Category: General News

Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport

EU / Morocco: Nearly three weeks of suffering for bulls trapped on trucks at the Moroccan border.

 

31 January 2024

Two live animal transport vessels containing bulls from Portugal were detained for 19 days in the Moroccan port of Tangier-Med.

The bulls were confined in extremely unhygienic conditions, which only worsened over time. Forced to stand ankle-deep in their own excrement, many of them developed respiratory problems and inflamed eyes. It was reported that one bull died onboard, his corpse left to decompose inside the vessel where it was trampled on by the other animals. 

The root of this suffering was bureaucratic, with the bulls apparently having been detained due to current import duties and high customs tariffs. Their clearance was said to be contingent on the adoption of new customs regulations. In the meantime, no thought was given to their welfare, with the Moroccan authorities appearing unconcerned with their rapidly-degrading state, and unmotivated to act in the best interest of these sentient beings (for instance, by unloading and quarantining them at their destination or in another stable).

Trade routes should not be entertained with third countries, as it is extremely difficult to influence how transported animals are treated once they leave the EU’s borders.

This incident further highlights the need for a robust revision to the Transport Regulation, as it is a reminder that transported animals are very vulnerable. Measures must be taken swiftly to ensure they experience the least amount of stress possible directly before, during, and after their journeys.

With a recent data leak showing the scale of suffering in the live animal transport industry is much vaster than is recognised by official records, the European Commission must not delay on making these critical sector changes happen.

This week, Eurogroup for Animals, together with four other animal protection organisations, sent a joint letter to the veterinary organisations highlighting the poor welfare experienced by animals during these long journeys, as well as the risk of inhumane slaughter on arrival. 

Veterinary officials are tasked with inspecting the health of animals for export, but are often put in a difficult position as they have a contractual obligation to their employer, which might conflict with their ethical one to safeguard the wellbeing of animals. 

The letter calls on the veterinary community to use their influence to ban the export of live animals to non-EU countries.

Regards Mark

General News, Uncategorized

USA: Iditarod – 30 Days To Go.

30 Days to go until start

The 2024 Iditarod dog death race is just around the corner. The winner of last year’s race dragged exhausted dogs along the trail.

What a loser.

Thanks to PETA supporters like you, the 2023 Iditarod sponsors and organizers were overwhelmed with compassionate pleas to help dogs! Let’s make sponsors think twice about supporting the 2024 race. Please visit our Iditarod Action Center to contact them:

Take Action

https://www.peta.org/action/the-iditarod-is-killing-dogs/?utm_source=peta::e-mail&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=0224::ent::peta::e-mail::289800::watch-last-years-iditarod-winner-drag-dogs-along-trail::::aa-em

The Iditarod Is Killing Dogs

Regards Mark

Photo – © CCI Entertainment

Our past Iditarod posts – https://worldanimalsvoice.com/?s=iditarod

China Cat Torture, General News

China: Break Its Legs, Electrocute; Then Strangle To Death. Be Sure To Get A Close Up Of The Face.

“Is anyone taking this order?”

Somebody posted a request from a “client” – a person who offered to pay to have cats custom-abused – in a public telegram channel. The client asked for the making of a video where the cat should die in a specific way. What a twisted world!!

When will this cat torture ring be put to an end?

How can this be allowed to go on for such a long time?

Cats are dying from the most excruciating methods everyday!

We’d like to ask media groups to cover this horrible event happening in China, on Telegram, now.

Please DM us if you can help.

TAKE ACTION LINK IN BIO @feline_guardians

General News, Stray Animals

Feeding Pigeons – They Need Food Just As We Do !

A good article – well worth reading.

Pigeon Politics
Pigeon Politics

Fahim Amir

Fahim Amir is a Viennese philosopher and author. He has taught at various universities and art academies in Europe and Latin America. His research explores the thresholds of nature, cultures and urbanism; performance and utopia; and colonial historicity and modernism.

Both “Pigeon Politics” and “Swinish Multitudes” are excerpts from the book Being and Swine, now available for purchase in the US and Canada from the publisher, Between the Lines, and in the UK from Foyles. The ebook is available worldwide from Between the Lines.

Sue Coe

Since the 1970s, Sue Coe has worked at the juncture of art and activism to expose injustices and abuses of power. Her illustrations have graced the pages of The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, The Progressive, The Nation, and the cover of ARTnews. Her exhibitions include a retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC and a solo exhibition at MoMA PS1, NY. She is represented by Galerie St. Etienne, NY.

China Cat Torture, General News

China: Yes It Troubles Us A Lot; But It Cannot Be Hidden; Hence We Have To Help Expose.

Jan 23, 2024. A cat was hiding in a trashcan from the rain. An abuser took it and poured boiling water on it.

The abuser doesn’t plan to kill it until the cat suffers more days of torture.

This was posted in a cat torture Telegram group of over 1000 people.

This has been going on for months.

Can @cloudflare stop hosting the website that shares these contents and direct people into these telegram groups?

Can telegram @durov who allows all these conversations be held accountable?

Can #China please enact a law that imposes legal consequences on these people? @mfa_chn

Credit to @annlam34

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feline_guardians

2 hrs.

On January 30, 2024, a girl from Xinjiang, China, bit a cat on a live stream. Later, she claimed that she was drunk at the moment and bit the cat back when it bit her.

Is being drunk an excuse for abusing animals?


Please report her Douyin account: 61841769484 to jubao@12377.cn.

Diana and Mark

Environmental, General News, Hunting

Russians kill innocent animals and shamelessly flaunt their deeds in photos – animal rights activists.

WAV Comment – Real Men always wear Combat Trousers !! ?

All Photos – UAnimals

Uanimals, a Ukrainian animal protection organization, has shared information that Russian soldiers have been killing animals in the occupied Kherson Oblast and proudly displaying their deeds in photographs.

The organization received the photos from a member of the volunteer community depicting Russians from the occupied part of Kherson triumphantly posing with the lifeless bodies of various animals.

Russian soldiers are shown holding dead hares and birds. Another picture shows a Russian posing next to a slain deer, a UAnimals associated at the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology confirmed.
While the exact locations of these gruesome acts cannot be pinpointed, an analysis conducted by the organization validates that the photos were indeed taken in Kherson.

Before the invasion, deer thrived within the Askania-Nova Reserve and the Azov-Syvash National Park, both now under Russian occupation.

Read also: Russian occupiers pillage Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, committing ecocide

“These images are further evidence that Russians are killing everything alive in Ukraine and committing a true ecocide,” the organization said.

The left bank of Kherson Oblast has remained under Russian occupation since February 24, 2022, with military forces establishing an occupational “administration” within the Askania-Nova Reserve.

Ukrainian military personnel have reported that Russians are destroying natural reserves in the occupied Kherson Oblast. They deploy equipment, establish training grounds, and hunt unique animal species there.

Sick !!

Regards Mark

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russians-kill-innocent-animals-shamelessly-141700369.html

I need something good after all this shit;

Time out – Enjoy – Brilliant Nige !!

Farm Animals, General News

Mexico: Animal rights activists in Mexico protest return of bullfighting.

In Mexico City, animal rights activists are protesting against the return of bullfighting, years after it was outlawed.

The Mexican Supreme Court repealed its decision last month, citing a lack of sufficient reasoning to ban the events.

Read and listen to full article at:

Animal rights activists in Mexico protest return of bullfighting | RNZ

Read our WAV recent on this:

Mexico: Bullfighting Returns To Mexico City After Ruling (Ban) Overturned.

Regards Mark

General News, Vivisection

USA: Uproar As Plans Submitted To Build $400 Million Breeding Farm For 30,000 Long Tailed Macaques To Be Used For Animal Testing.

Tiny Georgia town in uproar at plans to build a huge $400 MILLION breeding farm for 30,000 long-tailed macaques that will be sold off for animal testing

A tiny Georgia town is in uproar amid plans for a huge $400million breeding farm for 30,000 monkeys who will be sold off for animal testing.

Safer Human Medicine sparked fury in Bainbridge, in the south west of the state, by proposing the sprawling site for the long-tailed macaques.

It filed plans earlier this month to erect huge sheds across a 200-acre estate near the town of 14,000 people, which will hold the doomed primates.

Read the ful article here:

No monkey business here! Tiny Georgia town in uproar at plans to build a huge $400 MILLION breeding farm for 30,000 long-tailed macaques that will be sold off for animal testing | Daily Mail Online

Regards Mark

General News, Uncategorized

USA: E Mail Rob Urbach At Iditarod Now – We Want This Abusive Race Stopped Immediately.

Our recent post re Iditarod:

USA: Iditarod Is Due To Start Very Soon – 39 Days To Be Exact – Take Action For Dogs NOW.

NOW 33 DAYS UNTIL THE START

Dear Mark,

Let’s send Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach a demand: STOP exploiting dogs in the deadly Iditarod race!

Please urge Urbach to end the Iditarod’s dog abuse by replacing dogs with willing human athletes, such as cross-county skiers, or even snowmobilers:

Thank you for speaking up for dogs suffering in the Iditarod. Please help spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to everyone you know.

Take Action Now !

Tell Iditarod CEO to Leave Dogs out of Grueling Death Race

E mail Rob Urbach Now with this message below:

To – rob.urbach@iditarod.com

Being new to the Iditarod, you had a great opportunity to build something modern, exciting, and humane. Instead you’ve maintained the status quo for the dogs who suffer chained up in the freezing cold and then are forced to run to exhaustion, injury, or even death in this cruel race.

As long as the race continues in its present format, dogs will continue to suffer from stress fractures, bleeding ulcers, and illnesses like intestinal viruses. They’ll continue to die after being buried in snow and of heart attacks, excessive fluid in the lungs, and acute aspiration pneumonia—a lung infection caused by inhaling their own vomit—which, as you know, is the leading cause of death for dogs in the Iditarod.

These dogs are just like those we share our homes with. They don’t want to have a “career”—they’re just unlucky enough to have been bred by mushers who push them past their limits and then leave them out in the cold. Please replace dogs with willing human endurance athletes, cross-country skiers, or even snowmobilers. The Iditarod would attract a new and growing audience—and spare dogs a life of pain and misery.

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Regards Mark / PETA