This is a pregnant pig. For 3 months at a time, she is kept in this crate, so tiny she can barely move. đĄ
This is not just incredibly cruel, it's also legal & standard most places.
Put yourself in her shoes. If you wouldn't want this done to you, please don't support this. đ pic.twitter.com/C3DGI4Xgqh
— John Oberg (@JohnOberg) December 27, 2019
WAV Comment – There is nothing at all wrong with a woman wearing a pink nightie; sounds great and sexy; but a high court (male) judge; that’s real different ! – maybe he will be viewed very differently in future should he ever meet hunt sabs in court. The issue of a fox killing has sparked outrage with the Brits – now he is the hunted – Mark.
Lawyer admits clubbing fox to death
Jolyon Maugham said he was wearing wifeâs satin kimono when he beat animal to death with baseball bat
The RSCPA is investigating a prominent barrister who revealed he had clubbed a fox to death in his garden.
Jolyon Maugham QC, who is known for leading a series of legal actions over Brexit, provoked outrage by tweeting on Thursday: âAlready this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat. Howâs your Boxing Day going?â
He later reported himself to the RSPCA as he faced a growing backlash online.
The charity, which prosecutes cases of animal cruelty, confirmed it was âaware of a situation regarding a fox, and would like to reassure people that weâre investigatingâ.
The RSPCA had earlier described Mr Maughamâs account of killing the fox as âdistressingâ.
The lawyer said the animal had âgot caught up in the protective netting around the chickens at his home in central London and he âwasnât sure what else to doâ.
Faced with a deluge of criticism, he wrote: âNo one should relish killing animals â and I certainly didnât. But if you havenât been up close to a large trapped fox, perhaps reserve judgment.â
He later added: âSorry to those upset by my tweet. My chickens were very distressed by the fox â both before and after Iâd despatched it â and I wanted it out of the way quickly.â
Prominent lawyer sparks backlash after âkilling fox with baseball batâ
Mr Maugham also revealed he was wearing his wifeâs satin kimono and nursing a hangover when he clubbed to fox to death.
Government guidelines state cage traps and snares may be deployed to protect property from foxes and a person who uses them must âhumanely kill any fox you catch while itâs in the trap or snareâ.
An RSPCA spokesperson on Friday declined to say if investigators had spoken to Mr Maugham.
The animal welfare organisation said: âOur investigation is ongoing and we have a number of strict procedures to follow, which means that we cannot share the details with the public.
âWe appreciate that this is a very emotive issue, but we need to conduct our investigation in a confidential and professional manner.â
Matthew Scott, a lawyer who writes legal commentary on his website Barrister Blogger, said Mr Maugham âwill be in for a very unpleasant time indeedâ if the RSPCA launches a full investigation.
He wrote: âHe could be called in for interview. The foxâs cadaver could be recovered and sent to a pathologist. The baseball bat would be bagged up and carefully examined for fingerprints. His wife could find her kimono seized for forensic analysis. They would be looking for DNA from the fox and a forensic interpretation of blood spatters on the kimono.Â
âMr Maugham may or may not be a rich man, but he is not as rich as the RSPCA, and the RSPCA tends to throw money at prosecutions, no matter how trivial. Win or lose he will be out of pocket, even with his genius for crowdfunding litigation.â
Mr Scott said the âobvious offence to consider firstâ is a breach of the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act, which prohibits inflicting âunnecessary sufferingâ by beating.Â
The offence can be punishable with up to six months in prison, though Mr Scott said Mr Maugham could potentially argue killing the fox was necessary as to not do so would have âwould have meant the fox suffering on the wire for longerâ.
Mr Maugham said in a tweet: âTo those concerned I have broken the law, I called and spoke to the RSPCA and left my contact details.â
The barrister is the founder and director of the Good Law Project, which has brought a number of legal challenges to the Brexit process and was involved in the successful court action to stop Boris Johnsonâs unlawful prorogation of parliament.
It’s amazing how people like to follow senseless archaic structures of fun and conviviality.
The first fireworks probably occurred in China during the Song Dynasty (960â1270) and in the late 14th century in Italy (first mentioned in Vicenza, 1379). The use of black powder developed into an independent art of fireworks, which then spread throughout Europe.
It has been 7 centuries since then and most people shoot their pyrotechnic crap like crazy in Sylvester.
You will find offers on the subject of fireworks in all brochures and advertising leaflets.
Waste of money, noise, smog, garbage, injuries of humans and deaths of animals – we all know that firecrackers are not a rational game. But we do it anyway; Most still follow the herd instinct, which is never to be trusted..
We play war for one night, and if that’s a game for us, for the animals it`s a horror.
Unsuspectingly, most birds sit in their beds on December 31st at midnight each year, trying to save their precious energy in the cold season. And suddenly the madness starts: Rockets explode in the air with a horror bang. Pure horror. This has fatal consequences for the bird world, but also for the hibernation of many other animals.
Accompanied by constant fear, fear of death, torn from their sleep, they fly around in confusion and fear, sometimes up to heights of 500 to 1000 meters.
Some of them stay in the air for up to half an hour or more. Radar images from the Netherlands clearly show the massive effects of fireworks on wild birds.
For about three quarters of an hour, millions of rockets are fired all over the world and turn the first night of the year into a Syria night! At least for the animals.
Eyewitnesses report panicked martens and deer, which in their fear sometimes run against trees. Because there are many who want to practice their martial pyrotechnics in the idyllic countryside.
Waste of money, noise, smog, garbage, injuries and deaths of humans and animals – we all know that firecrackers are not a rational game.
Little is known about the miserable working conditions of production in India and China.
Because the main producers of the fireworks are India and China. With their production they cover 97 percent of the world market. In both countries there is a region where most of the fireworks production takes place – Liuyang in China and Sivakasi in South India. With child labor. Children work up to 13 hours a day for this pyrotechnic crap.
They no longer have fingernails. Their hands are burned. Arms and face are scarred. According to the Don Bosco Children’s Aid Order, 70.000 children make rockets, firecrackers and sparklers in the south Indian city of Sivakasi. â (taz newspaper)
https://utopia.de/feuerwerk-arbeitsbedingungen-china-indien-35189/
And I mean…Insane how much money is fired each year for fireworks.
“Happy New Year!”
With high probability we will hear such a sentence everywhere on New Year’s Eve while it is popping and the sky is colorful, and in private houses animals are scared to death and outdoors, in nature animals kill themselves in panic.
And on New Year’s morning, the same idiots will always be upset about the indescribable amounts of garbage that their rockets and firecrackers have become.
Stop wasting money on fireworks trash.
Spend this money on needy animals in a shelter, or for homeless people.
It is high time that this society finally stopped covering up and justifying its educational stagnation through tradition.
My best regards to all, Venus
WAV Comment – we want to send our thanks to the good citizens of Australia who are doing everything they can to help rescue and save the wonderful Koala. We are watching with interest from around the world.
We also ask the question why the Australian government never seems to last for more than about 6 months ? – but then we read that principals in government, namely MR Morrison and Mr Elliott are jetting off to far flung corners of the globe for their holidays !! – is this the way to deal with a national crisis in your country; by going on holiday ? – no wonder there is no respect from overseas for these self opinionated, self interested dimwits.
Christ, with the ignorance of live export issues and the denial of global warming; one has to question what the Australian government is about. We know as do many but we refrain from publishing the words, as they may cause offence to the government.
A sad government led by those with self interests;Â
Thousands of koalas feared dead as massive Australian wildfires destroy habitat
Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, further diminishing Australiaâs iconic marsupial, whilethe fire danger accelerated on Saturday in the countryâs east as temperatures soared.
The mid-north coast of New South Wales was home to up to 28,000 koalas, but wildfires in the area in recent months have significantly reduced their population.
Koalas are native to Australia and are one of the countryâs most beloved animals, but they have been under threat due to a loss of habitat.
There have been several incidents where desperate koalas have sought help from humans.
South Australian cyclist Anna Heusler was cycling with friends in the countryside outside Adelaide on December 27 when she saw a koala and let it drink from her water bottle.
Environment minister Sussan Ley said: âUp to 30% of their habitat has been destroyed.
âWeâll know more when the fires are calmed down and a proper assessment can be made.â
Images shared of koalas drinking water after being rescued from the wildfires have gone viral on social media in recent days.
Ms Ley said: âI get mail from all around the world from people absolutely moved and amazed by our wildlife volunteer response and also by the habits of these curious creatures.â
About 12.35 million acres of land have burned nationwide during the current wildfire crisis, with nine people killed and more than 1,000 homes destroyed.
Fire danger in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory was upgraded to severe on Saturday, as high temperatures built up over the region.
Sydneyâs western suburbs reached 41C, while the inner city is expected to hit 31C on Sunday before reaching 35C on Tuesday.
Two wildfires in New South Wales are at the âwatch and actâ level issued by fire services.
Canberra, Australiaâs capital, peaked at 38C on Saturday, with oppressive temperatures forecast for the next seven days.
Meanwhile, New South Wales emergency services minister David Elliott has gone on an overseas family holiday â which comes in the wake of Prime Minister Scott Morrisonâs much-criticised recent trip to Hawaii.
Mr Morrison, who apologised for going away, eventually cut short his holiday and returned to Sydney last weekend.
Mr Elliott said he will be briefed daily while overseas, and he added: âIf the bushfire situation should demand it, I will return home without hesitation.â
Last updated Sat 28 Dec 2019
Dunkinâ Launches the Beyond Sausage Sandwich Nationwide
https://chooseveg.com/blog/dunkin-beyond-sausage-sandwich-nationwide/
Multinational coffee company Dunkinâ just announced a rollout of the Beyond Sausage Sandwich to more than 9,000 U.S. locations on November 6! Hungry patrons will be able to veganize the sandwich by ordering the sausage on an English muffin without cheese or egg.
The company made history in July as the first U.S. chain to add Beyond Meat sausage to its menu, initially debuting sandwiches made with Beyond Breakfast Sausage exclusively at Dunkinâ locations in Manhattan.
Dunkinâ U.S. president Dave Hoffmann stated:
We are extremely proud of our partnership with Beyond Meat and thrilled to be the first U.S. quick-service restaurant to offer Beyond Breakfast Sausage nationwide. Dunkinâ is the brand that democratizes trends for America, and this latest addition to our menu gives consumers more choice to meet their evolving needs. As we continue to transform our brand, weâre proud to use our platform to give everyone the opportunity to enjoy the great taste and benefits of plant-based protein.
Beyond Meat seemed equally thrilled with the partnership. Founder and CEO Ethan Brown said in a statement:
Weâre excited to introduce the Beyond Sausage Sandwich nationwide and in doing so, offer an option with fewer calories, less total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium, while delivering more protein and iron than a comparable pork sausage sandwich. We are excited that everyone who runs on Dunkinâ now has the option to make a delicious plant-based sausage sandwich part of their day.
As the worldâs appetite for plant-based meat grows, huge companies like Dunkinâ are taking notice. McDonaldâs, the largest restaurant company in the United States by sales, just partnered with Beyond Meat to start testing a plant-based burger in 28 restaurants in Ontario, Canada. In August, Kentucky Fried Chicken tested Beyond Meat fried chicken in Atlanta, even painting the restaurant green in honor of the launch.
With more and more companies adopting plant-based meals, itâs never been a better time for you to do the same. For delicious meal ideas and recipes, order a FREE Vegetarian Starter Guide today.
A shocking video has emerged that hunt âsaboteursâ in Sheffield claim shows their car being violently attacked by a man wielding the corpse of a dead fox.
UPDATE, December 26: We have been given a name for the hunt supporter smashing the fox against the van window.
Cops and media will be informed in due course.
Today we decided to spread festive cheer across North Yorkshire with West Yorkshire Hunt sabs.
First, we stopped off at the Badsworth’s meet at Kirk Smeaton. Though they are now merged with the Yas and Bramham Moor, they still have separate Boxing Day meets. The Badsworth went for a bit of a trot.
The local scum were clearly unhappy not to see some actual hunting, so decide to be aggressive and block vehicles in and smash our window with a roadkill fox whilst also smashing bits off our vehicle!
Satisfied the hounds were packed away, we headed to meet the plucky York Anti Hunt League, who had been sabbing the Bramham Moor since they left the meet at Aberford. We helped keep an eye on the hounds as they drew a couple of large coverts, but it soon became clear they were heading back to the meet. Finally packing at 3pm.
Boxing Day hunts are among the UKâs most divisive traditions.
Fifteen years after the Hunting Act was introduced, hunts still take place across Britain every Boxing Day. The Hunting Act came into force almost 700 years after fox hunting first began in England and Wales. It prohibits the chasing of wild animals in England and Wales, including fox hunting, deer hunting, hare hunting, hare coursing and mink hunting. However, the Act does not completely ban hunting.
Drag hunting is still allowed, which involves a pack of hounds following an artificially-laid scent.
Itâs very common for hunts to be interrupted or sabotaged by protestors, who suspect that hunts are ignoring the ban and harming foxes anyway.
The RSPCA has warned that trail hunting is often used as a “smokescreen” for traditional hunting.
A shocking video has emerged that hunt âsaboteursâ in Sheffield claim shows their car being violently attacked by a man wielding the corpse of a dead fox.
The video shows a man (presumably a hunting supporter) repeatedly slamming what appears to be a foxâs body against their car.
Afterwards, animal rights activist Charlotte Smith uploaded photos to Twitter showing blood across the windows of the groupâs vehicle.
Hunt saboteurs, or âsabsâ, follow hunts and try to sabotage them if they suspect that animals are being harmed. It is unclear who the man who allegedly hit the car with a dead fox was, or if he was affiliated with any hunting group.
It’s also unclear how the fox was killed.
But this shockingly violeânt video will undoubtedly cause distress, and is a clear indication that this debate isn’t going anywhere.
https://www.indy100.com/article/man-hits-animal-rights-fox-boxing-day-hunt-sheffield-video-9261141
My comment:Â So far 3,981 people have seen this video, it has been shared 9,014 times and 3,145 comments have been posted!
This is our hope: to bring justice to a just verdict against these choleric violent criminals by public jerk.
Because the courts only cover the hunters’ criminals.
Obviously not much has changed in England in terms of the brutality and primitivity with which the hunter sabotages are treated by the hunters.
In his book, the well-known animal rights activist and founder of the “Association Against Animal Factories” Dr. Dr. Martin Balluch, entitled “In the underground”, describes the hunting sabotage in England, in which he himself took part between 1989 and 1997, in a very exciting and documentary manner.
At the time, animal rights activist Tom Worby was also killed in a hunting sabotage, in England. The perpetrator and hunter Tony Ball was found innocent by the court; the case was declared as “accidental death”. Shortly after the fatal attack, Tony Ball (the killer) was given a new identity by the state and went into hiding (page 155 from the book).
On the 3rd April 1993, Tom Worby, a 15 year old hunt sab was crushed under the wheels of the Cambridgeshire Foxhounds hound van.
No action was taken against the 53-year-old Huntsman, Tony Ball.
And so we see how closely and confidently justice and hunters work, everywhere.
The “hunter-friendly” country Germany, should also learn from the example of Geneva, where there has been no hunting since 1974; there is only professional wildlife management. With excellent results for the wild animal population.
That means: the hunters in Geneva have the task of redeeming only injured animals and to ensure peace and compliance with the law in the forest; Not to massacre animals on behalf of corrupt politicians, like in Germany.
A special message to activists around Britain and beyond who are protesting or sabotaging fox hunts đŚ!
Keep up the great work, frends! Good luck and thank you!
My best regards to all, Venus
Above – Dave Spikey as part of the ‘No Joke. Campaign.
âBoxing Dayâ, or 26th December each year, is a recognised day when the blood lust hunts take to the local towns and villages in order to parade themselves and the hunting hounds.
Although the Boxing Day hunt parades take place up and down the UK, especially in England; it is also a day for those opposed to hunting to take to the streets and villages also to make their voices heard. Naturally, with pro hunt supporters and anti hunt demonstrators in the same vicinity, conflict is virtually guaranteed.
The vast majority of the British public (around 85-90%) are opposed to all hunting â and so the passing of a long fought campaign resulting in the âHunting Actâ of 2004 was widely welcomed by the vast majority.
The Hunting Act 2004
https://www.league.org.uk/hunting-actÂ
The Hunting Act 2004 is the official law (legislation) law which bans chasing wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales â this basically means that fox hunting, deer hunting, hare hunting, hare coursing and mink hunting are all illegal, as they all are cruel sports based on dogs chasing wild mammals.
The introduction of the Hunting Act followed an extensive and often exhausting campaign spanning 80 years, with the League Against Cruel Sports and our supporters at the forefront since 1924. In Scotland, hunting with dogs was banned earlier by a different law, the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002.
Securing the Hunting Act was a key moment in the history of animal protection legislation in the UK and public polling consistently shows it is a popular law. Yet, since its introduction, the Hunting Act has been the target of considerable attack from the pro-hunt lobby which has waged an on-going campaign to try and undermine the Act with the aim of getting it scrapped or weakened, and defied the Act by developing and promoting methods to circumvent it in the form of false alibies or illicit exploitations of its exemptions.
This sabotage of the law continues today.
- âTrail huntingâ is an entirely new invention which purports to mimic traditional hunting by following an animal-based scent trail (using fox urine, according to the hunters) which has been laid in areas where foxes or hares are likely to be.
- Crucially, those laying the trail are not meant to tell those controlling the hounds where the scent has been laid, so if the hounds end up following a live animal scent the hunt can claim that they did not know, and so âthis is why they did not try to stop themâ.
- In drag hunting the trail doesnât contains animal-based scent, is never laid in areas likely to have foxes, and those controlling the hounds always know where the trail was laid.
- This is why in drag hunting, ‘accidents’ when live animals are chased are very rare, while in trail hunting they are very common.
The Case Against Trail Hunting
- Of all those prosecuted for illegal hunting under the Hunting Act, over half claimed to be trail hunting. (Around a quarter of prosecuted hunts claimed to âexempt hunting’ â see below).
- If the hunts really wanted to avoid chasing and killing animals, they would have converted to genuine drag hunting or to âclean bootâ hunting, which is similar.
- The hunts operate in exactly the same locations they used prior to the ban â areas which are known to contain foxes (or hares, deer or mink).
- Trail hunts are always accompanied by âterrier menâ â contractors who follow the hunt on quadbikes and with terrier dogs. In traditional hunting these dogs were sent underground to find a fox if it had escaped the hunt by, for example, hiding in a hole underground. Terrier men would place the terrier in the hole to force the fox out so the chase could continue. If trail hunts genuinely donât try to catch foxes â then why are they always accompanied by terrier men?
- Trail hunts very rarely even bother laying a trail. Having looked at over 4,000 hunt monitoring reports of over 30 hunt monitors from different organisations covering the majority of hunts in England and Wales (157), since the Hunting Act 2004 was enacted, these hunt monitors have reported witnessing someone laying a possible trail only in an average of around 3% of the occasions they monitored hunts, but they believed that only an average of around 0.04% of the occasions they may have witnessed a genuine trail hunting event, rather than a fake one.
- So, we think that trail hunting is not a genuine sport but a cover for illegal hunting, designed to deceive the authorities and make the prosecution of illegal hunters very difficult.
Fox hunting is illegal in England, Scotland and Wales. It is still legal in Northern Ireland.
Fox hunting was banned by the Hunting Act 2004 in England and Wales, and the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 in Scotland. But while these were both welcome and hard-fought pieces of legislation, overwhelming evidence suggests that both are being ignored or exploited by hunts on a regular basis.
Hunts in England and Wales invented the activity of âtrailâ hunting after the fox hunting ban came in. This claims to be a non-lethal sport where the hunt simply follows a pre-laid trail rather than searching for and chasing a fox. However, years of evidence shows that hunts are using trail hunting as a cover for illegal hunting by claiming to be following a trail but still carrying on and hunting foxes the way they did before the hunting ban.
Hunts in England and Wales also use âexemptionsâ in the Hunting Act. These were designed to allow certain types of âpestâ control or scientific research, but are being exploited by the hunts to give them an excuse to carry on hunting.
In Scotland, an exemption in the law allows foxes to be killed by âflushing to gunsâ, where a pack of hounds is allowed to be used to chase a fox from cover where it can be shot. However, evidence from League investigators shows hunts claiming to be flushing to guns â but without having any guns present in the right place.
Some argue that âhuntingâ should continue because itâs a grand old British tradition. However, bear baiting and bull baiting were also traditions hundreds of years ago, and they were rightfully consigned to the history books. Traditions are measured in more than years. They have to reflect the values and attitudes of a society, and the vast majority of the British people oppose hunting with dogs.
There was a (2019) General Election in the UK just a few weeks ago. In the past, the âConservative Partyâ were always regarded as the party which supported hunting. They were elected as the government a few weeks ago; but things have now changed very much. Many Conservative Members of Parliament (MPâs) are now also opposed to hunting with hounds; and they view animal welfare as a big issue, and vote winner !
The Conservative Party now has a âBlue Foxâ, or Conservatives against fox hunting section; of which many MPs are supportive. Here is a link to the site they operate:
https://conservativesagainstfoxhunting.com/
Very recently â November 2019, the Blue Fox made a Press Release in support of the omission of a free vote to repeal the Hunting Act 2004 in the new Conservative Manifesto.
With the omission of a âfree voteâ in Parliament; which if successful could have seen the Hunting Act removed and a return to hunting; the Conservatives have largely stated that they are fully in support of the hunting ban that has been in force since 2004 â good news for anti blood sport campaigners and even better news for the animals which could have been allowed to be hunted once again.
https://conservativesagainstfoxhunting.com/8118-2/
So â end of 2019 â we feel very confident that there will be no return to the old days and the mass hunting of animals such as fox, deer, hare and mink. Now with cross party support in Parliament, it is time for the pitfalls in the current legislation; and as described above; to be fully reviewed by Parliament and the law changed to clean up all the pitfalls which hunts currently use as excuses to allow them to continue to hunt wild animals in a law by passing way. Only when the law is changed to fully implement all the pitfalls which currently exist to allow hunting to continue in some form, can we unite in saying that for the UK, hunting has finally been recorded in history books as something which happened in the past; like cock fighting and Bull baiting.
We have now moved on and most citizens want this issue confined simply to the history books. It is now time for the political parties to combine and do what the vast majority of people want â a revised Hunting Act which gives complete and utter protection to all animals which have suffered at the hands of the hunts â bring it on !!
Regards Mark
With big thanks to the âLeague Against Cruel Sportsâ (LACS) who have provided invaluable assistance in the compilation of this WAV post.
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I took this picture many, many years ago; before the Hunting Act was passed, to kill the myth that foxes killed by hunting hounds die by a simple bite at the back of the neck. NOT TRUE, they are ripped to pieces and suffer immensely as a result. There is not need for this, and no need for the hunts all dressed up in their âPinksâ, or redcoats.
A zookeeper is bitten in the hand by a Philippines crocodile in the zoo in Zurich. The animal does not let go for minutes and must finally be killed.
At the zoo in Zurich, a crocodile has bitten into the hand of an animal keeper and has not let go for minutes.
The animal was finally shot, the Swiss news agency SDA-Keystone reported on Wednesday. The woman was taken to a hospital.
The zookeeper wanted to clean the enclosure on Monday evening and separated the male Philippines crocodile from the area, said zoo director Alex RĂźbel of the news agency. The animal had managed to grab the woman’s hand.
ÂŤIt is sad that we had to shoot the animal. But of course the life and health of the zookeeper took precedence”, so Alex RĂźbel!
Since it could not let go, they finally decided to kill the animal. The crocodile, which is about 1.5 meters long and weighs around 15 kilograms, was said to be a rare species of the Philippines crocodiles from the Mindanao Islands, of which there are only 250 specimens left in the wild.
A female of the same species still lives in Zurich Zoo, said RĂźbel. It has not yet been decided whether the zoo will look for a new male.
https://www.tonight.de/aktuelles/zuerich-krokodil-verbeisst-sich-in-hand-von-tierpflegerin-dem-zoo-bleibt-keine-wahl_81741.html
And I mean.. Carpenters also lose fingers … occupational risk or carelessness.
However, they do not appear in the newspaper and therefore do not kill anyone.
Why was the slave murdered?
Because he had no rights.
Those who have rights are respected, those who have none are despised.
His slave owner Alex RĂźbel sold the public a human-friendly explanation of the murder: ÂŤIt is sad that we had to shoot the animal. But of course the life and health of the zookeeper took precedence. Âť
Exactly … Mini croco with 15 kg …. would have swallowed a whole nurse of 68 kilos … and would then go down in history under “Wonders of the Wildlife”.
Given the number of 250 crocodile specimens still alive and the 7,674,575,000 living human pests, it would have been better to have traded the other way round.
My best regards to all, Venus
When a picture says more than just a thousand Words, then is this one đ!
The kind of treatment that EVERY animal deserves.đ
Did you know that Botswana, Zimbabwe and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have legalized trade in ivory and animal skins?
In many African countries, the elephant is almost extinct.
But there is a tribe in northern Kenya who want to prevent this.
Years ago, these warriors were afraid of elephants. But now they even have an orphanage for little elephant babies.
Innovative Samburu communities in northern Kenya have come together to save orphaned elephants.
The region is home to Turkana, Rendille, Borana and Somali as well as the Samburu – ethnic groups that once fought for the country and its resources until death.
Now they are working together to strengthen their communities and protect the estimated 6,000 elephants that live with them!
The elephant orphanage Reteti, nestled in the gorge next to a crescent-shaped mountain range, is located in a 975,000 hectare thorny bush in northern Kenya and is known as the Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust – part of the ancestral home of the Samburu.
It was founded in 2016 by the Samburu. Funding comes from Conservation International, San Diego Zoo Global and Tusk UK. The Kenya Wildlife Service and the Northern Rangelands Trust provide ongoing support.
The 6,000 elephants in this part of Kenya form the second largest population in the country.
Black rhinos are starting to return – a small, carefully guarded population that has been reintroduced to the Sera Conservancy, adjacent to Namunyak, from parks and reserves across Kenya.
Warthog, impala, little kudu, buffalo, leopard, cheetah and reticulated giraffe are also on the rise.
This is Shaba, almost two years old today, the acting matriarch of Reteti’s younger orphans, and she teaches them how to look for food in the wild.
Under the supervision of caregivers, she leads her small herd into the bush outside the protected area, pulls leaves, tastes bark, presses down small trees and takes mud baths (Photo: Ami Vitale, National Geographic)
What happens here in Reteti without much fuss is nothing less than the beginning of a transformation in the way Samburu relate to wild animals that they have long feared.
This oasis, where orphans grow up and learn to be wild so that they can one day return to their herds, is as much about people as it is about elephants.
Yes, they still exist those who protect elephants.
And I mean...Projects like this fill us with joy. Whenever possible, we want to finally see these animals in freedom and joy.
Our great lesson in animal welfare is collaboration and continuity. To be successful, we need to invest in long-term, trustworthy relationships. If an initiative is not strengthened by many groups, the work will not be successful.
To be successful you have to work together.
My best regards to all, Venus
Maria and Paul wrote this when we were fighting hard to give Serbian animals a voice; that is why the song starts with ‘Serbia’; just another nation where so much wrong is being done to harm animals. People across the world must unite to be strong and fight the animal abuse.
Please visit our other site ‘Serbian Animals Voice’ https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/about-serbian-animals/Â to find out more about stray suffering animals in Serbia.
You can also visit another section of the site to see many pictures and videos from our campaigns. Â https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/category/serbia-central-serbia-capital-belgrade-and-serbiavojvodina-capital-novi-sad/page/2/ Â
– Warning – there are lots of graphic images; this is the real world in Serbia; do not let them tell you otherwise.
Regards Mark.
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