India: ‘Raja’ – The Little Stray Who Was Adopted and Changed the World for his Adoptive Family – A Wonderful Story of Hope.

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

 

 

 

 

HUBLI: There are temples and temples — some for idols, and some for matinee idols in today’s hero-worshipping times.

But for a pet mongrel? Chandrashekharaia Kulkarni, 58, did just that — he built a temple for a dog who he believes had divine powers.

Today, it has turned into a religious spot in Ranebennur, in Haveri district.

Link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranebennur

In 1994, Kulkarni was running a small scale industry making paan masala sachets in a rented building. It was a loss-making unit, and Kulkarni planned to shut it down. One day, he saw a two-week old puppy straying onto the premises.

He tried to shoo it away, but the whining mongrel stuck around. Out of pity, Kulkarni decided to rear it.

As fate would have it, things began to change. His business blossomed, he bought his own building on five guntas of land in the industrial area. All this he attributed to the dog, believing he had brought him luck.

The puppy grew up to be a part of the family. Kulkarni named him Raja Narayanswami, and treated him as his child. The family took good care of Raja, who surprisingly, was a vegetarian. Towards the end of 2008, Raja died of a prolonged illness.

To keep Raja’s memory alive, the family decided to build a temple for him. With the support of the people and other pet lovers, Kulkarni built a temple and put up a portrait of Raja in 2009. He held a huge fair during Vijayadashmi. And ever since, people have been thronging the temple. His wife Kasturamma and children Manjaiah and Gayatri too believe the dog possessed divine powers.

Said Kulkarni, a law graduate, “Raja was like our son, not just a dog. Our fate changed after it came to our industry. It often protected our property from thieves. We believe it was a reincarnation of God.”

This year too, Kulkarni plans to hold a big fair and mass feeding during Vijayadashmi. “Now, we want to build a primary school after him, and are awaiting permission. The land is finalized. We have also placed an order for a silver statue of Raja, embedded with precious stones, to be installed in the temple,” he added.

Thanks and Regards
Santosh Rajashekar
CUPA

http://bloggers-bark.blogspot.com/2010/08/this-dog-has-its-day-and-temple-to-boot.html

SAV Comment

Unfortunately; no pictures at present to go with this post.  A photo of Raja and / or the temple would be great.

Can anyone help ?

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Germany: Very Sad News – ‘Seppl’ Has Passed Away. RIP Seppl.

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

The message shown below arrived from Diana (in Germany) yesterday – 01.09/10.

It sadly informs about the death of a horse named “Seppl”.

Seppl has been ill for a while now and Diana has been keeping me informed of his condition and situation for many weeks.  Seppl had a kidney ilness which was incureable; and for all involved in his daily care and attention, it was just a matter of time and for doing the very best for him until his passing over the rainbow bridge.

During his final weeks, Seppl was given almost anything he desired.  All the food he could eat and a wide range of special treats.  But most importantly, he was given love and attention from several people who were not his direct ownner.  She deserted Seppl to go elsewhere years ago.  Seppl had many other horse friends at the stables; he was never alone.

Seppl died peacefully in his pasture area overnight.

He will be greatly missed by all the immediate team who cared and loved him on a daily basis at the stables.  And so as Diana says, I also ask you to light a candle in memory of Seppl today please.

Now gone but always a wonderful memory.

Thanks – Mark.

From Diana:

Dear all,

it is a sad day today – as most days where animals die.

Still I would ask you to light a candle for “Seppl” today – a horse I’ve gotten to know at the last stable I was at with my “Henry”.

Seppl has died last night, very likely, of kidney failure. He had been ill for a good two months now, and while all was done to help him, it became clear that his time was limited, and so he was made as comfortable as possible for the weeks/months that remained to him and those who cared for him.

Seppl lay peacefully in the pasture this morning, having passed away some time last night. We all hope that he did not suffer.

Seppl, a Haflinger gelding, was 20, very sweet and a bit of a rascal almost to the end.

Sadly, the person he loved most left him to live somewhere else a few years ago, and hence he was given into the care of Yvonne and Arek, who did their utmost to make him feel welcome and loved. It was them who were with him to the end.

Rest in peace, Seppl.

Diana

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Dear Seppl,

you will stay in my heart for ever.

I love you so much and I say thank you for the wonderful years we´ve passed together. You made me so happy and I enjoyed all the time with you.

Now there is an angelpony more in heaven.

Rest in peace my lovely friend.
Yours Yvonne

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Uk / England: SAV Passes 40,400 Visitors Since March 2008.

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Here at SAV we feel it is time for a small celebration.

The last few days have seen us pass through the 40,400 visitor number since March 2008.

This 40,000+ is without all the visitors which we have had to the site since it was created back in 2005.

Success is all down to a little work here ‘at home’ in England, and by all of you, our wonderful supporters who are literally located all over the world.

You can see the range of our visitors by looking at the little ‘Clustrmap’ – the global map on the left side of this page.  The red dots show the locations of all our visitors.  If you click on the actual map, it will take you further into the data sheet where you can get a listing of all the visitors and from which country.

We are glad to see that there are so many visitors from Serbia – lots from the government and regional authorities we hope ! – welcome Sirs.

We have now created some 906 individual posts on SAV since its  creation and we are now getting an average of around 145 visitors every day.

SAV is a very small set up, run exclusively as a non profit NGO.  We have no members, take no funds and ask no money for anything from anyone.  But we do ask if you can give your financial support to specific animal causes when it is felt necessary.

SAV was created back in 2005 as the result of an e mail to me, Mark, by Slavica who lives and campaigns in Serbia.  Slavica asked if I could help; with a letter I think it was; and things have never stopped since.  Here we are some five years later; over 70,000 visitors since its creation, and a blog which is still run on a shoestring to say the least !

SAV carries on because there is one thing that unites all of us, and that is that the animals of this world are given a voice in defence of the terrible suffering which many endure every single day – be it in fur farms, intensive food production systems, on the Canadian ice, on the streets, in the labs; on the racetrack; in fact anywhere and everywhere.

There is nothing special about any animal cause; but each cause is so very specially important in its own way; particularly for the suffering animals which it attempts to help.

Thank you for your continued visits and support.  We think and hope that through the site we had made some kind of difference for the animals of the Balkans.  The politicians know who we are now for sure !  They are the only people who can eventually make the changes to give the balkans animals a decent deal for the future; and SAV will continue to push for that fair deal as often as it can.  We will continue to expose the wrongdoings whenever we can; relying on your support and actions to help us get the message across that animal suffering is unnecessary and that the way forward for controlling stray animal numbers in the balkans is through a No Kill sterilisation, vaccination, microchipping and identification process.

We welcome your support and the comments which you feed into the system – please keep on being a voice for the animals.  We do not need to change, but the politicians do ! – the future is in their hands – they are in charge of steering the course; lets hope they go in the right direction.

I will finish with words from a man who ‘knew a thing or two about many things’ – my terminology ! – a vegetarian and a true animal welfare campaigner:

 
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.
 -Albert Einstein

Regards and thanks for your support;

Mark – Founder SAV.

My best friend and very special canine advisor – my dog ‘Golda’ – bitch, 7 years.

 

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Uk / Bosnia and Herzegovina: SAV Attempts to Help Uk Newspaper Find Sadistic, Young (Bosnian ?) Puppy Killer Captured on Video.

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

31/08/10

Today SAV have been trying to help a Uk national newspaper identify a young girl who has been shown on video throwing live young puppies into a river – and certain death.

From the information obtained by the newspaper; ‘The Sun’; it is thought that the video was taken in Bosnia and Herzegovina, although this cannot be absolutely verified.  Further attempts to check this are currently under way.

SAV have posted the video to all contacts in the Balkans with the help of Slavica.

We have also provided the newspaper with much data and many photographs about the terrible situation for stray animals in Serbia and other Balkans states, with the hope that they may do a follow up article.

First and foremost, we need to find out who this girl is; a person who seems to get a sadistic sick pleasure by throwing young animals to their deaths in a fast flowing river.

If any of you can help by distributing the video via this SAV post link then it would be very appreciated.  Any names and details can be left on the ‘Responses’ section at the end of this post.

The video can be seen by clicking on the following link and then scrolling down.

WARNING – contains animal cruelty.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3119142/Sicko-throws-puppies-to-death.html

Thanks SAV.

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Uk: Sadistic Fox Killer Jailed – If Only Gutless Serbian Officials Did the Same !

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

  

.. but Serbia will have to do something before it joins the EU.

Sadistic’ fox killer jailed

by KATIE BOWLER 

A MAN who killed a fox “in a sadistic and prolonged act of cruelty” has been sent to prison for five months and banned from keeping dogs for life.  

William Burrell, 50, of Short Street, Stapenhill, was jailed after being found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a wild animal by confining it to a cage before allowing a dog to attack, and causing or attempting to cause an animal fight.  

Burrell was arrested and taken into custody by officers after a one-and-a-half hour sentencing hearing at Burton Magistrates’ Court yesterday. 

At a previous hearing it was said Burrell caged the fox for eight hours before fitting a lead around its neck and ‘slinging’ it in a dog kennel to be mauled to death “like a rag doll.” The fox finally died from a ‘fatal blow’ to the head with a piece of wood. Burrell had claimed he killed the fox instantly with three blows to its skull, before slinging the animal’s dead carcass to a Staffordshire bull terrier kept in a pen at his house. 

John Sutcliffe, prosecuting, said this act of cruelty ‘shows total lack of humanity’.  

He said: “If he is able to do this to an animal who knows what else he is capable of? “Burrell is clearly not capable of keeping animals, and with behaving the way he has, I’m calling for a life-long ban to prevent him from keeping dogs again. 

“He killed the fox in a sadistic and prolonged manner.” Simon Dean, defending, said: “My client accepts what he did was wrong, he’s very sorry, and understands how serious this matter is. 

“He should not have behaved like that. I think unpaid work would be more beneficial as this would be like pay back to the community.” 

However, magistrate Linda Cooper said the offence was so serious jail would be the only option. 

She said: “For the serious offence of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal you will go to prison for five months and for causing an animal to fight you will also serve five months, to run concurrently.  

“Had you pleaded guilty you would have only served three months. 

“You carried out a sadistic and prolonged act of cruelty and deliberately put the fox in the pen to fight.” RSPCA Inspector Penny Barker said she was ‘extremely pleased’ with the sentence, as this was the ‘worst and most horrific’ case of animal cruelty she had ever seen in her career. 

She said: “This incident will send out a strong message that this behaviour will not be tolerated and people caught doing such acts will be prosecuted. I hope this warns other people.” Inspector Barker added: “It is not an offence to catch a fox in a humane trap. However, the way in which the animal is disposed of must be humane. The manner in which this fox was killed was both illegal and inhumane, causing barbaric suffering to the animal. 

“The RSPCA recognises the necessity of capturing animals on a limited scale for a variety of reasons. However, there is never any justification for inflicting a cruel and painful death on any animal, regardless of species. 

This fox was killed by being set on by a dog and clearly this is a horrific way to die.”  

http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Sadistic-fox-killer-jailed.htm 

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SAV Comment 

 

   

   

   

   

Take note Serbia; Europe and the world is watching you.

The Uk / Europe can set an example – it is now time that you came out of the dark ages and acted in defence of animals. 

If and when you join the EU then things will change. 

We have the evidence: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxnBSUACkBg&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMmIsDGGXV0&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcjjss3csAs&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgTgQgIBJG4&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQlhObPR27I&feature=channel 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boFlt99eVGU&feature=related 

http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D7ZSXlSH4pEA%26feature%3Dchannel 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGYF30tHtbE&feature=related 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5NN7bmd1QE&feature=related 

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Bulgaria: Puppy to be Rehomed Next Day is Stolen From Animal Shelter and Skinned in Revenge Attack Against Proposed Animal Welfare Legislation to be Introduced by the Government.

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

 

Please tell the world who sick people are.

Visit the excellent Animal Rescue site and help the dogs at  www.arsofia.com

Puppy skinned alive in rescue shelter

The night before she was due to fly to her new home in Holland, a 3 month old puppy at one of the country’s few humane shelters in Upper Bogrov near Sofia, Bulgaria, was killed in a senseless act…

Spokesman Svetoslav Petrov from ARS  said that there were no traces of blood on the premises so they believe Puppy Jessy was taken off premises and her skin and  head brought back.  He added that a man nicknamed “Chin Lee” has sent a  note to ARS describing to them how it was done to “keep the meat tasty  and tender”.

This was undoubtedly a demonstrative horror action  against the current Animal Rights movement in Bulgaria who are seeking to  persuade the Bulgarian Government to criminalise animal cruelty.

Click the following link to view the full article:
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-485897?ref=email

Please help the dogs in the shelter and support them with a donation – to protect the animals against bad people.  www.arsofia.com
 
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3 maanden oude pup levend gevild en daarna onthoofd in asiel in Sofia! klik op onderstaande link of kijk op www.arsofia.com of www.animalrescuesofia.nl
geef de boodschap door en steun de honden en geef een donatie zodat ze geld kunnen uitgeven om de honden in het asiel te beschermen tegen dit soort maniakken!
en zie ook http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-485897?ref=email 
 
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3 Monate alte Welpen lebend gehäutet und danach enthauptet im Tierheim in Sofia! Klicken Sie auf den Link unten, oder besuchen Sie www.arsofia.com 
Bitte sagen Sie Nachricht weiter! und bitte geben Sie eine Spende, damit animal rescue Sofia Geld hat um die Hunde gegen diese Art von Wahnsinnigen zu schützen!
und siehe auch:  http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-485897?ref=email 

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Iran: Authorities Now Issue a Fatwa Against Pets.

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Iran issues fatwa against pets

Iranian authorities have banned all advertisements for pets, pet food and other pet products.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7966326/Iran-issues-fatwa-against-pets.html

Daily Telegraph. 26 August 2010.
Iran issues fatwa against pets.

Iranian authorities have banned all advertisements for pets, pet food and other pet products. The decision by Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance comes after the fatwa was issued by powerful cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi.  

While keeping dogs as pets has become increasingly fashionable in Iran in recent years, the fatwa cited Islamic tradition, which dictates that dogs are unclean.

In June, Ayatollah Shirazi declared dogs unclean, saying that dog owners were “blindly imitating the West” and that their devotion to the animals would result in “evil outcomes”.  “Many people in the West love their dogs more than their wives and children,” he said.  

The ban on pet advertising is the latest attempt by Iran’s culture ministry to undermine “decadent” Western culture.  In July, Tehran produced a catalogue of haircuts meeting government approval. The list banned ponytails, mullets and elaborate spikes.
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