The Al Shuwaikh which is destined for Kuwait on 3/8 is currently moored at Jebel Ali – near to the Jebel Ali Industrial Area; near to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
As it is currently moored it is doing 0 knots speed.
It arrived at the port at16-35 local time on 29/7.
On July 19, 2019, thirty Toronto Pig Save activists rushed into Fearmans slaughterhouse in the midst of a massive heatwave in Southern Ontario, Canada.
Upon arrival, the activists found dehydrated and exhausted pigs inside idling transport trucks and were there to bear witness to their suffering and offer water to the desperate pigs.
They also found a child being ordered to electrocute pigs off of the truck and into the slaughterhouse.
If these were dogs in the trucks, what would you do? It is true that these activists trespassed onto the grounds of the slaughterhouse and it is true pigs are seen as property by animal agriculture, but laws that protect unjust industries and exploit and cause unspeakable suffering to innocent animals deserve to be broken.
We are here to show the truth and to help end this injustice.
Farmed animals are one of the first victims of global warming. They suffer in the extreme heat in transport and the exhausted pigs are then killed. This is why we need to go beyond meat. Today’s heat was brought to you by meat!
The only way for this animal torture to stop is when we stop paying for it!!!
From my experience in participating by “Save the Movement” in my city:
Most truck drivers with the loaded pigs gas when they see the activists. The police, who only comply with their duty to attend, does not attack. From the slaughterhouse operator to the truck driver, the anger is great: “We have to work and you disturb the work process”!
Who drives pigs with electric shock in the truck and out of the truck, of course, has no inhibitions to run over people!
One thing is extremely embarrassing in this video: the loyalty testimony of the black employee in the slaughterhouse.
200 years ago, his ancestors lived as property slaves in a colonized African country.
They were dehumanized and treated as hand goods.
Today, he serves a slaughterhouse operation for 10 euros an hour and believes he belongs to the ruling class, and therefore violently treats activists.
Other rights in this slaughterhouse does not know this black man.
Except to beat animal rights activists fighting for the liberation of animal slaves.
What other activists did 150 years ago for the liberation of human slaves.
My best regards, Venus
Want to hear a story about the EU ?
The European Commission should actually be paying us to do the job of being EU inspectors. But desperation is not in our vocabulary, so we work independently. We have been doing this blog since the first day (15/7) of the shipment from Romania, and only with the modest resources that we have available.
It is illegal and ethically unacceptable for a ship with 70,000 live sheep to be at sea since 15 July.
Primarily the biggest disgrace was that no one was able to forbid the ship to depart in the first place.
Commissioner Andriukaitis (below) has failed.
EU countries, as member states, should be forced (policed) to comply with EU animal transport regulations. EU Regulations (1/20005) stipulate that animals can be transported in heat only as long as the temperature in the vehicles does not exceed 30 ° C (with 5 ° C tolerance upwards).
This is stipulated by the Regulation for animal transports over 8 hours journey time.
The ‘Al Shuwaikh’ is on the sea since July 15 with 70,000 Romanian sheep.
It has previously docked in Jeddah; and today (29/7) in Jebel Ali which is located in United Arab Emirates.
How many animals are still being carried ? – are they all offloaded at previous ports or are some still aboard and alive ?, what has become of the bodies of those who have died painfully in the past?
Should we wait until they are sighted by tourists and share the beach of Tenerife?
Is not it to be feared that half of the sheep are already dead when they drive around the sea for two full weeks at a temperature of over 40 degrees?
And is not it shameful that none of our highly paid EU Commissioners are worried, how are the sheep going to be disposed of?
Disrespect! Not only towards animals, but also towards the environment, against the law, which is designed by the EU itself to keep everything correct and in check !!.
We at WAV / SAV reported about it.
We were among the 70,000 living beings in this way, that was the least we could do for them, we could not do anything else.
Now we are talking with other animal organisations to approach future campaigns against actions such as this.
In the future, we will often take to the streets.
We are fed up with corruption, indifference, the cheating of people and animals by non-compliant governments and EU oligarchs.
We are many who want to abolish mass animal husbandry and torturous animal transports.
And we will fight hard and consistent for our Animal Companions.
Regards – Mark and Venus.
The Al Shuwaikh livestock carrier has today (1629hrs) visited the Port of Jebel Ali which is located in United Arab Emirates at 25.0384N, 55.0628E
ETA for Kuwait is still scheduled for 3/8/19.
The Al Shuwaikh livestock carrier is currently positioned in the Straight of Hormuz; NE of Khasab – United Arab Emirates. SW of Bandar Abbas (Iran) -see map below.
Speed – 15.8 knots
ETA for Kuwait is still 3/8/19.
On the Arabian Peninsula, the Omani Sultanate is creating a mega-dairy farm where around 25,000 cows produce around one million liters of milk a day. The plant is managed by the Mazoon Dairy Company.
The giant farm is scheduled to go into operation in the next three months.
“In the first phase, we will start producing 350,000 liters of milk a day,” said Saleh Al Shanfari, managing director of the Oman Food Investment Holding Company (OFIHC) on the “Times of Oman”.
The farm is designed for the management of 25,000 cows. “At present we have around 4,000, mainly from Australia imported dairy cows in the farm, but the herd is growing,” said Al Shanfari.
By 2030, a total of 365 million liters per year (or 1 million liters of milk per day) are to be produced.
In addition to the cowsheds, a dairy, a sales and logistics center, a biogas plant and a field with solar panels are to be built.
According to Al Shanfari, milk production has already started as a test phase. At the same time, excess milk is exported and sold locally to large milk producers.
With the XXL farm, Oman wants to set up its own dairy industry to reduce dependence on imported dairy products.
https://www.agrarheute.com/tier/rind/neue-xxl-farm-25000-kuehe-1-million-liter-milch-555281
My comment: First of all, some important information about the milk.
Animal protein, especially that from the milk, is a very good promoter of cancer growth.This has been proven in studies.
Professor T. Colin Campell examined this as part of his China Study, which was funded by US and Chinese taxpayers, and stated, “Which protein turned out to be carcinogenic? Casein, which accounts for 87% of the bread contained in cow’s milk, promotes all stages of cancer growth.
But it gets worse: according to a study by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, 92% of the toxic substances in the diet (dioxins and PCBs) come from animal products.
The largest individual supplier of toxins is milk with 47%.
Of course, the average citizen does not know that the milk contains a variety of different hormones (growth hormones, sex hormones, etc.) that are otherwise available only on prescription in the pharmacy due to their health risks.
Cow’s milk is used biologically to breed a calf within a very short time.
However, when this hormone cocktail encounters an organism such as a human, which is not destined for this effect, the entire pattern of a chronic, often deadly disease becomes understandable.
The result is: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, dementia, Alzheimer’s, strokes …
Today we know a lot about the relationship between diet and health.
But true science is deliberately buried under harmful information, which are produced by the propaganda of the meat and milk mafia.
Because, in the state committees around the world, which set the official dietary recommendations, the members are mainly representatives of the animal industry (Dr. med. Ernst Walter Henrich)
Best regards to all, Venus
The Al Shuwaikh is now in the Gulf of Oman; to the North East of Muscat city in Oman.
As you can see from the map, Kuwait is located much further up the gulf.
The vessel is due to arrive in Kuwait on 3/8/19.
Will soon be sailing the ‘Straits of Hormuz’, which as all news watchers will know, has been a problem area over the last few weeks for oil carrier shipping.
The Al Shuwaikh may be trying to change its identity from that of ‘Livestock vessel’ to that of a ‘Cargo Vessel’. To make tracking more difficult we ask ?
It is currently positioned in the Gulf of Aden, SE of the city of Aden.
Things we do know (but have inserted ‘x’ at some positions – we know full details):
The ETA for Kuwait has now changed from 2/8 to 3/8.
IMO – this is an International Maritime Organisation unique number – 850’xx’61 for this vessel.
MMSI – Maritime Mobile Service Identity – 447’xx’00’xx’ for this vessel.
Call Sign – a unique alphanumeric identity for the vessel – 9K’xx’ for this vessel.
Regardless of the (possible) identity change to try and confuse us, there are many ways of monitoring the constant position of this vessel; especially as we know the above. As we showed earlier; you can run but you cannot hide.
https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2019/07/26/26-7-19-romanian-sheep-carrier-vessel-latest-position/
WAV.
WAV Comment:
Please note that the following was made on 26/6/19 – is weeks in advance of the record breaking temperatures that have been seen across Europe for the period 22-26/7/19.
In the following it says:
Despite a warning from the EU Commission to Member States not to export animals during hot weather conditions, evidence collected by NGOs at the main EU exit points demonstrates that animals are systematically loaded into trucks and vessels regardless of weather forecast and EU requirements.
We have said all along on this site, that the EU is just not capable of enforcing its own regulations. The so called ‘welfare’ of animals in transport – Regulation 1/2005 is one, the main one, that is supposed to give some protection to animals being transported alive.
Certain EU Commissioners, in the past, have been very outspoken about groups calling for better regulation enforcement for animals in transport. The groups are ignored and instead some of these Commissioners works to just be a mouthpiece for business in their own member state. Like most EU issues, we doubt the EU has the capability to take action against these illegal activities. As Commissioners, they should act for the EU as a whole rather than their own individual member states:
We very much welcome actions by the few member states who are trying to help animals in transport – see their names below – but the reality is as always; the EU talks hard and big about rules and legislation, when in reality, the whole EU system is a farce, a shambles; led by those who can do nothing; and yet together, decide nothing can be done !
As an animal welfare organisation, all that we can do is continue to expose the terrible suffering of animals around the world. Where, for example, the EU fails (as it usually does); then we will present this to you with supportive evidence. And, as another thing, we are still waiting to hear what ‘strict actions’ the EU are going to take against Romania for exporting 70,000 live sheep to the Middle East in temperatures around 40 degrees.
The EU has probably packed up today (26/7) for its long Summer holidays; so we expect nothing soon. Lets hop[e all the MEP’s are not packed together in a 3 tier truck heading down to Turkey for their holidays, devoid of food and water. If they were in that position; just see how quickly the rules on animal transport would change and be monitored very closely.
If you’ve been feeling the heat this week, imagine what it’s like for animals crammed into trucks for transportation – often for several days or weeks – without receiving water and veterinary care, and in temperatures largely exceeding 30 degrees.
Despite a warning from the EU Commission to Member States not to export animals during hot weather conditions, evidence collected by NGOs at the main EU exit points demonstrates that animals are systematically loaded into trucks and vessels regardless of weather forecast and EU requirements.
Transportation of live animals outside the EU has proven to be problematic from a welfare point of view even under normal circumstances. With the increase of temperature, the situation drastically worsens. As concluded by DG SANTE: “Due to the inability of the livestock vehicles ventilation system to lower the temperatures in the animal compartment below the external environmental temperature […] it is very difficult for transporters to ensure that animals inside the lorry are kept below 35°C when ambient temperatures are over 30°C”.
Some EU countries are starting to take action to ensure that animals don’t have to endure this hell during heatwaves such as this one. Hungary has recently made a ministerial decision to suspend the export of ruminants to Turkey in high temperatures. The suspension applies to all consignments of live animals without air conditioning, and means that if the temperature of the vehicle reaches a maximum of 30°C + 5°C, the vehicle will be directed to the nearest rest station. The Ministry of Agriculture decision also forbids trucks to continue on from the Hungarian resting places to Turkey if animal welfare conditions are not met. Some restrictions are also in place in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, where due to extreme temperatures for 3 days starting from today, the State Veterinary Administration announced that it will not dispatch consignments of farm animals from the Czech Republic for more than 600 km.
“We welcome the Hungarian ministerial decision and we urge other Member States to follow this example,” says Reineke Hameleers, director of Eurogroup for Animals. “We call on the Member States and the Commission to suspend the live export during summer, as compliance can’t be guaranteed. We need to avoid the immense suffering of the animals as witnessed over the past years at all costs.”
The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) stresses that transportation of live animals should not be started if temperatures are expected to exceed 30 degrees during any stage of the journey.
First report:
Oon the 24th of July 86,500 chickens died after fire in a stable in Lower Saxony, (Germany) – 2.8 million euros damage (!!!)
Police said the building was completely ablaze. The fire developed in the building, and although 150 firefighters were in charge, the animals could no longer be rescued.
“Even from a distance, a black cloud of smoke could be seen”, described the fire brigade master the first minutes after the alarm. On site, the firefighters then found “a stable in full blaze”.
The 86,500 chickens housed on five “floors” in the 100-meter-long building were beyond salvation.
The truth: In the present case, there is murder, because of clear over-number of inmates and not existing fire protection measures in the stable!
Second report:
Hesse, Germany (dpa / lhe) – About 500 chickens died on the 25th of July during an animal transport. They were not supplied with water at 34 degrees, reported the police on Thursday in Giessen (Germany).
(Photo: Police Headquarters Central Hessen / dpa)
According to the officials, the livestock had neither a cooling system nor drinking water for the animals, which had already been traveling from France to a slaughterhouse in Poland for about 16 hours. The drive there would have taken another twelve hours. The officials spoke of “incredible pictures”. In addition to around 500 dead chickens, numerous other animals would have been “in miserable condition” in the cages.
According to their assessment, not a single chicken would have survived until Poland.
About 500 animals have already died, with another 400 to 500 animals there is the danger, according to the police, that they will die as a result of the transport. The further journey was prohibited, the rescued animals were brought to a poultry farm.
Investigations were initiated against shippers, dispatchers and a veterinarian; the two truck drivers had to deposit security of € 1,000 each (!!!)
Due to the heat, international animal transport throughout Europe had been banned on that day.
The truth: In this case we are dealing with negligent murder.
The transport should not have started at all. This means the truck was traveling illegally.
The start of transport was approved by the Authority and the Veterinary Office.
In most cases, corruption and disregard of the law continue to go unpunished, hence the daily mass murder in transports and farms.
Third report:
143 pigs transported on Tuesday, July 23 at 41 degrees without water
Photo: Police Dortmund, Germany
They were completely dehydrated, hyperventilated and could barely stand: On the highway the Dortmund police rescued with the fire brigade more than 100 pigs from the heat death. At least three of the animals had already died when the police controlled the van.
The police had been alerted by a car driver on Tuesday, July 23 at 17:50. He did not think the animal transport was correct – and he was right. Thanks to the good description of the witness, the highway police caught the transporter on the highway and checked it in the nearby parking lot.
In it they found 143 pigs: completely dehydrated and in poor health.
In the transport officials measured 41 degrees despite ventilation – and the built in water tank was empty. No wonder that the pigs hyperventilate and could no longer stand on their feet.
A member of the veterinary office confirmed the overheating and dehydration of the pigs and found that the driver (47) from the Netherlands had no animal welfare documents.
He was reported on suspicion of violating the animal welfare law and had to pay a security deposit of 700 euros (!!!)
After cooling, the transporter finally brought the pigs to their destination: they were from France on their way to to the well-known slaughterhouse Tönnies, in North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
A Tönnies spokesman said, “That’s not okay, that the tank was not filled with water.” (!!!).
The truth: The animal transport that was stopped on this motorway came from France. There, the Minister of Agriculture Didier Guillaume had banned animal transport in France at the end of June because of the ongoing heat.
Animal transports from France should therefore be illegal and should not be approved under these temperatures.
But if the driver of an illegal transport is “punished” with 700 euros, then he will do it again.
The 700 euros are a ridiculous sum and therefore makes it easy for anyone to risk an illegal transport again and again.
The license withdrawal would be a just and effective punishment.
But which court weighs to condemn an empire like Tönnies …
Conclusion: I see only one solution to this misery of the animal transport, created by the sub-system of the transport mafia.
That means: the 8-hour animal transport limit for EU countries.
Animal transports automatically become an unprofitable business for all!
For agricultural lobby, slaughterhouse operators and transporters.
Best regards to all, Venus
World Animals Voice 