Posted on May 7, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Kasper’s ghostly appearance says it all.
His kidneys are barely working, his blood levels of creatinine and urea are six times higher than normal, his pace has become significantly slower and he eats almost nothing now.
Heartbreaking as it is, he probably doesn’t have much time left as his entire body seems to be shutting down. However, he still spends his days in the yard together with his long time kitty friends, he enjoys cuddling and soaking up the sun and he doesn’t show any signs of pain, so we’ll let him live out whatever time he has left the way he wants and let him leave us on his own terms.
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Lovely Kasper, who was saved from a shelter that burned to the ground in 2011 and has been through hell and back already is seriously ill. He’s had episodes of diarrhea every six months or so for years now and it was as though he had some gastrointestinal disorder, but when his stools have become loose and watery again, for the zillionth time, a UV scan was done and showed Kasper’s real problem is CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease).
His kidneys are failing and that’s why he’s had diarrhea on and off for ages.
He’s currently being fed a specific veterinary therapeutic diet with a restricted protein and phosphate content designed to support kidney function and minimize the complications of CKD. We’ve ordered Ipakitine, a chitosan-based phosphate binder and uremic reducer from Hungary for him and Sneska, as we can’t find it here in Serbia. At this point, it’s impossible to tell how much time he has left, but we’ll do our best to improve the quality of his life and slow the progression of the disease.
Well, Hannah and Chantal have grown big and old enough to handle surgery, so both of them were spayed three days ago.
To our huge surprise, Chantal turned out to be a boy (who will most likely have his name changed to Chanty) as we’ve never even checked his gender – we were told he was a she and we accepted that statement at face value. However, he is definitely a boy and he was an abdominal cryptorchid; one of his testicles normally descended into scrotum, but it was almost totally stunted, while the other one was retained in the abdominal cavity and significantly bigger.
The result is that instead of a routine neuter surgery which would have lasted 15 minutes at most, the vet needed to make an incision along Chanty’s abdomen to remove the retained testicle and perform a surgical procedure which resembles a spay surgery for a female cat.
Both Hannah and Chanty were operated on under inhalation anesthesia and are now receiving antibiotics but they are recovering nicely and most importantly, they are not touching their wounds.
Please help us cover the costs of their surgeries with whatever you can spare. No amount is ever too small!
Please use the above ‘youcaring’ link to give any donation – thank you – SAV.
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Posted on May 4, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Please help us to raise money for Bak & Paja.
We have to raise €130 urgently.
Paypal: free.fly.dogs@gmail.com
Our boys Bak & Paja their whole life spent in different kennels. Last 2 years they are in one. Unfortunately, we were told that they have to moved from there for 3 days!!!! How? Where? How we can pay for new kennels?
We are always in debt. What a mess. 😦 Pleas help us to raise money for new kennels. Please!!!
New kennels costs 50 euros per month per dog + 15 euros for food per month per dog. Who are Bak and Paja??? Bak will say something about him by himself: I am Bak. 3 years ago I was a baby and lived at the dump with 6 brothers and sisters. They thought I wouldn’t survive. I was sick, very sick.
Now I’m healthy, gentle, beautiful, very good boy with only 13 kg, but I’m not happy. I’ve never had a home. I heard stories about it and promises I will have a home one day and people there will love me. But no one was asking, no one came to see me. I want only one thing from Santa, to find me a nice home. Let him bring kids presents. He doesn’t have to bring me, I’ll go there by my own. Just let him say me where that home is. Who is Paja?
Paja is the most active member of our doggy gang. He was taken from a junk pile at the Novi Sad Rail station in January. He had no hair. He had demodex which we managed to heal. He has a lot of HOUND qualities. He is very active, dominant, a true lieder. Very happy and friendly.
His perfect life space would be a big yard. He has been castrated, vaccinated and microchipped.
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Posted on May 4, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
All pictures from SAV Archives.
Dear friends,
For the Yulin dog meat festival, dogs are beaten or bled to death — or boiled alive, shaking in a world of pain. They’re hung upside down from hooks, a slit cut from their anus and skin ripped off their bodies, then sold to be eaten.
The suffering must be unbearable — new research shows that in terms of emotion, dogs’ brains are much like ours, something dog owners and lovers understand well. When we see dogs for what they are — living beings with thoughts and feelings —
When our numbers are great enough, Avaaz will take out ads, work with influential celebrities, run the first independent national poll on dog-eating in China, and put this issue on front pages everywhere until Chinese authorities act.
Add your name and tell everyone:
Thanks to brave Chinese activists, the festival gets smaller each year, and Yulin authorities eventually withdrew their sponsorship of the festival and even banned their employees from attending. Momentum is building.
If millions of us raise our voices now, we can save thousands of pups from unimaginable torture. The Yulin festival isn’t a centuries old tradition — it was started in 2010! And many argue that it was mainly to boost industry sales — not so much to sustain an old tradition. Time is running out.
Sign the petition then forward this to friends and family — let’s make this huge!
Thousands of Chinese citizens have protested the festival, but authorities won’t act until they see how badly it’s hurting China’s global image, which they’ve been working hard to improve. That’s where we come in.
Let’s show the Chinese government that the world is calling on them to stop this puppy slaughter immediately!
Our community has campaigned against the most cruel bull festival in Spain, against the discarding and killing of male baby chicks in Germany, and against terrible conditions on farms in Spain and France. Now it’s time to speak out for ‘man’s best friend’, and get this puppy slaughter stopped for good.
With hope, Rewan, Nick, Patricia, Jooyea, Aften, Alice and the entire Avaaz team
More information:
Yulin Dog Meat Festival 2016:
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Posted on May 4, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Website: Still Under Production – see below.
Message: I’m writing to invite you to take part in a global day of action against live animal transportation on Monday August 29th – the 20th anniversary of the biggest live export disaster when more than 67,000 sheep died as the ship carrying them burned.
Although I am coordinating it on behalf of Compassion in World Farming, it is not their day. The Animals Are Not Freight website, logo and all associated resources will not be CIWF-branded, and the message each participating group gives out is entirely up to them.
The aim is to demonstrate global opposition to this global trade. It’s a chance for us all to come together and speak with one voice, while adapting the precise message for the decision-makers, media and public in our own regions and countries.
To be effective, we need groups of all sizes around the world taking action, and as a powerful voice for animals in Serbia, we really need you!
Compassion plans to hold a media event in London plus an event for our supporters to attend (details to be finalised). Our European offices will all be organising their own actions, and we will be working hard to get the message out online, too. And of course, I am approaching groups all over the world. Some – including in South Africa, Canada, Australia and Iraq – have already pledged to take part.
It would be wonderful if you could organise an event – a candlelit vigil, a march, a photo stunt for the media, a remembrance service for the animals who have died, a demonstration outside your government’s offices… whatever you think appropriate. The bigger the better for this global day of action. We need the world to take notice.
The Animals Are Not Freight website – which is on its way – will allow groups to upload any event they organise, and individuals to download social media images, placards and other resources, all with the Animals Are Not Freight logo.
We hope you will get involved. Please do ask if you have any questions.
All the best,
Kate Fowler
Campaign Manager (Interim)
Compassion in World Farming, UK
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Posted on May 1, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Well, Hannah and Chantal have grown big and old enough to handle surgery, so both of them were spayed three days ago.
To our huge surprise, Chantal turned out to be a boy (who will most likely have his name changed to Chanty) as we’ve never even checked his gender – we were told he was a she and we accepted that statement at face value.
However, he is definitely a boy and he was an abdominal cryptorchid; one of his testicles normally descended into scrotum, but it was almost totally stunted, while the other one was retained in the abdominal cavity and significantly bigger.
The result is that instead of a routine neuter surgery which would have lasted 15 minutes at most, the vet needed to make an incision along Chanty’s abdomen to remove the retained testicle and perform a surgical procedure which resembles a spay surgery for a female cat.
Both Hannah and Chanty were operated on under inhalation anesthesia and are now receiving antibiotics but they are recovering nicely and most importantly, they are not touching their wounds.
Please help us cover the costs of their surgeries with whatever you can spare.
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Posted on April 29, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
(All Photos – ‘Eyes on Animals’)
Regarding our recent post on live animal exports to Turkey; https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2016/04/27/update-27416-live-animal-exports-turkish-border-sample-letter-to-copy-and-send/ and the fact that we had heard nothing back from the EU about the video evidence or our petition for weeks (not even confirmation or a simple reply to confirm receipt); or the telephone conversation between Mark and Mr. Valletta; it now appears that things have moved on since our most recent call on Wednesday 27th April.
Thank you to everyone who sent a sample letter as left on the latest post – it seems that your messages may have got home within the EU Commission over the last few days !
In accordance with the request of the EU Commission for Health and Food Safety, we are happily publishing all the information which was sent to us today (29/4). This will further update everyone who has to date signed our petition over the last few weeks, and will provide everyone with a view of the response of the Commission on the matter.
The response is provided in 2 parts:
A Cover Note, and then a Main Document. Both are shown below for you to read.
COVER NOTE
LINK TO MAIN DOCUMENT
The SAV address has been removed from the cover note.
The petition and coverage of this issue has not achieved a ban on the export of live EU animals to Turkey; we never expected it to – as money talks louder than us in animal welfare !, but we are proud to be a voice for the suffering animals and to be making a difference. Copies of the info (2 parts) have also been sent to Lesley at ‘Eyes on Animals’ in the Netherlands; http://www.eyesonanimals.com/ ; and over the next few days we shall review the situation with her and decide how to continue with this campaign, through both our sites. Campaigning does not finish just because we have now had a response from the EU; we will continue to present information and evidence as necessary to support our side of the campaign whenever it is necessary.
Thank you to everyone who has been involved with this campaign – we appreciate your help and support.
We are not sure, but the fact that the UK is having an election (23/6/16) on its future in the EU may have also some bearing on the rapid and sudden response here. The situation is simple; people in the UK are not happy with EU politics and politicians; and the endless time that it takes to make decisions. Who knows what will happen in the UK by 24/6, but we think the vote will be close regardless.
Our view – we want to see some action rather than the endless ‘weasel words’ from the EU which usually end with nothing. Lest hope that the situation for animals being exported to Turkey changes rapidly, for the better. If it does not, then there is always the vote on 23/6. EU you have been told; act, don’t just keep on putting out verbal and written assurances that actually amount to nothing. EU, we are watching you !
Regards SAV.
Food for thought from Venus:
Open letter to the answer given by Mr. Andriukaitis.
Ridiculous, untrustworthy, simply unacceptable!
So I find the answer to the SAV-mail, that I got of MEP Mr. Andriukaitis.
Such an outrageous answer has the EU Commission always preprogrammed.
In the case, that mails come and EU citizens finally ask from the MEPs to do something obvious, namely their jobs.
If Protest letters or emails are sent to the EU Commission, the Commission feels disturbed, annoyed and finally “no responsible”.
New but not less ridiculous is the “transparency exam” which is required and one should exist!!
Oh! Yes Mr.Andriukaitis!
This transparency report, had demanded the European Commission before October 2012 by the EU Health Commissioner John Dalli, when he reportedly “should have indirectly offered a deal by the Swedish tobacco company Swedish Match”!!
It was about the “Tobacco-Gate” in which even the highest Brussels officials were involved.
Simply and solely John Dali is to blame for the failure of the initiative for limiting the transport of animals to 8 hours.
In June 2012!!
The hope and the confidence of more than 1 million EU citizens, who have opted for the 8-hour limit animal transport has been abused, and that again from the EU!
He, a Corrupt Commissioner, has prevailed against 395 EU Parliament votes.
Why did they did not demand “transparency test” from him?
And where today is the reparation of the European Commission for this former moral crap stand a corrupt MEP?
Nowhere!
All of us who do not want to see blood flow of trucks on the highways, all those who have a moral problem with the criminal animal transports in the “civilized” Europe, (which you obviously want to resort to the diplomatic way), we will all find a way and other people, we will find empathy enabled MEPs and they might even be running.
We will not give up to fight misery and suffering in the livestock sector.
Especially for this case, but also for the future.
Although morality and responsibility is not in our employment contract, and we do not get 21,000 euros per month.
But morality and work ethic cannot be paid with money obviously!
We will not give up.
Venus
(Here is the mail from Mr.Andriukaitis to me).
We acknowledge receipt of your email. If your message concerns a request for a meeting or a petition please see the information below. Important notice on Transparency: Meetings with organisations or self-employed individuals.
I would like to draw your attention to the Commission’s new policy on transparency which entered into force on 1 December 2014. More details can be found here.
Before we can proceed with your request for a meeting, could you please confirm whether you, or your organisation, are registered in the Transparency Register and provide your Register ID number? If you are not registered, you are kindly invited to register on this website. The meeting can only take place once we have received the confirmation of your registration.
Please be aware that the European Commission is committed to enhanced transparency. Therefore, Commissioners and their Cabinets only meet organisations or self-employed individuals that are registered in the EU’s Transparency Register.
Petitions
Replies to petitions are published on the Transparency Portal of the European Commission.
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Posted on April 24, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Please give a few minutes today to remember all the millions of animals who suffer in silence in the labs of the world. Lets see progressive medicine – not archaic and outdated animal testing. SAV.
April 24th is World Day for Animals in Laboratories when we remember the millions of animals used each year in research.
We all want to find better treatments and cures for conditions such as cancer or diabetes. Using animals to research these diseases is outdated and unethical.
At the Dr Hadwen Trust, we are working hard to replace animals in medical research to save them from the pain and trauma of experiments and to advance more human-relevant research to benefit our health.
Help us fund more research that saves animals from the lab – for us and for them.
Thank you.
From ‘About Us’ (on this site)
MS – A Real Pain In The … – Everywhere !
Mark was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2000 after time working overseas. Here is an insight into MS:
He is a supporter of forward looking (non animal medical) research.
Animal testing is a thing of the past and should only be in history books now – and I say that as an MS sufferer; someone who wants a cure for something; but which will not come through animal testing, as animals don’t suffer from MS; so why artificially create it in them and then attempt to find a cure using them ? – it makes no sense. Animals are different to humans – So why not find out using genetics what makes animals different from us (re autoimmune illness) and why they dont get MS and yet we do ? – that to me is progressive research; not simply cutting up animals aka big pharma.
Laboratory animals: the victims of a criminal idiocy!
Animal experiments are almost exclusively justified by the claim, that they are carried out for the benefit of man.
They are made so that new drugs can be developed against incurable diseases.
For consumers must be guaranteed a sense of security and trust in the new chemical products.
But the industry considers other reasons laid on animals.
Behind this dirty propaganda are powerful interests of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
And not just the pharmaceutical industry.
Influential interest groups benefit from the animal experiments:
Experimenters, universities, contract laboratories, experimental animal traders, companies create the accessories, all these benefit from animal experiments and want to maintain.
The quality of research is not measured by how many people you can help, but on the number of publications in peer-reviewed journals.
As of the amount of research funding depends.
Something useful for sick people is not out.
Politics and the media kollaborate with in the animal experiment machinery.
In Germany alone a budget of almost 2.7 billion euros of DFG (German research community) has been made available to fund animal experiments in higher education in 2013!
The four million euro state support, which are given for non-animal research, look in comparison like alms.
In addition, each of us needs to know that the majority of animal test results will not be published but will disappear in the drawer.
Animal experimenters must decide for themselves whether they want to give results known or not. This manipulation is fully programmed: errors are not published, however, the shown “positive” results as a triumph of animal experimentation.
“From a scientific standpoint, it must be noted that what is described as” called animal model
system ” in cancer research, has proven to be totally bankrupt.
There is no evidence that the use of animals in cancer research for the prevention or recovery also led only a single people “! (Dr. Irwin Bross D.J., Director at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute of Buffalo, New York).
One end of animal experiments not means the end of medical research, but non-animal medicine would be much further.
Because animal studies only hold medical progress.
Because of their false results.
Venus
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