England: Battersea Dogs Home – What Is Happening This Christmas.

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A few videos about some of the celebrities and well known UK organizations who will be making this Christmas something special for the animals at Battersea dogs home in central London:

Click on the following link and watch many videos – each link will show several videos one after another – we hope all about the dogs home !.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUPPaDxRTdQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpPxA7qiRfg&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=11.12.15__pets_hero&utm_campaign=11.12.15__pets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7-PPvSaAjM

Click on the following link for the Battersea web site – http://www.battersea.org.uk/

Battersea at Brands (another section of the London facility) is in Kent county (home of SAV !) and just down the road from the very famous motor racing circuit.

Find out more at http://www.battersea.org.uk/brandshatch

 

 

USA: MFA Exposes MFA Exposes Criminal Animal Abuse at Perdue Farms.

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MFA Exposes MFA Exposes Criminal Animal Abuse at Perdue Farms

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The following is a copy of the letter sent by Nathan.  Please make sure you watch the video (even only once – which shows all the animal abuses) and then please sign the petition – thank you – after all the different expose work undertaken by MFA at different animal facilities; if people still want to eat meat then there is no real answers for them – this is all just clear animal abuse which goes completely against the ‘animal welfare’ crap which these places put out to their customers. 

Watch the video  and see the realities ! – thanks, SAV.

Dear Mark,

The images are heartbreaking, and stomach-turning. A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation into Perdue Farms has uncovered disturbing cruelty to animals, including a worker stomping chickens to death, and violently kicking birds and throwing them against walls. Our hidden camera also exposed thousands of chickens crammed into windowless sheds forced to live in their own waste and toxic ammonia fumes.

Bred to put on weight faster than their bodies can withstand, most of the birds have problems walking and many succumb to heart attacks. Before going to slaughter, they are grabbed by their legs and violently thrown into crates, suffering broken bones and other injuries. As a result of MFA’s breaking investigation, a Perdue Farms worker has just been arrested and charged with four felony counts of criminal cruelty to animals. This is a historic and groundbreaking legal move on behalf of birds raised for meat.

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But we won’t stop there. Now we’re calling on Perdue—one of the largest poultry producers in the country—to stop paying lip service to animal welfare and implement meaningful policies and oversight at its facilities to end the worst forms of animal abuse.

Please, take a moment to sign our petition calling on Perdue to stop torturing chickens. Then please share the hidden-camera video with friends and encourage them to take action too.

And remember, each of us can vote for a kinder world every time we sit down to eat by choosing humane vegan alternatives to chicken and other animal products.

Sincerely,

Nathan Runkle President.

 

 

England: Floyd Do Pompei.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lRVMXBOVhk

Floyd at Pompei.

USA: A Hormel Exclusive Supplier In Pig Meat Products Is Exposed – “If the USDA is around, they would shut us down” – Lets Hope So !

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SAV Comment – people of the USA; please think about what some of your politicians have tried / are doing.  Introducing ‘Ag Gag’ legislation would stop all evidence such as that in the following video from being obtained.  Do you want that ? – should processors that abuse animals be allowed to continue their abuses un monitored by evidence gatherers ? – NO.  Then fight to stop ag gag being introduced by some states in the future.  The guys who film this are NOT the animals abusers; it is the workers at the facility who are.  Fight ag gag in every way that you can – be an animals voice.

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This is What Pigs Endure to Become Bacon and Processed Meat

by Alicia Graef

November 14, 2015

“If the USDA is around, they could shut us down”

A disturbing video released this week by Compassion Over Killing (COK) has brought to light the horrifying treatment pigs are subjected to at a slaughterhouse that exclusively supplies Hormel Foods.

An investigator for the organization recorded footage at Quality Pork Processors (QPP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspected slaughterhouse in Austin, Minn., and uncovered heartbreaking treatment of pigs, in addition to serious issues impacting food safety.

Some of the problems shown in the video include pigs being beaten, shocked and improperly stunned and slaughtered while they’re still conscious, in violation of federal law, pigs who were too weak or sick to walk on their own being beaten and dragged to slaughter and others covered in feces and pus-filled abscesses being slaughtered and processed for food – complete with the USDA’s approval.

Warning: the video below is very graphic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGIMCmpfxU

 

Problems with the treatment of pigs and other farm animals who are raised and killed for meat have continued to surface through these undercover investigations, but this one in particular is raising serious concerns about a questionable program intended to speed up production and essentially allow facilities to police themselves.

QPP is one of five pork processors in the U.S. that are currently participating in a pilot program that was implemented in the 1990s called the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP). The program allows for a disastrous combination of faster line speeds at slaughter and lower government oversight.

According to COK, at this particular facility approximately 1,300 pigs are killed each hour to make Hormel pork products, including Spam.

 

“The abuses we uncovered at Hormel reveal a high-speed slaughter hell for pigs,” said COK’s Executive Director Erica Meier. “Workers are taking inhumane shortcuts to keep the kill lines moving, and with fewer government inspectors on site, this flawed self-inspection system is also jeopardizing food safety.”

COK added in a statement that an audit done by the Office of Inspector General in 2013 had already identified multiple concerns about the HIMP program related to food safety and humane animal handling and that last year several USDA whistleblowers also spoke out about it, yet the USDA has allowed the program to continue unchecked.

Not only has it been allowed to continue, but last year the the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service launched a review to see if the program could be expanded.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/this-is-what-pigs-endure-to-become-bacon-and-processed-meat.html#ixzz3raH9K01H

Unedited footage been given to local authorities and the USDA, which is now investigating.

“The actions depicted in the video under review are completely unacceptable, and if we can verify the video’s authenticity, we will aggressively investigate the case and take appropriate action,” USDA spokesman Adam Tarr told the Washington Post.

Meanwhile, COK is encouraging the USDA to end this dangerous program over concerns about the inhumane treatment of pigs and the risks it poses to food safety. Hopefully the attention this investigation is garnering will not only get this program shut down HIMP, but will help encourage people to stop supporting products that inherently perpetuate this type of abuse.

For more info, visit Compassion Over Killing.

Take Action!

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If you could not watch the video using the above link; watch it here on the petition.

Sign and share this petition

urging Hormel to stop buying pork from this pig-torturing supplier.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/this-is-what-pigs-endure-to-become-bacon-and-processed-meat.html#ixzz3raHGRgfn

 

 

 

 

Clever Little Dog !

Alright; if you don’t want to throw it for me, then I will sort it myself – huh !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNvjtyUh2OM

Romania: Carmen’s Report Of Her Meetings At The EU Regarding Romanian Dogs.

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English and Deutsch message

Sorry to be so late with this update, but we had technical problems with editing for YouTube my presentation in Strasbourg. I wanted it to play precisely and had to wait for an IT collaborator who could finalize the work according to our requirements.

Entschuldigt bitte, dass diese Zusammenfassung so spät kommt, aber wir hatten technische Probleme mit der Bearbeitung fur YouTube meines Vortrags in Strasbourg. Ich wollte eine genaue Übertragung, und wir mussten auf einen IT-Mitarbeiter warten, der das Projekt unseren Anforderungen gemäß fertig machen konnte.

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ENGLISH VERSION

Dear all,

As I had told you in my previous email, on October 8th a session dedicated to the stray dogs of Romania was held at the European Parliament, in the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals, in Strasbourg. It was the first time that they accepted that the topic of Romanian stray dogs could officially be approached in the European Parliament.

October 7th – Roundtable Meeting

On October 7th, the day before the event, a meeting in the European Parliament was organized, with the purpose of presenting a preliminary report, attended by the President of the Intergroup, MEPs and the renowned EU journalist Peter von Kohl.

I presented the situation found in the streets and in the public dog shelters and I outlined why the authorities would be interested in maintaining the current situation. I revealed a new problem: the negative effects of the new legislative provisions on public health, legislation which stipulates the administration of the rabies vaccine may be done only after microchipping. According to the answer from the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) at the request of the National Federation for Animal Protection (FNPA), in rural areas the rabies vaccination was administered only to 1,03 million dogs, which means to about 23% of dogs with owners.

According to the new law, only michrochipped dogs can be vaccinated against rabies, but most of the owners don’t have the financial resources to support michrochipping which generated a major problem: millions of dogs with owners in Romania are currently not vaccinated against rabies! The motivation of those who insisted on such an aberrant provision (without simultaneously planning to subsidize this action) is not only hugely dangerous for the society, in terms of the potential for rabies outbreak, but also causes massive abandonment of dogs by their owners, in order to avoid the fine requested for the failure to identify (and sterilize) the dogs. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to require immediately that the microchipping of dogs with owners will be subsidized!

October 8th – Stray Dogs Situation in Romania

On October 8th, I presented the report “Current Dog Management Practices in Romania. Towards a Sustainable and Human Solution?” to the Animal Welfare Intergroup of the European Parliament, which included:

The cruel reality of public shelters – compared to the exorbitant budgets “spent” by the city halls for managing stray dogs;

The negative effects of a deficient law for stray dog management, which actually caters to many financial interests by permanently maintaining a high number of dogs in the street, resulting in:

–          the massive abandonment of dogs which happens because people can’t pay the fine (up to 2500 euros) for violation of the provisions concerning the obligatory identification and sterilization;

–          a serious disturbance of public health, physical health (risk of rabies incidences), and psychological health (the abuse of animals led and is still leading to serious mental disorders)

Showing the inefficiency / ignorance / complicity / corruption of the authorities assigned to monitor the compliance with the rules concerning the animal protection and medical veterinarian deontology who in fact, with their actions, contribute to the continued abuse of animals.

Presenting the European Commission’s legal powers to intervene in the issue of stray animals;

Requests to the European Parliament and the European Commission, concerning:

–          Enforcing respect of the European Convention for the protection of pets, ratified by Romania in 2004, which requests that stray dogs can only be killed according to the national program of disease control;

–          Financial Control of some city halls in Romania conducted by the European Parliament, to see to what extent European funds are fraudulently misappropriated in the area of dog management when they are being killed;

–          Pressure on the Romanian authorities to implement a proper, compassionate and effective management;

–          Financing or co-financing sterilization and micro-chipping, at least of dogs with owners in rural areas and of disadvantaged people;

–          European legislation for the management of stray animals, which considers social ​​interest and ethical values;

You can see the PRESENTATION “Current Dog Management Practices in Romania. Towards a Sustainable and Human Solution?(website version, duration: 8 minutes) at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmUfTI5J4tw

To approach the situation of stray dogs from another angle seems to be the right way in order to encourage the European officials to intervene, because, in accordance with article 168 TFEU, the EU has an obligation towards the public health of its citizens.

The President of the Intergroup for Animal Welfare, the MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, said at the end of the event: “There is a chance to open a different kind of discussion, because I found that there is not only a matter of animal protection, but a problem of public health, and we will intervene, from this point of view, because the public health is a matter of the European Union. “

Broadcast of EU Reporter Peter von Kohl After the event the EU reporter Peter von Kohl invited me to participate in the broadcast: “Romania: Animal Welfare Round Table”, a broadcast attended also by the other two speakers of the event, Marlene Wartenberg and Ruud Tombrock.

The BROADCAST, totaling 20 minutes, may be viewed at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCi60m33qzg

(the translation into German of the broadcast can be found at:

http://mapofhope.de/2015/10/14/kriminelle-dringen-in-ihr-zuhause-ein-und-toten-ihr-haustier-vor-ihren-augen/

Upcoming Actions

Together with the President of the Intergroup for Animal Welfare, MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, who visited Romania twice in connection with his efforts to change the harsh reality of this country, we have developed an action plan for the upcoming period with this goal: the intervention of the EU institutions concerning the Romanian authorities and the implementation of European legislation in the matter of dog management.

This event helped to make the MEPs present be aware of the cruel reality in Romania, of the necessity of intervention of both the Romanian authorities and the European Commission authorities, and represents an important step on our way to an effective and humane approach to the management of stray animals.

Best regards,

Carmen ARSENE

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Broadcast of EU-Reporter Peter von Kohl

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Stray Dogs Situation in Romania MEETING – 8 October 2015

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With MEP Janusz Wojciechowski,

Carmen (left); President of Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals (middle) and Dr. Karolina Tomaszewska (on right)

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GERMAN VERSION

Ihr Lieben,

Wie ich euch schon in einer früheren Email mitgeteilt hatte, fand am 8. Oktober  eine  Sitzung  im Europäischen Parlament in Strasbourg statt, in der Intergroup of Animal Welfare, die den Streunerhunden Rumäniens gewidmet war. Es war das erste Mal, dass das Thema der rumänischen Streunerhunde  offiziell im europäischen Parlament behandelt werden konnte.

  1. Oktober – Runder Tisch

Am 7. Oktober, dem Tag vor der Veranstaltung, wurde ein Treffen im  Europäischen Parlament einberufen mit dem Zweck, einen vorbereitenden Report zu präsentieren. Anwesend waren der Präsident der  Intergroup, Mitglieder des europäischen Parlaments, und der renommierte Journalist Peter von Kohl.

Ich legte die Lage dar, die in den Straßen und in den öffentlichen Tierheimen zu finden ist, und ich gab einen Überblick, warum die Behörden daran interessiert sind, den gegenwärtigen Zustand zu bewahren. Ich deckte ein neues Problem auf: die negative Auswirkung, die neue gesetzliche  Regelungen auf die öffentliche Gesundheit haben, eine Gesetzgebung, die verlangt, dass Tollwutimpfung nur nach Einsetzung des Microchips verabreicht werden darf.  Die National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) beantwortete eine Anfrage von der National Federation for Animal Protection (FNPA) mit der Aussage, dass in ländlichen Gegenden nur  1,03 Millionen Hunde Tollwutimpfung erhielten, das heißt, nur 23% von Hunden mit Eigentümern.

Dem neuen Gesetz zu folge dürfen nur Hunde mit Microchips gegen Tollwut geimpft werden, aber die meißten Eigentümer habern die finanziellen Mittel für Microchipping  nicht, was ein Riesenproblem hervorrief: Millionen von Hunden mit Eigentümern in Rumänien sind zur Zeit nicht gegen Tollwut geimpft!  Diejenigen, die auf so einer  abnormalen Provision bestanden (ohne gleichzeitig diese Aktion zu subventionieren), verursachen nicht nur eine große Gefahr für die Gesellschaft, nämlich die Möglichkeit eines Tollwut-Ausbruchs, sondern auch die massive Aufgabe von Hunden, denn die Eigentümer wollen die hohen Strafen vermeiden, die verhängt werden, wenn Hunde keinen Microchip haben (und nicht sterilisiert) wurden. Es ist deswegen unbedingt notwendig, zu verlangen, dass Microchipping subventioniert wird!

  1. Oktober – die Situation der Streunerhunde in Rumänien

Am 8. Oktober gab ich meine Präsentation ”Der derzeitige Zustand der Hunde-Verwaltung in Rumänien. Führt er zu  einer nachhaltigen und mehr humanen Lösung?” in der Intergroup of Animal Welfare, mit den folgenden Stichpunkten:

Die grausame Realitat in den öffentlichen Tierheimen – im Vergleich zu  den gigantischen “Ausgaben”, die die Rathäuser für das Management der Straßenhunde angeben;

Die negativen Auswirkungen einer mangelhaften Gesetzgebung für die Verwaltung der Streunerhunde. Diese Gesetzgebung spielt in die Hände von Interessengruppen, die sich finanziell bereichern, indem sie andauernd eine große Anzahl von Streunerhunden fördern, was Folgendes nach sich zieht:

–          die massive Aufgabe von Hunden, weil Leute die Strafe (bis zu 2500 Euro) nicht zahlen können, die verhängt wird,  wenn die obligatorische Identifizierung und Sterilisierung nicht ausgeführt werden;

–          die ernstliche Gefährdung der öffentlichen Gesundheit, der leiblichen Gesundheit (Risiko von Tollwut-Ausbruch) und der psychologischen Gesundheit (Tierquälerei führt ständig zu schwerwiegenden seelischen Krankheiten).

Aufdeckung der Inkompetenz / Ignoranz / Mitschuld / Korruption der Behörden, die beauftragt sind, die Einhaltung der Tierschutzgesetze und der veterinär-medizinischen  Pflichtethik zu überwachen, die in Wirklichkeit mit ihren Handlungen zu der ständigen Tierquälerei beitragen.

Präsentation der legalen Kraft der Europäischen Kommission, in Sachen der Streunerhunde eingreifen zu können;

Ersuche an das Europäische Parlament und die Europäische Kommision wegen Folgendem:

–          Respektierung der Europäischen Konvention für Tierschutz, die in 2004  von Rumänien unterschrieben wurde, und die verlangt, dass Hunde nur im Einvernehmen mit dem nationalen Programm für Krankheits-Kontrolle getötet werden dürfen;

–          Finanzielle Kontrolle einiger Rathäuser in Rumänien, unternommen vom Europäischen Parlament, um festzustellen, in wie weit europäische Geldmittel im Bereich der Hunde-Verwaltung  auf betrügerische Weise veruntreut werden, wenn die Hunde getötet werden;

–          Druck auf die rumänischen Behörden, um eine angemessene,  mitfühlende, und effektive Verwaltung auszuüben;

–          Finanzierung oder Mit-Finanzierung von Sterilisation und Microchipping, zum Mindesten bei Hunden mit Eigentümern, die auf dem Land wohnen oder die benachteiligt sind;

–          Europäische Gesetzgebung für die Verwaltung von Streunerhunden, die soziales Interesse und ethische Werte in Betracht ziehen.

Ihr könnt die PRÄSENTATION Der derzeitige Zustand der Hunde-Verwaltung in Rumänien. Führt er zu  einer nachhaltigen und mehr humanen Lösung?”(version website, 8 minuten) hier sehen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmUfTI5J4tw

Es sieht so aus, als ob es der richtige Weg sei, die Situation der Streunerhunde von einem anderen Gesichtspunkt aus anzugehen, um die europäischen Behörden einzuschliessen, denn, im Einvernehmen mit Artikel 168 TFEU, ist die EU für die Gesundheit ihrer Staatsbürger verantwortlich.

Der Präsident der Intergroup for Animal Welfare, der MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, sagte am Ende der Veranstaltung: “Wir sehen die Möglichkeit, eine andere Art von Diskussion zu eröffnen, denn ich stellte fest, dass es nicht nur um Tierschutz geht, sondern auch um öffentliche Gesundheit, und von diesem Standpunkt aus können wir eingreifen, denn öffentliche Gesundheit ist ein Anliegen der Europäischen Union”.

Übertragung des EU Reporters Peter von Kohl

Nach der Veranstaltung lud mich der EU Reporter Peter von Kohl ein, bei einer Übertragung teilzunehmen: “Rumänien: Tierschutz Runder Tisch”, eine Übertragung, bei der auch die beiden anderen Sprecher der Veranstaltung mitmachten, Marlene Wartenberg und Ruud Tombrock.

Die ÜBERTRAGUNG, die 20 Minuten dauert, kann hier gesehen werden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCi60m33qzg

Die deutsche Übersetzung der Übertragung findet ihr hier:

http://mapofhope.de/2015/10/14/kriminelle-dringen-in-ihr-zuhause-ein-und-toten-ihr-haustier-vor-ihren-augen/

Aktionsplan für die Zukunft

Zusammen mit dem Präsidenten der Intergroup for Animal Welfare, MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, der Rumänien im Zusammenhang mit seinen Bemühungen, die harte Realität dieses Landes zu ändern, zweimal besucht hatte, haben wir einen Aktionsplan für die nahe Zukunft entworfen, der folgendes Ziel hat: die Intervention von EU-Institutionen, was rumänische Behörden anbelangt, und die Realisierung von europäischer Gesetzgebung im Bereich der Hundeverwaltung.

Diese Veranstaltung half mit, um die anwesenden MEPs auf die grausame Realität in Rumänien und auf die Notwendikeit einer Intervention der rumänischen Behörden und der Behörden der Europäischen Kommission aufmerksam zu machen,  und sie bedeutet einen wichtigen Schritt auf unserem Weg zu einem effektiven und humanen Zugang zur Verwaltung der Streunerhunde.

Alles gute,

Carmen ARSENE

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Time Out – The Stranglers.

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One of my all time favourite British bands – ‘The Stranglers’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNuKaRvn0BM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtfMfSBfkc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFmGV_UY548

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ynd2A91cXA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLNacLOIaVw