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England: 2005 On – ‘Serbian Animals Voice’.

I founded Serbian Animals Voice (SAV) back in 2005. The animals of Serbia (the Balkans) needed a voice and I was gonna try and be one. It was a constant heavy battle with the government to try and win rights for animals, especially stray animals. Many threats of shelter closure was made to activists if the government did not get its own way.

As a live animal transport investigator time was taken to research the export of live sheep from Serbia to Israel. The Serbian government always told us it had never happened, I took the issue to the EU and raised the proof (that it did) with them. It was only after this the Serbian government had to come clean and admit to the EU it was happening.

For some farm animals things were no better; there were battles to get better rights for farm animals:

Below – NO, not ok !

We worked with Mark Glover at ‘Respect for Animals’), Nottingham England; https://respectforanimals.org/ and our investigation info was used as part of the campaign evidence used to get the national fur farm ban:

Serbian fur farming ban comes into force
All hard work as ‘extra’ when you are involved full time in Military Aerospace. Would I do it again ? – yes, if required. When you see images like these, I cannot just turn and walk away – they need a voice !

In memory of Slavica; my Serbian animal buddy. Mark

Above – With Denise and our new Bee Hotel

Link to old SAV site – https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/about-us/

Regards Mark

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England: My Mate ‘Wonkybeak’ !

Hi all; sorry we have been having problems, but hopefully now resolved. Things may start to return to normal. I feed all the pigeons who come into my garden – why not ?- they like fresh food just as we do; and ‘that flying rats’ thing ? – no, I don’t think so. Wild birds, beautiful coloured birds simply in need of something to eat.

I took this in the garden today; this is my good friend ‘wonkybeak’; (obviously an incident from his past)
but he is fine and eats like a horse; often down before I can get the lid off the food tub ! – you see the real beauty of all the feathers and the colours when you get close up, as I do here. He and many others are welcome and always will be.

Above – ‘my mate ‘Wonkybeak’

Regards Mark

I am an Englishman; and probably biassed ? – YES, but Led Zepp; live, you cannot beat. London O2 – Led Zeppelin perform ‘Kashmir’ live at the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at London’s O2 Arena from the concert film ‘Celebration Day’

About 30 years ago; maybe more; I was up around Northern Arizona (USA); it was around 2pm and I stopped in a parking lot to get a sandwich. There was big snow on the way, the sky was the coulour of dark pewter. I got my sarnie and went back to the car to eat it. Inside I turned the car radio on. …. and, Led Zepp ‘Kashmir’. A real moment for me which I still remember to this day; everything kind of came together for a few minutes there and then – ‘Kashmir’ – my favorite Zepp track ever !; Arizona; snow laden pewter sky; freedom.