Month: December 2018

Farm Animals, General News

UK: Foie Gras Is Produced to Lower Animal Welfare Standards Than the UK has; So Post Brexit, A Ban on Foie Gras Imports Into the UK Is Possible.

 

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Another victory for animals!

Dear Mark,

The Wallace Collection and Skylon restaurant at the Royal Festival Hall have become the latest London landmarks to withdraw foie gras from their menus thanks to pressure from our #FoieGrasFreeGB campaign. They join the Tate Modern who made the same compassionate choice just two weeks ago.

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Our campaign continues, and we were encouraged to see that Kerry McCarthy MP and Neil Parish MP have recently proposed amendments to the government’s Agriculture Bill. These amendments would mean that animal products produced to lower standards than UK animal welfare law dictates could not be imported here, effectively banning foie gras from being sold in the UK. 

We need your help to ensure this succeeds – please contact your MP and ask them to support these amendments to the Agriculture Bill. It only takes a few minutes to do this using the website www.writetothem.com and we’ve included a template message below to make things even easier for you!

 

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Template email:

Dear [MP Name] MP,

I am writing to ask for your support for Amendments NC1 and NC4 to the Agriculture Bill. When the UK exits the EU, it is essential that we do not allow cruel products like foie gras or animal products that are produced using methods that would not be allowed under our animal welfare laws to be imported from other countries for sale here.

This would completely undermine the UK’s current legislation and us as a nation of animal lovers.

As my representative in Parliament I implore you to vote for NC1 and NC4 during the Report Stage of this Bill.

Sincerely,
[Your name]

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General News

Pissing in the rain!

 

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When I read every day in the media the dirty propaganda of the politicians who are responsible for the animals, I think of this beautiful truth that the picture conveys.

1) The castration without anesthesia for the piglets extends for two years in Germany. The politicians have promised, it should be officially practiced the castration with anesthesia from 1.1.2019!

And the press brings the rain on us: the cost of a castration with anesthetic are too high, so the farmers are financially ruined

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2) Everyone who films undercover torture and animal cruelty in laboratories and animal farms will be treated as criminals in the future! So say the politicians who are responsible for these grievances.

And the press brings the rain on us: No one is allowed to play the checker in the stable!

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3) The animal transports remain unlimited in Europe and everywhere! So have decided the EU politicians who are responsible for the welfare of the animals.

And the press brings the rain on us: Animal transports are subject to rules and regulations that must be respected within the EU!

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The list is still long and it will rain again!

My best regards to all, Venus

 

 

Environmental, General News, Hunting

EU / Japan Trade Deal: More Whale Killing ? – Take Action to Stop It.

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Your last chance to say ‘NO’ to EU/Japan trade deal – act now!

Next Tuesday (11/12/18) , MEPs will vote on a free trade agreement with Japan. We need them to say ‘NO’ to this deal unless Japan stops killing whales.

You have one last chance to make your voice heard. Please send a message to your MEPs and ask them to vote ‘no’ to the deal on Tuesday and to raise Japan’s whaling as a serious issue in the EU Parliament debate on Monday.

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TAKE ACTION

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our voice counts – act now.

This year alone, Japanese whalers killed 503 minke whales and 134 endangered sei whales. The Japanese government is trying to overturn the ban on commercial whaling and disregards any rulings by international bodies against its brutal slaughter.

The EU should not enter into a trade agreement with a country that shows such contempt for international agreements and opinion.

Your voice really does count. If enough MEPs say ‘no’, we could stop the deal. But they need to know it’s an issue you care about. Please don’t just leave this for others to do.

Ask your MEPs to raise Japan’s whale hunting as a serious concern and vote ‘NO’ to the deal next week.

Thank you. We’ll only stop this horrific and senseless slaughter by standing together.

On behalf of the whales and all at WDC,

Julia Pix, WDC campaigns manager

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On Tuesday 11 December, the European Parliament will vote on whether to enter a Free Trade Agreement with Japan. This is our last chance to stop it.

What can I do?

  1. Send a message to your MEPs. It’s very easy!
  • Enter your postcode at writetothem.com.
  • Choose to send a message to all your MEPs (if you have more than one).
  • Write and send your message.
  1. If you receive a response, please let us know at notradedeal@whales.org.

(There’s no need to tell us you have sent your original message.)

What should I say?

Ask your MEP to:

  • Raise whaling as a concern during the debate on Monday.
  • Vote ‘NO’ to the trade agreement on Tuesday.

Tell your MEPs why this is important to you and why you think that the EU must use this opportunity to get tough on Japan’s continued slaughter of whales.

Thank you.

Even if the deal is signed, this is our chance to send a strong message to the Japanese government that we are sick of its defiance of international agreements and opinion. It also keeps the fight against whaling high on the EU agenda. Even if signed, the trade agreement can be used to pressure Japan to stop whaling.

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Below – how it should be !

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General News

Silent night, holy night, all murder

 

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We use to preach Christmas as a feast of love. By that we mean to make gifts to friends and relatives and spend more time with loved ones.
So far so good with love.
However, cruelty, barbarism, murder are also part of Christmas.

Moreover, the good old killer instinct increases even more.
For all who fall as victims of this festival of love this means: More Christmas, more murder. And the more murder, the more festive the glow of love.

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Because the feast for the dear guests must come from the corpse of animals that have suffered for days in mobile coffins. For the big day it must be a goose from France, with a fat liver, who never had a proper meal in her short life, let alone a feast meal.
The pig will be from Germany, what has only experienced suffering and pain for days in a mobile coffin.

It is part of the broken thinking machine to combine love in Christmas with food from animal origin. He who kills the whole year, then especially at Christmas!

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I advise everyone to let the Christmas tree in the forest, and instead of singing “Advent, Advent, a little light burns”, rather to finally find out, where it really burns in this world.

It is more important, instead of greedy with animal corpses, to donate the money to an animal welfare association.

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And instead of hypocritically singing “peace to man on earth” in the church, I advise everyone to organize a light candle for the millions of animal victims of this day, who suffer more than other days because of the carnivorous nature of the Christmas fanatics.
So that this night will not be like any other again.

My best regards, Venus

 

 

 

 

 

General News, Hunting

Scotland: Tell the Government – Ban cruel and violent trophy hunting to protect Scotland’s native species.

 

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Petition Link – https://forcechange.com/519851/ban-trophy-hunting-in-scotland/

Trophy Hunters Like the ‘Professional Huntress’ Must be Stopped

 

 

 

Target: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland

Goal:  Ban cruel and violent trophy hunting to protect Scotland’s native species.

Recent social media photos showing a self-proclaimed “professional huntress” and the carcasses of animals she killed in Scotland have caused worldwide outrage, as well as sparked concern within the country’s government. Larysa Switlyk, host of a hunting television show from Florida, posted images of herself posing alongside the dead goats, stags, and sheep that she shot with a high-powered rifle.

Deer and goats are currently legal to hunt in Scotland due to the nation’s so-called “sustainable land management plan.” But the government may change this following photos like these. Member of the Scottish Parliament Michael Russell called the images “horrific” and stated that it is unacceptable “to see people in camouflage with highly powered sniper rifles rejoicing in the killing of a goat, let alone a ram.” Sign below to demand an immediate ban on all trophy hunting in Scotland.

PETITION LETTER:

Dear First Minister Sturgeon,

Social media photos showing a “professional huntress” alongside the carcasses of animals she shot and killed are, as MSP Michael Russell states, “horrific,” and call into question Scotland’s policies regarding trophy hunting. Unnecessary killings for sport and trophies are cruel and irresponsible, and must not be accepted by the Scottish government.

Russell rightly points out that it is unacceptable “to see people in camouflage with highly powered sniper rifles rejoicing in the killing of a goat, let alone a ram.” This brutality is not sustainable land management.  I urge you to ensure that all trophy hunting is immediately banned in Scotland.

Sincerely,

[Your Name Here]

Photo Credit: Larysa Unleashed/Instagram

General News

South Africa: Lammie Deserves to be With Others. Urge J’burg Zoo To Release Her Now.

 

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Lammie, a 39-year old female elephant at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa, suddenly found herself living alone when her partner of 17-years died in September. Since then, Lammie has been living out her days in an enclosure without the company of another elephant. She experiences little environmental enrichment, has little shade, lacks sufficient water to bathe in, and appears listless. Animal experts have expressed their deep concern for her mental and physical well-being.

Please urge that the Johannesburg Zoo rehome Lammie to the best equipped and available sanctuary!

 
 

Together, HSI Africa, along with our South African partner groups, the EMS Foundation and the Elephant Reintegration Trust, are fighting for Lammie. We have located a suitable sanctuary that will approximate a wild-like setting, won’t offer any human-elephant interactions, and is graciously willing to offer Lammie a forever home with a group of elephants who would become her new family. But we need your strong voice to help change her life.

Urge the Johannesburg Zoo to make it possible for Lammie to live a happy life.

Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals, and Lammie is in desperate need of a happier existence. She deserves the chance to live out her years with other elephants. We’ve asked several times for an urgent meeting with the Johannesburg Zoo, the Johannesburg City Council and the Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. Herman Mashaba, but they have not complied.

This is no life for any elephant to live. Please add your name to help free Lamie.

Together, we won’t stop fighting for Lammie, elephants, and wildlife everywhere.

Thank you so much for everything you do to help animals.

Sincerely,

Kitty Block
President
Humane Society International

 

 

General News, Hunting

USA: Brain Dead Trophy Hunter Kills Iconic Yellowstone Favourite Wolf. Sign Petition for Justice.

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Take action and give Yellowstone wildlife the freedom it deserves – free form guns and the brain dead’s that use them.

Please sign the petition:

 

Link –  https://ladyfreethinker.org/sign-justice-yellowstones-beloved-wolf-gunned-trophy-hunter/

 

SIGN: Justice for Yellowstone’s Most Beloved Wolf, Gunned Down by Trophy Hunter

Posted by Carly Day

  SIGN: Justice for Yellowstone’s Most Beloved Wolf, Gunned Down by Trophy Hunter

 

PETITION TARGET: Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

A well-known, gorgeous female wolf was mercilessly gunned down by a trophy hunter as she left the protected boundaries of Yellowstone National Park last week.

The gray wolf — known by her catalog number 926F — was extremely popular with visitors to the park, who knew her affectionately as ‘Spitfire.’

This beautiful seven-year-old wolf had lived a challenging life; her famous mother was killed by hunters in 2012, numerous mates were killed or died over the years, she lost litters of puppies and was eventually displaced as the alpha wolf. She was a gutsy survivor whose life was tragically cut short for sport.

Although hunting is not permitted within the national park, outside the borders it is legal, with several hundred wolves “harvested” by trophy hunters every year.

Because many of the 100 wolves within the park are habituated to humans, it’s particularly easy for hunters to approach and pick them off.

Sign this petition urging the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to ban trophy hunting near Yellowstone National Park, so these incredible animals are protected from needless killing.