Month: April 2019

Environmental, General News April 5, 2019April 5, 2019

Beluga Whales Little Grey and Little White moved to the world’s first beluga sanctuary in April 2019. Confirmed.

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A historic victory for all and a special moment in the lives of these whales

Hello Mark,

I am so overjoyed to share this news with you. Finally, after years of being put on display in front of crowds, being made to do tricks, two beluga whales held captive by SEA LIFE have been forced to perform for the very last time.

When I heard the news I was overcome with emotion. Alongside you and other animal advocates, we have campaigned hard for the freedom of these whales for a long time. And now their days of exploitation in shows have actually come to an end. It’s almost hard to believe.

But it’s true. And it’s all thanks to you.

SEA LIFE and parent company Merlin Entertainments gave into pressure and last year announced they would be retiring the whales to a sanctuary in Iceland.

And they will be going there this month!

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This victory goes beyond these two whales. It is yet another blow to the captivity industry which exploits whales and dolphins for entertainment. It is a step closer to a future where all animals are free from exploitation.

Read this historic news here:
www.freedomforanimals.org.uk/news/shows-finally-end-for-sea-life-whales

We will be monitoring the move to the sanctuary, which will be a long journey for the whales from China to Iceland. We will post updates on our social media so please do keep an eye out there! www.facebook.com/freedomforanimals

Thank you for everything you have done to make this happen! Will you now join us today to fight for the freedom of all animals exploited in captivity?

Get involved in Zoo Awareness Weekend 2019

19th – 22nd April

A great way to help other animals held captive is to join our annual Zoo Awareness event! This takes place over Easter weekend. To speak out for animals you could:

Hold a demonstration at your local zoo or aquarium!
Distribute leaflets in your local area
Hold a fundraising event to support action to free animals
Write to your local paper about zoos
Hold an information stall in your town centre, local library or school

Volunteer on a street collection to raise funds

Whatever you do for animals, it is clear that when we work together we can win! And animals can be given a second chance! So let’s use this fantastic news about the belugas and keep fighting for other animals in need.

For the animals,

Nicola O’Brien
Campaigns Director

P.S. Thank you for all you have done to free whales like Little White and Little Grey from captivity. You are giving them a second chance at life!

General News April 5, 2019

Germany: Farmer massacred 13 fawns!

In the spring of 2018, a farmer from the Gifhorn district in Lower Saxony, (Germany) killed twelve fawns, during mowing. The public prosecutor’s office had charged him with 13 reasons for killing of vertebrate for no good reason. Now he was sentenced by the district court Celle to a fine.

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As the “Cellesche” Newspaper reports, the man had run over the animals while mowing, as he did not scare off the game from the meadows before, as it was supposed to.

Fawns on meadows: farmer continues to mow

The man drove with a tractor and a rotary mower without consideration over several meadows. He was, according to the prosecution, aware that could be on the meadows fawns. He continued mowing after noticing the injury or killing of the first fawns.

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He did not care about the suffering of the animals, the “Cellesche” Newspaper quotes the indictment.

It was mowing for biogas plant!!

The farmer was traveling to supply a biogas plant and mowed a total of 20 hectares of leased land. An employee of the plant testified that the defendant had noticed that he had “mown” two fawns.

Nevertheless, he has continued to drive, without acting on the other areas more caution, so the newspaper.

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13 dead fawns after mowing

The result of the mowing: 13 dead fawns. For 12 of them is in the opinion of the local organic farmers responsible. However, the 13th fawn was probably killed by the carelessness of a contractor, explains the “Cellesche” newspaper.

Most died directly through the blades of the mower. Five fawns, however, were so badly injured that they had to be so received the coup de grace with the knife.

Farmer showed little regretin the courtroom

According to the newspaper, the defendant is not remorseful in court, but assures that he did not kill the animals on purpose (!!!).

The prosecutor’s charge that he fulfilled the facts of “rudeness” could not be substantiated during the proceedings.

The farmer was fined 2,000 euros.

https://www.agrarheute.com/land-leben/13-rehkitze-maeharbeiten-getoetet-geldstrafe-fuer-landwirt-552844

Ma comment: A farmer is a “serial criminal”!
With EU subsidies they buy monstrous tractors and drive recklessly through fields and forests. All of them have to Hunter’s license.

Farmers are antisocial, empathic-free and criminal pack. Farmers live at the expense of animals, and regard them as objects, as their slaves, with the right to torture and murder them; a criminal business that gives them good money.
So.. why should the farmer take care of the fawns?
Out of respect, empathy, or solidarity with the animals?

We can bet that until today he still can not explain why he had to pay 2000 Euros for the disposal of “13 meadow objects”.

My best regards, Venus

Farm Animals, General News April 5, 2019

Germany: 25 Dairy Cows Destined for Slaughter Are Saved By The People To Live Out Their Lives In Peace.

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Germany:

Twenty-five cows destined for slaughter were given a rare second chance. Watch as they greet the beginning of Spring — and the start of their new lives — in a display of some of the purest joy you will ever see.

Watch the video of them entering the paddock area here:

Environmental, General News April 4, 2019

USA: Anti Environmental ESA Lobbyist David Bernhardt to be the next Secretary of the Interior ? -Take Action.

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The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted just minutes ago to advance the nomination of David Bernhardt to be the next Secretary of the Interior.

Please add your name to our petition asking the Senate to reject former lobbyist David Bernhardt’s nomination as Secretary of the Department of Interior.

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David Bernhardt worked for years to undermine the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in his role as a lobbyist and is the chief architect of the Trump Administration’s radical revision of its responsibilities under the Act that will put dozens of species in greater peril. He has a long and deeply troubling history of prioritizing his clients over conservation and has used his current office of Deputy Secretary of the Interior to continue his mission of weakening wildlife protections. He has yet to be confirmed but is already the subject of at least 17 scandals¹.

David Bernhardt is a disastrous nomination for this office. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources should have stopped him when they had the chance. Now, it is up to the rest of the Senate.

Please sign our community petition to the Senate asking that they reject this horrendous nomination.

Thank you,

-Leda

Executive Director
Endangered Species Coalition
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PS. Links not working? Please take action at this URL: http://endangered.org/stopbernhardt

1.https://www.outsideonline.com/2390596/david-bernhardt-scandal-tracker

2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-man-behind-the-curtain-interiors-no-2-helps-drive-trumps-agenda/2018/11/18/6403eb4c-e9ff-11e8-b8dc-66cca409c180_story.html

Farm Animals April 4, 2019

Easter: nothing else than blood orgy for lambs!

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A shiver goes through me when I see lambs walking across the meadows in the spring, because what the lambs do not know, but I know, is that many of them only have to live until Easter. In Easter, lambs and sheep suffer more than other animals for a few minutes of enjoyment of the human that we, the people, hypocritically call “Christian tradition”.

The “tradition” of slaughtering lambs at Easter has its roots in the Jewish Passover feast. According to the Old Testament, God commanded his people, who at the time lived as slaves under the rule of the Egyptians, to slaughter a lamb and use their blood to smear the posts of their homes.
God had decided to meet and kill all the firstborn in Egypt in one night. Only the families whose homes were marked with the blood of the lambs would be spared. Jesus was crucified during the Passover feast and was called Agnus Dei, the Lamb of God who took the guilt of the world.

But the Lamb is an involuntary “sacrificial animal”, Jesus one voluntarily for the sins of humanity.

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At the same time in the Old Testament we read: “Thou shalt not kill.” – That obviously applies only to people, for the Catholic Church recognizes the soul only in people.

Unfortunately, in Germany alone, up to 100,000 lambs are still killed, especially for the Easter holidays. The animal children are snatched from their mothers and must suffer a brutal death in the slaughterhouse.

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Milk lambs are considered a delicacy. They have never taken anything other than breast milk, that they are slaughtered is particularly disgusting. The comparison with human babies seems macabre, but is obvious.

Although the lamb embodies innocence, it lasts only a few weeks before being dragged away by his mother and sent to an often long and brutal transport to a slaughterhouse.

The biggest hypocrisy in Easter is, that everywhere at this time with sweet chicks, lambs and rabbits are advertised, which joyously hoppeln over the meadow, are happy and above all alive. But still lambs and rabbits like to end up eaten as a roast on their plates for Easter.

In the name of “tradition”. In fact, because this society likes to adopt surrendering barbarities when they serve their fun and enjoyment.

The undercover research on this Video carried out by Animal Equality in various farms and slaughterhouses in Italy reveals the atrocities inevitably associated with the consumption of meat during the Easter holidays.

The worst thing is how lightly violence is used. While it does not seem to be “fun” for the slaughterers to torture the animals, the brutal practices are carried out with such indifference and routine violence as if such a brutal murder were perfectly normal for them. With the same naturalness, the butchers would slit a sack of potatoes!!

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That’s why we’re posting videos, and if someone said … “but we know that” … we’ll continue to post those videos. In the name of the animals and because we owe it to the Easter victims.

Because, ALL people, whether good or evil, stupid or clever, atheistic or religious, Christians, Buddists, Islamists – all MUST be enlightened in the interests of the cause.

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Because religion, often in the guise of tradition, is largely responsible for the misery of animals and a centuries-long education of the people to slavery, the use and the brutal murder of animals. Every religion!

Easter is a perverted blood orgy in the name of the religious tradition!

My best regards to all, Venus

Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

Australia: Government Fails Welfare of Live Export Animals Yet Again – Take Action – See Below.

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Mark, we bring you the sad news that today, we’ve learned of the latest in a long line of repeated failures by the live export industry.

Once again, live exporters have proven they cannot be trusted to protect Australian animals overseas.
An ABC investigation has today revealed horrific footage of starving, sick, dead and dying dairy cattle exported to Sri Lanka.

These cows were exported under the promise of good health and long lives as breeding stock for Sri Lankan farmers.

Instead, local farmers have been devastated to receive cattle unprepared for the local climate, susceptible to disease, with many facing terrible suffering and a slow, painful death.

The live export industry has failed these animals, failed Australian and Sri Lankan farmers, and failed the Australian community once again.

Right now, breeding and production animals are not covered by the existing ‘ESCAS’ Australian regulatory scheme for live export supply chains.

This needs to change, now.

No one is protecting Australian dairy cattle from this cruelty, and it’s not good enough.

Urgent action must be taken to prevent more needless suffering.

These are Australia’s #ForgottenAnimals, and they need our protection now more than ever.

Join us in calling for an immediate halt to the exports to Sri Lanka, and an urgent review of the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) to include dairy and breeder animals.

Take action – this link includes video footage options of terrible conditions:

https://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/dairy-cattle-live-export?utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=27921-55561-Dairy+live+export

BREAKING NEWS – The ABC has revealed horrifying images and footage of sick, dying and dead dairy cattle and calves, that had been live exported to Sri Lanka for use in breeding and production.

CLICK HERE to see the full story. Warning – this story contains distressing imagery and footage.

CLICK HERE to read our media statement.

Each year Australia sends tens of thousands of dairy cattle and breeding animals all over the world to places like China, Indonesia, Taiwan and Malaysia to help them make dairy products and improve their local herds through breeding programs.

But unfortunately for these animals there are no laws to protect them from cruelty once they leave Australia, and nothing that guarantees their destination has the capacity to care for them – they are the forgotten animals.

While Australia’s live export regulation has been repeatedly proven to be inadequate, animals live exported for breeding or production have no protections at all.

They are the #forgottenanimals, and it’s not good enough.

Join us in demanding that the Australian government acts now to protect these animals from cruelty.

Don’t let these animals be forgotten.

Take Action

The Australian Government must act now to review the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS), and ensure it is expanded to protect animals live exported for production and breeding overseas, as well those designated for slaughter.

Environmental, Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport April 3, 2019April 3, 2019

Dead cows washing up on Canary Island beaches.

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Above – the ‘Polaris 2’ and one of the dead cows washed up on the beach.

These incidents expose the reality of the live animal export business. Tossing the animals overboard with the hope that they will sink or be eaten by sharks etc. Here it has all gone wrong. The 3 photos of the ‘Polaris 2’ are from our archives and are not associated with the article referenced. Mark – WAV.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dead-cows-canary-islands-tenerife-video-spain-a8849566.html

Dead cows washing up on Canary Island beaches

Bovine carcasses come from ships transporting cattle from South America

At least three dead cows have washed up on beaches in the Canary Islands over the last week.

The latest one was found near El Medano on the island of Tenerife, while another washed up near Granadilla de Abona. A third was discovered by fishermen at sea.

A man was filmed as he pulled the decomposing remains onto the beach with the aid of a jet ski rider.

The carcass was picked up by council workers and taken to a landfill site.

The bovine bodies come from ships transporting cattle from South America which throw the corpses of animals overboard if they die during transit.

The cadavers may have been thrown from the Polaris 2, a cattle ship operating under a Panamanian flag, local media reported, although The Independent could not independently verify this.

Above and below – ‘the Stink Ship’ – Polaris 2.

Known as a “stink boat”, the ship regularly transports livestock from South America to Europe or North Africa.

It left Rio Grande in Argentina on 22 March and is due to pass the Canary Islands before it arrives at the Port of Ceuta on 4 April, according to the SE12 Canarias news channel.

The Canary Islands’ Ministry of Agriculture said the three dead cows “come with all certainty from one of these boats that transport the herds of cattle from the American continent, animals that in all probability died on board and were thrown into the sea”.

Such a move “is prohibited by international law”, the general director of livestock, David de Vera told the radio station.

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He said the international protocol was for animals that die during crossings to “be treated like any other waste” and incinerated on board or disposed of once the ship reaches port.

In 2016, the Polaris 2 had to request to dock in the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife after it ran out of food for the animals.

A veterinary inspection also forced the slaughter of 300 cattle.

Further reading on Polaris 2:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:457977/mmsi:370141000/imo:8417625/vessel:POLARIS_2

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2017/18015/stinking-livestock-carrier-banned-calling-canary-i/

https://splash247.com/livestock-carrier-kicks-stink-among-canary-island-residents/

https://gcaptain.com/capsized-livestock-carrier-causing-a-huge-stink-in-brazil/

Position Received: 10 hours, 11 minutes ago (2019-04-03 07:28 (UTC))

Vessel’s Local Time: 2019-04-03 07:28 (UTC)

Area: WAFR – West Africa

Latitude / Longitude: 29.1051° / -15.30095°

Status: Underway Using Engine

Speed/Course: 16.1kn / 47°

AIS Source: 2874 Martín, EA8AHX

General News April 3, 2019

First kill, then eat!

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The cook is vegetarian.
You have to prepare the chicken yourself.

Best regards, Venus

Farm Animals, General News April 3, 2019

Spain: Petition – Greater Control In Slaughterhouses. Please Sign.

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That there is no more animal abuse in slaughterhouses in Spain

Greater controls in the slaughterhouses of Spain!

Addressed to: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Food and Environment, Minister Luis Planas Puchades

I have seen the video where legs are amputated and the throats of animals are cut without being stunned while they are fully conscious and disgusted me. This animal abuse of cows and lambs in a slaughterhouse in Ávila is unforgivable and must be punished, because there is a Law.