Macedonia: Not Enough Letters Of Support – They MUST BE Done Today (2/3/15) – Please Do Them !

Macedonia

Please support our friends at Anima Mundi by writing a very short letter concerning the Vardariste facility.  Details of what to do are given in the following:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2015/02/24/republic-of-macedonia-a-very-urgent-and-special-appeal-and-petition-from-our-friends-at-anima-mundi/

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Dear friends of animals,

we, animal protection organization Anima Mundi are writing you once again  appealing  for your written support and help to stop mass dog killing in public city shelter Vardariste, in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. (forwarded mail )

We know that you are extremely dedicated and too busy helping animals in your country or in the world, we are appreciating everything that you are doing and we are respecting your time – but now we are contacting you with conviction that even a short letter of support can be big help for animals in republic of Macedonia.

thank you in advanced ,
best regards,

Stole Velkovski

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Please give this campaign your support – get everyone you know to sign:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/966/392/511/stop-killing-dogs-in-skopje-shut-down-vardariste/

 

 

 

England: ‘Clustrmap’ Update Sometime Soon !

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At some point over the next couple of weeks, our completely independent global ‘Clustrmap’ service is going to revert back to being a clean map with no red dots.

http://www4.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?user=9b44b4e0

This is not a problem; but is just part of the annual clean up that is done by the Clustrmap folks.  All the current red dots will be removed and we will revert to a new, clean global map.

If this annual clean up did not take place, we would just be swamped in red – and the map would not give us any indication of where our visitors are coming from.  It is a little map, but we do get some idea of where visitors are located; and as such we can target campaigns more to those regions.  If you wish to see a bigger version, just click where indicated (on the map) – bottom right.

So when you see a ‘nice clean map’ turn up on the site sometime soon; don’t worry about it.  The more visitors we get from different parts of the world, the sooner the map will glow bright red once again.

Keep visiting and help us glow red quickly !!

Here below are some of the global visitors we have had during the last 12 months.

THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS

I am the voice of the voiceless;
    Through me the dumb shall speak;
Till the deaf world’s ear be made to hear
    The cry of the wordless weak.
From street, from cage, and from kennel,
    From jungle and stall, the wail
Of my tortured kin proclaims the sin
    Of the mighty against the frail.

I am a ray from the centre;
    And I will feed God’s spark,
Till a great light glows in the night and shows
    The dark deeds done in the dark.
And full on the thoughtless sleeper
    Shall flash its glaring flame,
Till he wakens to see what crimes may be
    Cloaked under an honoured name.

The same Force formed the sparrow
    That fashioned man, the king;
The God of the Whole gave a spark of soul
    To furred and to feathered thing.
And I am my brother’s keeper,
    And I will fight his fight,
And speak the word for beast and bird,
    Till the world shall set things right.

Let no voice cavil at Science–
The strong torch-bearer of God;
For brave are his deeds, though dying creeds,
Must fall where his feet have trod.
But he who would trample kindness
And mercy into the dust–
He has missed the trail, and his quest will fail:
He is not the guide to trust.

For love is the true religion,
And love is the law sublime;
And all that is wrought, where love is not,
Will die at the touch of time.
And Science, the great revealer,
Must flame his torch at the Source;
And keep it bright with that holy light,
Or his feet shall fail on the course.

Oh, never a brute in the forest,
And never a snake in the fen,
Or ravening bird, starvation stirred,
Has hunted its prey like men.
For hunger, and fear, and passion
Alone drive beasts to slay,
But wonderful man, the crown of the plan,
Tortures, and kills, for play.

He goes well fed from his table;
He kisses his child and wife;
Then he haunts a wood, till he orphans a brood,
Or robs a deer of its life.
He aims at a speck in the azure;
Winged love, that has flown at a call;
It reels down to die, and he lets it lie;
His pleasure was seeing it fall.

And one there was, weary of laurels,
Of burdens and troubles of State;
So the jungle he sought, with the beautiful thought
Of shooting a she lion’s mate.
And one came down from the pulpit,
In the pride of a duty done,
And his cloth sufficed, as his emblem of Christ,
While murder smoked out of his gun.

One strays from the haunts of fashion
With an indolent, unused brain;
But his sluggish heart feels a sudden start
In the purpose of giving pain.
And the fluttering flock of pigeons,
As they rise on eager wings,
From prison to death, bring a catch in his breath:
Oh, the rapture of killing things!

Now, this is the race as we find it,
Where love, in the creed, spells hate;
And where bird and beast meet a foe in the priest
And in rulers of fashion and State.
But up to the Kingdom of Thinkers
Has risen the cry of our kin;
And the weapons of thought are burnished and brought
To clash with the bludgeons of sin.

Far Christ, of a million churches,
Come near to the earth again;
Be more than a Name; be a living Flame;
‘Make Good’ in the hearts of men.
Shine full on the path of Science,
And show it the heights above,
Where vast truths lie for the searching eye
That shall follow the torch of love.

Poems of experience. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
London : Gay and Hancock, Ltd. 1910.

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Current Country Totals
From 12 Mar 2014 to 1 Mar 2015

 United States (US)

17,707

California (CA)

5,211

Virginia (VA)

1,001

New York (NY)

960

Texas (TX)

954

Florida (FL)

884

Ohio (OH)

631

Washington (WA)

601

Michigan (MI)

589

Pennsylvania (PA)

555

Illinois (IL)

521

New Jersey (NJ)

455

North Carolina (NC)

315

Massachusetts (MA)

299

Arizona (AZ)

285

Georgia (GA)

284

Colorado (CO)

284

Missouri (MO)

234

Maryland (MD)

201

Oregon (OR)

191

Wisconsin (WI)

187

Minnesota (MN)

183

Indiana (IN)

174

Tennessee (TN)

158

Connecticut (CT)

151

South Carolina (SC)

126

Alabama (AL)

125

Nevada (NV)

118

Kentucky (KY)

115

Utah (UT)

107

Kansas (KS)

96

Iowa (IA)

93

Oklahoma (OK)

93

Louisiana (LA)

89

Arkansas (AR)

74

District of Columbia (DC)

68

Nebraska (NE)

66

Maine (ME)

58

New Mexico (NM)

53

West Virginia (WV)

52

Mississippi (MS)

49

New Hampshire (NH)

45

Idaho (ID)

44

Hawaii (HI)

40

Montana (MT)

40

Delaware (DE)

36

Vermont (VT)

33

South Dakota (SD)

32

Alaska (AK)

31

Rhode Island (RI)

29

North Dakota (ND)

29

Wyoming (WY)

22

Armed Forces Pacific (AP)

3

N/A

633

 United Kingdom (GB)

6,427

 Germany (DE)

4,765

 Serbia (RS)

3,314

 France (FR)

2,395

 Canada (CA)

2,095

 Australia (AU)

1,500

 Netherlands (NL)

1,273

 Ireland (IE)

1,072

 India (IN)

961

 Italy (IT)

853

 Europe (EU)

789

 Austria (AT)

729

 Poland (PL)

700

 Russian Federation (RU)

601

 Sweden (SE)

601

 Brazil (BR)

590

 Belgium (BE)

577

 Turkey (TR)

565

 Romania (RO)

514

 Macedonia (MK)

501

 Spain (ES)

461

 Czech Republic (CZ)

365

 South Africa (ZA)

351

 Switzerland (CH)

346

 Greece (GR)

346

 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)

340

 Finland (FI)

338

 Japan (JP)

330

 Norway (NO)

308

 Hong Kong (HK)

306

 Philippines (PH)

297

 Croatia (HR)

252

 Montenegro (ME)

240

 Mexico (MX)

225

 Denmark (DK)

222

 Korea, Republic of (KR)

212

 New Zealand (NZ)

198

 Malaysia (MY)

196

 Slovenia (SI)

192

 Bulgaria (BG)

192

 Hungary (HU)

187

 Singapore (SG)

178

 Nigeria (NG)

175

 China (CN)

174

 Indonesia (ID)

174

 Pakistan (PK)

171

 Thailand (TH)

164

 Asia/Pacific Region (AP)

164

 Portugal (PT)

162

 Israel (IL)

156

 Argentina (AR)

151

 Iceland (IS)

147

 United Arab Emirates (AE)

134

 Ukraine (UA)

130

 Cote D’Ivoire (CI)

120

 Slovakia (SK)

114

 Saudi Arabia (SA)

101

 Colombia (CO)

76

 Vietnam (VN)

75

 Taiwan (TW)

75

 Egypt (EG)

74

 Albania (AL)

73

 Malta (MT)

70

 Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)

67

 Peru (PE)

59

 Benin (BJ)

58

 Algeria (DZ)

58

 Lithuania (LT)

56

 Lebanon (LB)

56

 Chile (CL)

54

 Mauritius (MU)

54

 Luxembourg (LU)

54

 Ghana (GH)

52

 Cyprus (CY)

52

 Estonia (EE)

48

 Morocco (MA)

48

 Sri Lanka (LK)

44

 Georgia (GE)

44

 Latvia (LV)

42

 Nepal (NP)

40

 Tunisia (TN)

39

 Puerto Rico (PR)

38

 Iraq (IQ)

37

 Senegal (SN)

34

 Ecuador (EC)

33

 Kuwait (KW)

28

 Togo (TG)

27

 Trinidad and Tobago (TT)

27

 Venezuela (VE)

26

 Bangladesh (BD)

25

 Qatar (QA)

25

 Kenya (KE)

23

 Costa Rica (CR)

19

 Uruguay (UY)

18

 Jordan (JO)

18

 Cambodia (KH)

17

 Azerbaijan (AZ)

17

 Oman (OM)

16

 Kazakstan (KZ)

15

 Moldova, Republic of (MD)

15

 Mongolia (MN)

14

 Macau (MO)

14

 Belarus (BY)

14

 Bahrain (BH)

13

 Panama (PA)

13

 Isle of Man (IM)

12

 Dominican Republic (DO)

12

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY)

12

 Guatemala (GT)

11

 Syrian Arab Republic (SY)

10

 Bolivia (BO)

9

 Armenia (AM)

9

 Palestinian Territory (PS)

9

 Jersey (JE)

8

 Monaco (MC)

8

 Honduras (HN)

7

 Uzbekistan (UZ)

7

 Jamaica (JM)

7

 Cameroon (CM)

7

 Namibia (NA)

7

 Zimbabwe (ZW)

7

 Guernsey (GG)

7

 Uganda (UG)

6

 Paraguay (PY)

6

 Burkina Faso (BF)

6

 Myanmar (MM)

6

 Yemen (YE)

6

 Reunion (RE)

6

 French Polynesia (PF)

5

 Ethiopia (ET)

5

 Bhutan (BT)

4

 Barbados (BB)

4

 Botswana (BW)

4

 Kyrgyzstan (KG)

4

 Fiji (FJ)

4

 Maldives (MV)

4

 Gibraltar (GI)

4

 Guam (GU)

3

 Guyana (GY)

3

 Aruba (AW)

3

 Afghanistan (AF)

3

 Sudan (SD)

3

 Netherlands Antilles (AN)

3

 Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LA)

3

 Bermuda (BM)

3

 Brunei Darussalam (BN)

3

 Seychelles (SC)

2

 Tanzania, United Republic of (TZ)

2

 Liechtenstein (LI)

2

 Faroe Islands (FO)

2

 New Caledonia (NC)

2

 Madagascar (MG)

2

 Grenada (GD)

2

 Belize (BZ)

2

 Angola (AO)

2

 Bahamas (BS)

2

 French Guiana (GF)

2

 Nicaragua (NI)

2

 Swaziland (SZ)

1

 Aland Islands (AX)

1

 Mozambique (MZ)

1

 Cook Islands (CK)

1

 Zambia (ZM)

1

 Djibouti (DJ)

1

 Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI)

1

 Antigua and Barbuda (AG)

1

 Guadeloupe (GP)

1

 Virgin Islands, British (VG)

1

 Haiti (HT)

1

 Turks and Caicos Islands (TC)

1

 Cuba (CU)

1

 Cayman Islands (KY)

1

 Niger (NE)

1

 Saint Lucia (LC)

1

 Gabon (GA)

1

 Rwanda (RW)

1

 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the (CD)

1

 San Marino (SM)

1

 Andorra (AD)

1

 El Salvador (SV)

1

 Mali (ML)

1

 Guinea (GN)

1

 Papua New Guinea (PG)

1

 

 

 

 

Various Petitions: Please Keep On Supporting !

We have some happy talk for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=291ET6Py6H8

We are amazed to see such a fantastic  response to our petition appeal – in the first day we have achieved well in excess of 3,000 signatures for the animals of Serbia.

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As well as our petition which you can find at:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/758/710/260/serbia-must-fully-enforce-its-own-national-animal-welfare-legislation-prior-to-membership-of-the-eu/

 

Macedonia

There is one from our good friends at Anima Mundi in Macedonia; who for years have been campaigning to close down the hell hole for dogs “Vardariste” facility in Skopje.

Link to the Anima Mundi website:  http://www.anima-mundi.org.mk/

 

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Please give this campaign your support – get everyone you know to sign:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/966/392/511/stop-killing-dogs-in-skopje-shut-down-vardariste/

Read more about the campaign from Anima Mundi at:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2015/02/24/republic-of-macedonia-a-very-urgent-and-special-appeal-and-petition-from-our-friends-at-anima-mundi/

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We also need help still in finding a life long adoptive parent for Victor:

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Find a home for Victor – https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2015/02/22/serbia-victors-story/

Goran petition

Finally; please also give support to Goran and his petition – he invites all who are against euthanasia and animal cruelty to be involved in this action and support this petition in order to prevent violence against animals because of animal cruelty is often an indicator of violence towards people, psychologists think.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/613/121/428/mi-smo-protiv-eutanazije-i-nasilja-prema-ivotinjama-a-to-nam-ustav-garantuje/?taf_id=11506211&cid=fb_na

Details on our post at:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2015/02/23/serbia-petition-i-invite-all-who-are-against-euthanasia-and-animal-cruelty/

They are all great petitions to help and save animals

– we have had fantastic support in the early days

– lets keep it going.

Please pass the details on and get everyone who against animal suffering to support these.

Thanks – SAV.

 

 

 

Serbia: 16 Dogs Needing Help – Target NOW REACHED !! – Thank You To Everyone Who Has Donated.

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16 shelter dogs

 

Further to our post of 22nd February and the need to raise funds to help 16 dogs in Serbia; we now have some great news !

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2015/02/22/serbia-16-dogs-and-nearing-the-deadline-an-appeal-for-help/

With a few days still to go, and only about one week since we asked for help, the target amount has now been achieved !

On behalf of everyone who has donated, we want to say a big ‘Thank You’ – and that comes especially from all the dogs who have been helped.

Be proud of yourself folks; that is 16 lives that have much more security now, thanks to you.

Here is the message from Jelena:

Jelena Ljuboja

Thank you all !

This was dream, when I created this youcaring my mom told me : we will never collect this amount. But we did, thanks to all of you !

Our dogs had big luck !

Thanks again to everyone who has given – another job done !!

The target amount may have been reached, but you can still add funds over the required amount.  Just go to:

http://www.youcaring.com/pet-expenses/urgent-need-help-for-16-dogs-/305123#supporters

SAV.

Tibet: Change Makers Need Evidence – ‘Free Tibet’ Provides It !

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Tibet 5_NEW

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SAV Petition To The EU Enlargement Commission Now Launched Regarding Serbian Animal Welfare – Please Sign and Crosspost – Thank You.

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We are running our EU / Serbian petition in parallel with the one by ‘Anima Mundi’ to shut down dog hell hole in Vardariste, Skopje, Macedonia – Scroll further down on this page to read and see more about this.

Please also make sure that you sign their petition at:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/966/392/511/stop-killing-dogs-in-skopje-shut-down-vardariste/

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The EU / Serbian Petition

As promised at the start of the week, our petition regarding Serbian animal welfare enforcement being properly enforced before Serbia is allowed EU accession (membership) has now been created.

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You can see it and sign via the following link:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/758/710/260/serbia-must-fully-enforce-its-own-national-animal-welfare-legislation-prior-to-membership-of-the-eu/

You will see that we have entered the following text into the petition, which is targeted at the EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Mr J. Hahn.

The following is the wording of the petition:

Title – Serbia must fully enforce its own national animal welfare legislations prior to membership of  the EU.

Whom do you want to petition – EU Commissioner J. Hahn – Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.

Why should people sign –

Serbia is currently undertaking the process of applying for EU membership (called ‘accession’).  Existing animal welfare legislation in Serbia is good, but in the vast majority of cases it is not regularly / ever being enforced by:

Serbian government, regional authorities or the national police.

By the EU Commission’s own admission; ‘there is legislation in place (Serbian Animal Welfare Laws), but this is not fully implemented’.

By not implementing its own existing laws; which include animal welfare; Serbia is not upholding a fundamental principle required by any nation to gain EU accession; which include:

  • ensuring the implementation of all the nation’s own “Rules of Law” national legislations

  • “paying full regard to the welfare requirements of animals” in accordance with the key principles required for all EU member states as defined in Article 13 of the EU Lisbon Treaty (TFEU).

Serbia is currently failing in this and its own national animal welfare legislations.  As a consequence, it should not currently be considered for EU accession until it fully implements and proves to the EU Commissions, EU animal welfare NGO’s and the EU Animal Welfare Intergroup / Eurogroup, that it IS actually fully implementing ALL existing Serbian animal welfare legislations.

EU Commissioner J. Hahn is responsible for EU Enlargement Negotiations which include Serbian accession.  Within his responsibilities, he must ensure that a PRE- EU membership Serbia:

  • fully complies with Article 13 (TFEU)

  • fully respects Serbian welfare of animals legislation

  • pays full regard to, and implements the welfare requirements (legislations) for all animals (wild and domestic) within Serbia

  • starts to provide on going financial support to Serbian animal shelters rather than attempting to close them down as is often the situation.

For more information on animals in Serbia please visit https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/

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Additional note:

We have already seen dramatic failures in animal welfare controls by the EU in newer member states such as Romania.  We don’t want Serbia to be yet another example of a new nation being allowed to join the EU without all the national legislation being properly and correctly enforced beforehand.

As the EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations; Commissioner Hahn has responsibility for overall Serbian accession into the EU.

This petition is calling on him to ensure that the Serbian authorities are made fully aware that (via the petition and SAV for example), the whole world is watching them and their attitude to animal welfare.

Serbia has some good national legislation for animal welfare, but it is NOT being enforced.

As the EU has responsibility to ensure that nations seeking EU accession such as Serbia, fully implement all their own national legislation; or “Rules of Law” as it is described by the EU; then Serbia has to take a lot of action to ensure that there is correct and long lasting implementation of its own laws for all animal welfare.

We will be watching to ensure that the EU does live up to its promise of ensuring there is implementation of the rule of law by Serbia prior to EU accession; and as an animal welfare NGO, we will naturally be watching Serbia itself to see where there are improvements and possibly failures in implementing national legislation.

Please support our petition by signing – and pass on to the moon and back to all your friends, supporters and fellow campaigners.

Thanks and Regards – Mark and SAV.

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You can see it and sign via the following link:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/758/710/260/serbia-must-fully-enforce-its-own-national-animal-welfare-legislation-prior-to-membership-of-the-eu/

Republic of Macedonia: A Very Urgent and Special Appeal and Petition From Our Friends At Anima Mundi.

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Dear all;

We have had the following e mail (given in full below) in from our other friends at ‘Anima Mundi’ in the Republic of Macedonia.

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Please make sure that you sign their petition at:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/966/392/511/stop-killing-dogs-in-skopje-shut-down-vardariste/

… and if you are associated with any animal organisation or campaign group / NGO; then please write a short letter of support as they ask in the info provided in 1) below.

We are pleased to have worked in support of our friends at Anima Mundi in the past relating to several issues; including the dogs being held and murdered at “Vardariste”  in Skopje.

Here is a link to all our past work relating to the Republic of Macedonia; including past posts and pictures we have shown about this infamous, terrible facility for animals:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/category/macedonia-capital-skopje/

We wish Anima Mundi great success with their petition and we ask people from all over the World to send letters of support to them – these letters MUST be sent before 3/3/15.  Please pass on the information and links to everyone you know – we need to get a huge INTERNATIONAL response of signatures on this petition.  Lets do it ! – Thanks – SAV.

All the photographs we show here are taken from the facility in question – “Vardariste” in Skopje.  We need to close it down !!

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The following is the information mailed to us by ‘Anima Mundi’ – please do what you can to help !

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Respected friends,

We, the animal protection association Anima Mundi, from the Republic of Macedonia . www.anima-mundi.org.mk, a national non-profit organization recognized in our country as the most active in protection of animals and their rights, are asking for your support and help.

We need your support in our struggle to close down the infirmary for stray animals ” Vardariste ” in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia . It is a place that has been practicing mass murder of animals for years which, we believe, is happening under direct command of the Mayor of Skopje, something we find difficult to prove. You can find more information on this petition site, which we ask of you to publicly share with your members and supporters.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/966/392/511/stop-killing-dogs-in-skopje-shut-down-vardariste/

What do we require specifically?

1) Please send us a short official written letter  of support to our struggle to close down the stray animals infirmary “Vardariste” in Skopje. We inform you that we have submitted countless abuse reports about the infirmary and requests for entry of volunteers. We have led mass protests supported by the media in this country, but with no effect whatsoever. We believe that if we are supported by many organizations, the pressure will be stronger and we will have a positive outcome, or at least some improvement. Macedonia as a country aspiring to join the EU must meet certain standards with regard to animals as well. We want the institutions to be aware that Vardariste has compromised the city, our country and that the killing must be stopped.

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You can send this short letter to us, addressed to the Association for protection of animals Anima Mundi

( anima.mundi.sk.mk@gmail.com ) and  to the competent authorities and institutions:

– The Mayor of Skopje, Mr. Koce Trajanovski                                                                                                   – Director of Food and Veterinary Agency, Mr. Zoran Popovski,                                                                                                                  – Department of Health and Animal Welfare, Food and Veterinary Agency,                                                                                                            – President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Nikola Gruevski

– CC Animal Protection Organization “Anima Mundi”

Please send us your letter by Friday 03/03/2015 . Your support will be publically published in all media in the Republic of Macedonia.

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2 ) Share this petition in order to reach more people including your members and supporters . http://www.thepetitionsite.com/966/392/511/stop-killing-dogs-in-skopje-shut-down-vardariste/ Please publish this link on your web pages and social networks * ( facebook , twitter , etc ) during this week.

3 ) Each of your proposals, shared experience or other types of help,  is welcome in our fight to stop the terror over the stray dogs in Skopje .

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Best regards,

 Animal protection organization Anima Mundi

president Stole Velkovski

Здружение за заштита на животни „АНИМА МУНДИ“

Animal Protection Association “ANIMA MUNDI”

Phone: +389 77 487 253; +389 70 289 459

web: www.anima-mundi.org.mk 

web-services: www.e-animamundi.mk 

e-mail: contact@anima-mundi.org.mk 

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YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/animamundiskmk

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