A WESTERN District farmer is acting as an undercover animal rights activist in a bid to protect his industry.

The Weekly Times can reveal the sheep farmer began infiltrating animal rights groups four years ago because he believed activists were getting away with crimes with just a “slap on the wrist”.

The farmer has a fake “stereotypical vegan” Facebook account to gain access to private vegan groups and discussions online.

He also attends protests and even private social gatherings with local animal activists.

“I thought I better start watching out because you never know when they’re going to come,” he said.

“I meet them, talk to them and protest alongside them.

“You have to bite your tongue 99 per cent of the time.

“I’ve actually stopped quite a lot of sit-ins or disruptions (!!) — about three in the last four or five months — by letting the police and venue know it’s coming.

“If a scruffy bloke can get in on it maybe the police need to start doing it.”

The farmer said while he had heard many conversations about stolen livestock, he had not witnessed or gone as far as to take part in it as his “vegan alter ego”.

Victorian Farmers Federation egg president Brian Ahmed, who has had activists break in to his Werribee farm, said while “two wrongs don’t make a right” he was not surprised it had come to this.

“I think sooner or later someone had to take action,” Mr Ahmed said.

“I’m disappointed authorities haven’t done enough so we have had to get to this level,” he said.

“Unless our government takes a stand for agriculture in this country we’re going to have more and more of this.”

The undercover animal activist said he would like to see “a total reform of the trespassing laws here in Victoria”.

“We’re all just sick and tired of it,” he said.

“We’re just trying to put food on the table.”

https://animalliberationpressoffice.org/NAALPO/2019/01/22/snitch-alert-melbourne-australia-farmer-goes-undercover-as-animal-activist-to-get-inside-knowledge/

My comment: The infiltration of animal rights activists is not new.
In 2011, the Austrian animal rights activist Martin Balluch, also with “help” of a covert spy woman, was jailed for 13 months. Without having committed any offense.
Martin Balluch has written about his experiences in connection with this criminal process the book: animal rights activist: the state enemy!

“We’re all just sick and tired of it,” said the spy.

The animals get sick because of performance breeding and torture in the mega cases.   Not the farmers. The farmers only gripe, and “play” the victims.

When we are on the side of justice, we are on the side of the nonhuman animals who are abused by criminal tormentors in the Farma Dachau of the 21st century as slaves and die painful because they consider these beings as their property.

Not least, because the system, the police and the politicians support and advocate these death factories.

The covert investigations will get on!

Thanks to some brave people, we hope to eradicate the hell the animals go through every day because of our species.

My best regards, Venus

 

 

 

 

Photo Credit: The Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation

Target: Jackie Lacey, District Attorney for Los Angeles County, California

Goal: Punish the people who beat, strangled, and spray painted a dog.

A dog suffered life-threatening injuries after she was beaten and strangled with an electrical cord. A second dog was found dead nearby. Demand justice for this innocent animal.

“She had clearly been beaten and spray painted and had a lot of injuries,” stated Ellie Roberto, director of The Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation. The organization was called to an alley, where Avery, a pit bull, had been tied to fence with an electrical cord. She suffered lacerations to her neck and some damage to her esophagus, indications of hanging, and appeared severely emaciated. Veterinarians found a hole in one of her paws and her eyes had chemical burns from an unknown substance.

Avery suffered seizures, due to the lack of oxygen to her brain, but she is expected to recover. Police believe that she, and the deceased dog, were used in a gang initiation. They have no suspects at this time. Sign below to demand that the people responsible for this cruelty are prosecuted and assigned the maximum penalty possible.

Petition Link – https://forcechange.com/524663/dog-beaten-strangled-and-spray-painted-deserves-justice/

 

PETITION LETTER:

Dear District Attorney Lacey,

A dog was beaten and strangled in a horrific case of animal cruelty. Police believe that she was used in a gang initiation. I demand justice for this poor pup.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after a dog was found tied to a fence with an electrical cord. The pit bull, named Avery, had multiple lacerations on her neck and she suffered seizures due to a lack of oxygen to her brain. A veterinary exam revealed chemical burns to both of her eyes and a hole in one of her paws. A second deceased dog was also found nearby. The Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation took custody of Avery and she is recovering. The police have no suspects at this time.

Anyone who would torture an animal is dangerous and they must be punished. I demand that you prosecute the people responsible for this cruelty and seek the maximum penalty in this case.

Sincerely,

[Your Name Here]

 

 

NOTE: The picture above does not relate to specific brands mentioned ain the article, nd is for visual purposes only showing a pet food display – WAV.

The following is a very disturbing article for all pet animal owners from the very well respected OIPA animal welfare organisation who are based in Italy; Europe.

Here is a link to the article in case you want to check it out, along with other work undertaken by OIPA:

https://www.oipa.org/international/dangerous-pet-food/

 We have reproduced in full below.

 

DANGEROUS PET FOOD

Eyes, bones, feathers and birds beaks, blood, intestines, tendons, mammaries, gullets and sick, rotten or cancerous body parts; this is what is behind the so called by-products used to make Commercial Pet Food.

Pet food manufacturers do not announce the fact that pet food is composed primarily from food industry waste.

MBM meat-and-bone meal is a product of the animal carcass execution process. It is composed primarily of the leftovers and bones of slaughtered livestock, fat from unmarketable animal tissues and retail meat products. Animal fat and MBM often come from a mix of different animal species: horses, elephants, dogs, cats, foxes, opossums, deers and snakes have also been found.

In the US, according to the major producer of pet food, it IS STILL LEGAL to make use of euthanized cats and dogs with the purpose of producing pet food. Animal fat and MBM are the ingredients in pet food most likely to enter in correlation with the presence of sodium pentobarbital; the drug used by veterinarians for euthanasia.

To avoid picking up pet food that might contain parts of dead cats and dogs, there is only one way to minimize the risk: NEVER buy any product made with unidentified animal ingredients.

Dioxin, PBB, antibiotics and other pharmacological preparations are rests that might be found in fish pet food instead.

In MBM meals, the ingredient is not used fresh, but rather recycled.

Extrusion (method of obtaining doggy treats) and recycling do not always succeed in eradicating cattle growth hormones, antibiotics or barbiturates. High-temperature cooking can alter or destroy the nutritional value of the product, while at the same time does not fully remove the danger of contamination by bacteria and toxins.

Certain producers cook pet food directly into the can.

Additives, preservatives, flavour enhancers, antioxidants, colouring agents, appetite stimulants… our pet food is a mix of chemical compounds, some of which are very harmful.

Propyl gallate (BHA and BHT) is used as synthetic preservative in pet food, but it is also an icing inhibitor and a substance similar to Agent Orange (a defoliant chemical used by the US in the Vietnam War) has been found among the antioxidants.

Colouring agents are often tested on animals and in massive doses can cause serious health problems (such as high cholesterol and the reduction of haemoglobin and red blood cells in the blood). The paradox is that production holdings are not required to indicate the presence of these chemical compounds on the labels.

Rancid fats are responsible for the pungent smell of much wet and dry pet food and can cause serious allergies and other diseases. This type of fats are preserved in the form of chemical solutions and then sprayed on the food to get a better taste.

In the last ten years, the quantity of wheat in pet food has increased. The majority of pet food product formulations contains too many grains, including corn, wheat, rice, soy flour, peanuts shells. In addition, many products contain questionable and unnecessary ingredients; many pet food brands indeed load up their products with inexpensive low-quality fillers that are hardly digestible for cats and dogs.

Side effects

As a pet owner, it is your job to keep track of what your dog is eating and to make sure that the food you give him will provide for his nutritional needs.

Among the most common causes of death for both cats and dogs are diseases affiliated with poor diet.

Urinary tract diseases, allergies and intolerances, behavioural disorders, cancer, obesity, cardiovascular disease, vomit and diarrhoea are only some possible side effects of feeding our pets with industrial wet and dry food. Poor quality ingredients, contamination with bacteria, mould, toxins and pharmacological residuals, poor nutritional value and an excessive use of additives are the main causes.

Organic pet food instead offers benefits to both cats and dogs.

If you have the availability, the best way to feed your pet is with cooked food (but take into account that they have different needs from us and therefore their diet must be followed by a vet or a nutritionist specialist.

The following brands should be avoided at all costs:

Boycott list
• Nestlé:
Felix, Friskies, Gourmet, Purina, Affinity Petcare
• Colgate-palmolive:
Hill’s (science diet, canine maintenance)
• Mars:
Whaltam, Cesar, Pedigree, Chappi, Frolic, Sheba, Whiskas, Kitekat, Royal Canin
• Procter & Gamble:
Iams (Eukanuba, ecc.)
• Nutro
• Heinz