Report from “Committee against the bird murder e.V”.
War against train birds in Lebanon: In the first days of the large committee bird protection camp in Lebanon, our teams have already observed hundreds of hunters who, without regard to and in violation of the hunting law, have attacked everything within reach of their guns.
Not far from the city of Danniyeh in the north of the “Cedar State”, a committee team witnessed a true migratory bird massacre: Hunters had set up electronic decoys with goat-song singing during the night and shot at the birds with the help of giant spotlights.
Hundreds of shots were fired without the police intervening. As dawn set in, we inspected the area and found dozens of dead birds – especially goat’s milkweed, scops owls and a short-toed eagle (see current photos).
One of the owls was still alive, but died shortly thereafter of their serious injuries. The committee and its partners SPNL have today called on the government to significantly expand its efforts against poaching to tackle this ecological catastrophe!
My comment: Every year tens of millions of migratory birds are killed.
In Lebanon, in Cyprus, in Malta … Exhausted from the journey that lies behind them, the birds there look for a shelter to rest. The murders exploit this moment and shoot the animals up close. The result: Every year environmental activists read about 25 million empty cartridge cases.
German companies earn money with weapons and ammunition beautiful with.
Machismo culture plays an important role in poaching: men proudly pose in photographs with their trophies taken. The bigger the better. Many upload the pictures on social networks.
These crimes continue to take place with the help of an offender-friendly system and of course of a society that claims to be “tolerant”, which is nothing but cowardice openly to condemning these crimes.
Happy World Rhino Day – if only they could enjoy the day without fear of poaching and killing !
Announced by the World Wildlife Fund-South Africa in 2010 to celebrate World Rhino Day on 22 September every year, the event took off on a global scale both on online and offline platforms when Lisa Jane Campbell of Chishakwe Ranch in Zimbabwe and founder of Annamitici joined hands with creative director Rhishja Cota
Some links to check out to see organisations who are working to help this species:
Should Surfers Boycott the 2020 Olympics in Japan over Taiji and Whaling?
Should surfers be competing for Olympic medals in the same waters where dolphins & whales are being slaughtered or is this an opportunity for us to take a stand and defend.
Should Surfers Boycott the 2020 Olympics in Japan over Taiji and Whaling? Should surfers be competing for Olympic medals in the same waters where dolphins & whales are being slaughtered or is this an opportunity for us to take a stand and defend the ocean? https://t.co/k4tAbNWMa3pic.twitter.com/QTfAgesi32
On September 1, individuals across the world took to the streets and stood up on behalf of dolphins. While you held up signs, and helped educate why dolphins should be celebrated, the dolphin hunters of Taiji, Japan readied their boats in preparation for the annual drive hunts. Less than two weeks in, it’s already been a brutal season.
Sixteen years ago when I first stood on the shores of the Cove, observing in horror as dolphins were selected for “life” in captivity and slaughtered for their meat, we didn’t have the benefit of social media to shed an international spotlight on these atrocities. We do, now – and this truly is the heart and soul of Dolphin Project’s campaign in Taiji. By live streaming and documenting the brutal dolphin hunts, Japan can no longer hide their crimes against dolphins and nature.
Worldwide protests
Thanks to your activism and sharing our images and live streams, much progress has been made. Japanese activists have come back to Taiji, stepping up their fight from within. In many parts of the world, the captivity of dolphins and other whales has been banned. Breeding bans have been enacted. Major tour operators have stopped selling tickets to attractions that keep dolphins in captivity. The tide is definitely changing.
Above – Dolphins selected to become circus performers will never lead a normal life again, now totally dependent on their human captors for food, Taiji, Japan.
Credit: DolphinProject.com
With the Taiji annual dolphin hunt now underway, more than ever, I’m asking for your help. As the only organization consistently on the ground in Taiji, we are determined to keep shining a light on what happens there. It’s imperative we live stream and keep documenting, but we can’t do this without your generous support.
Our field team will be vigilantly documenting the hunts all season, because it is our duty to do so. Together, we must do all we can to end this war against dolphins.
PLEASE SUPPORT DOLPHIN PROJECT’S COVE MONITOR CAMPAIGN IN TAIJI TODAY!
Let’s protect dolphins together,
Ric O’Barry,
Founder/Director of Dolphin Project
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Almost 385,000 hunters exist in Germany.
Actually, this is a wretched minority of 0,45% unofficial psychopaths with an official license to murder defenseless animals in the forest. The hunting law in Germany is an empowerment law and dates back to 1933. It authorizes hunters to seize foreign property.
First of all we have to make one thing clear: The aim of the hunt is the execution or the killing, possibly of the most beautiful animals as a personal trophy – and nothing else.
There are several hunting (murder) methods in Germany.
Person hunting, social hunting, pressure hunt, hunt, construction hunt … all equipped with dirty means to lure defenseless animals out of their homes with trained dogs or to make them easier victim for the hunter.
One of the cruelest hunting methods is the “sealing system” (Schliefanlagen).
What is a sealing system?
The dogs are trained on live foxes, which are caught and caged for this purpose. The hunters thereby violate the Animal Welfare Act § 3 paragraph 7.
Of course, the hunter trains his dogs hidden from the public, with the purpose of finding the foxes in their burrows and more easily driving in front of the hunter or “killing” them directly in their burrows.
The hunter does not care about the fox. The foxes are locked up and get some food thrown into the cage so they do not starve.
Usually locals or strollers are aware of the fact that the foxes are crying out in the cages while attempting to escape. No construction, no hiding place or shelter. Nothing. Only the bare ground and the grid in mind that denies access to visible freedom.
The purpose of these facilities is to train the dogs to drive the foxes out of their burrows and so the hunter can shoot them more easily. Or to teach the dogs to choke them in their burrow.
Hunting dogs are thus “trained”. Ask a hunter, he will claim that the foxes live a wonderful life in the sealing facilities... Such methods are legal in Germany!
Construction and function.
The dogs should learn to be able to hunt through the corridors of the burrow behind the foxes. Young foxes are preferred. They are still relatively inexperienced, relatively easy to catch in life traps and are not such a big threat to the dogs when fighting.
For this purpose is built an artificial structure with several aisles of concrete pipes or plates, which meet again and again in different places and converge.
About slider, lid and grid, the hunter decides how far the fox can escape and whether the dog should reach him or not.
A fox is driven into the tube. The dog behind. In contrast to the real, own fox construction, the fox does not know these courses.
Besides, it does not know which courses are blocked and which are not. Hounded by the dog, the fox tries to escape and, logically, escapes in the direction to wich hunter forces him, with shotting off the corridors.
At first, the hunter usually takes care that the dog can not reach the fox. But that does not change the stress the fox is exposed to. In fear of death, he tries to escape. Not infrequently he suffers from a heart attack or shock. But what does that matter? Then he is killed or the dog may kill him for “reward”.
In the further hunting dog training a direct confrontation between dog and fox is wanted, whereby the hunter looks after his dog. If the dog has caught the fox safely, the hunter looks amused to how the fox is massacred by the dog. Should the fox succeed in fending off the dog, or is there even a risk of injury to the dog, the hunter naturally helps his dog to kill the fox.
As of fall, sealing facilities are usually taken out of service. In winter, no hunter feels like training dogs. Foxes that are still in the plant are killed by the hunter or have to give their life to the last dog of the season. No fox leaves such a Guantanamo alive.
The video, although in German, still helps to get a look behind the fences and barracks
Paul Parin is a neurologist psychoanalyst and hunter himself. He wrote the book “The passion of the hunter” (Hamburg, 2003) where he speaks of the passion, the addiction, the hunting fever without shame and with cynicism: “Since my first hunting adventures I know: hunting opens up a space for crime to murder and for sexual desire , no matter when and where is hunted. … The real hunt can not be had without deliberate killing. Passionate hunters want to kill. Hunting without murder is a self-abolishing concept … And because it’s about passion, greed, lust – just a fever – this book is about sex and crime, about lust and crime of all kinds, about murder and sexual murder. “
Ladies and gentlemen, fortunately, we live in a democracy and we have freedom of expression. And my opinion is: hunters are terrorists, murderers and liars!
Sharks are often portrayed as human-killing machines, yet it is we humans who are inflicting pain and death upon them.
Hunted for their flesh (usually their fins), sharks are killed by the hundreds of thousands each day. Shark flesh consumption is common in countries in Asia, and also consumed in some Scandinavian and African countries. Shark fin soup has been stated as the primary reason the numbers are so high, as it is seen as a delicacy, in comparison to the flesh from the remaining body.
Many of the individuals that are caught have their fins removed whilst still at sea, and are dumped back into the ocean. They will either die from lack of oxygen due to not being able to move to filter the water through their gills, or are eaten by other fish that have found them defenseless at the bottom of the ocean.
Despite being banned in many countries, sharks are still being killed at a higher rate than their population growth, meaning that the number of these individuals worldwide is still decreasing.
They aren’t a threat to us—we are a threat to them.
…We are not only a threat to the sharks.
We are a danger to the entire planet.
Or rather, as Nitzsche put it: “The earth has a skin; and this skin has diseases. One of these diseases, for example, is called “human.”
Cruel trophy hunting kills, like the ones organised by Umilio Safaris , are legal as long as it complies with a country’s existing hunting legislation.
Some safari hunting firms even encourage trophy hunters to bow hunt monkeys and baboons.
This increases the likelihood of painful, life-altering injuries or a long, painful death if the animal, sometimes shot by amateur hunters, manages to escape.
Shockingly African Hunt Lodge, which operators a “no kill, no fee” policy, also arranges hunts for children.
A photo on its site taken in June shows a small child named Nolan holding a rifle just seconds after a vervet monkey was shot.
It is not known what nationality he is.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, (above) – British explorer and adventurer, backed the Mirror campaign to end trophy hunting.
He said: “Trophy hunting of any species is utterly objectionable. But it is completely inhuman to shoot creatures who are so like us. What on earth were these people thinking when they bought a ‘monkey hunting holiday’?
“They should be utterly ashamed of themselves and are a disgrace to our country. This is as cowardly and as cruel as trophy hunting gets.
“The people who do this should be in jail. This is a crime against nature.
“We should hang our heads in shame that people from Britain do this and that our government allows hunters to bring these sick trophies home with them.
“We need to ban all trophy hunting. We should start by outlawing the import of hunting trophies into Britain”.
Peter Egan, actor and animal activist, added: “These are perhaps the most horrifying and revolting images I have ever seen. There is nothing brave or sporting about trophy hunting.
“But to kill small monkeys who are used to living alongside humans just beggars belief.
“What kind of world do we live in when some people dare to call this ‘sport’? It completely exposes the ludicrous claim made by industry lobbyists that trophy hunting is just ‘conservation’.
Above – Peter Egan – British Actor and animal welfare campaigner.
“Nobody believes their lies. It is just sadism pure and simple.
“The sooner Britain bans the import of hunting trophies the better. It’s what British people want, and I hope the government delivers it as soon as possible. We need a compete global ban on this sick industry”.
Taiji cove hunt: Japan starts controversial dolphin hunt
2 September 2019
Japan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town of Taiji.
The hunt sees the animals driven into a cove where most are slaughtered for their meat with knives in shallow waters.
Other dolphins are sold to aquariums and marine parks.
The Taiji hunt has been carried out for decades and gained global attention when it was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove in 2009.
Japan this year also resumed catching whales for profit, in defiance of international criticism.
This year’s Taiji hunt kicked off on Sunday, but according to Japanese media the boats returned without any dolphins.
According to environmentalist group The Dolphin Project, five Risso’s dolphins were killed on Monday.
The overall quota for the season allows for more than 1,700 animals to be killed or captured.
Environmentalists say the drive hunt is extremely cruel and the dolphins can take up to 30 minutes to die by suffocation or drowning.
Yet the fisherman from Taiji say the community’s livelihood is dependent on the trade.
The dolphin hunting season is expected to last for about six month.
Demand for dolphin and whale meat has been on the decline over the past years and both have been found to have unhealthy levels of mercury.
Animals caught alive and sold to marine parks fetch a far higher price than the meat yet there is growing pressure on the parks not to buy dolphins captured in Taiji.
Hunting dogs are thus “trained”. Ask a hunter, he will claim that the foxes live a wonderful life in the 
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