Posted on October 20, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
The title could and should also be for the killing of dogs in Serbia as well as Romania.
President of the EU Wojciechowski animal welfare intergroup Janusz Wojciechowski MEP gives a very interesting and informative interview on the dog situation in Romania; the huge finances involved (supplied by the EU) which are NOT being put into sterlilisations and other areas of good animal welfare control. Instead it is going into authority corruption; just as we have said and shown in Serbia over many years of work.
Everything said by Mr. Wojciechowski in the video which can very easily also be applied to the stray animal killing and corruption which is going on in Serbia. Remember that Serbia is currently going through EU accession !
We have learned a lot from this interview and we will now be looking at also taking the same issues to the EU authorities; Commissions and animal welfare Intergroup regarding Serbia’s disgusting treatment of stray animals.
The people at the EU Enlargement Commission responsible for Serbian accession have completely ignored all the data we have presented to them. They are never in response to us – we and all of our evidence are simply ignored.
So now we have to move on and take alternative action(s).
We will aim to also use ‘Public Health’ across the EU as the basis for our evidence. We know that Serbian campaigners can also put pressure on their national authorities about this issues – especially as Serbia wants to join the EU !
As Mr. Wojciechowski declares; the non implementation of providing basic shelters and sterilisations for all stray animals by the Romanian authorities in “very bad”. It is seen that between 250 and 500 Euros of EU money – almost double the monthly wage for Romanians; is being paid by the authorities for the killing of every single stray animal in Romania; whist the same authorities are putting not one Euro into shelters and stray animal sterilisations to reduce animal numbers in the long term.
Oh how all of this stinks of the very same actions by Serbian government and ministry, and regional authorities. Corruption is the big player in Romania, as has now been exposed to the EU Commission and authorities – and the very same thing is happening in Serbia.
We have been trying to expose the corruption and lack of progress by the Serbian authorities for many years. Now the EU is waking up to what is happening in Romania; we have an obligation to provide the EU with all the on going evidence we have regarding the situation in Serbia.
As Mr. Wojciechowski says in the video; Public Health is an EU wide issue, not a national issue as the Romania authorities want everyone to believe. Everthing can be mirrored directly into the Serbian authorities actions and what is being said by the Serbian government and authorities.
The coming months will be interesting !
Video link – Janusz Wojciechowski MEP: Killing dogs in Romania:
Spot the connection:
Romania below
… and here we have Serbia
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Further update 20/10/15.
The above post, including the video link, has now been sent to the EU Animal Welfare Intergroup; members of the EU Enlargement Commission (for Serbia) as well as to Enlargement Commissioner Hahn at the EU.
Our first formal report should finally be produced within the next week and we will provide a link to it on this site for all to see. The report, if necessary will be the first of several detailing the evidence we and others have provided to the Enlargement Commission as well as information from other organisations and groups undertaking animal welfare in Serbia.
If the EU Commission is unprepared to enforce the Serbian authorities to act within Serbia for stray animal legislation; then we are now preparing to take our case to the European Courts. Our report(s) are / will be produced in order to provide full details of what lack of action the EU Enlargement Commission is taking in Serbia regarding enforcement of ‘the Rule of law’; which they at the EU proudly promote and inform us is a paramount requirement for any new state seeking EU accession.
This has now gone beyond ‘Serbia’ national legislation. With the money the EU is providing to Serbia; just like Romania, for alleged animal welfare; none of it is being used to the benefit of animals.
If we have to show this to the EU courts, then we will.
Over the next few weeks we will consider what way we are now to move on, and how we will do it.
For the above video link, replace ‘Romania’ with ‘Serbia’ – this will form the basis of our case. Corruption at the expense of animal deaths.
Public Health in Serbia will now become an EU issue for the new EU member state called Serbia that wishes to join.
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Posted on October 12, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Photo – Peta
Please support PETA with this very important campaign – China again !!
PETA visited angora farms in China that were deemed “humane” by third-party auditors, and we confirmed with our own eyes that live rabbits’ fur is ripped out of their skin and they’re forced to live in horrendous conditions, despite assurances to the contrary.
On these farms, most rabbits were suffering from a severe skin irritation, and in many cases the animals weren’t offered any treatment for serious and chronic infections, sores, malnutrition, and respiratory distress.
Some rabbits were so sick and weak that they were lying in their own waste, motionless or panting. This is yet another example showing that the auditing system is a farce that protects suppliers and retailers rather than animals, regardless of “standards” that might be in place.
There is no way to mass-produce angora humanely. Because of the cruelty involved, more than 110 top retailers have banned angora, including Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Ann Inc., H&M, and Inditex.
Yet Free People, which is owned by Urban Outfitters, continues to sell cruel angora wool.
Video – you have to sign in to view:
The Video That Started It All
They were the screams heard around the world. Undercover footage shot by PETA Asia revealed extreme yet routine cruelty to angora rabbits, whose long, soft fur is often used in sweaters and accessories. See the footage for yourself: Link above.
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Posted on October 9, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
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Name: Susanne Heitz
Message: Dear Animals Voice-Team, would you be so kind to share/spread support this petition to Romanias President Klaus Iohannis.
It ends end of Oktober!!
Thank you very very much
In this group you will find the german original as well as an english, romanian and french translation:
Best regards Susanne Heitz
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Posted on September 28, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Posted on September 23, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
The brilliant team led by Jill has rescued yet another seven bears from the horrendous bile trade in Vietnam. Congratulations to all the crew at Animals Asia. Below you will find video and timeline links so that you can see a lot more of this latest rescue. – SAV.
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Seven more bears are finally home
Dear Mark,
Animals Asia rescued seven more moon bears from bile farms in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province yesterday (Tuesday September 22).
See the full rescue timeline here –
The bears are from two locations in the province, where they have suffered years being held captive in small cages with regular painful bile extractions.
This represents a huge breakthrough for the team and for the local authorities who have kept pushing for the release of these bears. They will join 132 bears who already live in the beautiful surroundings of Tam Dao national park, at our Vietnam sanctuary.
Today’s rescue means just nine bears remain in Quang Ninh – and brings to 24 the total number of bears rescued from the province so far this year. This is a major success, and it’s all thanks to your support.
And you can view the full rescue journey of these bears on their road to freedom!
As always, your support means everything. Please help towards the recovery of these bears, and the other rescued bears, who are thankfully home.
Thank you for your support.
Dr Tuan Bendixson PhD
Vietnam Director
Further videos:
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Posted on September 4, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Care2 Success!
Mother Deer With Arrow in Her Face Is Saved
by Alicia Graef
September 3, 2015
A mother deer who suffered for more than nine months with a bowhunter’s arrow lodged in her face has finally gotten help, thanks to the efforts of thousands upon thousands of caring people from around the world who signed a Care2 petition launched on her behalf.
The doe, who has been named Grace, was first spotted late last year in Marlboro, New Jersey, bearing an arrow that was presumably intended to end her life. Like many others who aren’t killed by bowhunters, she was callously left to suffer with a tragic injury.
Not only has she miraculously managed to survive, eating and navigating her environment without getting caught on anything, but she also gave birth to a fawn earlier this spring.
Even though wildlife officials had known about her since at least December 2014 the state’s Division of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement that they tried unsuccessfully to help her over the winter and put efforts on hold in May after she became pregnant over concerns intervention could harm her fawn.
Thankfully, her advocates kept the pressure on to help her. After Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) shared a video of Grace earlier this spring, her story took off.
A Care2 petition started on her behalf urging officials to uphold their promise to help her has gathered more than 106,000 signatures from supporters around the world and has been shared by major news outlets including USA Today, CBS and NBC.
This week their efforts to give Grace a voice paid off when wildlife officials finally located her, tranquilized her and removed the shaft of the arrow. According to a statement, a veterinarian present recommended the arrowhead be left because her wound had healed and removing it could cause further injury.
They said Grace, who is believed to be about three to four years old, was released back into the wild with her fawn and is expected to be fine.
“We thank all of the New Jersey residents and people from all over the world who have expressed concern about the deer, as well as local residents who have been very helpful in providing information on her movements throughout the community and even set up bait stations on their properties,” said David Chanda, Director of Fish and Wildlife.
Poh Yeh Holmes, who created the petition to help Grace after seeing SHARK’s video on a friend’s Facebook page, told Care2 she is humbled by the number of signatures that came in and is “over the moon” that help finally came for her.
“If something bad happens to us, we can take ourselves to the doctor but sadly, Grace is not able to. She is not able to ask for help either. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for her to graze on grass or to pick up an acorn, to reach higher up for greenery that she wanted to eat. I thought a petition to help her plight, may help,” she said.
Holmes said Grace’s advocates will now be using the petition to push lawmakers in the area to turn her range in Marlboro into a no-hunting zone to make sure she and the rest of her herd can continue to live in peace.
If you know of an animal in need in your community or elsewhere who could use some advocacy on their behalf like Grace, you can help them by starting a petition.
This photo was taken as she recovered from being sedated.
Credit: New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/care2-success-mother-deer-with-arrow-in-her-face-is-saved.html#ixzz3km1rv5HE
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Posted on August 27, 2015 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Dear Mark,
The secret ingredient in McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets is brutal animal cruelty.
That’s the finding of a new MFA undercover investigation at a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget supplier—Tyson Foods—that exposed horrific animal abuse, including:
Birds painfully beaten, stabbed, and impaled on makeshift clubs spiked with nails and then thrown into buckets to slowly die
Factory farm owners stepping on the heads of live chickens and then pulling their wings or bodies to break their necks
Chickens bred to grow so fast they became crippled under their own weight and frequently died from organ failure
Hundreds of thousands of birds crammed into filthy, windowless sheds forced to live for weeks in their own waste
After six short weeks, the surviving birds are grabbed by their legs, wings, and necks and violently slammed into transport crates—often suffering broken bones in the process—and trucked to slaughter.
You may remember that last month we exposed unimaginable animal abuse at another Tyson factory farm. As shocking as it is, cruelty and violence run rampant in the poultry industry.
There are no federal laws to protect chickens during their lives on factory farms, and most states specifically exclude chickens from anti-cruelty laws.
That’s why it is so important for McDonald’s to implement meaningful animal welfare policies and oversight at its supplier farms. As the world’s largest fast-food chain and a top customer to Tyson Foods, McDonald’s has both the power and ethical responsibility to prevent egregious cruelty to millions of animals.
Please, take a moment to sign our petition calling on McDonald’s to stop unconscionable animal abuse in its supply chain. Then please share the hidden-camera video with friends and encourage them to take action too.
And remember, as individual consumers who care about animals, the most powerful choice we can make is to leave chickens and other animals off our plates.
Sincerely,
Nathan Runkle
President
P.S. Help us continue exposing cruelty to animals. Please make a special tax-deductible donation to support our vital undercover investigations aimed at exposing and ending abuse of animals at factory farms. Click here to make a donation.
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