Month: November 2020

Farm Animals, Fur and Fur Farming, General News

Denmark announces cull of 15 million mink over Covid mutation fears.
Minks are kept in their cages at a farm in Gjoel in North Jutland, Denmark, as the nation prepares to cull all farmed mink

WAV Comment – So the Danish government has always supported the fur industry. Now there will be no fur industry; but there will be many newly infected people from the fur farms. Karma ? – lets hope now the ignorance of the Danish people realise what they have been doing, and now the huge consequences ! – they should have banned the fur business years ago – but then of course, money goes before animal welfare.

Daily Mail article Link:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8917015/Danish-towns-lockdown-following-outbreak-mutated-coronavirus-spread-humans-minks.html?ito=push-notification&ci=48139&si=17774922

Employees from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration at a Covid outbreak

Above – Employees from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration deal with a Covid outbreak at a mink farm in Jutland in October. Photograph: Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix/Reuters

The Guardian Article – link below.

Denmark announces cull of 15 million mink over Covid mutation fears

Mutated virus infects 12 humans, sparking concerns that effectiveness of future vaccine could be affected

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/04/denmark-announces-cull-of-15-million-mink-over-covid-mutation-fears

The world’s largest mink producer, Denmark, says it plans to cull more than 15 million of the animals, due to fears that a Covid-19 mutation moving from mink to humans could jeopardise future vaccines.

At a press conference on Wednesday, the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said 12 people are already infected with the mutated virus and that the mink are now considered a public health risk.

“The mutated virus in mink may pose a risk to the effectiveness of a future vaccine,” Frederiksen said.

She said the army, police, and national emergency service would be mobilised to help farms with the mink cull, which will eradicate the entire Danish herd.

The authorities and breeders have already been culling the animals over the past few weeks in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Reuters reported that Denmark’s health minister said about half of 783 infected people in northern Denmark, home to a large number of mink breeders, had been found to have infections stemming from the farms.

Denmark is the world’s largest producer of mink fur and has 15 to 17 million animals on about 1,100 farms. According to reports, the latest figures from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, say Covid-19 infections have been found on more than 200 mink farms. The figures were confirmed by a Danish police press officer.

Finnish fur auctioneer Magnus Ljung, CEO of Saga Furs, was watching the Danish announcement. “It’s a shock. They will kill all mink in Denmark. They are talking about the risk of Covid-19 mutating in the mink, and going from mink to humans, and potentially affecting a future human vaccine.”

Ljung estimated the value of the 2020 mink population in Denmark to be between €350m and €400m (£270m-£360m).

“They got control of [Covid-19 mink infections] in Holland and there were a few cases in Spain and in Sweden. But it was all kept under control. [The Danish cull] is unexpected, for sure. Yes, it could happen in other countries. But I don’t want to speculate,” said Ljung.

“What we really need to do is end mink farming entirely and retrain the farmers,” said Birgitte Damm, policy adviser and vet with NGO Animal Protection Denmark.

Speaking from Amsterdam, Dr Joanna Swabe, Humane Society International/Europe’s senior director of public affairs, said: “Denmark is one of the largest fur producers on the planet, so a total shutdown of all Danish mink fur farms amid spiralling Covid-19 infections is a significant development.

“Although not a ban on fur farming, this move signals the end of suffering for millions of animals confined to small wire cages on Danish fur farms solely for the purposes of a trivial fur fashion that no one needs. We commend the Danish prime minister on her decision to take such an essential and science-led step to protect Danish citizens from the deadly coronavirus.”

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General News

Holland: Mike and Karibuna flee the zoo. And are murdered!

A Dutch zoo shot two chimpanzees after they broke out of the enclosure.

The monkeys behaved aggressively (!!!), the Amersfoort Zoo announced on Tuesday.
“We very much regret this incident.”
According to the information, visitors and employees of the zoo were not harmed.

Presumably, a zookeeper had not properly locked the gate to the enclosure so the Chimpanzees named Mike and Karibuna were able to escape.

As soon as the outbreak of the two monkeys was discovered, the visitors were warned (!!!).
The zoo explains that male monkeys’ imposing behavior can be dangerous for people.
“To prevent further escalation, these two male chimpanzees were shot.”

Anesthesia was not an alternative.

The zoo spoke of a “black day”.

https://www.berliner-kurier.de/panorama/schimpansen-nach-flucht-aus-zoo-erschossen-li.116325

 

…And we call it a murder day!!
What right does someone have to murder two beings who have harmed no one?
With the same “right” with which they were locked up in prison for life, even though they were innocent!
With the fascist “right” of the stronger.

The zoo boss will not be locked up for this murder.
He belongs to the human species, that has rights.

Whoever has rights is respected
Whoever has no rights is despised.

R.I.P Mike and Karibuna…
You weren’t aggressive enough to drag some to their deaths, some of those who paid for your imprisonment and death

Venus

General News, Hunting

USA: Bowhunting Couple Charged in Nebraska’s Largest Poaching Case Ever.

Bowhunting Couple Charged in Nebraska’s Largest Poaching Case Ever.

bowmar hunting couple

https://gearjunkie.com/bowmars-poaching-case

The famous bowhunting couple will appear in federal court, where they face a laundry list of charges.

Josh and Sarah Bowmar are no strangers to the spotlight. 

The Ohio couple is well-known for their collective bowhunting success, online videos, and physical fitness training programs.

But they’re now set to go to federal court. Together, they face charges that allege hunting turkeys without a valid permit, illegally transporting game across state lines, and illegal baiting of wildlife, among others.

Bowmar Charges

Among violations of numerous Nebraska state laws, the Bowmars are also charged with violating the federal Lacey Act through interstate commerce of wildlife.

Filed by United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly in July, a 20-page indictment lists all charges. The document requests the forfeiture of three whitetail bucks killed in 2016 and 2017 by the couple, a compound bow, and monetary reparations equal to the value of the property involved. However, no amount is yet disclosed.

In a public statement, the Bowmars’ lawyer stated that the couple has pled not guilty and remains innocent until proven otherwise. They intend to fight the charges and go to a jury trial. The Bowmars’ case moves to a pretrial motion deadline on Nov. 2, 2020.

Hidden Hills Outfitters Sting

The case is part of a much larger sting involving Hidden Hills Outfitters (HHO) of Broken Bow, Nebraska. Co-owner and lead guide, Joshua Hueftle, received 30 months in federal prison and a $214,375 fine — restitution set to be paid to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. He also faces a 15-year ban from obtaining hunting licenses.

More than 30 defendants pled guilty in the case, resulting in more than $500,000 in fines and 53 years of revoked hunting and fishing privileges. In all, 97 animals were found to be taken illegally.

HHO also regularly killed non-game migratory birds, meaning birds like red-tailed hawks and American kestrels. The latter is a violation of the federal Migratory Bird Act.

Bowmars Under Scrutiny Once More

This is not the first time the Bowmars have found themselves facing public scrutiny.

In 2016, Josh Bowmar killed a black bear in Canada using a spear with a GoPro attached, causing an international backlash.

Although Bowmar wasn’t charged with wrongdoing at the time, Alberta subsequently changed its hunting laws to ban spears as a legal method of take in 2018 as a result of the outcry.

The penalty for hunting with a prohibited weapon in Alberta now comes with a maximum $50,000 fine and up to a year in jail.

Environmental, General News

France: Brittany and its wild fishermen!!

OPERATION DOLPHIN BYCATCH
Sea Shepherd threatened and attacked by fishermen

“This video shows local fishermen threatening and attacking our team”.

 

The recordings were made in Brittany, France, at the end of September.
OPERATION DOLPHIN BYCATCH is documenting legal, non-selective fishing methods that kill 10,000 dolphins in the Bay of Biscay each year.

Sea Shepherd has been patrolling the area since 2017 to alert the global public to this problem, which is not confined to large industrial factory vessels. So-called small fishers, who also use non-selective fishing methods, can be found by the hundreds at the dolphin grounds.

Together they lay a total of 45,000 km of nets in the Bay of Biscay every 24 hours, enough to reach around the equator once.

And they do it quite legally.

To put an end to this, we have to stop or drastically reduce our fish consumption.

Because more than global warming, more than environmental pollution, it is simply our limitless appetite for fish that is destroying the ocean. Dolphins are only the visible messengers of this invisible and massive destruction of life. ”

Lamya Essemlali
President Sea Shepherd France

 

And I mean… More fish is eaten around the world than ever before. In the last three decades alone, fish consumption has more than doubled.
Up to 40 percent of the global catch is bycatch.
These include sharks, sea birds, and sea turtles, but also dolphins and whales.
Most animals are thrown overboard again and often die a painful death. In addition, the most huge trawls damage the flora and fauna on the seafloor.
Unwanted bycatch was estimated at 1.7 million tons of fish per year in 2011.

The overfishing of the European seas should come to an end by 2020 – this is what the EU has set out in its Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
But the EU is “far away” from its 2020 target.

It is worst in the Mediterranean, where around 90 percent of fish stocks are overfished and some species are on the verge of collapse.

In September 2020, more than 300 scientists called for an end to overfishing to protect the climate.
German environmental aid and the “Our Fish” initiative are calling on the EU Commission, the EU Parliament, and all EU member states to adhere to the definition of catch quotas for 2021 THIS YEAR without exception.

I see very little hope for an effective EU reaction to this good initiative.
Because the EU has long been the largest export market for fishery products. According to estimates, up to a third comes from illegal catches, which in turn are mainly made off the coast of West Africa.

Although 90 percent of European waters are overfished, European fishing groups are constantly reacting by expanding their fishing grounds.
The ships got bigger, the corporations negotiated fishing licenses with West African states, which the EU – according to Greenpeace – subsidized with around 140 million euros.

And so the EU will continue to sell the future of our marine ecosystems in the bazaar of the European fisheries lobby.

My best regards to all, Venus

Farm Animals, General News

USA: How does one of the world’s biggest pork firms go bust during a boom?

How does one of the world’s biggest pork firms go bust during a boom?

A giant US player is quitting despite huge export hikes during the pandemic – the reasons why get to the heart of the industry

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/27/how-does-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-pork-firms-go-bust-during-a-boom

How does one of the largest pork companies in the US go out of business at the height of a crazy global pork boom? And what does this tell us about pig farming today? The answer to that question starts where most of the world’s pigs end up, in China.

China produces and consumes almost half the world’s pork. But when African swine fever was detected in the Chinese pig herd in August 2018, it led to millions of hogs being culled in an attempt to control the spread. The drop in China’s pork production has been precipitous. Since 2018, swine populations have fallen to levels not seen since the 1990s, eliminating decades of growth.

And so the huge magnetic pull of the Chinese market has only grown. A kilogram of pork that fetches about $3.30 in the US wholesale market is worth nearly $7 in China, creating huge incentives for processors to send pork abroad.

The Covid pork boom

US producers jumped on the opportunity, and in the first five months of 2020, the amount of pork exported to China from the US was up 531% on the previous year, with exports accounting for almost one-third of US pork production.

You may be wondering, at this point, about the famous meat shortages at the beginning of the pandemic; weren’t meat plants shutting down because of sick workers and pigs being culled? In fact, though US domestic hog processing declined in April, processing rates rebounded relatively quickly, rising back to well above 2019 levels by June. That was partly thanks to industry activism to gain government support. Meat processing giant Tyson chairman John Tyson published a full page ad in the Washington Post and elsewhere in April saying “there will be limited supplies of our product available in grocery stores”. A ProPublica investigation found that meat industry actors may have had a direct hand in drafting the executive order that was announced by President Donald Trump just days later, which provided cover for meat plants to remain open or reopen despite the fact that workers were still getting and spreading Covid-19.

Looking back, it’s clear that meat shortages never actually became a problem. Livestock processing fell by only about 15% even during the peak of closures, and on top of that, there were 661m pounds of pork products warehoused in the US at the start of the pandemic, representing record storage levels for multiple cuts.

Consumers may have experienced brief and small scale “selling out” at retail locations, but this was likely a factor of either an individual store’s ability to keep shelves stocked or the store’s storage capacity relative to the high volume of purchases.

So what happened to Maxwell?

So why did Maxwell Foods, one of the biggest pork processors in the US, announce earlier this year that it would be quitting the sector by the end of 2021? About the same time, the company also filed a lawsuit, asserting that its demise wasn’t due to natural causes, but the direct result of actions by another company, one that was both an important customer and competitor: Smithfield Foods

Maxwell Foods is one of the largest pork producers in the world, making the list of the top 31 global pork mega-producers for possessing 100,000 breeding sows. The company reported producing 1.1 million pigs for slaughter in 2019. A subsidiary of Goldboro Milling Company, Maxwell has contracts with about 120 farmers in North Carolina to supply its animals. In the statement announcing the end of operations by mid-2021, the company cited “low prices” for its products as a primary driver.

But Smithfield, against which Maxwell has now filed a lawsuit, is even bigger. The company, owned by China’s WH Group, tops the list of global mega-producers with 1.23 million breeding sows, producing more than 6bn pounds lb of pork in 2019. The $16bn company is the largest hog producer in the world, and critically, Maxwell’s primary customer.

According to the lawsuit, in 1994, the two companies entered into an agreement that Smithfield would purchase all of Maxwell’s pork produced in the Carolinas and Virginia. As part of the agreement, Smithfield gave Maxwell a sort of “most favoured nation” status, agreeing to extend Maxwell the best price it was offering to any of its other partners.

Since then, the lawsuit has continued, and Smithfield’s aggressive pursuit of vertical integration has consolidated the market and left Maxwell vulnerable to Smithfield’s whims.

“Smithfield represents approximately 25% of the total pork processing market nationwide, which, in turn, has left Maxwell with no bargaining strength in its dealings with Smithfield.” Maxwell claims its revenues have been declining in particular since 2016, and that it has been selling pork at unsustainable prices to Smithfield ever since. When Maxwell requested repeatedly to renegotiate pricing, Smithfield declined, but Maxwell reports finding out later that Smithfield had been offering better prices to other partners, violating the “most favoured nation” pricing provision, and providing a basis for the lawsuit.

Scale matters, even between very big and huge

Lee Miller, Duke University

“Scale matters, even between very big and huge,” writes Lee Miller, an agricultural law expert at Duke University. “The Maxwells of the world – while enormous by historical standards – do not wield anything approaching the power of Smithfield, in either market or political spheres.” Smithfield’s foreign ownership adds to the complexity, he says, because a company that might at least have some trickle-down benefits for local communities now sends profits to foreign stockholders, leaving communities near pork production facilities and workers at slaughter plants with significantly less access to company decision-makers.

Then, in April 2020, Smithfield stopped purchasing the full amount of Maxwell hogs, according to Maxwell, instead buying only half. The company pulls no punches in its summation of these actions, writing: “Smithfield has engaged in its course of conduct … for the express purpose of harming Maxwell’s business and with the objective of driving Maxwell out of hog production altogether so as to benefit Smithfield-owned competitors of Maxwell.”

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General News, Stray Animals, Uncategorized

Serbia: We Will Be Asking You for Donations to Feed the Ex Dancing Bears Very Soon. Watch This Site For More.

– Before Rescue – Dancing Bears

Below – ‘Living’ Conditions.

Above – After the Rescues – Cutting the Chains for a new life of Freedom – see below.

From Mark; WAV;

This post is advanced information on an issue which we would like you to help with.

We are setting up a donation link with ARKA at the moment; and hope this will be ready in the next few days.  An amended version of this post will be produced when the donation link is ready.  In the meantime you can see what this involves;

Regards Mark and Venus (WAV founders).

Current Information:

We (WAV and SAV) are currently trying to help out some old friends back in Serbia who we have known (via SAV – https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/  ) for many years.  They are dedicated ‘animal people’ as you can see and run the association named ‘ARKA’ which is based in Novi Sad in Serbia.

ARKA are currently taking care of 50 stray dogs, 25 stray cats and 3 brown bears, which were rescued dancing bears; and which ARKA have a problem in being able to provide adequate food for them. They are not starving and going without, but more support is needed. 

The dogs and cats are rescued from the streets and the bears were confiscated from illegal owners who often used them for dancing bear performances.  You can see the conditions in which they lived in a couple of the photographs below.

After official confiscation of the bears which was done in cooperation with the relevant authorities, and which took place in the year 1999, the court decided to hand over (at that time) 7 bears to our ARKA; to care for them as sanctuary. It was originally planned that bears should be with ARKA for only one or two years whilst another sanctuary was to be built in one of the national parks.

But then everything changed ! – the bombarding of Serbia and the Balkans wars arrived and the bears were never found their national park home.

Today, some 21 years later, 3 ex dancing bears named Marija, Uske and Bozana are still surviving and with ARKA (see the video above). For the last 10 years the relevant Serbian government Ministry has helped ARKA with about 20% of the total costs for their food. The bears have a good, healthy diet and are being fed with fruits, vegetables and meat; a much better diet than when they were dancing bears – see the photos of their situation then..

Now we need your help and support to aid ARKA in purchasing food for the dogs, cats and bears they have at their facility.

Above – Before Rescue

Below – After Rescue

Here is the link to the ARKA donations:

CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS – maybe a few days more.

You can make donation via this link.

As we have said, long before WAV was started; we had some links for (Pavel and Branka) at ARKA and the bears on our ‘Serbian Animals Voice’ (SAV) site.  Here is one of the links from the past which show the bears many years ago:

Serbia: ARKA Rehabilitation Centre ‘Banostor’ Shelter Bears Come Out of Hibernation to Give Their Weather Forecast

As soon as we have a donation link established we will update and re issue this post with the new information.

So be ready for more in the near future.

Regards Mark and Venus.

General News

Black cats: the unlucky ones in the shelter

Did you know it?
that black cats usually stay longer in the shelter than their conspecifics with different colored fur?

“I don’t bring bad luck”

Superstition, fear, prejudice, and last but not least, infected stupidity: The reasons are so different but mostly nonsensical.
We send our message now and here, share it and you can help us to clear up these stupid prejudices:

Free of legends, myths, and prejudices, black cats and dogs are simply lovable creatures who would be in seventh heaven if they finally found their family, their new owner and a great home!

Black animals are just as beautiful, playful, cuddly, cute, funny, and elegant as their conspecifics and they bring just as much happiness and love into our lives.

They deserve the same chance!

My best regards to all, Venus

General News

Melbourne Cup: the “disgrace of the nation”!

The Melbourne Cup is the “disgrace that stops the nation”, yet some Australian companies continue to sponsor this unethical spectacle.

Anyone with an ounce of humanity can see that whipping sensitive animals in order to win money is depraved.

Then there’s the fact that the horses often die trying. In 2018, 5-year-old Irish Thoroughbred The Cliffsofmoher fell badly, breaking his shoulder. He was killed shortly thereafter.

Other casualties include Verema in 2013, Admire Rakti and Araldo in 2014, Red Cadeaux in 2015, and Regal Monarch in 2017.

Bred for speed at the expense of health and supporting large frames on petite ankles, horses die at the rate of one every three days on Australian racetracks.

While no concrete figures exist for “wastage” – that is, foals bred but never registered for racing – estimates suggest there are approximately 2,000 such horses in the industry per year. Because these animals never represent a return on investment, they’re destroyed or neglected – and some are even left to starve.

 

Exposed Again and Again

Regardless of pedigree or past earnings, many horses bred for racing are discarded once they are no longer useful.

A 2020 investigation followed the fate of ex-racing Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses to two Sydney knackeries, where hidden cameras captured their slaughter and sale as food for companion animals.

Many of the horses seen there were officially listed as “retired” on the Racing Australia website. And in 2019, ABC’s 7.30 program revealed that around 300 horses used for racing went through a single abattoir in Queensland in just 22 days.

Horses bred by the Australian racing industry are also sometimes sold to the racing industry in South Korea, where they’re slaughtered for meat when they’re no longer considered useful.

A PETA exposé of that country’s largest horse abattoir shows cast-offs from the racing industry being beaten repeatedly in the face as they’re forced into the abattoir and killed for their flesh.

Take Action!

Sponsors foot the bill for much of the Melbourne Cup race day, paying for advertising and expensive marquees at the track.

Melbourne, Protest against the Cup, September 8, 2019. Copyright: ELLENxSMITHx 20190908001417766341

Petition: https://secure.peta.org.au/page/67333/action/1

 

And I mean…The total prize money of the Melbourne Cup is approximately $ 7.3 million, of which a good half goes to the winner.
Elegant hats, high bets – and lots of alcohol: a national spectacle with a dark side, the massive animal suffering.

The Melbourne Cup is the party of the year in Australia, what the Australians call “Folk festival“.
Monarchs go too, like Prince Charles with his Camilla.

Horses are flight animals who are forced to take risks in races that they would never voluntarily take.
For high prize money, the unscrupulous horse mafia accepts lung hemorrhages, aortic tears, and stomach ulcers approvingly.

The overload often leads to falls with serious consequences or to so-called aortic ruptures, in which the main artery of the heart ruptures with the result that the animal bleeds internally within a very short time.

Bloody nostrils can be observed in many animals shortly after a race.
It is not nosebleed, but bleeding from the lungs.

Racehorses are tortured and beaten to the point of death. They either die on the racetrack or end up in the slaughterhouse as soon as their performance deteriorates. Who thinks that’s good?

Only persons who are directly or indirectly involved in this billion-dollar business. There is no justification whatsoever for the cruelty inflicted on these animals.

According to press reports, 20 horses die every year in Germany on the track or immediately after the race, eight horses in 2019 alone.  How many are killed in training is unknown.

Horses are sentient and sensitive animals. They are not sports equipment made of metal or plastic.
We are all responsible for making horse racing stop.

My best regards to all, Venus

General News

India: Some Amazing September Rescues From the Team at ‘Animal Aid Unlimited’.

Forgiveness. In our rescue video about Bansi, whose legs were tied together so cruelly, what we marvel at is the way he gradually seems to let go of his fear of humans. There seems to be no anger in this gentle spirit. Only innocence and, somehow, the incredible will to carry on with an openness to give and take affection. How can we act in ways that are even worthy of such forgiveness? By loving them and doing all we can to protect them. As you do.

Legs tied together and left to die, Bansi recovered from unimaginable cruelty.

Bansi’s beginning was heartbreaking, but after his rescue, he is completely healed and he has flourished. When you see this video, the question that will probably fill your heart and mind is simply: why? Why would the owners tie this donkey so cruelly? What kind of mind was behind this? To what purpose? Sometimes the answer “ignorance” is not sufficient.

Immediately after receiving the call on our helpline we dispatched our ambulance and began the 2-month treatment process for Bansi. He has healed beautifully. He also happens to be adorable. He’s happy nowand the case has been filed with the police.

There are hundreds of working donkeys in Udaipur. We are working to help as many as we can, with medical treatment, police and legal aid, and donkey owner education. Please donate.

Adopt the love-bug Libby

Lovely Libby is a beautiful black Labrador mix who was abandoned after sustaining a serious injury to her front leg. Her owner made it very clear that he didn’t want her anymore. We offered to take her out of fear that her owner would abandon her or worse. Her leg had to be amputated, but wow, she’s running around on 3 legs as well as any 4-legger, and she has a lot of love to give.Calm and mellow, Libby loves belly rubs, food and being able to go outside often and examine all the plants and flowers. She tolerates other dogs, but she’s happiest around affectionate people. What a sweetheart companion she’ll be.

Please click here for adoptions:  https://www.animalaidunlimited.org/how-to-help/adopt/

Severe mange, wounded and starving, but sweet Antonio won’t give up!

Antonio’s truly astonishing recovery would not have been possible for a weaker spirit.Advanced mange had ravaged his body, starvation had further weakened him and then, in the ultimate blow, a serious wound between his shoulders had become infested with maggots. We weren’t sure if the combination of these extremely painful conditions had broken his spirit along with his resistance. But from day 2 onward we watched as our medical treatment, food and love went to work.Meet mange survivor, wound survivor, starvation survivor: unforgettable Antonio.

Someone hurting can glow again. Please donate.

Sponsor Birju, or one of his friends!

It’s been a year since we shared the dramatic story about Birju’s hot water burn. We forecasted then that the huge wound stretching right across his back might never fully heal. And indeed, his wound is not significantly different from the way it looked more than a year ago. But! Birju is a happy boy. He seems to have learned to accept his bandage as if it were merely a jacket.HIs bright eyes and perky disposition warm our hearts. Your sponsorship will help with Birju’s lifelong care. If you could be here, we know you’d love to wrap your arms around him tight. Since you can’t, we’ll do it for you. Thank you from all the staff whose daily wound dressings always include a session with handsome, patient, life-loving Birju.  

Please click here to sponsor a rescued animal:  https://www.animalaidunlimited.org/how-to-help/sponsor-an-animal/

Regards Mark