USA: NRA Has (Republican) Politicians By The Balls – and Trump Does Nothing But Say Sweet Things !

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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8/2/18: Various Petitions and Video Link.

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

Sign: Justice for Puppy Beaten with Hammer and Put in Microwave

In a savage act of cruelty, a tiny puppy named Sparky was reportedly beaten with a hammer in Lurgan, Ireland, then put in a microwave to cook.

The barbaric killing of this innocent animal was then posted on Snapchat and other social media.

The remains of this tormented puppy were found in a trash bin, along with the hammer that served as the murder weapon. The attackers have been identified as two males, ages 23 and 16.

Petition link – https://ladyfreethinker.org/sign-justice-puppy-beaten-hammer-put-microwave/

 

 

Teen Accused of Hurling Kitten Into Lake to Drown Must be Punished

Target: Birgit Fladager, District Attorney for Stanislaus County, California

Goal: Demand that the teenager who allegedly threw a kitten into a large body of water, possibly killing the cat, receive the maximum penalty by law.

A frightened kitten was allegedly hurled into a large body of water in a shocking case of animal cruelty. A video, reportedly showing a teenager gleefully throwing the kitten, went viral on social media. Demand justice for this innocent kitten.

Petition link – https://animalpetitions.org/561226/punish-teen-who-allegedly-hurled-kitten-into-body-of-water/

 

Mark,

Simple science tells us that oil and water do not mix.

Yet President Trump has proposed expanding offshore oil and gas drilling in areas of the ocean where sea turtles, whales, and birds live. This is a phenomenally bad idea.

And Turtle Island Restoration Network is fighting against it – from the local county government level all the way to the White House.

We need you to join the fight to protect our oceans by making a donation today.

We were in the waters and on the beaches when the Deepwater Horizon spill struck the Gulf of Mexico. We all the saw images of birds and sea turtles soaked in oil. Even today, years later, the impact resonates.

Spills and accidents are regular events with the oil industry. The next major spill in our oceans is not a question of “if” but of “when.”

We can’t fight back without you.

Please make a gift so together we can fight to protect sea turtles and other animals from oil spills in our oceans.

Thanks,

Peter Fugazzotto, Strategic Programs Director
Turtle Island Restoration Network

Dear Mark,

You have made another rescue possible. THANK YOU!

I emailed you last week about Masoud and Terez, two young lion cubs born in an illegal zoo in Bulgaria. Weeks of hard work, protests and support from around the world have paid off. Masoud and Terez are finally home.

Early this morning, the two lion cubs arrived safely at our FELIDA Big Cat Centre in the Netherlands after a long journey across Europe. At FELIDA, Masoud and Terez will finally receive the specialised veterinary care they need. The two cubs are now staying in a cozy, indoor enclosure while they adapt to their new surroundings.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrTuWQQH98Y

 

 

Thank you for giving Masoud and Terez a better life. This rescue was only possible with the support of people like you, the protesters in Bulgaria and the help of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Bojko Borissow.

Together we can make a difference. 

 

Warmest regards,

Saige Jennings
FOUR PAWS UK

P.S. This rescue was only possible with the generosity of our supporters. If you would like to further support our work, please make a donation today. Your gift could help provide long-term care for Masoud and Terez in their new life and help other animals around the world.

 

 

Dear Mark — Founder ‘Serbian Animals Voice’,

With the world focusing on PyeongChang, right now is the opportunity to increase pressure to ban the dog meat trade in South Korea, and we need your help.

The lives of animals trapped in this industry are cut short after having known only fear and misery on the farms where they are raised for slaughter. Please help us fight the cruelty during this critical time.

You can help: Urge the South Korean government to protect dogs and cats from this horror »

With you by our side, Humane Society International is committed to ending the dog meat trade. We’re raising public and political awareness of the cruelty involved and expanding support for a phase-out of South Korea’s dog meat farms. A vital step toward this goal is the legal recognition of all dogs and cats as companion animals.

 

Please help us achieve this protection by signing your name right now.

Speak out now on behalf of animals and appeal for an end to this brutality »

Next month, we’ll deliver our petition calling for an end to the dog meat trade—with signatures from caring people around the world—to President Moon Jae-in.

I hope you’ll add your name, too, and help save animals.

Thank you for your compassion.

Sincerely,

Kitty Block
President
Humane Society International

 

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Spain: Pig Farm Guilty Of Terrible Abuses In 2012 Is Now Exposed Again In 2018. So Much For EU Animal Welfare Enforcement !

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

All photos AE.

Back in 2012 we exposed work undertaken by Animal Equality regarding a pig farming facility in Murcia, Spain.  The animals are bred for the food company El
Pozo (the second largest pig meat producers in Spain).

The undercover footage that was obtained at the time (2012) showed:

  • Workers hitting pigs on their heads with iron bars, jumping on top of

    them, kicking them, and posing in front of a camera with the pigs

  • Workers attacking and killing pigs with metre length swords

 

  • The hitting of a pregnant pig with a bar before cutting her abdomen and

    uterus with a knife whilst she’s still conscious, then pulling of piglets

    out of her uterus and killing her because she isn’t fit for the

    slaughterhouse

 

  • This pig, tied and immobilised, unsuccessfully tries to escape while the

    workers for several minutes pulls out the piglets. They remove her

    intestines, liver and other internal organs while she suffers terribly.

    The animal is left in agony with internal organs spread over the ground

    until she dies several minutes later.

 

 

You can see stills from the 2012 investigation here:

WARNING – MANY GRAPHIC IMAGES.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/animalequalityuk/sets/72157629399772727/

 

Video links:

 

http://www.animalequality.net/news/360/pigs-brutally-stabbed-swords-spanish-pig-farm-supply-leading-uk-supermarket-morrisons

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR67NeU22g8&feature=youtu.be

 

 

Original SAV posts from 2012:

 

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/02/23/spain-warning-animal-equality-uk-and-spain-expose-more-than-graphic-pig-abuse-at-mucian-farm/

 

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2012/03/04/spain-no-ag-gag-in-europe-and-so-the-manager-of-el-escobar-pig-farm-is-arrested/

 

After the investigation, and as you can read in the Animal Equality PR of 2012, the manager of the farm was arrested:

 

http://www.animalequality.net/news/363/manager-el-escobar-pig-farm-arrested

 

 

And so; it was very disturbing, but not surprising, that on 5/2/18; some 6 years later; we hear of yet further abuses at the same facility; via Animal Equality and Venus.

Here is the translation sent to us by Venus:

Video link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=iSDZnGFs7os

Animal Equality investigators documented extreme animal distress in a pig farm in Alhama de Murcia, Spain.

This Company-Farma, supplies the Spanish meat producer El Pozo, whose products are also available in Germany via Amazon and the supermarket chains Edeka and Rewe.

The cruel conditions in the factory have shocked even the veteran investigator team at Animal Equality.

 

–  Cut-off ears with marks are reminiscent of the tortured animals.

–  Many of the pigs show some serious injuries and unhealed fractures.

–  Dying and dead animals lie between the living conspecifics.
–  Countless animals are deformed by gigantic abscesses.
–  Some animals suffer from severe cases of intestinal breakage.

 

These conditions are an animal welfare scandal – and also a health risk to the public.

If parts of the animals in the slaughterhouse are classified as “edible”, they end up in El Pozo products on the supermarket shelf.

We have reported these conditions to the relevant authorities and are calling for the closure of the facility.

In addition, we demand from El Pozo to take all necessary measures to prevent such animal suffering in the future.

Help us increase the pressure on El Pozo by asking Amazon, Edeka and Rewe to ban El Pozo products.

Please sign this petition of animal equality!

AE Link including same video footage and a Petition:

https://www.animalequality.de/schweinehoelle-in-spanien/?utm_source=Animal+Equality+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5e9f38e951-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_14f361350f-5e9f38e951-48637465

 

Best regards from Venus

 

This further expose; some 6 years on from the first; just goes to show how ineffective the whole meat producing industry is in ensuring the welfare of animals in its system.  We have exposed this so many times.  There is a meat Mafia which ensures that regardless of what is found; industry supportive politicians will do anything to overturn the evidence and to get the finances for the industry rolling back in.

Is not the Live Exports ban by Brazil a typical example of this ?

 

“On the 5th of February we are told that the courts have introduced a ban on live exports:

The Federal Court in Brazil has just used evidence of his abuse to suspend live animal exports from the country — determining that live export does not reflect Brazil’s animal protection laws or its societal values, nor does it satisfy international standards to which Brazil is a signatory”.

 

SAV Link:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2018/02/05/brazil-breaking-news-brazil-has-stopped-live-animal-exports/

Yet within a few hours of the ban being enforced by the courts; we are then informed that the injunction halting live exports from Brazil has been LIFTED !

This just shows what can be done with friends in high places – and how the meat mafia is closely linked with some politicians to ensure that, regardless of the evidence of cruelty presented, ‘their’ industry will continue as it is, turning blind eyes to animal abuse and at the same time attempting to present a squeaky clean image to the public – the consumer of their products.

The pig farm abuses shown above happened in Spain.  Spain is a member state of the EU.  Once again as we have said so many times before, the EU likes to have so many rules and regulations written down on paper; but the main problem is that it continues by never enforcing them in the way of prosecutions.

You have to ask what the whole MEP / EU Commission system is about when heads are turned in opposite directions to the obvious cruelties which are being presented.

Please check out the AE website for any immediate news on this incident.

 

http://www.animalequality.net/

We will continue to keep you informed when we have updated news.  SAV.

 

Why pay money into an EU ‘club’ which allows this to happen again some 6 years on ?

The EU did not sort it then; they most probably wont now.

Why is the EU Commission not taking severe action against Spain ???

 

 

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England: Twilight Garden.

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

 

You cannot get any better than being ‘cured’ – Mark.

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976.

The band has experienced several line-up changes, with vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member.

 

 

 

 

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Ukraine: An Insight Into Animal Welfare Issues Being Undertaken.

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

We are getting more visitors to the site from the Ukraine – so we welcome them all.

The following are a few links specifically aimed at animal welfare issues in the Ukraine.  Please browse the links and take a positive look at all the work being undertaken to help animals and their welfare.

We are sure our visitor friends will be familiar with most of these; but they may also help them and other visitors to the site to find out more about the work being done in the Ukraine.

 

We will give links to sites and a very short copy of some of the words being used by the site(s).

If this kind of thing proves popular with visitors, we may cover animal welfare issues in other nations in a similar vain.

Our ‘Clustrmap’ (global visitor map on the left side) can be used by us to select which nations to cover.  SAV.

https://clustrmaps.com/site/h5no 

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https://naturewatch.org/campaign/stray-animal-welfare-Ukraine

For the past 20 years, Naturewatch Foundation has been actively developing projects in Ukraine, working with municipalities to implement humane and sustainable stray dog population management schemes, following the recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OiE).
Our aims are: ……………………………………..

 

https://naturewatch.org/blog/article/ukrainian-stray-dogs-enjoy-better-welfare

For the first time in Ukrainian history, the situation with animals in Ukraine was marked by not only negative news but there were also positive changes.

The most remarkable advancement was noticed in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, where the City Authorities shifted their policies towards humane ways of reduction stray animal population. Here the municipal services not only neuter and actively rehome stray dogs but also provide them vaccination and treatment. More than 3000 stray animals were neutered this year with the help of Kiev administration and European animal welfare organizations. Kiev Center for the Protection of Animals started implementing the regulations proposed by Naturewatch and thus using the European model of caring for animals.

 

http://www.four-paws.org.uk/projects/stray-animals/ukraine/four-paws-continues-animal-welfare-initiative-in-ukraine/

Evpatoria / Vienna, 5 April 2013 FOUR PAWS continues its successful animal welfare initiative in Ukraine: Following the agreement between FOUR PAWS and the City Hall of Evpatoria, a new stray animal care project was launched in the Ukrainian town on 26 March 2013, bringing hope and salvation to many thousands of stray animals.

 

 

http://www.esdaw.eu/society-and-animal-welfare—ukraine.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xizSm1BWq5k

 

 

https://api.worldanimalprotection.org/country/ukraine

http://www.dogwelfarenetwork.co.uk/ukraine-kharkov_animal_welfare.html

For the last 15 years, Naturewatch Foundation has been actively developing projects throughout Eastern Europe, working with municipalities and state veterinary services to implement humane and sustainable stray dog population management schemes, following the recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OiE).

https://www.facebook.com/shelterFriendDnepr/

“Friend” is a non-profitable charity organization and rehabilitation center for the homeless animals in Dnepropetrovsk City – Ukraine. We cannot help all street animals but we hope that with the help of sterilization program, volunteers and support locally and internationally the situation in the city and in Ukraine slowly will get better…

 

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FTEXT%2BWQ%2BE-2015-013996%2B0%2BDOC%2BXML%2BV0%2F%2FEN&language=EN

 Answer(s) 

In recent years there have been several cases involving Member State export credit agencies providing export credit guarantees for exports to Ukraine of farm animal housing equipment that does not meet EU standards. Under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, Ukraine has to approximate its animal welfare legislation to that of the EU. Animal products from Ukraine, e.g. poultry meat and egg products, are beginning to enter the EU market.

 

 

http://worldanimal.net/directory/search-wan-directory/results?country=222&fanda=0

http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/animal-crisis-ukraine

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has pledged to help a shelter called Pif in the devastated city of Donetsk. They are a large-scale shelter taking in dogs from many areas impacted by the war. Most recently, they took in 19 dogs from Kramatorsk as citizens fled.

 

http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/ukrainian-dogs-moved-safe-ifaw-funded-shelter

The only animal rescue shelter in war-torn Gorlovka, Ukraine had been struggling to maintain operations and basic safety in the face of shelling that destroyed a wall and injured a dog, violent encounters with soldiers, and a devastating fire that damaged the facility and led to a dog’s death.

Thanks to the purchase of land and a building made possible by funds provided by an IFAW donor, we have found an alternative location for the nearly 300 resident dogs. Recently, they were transported two-by-two for safety reasons from the old location to the new one. There are still a lot of repairs and some construction work to be done, but for the time being the dogs are in a much safer environment than before.

https://visit.org/ukraine/animal-protection-ua

The Animal Protection UA is a humane society founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment at the hands of humans and must be protected under the law.

Mission

To provide aid for some of the hundreds of thousands of unwanted animals given to shelters in the Ukraine every year through donations, petitions, and store purchases.

 

http://animalslife.net/sirius-animal-shelter-near-kiev/

 

http://econommeneg.btsau.edu.ua/en/content/analysis-differences-farm-animal-welfare-legislation-between-ukraine-and-european-union

Analysis of differences in farm animal welfare legislation between Ukraine and European Union

https://www.unian.info/society/2065031-from-aug-4-animal-abusers-in-ukraine-face-jail.html

Law No. 2120-VIII on strengthening liability for cruelty toward animals has entered into force in Ukraine August 4, after being published in the official newspaper of the Verkhovna Rada, “Holos Ukrainy.”

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4988368/Bear-used-dog-baiting-Ukraine-freed-16-years.html

Free and happy for the first time in his life: Bear raised from a cub to be used for dog baiting is released after 16 years in a Ukrainian cage

https://samopomich.ua/en/opanasenko-v-ukrayini-vazhko-realizovuvaty-polityku-zahystu-tvaryn-pryjshov-chas-tse-zminyty/

Civility of a country is determined by its attitude towards children, elderly people and animals. One cannot but agree with this statement. Unfortunately, when it comes to animals, Ukraine is far from being an example to follow. Thus, nowadays there is an urgent need to improve legislation on the proper pet care, identification and registration of animals.

 

http://animalprotect.org/en/

Kyiv Society for the Protection of Animals

Kyiv Society for the Protection of Animals (KSPA, or KCSPA) – is a nonprofit, non-government organization that specializes in the protection of animals, mainly targeting the city of Kyiv. Maksym Ryl’skiy, a distinguished poet, took part in its founding in 1960. The activity of the Society is regulated by the Statute and directed by the President. The Society advocates humanism towards all living creatures and takes a firm, uncompromising stand against the problem of homeless animals. We do not accept half measures of the authorized State institutions and their individual officials; we insist on an exhaustive and final solution to the problem of stray animals through modern and humane means. The Society is not supported by any government subsidies*); it is financed solely by membership fees and voluntary donations of citizens.

KSPA is a member of the Ukrainian Association for Protection of Animals (AZOU)

http://www.vier-pfoten.eu/news-and-press/international-press-releases/2017/four-paws-plans-to-neuter-vaccinate-2000-stray-dogs-in-ukraine/

FOUR PAWS plans to neuter, vaccinate 2,000 stray dogs in Ukraine

2017-02-01

FOUR PAWS extends its cooperation in animal welfare with the Ukrainian government

Kiev/Zhytomyr, 1 February 2017 – FOUR PAWS and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine agreed to implement a program for the protection and welfare of stray animals. The respective agreement was signed by both parties on Tuesday, January 31 in Kiev.

 

 

 

 

 

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USA: High-Speed Slaughter is Hell for Pigs – You Can Help Stop the Cruelty.

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

High-Speed Slaughter is Hell for Pigs

– You Can Help Stop the Cruelty

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed a scary new slaughter method for pigs that ramps up kill speed while slashing regulation.

This high speed, reduced-inspection program, known as HIMP, shifts key inspection responsibilities to the slaughterhouses themselves, allowing animal abuse and food safety problems to go unmonitored.

Under HIMP, 1,300 pigs are slaughtered each hour — about one every five seconds.

During the pilot program, Compassion Over Killing investigator Scott David worked undercover at Quality Pork Processing, an exclusive Hormel supplier, in Austin, Minnesota. What he encountered there was a shocking disregard for animal welfare and federal law.

This video features David recounting his experience, as well as horrific footage from inside the slaughterhouse:

TAKE ACTION

The USDA’s terrible proposal is now open to public comment.

Use your voice to stop the high-speed torture of pigs.

Click here to take action:

https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FSIS_FRDOC_0001-0558 

 

See the sample text below, and click here to leave your comment.

Sample Comment

I strongly oppose the Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection rule, which endangers animals, consumers, and American workers. Under this dangerous rule, the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS) would give slaughter plants free reign to kill at irresponsibly high speeds with severely inadequate oversight. An investigation by Compassion Over Killing of a pilot high-speed slaughter program exposed pigs dragged, kicked, excessively shocked, and improperly stunned by workers who struggled just to keep up — risking their own safety in the process. I urge you to abandon this cruel and reckless proposal, for the good of pigs and humans.

 

Petition Link:

https://www.change.org/p/not-so-fast-usda-stop-the-unhealthy-inhumane-high-speed-slaughter 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Animals Asia – Behind The Scenes. The Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre.

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

https://www.animalsasia.org/uk/media/news/news-archive/behind-the-scenes-at-the-sanctuary-ending-bear-bile-farming-in-vietnam.html?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=c011bbbd2bf644f8b9d4cd3ebca6c4ec&uid=3003466684&nid=244+276893704 

Behind the scenes at the sanctuary ending bear bile

farming in Vietnam

 

From educating the public to empowering law enforcement, Animals Asia and their Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre are on course to end bile farming in Vietnam.

Demand for bear bile for use in traditional medicine dates back centuries in Vietnam.

Today it is responsible for the poaching of bears from the wild, the trafficking of their body parts on the black market and their unimaginable suffering inside tiny, metal cages on bile farms.

Even so, the battle to end such horrific cruelty is being won. Here’s why:

 

EDUCATION

Educating the next generation about the horrors of bear bile farming is critical to ending the industry once and for all.

Every year, hundreds of school children and university students visit Animals Asia’s bear sanctuary in Tam Dao National Park to meet bears who have been rescued from a lifetime of misery and exploitation.

These young people are Vietnam’s future and by teaching respect and compassion for all animals, we can ensure these children will grow up demanding an end to animal cruelty.

 

TACKLING DEMAND

To end the bear bile industry, it is essential to address demand for bear bile.

In 2015 there was a significant breakthrough when Animals Asia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine Association to end prescriptions of bear bile by 2020.

Our partners for at least a decade, the Association has also co-authored a book of herbal alternatives to bear bile.

Animals Asia has also been working alongside traditional medicine doctors in Vietnam’s Ha Giang, Tay Ninh, and Vinh Phuc provinces, to cultivate thousands of herbal plants. More than 30 types of herbs that can be used in place of bear bile are now growing in these gardens – the seeds of a new beginning for Vietnam.

 

EMPTYING THE CAGES

Since 2007, Animals Asia has rescued 186 bears in Vietnam – mostly from bear bile farms. This has been achieved by working closely with the authorities and in some cases, farmers who have turned their backs on the trade.

Starved, abused and often suffering from a range of ailments, the bears are given a chance to put their pain behind them at our sanctuary where a dedicated team of vets and bear managers are on hand to provide the best possible care for the rest of the bears’ lives.

Not only do the bears receive medical treatment for broken teeth, high blood pressure, cracked paws and other health problems, they undergo a comprehensive rehabilitation programme that takes into account all their health, social and cognitive needs.

A cornerstone of their rehabilitation is being given access to a grassy enclosure, often the biggest space they have ever known, where they can forage for food among trees, pools and wooden climbing frames, and interact with new playmates – everything denied to them in captivity.

 

 

EMPOWERING LAW  ENFORCEMENT

For a long time authorities turned a blind eye to trafficking and bile farming as they simply had nowhere to put confiscated bears.

With support from Animals Asia, the Vietnamese authorities are able to do their job and protect their county’s precious wildlife from poachers – safe in the knowledge rescued animals will have a home for life.

One of the many bears to benefit from the authorities’ enhanced capacity to act is Murphy.

In 2015, the bear cub was taken to VBRC after he was discovered by Forest Protection Department rangers in the mountainous northwestern province of Son La, which borders both Laos and China. He had been trafficked in a backpack.

Despite attempting to escape, Murphy’s trafficker was tracked down by rangers and while under arrest, he admitted killing Murphy’s mother in order to traffic the cub, paving the way for criminal charges to be brought against him.

 

Writing the roadmap to end bile farming cruelty

In a historic agreement signed with the Vietnamese government in 2017, Animals Asia committed to ending Vietnam’s bear bile industry forever by rescuing all bears remaining on bile farms within five years.

The MOU also set out a commitment to improve the welfare of captive bears in Vietnam and conserve the country’s wild bear populations. In effect, it offers the possibility of creating a national standard for keeping wildlife in captivity.

Without the extraordinary example set by Animals Asia, this would not have been possible.

Animals Asia has shown the government that ending the bear bile trade is attainable, achievable and the compassionate thing to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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