England: Old London Town Fireworks 2017 Into 2018.

 

 

Fireworks for new year (2017 into 2018) in Ol’ London town.

The bell tower (Big Ben – which is actually the name of the bell) shrouded in scaffolding this year due to major renovation works – and for the next 5 years.

The big circular wheel is the ‘London Eye’ – a visitor ‘must’ giving panoramic views all over London.

The second half of the show featured musical tracks only from female artists – to celebrate 100 years of women getting the vote in the UK. 

Power to women !

 

Enjoy !

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21EJMIdK1_g

 

 

Who Knows – today they may be animal rights campaigners !

 

 

 

 

 

Austria: Tame Breeding Ducks ‘Trained’ To Be Shot and Killed By So Called ‘Hunters’.

Austria: Mensdorff-Pouilly * lets trained captive breeders shoot.
VGT has filed a criminal complaint
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I translate directly from Martin Balluchs blog; the corresponding video is added:

“Incredible what the pictures in this video show!

The hunting assistants and hunting overseers of Mensdorff-Pouilly not only buy tame breeding ducks from Hungary and place them in their artificial duck pond, but they also train them with the whistle pipe.

Like a “rat catcher”, the hunting helper goes with the ducks in the back to an aviary for feeding. There, the ducks, which are to be the victims for the next hunt, are selected and locked in the aviary.

Then the hunters position themselves in front of the artificial duck pond and the ducks are driven out of the aviary and startled.

On the return to the pond the hunters shoot them from the air!

This approach is of course illegal and animal cruelty.

The authority knows it, but nobody has done anything – for decades!
Now VGT (the association against animal factories) has filed a complaint.
It is a primitive, infantile hunting fun that is driven by someone, behind whom the entire hunt stands. That specified the district hunter master “.

 

My comment:

At the moment, the activist Martin Balluch comes more often in the media of Austria as the Prime Minister. He acts against the hunt and he has made possible that the gate hunting in Austria will soon be abolished.

Best regards

Venus

 

*Baron Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly is a noble landowner who, according to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), is said to be a lobbyist for the British arms company BAE Systems.

 

 

http://www.martinballuch.com/mensdorff-pouilly-laesst-dressierte-gefangene-zuchtenten-beschiessen-anzeige/

 

https://www.facebook.com/tierrechtedemokratie/videos/10155952349874233/

 

 

 

South Korea: Dog Meat Trade – Latest News and Actions. Please Support.

 

Click on this link to read the  full newsletter:

 

http://koreandogs.org/newsletter-december-26-2017/?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Few_more_actions_for_the_Korean_dogs_before_the_2017_is_over&utm_medium=email

 

 

Few more actions for the Korean dogs


2017 is almost over. We are grateful to all of our supporters who have taken actions throughout this year to campaign against the horrendous cruelty of South Korea’s dog and cat meat trade. Your time and effort are not wasted. We are making a difference, even though the changes cannot come fast enough. In 2018, we will continue to do whatever we can to be the voice for the millions of animals horribly treated and killed in the South Korea’s dogs and cat meat industry.

We have campaigns asking the Olympic teams to take a stand and speak out against the cruel dog and cat meat trade in South Korea, the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics (PyeongChang 2018). There are several ways you can help fight this cruelty:
1) by signing and sharing our petitions;
2) by sending protest letters and emails;
3) by raising awareness of this brutal and barbaric practice and calling for an end to the trade by exposing this issue in social media.

 

Below are new campaigns.

Please click each to take action TODAY. Thank you!

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Macedonia
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Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Thunderclap Campaign “Boycott PyeongChang 2018!”


Our Thunderclap campaign has been bi-monthly but during the PyeongChang 2018 (February 9-25) Olympic, it will be launch daily. So please keep joining and sharing! Only cost for you is your 2 seconds of time for clicking.  Thank you!  Click HERE to join now.

 

Adopt dogs rescued from dog meat industry
by SaveKoreanDogs.org


​Dogs rescued from dog meat industry in South Korea by Nami Kim and her team are waiting for their loving and caring forever homes. 

Click the below button to learn about how you can adopt them.  Thank you for opening your heart and your home to these angels!

Click HERE to see the dogs available for adoption.

 

Boycott PyeongChang 2018

 

http://koreandogs.org/pc2018/?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Few_more_actions_for_the_Korean_dogs_before_the_2017_is_over&utm_medium=email

 

Petitions:

http://koreandogs.org/petitions/?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Few_more_actions_for_the_Korean_dogs_before_the_2017_is_over&utm_medium=email

 

 

Calls for action:

http://koreandogs.org/what-you-can-do/call-for-action/?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Few_more_actions_for_the_Korean_dogs_before_the_2017_is_over&utm_medium=email

 

 

UK? England: Government Gives Up On Hunting Free Vote – British Wildlife Is Safe !

Brilliant news – no free vote in the House, and so to all purposes,  the Hunting Act will now stand no chance of being repealed to return to hunting with hounds.  Talk in the pub about it tonight – everyone happy that British wildlife is safe from those in the pinks (Redcoats).

A new poll reported by The Independent today shows that 85 per cent of the public support maintaining the current ban on hunting with hounds.

 

Read the full article at:

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/fox-hunting-theresa-may-vote-tony-blair-ban-a8128021.html

 

For non UK visitors, The Independent is  a major and well respected daily newspaper.

 

UPDATED 27/12

Interesting article which lifts the lid a bit more on hunts:

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boxing-day-hunts-trail-hunting-foxes-animal-cruelty-a8127611.html

 

Posted

Public opposition to fox hunting remains at an all-time high, new polling figures released today reveal.

Polling carried out by Ipsos MORI1 commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports, found opposition to the legalisation of ‘blood sports’ – the hunting of foxes, hare and deerremains high across Great Britain, with 85% of the public in support of keeping the ban on fox hunting, including 81% of people living in rural areas.

The polling figures come at the end of a turbulent year for hunting, where the Government’s announcement to offer a free vote on repealing the Hunting Act triggered a public outcry, causing the issue to become one of the most talked about during the election, and the National Trust also coming under fire for continuing to allow trail hunting on its land.

 

https://www.league.org.uk/News/opposition-to-fox-hunting-remains-at-an-all-time-high

 

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-ditches-plans-bring-back-11747626

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fox-hunting-poll-boxing-day-league-against-cruel-sports-ban-theresa-may-election-a8127851.html

 

 

Vinnie Wins !

 

Dave we have made them sit up and listen – you win-Victory !

 

 

 

 

England: ‘Our Patch’. Just Down The Road From London, But Different.

To take a short break from animal issues, we considered that it may be worth showing you our ‘local patch’ in Kent, England.  Central London is about 25 miles away, so our area is pretty natural considering we are so close to one of the major cities of the world.

 

In the first video above you can take a cold, Winter morning bike ride through rather flat and uninteresting (just purchased|) Jeskyns land which is not yet planted up with trees; you then carry on up through the narrow roads of Cobham village, which is located very near to us.  Note – we drive on the left, so do not worry if it seems strange to some of you !

Here is a bit more about Cobham – famous as a haunt for Charles Dickens the Author.

He used to drink in ‘The Leather Bottle’ inn which you can see in the video.  A beautiful pub which we have enjoyed a beer in many times !

We are not religious, but there are some rather special places linked with the church – again see them in the video.

 

The ride then continues through our wonderful natural wooded areas until it reaches the Cobham Mausoleum – burial site for a dynasty from the past; which is located in a woodland area (owned by the Woodland Trust) and which has just undergone a major re vamp restoration by several natural parties.

The final video below shows Jeskyns as it is more recently, planted up with many trees growing and doing fine.  The Forestry Commission (England) purchased the (bare farming) land around 10 years ago and since then we have become more involved and seen thousands of trees planted there.  Dogs and their walkers can really enjoy the huge space and acres of woodland to walk through.  Before you get back in your car to leave, you can grab a cuppa and bite to eat in the Jeskyns Café, and also pick up some produce such as apples from the Jeskyns orchards. 

The Jeskyns orchards produce over 750 different varieties of apple.

Enjoy our patch ! – go up the road to London town, or stay here and chill out !SAV.

 

Our county – Have a look round our fab county;

– if you want castles and gardens then Kent is your county:

Serbia: Christmas Greetings From Felix Shelter.

 

 

To all of our friends who are celebrating today – Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us here at Cat Shelter Felix

 

Romania: Can You Give To Feeds Strays In Romania This Christmas ?

Please donate to buy a Christmas meal for the strays of Romania.

 

Little time left, so please give now.

 

 

https://rolda.org/cause/christmas-meals/

 

1 Euro = 1 meal for a stray.

 

Not a lot to ask to feed an animal at Christmas.

 

Donate your meals now via this link:

 

https://rolda.org/cause/christmas-meals/