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UK: British Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes labels trophy hunters ‘Bullying Bastards’ and calls for UK import ban.

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Ranulph Fiennes labels trophy hunters ‘bullying bastards’ and calls for UK import ban

 

 

Explorer says halting imports would recognise the devastating impact of colonialism on wildlife

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/17/ranulph-fiennes-labels-trophy-hunters-bullying-bastards-and-calls-for-uk-import-ban-aoe?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Aimg-3

 

Banning the import and export of big game hunting trophies would recognise the destructive impact European powers have had on wildlife in former African and Asian colonies, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has said.

Speaking to the Guardian, the veteran British explorer said hunting endangered species such as rhinos, elephants and lions to keep their body parts as trophies should be viewed with the same scepticism as Chinese traditional medicine in terms of the damage it does to biodiversity.

The 75-year-old explorer, who spent a large part of his childhood in South Africa, has called for trophy hunting to be “stopped country by country” and said efforts to halt the extinction of wildlife around the world were hypocritical while big game hunting was still allowed.

Reflecting on his early years in Cape Town and the influence of the British empire on trophy hunting, Fiennes said: “Just as much as the Belgians in the Congo and the French elsewhere, they unleashed the plague of persecuting animals – not like the locals did to eat, but purely for the pleasure of killing. That started the devastating damage to many, many wonderful species.”

Comparing trophy hunting with the demand for ingredients such as powdered rhino horn in traditional medicine in Asia, he added: “It’s not medically proven in any way. And yes, it goes on. China is particularly guilty, as are South Korea and many other countries in that area.

“You’ve got the empire lot and the weird medical quack lot both going on to this current day and it’s got to be stopped country by country. We can stop it in the UK at least and thereby feel slightly less guilty because of our ancestors.”

Fiennes’s comments come during a consultation by the British government on applying controls to trophy hunting, including a proposal to ban imports, that was laid out in the Queen’s speech. In the wake of the death of Cecil the lion in 2015, France, Netherlands and Australia introduced bans on the import of lion trophies.

Last year, the Guardian revealed lion bones, leopard skulls and an ottoman chair’s elephant leather were among the 74 rare animal body parts legally brought into the UK in 2018.

Under international rules overseen by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), trophies can be moved around the world if they do not affect the survival of a species.

Fiennes said: “Bearing in mind that climate change is helping to remove animals and in 50 years time probably humans as well, now is the time for us to get into a position without being hypocritical.

“We are all hoping that Boris will see that cruelty is what we’re talking about – bullying bastards are involved and people who are vain sticking lovely dead animals on their walls.”

 

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In America, Donald Trump has previously spoken out against big-game trophy hunting despite Donald Trump Jr being a keen hunter. A week-long “dream hunt” with the US president’s son was auctioned off earlier this month at an annual trophy hunting convention organised by Safari Club International (SCI), where it went for $150,000. Another lot offered the chance to shoot an elephant on a 14-day trip to Namibia.

Supporters of trophy hunting such as SCI argue that the practise supports conservation efforts for endangered wildlife. The organisation said it had written to the governments of Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe in relation to the proposed trophy hunting import ban in the UK.

When contacted by the Guardian about the trophy hunting consultation that ends on 25 February, a Defra spokesperson said: “Following the pre-election and Christmas periods, we are extending the trophy hunting consultation by one month to ensure all interested parties are able to have their say.”

Find more age of extinction coverage here, and follow biodiversity reporters Phoebe Weston and Patrick Greenfield on Twitter for all the latest news and features

 

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Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Ranulph Fiennes (/ˈrænʌlf ˈfaɪnz/), and sometimes as Ran Fiennes, is a British explorer and holder of several endurance records. He is also a writer, poet and co-creator of Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ Great British Rum.

Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years, including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1984, he was the world’s greatest living explorer. Fiennes has written numerous books about his army service and his expeditions as well as a book defending Robert Falcon Scott from modern revisionists.

 

Hunting

Germany: Executions of wolves approved

 

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After more than 150 years we have free wolves in the Federal Republic again! The wolf, which was exterminated in Germany and persecuted for centuries, was allowed to return.
If we leave the animals in peace, they will stay with us and will be of great benefit to us.

However, the hunters have a huge lobby, are represented in large numbers in the German Parliament and are best fraternized with the agricultural lobby. Both hunters and animal farm keepers demand that the wolf be shot.
And they did it! Farmers and hunters were able to prevail again.

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Last week, the Federal Council approved the law, with passed by the german parliament in December 2019 from the Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD, Social Democratic Party).
According to this law, wolves can be shot in the future if “serious damage” has been caused to livestock farmers, and even if it is not found lets which wolf attacked or killed the “farm animal”.
The wolf should be included in hunting law.

Even in the future, it will be permitted to shoot wolves in the affected area until attacks on herds or individual animals stop – even if an entire rudder thus eliminated.

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The extinction of this species is only a matter of time, because the protection of an endangered species is sacrificed for the economic interests of farmers, herd owners and hunters.

But the nicest thing is coming:
Lower Saxony’s state hunting community welcomes the new shooting rules for wolves decided by the Federal Council. “They are a step towards simplifying the removal of these animals”, said President Helmut Dammann!

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“There is finally legal certainty for hunters who shoot a wolf from a problematic pack”, Dammann said.

However, he demands that the hunters remain anonymous (!!!) This is the only way to protect them from attacks by radical animal rights activists.

If a hunter killed a wolf, “then he will pack that wolf in a vehicle and place it on the verge of a busy road, where the wolf will be found relatively quickly.”

Wolf auf einen Wage geladen

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Abschuss-von-Woelfen-Jaeger-wollen-anonym-bleiben,wolf4260.html

 

My comment: Shoot? I call it murder. That would be a license for every hunter to shoot wolves.
That is the aim of the hunters, to shoot the wolves free … nothing else.
They are really criminal, insane killers.

In 2018, 2,067 “livestock” animals were torn from wolves.
1,656 sheep fell victim to the wolves due to poor pasture security.
In 2018, 771 million farm animals died in our slaughterhouses.
23,257 living beings were sheep and lambs.

schönes Zitat für Osterlämmer“The greatest danger to lambs is not the wolf, but Easter”

 

Since sighting the first wolves in Germany, 1.1 million euros have been compensated for them.
In 2016 there was 682 million compensation for traffic accidents with game.
Is it still safe for us in our forests?
Approximately 40 deaths from hunting weapons in Germany each year.
The number of deads people by wolves in Germany is zero, since they returned in our forests.

There are no problem wolves, there are only problem people. Due to the massive increase in population expansion, the wolf’s natural habitat is being taken away.
(The “favorable state of conservation of the wolf” has not yet been reached – “EU Commissioner Vella”).

And now the killers are demanding anonymity when they kill animals!

Hunters first shout that the wolf needs to be hunted, and now they’re too cowardly to show they shot the wolf? Then they can’t even boast if they shot a wolf and hang their heads on the wall as a trophy !! Then why do they want to shoot wolves at all ?!

It’s not just murder, it’s a cowardly murder!

Dear politicians, legislators and other responsible parties!  You have be send to your home, to mama or collect stamps, you are not good for more!
What disgrace is it for a nation and its inhabitans that allows the cruel picture of wolves, who are lying dead all around the street?
Poor wolfs: it’s an injustice that you don’t get the right to hunt hunters or similar people.

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My best regards to all, Venus

Environmental, General News, Hunting, Stray Animals

15/2 Is World Pangolin Day – Learn More About These Wonderful Animals – Now Critically Endangered Due To Man.

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Yesterday, 15/2 was World Pangolin Day.

 

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Here we want to share a little more about these wonderful animals who, thanks to man; are either listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered.

 

World Pangolin Day is an opportunity for pangolin enthusiasts to join together in raising awareness about these unique mammals — and their plight. Pangolin numbers are rapidly declining in Asia and Africa.

The demand for pangolins comes mostly from China, where pangolin scales are unfortunately believed to be a cure-all of sorts and pangolin flesh is considered a delicacy. In Vietnam, pangolins are frequently offered at restaurants catering to wealthy patrons who want to eat rare and endangered wildlife. There is no evidence to support claims regarding medicinal properties of pangolin scales or any other part of the pangolin.

Connect, get updates and share ideas for #worldpangolinday at facebook.com/WorldPangolinDay

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The following is with thanks to Wikipedia:

Pangolins or scaly anteaters[2] are mammals of the order Pholidota (from the Greek word φολῐ́ς, “horny scale”). The one extant family, Manidae, has three genera: Manis, which comprises four species living in Asia; Phataginus, which comprises two species living in Africa; and Smutsia, which comprises two species also living in Africa.[3] These species range in size from 30 to 100 cm (12 to 39 in). A number of extinct pangolin species are also known.

Pangolins have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin; they are the only known mammals with this feature. They live in hollow trees or burrows, depending on the species. Pangolins are nocturnal, and their diet consists of mainly ants and termites, which they capture using their long tongues. They tend to be solitary animals, meeting only to mate and produce a litter of one to three offspring, which are raised for about two years.

Pangolins are threatened by poaching (for their meat and scales) and heavy deforestation of their natural habitats, and are the most trafficked mammals in the world.[4] As of January 2020[update], of the eight species of pangolin, three (Manis culionensis, M. pentadactyla and M. javanica) are listed as critically endangered, three (Phataginus tricuspis, Manis crassicaudata and Smutsia gigantea) are listed as endangered and two (Phataginus tetradactyla and Smutsia temminckii) are listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.

 

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The physical appearance of a pangolin is marked by large hardened overlapping plate-like scales, which are soft on newborn pangolins, but harden as the animal matures. They are made of keratin, the same material from which human fingernails and tetrapod claws are made, and are structurally and compositionally very different from the scales of reptiles. The pangolin’s scaled body is comparable in appearance to a pine cone. It can curl up into a ball when threatened, with its overlapping scales acting as armor, while it protects its face by tucking it under its tail. The scales are sharp, providing extra defense from predators.

Pangolins can emit a noxious-smelling chemical from glands near the anus, similar to the spray of a skunk. They have short legs, with sharp claws which they use for burrowing into ant and termite mounds and for climbing.

The tongues of pangolins are extremely long and – like those of the giant anteater and the tube-lipped nectar bat – the root of the tongue is not attached to the hyoid bone, but is in the thorax between the sternum and the trachea. Large pangolins can extend their tongues as much as 40 cm (16 in), with a diameter of only 0.5 cm (0.20 inches.

Most pangolins are nocturnal animals which use their well-developed sense of smell to find insects. The long-tailed pangolin is also active by day, while other species of pangolins spend most of the daytime sleeping, curled up into a ball.

Arboreal pangolins live in hollow trees, whereas the ground-dwelling species dig tunnels to a depth of 3.5 m (11 ft).

Some pangolins walk with their front claws bent under the foot pad, although they use the entire foot pad on their rear limbs. Furthermore, some exhibit a bipedal stance for some behaviour and may walk a few steps bipedally. Pangolins are also good swimmers.

 

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Pangolins are insectivorous. Most of their diet consists of various species of ants and termites and may be supplemented by other insects, especially larvae. They are somewhat particular and tend to consume only one or two species of insects, even when many species are available to them. A pangolin can consume 140 to 200 g (4.9 to 7.1 oz) of insects per day. Pangolins are an important regulator of termite populations in their natural habitats.

Pangolins have very poor vision, so they rely heavily on smell and hearing. Pangolins also lack teeth; therefore they have evolved other physical characteristics to help them eat ants and termites. Their skeletal structure is sturdy and they have strong front legs that are useful for tearing into termite mounds. They use their powerful front claws to dig into trees, ground, and vegetation to find prey, then proceed to use their long tongues to probe inside the insect tunnels and to retrieve their prey.

The structure of their tongue and stomach is key to aiding pangolins in obtaining and digesting insects. Their saliva is sticky, causing ants and termites to stick to their long tongues when they are hunting through insect tunnels. Without teeth, pangolins also lack the ability to chew; however, while foraging, they ingest small stones (gastroliths) which accumulate in their stomachs to help to grind up ants. This part of their stomach is called the gizzard, and it is also covered in keratinous spines. These spines further aid in the grinding up and digestion of the pangolin’s prey.

Some species, such as the tree pangolin, use their strong, prehensile tails to hang from tree branches and strip away bark from the trunk, exposing insect nests inside.

 

Threats to this wonderful little animal

Pangolins are in high demand for Chinese traditional medicine in southern China and Vietnam because their scales are Pangolins are in high demand for Chinese traditional medicine in southern China and Vietnam because their scales are believed to have medicinal properties. Their meat is also considered a delicacy. 100,000 are estimated to be trafficked a year to China and Vietnam, amounting to over one million over the past decade. This makes it the most trafficked animal in the world.  This, coupled with deforestation, has led to a large decrease in the numbers of pangolins. Some species, such as Manis pentadactyla have become commercially extinct in certain ranges as a result of overhunting In November 2010, pangolins were added to the Zoological Society of London‘s list of evolutionarily distinct and endangered mammals.  All eight species of pangolin are assessed as threatened by the IUCN, while three are classified as critically endangered. All pangolin species are currently listed under Appendix I of CITES which prohibits international trade, except when the product is intended for non-commercial purposes and a permit has been granted.

Pangolins are also hunted and eaten in many parts of Africa and are one of the more popular types of bush meat, while local healers use the pangolin as a source of traditional medicine.

 

Though pangolins are protected by an international ban on their trade, populations have suffered from illegal trafficking due to beliefs in East Asia that their ground-up scales can stimulate lactation or cure cancer or asthma. In the past decade, numerous seizures of illegally trafficked pangolin and pangolin meat have taken place in Asia.  In one such incident in April 2013, 10,000 kg (11 short tons) of pangolin meat were seized from a Chinese vessel that ran aground in the Philippines. In another case in August 2016, an Indonesian man was arrested after police raided his home and found over 650 pangolins in freezers on his property. The same threat is reported in many countries in Africa, especially Nigeria, where the animal is on the verge of extinction due to overexploitation. The overexploitation comes from hunting pangolins for game meat and the reduction of their forest habitats due to deforestation caused by timber harvesting. The pangolin are hunted as game meat for both medicinal purposes and food consumption.

 

Man, as with everything; the ‘intelligent’ destroyer of everything that lives in this world !

 

 

Hunting

Australia: Psychopaths at work

 

Many Australians are unaware of the disgraceful way in which wild pigs are being killed throughout New South Wales and Queensland

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Pig dogging is a shamefully cruel and barbaric practice in which dogs are forced to hunt wild pigs. While hunters boast grotesquely of the adrenaline rush they experience, their treatment of the victims of this “sport” – both pigs and dogs – is deplorable.

The dogs are encouraged to chase and tire out the pigs and then hold them by the ears until a human arrives to kill them. Pigs who are chased, trapped, and killed in this way experience intense fear and distress.

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Usually, hunters kill pigs by “sticking” them – stabbing them in the stomach or chest to puncture the heart – before leaving them to bleed out in a prolonged and painful death.

Because these hunts cover large areas and it’s difficult for hunters to maintain contact with their dogs, pigs are often mauled for long periods and even killed before the humans arrive on the scene. In many cases, hunters actually encourage their dogs to maul the pigs.

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The dogs are usually large mixed-breed ones who’ve been “blooded” to make them especially aggressive. They may be beaten, starved, and psychologically abused in order to “train” them not to retreat from a pig 10 times their size.

After enduring this trauma, they’re then exposed to extreme danger during the hunt. Even though they may be “armoured” – wearing protective throat collars, breastplates, and vests – they’re often injured, mutilated, and killed.

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Legislation relating to pig dogging differs from state to state, but it’s virtually impossible to take part in this blood sport without seriously compromising the intentions and regulations of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 and the Companion Animals Act 1998.

Write to the New South Wales and Queensland state governments and ask that they take action on this important issue.

Please sign the petition:https://secure.peta.org.au/page/48616/action/1

Here is another petition on the subject, please sign: https://www.animalsaustralia.org/take_action/stop-pig-dogging/

 

And I mean...The same thing happens with the “training” of dogs against foxes in Germany.
In Spain the galgos are also trained to death either for hunting the rabbits or for competition.
And in Eastern countries, dogfighting is booming, as we recently reported.
https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2020/02/02/kosovo-dog-fighting-as-an-organized-crime/

Everything takes place with the support or tolerance of corrupt politicians.
From psychopaths who sit in important positions and decide about lucrative business with animals.
But it is not an argument not to publish any criminal acts because they happen everywhere.
Wherever they happen, we will publicize them and ask for help.
Because the animals have just us.

My best regards to all, Venus

Environmental, General News, Hunting

Japan: Entire Pod of Whales Slaughtered by Hunters – and Taiji Dolphin Hunt Again Exposed in New Footage.

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https://au.news.yahoo.com/photo-shows-entire-pod-whales-slaughtered-hunters-010737670.html

 

Horrifying photo shows entire pod of whales slaughtered by hunters.

 

Whales are hauled behind a boat after they are slaughtered by Japanese hunters. Source: Dolphin Project

 

An entire pod of whales has been killed by Japanese hunters according to a report from a prominent animal welfare charity who witnessed the event.

Dolphin Project shared horrifying photographs of 35 small melon-headed whales huddled together before their deaths.

In an accompanying post to social media, the group detailed the pod’s last moments as they were forced into what is known as the “killing cove” in Taiji, Japan on Tuesday.

“For sentient, self-aware, intelligent and intensely social animals, the level of suffering involved in the entire drive and slaughter process is unimaginable,” they said.

The pod of melon-headed whales huddled together before they were slaughtered. Source: Dolphin Project

“No lives were spared.”

The activists then captured the aftermath of the hunt, sharing images online of slaughtered dolphins with their tails tied together.

Dolphin Project founder Ric O’Barry told Yahoo News Australia he hopes the horrifying images will create change in Japan.

“(The hunt is) depressing, sadistic, but most of all unnecessary,” he said.

“This dolphin slaughter will end when the Japanese people rise up against it.

“Today’s exceptionally cruel event in Taiji is a good example of why it’s imperative to keep live streaming, why it’s important to keep a light on Taiji during the entire six months of the annual dolphin slaughter.”

Ric O’Barry is calling on tourists to stop visiting dolphin parks. Source: Dolphin Project

 

Japanese opposition to whale killing season

A growing number of Japanese nationals have been protesting against the hunt, and there has been a decline in the popularity of dolphin and whale meat.

At the beginning of the season each year, the dolphin hunt receives global attention, but as it continues on that coverage fades.

Mr O’Barry blames the continuation of the slaughter on the dolphin park industry, noting that many of them send trainers to the region to buy wild caught dolphins.

This year the dolphin drive quota is 1749, which includes 298 bottlenose dolphins and 200 melon-headed whales.

Once the trainers select the most prized dolphins for their theme parks the others are killed.

Few are released.

This year Dolphin Project volunteers have filmed the slaughter using both cameras and drones, live streaming it on social media to raise awareness.

The activists say they will continue their work in Taiji, sharing news from the Cove each day until the season ends in March.

Hunting

Germany.. and your psychopath hunters!

 

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As a pastime, hunters in Germany kill up to half a million foxes in the most gruesome way – many of the animals are “only” shot or literally crushed and mutilated.
Foxes serve as a living target for hunters; there is no reason for the mass hunt of the predators either from a wild biological or health point of view. Politics must finally act and put an end to the senseless killing of the useful animals.

Foxes are an important part of our nature and need our protection.
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) belongs to the order of the predators (Carnivora) and is a representative of the dog family (Canidae). Due to the extraordinary ability to adapt to the most varied living conditions, it lives in a variety of habitats – from remote forests to cultural landscapes and into the cities. The red fox is also not picky when it comes to its food and eats, for example, small mammals, birds and earthworms, but also carrion or fruit.

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Foxes live both as loners and in social family groups. In such a family association, only the dominant pair of foxes have offspring – some foxes even stay together for a lifetime.
The mating season is between December and February. After about 52 days, four to five fox pups are born.
In a fox family, both parents take care of the children. The older daughters also often stay with the parents and lovingly help raise their siblings. Foxes do everything for their family: In May 2009, the British Daily Mail reported a fox puppy caught in a snare trap. The little fox survived only because his mother probably gave him food for two weeks until he was saved.

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“Smart like a fox”
The red fox is the most common prey on earth. It lives in the icy cold in the Arctic Circle, but also in hot North Africa and in the dry steppes of Asia. Thanks to his high level of intelligence, he can adapt to a wide variety of living conditions and is a real survivor.

“Foxes learn quickly, grasp relationships and can then translate their knowledge into sophisticated strategies that ensure their survival in many situations. […] There are foxes, for example, who pretend to be dead to attract crows, who then snatch them at the right moment. ” (Prof. Dr. Dr. Herzog, Technical University Dresden)

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Violation of the animal protection law
According to the Animal Welfare Act § 17, it is forbidden to kill or harm an animal without good reason. Nothing else happens in the fox hunt.
Animal welfare has been anchored in the Basic Law since 2002 and must be viewed as a legally binding good. The state protection goal of animal protection has basic rights status – but not hunting. Thus, the right to hunt is subordinate to animal welfare.
Unfortunately, the hunter lobby, which is well networked in the authorities and politics, was able to assert itself again and again on the political level. In Luxembourg, on the other hand, the government was not impressed by the hunters’ slogans and in April 2015 enforced a ban on fox hunting that continues to this day. The result: “No major problems”!

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The Luxembourg hunting association “Fédération Saint-Hubert” nevertheless tried to take legal action against the ban on hunting – without success. In 2016 the administrative court upheld the ban on fox hunting and the judges’ weak arguments were clearly rejected by the judges:

“On the one hand, the hunters cannot prove to the legislature that there is a clear mistake in assessing the situation. On the other hand, hunters cannot clearly demonstrate that the number of foxes is limited by hunting. “

The animal agonies during fox hunting are caused by:

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– Missed shots: only half of the animals are killed by firing with guns: Most are seriously injured and die an agonizing death after days.

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-Construction hunt: the foxes are driven and shot by hunters with dogs from their protective structure.

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-Homicide traps: In practice, these traps often injure animals severely, and many of them die a slow and painful death from severed limbs, broken fragments, or crushed body parts.

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-Live traps: the animals are caught with these traps and then executed with a head shot.
The special wire mesh traps are attached to the exits of the burrow, so that the fox pups step in on their next tour of discovery. In this way, hunters wipe out entire fox families.

 

Sign our petition: The senseless fox hunt in Germany must finally be prohibited!

Please ask together with us the responsible ministries of all federal states as well as the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture to remove foxes from the list of huntable species or at least to introduce a year-round closed season.

https://www.peta.de/fuchsjagd-stoppen

 

My comment: From the Facebook page “Total Hunt”, February 8, 2020:
Successful fox hunt 🦊
On the morning stalk, this fox laced lengthways across the field and I can get a precise shot with my specialized fox rifle in caliber 22-250 Rem. With the V-Max 55 grs from Hornady, the woman is in a blast. The caliber makes shooting extremely pleasant and precise. The recoil is minimal with a silencer. The perfect combination for the fox hunt 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

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This is how psychopaths talk.

Hunting opens up a “space” for crime to murder.
Hunting without murder is a term that cancels itself.

Killing can have a power component and hunting is the stage on which power is also lived.
Animals are the victims that are readily available.
The animal species plays only a subordinate role here: game, pets, “farm animals”.

The main thing is to kill.

And they try to enforce their murder ideology through love of nature, ecological balance, regulation of populations … a silly justification for their crimes that no educated and civilized person would accept.

Best regards to all, Venus

General News, Hunting

Inside the Disgusting World of Europe’s Biggest Hunting Fair where Trophy Hunters Buy and Sell Their Grim Goods.

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Inside Europe’s biggest hunting fair where trophy hunters buy and sell grim goods

EXCLUSIVE: At Germany’s Jagd & Hund ‘Hunting and Dog’ trade fair trophy hunters and buyers travel from around the world to trade in the slaughter of wild animals in the name of sport

With a smile on her face, a middle-aged woman invites me to try a dining room chair for comfort.

She confirms matter-of-factly the £1,189 chair is made from zebra hide.

 

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We are in a vast conference centre full of animal skins, hunting trophies – and some unpleasant people.

It is only 10.30am but the room is already packed with punters, some with kids in tow, others with furs – with the animal’s head still attached – draped around their shoulders.

NThe 45-year-old owns Take Aim Safaris, which offers trips to hunt lions, elephants, hippos, giraffes, leopards, zebras and a host of other species in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He boasts of having taken part in over 400 game hunts.

The shaven-headed hunter greeted visitors on his stall this weekend under a banner that said “your gateway to hunting”.

His brochure says: “I have personally hunted the big five and dangerous seven as a client. I know exactly what is required to make your safari a successful one. South Africa would also be ideal for family hunting holidays.”

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Above – the Mirror reporter amongst the stands

 

 

Nearly 180 trophy hunting firms from around the world flocked to this six-day event – called Jagd & Hund, meaning Hunting and Dog – lauding the slaughter of wild animals in the name of sport.

Among the Brits cashing in on the bloodthirsty safaris was Carl Knight, born in Epsom, Surrey, and now living in South Africa with his wife and two children.

Defending his organised shoots of wild animals in Africa, he says on his website: “Hunters are real conservationists, we are doing good work, we won’t be discouraged.”

Last night conservationists blasted the British presence at the convention.

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Eduardo Goncalves, of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, said: “What an appalling ‘hobby’, and what a disgusting way to make a living.

“At this fair Carl Knight will have sold off the lives of countless defenceless animals to people who kill for kicks. He shames our country.

“People will be furious that the law still allows Brits to shoot zebras for a laugh and then have them skinned to turn into seat covers. How could anyone sit on them knowing the animal has died a cruel, callous and senseless death?”

Most stalls were lined with furs such as bears and springboks. There were stuffed animals including lions, hyenas and tigers.

 

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Above – animal traps for sale.

 

There are now less than 4,000 tigers left in the wild, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Items on offer included traps, a fox cushion for £84, and a bear skin complete with head for £849.

Many stalls at the fair used zebra skins as makeshift tablecloths.

I also encountered hunters selling cut-price safaris to kill imperilled species such as giraffes for 3,000 euros (roughly £2,600).

 

The booth of Okambara Elephant Lodge was staffed by two women standing next to a trophy of a giraffe. One of the reps said she has been a hunting guide for three years, adding: “Hunting giraffes is rather easy because there are many roaming near the lodge.”

First Class Trophy, a taxidermy company based in Denmark, was punting a new smartphone app boasting “easy and fast” quotes for stuffing your animal of choice.

European trophy hunters have killed about 75,000 protected and threatened animals in the past decade.

 

It is estimated 7,000 threatened animals will be slaughtered and brought into Europe by trophy hunters in the coming months.

Manon Dene, from Humane Society International, said: “This kind of trophy hunting fair outlines how shockingly easy it is for individuals to travel almost anywhere in the world to shoot as many iconic or endangered species as their bank account allows.

“To witness an event like this taking place in the heart of Europe, that glorifies the killing of wild animals for thrills and bragging rights, was truly upsetting.”

The Mirror (UK) is campaigning for an end to the barbaric practice of trophy hunting.

 

We are calling on the (UK) Government to ban the import of animals that are shot for pleasure.

The Government is con­­sulting until February 25 on whether trophy hunting imports should be out­­lawed.

Mr Goncalves said: “We have to do away with this evil ‘sport’. We may never get another chance to put an end to this disgrace. Let’s kick trophy hunting into touch once and for all.”

You can help the campaign by emailing huntingtrophyconsultation@defra.gov.uk and saying you support a total ban.

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/inside-europes-biggest-trade-fair-21424042.amp

 

 

Hunting

Austria: Psychopaths threaten…

 

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Posted at Martin Balluch ( Association Against Animal Factories, VGT, Austria)

Once again hard to believe!

The Association Against Animal Factories (VGT) – Deputy Chairman David Richter, father of three children, received this threatening letter with the threat of death and the announcement of an arson attack.

Written on a typewriter.

There is a hunting society in the Leibniz district (Austria) that clearly illegally releases and kills pheasants. David Richter documented this together with other activists. That is the reaction to it!

In addition, there were several notifications against (!) David Richter from these hunters according to the General Data Protection Regulation because he had documented the hunters during the (illegal !!) hunt for illegally exposed pheasants without permission!

But now it only comes: A hunter wrote a letter to the state hunter of Styria, pointing out these abuses of illegal abandonment of pheasants and demanding that the hunting license be withdrawn.

The hunting overseer of this hunt then filed a complaint against the VGT-OBMANN deputy for defamation.

According to the public prosecutor’s office, criminal proceedings have also been opened against the deputy VGT chairman.

But this incredibly brutal death threat is totally irrelevant to the state attorney, it seems.

Really shocking how the animal rights activists are treated as second class people over and over again. They are charged with the trifle trifles, but the most massive attacks and threats against animal rights activists are not pursued.

IT IS THE SAME EVERY TIME !!! 

Translation of the threat (original see below)

As an animal lover, Mr. Richter, your days are numbered.
As the spokesman for the association, your days are also numbered.
We have located your residence in Thal.
We, as hunting clubs have certainly reserved a scrap load for you on occasion, or we will set your house on fire.
So it does not continue that you destroy all hunts and question our tradition.
The XXXXXX will also happen.
The “pork” farmers from the Leibniz district also join.
Traditionally, we don’t let psychologically ill patients get us down.
It cannot be that a whole profession is drawn into discredit ???

The original text
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And I mean:  “Both the serial killer and the violent and cunning hunter thinks he has something important to share. Brain abnormalities are strikingly common in serial killers. Violence leaves traces in the brain after a short time ”.

Why are hunters so uninhibited and aggressive?
Because the state and the politicians are behind them.
With the support of a corrupt policy millions of animals are brutally murdered in the forest from the hunter’s hand.
And that happens in an EU country that calls itself civilized!!

 

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Evolution of hunters:
From monkey to a bunch of shit

 

My best regards to all, Venus