USA Citizens: URGENT – Please Act Immediately – Just Days Left – Add Your Vocals To The Proposed NYS Devocalization Ban, A3431D

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Please act immediately & get the word out. Many calls are needed!!
Forward this alert. Tweet and post this link to FB: http://bit.ly/MBNHzN

The Proposed NYS Devocalization Ban, A3431D,
Now Must Pass the SENATE As Written by June 21
To End This Outrageous Act of Animal Cruelty.

But the Bill is Stalled and About to Die.
If it Does, Helpless Dogs & Cats Will Die Too.

Live in NYS? You Can Save Them From
Vocal Cord Mutilation By Calling the 2 Senators Below
Every Day Through Thursday. Call Sen. Skelos,no Matter where You live!

Stella was abandoned after her vocal cords were cut.
http://youtu.be/Gw4t-6rzDdo

SENATORS WANT YOUR VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
YOU DESERVE THEIR VOTE FOR A3431D…AS WRITTEN.

Bill number A3431D would ban devocalization, the abhorrent practice of cutting vocal cords just to stifle a dog’s or cat’s voice. Thanks to your calls, it passed the NYS Assembly.

But A3431D must also pass the NYS Senate to become law.

Lobbies that profit from devocalization have turbo-charged their fight to kill it. Stalled in a Senate committee, it needs a vote NOW.

If A3431D doesn’t pass the Senate by June 21, it will die–and the chance to protect dogs and cats from devocalization will be lost.

If amended as special interests want, it will allow and legitimize instead of prohibiting this outrageous act of animal cruelty.

Dogs and cats don’t need to be surgically stifled. They don’t want to choke to death, struggle to breathe, cough and gag relentlessly. These are common outcomes of devocalization even when performed by experienced vets.

What helpless animals need is an enforceable law to protect them.

They need your voice to pass A3431D as written.

SENATORS ARE CONSIDERING HUNDREDS OF BILLS
IN THESE FINAL DAYS OF THE 2011-12 SESSION.

DON’T LET THEM FORGET YOU WANT A3431D
TO BECOME LAW AS WRITTEN! PLEASE CALL DAILY.
Lobbies that profit from devocalization are pressuring Senators to kill the ban, and they’re winning: A3431D is about to die, stalled in a Senate committee. You can save it. Special interests have deep pockets. But you have what really matters in an election year: your vote and your voice.

Please try to call daily through June 21; there are just 4 days left!

Emails can be ignored. Calls can’t. Always be polite!!
Get voicemail? Keep calling till you speak with an aide.
To ensure your message is clear, use the wording below. Add to it if you wish, but be brief and polite.
For follow-up calls: Ask the status of A3431D, then repeat your original message.

1) Tell the office of Sen. Majority Leader Dean Skelos at 518-455-3171 or 516-766-8383: “I’d like Sen. Skelos to bring the devocalization ban, A3431D, to the floor and ensure it becomes law as written. Many people are counting on him to pass this important humane law.”

2) Tell the office of your own NYS Senator (in Albany, not Congress): “I’m a constituent. I’d like the Senator’s help ensuring the devocalization ban, A3431D, gets to the floor and passes as written by Thursday. This law is a top priority for me, so I’ll be following it.”

To find your Senator’s name and phone #, enter your address here: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?sh=search

BAN DEVOCALIZATION TO SAVE DOGS AND CATS FROM LIFELONG ANGUISH, AGONIZING DEATH …
Devocalization is always dangerous, no matter how skilled the vet or what instrument is used, including laser. Even a little scarring, a normal outcome of any surgery, can block the airway. Animals choke to death as a result. They retch and gag, cough and wheeze relentlessly. Suffer heatstroke in mild weather. Inhale food and vomit into their lungs.

… ALL FOR HUMAN CONVENIENCE AND GREED
Devocalization doesn’t benefit dogs and cats at all. These animals are abandoned and convenience euthanized for the same reasons as any other–or when people can’t or won’t pay $2,000 to remove scar tissue blocking their dog’s or cat’s airway.

People who select, train and care for animals responsibly and humanely keep dogs and cats out of shelters. Behavior-masking surgery doesn’t.

WHY DOES NYS CONTINUE TO SANCTION THIS BRUTALITY?
Devocalization is mutilation. That’s why it’s long been outlawed in many countries and since 2010 in Massachusetts.

It is unfathomable that New York State still allows this brutality.

Lawmakers need to stop caving in to special interests that profit from devocalization–and instead take a humane stand for the animals victimized by it.

It’s up to you to persuade them! Give A3431D everything you’ve got over the next few days. Use your voice to protect animals.

BE AN INFORMED ADVOCATE
http://www.nyagainstdevocalization.weebly.com

What devocalized dogs sound like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI-2M_vxerQ

Devocalization: real victims
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw4t-6rzDdo

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EU: Some Good News Regarding Long Distance Live Animal Transport – and Other Things !

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

We (in Europe) have had what appears to be some promising progress regarding live animal transport.

I am especially happy with this news as lstopping long distance transport for live animals has been my major campaign work for the last 23 years or so !

Mark – Founder SAV.

Photos: V. Cameron / Bill – KAALE (Uk).

Below – The ‘Joline’ operated by Dutchman J. Onderwater.

Below – Livestock transporters arrive at Ramsgate (England) for Livestock Shipment to Mainland Europe.

Above – Dutch haulier.  Below – Irish haulier.

Above – Hans Snel – Dutch haulier.

Above – The ‘Dodgy Roof regular’, but not acted on by the Authorities !

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Link below – This is the Uk Government’s view on the Commission’s proposals on live transport – this was discussed at a recent Ag Council (where the Dutch were the only country objecting to the proposals).   For our non European friends; the Dutch are the largest animal transporters in Europe, as our work in the Uk for years has shown.  So it comes as no surprise to us that the Dutch would be a nation that objects to the new proposals – the only nation to object. 

 ukgovviewtransport

Interestingly the Uk, whilst supporting the Commission’s proposals on enforcement; have put in for better protection (ie journey times) for calves and horses.  Council agreement is due soon on this so we will have to wait to see what the final Presidency and Council conclusions are.

Calves are still exported from the Uk to mainland Europe, on a vessel (the ‘Joline’) operated by a Dutchman convicted and found guilty in a Uk court of no less than 6 animal welfare offences involving the transport of live farm animals.

Also, some great news from our friends at Compassion In World farming here in the Uk.  It reads:

Dear Mark,

The worst footage we have ever seen.

Last week, Compassion made the difficult decision to release some extremely disturbing footage of horrendous animal suffering at slaughterhouses and in transport. It reveals some of the worst animal cruelty that Compassion has ever seen.

Thousands of you responded to our urgent call for action and immediately put pressure on the OIE, who are responsible for international guidelines on transport and slaughter. Thank you to everyone who spoke out.

Our next step is to meet face-to-face with international policymakers who have the power to end such appalling practices. And, as a result of sharing the footage, we have now secured meetings with representatives of not just the OIE, but also the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, The World Bank and The European Commission.

By bringing these major bodies together we have a real chance to protect farm animals at the most vulnerable times of their life – such as during transport and at slaughter. Thank you again to everyone who helped us get to this position.

Recently it was reported that Creek Projects, a British company based in Cambridgeshire, had invested millions of pounds in a new foie gras facility in China where over 15 million geese were to be intensively farmed over a five-year period.

Following prompt action from Compassion and our friends at the Humane Society, we are delighted to report that operations at the foie gras factory farm have now been suspended. We will remain vigilant to ensure that this project does not rear its ugly head again – but in the meantime millions of animals are being saved from the horrifying force-feeding synonymous with foie gras production.

Ramsgate (Kent, England Exports) update. See photos Above – all from Ramsgate.

You can visit the website of the organisation which SAV founder Mark is also involved with – Kent Action Against Live Exports (KAALE); by visiting the KAALE website at  www.kaale.org.uk  – here you will find all the reports oof live farm animal shipments from the Kent port of ramsgate, Uk, to mainland Europe, as operated by convicted operator Mr. Onderwater of the Netherlands.

CIWF say:

Thank you to everyone who came along to the rally in Ramsgate on 20 May to mark the first anniversary of live animal exports through the town’s port. It was a very sad yet motivating day. Inspiring speeches were made by our own Director of Public Affairs, Dil Peeling, the RSPCA, and Thanet District Councillors – and it was wonderful to see so many people joining together to speak out against these cruel journeys.

And we have some good news in the EU campaign for an 8-hour limit on journey times for animals, which could effectively outlaw most live exports. Following the European Parliament’s endorsement of an 8-hour journey limit, EU Commissioner John Dalli agreed that Regulation 1/2005 is not sufficient to guarantee an acceptable level of welfare for animals during transport.

He announced that the Commission will propose a review of EU legislation that will include – among other things – a reduction of transport times. Now, the challenge is to make sure Commissioner Dalli sticks to his word and the review stays on track.

And finally, Positive news for pigs

Thank you so much to everyone who took our latest Project Pig action. You are helping to ensure that, when the EU sow stall ban comes into force on 1 January 2013, millions of pigs will no longer be forced to spend months on end in a cage.

As I write, 11 EU nations are still at risk of violating the ban, and we will not rest in our efforts to persuade farmers and politicians to implement this vital legislation. But the good news is that, with your support, Project Pig is making real progress.

When figures were first released, just seven nations expected to comply with the ban on time. Now, the EU Commission believes sixteen are set to be ready.

CIWF = http://www.ciwf.org.uk/

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Lennox to die as N. Ireland court rules against dog.

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/326534

Op-Ed: Lennox to die as N. Ireland court rules against dog

By Elizabeth Batt

Jun 12, 2012 – 33 mins ago in Politics

Belfast – In a shocking decision by senior judges in Northern Ireland, Lennox, a Labrador/American Bulldog has been ordered destroyed. The ruling upholds the decision of two lower courts, to euthanize a dog that has committed no harm.

For two long years, the Barnes family have fought to bring their dog home after he was seized by the City of Belfast in May 2010 and ordered destroyed for being a “pit-bull type” dog.

The ruling came in response to an appeal by the family, and upheld the decision of two lower courts who decided under the Dangerous Dogs Act (DDA), that Lennox was a danger to the public and must be euthanized.

According to the DDA, a dog’s physical traits could bear influence on how it behaves and “pit-bull” types, like Lennox, are automatically deemed dangerous. In other words, Lennox was measured with a tape measure; he fit the profile, and was seized.

Yet Lennox has never threatened to harm a living soul, and even statements from celebrity and recognized canine experts attesting to the dog’s good-nature, have been consistently overthrown in favor of the testimony of one individual, Peter Tallack, a police dog handler and supporter of the DDA.

But when Tallack appeared in court said Joan Smith of the Huffington Post, the ‘breed identifier:’

Offered a quirky bit of testimony, […and…] flustered, offered the opinion that Lennox was “waiting to go off.”

As a result Smith added, Lord Justice Girvan deemed Lennox “a disaster waiting to happen.” Disregarding the dog’s history, he ruled against Lennox based on the canine’s potential for aggressiveness at some ‘point’ in the future.

What?

Caroline Barnes and her family have owned Lennox since he was a pup. They are responsible owners who have cared for this dog diligently. Lennox, a beloved member of the family was also a therapy dog for a young, disabled Brook Barnes. Yet for the past two years, none of the family has seen Lennox, who it has been held it is said, under questionable conditions.

According to the BBC, Caroline Barnes’ “legal team went before the Court of Appeal seeking to compel the County Court judge who confirmed the destruction order to state a case on points of law.” But today, the Appeal Court judges dismissed that application. Lord Justice Girvan said:

The judge had heard evidence on the issues relating to this dog over a protracted two-day hearing, carefully considered the evidence and the issues and he reached conclusions of fact which have not been vitiated by any error of law on his part.

What about errors in common sense? The path this case has taken is disturbing; bolstered by dubious decisions, and a refusal to seek outside counsel, it has continued to defy belief and smacks of cronyism. Rightly so the Barnes family are devastated, having dedicated the last two years of their lives to saving the dog they love.

A brief Facebook post today, shared their pain:

Lennox’s family will release a statement in due course once they have had time to absorb today’s ruling by Chief Justice Girvan. The family kindly ask all supporters to remain calm and dignified as always in their response to today’s sad and very wrong decision by the Northern Ireland Chief Justice. Thank you.

One has to admire their class, for it is infinitely higher than that of decision makers who never having laid eyes on Lennox, have ordered him to die because of what he “might” do.

Lennox will be euthanized because of “what” he is, not “who” he is. And the ignorance and arrogance in that is astounding. Those involved in this despicable decision should hang their heads in shame and remember the words of Machiavelli:

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

N. Ireland should fear for the integrity of its legal system.

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USA: Agriculture Gag Laws Are Violating Press Freedom In The US.

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Source:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/06/agriculture-gag-laws-press-freedom

Uk Major daily press article – Wednesday 6 June 2012

Agriculture gag laws are violating press freedom in the US

Measures to penalise investigative reporters who expose conditions in industrial agriculture are a threat to democracy.

Big companies have pushed legislators to pass laws limiting the freedom to report on conditions at livestock facilities including slaughterhouses. Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters

Multiple states have passed what are known as “ag gag laws”, designed to penalise investigative reporters who explore conditions on industrial agriculture operations. Many of these laws focus specifically on livestock, in the wake of numerous exposés on the abuses of livestock in industrial agriculture. These laws are a significant threat to the freedom of the press, and it’s rather remarkable that they are being allowed to stand. More than that, they threaten the health and safety of consumers, in addition to making it difficult and sometimes impossible for consumers to make educated choices about the sources of their food.

The US should be in an uproar about ag gag laws, and it’s not. That’s a telling reflection of attitudes about agriculture, and illustrates the lack of interest among many people in the US about journalism and how it functions, and the purpose of investigative journalism in particular. Attempts to raise awareness about the issue are often met with indifference; they are not as interesting and seductive as celebrity scandals, evidently, even though they are far more scandalous, and impact people’s lives more immediately and directly.

It should come as no surprise to learn that the source of the pressure behind ag gag laws is, of course, industrial agriculture. Big companies have pushed legislators heavily to pass laws limiting the freedom to report on conditions at livestock facilities, including ranches, feedlots, and slaughterhouses. With the benefit of lobbyists, they can exert pressure directly in the halls of the legislature, as well as doing so indirectly by contributing to the electoral process and deciding who gets elected. In states like Iowa, you have to be agriculture-friendly to get elected, and if you want a chance at beating the competition, you’d better be willing to toe the line on industrial agriculture so you’ll get the needed support.

Several techniques are used in ag gag laws in an attempt to restrict the ability to report on livestock operations. One option has been quite direct, with an attempt to ban the distribution of photos and videos taken on farms without consent of the owner. These attempts have been smacked down on the grounds that they violate first amendment rights. Taking a new angle, lobbyists have pushed for legislation that makes lying on job applications related to agricultural work a criminal offense. A journalist taking an undercover job, in other words, could be convicted of a crime.

Many people are not aware of the entirely legal animal abuse in industrial agriculture, which is one thing journalists can expose; treatment that appears horrific, wrong, and abusive is actually quite legal in many states. In other cases, journalists can expose abuses that actually are illegal, spurring both public outrage and investigation. These kinds of exposés are important, because people should know about the source of their food, and they should be aware of the high price they pay for cheap meat.

It’s not just about animal welfare. Industrial agriculture also trashes the environment, something that should be of grave concern even to people who aren’t concerned about the health and wellbeing of animals raised for food. Industrial farms contribute to air, water, and soil pollution, consume vast volumes of water, and destroy soil biology and animal habitat, because the goal is to produce as much food as possible as quickly as possible. In this setting, environmental health is not a significant concern; but investigative journalism could force action on the subject, pressuring legislators to clamp down on environmental protection and force industrial agriculture to clean up its act.

Furthermore, worker abuses are also a significant concern in industrial agriculture. Slaughterhouses are some of the most dangerous working environments in the US, and they are staffed predominantly by immigrants, documented and undocumented, making the minimum wage or close to it. The work is hard and fast, which means that people are prone to injury, and in a high-speed production line, there is limited time to address workplace injuries. Severe disabilities are not uncommon, and in the case of undocumented workers, there are few resources when it comes to dealing with disability and seeking compensation when such injuries are clearly the result of dangerous working conditions.

This is why investigative journalism is important: because it brings these kinds of abuses to light and confronts consumers with information about the facts behind their food. Journalists in a wide range of industries and environments spend months or years on research, often from the inside, to prepare stories intended to spark comment, discussion, and change. Ag gag laws are only one example of an attempt to limit the ability to report freely on pressing social issues, and they should be a subject of anger and horror in the population at large. Lobbyists are attempting to limit access to information, and they are doing so by limiting the abilities of journalists to do their jobs.

The anger about exposés is well-founded; consumers are usually horrified when they see images and video from livestock facilities, as well they should be. Dead and dying animals packed close together in unhealthy, dangerous conditions, some with open sores and other obvious health problems. Animals treated casually and abusively by staff members who need to work fast, and cannot afford compassion or gentleness. Horrific conditions in slaughterhouses, where terrified animals are rushed through the production line and subjected to utterly inhumane and dangerous conditions. Workers who are tired, working through overtime, obviously ill, and at high risk of injury.

That the reaction to exposés is to silence journalists, rather than addressing the poor conditions, is an inevitable consequence of capitalism. It is more cost effective to shut off the stories, rather to fix the problem, and legislators are evidently happy to go along with this plan, passing ag gag laws to ensure silence about the continued abuse of farm animals. Consumers, in turn, tolerate this because they have no idea about the nature of the news they can’t see.

Previous SAV Ag Gag posts:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/usa-ag-gag-laws-now-starting-to-be-passed-a-dangerous-thing-for-animals-and-for-the-american-public/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/usa-mercy-for-animals-hidden-camera-footage-leads-to-arrest-and-criminal-charges-in-california-this-is-what-ag-gag-in-other-states-is-attempting-to-prevent-who-is-the-real-criminal/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/austraila-usa-live-export-latest-news-and-ag-gag-from-the-usa/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/spain-no-ag-gag-in-europe-and-so-the-manager-of-el-escobar-pig-farm-is-arrested/

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/usa-it-is-turkeys-pecking-each-other-and-themselves-and-if-you-dont-believe-me-then-you-are-a-terrorist/

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Serbia: 06/12: The Stara Planina Campaign Moves On Again With Further EU Commission Involvement.

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

June 2012.

The last few weeks have been busy for everyone involved with the ‘Save Stara Planina’ campaign.

Serbian environmentalists / AR campaigners have now obtained further evidence which shows that some of the construction work undertaken at Stara Planina was in breach of existing legislation.

There is also concerns about the way in which existing environmental legislation, in the form of ‘Article 35’ of serbian law, is being changed to reflect allowances to environmental conditions which environmentalists (and us) consider is due to pressure from the construction industry.

Please click on the following link to obtain a full overview of our concerns:

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/serbia-stara-planina-update-june-2012/ 

And so in addition to this it has been necessary to make further contact with the EU Commission (both for the Environment and also for EU Enlargement) to express ourr concerns over what is happening.

Mark; SAV founder has written on 10/06/12 to the EU; providing up to date information, and also links to past SAV work which we have undertaken with serbian enviironmentalists.

A copy of Mark’s most recent letter (10 June) to the EU can be read by clicking on the following link:

 SAV Version EU Commission Letter

SAV have provided serbian campaigners with full EU Commission contact details, and they will also be making written contact with the EU in the coming week.

We need to expose what excatly is happening to the EU, especially as Serbia is a potential future EU member state – hence us providing data to the Enlargement Commission – the section which associates with future new EU membership.

We have asked the EU Commission to investigate the situation further and report back to us.

We will provide further updates to events as and when we have a response from the EU Commission.

 

 

 

 

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Ukraine: EURO 2012 – The Animal Killings Continue – All In the Name of ‘Football’.

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jk4vr/Panorama_Euro_2012_Stadiums_of_Hate/

The EU has been ignored.  The EU shows absolutely no interest in the animal abuse of actual EU countries like Greece and Romania, they are only concerned with farm animals and they dont do a very good job of that either.

Please send a letter to the Ukrainian embassies worldwide via the following. 

Use the flags in the following link to find the details of your ‘local’ Ukranian embassy:   http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/ukraine#

SAMPLE LETTER

Dear Sir / Madam,

The requests of the EU to stop stray dog killings has been ignored by the Ukraine authorities, and the slaughtering is still going on at the moment.

I found last week a Russian forum where they are asking for Russians to go into the Ukraine to finish the job off of “cleaning the streets” and being paid. 

This is a new undercover video of the situation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT05XhOX5TQ

‘The People’ (Uk) newspaper did a follow up on this massacre last month in April:

http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2012/04/29/ukraine-caught-out-again-over-euro-2012-dog-slaughter-102039-23840991/

and also the ‘Sun’ newspaper (Uk) did another report last month (May) :

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4296093/Pamela-Anderson-to-Euro-2012-football-chief-Michel-Platini-stop-the-dogs-slaughter.html

Today I received the following message from a Ukraine animal activist, she has translated it into English after each paragraph as well, and you can see is desperate that nobody is listening:

“Вчера мне позвонила мама и рассказала шокирующую просто новость. Постараюсь не писать эмоционально, факты – вчера у нас в Виннице на Пирогова УБИЛИ 5 собак. 5 сучек, стерилизованных, живущих там уже долго, их все любили, все кормили, жили они на автостоянке, никогда никого не укусили, и вот вчера им дали куриное мясо, после которого все пять собак умерли в страшных мучениях, захлебываясь пеной…….

My mother called me yesterday and told shoсking news. I’ll try to tell you about it without emotions – only facts. Some people killed 5 dogs in Vinnitsa. 5 dogs who were sterile and not aggressive – they lived on a parking and everybody loved them and feeded. So yesterday someone gave them poisoned meat and these five dogs died in terrifying torment.

Я прошу всех, кто прочитает мой пост, скопировать его себе. Комментировать, отправить его куда-то в сообщества по защите животных, так как я В ШОКЕ. Я даже не знаю, что еще писать. Мне страшно, мне мерзко и смешно.. Страшно, потому что теперь и я хожу по городу и боюсь увидеть умирающую в судорогах собаку. Мерзко – потому что я от всей души, как только можно, желаю такой же мучительной смерти тем, кто убил этих собак. А смешно – потому что Украина лезет в Европу. Чистит улицы, убивая собак, сжигая их в передвижных крематориях, травя, а Европа в это же время в ужасе – пишет петиции, собирает подписи против зверств, происходящих на Украине. Наша страна, как всегда, старается угодить всем, кто приедет развлечься на Евро-2012 и уедет, а на собственных граждан, на детей и всех, кто видит эти кошмары, как всегда, плевать. И, если и укусила бы собака какого-то туриста, его-то вылечат – у них медстраховки есть у всех, бесплатно вылечат. А нам что делать? Наблюдая такое в наших городах?

I ask everybody who are reading my post to copy it, comment it, send it to animal protection organizations. I am shocked. I don’t even have an idea what to write, ‘cause I’m scared and… I find it funny. I’m scared because walking in my city I’m afraid of seeing a dog who is dying. I feel myself nastily because I wish people who killed dogs the same painful death. And I find it funny because Ukraine tries to be European country. Our streets are clean, there are now more dogs on the streets, because all of them were poisoned or burnt in mobile crematoriums. At the same time European people write petitions against the atrocities happening in Ukraine. Our authorities, as usual, try to please everybody who came to Euro-2012. But our authorities don’t care about Ukrainian citizens who observe this cruelty.

Я ненавижу этих мразей. У меня нет слов, мне только что, пока писала всё, что выше, сказали, что и две собаки, которых я кормила раньше всегда возле своей работы, тоже исчезли. Я ждала их неделю, а сейчас написал друг и сказал их больше не ждать……

Я ПРОШУ. Всех, кто может как-то помочь, всех, кто может куда-то написать – в газету, в общество, неважно – прошу, помогите остановить это! Я не прошу не отстреливать бешеных собак, как в Киеве, которые бросаются на людей, я прошу, умоляю всех, кто меня слышит – помогите защитить тех, кто ни в чем не виноват, разве что в том, что когда-то его предка какой-то скот, вроде тех, которые умерщвляют здоровых котов только потому, что они им надоели, выбросил на улицу надоевшего питомца. Люди, мы же сами в этом виноваты, так за что вы УБИВАЕТЕ их сейчас?.. Для кого?. Почему не хвастаетесь перед Европой питомниками, а пытаетесь в нее пролезть, тогда как ВЕСЬ МИР  в ужасе от того, что У НАС  происходит?

I hate these cruds. While I was writing all this words above my friend told me that two dogs that I feeded near my office disappeared. I ask everyone who can help to stop it – please, write to a newspaper or animal protect organization. I don’t ask not to shoot aggressive dogs who are dangerous (like in Kiev) – I just want to protect those who are not nasty and guilty. All their problem is that once it’s parent was thrown out of home by a cruel person. We are guilty in it, so why we kill animals now? What for?.. Why don’t we display shelters for European public?

We try to be a part of Europe while all the world is terrified by the facts of cruelty happening in our country.

Мне стыдно, что я украинка, мне стыдно, что я одной национальности с этими извергами, с этими уродами, с этими скотами.. Мои собаки ждали меня каждый день…. и теперь, из-за того, что мы ждем гостей, больше никто не буде встречать меня, лизать руки, прыгать вокруг, тянуть за рукава и ластится…
I am ashamed that I’m Ukrainian. I don’t want to share my nationality with the beasts who kill animals. My dogs were waiting for me every day… and now because of Euro and tourists nobody will meet me, lick my hands, jump around and fawn…

Всем прочитавшим — помогите остановить этот кошмар. Собаки ни в чем не виноваты, их выкинули на улицы люди — те, которые сейчас так возмущаются большим количеством бездомных животных.

The dogs are not guilty.
They were thrown out be people who cut up rough by great amount of homeless animals now.

Помогите нашим мохнатым братьям. Так как сами мы, похоже, не справляемся, как бы не старались..

Help our brothers. Because we, Ukrainians, are not able to do it ourselves, although we try very hard”

I therefore request that you immediately stop the killing of all stray dogs in the Ukraine.

Your racist attitude has not done your nation any good so far; and the killing of stray dogs only deminishes your reputation further.

I am appalled by your approach to animals; you will never be welcome as a modern EU nation.

Name and nationality.

 

END of Sample Letter

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Dear Ms Shalkivska,
 
Thank you for your prompt response to my email.  I apologise for the fact that my email to you was quite  short and not much detail, but then I was not expecting any reply from the Ukraine authorities, so have been concentrating on more detailed information going to the various international media.    I am very sorry to read that you are not aware of what is happening in the Ukraine with regard to the animals.  Evidently there has not been a lot of publicity in the U.S.A. or you are not kept informed of current events in your country. I imagine the main concern has been the documentaries and reports about the racism on-going in the Ukraine and Poland and so the animals, as usual, take a back seat.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jk4vr/Panorama_Euro_2012_Stadiums_of_Hate/
 
Many reports, videos, photos and petitions have been distributed around the internet now for months ever since the purchase of the  “infamous furnace” to destroy the animals was known and still the Ukraine authorities have ignored all the protests made to them.  I will post just a few of the links below but there are too many to post all of them.
 
There are many organisations who are aware of the massacre of the animals, including PETA and PETA.Deutchland have even produced badges 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zZXN389vFx0. 
 
Germany, France, Hungary have responded very well with posters and organising protests.  We are all supporting the animal activists in the Ukraine, even the Russians are protesting and have shown news clips on Russia Today TV news.
 
There is no running away from the fact that this is going on so no proof is needed.
 
There was even a Russian forum where they were recently asking for Russians to go into the Ukraine to finish the job off of “cleaning the streets” and being paid.   You need to scroll down under countries, click on UKRAINE, and then the top topic  “Comrades!  Need Help with Euro-2012”  http://vredy.org/
 
 
This is a recent video
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT05XhOX5TQ
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhUzdso7How
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAKSsQw3O2Q&feature=relmfu
 
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_killing_of_cats_and_dogs_in_Ukraine_for_the_EURO_2012/?fhFCEab&pv=5
 
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=3&campaign=UkraineStrayAnimals
 
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-killing-of-dogs-and-cats-for-the-european-football-championship
 
http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2012/04/29/ukraine-caught-out-again-over-euro-2012-dog-slaughter-102039-23840991/
 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4296093/Pamela-Anderson-to-Euro-2012-football-chief-Michel-Platini-stop-the-dogs-slaughter.html
 
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-44952445:em-i-fodbold-har-kostet-9000-hunde-livet.html?forside&ss
 
http://www.occupyforanimals.org/ukraine-the-european-football-championship-and-the-mass-murders-of-stray-animals.html
 
http://stopkillingdogs.eu/ http://www.wahro.org/
 
http://www.piaberrend.org/ukraine-mass-killings-of-strays-are-intensified-in-order-to-show-the-world-a-clean-country-at-eu/
 
Please let me know if you would like any more information,
 
Yours sincerely,
Elaine C.
 
 
 
—– Original Message —–
From: Tatiana Shalkivska
To:   Elaine C
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: Ukraine Animal Massacre

Dear Ms.Cole,

This is Tatiana Shalkivska, Press Officer at the Embassy of Ukraine to the U.S.

Yes, I am proud of my country.
And if something goes wrong in my country I and my compatriots should know
about it so that we could fix it.

In this regard, thank you for your message and the images.

The only thing is in Ukraine we do not use the plates shown on the vehicle in the first image.

My assumption is the picture was not taken in Ukraine.
Ms.Cole, I will appreciate if you could let us know where you got this picture from.
Also, why do you believe the first two pictures were taken in Ukraine? Any proofs?

Best regards,
Tatiana

 
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Emb USA <embus@ukremb.com> wrote:
 
—– Original Message —–
From:  Elaine C
To: postmaster@ribbon.kiev.ua ; press@menr.gov.ua ; hotline@mfa.gov.ua ; elena@mincult.gov.ua ; press@mincult.gov.ua ; ministry@mon.gov.ua ; press@mon.gov.ua ; yar@menr.gov.ua ; post@dcssm.gov.ua ; press_msms@ukr.net ; themis@minjust.gov.ua ; cos@pol03.gts.lg.ua ; pcgz@gu.kiev.ua ; gc_usc@mfa.gov.ua ; gc_usn@mfa.gov.ua ; consulate@UkraineSF.com ; amboffice@ukremb.com ; emb_us@mfa.gov.ua ; emb_gb@mfa.gov.ua ; gc_sc@mfa.gov.ua ; edinburgh@consulateukr.co.uk
Cc: chefred@taz.de ; explosiv@rtl.de ; info@bild.t-online.de ; info@center.tv ; info@zdf.de ; mail@vox.de ; news@rtl.de ; nachtjournal@rtl.de ; post@express.de ; Punkt12@rtl.de ; Redaktion.extra@rtl.de ; redaktion@jungewelt.de ; redaktion@wdr.de ; userpost@taz.de ; zuschauerredaktion@rtl.de ; zured@daserste.de ; zuschauerservice.n24@n24.de ; redaktion@radiokoeln.de ; redaktion@koelner.de ; online@welt.de
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:44 PM
Subject: Ukraine Animal Massacre

Sirs,
 
I hope you are feeling very proud of your country.  The whole World is watching now and has seen on YouTube and Facebook, the terrible videos of the dogs being thrown into the furnace, being poisoned and clubbed to death.  “Cleaning” the streets of the Ukraine in the name of football!!
 
Now we see the official Government vehicle used in the killing of thousands of dogs in Vinnutsja watched by witnesses!

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZESdvfLGKo
 
WARNING Hard Images !!!

It is 3 o’clock in the morning, Andrea comes back from a case where once again a dog has been poisoned. He is very tired because it is getting more and more difficult to find vets who will treat the strays even though they have …no costs. (notice: the dog’s mouth has been tied closed to protect itself not to be cruel because the dog is in agony!!)Part 2: you can hear and see how much this dog is suffering. Andrea reports that the dog has had an infusion and they hope he will survive. He provides the costs of course. Then everything changes, the vet says she cannot keep the dog there because it is a stray and has no papers and therefore has no right to be in a clinic!! At 2 o’clock in the morning. Andrea reports there was an argument between the volunteers and the vet – he is going to officially report the incident!!! Anyway the animal welfarists have to take the poor suffering dog with them. Unfortunately at this hour they can’t find a clinic which will take over this case, so they spend the night with the dog in the car, hoping that the clinic will take over the treatment in the morning and that the dog survives the ordeal. Andrea, who is pretty exhausted, finishes the video and says it would be a terrible blow if strays can no longer be treated because they have no papers and therefore no rights.
Please support WAHRO and the work of volunteers and don´t forget the local animal shelters.

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France: Stop The Bullfight (and Possible Horse Deaths) At Istres – 15-17 June.

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

A horse is disembowled as a result of bull contact in the bullring – another death.

 Contact e mail:  dgs@istres.fr
 
Courrier / Téléphone :
Mairie d’Istres, 5 rue Abel Aubrun, CS
13808 Istres cedex.

Téléphone : 04 42 55 50 00 – Télécopie : 04 42 55 50 53

Office de Tourisme,
30 allées Jean Jaurès 13800 Istres.
Tel 04 42 81 76 00
Fax : 04 42 55 38 96
Name + Country
 
 
A BAS LA CORRIDA !! HONTE A VOUS !!!
ISTRES va MASSACRER 24 taureaux les 15, 16 & 17 juin et le 5 août !

 

 

 

 

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