Romania: Exclusive Footage of the ‘Wild, Killer Dogs Roaming the Streets’.

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One of the ‘wild, killer dogs’ of Romania:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KR909IE6FM

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USA: U.S. House of Representatives: Support H. Res. 736 to Ban Use Of Gas Chambers for Animal Euthanasia.

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Especially for US citizens –  this is your call ! –

Please, it is essential to actually watch the video on this link in addition to signing the petition.  Click on the white arrowhead at the centre of the photograph to play the video.

Healthy dogs killed endlessly.

http://www.change.org/petitions/u-s-house-of-representatives-support-h-res-736-to-ban-use-of-gas-chambers-for-animal-euthanasia

Petitioning U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. House of Representatives: Support H. Res. 736 to Ban Use Of Gas Chambers for Animal Euthanasia

 

Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus has introduced a resolution, H. Res. 736, opposing the use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals.

WARNING:  THE VIDEO IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO WATCH. 

THOSE EDUCATED IN ANIMAL WELFARE DO NOT NEED TO WATCH THE VIDEO.  IT IS ONLY PLACED HERE FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY TO ABOLISH THIS CRUEL, INHUMANE PRACTICE.

The resolution calls for states to alternatively use established injectable euthanasia drugs and ensure that appropriate training and certification in these methods is widely available.

6,000,000 to 8,000,000 cats and dogs are placed into the care of between 4,000 to 6,000 local animal shelters each year in the United States.  Nearly half of these animals are euthanized each year because adoptive homes are not able to be found for them.

For euthanasia to be considered humane, a technique must expeditiously cause painless unconsciousness, followed by respiratory then cardiac arrest, and ultimately death. Animals euthanized in gas chambers are often forced into confined areas with several other animals, causing unnecessary stress and aggressive behavior and can take over 30 minutes to end an animal’s life and sometimes does not result in the death of all the animals inside.

The use of gas chambers can cause a loss of consciousness and brain function in an animal only after the animal’s vital organs shut down, resulting in prolonged suffering and distress and old, pregnant, neonatal, and injured animals are often biologically unable to absorb the gas as readily as larger or healthier animals, which can prolong the stress and trauma they experience before death.

Our society is striving to become more humane in the treatment of our 4-legged friends.  Your support of H.Res 736 will put an end to an old, outdated and barbaric practice that we can no longer tolerate in good conscience.  Please support H. Res 736.

Video:  Segment from One Nation Under Dog – HBO Films directed by Jenny Carchman, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Amanda Micheli

Full text of H. Res. 736 here: http://bit.ly/OdI0sL

Like Congressman Jim Moran’s Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/RepJimMoran and thank him for getting this resolution before the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.

Please share this with all your family and friends via e-mail, Facebook and Twitter.  The more people we have backing Congressman Moran, the better.

Questions?  You can reach me at www.facebook.com/davidrisley or www.twitter.com/drisley. 

Animal loving friends always welcome.

Join the Facebook movement at https://www.facebook.com/TakeAction.BanAnimalGasChambers.

Romania: 17/9/2013 – Latest Infomation and Sample Letter to Send.

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Romania guilty

Dear all,

A brief background of the law regarding the stray’s management for those who are not aware of it or just a remember for all those who have stood besides us all these years and have constantly made efforts to help and support us:

In 2007 a legislative project (known to you as PL912) which regulated the management of all the dogs (strays and with owners) by neutering and returning (catch and return), which had been approved by the Romanian Senate, was blocked for 5 years by the Lower House of the Romanian Parliament. Further on, this chamber has fully and completely modified the law from „catch, spay and return” to „catch and kill”, version in which the law was voted and approved. Before it was enacted by the Romanian President, the law was contested with the Romanian Constitutional Court. In January 2012 the Constitutional Court ruled such contestation and it issued a Decision whereby it clearly stated that „the mass killing of the strays may not only be applied as a last resort, exclusively when all other solutions have been accordingly implemented by the local authorities, however such solutions have failed to limit or to eradicate this phenomenon”. As a result, PL912 was resent to the Parliament with the purpose of conformation with the Court’s Decision. Another difficult year with considerable lobby actions and projects, materials, meetings regarding the legislative implementation of the dog management program by catch, spay and return. In the hysterical social context presented and created by the media and embraced by the politicians, on  10 September 2013 PL912 was once again transformed in catch and kill all, form in which it was voted by the Lower House of the Parliament.

On 14 September pl 912 was contested at the Constitutional Court based on the fact that it was voted and passed without it being in accordance with the Court’s Decision from 2012! The contestation was signed by 30 senators, mostly from the political party PP-DD (Dan Diaconescu) and a few senators from the other parties which chose to keep their verticality despite the instructions they were given by their political parties!

The tragedy of the child was presented blunted: it was claimed that it had occurred on public property (not private as it really was) and the child was found 1 km away from the park where he was with his grandmother. It is unconceivable how the 4 year old child could have arrived in such location by himself considering the extremely difficult and dangerous road he had to walk, which was problematic even for an adult. The shockingly relaxed attitude of the parents, especially the mother’s, is also staggering.

For nearly 2 weeks a war without precedent was launched against dogs and animal lovers. The people were set in an unbelievable manner against the dogs and animal lovers and the animal welfare NGOs were lynched in the media with the purpose that political objectives are indisputably achieved: the mass killing of the dogs and thus the insurance of the business which brought tens of millions of EURO to the authorities, the media annihilation of the thousands of people who protested in the streets against a cyanide exploitation of gold project in Rosia Montana, the creation of a psychoses in the population in order to ensure that the dogs would be perceived as being the biggest problem in Romania and therefore keeping a blind eye and turning the people’s attention from the real and critical problems of the country, which affect millions of people.

This mental manipulation produces drama in Romania”: dogs are killed “as a prevention” by people who do “justice” to themselves, the shelters build by animal lover communities are wracked to pieces, the mayors which poison the strays on the streets, the dog catchers who are on the run constantly day and night to catch the strays and overcrowd them in the public extermination camps allowing the dogs to eat each other or simply kill them, the police which fines illegally anything related to a dog – either that you feed a stray, that you own dogs, that you walk a dog and this bothers others. The dog catchers aggress the people, they destroy them mentally, especially the children! The unconscionable amount which the dog catchers receive (50 Euro/per each dog head!!!) in Bucharest only for the catching and transportation of the dogs in the public extermination camps make them fight for each dog, stray or with an owner!  This is how Ecaterina Moraroiu looked like, abused by the dog catchers when she defended her dog when the dog catchers caught her dog just from her side; the dog catchers immobilized her with the cross between her shoulders and she was dragged between the cars: http://m.rtv.net/97917

People are running with the dogs in their arms in order to hide them from the dog catchers, crowd them in their apartments which are already full of animals. The children who developed depressions because of watching and noticing how their friends are being caught. A 8 year old child almost threw himself from the 2nd floor when he heard that his friend, the stray dog, was caught by the dog catchers.

The friendly, healthy and protected dogs, all having sad or beautiful stories, which had found a family and shelter in the animal lover communities, where they were loved, nursed and taken care of, are caught and thrown over each other in the public extermination camps.

Tens of people wait at the doors of the shelters to adopt the dogs which were extorted from the vicinity of their homes or in order to recuperate their dogs, however in many of the cases the gates are closed and access is denied to them!

I appeal to those of you who are able to find places for the Romanian dogs, to take what you can, helping the animal lovers you already know/help from Romania. Please, help the animal lovers with whom you are in contact to transfer the dogs protected by them from the street to temporary paid fosters, at least untill they are prepared to leave Romania to other places.

The Romanian stray, abandoned or chased away or racked, grateful for small piece of bread a mat under a window where he can rest, near a human being, which has sadly become a part of the Romanian history, has long become a great business for the authorities. Brutally extorted fron the community which looked after him and cared for him, has now become, more than ever, the prime matter of a great Romanian industry “The Stray Business”.

EU Commission presentation, Bruxelles, January 2013, “Stray dog situation in Romania” (5 min.):

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQiEoRU49o

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, the CONSTITUTIONAL COURT WILL DEBATE PL912 and will decide between life and death! In an uncorrupted country it would be absolutely normal and predictable that the Court will maintain its position stated in the Decision January 2012. However, we do not know how big the political pressure over the Court really is!

We ask all of you who have started PETITIONS to urgently sendthem, in a printed format, together with the signatures you have gathered so far, to the following address:

Curtea Constitutionala, Palatul Parlamentului, Intrarea B1, Bucureşti, Calea 13 Septembrie nr.2, sector 5, cod postal 050725

 

We also ask you to protest by sending the LETTER below or your own letter (preferably) to:

ccr@ccr.ro, pres@ccr.ro, valer.dorneanu@ccr.ro, petre.lazaroiu@ccr.ro, ttoader@ccr.ro, mircea.minea@ccr.ro, avp@avp.ro, drp@gov.ro, procetatean@presidency.ro, office@ansvsa.ro, office@cmvro.ro, petitii@mai.gov.ro, relatii.publice@scj.ro, amr@amr.ro, CJD@bucuresti-primaria.ro, dacianaoctavia.sarbu@europarl.europa.eu, director@aspa.ro, relatiicupublicul@aspa.ro, cabinet.presedinte@senatro.eu, cabinet.presedinte@cdep.ro, zgonea@cdep.ro, peti-secretariat@europarl.europa.eu, koen.doens@ec.europa.eu, office@agerpres.ro, stiri@agerpres.ro, mediafax@mediafax.ro, redactie.online@mediafax.ro, redactie@libertatea.ro, dilema@satiricon.ro, contact@adevarul.ro, pont@cancan.ro, cristian.stancu@click.ro, office@cotidianul.ro, office@curierulnational.ro, redactie@dcnews.ro, razvan.dumitrescu@dcnews.ro, andrei.moisoiu@dcnews.ro, simona.ionescu@evz.ro, online@gandul.info, office@ghimpele.ro, cristina.iancu@jurnalul.ro, subiecte@libertatea.ro, dan.turturica@romanialibera.ro, redactia@romanialibera.ro, editoronline@romanialibera.ro, redactia@enational.ro, redactie.online@mediafax.ro, protvintl@protv.ro, protv@protv.ro, focus@primatv.ro, stiri@europafm.ro, stiri@radio21.ro, ziua@ziua.ro, info@nationaltv.ro, vox@voxpublica.ro, stiri@antena1.ro, comunicare.corporate@tvr.ro, relatiicupublicul@tvr.ro, pr@protv.ro, protvintl@protv.ro, pr@acasatv.ro, povestiridenoapte@acasatv.ro, povestiri_adevarate@acasatv.ro, stiri@antena3.ro, contact@antena2.ro, focus@primatv.ro, cronica@primatv.ro, martorocular@realitatea.net, office@realitatea.net, webcontent@realitatea.net, site@money.ro, cristina@hurdubaia.ro, digivox@digi24.ro, online@digi24.ro, marketing@digi24.ro, mioara.radu@digi24.ro, office@nationaltv.ro, contact@n24plus.ro, info@kanald.ro, site@b1tv.ro, stiri@b1tv.ro, office@rtv.net, eugen.chelemen@rtv.net, malina.popa@rtv.net, webcontent@rtv.net, stireata@rtv.net, redactie@nasul.tv, ddtv@home.ro, contact@sperantatv.ro

 Please, send as well your letters to fax:

 

Constitutional Court: + 40 21 312.43.59; +40-21.312.34.84; 00 4 021 414.21.39

Senate: + 40-21.312.55.56

Chamber of Deputies: +40 21 3120828, + 40 21 3146934

Government: + 40 21 3139846

The Romanian People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) +40-21/312.49.21

 

Thank you!

 

Carmen ARSENE

Sample protest letter:

 Subject (example): Stop mass killing of dogs in Romania!

 

Honorable Members of the Constitutional Court,

Distinguished Officials,

Madams and Sirs,

Please know that mass killing of dogs is the worst decision possible: it is irrational, expensive, rejected by the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizing that dog slaughter has no result on the dog popluation in the street.

It is an as well known fact that killing stray dogs only pursues certain financial interests, as it is become notorious that tens of millions of EURO have been used formally, on paper, for stray dog management however in fact such amounts were used for other interests.

MASS SPAYING AND NEUTERING is the only LONG TERM solution for the decrease of the stray dogs phenomenon, as it aims to the source of the problem.

Mass killing is simply not the answer and is totally unacceptable in the civilized world of today.

We kindly expect from the Constitutional Court to prove it is correct and righteous and thus confirm by its current Decision the legal constitutional precedent given by the Decision 1/2012.

It is shameful that cruel mass slaughters of dogs can still happen in a member state of the European Union of the 21st century. The world is looking forward to hear you have reached the only correct and humane decision regarding the welfare of these animals, according with European and ethical norms, with the requests of the entire world, with the appeals from 6th and 11th September of European Parliament – Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals who considers that this „horrible and useless massacre of dogs” „goes against the values and objectives of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union”.

Please, be advised that if the killing of dogs starts, we will show to the entire world the reality of the dog camps, we will notify worldwide about the financial interests behind the business of killing dogs, we will withdraw any support that we have given so far to your country, we will boycott Romanian products and tourism, as no one will want to associate with a corrupt, cruel and immoral country.

We ask you to restore the image of your country and your people in the entire world and say NO to killing and ask for implementation of a real, effective and civilized dog management program by mass spaying and neutering

Thank you,

Name, country


 

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Romania guilty

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Liebe Tierfreunde,

 

Eine kurze Darstellung des geschichtlichen Hintergrundes des Gesetzes über die Hunde, für diejenigen, die noch nicht damit vertraut sind, und eine Erinnerung für all die, die in diesen letzten Jahren neben uns gelebt haben und sich bemüht haben, uns in allen unseren Vorhaben zu unterstützen:

In 2007 sah ein Gesetzesentwurf (ihnen bekannt auch als PL912) das Management der Hundebevölkerung durch Sterilisation aller Hunde, mit oder ohne Besitzer, und anschließender Freilassung zahmer herrenloser Hunde vor. Dieses wurde von der ersten Parlamentskammer, dem Senat, genehmigt, nur um dann 5 weitere Jahre in einer Schublade bei der zweiten Kammer – der Abgeordnetenkammer – zu liegen. Anschließend wurde der Entwurf grundlegend geändert, und besagte anstatt „Sterilisation und Freilassung“ nur „Einfangen und Töten“, dieser wurde von der Abgeordnetenkammer genehmigt. Bevor der Gesetzesentwurf so von dem Präsidenten gebilligt wurde und in Kraft trat, wurde bei dem Verfassungsgerichtshof eine Beschwerde eingelegt. Im Januar 2012 verkündete das Verfassungsgerichtshof seine Entscheidung, welche besagte, dass „die Tötung herrenloser Hunde nur als allerletzte Maßnahme getroffen werden könne, nur wenn alle anderen Lösungen entsprechend von den örtlichen Behörden umgesetzt wurden, ohne ihr Ziel – das Eindämmen bzw. das Stoppen dieses Phänomens – erreicht zu haben. Somit wurde PL912 zurück in das Parlament geschickt, wo es in Übereinstimmung mit der Entscheidung des Verfassungsgerichtshofs gebracht werden sollte. Es folgte ein weiteres schweres Jahr, mit einer Vielzahl von Lobbyaktionen, Materialien, Treffen, um die Einführung des Managements der Hundebevölkerung durch Sterilisation gesetzlich zu verankern. In dem hysterischen, von den Medien geschaffenen und von den Politikern übernommenen Kontext, hat die Abgeordnetenkammer am 10. September 2013 das Gesetz wieder einmal in einem Massentötungsgesetz umgewandelt und hat es auch genehmigt.

 

Am 14. September 2013 wurde gegen PL912 bei dem Verfassungsgerichtshof Beschwerde eingereicht, da es weiterhin nicht der Entscheidung dieses Gerichtshofs aus dem Jahre 2012 entsprach! Die Beschwerde wurde von 30 Senatoren unterzeichnet, die meisten davon aus der Partei PP-DD (Dan Diaconescu), aber auch einige aus anderen Parteien, die trotz anderslautenden Parteiweisungen ihre Integrität behalten haben.

 

Die Tragödie des Kindes wurde nur bruchstückhaft dargestellt, es wurde angegeben, der Zwischenfall sei auf öffentlichem Gelände passiert (und nicht auf Privatgelände, wie es eigentlich der Fall war), das Kind wurde 1 Km weit entfernt von dem Platz, wo die Großmutter auf ihn wartete, gefunden, vielmehr ist es unverständlich, wie ein vierjähriges Kind so weit kommen konnte, zumal der Weg bis dahin sogar für einen Erwachsenen extrem beschwerlich und gefährlich war, und schließlich wäre da noch die überraschend gelassene Einstellung der Eltern, insbesondere der Mutter.

Bereits seit 2 Wochen wurde ein nie zuvor dagewesener Krieg gegen Hunde und Tierliebhaber begonnen. Menschen wurden in einer unfassbaren Art und Weise gegen Hunde und Tierliebhaber aufgehetzt, Tierschutzvereine wurden einem Lynchmord durch die Medien ausgesetzt, um so einen Weg ohne jegliche Hindernisse für die Erreichung ihrer politischen Ziele vorzubereiten: Massentötung zwecks Fortsetzung eines Geschäftes, das mehrere zig Millionen Euro eingebracht hat, mit Unterstützung der Behörden; Annihilierung der Tausenden von Menschen, die auf den Straßen gegen die Einsetzung von Zyaniden für den Goldabbau in Rosia Montana protestierten; Einsetzung einer Massenhysterie in den Reihen der Bevölkerung, damit die Straßenhunde als Hauptproblem Rumäniens dargestellt werden, und so von den wahren und schwerwiegenden Problemen Rumäniens, die Millionen von Menschen betreffen, abzulenken.

Diese Manipulation führt zu Tragödien in Rumänien: Hunde die „vorsorglich“ umgebracht werden, von Menschen, die die „Gerechtigkeit“ in eigenen Händen nehmen; Hundehütten neben Wohngebäude werden von Menschen zerstört; Bürgermeister streuen Gift; Hundefänger, die Tag und Nacht Hunde jagen um sie dann in ihren Lagern zu zwängen, wo sich diese dann untereinander umbringen oder wo sie erschlagen werden; die Polizei, die willkürlich für erfundene hundebezogene Taten Geldbußen verhängt – weil man Hunde füttert, weil man Hunde in der Wohnung hat, weil man Hunde in einer Art und Weise ausführt, die ihnen nicht passt. Die Hundefänger werden aggressiv zu Menschen und greifen durch ihre Handlungen die Psyche aller Menschen, insbesondere aber der Kinder, an. Der unerhörte Betrag (50 Euro/Hund) den Hundefänger ausschließlich für das Einfangen und Transportieren der Hunde in die städtischen Lager erhalten sollen, bringt sie dazu, für jeden Hund, ob mit oder ohne Eigentümer,  regelrecht zu kämpfen! So sieht zum Beispiel Ecaterina Moraroiu aus http://m.rtv.net/97917, sie wurde von Hundefängern misshandelt, als sie ihren eigenen Hund schützen musste, da dieser von ihrer Seite weggerissen wurde. Die Hundefänger haben sie eingefangen und zwischen Autos gezerrt!

 Menschen laufen vor Hundefängern davon, mit Hunden in den Armen, um diese zu verstecken, sie bringen sie in ihre bereits mit anderen Tieren überfüllten Wohnungen. Die Kinder entwickeln bereits Depressionen angesichts des brutalen Einfangens ihrer Freunde. Ein achtjähriges Kind wollte aus dem zweiten Stock springen, als es hörte, dass sein Freund, der Hund des Wohnblocks, von Hundefängern weggebracht wurde.

Zahme, gesunde und von Menschen beschützte Hunde, alle mit ihren traurigen oder schönen Geschichten, die ein Zuhause neben den Wohngebäuden gefunden hatten, wo sie auch geliebt und umsorgt wurden, werden nun eingefangen und übereinander in die städtischen Lager geworfen.

Hunderte von Menschen stehen vor den Toren der Hundelager, um die Tiere zu adoptieren, oder diejenigen, die neben ihrer Wohnung lebten und von da weggerissen wurden, zurückzufordern, doch viele dieser Lager halten ihre Tore zu und der Zutritt wird verweigert!

Ich ersuche Sie alle, sofern es Ihnen möglich ist, Pflegeplätze für rumänische Hunde in Ihrem Land zu finden und dafür Kontakt zu Ihren vorhandenen Bekannten in Rumänien aufzunehmen. Ich ersuche Sie daher auch diese tierliebenden Bekannten in Rumänien finanziell zu unterstützen, solange diese den Tieren einen Schutz auf Zeit bieten, zumindest aber so lange bis die Tiere auf ihre Ausreise aus Rumänien vorbereitet werden für ein besseres Leben in ein anderes Land.

Der rumänische Straßenhund, ausgesetzt oder vertrieben oder misshandelt, dankbar für das Stück Brot und die Fußmatte unter dem Fenster, wo er sich neben den Menschen ausruhen kann, der auf trauriger Weise Teil der rumänischen Geschichte geworden ist, ist bereits seit geraumer Zeit zum Millionen-Geschäft für die Behörden geworden. Brutal aus der Gemeinde, wo er gepflegt wurde, entrissen, ist er nun mehr als je zuvor der Rohstoff eines großen rumänischen Industriezweigs geworden – Das „Straßenhundgeschäft“.

Vorstellung Europäische Kommission, Bruxelles, Januar 2013, Stray dog situation in Romania (5 Min.)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQiEoRU49o

Mittwoch, 25. September, WIRD DAS VERFASSUNGSGERICHTSHOF ÜBER PL912 und somit über Leben und Tod entscheiden! In einem nicht korrupten Land wäre es absolut selbstverständlich, dass der Gerichtshof zu seinem Standpunkt aus der Entscheidung von Januar 2012 steht. Wir wissen jedoch nicht, wie hoch der politische Druck auf den Verfassungsgerichtshof derzeit ist!

Ich bitte alle, die PETITIONEN eingeleitet haben, diese dringend als Ausdruck, zusammen mit allen bisherigen Unterschriften, an die Anschrift zu schicken:

Curtea Constitutionala, Palatul Parlamentului, Intrarea B1, Bucureşti, Calea 13 Septembrie nr.2, sector 5, cod postal 050725

 

Bitte protestiert, indem ihr das unten stehende SCHREIBEN oder (vorzugsweise) das eigene Schreiben an:

ccr@ccr.ro, pres@ccr.ro, valer.dorneanu@ccr.ro, petre.lazaroiu@ccr.ro, ttoader@ccr.ro, mircea.minea@ccr.ro, avp@avp.ro, drp@gov.ro, procetatean@presidency.ro, office@ansvsa.ro, office@cmvro.ro, petitii@mai.gov.ro, relatii.publice@scj.ro, amr@amr.ro, CJD@bucuresti-primaria.ro, dacianaoctavia.sarbu@europarl.europa.eu, director@aspa.ro, relatiicupublicul@aspa.ro, cabinet.presedinte@senatro.eu, cabinet.presedinte@cdep.ro, zgonea@cdep.ro, peti-secretariat@europarl.europa.eu, koen.doens@ec.europa.eu, office@agerpres.ro, stiri@agerpres.ro, mediafax@mediafax.ro, redactie.online@mediafax.ro, redactie@libertatea.ro, dilema@satiricon.ro, contact@adevarul.ro, pont@cancan.ro, cristian.stancu@click.ro, office@cotidianul.ro, office@curierulnational.ro, redactie@dcnews.ro, razvan.dumitrescu@dcnews.ro, andrei.moisoiu@dcnews.ro, simona.ionescu@evz.ro, online@gandul.info, office@ghimpele.ro, cristina.iancu@jurnalul.ro, subiecte@libertatea.ro, dan.turturica@romanialibera.ro, redactia@romanialibera.ro, editoronline@romanialibera.ro, redactia@enational.ro, redactie.online@mediafax.ro, protvintl@protv.ro, protv@protv.ro, focus@primatv.ro, stiri@europafm.ro, stiri@radio21.ro, ziua@ziua.ro, info@nationaltv.ro, vox@voxpublica.ro, stiri@antena1.ro, comunicare.corporate@tvr.ro, relatiicupublicul@tvr.ro, pr@protv.ro, protvintl@protv.ro, pr@acasatv.ro, povestiridenoapte@acasatv.ro, povestiri_adevarate@acasatv.ro, stiri@antena3.ro, contact@antena2.ro, focus@primatv.ro, cronica@primatv.ro, martorocular@realitatea.net, office@realitatea.net, webcontent@realitatea.net, site@money.ro, cristina@hurdubaia.ro, digivox@digi24.ro, online@digi24.ro, marketing@digi24.ro, mioara.radu@digi24.ro, office@nationaltv.ro, contact@n24plus.ro, info@kanald.ro, site@b1tv.ro, stiri@b1tv.ro, office@rtv.net, eugen.chelemen@rtv.net, malina.popa@rtv.net, webcontent@rtv.net, stireata@rtv.net, redactie@nasul.tv, ddtv@home.ro, contact@sperantatv.ro

 Bitte schickt ihre Schreiben auch als Fax an:

 Constitutional Court: + 40 21 312.43.59; +40-21.312.34.84; 00 4 021 414.21.39

Senate: + 40-21.312.55.56

Chamber of Deputies: +40 21 3120828, + 40 21 3146934

Government: + 40 21 3139846

The Romanian People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) +40-21/312.49.21

Besten Dank!

Carmen ARSENE

Sample protest letter:

 Subject (example): Stop mass killing of dogs in Romania!

 Honorable Members of the Constitutional Court,

Distinguished Officials,

Madams and Sirs,

 

Please know that mass killing of dogs is the worst decision possible: it is irrational, expensive, rejected by the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizing that dog slaughter has no result on the dog popluation in the street.

It is an as well known fact that killing stray dogs only pursues certain financial interests, as it is become notorious that tens of millions of EURO have been used formally, on paper, for stray dog management however in fact such amounts were used for other interests.

MASS SPAYING AND NEUTERING is the only LONG TERM solution for the decrease of the stray dogs phenomenon, as it aims to the source of the problem.

Mass killing is simply not the answer and is totally unacceptable in the civilized world of today.

We kindly expect from the Constitutional Court to prove it is correct and righteous and thus confirm by its current Decision the legal constitutional precedent given by the Decision 1/2012.

It is shameful that cruel mass slaughters of dogs can still happen in a member state of the European Union of the 21st century. The world is looking forward to hear you have reached the only correct and humane decision regarding the welfare of these animals, according with European and ethical norms, with the requests of the entire world, with the appeals from 6th and 11th September of European Parliament – Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals who considers that this „horrible and useless massacre of dogs” „goes against the values and objectives of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union”.

Please, be advised that if the killing of dogs starts, we will show to the entire world the reality of the dog camps, we will notify worldwide about the financial interests behind the business of killing dogs, we will withdraw any support that we have given so far to your country, we will boycott Romanian products and tourism, as no one will want to associate with a corrupt, cruel and immoral country.

We ask you to restore the image of your country and your people in the entire world and say NO to killing and ask for implementation of a real, effective and civilized dog management program by mass spaying and neutering

Thank you,

Name, country

England UK: Time Out At the Proms With Nige (and his Cup of Tea) !

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The ‘last night of the Proms’ is held as the climax to a huge musical event every year in London.

Here, on the first link below,  you can see Britain’s Nigel Kennedy; one of the top violinists in the world, playing at this years last Proms night at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Us Brits love him, he is a great entertainer as well as a superb musician.

He hates all the ‘official’ stuff of ‘pomp and ceremony’ associated so much with the classics; and introduces his own brand of humour and superb playing into the London event.

Turning up with a cup of tea, and wearing his favourite Aston Villa football club T shirt, he is very much not the norm when it comes to classical music – but that is Nige and that is why we love him.

But he is an icon in the UK and is so much loved, admired and respected by audiences. Watch him play by clicking on the following link.  London proms last night 2013 – and Nige does it proud !! – Go Nige !!

Enjoy watching this crazy but very talented Englishman by clicking on the first link below.

Live exports have dominated our work for the last week or so, but as of 9/9, we hope to get back to publishing more on this site. 

In the meantime, enjoy Nigel playing at the Proms – click on the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEX-UMXCVWg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Q9ty53C8U

UK (England): The Badger Cull Is Under Way Despite Massive Public Opposition.

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The killing of badgers in England started earlier this week – on Monday 26th August.

Despite massive public opposition to the cull, or slaughter, the UK Conservative led government has decided to press ahead.  It is a very controversial issue but is one that has effectively been introduced by the Conservatives to support their farming friends requests.

It can best be summed up by the statement made by Professor John Bourne (Chair of the Independent Scientific Group on Bovine TB), who declared in a statement:

“I think the most interesting observation was made to me by a senior politician who said “fine John, we accept your science, but we have to offer the farmers a carrot – and the only carrot we can give them is culling badgers”.

The ‘Stop the Cull’ site is brilliant and provides an excellent overview of everything.

http://badger-killers.co.uk/

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Badgers are blamed for spreading the disease, but see the undercover footage obtained at Sedgemore Livestock market in England on three occasions to inspect market bio-security conditions; a situation where TB could potentially be spread amongst farmers who attend the markets and who DO NOT take bio-security seriously. Nearly all of the guidelines/rules/regulations were broken.  And still despite being shown in the video evidence that market farmers are not taking hardly any precautions such as cleaning and disinfecting their clothes and footwear tostop the spread of animal diseases, it is still declared by the farming community and the Conservative government as being the badgers which spread TB and thus are the ones at fault.

Badgers to blame or careless bio-security undertakings by farmers ?

– View the undercover footage obtained at Sedgemore Livestock market at:  

http://badger-killers.co.uk/no-bio-security-at-largest-livestock-market-in-sw-england/

 

By going to ‘List of MP’s’ on the site, it is possible to find out how all (UK) Members of Parliament (MP’s) voted with regard the badger cull – for or against.

ATC = Against the Cull;; FTC = For the Cull.

http://badger-killers.co.uk/list-of-mps/

We are even hearing reports here in our location in South East England that some Conservative MP’s voted in favour of the cull because they were hoping for ‘a cabinet position’ in the future and as such, had to follow the Party whip which is really the way that the party suggests MP’s vote.

It is a very sad reflection on how Conservative MP’s put their own personal position in government way above all of the scientific facts which do not support the mass killing of badgers. See the Professor John Bourne (Chair of the Independent Scientific Group on Bovine TB) statement at the start of this post.

The link ‘Bad Science’ explains more and provides some very detailed information on the situation past and present – see it at  http://badger-killers.co.uk/why/bad-science/

Some UK Press and media links on the badger killings – there are many more !:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQP9ihjqe9g

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Brian May – ‘Save Me’  http://www.save-me.org.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23845851

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/10635421.Start_of_the_badger_cull/ 

http://www.cheddarvalleygazette.co.uk/badger-cull-starts-supporters-critics-clash-words/story-19713040-detail/story.html

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-diseases/a-z/bovine-tb/badgers/badger-culling-pilots/

http://www.thisisdorset.net/news/tidnews/10635960.Dorset_watches_on_standby_as_badger_cull_starts/

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/badgers

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/27/badger-cull-protest-pilot-areas

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2013/aug/27/badger-cull-first-day-owen-paterson-defends-video

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/poll/2013/aug/27/badger-cull-sympathise-with-saboteurs

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/26/badger-cull-government-anti-science

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/badger-lovers-up-arms-after-2228327

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/badger-cull-announced-by-government-to-counter-183437

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/badger-cull-animal-rights-protesters-2226205

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bill-oddie-attacks-owen-patersons-1328986

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/5100249/Army-officer-commands-badger-cull.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/10267044/The-badger-cull-should-be-delayed-no-longer.html

(Above – Telegraph is also known as ‘Torygraph – the government can do no wrong !)

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/08/22/bodger-badger-are-set-against-badger-cull-youtube-campaign-message

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Owen Paterson and David Cameron – the two behind the badger cull.

Doing it for their farmer friends and ignoring the scientific evidence.

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UK: Hillside Expose More Farm Animal Suffering in 2013…

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SAV Comment: 

The following video footage IS an example of exactly why there should be NO AG GAG.

With Ag Gag, this footage would not be allowed in certain states of the USA.

Fortunately, and very sadly, this was filmed in the UK – part of the EU; a Europe which has NO AG GAG.

 

Hillside Expose More Farm Animal Suffering in 2013…

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http://www.hillside.org.uk/

Please click below to watch this short film…

***  WARNING – EXTREME ANIMAL SUFFERING ***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMtfYFLQ4Gw

If Hillside hadn’t discovered the animals shown in the film above, and taken action to help them, they would undoubtedly still be suffering in those same appalling conditions.  Cases like this highlight why Hillside’s Farm Animal Investigations are such an important part of the Sanctuary’s work.  If you would like to support these investigations, please consider donating to our Farm Animal Investigation Appeal…

To donate towards our Farm Animal Investigations

please click here

Please may we ask you to forward this to your friends
to show them what, sadly, is all too often hidden behind the
closed doors of the factory farming industry…

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Our mailing address is:

Hillside Animal Sanctuary

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Time for a Time Out – Things Have Been Busy and We Need A Laugh.

We hope you will enjoy these two from British tv.

We love both Victor and Frank.

Time out – we need a short break and to have a laugh.

Here is Victor; loved by the UK people.  He says what he thinks is right but he always ends up getting into trouble because he speaks out.  UK people love him.

ENJOY !!

Ol Vic does his stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y9NcGIyrEA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfg7aQMowVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wgYPnmMLcY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAWB-y6vLbQ

 

And here is a classic tv from the UK back in the 1970’s.

Frank Spencer – he is not the brightest button in the box but his heart is very good – he always tries to help others but things always go wrong.

His long suffering wife is called Betty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tulFeVPSb7k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCOW-JLF6W8

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn2BpHc6Pqk

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