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Breaking! Animal Welfare Coalition Calls On World Health Organization To Focus On Testing On Humans Not Animals For COVID-19 Remedies.

 

Breaking! Animal Welfare Coalition Calls On World Health Organization To Focus On Testing On Humans Not Animals For COVID-19 Remedies

 

https://worldanimalnews.com/breaking-animal-welfare-coalitions-call-on-world-health-organization-to-focus-on-testing-on-humans-not-animals-for-covid-19-remedies/

 

In a joint statement released today by Cruelty Free InternationalCruelty Free EuropeEurogroup for Animals, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation (PETA), the animal protection organizations stress that it is essential that authorities, under the leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO), work together with a focus on humane, human-relevant research.

While everyone wants a safe and effective vaccine and other medicines for COVID-19 produced as quickly as possible, it should not be at the expense and undue suffering of thousands of innocent animals such as: monkeys, dogs, cats, ferrets, and mice.

Sadly, animal experimentation remains one of the approaches used in this research which adds to the unfathomable suffering caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This, despite animal testing and experimentation being cruel and unreliable with a history of failure in the development of drugs used for humans.

“The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will have a long-lasting effect on our societies and our work, and this change of paradigm should also be reflected in the way we carry out research, there is an urgent need to focus on advanced scientific techniques that are more representative of what actually happens in the human body, than old ways including the use of animals,” Reineke Hameleers, CEO of Eurogroup for Animals said in a statement. “It is crucial that the WHO and other authorities acknowledge that many animals are suffering as well, and that they help to focus the research efforts of governments, researchers, clinicians, and companies towards more humane and human-relevant approaches.”

As huge numbers of animals and billions of dollars, pounds, and euros are being directed towards trying to solve the problem, it is vital that the scientific and technical merits and ethical aspects of proposed research are robustly assessed in each and every case.

Countries and institutions must also try to coordinate their research, sharing data to prevent any duplication of effort or repeated testing on animals.

That is, until the ineffective and unnecessary testing and experimentations on animals stops completely. As many lives as possible must be spared from this pandemic, including animals.

The urgent need is for more resources to be directed towards studying the virus in humans to increase our understanding of the disease, treat patients, and limit the spread of the virus altogether.

You can help all animals and our planet by choosing compassion on your plate and in your glass. #GoVeg

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Germany: murdered lambs and sheep in plastic bags

What makes a person kill a flock of sheep and lambs, maim the carcasses, stuff them in plastic bags and dispose of them in the forest?

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The police are trying to answer this question after a scary find in the forest near the city Leipzig, in Saxony!

At around 7 p.m., a woman called the emergency service because there were numerous blue garbage bags along her stroll, over which flocks of flies circled.
A little later, firefighters exposed an outrageous discrace.

lämmer tot in LeipzigjpgPure terror is written on the faces of the firefighters when they look at the bags with the dead lambs. © Frank Schmidt

 

“There were dead lambs in the sacks,” said police spokeswoman. We counted a total of 28 bags of dead sheep and lamb carcasses. ”

The investigators have a bad suspicion. Shortly before Easter, the Saxon Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association complained that many sheep farmers would not be able to get rid of their lambs due to the Corona crisis. Because the restaurants that traditionally serve lamb at Easter have closed.

Association chief Detlef Rohmann spoke of “great difficulties” (!!!). Because the oversupply of lamb also means that the wholesale prices at the bottom are rushing down and the raising of too many lambs is not profitable for the breeders, a sheep farmer probably has his “problem” in this way done.

leipzig, tote lämmerjpgThe dead animals were disposed of like garbage on the forest path. © Frank Schmidt

 

The one who deposited the dead animals in the forest wanted to cover up his tracks: “The ears with the animal’s identification tags were cut off, “ said the police.

https://www.tag24.de/leipzig/grimma-tote-osterlaemmer-im-wald-entsorgt-polizei-ermittlungen-1490371

 

My comment:The stupid President of Lower Saxony recently released three wolves of a pack (one of them is a pregnant wolf) for shooting. Until then, no one sheep had been wiped from the wolfs.  (https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/04/08/germany-wolfs-persecution/)

The farmers enforced it on the grounds that they are afraid for their sheep, which they love like their children.
As soon as they are worth nothing, the “children” end up in blue bags, murdered, disassembled, disposed of like garbage in the forest.

Now it was not the wolf that massacred the animals and packed them in blue bags, but a psychopath from the peasant front.

Of course, he won’t get a just punishment. We know how it will end.

Anyone psychologist will send him to Mallorca for dolphin therapy so that the “sensitive, anxious, poor farmer” can recover from the severe psychological trauma of the Corona period.

My best regards to all, Venus

Learned nothing despite Corona

 

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No! We still haven’t understood anything.
Because we are much more stupid than we can imagine.
And because we see Corona as a temporary, random thing that only happens from time to time …

Our greed and stubbornness to keep all old habits blinded us.
After Corona, will continue slavery, exploitation, torture and murders in animal barracks, where it all started.
Meat eaters can hardly wait for the extermination machine to start again.

No! we haven’t learned anything
The propaganda of the meat industry is very strong, which is why stupid and obedient meat eaters are its optimal victims and therefore the those of every virus.
Brain death in human heads is worse than the number of corona deaths.

My best regards to all, Venus

England: Crazy Fundraising for Gorillas -On the Streets of London.

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We have been covering a lot of serious, bad things recently; so here is a light break which I hope you enjoy.

 

London – Sadly the Coronavirus has put a current halt to the massive fundraising ‘Gorilla Run’ which takes place in London each year to raise big funds for the protection of our close and very endangered cousins – the Gorillas.

Fingers crossed that this fantastic fundraising event will soon be back on the streets of ol’ London town.

Here is a video of one of the recent fundraisers – Take a Break and Enjoy !

Regards Mark

 

 

USA: 4 Georgia poultry workers dead from coronavirus, company says.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-georgia-poultry-workers-dead-coronavirus-company-says-n1186326

 

4 Georgia poultry workers dead from coronavirus, company says

 

American workers who process the nation’s meat have proven especially susceptible to the new virus, as they work shoulder-to-shoulder on production lines.

 

By The Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Four employees of a major poultry producer’s operations in rural southwest Georgia have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus, a company spokesman said Friday.

Tyson Foods spokesman Gary Mickelson said three of the employees worked at the company’s chicken processing plant in Camilla, while the fourth person worked in a supporting job outside the plant. He declined to say how many workers there have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus.

American workers who process the nation’s meat have proven especially susceptible to the new virus, as they work shoulder-to-shoulder on production lines. Several U.S. plants have closed because of outbreaks, including a large plant owned by Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that produced roughly 5% of U.S. pork before it was shut down after more than 500 workers became infected.

Mickelson said two other Tyson Foods workers have died from the virus at its plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa.

“We realize everyone is anxious during this challenging time and believe information is the best tool for combating the virus,” Hector Gonzalez, Tyson’s senior vice president for human resources, said in a statement. “That’s why we’re encouraging our team members to share their concerns with us, so we can help address them.”

Gonzalez said the company has improved safety measures at the Camilla plant by checking employees’ temperatures, requiring workers to wear face coverings, installing dividers at work stations and providing more space in break rooms. He said the company in March had “relaxed our attendance policy to encourage workers to stay at home when they’re sick.”

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which represents 2,000 workers at the Georgia chicken plant, identified the three plant employees who died as women who had worked there for 13 to 35 years. A statement from the union said many plant employees are “sick or in quarantine.”

“It’s too little too late here,” Edgar Fields, president of the union’s Southeast Council, said in a statement Friday.

In Georgia’s rural southwest corner, where the Camilla plant is located, the rate of coronavirus infections and deaths have outpaced far more densely populated regions of the state. The union said many plant employees live in neighbouring Dougherty County, which leads Georgia with 88 coronavirus deaths.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms that usually clear up within weeks. For some, it can cause severe illness and be life-threatening.

The union has called on poultry processors to require employees to quarantine themselves for 14 days, and pay them sick leave, when they’re exposed to co-workers testing positive for the virus. It also wants individual departments to be shut down for 72 hours and cleaned after a worker tests positive.

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported Thursday evening that 617 deaths statewide have been linked to the virus. Infections have been confirmed in more than 16,300 people. About 20% of them were hospitalized.

 

 

Corona: a supporter of animal rights

 

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At the Urubo Golf Country Club in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, world’s friendliest rodents capybaras have been spotted more frequently in recent days as the club has not been frequented often due to the coronavirus outbreak, as footage filmed on Saturday shows.

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Dozens of rodents could be seen moving in herds and swimming in the lagoon of the exclusive resort now deserted.
As a local worker explained, up to 40 capybaras took over the grounds of the golf club since the quarantine started. The mammals, which are usually seen in smaller numbers in the area, are known as the largest rodent in the world and are a native species of Bolivia.
The country, whose government declared a quarantine on March 21, recorded 139 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 10 deaths as of Saturday.

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And I mean..There is no hope that the real epidemic of the planet, the human species, will understand after coronexit, what it means to live without freedom in all your life.
To have no rights because the ruling race determined it so.

There is no hope that this breed will finally limit its privileges – the so-called human rights – and live peacefully with the “other” animal species, without exploitation, slavery, violence.

Therefore we wish our animal-friendly visitor a longer stay among us.
It is a unique opportunity for our fellow creatures to finally get their rights.

Regards and a good night from Venus

Spain: Corona kills the bullfighting mafia

This week the mayor of Mas de Barberams, Josep Maria Lleixà, has confirmed what was already an open secret: the town’s biggest festivities, scheduled for this April, are canceled.

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The same has happened with Aldover, a municipality that starts the bullfighting season in Catalonia every year, and with Alcanar, which had planned to organize an entire week with more than 30 bullfights, in May.

Some of the events planned for major festivals will change their dates and will be held in another month. But bullfights cannot be held because they must be held during the traditionally stipulated period, as required by law.

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The total number of bullfights in Catalonia canceled and unavoidable are now in their forties, but various municipalities throughout Spain are already suspending all sports, cultural activities and festivities scheduled for June, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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If they follow the same steps, the festivities canceled in Catalonia would reach 70. Municipalities and cultural sectors are beginning to foresee that in reality there will be no concerts, sporting events, or crowds allowed until, at least, after the summer, which is why there will probably be no bullfighting season in Catalonia or the rest of Spain.

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https://www.animanaturalis.org/n/los-actos-taurinos-cancelados-en-cataluna-no-se-postergaran-a-otras-fechas-porque-la-ley-catalana-no

 

And I mean…A death blow for the bullfighting mafia.
We are happy, very happy!

Usually it is the bull killer who gives the death blow to the massacred, bleeding bull when he lies powerless on the floor and surrenders.

An animal-friendly virus called Corona is now determining the new legal system.
And that’s good! The animal world breathes free air.

We are happy but we are also aware that this, their brief liberation from human tyranny will not last long.

My best regards to all, Venus

England (London): Farms Not Factories – Big Pig Business !

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Factory farms, like wet markets, provide the ideal conditions for diseases such as the Covid-19 coronavirus to mutate, multiply and spread. A number of different coronaviruses have decimated pig populations in recent years, and it has been shown that some of these viruses could have (or have already) made the jump to humans (see below). This is deeply concerning, particularly amidst this global pandemic we are currently facing.

 

 

 

In March, the campaign group Pause the System took to the streets in front of Downing Street urging the UK government to ban factory farming amongst a set of measures to prevent any future pandemic outbreaks. Since then, many newspapers, journalists and writers have been speaking out about the links between public health, epidemics, pandemics and factory farming. We have a responsibility to put a halt to all the broken systems that contribute to viral pathogens, to reduce the possibility of this happening again. We need to ban factory farming. However, last month we were met with the devastating news that, in the UK, pig and chicken factory farming is actually continuing to rise.

 

 

 

Please read and share widely our blog article that discusses the link between factory farming and viruses. We can all help bring factory farming to an end by only buying high welfare pork from small scale high welfare farms. Look for high welfare labels like RSPCA Assured, Free Range or best of all, Organic – Or go direct to your farmer via farmers markets, box schemes and online.

 

Read the full article here:

https://farmsnotfactories.org/articles/if-you-want-pandemics-build-factory-farms/

 

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