WAV Comment  – we are currently working hard on our submission to Defra on this issue – read more at:  England: Live Animal Transport Consultation – 12/12/20 Progress Report. – World Animals Voice

 

Plans to ban the export of animals, supported by West Dorset MP, revealed

Plans to ban the export of animals, supported by West Dorset MP, revealed | Bridport and Lyme Regis News (bridportnews.co.uk)

PLANS to ban the export of live animals from England and Wales for slaughter and fattening, which have been strongly supported by West Dorset MP Chris Loder, have been unveiled.

The plans were revealed by the UK’s environment secretary, George Eustice, in the start of a renewed push by the Government to strengthen the UK’s position as a world leader on animal welfare.

An estimated 6,400 animals were sent to Europe for slaughter in 2018, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Mr Loder has worked closely with the RSPCA and the British Veterinary Association among others to (enable this to happen) and is urging as many people as possible to support his campaign by responding to the Government consultation.

In his speech in the House of Commons on October 23, during the second reading of the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill, the MP demanded the house support and deliver the government’s pledge to end live animal exports – claiming that it was disgraceful that well cared for farm animals could be loaded on to a lorry and sent thousands of miles by land and sea to destinations as far as Libya and Lebanon.

Mr Loder said: “Today’s announcement is a victory for animal welfare. It is a direct benefit of Britain leaving the EU. It is the EU’s trading rules on the movement of animals, along with the lobby from the National Farmers’ union to continue live exports for slaughter and fattening, that has enabled this cruel practice for so long.

“Bringing an end to the unnecessary suffering of animals during transport is long overdue. Through my Animal Welfare Bill, which reaches the Committee Stage early next year, I hope not only to achieve tougher custodial sentences for those who inflict the worst kinds of cruelty on innocent animals; but also to deal with the cruelty that has been happening on a mass scale, such as with live animal exports.”

Live animals commonly have to endure excessively long journeys during exports, causing distress and injury.

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India: Latest Amazing Healing Rescues From ‘Animal Aid Unlimited’. Please Donate if You Can. – World Animals Voice

Dear Mark,

Introducing our brand new Large Animal Ambulance equipped with a hydraulic lift!

We sometimes find that bandaging a wound is the easier part of treatment. Often, what’s most difficult is moving the injured angel from the street to our hospital,especially when they are a 400 pound bull with a fracture.

We’ve been so lucky that our staff have had the strength and ability to work together in lifting really heavy animals even without an automatic lift. But it is amazing to lighten all their loads and most of all it makes rescue safer and stress-free for all.

Happiest thank you to the wonderful donors who made this possible!

Watch what happened when Penelope’s fractured pelvis healed!

The blood on her face was what alarmed our rescue team. But that wasn’t this beautiful girl’s worst problem.

Hit by a passing vehicle, Penelopehad alsosustained a fracture to her pelvis.Her facial laceration, although it caused a permanent droop to her eye, healed within just a few weeks. But her pelvis injury required 6 weeks of bed rest in order to heal.

Restricting her movement was necessary for healing, but boy was she glad when she was able to run again for the first time.Watch thisgorgeous wobbly whirlwind take the world by storm! 

Healing is beautiful. Please donate.

Jason’s fear melted when bandages eased his pain.

Jason’s wound was massive. All the skin of his front forelimb was pulled off when a vehicle tire caught the skin in its tread. His pain was hard to imagine, and we watched his face stilled with worry when we gently flushed his wound. But this little wonder-boy’s fear melted as soon as his wound was bandaged.

Rescuing him was so important. Because the world without Jason would be a little less beautiful.

For Someone “out there,” tomorrow will come because of you. Please donate

 

Cutest dog with no toes on one foot in India!

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Delightful Jakeis a perfect family dog. He’sloving, playful, intelligent and friendly. A Labrador who was abandoned by his previous owners – possibly because of an old injury that has left him missing the toes on his hind leg. To his old owners he might have been less than perfect but we couldn’t disagree more!

Jake’s favourite thing to do is play – he carries his beloved bone toy over to every person who enters his area in the hope that they will engage in a game of tug-o-war, or even better, fetch! His damaged foot doesn’t slow him down at all. He’s a “people person” who also loves other dogs, and if you’re lucky enough to adopt him, your whole family will have an angel guarding your hearts for the rest of your lives.

Click here to adopt many 4 leggers at AAU:

Adopt | Adopt a resuced animal in India | Animal Aid Unlimited

 Regards Mark

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It is said that some animals “only lack language”, and this must certainly be true in the case of many dogs and cats who delight our days with their presence in the house, and also with regard to the protagonist of this story:

A 500 kg cow fled the slaughterhouse and took refuge in the next church. Was she looking for a way to shout, “Help save me!”

We may not know, but from the way the news sounds, it actually seems that the great beast has entered the church as if it were almost going to “pray” for its life.

Needless to say, the slaughterhouse staff tracked it down and took it back.

In order to escape her tragic fate, the cow fled, which was now aware of what to expect after the staff of the slaughterhouse had pulled her out of her stable with ropes until she took refuge in the church “Signore della Misericordia” in Mexico, took place in the city of Tampico Alto.
It remained hidden for several minutes without anyone being able to track it down.

In the end, the slaughterhouse staff arrived at the church and recaptured the animal that in those few minutes had perhaps hoped to save its life.

The photo immediately went viral on Twitter, where many users expressed their regret over the fate of the cow.

Some even wrote that the poor animal was in the process of “asking God for help” at that moment, while others wanted to let it be known that they had adopted it just to avoid such a sacrifice.

A certain user wrote that the cow should absolutely not have been killed because it was clearly “a sign from God”.

Whether or not it was a divine sign, there is no doubt about the regret for the poor cow.

http://www.zinteres.ru/2020/11/eine-fur-den-schlachter-bestimmte-kuh.html

And I mean…“Lord of Mercy” was the name of the church?

Then this Lord should appear in person and teach the cretins from the slaughterhouse a lesson on how someone has to behave in his house
Churches are places where the message of peace and compassion is preached. Getting in there by force is sacrilege.

The church asylum grants temporary admission to refugees who are threatened with torture, death, or inhumane hardship.
And meanwhile, it has become a certain humanitarian tradition.

For human animals!

Already in ancient times, there was a tradition of protecting people in holy places such as temples, tombs, or holy groves, especially when it was not clear whether they were guilty or not.

In the case of the Mexican cow, it was absolutely clear that she was innocent.
Her only “crime” was that she didn’t belong to the ruling species, which means she had no right to protection in the church.

And the Lord of Mercy does not deal with individuals without rights.

My best regards to all, Venus

 

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“What matters is what comes out at the back”, said Helmut Kohl—> German Chancellor until 1998.

We remember his wise words in today’s Corona times

Regards and good night, Venus

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Ravens are considered to be particularly intelligent: They learn quickly and use tools purposefully. One reason the birds are so smart could be because of their long childhood.

Because some corvids stay with their parents for a very long time – and have so much time to learn even complex things in a protective setting.

Cognitive scientists from the German University of Osnabrück and the Max Planck Society have now investigated how clever they actually are.

They compared the physical and social skills of ravens with those of chimpanzees and orangutans.
It was shown that the tested ravens already had a comparable cognitive performance as great apes at the age of four months.

The study was published in the journal “Scientific Reports”.

The scientists wanted to find out, for example, whether ravens know where to find food. To do this, they hid treats in a cup that was hidden between other cups and moved back and forth like a shell game.

The ravens pointed with their beak at the correct cup and pecked at it.

Face recognition

Ravens recognize faces – and in this way identify, for example, “bad” people five years after a trapping operation. Even ravens who had only seen the face once were afraid of those faces later.

By the way, ravens live with the same partner for a lifetime. Each year the couple raise two to five boys who are very carefully looked after by their parents.

Corvids are the front runners among the feathered geniuses.

They can also plan for the future and carefully divide their food over several days or keep provisions. Just like us, humans, only without a refrigerator!

For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/12/13/ravens-are-as-smart-as-great-apes/

 

And I mean… The EU Birds Directive stipulates:
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Art. 8: “Prohibited hunting methods: With regard to the hunting, catching, or killing of birds within the framework of this directive, the member states prohibit all means, facilities or methods by which birds are caught or killed in large numbers or indiscriminately or which in certain areas May lead to the disappearance of a bird species, in particular the means, facilities and methods listed in Annex IV letter a)”.
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“Annex IV of the EU Birds Directive lists poisoned bait, blinded or mutilated live birds, night vision devices, etc. also explicitly named trap traps”.

In Germany the hunting season for ravens is allowed from August 1st to February 20th, they can be hunted by the hunters. Live traps are prohibited.
But traps for ravens and birds of prey are legally offered on the Internet.

Crow hunting in Upper Franconia, Bavaria

Like everything in the hunting business, this has to do with hypocrisy and lobbying.

The pursuit palette ranges from shooting and shooting nests to poisoning and trapping: either with manslaughter traps such as Gooseneck or leghold traps (possession permitted, use prohibited) or live traps with decoys (e.g. Nordic crow mass trap with a live decoy pigeon).

Ladder traps (“Nordic Crow Catching”) are usually large facilities that at first glance look like an aviary.

It’s a crow trap-Germany

On the top, these traps have one or more openings that allow a bird to get inside, but then, like a fish trap, cannot find it again. The opening is always provided with rungs and looks like a ladder that is mounted on the “aviary”.

Inside there are either meat baits or live pigeons, crows or magpies. These decoys can be used to catch both predatory birds and corvids.

The ban on trapping birds also applies to the latter, so this type of trap is always illegal.

There are practically no controls for hunters in Germany. In other countries, forest or environmental police have been set up, but in Germany, the hunter can do what he wants.

Of course, there is the Federal Hunting Act and other laws to be observed.

But it works like in almost all areas of life: where there is no plaintiff, there is no judge…

My best regards to all, Venus

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WAV Comment:  We are really pleased to be able to give to Harmony Fund every month – and it is great to see the donations being put to such great use as shown in the video.  We would encourage everyone to give to HF if possible, to make the world for animals a better place – and to fill their bellies !

Those of you who have walked with us on this journey for the past 11 years know that Harmony Fund is a small charity doing BIG things. We throw our arms around underdog animal rescue squads all over the planet, creating circles of care to deliver food, shelter and veterinary care to thousands of animals each month. We recently brought food in for all the dogs, cats and horses at the beautiful Fundatia Sky rescue center in Romania…and it was breathtaking.

Two 18 wheeler trucks drove all the way from Germany to Romania, more than 1,000 miles, with 40 tons of kibble and canned food for hundreds of dogs and cats at Fundatia Sky shelter.  This food will also be shared with many homeless animals in the community.  Pet food is much less expensive in Germany and a higher quality and quanity of food can be bought here, making this the most efficient option. 

But that’s not all. Another 40 tons of locally sourced hay was then brought in for the horses, and they started eating right off the lorries long before the men could unload the bales.  

Watch the video on our website

To give or donate, please click on:

Season of Giving to the Animals | Harmony Fund
 

Thanks

Mark – WAV.

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England: The end of dairy’s ‘dirty secret’? – World Animals Voice

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