However long it takes, eventually, good always triumphs over evil.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11749661
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/index.asp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/15/burma-release-us-prisoner
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Corrupt authorities, animals killed ‘humanely’, officials pocketing vast sums of money as a result – where have we seen and heard all of this before ? – Clue: It is not the Ukraine but another part of Europe;
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European animal welfare advocates planning to seek closure of Kyiv Zoo
Kyiv, November 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – European animal welfare advocates are planning soon to ask the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) to push for the closure of Kyiv Zoo.
“I will propose that the EAZA leadership call for the closure of Kyiv Zoo… We [the European animal welfare advocates] consider this zoo as a prison for innocent animals, and we believe that it is better to close it. Such conditions do not meet European standards,” President of the Naturewatch Foundation John Ruane said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.
He drew attention to the fact that the authorities of the Ukrainian capital had not given practical consideration to the issues of keeping zoo animals and that they were not planning to resolve the problem of stray animals in a humane manner.
“Yesterday [on November 10] we met with Mr. Holubchenko [Deputy Head of Kyiv City State Administration Anatoliy Holubchenko] and management representatives dealing with the issues of stray animals. We drew attention to the fact that the authorities either did not understand anything about or did not want to resolve the problem,” Ruane said.
He also said that late on November 10 he had received videotapes from various regions in Ukraine, mainly from the east, documenting cases of the poisoning of stray animals and pets.
“Upon returning to England, we will create a Web site that will show this awful video,” Ruane said.
He also noted that cases in the country linked to the illegal killing of animals, in particular, through poisoning with an unidentified poison, should be considered “at the highest level.”
The president of the Tierhilfwerk animal protection association, Christian Janatsch, in turn, expressed regret that there had been few achievements over the 14 years of their work in the fight for animal rights in Ukraine.
“We only ensured the closure of a knackery in Pyrohove (Kyiv region) and the appearance there of a shelter for homeless animals under [former Kyiv] Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko,” he said, adding that the Kyiv authorities then only “made promises, but the result is zero.”
President of the Kyiv Society for the Protection of Animals “SOS” Tamara Tarnawska predicted that the situation with the ruthless destruction of stray animals would only worsen ahead of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.
During the press conference, journalists were shown a several scenes from the video showing dogs killed by an unidentified poison.
http://www.naturewatch.org/Foundation/Ukraine/News/2009/2009Nov-UEFAeuro2012Championships.asp
Ukraine
November 2009 – Corrupt council bosses in Lugansk are using the forthcoming UEFA Euro 2012 Championships to kill stray animals.
Corrupt council bosses in Lugansk are using the forthcoming 14th European Football Championship (UEFA Euro 2012) to kill stray animals. Here’s how it works:
Lugansk has an airport where football fans from Europe will arrive. The fans will then be transported by bus to Donetsk stadium where the matches will be played.
Corrupt municipality bosses are using this event, and the expected high number of visitors, to suggest that all stray animals must be killed for safety purposes. They believe this will also enhance the image of the city making it nice and clean and safe.
But to do this they need an allocation of money from the city. The corrupt officials then state a hugely inflated figure of strays and say they need 100h (approx 10 Euro’s) to kill each dog. Of course they say that this will be done humanely.
Then having received all the money from the city budget, they get together unemployed workers and send them out to kill strays by poison – maybe the cost is a few Euro cents per dog (after all how much does it cost to get some cheap poison and dig a hole to bury the animals – when the hole is full they just dig another one).
For every dog they kill they say they have killed ten or twenty or more. For every 100,000 Euro of budget, it is estimated that perhaps 1000 euros are spent and that leaves 99,000 Euros which is stolen and shared amongst the officials.
This kind of scam is operated in many regions of Ukraine with KYIV CITY MUNICIPALITY being the most corrupt. This has gone on for years and IS A BIG MONEY MAKER FOR MUNICIPALITY OFFICIALS. The corruption is AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
Naturewatch urges all football fans and all teams in Europe to write to the UEFA President urging that he takes action to stop this barbaric cruelty in Lugansk.
Write to:
Michel Platini
President
The Union of European Football Associations
Chemin de la route-46
CH-1260 Nyon
Switzerland
June 2010 – Euro 2012 director calling on Ukraine’s leadership to find humane solution to stray animals problem. More… (external link to Kyiv Post)
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/69129/
UEFA Director for Euro 2012 Martin Kallen has asked Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov to settle the situation with stray animals in the country.
Euro 2012 director calling on Ukraine’s leadership to find humane solution to stray animals problem
Jun 9 at 17:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
UEFA Director for Euro 2012 Martin Kallen has asked Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov to settle the situation with stray animals in the country without resorting to killing them, president of the “SOS” International Society for the Protection of Animals Tamara Tarnawska said at a press conference in Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday, June 9.
“On June 1, I met with Mr. Kallen at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland). In response to my letter dated June 1, he on the same day wrote a letter to [Ukraine’s] Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov. We talked about the problem of cruel, barbaric and medieval killing of stray animals in Ukraine, and the use of mobile crematoria in Lysychansk, Mariupol and other cities. We paid a lot of attention to the situation with Kyiv Zoo.”
In his appeal to the vice prime minister, Kallen noted that UEFA does not support cruel methods of killing stray animals and has never encouraged the Ukrainian authorities to use such methods.
Tarnawska also said that the UEFA Director for Euro 2012 is receiving letters daily from around the world about the treatment of stray animals in Ukraine. This jeopardizes the reputation of UEFA, and harms confidence in the organization, she said.
The president of the SOS society stressed that in his letter, Kallen had asked Kolesnikov to meet with Tarnawska to work out a position concerning the further action. “A week has passed, but I haven’t yet received an invitation from the deputy prime minister,” she said.
In addition, according to Tarnawska, there is a threat that foreign fans might boycott Euro 2012 in Ukraine: “We have opened three Web sites – two in France and one in Switzerland, which have started calling for a boycott the Euro 2012 in Ukraine. The sites are planning to post the appeals to travel agencies, football players, officials, politicians and, certainly, UEFA to boycott the event in Ukraine.”
“These Web sites will do their negative work, I am sure,” the animal rights activist said.
Read more: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/69129/#ixzz15599IdqA
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Below you will see Serbian campaigners request for proof relating to unlawful acts by the Republic veterinary inspection. This is because they never demanded an anti-rabies vaccination programme for wild animals. Instead they appear to have supported and tolerated the mass unlawful killing of dogs and cats; in addition, using money from city budgets, the Republic veterinary inspection undertook the implementation of animal killings, of mass animal killings, by undertaking practices which are not compliant with the Serbian veterinarian law relating to animal welfare.
Campaigners want to show that the public attorney of Zajecar has ignored the evidence presented by the campaigners and has made no effort to collect any other proof associated with this. By using the law relating to the freedom of public information, campaigners are now collecting proof of the unlawful acts of the public attorney.
The following information / documentation is in Serbian, but it is hoped that by publishing this, the information and the requests will be made public for the citizens of Serbia to read and further, to understand the illegal acts which are going on.
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Osnovno javno tuzilastvo ,Zajecar
MUP RS -molimo prosledite kao forward OJT Zajecar, na sluzbenu e-mail adresu
7.11.2010.
Predmet : Zahtev
ovlascenom licu u skladu sa Zakonom o slobodnom pristupu informacijama od javnog znacaja, da u zakonskom roku, na adresu u potpisu, dostavi traziocima kopiju kompletne dokumentacije koja se nalazi u predmetu formiranom po nasoj prijavi i dopuni prijave – videti dole .
Hvala
S postovanjem
Prijatelj-EPAR/OIPA Srbija/Alijansa za zastitu prirode,prava zivotinja i prava ljudi
24000 Subotica, Matka Vukovica,9
**—– Original Message —–**
From: EPAR
To: opstinskoutu123@nadlanu.com ; muprs@mup.gov.rs ; Regionalna kancelarija ; Min.polj. Kabinet ministra ; Uprava za veterinu ; Opstina Zajecar
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:53 AM
Subject: Urgencija 31.10.2010. na Dopuna 25.3.2010. /Urgencija na : Prijavu17.3.2010. , Zajecar
MUP RS – molimo vas da prosledite
PU Zajecar i Osnovnom javnom tuzilastvu Zajecar , kako bi isti postupali po zakonima i prestali krsiti ljudska prava svojim nepostupanjem po zakonima Srbije
Rep veterinarska inspekcija,Zajecar
Gradska uprava, Zajecar
Urgencija 31.10. 2010. –
Postovani
sa zaljenjem moramo reci da vi niste postupili po prijavi od 17.3.2010. , i u kosuljici predmeta kod OJT Zajecar sumnjamo da imate dokaze osim onih koje smo mi dostavili – a ni po njima niste postupali , jer da jeste , ne bi se desavala ponovo ista kriminalna dela koja smo prijavili 17.3.2010. ,ponovo 30.10.2010. na isti brutalan nacin , isti pocionioci , i ova ponavljanja krivicnog dela su posledica nepostupanja Osnovnog javnog tuzilastva u Zajecaru , policije PU Zajecar i inspekcijskih sluzbi imaju za posledicu krsenja ljudskih prava tim nepostupanjem po sluzbenim duznostima i po zakonima Rep Srbije.
Vi : Osnovno javno tuzilastvo, Zajecar , PU Zajecar , i inspekcijske sluzbe – kako rep veterinarska, tako lokalna komunalna : krsite ljudska prava u Srbiji svojim nepostupanjem i ignorisanjem krivicnih dela prema zivotinjama i tolerisanjem zloupotrebe novca poreskih obveznika kojim se ta kriminalna dela finansiraju.
Molimo vas da prestanete krsiti nasa ljudska prava ignorisanjem zakona i Ustava Republike Srbije i da pocnete postupati u skladu s vazecim zakonima i Ustavom Republike Srbije.
Ukoliko to ne ucinite , mi cemo biti primorani da se obratimo Odeljenju za ljudska prava Ujedinjenih Nacija .
S postovanjem
Prijatelj-EPAR/OIPA Srbija/Alijansa za zastitu prirode, prava zivotinja i prava ljudi
24000 Subotica,Matka Vukovica 9
**—– Original Message —–**
From: EPAR
To: muprs@mup.gov.rs ; opstinskoutu123@nadlanu.com
Cc: JKPO@Kraljevica ; kabinet@mfin.gov.rs ; mpue3@nadlanu.com ; office@minpolj.gov.rs
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:15 PM
Subject: Urgencija na : Prijava17.3.2010. , Zajecar
Urgencija i Dopuna
Takodje u interesu svih gradjana Srbije ,molimo da zatrazite dokument kojim je besnilo u Zaječaru prijavljeno OIE , bez obzira čija je nadležnost da to učini , jer je prijavljivanje zaraznih bolesti životinja OIE obavezno .
Takodje je u interesu svih gradjana Srbije , značajno da zatražite dokumentaciju o sprovedenoj medicinskoj proceduri prema onim licima koja su našli lisicu i bili u kontaktu za besnilom zaraženom lisicom i mestom na kojem su našli rezervoar virusa rabiesa.
Takodje naglašavamo da je počinjeno nedozvoljeno ubistvo 127 pasa po ceni od 132.450 dinara ,mada su od 5.3.2010. bili posmatrani , pred očima tih istih veterinara , bez simptoma besnila – jer njihovi leševi ,ni jedan, nisu nakon ubijanja podvrgnuti laboratorijskoj analizi na prisustvo virusa rabiesa, što bi bilo neophodno i obavezno učiniti , ako je rabies razlog njihovog lišavanja života.Umesto toga svi leševi su zakopani na gradskoj deponiji ,koja nije legalno mesto za zakopavanje leševa ubijenih zbog sumnje na rabies , niti ikakvih leševa životinja , jer za to mora postojati legalno mesto-stočno groblje, kako bi leševi bili neškodljivo uklonjeni.Na ovaj način leševi su dostupni drugim životinjama da ih iskopavaju i razvlače , te šire rabies zbog kojeg su ovi psi poubijani navodno, što ustvari poništava postojanje indikacije za lišavanje života i dokazuje da su počinitelji ubistava imali saznanje o njenom nepostojanju , jer u slučaju osnovane sumnje na kontakt s rezervoarom rabiesa ovakav način odlaganja leševa predstavlja opasnost od širenja rabiesa i opasan je kako za životinje tako i za ljude.
Prijatelj-EPAR/OIPA Srbija/Alijansa za prava životinja
24000 Subotica, Matka Vukovića,9
**—– Original Message —–**
From: EPAR
To: opstinskoutu123@nadlanu.com ; muprs@mup.gov.rs
Cc: mpue3@nadlanu.com ; kabinet@mfin.gov.rs ; JKPO@Kraljevica
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:23 AM
Subject: Prijava17.3.2010. , Zajecar
Osnovno javno tužilaštvo, Zaječar
MUP RS- molimo prosledite PU Zaječar na postupanje, kao i Osnovnom javnom tužilaštvu u Zaječaru ( u slučaju da je adresa koju smo dobili od rep.javnog tužilaštva promenjena )
17.3.2010.
Predmet : Prijava
Prijavljujemo da šinterska služba ( ovaj termin koristi područno- nadležna rep.veter.inspekcija ) Javnog komunalnog preduzeća “Kraljevica”, Zaječar , radeći “na crno” , ilegalno , po ništavnom ugovoru izmedju JKP”Kraljevica ” i Opštinske uprave, Zaječar , ilegalno obavlja poslove koje nije dobila putem javnog tendera , i za koje ima zabranu rada Rešenjem republičke veterinarske inspekcije , nego ilegalnim načinom , kršenjem Zakona o javnim nabavkama, Zakona o lokalnoj samoupravi ,Zakona o komunalnim delatnostima – nedozvoljenom opštinskom odlukom- videti Odluku Ustavnog suda objavljenu u Sl.gl.RS br.9/2010 o zakonitom načinu – ,radi sticanja materijalne dobiti ( videti bankovni listing o transferu novca s žiro računa opštine na žiro račun jkp”Kraljevica” u poslednjih 5 godina za poslove hvatanja i uništavanja pasa i mačaka lutalica ) , pored privrednog prestupa , čini krivično delo zlostavljanja i ubijanja velikog broja životinja ,koje drži u nezakonitim uslovima i bez mogućnosti zadovoljenja elementarnih fizioloških potreba ovih životinja, uz kršenje Zakona o veterinarstvu i Zakona o dobrobiti životinja.
Takodje prijavljujemo da područno nadležna republička veterinarska inspekcija nije – a bila je dužna to činiti- vršila nadzor postupanja lovačkog udruženja gradjana , koje je pak bilo dužno postupati , u skladu s članom 55. Zakona o veterinarstvu , a koje nije tako postupalo, što je područno nadležna rep veterinarska inspekcija nedozvoljeno tolerisala , izlažući gradjane Zaječara , cele Srbije i šire , opasnosti od rabiesa .
Zahtevamo pokretanje istražnog postupka zbog :
1. dugogodišnjeg krivičnog dela zlostavljanja i ubijanja velikog broja životinja ( pasa , mačaka, lisica ) do kojeg je dovelo nepostupanje rep.veterinarske inspekcije , koje je upravo u toku .
Nepostupanje područno-nadležne republičke veterinarske inspekcije dovodi do pojave rabiesa u područjima nepostupanja te inspekcije.
2. dugogodišnjeg privrednog prestupa usled nezakonitog trošenja novca iz opštinskog budžeta finansiranjem poslova po osnovi ništavih ugovora , sklapanih bez javnog tendera- koje je upravo u toku i ubijanjem zivotinja koje je u Srbiji zabranjeno , nesprovodjenjem nihovog zbrinjavanja niti kontrole i kaznjavanja neodgovornih vlasnika – nepostupanjem komunalne inspekcije ,usled cega i dalje postoje napusteni psi koji predstavljaju namerno odrzavanu tezgu za nekontrolisanu zaradu .
S poštovanjem
Društvo prijatelja životinja “Prijatelj”- EPAR/OIPA Srbija/Alijansa za prava životinja
24000 Subotica, Matka Vukovića,9
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Dear Mark,
Our Save Japan Dolphins team and I raced back to Japan this past week when it was announced that the Mayor of Taiji was finally willing to engage in a productive dialogue with us about dolphin killing.
We hoped it represented a new beginning, but the Mayor and the radical nationalist group organizing the meeting had other plans.
They only let in media sympathetic to town officials and banned major news outlets like the AP, Fuji TV and Tokyo TV. Reporters had to submit questions ahead of time and we were not allowed to videotape the proceedings. Questions were censored.
After all our hard work of the past years to get the truth out, I just couldn’t allow this to stand.
I announced that I would not participate in this sham and invited media to join me on the beach of the Cove to have a free dialogue open to all questions and all press. Chaos ensued and outraged officials began screaming at us. But more than half of the media in attendance came with me. It was almost a media riot as reporters followed me out to the Cove.
Once there I was able to:unroll the banner representing signatures of 2 million people around the world who oppose the killing and capture of dolphins.point out that Japan’s own government institute reports that the mortality rate for Taiji and nearby Koazagawa, where dolphin meat is also consumed, is over 50% higher than the rate for similarly-sized villages throughout Japan; and outline why the largest killing of dolphins in the world, and the sale of live dolphins to theme parks must come to an end.
Angry that their sham news conference had been exposed, the conference “organizer” actually followed me in a nationalist truck blaring death threats over his megaphone.
It was a hectic and dangerous day, but it was crucial that we were there to stand up for dolphins.
We had to have a police escort to the train station for our trip to Tokyo. Yet I continue to believe there is a bright future for Taiji without the killing of dolphins, and that the people of Japan must be made aware of the truth..
Thank you for standing by the dolphins and us.
Please donate HERE to help support our work for dolphin protection »
Best,
Ric O’Barry
PS for more info on the campaign and to sign up for our blog click HERE.
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Dear all,
after “Stuttgart21” and the violence levelled against protesters by German police the sad saga continues with the current protests against the German government’s lobby-friendly nuclear policy (against public opinion and express rejection of this policy by the vast majority of German citizens). The current main target of the protests is the movement of the Castor transporter through the country carrying nuclear waste to the Gorleben interim storage facility.
The citizens of Gorleben and vicinity have protested for many years against the stowing away of this highly dangerous waste in the local salt mine, to no avail. The German government has only recently struck a deal with the nuclear lobby behind closed doors that allows them extended running times for the reactors of up to 15 years. The previous government had before decided to shut down all reactors by 2012.
I live close to the Neckarwestheim Nuclear plant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckarwestheim_Nuclear_Power_Plant) with two reactors. I live in the so-called “red zone”.
If that thing blows I’ll be among the first to know it. A recent study of its safety features has found that the shut-down procedure is so complex that should the reactors overheat and need flooding with river water there is not nearly enough time to prevent a meltdown.
Not that Berlin and chancellor Merkel would care. Nor do they care about the people of Gorleben, or the wishes of the population in general. Berlin ignores – and endangers – all of us in a manner that can only be called brazen.
The serve the interests of the industries these days, and protests are struck down with a brutality that echo a regime in this country that we thought we’d seen the last of 70 years ago.
Increasingly the government percieves the citizen as a threat/a criminal/a terrorist (as Mrs. Merkel called the Castor protesters last night, “criminal offenders” who would “be dealt with accordingly”) , a hindrance to its interests and goals, someone who can be beaten up and cowed at will.
Some images of today’s protests here:
http://www.n-tv.de/img/18/1877346/O_1000_680_680_2ub03408.jpg7668463691528848482.jpg
VIDEO (please watch and forward)
http://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/politik/Castor-wird-immer-wieder-blockiert-article1877331.html
Police, once again, act as henchmen to ensure the governments’ policies are seen through – increasingly against the interest of the populace.
Berlin wants, if at all, peaceful protests: people standing quietly by the roadside holding placards; people naively signing petitions; people sitting on their settees at home foulmouthing the TV set.
Yes, I bet they do. They feel threatened by a German citizen actually standing up and confronting them.
D.
See our recent link about the ‘Stuttgart 21’ environmental protests by clicking on:
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Petitions – please sign and forward to all your contacts:
Justice for dog who’s back legs were chopped off for “stealing” food and left in critical condition for 1week http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/justice-dog-chopped-off-legs/
THE PICTURE SHOWS A GREEK GUY PREPARING TO BURN THE POOR KITTEN’S EYES! THIS CANNOT BE TOLERATED IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM!
Show their government that we need them to enforce stronger animal protection laws.
** UPDATE – 1627hrs GMT 08/11/10 **
Trikala municipality
Chief of Police
Greetings,
DINOS KOUKOS’s Facebook Profile was brought to our attention after a
fellow animal advocate witnessed a profile pic of Dinos depicting the fact
he was to burn a kitten’s eyes. We in the animal community take such matters
very seriously , mainly for the fact we witness daily horrible abuses
brought upon our voiceless creatures, whom are living breathing vessels.and
can clearly, compitantly feel pain ……
Mark Johnson – ‘Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)’
In reply to your e-mail,we kindly inform you that the Hellenic Police
Headquarters, particularly sensitive on issues regarding the protection of
animals, has already issued directive orders – instructions to all competent
regional Police Authorities. Specifically, the instructions mention that in
the frames of duties performance, Police Authorities shall be vigilant and
strictly implement the regulations in force, in cooperation with the
competent Authorities and Co-operators, as regards the penal ratification,
in every case where maltreatment, torture or ill-treatment of a stray or an
animal is confirmed.
Please be also kindly advised that the statutory frame in force, regulating
animals’ protection, is: a) Regulation nr. 1197/1981 “Protection of
animals”, b) Regulation nr. 3170/2003 (Pets, strays and further orders)”.
Additionally, please be informed that as regards the case in which you are
referring at, a relevant order has already be given to the competent
regional Police Service for the process of immediate investigation and
implementation of the imposed police actions.
The Ministries of Interior and of Rural Development and Provisions are the
competent Authorities for the implementation of the animals protection and
care programs (vaccination, animal neutering, strays gathering, removal of
the dead animals’ carcasses, etc.).
We stay at your disposal.
Press Office
Ministry of Citizen Protection
4, P.Kanellopoulou street,
101 77, Athens, Hellas
Tel:(0030) 210 69 77 505
(0030)210 69 24 558
Fax:(0030)210 69 29 764
Website: www.hellenicpolice.gr
Twitter: http://twitter.com/astynomia
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/ellinikiastynomia
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The following footage was filmed in Zajecar city. Throughout Serbia, the authorities violate both animal and human rights by undertaking the killing of animals in this way.
Please write to the authorities of Serbia and insist that both your human rights and the rights of the animals are respected. A sample letter is shown below, complete with e-mail addresses to which the letter can be sent.
Thank You so very much on behalf of poor animals in Serbia;
Sincerely – EPAR
Video footage can be seen via the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1588819992773
BLOCK E-mail contact details for the sample letter are as follows:
To: kancelarijan@narodnakancelarija.rs ; izivanovic@predsednik.rs ; jzivanovic@predsednik.rs ; kontakt.predsednik@predsednik.rs ; omr@srbija.gov.rs ; press@gov.rs ; predsednikvladesrbije@gov.rs ; kabinet.zpv@gov.rs ; kabinet.potpredsednika@gov.rs ; kabinet@merr.gov.rs ; msp@mfa.rs ; info@mod.gov.rs ; info@mup.gov.rs ; press@mfin.gov.rs ; kabinet@mpravde.gov.rs ; office@minpolj.gov.rs ; press@merr.gov.rs ; kabinet@mre.gov.rs ; mrkonjicm@mi.gov.rs ; kabinet@mduls.gov.rs ; info@mduls.gov.rs ; trgovina@mtu.gov.rs ; info@nauka.gov.rs ; kabinet@mp.gov.rs ; office@mos.gov.rs ; kabinet@mtid.gov.rs ; ministar@minrzs.gov.rs ; pr_sluzba@minrzs.gov.rs ; info@ekoplan.gov.rs ; kabinet@kultura.gov.rs ; kabinet@kim.gov.rs ; kabinet.mv@mv.gov.rs ; info@mzd.gov.rs ; kabinet@ljudskaprava.gov.rs ; pr@ljudskaprava.gov.rs ; kabinet@mbp.gov.rs ; kancelarija@kornrp.gov.rs ; epar@yunord.net ; arka@eunet.rs ; contact@epar.org.yu ; contact@epar.org.rs
*** Sample letter ****** Sample letter ***
Honorable Officials:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am outraged and very saddened to see the many cruelties and abuses against stray animals throughout Serbia. My respect for your country has greatly diminished because of your cruel and inhumane treatment of the all too many strays in your country.
I am disgusted by your lack of compassion and disregard for the lives of the animals in your country. I know there are many caring, good and sensitive people who love animals living in Serbia, but the fact that authorities are still committing mass killings of strays makes me very angry.
Please STOP killing of the innocent stray dogs in the Nis, Zajecar and throughout other cities in Serbia; and take positive action to reduce stray annual numbers in your country through a ‘No Kill’, vaccination, sterilisation and microchip program.
In addition, rather than wasting taxpayers money on the continually killing animals, why not invest it in a program to educate the public and informing them that the sterilisation of their own pet animals is necessary if the stray animals numbers population is to ever be reduced. The public cannot continue to allow their own un-sterilised pets to turned out of their homes each day, wandering the streets and mating with any stray animals that they encounter. This does nothing overall to reduce animal population numbers; in fact it does the exact opposite, contributing to an increase in stray animal numbers.
The video footage which I have recently seen regarding stray dogs in Zajecar city, is not based on any existing Serbian Animal Welfare legislation. Dogs are simply caught and treated in the most inhumane ways possible. They’re captured at random, stuffed together into tiny cages, forced to sleep in their own faeces and suffer terribly as an immediate result of your action.
The hellholes which you call an animal ‘shelter’ are anything but a shelter – they are simply places of death; killing houses. You are doing nothing to implement existing Serbian animal welfare legislation, and because of this you should be ashamed.
The Constitutional Court of Serbia says that the killing of stray dogs and cats in Serbia is forbidden from 02/10/05. Authorities which still kill animals rather than provide them with care are working in direct opposition to the existing laws of Serbia regarding animal welfare. Public firms responsible for stray animals still are still attempting to justify animal killing by working to old and outdated Pravilnik legislation rather than Article 46 (168) of the new Serbian Veterinary law. As a result of this, the public firms who collect and still continue to kill strays are undertaking illegal work.
As you appear to support illegal activities which non-compliant with existing Serbian legislation, I am left with no alternative but to inform everyone in my power of the illegal actions you are taking against stray animals. This will include writing to politicians in my own country as well as providing information to the Enlargement Commission of the European Union. There is no excuse for the procedures which you are undertaking and I am determined to ensure that your actions will be fully exposed throughout the world.
You need to desperately move into the 21st-century regarding the treatment of animals, especially if you have any hope of becoming a future member state of the European Union. Compliance with the law is a fundamental requirement which is to be proven by new states seeking EU membership. As I have shown above, you are not complying with the law of your country; you are undertaking illegal activities. This needs to be, and will be, presented to the EU.
You have a fundamental duty to prove that you are complying with your own national legislation regarding animal welfare. At the moment, you seem to be failing dramatically in this. I ask you to treat all animals within Serbia correctly and with compassion. Now is the time for change as the whole world is watching you and is continually being updated on your illegal activities.
‘No kill’ sterilisation, vaccination, micro-chipping and identification is the only way forward to effectively reduce stray animal numbers throughout all towns and cities in Serbia. Until you undertake this action, you are wasting valuable taxpayers money by pouring it into a bottomless barrel. This is not acceptable.
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Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
