Da viele Politiker selbst gerne dem Schussgenuss frönen, stoßen sie bei denen mit ihren Lügen natürlich auf offene Ohren. Politik zum Selbstzweck?
Außerdem gäbe es keine Über-Populationen, wenn endlich der legale Wildtier-Mord verboten werden würde. Die Jäger schießen sich ihre Populationen zurecht, zerschießen die Sozialgefüge, schießen die Leitbachen ab, sorgen für Wildschwein-Schwemmen … dazu kommend Mais-Monokulturen und viele andere Fehlleistungen, nicht selten politisch subventioniert.
Jedes Wildschwein, jedes Schwein hat doch wirklich Anstand.

Deutsche Schlachthäuser müssen videoüberwacht werden

https://www.change.org/p/bundeskanzlerin-angela-merkel-deutsche-schlachth%C3%A4user-m%C3%BCssen-video%C3%BCberwacht-werden

EUROPAWEITE VIDEOÜBERWACHUNG AN SCHLACHTHÖFEN UND DOKUMENTATION DER FEHLBETÄUBUNGEN
http://www.petitionen24.com/europaweite_videouberwachung_an_schlachthofen_und_dokumentation

Infos: http://www.europewide-cctv-in-all-slaughterhouses.eu/petition-at-de-ch/

alle Links können direkt von unserem Blog angeklickt und geteilt werden via Google+
und Google Mail, Facebook und Twitter:

https://eapane.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/eu-slaughterhouses-mandatory-cctv-and-monitoring/

Ask your MEPs to support European legislation for CCTV in abattoirs.

Bittet Eure Abgeordneten, die europäischen Rechtsvorschriften für die Videoüberwachung in Schlachthöfen zu unterstützen.
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5323fef14402c8a6293efe8c3&id=79be17cae8&e=59f0a1b10e

Demand Mandatory Cameras in Slaughterhouses

https://forcechange.com/355778/demand-mandatory-cameras-in-slaughterhouses/

A Call to Action: Psychological Harm in Slaughterhouse Workers

https://yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2016/01/25/a-call-to-action-psychological-harm-in-slaughterhouse-workers/

Take action: Nuclear Doomsday clock moves closer to midnight!

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1117799148730&ca=bde754eb-5565-4407-b661-00f0ce7a4bbe

ENDANGERED OCEANS – Take Action Against Offshore Drilling

The Trump administration plans to dramatically expand dangerous offshore oil drilling in all our oceans. This includes new oil leasing along the Pacific coast for the first time in more than 30 years, as well as in the remote waters of the Arctic.

Fight Back to #ProtectOurCoasts

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/endangered-oceans/?utm_source=eeo&utm_medium=email

Petition:

http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/o/2167/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=17743

Eine riesige Chance: Unterschreiben Sie unsere Petition für das weltgrößte Meeres-Schutzgebiet in der Antarktis, um diese einzigartige Region vor ihrer Zerstörung zu bewahren

https://www.greenpeace.de/antarktis-schuetzen?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Antarktis-Tour%3A+Erster+Newsletter%2C+3.+Versand&utm_content=button&utm_term=antarctic_NL1_oben

Urge your Gov. to ban brain-harming chlorpyrifos

http://www.panna.org/take-action/tell-your-governor-act-chlorpyrifos?utm_source=action&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=kids&link_id=0&can_id=885468bd9bbbf15fd9f0f492ca7245d5&email_referrer=email_291306&email_subject=statefull-default-firstname-tell-your-governor-to-say-no-to-chlorpyrifos

After nearly TWO YEARS, still NO UPDATE in Gerawan workers’ pesticide-spraying case.

http://action.ufw.org/page/s/gerawanspray18

Support a Farm Bill for the future

http://www.panna.org/take-action/support-farm-bill-future?utm_source=action&utm_medium=groundtruth&utm_campaign=gt-01-26&link_id=7&can_id=885468bd9bbbf15fd9f0f492ca7245d5&email_referrer=email_291885&email_subject=orcas-pesticides-dicamba-forecast-farm-bill-for-the-future

Nestlé hält zu Palmöl-Verbrecher

Nestlé kauft Palmöl von REPSA — einem Konzern, der massive Umweltzerstörung in Guatemala verantwortet.

https://actions.sumofus.org/a/nestle-repsa/?akid=38769.837979.BZBHUN&rd=1&source=fwd&t=12

Dieses Siegel täuscht!

http://mailings.foodwatch.de/m/12141631/480479-a1d5e6836510f1e2bace11ab8e33f394

Sign now to bring Jorge Garcia home.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/de-de/takeaction/433/038/105/?z00m=30016988&redirectID=2584691912

Be the difference! Sei Du der Unterschied!

Please vote / Bitte abstimmen:

A Shocking List of Companies Who Still Test on Animals
http://craftybird.hubpages.com/hub/Companies-Test-on-Animals

https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=5534&utm_campaign=1014%20Experimenter%20Resignation%20EA&utm_source=peta2%20E-Mail&utm_medium=Alert

Will you continue to use the above products, even if they test on animals? NO!
Do you believe that animal testing is necessary? NO!
Occupy for Animals

This new App will tell you if your makeup and household products have been tested on animals: http://cruelty-cutter.org/

SPECIAL EDITION: THE NEW CRUELTY-FREE APP FOR IPHONES IS HERE!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cruelty-free/id313825734

Finden Sie tierfreundliche Kosmetik!
http://kosmetik.peta.de/

Neue Broschüre: “Hinschauen – Gute Gründe für eine Forschung ohne Tierversuche”

https://www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de/images/infomaterial/hinschauen.pdf

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Informations and terms – Infos und Termine

Shades of Green: The Meat of the Matter

https://medium.com/center-for-biological-diversity/shades-of-green-the-meat-of-the-matter-d9129c0e2b09

BRING BACK THE BABIES!

https://networkforanimals.org/newsletter-page/bring-back-the-babies/

Ochsen aus Kroatien werden nach 6 Tagen Transport in den Libanon beim vollem Bewusstsein geschlachtet, schrecklich!

http://prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.hr.php?id=3411

Diese Hunde sind starr vor Angst – dabei wäre Hilfe für sie kinderleicht

https://www.facebook.com/groups/472341466172040/?multi_permalinks=1507931422613034%2C1507802329292610%2C1507782502627926%2C1507743785965131%2C1506362969436546&notif_t=group_activity&notif_id=1496433420011993

ARCHE NOAH Bildungsprogramm wächst
Saatgutvermehrung Bio-Gemüse Bio-Obst Seminare in Bayern
After-Work-Shops in Wien Kartoffelvielfalt Gemüseraritäten
Blumen & Kräuter Gärtnern im Topf Pflanzengesundheit
http://dimi.mailwaves.at/657/53cd018a-5120-4165-a39b-6fa300000000/online_version

Im Februar startet unsere grosse Vegan-Challenge
VERANSTALTUNGEN ab 30.01. – 18.02.18

https://mailchi.mp/tier-im-fokus/im-februar-startet-unsere-grosse-vegan-challenge?e=4b3ee612b1

International Day of Action for Rivers 2018
Every year on March 14, thousands of people around the world lift their voices to celebrate the world’s rivers and those who struggle to protect them. The International Day of Action for Rivers is a day to celebrate victories such as dam removal and river restoration. It is a day to take to the streets, demonstrate and demand improvements in the policies and practices of decision makers. It is a day to educate one another about the threats facing our rivers, and learn about better water and energy solutions. Above all, it is a day to unite – by acting together, we demonstrate that these issues are not merely local, but global in scope.

https://www.internationalrivers.org/dayofactionforrivers2018

 

 

 

Demonstration

March against Monsanto und Syngenta 2018

Samstag, 19. Mai 2018 14:00 – 17:30

Am Samstag den 19. Mai 2018 findet der March against Monsanto & Syngenta
zum vierten Mal in Basel statt.

Bald gibt es mehr Informationen hier oder unter www.marchagainstsyngenta.ch

Kastration und Adoption statt Tötungsstation!
Stoppt das rumänische Hundemassaker!
Das Problem packt man nicht am Schwanz,
sondern man löst es an der Wurzel!

http://www.stopptdashundemassaker.de/

Animal welfare = climate = Environmental Protection = Human
Conclusion: Animal welfare is community involvement and living ethics!

Tierschutz = Klimaschutz = Umweltschutz = Menschenschutz
Fazit: Tierschutz ist soziales Engagement & gelebte Ethik!

Zitat von Dr. rer. nat. Katharina Wirnitzer (PhD)

The meat and dairy drug: not food, not fashion and not a fad – it is a drug
(Philip Wollen)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75eblACv_uI&feature=relmfu

Philip Wollen über die Notwendigkeit, auf Fleisch zu verzichten.
DEUTSCHE VERSION
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yYTlclsy6wA

Philip Wollen: Wasser ist das neue Öl!!! In english + deutsch
https://www.facebook.com/dieblauehand.unterhaltung/videos/695910713823995/?fref=nf

„Earthlings changed my life. Had hubby, son and gf watch it that same night. We’ve been full blown vegans for 6 beautiful months. I’m now an activist. Anybody can change. I’m 58 and only wished I would have seen the light much earlier. earthlings.com

https://www.facebook.com/claudie.frid/videos/10152432695880807/

Earthlings – Neue Synchronisation auf Deutsch – Komplett
http://vegane-jobs.de/earthlings-neue-synchronisation-auf-deutsch-komplett/

This little girl says NO to meat!
That’s a great message by a little girl. Wisdom must not come with age, it comes from
the heart… Sadly most adults have so many excuses to eat animals.

https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail/videos/1454641321262278/

The ‘Humane Slaughter’ Myth
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/slaughter/ALL///

http://www.occupyforanimals.org/slaughter.html

Why Are These People Crying?
www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/03/12/why-are-these-people-crying.aspx?utm_campaign=0313%20People%20Crying%20Blog&utm_source=PETA%20E-Mail&utm_medium=E-News

Horror at halal slaughterhouse:
Shocking undercover film shows the ‘needless suffering’
of livestock that are butchered without being stunned first

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603360/Horror-halal-slaughterhouse-Shocking-undercover-film-shows-needless-suffering-livestock-butchered-without-stunned-first.html

www.peta50plus.de/fehlbeteaubung-beim-schlachten
www.veganstart.de

Slaughtered While Still Conscious
http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/action.handleViewInBrowser.do?ea.campaigner.email=LanEbAfBXPAnbQ71WR4QQYptSBJWF7Iq&broadcastId=47138&templateId=34473

Schlachthof-Hölle in Deutschland
https://vimeo.com/122454053?ref=fb-share

Undercover Schlachthof-Video: Todesschreie der Tiere
Filmaufnahmen aus einem Vorzeige-Bio-Schlachthof
http://www.peta.de/schlachthofbawue#.VpvqkVKmJo6

Ein Virus namens “Menschheit”
http://www.lorieesser.com/virus-menschheit/

Out of sight…out of mind…
http://www.scotlandforanimals.org/CCTV.html

http://www.scotlandforanimals.org/

http://www.scotlandforanimals.org/fundraising.html

Sir Paul McCartney Narrates ‘Glass Walls’
http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=5133

The Secret Reason We Eat Meat – Dr. Melanie Joy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao2GL3NAWQU

Das Klagen der Kühe – Schulversion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IN8SU7gB-Ms#!

And Then Came Man – Check it Out.
www.liveleak.com/view?i=0f0_1356636529

The Faces of Animal Research

http://blog.peta2.com/2011/11/the-faces-of-animal-research.html?utm_campaign=1111%2009%20Faces%20of%20Animal%20Research%20Blog&utm_source=peta2%20Email&utm_medium=E-news

http://www.peta2.com/achievements/animal-testing-video/home/?utm_campaign=Animal%20Testing&utm_source=peta2%20e-mail&utm_medium=alert

Why Animal Testing Doesn’t Work
https://www.facebook.com/official.peta/videos/10153268416179586/

The failure of animal experiments – an animated educational film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo25wUKNySg&feature=youtu.be

Unsinn Tierversuch – Ein animierter Aufklärungsfilm der Ärzte gegen Tierversuche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxFbQfbxXjI&feature=youtu.be

 

Air France und ihr dunkles Geheimnis

http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b9dcb3d2ac1f430debc18e92c&id=d397576456&e=18efcfa126

Search for brands that DON’T test on animals here:
http://peta.vg/1ks9 ‪#‎StopAnimalTests

My story …

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g56DGkc2T78

Hinter den Kulissen der Tierindustrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYmabViLxrw

Pferdetransport – Quälerei ohne Grenzen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bGTBaOaAco&NR=1&feature=endscreen

She’s Alive… Beautiful… Finite… Hurting… Worth Dying for!
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32994.htm#.UJ-W4aiE9yU.wordpress

The price of milk (explain this…)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=82afx4sLeMk

Undercover Investigation at Hy-Line Hatchery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ–faib7to

GMO A Go Go: An Animated (and Satiric) Short Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkionqWPc-Q

Cry of the innocent – ein berührendes Video über den Pelzhandel –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv2hT4fa9Gg

Pelz? 60 Sekunden, die jeder gesehen haben sollte http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z_UlHf50nA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUO4Wc93amyc9VDvzTa1bekg
Viele Menschen glauben, dass Pelztiere nur in Pelztierfarmen in China leiden. DAS ISTNICHT SO! Sie leiden kläglich in Pelzfarmen weltweit. Dies ist ein Screenshot des Videos eines analen Stromschlags in einer Pelzfarm in Illinois. Sie sterben nicht sofort, sie gehen in einen Schockzustand, während ihre Innereien grundsätzlich vom Strom “gekocht” werden. SEHEN Sie sich das VIDEO an:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKtqLilQ7k&feature=c4-overview&list=UUReMLkS0wxPG2a56TdHOjGQ

The Animal Holocaust by Jo Frederiks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5XX35L4fmQ&feature=share

English and german
http://www.earthlings.de/

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Tierkörperaktion in Karlsruhe, 13.12.2014 // Aktivistenbündnis Karlsruhe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qukxtjhZ4bI

Bei jedem Online-Einkauf Wildtierschutz Deutschland unterstützen – ohne Zusatzkosten

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Vielen lieben Dank im Namen der Rosiori-Hunde