Category: General News

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

EU: European Commission introduces mandatory SARS-CoV-2 screening in all European mink fur farms.

 

 

 

 

 

WAV Comment – yes, we still have never heard back from the Danish murdered regarding the mass slaughter of minks for fur:

 

England: WAV Writes to the Danish Ambassador In London re Denmark’s Mass Mink Murders. – World Animals Voice

 

The Year of the Zombie Mink – See latest:

Denmark: year of the Zombie-Minks – World Animals Voice

 

So much for the EU being in control of things !

Regards Mark

 

 

European Commission introduces mandatory SARS-CoV-2 screening in all European mink fur farms

19 May 2021

LAV

On 12 May, the European Commission adopted the Implementing Decision 788 which sets standards for the surveillance and reporting of SARS-CoV-2 infections in mink (and raccoon dogs) bred for fur production.

This decision means that, for the first time, there is a mandatory and harmonised diagnostic screening and reporting system in place for all Member States, after more than 400 fur farms saw outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 in 2020.

The Commission has deemed it necessary to initiate this monitoring in all Member States “without delay”, demonstrating the considerable risks to public health connected to fur farming.

The EU Commission has recognised the risk to public health connected to the presence of mink (and raccoon dog) farms for the production of fur and now, finally, it has adopted a system of control of these farms with active surveillance (diagnostic tests). In Italy we have already had outbreaks on 2 farms out of 8; the time has come for the Minister of Health to assume political responsibility to permanently ban fur farming.

Simone Pavesi, Campaigner, LAV

Diagnostic surveillance involves carrying out virological tests on a weekly basis, on live or dead animals, for a number equal to at least 5% of the population of any single farm. This sampling level can be adjusted from 5% to 20% in the case of positive results for SARS-CoV-2. 

However, there are possible loopholes in Implementing Decision 788. Competent authorities can decide to switch from active surveillance to passive surveillance on farms that adopt risk reduction measures. Farms under passive surveillance will only be required to test animals if mortality is increased or farm workers test positive for SARS-CoV-2.

This creates the risk of reversing monitoring systems to those of 2020 where surveillance protocol was based on mere clinical observation, in clear contrast with scientific evidence which suggests mink are in most cases asymptomatic. This would increase the risk of creating SARS-CoV-2 reservoirs, with serious public health implications.

In Italy, a country which, while having suspended mink fur farming for 2021, still has operational farms, 77% of the adult population are in favour of the adoption of emergency measures to end fur farming and breeding. This illustrates that by allowing fur production to continue, the European Commission is more concerned with protecting the economic interests of a small group of stakeholders at the expense of the health of all European citizens. 

Eurogroup for Animals urges the Commission to act decisively to protect public health by closing fur farms.

Read more at source

LAV

Regards Mark

 

Environmental, General News, Uncategorized

England: ‘WasteMinster’ – The British PM Drowns Under A Tidal Wave of Plastic Bottles. Please Give A Shit !

WAV Comment: The UK is working very hard against environmental pollution; credit where it is due. But this very excellent and completely effective animation shows just how much of a global environmental issue plastic has become. Below is also another video which shows the reality – this is not ‘fantasy land’; so get a grip and make every effort to speak out against the over use of plastics globally. These realistic videos show the reality of the global plastic crisis.

Regards Mark

Heartbreaking Photos Show What Your Trash Does To Animals | HuffPost

For Animals, Plastic Is Turning the Ocean Into a Minefield

Prime Minister Boris Johnson Drowns In Plastic In New Satirical Animation Highlighting Pollution Crisis

‘Wasteminster’ sheds light on the ‘shocking truth about what happens to plastic the government tells us is being recycled’…

A new satirical animation shedding light on the pollution crisis shows UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson drowning in plastic.

Wasteminster is directed by Jorik Dozy and Sil van der Woerd for environmental organization Greenpeace. It is voiced by acclaimed impressionists Jon Culshaw and Matt Forde and produced by Studio Birthplace.

A Plastic Ocean” Event Reflection | by Hannah Sherwindt | hannahsgip | Medium

Boris Johnson satirical animation

The animation begins with Johnson at 10 Downing Street speaking to press about being a ‘global leader in tackling plastic pollution’.

Directors Sil and Jorik purposely used direct quotes from the politician and his government, as they didn’t want to ‘put words in the Prime Minister’s mouth’.

During Johnson’s speech, a barrage of plastic starts pouring down from above. Eventually, this causes a surge that floods Downing Street.

The film then cuts to real-life footage of plastic waste that has been discarded overseas. 

Greenpeace says the piece aims ‘to put into stark contrast the bold promises the government has made about reducing the environmental impact of plastic, with the reality that plastic production has been rising while the government’.

A Plague of Plastics

‘The shocking truth’

Nina Schrank is a Senior Campaigner at Greenpeace. In a statement sent to PBN, she said: “This powerful film will show people the shocking truth about what happens to plastic the government tells us is being recycled.

“And, who better to enlist for the voiceovers than impressionists from the legendary Spitting Image… The impeccable voice talents of Culshaw and Forde.”“We need a complete ban on all plastic waste exports and legislation to make companies reduce the amount of plastic they produce…”

Sam Chetan-Welsh, Political Campaigner at Greenpeace UKMoreover, Sam Chetan-Welsh is a Political Campaigner from Greenpeace UK. He added: “The plastic we carefully wash and sort for recycling is being shipped off to other countries… It overwhelms their waste systems. And, much of it ends up illegally dumped or burnt, poisoning local people and polluting oceans and rivers. 

“The government could put a stop to this but so far Boris Johnson is only offering half measures. “We need a complete ban on all plastic waste exports and legislation to make UK companies reduce the amount of plastic they produce in the first place.”

sea life trapped by plastic – Google Search

Shocking images of animals are used to highlight pollution damage | Plastic pollution, Animals images, Animals

Plastic pollution

Studio Birthplace has also published an animated series and augmented reality app.

The animation aims to help ‘visualize the incredible data related to our abuse of the planet’. 

Humanity’s Impact is also written and directed by Sil and Jorik. Sean Lin produces. 

It illustrates how a staggering 100,000,000,000 plastic bags are used globally, every year. And, that 1,000,000 plastic bottles are produced every single minute – by showing a town that gets flooded with plastic.

Boris Johnson Drowns In Plastic In New Satirical Animation On Pollution | Plant Based News

Please give a shit !

Regards Mark

Farm Animals, General News, Uncategorized

Australia: Heads Smashed With A Metal Pole In Front of Their Mothers; Because They Are Male and Cannot Produce Milk. The Reality Of Dairy Farm Abuse; What Happens For Supermarket Milk Production.

ALL Photos – Animal Liberation Victoria.

WAV Comment – I have witnessed a lot of animal suffering in my time; but I found this video footage articularly disturbing.  It is from Victoria, Australia.  A farmer kills male goat kids with a metal pole in front of their mothers because they cannot produce milk; and they cannot produce mil because they are males, no other reason.  It happens with milk producing animals the world over; the males are always considered a ‘by product’ of the business; because they do not supply milk and keep the herd numbers up.  Thus, males are usually killed within hours of birth, exported live overseas to be killed for their meat, or sent to slaughterhouses serving more local ‘burger producing’ organisations.  Whatever, the males never win.  This footage is even more disturbing as it shows the male kid goats being yanked away from their mothers ; and then in full sight of their mothers, being hit in the head region by the farmer using a metal pole.  Like useless vegetation, their bodies are simple thrown into a tractor bucket to be disposed of.  If this does not stop everyone from consuming animal dairy, then I do not know what will.  A complete and utter abuse and killing of baby animals who have done nothing wrong apart from being born male.  This is common the world over; watch it and repent.

Regards Mark

Dairy Farm Footage Shows 'Baby Goats Bludgeoned To Death In Front Of Their Mothers'

Link, including disturbing video: WATCH THE VIDEO FOOTAGE HERE

Disturbing moment dairy farmer beats baby goats to death with a metal pole – before dragging their convulsing bodies away in front of their mothers | Animal Liberation Victoria | Fighting for Animal Rights (alv.org.au)

Disturbing moment dairy farmer beats baby goats to death with a metal pole – before dragging their convulsing bodies away in front of their mothers

This is the disturbing moment a farmer killed male goat kids with a metal pole in front of their mothers because they cannot produce milk.

  • Secret footage was allegedly taken on a dairy farm in Bannockburn, Victoria 
  • It shows a farmer drive up to a goat pen and pull the male kids from mothers
  • The farmer smashes them on head with metal pole and leaves them squirming
  • The confronting footage was put online by Animal Liberation Victoria on Friday

This is the disturbing moment a farmer killed male goat kids with a metal pole in front of their mothers because they cannot produce milk.

Secret footage said to be taken on a dairy farm in Bannockburn, Victoria shows a farmer drive up to a goat pen and pull out the male kids.

One by one he smashed them on the head with the pole, leaving them frantically squirming on the ground before they died from traumatic head injuries.

The video shows the farmer putting male goat kids into a blue container before he takes them out and kills them

After killing around a dozen, the farmer loaded the corpses on to his tractor and drove away.

The confronting two minutes of undercover footage is said to have been taken between mid-September and mid-October this year.

It was posted online by Animal Liberation Victoria on Friday.

The group told Daily Mail Australia they were supplied the footage by anonymous activists who planted cameras on the farm.

‘These newborns males are killed because they will never produce milk, and are therefore considered useless to the dairy industry,’ ALV president Noah Hannibal said in a statement.

‘This brutal slaughter takes place as part of an inherently cruel industry.’

The video captures the farmer hit the goats on the head for the squirm as a result of the trauma

The confronting two minutes of undercover footage (pictured) was taken between mid-September and mid-October

Nothing in the video was illegal because farm animals are not covered by the same animal cruelty laws as domestic pets.

Killing newborn goats is a normal practice across the industry.

Animal welfare guidelines, which are not legally binding, state that goats can be killed using a variety of methods including shooting and blunt force trauma.

‘A single blow should be delivered to the centre of the forehead and should only be used on kids that are less than 24 hours old,’ the guidelines state.

The Victorian Farmers Federation said the footage was confronting.

President David Jochinke told Daily Mail Australia: ‘As an industry, we do not condone the mistreatment of animals. Any producer who falls outside the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, as well as the standards and guidelines of the industry should be investigated and managed appropriately’

He added: ‘It is difficult to comment on the specific details of this circumstance, but we would encourage farmers to stun animals with a captive bolt wherever possible.

‘Any person who has stewardship of an animal should take their responsibilities seriously. I am supportive of Agriculture Victoria undertaking an investigation into this matter should they feel it to be necessary.’

original article > dailymail.co.uk by Charlie Moore

Regards Mark

General News, Uncategorized

England: The Kingdom Is Safe ! – New Baby Ravens Named At the Tower of London Today.

tower of london
Photo – Getty

raven
One of the Towers Ravens – Photo – Gettyimages

For our overseas visitors: Legend has it that when the day comes that the Ravens leave the tower (of London); then the tower will collapse.  Hence, the ravens of the tower are very special birds, and even have their own keeper – the Raven master.

So today, 19/5; there was a lot of pomp at the tower as the the female raven was officially named; to go with her new brother Edgar, named after Edgar Allen Poe, the famous Poet. She is called Branwen.

The British public had been invited to vote for the name of the raven chick at the Tower of London with five names on the shortlist- Branwen, Matilda, Winifred, Florence and Bronte.

Yeoman Warder Chris Skaife said: ‘We’re delighted to have two new chicks joining the raven community here at the Tower.  I hope that people around the world will help us to name our newest addition, and come and see them in person as they settle into their new home.’

Chris Skaife with Merlina
Ravenmaster Chris with resident raven Merlina – Chris Skaife photo

They were born to the Tower’s resident breeding couple, Huginn and Muninn.

The name Branwen refers to the deity from Celtic mythology, whose name translates as ‘blessed raven’. 

The new arrivals take the number of resident ravens to nine alongside, Jubilee, Harris, Gripp, Rocky, Erin, Poppy and Georgie.

The famous ravens are known as the guardians of the Tower and legend says the British kingdom and the Tower of London will fall if the six resident ravens leave the fortress.

Given there are currently nine ravens in residence, means there are plenty spare and the kingdom is safe.

Superstition dictates: ‘If the Tower of London ravens are lost or fly away, the Crown will fall and Britain with it.’

Charles II is thought to have been the first to insist that the ravens of the Tower be protected sometime during his reign between 1660 – 1685 after he was warned that the crown and the Tower itself would fall if they left. The King’s order was given against the wishes of his astronomer, John Flamsteed, who complained the ravens impeded the business of his observatory in the White Tower.

Protocol states there must be at least six ravens within the Tower grounds at all times, as well as one spare – an order that came from Winston Churchill after numbers fell to just one in the 1940s. With the two new baby birds, that makes nine – the required six, plus three spares.

The ravens | Tower of London | Historic Royal Palaces

A Beefeater and Merlin the raven at the Tower | Tower of london, Jackdaw, England and scotland

THE RAVENS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON – A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI

Tower of London Facts | Mental Floss

Above – the tower of London

Phew ! – I can sleep safe tonight !

Regards Mark

Oh England, my Lionheart!
Peter Pan steals the kids in Kensington Park.
You read me Shakespeare on the rolling Thames–
That old river poet that never, ever ends.
Our thumping hearts hold the ravens in,
And keep the tower from tumbling.

Kate Bush – Oh England my Lionheart

Environmental, General News, Uncategorized

England: Dr. JANE GOODALL TO RECEIVE MFA (USA) AWARD FOR 60 YEARS OF ANIMAL SERVICE. HERE’S WHAT SHE’S DONE.

WAV Comment – A wonderful lady who has literally changed the world. Congratulations to her with this award from MFA – so very much deserved.

JANE GOODALL TO RECEIVE AWARD FOR 60 YEARS OF ANIMAL SERVICE. HERE’S WHAT SHE’S DONE

Animal-protection organization Mercy For Animals will honor primatologist Jane Goodall with a Hope Award for her decades of animal activism.

On June 10, primatologist and animal activist Jane Goodall will receive the Hope Award from nonprofit animal-protection organization Mercy For Animals (MFA) at its annual Hope Gala hosted by vegan influencer Tabitha Brown. The virtual event will celebrate MFA’s 22nd anniversary by honoring leaders in animal welfare and the plant-based food industry. MFA will also award animal activist Erik Hastings with the Hidden Hero Award and Miyoko’s Creamery founder Miyoko Schinner with the Global Impact Award. 

The Hope Award recognizes Goodall’s 60 years of animal service that focuses on protecting chimpanzees and their habitat. Her work has inspired other animal advocates and everyone who cares about the planet and its inhabitants. “We are thrilled to honor the work of Dr. Jane Goodall, whose groundbreaking research has inspired people around the world to examine their relationship with animals,” MFA President Leah Garcés said. “Her dedication to animal protection and conservation inspires Mercy For Animals’ work to reduce suffering and build a compassionate food system.”

VegNews.JaneGoodall

Goodall’s history of animal activism

In July 1960, at the age of 26, Goodall began her landmark study of chimpanzee behavior in what is now Tanzania. Her work at Gombe Stream National Park would become the foundation of future primatological research and redefine the relationship between humans and animals. Her unorthodox approach to research was to immerse herself in the habitat and lives of chimpanzees, allowing her to see them as individuals with emotions and long-term bonds. Goodall’s discovery at that time that chimpanzees make and use tools is considered one of the greatest achievements of 20th-century scholarship. 

In 1977, Goodall established wildlife conservation organization the Jane Goodall Institute to support the research in Gombe and focus on protecting chimpanzees from extinction. When she discovered that the survival of chimpanzees was threatened by habitat destruction and illegal trafficking, she developed a breakthrough approach to species conservation that includes the needs of local people, the environment, and the connection between humans and animals. In 1991, Goodall also founded global environmental and humanitarian youth program Roots & Shoots with a group of Tanzanian students to teach youth about wildlife conservation. Today, Roots & Shoots is active in more than 60 countries. 

Roots and Shoots – https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/

At 87 years old, Goodall now focuses on traveling around the world, writing, speaking, and spreading hope through action. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lifelong activist created a video message to encourage people to rethink their “too close” relationships with wild animals. “We have amazing brains.

We’re capable of love and compassion for each other,” Goodall said. “Let us also show love and compassion for the animals who are with us on this planet. Let us all live in peace and harmony together.”

Jane Goodall to Receive Award for 60 Years of Animal Service. Here’s What She’s Done | VegNews

Regards Mark

Jane: Why Archival Footage of Goodall and the Chimps Looks So Good | IndieWire

New Jane Goodall documentary offers beautiful look back at how it all started | National Post

How a Dream Came True: Young Jane Goodall's Exuberant Letters and Diary Entries from Africa – Brain Pickings

Earth Day 2020: 'We desperately need hope now,' Jane Goodall says
General News

“THE GINGER PIG” Butcher shop redecorated again.

13th May, London UK-received anonymously over email:

” ‘The Ginger Pig’ have many stores across the city.

Last night, we made our way to their branch near Clapham Common. This area has recently had a lot of attention on it after the murder of Sarah Everard * at the hands of a police officer. Naturally, they swore more would plague the streets. Last night, their presence was definitely felt, we were feeling stubborn though.

After a series of close encounters, our target windows were in sight. And so was a delivery truck. Doors wide open, proudly displaying the cruelty that compelled us to be there. The additional delay wasn’t ideal but this came as a heavy reminder of what we were there to do and why we were there to do it.

No matter how many blue lights and sirens ripped through the sky, we weren’t going to be deterred. The slim possibility of being thrown into a van handcuffed felt very minimal in comparison to the animals’ certainty of being thrown into one bloody and dismembered.

Once the truck had fucked off and a comfortable amount of time had passed, we attacked.

Cops protect property not people but turns out they couldn’t even do that.”

https://unoffensiveanimal.is/category/hit-report/

And I mean…The 33-year-old * Sarah Everhard walked home on March 3 at around 9 p.m. after visiting a friend.
Days later, her body was found in a forest in Kent, and a police officer was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and murder.
The alleged perpetrator in the Everard case is a senior police officer.

Everard’s case may be a special one, but it highlights a structural problem: instead of protecting women, police officers cover their colleagues.

We thank the brave actors

My best regards to all, Venus

Environmental, General News

‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone Sells Protected Rainforest for Chinese Harbour.

two women carry baskets on their heads by a palm tree-fringed beach
The planned development is on Whale Bay, known for its cetaceans and also a key fish-breeding area, say opponents of the scheme. Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty

WAV Comment:  Great article as always from the very environment friendly ‘Guardian’ – UK national press – ‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese harbour | Sierra Leone | The Guardian

Controversial deal with China would be ‘disastrous’ for fishing and protected rainforest, say opponents

A $55m (£39m) deal struck by the government of Sierra Leone with China to build an industrial fishing harbour on 100 hectares (250 acres) of beach and protected rainforest has been criticised as “a catastrophic human and ecological disaster” by conservationists, landowners and rights groups.

The gold and black sands of Black Johnson beach fringe the African nation’s Western Area Peninsula national park, home to endangered species including the duiker antelope and pangolins. The waters are rich in sardines, barracuda and grouper, caught by local fishermen who produce 70% of the fish for the domestic market.

After reports of a Chinese-backed fishmeal plant began circulating on social media, A statement that appeared to be from the Sierra Leonean fisheries ministry confirmed the deal, but denied the planned construction was a “fish mill”. The facility would be a harbour for tuna and “other bigger fishing” vessels exporting to international markets, it said. It would include a “waste-management component” to “recycle marine and other wastes into useful products”.

The government said the beach, one of many along the nation’s 250-mile (400km) coastline, was the “most suitable place” for construction, and revealed the finance ministry had set aside a compensation package of 13.76bn leone (£950,000) for affected landowners. But the statement leaves more questions than answers, say those objecting to the plan.

Two legal campaign groups, the Institute for Legal Research and Advocacy for Justice (ILRAJ) and Namati Sierra Leone, have written to the government, under the 2013 Right to Access Information Act, demanding to see the environmental and social-impact assessment studies, and the report showing that the beach was, as claimed, the most suitable place for construction “in terms of bathymetry, social safeguards (minimum resettlement costs) and environmental issues”. They are also seeking a copy of the grant agreement between China and Sierra Leone.

Basita Michael, a lawyer for the ILRAJ, said: “The press release was very vague. It left us wondering how did we arrive here and how come we are only hearing about this now. We have a right to know more.”

James Tonner, who owns land at Black Johnson with his mother, Jane Aspden Gbandewa, has written an open letter to the president, Julius Maada Bio, calling for him to intervene and stop the construction, which Tonner said would be “disastrous for the country and the planet”.

It would destroy pristine rainforest, plunder fish stocks and pollute fish breeding grounds and several ecosystems, Tonner said. The beach is on Whale Bay, so-named because whales and dolphins are seen there.

Tonner, who lives in London, has set up a crowdfunding page to fund a judicial review into the deal. The government could be acting unconstitutionally if it acquired the land compulsorily, he said, because the constitution requires any such move to be in the public interest. The compensation stated by the government was also unfair, he argued, claiming that the rate was about 30 times lower than the market value of the land.

“Under the constitution, the government can sequester land if it is in the public interest,” Tonner said. “Even if this just a deep-water harbour, it is not in the public interest because it’s not a suitable site. There are fish breeding sites in the lagoon. It will wipe out the local fish people live on.”

Tito Gbandewa, Tonner’s stepfather, is a former fisherman who runs an ecotourism business on the beach and owns about 1.2 hectares. He said: “If they do this here, the water will be dirty, there will be a lot of oil and noise, the trawlers will be all around.

“Our own fishermen won’t have a place to fish. Everything will be spoiled. Tourism will be finished.”

Dr Sama Banya, president emeritus of the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone, echoed Gbandewa’s comments, saying the proposed development would have a “disastrous” impact on tourism and “the very fish industry that it’s supposed to support”.

Emma Kowa Jalloh, Sierra Leone’s fisheries minister, insisted that the plan was for a harbour and not a fishmeal factory. She said: “I can categorically tell you there is no fish mill [sic] going in at Black Johnson. What we are doing is a fish harbour that will be built by the Chinese government. A fish mill is something where you go and catch all the baby fish and grind it into food to give to piggeries, and fish in aquaculture – and that is so not true.”

It would be built with a Chinese government “grant” and equity from Sierra Leone in the form of land, she said. Half of the land needed was government-owned, she said, including the seafront, up to 200 metres from the sea. The rest has been acquired through compulsory acquisition, she said.

“People are making this fuss about it,” the minister added. “I would just appeal to people: ‘be patient, we want to be developed, we want to grow, we want to be classified as an upcoming country. There must be development and somebody has to sacrifice.’

“I’m not saying everything is going to be 100% perfect but we will make sure that it is near-perfect.”

Regards Mark

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Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport, Uncategorized, Vegan Recipes

Please Read – ‘WAV’ or not ‘WAV’, that is the question !

Hi all;

This is important in a way; but will have no real effect on you as visitors to this site.

I (Mark) will try to explain;

A ‘domain’ is a internet ‘address’ which can be used for global access by anyone.  Here at WAV, our domain is ‘worldanimalsvoice.com’; we pay each year to have and retain this domain.

We have recently been informed by domain registrars in China that applications have been made for at least 4 domains for ‘World Animals Voice’ and that they will vary from our address – as far as we know, they are worldanimalsvoice.cn/   worldanimalsvoice.com.cn/   worldanimalsvoice.net.cn/  and worldanimalsvoice.org.cn

We have informed the registrar in China that these addresses applications are nothing to do with us (as we are UK and Germany controlled) or are they associated with us and that if they are taken out, then we will have no control over the content of same.

Our real ‘concern’ is that the name ‘worldanimalsvoice’; which we set up and use for this site, is / could be used (in China) when it has nothing to with us; having originated and been registered via the domain controller in China. 

Our domain is only ‘worldanimalsvoice.com’

We hope that if these new domains are used, taking the name ‘world animals voice’; then they will be supportive of animal welfare / rights issues; and that their content will be positive towards animals.  But we cannot guarantee this, or any of the content on any of these sites.

So you, as supporters to our site, can visit us you always do; but please just be wary that there may be other ‘world animals voice’ sites, namely (worldanimalsvoice.cn/   worldanimalsvoice.com.cn/   worldanimalsvoice.net.cn/  and worldanimalsvoice.org.cn) possibly being used.  The info on them is not associated with us; has nothing to do with us and never will be controlled in any way by us.

There is no way to combat this and we have to accept the situation of world (computer) domains as it is.

Please put ‘worldanimalsvoice.com’ somewhere safe on your system so that you know this is the only way to access us.  Any other address is outside of our control.

We trust you understand the situation and we will carry on with this site as always.

Thanks and regards

Mark and Venus;

Founders – WAV.

Environmental, Farm Animals, General News, Live Transport

UK: Historic Progress For Animals Announced – A View From Phil; CEO ‘Compassion In World Farming’.

WAV Comment – Good animal friend; long time live exports campaigner, and environmentalist / farm animal campaigner, Philip, CEO at Compassion In World Farming, shares his feelings about progress for animals and their welfare in the UK last week; re the Queens Speech on upcoming government actions to change legislation.

CIWF

Historic Progress For Animals Announced

This week has been an historic moment for animal welfare in the UK with plans for key reforms announced by government, including legal recognition of animal sentience and a ban on live exports. These, and a suite of other measures, were outlined first in the Queen’s Speech and then in a Defra Action Plan. In total, 40 measures have been unveiled covering farmed, wild and companion animals, which together add up to the biggest welfare shake-up in a generation.

Plans are only as good as the implementation, of course, and Compassion will press hard to ensure government intentions become law. The reforms will be introduced as a series of Bills, with the one recognising animal sentience already having been introduced to the House of Lords.

The Bill provides legal recognition that vertebrate animals are sentient beings and intends assurance that their ability to suffer pain and experience joy, if we let them, will be taken into account in future government policies. Legal recognition of animals as sentient creatures has long been a cornerstone of our work at Compassion. Indeed, it was our founder, Peter Roberts, who first launched the idea in the 1980s. The battle was first won in the European Union in 1997 when legal recognition was attached as a protocol and then later an article in the EU treaty. As the recognition was in the EU treaty rather than a specific law, it wasn’t transposed into British legislation post-Brexit. The government’s new Bill proposes to rectify the situation.

Our story | Compassion in World Farming
All those years ago – Peter Roberts (foreground), Founder CIWF protests about intensive animal farming.

Another of our longstanding campaigns has been for a ban on the live export trade for slaughter and fattening. Always cruel and unnecessary, this trade has continued down the decades despite overwhelming public opposition. Quite why is a mystery, given the trade’s insignificance to the farming industry when set against overall meat exports.

It is a hugely welcome moment then that the UK government now proposes to end this indefensible trade once and for all. The proposal, of course, comes soon after our own Judicial Review of the Scottish Government over calf exports.

It is also tremendously important that these reforms are quickly followed with bans on other indefensible factory farm practices, including the keeping of mother pigs and chickens in cages.

Factory farming is finally being recognised more widely for what it is — a cruel and deeply damaging form of farming that only makes worse the climate, nature and pandemic emergencies now facing society.

What is crucial now is that Parliament and the UK government takes this opportunity to not only make these key reforms, but also to push on and end all forms of factory farming.

Thank you to everyone who has marched through the streets, written letters, signed petitions, switched their eating habits and got stories in the media calling for these reforms. It is testimony to your efforts over decades.

Whilst celebrating these hugely welcome plans, it is more important than ever before that we keep up the pressure until every last animal is free from the suffering of factory farming.

Philip Lymbery

Historic Progress For Animals Announced | by Philip Lymbery | May, 2021 | Medium

https://www.ciwf.org.uk/

Environmental, General News

England: ‘I’m seen as the fool’: the farmers putting trees back into the UK’s fields

‘I’m seen as the fool’: the farmers putting trees back into the UK’s fields

Andy Gray, Elston Farm, Devon.

Read the full article of someone who is anything but a fool:

‘I’m seen as the fool’: the farmers putting trees back into the UK’s fields | Trees and forests | The Guardian

Andy Gray stands beside an enormous hill of bare red earth and smiles with a hint of mischief. This is his best field, its soils known as Crediton red land. The region was once known for producing swedes prized by Covent Garden market. Now, every six metres, planted in rows 14 metres apart, stands a tree guard shielding a young oak, aspen or alder.

“You can grow anything on it and I’m planting trees,” says Gray, a 16th-generation Devon farmer. “I’m seen as the fool on the hill. One neighbour said ‘you might as well concrete it over and build houses’. They could be right. Who knows?”

Andy Gray, Elston Farm, Devon