Global: News; Shorts; Petitions; Video; And Why ALL Slaughterhouses MUST Have CCTV Installed.

 

 GOOD NEWS FIRST:

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Captain Paul Watson:  Legal Victory in the Faroe Islands

https://www.facebook.com/adam.meyerson.5/posts/10205065536386057?notif_t=close_friend_activity

The Danish Court in the Faroe Islands has ruled that the seizure of the British registered Sea Shepherd vessel “Spitfire” by the Danish Navy was illegal. The “Spitfire” has been ordered returned to Sea Shepherd U.K.

The Prosecutor has appealed the court’s decision and the court will decide tomorrow to accept or reject the appeal. The Faroe Islands police presently hold four Sea Shepherd boats. 1. Spitfire. 2. Loki. 3. B.S. Sheen. 4. Mike Galesi.

Sea Shepherd expects all the boats will be released as the charges are minor punishable by relative small fines and the boats are worth considerably more than the fines. Sea Shepherd will be pushing the issue of the deportation of Europeans from the Faroes with the European Parliament.

Sea Shepherd will also be challenging the European Parliament to demand compliance with European regulations protecting cetaceans as a condition for the Faroes to continue receiving subsidies from the European Union.

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Great news! All across the United States, people who seriously abuse animal companions are more and more often receiving jail time rather than a slap on the wrist. While we’re not mentioned in this great first article link below, IDA frequently offers rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of animal abusers. We’ve had success as well. In one very recent instance, we offered a $2500 reward after 920 chickens were found bludgeoned to death on a California factory farm and the next day four people were arrested in connection with this crime.

You can read the article about jail sentencing here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/nyregion/animal-abuse-gains-traction-as-a-serious-crime-with-jail-more-often-the-result.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

You can read about the successful reward offer for the chickens here:

http://ktla.com/2014/10/02/man-3-juveniles-arrested-after-allegedly-slaughtering-920-chickens-with-golf-club/

Here are the two most recent instances of abuse where we’re still hoping to locate the perpetrators.

Please help us if you’re local to either case by sharing the information:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/09/22/3393089_2500-reward-offered-for-the-archer.html?sp=/99/296/&rh=1

http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/09/animal_rights_group_offers_250.html

 

Animal Experimenter Resigns in SHAME

They were left under heat lamps and heat pads for hours, completely forgotten by negligent staff and later found with third-degree burns. Their burns were so bad that their skin had peeled off and muscle was slipping off their bones.

Not only that, but while investigating this cruelty, PETA was able to snag proof that Charles Rupprecht, then-chief of the CDC’s rabies program, injected monkeys with a dangerous strain of rabies without protecting his staff from the disease.

The good news? Charles Rupprecht has been banned from all CDC animal laboratories and, because of PETA’s investigation, was forced to resign from his associate dean position at Ross University!

The animal abusers may run, but because of rock stars like YOU, they cannot hide. And PETA means business. The CDC’s negligence has been exposed to the world, and now we’re looking at you, National Institutes of Health.

Let’s make sure that no more monkeys ever suffer again. Tell the National Institutes of Health to STOP psychologically traumatizing baby monkeys now.

 

UPDATE!

Petitions – protests – sample letters

PETITIONEN /PROTESTE/MUSTERBIREFE

 

What This Lab Does to Babies Will Break Your Heart – That horror has to stop!

Was dieses Labor Babies antut bricht einem das Herz – Dieser Horror muss aufhören!

https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=5534&utm_campaign=1014%20Experimenter%20Resignation%20EA&utm_source=peta2%20E-Mail&utm_medium=Alert

 

End Dolphin Slaughter in Japan

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=0dd93fa0930de1dbe9a01c531&id=3cc23e8fe4&e=73acd8cdb8

 

Fight the Dog Meat Trade 

http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1736&ea.campaign.id=30597

 

Abolish the Dog Meat Trade in the Philippines

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/844/092/212/abolish-the-dog-meat-trade-in-the-philippines/ 

Connecticut: Take a Stand Against Puppy Mills

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/179/270/647/connecticut-take-a-stand-against-puppy-mills/?taf_id=12888192&cid=fb_na#

 

Alert: Save Yellow-billed Cuckoos from Extinction

http://www.audubonaction.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=58461&pgwrap=n&em_id=46921.0

 

Exploited Lemurs in Arizona Need Your Help!

http://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/exploited-lemurs-arizona-need-help/?utm_campaign=Arizona%20Lemur%20Race&utm_source=PETA%20E-Mail&utm_medium=Alert

 

Help Abused Performing Animals

http://www.care2.com/dailyaction/homepage.html?today=2014-10-08

 

Charge Rutherfordton NC Shelter Employee For Leaving A Dog In The Truck For Several Days!

http://www.petitionhub.org/Charge-Rutherfordton-NC-Shelter-Employee-For-Leaving-A-Dog-In-The-Truck-For-Several-Days-t-462

 

Punish Serial Cat Killer Who Burned Kittens to Death

http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3b411fc562d762e72d9e0bd32&id=868fba4a5d&e=be42457ea2

 

STOP DOG’S BEING USED IN PORN VIDEOS!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/552/576/852/stop-dogs-being-used-in-porn-videos/?taf_id=12903011&cid=fb_na#

 

Investigation into dog deaths, 20 dogs die at boarding facility

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/648/752/926/investigation-into-dog-deaths-20-dogs-die-at-boarding-facility/?cid=FB_TAF

 

Angela Merkel: Abschaffung der Tötungslager für Hunde in den Balkan-Ländern und allen anderen Ländern

https://secure.avaaz.org/de/petition/Angela_Merkel_Abschaffung_der_Toetungslager_fuer_Hunde_im_Ostblock/?tBiSgbb[http://www.avaaz.org/de/petition/Angela_Merkel_Abschaffung_der_Toetungslager_fuer_Hunde_im_Ostblock/?tBiSgbb]

 

Australiens grausamer Lebendexport –

Stoppt den Horror für die Schafe!
http://action.peta.de/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=44&ea.campaign.id=17355#.VDWH7haHiYZ

 

Tell fishery managers to protect the Bering Sea, not destroy it

https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=03B2E7DD0C9EF2E29A7158FA1EA1DCF3.app325a?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1041&autologin=true&utm_source=email&utm_medium=launch&utm_campaign=oceanspetition

 

Keep the Oil and Gas Industry Away From the Pawnee

https://secure3.convio.net/wg/site/Advocacy;jsessionid=EFF3EBDE062FBFDA885DFE6DCC20960D.app325b?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=717&autologin=true#.VDQ9TxaHiYY

 

Tell DOE: Not one more taxpayer penny for new nuclear power!

http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5502/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=18596

 

Protect the right to vote

http://www.bennetforcolorado.com/landing/e141008/?subsource=ngpattre141008

 

TAKE ACTION: First witness testifies in ALRB hearing and already a police report has been filed over attempted witness tampering

http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/safeway

 

Ask your MEPs to support European legislation for CCTV in abattoirs.

Bittet Eure Abgeordneten, die europäischen Rechtsvorschriften für die Videoüberwachung in Schlachthöfen zu unterstützen.
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5323fef14402c8a6293efe8c3&id=79be17cae8&e=59f0a1b10e

Europe-wide video surveillance at slaughterhouses and documentation

http://www.europewide-cctv-in-all-slaughterhouses.eu/petition-uk

Europaweite Videoüberwachung an Schlachthöfen und Dokumentation

www.petitionen24.com/europaweite_videouberwachung_an_schlachthofen_und_dokumentation

All EU residents are urged to contact their MEPs calling for a MANDATORY CCTV IN ALL SLAUGHTERHOUSES making sure animal welfare laws are applied. Unstunned slaughter and any other cruelty against animals must be abolished once and for all.

Only our concerted efforts and determination will make this happen. We are not alone – the JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE and well over 100 organisations are supporting our demands for such a law. Please contact your MEPs and urge them to act. Thank you!

LISA BOLDIZSAR (Austrian spokeswoman) and

MARTINA PATTERSON (German spokeswoman)

EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR CCTV IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES

www.europewide-cctv-in-all-slaughterhouses.eu

 

To all the meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans!
The cruel conditions in the slaughterhouses need to be changed urgently!
Please vote for the helplessly delivered slaughter animals.
An alle Fleischesser, Vegetarier und Veganer!
Die grausamen Zustände an den Schlachthöfen müssen dringend geändert werden!
Bitte gebt Eure Stimme für die hilflos ausgelieferten Schlachttiere.
Auf unserer Webseite sind weitere Links zu unserer Petition in verschiedenen europäischen Sprachen

http://www.europewide-cctv-in-all-slaughterhouses.eu ,
http://www.lorieesser.com/der-horror-im-schlachthof/
“Mein Beitrag” zu einer tierleidfreien Welt”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaWWT5XDSes&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop
http://www.markushauptmann.com/

Do you work in an abattoir? Get in touch.
If you are one of these workers we want to hear from you.
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5323fef14402c8a6293efe8c3&id=51eec0b527&e=59f0a1b10e
http://www.scotlandforanimals.org/ 

http://scotlandforanimals.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5323fef14402c8a6293efe8c3&id=8bf7638d1f&e=59f0a1b10e
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Ohne viel Schnickschnack zeigt Euch dieses 5-Sekunden-Video, warum man auch auf Bio-Fleisch besser verzichtet.

BITTE GEBT DEN KNAPP 2 MILLIONEN TIEREN, DIE TÄGLICH ALLEINE IN DEN DEUTSCHEN SCHLACHTHÄUSERN GETÖTET WERDEN, EURE STIMME UND TEILT DIESES VIDEO!

www.peta50plus.de/fehlbeteaubung-beim-schlachten
www.veganstart.de

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laughtered While Still Conscious
http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/action.handleViewInBrowser.do?ea.campaigner.email=LanEbAfBXPAnbQ71WR4QQYptSBJWF7Iq&broadcastId=47138&templateId=34473

Ein Virus namens “Menschheit”
http://www.lorieesser.com/virus-menschheit/

Out of sight…out of mind…

http://www.scotlandforanimals.org/CCTV.html

http://www.scotlandforanimals.org/

http://www.scotlandforanimals.org/fundraising.html

 

Le modèle alimentaire français : l’élevage des cochons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAXZ41fyzSQ&feature=youtu.be

USA: Install Video Cameras in Slaughterhouses and Factory Farms

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/384/743/772/install-video-cameras-in-slaughterhouses-and-factory-farms//
http://www.facebook.com/l/BAQGhb7Q5AQGj7Yg1kVTt5yMIha_5PRMDIJfmVH-UZQ1b5Q/www.thepetitionsite.com/384/743/772/install-video-cameras-in-slaughterhouses-and-factory-farms//

 

Horror at halal slaughterhouse:
Shocking undercover film shows the ‘needless suffering’ of livestock that are butchered without being stunned first

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603360/Horror-halal-slaughterhouse-Shocking-undercover-film-shows-needless-suffering-livestock-butchered-without-stunned-first.html

 

A Shocking List of Companies Who Still Test on Animals

http://craftybird.hubpages.com/hub/Companies-Test-on-Animals

Will you continue to use the above products, even if they test on animals? NO!
Do you believe that animal testing is necessary? NO!

 

Voting against the cruel treatment of Galgos in Spain

Pour l’interdiction de la chasse avec les Galgos en Espagne
Abstimmung gegen die grausame Behandlung von Galgos in Spanien
Es hat mit der Jagd mit den Windhunden in Spanien zu tun… äußerst grausam für die arme Hunde, die so oder so auf der Strecke bleiben. Nach unsäglichen Misshandlungen werden sie auf verschiedene Art & Weisen am Ende der Jagdsaison umgebracht… Einfach klicken auf VOTE. Damit stimmen wir für das Verbot dieser Barbarei in Spanien. Bitte weiter sagen. Bitte täglich weiterklicken! Die Anzahl der Stimmen wächst kaum. Danke!
www.e-manif.fr/Pour-linterdiction-de-la-chasse-avec-les-Levriers-Galgos-en-Espagne-emanif-172.html

Sir Paul McCartney Narrates ‘Glass Walls’

http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=5133

 

Das Klagen der Kühe – Schulversion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IN8SU7gB-Ms#!

 

And Then Came Man – Check it Out.

www.liveleak.com/view?i=0f0_1356636529

 

The Faces of Animal Research

http://blog.peta2.com/2011/11/the-faces-of-animal-research.html?utm_campaign=1111%2009%20Faces%20of%20Animal%20Research%20Blog&utm_source=peta2%20Email&utm_medium=E-news

http://www.peta2.com/achievements/animal-testing-video/home/?utm_campaign=Animal%20Testing&utm_source=peta2%20e-mail&utm_medium=alert

 

Tierversuche ? – Ein animierter Aufklärungsfilm
http://rette-die-natur.ning.com/video/tierversuche-ein-animierter-aufklarungsfilm

 

My story …

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g56DGkc2T78

 

The ‘Humane Slaughter’ Myth

http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/slaughter/ALL///

http://www.occupyforanimals.org/slaughter.html

 

Slaughter animals, their last way:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBaO-NxAcLo

Why Are These People Crying?
www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/03/12/why-are-these-people-crying.aspx?utm_campaign=0313%20People%20Crying%20Blog&utm_source=PETA%20E-Mail&utm_medium=E-News

 

Pferdetransport – Quälerei ohne Grenzen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bGTBaOaAco&NR=1&feature=endscreen

 

She’s Alive… Beautiful… Finite… Hurting… Worth Dying for!

www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32994.htm#.UJ-W4aiE9yU.wordpress

 

The price of milk (explain this…)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=82afx4sLeMk

This film should be seen by the entire world!

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MN8JYhByVYg

 

Undercover Investigation at Hy-Line Hatchery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ–faib7to

 

GMO A Go Go: An Animated (and Satiric) Short Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkionqWPc-Q

 

Cry of the innocent – ein berührendes Video über den Pelzhandel –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv2hT4fa9Gg

Pelz? 60 Sekunden, die jeder gesehen haben sollte /

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z_UlHf50nA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUO4Wc93amyc9VDvzTa1bekg

 

Viele Menschen glauben, dass Pelztiere nur in Pelztierfarmen in China leiden. DAS IST

NICHT SO! Sie leiden kläglich in Pelzfarmen weltweit. Dies ist ein Screenshot des Videos eines analen Stromschlags in einer Pelzfarm in Illinois. Sie sterben nicht sofort, sie gehen in einen Schockzustand, während ihre Innereien grundsätzlich vom Strom “gekocht” werden. SEHEN Sie sich das VIDEO an:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKtqLilQ7k&feature=c4-overview&list=UUReMLkS0wxPG2a56TdHOjGQ

 

 

 

 

Netherlands / UK: Footage of Live British Sheep Exported By Dutchman Onderwater To Mainland EU.

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Video below taken at Ramsgate harbour, Kent, England – the current UK port through which British animals are exported to mainland Europe by Dutch exporter J. Onderwater. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUbDX9zuHWk  

 9/10/14 – We are STILL awaiting our written response from EU Commissioner Borg !

 

Past SAV posts: 

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/10/04/england-live-exports-8-hours-we-still-await-a-response-from-eu-commissioner-borg/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/09/18/live-exports-eu-live-farm-animal-transport-update-18914/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/08/08/england-882014-eu-live-animal-transport-update-sav-write-to-eu-commissioner-responsible-for-live-animal-transport/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/08/30/england-take-action-now-for-a-one-off-maximum-journey-time-for-farm-animals-throughout-the-eu-of-8-hours/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/07/29/england-sav-now-commences-action-with-the-eu-commission-regarding-live-farm-animals-in-transport-sample-letter-to-copy-and-send/

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UK: League Against Cruel Sports BANNED From Attending Conservative Government Party Conference.

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The UK anti hunting group the ‘League Against Cruel Sports’ (LACS); has been doing some fantastic work as always.

We celebrate 90 years of saving British wildlife with them:

serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/01/31/uk-celebrate-90-years-of-saving-foxes-and-other-wildlife-with-the-lacs/  

 

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David Cameron – UK Prime Minister – A Real Blood Lust To Return To Hunting With Dogs !

As we have always said and shown in many of our posts on this site; current UK Prime Minister David Cameron wishes to bring back the current ban on hunting with dogs as soon as he can.  Cameron is also behind the recent badger cull in the UK, which despite killing many badgers; a protected species here in the UK, did nothing to actually prove or show that badgers were behind the spread of Bovine TB.

The badger cull is just another vote rigging ploy by the Conservatives in some pathetic attempt to gain from the farming community in the General Election which will take place in the UK during May 2015.

Being utterly anti hunt, the LACS was banned from attending the Conservative Party Conference this year to put forward the animal welfare side of the argument. 

LACS CEO Joe Duckworth made a statement on the situation which you can read at:

www.league.org.uk/news-and-opinion/press-releases/2014/sep/animal-welfare-charity-barred-from-conservative-party-conference  

The LACS was allowed to attend all other Political party conferences this year.  The League was granted a pass for the annual conferences of the Greens, UKIP, the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party, SNP and Plaid Cymru.  The Conservative Party was the only party to reject their application.

We consider this just shows how the Conservatives want to keep the anti- hunt campaigners out of their shop; in order that they can try to allow wild animal killing back when they can.

Hopefully the elections in the UK in May 2015 will see Mr. Cameron fail to remain as PM; and with another political party having the majority in the House of Commons, we will continue to see hunting with dogs kept where it belongs – in the History boos and nowhere else !

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In November 2013 the LACS launched a nationwide awareness campaign featuring the brilliant comedian Dave Spikey to highlight the importance of the Hunting Act in protecting British wildlife.

See the video via the following link which shows Dave in the ‘No Joke’ campaign:

(Note you may have to track the video back to the start)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7AQVXt7qVI#t=60

 

We DO NOT want to return to this animal abuse which celebrates around 10 years of a ban in the UK this year (2014).  The Conservatives led by David Cameron DO WISH to return to this immense suffering being inflicted on British wildlife.  Banning the LACS from their party conference was just another action of theirs to try and return to full blown hunting of wild animals in the UK.

We abhor animal cruelty and will do anything that we can in the lead up to the UK General Election in May 2015.  The Conservatives and Mr. Cameron must be removed from government.  I think this is very much the feeling of most of the general public in the UK at this present time.

Look at the following picture of a hunted fox that I took back in the 1980’s when sabs across the country were doing all that they could to stop and disrupt hunts.  Ask yourself; do you wish to see an animal abused in this way again if the hunting act is repealed by a Conservative government ? – NO – we wish to see a government in the UK that supports and promotes animal welfare.

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You can visit the League Against Cruel Sports at their Websitehttp://www.league.org.uk/#

Go to  http://www.league.org.uk/our-campaigns  for all the information on current campaigns that the LACS are involved with.

As ‘No Joke’ Dave Spikey says in the video above; why not become a member of the LACS ?

Visit the League shop for some great Christmas presents at: http://www.league.org.uk/our-shop

KEEP CRUELTY HISTORY !!

Regards Mark.

LACS

 

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England: 4/10/14 – World Animal Day – Live Exports 8 Hours Campaign – We Still Await A Response From EU Commissioner Borg.

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4/10/14 – EU Live Animal Transport.

On 18/9 we had verbal communication from Commissioner Borg’s office at the EU that our official letter in relation to a maximum one off journey time of 8 hours for all farm animals in transport across the EU was being reviewed and that ‘issues were being addressed’.

We were also informed that we would have an official response from the Commissioner in the future.

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/09/18/live-exports-eu-live-farm-animal-transport-update-18914/  

To date, we have not yet had a formal reply to address our concerns expressed in our original letter; but as with all EU correspondence, it is a matter of waiting and waiting until something arrives.   We know and are very confident that we will get a formal response in time; but as yet it has not happened.  When things do progress; which we hope will be this month (October), we will reproduce the information onto this site.

Past links regarding our recent activity relating to the 8 hours campaign with the EU:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/08/08/england-882014-eu-live-animal-transport-update-sav-write-to-eu-commissioner-responsible-for-live-animal-transport/

For a copy of our formal letter to Commissioner Borg, as well as excellent footage of the current (Dutch – J. Onderwater) export vessel ‘Joline’ by our campaigner friend Ian Driver at Ramsgate; the Kent port currently exporting live farm animals to mainland EU, please go to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dODzURN9qkg&feature=share    

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/08/30/england-take-action-now-for-a-one-off-maximum-journey-time-for-farm-animals-throughout-the-eu-of-8-hours/  

For the start of our 8 hour involvement this year, including a sample letter on the subject which can be copied and sent to Commissioner Borg, please go to:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2014/07/29/england-sav-now-commences-action-with-the-eu-commission-regarding-live-farm-animals-in-transport-sample-letter-to-copy-and-send/  

More to come when we have a formal response from Commissioner Borg. 

In the meantime; we keep on waiting as we do with many ‘official’ things !!!

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England 2/10/14 – ‘English Rose’ Lynsey – Why This Today ??????

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Sledgehammered today by the announcement of Lynsey’s death – following a suspected brain haemorrhage.

Vegetarian, intelligent, musician, animal rights activist and one almighty beautiful looking girl ! – the typical ‘English Rose’; things are in very downbeat mood here today with the news.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2XN_8EVdVM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oO5v_Vjt8g

RIP Lynsey and thank you for being one hell of a gorgeous girl in many ways.

Lynsey was born in North London.

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Below – Treasured Memory – A signed card from Lynsey to Mark, SAV founder.

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Nepal: Religion ? – ‘Gadhimai’ Festival This November. 250,000 Animals Could Be Mass Slaughtered In the Name of Religion. Take Action Now.

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‘Gadhimai’ Festival

Tens of thousands of buffalo were corralled into a gigantic pen.

Then, 200 slaughtermen wielding swords were let loose into the enclosure. The buffalo were beheaded, one by one. It’s no easy task to behead a buffalo – and for many it took more than one attempt.

These are the reports that came out of the ‘Gadhimai’ Festival in Nepal in 2009, where an estimated quarter of a million farm animals were inhumanely slaughtered as part of the sacrifice festival.

‘Gadhimai’, as the festival is known, is set to take place again this Nov.

‘Gadhimai’ takes place every 5 years in the Bara District of Nepal, south of Kathmandu. For 250 years the festival has continued relatively unchallenged, but as news of the inhumane slaughter has spread internationally, animal welfare advocates have spoken out against it.

The Nepalese Government provides significant funding, which makes this festival possible on its terrifying scale.

In 2009 the Government paid over £32,000 for animals to be sacrificed. That’s almost 50 times the minimum Nepalese annual wage.

Please tell the Nepalese government they must stop funding this cruelty. CIWF is working closely with Animal Welfare Network Nepal to fight this festival and are supporting grass-roots work in the local community to create a groundswell of resistance.

Please help to apply international pressure on the Nepalese Government by taking action now… before it’s too late for another 250,000 animals.

Go to: http://tinyurl.com/kvxh4rf   to take further action and also to sign a CIWF petition.

 

Further petition at  http://www.change.org/p/stop-animal-sacrifice-gadhimai-festival-nepal-mass-animal-sacrifice  – currently 31,000+ signatures.

 

Other articles:

http://www.occupyforanimals.org/gadhimai-festival-in-nepal.html

http://www.think-differently-about-sheep.com/The_Gadhimai_festival_Why_it-must-never_happen-Again.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quvkfkU-KZk

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/24/hindu-sacrifice-gadhimai-festival-nepal

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/gadhimai-festival-photos_n_369446.html

 

Past (2009 / 2010) SAV posts associated with this issue –  WARNING – Posts contain images that many will find disturbing.

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2010/10/23/nepal-pathetic-and-government-approved-mass-animal-killings-in-the-pathetic-name-of-a-festival-civilised-no-living-in-the-past-for-sure/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2009/11/30/gadhimai-animal-massacre-visit-animalrightsbook-ning-com-to-support-animalnepal-org/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2009/11/27/nepal-warning-more-exclusive-images-of-the-religious-animal-killing-frenzy/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2009/11/25/nepal-now-the-nepalese-government-climbs-above-the-chinese-as-the-worlds-no-1-animal-abusing-nation/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2009/11/22/nepal-take-action-now-to-stop-the-killing-of-thousands-of-animals-next-week-november-24-25/

 

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This is a very powerful video lasting over one hour; which shows both the bad and good sides of stray dog control in the Balkans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo3uNYAGhqU#t=13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video – The Bad and Good Side of Balkans Stray Dog Issues – Watch; Rage; Repent – The Government and Authorities Are The Irresponsible Party Here – A Very Corrupt Party !!

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This is a very powerful video lasting over one hour; which shows both the bad and good sides of stray dog control in the Balkans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo3uNYAGhqU#t=13

 

One day, the people in authority will give up their personal corruption ideals and instead take the very well experienced expertise of international welfare groups who promote sterilisation as the only real way to reduce both owned and stray animal numbers.

Watch the video and please feel for the pathetic individuals in authority who fail to recognise that they are going down the wrong road to reducing animal numbers in preference for their own financial gain and status.

People in authority such as this are cowards.  They do not deserve any respect – in fact they deserve nothing but the abuse that we and many others give them.  This video will justify our side of the argument that long term stray sterilisation and a proper no kill management plane needs to be established by the authorities right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo3uNYAGhqU#t=13 

So called ‘politicians’ and authoritarians who fail to accept and do what is right are nothing more than self interest thickheads.  Thickheads such as these are not wanted as members of the European Union.

We are forwarding this video to members of the EU; to the EU Animal Welfare Intergroup, and also to press and media across Europe. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo3uNYAGhqU#t=13 

Unfortunately for many people; especially many in Europe, and also those in the USA; the video is not in English – but it does not need to be in another way – the excellent filming shows the reality of Balkans stray animal suffering at the hands of CORRUPT OFFICIALS which spread throughout the political system like a well oiled disease.  Corrupt officials who are not welcomed in any way by ourselves and who we will endeavour to keep out of the EU.

If there is one film that sums up the good and the bad side of Balkans stray animal issues; this is it.  Watch, rage and repent – but enjoy the good parts also.

Full respect to the good, caring and compassionate people of the Balkans who re trying to do the right thing for animals the political corruption and self interest which seems to run rampant through the political system.  A bent and corrupt system.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo3uNYAGhqU#t=13