Posted on February 11, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Some more great rescue videos from our friends at ‘Animal Aid Unlimited’ in India – we are sure you will agree that they are doing some fantastic rescue and recovery work:
Dog rescued strangling on embedded wire saved
The Worst Wound: Street Dog’s Epic Recovery
Critically injured street dog gets a new life!
Puppy rescued covered in tar, watch her (VERY) happy ending!
If you wish to help them with their superb work by giving a donation then please click on the following link and take action where advised:
And we have shown this story before on another of our past posts, but here you can see the truly amazing story of ‘Kalu’, the dog who grew a new face after being rescued by AAU.
Amazing rescue and recovery videos – sad starts but all with very happy endings ! – well done to all the crew at AAU.
Please give them support for their work if you are able – Thank You.
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Posted on February 11, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Torture In A Tin – We need to show you here the reality and disgusting abuse of birds which are force fed to produce the so called ‘delicacy’ of Foie Gras.
If you want to see the reality of the abuse caused to living animals in the production and slaughter process, then please click on either link and see the footage which is narrated by long time campaigner Sir Roger Moore (007 James Bond):
Very recent campaign news:
Pamela Anderson (L), actress and animals rights defender, Michel Vandenbosch (C), co-founder of the Belgian animal welfare organisation, Global Action in the Interest of Animals (GAIA), and former Miss France Delphine Wespiser (R) attend a news conference at the National Assembly to protest the force-feeding of geese used in the production of foie gras, in Paris, France, January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
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Posted on February 11, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Friday 19th February 2016
at 12:00–18:00
A march in London to the Embassy of Japan in Piccadilly highlighting to the public the atrocity that goes on against dolphins and small whales in Taiji, Japan.
All info about route and meeting places will be published as soon as permission is given for the event to go ahead. After the march we will head to the Japanese embassy where we will protest until 6pm when a candle lit vigil (Please bring tealights in holders only) and minutes silence will take place for the dolphins and small whales of Taiji and also for those held captive in marine prisons across the world.
Please bring posters, banners, megaphones, whistles, drums!
Lets show the Japanese Government that we will not give up until they stop the slaughter!
Further information:
Just to let you all know that we still haven’t yet received the police permit for the march 😕 however if we don’t receive permission a protest outside the Japanese Embassy will still take place.
Past links to last London demo –
*** 1720hrs (11/2/16) – EXTRA News Just In ***:
Aquariums Deal Big Blow to Dolphin Slaughter in Taiji
Most Japanese facilities no longer will buy animals captured during the annual hunt at the cove.
May 20, 2015
David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 25 years. His third book, Death at Seaworld, was published in 2012.
In a stunning setback to the dolphin hunt in Taiji, the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums on Wednesday banned its members from acquiring animals captured during the annual slaughter.
Of the country’s 54 aquariums that house dolphins, 17 are non-JAZA members and are not bound by the decision. Aquariums from at least 20 foreign countries also acquire dolphins from Taiji. Meanwhile, it’s not clear if the JAZA ban extends to dolphins caught in places other than Taiji.
Still, the move is a big blow to the live-animal trade in Taiji. About 40 percent of all dolphins caught there are sent to aquariums in Japan, according to Sarah Lucas, chief executive of Australia for Dolphins. Nearly half of the dolphins in Japanese aquariums, meanwhile, may have been taken from Taiji.
“JAZA will prohibit its members to acquire wild dolphins caught by drive fishing in Taiji and to take part in their export and sale,” the group’s chairman, Kazutoshi Arai, said at a news conference on Wednesday.
Scientists and activists applauded the move.
“This is a huge victory for the dolphins,” Ric O’Barry, director of Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project and star of the Oscar-winning documentary on Taiji, The Cove, said in an email. “And it’s another nail in the coffin for the annual dolphin slaughter. We must be vigilant however. We will monitor the captures very carefully this year as usual.”
Last month, the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums suspended the Japanese group’s membership for failure “to adhere to policies that prohibit participating in cruel and non-selective methods of taking animals from the wild.”
The global organization was set to expel JAZA on Thursday if the Japanese didn’t take action.
“WAZA considers JAZA’s decision to be a welcome breakthrough and looks forward to receiving further details from JAZA in order to fully appreciate the implications of today’s decision,” the group said in a statement.
Diana Reiss, a marine mammal scientist and a psychology professor at Hunter College in New York, said she and other scientists and industry insiders had been working with JAZA and WAZA to bring about such a ban since 2004.
“It’s amazing and important news,” Reiss said. “What’s really terrific and critical about this decision is that it came from within Japan’s zoological community…which says that this needs to stop.”
JAZA’s decision, which was approved by a 142–43 vote of its members, came after years of negotiations with and pressure from WAZA.
The Taiji drives, where entire pods are forced into a small cove and then slaughtered, released, or captured and sold to aquariums for up to $150,000 apiece, has been the focus of enormous international opposition for years.
But Arai made it clear that JAZA was not rejecting drive hunts altogether.
“We do not think it is cruel to take wild dolphins…but as we have reached this kind of conclusion in relation to WAZA, we need to steer [our policy] toward breeding,” Arai said.
Ramping up Japan’s captive breeding efforts will be difficult. Many aquariums are too small to house breeding pools, and only about 13 percent of aquarium dolphins in Japan were bred in captivity, compared with about 70 percent in the United States, according to Arai.
Arai estimated it could take “five years or more” to establish adequate breeding skills in Japan. Failing that, “some aquariums could eventually face difficulty operating as they may not be able to find an alternative source of dolphins,” the Japanese newspaper Mainichi reported.
Possible loopholes in the new ban have some critics concerned.
“They say they will no longer capture dolphins in Taiji, but it’s not clear whether they’re going to capture dolphins in other places or not,” Reiss said. “This needs to be clarified with JAZA.” Moreover, non-JAZA aquariums presumably will continue buying dolphins from Taiji.
“JAZA’s decision…is a big step, and one that will hopefully contribute to an end to these hunts,” Courtney Vail, program and campaigns manager for Whale and Dolphin Conservation, said in an email. “We must still be concerned, however, with all wild captures. As long as zoo and aquaria keep the door open for acquisition from the wild, dolphins will suffer.”
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The Dog Who Grew A New Face!
Video link –
Another very moving video which shows the superb work of all the team at Animal Aid Unlimited in India, rescuing a dog on the brink of a terrible death. See his recovery in the video above !
Have a look at our recent post showing what the team do and view some of their other (before and after) amazing videos.
Hats off to all the team saving lives.
Past SAV post link –
If you wish to give a donation, then you can give here by clicking on this link – Thank You.
Animal Aid Unlimited, India.
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Posted on January 29, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Cat Choked With Wire and Bludgeoned to Death Deserves Justice
Target: Nicole Lawrence, Humane Society Police Officer, York County SPCA
Goal: Seek maximum possible punishment against person who tied a wire around a cat’s neck and bludgeoned it to death.
A cat was recently found in the cold after someone twisted a wire tightly around its neck and left it for dead. The calico cat, named Faith by rescue workers, had several lacerations on its head when it was brought to Heavenly Paws Animal Shelter in York County, Pennsylvania for veterinary attention. Faith’s injuries were treated, and a round of antibiotics started before she was allowed to return home with a foster care volunteer.
Over the course of only a few hours, Faith’s condition deteriorated significantly. She began to pace in circles and bump into furniture, showing signs of severe brain trauma. By the time a veterinarian was able to see her, the cat was pronounced brain dead and had to be euthanized.
A necropsy revealed that the cat had a fractured skull and three distinct areas of blunt force trauma. Veterinarians suspect that the blows were caused by a hammer, and that the wire was used to hold the cat in place while someone bludgeoned it. Aside from the obvious signs of abuse, the cat was in otherwise good health, suggesting to investigators that it was someone’s pet.
This crime demonstrates extreme cruelty and is a shock to the entire community of Hanover. In order to ensure that Faith receives justice, it is important that the person responsible is punished to the fullest extent of the law. Sign the petition below to demand a harsh punishment for the person responsible, which will help deter similar crimes in the future.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Officer Lawrence,
A calico cat named Faith was recently found in the cold with a wire wound tightly around its neck. After receiving veterinary care for its wounds, Faith’s health deteriorated quickly due to brain injuries, and she was put down the next day. A necropsy found that the cat suffered blunt force trauma as well as a skull fracture, likely due to blows to the head from a hammer.
This shocking crime shows extreme cruelty toward animals and should be punished to the full extent of the law. We, the undersigned, ask that you work to bring justice to this cat by finding the person responsible and seeking out the harshest possible punishments against them.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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Help Us Set Japik Free
Japik the orangutan spent two long years chained to a tree with nothing but a narrow wooden plank to sit on and no shelter from the hot sun or driving rain. When our team arrived to rescue her all they could see on the plank was a pile of old rags. Or so they thought…
In fact that “pile of old rags” was Japik trying to shelter from the torrential rain under an old jacket. This is how Heribertus, a member of the rescue team, described her:
“Japik was placed beside a tree behind the house, without shelter or a roof to protect her from sun or rain. When we arrived it was raining heavily and she was trying to take cover under an old jacket. We could see that the jacket was soaked through and Japik was cold and shivering. Her neck was also chained and the chain was nailed to the tree. The chain was very short so Japik could go nowhere. The ground under the plank where she was sitting was covered in rubbish.”
Japik was constantly shifting her weight from side to side, perhaps to keep her balance on the slippery plank or to ease the pain of her aching limbs. After two years on the end of that short chain it’s a miracle she could move at all.
Japik’s owner finally realised that it was illegal to keep an orangutan as a pet and decided to surrender her into our care. The minute we knew of her existence, our team set off to rescue her and bring her misery to an end.
As our vet Cha Chaapproached Japik, the desperate orangutan reached out to her. It was as though she realised that after suffering so much misery and neglect, help was finally at hand.
Our team immediately took action to free Japik from the tree and remove the chain from her neck. It was so heavy and had been fixed so tightly that there was a deep wound under her chin – had she been left there much longer it would have cut right through her skin.
I can’t begin to imagine how Japik endured those years alone on that narrow plank of wood, cast aside and forgotten like the rubbish on the ground around her. Japik is only four or five years old and should still be living with her mother. She must have been so lonely chained up alone without her.
When Argitoe, the head of our rescue team, took her hand to guide her to the transport crate, her legs were so weak that they shook as she walked.
Japik is in the safe hands of our veterinary team at the centre in Ketapang, West Borneo her recovery and rehabilitation can begin.
But after two years living on scraps of waste food, deprived of all the nutrition that is vital to the physical development of a young orangutan, it hasn’t yet been determined whether any permanent damage has been done to her health. But our expert team will be doing all they can in the months and years ahead to help Japik develop the strength and the skills she will need to survive in the wild. Please contribute to her care today and help us set her free.
Our immediate priority is to check her for any ailments or diseases while she is in quarantine and work to improve her overall health and wellbeing. Having lived for so long in such shocking conditions, we’re amazed that she’s even alive. Let’s hope this means she has a strong constitution and an equally strong will to survive.
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