Posted on December 23, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
A special Christmas Thank You from one of the rescued bile bears now enjoying life at one of the Animals Asia rescue centres.
To read more on news and campaigns, and to give a donation for the bears if you wish, please go to:
Chinese superstars including Karen Mok and Olympic boxer Zou Shiming turned out for Animals Asia’s annual Blue Moon Gala to raise awareness and funds to help the country’s moon bears.
Movie stars, sporting heroes and models brought glitz and glamour to a night dedicated to China’s moon, sun and brown bears with nearly 300 guests in total showing their support.
Not only did the Grand Hyatt Shanghai event bring much needed funding to Animals Asia’s China Bear Rescue Centre, but the presence of so many big names has helped to publicise the NGO’s animal welfare work throughout the country.
Click on the above link to read more and see more photographs.
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Posted on December 22, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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We’ve just gotten a Christmas surprise! Our friends from the amazing Danish organization UFFAC have sent us yet another load of high quality kibble, knowing that we’re constantly struggling to feed the kitties!
This awesome Christmas present couldn’t have arrived at a better moment, as our food storage was almost empty.
Thanks to the awesome animal lovers from Denmark, more than 130 Felix kitties will have the opportunity to celebrate the holidays with full bellies 🙂
Our heartfelt thanks go to the wonderful people from UFFAC and their donors who are making this gloomy and cold end of December special for our furry little protegés.
May you all have the best Christmas yet!
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Posted on December 22, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Please look at all the posts and support any you can with a donation to help cover their costs – Thank You – SAV.
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Chinese dogs enjoy vaccinations, de-worming – and a taste of Christmas
22 December 2016
Some of the poorest dogs in Chengdu enjoyed a taste of Christmas kindness thanks to the Animals Asia staff who provide them with year-round health care.
Many of the local dogs around Animals Asia’s China Bear Rescue Centre in Chengdu live bleak lives. They are fed an unsuitable diet, given little love or affection and are mostly kept chained up as guard dogs.
That’s why Animals Asia goes into local communities year round to spread awareness of animal welfare and provide health care for the animals.
In a typical month this will include vaccinations, de-worming and de-sexing, but with Christmas approaching, staff wanted to do something extra special for the unfortunate dogs they have grown to love over the years.
With red Santa hats on, the team went into local villages to give the animals some doggie treats they had never seen before – a taste of Christmas kindness they could never have imagined.
Animals Asia Veterinarian Sheridan Lathe said:
“It was really lovely to give these treats to the dogs. Many local families don’t have money to spare on dog food or treats so most of these dogs have never tasted anything except rice with occasional left overs.
“They get really excited when they see us because they know we will bring them something tasty. Seeing the joy on their faces as they devoured the new treats was heart-warming!”
Having earned the trust of the local villagers over the years, Animals Asia staff are free to visit the dogs at any time to provide health care, companionship or even to take the dogs for walk to gain much needed exercise.
Sheridan said:
“By keeping the local animals healthy, we create a protective ring around the bear sanctuary of healthy animals which reduces the risk of diseases, such as distemper, spreading on site.
“But this work is also important in that it improves the welfare for these local animals. We not only give them vaccinations and de-worming but also discuss diets and proper animal care with the owners.”
Away from the Chengdu sanctuary, Animals Asia also runs a Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) fund project in other parts of China to help control stray populations humanely.
In 2016, the fund helped four local groups to successfully neuter and release 517 stray cats in Shanghai, Beijing, Qingdao and Guangzhou.
With Animals Asia’s support another local group Shanghai Focus Neuter has managed to achieve a 70% neuter rate among strays in several of the communities where they operate.
Check it all out at:
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Posted on December 16, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
“‘It’s impossible.” said pride.
“It’s risky.” said experience.
“It’s pointless.” said reason.
“Give it a try.” whispered the heart.”
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all the cats (and dogs) at Shelter Felix xx.
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Samson is most probably a stray who has spent at least six years of his life on the street.
During the day he was wandering the neighborhood but he was kept in a cellar at night. When he got sick and was brought to a vet, it turned out he had a serious respiratory infection, worsened by the fact that he was immunocompromised, as he tested positive for FIV. Although FIV virus is transmitted from cat to cat only by deep bite wounds, or from an infected mother to her kittens, or by sexual contact, it is not contagious if all of the cats sharing the household are neutered/spayed.
However, it seems that most cat owners fear that their own healthy kitty would get infected from a FIV+ companion and that’s probably why no one was willing to take Samson in, despite a zillion shares of his plea and appeals for help.
Luckily for him, we knew better and this magnificent looking blackpanther has become a resident of our shelter as of Wednesday, as we already have six FIV+ kitties out of around 50 we have managed to test over the last two years. All six of them are living good lives, not showing any symptoms of their illnesses and receiving Interferon once a month. For the time being Samson is being separated from the other cats, he is kept in the cage and seems to be adjusting to his new surroundings just fine.
This once dejected and unwanted black beauty was taken to the vet on Saturday for a thorough exam which included blood work and a UV scan. He weighs 7.200 kg and it’s been confirmed he is FIV+, so he received Interferon immediately and will continue receiving it every month for all of his life, because this drug is helping keep the virus under control.
His digestive system and urinary tract are healthy. He is between six and seven years old, his teeth and gums are in good shape, but his nose is stuffy and there is some phlegm – a mucus-like substance in his lungs; he was prescribed some syrup to help cough it up.
If his respiratory infection clears out completely (with the help of nose drops and cough syrup) he will be neutered next week, under inhalation anesthesia. In the meantime, he’s lying on his new kitty bed on his back with all four legs in the air, obviously thinking that being a shelter kitty is not so bad after all.
Please, help us provide this gorgeous and cuddly kitty boy with proper vet care, high quality cat food and a much happier life than the one he’s been living for years!
Thank You !
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Posted on December 16, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Tashi Rabten carries out fatal self-immolation
Tashi Rabten was a former monk from Teushel village in Machu County, Kanlho, eastern Tibet.
He left a note behind in Chinese, explaining in further detail his reasons for carrying out this protest, which we have translated into English on our website.
International Human Rights Day
Freedom for the gentle people of Tibet !
Full support for freedom from SAV.
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Posted on December 15, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
We are now working more with friends and fellow (anti live export) campaigners at ‘Animals Angels’ which is based in Germany.
As many of you are aware, we at SAV have had a real gripe with the EU for many years now, and for not enforcing its OWN Regulation, 1/2005 of 22nd December 2004 on the subject of the Protection of Animals During Transport.
Animals Angels have produced an excellent report regarding the complete myths of enforcement of Regulation 1/2005, which is the EU’s own rules on alleged animal protection during transport. AA have kindly permitted us to show their report; and we include the link here for you to click and review.
During 2016, AA met with all the Chief Veterinary Officers of all EU member states; trying to convince them to get the EU Commission to take the initiative because there was a refusal to change the law. Even if we ever get to the point that a new law is drafted, there is risk that some worse provisions will be introduced in favor of the meat industry. They are too close to the EU Commission and animal welfare comes a poor second, as we have exposed with EU animal exports to Turkey for example.
Please have a look at the excellent report on the myths of Regulation 1/2005 by clicking on:
There is a lot of data and information for anyone who wishes to write further on the subject. We would also encourage people to send the link to their MEP’s; who despite being mainly supportive of modification, are not able to get changes due to inaction by the EU Commission.
Here are some links to some of our recent posts on the subject. We are also providing the links to the videos of EU – Turkish live exports; for which the EU inform us they can do nothing despite the Regulation supposedly ‘protecting’ animals during transport.
Video links – live exports of EU animals to Turkey:
Please continue to support our campaign petition for a one off maximum journey time of 8 hours, at:
Thanks and regards;
For those in transport, Mark.
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Posted on December 14, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
UPDATE 16/12.
Dear Pam and Mark,
Thank you for your email (Pam), for forwarding Mark’s email and for both your concern.
Since the recent online news reports suggesting that the Egyptian government could export 10,000 live donkeys to China for their skins, our project team in Egypt have made contact with the authorities expressing serious concerns about the news reports, and the authorities have responded denying any plans to consider exporting donkeys.
The Donkey Sanctuary has grave concerns about the fast-growing trade and demand of donkey skins to produce the traditional Chinese medicine Ejiao, and any major trade would be seen as a further blow to the future global donkey populations and their welfare.
With kind regards,
Harriet
The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, Devon, England.
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Below you will find a sample letter which you can copy and send to ‘your’ Egyptian embassy ; wherever you are located in the world. This post has been produced in cooperation with Venus in Germany.
Simply find your national Egyptian embassy using the following link. Alternatively, thereafter we have provided details of main Euro contact cities also for our European supporters. Please note that English and German campaigners have worked together on this; so there may be the odd language difference in some text. We have tried to correct all these differences !
Global Egyptian Embassies link:
Euro (and Canada) addresses:
Berlin, Germany: E-Mail: embassy@egyptian-embassy.de
Wien, Austria: E-Mail: egyptembassy vienna@egyptembassyvienna
Albania: E-Mail: egyemb@albaniaonline.net
Bosnia and Herzegovina: E-Mail: MAIL BLOCKED.
Bulgaria: E-Mail: MAIL BLOCKED.
Denmark: E-Mail: egyptembassydenmark@yahoo.com
Finland: E-Mail: secretaryofembassy@hotmail.com
France: E-Mail: intemetunit@mfa.gov.eg
E-Mail: info@embegyptireland.ie
Croatia: E-Mail: veleposlanstov.a.r.egipat@zg.htnet.hrveleposlanstvoegipat2@gmail.com,veleposlanstvoegipat@gmmail.com
Malta:
E-Mail: embegmlt@onvol.net
Norway:
E-Mail: embassy.oslo@mfa.gov.eg
Austria:
E-Mail: egyptembassyvienna@egyptembassyvienna.at
Poland:
E-Mail: embassyofegypt@neostrada.pl
Romania:
E-Mail: embassy.bucharest@mfa.gov.eg
Switzerland:
Serbia: E-Mail: egemb@sbb.rs
Slovak Republic: E-Mail: embassy@gmail.com;embassy.bratislava@mfa.gov.eg
Czech Republic:
E-Mail: embassyegypt@centrum.cz
Turkey: E-Mail: ecg_istanbul@yahoo.com
Vatican: E-Mail: ambegyptvatican@tiscali.it
E-Mail: info@egyptianembassy.org.cy
United Kingdom:
E-Mail: consulate.london@mfa.gov.eg, info@egyptianconsulate.co.uk
Netherlands / Holland: E-Mail: MAIL BLOCKED.
Portugal: E-Mail: egiptembassy@ip.pt, egyptembassyportugal@net.novis.pt
Belgium, Brussels:
E-mail: egyptembassy@embassyofegypt.be eg.sec.be@hotmail.com
Hungary / Ungarn: E-mail: egyptembassybudapest@yahoo.com
Additional information
– embassy addresses etc if sending by post / snail mail:
ACTION !!
Copy the sample letter provided below and e mail it to ‘the’ (Egyptian) embassy for ‘your country’ or location using the above guides.
*** Sample Letter ***
Dear Sir / Madam;
It is already globally known that Egypt intends to do cruel international business with the live transports of donkeys and dogs.
Donkeys (some 10,000 plus) are to be transported alive to China, primarily for their skins, not for their meat. Dogs are also going to be transported alive to South Korea for their flesh.
In the past, both China and Korea have fallen into great disrepute because they are countries that both became involved in illegal animal trafficking. Egypt has an international reputation as a friendly country with one of the oldest and greatest ancient civilizations of the world. Do not tarnish that with a trade in cruelty.
Such a modern, cruel business by yourselves, which we are now internationally learning about, is detrimental to the image of the Egyptian nationality. When people learn the reality of the animal suffering involved, it can only harm tourism to Egypt, which is much more profitable for the country. You know very well that such bad and harmful news such as this, and your criuelty to animals, can spread nowadays very quickly via the internet.
We ask you to very seriously reconsider the decision to export donkeys and dogs to China and Korea respectively where they will endure great suffering and cruelty from nations that have no basic respect for animals and their suffering.
Please show your compassion for the animals which will suffer and take responsibility for the reputation of your country by preventing this from happening.
Thank you;
Sent by: Your Name.
Nationality:
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There are now 2 petitions about this issue – please see them and sign, by visiting:
and also via our good friends at anti live export campaign organisation ‘Animals Angels’ in Germany – http://www.animals-angels.com/
Egypt to export 10,000 donkeys to China, dogs to South Korea
Ashraf Abdelhamid, AlArabiya.netSaturday, 10 December 2016
Egypt has recently signed a trade deal to export nearly 10,000 donkeys to China, with another agreement likely soon to send dogs to Korea.
The General Organization for Veterinary Services at the Ministry of Agriculture in Egypt agreed on the deal after requests from many Chinese companies.
Dr. Ibrahim Mahroos, the organization’s director, confirmed that Egypt will send the donkeys alive to China in accordance with an Islamic ruling in Egypt’s al-Azhar.
He added that China wants the donkey’s skin rather than its meat.
Egypt is also looking into requests from Korea to export dogs there, especially after several shelters have said they are at full capacity and were putting down stray dogs.
*This article also appears on AlArabiya.net.
SAV Comment:
No doubt we will be publishing more on this issue as we obtain more info, but we do have concerns that nations such as Serbia may see this as a financial way (investment) of solving their stray animal ‘problems’ rather than sterilisation as all welfare groups request. We are passing this info out to many contacts – it is up to them to watch their space.
Being Egypt, China and Korea, obviously there is no concern on the side of animal welfare issues; as we know so much from past and recent posts – it is simply meeting a demand of the human species and sod the rest ! – money talks ! – Mark.
Please sign the petition against this:
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