Meanwhile, the sum of donations for Notre Dame has reached the astronomical level of 1 billion euros.
An information for all who need money …
Best regards, Venus
Month: April 2019
From pacing and swaying to injuries and ailments, abnormal behavior patterns and inadequate veterinary care appear to be the norm for many animals languishing at Waccatee Zoo—a roadside zoo in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with a long history of violating the federal Animal Welfare Act.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently inspected the facility following a complaint from PETA and confirmed that several animals were in need of veterinary care and showing signs of psychological distress. The USDA cited Waccatee for failing to address the animals’ needs despite having been told to do so almost a year earlier.
For years, big cats, bears, and other animals have been witnessed pacing and baboons have been seen swaying and rolling their heads—all signs of psychological distress. A macaque was frantically self-biting and suffering from what an inspector believed to be frostbite.
A llama reportedly struggled to walk after having been severely injured by another animal, capuchin monkeys and bears had hair loss, and a goat was reportedly urinating blood. PETA has sent numerous complaints requesting that the USDA investigate this menagerie, but conditions haven’t improved for the animals trapped at this deplorable facility.
As you may remember, Chico—the chimpanzee who’d languished in isolation for nearly 30 years at this roadside zoo—died suddenly in 2015. While he was still alive, PETA had repeatedly offered to arrange for him to be transferred to an accredited sanctuary. It’s too late for Chico, but it’s not too late for the animals still held captive in this facility.
Speak up today, and urge Waccatee Zoo to retire all the animals to reputable sanctuaries.
Please call 843-650-8500 during business hours (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST), or mail a short, polite letter to the owner at the following address:
Kathleen Futrell, Owner
Waccatee Zoo
8500 Enterprise Rd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
Please feel free to use our sample letter, https://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/waccatee-zoo-animals-injured-pacing-self-biting/# but remember that using your own words is always more effective. Waccatee Zoo can be contacted by phone or U.S. Mail. There is no email or computer access at the zoo. So I suggest to write a letter to the given address, for example with the following text given by PETA:
Suggested Letter Subject Line
Please retire all the animals at your zoo to reputable sanctuaries
Suggested Letter Content
I’m writing to urge you to retire all the animals at the Waccatee Zoo to reputable sanctuaries. I was appalled to learn that, for years, animals have been observed pacing and swaying and that a macaque was seen frantically self-biting—all signs of psychological distress. A llama reportedly struggled to walk after having been severely injured by another animal, capuchin monkeys and bears had hair loss, and a goat was reportedly urinating blood.
These animals deserve to live in habitats that meet their individual needs—and where exotic and big cats, bears, and primates can roam, exercise, socialize, forage, and play. Llamas, goats, and other animals should live in clean, comfortable spaces and receive the veterinary care that they need.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
(Name, Nationality)
https://www.change.org/p/usda-aphis-ac-close-waccatee-zoo-send-the-animals-to-sanctuaries
Help Animals Found Injured, Pacing, and Self-Biting at Waccatee Zoo
My comment: Lifelong behind bars, this is life in the zoo, where the animal inmates vegetate in tiny concrete bunkers and lattice cages.
There are parents who go on trips to the zoo with their children to learn how we (humans) incarcerate the others (animals), exploit them and rob life-long natural joys and function.
And so, these parents educate their children to become immune to the suffering of animals imprisoned for life, because man allows everything that is not subsumed under his own species.
Man as a species is simply a misconstruction.
My best regards, Venus
“I have never been so devastated as I was over Jill’s death. I will never forgive those involved in animal abuse and to a certain extent the meat eating public who are as much to blame – if the trade in animal cruelty and death didn’t exist we would never have had to demonstrate.
I will never forget Jill and love her forever”, has written Pam Brown, a close friend of Jill.
And that’s how it happened:
On Wednesday 1 February 1995, 31 year old protester Jill Phipps was crushed to death under the wheels of an export truck carrying baby veal calves into Coventry Airport. Despite the fact that nearly 100 officers were on duty that day, 10 of the 33 protesters present had broken through police lines and attempted to bring the lorry to a halt by sitting on the road and attempting to chain themselves to it.
Jill and the others mistakenly assumed that police officers and the lorry driver (Stephen Yates) would respect human life a little more than animals, they were wrong. Police on duty allowed the export lorry to continue making progress despite the clear safety problems.
The vehicle was only halted by police once Jill had been crushed beneath the wheels. The Crown Prosecution Service decided there was not enough evidence to charge Stephen Yates with Causing death by dangerous driving.
http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Shop–ToDo/Activism/Jill_Phipps.htm
https://animalliberationpressoffice.org/NAALPO/2017/02/01/tribute-to-jill-phipps/
My comment: I did not know the story, I have to confess it. Because nothing was reported on German animal welfare blogs or on Facebook pages. Nowhere.
After informing me about all the incident, a few questions have arisen for me: Why is all the information about this murder made available to the public only via the Animal Liberation Front?
Indirectly, can be assumed that Jill Phipps is classified as a “fundamentalist” by the rest of the animal welfare scene, and that’s why the “conformists” want to know nothing about her death?
Consequently, a fundamental question arises: Is chaining from some courageous animal rights activists on a truck an action that the “good” animal rights activists evaluate as inappropriate ?
Or the outrageous charade of the police and prosecutor’s office has also convinced the morale of animal rights activists, that Jill Phipps “deliberately” decided to squirm under the wheels, even though she had decided to continue fighting for animal rights ?
Questions to which I would like to get an answer from the comrades of the animal rights community.
Best regards, Venus
Venus was asking a bit more about Jill and Coventry airport protests today – here I will let the newspapers talk about it – Mark.
Did you wonder why I / we in the UK anti live export groups have such a thing about the death of our beloved Jill (Phipps) ?
Well, below is the reason. The ‘businessman’ behind the export of live calves where Jill was crushed to death by an export truck, was very soon afterwards found to be smuggling £22 million worth of Cocaine into the UK via Southend airport which is near to London, in Essex.
He was given a 20 year jail sentence for this. Some small justice for the murder of our Jill, but he should have rotted in jail to this very day; we don’t need scum like this around; especially when they export live animals like the calves; and kill decent young people like our Jill. This is the kind that are involved in the live animal export trade. ‘Businessman’ ? – No; we can think of much better realistic descriptions for him.
Read on to find out more about the calf exporting, Coke smuggling ‘businessman’.
I hope he rots in a dark place;
For Jill xx;
Regards Mark.
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-plane-crash-1994-12346964
Twenty-four years ago, five crew members died when a Boeing 737 crashed in thick fog as it made its final approach to Coventry Airport.
At just before 10am on Wednesday, December 21, 1994, the cargo plane collided with an electricity pylon about a mile from the runway.
The impact damaged the left engine and wing and the aircraft rolled to the left and dropped, clipping a house on the Willenhall housing estate before crashing into woodland near Middle Ride and catching fire.
Miraculously no-one on the ground was killed, but all five air crew perished, making it the city’s worst air disaster.
The Air Algerie plane had been chartered by Phoenix Aviation – headed by Christopher Barrett-Jolley – to carry veal calves to the continent.
A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death, while air accident investigators said pilot error and tiredness were factors in the crash.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/dec/06/theairlineindustry.drugs
A businessman once at the centre of protests because of his export of live calves was today beginning a 20-year jail sentence after being convicted of plotting to smuggle £22m worth of cocaine into the UK.
Pilot Christopher Barrett-Jolley, 55, of Wellington, Somerset, was at the controls of a Boeing 707 freight airliner that flew from the West Indies to Southend, Essex, in October 2001 carrying six suitcases packed with more than 270kg (nearly 600lb) of cocaine, Basildon crown court heard.
Barrett-Jolley came to attention a decade ago over the export of live animals to the continent. He was the head of a firm called Phoenix Aviation which ran a veal export business from Baginton airport, near Coventry, Warwickshire.
In 1994 five people died when a returning veal flight crashed into a wood as it approached the airport.
A year later animal rights activist Jill Phipps, 31, was crushed to death by a lorry at one of the protests against the trade. Phoenix Aviation’s trade was criticised by leading church figures. The company went out of business in 1995.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-150358/Cocaine-smuggling-businessman-jailed.html
Cocaine smuggling businessman jailed
A businessman at the centre of protests because of his export of live calves was today beginning a 20-year jail sentence after being convicted of plotting to smuggle £22 million worth of cocaine into the UK.
Pilot Christopher Barrett-Jolley, 55, of Wellington, Somerset, was at the controls of a Boeing 707 freight airliner which flew from the West Indies to Southend, Essex, in October 2001 carrying six suitcases packed with more than 270kg (nearly 600lb) of cocaine, Basildon Crown Court heard.
Barrett-Jolley’s brother-in-law and co-pilot, Peter Carine, 50, of Hensall, North Yorkshire, was also jailed for 20 years.
Nestlé is not only the world’s largest mineral water producer, but also a milk entrepreneur, and it sources more than 12 million tonnes of fresh milk equivalents from more than 30 countries.
More and more cruelties from the dairy industry are being exposed, including from a dairy that supplies Nestlè.
So horrible conditions were revealed that some shots could not be shown in the media because of brutality.
Over the past decade, Nestlé has been accused by many experts and organizations around the world for its unethical business practices in the way it conducts its business.
“Dairy farming is one of the strongest engines of growth in rural development,” says Nestlé in a 2010 brochure, and Nestlé needs a lot of milk.
In the US, a Nestlé dairy company has now been charged because of animal abuse:
Cows are being beaten, kicked and brutally mistreated. A recent investigation by Compassion over Killing shows how cows are being tortured in this US dairy supplying Nestlé. The footage was shot in Martin Farms, a large dairy in Pennsylvania, USA. In one case, an employee shot an exhausted cow in the head. She suffered torment for almost a minute before being shot again and she died.
Workers kicked, stomped and hit cows, or sprayed hot water on their faces to make them move quickly. In another shocking incident, an employee stabbed a cow without anesthetic into the stomach to treat a stomach ailment.
The Compassion Over Killing investigator followed a van directly from Martin Farms to a factory where Nestlé’s ice creams are produced, among others Häagen Dazs and Dryers.
One of Compassion Over Killing managed to work with a hidden camera on the farm for one and a half months. The farm’s mission is to provide milk to Nestle in Maryland. What he experienced, he now describes in a petition to Nestlé: https://www.change.org/p/nestl%C3%A9-end-cruel-dehorning-of-cows-and-churn-out-vegan-options
“I recently worked undercover for Compassion Over Killing in a huge dairy in Pennsylvania. Instead of the boisterous “happy cows” we see in commercials for dairy products, I documented at Martin Farms extreme violence against defenseless calves and suckler cows treated as milk-producing machines – violence worse than anything I’ve ever seen before.
COK wanted to find out how this cruelty could prevail among American consumers. And so we followed a truck that brought Martin Farm’s miserable milk directly to one of the largest ice cream factories in the world, where Dreyer,Edy’s and Häagen-Dazs produce ice for the world’s largest food and dairy company – Nestlé. “
COK handed over the evidence to the Pennsylvania State Police and the district attorney in Franklin County and demands swift legal action against Martin Farms.
In a statement released shortly after the covert video was released, Nestlé claimed it had broken the link to Martin Farms. But other cows still suffer through the hands of their suppliers.
https://netzfrauen.org/2019/04/09/nestle-9/
My comment: Turning on the Internet every day gives you the impression that the whole world is all about one thing: the killing of animals for profit, business, products, brands and food. The abominable cruelty of man affected the entire animal kingdom. In fact, we can not find a single species that has not been abused by humans. Not a single one.
Philip Wollen said: “being tortured by a member of your own kind is bad enough. But being tortured by a member of a more powerful kind for a purpose you can not fathom, is appalling!!”
Calf slaughter, artificial insemination of cows, the removal of tiny calves from their mothers, the forcible killing of “unprofitable” calves – all this is known to today’s consumers. But nothing interests people less than the suffering of the other species. It’s people who basically feel ethically ok about eating animals. A horrible scam – a scam of the worst kind.
Unfortunately, our morally bankrupt politicians are under the control of industrial meat and dairy drug cartels. And therefore more powerful than ever. The example with Nestlè, Monsantos, Bayer … confirms that every day.
We have to cooperate closely with each other; only together do we have a chance to make the solidarity message audible everywhere.
The mission of the Animal Rights Movement is more than just talking about the rights of “animals”.
It’s also about speaking out against the wrong thing people do. And that includes political knowledge and action.
Every cruelty that ends is a destruction less on this earth.
To end or mitigate this omnipresent cruelty is our mission.
My best regards to all, Venus
One day, the frogs decided to run a race. To make it especially difficult, they set a goal to reach the highest point of a large tower.
On the day of the race, many other frogs gathered to watch.
Then finally – the race began.
Now, it was true that none of the looking frogs really believed that even one of the participating frogs could actually reach their destination. Instead of cheering for the runners, they shouted “Oh! the poor! They’ll never make it! ” or ” That’s just impossible”! or ” You never can! ”
And it really seemed as if the audience was right, because gradually more and more frogs gave up.
The audience kept shouting, “Oh, the poor! They will never make it! ”
And indeed all the frogs soon gave up – all except one, who climbed abruptly up the steep tower – and was the only one who reached the target.
The spectator frogs were completely stunned and everyone wanted to know how it was possible.
One of the other participant frogs approached him to ask how he had managed to win the race.
And then they realized that this frog was deaf!
Author unknown
https://www.facebook.com/Netzfrauen/
My best regards, Venus
The CPR has been used to survey oceans since 1931. ( Screenshot/Guy Baker )
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ocean-plastic-litter-trash-sea-pollution-a8873276.html
Plastic litter in oceans has significantly increased since 1990s, study says
Researchers find plastic waste dating from 1965
Plastic litter in the world’s oceans has significantly increased since the 1990s, according to a new study.
Scientists from the University of Plymouth examined data collected over 60 years and 6.5m nautical miles for the research.
They concluded that there had been a “significant increase” in larger plastic items found in the ocean from 1957 to 2016.
Plastic objects such as bags, rope and netting were among those retrieved from oceans.
The earliest piece of plastic the researchers traced was a bag, found in 1965 off the northwest coast of Ireland.
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Regards Mark
An escaped cow has caused a stir on Saturday, April 13, in the district of Altötting, a city 90 kilometers from Munich. Firefighters, police and farmers have tried to capture the animal. Without success. Stun darts have shown no effect. “The distance was too big, the cow has always moved away”, explains the police in Altötting opposite the “Passauer New Press”.
The cow on the way to freedom
In the end, the cow was shot by a hunter in a field. The measure had previously been discussed with the owners (!!!) it is said by the police Altötting against the “Passauer Neue Presse”.
Meanwhile, it is officially confirmed that the cattle were shot. “The cow would have become a danger to road traffic,” said a spokesman for the responsible police inspection in Altötting. The animal was already bristled at 7 o’clock in the morning, whereupon firefighters, policemen and farmers searched for the animal.
The cow, still in freedom
When the animal could be surrounded in the area of the state road 2107, a forest ranger tried several times to anesthetize this with an anesthetic rifle. However, the forester did not succeed in getting close enough to the cow. That’s why the animal was finally shot.
“The cow would have become a danger to road traffic,” said a spokesman for the responsible police inspection in Altötting.
Image: the execution
Originally outgrown the cow was apparently in Gasteig in the district of Altötting. Then she ran towards Altötting and was there initially surrounded by the forces in the area of the state highway.
According to local information, a hunter was used to disable the animal with an air rifle. The hunter, who had the necessary permission to shoot the cow with the stun gun, could not bring it down. Therefore, the animal is said to have been killed with sharp shots, according to information from site. Closer backgrounds are currently unknown.
My comment: This is not the first time that a slave has had a happy opportunity to escape his terrible fate in the tyrant hands of our conspecifics.
How cowardly is that! They take the right to go armed against a peaceful animal that is unarmed and has never done anything to anyone!
And for experienced murderers, it is natural to justify their systematic violence against animals with really ridiculous rules of order, which in reality have the function of veiling the injustice and making it invisible.
It makes us very sad, because it was pain and despair, fainting and death the price of freedom for our friend, because the ruling species wants to remain always the culprit.
My best regards to all, Venus
WAV Comment – Aus elections soon; lets hope the electorate send a clear message to the politicians who appear to live on a different planet – live exports, this – vote and make a difference.
Breaking: Australian police have seized a baby calf and arrested animal rescuers, please sign petitionby Stacey |
Please click HERE to sign petition
Please click HERE to watch brief video about Theo and James
Source Direct Action Everywhere
By Cassie King
My friend James found a sick calf collapsed on the floor of a veal farm. He named him Theo and rushed him to medical care. Now, Australian police have thrown James in jail and are searching for Theo. They’ve already removed one calf from a loving family — a calf they believe is Theo — and now that baby is alone and destined to be slaughtered. But the Premier of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, has the power to call off the hunt for Theo.
Contact Premier Mark McGowan now and ask him to protect Theo.
Authorities in Australia and around the world are cracking down on animal rights activists for simple acts of compassion. Governments need to know that when they side with animal abusers, the public does not support them. They should be protecting animals like Theo and supporting animal rescuers like James. Please help Theo by sharing this video and contacting Mark McGowan today.
Thank you,
Cassie
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