Month: February 2024

Environmental, Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport

EU: Survey Shows EU Consumers Want Better Animal Welfare Laws.

Survey shows EU consumers want better animal welfare laws

28 February 2024

Almost 9/10 consumers responded that they support better animal welfare laws for animals raised for consumption, and believe that the EU should act to update legislation to offer them protection.

In a new survey by BEUC, which aimed to analyse consumer’s attitudes on animal welfare, 6/10 consumers said that they have a low level of knowledge on animal welfare practices and 3/4r want a better labelling system for animal-derived products. Consumers expressed that they have a low trust in animal welfare claims by companies and 84% would react negatively to welfare-washing.

7/10 respondents expressed the need for the cost of transition to be equitably shared, and that the EU must provide funds to farmers to implement higher standards. 

A large majority, 78%, agreed that imports of animal products should be subject to the same welfare rules as those produced in the EU. This has been supported by another report by Vrije Universiteit Brussel and BEUC, which concluded that EU trade policy is not sufficiently coherent with the Green Deal, and consumers must be treated fairly through import requirements, and through better labelling that allows them to make an informed choice.

With 9 in 10 consumers supporting new laws for better animal welfare, our survey confirms that the way we treat animals raised for food matters to people. It is high time the EU Commission delivered on its promises to revise EU laws on farm animal welfare

Monique Goyens, Director General, BEUC.

This survey spans Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. 1,000 respondents per country were surveyed in November 2023.

WAV Comment – EU citizens are not the ignorant ones; it is those in the Commission who fail to take note !

Regards Mark

Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport

Canada: Animal Rights Groups Get Rare Authorization for Private Prosecution in Live-Horse Export Case.

Animal rights groups get rare authorization for private prosecution in live-horse export case (msn.com)

Animal rights groups get rare authorization for private prosecution in live-horse export case

Story by Karen Pauls

Kaitlyn Mitchell is director of legal advocacy with Animal Justice, a non-profit that wants a ban on the horse meat industry. (Travis Golby/CBC)© Provided by cbc.ca

In what’s believed to be a first in relation to farmed animals, a court has given animal welfare advocates the green light to privately prosecute a live-horse exporter in Manitoba.

“We have so few laws on the books to protect these horses,” said Kaitlyn Mitchell, director of legal advocacy with the non-profit group Animal Justice.

“The least that we can do is to make sure that what few laws we do have are actually enforced. Otherwise, what good are they?”

The case involves an air shipment of live horses in December 2022 from Winnipeg to Japan. The Korean Air cargo plane was supposed to stop in Anchorage, Alaska, for refueling and a crew change, but there was a blizzard, so they had to find an alternate route. 

That, combined with delays in Winnipeg, meant the shipment exceeded the 28-hour maximum time live horses can be transported without food, water and rest.

Several organizations — Animal Justice, the Winnipeg Humane Society, the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition and Manitoba Animal Save — filed a complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which acknowledged the breach and confirmed three horses had fallen during the transport, but said there would be no penalty.

“We urged them [CFIA] to take enforcement action, and we were incredibly disappointed when they didn’t,” Mitchell said.

“Once we realized that the CFIA was not going to take action, then we made the decision to commence this private prosecution.”

The group argued three different laws were violated and proposed three separate charges.

After a hearing in Winnipeg Tuesday, a Manitoba provincial court judge allowed a charge to be laid against Carolyle Farms — a live-horse exporter located in Swan River, Man. — under a section of Canada’s Health of Animals Regulations, which require a contingency plan to respond to unforeseen delays that could result in the suffering of an animal. 

But the Crown stayed a proposed charge under the regulations for exceeding the maximum time limit for a transport, because it said the CFIA was part of those discussions. It also stayed a proposed charge for causing distress to animals, citing jurisdictional concerns. 

“Where did these horses collapse? Was it somewhere over the ocean? We just don’t know. So that’s frustrating,” Mitchell said, adding the case is a rare example of a private prosecution — in which a private individual, rather than public authorities, is permitted by the court to lay a charge for an alleged offence. 

“I vividly recall that cold winter night one year ago,” said Manitoba Animal Save organizer Danae Tonge, who documented the 2022 shipment.

“I am relieved that the court allowed this charge to be laid and look forward to the next steps in this case.”

Farm owner defends decision

Lyle Lumax, the owner of Carolyle Farms, said Tuesday that a phone call from CBC News was the first he’d heard of the court action.

He defended the decision to carry on with the December 2022 flight, even though it would exceed the legal time limit. 

Lumax, who says he understands and loves horses, said the contingency plan is always to bring the horses back to the farm, but that 10-hour round trip puts even more strain on them.

“I can’t exactly remember, but it was something like we were three hours over the 28 hours,” he said.

“And everybody involved decided that was far less risky to the horses then putting them back on the trucks, driving back to the farm, loading them and putting them back into the plane and into the crates again.”

CBC has also asked the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for comment.

Canada is among the leading exporters of live horses, mostly Clydesdales and Percherons, bred specifically for human consumption — an industry worth tens of millions of dollars a year.

Raw horse meat sushi is considered a delicacy in Japan. The horses exported sell for up to $9,000 each, Lumax said. The horses are fattened up in Japan before being slaughtered, according to the CFIA. 

Mitchell estimates nearly 4,000 horses have been exported from Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg in the last year.

In a 2021 mandate letter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told his agriculture minister to work toward ending exports of live horses for slaughter. Advocates and activists have circulated petitions and put pressure on the federal Liberals to follow through.

A private member’s bill before Parliament now would prohibits exporting live horses from Canada by air for slaughter.

Mitchell said she will testify before an agricultural committee in Ottawa on Thursday.

Regards Mark

Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport

South Africa: Live Export Of Animals Under Fire Following Abhorrent Conditions In Which Animals Were Kept On The ‘Al Kuwait’ Vessel.

The National Council for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for Animals (NSPCA) has called for a complete ban of livestock exports via sea following the discovery of the abhorrent condition in which animals were kept on the Al Kuwait, which docked in Cape Town last week to load feed on its way from Brazil to Iraq.

Cattle on board the Al Kuwait ship, which docked in Cape Town last week.
Photo: The National Council of SPCA

According to the NSPCA, the stench that came from the ship and raised concerns from members of the public was indicative of the awful conditions the animals, which had been on the sea for two-and-a half weeks up until then, had to endure due to a build-up of faeces and ammonia.

The NSPCA discovered diseased, injured and dead cattle among the 19 000 cattle aboard, and had to euthanise eight cows because of their poor condition. Treatment was given to the other animals to prevent further mortalities.

The NSPCA stated that the incident served as a stark reminder that the live export of animals by sea was a gruesome and outdated practice and underscored the urgent need for legislative reform and heightened global awareness to end this cruelty.

The Red Meat Producers Organisation of South Africa (RPO) clarified in a statement that the ship belonged to the international company Al Mawashi and that the current situation had nothing to do with the South African industry or Al Mawashi South Africa, which arranges and coordinates South African exports.

The NSPCA since 2019 had been in and out of court fighting for a live sheep export ban from South Africa, but it lost its case against Al Mawashi South Africa in 2021, with the exports allowed to continue subject to certain conditions.

Dr Frikkie Maré, CEO of the RPO, told Farmer’s Weekly that the RPO was concerned about the welfare of the animals on the ship, and recognised the rights of animals as noted in the Constitution of South Africa: “As primary producers, our animals are our pride. It grieves us to see animals receive poor treatment.”

Maré said that the industry was concerned about the possible influence the situation might have on the biosecurity of South Africa, with people moving on and off the ship and the possibility of dead animals being offloaded, especially because the Western Cape does not really have the capacity to handle livestock.

“As a country that is already struggling to regain its animal health status from the World Organisation for Animal Health, we cannot afford more breaches of our biosecurity.”

With the renewed call for a complete ban of live animal exports via sea, Maré pointed out that South Africa needed this alternative market to grow the industry, which in turn would contribute to rural development, poverty alleviation and job creation.

“We export both live animals and carcasses. We cannot move away from live animal exports as this is what the import markets desire, usually for religious reasons.”

He pointed out that government in collaboration with the industry had drawn up a protocol for live exports, with more than 300 inputs by industry taken up in the protocol to ensure that exports were done responsibly. Work is currently underway to turn the protocol into legislation.

Since the only livestock export harbour in South Africa is in East London, the Eastern Cape RPO has established a livestock export forum, which together with the SPCA and other institutions, ensures that exports from South Africa take place according to this protocol.

He added that live exports from South Africa by ship had a good record, with mortalities on board being lower than mortalities in domestic feedlots.

Dr Ivan Meyer, the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, in response to the incident made submissions to the ad hoc Committee on the Powers Bill in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for the inclusion of veterinary services in the bill.

He explained that the Western Cape Powers Bill called for the Western Cape Government to gain greater control over the management of the port and trade.

If approved, the Western Cape Powers Bill will allow the Western Cape Government to intervene in similar situations and safeguard animal and public health, defend animal welfare and advance biosecurity.

In the interim, he said, the department would continue to support the relevant authorities in addressing concerns related to veterinary care, public health, and biosecurity.

Regards Mark

Farm Animals, General News

USA: Please Oppose Prosecution of Activist (vs prosecution of neglectful farmer) Who Rescued Cows.

Source Tracy Murphy via IDA

Thanks to Stacey as always – Mark

Please Oppose Prosecution of Activist (vs prosecution of neglectful farmer) Who Rescued Cows | Our Compass (our-compass.org)

Please Oppose Prosecution of Activist (vs prosecution of neglectful farmer) Who Rescued Cows

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Source In Defense of Animals

Asha’s Farm Sanctuary owner Tracy Murphy has a big heart for animals. When two cows wandered into her sanctuary, she provided them with a safe haven. Now she’s being charged for caring for the escaped cattle she named Ismael and Little Willow. Tell the district attorney to drop the charges against Tracy for having compassion for all animals, including those who usually are eaten by humans!

As founder and president of Asha’s Farm Sanctuary in upstate New York, Tracy was merely doing her job by rescuing two cows who wandered onto the sanctuary, which is a refuge for abused cattle, pigs, and chickens. She cared for the cows and immediately reported them to the Society for the Prevention and Cruelty to Animals in July 2022.

Tracy, acting on the advice of her attorney at the time, refused to hand over Ismael and Little Willow without proof of ownership. After another week, the police executed a search warrant and arrested Tracy. Sadly, authorities seized Ismael and Little Willow, and returned them to the purported “owner,” probably for slaughter.

Since her arrest, Tracy has faced significant financial and emotional hardships, along with facing one count of grand larceny and up to seven years in prison. Tracy was publicly humiliated when she was forced to wear shackles in court and suffered ostracization, harassment, and threats throughout this case.

Fortunately, the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project at the Sturm College of Law is defending Tracy. With its assistance, a superior court lifted the gag order placed on Tracy and two town justices have recused themselves from this case.

This summer, Tracy will go to trial for her compassionate actions. Her next court hearing is scheduled in the Town of Wheatfield for March 5. Help us urge Niagara County District Attorney Brian Seaman to dismiss the charges against Tracy to free her from the shackles of injustice and ensure the lives of Ismael and Little Willow were not taken in vain.

Other actions:

1. Make a polite call. Please call and leave a courteous message for Niagara County District Attorney Brian Seaman who has the power to end this legal nightmare and permit Tracy Murphy to continue her noble work for animals.

Dial (716) 439-7085 and leave a message for Brian Seaman.

You can say, “Asha’s Farm Sanctuary Founder and President Tracy Murphy was simply doing her job when she rescued two cows who wandered onto her sanctuary. She should be rewarded for her kindness and compassion, not punished. Please dismiss the charges against Tracy.”

2. Go Vegan. If you love animals and want to save cows like Ismael and Little Willow, try vegan meals today! Download our veg guide for fast and easy recipes.

www.idausa.org/vegguide

3. Post on Social Media. Show your support for Tracy Murphy on the Niagara County Facebook page and Instagram.

You can say, “Don’t convict Tracy Murphy for compassion for cows. She’s just doing her job. Sanctuary owners rescue animals. Please drop the charges against Tracy Murphy!”

I wonder why, when nonvegans and antivegans proclaim they “care” about animals, do they then malign, harass, and prosecute vegans who SAVE ANIMALS?

Why was the NEGLECTFUL FARMER whose harmful actions leading to Ismael and Little Willow just wandering away, NOT prosecuted?

Why do I have to write prosecutors almost EACH DAY to prosecute violent crimes against ANIMALS?

I’ll tell you why: because as long as vegans can be characterized as criminals/stupid/cultish/malnourished/blahblahblah/etcetcetc, non/antivegans can, somehow, comfortably ignore us and continue violently abusing and killing animals (yes, even if you personally don’t slaughter the animals you consume, you are still responsible for the violence and harm perpetrated against them). And prosecuting violent crimes against animals is an uncomfortable slippery slope for many nonvegans: if harming a cat is considered animal cruelty, why doesn’t the law consider harming a chicken animal cruelty? Like human animals, they both experience pain, fear, and suffering.

And seriously? Shackles? Was it so terrifying being in the same room with a NONVIOLENT VEGAN who SAVES and RESCUES? Or was it to humiliate her? The mocking of injustice, and the representation of the judicial system with juvenile and bullying theatrics, is embarrassing and cruel. But people would rather immaturely deflect from the violent suffering of the most defenseless and vulnerable beings by ridiculing the humans who reject such injustice because otherwise the nonvegans would have to acknowledge their participation in the unrelenting, incalculable suffering of animals.

You indifferently dismiss the victims because you personally enjoy stealing from their bodies, and then you mock the humans who oppose animal suffering.

The most dangerous humans include those whose indifference towards animal suffering fuels their indifference towards human suffering.

This injustice is disturbing and disgusting and, quite frankly, criminal. You just enjoy a status quo of normalized violence towards animals and normalized, acceptable hatred and intolerance towards vegans.

And do remember: regardless of how humans define the suffering of animals in terms that provides humans comfort causing the suffering of animals (humane, welfare …) animals are required to suffer, their violent, cruel, unwilling deaths are inherent as are their brief existences of required pain, control, and separation of family.

FYI, again:

I’m going to link a couple previous articles here that establish the suffering animals are required to endure in each “phase” of “animal agriculture” as documented via recent exposes and, predominately, industry data from the USDA; I’m sharing them again here due to the fact that “anag” is responsible for the incalculable suffering of TRILLIONS of animals violently killed each year for “food”, either directly consumed, or during the “process”, such as those killed for AI or those who are killed as infants outside a slaughterhouse.

You don’t kill and consume animals because you honestly believe that NOT killing and NOT consuming animals is INhumane or UNethical, correct?

Why cause animal suffering that you can easily NOT?

One of These Things Is Not Like the Other

If your god demands unrelenting suffering and death, maybe you should invent another god NOT offended by nonviolence and least harm…

SL


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(CN) Lest we forget …

The horror is ongoing. Once again, our apologies.
It is important to note, and please read comments below, the connection between abusing/killing Animals and the intent to do same to Humans (women). How this ends we have seen only recently in Oxford/UK with the Chinese woman Scarlet Blake, now jailed for life.

Please refer to our earlier posts on the subject for more info, thanks,

The Killer On My Doorstep; Down The Road; Across The River; Anywhere !!
England: Breaking – Cat Killer and Murderer of Jorge Martin Carreno Jailed for a Minimum of 24 Years. 

China: ‘Crush’ Information. – World Animals Voice

China: Did You Hear the One About the Sick Pervert of a Doctor Who Lures Teenage Girls Into Pornography and Then Uses Them In An Animal ‘Crush’ Video Website ? – World Animals Voice

China: INVESTIGATION: Inside the sadistic world of the gruesome cat torture craze, campaigners call on Chinese authorities to act NOW. – World Animals Voice

EXPOSING AND COMBATING CAT TORTURE NETWORKS. 6/1/24. – World Animals Voice

China: Cat Torture Actions Follow Up – No. 1 – World Animals Voice

China – Cat Torture – Major Information and Actions – Follow Up No. 2 – World Animals Voice

The DARK NET/WEB – a short Summary.

Diana and Mark

General News, Uncategorized

England: Breaking – Cat Killer and Murderer of Jorge Martin Carreno Jailed for a Minimum of 24 Years. 

Photos – Thames Valley Police.

Breaking – Cat Killer and Murderer of Jorge Martin Carreno Jailed for a Minimum of 24 Years. 

Our (WAV) Recent post:

The Killer On My Doorstep; Down The Road; Across The River; Anywhere !! – World Animals Voice

Cat killer Blake is given a 24 year prison sentence

A murderer who led a man to his death and livestreamed the killing of a cat months before has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years.

Scarlet Blake hit Jorge Martin Carreno and pushed him into the River Cherwell in Oxford in July 2021.

Cat killer jailed for man’s river murder (msn.com)

Regards Mark

Environmental, Farm Animals, Fur and Fur Farming, General News, Live Transport

EU: Political Herds See Animal Welfare Votes In Europe’s Elections.

All pictures – WAV Archives.

This article is part of our special report Animal protection – in Europe and beyond.

Europe’s 340 million pets are unlikely to swing this year’s European elections, though with cats, one can never be sure. Jennifer Baker looks at Europe’s animal-related policy dynamics and how they could influence June’s electoral mix.

2024 is a bumper year for elections around the globe. In Europe, the cost of living, energy, environment, and migration are among the top concerns of voters at a national level. With the European Parliament, voting intentions can be a little different, allowing for broader areas of concern where local party-political questions tend to be less dominant. This means issues such as animal welfare can come to the fore.

According to the European Pet Food Industry Federation (FEDIAF), European households boasted 340 million pets in 2022 – including 127 million cats and 104 million dogs – across more than 90 million homes, so it would seem we are a continent of animal lovers, and yet animal welfare is not an issue that is routinely seen as a vote winner in national politics.

Dr Joanna Swabe, senior director of public affairs for Humane Society International/Europe, explained: “Animal welfare is one of those rare issues that is neither left nor right. Across the political spectrum and irrespective of nationality, you’ll always find politicians who care about the plight of animals. It is certainly not the exclusive domain of the Greens and the Left.”

Swade remarked that over the years she’s even encountered very conservative right-wing MEPs for whom animal welfare is paramount.

In the European Parliament, the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals brings together more than 90 MEPs to work together to advance animal welfare and conservation in EU policy making.

Recent issues under discussion include a proposal for a regulation on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability, protection of wolves in the EU, the use of animals in science and a new proposal for a regulation on the protection of animals during transport.

The intergroup also advocates for Cage-Free Farming and a Fur-Free Europe, while highlighting the importance of Animal Welfare Labelling.

Catalysts for change

“MEPs can serve as catalysts to push for better animal welfare legislation,” explained Danish S&D MEP, Niels Fuglsang.

Fuglsang is one of many European Parliament candidates in the upcoming elections to have signed the Eurogroup for Animals’ “Vote for Animals” pledge: a commitment to push the European Commission to put forward ambitious legislation in areas critical to animal welfare.

Some of the legislative proposals are obvious, such as fur labelling in the revision of EU textiles Regulation. Others are more indirect. For example, the European Green Deal sets out the ambition to reach zero pollution for a toxic-free environment. The so-called REACH revision could be an opportunity to promote non-animal testing.

Landmark opportunity

And it’s not only animals’ rights groups that support better legal protection for our furry friends. Cefic, the voice of the chemical industry in Europe, described the REACH revision as a “landmark opportunity to accelerate development, validation and regulatory acceptance of human-relevant, animal-free approaches to assess safety of chemicals.”

“By making every effort to identify where animal-based testing can reliably be replaced by non-animal methodologies and reflect latest advances in science, we will create a triple win for the industry, regulators, and animal welfare. This requires a paradigm shift in safety assessment towards Next Generation safety assessment, similar to moves seen in the area of cosmetics or pharmaceuticals,” said the organisation.

The EU Pharmaceutical Package currently under co-decision could also encourage new technologies to reduce testing on live animals.

One national outlier where animal – specifically bird – welfare and safety is a hot button issue is Malta. During the last European elections in 2019, Malta’s powerful pro-hunting lobby, FKNK, urged its supporters not to abstain, but to vote for its preferred candidates.

Cannot ignore agriculture

In Malta it is the hunting lobby that pressures political parties. Elsewhere in Europe the influential farming lobby holds sway. The protests of recent weeks have shown candidates that they cannot afford to ignore the rural, agricultural vote.

The Humane Society International/Europe’s manifesto, which aims to encourage policymakers to take a more ethical stance on animal welfare, has farm animals top of its agenda.

Swabe pointed out that many politicians are happy to loudly trumpet their support for legislative action to end the illegal puppy trade but are conspicuously quiet when it comes to pigs and poultry kept on Europe’s farms.

“We are told the Commission is currently assessing whether the transition to cage-free farming is sustainable for the agricultural sector and that further consultations on, amongst other things, the costs and length of transition periods are needed,” said Swabe.

She added that for the millions of laying hens still confined to enriched battery cages, and millions of pigs who continue to languish in individual sow stalls for a significant proportion of their gestation, “ […] what is truly unsustainable is this failure to take decisive action to provide them with housing systems that meet their welfare needs.”

[By Jennifer Baker I Edited by Brian Maguire | Euractiv’s Advocacy Lab ]

Political herds see animal welfare votes in Europe’s elections – Euractiv

Regards Mark

One day soon lets hope !

Farm Animals, General News

Italy: Parma Ham’s Complicit Role In Sustaining Cruel Blood Farms.

23 February 2024

AWF

Calls are growing for supermarkets to remove Parma ham from their shelves after its production was linked to the mistreatment of mares on Iceland’s blood farms. At the heart of this controversy lies the extraction of equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG), also called Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG), a hormone extracted from the blood of pregnant mares.

Italian pig farmers who supply Parma ham producers use pharmaceuticals containing eCG; a hormone that improves sow fertility and stimulates and synchronises oestrus. The sows have no time to recover in between pregnancies, which leads to early slaughter. The use of eCG leads to bigger litter sizes; if the sows have more piglets than teats, surplus piglets often starve or are killed.

Until 2017, eCG used in Italy came mainly from Argentina and Uruguay. Since then, most European pharmaceutical companies have opted for Icelandic eCG following controversy about conditions on South American blood farms. 

Yet the situation in Iceland is no better: pregnant mares are crammed into pens so that up to five litres of blood can be extracted via their jugular veins every week. Previous investigations by our member Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) have revealed poor conditions on hundreds of blood farms across Iceland, where blood is drawn from an estimated 5,000 mares from the late summer to autumn every year. 

The eCG extracted from pregnant mares’ blood is exported around the world, including to EU countries (the largest importer of Icelandic eCG being Germany), to produce pharmaceuticals used on pigs in particular, as well as on sheep, cattle and goats.

The Icelandic government admitted in September 2023 that its current legal framework breached Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, and committed to correcting its failures as of November 2023.

Supermarkets should prohibit the use of eCG in their meat supply chains. If their suppliers refuse to stop using eCG, then the consequence should be to stop the import.

Sabrina Gurtner, Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF)

eCG production and use is cruel and unnecessary. There are numerous alternatives available with similar efficacy, such as simple exercise routines, optimal nutrition, lighting, contact between sows in oestrus, and contact with boars.

The EU is the main destination for Icelandic eCG and the hormone, in addition to being produced in cruel conditions, only further supports an intensive and unsustainable model of livestock farming. Eurogroup for Animals calls for an EU-wide ban on the production, import and use of eCG.

To learn more: 

Watch Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) – PMSG – the hormone of misery | Good reasons for a ban

Regards Mark

Check out our past posts on Blood Mares:

https://worldanimalsvoice.com/?s=blood+mares

Iceland: Iceland admits to breaching EU law on horse blood farms – hopefully another step towards closing this disgusting animal abuse.
Environmental, General News, Stray Animals

England: Feeling Foxy ?? – February Photographs From Pauline.

Animal Buddy Pauline has sent me some new photographs which were taken in Greenwich Park, London; home of The Royal Observatory, home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian, all located within Greenwich Park at the top of the steep hill overlooking the Queen’s House and the National Maritime Museum.

https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/greenwich-park/royal-observatory

https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/greenwich-park

Wildlife – https://www.royalparks.org.uk/nature-wildlife

During Pauline’s visit to the park with her dad; who you can see feeding one of the the local urban Foxes in some great pics, she was able to take several pictures which are reproduced here. So enjoy a visit to the Royal Park of London via the links and photos;

Regards Mark and Pauline.

Pauline’s dad feeds the very tame fox:

I think that the majority of London’s urban foxes probably do well, considering the look of this guy. Some people still hate them, but many people welcome them in the City and often put out some food for them. If people see any fox(es) in trouble then there is the National Fox Welfare Society (NFWS) who can be called out for rescues anytime within the M25 region.

Here is a link to their website which provides further information and pictures. If you see a fox with mange and wish to treat it yourself, then the NFWS will send you out FREE Arsenicum / Sulphur liquid which will treat when put onto jam sandwiches and dough nuts etc. It must never be put on meat as the benefits are nullified.

Make a note of these organisations and phone numbers in case you ever need them to help you.

Photo – NFWS

https://www.national-fox-welfare.com

If like us you are based very near to London in Kent, then we have the ‘Fox Project’ who can also be contacted for advice and an emergency Southern Wildlife rescue ambulance Network.

Here is the Fox project site link:

Homepage

Photo – The Fox Project

The Killer On My Doorstep; Down The Road; Across The River; Anywhere !!
General News, Uncategorized

The Killer On My Doorstep; Down The Road; Across The River; Anywhere !!

As we (in animal rights) know from endless examples in the past and present, animal killers often start out as such and then often transverse into human killers.  What of the future ???

For examples:

Jeffrey Dahmer, the “Milwaukee cannibal” who dismembered 17 people three decades ago had first practised his butchery by cutting up dogs and cats and impaling their heads on sticks.

Ian Brady, the Moors murderer who tortured and killed five children in the 1960s, boasted of killing his first cat when he was just 10, and went on to burn another cat alive, stone dogs and cut off rabbits’ heads before going on to target people.

Robert Thompson and Jon Venables would shoot pigeons with air rifles and tie rabbits to railway lines to watch them be run over – until in 1993 they killed toddler James Bulger.

The links between early cruelty to animals and later violent and aggressive crime have been documented for decades, and suspected by some for even longer. But now academic research has uncovered wider chilling evidence of the psychological effect on children of witnessing cruelty to animals, and prompted widespread efforts to step in and halt those at risk of escalating the trauma by acting it out against both animals and people.

The link is established between serial killers and animal cruelty | The Independent | The Independent

This week in the UK:

Cat killer Scarlet Blake found guilty of murdering Jorge Martin Carreno

Cat killer Scarlet Blake found guilty of murdering Jorge Martin Carreno – BBC News

Poor guy just out and minding his own business.

She had a “fixation with violence and with knowing what it would feel like to kill someone“, the jury was told.

But the court heard how she dissected it (the cat) and put it in a blender, taking “grotesque pleasure” in doing so.

Scarlet Blake, – Photo – Thames Valley Police

Photo – Thames Valley Police – A video of the cat killing was so graphic that it could not be shown in court in an unedited form, but stills were shown of Blake smiling at the camera

Does the above photo not relate to something similar we published recently about cat torturers and killers ?? https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2024/01/09/china-cat-torture-major-information-and-actions-follow-up-no-2/ refers.

Blake, previously known as Alice Wang, had an “extreme interest in death and… harm” which “went beyond mere fantasy”, the court heard.

Others:

How Oxford don’s transgender daughter was betrayed by escort lover: Vile ‘Don’t F*** with Cats’ killer who murdered stranger exchanged twisted messages with gun-obsessed ex… who then revealed everything to police after blazing row | Daily Mail Online

Why has Scarlet Blake been dubbed ‘Cat Killer’? Oxford court finds woman guilty of Jorge Martin Carreno’s murder (msn.com)

The Oxford Crown Court, where Blake’s trial is being held, heard that Blake had a “fixation with violence” and a “disturbing interest in what it would be like to harm a living creature.”

Blake was born in China and moved to the UK when she was nine. In 2021, when she committed the murders of a family cat and, four months later, a man, the 25-year-old was living in Crotch Crescent, Oxford.

According to the Sky News, Scarlet Blake went out with a crate, placing food in it, to lure in a family cat. Once a cat was caught in the crate, Blake picked it up and took it back home, where she killed it.

Blake had come up with the idea of killing a cat by taking inspiration from a Netflix documentary, titled Don’t F*** With Cats. In the show, Luka Magnotta kills kittens and films the murder while New Order’s True Faith plays in the background.

True Faith by New Order.

Scarlet Blake played the same song while live-streaming herself killing and then dissecting the cat, Sky News reported.

In the live stream video, Blake is seen removing the fur and skin of the dead animal, saying:

“Here we go my little friend. Oh boy, you smell like sh*t. I can’t wait to put you through the blender.“

Here are links to our (WAV) recent posts associated with the sick perverted people who undertake cat torture for pleasure using the dark web:

China: ‘Crush’ Information. – World Animals Voice

China: Did You Hear the One About the Sick Pervert of a Doctor Who Lures Teenage Girls Into Pornography and Then Uses Them In An Animal ‘Crush’ Video Website ? – World Animals Voice

China: INVESTIGATION: Inside the sadistic world of the gruesome cat torture craze, campaigners call on Chinese authorities to act NOW. – World Animals Voice

EXPOSING AND COMBATING CAT TORTURE NETWORKS. 6/1/24. – World Animals Voice

China: Cat Torture Actions Follow Up – No. 1 – World Animals Voice

China – Cat Torture – Major Information and Actions – Follow Up No. 2 – World Animals Voice

The DARK NET/WEB – a short Summary.

There are many links over decades which associate animal murderers then going on in life to murder humans or becoming serial killers, as we give in the link above.

With all these people requesting animal torture over the dark web, one has to question what society is becoming; and more importantly, what a danger to civilised society the people are becoming.  Where will they stop ?, do they ever stop ?, it appears that some governments want to appear to be doing nothing to take against those who are an obvious threat to decent people.

I don’t have most of the answers, but I know for sure that this ‘infection’ is spreading when it should be eradicated by government action and legislation; and if necessary prosecutions and name shaming; and especially by the video companies who now make endless violent films and seem to literally get away with murder.  These are the people who should be setting example; not the opposite !

The more this goes on the worse it will get.

Regards Mark and Diana

It has been long thought that cruelty to animals is one of the earliest and most serious symptoms of conduct disorder, a childhood malady that is often a precursor to psychopathy. And, in fact, there is clear evidence that violent adults are more likely to have a history of animal abuse.

The “red flag” of childhood/teen animal cruelty may signal many things – a budding psychopath, a child abuse victim, or a witness to domestic violence or adult animal cruelty. Whatever the reason, though, this child is learning to use violence to get certain needs met and needs help. The longer it goes on, the harder it will be to stop.

Understanding Serial Animal Abusers | Psychology Today

Joni E. Johnston, Psy.D, is a clinical/forensic psychologist and private investigator who has done criminal and civil work since 1991. She has worked in a maximum security prison and for prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys and corporations. She often conducts competency to stand trial and insanity evaluations as well as risk assessments of mentally disordered offenders. She has conducted over 200 independent investigations of harassment/discrimination complaints.