Because the charges brought against Captain Paul Watson are false Here is the story: Paul Watson, the famous founder and captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, over the weekend. The charges against him are related to an incident in Costa Rica from 2002, when Sea Shepherd protested shark finning. The outstanding warrant for his arrest was also for attempted murder, which Sea Shepherd is calling a “fallacy.”The 2002 Sea Shepherd protest in question was against a Costa Rican ship called the Vardero, which was illegally hunting for shark fins. A statement on Sea Shepherd’s website reads “On order of the Guatemalan authorities, Sea Shepherd instructed the crew of the Varadero to cease their shark finning activities and head back to port to be prosecuted. While escorting the Varadero back to port, the tables were turned and a Guatemalan gunboat was dispatched to intercept the Sea Shepherd crew.” The Vardero crew are claiming that Sea Shepherd tried to kill them, but Sea Shepherd maintains that they steered clear of the hostile boat and headed for Costa Rica.
Captain Watson is now awaiting extradition to Costa Rica. Sea Shepherd, the subject of the Animal Planet reality show Whale Wars, is hoping that the charges against him will be dropped. “While in jail, Captain Watson is being assisted by the European Parliament Vice President Daniel Cohn Bendit and the European deputy Jose Bove. Our hope is that these two honorable gentlemen can set Captain Watson free before this nonsense goes any further.” Captain Paul is now out on bail. .
Hoe 40 miljard van ons belastinggeld verkwanseld wordt naar het corrupte België, om even zo corrupte landen te helpen !
* Terwijl hier 1 op de 10 kinderen onder de armoede grens leeft en de armoede in Nederland schrikbarend stijgt , verkwanselt onze fijne regering ons belastinggeld naar het corrupte België om nog wat corrupte vriendjes te helpen . Die dan met onze zuur verdiende centjes weer gevechtsvliegtuigen kopen , die brodeloos staan weg te roesten . ....
Tom Staal en de ongedekte cheque van 40 miljard!
Wat huishoudboekje...?? Oh dat heb ik al lang aan Brussel gegeven ! Tom Staal en de ongedekte cheque van 40 miljard Wie niet naar #BayNed of #ESF12 zat te kijken vanavond, kon live http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/2012/05/esm _the_heist_of_the_millenium.html toezien hoe de Kunduzcoalitie + PvdA het hele land cadeau deed aan Brussel. "Hallo, wij van de Kunduzcoalitie willen eigenlijk helemaal niet regeren. Dus stem op ons op 12 september, dan laten we het aan Europa over, OK?", spraken zij in koor. Tom Staal was eerder vandaag op het Binnenhof om een paar hoofdrolspelers voor de camera te trekken. De verschillen zijn evident. Terwijl Emile Roemer en Geert Wilders rustig doch vastberaden hun kritiek op het ESM aan Tom uitleggen, probeert Diederik Samsom er steeds vandoor te gaan en komt Alexander Pechtold even denigrerend in de camera kijken. Ze durven niet te zeggen wat steeds meer mensen weten: de Europese droom is voorbij. Ontluisterende beelden op ZwanenzangTV. http://www.geenstijl.tv/2012/05/tom_ staal_en_de_ongedekte_cheq.html
Nos "chers" éleveurs.......... Il manque le son... La mère crie et appelle, les agneaux aussi. Vu leur taille, ce sont sans doute des "agneaux de lait". Leur chair est tendre et bien des gens se pourlèchent de manger des nourrissons : agneaux, cochon et chevreau de lait ...
Onze "beste" kwekers .......... Het geluid ontbreekt ... De moeder schreeuwt en roept, de lammetjes ook . Gezien hun grootte zijn het waarschijnlijk "melklammetjes." Hun vlees is mals en veel mensen likken hun vingers om deze zuigelingen te eten..zgn.. zuiglam :( : lammetjes, biggetjes en geitenmelk ...
FRANKFURT, Germany -- The founder of the environmental activist group Sea Shepherd has left a German jail after a court ordered him freed on bail pending a decision on whether he will be extradited to Costa Rica.
Paul Watson told reporters he was relieved to be free, a week after his detention at Frankfurt Airport on a Costa Rican warrant. He said Monday: "I didn't expect something that happened 10 years ago to sneak up on me in Germany."
Costa Rica claims that Watson, a 61-year-old Canadian, endangered a fishing boat and its crew in 2002. Sea Shepherd says Watson was filming a documentary in 2002 when his team encountered an illegal shark-finning operation in Guatemalan waters.
Last Friday, a Frankfurt court ruled that Watson could be freed on (EURO)250,000 ($320,000) bail.
S.O.S. HELP!!!!!! In het hart van Krabbendijke woonde boer Jan met 20 katten tegen de muizen in zijn schuren. Jaarlijks schopte en sloeg hij zo'n 50 katten dood, zowel volwassen katten als kittens. Niemand deed iets, ook de gewaarschuwde Dierenbescherming niet. De laatste tijd was boer Jan niet meer in staat om zijn katten te vermoorden. Hij gaf ze gewoon nauwelijks eten en geen drinken. Zo zijn er veel katten van honger en dorst omgekomen de afgelopen winter in het centrum van Krabbendijke! Onlangs kreeg boer Jan een beroerte en nu is hij opgenomen in het verzorgingstehuis. Zijn katjes zijn er niet rouwig om en wij zoeken met spoed een nieuw goed huis voor de thuisloze katjes die de klomp van boer Jan en de winter overleefd hebben. De katjes variëren in leeftijd van 6 maanden tot een jaar. Wie heeft er plaats in huis en hart?
This is one of the film interviews I regretably turned down, given the director’s right-wing politics and the funding for this documentary from the Center for Consumer [read: Corporate] Freedom. As it turned out, Curt Johnson made an excellent film, enough so to piss off CCF and earn him a lawsuit. This is a damning statement on the pro-kill policies still dominating US animal “shelters” and — tragically, pathetically, and deplorably — the two largest “animal advocacy” groups in the world: the Humane Society of the United Stated (HSUS) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). If you have never seen this film, prepare yourself for shock and disgust.
“I would like to thank everyone around the world for the incredible support over the last week that I spent in a Frankfurt prison. It is greatly appreciated. The people of Sea Shepherd Germany have been wonderful and I have happy to see so much support from supporters in Costa Rica and around the world also.
We have an excellent worldwide legal team working hard to resolve this legal issue. I am confident that this team will do the very best they can on every front involved with this case.
Although I have no reason to believe that the Costa Rican legal system would not give me a fair trial, my concern is not for the judicial system, but for the reality that the shark fin mafia of Costa Rica has a price on my head and a Costa Rican prison would provide an excellent opportunity for someone to exercise this lethal contract against me. We have cost the shark finners a great deal of money over the last two decades and they want their revenge. I would need absolute assurance that the Costa Rican authorities would not place me in the position to jeopardize my safety when I return to Costa Rica to prove my innocence in court.
There are two very important points that I would like to make. The first is that although my arrest and detention have been a focus of this incredible support the fact is that this is not about me. It is about our oceans and the ever escalating threat of diminishment of the diversity of life in our seas. It is about the sharks, the whales, the seals, the sea turtles and the fish.
This is an opportunity to shine an international spotlight on what is happening to the sharks and especially to illustrate that there are elements in Costa Rica responsible for a great deal of the illegal trafficking in shark fins.
Secondly I want to make it very clear that whatever happens to me will not affect our campaigns. I have delegated the responsibility of commanding our ships to my very capable captains and they will be defending sharks this summer in the South Pacific and the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Cove Guardians will return to Taiji, Japan in September to defend the dolphins.
Fortunately Sea Shepherd is now much bigger than myself and even more fortunately is the reality that we now have a legion of passionate, dedicated, courageous and resourceful volunteers around the world. If I am prevented from serving on the front lines upon the high seas I will serve as a symbol of resistance to the destruction of our oceans from inside a prison cell.
Power and greed do not surrender easily and history has shown that sometimes prison is an ordeal that must be endured in order to shake the foundations of powerful special interests. There is no shame in incarceration as Mandela, Gandhi, Thoreau, Aung San Suu Kyi, and so many others have demonstrated.
Power does not relinquish easy and the powers opposing our efforts are immense like the shark finning, bluefin tuna fishing, whaling and dolphin killing industries and the governments that support this trade in death like Japan, Costa Rica, Norway, Iceland, Malta, Canada etc. Sometimes I’m surprised we have made any progress at all but progress we have made indeed, and we will continue to win victories for our clients in the sea, no matter what the obstacles thrown in our path because Sea Shepherd is not just me, it is now an international movement and our flag is becoming widely known and more and more respected and most importantly our permanent and most proud legacy are the thousands of whales, tens of thousands of sharks, hundreds of thousands of seals and millions of fish that swim free in the sea now, that would otherwise have been cruelly slain if not for our intervention.
In the end it is about them and not about us.
We invest our passion and in return we reap the ever enduring seeds of life.”
“Sail forth – steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, I with thee and thou with me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, our selves and all.” - Walt Whitman
The unyielding courage, commitments, and dedication to this planet and its nonhuman life forms is once again tested, and the response, as always, is the steeled resolve of one of the few truly worthy of the appellation “ecowarrior.”
Dit mag de wereld niet zien tijdens het EK voetbal. De moord op deze onschuldige dieren ! Wij laten het wel zien uit respect voor al die dieren die vermoord zijn !!!
De puppy’s die in februari in Arnhem werden gedumpt. foto Hans Broekhuizen/DG
ARNHEM/ VELP – Het dierenasiel voor Arnhem en omstreken in Velp stapt naar de rechter om ruim 7.100 euro te eisen van een Achterhoeker. De man is ex-eigenaar van negen ernstig verwaarloosde hondjes die door het asiel zijn verzorgd. De dieren werden eind februari door een voorbijgangster in een kooi op straat gevonden.
De dieren bleken vermagerd, maar met dikke buiken van de wormen, doorweekt en besmeurd met ontlasting.
Later meldde de Achterhoeker zich als eigenaar. Hij vertelde dat de hondjes bij hem thuis waren gestolen. Het asiel twijfelt aan zijn relaas.
Vierde alcoholdrinkende, kunstjesvertonende, gemartelde beer, in de Oekraïne gered!!
*Vierde alcoholdrinkende, kunstjesvertonende, gemartelde beer, in de Oekraïne gered!!
Circusbeer Benya in nood!!Vier Voeters redt de vierde beer uit gruwelijke omstandigheden KOZYATYN (Oekraïne), 21 mei 2012
Een reddingsteam van de internationale dierenwelzijnsorganisatie Vier Voeters heeft in de stad Kozyatyn de bruine beer Benya ( zie foto),uit gruwelijke omstandigheden gered. Benya is ondergebracht in het nieuwe beren rehabilitatiecentrum Synevyr, in de bossen van de Karpaten. Benya zal in Synevyr onder de beste omstandigheden met andere geredde beren samenleven.
De tien jaar oude bruine beer Benya werd op te jonge leeftijd van zijn moeder gescheiden, waarna hij dansjes en kunstjes moest vertonen in een Oekraïens rondtrekkend circus. Zijn leven buiten de schijnwerpers was alles behalve prestigieus. Benya leefde in een kleine kooi met een oppervlakte van slechts 2,5 vierkante meter en een hoogte van 1,5 meter, waardoor hij niet in staat was op te staan en rond te lopen. Kortom, een leven vol mishandeling.
Dankzij een gezamenlijke reddingsactie van het Vier Voeters team en medewerkers van het beren rehabilitatiecentrum Synevyr, kon Benya worden gered. Tijdens een 13 uur durende reis in de berenambulance werd de beer overgebracht naar het door de Oekraïense regering opgerichte rehabilitatiecentrum. Benya doorstond de reis goed en arriveerde veilig bij zijn nieuwe thuis. De komende dagen zal Benya in een kooi naast vijf andere beren verblijven, waar hij medisch wordt behandeld en goed word gevoerd.
“Het moment dat Benya arriveerde was erg emotioneel voor ons allemaal”, zegt Dr. Amir Khalil, projectleider bij Vier Voeters. “Toen hij de kooi binnenkwam, maakte hij direct contact met Ira, een andere geredde beer, en likte over haar snuit”. ( zie foto).
Vanuit deze kooi zal hij snel toegang krijgen tot een quarantaine gebied van 350 vierkante meter. Daar kan hij spelen met andere beren, klimmen, graven en zwemmen. Vier Voeters bouwt momenteel een gebied van 12 hectare aan grote verblijven in het beren rehabilitatiecentrum. Benya en de andere beren kunnen spoedig gaan genieten in deze natuurlijke omgeving. Volgens Vier Voeters zijn er nog altijd ongeveer 100 BEREN !!!!die in zeer slechte omstandigheden worden gehouden in Oekraïne.
Ze leven in kleine kooien naast restaurants, hotels, tankstations en cafés. De meeste van deze beren moeten kunstjes vertonen en alcohol drinken om toeristen te vermaken. Sinds augustus 2011 bestaat er een verbod op het privé houden van beren in de Oekraïne. “Samen met de Oekraïense autoriteiten zullen we doorgaan in onze strijd tegen de wrede behandeling van beren”, vertelt Dr. Khalil. In februari 2012 ondertekenden Vier Voeters en het Oekraïense Ministerie van ecologie en natuurlijke hulpbronnen een overeenkomst voor de redding en zorg van de privé gehouden bruine beren. Benya is de vierde beer die werd gered door Vier Voeters. De komende maanden zal Vier Voeters ook andere mishandelde beren redden en overbrengen naar het rehabilitatiecentrum. Op verzoek biedt Vier Voeters gratis foto- en videomateriaal aan van Benya’s leven in het circus en zijn redding. Voor meer informatie kunt u onze website bezoeken: www.vier-voeters.nl Lieve lezers, stuur dit artikel door voor meer bekendheid van het geweldige werk van deze Stichting.
The best known European tourist countries are also those with the most important animal cruelty.... Fijne vakantie !
If you plan to visit a country such as Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania or Turkey, be warned! The images which you may be facing are not easy to digest:
•stray dogs and cats are wandering the streets, hungry, thirsty, often sick or injured whilst alive, or lying there dead, with foam at their mouth because they have been poisoned, or in a pool of blood because beaten to death, or run over by a car and simply left to die. •at the countryside, you will see chained dogs or the "famous" barrel dogs if you visit Greece. Forced to live chained up on one meter chain or shorter, with old rusty barrels for dog house, or even no barrels or any protection at all. They are mostly living down deserted roads and tracks and are rarely seeing anyone. Their shelters do not give any protections to bad weather and they are like ovens during the summer months providing no relief from the scorching sun. To add to their misery they may have some dirty water or no water or food at all. They are mostly young dogs craving human companionship, most of them die before they are one year old.
•to see a dog hanging in a tree, is also not an exception. •the Spanish hunting dogs are seen as a 'tool' and not as a living, breathing and sentient being. They can be treated as badly as it pleases and it is perfectly legal to simply discard them after the hunting season or to let them starve because of their stupid belief that a starving dog hunts better. Many are killed after a bad hunting game or when no longer needed.
•horses and donkeys have no better life either. They are still used as a cheap transportation. The animals have to work hard, often at above their own capacity. Malnutrition and lack of care make these animals live a tormented life. Horses and donkeys are often beaten even though the animal is lying down and not able to get up in order to make them do a last effort.
•Spain, Portugal and France make use of their right to celebrate their traditions in order to torture animals to death during bullfights or other outdated blood fiestas such as 'Toro de la Vega', 'Toro Jubilo', 'A Rapa das Bestas', to mention only a few.
During the tourist season many stray animals survive thanks to the tourists, who feel sad at their plight, and feed them scraps. Most tavernas have throngs of stray cats and dogs begging for their existence, but when the tourists leave there is no food supply, and so they die of starvation and disease.
There is no sterilization programme, which would improve the situation greatly, but there is no interest in the welfare of animals, either from the authorities, nor from the public.
This results in a constant flow of kittens and puppies to replace the dying adult population, and so the sad cycle starts again, year in, year out.
The lack of vaccinations means that parvovirus and cat flu are very common, and parasite born diseases such as Leishmanisis and Ehrlrichia are prevalent - all being potentially lethal illnesses, especially in sick and starving animals.
Animals suffering with any of these conditions will rarely be offered any veterinary care, as few people bother to help them. The results are truly shocking.
None of the European tourist countries have made any serious efforts to curb the stray animal population by implementing neutering campaigns, or by informing their citizens about the importance to spay and neuter their animals and/or not to let them roam freely and mate as they wish.
Instead, they try year of after year, before the tourist season begins, to clean the streets from unwanted animals. Poisoning, although illegal, is common practice.
Dog catchers catch the animals and lock them away in public shelters that are real death camps for the animals. Out of the public eye, the animals are let to starve. Many die of the consequences of injuries and diseases left without veterinary care.
Many animals die of thirst during the hot summers, thousands freeze to death in the cold winters.
It is your decision whether you continue to support these countries that do not care about animals, year after year with your tourist money or not.
Have your say during the 'Open Consultation on the European Tourism Label for Quality Systems Initiative' initiated by the European Commission
You, as an EU-citizen or an organization can now say what you think about the way animals are being treated in the European tourist countries by participating in the 'Open Consultation'.
Although this questionnaire has not been elaborated to ask people's opinion about animal welfare in the European tourist countries, we can make use of point 5. (ANY OTHER REMARKS) to let the European Commission (and the tourist countries) know, that bullfights, sadistic blood fiestas and other outdated traditions as well as the shameful treatment of stray animals and the lack of responsibility, disturbs us enough that we will not visit these countries as a tourist until we will notice a serious improvement to the situation.
Countries that largely depend on tourism, should finally take responsibility and neuter their stray animals, force their citizens to spay and neuter their companion animals and create laws to prevent that unwanted animals are being abandoned and reproduce again and again, adding new animals to this never ending cycle of misery and despair. They should start to tackle the cause of the problem instead of fighting only the effect!
You will find all information below. Please have your say before July 13, 2012!
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Period of consultation: From 13.04.2012 to 13.07.2012
Objective of the consultation: Currently there is a wide variety of public and private initiatives that aim at defining the principles and criteria to be used by European tourism stakeholders for ensuring the development and provision of quality tourism within the EU.
However, these quality systems often show little consistency and coordination as they usually focus on individual sectoral or territorial objectives without following a European integrated approach. This fragmentation is a possible obstacle to achieving a EU level playing field for providing high-quality tourism service throughout Europe, which is likely to cause detriment to the competitiveness of the European tourism sector.
The objective of this public consultation is to obtain the views of a wide circle of public and private stakeholders and individuals on a possible EU action in this field.
As one of the possible actions, the Commission foresees the proposal for a European Tourism Label for Quality Systems, with a potential to bring greater transparency and consistency into quality evaluation at EU level.
The European label would recognise those existing and future tourism quality systems that comply with the common European criteria.
The results of this consultation will help us assess the impacts of the proposed initiative.
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Uiteraard ben je vrij om je vakantie door te brengen waar je wilt, maar realiseer je wel dat je een land steunt dat geen zier geeft om dierenbelangen en het geld alleen voor zichzelf gebruikt. het zou effectiever zijn deze landen te boycotten zoalng ze dieren zo schandalig behandelen !
I would like to thank everyone around the world for the incredible support over the last week that I spent in a Frankfurt prison. It is greatly appreciated. The people of Sea Shepherd Germany have been wonderful and I have happy to see so much support from supporters in Costa Rica and around the world also.
We have an excellent worldwide legal team working hard to resolve this legal issue. I am confident that this team will do the very best they can on every front involved with this case.
Although I have no reason to believe that the Costa Rican legal system would not give me a fair trial, my concern is not for the judicial system, but for the reality that the shark fin mafia of Costa Rica has a price on my head and a Costa Rican prison would provide an excellent opportunity for someone to exercise this lethal contract against me. We have cost the shark finners a great deal of money over the last two decades and they want their revenge. I would need absolute assurance that the Costa Rican authorities would not place me in the position to jeopardize my safety when I return to Costa Rica to prove my innocence in court.
There are two very important points that I would like to make. The first is that although my arrest and detention have been a focus of this incredible support the fact is that this is not about me. It is about our oceans and the ever escalating threat of diminishment of the diversity of life in our seas. It is about the sharks, the whales, the seals, the sea turtles and the fish.
This is an opportunity to shine an international spotlight on what is happening to the sharks and especially to illustrate that there are elements in Costa Rica responsible for a great deal of the illegal trafficking in shark fins.
Secondly I want to make it very clear that whatever happens to me will not affect our campaigns. I have delegated the responsibility of commanding our ships to my very capable captains and they will be defending sharks this summer in the South Pacific and the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Cove Guardians will return to Taiji, Japan in September to defend the dolphins.
Fortunately Sea Shepherd is now much bigger than myself and even more fortunately is the reality that we now have a legion of passionate, dedicated, courageous and resourceful volunteers around the world. If I am prevented from serving on the front lines upon the high seas I will serve as a symbol of resistance to the destruction of our oceans from inside a prison cell.
Power and greed do not surrender easily and history has shown that sometimes prison is an ordeal that must be endured in order to shake the foundations of powerful special interests. There is no shame in incarceration as Mandela, Gandhi, Thoreau, Aung San Suu Kyi, and so many others have demonstrated.
Power does not relinquish easy and the powers opposing our efforts are immense like the shark finning, bluefin tuna fishing, whaling and dolphin killing industries and the governments that support this trade in death like Japan, Costa Rica, Norway, Iceland, Malta, Canada etc. Sometimes I’m surprised we have made any progress at all but progress we have made indeed, and we will continue to win victories for our clients in the sea, no matter what the obstacles thrown in our path because Sea Shepherd is not just me, it is now an international movement and our flag is becoming widely known and more and more respected and most importantly our permanent and most proud legacy are the thousands of whales, tens of thousands of sharks, hundreds of thousands of seals and millions of fish that swim free in the sea now, that would otherwise have been cruelly slain if not for our intervention.
In the end it is about them and not about us.
We invest our passion and in return we reap the ever enduring seeds of life. Paul.
I have no words to describe how wrong and horrific this is. Living beings being treated like toys, tortured, exploited, enslaved and used for the so-called ''profit''...
As the public debate over causes behind Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) — a syndrome in which bees seemingly abandon their hives — carries on in the media, more and more new science has shown that neonicotinoid pesticides are indeed a critical piece of the puzzle. Although they are not the cause, these and other pesticides are acting in concert to make very bees sick: » Three separate studies in the last six months have confirmed that sublethal doses of pesticides act synergistically with a common gut fungus, Nosema, to dramatically increase mortality.
» Another three studies confirm that bees are exposed to acutely toxic levels of clothianidin in the field through the poisonous dust, or planter exhaust, as treated corn seeds go into the ground.
EPA knows enough to act. They have the authority and responsibility to suspend Bayer’s bee-toxic pesticide, clothianidin — yet for over a year the Agency has failed to do so. Neonicotinoids like clothianidin are not the sole cause of CCD, but they are a key part of the problem, and at least one of them is on the market illegally.
Please, after you finish reading this post, help us spread Angie’s plea by sharing it on your Social Networks… the case, as you will see, it’s critical…
We will never know what Angie went through until she found us….
The moment I set my eyes on her I had to give a second look to appreciate the extent and gravity of her condition. Her skin is hard, covered in sores and scabs fall from every single inch of her body. There is no fur, and only a few scattered hairs hang on from the leathery skin.
There are few things that can torment a dog as much as a full infestation of sarcoptic mange. The dammed parasites dig into and through the skin, causing intense itching and the formation of crusts that usually become infected. I have seen dogs go totally crazy trying to chew the parts of their body infected by the mites. The condition aggravates when the animal has been starved, as it is obviously Angie’s case.
And just when you thought things couldn’t get any worst for Angie they did… a test this morning has confirmed she has parvo, a killer disease that unless treated inmediately could take her life in a matter of days..
We need to look at the matter with a broad vision, put her on treatment to alleviate the mite infestation as well as boost her very depressed inmune system so that she can fight the parvovirus. As you can see in the pictures she is currently on IV and has been isolated from the other dogs in the clinic to stop the spreading of the virus.
Angie is the dog for whom Let’s Adopt! was created. She is the dog with the contagious skin condition and the killer disease that can be fought only through dedication and the best veterinary care. Angie is the dog for whom Let’s Adopt! was created, because for animals like her we are the only chance of survival…
I give you my word we will do everything possible to turn her life around … Please, if you can, give us a hand and contribute to Angie’s treatment Chipin, she will make you proud..
Thank you..
P.S. If you cannot help, please, help us spread Angie’s plea by sharing it on your Social Networks.. And of course, you are more than welcome to leave us a note in our Facebook Page, Let’s Adopt! Global
In Ukraine more than 60 000 dogs and cats have been killed because to "clean" the streets for EURO 2012. Please SHARE so everybody can see in what world we live today! In Ukraine the president signed a contract. It was written there that the police men should hunt down the homeless dogs and burn them alive in a special oven that they made specially for burning homeless dogs and cats. This is inhumane! AGAINST EURO 2012 & UEFA!
Om een nette indruk te maken zijn er 60 000 honden en katten levend verbrand in de Ukraine alleen voor een sport . Is dit SPORT??!!
In wat voor een krankzinnige wereld leven we eigenlijk ???!!!
Paul Watson is for the moment free. Sea Shepherd paid 250.000€ to get him free but he has to stay in Germany. And there ist also a negative side beause his lawer said its gonna take the weekend to get the money. So he has to stay.
See Translation: Tierschützer Watson kommt gegen 250 000 Euro auf freien Fuß
Walfanggegner Paul Watson kommt gegen Kaution frei. Foto: Tony Mcdonough/Archiv Frankfurt. Der in Frankfurt inhaftierte Tierschützer Paul Watson kommt gegen Zahlung von 250 000 Euro frei. Nach Leistung der Sicherheit, die Watson selbst angeboten habe, werde er auf freien Fuß gesetzt, er dürfe Deutschland jedoch bis zum Abschluss des Auslieferungsverfahrens nicht verlassen, teilte das Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Frankfurt am Freitag mit.
Der als militanter Walfanggegner und Haischützer bekannte Watson war am vergangenen Sonntag am Frankfurter Flughafen aufgrund eines Haftbefehls aus Costa Rica festgenommen worden. Dem Chef der internationalen Tierschutzgruppe Sea Shepherd (Deutsch: Meeres-Hirte) wird Eingriff in den Schiffsverkehr vorgeworfen. Hintergrund ist ein Vorfall aus dem Jahr 2002 in guatemaltekischen Gewässern. Dabei soll Watson die Crew eines Schiffes aus Costa Rica bedroht und mit einer Wasserkanone angegriffen haben. (dpa)
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Tierschützer Paul Watson kommt frei, darf das Land aber nicht verlassen. Über seine Auslieferung ist noch nicht entschieden. Hintergrund ist ein Vorfall in guatemaltekischen Gewässern aus dem Jahr 2002.
Frankfurt.Walfanggegner und Haischützer Paul Watson (Archivbild)Der in Frankfurt inhaftierte Tierschützer Paul Watson (61) kommt gegen Zahlung von 250 000 Euro frei. Nach Leistung der Sicherheit, die Watson selbst angeboten habe, werde er auf freien Fuß gesetzt, er dürfe Deutschland jedoch bis zum Abschluss des Auslieferungsverfahrens nicht verlassen, teilte das Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Frankfurt am Freitag mit.
Watsons Anwalt, Oliver Wallasch, sagte, vermutlich werde es nicht gelingen, das Geld über das Wochenende an die Gerichtskasse zu zahlen, so dass sein Mandant weiter in Haft sitze.
Der als militanter Walfanggegner und Haischützer bekannte Watson war am vergangenen Sonntag am Frankfurter Flughafen aufgrund eines Haftbefehls aus Costa Rica festgenommen worden. Dem Chef der internationalen Tierschutzgruppe Sea Shepherd (Deutsch: Meeres-Hirte) wird Eingriff in den Schiffsverkehr vorgeworfen. Hintergrund ist ein Vorfall aus dem Jahr 2002 in guatemaltekischen Gewässern. Dabei soll Watson, der die kanadische und die amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft besitzt, die Crew eines Schiffes aus Costa Rica bedroht und mit einer Wasserkanone angegriffen haben.
Grüne im Bundestag unterstützen Watson
Das OLG hatte am Freitagnachmittag die vorläufige Auslieferungshaft angeordnet, den Haftbefehl aber unter Auflagen außer Vollzug gesetzt. Den Haftbefehl begründete das Gericht damit, dass die Auslieferung Watsons nicht von vornherein unzulässig sei, vor allem weil die vorgeworfenen Taten auch nach deutschem Recht strafbar und noch nicht verjährt seien. Das letzte Wort über eine Auslieferung hat das Bundesjustizministerium.
Unterstützung bekommen die Tierschützer von den Grünen im Bundestag. «Es ist zu befürchten, dass Paul Watson in Costa Rica kein faires Verfahren erwartet», sagte Volker Beck, Sprecher für Menschenrechtspolitik und Parlamentarischer Geschäftsführer der Grünen-Bundestagsfraktion, laut Mitteilung am Mittwoch. Es sei zumindest nicht unwahrscheinlich, dass die strafrechtliche Verfolgung Watsons in Costa Rica nach so langer Zeit auch politisch motiviert sei. In diesem Fall sei eine Abschiebung unzulässig.
Nach der OLG-Entscheidung vom Freitag hat Costa Rica drei Monate Zeit, ein förmliches Auslieferungsersuchen mit den vollständigen Unterlagen zu stellen, die den Tatvorwurf belegen. Dann entscheidet das OLG über die förmliche Auslieferungshaft, in einem weiteren Beschluss über die Zulässigkeit der Auslieferung. (dpa)
Artikel vom 18. Mai 2012, 16.57 Uhr (letzte Änderung 19. Mai 2012, 09.15 Uhr)
Artikel vom 18. Mai 2012, 17.05 Uhr (letzte Änderung 19. Mai 2012, 16.51 Uhr)
In the wake of an ABC News investigation revealing extreme animal cruelty, Pepsi has canceled its sponsorship of the annual Tennessee Walking Horse championship, the Celebration.
The discontinuation of the relationship was "effective immediately," according to Pepsi spokesman Dave DeCecco. The company said its logo was removed Wednesday from the Celebration website, prior to the broadcast of the ABC News report on "Nightline."
The report featured undercover video made by the Humane Society of the United States that showed one of the top trainers in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry, Jackie McConnell, beating and torturing horses in his stables outside Memphis.
WATCH the "Nightline" report on Tennessee Walking Horses. WARNING: Graphic images.
An ABC News investigation found that large numbers of the famed horses have been tortured and beaten in order to make them produce the high-stepping gait that wins championships.
"All too often, you have to cheat to win in this sport," said Keith Dane of the Humane Society.
The undercover video led to a federal grand jury indictment of McConnell. The tape shows McConnell and his stable hands beating horses with wooden sticks and using electric cattle prods on them as part of a training protocol to make them lift their feet in the pronounced gait judges like to see.
Undercover video caught trainer Jackie... View Full Size
In another scene, McConnell oversees his hands as they apply caustic chemicals to the ankles of the horses and them wrap them with plastic wrap so the chemicals eat into the skin.
"That creates intense pain and then the ankles are wrapped with large metal chains so the horses flinch, or raise their feet even higher," said Dane of the Humane Society.
McConnell is expected to enter a guilty to plea to one count, according to his lawyers.
He declined to comment, or apologize for his acts, when approached by ABC News this week outside his home.
Leaders of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry maintain that such brutality is rare and that trainers do not have to cheat to win championships, which can add millions of dollars to the value of horses.
"They do not have to cheat to win," said Dr. Steve Mullins of the group called SHOW, which oversees inspections of horses before major events. "You don't have to do this kind of junk to win. ... And we are terribly against this stuff."
The industry group maintains that the vast majority of horses are not subjected to the cruel practice of "soring."
But a random inspection by the agents of the Department of Agriculture at last year's annual championship found that 52 of 52 horses tested positive for some sort of foreign substance around front hooves, either to cause pain or to hide it.
Dr. Mullins told ABC News there could be innocent explanations for some of the foreign substances found by the inspectors
HSUS Undercover video caught trainer Jackie... View Full Size
This coyote is trapped and terrified and wants to live - her instincts, like all living beings, is to survive and go on.....but she will be shown no mercy. This trapper is taunting her in her worst hour; totally delighting in her anguish and fear. He has an electric prod or a club with him....but I'm sure he won't "dispatch" her right away; he is having too much fun. I think he wanted this photo, and obviously his camera buddy posted it (on page Kill the Wolves), so that he could have a constant reminder of his 'fun day' torturing and tormenting a little, defenseless coyote. You can bet the ranch, this is not his first victim animal, and won't be his last. Since he is proud of his actions here, I think it only fair that he be identified, so he can revel in his new fame. If anyone knows who this is, please apprise us, because the WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD should be named. Please click on to enlarge and see if you know who this is. Many howls!
Update #1
We don't have much to go on so far.....as the anti-wolf groups are hesitant to tell on a relative, and as far as we can determine, they are all related via inbreeding. What we do know is that this photo was taken in 2012 in one of the Northern Rockie states; narrowed down to one of three - Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming. We know that the person who posted it, is an avid and rabid wild canine hater and part time employed hunting guide for the Broken Anvil Ranch in Lander, Wyoming. His name is Todd J. Fross and he is alarmingly immature for a 55 year old, and changes his facebook profiles (fakes) frequently. This year alone, he has been "Todd Hart" "Mike Wolf", "Pete's Peter", and even "Lynn Camac" - taking my last name for a day! Don't think the cretin featured here is him, as he doesn't look 55....but I'd be willing to wager that rabid wolf hater/hunter/trapper of wolves Fross, knows exactly who he is, as he posted this image on KILL THE WOLVES. I have a file on all the cowardly and disgusting photos that were published with glee and gloating on the anti-wolf sites. Just a part of the puzzle.........as I want to identify this man and bring him the fame and notoriety he deserves. This little coyote, in her name, as she was already in his leg-hold trap, and could not escape his frightening, merciless, and sadistic attack on her.....Trapped animals...unseen they suffer, unheard they cry, in agony they linger, and in loneliness they die.......
Het Federaal Voedselagentschap raadt af de gemalen komijn van het Duitse merk Gewürze & Feinkost te gebruiken. Er zou salmonella (infectie die veroorzaakt wordt door een bacil) in het potje zitten. 'Het gaat om glazen bokalen van 60 gram', zegt Geert De Poorter van het Federaal Voedselagentschap.
'Gelukkig zijn de potjes alleen maar in de provincies Limburg en Luik verkocht. In winkels maar ook in warenhuizen. De producent liet weten dat het maar om een beperkte partij gemalen komijn gaat. Die helaas over een tamelijk groot aantal potjes is verdeeld.'
De symptomen van de salmonella-vergiftiging zijn: koorts, buikpijn, misselijkheid, overgeven en diarree. Het Federaal Voedselagentschap raadt aan: 'Indien u of iemand in uw omgeving dezer producten heeft genuttigd en deze symptomen vertoont, raadpleeg dan meteen uw huisarts, zeg hem dat u dit product consumeerde en spreek hem over de salmonellakiemen.' (pom)
NEWS FROM BRAZIL !!!!!! ..... The President of the Brazilian Senate, Senator Paulo Paim, asked in plenary session, held today, 18/05 in Brasilia, the release of Captain Paul Watson .... >>>>>
By Sea Shepherd Support Tasmania via Juergen Ortmüller WDSF Paul's lawyer, Oliver Wallasch, has just called me. Paul comes out "only" Monday, because the court cashier had already closed. But the main thing it comes out. Never in the last 15 years a prisoner in a similar situation was discharged on bail. This shows the uncertainty of the judiciary, Wallasch. Certainly the pressure of the e-mail campaigns, today's demonstration in front of the BMJ in Berlin and the many calls to the authorities is likely attributable to this uncertainty. Thanks to all! We will win! he will be free on monday, the banks are closed over the WE (Claudia)
Higher Regional Court Defers Judgment to Ministry of Justice – Bogus Extradition Process to Proceed, but Captain Paul Watson Granted Bail (250,000Euros)! Monday, May 21st He will be released from Jail but not the Country!!
a Shepherd is planning a global day of action on Wednesday May 23, to coincide with a diplomatic visit to Germany by Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla Miranda.
.There is a poll at the bottom of the story. The results are just about ALL in favor of the Captain:) From reading this it looks like they need to release our beloved Captain http://www.ticotimes.net/Current-Edition/Top-Story/Will-Captain-Paul-Watson-be-extradited-_Friday-May-18-2012
Will Captain Paul Watson be extradited? / Top Story / Current Edition / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Ti
UPDATE FROM GERMANY! translated here: UPDATE FROM GERMANY! translated here: Paul Watson is at liberty
The animal rights activists jailed in Frankfurt, Paul Watson comes free on payment of 250,000 euros. He can not leave Germany until the conclusion of extradition proceedings in progress against him. Frankfurt.
After performance of the security that Watson himself had offered, he would set free, he could Germany, however, until the completion of the not leave extradition proceedings, said the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Frankfurt on Friday. The well-known as a militant whaling opponents and protector of sharks Watson was arrested last Sunday at Frankfurt airport due to an arrest warrant from Costa Rica. The head of the international animal protection group Sea Shepherd is accused of engaging in the waterway.
Background is an incident from 2002 in Guatemalan waters. This is Watson have threatened the crew of a ship from Costa Rica and attacked with a water cannon.
*Bucky's Hel ! Bucky’s “strictly regulated” hellish existence inside the University of Florida
Posted by NIO Florida on May 16, 2012
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an enslaved capuchin
Bucky’s Story
Bucky is a capuchin monkey who was ripped from his mother in 2008 and sent to Vivisector Raymond J. Bergeron at the University of Florida to begin his torture regimen. As the records attached below demonstrate, Bucky’s existence is now one of nightmarish deprivation, self-mutilation, misery and pain. Blood is repeatedly found in his cage, he is self-mutilating, vocalizing, and his hair pulling leaves him with bald spots. He is agitated and aggressive, exhibiting “stereotypical” pacing, biting of bars, tail holding, as well as scratching around his face and eyes. Essentially, it appears Bucky is being driven insane.
Among the injuries documented are a gash on his left big toe, his left inner thigh was excoriated and bleeding was noted, moist wounds were observed on both knees with significant swelling, and his tail was also found lacerated. The most severe injury Bucky sustained thus far was a deep cut on his leg and knee which required surgery, after which he would open his wounds. Another laceration by his left eye is documented as either another self-mutilation or as being sustained from lab equipment, which would indicate neglect.
Our UF whistleblower offers :
“I’m sure all those injuries were due to thrashing about in his cage – exhibiting rage and hostility. These guys are in prison…”
The guardians of UF’s dungeons are clearly aware of Bucky’s deteriorating mental and physical health as they were monitoring his aggressive behavior toward his fellow inmates. He is so frustrated that he needed to be moved away from the primates at which he had redirected his anger. Rather than release him to a sanctuary, they considered giving him Xanax.
In order to remain in compliance with “strict welfare guidelines” as they inhumanely crush this individual’s spirit and shred his mental health, they must provide “enrichment” to address all of the abnormal behaviors documented. They, therefore, offered him only some ice blocks, half a banana, and interaction twice a day. At one point this additional “therapeutic enrichment” was deemed no longer necessary.
And, inasmuch as they continually note that he is not in pain or is characterized as “BAR” (bright, alert, reactive), we must understand that this is when someone entered the room to interact with him and there is documentation stating that he seemed to like human interaction. His wounds and deteriorating mental health, however, speak for themselves regarding the other 99% of his day.
Ultimately they decided that Bucky is suffering from self-injurious behavior.
The foregoing provides a snapshot of this victim’s life in the UF concentration camp through December 31, 2011. We can safely assume that his torment is continuing unabated as Raymond J. Bergeron continues to profit from Bucky’s demise. We are awaiting further documentation that will indicate to what experiments he may currently be subjected as well as pictures of this capuchin and all of the primates imprisoned at UF.
DIERENVRIENDEN, Voor de dieren in de opvang doen we alles, energie, tijd, liefde en geld is voor hun...echter met dit laatste redden we het niet en hebben we dringend hulp nodig! Wilt U ons hier in steunen, het kleinste bedrag is WELKOM !
Indien u een bedrag aan onze stichting wil schenken mag u dat doen op volgend rekeningnummer. Het geld wordt integraal besteed aan de dieren en hun verzorging, onderkomen en voeding.
Stichting/VZW The Animal Orphanage
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Nederland :
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t.n.v. A.M.M. Booms
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voor een Minibetaling (€ 1,30) kan je onderstaande link klikken. Help ons HELPEN !!!
Ik ben Leny, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam De Bosheks.
Ik ben een vrouw en woon in Planeet Aarde (Heelal) en mijn beroep is Medisch Entomoloog.
Ik ben geboren op 22/05/0000 en ben nu dus 2012 jaar jong.
Mijn hobby's zijn: Flora en Fauna, Muziek,Kunst,Humor,Boeken,PC,Paarden/Mensport,Films,enz..
Op deze planeet zijn we allemaal gemaakt uit hetzelfde genetische materiaal,dwz.dat alles wat leeft,eigenlijk onze broeders en zusters zijn!Zoals St.Franciscus ook de dieren aansprak met broeder wolf,zuster vogel en zuster bloem.HOU VAN ALLES WAT LEEFT!!!
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Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Founder, Released From Frankfurt Jail !
Ik ben Leny, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam De Bosheks.
