Month: July 2019

KFC To ‘Improve’ Chicken Welfare – By 2026 – Way, Way Too Long Away.

WAV Comment – 2026 is a long way off and gives years for animals to still be abused.  We welcome the news but KFC should have acted for these improvements much earlier than 2026.  Not Good Enough KFC – you remain on our list !

 

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You helped improve the lives of millions of chickens! Your signature, along with the signatures of more than half a billion other chicken supporters on our KFC petition urging the fast food giant to give better lives to chickens is helping to bring change.

KFC has announced that they are signing the Better Chicken Commitment in six European countries: UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Belgium. This is the first major fast food outlet to commit to this set of standards which will change the lives of tens of millions of chickens.

What is the Better Chicken Commitment?
This commitment means that by 2026 all farms that supply KFC’s restaurants in the six European countries will move away from fast-growing breeds that suffer from painful heart, lung, and bone problems.

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This also means that these chickens will have:

More space to move around
 More natural light
 More enrichment (such as straw bales to explore and peck)
 A better overall environment for them to behave naturally

Thank you for being a part of this huge win for chickens. We will continue to keep the pressure on KFC in the United States to bring similar commitment for chickens right here. Thank you again for being a part of this victory!

Sincerely,
Ben Williamson
US Programs Director
World Animal Protection

 


 

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Thailand: Gorilla rolls around her squalid cage in frustration FOUR YEARS after she was supposed to be freed from Bangkok mall where she has been kept since 1992.

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Zoo owner, Kanit Sermsirimongkol  said Bua Noi's sad look is just her 'natural facial expression'

A Gorilla pulls her hair out and rolls around her squalid cage in frustration FOUR YEARS after she was supposed to be freed from Bangkok mall where she has been kept since 1992

  • Pata Zoo, Thailand’s only rooftop zoo, was ordered to close in 2015 over a lack of appropriate paperwork
  • The gorilla, Bua Noi, 30, has never set foot outside the cage since her arrival at the zoo – 27 years ago
  • The indoor zoo is also home to orangutans, chimpanzees, leopards and reptiles

 

Read the full story, with video and photos at:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7248095/Gorilla-pulls-hair-rolls-squalid-cage-frustration-Bangkok-mall.html

 

 

 

USA: Calves Separated From Their Mothers After 30 Minutes; Put Outdoors To Suffer and Die In Temperatures of -23 Degrees. If You Buy Dairy Products, Then This Cruelty Is Down to YOU.

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Our latest investigation reveals how tiny newborn calves were left outside to suffer in freezing temperatures at a calf rearing farm in Nebraska, USA. 

 

 

We found vulnerable calves, aged between one day and five months old, confined in pens alone and freezing to death in temperatures that dropped to -24°C overnight.

Exposure to these extreme temperatures resulted in horrific injuries such as frozen limbs and some calves’ hooves separating from their legs. Those that died in agony had their bodies carelessly discarded in the snow.

Sick and injured calves languished for days without receiving medical treatment, with some even left to die in extreme pain surrounded by the bodies of those already dead.

The calf rearing farm is owned by Tuls Dairy, which supply Bel Brands USA – the producers of popular products such as Babybel, Boursin and The Laughing Cow.

Whether in America or the UK, cows are treated as nothing more than money-making machines in the dairy industry. With your donations we can keep exposing this cruelty and stop more animals from suffering this fate.

Thank you for being a voice for animals everywhere,

Animal Equality.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Romanian Sheep Ship Vessel Latest position.

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Romanian Sheep Ship Vessel Latest position.

 

0010hrs GMT Friday 19/7/19.

 

AL SHUWAIKH current position is in the Red Sea – East of Egypt.

The Vessel AL SHUWAIKH is a Livestock Carrier built in 1986 and currently sailing under the flag of Kuwait.

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Current destination of AL SHUWAIKH is KUWAIT and the estimated time of arrival (ETA) is tomorrow (Saturday) Jul 20, 04:00.

 

Regards Mark (WAV)

 

 

The Waorani won the appeal! – They Send Thanks to Friends Who Supported Them Around the World.

WAV Comment:

What incredible news that we were proud to be part of.  Indigenous rights of tribes upheld; the mighty Amazon saved from destruction – Oxygen wins !! – Mark

 

Our past posts on this issue:

https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2019/04/29/ecuador-waoranis-victory-against-oil-companies/

https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2019/05/13/our-land-is-not-for-sale/

 

 

Dear Mark,

The Waorani won the appeal!

 

This marks a game-changing victory for the Amazon and a historic precedent for indigenous rights.

The impact here is monumental. With last week’s court ruling, the Ecuadorian government’s attempt to sell 500,000 acres of ancestral Waorani forest to oil companies is indefinitely BLOCKED.

 

 

But now is not the time to rest on our laurels, we have to keep the momentum going. The verdict is final but now the Waorani need to make sure the judgment is enforced. Ecuador’s Executive Branch has vowed to continue drilling in the Amazon “no matter what” to pay off mounting debts, so it’s up to all of us to keep up the pressure and turn the verdict into action.

Help us grow this movement by sharing this card and inviting your friends to join the fight!

 

This victory also sets a major legal precedent for the seven other indigenous nations whose 7 million acres of rainforest homelands are STILL ON THE AUCTION BLOCK.

Opportunities to amplify impact at this scale don’t come around all that often. Join us in backing the Amazon’s oldest guardians to protect their way of life, their forest and our shared climate.

For indigenous rights, the Amazon and our planet,

The Waorani and Amazon Frontlines Team

 

 

“We called on the world to support us and they did.

We told them the government wasn’t listening to us, and hundreds of thousands of people made our voices heard.

Thank you to all our friends around the world for joining our fight.”

– Nemonte Nenquimo, Waorani leader.

 

 

Fight the Good Fight.

Venus and I are really humbled and very pleased that we are getting some great support for the articles that we are putting out. Almost every day we are having new and additional members signing up to the site who are automatically delivered a new post from us each and every time we do one.

That gives us a real buzz, and despite having to inform of a lot of doom and gloom; we also try to throw in good news articles – to lift spirits and (especially with the petitions) – to bring you good news that shows you are making a difference by adding your name and support to petitions.

There is no doubt about it; the world is watching and peoples attitudes are changing for the better. Hey, it is a long hard fight for justice with some issues, such as live exports; but we know that in the end things will happen for the better – so we carry on.

Be a voice – write, sign petitions, demonstrate; take the action that you consider necessary.

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As some very well known and good human beings have said:

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Regards from us both.  Fight the good fight !!

Its a long road for some issues, but we are winning; and that’s the important thing.

 

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Ireland: PETITION UPDATE: Man Who Beat Sparky the Puppy with A Hammer Sentenced to Jail.

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PETITION UPDATE: Man Who Beat Sparky the Puppy with A Hammer Sentenced to Jail

PETITION UPDATE: Man Who Beat Sparky the Puppy with A Hammer Sentenced to Jail

 

WAV Comment:  Here is another example that signing petitions for abused animal justice often results in … Justice ! 

 

A man in Lurgan, Ireland has been jailed for the murder of an 11-week-old puppy.

On July 10, Craigavon Crown Court sentenced 24-year-old Kyle Keegan to two and a half years for the crime. Keegan, who admitted earlier this year to animal cruelty, will spend half of his sentence behind bars.

After being released, he will spend the remainder of his sentence “on licence,” or required to adhere to certain restrictive conditions (similarly to what’s known as “probation” in the United States).

The judge also imposed a 30-year ban on Keegan having any animals in his care.

Keegan was arrested for causing unnecessary suffering to animals in February 2018, after a mixed-breed puppy named Sparky was brutally beaten with a hammer and placed inside a microwave during a house party. He was identified as one of two males seen committing the gruesome act in a viral video that circulated on Snapchat and other social media platforms.

After Keegan and his 16-year-old counterpart murdered Sparky, his body was disposed of in a garbage receptacle at Ailysbury Park in Lurgan. An autopsy determined that Sparky had multiple fractures and severe brain trauma as a result of his head being smashed.

A Lady Freethinker petition urging the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to arrest Sparky’s killers and ban them from having animals garnered nearly 25,000 signatures. Thank you to everyone who signed, helping in the fight to deliver justice to Sparky.

“It is difficult to imagine how violence could be any more gratuitous than when meted out to an 11-week-old small breed pup by the use of a claw hammer to stove its skull in,” Judge Neil Rafferty stated during Keegan’s sentencing.

“There is little can be said that would express the horror of this small dog’s death at your hands.”

 

France: Victory ! – Supermarket Owners Lose Their Store After Vile Trophy Hunting Photos Go Viral.

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Supermarket Owners Lose Their Store After Vile Trophy Hunting Photos Go Viral

Posted by Jane Wolfe | July 16, 2019

Supermarket Owners Lose Their Store After Vile Trophy Hunting Photos Go Viral

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A French couple who posed with the dead animals they’d slaughtered during a trophy hunt in Africa have lost their jobs after the grotesque pictures were posted on social media, causing public outrage.

Jacques and Martine Alboud (pictured above, left and right), who ran a branch of the Super U co-operative supermarket in L’Arbresle, eastern France, were pictured standing over the bodies of a number of lifeless animals — including a zebra, lion, leopard and hippopotamus — that they had ruthlessly killed during safaris in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Tanzania in 2014 and 2015.

After the images went viral on Twitter and there were calls on Facebook for customers to boycott the store, last week the supermarket group announced that the couple had given up their franchise with immediate effect.

“In the face of condemnation provoked by these actions at the heart of the co-operative and the legitimate public feeling, the store managers have decided to quit immediately the brand and their l’Arbresle store,” Super U said in a statement, adding that it did not condone safari hunting and that the couple’s actions were “in total opposition with the values defended by us.”

The French animal rights organization 30 Millions d’Amis commented that this story was reminiscent of the death of Cecil the lion — who was murdered in Zimbabwe in 2015 by an American dentist and hunter, Walter Palmer — that sparked widespread condemnation. It says that around 8,000 lions have been reared specifically to be hunted down and killed in the last decade in South Africa, and that there has been a 90% fall in the lion population over a century. “The species could disappear by 2050,” it adds.

The couple have so far declined to comment on their actions.

 

Austria: animal rights activists rescue 500 breeding ducks

Thousands of animals are released on the land of the Republic of Austria without any permission and clearly against the will of the majority of the population, only to be shot down! the ducks are only used for hunting fun. It is a tragedy.

 

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Every year, some oddly talented people expose thousands of breeding ducks from Hungary to the river systems of the Leitha in northern Burgenland, Austria.
A few years ago, they even stretched a net over the Leitha River so that the helpless animals would not be driven downstream. But that could be banned by intervention from us.
Nevertheless, the ducks regularly land at the beginning of July in temporarily built enclosures on the riverbank, in numerous places. Few days later, the fences disappear and tons of wheat, corn and other food are being released daily in the countryside.

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The landed property of these river systems belongs to the Republic of Austria, that is us. And there they are exposed to thousands of breeding cattle from factory farming, without asking us!

Through this fun the water is poisoned, contaminating the landscape. The responsible state councilor does not comment on this. Our ads were ineffective, although the mayor has publicly spoken out against this dropout.

Time to act.

 

Today, some “hikers” arrived at the river Leitha and accompanied more than 500 of the breeding ducks to Hungary.
The still flightless young animals without parents joined the animal rights activists.

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Just before Hungary, a hunter became aware of the strange processions. A little later, some hunting helpers attacked the animal rights activists.
One activist was pushed into the water twice in the river, another was to be snatched from the camera. Through the cameras and the kalmierende appearance of the peaceful animal rights activists, the excess of violence could be contained.

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The hunting society was also completely incomprehensible to the police officers. In any case, they told me that we had committed no crime and left again. The ads against the hunting helpers I will bring in the prosecutor.

And most importantly, the ducks meanwhile disappeared into the Hungarian undergrowth. At least 500 of them. There they can hopefully escape the access of the insane breeding hunter from Austria.

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https://martinballuch.com/aktion-zuchtenten-auf-wanderschaft/

 

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Updated: The 500 ducks have now disappeared in the Hungarian riparian forests in the thicket and hopefully safe from the shotgun hunters on the Austrian side. 🐦

Thanks to the animal rights activists!

My comment:  Dr. Dr. Martin Balluch, the chairman of the “Association Against Animal Factories”  (VgT) is a longtime and very dedicated animal rights activist.

With his long and courageous commitment he was able to record to some successes  in animal welfare: the prohibition of fur farms and wild circuses, the prohibition of laying batteries, the prohibition of animal testing of apes and the caging of meat rabbits, the establishment of animal welfare as a state goal in the Federal Constitution and the ban on crates for mother pigs.

In the coming state elections, in Austria, he runs as an independent candidate for the list “Now” (JETZT) for animal welfare.
I hope that he will be elected in Parliament so that he can also exercise political influence over animal rights.

Best regards, Venus