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WHEN HUMANS ACT LIKE DEVILS: YUCATAN, MEXICO: “TORNEO DE LAZO” WHERE BULLS RAM HORSES:PETITION


Please sign and share this petition if you are against this http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Horses_eviscerated_alive_for_fun/?fQLnCab&pv=2
he pain and suffering inflicted on the horses is immense. The fact that this is a "public event" witnessed by all, including children is very harmful to all. THIS EVENT TEACHES THAT VIOLENCE AND CRUELTY IS FUN.<br /> They call it a feast. In the state of Yucatan, Mexico there is a "rodeo" type event called "Torneo de Lazo" where bulls ram horses and eviscerate them. THIS CAUSES A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF PAIN TO THE HORSES. These horses usually collapse and while still alive continue to get trampled by bulls and other horses during the length of this violent and cruel event where<br /> horsemen try to lasso the running, charging bulls (the bulls are specifically bred and trained to ram horses).</p> <p>Although it is against the law, this is only in name. Mexico’s federal government as well as the local authorities do nothing to stop this. This event takes place state wide all year round.</p> <p>Please demand the Mexican government to put and end to this barbaric event.” src=”https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/936479_10200827836715614_1772029781_n.jpg” width=”398″ height=”288″ /></span></a></div> <div id=
he pain and suffering inflicted on the horses is immense. The fact that this is a “public event” witnessed by all, including children is very harmful to all. This EVENT TEACHES THAT VIOLENCE AND CRUELTY IS FUN. They call it a feast. In the state of Yucatan, Mexico there is a “rodeo” type event called “Torneo de Lazo” where bulls ram horses and eviscerate them. THIS CAUSES A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF PAIN TO THE HORSES. These horses usually collapse and while still alive continue to get trampled by bulls and other horses during the length of this violent and cruel event where horsemen try to lasso the running, charging bulls (the bulls are specifically bred and trained to ram horses).
Although it is against the law, this is only in name. Mexico’s federal government as well as the local authorities do nothing to stop this. This event takes place state wide all year round.
Please demand the Mexican government to put and end to this barbaric event.
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GreatApeProject: 43 Schimpansen im Schwabenpark bei Welzheim unter erbärmlichsten Umständen


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—– Original Message —–

Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:41 AM

Subject: Rundmail 3/2013: Schwabenpark

Liebe Affenfreunde,

morgen, am 23.3., beginnt im Schwabenpark bei Welzheim (nahe Stuttgart) die Saison 2013. Der Park hält unter indiskutablen Bedingungen 43 Schimpansen vor, die größte Privathaltung in Europa. Mehrere der Tiere müssen täglich, teils in lächerliche Kostüme gesteckt, in Zirkusshows auftreten.

Mit Unterstützung des Great Ape Project hat die Tierrechtsorganisation AnimalEQUALITY in monatelanger Undercoverarbeit die katastrophalen Bedingungen dokumentiert, unter denen die Tiere im Schwabenpark gehalten und ausgebeutet werden. Ein erschütterndes Dossier:

http://schwabenparkrecherche.com/

Anläßlich der morgigen Wiedereröffnung des Parks haben mehrere TR-Organisationen zudem eine Pressemitteilung herausgegeben:

Schwabenpark-Saisoneröffnung: Tierschutz- und Tierrechtsorganisationen fordern sofortiges Ende der Schimpansen-Show

 

Kaisersbach / Gerlingen, 22. März 2013 - Diesen Samstag startet der „Schwabenpark“ in die neue Saison. Anlässlich der Wiedereröffnung des Vergnügungsparks fordern sechs Tierschutz und -Tierrechtsorganisationen die sofortige Beendigung der umstrittenen Schimpansenshow, bei der mehrere der intelligenten Menschenaffen auf erniedrigende Weise vorgeführt werden. Die Organisationen, die seit einem gemeinsamen Ortstermin im Park Anfang 2012 mit Politik und Betreiber im Dialog stehen, mahnen zudem die strikte Einhaltung eines von der baden-württembergischen Landesregierung in Auftrag gegebenen Gutachtens über die Schimpansen im Schwabenpark an. Das im Herbst 2012 veröffentlichte Gutachten bestätigte, dass die Menschenaffen teilweise deutlich unterhalb der behördlichen Mindestanforderungen gehalten werden.

„Die entwürdigende Schimpansenshow muss beendet werden. Sie ist ethisch völlig inakzeptabel und nicht mit dem Tierschutzgesetz vereinbar“, so die Organisationen in einer gemeinsamen Stellungnahme.

Babyschimpansen werden im Schwabenpark häufig von ihren Müttern getrennt und ‘von Hand‘ aufgezogen. Ohne diese Maßnahme lassen sich Schimpansen nicht für Shows dressieren – und dennoch funktioniert ihre Dressur nicht ohne Zwang. Die sechs Organisationen weisen darauf hin, dass die Richtlinien für die Haltung von Schimpansen derzeit vom zuständigen Bundesministerium (BMELV) komplett überarbeitet und in den nächsten Monaten veröffentlicht werden. Weil die Mindestanforderungen aufgrund neuer Erkenntnisse in der Verhaltensbiologie zukünftig deutlich höher sein werden, dürften auf den Schwabenpark beträchtliche Umbauerfordernisse hinsichtlich der ungenügenden Unterbringung der Schimpansen zukommen. Die Organisationen kündigen an, die ordnungsgemäße Umsetzung der neuen Richtlinien des Bundesministeriums sowie der Anforderungen des Gutachtens zu kontrollieren.

Unterzeichnende Organisationen:

Animal Public e.V.  Animal Rights Watch e.V. (ARIWA) Great Ape Project Tierrechtsinitiative Region Stuttgart Tierrechtsinitiative Straubing – Initiative gegen die Zurschaustellung von exotischen Wildtieren PETA Deutschland e.V.

Bitte verbreitet das Dossier und die PM über euere Kanäle weiter.

 Beste Grüße und einen schönen Frühlingsanfang

Colin   www.greatapeproject.de

ps: Die taz hat als erste über das Dossier berichtet:

http://taz.de/Vorwurf-der-Tierquaelerei/!113260/

Petition for Horses, against Cruelty


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Liebe TierschutzKollegInnen,                                        

ich lege Euch heute meine Petition vor,
die ich für Pferde erstellt habe.
Bitte, signiert die Petition und gebt
sie weiter.
Ich habe mein ganzes Herz in diese
Petition gelegt, weil ich es nicht
aushalten will, was brutale Tierquäler
- theoretisch und praktisch – unseren
Pferden antun.
Die Täter warten nur darauf, dass wir
müde werden und aufgeben.
Das dürfen wir nicht!
LG Annamaria

“WE HAD OUR 269 LIFE TATTOOS PUT UPON OURSELVES YESTERDAY”


 
Robert Cohen wrote:
A few weeks ago while working out on a stationary
bike at 3AM in my 24-hour gym, I noticed the
brightly colored tattoo on the upper left arm of
a young woman who was sweating profusely while
doing her own workout on an elliptical machine. I now regret not approaching her to ask the meaning
of that tattoo.

A few days ago, I received an email message from an
Australian frend which read:

“We had our 269life tattoos put upon ourselves
yesterday – they are all 269.”

I immediately recalled the gym memory of where
I first saw that same message.

I then went to the World Wide Web to search the
meaning of ’269 Life’.

I crash landed at this website:

http://www.269life.com

I was soon directed to this Israeli video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA4q1pU957c

Shocking demo in Israel: activists got branded by hot steel

http://youtu.be/RA4q1pU957c

Über 269

The burning of the calf’s number, chosen by the industry to be “269″, is for us an act of solidarity and immortalization. We hope to be able to raise awareness and empathy towards those, whose cries of terror and pain are only heard by steel bars …

Shocking demo in Israel: activists got branded by hot steel

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Veröffentlicht am 02.10.2012

On October 2nd 2012, world farm animals day, three animal rights activists in Israel got branded with a hot steel brand, in the same way farm animals are branded in factory farms.

Watch the official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAJgM…
See more footage of this demo: http://www.269life.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/269calf

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Now You can help Romanian Dogs! A Letter from Dr. Carmen Arsene shows You, how!


English: 1948 Constitution of Romania

English: 1948 Constitution of Romania (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Von: Carmen Arsene <cmarsene@yahoo.com>
An: my e-mail-address
Gesendet: 10:27 Donnerstag, 21.Februar 2013
Betreff: animal protection provisions in your national Constitution

Dear all 

 

 

The Constitution of Romania will be changed. A Commission of 23 members have been formed in this respect. I had already discussions with 2 members asking them in helping to introduce some provisions with regards at animal protection.

We need to sustain this point by having a background of examples.

I need in this respect examples from the rest of countries who have in their national Constitution these kind of provisions.

 

 

 

Therefore, please help us by looking in your Constitution and send me the exact text (your language and English, if possible) that it reffers at animals (mentioning the no. of the article where the texts are). I need it till Saturday evening if posible.

 

Some tips: probably your Constitution you can find on internet and, as probably is very large and you can not start reading, you can find by searching inside looking for the word “animal”.

 

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

All the best

Carmen Arsene
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YES, Germany Must Ban BESTIALITY!


English: Painting of the Trial of Bill Burns, ...

English: Painting of the Trial of Bill Burns, the first prosecution under the 1822 Martin’s Act for cruelty to animals, after he was found beating his donkey. It is the first known prosecution for animal cruelty in the world. The prosecution was brought by Richard Martin, MP for Galway, also known as Humanity Dick, and the case became memorable because he brought the donkey into court. The painting was made at the time of the trial. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Yes, Germany Must Ban Bestiality

Bestiality is to be banned in Germany in a reversal of a 1969 decision which made it legal. Animal welfare advocates are praising the decision to outlaw such abuse of animals — also known as zoophilia — while contending that the focus on this issue has diverted attention from other urgent animal rights concerns.

Ilse Aigner, the German agriculture minister, is calling for a reversal of the 1969 decision on the grounds that bestiality is an “offence not only to hurt an animal but also to force it into unnatural sex,” according to the BBC. Animals should not be used “for personal sexual activities or made available to third parties for sexual activities … thereby forcing them to behave in ways that are inappropriate to their species,” says Hans-Michael Goldmann, chairman of a parliamentary committee that is discussing the measure before the Bundestag votes on it on December 14.

Under the new measure, anyone found guilty of forcing an animal into “actions alien to the species” could face a fine of 25,000 euros (about $32,300).

Michael Kiok, a librarian who is chairman of a group called  the Zoophile Engagement for Tolerance and Information (Zeta), says that he plans to take legal action against the changes. “When I look at my dog I know immediately what it wants. Animals are much easier to understand than women,” says Kiok in the Guardian — statements that are (to totally understate the matter) beyond disturbing.

The topic of animal bestiality is a “tough one for people to hear and deal with,” as Care2 blogger Megan Drake writes. But it is one that we need to not only be aware of, but to take action about. As Megan points out, only 17 states in the U.S. have laws under which bestiality is a felony; fourteen more states say it is a misdemeanor. The rest do not consider bestiality a crime against animals, though some consider it a misdemeanor if a minor child or pornography is involved.

In Europe, a number of countries (including the Netherlands, France and Switzerland) ban bestiality. Prior to 2003, bestiality carried a sentence of life imprisonment in the U.K.; this has been reduced to two years. Bestiality remains legal in Belgium, Denmark and Sweden, though Sweden is considering changing this.

Animal rights advocates in Germany have put forward many other issues that must be attended to and very soon. They are seeking bans on castrating piglets and cutting off their tails and on branding horses without anesthesia. Only the castration issue has been addressed and not in a satisfactory way. According to the Guardian, after 2018 (i.e., not exactly in the very near future) it can only be carried out under a local anesthetic.

While the ban on bestiality is more than — does it need to be said?  – necessary, there is clearly far more the German government, not to mention several states in the U.S. and some European nations, can do to protect animals from cruel and horrendous abuse. How we humans treat and care for all creatures great and small says a lot about us.

Polish Court Rules Religious Animal Slaughter illegal – but!


 

http://www.care2.com/causes/polish-court-rules-religious-animal-slaughter-illegal.html

Polish Court Bans Religious Animal Slaughter, But Victory Could Be Short-Lived

 

Polish Court Bans Religious Animal Slaughter, But Victory Could Be Short-Lived

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Following a petition brought by animal welfare groups, a top court in Poland ruled this week that the ritual slaughter of animals by religious groups violates the country’s constitution and animal protection laws.

        http://youtu.be/h_bZzxep87c (horror!)

The court found regulations that allow animals to have their throats cut and to subsequently be left to bleed to death without prior stunning to be against a 1997 Polish law that slaughter should only “follow the loss of consciousness” after stunning and that the agricultural minister didn’t have the authority to issue such regulations in the first place.

The decision comes weeks before an EU law allowing the practice on the grounds of religious freedom will go into effect on January 1. According to Poland’s Agriculture Minister Stanislaw Kalemba, the EU law will take precedence and remove any doubts about the legality of ritual slaughter in Poland, reports the BBC.

Critics of the ruling are concerned about what message it will send about religious tolerance and how it will affect exports of kosher and halal meat. A similar measure was supported and approved in the Netherlands last year, but failed to pass after public outcry that a ban would violate religious freedom.

However, animal advocates still see the ruling as a victory and are arguing that Poland may still be able to request an exemption from the EU law.

“It’s up to us to decide whether we want a law authorising this kind of slaughter or not,” Dariusz Gzyra of the campaign group Empatia told the AFP.

In most countries, stunning is believed to be more humane and is required prior to slaughter. However, there are many exemptions for religious slaughter, where Muslims and Jews argue that animals feel no pain. Animal advocates disagree and believe it is inhumane and that it causes severe suffering and stress to animals who are conscious through the process. It’s a debate that’s likely to continue

Warning: Graphic video comparing stunning versus halal slaughter methods.

Facebook Orange for Animal-Cruelty-Awareness


English: Painting of the Trial of Bill Burns, ...

English: Painting of the Trial of Bill Burns, the first prosecution under the 1822 Martin’s Act for cruelty to animals, after he was found beating his donkey. It is the first known prosecution for animal cruelty in the world. The prosecution was brought by Richard Martin, MP for Galway, also known as Humanity Dick, and the case became memorable because he brought the donkey into court. The painting was made at the time of the trial. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Whip or Kick a Family Dog in …


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They Taught How to Negate Animal Rights

On March 9, 2012, Missouri (The “Show Me” state)
turned back the clock on animal rights progress.

Missouri State representative Ward Franz introduced
House Bill (HB 1513) which excludes future legislation
that would give rights to animals.

Whip or kick a family dog? Sure, why not. Animals
do not have rights, according to Show-Me state
politicians.

Beat the cows and pigs before slaughter like the
Chinese do to dogs because adrenaline flavors
meat? Sure, why not? Animals do not have rights,
according to Show-Me state politicos.

Language included in the proposed bill:

“The laws of this state shall not confer upon any
animal a right, privilege, or legal status that is
equivalent or that exceeds a right, privilege, or
legal status as that which this state confers by
law upon a human being.”

Ward Franz is a real American. At a recent
fundraiser, he offered Missouri supporters a
chance to own one of these show-me-state tools:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/M4LE-2.jpg

Who is Ward Franz? Representative Franz attended
Southwest Missouri Baptist University and is employed
by the state of Missouri as a Juvenile officer. Last
year, after his 18-year-old son was arrested for
stealing a Taco Bell sign, Franz called in favors so
that his son was charged as a juvenile and got off
with community service. Nobody messes with a guy who
raffles off assault rifles.

The same day that Missouri’s proposed animal-wrongs
bill was introduced, The editor of an online dairy
website (Dairy Herd Network, Tom Quaife) wrote:

“Take the threat of agroterrorism seriously”

In Tom Quaife’s Dairy Herd Network editorial, we read:

“Since 2005, I have had the opportunity to attend four
conferences on agroterrorism sponsored by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. They are serious affairs,
considering the subject matter…An intentional attack
on the food supply could cost billions of dollars and
undermine public confidence.”

Note to animal rights activists: If you belong to
an animal rights or vegetarian organization, be
cautious of that new radical member. He is there to
entrap you and score points for his miserable career
which views honorable and ethical vegans as America’s
worst form of terrorist. Like generals leading troops
during the Viet Nam war, exaggerated body counts were
essential tools which continued an unjust war. Today’s
new unjust war is the one America is waging against
those who would see animals treated with compassion.
Robert Cohen www.notmilkman.org

ITALY: INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS DAY IN ROME


Monte Pincio, Roma, Öl auf Holz, 15,5 x 23,5 cm

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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:26 PM

Subject: INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS DAY 2011 IN ROME ( pictures)
 

Animal Equality
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS DAY 2011 IN ROME

10/12/2011 – Terrazza del Pincio / piazzale Napoleone

On Saturday 10 December 2011 in commemoration for International Animal Rights Day, Animal Equality Italy carried out its first protest with a visual demonstration to remember the billions of animals who die each year victims of speciesism.

During over more than six hours the Pincio’s square was covered with 100 crosses, each on of them was accompanied by a photo of an animal who had been exploited and/or killed in a farm, laboratory, slaughterhouse or other exploitation facilities.

Activists distributed leaflets and explained to the public that it is possible to save the lives of all these animals by choosing a vegan lifestyle.

 

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