Category: Farm Animals

Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport

Australia: Government Fails Welfare of Live Export Animals Yet Again – Take Action – See Below.

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Mark, we bring you the sad news that today, we’ve learned of the latest in a long line of repeated failures by the live export industry.

Once again, live exporters have proven they cannot be trusted to protect Australian animals overseas.
An ABC investigation has today revealed horrific footage of starving, sick, dead and dying dairy cattle exported to Sri Lanka.

These cows were exported under the promise of good health and long lives as breeding stock for Sri Lankan farmers.

Instead, local farmers have been devastated to receive cattle unprepared for the local climate, susceptible to disease, with many facing terrible suffering and a slow, painful death.

Lammermoor Estate dairy farm manager Malik Gunasekaran strokes the nose of a cow.

The live export industry has failed these animals, failed Australian and Sri Lankan farmers, and failed the Australian community once again.

Right now, breeding and production animals are not covered by the existing ‘ESCAS’ Australian regulatory scheme for live export supply chains.

A calf is sprawled on the concrete with its legs askew in Sri Lanka.

This needs to change, now.

No one is protecting Australian dairy cattle from this cruelty, and it’s not good enough.

Urgent action must be taken to prevent more needless suffering.

These are Australia’s #ForgottenAnimals, and they need our protection now more than ever.

Join us in calling for an immediate halt to the exports to Sri Lanka, and an urgent review of the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) to include dairy and breeder animals.

Back haunches of cows in Sri Lanka with bones showing through hide.

Take action – this link includes video footage options of terrible conditions:

https://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/dairy-cattle-live-export?utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=27921-55561-Dairy+live+export

BREAKING NEWS – The ABC has revealed horrifying images and footage of sick, dying and dead dairy cattle and calves, that had been live exported to Sri Lanka for use in breeding and production.

CLICK HERE to see the full story. Warning – this story contains distressing imagery and footage.

CLICK HERE to read our media statement.

Each year Australia sends tens of thousands of dairy cattle and breeding animals all over the world to places like China, Indonesia, Taiwan and Malaysia to help them make dairy products and improve their local herds through breeding programs.

But unfortunately for these animals there are no laws to protect them from cruelty once they leave Australia, and nothing that guarantees their destination has the capacity to care for them – they are the forgotten animals.

While Australia’s live export regulation has been repeatedly proven to be inadequate, animals live exported for breeding or production have no protections at all.

They are the #forgottenanimals, and it’s not good enough.

Join us in demanding that the Australian government acts now to protect these animals from cruelty.

Don’t let these animals be forgotten.

Take Action

The Australian Government must act now to review the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS), and ensure it is expanded to protect animals live exported for production and breeding overseas, as well those designated for slaughter.

Environmental, Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport

Dead cows washing up on Canary Island beaches.

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Above – the ‘Polaris 2’ and one of the dead cows washed up on the beach.

 

These incidents expose the reality of the live animal export business. Tossing the animals overboard with the hope that they will sink or be eaten by sharks etc. Here it has all gone wrong. The 3 photos of the ‘Polaris 2’ are from our archives and are not associated with the article referenced.  Mark – WAV.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dead-cows-canary-islands-tenerife-video-spain-a8849566.html

Dead cows washing up on Canary Island beaches

 

Bovine carcasses come from ships transporting cattle from South America

At least three dead cows have washed up on beaches in the Canary Islands over the last week.

The latest one was found near El Medano on the island of Tenerife, while another washed up near Granadilla de Abona. A third was discovered by fishermen at sea.

A man was filmed as he pulled the decomposing remains onto the beach with the aid of a jet ski rider.

The carcass was picked up by council workers and taken to a landfill site.

The bovine bodies come from ships transporting cattle from South America which throw the corpses of animals overboard if they die during transit.

The cadavers may have been thrown from the Polaris 2, a cattle ship operating under a Panamanian flag, local media reported, although The Independent could not independently verify this.

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Above and below – ‘the Stink Ship’ – Polaris 2.

 

Known as a “stink boat”, the ship regularly transports livestock from South America to Europe or North Africa.

It left Rio Grande in Argentina on 22 March and is due to pass the Canary Islands before it arrives at the Port of Ceuta on 4 April, according to the SE12 Canarias news channel.

The Canary Islands’ Ministry of Agriculture said the three dead cows “come with all certainty from one of these boats that transport the herds of cattle from the American continent, animals that in all probability died on board and were thrown into the sea”.

Such a move “is prohibited by international law”, the general director of livestock, David de Vera told the radio station.

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He said the international protocol was for animals that die during crossings to “be treated like any other waste” and incinerated on board or disposed of once the ship reaches port.

In 2016, the Polaris 2 had to request to dock in the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife after it ran out of food for the animals.

A veterinary inspection also forced the slaughter of 300 cattle.

 

Further reading on Polaris 2:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:457977/mmsi:370141000/imo:8417625/vessel:POLARIS_2

 

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2017/18015/stinking-livestock-carrier-banned-calling-canary-i/

 

https://splash247.com/livestock-carrier-kicks-stink-among-canary-island-residents/

 

https://gcaptain.com/capsized-livestock-carrier-causing-a-huge-stink-in-brazil/

 

Position Received: 10 hours, 11 minutes ago (2019-04-03 07:28 (UTC))
Vessel’s Local Time: (UTC)
Area: WAFR – West Africa
Latitude / Longitude: 29.1051° / -15.30095°
Status: Underway Using Engine
Speed/Course: 16.1kn / 47°
AIS Source: 2874 Martín, EA8AHX

Read more at http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:457977/mmsi:370141000/imo:8417625/vessel:POLARIS_2#lKRMAgkHqFgkTe7v.99

Farm Animals, General News

Spain: Petition – Greater Control In Slaughterhouses. Please Sign.

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That there is no more animal abuse in slaughterhouses in Spain

Greater controls in the slaughterhouses of Spain!

Addressed to: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Food and Environment, Minister Luis Planas Puchades

I have seen the video where legs are amputated and the throats of animals are cut without being stunned while they are fully conscious and disgusted me. This animal abuse of cows and lambs in a slaughterhouse in Ávila is unforgivable and must be punished, because there is a Law.

Thank you,

Sosvox.org’s team

Petition link –

https://www.sosvox.org/en/petition/that-there-is-no-more-animal-abuse-in-slaughterhouses-in-spain.html?utm_source=highlight&utm_medium=title&utm_campaign=campaign-p020419

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

Farm Animals, General News

We need “direct action everywhere”!

 

 

Watch what happens when a bunch of activists go on a dairy farm tour…


The university of Florida held an event called “family day at the dairy farm” where they gave us a tour of the farm and explained all the terrors that happen there.

We watched as they taught kids how to artifically inseminate a cow, and as they showed off a baby that was removed from his mothers body at the slaughterhouse. We listened to them brag about the fistulated cow, and how their cows are “better for the environment”, we gave love to the orphaned cows who wanted to suckle so badly, and we said we’re sorry to the hundreds of mothers who already lost their babies, and to the mothers currently pregnant, who will soon lose their babies too.

After bearing witness and documenting the animals, we caused a disruption. No animals deserve to go through their life in such a terrible place, being looked at as nothing more than a number, a product with an expiration date.

All animals deserve happiness and freedom.

animals are friends, not foodpg
We organzied this event under Orlando Animal Save and Direct Action Everywhere – Orlando

A big  ” Thank You” to the activists!

Best regards, Venus

Environmental, Farm Animals, General News, Hunting

Animal Welfare Organisations – Links To Websites.

Animal Org’s

In the following we are giving web site links to major animal welfare organisations from across the globe who are fighting a whole range of different animal welfare related issues.  We are not specifically detailing what each group campaigns for as we would like to see them each get many visits and possibly ‘open up’ their work to new supporters.

 

There may be some that you have not heard of before ! – take a look at their sites.

These are the more major campaign groups who have web links.  If we also listed smaller(national only) facilities in countries all over the world we would never finish.

 

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ADDA (Spain) – http://www.adda.org.ar/?lang=en

Animal Aid (UK) – https://www.animalaid.org.uk/

Animal Aid Unlimited (India) – https://animalaidunlimited.org/

Animal Protection Agency (UK) – http://www.apa.org.uk/

Advocates 4 Animals – https://www.advocates4animals.com/

Animal Defenders International (International) – http://www.ad-international.org/adi_home/

Animals Angels (Germany) – http://www.animals-angels.com/

Animals Asia (International) – https://www.animalsasia.org/

Animals Australia (Australia) – http://www.animalsaustralia.org/

 

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Battersea Cats and Dogs Home (UK) – https://www.battersea.org.uk/

Beauty Without Cruelty (UK) – https://www.bwcshop.com/

Bite Back (Belgium) – https://www.biteback.org/

Born Free Foundation (UK) – http://www.bornfree.org.uk/

Brooke Hospital (UK) – https://www.thebrooke.org/about-brooke/brooke-glance?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhPOshdjY2QIVbbvtCh0iOAeXEAAYASAAEgIE-vD_BwE

 

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Cat Shelter ‘Felix’ (Serbia) – https://catshelterfelix.com/

Center for Biological Diversity (USA) – http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/

Compassion In World Farming (CIWF) (UK) – https://www.ciwf.org.uk/

Captive Animals Protection Society (CAPS) (UK) –  now see ‘Freedom for Animals’

Name change since March 2018.

Celia Hammond Animal Trust (UK) –  https://www.celiahammond.org/

Coalition to Abolish The Fur Trade (CAFT) (UK) – http://www.caft.org.uk/index.html

 

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Defenders of Wildlife (USA) – https://defenders.org/

Donkey Sanctuary (UK) – https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/

Dzīvnieku Drauga Fonds  (Latvia) – http://www.dzd.lv/about-us/yoko-doggie-chess/en/

 

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Earthkind (USA) – https://www.earthkind.com/

Ecoetika (Belarus) – https://www.ecoetika.by/home-en

Elephant Family (UK / US) – http://elephant-family.org/

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) (UK / USA) – https://eia-international.org/

Estonian Society for the Protection of Animals (Estonia) – https://www.facebook.com/AnimalProtectionEstonia?fref=ts

Eyes on Animals (NL) – https://www.eyesonanimals.com/

 

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Fondation Brigitte Bardot (France) –  http://www.fondationbrigittebardot.fr/

Fondation Franz Weber (Switzerland) – http://www.ffw.ch/en/

Four Paws (International) – http://www.vier-pfoten.org/en/

Four Paws (Germany) – https://www.facebook.com/fourpaws.org

Free Korean Dogs (S. Korea) – https://www.freekoreandogs.org/

Freedom for Animals (UK) –  www.freedomforanimals.org.uk 

(was Captive Animal Protection Society til March 2018)

Fur for Animals (Netherlands) – https://www.facebook.com/bontvoordieren?ref=bookmark

Fur Free Alliance (Netherlands) – https://www.furfreealliance.com/

Fur Free (South Africa) – https://www.facebook.com/FurFreeSA/

 

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GAIA (Belgium) – https://www.gaia.be/en

 

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Hillside Animal Sanctuary (UK) – http://www.hillside.org.uk/

Humane Society International – http://hsi.org/

Hungarian Anti Fur League (Hungary) – https://www.facebook.com/MSZEL/

Human Society of the United States (USA) – http://www.humanesociety.org/

Hunt Saboteurs Association (HAS) (UK) – https://www.huntsabs.org.uk/

 

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JAVA (Japan) – https://www.facebook.com/JapanAntiVivisectionAssociation

 

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Kingsdown Cat Sanctuary (UK) – http://www.kingsdowncatsanctuary.org/

Korean Dogs (S. Korea) – http://koreandogs.org/

 

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Lady Freethinker (USA) – https://ladyfreethinker.org/

LAV (Italy) – https://www.facebook.com/LAVonlus

League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) (UK)- https://www.league.org.uk/

 

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Marchig Animal Welfare Trust (UK) – http://www.marchigtrust.org/

Mercy for Animals (USA) – https://www.mercyforanimals.org/

Monkey Sanctuary (UK) – http://www.monkeysanctuary.org/

 

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National Anti Vivisection Society (NAVS) (UK / USA) – http://www.navs.org.uk/home/

Naturewatch Foundation (UK) – https://naturewatch.org/

NOAH (Norway) – https://www.facebook.com/dyrsrettigheter

 

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One Voice (France) – https://one-voice.fr/

 

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Project Coyote (USA) – http://www.projectcoyote.org/

 

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Respect for Animals (UK) – http://www.respectforanimals.org/

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) (UK) – https://www.rspca.org.uk/home

ROLDA (Romania) – https://rolda.org/

 

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Save Korean Dogs (S. Korea) – http://savekoreandogs.org/

Save Me (UK) – http://www.save-me.org.uk/

Scotland for Animals (UK) – http://scotlandforanimals.org/

Sea Shepherd (International) – https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/

Serbian Animals Voice (SAV) (UK) – https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/

Slovenian Vegan Society (Slovenia) – http://www.vegan.si/en

Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA) (UK) – https://spana.org/

SOI Dog Foundation (Thailand) – https://www.soidog.org/

SPEAK (UK) – http://speakcampaigns.org/

St. Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital (UK) – https://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/

Svoboda Zvirat (Freedom for Animals)  (Czech Republic) – https://www.facebook.com/Svobodazvirat

Swiss Animal Protection (Switzerland) – http://www.animal-protection.net/

 

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Team Badger (UK) – http://www.teambadger.org/

The Fur Bearers (Canada) – https://www.facebook.com/FURfree

Turtle Island Restoration Network (USA) – https://seaturtles.org/

Tusti Narvai  (Lithuania)  – https://www.tustinarvai.lt/

 

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Uncaged (UK) – http://www.uncaged.co.uk/

 

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Vier Pfoten (International) – http://www.vier-pfoten.org/landing/

Vegan Society (UK) – https://www.vegansociety.com/

Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (VIVA !) (UK) – https://www.viva.org.uk/

Vegetarian Society (UK) – https://www.vegsoc.org/

Vita (Russia)   –  http://www.vita.org.ru/english/english.htm

 

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WELFARM – Protection mondiale des animaux de ferme (France) – https://welfarm.fr/

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (UK) – http://uk.whales.org/support-us 

World Animal Net (International) – http://worldanimal.net/  – VERY USEFUL SITE.

                                        http://worldanimal.net/directory/search-wan-directory

World Animal Protection (UK) – https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/

 

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Young Indian Vegetarians (UK) – http://www.youngindianvegetarians.co.uk/

 

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Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport

England: Happy Mothers Day !

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………… Not such for Calves.

 

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Male calves are a by product of the dairy industry.

Cows have to be in calf to continually produce milk.

Only females are kept in order to be continually impregnated to produce more calves and thus milk for human consumption.

The males are either slaughtered or kept for a very short time – further fattening or veal production.

Boycott dairy and think about these videos each time you consume cows milk.

 

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Below 2018 – Live calves (from Scotland) being exported by the Dutchman ‘Onderwater’ out of Ramsgate, England – protester footage here.

Onderwater runs a business associated with the export of live animals from the UK.  He operates a bathtub ship named the ‘Joline’ which the English AR consider is not worthy enough to operate cross Channel sailings – he runs the Joline between Ramsgate in England and Calais in France.

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The Joline is an ex Soviet battle tank carrying vessel which was used on rivers; not as a cross Channel transporter carrier. See the video above of the Joline and decide if you consider it is fit for carrying any live animal transporters.

 

 

 

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Farm Animals, General News

MeatOut 2019 Was a Huge Success!

 

MeatOut 2019 Was a Huge Success!

Posted by Katie Valentine | March 28, 2019

MeatOut 2019 Was a Huge Success!

Image Credit: Meatout.org

On March 20, MeatOut celebrated its 35th, and perhaps most successful, year.

MeatOut is an annual international campaign supported by the non-profit organization Compassion Over Killing. The event encourages people to explore vegan eating and learn about the benefits of a plant-based diet on personal health, the environment, and animals.

Additionally, vegan food samples are given out and restaurants are encouraged to offer vegan menu options. This year, over 100 events were held around the world by restaurants, advocates, and organizations.

MeatOut was also celebrated on social media this year. Jessica Carter, COK’s Vegan Food and Lifestyle Coach, hosted a live Facebook cooking tutorial demonstrating a variety of delicious vegan recipes, including sloppy joes, loaded tater tots, and coney dogs.

To show their support for a vegan lifestyle, social media users included the hashtag #MeatOut on their posts.

Multiple cities and one county around the U.S. declared March 20 as official MeatOut Day, including Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Montgomery County, MD; Takoma Park, MD; Ithaca, NY; Kent, OH; and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM.

COK’s Director of Outreach and Education Simone de Lima summarized MeatOut’s success in a recent press release: “MeatOut 2019 has empowered thousands to spring into action by trying vegan eating or helping others in their community to choose healthy and sustainable vegan foods — and engaging their local governments to do the same.”

MeatOut was first celebrated in 1985 and occurs on the first day of Spring every year. It has spread to over two dozen countries throughout the world, including Germany, France, Spain, and Israel, and has gained the support of numerous celebrities, including Joaquin Phoenix, Alicia Silverstone, and Bill Maher.

Farm Animals, Fur and Fur Farming, General News

France: Urge American Vintage to Stop Selling Angora.

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Urge American Vintage to Stop Selling Angora

French clothing brand American Vintage sells jumpers made of angora, despite knowing that rabbits are commonly “live-plucked” for their soft fur – a process they endure repeatedly for two to three years before ultimately being killed.

PETA’s ground breaking exposé of the Chinese angora industry has caused demand for angora to plummet over the last few years, and hundreds of companies – such as Calvin Klein, H&M, ASOS, and Lacoste – have made the compassionate choice to ban the cruelly obtained material.

 

However, millions of terrified rabbits are still confined to barren cages, their fur is violently ripped out every three months, and once they’re no longer profitable, they’re killed – all to supply angora to holdout companies such as American Vintage.

Take Action

Please send a message urging American Vintage to go angora-free.

https://secure.peta.org.uk/page/40441/action/1?utm_source=PETA%20UK::E-Mail&utm_medium=Alert&utm_campaign=0319::skn::PETA%20UK::E-Mail::americanvintage::::aa%20em&ea.url.id=2417047