The government of the Australian state of New South Wales has reversed plans to ban greyhound racing.
The ban was due to be imposed after an inquiry found overwhelming evidence of animal cruelty, including mass killings and the use of live bait in training.
State Premier Mike Baird said he had “underestimated” the desire to give the greyhound industry “one last chance”.
“We got it wrong – I got it wrong, cabinet got it wrong, the government got it wrong,” he said.
The ban, which was due to be introduced last year, was criticised by the industry as too extreme a reaction.
When has Australia ever done anything to improve the welfare of animals ? – live exports and the rest.
Posted on October 11, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
Take part in our Weekend of Action, starting on World Egg Day (14 October)!
We need your help! Viva! has gone undercover to show the lives of Britain’s laying hens – the one animal that really does seem to be out of sight and out of mind.
Millions of laying hens churn out eggs day after day in conditions that should shame our country. The battery cage has gone in Britain but the replacement ‘enriched’ cage is a con; a wire prison for 80 birds with just a few square inches of extra space each. The boredom and frustration, the bullying and aggression, remain exactly the same. There is no relief from the desperation; no ability to lead a natural life. And they call it enriched!
The video from Julia in this following link is well worth a look – SAV.
Around a half of Britain’s laying hens are forced to live like this – you can see it for yourself on our website.
Free range sheds are no better; they are so overcrowded that birds may never even leave them. We saw hens with feather loss, dead birds littering the gridded floors, sick and dying birds. All were ‘British Lion Quality’.
These are the reasons we need your help! We’ve produced a brand new leaflet for this campaign. And of course, our excellent resources for helping people make compassionate food choices are always available! Anything you can do to help – showing footage on the streets, door dropping leaflets, getting friends and family to watch our film, a small donation to fund our ongoing campaign – will go a long way to ending the suffering of hens.
Target: Geoffrey Muecke, Chief Judge of the South Australian District Court
Goal: Demand the maximum penalty for the person who reportedly zippered a cat into a backpack and threw it into a river.
A cat drowned after she was zippered into a backpack and thrown in a river. A group of bystanders tried to save the cat, but were unable to reach her in time. Demand justice for this innocent cat.
The RSPCA of South Australia called it “a deliberate act of cruelty.” A female tortoiseshell cat was zippered into a backpack and thrown into the flooded Gawler River. Her desperate cries could be heard from the shore, but the backpack was too far away to be retrieved in time. The cat wore a collar but it did not contain identifying information. She was likely someone’s pet.
RSPCA inspectors are currently investigating. They have asked for the public’s help in identifying the person responsible. Sign below and demand the maximum penalty in this case.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Judge Muecke,
A cat drowned after she was zippered into a backpack and thrown in the Gawler River. The person responsible is still at large. We demand justice for this innocent cat.
The tortoiseshell cat’s desperate cries could be heard all the way on the shore. Trapped in a backpack with no method of escape, she slowly drowned in the flooded river. She died, painfully, before rescuers could reach the backpack.
The RSPCA of South Australia has stated that this torture was deliberate. Whoever is responsible for the death of this innocent cat must receive the maximum penalty possible by law.
Posted on October 10, 2016 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
The live is the measure of all things.
Billions of animals are massacred by the believers of this planet in the name of religion: Nepal-Gadhimai Festival, Halal blood sacrifice, sacrificial lamb orgies in the Orthodox Easter, not to forget the inquisitorial cat tracing in the Middle Ages, and the present Hubertus fairs, meat ordinations or bullfighting rituals . All this, as I said, takes place in the name of religion.
It was the Greek philosopher Protagoras who first said:
‘Man is the measure of all things’.
Then came Christianity. With the commandment of charity, with the command not to kill, not to steal. Man has been called the coronation of creation, and he has demonstrated from this position of power that even nuclear bombs can enter the service of charity !!!
For Christianity animals can not be placed on the human level. Animals have no soul, only instincts, and are therefore subordinate to humans and can only be used to satisfy their needs. So says the Catechism, and so we do it even today. Over two thousand years after Christ, we are still acting according to the morality of primitive deserts who did not know better then. Over two thousand years after Christ, we are still acting according to the morality of primitive inhabitants of the desert, who at that time did not know better.
We murder in the name of freedom of religion and love of God. What kind of love is this?
What kind of love is this, that goes over corpses?
And what kind of God is he who lives by the blood of his victims? Only when this society frees itself from the conviction that faith is more important than the lives of humans and animals can it develop morally.
Man is not the measure of all things. The live is the measure of all things.
Goal: Ban the cruel festival that senselessly tortures and kills thousands of goats annually.
Thousands of goats are needlessly tortured and killed for entertainment every October and November. In Oaxaca, Mexico, around 5,000 to 7,000 goats are killed annually in front of a large, jeering crowd that is filled with people of all ages.
These thousands of goats endure terrible pain and die a slow death. They are forced to face this terrible ordeal while hoards of people look on. These goats can feel pain and experience fear just like us and this cruelty needs to stop.
Sign this petition and demand that this cruel form of “entertainment” is banned. These innocent animals do not deserve to be treated with such contempt any longer.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Governor Cue,
Every year during the months of October and November, thousands of goats are senselessly slaughtered for entertainment. Killing an animal is not entertaining, but barbaric. The crowd watching this cruel tradition contains people of all ages, including children. Exposing children to such violence and deeming it normal is not good for their mental health.
Goats can feel pain and experience fear just like us. The 5,000 to 7,000 goats killed annually endure terrible pain and die a slow death. These innocent animals do not deserve to be treated so terribly and killed so viciously.
Please consider banning this cruel tradition and sparing countless lives from unnecessary pain and death. Some traditions are not meant to continue in today’s world and this barbaric event is one of them.
