28/11/17 – Things have finally just about finished for the live animals for slaughter and further fattening trade from the UK. There is still one operator – a Dutchman named ‘Onderwater who operates on a very sporadic schedule now – maybe a few times every quarter year.
UK organisations are now campaigning really hard to ensure that on the day the UK leaves the EU, live animal exports from the UK will be banned in legislation. This has been impossible all the time the UK is part of the EU; but with independence, the UK will take back control and make its own laws rather than those from a pathetic EU.
So finally, we have really reached the point that Jill campaigned so hard for. We will see it through to the end – and live animal exports from the UK WILL BE BANNED.
The simple fact is, that if the EU actually enforced its own regulations and laws, then the UK may have voted to stay in the EU.
Now, JC Junker – ‘Sir Lampshade’ – is doing what he does best; pretending that the EU is ‘oh so wonderful’ whilst at the same time trying to threaten the UK in order that other member states in the EU don’t even dare consider leaving !
The UK is (currently – until it shuts the door) the SECOND biggest financial contributor to the EU. And so, when the UK walks out the EU door for the last time, the EU can guarantee that it will not be getting financial contributions from the nation that pays in almost more than anyone else – the UK.
So the EU then has to make up this large financial shortfall by going round to all the other member states and asking; or is that demanding ? – yes demanding, that they all contribute more money to make up for the blank void now left by the UK leaving. That will go down well across the EU we dont think; especially with some member states who currently appear to want to take everything they can from the EU, whilst contributing (financially) very little in return.
The EU has already given Billions of Euros to Serbia. The EU is by far the biggest donor to Serbia with more than €2.6 billion (as of January 2014 – https://europa.rs/eu-assistance-to-serbia/?lang=en ) for example as a ‘softener’ for when it becomes an EU member state.
As we have shown on this very site for many years, Serbia is not even enforicng the ‘rule of law’ within (its own nation) Serbia; which we are all told is a requirement for nations to show if thy want EU membership – ‘enforcement of the rule of law’ – a fundamental for EU membership:
If Serbia WERE to enforce its own rules of law, then we would actually be witnessing animal shelters throughout Serbia being constructed, maintained and operated to standards that would give the best of welfare to animals taken from the streets. See more about this at:
But we don’t. The enforcement of the ‘rule of law’ is one of the common values upon which the European Union is founded. It is enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union – check it out:
As Serbia is NOT enforcing the rule of law; one tends to think that Serbia should not become an EU member state. If this is the case, then should the EU be throwing billions of Euros its way as a softener for membership ?
The next big question is, now the UK is leaving the EU and taking its financial contributions with it; other EU states will have to contribute more financially into the EU ‘club’ – fact. That means Serbia effectively would have a larger membership ‘bill’ than that currently being thrown around. Will Serbia pay this ? – or does Serbia leave the EU even before it has become a member ? – “thanks EU, we have taken your billions in financial support, but now we are staying out of the club” !
Jean Claude Junker (above) is trying to screw as much money from the UK before it leaves as he can; so that he can then carry a smaller begging bowl to all ‘his’ other contributor member states when he has to ask them for more cash. I
n the article at the top of this post, the UK has, via the Bank of England, this last month; undertaken extensive research into the UK financial position when it leaves the EU. All the doom and gloom ‘project fear’ predictions made by those (David Cameron and others) who waned to scare us all into an ‘essential to stay as an EU member’ has now been proven wrong – as this same article shows.
It is the EU who is in crisis, not the UK. Germany and its powerhouse leader ‘Mrs Merkel’ does not even seem to be able to form a government post very recent elections. There may be another election in Germany as a result in the coming months. We have seen that some other member states have serious concerns about the way the EU is going; there is even talk of them leaving, but Sir Junker will ensure, with his hard talk and threats o the UK, that o other EU member state dares to leave him in Ivory Tower. “Look what will happen and how you will suffer like the UK from EU punishment if you do”; are his fumbled words.
Why are we here ? – because the EU cannot enforce its own rules and regulations.
Ask the EU animals being transported to Turkey every single day if they are being protected, even when passing through the EU by animals in transport (EU) Regulation 1/2005 ? – we think the answer from them would be a 100% ‘NO’.
So why pay money into a club that has the inability to enforce its own regulations ?
The EU is doomed – we all know this; even Sir Lampshade.
Martin Schultz and JC Junker
Will others join the UK by leaving ? – we will have to wait and see. Maybe Junker and Tusk will get their way and threaten other member states so much that they dare even think of leaving the EU club.
Meanwhile, in our opinion, the UK should jut pack its bags; go over to WTO legislation and then simply walk away. If Mr Junker and Tusk are so good, lets see them find the solution.
The EU enforcing EU Regulations would be a good start, but we doubt this will ever happen.
Tibet remains under de-facto marshal law and those who resist face violent crackdowns. Basic human rights are denied to Tibetans and many face severe punishments simply for waving the Tibetan flag or keeping photos of the Dalia Lama.
International human rights organisations generally agree that the situation has become worse under Xi. While occupied Tibet has always scored poorly in assessments made by Freedom House in recent years it has been rated the second worst place for freedom across the world. This puts it below North Korea and only just above war-torn Syria.
Posted on November 28, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
The European Commission has called on the public to participate in a consultation to gather views on the ivory trade in Europe and what actions should be taken against the illegal ivory trade.
Global elephant populations are rapidly declining, with 20,000-30,000 elephants killed every year. Meanwhile, the ivory trade has grown and demand fuels both the legal and illegal trades. The EU is the single largest exporter of ivory items, acting as a main transit route for ivory coming out of Africa; the products mainly destined for Asian markets.
The EU is lagging behind, which undermines international efforts to ban the trade. This stokes global demand and increases the pressure elephant populations.
The elephants need you to speak up for them and before Friday 8th December!
It will take about 10 minutes to complete and you can save a draft of your response until you are ready to submit. ADI will also be submitting a full response to the consultation.
Thank you for taking action for the elephants.
A similar consultation process is being carried out in the UK and we will be in touch soon to ask for your help once again. If we don’t stand up for the elephants now, they will be gone.
To support our campaigns to protect elephants and other threatened wildlife,
Posted on November 26, 2017 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Germany is currently running a campaign against fur.
It is organized by “Deutsches Tierschutzbüro” and aims to force the department store “Breuninger” to be fur free. This department store is quite noble and has several branches throughout Germany.
On 21st and 22nd November the activists also came to my city. They told it me by mail and I said I would be there, even though I did not belong to this organization.
From the photos one can see that it was a good, strong action.
Therefore, the acceptance in the society was very big, many people hugged me and wished “keep it up, we need you” !!
We had four journalists from four different media.
Above – A journalist (Red) interviews a campaigner (Blue)
And they were not only there; but they also reported on the action via media outlets.
All those who have experience with such actions know that the most important thing is talking to people. The 8,000 flyers we distributed are no guarantee that we have convinced the same amount of people against fur.
But most of them have sought the dialogue while reading the flyer, and that is positive for me.
Campaigns (unlike to demos) have the goal of putting a particular company under pressure to force it to refrain from its bloody business. This goal can only be achieved if we go public and get the support of society.
Therefore, there is also a petition in support of the campaign.
Not real animals – but a display of (mock) fur bearing animals.
When the police came to tell us on Wednesday, November 22nd, that the department store was complaining against the loud speaker, a lot of people were around us and started scolding the police: “Let the activists be in peace, we need them, they do something good” said some.
That’s where politics starts, and I think you have to go out on the streets again, take action, come to the old forms of persuasion and education that used to be successfully practiced many years ago by political parties.
I firmly believe that animal welfare should become a political debate, and we can achieve that only if we mobilize the masses against the politicians who are responsible for crime and exploitation against animals.
The store – ‘Breuninger’ which sells fur
The campaign is not over yet, it’s still running in other cities and in December we’ll be back “on the streets” in my city for two days!
And the first success is already there: In Stuttgart, after our action, the department store “Breuninger” removed all fur parts from its show window.
