Hunting

Iceland ends cruel whaling from 2024

Iceland plans to end all whaling from 2024, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Svandis Svavarsdottir said in a column in the Morgunbladid newspaper on Friday.

“There are few justifications to authorize the whale hunt beyond 2024,” the minister said, adding that, as things stand, it is highly likely that the practice will be banned when the current quotas end.

Whaling, which was re-authorized for commercial purposes in 2006, is becoming less economically justifiable, with only one whale killed in the past three years.

“There can be several reasons for this, but perhaps the simple explanation is that there have been sustained losses from this type of fishing,” she said.

Demand for whale meat from Iceland has dropped massively since Japan re-authorized whaling in 2019 after it withdrew from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

Whalers in Iceland have also been required to go further afield to hunt the creatures after a no-fishing coastal zone was extended.

Iceland-Whale hit by exploding projectiles bleeds to death slowly and painfully – That’s how cruel whaling is

Social distancing due to the coronavirus has also rendered Iceland’s whale meat processing plants inoperable.

Amid widespread condemnation of the industry, Iceland is one of the few nations, along with Norway and Japan, that still allows commercial whale hunts.

2018 was the last full whaling season, with 146 fin whales and six minke whales killed.

https://www.rt.com/news/548371-iceland-whale-hunt-ban/

And I mean..Those responsible in the Icelandic government should have come to this good decision much earlier, because the demand for whale meat has fallen sharply.

There is absolutely no justification for getting involved in this incredibly cruel industry.
Iceland’s government generally allows minke whales to be caught as a sideline for fishermen, but it also gives the monopoly on the killing of the world’s second largest species, the fin whale, to an one alone millionaire, Kristján Loftsson.

No other country hunts this endangered species, no other country has exported such mountains of whale meat in the last 20 years as the northern European island state.
Iceland used to be one of the most active whaling countries.

Thousands of blue, fin and humpback whales died in Icelandic waters from the early 20th century to 1989. The small country benefited primarily from exports of whale products to Japan.

Luckily the harpoons have been dormant since 2019, the fishing fleet has been in port ever since and the chances of ending this massacre forever and ever are good; we only hope that Minister Svandis Svavarsdottir sticks to his sensible decision.

Like Japanese whaling, whaling in Iceland was just a bloody massacre, benefiting very few and harming very many.
First of all the animals.

“Scientific research” as a hunting ground for whaling has always been a cynical joke.
It’s about jobs and subsidies.
But developments in Iceland suggest the last remaining whalers have gone out of business

What the Icelandic government has done to these animals up until now has been a moral bankruptcy.
High time to abolish that

My best regards to all, Venus

Farm Animals

South Korea withdrews its plans for the new horsemeat pet food factory!

Published February 1, 2022 by Elena Waldman.

Progress!

Plans for a new horsemeat pet food factory in South Korea have been nixed!
Keep reading to see how PETA and local activists pushed for this victory.

PETA’s investigation into horse slaughter in South Korea revealed that horses who were retired from being forced to race (most with American parents or who were U.S.-born) and other horses were abused and killed at a massive slaughterhouse in Jeju.
PETA documented that workers and drivers repeatedly beat panicked horses in the face while they unloaded them and killed other horses in front of them.
Several workers and the slaughterhouse itself were convicted and fined, and the shocking video made waves around the world—to South Korea’s shame.

One of the horses killed, Cape Magic, had arrived with a large bandage on his leg, and PETA learned that he’d come straight from a track where he’d been forced to race less than three days before.
This precipitated a health scandal when it was discovered that during this time he’d been administered phenylbutazone—a drug prohibited in animals for human consumption.

After an outcry—which caused the demand for horsemeat to plummet further—Jeju officials announced a new horsemeat certification program for restaurants that promised not to use meat from horses forced to race.

However, the racing industry continued to cast off injured and unsuccessful horses—about 1,600 each year.
So Jeju proposed a new plan to profit from this pipeline—a new factory to kill horses for pet food. But the public doesn’t want dangerous drugs in the food of companion animals.
Local animal rights groups and civic groups spoke out against the proposal and agitated for a humane retirement system for horses.

Both Jeju Vegan and Animal Freedom Coalition started holding regular marches from the racetrack to the slaughterhouse.

When South Korean–owned horse Knicks Go won the famed Breeders’ Cup Classic race in November, a PETA activist got herself invited into the winner’s circle, where she unfurled a sign with a message that U.S. media couldn’t decipher but that Koreans couldn’t miss: “Korea Racing Authority, how dare you turn racehorses into dog food!”

As a result of this pressure at home and abroad, Jeju withdrew its plans for the new horsemeat pet food factory!

However, the flow of horses to existing slaughterhouses continues, and Korea still lacks an aftercare system for horses. You can help—please tell the Korea Racing Authority (KRA) to renounce horse slaughter and designate 3% of prize money to create a comprehensive retirement plan for horses formerly used for racing. Take action below:

https://investigations.peta.org/south-korea-horse-slaughter/#action

https://www.peta.org/blog/plans-for-south-korean-horsemeat-pet-food-factory-have-been-scrapped/

And I mean…Koreans bet more than $8 billion on horse racing every year.
So that the industry is always supplied with new horses (also for breeding), many animals are imported from America.
But some are not fast runners and as a result 1,600 horses are eliminated from the racing industry each year because they are no longer performing as intended.

One thing is certain: not only in South Korea, but also in Mexico, Argentina, Canada and the USA horsemeat is produced under dramatic circumstances.
Every year, the Netherlands imports meat from around 60,000 horses from Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, the USA and Canada.
Most of the horsemeat in the world comes from these countries.

This meat is either exported or further processed for various snacks, horse steaks or smoked horse meat products.
A scam for the consumer is the supermarkets’ claim that the meat is also produced overseas under strict EU guidelines that guarantee animal welfare !!

What the horses go through before they are slaughtered until they are offered for consumption in our shops and restaurants is beyond horrific, both videos from South Korea and the Netherlands proved it (although coming from different corners of the world).

(The video is in Dutch, but you don’t necessarily have to understand the language, the language of the pictures is enough)

Horses aren’t the only animals to suffer either.
Such videos have often shocked and will continue to do so.
But the fact is that in Germany as well as in other countries, meat from torture production is imported and offered, while they advertise sustainability, animal welfare, controls and other phrases.

The market is dominated by a few import companies. Their statements regarding animal welfare and consumer protection are in stark contrast to the cruel reality, and as the undercover videos prove.

Without lies and hypocrisy, the meat industry would have been bankrupt long ago.

My best regards to all, Venus

Environmental, General News, Uncategorized

USA: (Alaska) Iditarod, The Worlds Cruelest Dog Race, Starts 5/3/22. It Must Be Stopped. Take Action Here.

Alaska’s dangerous Iditarod dog race is set to begin on March 5. And despite the fact that the 2022 death race hasn’t even started yet, already at least one dog has been killed. Just last month while training for the Iditarod, a team of dogs was hit by a truck. One of the dogs, Noddy, was killed.

Last year, in addition to holding in-person protests, PETA exposed abundant abuse during the race:

  • Nearly 200 dogs were pulled off the trail during the race because of exhaustion, illness, injury, or other causes.
  • Musher Dallas Seavey finished first after four dogs he pushed beyond the breaking point had to be removed from the trail.
  • Musher Martin Buser apparently put an injured dog back in the harness and forced him or her to continue racing, despite video footage showing the dog limping.
  • This pointless, cruel race is a matter of life and death for dogs.
  • Please take action now to urge companies to drop their Iditarod sponsorships.

Take action for dogs:

Note that here you can send several messages one at a time – simply follow the send instructions to each supporter company:

The Deadly Iditarod Race Should Be Terminated: Here’s Why (peta.org)

Watch the video of abuses:

It’s been reported that in the first Iditarod race, at least 15 dogs died—and the body count has continued to pile up since then.

Other dogs barely make it out alive. Take 2021’s race: By the time it ended on March 18, nearly 200 dogs had been pulled off the trail because of exhaustion, illness, injury, and other causes, forcing the rest to work even harder. Musher Dallas Seavey—who has raced dogs who have tested positive for opioids, operates a kennel accused of killing dogs who didn’t make the grade, and owns property where a whistleblower reported finding dying puppies—finished first after four dogs he pushed beyond the breaking point had to be removed from the race. Musher Brenda Mackey admitted that she pulled out of the race after the dogs she forced to run suffered from “the most awful diarrhea I’ve ever seen,” violently vomited, and developed aspiration pneumonia, the leading cause of death for dogs in the Iditarod. And musher Martin Buser apparently put an injured dog back in the harness and forced him or her to continue racing.

Discover nine other reasons why the Iditarod is a deadly nightmare for dogs forced to race:

Dog deaths in the Iditarod are so routine that the official rules call some of them an “Unpreventable Hazard.”

The Iditarod has killed more than 150 dogs since it began in 1973. Five died in 2017 alone. In just the last decade, dogs competing in the event have died from various causes, including asphyxiation, heart attacks, trauma from being struck by a vehicle, freezing to death, excess fluid in the lungs, and acute aspiration pneumonia—caused by inhaling vomit.

If the dogs don’t die on the trail, they’re still left permanently scarred.

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reported that more than 80 percent of the dogs who finish the Iditarod sustain persistent lung damage. A separate study in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine showed that dogs forced to take part in endurance racing had a 61% higher rate of stomach erosions or ulcers. And in a paper in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise—the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine—researchers concluded that dogs used in sled races suffer from airway dysfunction similar to “ski asthma” (an asthma-like condition caused by intense exercise in cold weather), which persists even after four months of rest.

There’s no retirement plan.

Breeders of dogs used in sledding have freely admitted that “surplus” dogs are killed. They may be killed if they aren’t fast or fit enough for competition or if they don’t meet certain aesthetic standards—for example, if they have white paw pads. Dogs who finish the race but are no longer useful to the industry may be shot, drowned, or abandoned to starve.

Even when the race ends, dogs’ misery doesn’t.

A PETA eyewitness worked at two dog kennels owned by former Iditarod champions and found widespread neglect and suffering there. Dogs were denied veterinary care for painful injuries; kept constantly chained in the bitter cold with only drafty, dilapidated boxes or plastic barrels for “shelter”; and forced to run even when they were exhausted and dehydrated.

Dogs pull mushers’ sleds up to 100 miles a day.

During the race, they’re expected to run approximately 1,000 miles in less than two weeks, and race rules mandate only 40 hours of rest over the entire span of the race. They’re prohibited from taking shelter during any part of the race, except for veterinary exams or treatment.

As many as half the dogs who start the Iditarod don’t finish

Injured, sick, and exhausted dogs are often “dropped” at checkpoints, but event rules require that only dogs who started the race be allowed to finish, meaning that the remaining animals must work under even more grueling circumstances, pulling even more weight.

No dog would choose to run in this arctic nightmare.

Orthopedic injuries are the number one reason that dogs are “dropped” from the Iditarod—which makes it clear that no dog, regardless of breed, is capable of handling the grueling race on ice, through wind, snowstorms, and subzero temperatures. Even wearing booties, many incur bruised, cut, or swollen feet. They also suffer from bleeding stomach ulcers, pull or strain muscles, and sustain other injuries.

Thousands of dogs are bred each year for sled racing.

While only a few dozen dogs raised for the race will ultimately be deemed fit enough to compete, many more will be kept tethered and chained for most of their lives, some with nothing more than dilapidated plastic crates as their shelter.

Dogs at dogsled breeding compounds have died of numerous ailments.

Some have frozen to death, while others have died of complications from eating rocks—presumably a result of the intense frustration of spending years on a chain.

Dogs Deserve Far Better Than a Lifetime of Isolation, Cruelty, Suffering, and Death on the Iditarod Trail

The Deadly Iditarod Race Should Be Terminated: Here’s Why (peta.org)

Regards Mark

 

 

Environmental, General News, Uncategorized

Netherlands: Dutch Owned Super Trawler Spills 100,000 Dead Fish Off French Coast. Disgusting.
The FV Margiris uses giant drag nets more than a kilometre long. Pic: Sea Shepherd France
© Other The FV Margiris uses giant drag nets more than a kilometre long. Pic: Sea Shepherd France
The images of the massive spill have ben described as 'shocking'. Pic: Sea Shepherd France
© Other The images of the massive spill have ben described as ‘shocking’. Pic: Sea Shepherd France

An investigation has been ordered after the world’s second-biggest trawler shed more than 100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic, sparking claims they were dumped deliberately.

The spill from the FV Margiris off the French coast was caused by a tear in the super trawler’s net, according to the fishing industry group PFA, which represents the vessel’s owner.

Footage of the giant floating carpet of dead fish in the Bay of Biscay was taken by environmental campaign group Sea Shepherd France.

France’s maritime minister Annick Girardin has described the images as “shocking” and said she had asked the country’s national fishing surveillance authority to investigate.

The fish were blue whiting, a sub-species of cod, which is used by the industry to mass-produce fish fingers, fish oil and meal.

Sea Shepherd France has cast doubt on claims it was accident and believes the fish were discharged on purpose.

The group’s head, Lamya Essemlali, said: “It’s forbidden for a fishing vessel to throw overboard bycatch.

“It is supposed to bring the bycatch to port and to make a declaration.

“The EU regulation has been implemented so that we can reduce the non-selective fishing methods because it’s very demanding, time-consuming and costs money for a fishing vessel to go back to port and unload the bycatch, and then go back at sea.

“So the temptation is big for these vessels at sea without any witness, any control, to just throw overboard all the bycatch and stay in the area, and keep on fishing.”

She added: “There is total impunity at sea. There is no control, no witnesses and no fines.

“There is a lot of money to be made and we have to improve the controls at sea, we have to put remote e-monitoring cameras onboard all the fishing vessels.”

Trawlers like the Margiris use giant drag nets more than a kilometre long and process the fish on-board.

Ms Essemlali said: “It has an impact on the fish population itself but also it has an impact on the predators, like dolphins, because the fish that these super trawlers are fishing are the main preys of dolphins and sharks. And basically, we are driving dolphins to starvation.”

Thousands of dead dolphins have washed up on France’s Atlantic coast over the past years.

Following protests by activists against super trawlers, the Margiris was forced to leave Australian waters in 2012.

Traffic data by marinetraffic.com on Friday showed the vessel, which is owned by the Dutch company Parleviliet & Van der Plas and sails under the flag of Lithuania, was still fishing off the French coast.

Super trawler spills 100,000 dead fish off French coast (msn.com)

Regards Mark

Read more here:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/pictured-european-trawler-dumps-100-000-fish-in-the-atlantic/ar-AATv4lZ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
Over 100,000 dead fish were dumped by a European trawe off the coast of La Rochelle, western France - Sea Shepherd
© Sea Shepherd Over 100,000 dead fish were dumped by a European trawer off the coast of La Rochelle, western France – Sea Shepherd

The dead fish carpeted the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France - Sea Shepherd
© Provided by The Telegraph The dead fish carpeted the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France – Sea Shepherd

Trawlers like the Margiris use drag nets measuring over a kilometre in length and process the fish in on-board factories, a practice heavily criticised by environmentalists.

Following protests by activists, the Margiris was forced to leave Australian waters in 2012.

Farm Animals

the animal feed industry

click on the picture

“All over the world, animals are abused in the animal feed industry
Here we see young calves in the dairy industry in America
Kidnapped by their mother immediately after calving
And were thrown into drinking a cheap substitute in the bitter cold of a blizzard.

Many of the calves do not survive the cold nights
And their death counts as rubble, like a damaged shoe thrown in the trash
And farmers receive compensation from agricultural insurance”

Text: Glass Walls

And I mean…Treating baby animals under the age of five weeks this way is a perversion.
To conceal the perversion of enslaving other animals, we must become accustomed to cruelty.
The system of the criminal meat industry takes care of that.

This system has corrupted human consciousness, we are used to cruelty.
This cruelty has become part of our everyday life and is perceived by us as a universal necessity
That is why such systems are kept alive

regards to all, Venus

General News

Turkey- It is a clear crime to make camel wrestling!

Camels are forced to wrestle with each other until one falls over or shows fear

Every year around mid-January, the annual International Camel Wrestling Festival in western Turkey commences. The contest area fills with hundreds of camels covered in brightly colored decorations – as well as muzzles to keep them from biting and seriously wounding each other – who will tussle until humans declare one of them the victor.

But now, the “sport” is now coming under heat from Turkish animal lovers who want to protect camels from abuse and cruelty.

This year, handlers gathered 152 camels together for the tradition’s 40th event.
During the tournament, thousands of eager spectators surround the wrestling creatures, setting up barbecues and roaring as camels dominate one another.
Vendors even sell camel meat snacks and street food to viewers who munch on the cousins of the very animals they’re watching.
And meanwhile, camels wrestle until one or the other topples over, screams out, or retreats in fear.

Spectators claim that because the sport is billed as “wrestling” instead of fighting, it’s not harmful to the animals and is instead just an innocently fun pastime.
Turkish animal lovers are pushing back, calling the annual wrestling matches “shameful” and are pushing others to see the inhumanity.

These animals are exposed to unnatural conditions that cause them to feel confusion, stress, fear, and panic – which is how humans are able to force them to act in aggressive ways, just for our entertainment.
From the loud noises of spectators, to the training involved in convincing camels to wrestle each other, animals are still being used and exploited.

It’s time for us to stand with animal lovers in Turkey and elevate their voices. Demand protections for camels and an end to this exploitative contest forcing camels to wrestle each other!

Sign the petition to demand an end to these inhumane camel wrestling matches!

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/de/411/449/556/camels-are-forced-to-wrestle-with-each-other-until-one-falls-over-or-shows-fear/

And I mean…In Spain, bullfighting has a long (and nowadays unacceptable) tradition. In many other countries, roosters are let loose on one another in an arena, to the amusement of the spectators.
The primitives are entertained by it, and make profit from it.

Camel wrestling was originally a competition between caravan owners.

Camel wrestling season is a highlight in Turkey today.

People climb to watch and see the camel fights during the festivals while vendors sell camel meat alongside the venues.
The animals fight in front of the spectators and suffer, are wounded or even kill each other.

During the fight, which lasts a few minutes, one camel must wrap its neck around the other camel’s neck or trip the loser and pin him to the ground.

The winner gets prize money and the loser gets butchered.

Although Turkey’s Animal Welfare Law bans animal fighting and a change in the law last summer introduced fines and jail terms, municipalities obtain “special permits” from district governor’s offices for such events under the guise of festivals.

And that’s what they call millennia-old culture!

My best regards to all, Venus

General News, Hunting

USA: Hunter under fire for catching and killing near-record giant Florida gator.

WAV Comment – Don’t mess with him ! – he has a gun and must wear combat trousers ! – therefore he is a ‘hunter man’.

Mississippi hunter Doug Borries has caught and killed an enormous 13.4 ft alligator weighing 905 pounds near a South Florida lake.

The reptile was suspected of eating livestock on private property in Okeechobee County, and was considered a threat. The owner of the property agreed to have it killed.

“I had no idea the magnitude of how big his body was until we pulled him completely out of the lake,” said Mr Borries.

“Size does matter,” he wrote on his company Facebook wall, Dynamic Outdoors TV, with images of him standing next to the enormous creature, sitting on its back and pulling open its jaws. “To me, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” he told WXXV News 25.

Mr Borries staked out the animal, estimated to be 80-years-old, before daylight, spotted it on an island in the lake and shot it.

The hunter has come under fire for killing the animal, instead of trapping it or sedating it and having it relocated to a wildlife sanctuary.

“I hope God forgives you for needlessly killing this creature,” wrote one person.

“Pretty hard to kill an 80 -year-old alligator wow be proud,” said another user.

“This is disgusting!!! Do you feel like a big man now you could have put your obvious large ego away and contacted any of the wonderful alligator reserves where this magnificent creature could have lived out its life. But no, the big man’s hunter had to kill an animal that was surviving and you just acted like an animal right back, instead of being a human and understanding nature,” said another.

“Shooting a huge barely moving animal with a high powered rifle and calling it hunting is an insult to real hunters,” commented another.

“What an incredibly cowardly thing to do. Did anyone not think of MOVING it, instead of murdering it?” wrote another.

Dynamic Outdoors defended its actions by explaining how dangerous gators this size can be. “Just like sharks, a small one can leave you with an injury that may be recoverable but an incredible large/oversized specimen can take [you] out,” it wrote on social media.

This gator was about a foot short of a state record, reported the Sun Herald. The longest gator captured in Florida was 14 feet, 3.5 inches and was caught in Lake Washington, Brevard County.

Mr Borries has said the gator will not go to waste – most of it will be used as meat and be eaten, although he will take a trophy for himself and is having a full, life-size mount made of the gator’s hide.

Regards Mark

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/hunter-under-fire-for-catching-and-killing-near-record-giant-florida-gator/ar-AATruBz?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Farm Animals

The blood business with the mares in Iceland – and Germany

On Thursday, the ARD magazine #PlusMinus (Germany’s first public national television channel) broadcast a program about blood collection from pregnant mares in Iceland.
Scenes of violence against them were unleashed in order to drain 5 liters of blood per “session”.

An outcry went through the social media landscape and many riders, who often celebrate their festivals with bratwurst, steak, schnitzel, etc., were also shocked!
➡ https://www.daserste.de/…/hormone-von-stuten-fuer…
As the ARD correctly reported, this torture has to do in particular with the production of cheap meat.
Thus, the pork consumers are also directly involved in this cruelty to animals and therefore partly to blame!

But why is this blood needed at all?
The hormone #PMSG (Pregnant Mare’s Serum Gonadotropin) – also called eCG (Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin) – is found in the blood of pregnant mares.

This is a stimulating sex hormone which, among other things, European piglet producers use to stimulate their sows to become pregnant at a controlled time.
In this way, a group can be influenced to ensure that many sows are ready to conceive at the same time and therefore give birth at relatively the same time.
In intensive livestock farming, this is of course more lucrative in terms of the workflow!

A synthetic alternative would be e.g. Peforelin, which, however, does not lead to superovulation, i.e. the increased number of piglets as a side effect of PMSG, as well as a shortening of puberty, which contributes to earlier willingness to conceive and thus to higher profits.

The use of PMSG or eCG as a drug is approved in Germany for therapeutic and animal breeding purposes (!!!)
Politicians must act here and ban the use immediately and without a transitional period!
According to the Federal Veterinary Association, 10-15% of sows in Germany are currently treated with hormones.

But back to #Iceland:
The abuse of the calm Icelandic horses caused particular outrage.
Particularly frightening: In Iceland, the blood buyer Isteka announced an increase in the delivery volume from 170 t to 600 t last year (as of December 2021).

Blood collection in South America has been known to everyone for years, it is not welcomed, but tolerated.
Even outraged riders are not dissuaded from consuming pork.

Now this perfidious form of hormone production has also been documented in Iceland.
And of course there is no obligation to declare on the packaging about the use of this preparation in Germany anyway…

After the “Island research” the German Animal Welfare Association points out that there is also a horse blood farm in Germany. At the Meura Stud in Thuringia, the hormone PMSG is obtained from the blood of pregnant mares for the pharmaceutical industry.

https://www.tierschutzbund.de/news-storage/landwirtschaft/280122-nach-island-recherche-pferdeblutfarm-auch-in-deutschland/

And I mean…Animal Welfare’s videos clearly show the frightened animals being propelled forward through metal passages with bludgeons to the head, until they end up in a tethered position where their blood is drained.

On the so-called blood farms, which are mainly found in South America but even in Europe, hundreds of mares are crammed together
These are artificially inseminated in order to take up to 10 liters of blood once or twice a week for the first 11 weeks of pregnancy!
This insane amount, which corresponds to about a quarter of a horse’s total blood volume, is withdrawn from the horse with huge cannulas within a few minutes.
About 30 percent of mares die from this process alone.

If the foal has not yet died from the extreme nutrient deprivation after the end of the 11 weeks, the workers on the blood farms abort it by hand.

The horse’s uterus is slit open with a knife without being anaesthetized, which often means not “only” the foal, but also the foal his mother also finds an agonizing death. The mare will be killed anyway as soon as she can no longer be inseminated quickly. There is no veterinary care.

The mare will be killed anyway as soon as she can no longer be inseminated quickly.

100 grams of the hormone bring in about $900,000.
It therefore makes sense for the authorities and traders to keep the brutal animal abuse used to obtain the hormone under lock and key.

And now in our own country!
According to the Animal Welfare Foundation’s “Island research”, the German Animal Welfare Association points out that there is also a horse blood farm in Germany.

At the Meura Stud in Thuringia, the hormone PMSG has apparently been illegally extracted from the blood of pregnant mares for the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years.

The taking of blood, which is to be regarded as an animal experiment requiring approval, has been illegal for years – this has now been proven by the German Animal Welfare Association.
The valid German guidelines for the protection of horses state unequivocally that no blood may be drawn from a mare that is in foal.
When asked, the owner of the Meura stud farm, Anke Sendig, openly admitted that she did not have any approval for taking blood, because “it is not necessary because it is a manufacturing process that is not subject to any approval requirements,” says Sendig.
Incidentally, the responsible veterinary office also confirmed this outrageously: “The legislator did not provide for this. Accordingly, it is neither necessary nor possible to grant a permit.”

But that violates the law when a county veterinary office unilaterally says it’s legal to rape horses and severely abuse pregnant mares.

Germany’s farm lobby has its own laws, some of which are self-written and controlled by farm dealers.

So the blood dealers of Meuka can breathe easy. They have little to fear because apparently in prosecuting crimes they dictate the state the law.

My best regards to all, Venus

General News, Vivisection

Frogs regrow amputated legs in breakthrough experiment.

Frogs regrow amputated legs in breakthrough experiment (msn.com)

An African clawed frog with normal limbs.
© Provided by Live Science An African clawed frog with normal limbs.

Scientists have regrown frogs’ amputated legs after giving them a “cocktail” of drugs encased in a silicon stump. 

African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) are like humans in that they can’t naturally regrow lost limbs. In the new study, researchers successfully coaxed the frogs to grow replacement limbs in 18 months following a treatment that lasted just 24 hours. While there’s a massive difference between frogs and humans, the finding raises the possibility that in the future, humans could also regrow limbs.

“It’s exciting to see that the drugs we selected were helping to create an almost complete limb,” first author Nirosha Murugan, a research affiliate at Tufts University in Massachusetts, said in a statement. “The fact that it required only a brief exposure to the drugs to set in motion a months-long regeneration process suggests that frogs and perhaps other animals may have dormant regenerative

Animals have natural abilities to regenerate themselves. For example, human bodies close open wounds and can even use stem cells to regrow parts of the liver. Some animals, such as salamanders, can regrow whole limbs and other missing parts. The mechanisms behind limb regeneration are not fully understood, but neither humans nor adult frogs are capable of regrowing legs and arms, perhaps because those limbs are so complex. 

Both humans and frogs cover an open amputation wound in scar tissue to stop further blood loss and infection. Humans have developed prosthetic replacement limbs but scientists have been unable to recover or reverse the loss of a major limb like an arm or leg. 

The latest research used multiple drugs to regenerate lost limb tissue. The team surgically amputated frogs’ legs and then applied a silicone cap they called a “BioDome” to each frog’s wound. The cap released a cocktail of five drugs, including growth hormones, that perfomed different roles, such as encouraging nerves and muscles to grow. One of the drugs also prevented the frogs’ bodies from producing collagen, which normally causes wounds to scar over.

“Using the BioDome cap in the first 24 hours helps mimic an amniotic-like environment, which, along with the right drugs, allows the rebuilding process to proceed without the interference of scar tissue,” co-author David Kaplan, a professor of engineering at Tufts University, said in the statement. 

Embryos and fetuses develop in an amniotic sac during pregnancy. The team was able to trigger some of the same molecular pathways in the frogs that are used when an embryo is growing and taking shape. 

The new legs looked similar to normal legs with similar bone structure, except for the toes, which lacked underlying bones. The frogs were able to use their new leg to swim like a regular leg. 

The findings were published Jan. 26 in the journal Science Advances. 

Originally published on Live Science.

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