Once again; we are informed that the Serbian Ministry – the Chief of Veterinary Inspections at the Ministry of Agriculture have informed journalists and newspapers that ‘everything is ok’ !!
We would argue that the footage shown in the video does NOT show that everything is ok; quite the opposite.But once again we have a Serbian government ministry living on a different planet to everyone else.They appear to be able to see everything through rose coloured spectacles when everyone else sees only helplessness and misery for animals involved.
We have been in similar circumstances before; and guess what; when we questioned the terrible conditions in which cattle was kept in the past; the same Ministry replied with the very same comment – that everything is ok.
Here are the links to our old posts; which show the disgusting conditions in which cattle was being kept.But as we say, all ‘ok’ in the eyes of the government Ministry Chief Veterinary Inspector.
We have provided the footage to our friends and colleagues at CIWF here in London – https://www.ciwf.org.uk/– and they in turn have put both their Polish and Czech Republic office / campaigners onto this.
We are sending the footage to the EU Enlargement Commission who are responsible for monitoring Serbia’s application to become a member state of the EU.This is not satisfactory animal welfare – the keeping of animals – especially if they are destined to end up in the human food (meat) chain.The EU needs to take action and get Serbia to clean up its act in ALL areas of animal welfare.
We have worked with CIWF on this issue and have also asked that they provide evidence to the EU regarding in this instance what is an obvious abuse of farm animals / possible animals entering the human food chain.We hope that the EU will make representations on this issue to the Serbian Veterinary Ministry, but as with most EU / animal welfare issues and the EU association with Serbia; we do not expect much !
If there is any further news regarding this issue we will naturally bring it to you – SAV.
Posted on March 5, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear Mark
Saving lives through school and community outreach
During the past month, our Compassion Education Team has given 10 presentations to 500 people, from primary school students to senior citizens, about how to help injured street animals, what are “animal rights,” reasons to go vegan, and what to do if you see cruelty.
Above – Rajkishor inspires 7th graders,
Neha motivates Udaipur animal lovers, and students pet dogs for the first time!
In addition to video and power-point presentations we brought 60 students from a local school on a field-trip to Animal Aid where they pet dogs, donkeys and even cows, and for many, it was for the first time in their lives. It’s harder to be compassionate when you are afraid, so by helping children overcome their fear of animals we are helping them to connect and understand the feelings of animals so that they will help them.
We held our 13th Sunday colony meeting where we’ve so far talked to over 300 Udaipur animal lovers who are regular callers on our emergency helpline. The objective of our colony meetings is to grow Udaipur’s animal protection movement from a grass-roots level, by encouraging animal lovers to take part in our first-aid training program, educating them on how to use the law to protect animals from abuse, and motivating them to use their voice to speak for those who cannot.
Major Sahib’s crisis turns into the happiest ending…
We found him lying in anguish on the side of the street, gravely wounded and broken.
The side of his head was being eaten by maggots and his body had given up all hope. We could tell that he had been lying in the same place for many hours if not days, and we believe that if we hadn’t rescued him right when we did, that this is where he would have died.
We named him Major Sahib for a good reason-this old boy was a soldier for LIFE.
He may have been tottering on the edge, but he definitely wasn’t ready to say goodbye.
Too injured to move, but still wagging his tail…
When we first got the call to rescue this young street dog, we thought he only had the injury we could see above his eye.
But as soon as we came in close, we were shocked. There were deep lacerations across his inner thigh and belly that were covered in blood. We were told he had been hit by a vehicle.
Unable to stand when we found him, this little braveheart still wagged his tail when our rescuer Nandu lifted him into our ambulance.
Just watch this video to see his overflowing joy after making a full recovery.
Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Serbian Animals Voice (SAV) 