…as soon as we human animals fall into the role of victim, miracles suddenly happen.
regards and a Good Night, Venus
Month: March 2021
WAV Comment – 14/3/21 – There is something grossly wrong with some people on this planet. Unfortunately, I have to report to you that the ‘Elbeik’ livestock carrying vessel; loaded with 1,776 young bulls; is still in the Mediterranean sea after 3 months.
As we reported in other posts, the ‘Karim Allah’ which carried 895 young bulls, finally returned to Spain (Cartagena) recently and all the animals carried were slaughtered. This time it is the 1,776 young bulls that are allegedly infected with bluetongue disease. This has not been confirmed, as no medical examination has been made possible to date. While it can be assumed that the authorities have failed, the health of the animals is believed to be very poor due to the extreme exposure.
With what has / is going on with these 2 vessels; there is an urgent need for international political action. The two ships alone are representative of a sick system that must change; without even taking into account all the other animal carrying, sea going vessels that are crossing the globe at this present time.
The only way to prevent such catastrophes in the future is a clear ban on the transport of ALL live animals by ship; and we mean all; everywhere, period; not for a few months, but a permanent ban.
Picture courtesy of Four Paws International
Three months have passed, during which the 1,776 young bulls on board the ‘Elbeik’ suffered not only from a shortage of water and food, but also from poor ventilation below deck. The vessel, which sails under the Togolese flag, disembarked in the Catalan city of Tarragona in mid-December last year (2020) and was on its way to Libya.
Upon arrival at the port of destination, the local authorities refused to unload the live cargo. The local authorities feared that animals infected with bluetongue were on board, as they came from a region in Spain where there had allegedly been an outbreak of this notifiable disease, Bluetongue, which is spread via insect bites, but is not transmissible to humans.
EU law states that live animals that have already been exported may no longer be re-imported into the EU. However, the fact that the animals have never set a hoof on soil in a third country is disregarded.
As we have always stated on this site, we have no time for the officials at the EU; in our opinion, they are useless at best. We now put our voice behind the massive international welfare group call for a complete and utter ban on the transport of animals by sea; and a ban on all long distance international transport for animals that are currently transported by road.
We will try to post further updates on this tragic situation when we have more;
Regards Mark.
Hundreds of animals die every year for weapons experiments and surgical training
During surgery training or experiments with poison gas, the Military “consumed” thousands of animals in recent years.
A request in the German parliament now revealed comprehensive figures for the first time!
When it comes to animal experiments, pharmaceutical research institutions are usually the focus of the public. However, it is less well known that the German military “consumes” hundreds of pigs, rats, and mice in experiments every year.
This is also due to the fact that such experiments are not fully disclosed in the Federal Government’s publications on animal experiments.
The answer from the Defense Ministry to a request from the parliamentary group “Die Linke” (The Left Party ) now creates clarity.
According to this, the Bundeswehr has used more than 7,500 animals in experiments over the past two decades.
Between 2012 and 2019, the group spent almost two million euros on animal experiments for training and for military technology and military medical research.
Around 85 percent of the animals were rats and mice. There were also 590 guinea pigs, but also 27 monkeys, 144 dogs, and more than 300 pigs, sheep, goats, and horses (!!!).
The overview of the uses shows: rodents were exposed to nerve agents such as VX, soman, or mustard gas, pigs were seriously injured to simulate nerve damage or anemia, rabbits were injured to cartilage, and the long-term effects of radiation were investigated in mice.
Continue reading “Animal testing for the German military – what a shame!”
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Regards Mark
Let’s make them famous 🤬🤬
He was a 2-year-old elephant, in death he folded his legs like he was a baby.
The hunting company is Charlton McCallum Hunting Safaris.
The owner is Buzz Charlton.
The professional hunter is Max Delezenne and the trophy hunter is Mike Jines, owner of TopGen Energy.
Let’s make them famous on the internet for being the shit of humanity!
Text: Bert Grind
And a short addition from me: #TopGenEnergy = Unacceptable !!!!
# Charlton McCallum Hunting Safaris = scraps
#BuzzCharlton #MaxDelezenne # Mike Jines = garbage
My best regards to all, Venus
Bizarre polar bear hotel ’where guests can watch miserable beasts from their rooms is slammed by activists
A new hotel is set to open where guests can watch sad polar bears round-the-clock from the comfort of their rooms.
Billed as the first of its kind in the world, it officially opens its gates for visitors in Harbin Polar Land in the north-eastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang this week.
The £ 11m hotel is being advertised as providing the extraordinary experience of having polar bears as “neighbors 24 hours a day”.
It is equipped with a total of 33 pieces of tempered glass spread across all functional areas of the hotel.
The intensely lit cage consists of artificial stones and icicles and a white painted floor.
Harbin Polar Land is built so that all 33 window rooms face the enclosure.
The hotel management promises visitors on the website: “You can watch the polar bears from every room through the armored glass and ” sleep together ” with them at night.”
The project cost 100 million yuan, the equivalent of almost 15 million Swiss francs.
“The world’s first polar bear hotel”, as the operators proudly announce, was designed jointly by the famous Russian designer Kozylenko Natalia Yefremovna and the famous Japanese designer of the theme park Shuji Miyajima.
The polar bears can be seen through the glass from any room where visitors can observe the daily life of the animals.
But animal-rights activists have urged guests to stay away from the hotel.
PETA vice president Asia Jason Baker said: “PETA urges patrons to stay away from this hotel and any other establishment that profits from animals’ misery. “
Mr. Baker said the polar bears were active for up to 18 hours a day in nature, roaming home ranges that can span thousands of miles, where they enjoy real life.
Mr. Baker added: “Polar bears belong in the Arctic, not in zoos or glass boxes in aquariums – and certainly not in hotels. The greedy, exploitative aquarium industry, which is out of place in today’s increasingly aware world, is built on the suffering of intelligent, social beings who are denied everything that’s natural and important to them.”
“Gaps in the Chinese animal protection law allow companies to exploit animals without regard to their welfare,” a spokesman for the China Animal Protection Network told AFP.
And I mean… Seriously, there were two famous designers at work? The design couldn’t be more amateurish and unimaginative!
A kitschy aesthetic with science fiction format that is repulsive even without bears and would hardly attract any guest with a taste.
So … China has set up a new zoo.
Zoos in other countries are no better either, with the difference that the prisoners get fresh air and sun.
Polar bears belong in the Arctic and that is a fact that not only applies to China.
It is primitive and immoral to stare at captive animals as objects and anyone who keeps animals in tiny prisons for public entertainment must be classified as cruel animal abusers and should stop doing so.
We’re not just talking about the shameful Bear Hotel in China, which is a shame for this country.
We condemn the captivity of all other animals around the world that are abused and exploited in the cages, terrariums, and enclosures of zoos.
And will fight to have them abolished.
My best regards to all, Venus
Every year, 20 million day-old chicks are thoughtlessly thrown into boxes and shipped as “perishable goods” through the postal service. You have a chance to help stop this horrific practice. All you need to do is take action today!
When allowed to, a mother hen communicates with her chicks through the shell before they hatch. In hatcheries supplying individual buyers or feed-stores, the chicks are born in an incubator with no mother in sight. Within hours of their life, they are sexed, vaccinated, stuffed in boxes, and sent through the mail. According to the United States Postal Service, they are supposed to arrive at their destination within 72 hours. This means, and this is the best-case-scenario, that they are crowded in a dark box without food or water for 3 days. They are shipped year-round, no matter the weather. Chicks endure below freezing winter temperatures and inhumane sweltering summer heat.
Can you imagine “mailing” your adopted puppy or kitten under these conditions?
Without a doubt sending day-old babies through the mail is cruel, but recently it has become horrific. Thousands of chicks have arrived dead due to delayed shipments and chaos within the United States Postal Service in the wake of Covid-19. Typically 1-2% percent of chicks die during transit.
In August of 2020 entire shipments of chicks were arriving at their destination dead. Farmers in Maine and New Hampshire reported a staggering 4,800 chicks were deceased upon arrival.
People purchase hens because they produce eggs. But, what happens to the male chicks? Most roosters are killed soon after they hatch. Most commonly they endure asphyxiation by gassing or maceration in high-speed grinders.
This means that they are ground alive. The ones who survive are packaged and shipped with the hens. They may be sexed incorrectly, purchased unsexed, or used as “packing peanuts” to help keep the female chicks warm in transit. When people receive unwanted roosters they abandon, kill, or dump them at a shelter or sanctuary. Animal Place gets multiple calls and emails a day about unwanted roosters. If we are unable to take them in, we try to find a safe haven for them in private homes or with other sanctuaries.
The shipment of live-day-old chicks is unethical. We must demand an end to this cruelty. You can use your voice to advocate for chickens. Go to animalplace.org/advocacy/ to sign and send a letter to the United States Postmaster General, find sample letters, and learn more. It only takes a few moments of your time. Take action now and demand that this practice come to an end. Join us in making a difference for the 20 million chicks who face the cruel practice every year.
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Regards Mark
The splendid victory of David against Goliath! Farmer’s triumph over a multinational oil company.
Thirteen years ago, three African farmers decide to sue Shell Nigeria for poisoning their fish farms in the Niger River Delta and making their land barren.
They turn to Dutch justice, where Shell is based, but initially nothing to do.
They reply that they cannot claim damages from the parent company for the behavior of the multinational subsidiary Shell Nigeria.
Farmers are not giving up and in 2021, the Hague appeals court overturned the sentence: Shell will have to pay damages to the three Nigerian farmers. The amount of the compensation will be established in May.
Meanwhile, the sentence is historic.
Thus, the Court of Appeal in The Hague, in the Netherlands, has found the oil giant Shell responsible for the oil pollution in the Niger River Delta, caused by the subsidiary Shell Nigeria.
And it finally does justice to the three farmers; not only that, it affirms the principle of responsibility even in places in the world where multinationals adopt uncontrolled systems.
Not only. It is justice for the Earth: Enough with the poisoning.
It is justice for human rights: enough that the poor around the world are starving to death because powerful ones are draining their resources.
Stop creating poverty to get richer.
In recent years, various journalistic sources have denounced the colossal disasters that other multinational oil companies also create in the Niger River Delta: a real environmental massacre, operated by several hands, where previously there was paradise (e.g. International Report of 2015 ).
Leaking oil pipelines, for example, cause fires and devastate the land. There is something to worry about.
Villains that devastate, starve, kill, with the indifference and tolerance of the institutions. But no: justice can exist.
Fingers crossed. We hope that the compensation is very very high.
And I mean...Who would have thought … Although it took the judiciary thirteen years to reach a verdict, it is a battle won.
We are happy and congratulate the three “Davids”!
Even if the penalty is not high, it is a precedent case and will therefore motivate others to take action against the multinational criminals.
My best regards to all, venus
An undercover PETA investigation into Moulton Chinchilla Ranch (MCR), a huge chinchilla breeding factory in Chatfield, Minnesota that had approximately 1,000 chinchillas confined in wire-mesh floor cages in a shed that stank of ammonia, found that these exotic animals were denied not only everything that is natural and important to them but also the most basic needs, such as effective veterinary care for chronic infections and severe, life-threatening injuries that caused suffering and even death…
Based on PETA’s evidence, law enforcement agents conducted a raid on MCR and launched a criminal investigation.
Without escape
Chinchillas are active and curious animals, who love to run, jump and climb (activities that are extremely important to their physical and psychological health), but at MCR, they remained confined in small desolate, rusty cages with a wire mesh floor. They had nowhere to take refuge or hide, something extremely stressful and terrifying for these nocturnal prey animals.
Charlene was not treated for this excruciatingly painful foot injury, which resulted in a bloody stump with exposed bones. The PETA investigator rescued her. He took her to emergencies, she underwent surgery and she continues to heal.
The dirty shed was crammed with cages, the walls and ceiling covered with insect debris.
There were feces piled up just outside the shed, and some even entered the shed through a door. Many of these social animals, who in the wild live in herds of up to 100 individuals in the Andes Mountains, were locked up alone in cages. Others were so tightly packed into cages that they could barely move.
Some only had a piece of wood to sit on or chew on. No toys, no place to lie down, no environmental enrichment.
Deprived of everything that is meaningful to them, chinchillas in these stressful and inhumane conditions mutilated themselves and their cage mates, a sign of severe stress. One young animal had its ears practically bitten off.
Continue reading “Minnesota, MCR factory: Breaks necks to earn money”
WHO and UN leaders condemned by animal welfare charity for ignoring root cause of Covid pandemic a year on
The letter says high-risk practices, such as the commercial wildlife trade, the dog and cat meat trade, and fur, must be phased out if we are to prevent another crippling global pandemic
Upon the first anniversary of the World Health Organisation declaring Covid-19 a pandemic, a leading animal-welfare organisation has accused governments of “not addressing the actual issues around animal abuse” which lead to zoonotic pandemics.
In an open letter, addressed to the WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), animal charity Four Paws demanded that risky practices be “urgently phased out”, with a ban on fur farms, live animal markets, and the dog, cat meat, and wildlife trade.
It also urged that there is greater acknowledgement of the need to eat less meat – a key driver of the climate crisis and habitat loss – and a crackdown on risks created by factory farming.
The letter said that “pharmaceutical responses are not the sole and long-term solution”, and said it was “deeply concerning” that despite WHO director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking a year ago on infection-prevention, the way humans treat animals has not been factored into the pandemic response alongside the development of vaccinations.
Josef Pfabigan, President of Four Paws wrote: “The settings in which a huge proportion of animals globally are raised, traded, transported and slaughtered – cramped and overcrowded environments, poor hygiene, myriad origins, and conditions suppressing immune systems and encouraging pathogen excretion and uptake – create an ideal situation for the exchange, genetic modification and emergence of new pathogens.”
In 2007-2011, the three global organisations, the WHO, FAO and OIE, set up a plan called One Health, which was an attempt to reduce health risks, including animal-human interactions.
Four Paws wants them to add a “One Welfare” plan, stressing links between animal welfare and people’s wellbeing.
Mr Pfabigan said: “The underlying problem is the dysfunctional relationship between us, humans, with animals and nature.
“Only when concrete measures ending animal suffering are introduced worldwide can future zoonotic pandemics be stopped.
“We demand a holistic approach from those responsible, because animal welfare equals environmental health equals human wellbeing.”
In response to the letter, the non-profit organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) raised similar concerns.
Speaking to i, PETA’s Director Elisa Allen said: “PETA wrote to the WHO last year to emphasise that treating animals with disrespect and regarding them as ours for the taking will come back to bite us again, just as it has with the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Animal markets and factory farms – including those that cage animals for their feathers and fur – are breeding grounds for diseases that mutate and spread to the human population. And if we continue to pillage the natural world and kill the other animals in it, we also exacerbate the climate crisis.”
Previously, scientists have said zoonotic diseases – viruses that jump from animals to humans – have become four times more frequent in the past 50 years, with zoonoses causing a billion cases of illness in people and millions of deaths every year.
According to both the WHO and a UN environment report last year, 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases originate in animals, and Four Paws is warning of “ticking time bombs all over the world” from practices where pathogens may emerge and spread.
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