Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

All cows thought to be thrown overboard from the ‘Polaris 2’ live animal transport ship.

Read more and see pictures at:

https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2019/04/03/dead-cows-washing-up-on-canary-island-beaches/ 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 2, 2019

New Mexico Bans Destructive Coyote-killing Contests

Governor Lujan Grisham Signs Bill Abolishing Organized Competition Killing of Coyotes for Prizes, Entertainment

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed bipartisan legislation that prohibits organizing, sponsoring or participating in coyote-killing contests in the state. Several conservation organizations praised the governor for signing the progressive, science-based legislation into law.

During these contests, participants compete to kill the greatest number, the largest or even the smallest coyotes for entertainment and prizes. At least 30 such contests are known to take place annually in New Mexico.

The bill, SB 76, was spearheaded by state senators Mark Moores (R-Albuquerque) and Jeff Steinborn (D-Las Cruces). The bill was carried on the House floor by Rep. Matthew McQueen (D-Galisteo).

“Killing contests are just blood sports. All they are about is killing as many animals as you can, and not about protecting livestock or property,” said Sen Moores. “No one is trying to restrict landowners’ ability to kill offending coyotes, but celebrating mass killing is just not good wildlife management.”

“With the signing of this bill, New Mexico is sending a powerful message that we value our wildlife and humane treatment of them,” said Sen. Steinborn.

“This victory has been nearly two decades in the making, the culmination of a homegrown campaign waged by thousands of dedicated New Mexicans appalled that these gruesome blood sports are hosted in our state,” said Jessica Johnson, chief legislative officer for Animal Protection Voters. “Today, we as a state are taking a giant step toward thoughtful, humane wildlife management and basic human decency.”

“This law makes New Mexico a leader in following sound science in its treatment of wild carnivores,” said Michael Robinson, senior conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity. “We celebrate for coyotes, for endangered wolves that might have been mistakenly killed and for our children learning that humane values are New Mexico values.”

“There is no documented scientific evidence that coyote killing contests serve any legitimate wildlife management purpose,” said Albuquerque-based Project Coyote Science Advisory Board member Dave Parsons, a retired career wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “We applaud Gov. Lujan Grisham for taking a strong stance against these ethically and ecologically indefensible events.”

“Coyotes as a species don’t deserve to be vilified. They are important ecosystem managers that regulate populations of rodents and rabbits which are significant competitors for forage with other native herbivores and even livestock,” said Mary Katherine Ray, wildlife chair of the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter and long-time resident of rural Socorro county. “The random mass killing of coyotes that occurs with killing competitions is like targeting every cocker spaniel, a similarly sized canine, for death because one may have behaved problematically. The governor was right to sign the bill to stop this.”

“This is a huge victory for New Mexico’s wildlife and New Mexicans,” said Amanda Munro, communications director for the Southwest Environmental Center. “Our wildlife deserves management that reflects broad public opinion, respects all wildlife, and is informed by modern ecological understanding about the value of all species. This bill takes New Mexico a giant step in that direction.”

“These contests are abhorrent and unjustifiable — they are neither hunting nor wildlife management,” said Christopher Smith, southern Rockies wildlife advocate for WildEarth Guardians. “Banning this activity is a step towards science-based and ethical wildlife management and we are grateful to the bill’s sponsors and supporters and the governor.”

In January, New Mexico State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard signed an executive order prohibiting wildlife killing contests for unprotected species on State Trust Lands. California banned the awarding of prizes for killing furbearer and nongame species in 2014, and Vermont banned coyote killing contests in 2018. Cities and counties in Arizona, New Mexico, and Wisconsin have passed resolutions condemning wildlife killing contests.

Background

Wildlife-killing contests occur throughout the United States. The best available science indicates that indiscriminately killing coyotes disrupts pack social structures, which can lead to increased depredation and compensatory breeding.

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View a statement signed by more than 70 conservation scientists condemning coyote killing contests here.

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https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2019/04/03/the-street-becomes-a-dinner-table-for-hungry-animals-harmony-fund-newsletter/

We support Harmony Fund with a standing order every month. Our donation, complete with those from thousands of other good people enable Harmony to immediately direct resources into animal crisis situations all over the world.

We would ask everyone to become a supporter of Harmony – for so many years we have been trying to be a voice for street dogs of Serbia; and in this situation, Harmony has stepped forward to supply on going food and support to many.

Here is a link to the latest Harmony newsletter; and you can see what we mean by getting food onto the ground for animals in need.

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Read more at 

China: The ‘Animal Torture Village’ – Please Sign the Petition.

https://secure.avaaz.org/de/community_petitions/Botschaft_der_VR_China_Berlin_Stoppt_die_Tierfolterei_von_Wildtieren_in_SuzhouChina/

RTL journalist reports from Suzhou
On 30th March 2015 at 18:45h RTL broadcasted a report about an “animal torture village” in China. They became a very sad celebrity and China announced that village as “cultural heritage”
Surely you remember the pictures which were shown:
Pictures of totally scared monkeys, who had to learn how to ride a bike while being chained to it and during that action were beaten with a stick!

Read a lot more via the above petition link – in both German and English.

Please sign and give your support.

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To all our valued customers,

We are excited to share with you our participation in the Manchester Northern Vegan Festival 6th April as our first time ever real-world event! As you know, Dolma is an online business and this will be our first time to venture into real time. If you are planning to go or want to know more – see link below for more information. Please come and see us, it would be a wonderful opportunity to meet our customers and make some new ones!

Northern Vegan Festival – UK Vegan Events

Look forward to seeing you there.

The Dolma Team

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Many people are unaware animals are suffering for them to smell good.

Well-known within the vegan and vegetarian community, Dolma is a favourite of caring customers who want to smell nice while knowing animals don’t suffer in the process.

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