CLEVELAND- Cleveland City Kennel- DIES MONDAY WITHOUT RESCUE / FOSTER If you c...an help please email ClevelandACVolunteer@gmail.com IMMED-
70 lbs, 1-2 yr old male American Bulldog mix Has until MONDAY 1:00pm
Swagger is very strong and has no idea how big he is. He plays tug with the leash and will need some work. Super nice and does great with people but will need some training.
Safer Assessment: Look: 1 eyes averted, pulls away Sensitivity: 1 allows and leans in Squeeze: 1 gently pulls out Tug: 1 loves to play lots of popping and huffing Food: 1 allows bowl to be pulled away, follows without interfering. Awesome for food test! Toys: 1 tugs, loves to play tug with ropey. Rawhide: no interest Great big boy, but will need obedience training.
What volunteers are saying about Swagger: "This boy is a puppy trapped in a big dog body lol. He is so sweet and lots of energy." and "He will need a home with no small children as he has lots of energy to play and will jump. He is strong and very happy!"
Please email ClevelandACVolunteer@gmail.com asap if you are looking to foster or foster-to-adopt ASAP!
Also, we need a rescue to pull. Please contact us asap if you are a rescue willing to pull!See More
All of the dogs in this folder are on the SUPER Urgent List and can be PTS at ANY time- Please click the picture for additional information AND shelter information-
drie tot vijf pakjes zaad van inheemse bloemen als klaprozen, korenbloemen, goudsbloemen, margrieten, juffertjes-in-het-groen...
Let er op dat je winterharde bloemen kiest, die al in maart of april mogen gezaaid worden en tegen een vorstprik kunnen.
recept Meng vijf eenheden klei met één eenheid potgrond en de inhoud van de pakjes zaad. Benevel met de plantenspuit tot je een kneedbare kleibol krijgt. Verdeel in balletjes van twee tot drie centimeter. Laat ze een paar dagen binnen of op je terras drogen, uit de zon. Laat je kinderen meeklussen: die vinden balletjes draaien geweldig.
waar? Gooi de zaadbommen niet op plekken waar het gras regelmatig gemaaid wordt - daar hebben jouw bloemen natuurlijk geen schijn van kans. Zoek kale, onbenutte stukjes in de stad: een leeg plekje aarde onder een boom, een braakliggend terrein tussen twee huizen of een kale spoorberm. Hou bij waar je je bommen hebt gedropt en ga over twee maanden kijken naar het resultaat.
Tuinieren kan het milieu ernstige schade toebrengen !
*Tuinieren kan het milieu ernstige schade toebrengen !
Wie een mooie tuin aanlegt, lijkt daarmee het milieu een plezier te doen. Maar vaak is het precies andersom, zeggen Britse wetenschappers, die de ecologische voetafdruk van de doorsnee tuin onder de loep namen. Een van de risico’s vormt de introductie van uitheemse planten zoals de beruchte Japanse duizendknoop.
Onderzoekers van de Universiteiten van Reading en Sheffield en de Royal Horticultural Society brachten in een rapport in kaart op welke manier groene vingers een impact hebben op het milieu, en de resultaten zijn verrassend. De klassieke tuin, met grasperk, terras en potgrond blijkt een zware tol te eisen.
Water, mest en chemicaliën De meest zichtbare impact komt van bewatering, bemesting en chemicaliën. Een doorsnee tuinsproeier verbruikt tot 1000 liter drinkwater per uur – het equivalent van wat een gezin met vier personen op een hele dag gebruikt. Dat prachtige gazon slaat weliswaar CO2 op, maar dat wordt ruimschoots teniet gedaan door de grasmaaier op benzine, die de helft meer CO2 uitstoot. Ook de impact van chemische stoffen op de fauna en flora, met name op bijen en vlinders, is niet verwonderlijk.
Potgrond Minder bekend zijn de milieugevolgen van het gebruik van potgrond, waarvoor kostbare veengebieden afgegraven worden. Die veengebieden zijn belangrijke natuurlijke opslagvaten van CO2. De potgrond die in Groot-Brittannië gebruikt wordt als compost, stoot volgens de studie tot een half miljoen ton CO2 per jaar uit – het equivalent van honderdduizend auto’s.
Uitheemse planten Ook de introductie van uitheemse planten vormt een groot probleem. Volgens de onderzoekers is 90 procent van de plantenziekten die door de mens in Groot-Brittannië geïmporteerd zijn, afkomstig van de handel in sierplanten. De uitheemse planten verspreiden zich in de omgeving en vormen een probleem voor de inheemse biodiversiteit.
Tegels en stenen Tot slot bevat een aangelegde tuin vaak ook terraspartijen die een grote ecologische voetafdruk hebben. De tegels of stenen zorgen voor CO2-uistoot tijdens de productie of het transport, en verstoren vervolgens de natuurlijk afwatering. Een doorsnee terras van 25 vierkante meter heeft volgens de onderzoekers een klimaatafdruk van 1 ton CO2.
Ecologisch tuinieren Zelfs wie bomen plant, moet dat doordacht doen, zeggen de onderzoekers. Een boom kan drie tot tien jaar nodig hebben om klimaatneutraal te worden. Toch is het niet allemaal kommer en kwel: er zijn veel verschillen tussen tuinen onderling en de manier waarop ze worden onderhouden. Wie zijn benzinegrasmaaier vervangt door een elektrisch model, spaart meteen tientallen kilo CO2 per jaar. De groeiende interesse voor ecologisch tuinieren houdt bovendien veel meer rekening met de natuurlijke fauna en flora, en heeft vaak ook een kleinere klimaatafdruk.
Bewapende lijfwachten bewaken de laatste 4 noordelijke witte neushoorns in de wereld !
*Bewapende lijfwachten bewaken de laatste 4 noordelijke witte neushoorns in de wereld !
Dat het zover heeft moeten komen!! Bewaking voor de laatste 4 noordelijke witte neushoorns. Gaat dit ook gebeuren met de laatste olifant, giraf, leeuw, tijger, en nog meer wilde dieren? Hebben de stropers dan toch deze oorlog gewonnen? In en in triest!! Het ziet er ook niet uit zo’n dier met al die bewapende mannen.Plus je bent nooit zeker of deze mensen voor veel geld niet overlopen naar de stropers.( al eerder gebeurd deze week).
In de hele wereld zijn er nog maar slechts vier noordelijke witte neushoorns. Dit exemplaar in het Keniaanse reservaat Ol Pejeta heeft permanent gezelschap van een vierkoppig team van lijfwachten dat stropers op afstand moet houden.
In december 2009 kwamen vier van de toen nog acht overgebleven noordelijke witte neushoorns in het reservaat aan om er voor nageslacht te zorgen. De diersoort is in het wild uitgestorven door toedoen van stropers.
Neushoornexperts hopen dat de natuurlijke omgeving van het reservaat voor hormonale veranderingen zal zorgen bij de vrouwtjes, waardoor ze ontvankelijk worden voor de paring. Zo kunnen ze ‘hybride’ kalveren baren met de talrijker voorkomende zuidelijke witte neushoorn, de enige manier om het genetisch materiaal van de noordelijke witte neushoorn te laten overleven. Vorig jaar is zo’n eerste kalf geboren.
Deel van de tekst en foto, met dank aan Trouw Groen
Een paar honderd mensen hebben zaterdag op de Dam in Amsterdam actie gevoerd tegen megastallen en de intensieve veehouderij. Nadat enkele Tweede Kamerleden aan het woord waren geweest, trokken de betogers korte tijd in een optocht door de binnenstad.
Ook op Zondag gaat het doden door . elke dag honderden duizenden dieren , die een groepje mensen uit alle macht proberen te redden. Maar het is dweilen met de kraan open zolang er niet wordt gecastreerd en gesteriliseerd, de fokkers worden gecontroleerd en aangepakt,voor een winkel heb je toch ook een vergunning nodig ! Zolang de mens niet zijn verantwoordign neemt zal deze holocaust der onschuldigen voortduren !
UPDATE, 2:30 p.m. ET: George Clooney, his father, Nick, and other activists who were arrested at the Sudanese embassy in Washington on Friday were released from jail the same afternoon. Clooney spoke to reporters about the arrest, saying,
*Killing Wolves But Loving Dogs? A Case of Moral Schizophrenia !
Wolves are the wild ancestors of our furry companions, and they are being decimated by wildlife “management” policies that our tax dollars are paying for. The ranching and livestock interests are exploiting domestic animals for food, but they are also exploiting their influence in Washington to get our tax dollars working to support their interests.They want wolves and other predators and “pest” wildlife species out of their way. They’ve dismissed any non lethal methods of addressing the problem they face with wolves. And they want us to pay for it.
So, in this morally confused chaos, the food industry and its partners in government would have us believe that it’s okay to kill wolves and still love our dogs, two animals that are essentially the same. When a human interest collides with an animal interest, the animal interest loses, even when the human interest is trivial and the animal interest is a matter of life and death. But can we morally justify this?
In an unparalleled religious madness, in Nepal, a Hindu festival calls for a mass animal sacrifice which is considered to be the world's goriest mass killing of animals.
A few hundred thousands buffaloes, pigs, goats, pigeons, rabbits and chickens are killed as part of the blood-soaked festival held every five years (November 24, 25) to honor the Hindu goddess of power.
'Mass sacrifice of animals is barbaric'
Monday 23 November 2009 - Pramada Shah, president of the Animal Welfare Network Nepal and wife of the king's nephew, explains what will happen during the Gadhimai Jatra festival on November 24-25, at which half a million animals and birds are expected to be sacrificed
Pramada Shah with the high priest of Gadhimai. Photograph: Lucia de Vries
Animal sacrifice is an everyday occurrence in Nepal. One could visit one of the countless temples and suddenly find oneself witnessing the beheading of a goat, a chicken, a duck, or even a young buffalo. The visitor might catch the last sounds of a dying animal or find oneself wading through a stream of blood.
The 'mother of all sacrifices' is at Gadhimai Jatra in Bara district in the south of Nepal. This festival is held once every five years. Last time 20,000 buffaloes were killed as well as an unknown number of other animals, including rats, snakes, pigeons, chicken, ducks, goats and sheep. The total number of animals killed in the span of just two days was estimated to be 200,000. This year the organisers aim to sacrifice no less than half a million animals. Local communities are being pressurised to increase the numbers; each village committee is supposed to pledge one thousand animals.
Some 70 per cent of devotees come from India, which is just across the border from Gadhimai. One reason for the event's huge popularity is its proximity to India, where some states have now banned sacrificial slaughter. In India today there is greater awareness about animal sacrifice and animal suffering so it is sad to see that Nepal caters to those devotees who will be able to conduct sacrifices that are illegal in their home states.
Sacrifice in itself is gruesome. Unsystematic mass sacrifice such as the one in Gadhimai is no less than barbaric. The worst killings are those of panchhbali – five offerings – in which the throats of five kinds of animals (buffaloes, goats, pigs, roosters and rats) are slit with a knife. It is not done quickly. The animals die a slow, extremely cruel, violent death while the priests sprinkle the blood across the idol and its surroundings.
Right after the panchhbali, it is the buffaloes' turn. Wielding swords, men enter a fenced yard where around 20,000 buffaloes are kept, and start hacking at the buffaloes' necks. As the killers cannot chop off the buffaloes' heads at once, they first cut the hind legs. After the animal falls on the ground the men hack until the buffalo's head is separated from the body. It takes up to twenty five attempts to kill a big buffalo. The suffering is unimaginable.
Campaigners have protested against the widespread public sacrifice in Nepal for the last two decade, but I am a late entrant to this movement. Despite the fact that I have been involved in the women's movement for long, I had to give it some thought before becoming equally vocal about another sensitive issue. But I have always been against sacrifice.
I remember creating a scene when I was about eight when I realised that a goat I used to play with was going to be killed. What upset me even more was that the fact that the goat would be beheaded in the name of God. In my Hindu upbringing I was taught that God was the Creator; even as a child I could not understand why God would want His creatures to be killed.
After seeing how upset I was my family stopped sacrificing animals. My relatives are animal lovers too so they might have been secretly relieved to be offering coconuts instead of animals. When I married a member of the royal family, my in-laws kindly agreed to abandon animal sacrifice and introduce the offerings of fruits and vegetables. They too are aware of the futility of animal sacrifice.
Since then I have talked to numerous people about this issue. I have come to realise that pledging animals to get one's wishes fulfilled is a deep-rooted tradition. Children grow up witnessing numerous public sacrifices; people are made to believe that killing animals in a temple is a short cut to becoming successful. Even well-educated Nepalese, social campaigners and development agencies continue the tradition.
When I ask educated people why they don't stop sacrifice, at least in their own family, they answer that bad luck could be the outcome and that a tragedy might occur. They feel it is better to continue the age old traditions and be safe. With such widespread deep-rooted superstition it is easy to imagine how hard it is for campaigners to address this issue. The superstitious nature of the Nepalese people stands in the way of abolishing archaic practices such as animal sacrifice as well as witchcraft, racial discrimination, women's suppression and others.
Nepal's leaders might be concerned about the image of the country when the world's largest sacrifice starts next week, but they will not want to interfere. They regard the issue as 'too sensitive' and claim they do not want to hurt the sentiments of religious groups.
Animal sacrifice benefits the business community involved in fairs such as Gadhimai. This year the organising committee expects to raise about 2 million euros from selling animal hides and carcasses as well as payment for logistics and recreational facilities. In contrast, the poor do not do well out of it. Some will have to spend up to two months' salary to buy an animal to be sacrificed at the fair.
Another issue that is overlooked is that cruelty against animals harms society as a whole; it signals and normalises insensitivity in children who can become numb to the suffering of living beings. Now that the armed conflict has ended, Nepal needs peaceful practices that educate the next generation for a harmonious society.
The involvement of the international community is crucial to the campaign's success. The support of the world at large will act as a catalyst by creating an atmosphere of shame among those who continue to sacrifice innocent creatures and motivate lawmakers to introduce a legal and administrative framework.
The movement is already gaining momentum and will continue to grow after images from the killings fields of Gadhimai are broadcast across the nation and the world. Animals cannot speak for themselves. Until now it has been the priests and business community to speak for them: bring more, kill more animals. It is high time for every concerned citizen to speak out and stop inhumane killings in the name of religion.
There have been protest against this mass animal slaughtering but despite all the protests, the festival and the slaughtering of animals went on in 2009 festival.
Around 250.000 animals were slaughtered including the young ones of the animals.
About 5 million people participate in the festival, the majority of whom are Indian people from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Attending the festival in Nepal circumvents the ban on animal sacrifice in their own states. Participants believe that animal sacrifices for the Hindu goddess Gadhimai will end evil and bring prosperity.
A month before the ritual in 2009, the Nepalese government realised there would be a "severe shortage" of goats for the ritual sacrifice, as well as for the consumption of goat meat during the festival. They began a radio campaign urging farmers to sell their animals.
The festival started in the first week of November 2009 and ends in the first week of December (up to makar sankranti), the fair has a custom of animal sacrifice that occurred on November 24 & 25 in the year 2009 , with the temple's head priest performing ritual sacrifice called Saptabali which includes the sacrifice of white mice, pigeons, roosters, ducks, swine and male water buffaloes. More than 20,000 buffaloes were sacrificed on the first day. It is estimated that 250,000 animals were killed during the Gadhimai festival of 2009.
The ritual killings were performed by more than 200 men in a concrete slaughterhouse near the temple. Three infant children of pilgrims who had come to observe Gadhimai festival had died due to the extreme cold. Six people died after drinking adulterated "hooch".
The festival has prompted numerous protests by animal rights activists. In 2009 activists made several attempts to stop the ritual, including Brigitte Bardot and Maneka Gandhi, who wrote to the Nepalese government asking them to stop the killings.
A government official commented that they will not "interfere in the centuries-old tradition of the people." Ram Bahadur Bomjon, claimed by some of his supporters to be the reincarnation of the Buddha, said that he will attempt to stop the sacrifice at the festival, preaching non-violence and offering a blessing at the place. His promise had prompted the government to send additional forces to prevent any incident.
After the festival, the meat, bones and hides of the sacrificed animals are sold to processing and tannery companies in India and Nepal.
To the disgrace of Nepal, the brutal killing of over 200,000 animals at the Gadhimai Festival in 2009 was sponsored by the country's Government.
Largely ignored by the rest of the world, the handling and slaughter of the animals contravened the most basic animal welfare standards. Anyone at the festival could kill animals in whatever way they wished and with any tool they chose. Many of the water buffaloes were brought over the border from India and, if they had not died during transit, they were put into an enclosure prior to the festival and not fed or watered for several days, making them weak and less resistant to their killers.
The goddess’ favour is believed to protect against accidental or violent death, and in the same spirit, some sacrifices are dedicated to individual vehicles or weapons.
But in recent years, the more than 1,000-year-old custom has offended the modern sensibilities of animal rights organisations, who have spoken out in public against the state-subsidised sacrifices.
Over a million animals were sacrificed last year in Nepal, according to Animal Welfare Network Nepal, which has launched the Stop Animal Sacrifice Campaign.
In a letter to the Government, the group said:
Nepal is the world’s key implementer of animal sacrifice, a practice that promotes superstition and violence, drains the poor and prevents Nepal from becoming a truly advanced country. Decapitating a bleating buffalo or goat should not be the symbol of the Nepali civilisation. The animal rights campaigners have also targeted the five-yearly festival of Gadhimai in the plains district of Bara.
Last year 16,000 water buffaloes were slaughtered at the festival, where people make sacrifices of any animal they can afford, including rats, pigs, chicken, goats or pigeons.
Despite the campaigns, there appears to be little shift away from the practice by the public.
Filmmaker Aman Adhikari said:
People share a very tight attachment with their culture and religion, which makes it very difficult to discourage animal sacrifices during festivals.
His film In God’s Pond shows how inhabitants of Khokna, 10 kilometres south of Kathmandu, drown baby goats in the local pond to protect their own newborn children from a similar fate.
There are some young people who would like to break away from the tradition. But they can’t get away because it’s something they have grown up with and the local belief is very strong.
Attempts by the government to withdraw support for the rituals have not been popular. In 2008, a proposed cut of the budget for sacrifice animals met with strong protests from local communities.
Bibi Funyal, photographer who covered the festival last year, is quoted here as saying:
I was assigned to film the festival. At first I seemed okay but when the killing started I suddenly found my knees shaking. In the beginning the butchers were able to cut the heads of the buffaloes in one stroke. Later they seemed to get into a frenzy and did not kill properly. I would take them a long time to severe the heads. The buffaloes were mooing – it was a terrible sound. The babies were searching for their mothers, not understanding what was going. At some point a baby buffalo came up to me and it touched my tripod. That was when I felt I would be passing out if I continued filming. When I left the place I had to step over thousands of bodies and heads and wade through animal blood. It was something I will never do again, even if they offer me an award.
Lucia de Vries, an international animal rights campaigner added:
Now that I observed the festival I am convinced that these killings are among the worst forms of animal cruelty in the world. I pray that when the images come out the international community will agree that we have to stop this. To kill thousands of buffaloes without any humanity, by starving them for 2-3 days, by not tethering them, by carrying out the beheading publicly by butchers in a frenzy, and by mixing the dead with the living, is something unimaginable and totally unnecessary. I have a sense of failure and feel we have let these beautiful, loyal creatures down entirely. I appeal to all concerned citizens to do whatever is in their ability to stop the killings at Gadhimai.
Stop Animal Sacrifice email campaign
To whom it may concern
I wish to express my deep concern about animal cruelty being conducted in the name of religion in Nepal.
In Nepal animal sacrifice is widely practised. There are no rules to regulate sacrifice, instead the government supports blood sacrifices by providing subsidies. Apart from regular sacrifice at Goddess temples, extreme cruelty is conducted at certain festivals including the live skinning and burning of animals, slow killings through throat slitting, killing with unsharp knives, public beheadings, etc. In particular, I refer to the Gadhimai Festival in the Bara District of Nepal which is "celebrated" by sacrificing around 200,000 animals. Here innocent creatures are killed en masse in an unorganised manner by devotees which includes the public beheading of 20,000 buffaloes.
Well known is the annual sacrifice taking place during Kalratri, Dasain, when the priests of the Taleju Temple kill water buffaloes throughout the night, followed by the sacrifice of 108 buffaloes by the army in the Kot courtyard during the next day.
Another is the Khokana Festival, held in August, during which a terrified goat is thrown into the Deu-pond close to the Rudrayani temple, after which it is torn apart whilst still alive by a group of young men.
A similarly horrific event is the Sasarimaiko Mela in Mahottari which is held every twelve years and witnesses the killing of at least 10,000 animals.
No one can adequately explain why these practices are carried out year after year – except to say they are "traditional". This however is not a valid argument to continue these practices. Nepal, realizing the adverse effects, has abolished a number of "traditions" in the past, including human sacrifice and widow burning.
I urge the Government of Nepal to abolish the above practices for the following reasons:
1. It hurts the animals – contrary to what many believe, animals suffer tremendously before and during sacrifice. They are generally hurt during transportation, starved and dehydrated, and often purposely killed slowly and painfully, as it is believed that the goddess prefers slow deaths. In certain rituals animals are skinned alive, torn apart by human teeth or tortured to such an extent they die from stress and shock.
2. It hurts us - cruelty against animals harms society as a whole; it signals and normalizes insensitivity in children who can become numb to the suffering of living beings. It is also known to influence certain people to commit violence to other humans.
3. It strengthens vested interests – sacrifices generally boost the interests of those who benefit from superstition-based beliefs and rituals. As Nepal is moving on to become a more fully democratic, egalitarian society, it is crucial to challenge age-old beliefs which are not beneficial and drain the resources of the poor and needy.
4. It contradicts the spirit of laws - Nepal is concerned about the welfare of its precious flora and fauna, and has signed a number of international Wildlife Treaties followed by the introduction of the Meat Act, which introduces humane killing of livestock and poultry. The cruelty displayed in these so-called traditions completely contradicts the spirit and gestures of these treaties and acts.
5. It is bad for tourism - as tourists are abhorred by such practices, the festivals will have an adverse effect on tourism, an industry which provides the country with much-needed financial returns. Those foreigners who experience or come to know the extent of sacrifice in this country leave Nepal confused and with a heavy heart, rather than uplifted by its paradoxical beauty and friendliness.
I implore you to end these violent practices and help Nepal move towards a truly peaceful country in keeping with its international image. This can be done by introducing and enforcing the much needed Animal Welfare Act to curb animal cruelty and by promoting genuine animal welfare activities across the country.
I trust that you will support these measures (which are becoming more widespread around the world) and thus promote non-violent cultural practices in Nepal. Until such a time, however, I regret that it will be necessary to boycott Nepal both as a tourist and by way of commerce and to encourage others to participate in a boycott as well.
Yours sincerely,
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Please copy and paste the above text into an email and send it to the given addresses below.
Subject: Animal Sacrifice in Nepal.
Then send an email to each of the other Government Representatives listed below using the appropriate names and email addresses. You may wish to amend the text according to your own preference - but please be polite in your comments.
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Nepali Congress Central Office B.P. Smriti Bhawan, B.P. Nagar, Sanepa, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: ncparty@wlink.com.np Fax: ++ (977-1) 5555188 Communist Party of Nepal (CPN ML) Address: Maitidevi Email: communistparty@hotmail.com Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Address: Buddha Nagar Email: ucpnm.chq@gmail.com Fax: ++ (977-1) 4602289 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) Address: Dhobi Khola Email: cpnunified@gmail.com
Ministry of Tourism Email: info@tourism.gov.np, tourismnp@gmail.com Fax: ++ (977-1) 4211758
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Address: Chabahil Email: rppnepal@enet.com.np
Op 13 maart startte onze campagne Time to make up!. Proefdiervrij stond bij de ingang van de Tweede Kamer om politici te vragen om te komen knuffelen met (pluche) konijnen en te vragen mee te werken aan doorgang van het cosmeticaverbod in 2013. Wie kwamen knuffelen waren de kamerleden Jacobi, Plasterk, Van Dekken, Dijsselbloem en Samson (PvdA), Jansen en Van Gerven (SP), Voortman (GroenLinks), Van Veldhoven (D66), Graus (PVV), Leegte (VVD)en Ouwehand en fractielid Knight (PvdD). Bekijk hier de foto's!
Europese Cosmetica Richtlijn – Time to Make Up
De feiten op een rij:
Sinds 1997 is het verboden in Nederland om cosmeticaproduct te testen op proefdieren. Sinds 2004 geldt dit verbod voor alle Europese landen.
Op 11 maart 2013 moet het verbod ingaan op het testen van ingrediënten van cosmeticaproducten op proefdieren. Dat wil zeggen dat op deze datum het Europese totale test- en handelsverbod op dierproeven voor cosmetische producten van kracht gaat.
Maar tot onze grote zorg, dreigt de Europese commissie deze deadline niet te halen.
… Proefdiervrij gaat hier niet mee akkoord…
… omdat de vorige verboden er niet toe geleid hebben dat er problemen zijn ontstaan in de productie van cosmetica.
… omdat de industrie gestimuleerd wordt door het handhaven van deze datum en door politieke druk, om op korte termijn proefdiervrije methoden te ontwikkelen. Valt deze datum weg, dan valt tevens deze stimulans weg.
… omdat een 3e uitstel de Europese Commissie niet ten goede komt qua geloofwaardigheid.
Dat is de reden dat wij deze knuffelactie hebben georganiseerd: om te pleiten voor de handhaving van de deadline van het totale test en handelsverbod verbod op diergeste cosmetica. We hebben nog één jaar te gaan om ervoor te zorgen dat het verbod per 13 maart2013 ingaat! We houden u op de hoogte! De aanwezige kamerleden hartelijk dank voor hun steun!
Within the last few weeks many animal networkers have had their Facebook accounts frozen, some have been locked out. Online rescuers use these Facebook accounts to save shelter animals lives and raise money to help participating rescues so the dogs/cats can get the care that they need when they are lucky to have their lives saved. Because Facebook's computer system is "glitching" online rescuers from doing their job--DOGS AND CATS ARE DYING!!!
It is impossible to get back to access these accounts. Facebook requests a scan of a photo id and when a scan is submitted, in most cases, it is ignored. Some don't have a scanner and some don't have a photo ID. Along with that many of us consider it an intrusion into our personal security.
There seems to be no way to get direct contact to the Facebook staff and while this continues, MORE SHELTER ANIMALS DIE!!
Please sign this petition and maybe we can get some attention from a major media outlet or EVEN FACEBOOK! It is a sad situation, while many people are still Facebook playing games, buying from Facebook ads, some members even PROMOTING ANIMAL ABUSE directly on Facebook--the people who are so concerned that they donate every free minute they have to help save animals are cut off from this system.
To see a current list of online networkers affected, please go to:
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION and help us get back to helping to save lives!
THANK YOU!
Why People Are Signing STOP FACEBOOK FROM BLOCKING/DEACTIVATING RESCUERS/ADVOCATES/CROSS POSTERS
Greetings,
I just signed the following petition addressed to: Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg CEO 156 university Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301.
---------------- STOP FACEBOOK FROM BLOCKING/DEACTIVATING RESCUERS/ADVOCATES/CROSS POSTERS
Within the last few weeks many animal networkers have had their Facebook accounts frozen, some have been locked out. Online rescuers use these Facebook accounts to save shelter animals lives and raise money to help participating rescues so the dogs/cats can get the care that they need when they are lucky to have their lives saved. Because Facebook's computer system is "glitching" online rescuers from doing their job--DOGS AND CATS ARE DYING!!!
It is impossible to get back to access these accounts. Facebook requests a scan of a photo id and when a scan is submitted, in most cases, it is ignored. Some don't have a scanner and some don't have a photo ID. Along with that many of us consider it an intrusion into our personal security.
There seems to be no way to get direct contact to the Facebook staff and while this continues, MORE SHELTER ANIMALS DIE!!
Please sign this petition and maybe we can get some attention from a major media outlet or EVEN FACEBOOK! It is a sad situation, while many people are still Facebook playing games, buying from Facebook ads, some members even PROMOTING ANIMAL ABUSE directly on Facebook--the people who are so concerned that they donate every free minute they have to help save animals are cut off from this system.
OPROEP: WIE WEET MEER OVER DE MOORDENAAR VAN DEZE PUPPIES ?
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12 dode puppy’s gevonden in bosjes
Politie zoekt getuigen
Zwolle, 15-03-2012
Woensdagmiddag 14 maart zijn verspreid in de bosjes van de berm van de Meeleweg in totaal 12 dode puppy’s gevonden. De politie werd hierover getipt door een passant. De hondjes zijn waarschijnlijk tussen de 10 en 12 weken oud. Het vermoeden bestaat dat de diertjes, die waarschijnlijk al dood waren, stuk voor stuk uit een auto zijn gegooid. Het betreffen geen rashondjes maar neigen aldus de kenners naar de rassen Border Collie / Drentse Stabij in de overwegend witte en aanvullend zwarte en bruine kleuren. De locatie aan de Meelweg waar de puppies werden gevonden vormt de oprit van het viaduct over de Hermelenweg en de A-28, gezien vanuit de richting Nieuwleusen.
Mensen die iets gezien of gehoord hebben dat mogelijk met de dood van de aangetroffen dode hondjes te maken kan hebben, wordt gevraagd contact op te nemen met de politie via 0900-8844. Graag wil de politie meer weten over mensen die vorige week nog een nest jonge hondjes hadden en die plotseling in de afgelopen dagen niet meer aanwezig waren. Anonieme informatie kan worden doorgegeven bij Bel M. (Meld Misdaad AnonieM) via 0800-7000.
Door de dierenpolitie van het korps Politie IJsselland wordt een onderzoek naar de herkomst van de hondjes ingesteld.
* How to Use Native American Crystal Healing Many Native Americans tribes have developed healing therapies using crystals. While the specifics of ritual practice with crystals varies greatly among tribes and practitioners, the basic concepts of crystal healing remains the same. Developing your own crystal healing skills may take years, but you can use some of the techniques immediately. Instructions 1 Clear your own energy field. Crystals are like amplifiers of energy, working to focus and strengthen the positive while clearing energy blockages. Your body works the same as a crystal, so you must finely tune your own energy and clarify your intentions before working on yourself or others. 2 Pray, meditate and exercise to balance and strengthen yourself. By respecting all living things through prayer, you will purify and clarify your intention and will. Meditation will center your energy and clear your mind. Physical exercise will enhance and strengthen your energy field and promote strength of the mind, body and spirit. Your ability to communicate with crystals will increase as you perfect these three important steps. 3 Communicate with your crystals. According to Native American beliefs, crystals can communicate while existing on multiple dimensions. They offer us information we cannot reach ourselves, and they promote harmonic symmetry and perfection within the world. You must become friends with the crystal energies you work with so that they can reveal their purpose to you. 4 Decorate your body and home with crystals. Speak to them daily and give them to others. Carry them in your pockets when they call out to you. If you have a strong desire to sleep with a crystal under your pillow do it. If you feel someone needs a crystal, give it away. 5 Let the crystal go if you feel someone else needs the healing energy. The more you work with crystals, the more they will appear in your life when needed. Some crystals may ask to be made into a necklace or charm and stay with you forever, while others may need to be gifted to someone else or used in ritual practice. Remember that crystals are free spirits and they should guide you, not vice versa. 6 Use your intuition and third sense to determine which crystals to use. Let the crystals tell you how and when to use them. Native Americans believe that a human cannot teach another human how to heal with crystals, as the crystals themselves are the teachers. After many years of communicating with the spirits within the crystals, using them to heal in various situations will come naturally, like an instinct.
* De gunstige werking van stenen en kistallen bij mensen is ondertussen algemeen bekend. Maar wist je dat ze dezelfde gunstige effecten op dieren kunnen hebben !
HEALING CRYSTALS AND STONES FOR PETS AND ANIMALS
Mother Nature’s healing crystals and stones are a wonderful way to benefit your pet's health and overall life. Animals instinctively recognize healing crystal and mineral energy as being beneficial. For example, your pet does not have to be told Rose Quartz calms frazzled nerves and helps with sleep. Your pet senses what the crystal can do for him or her, which is why most pets are attracted to Rose Quartz.
There are some very simple crystal healing methods that can be used to help your pet during times of illness or stress.
Healing pets and animals requires a very strong and centered mind. Animal's minds are not like humans. Humans related to pain whereas animals react to pain. Any fear you have can also be sensed by an animal and amplified by the crystals. It is very important to be balanced, centered, grounded and have good intentions before you attempt to heal your pet with crystals or stones. Crystals amplify effects and you need to be cautious until you find out how your pet reacts.
Your pet will let you know when they’ve had enough. Watch for signs such as tail swishing, foot stamping, ears back, teeth-baring, hair-raising, attempts to flee and other such warning signals. If they present any of these signs, slow down or stop the healing temporarily. Crystal healing can sometimes be too fast for an animal to integrate. It can also be too intense and actually cause more pain or other discomfort. As crystal healing promotes rapid healing in animals, easing off may help alleviate the stress caused by a healing crisis. When the healing is good, the animal will show signs of comfort and affection such as drooping eye lids, teeth gnashing, drooling, general softening of muscle tissues and sighing.
Below is a list of crystals and stones that will benefit your pet, including birds, reptiles, and other four-legged and finned companions. Animals and pets can respond very quickly to the healing energy of crystals and stones. However, remember to seek the best available competent medical advice for your pet or animal. Using crystals for healing pets and animals is not intended nor should not replace the advice of a professionally qualified veterinarian.
AGATE - You cannot go wrong with the Agate family. The powerful yet gentle energy of Agate can open the channels of communication between you and your pet, will balance your pet’s energy, assist with sleep, calm anxiety, and help your pet focus during training.
AMBER – a great stone for pets due to its versatility, Amber is a wonderful and supportive healing stone. While not technically a crystal (Amber is fossilized tree resin) this is what promotes its connection to past life issues or any kind of physical healing. Amber is also known to have both a calming and energizing effect, dependant on what is needed at the moment. This attribute makes Amber perfect for both the smaller, hyper animals with high metabolism, as well as larger and calmer ones.
AMETHYST - use for everything from pain to disorientation. Amethyst’s energy perks up couch potato pets, clears negative energy while balancing your pet’s energy fields, calms rattled nerves, and is an all-around healer.
BLACK OBSIDIAN - great for reptile owners as Obsidian absorbs negative energy and heat. Reptiles will love its heat-retaining qualities, and the shiny black stone will look good in their habitat too. Just be sure the stones have smooth edges.
BLACK ONYX - a great stone for outdoor pets, because it is known to draw out negative energies and entities, which can be helpful for things like fleas and parasites. As such, it is good for the bowels. A very protective stone, Black Onyx is supportive of physical strength and stamina, and can be helpful during times of stress, such as physical illness, trauma, or even during fights with other animals.
BLOODSTONE - supports overall health, strength, and endurance. Wearing or carrying Bloodstone is helpful for balancing the chakras and for grounding negative or excessive energies. Bloodstone is also commonly used to increase intuition, which would be indispensable to any animal.
BLUE CALCITE - use when your pet is recuperating from surgery or trying to settle into a new home. Its relaxing energy soothes nerves, relieves anxieties, and helps with sleep. This is a great crystal to use with nervous, high-strung animals.
BLUE LACE AGATE - promotes sleep, calms an anxious pet, and boosts self-esteem
CALCITE - benefits the skeletal system
CARNELIAN - promotes emotional warmth, individuality, courage, happiness, and harmony. It also helps release emotions such as anger, fear, and envy. Attach a Carnelian charm to your shy or nervous dog or cat’s collar. Carnelian is also beneficial for skin problems.
CLEAR QUARTZ - a master healer that is effective for all conditions, strengthening the aura and protecting against negative energies. Clear Quartz will help strengthen your pet’s immune system, which will improve his or her overall health. It can also stimulate energy levels. Dog and cat owners use it during training as quartz heightens communication between the pet and its owner. Bird owners could use it as well when taming and training new birds. Clear Quartz is great for amplifying intention, so you could program it with a specific purpose for your pet, before use. If you decide to use Clear Quartz for your pets, you should clear it in the evenings, as it will absorb any negative vibes with which your pet has come into close contact.
CORAL - kidneys and bladder
FLUORITE - bones (blue), respiration (blue, green or clear), blood purification or lymph glands (green), digestion (green or yellow)
GARNET - reproductive system
GREEN MOSS AGATE - a wonderful source of Earth energy. Relaxing and grounding.
HEMATITE - muscular system
JASPER - the supreme nurturing stone. Its grounding ability supports tranquility and inner strength during times of stress or danger. Dalmatian Jasper is especially popular for use with animals as it grounds and helps alleviate fears.
KYANITE - alignment of all Chakras, tendons or bones
MALACHITE - heart problems, liver detoxification (WARNING: Do not permit your pet or animal to eat this stone. Malachite has very high levels of copper and can lead to serious or fatal blood poisoning if even very small amounts are swallowed. FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY.)
ROSE QUARTZ - injuries, wounds, reduces stress. Rose Quartz is the stone to use if your dog or cat is aloof and standoffish. Rose Quartz energy will help your pet learn to accept love and companionship without fear. It is ideal to use with rescued animals, injured or sick animals, or when introducing a new pet into your household. Acceptance of the new member of the family (be it another dog or a new baby) will run a smoother course.
SMOKEY QUARTZ - nervous system, swellings. If you have more than one pet in the house, and the animals socialize, then you may have squabbles from time to time. Smoky Quartz works to reduce future hostilities by grounding and clearing negative energies in your household, which would also benefit any human squabblers.
SODALITE - calming, nervousness, good for settling down during travel
SUGILITE - death and dying
TURQUOISE - a master healer that can be used for everything, protective
Buy any of these stones and crystals. An information card on the healing properties of each stone is included with purchase as well as information on how to care for your stones and crystals.
Here are a few suggestions on how to use stones and crystals to heal your pet. They are just some guidelines - use your intuition to come up with more.
Place up to three stones or crystals under your pet's bed for up to two weeks. You can put them in a pouch if you'd like. Position the stones so that they are comfortable. If the crystal energy is too intense, your pet won't want to rest in their bed. If your pet likes the crystals, you should see an improvement within a few days.
Hold the crystal or stone in your hand. Starting a few inches away from the affected area, rotate the crystal clock-wise. Go slowly, breathing gently and evenly. Animals express their feelings with movement, so watch to see if your pet wants more or tries to move away.
Put up to three crystals (no more) in a small pouch that can be attached to your pet's collar. Be careful that the pouch doesn't interfere with movement or can get caught on anything.
Warm up the crystals in the sun before beginning healing. The sun provides masculine, yang energy to the stones. Apply the warm crystals to the affected area. If you are using a bag of ice to reduce swelling or inflammation, try putting a few pieces of Smokey Quartz in the bag of ice. It will help unblock over-active or inflamed areas.
Put a piece of Rose Quartz or Amethyst in your pet's water bowl or bucket. The crystal will leave its energy imprint in the water and, when your pet drinks it, the energy will go where it is most needed. Remember to NEVER put Malachite in your pet's drinking water.
Create a mandala or circle of crystals around your pet. You can also try a Star of David formation with your pet in the middle. Leave your pet there for up to 20 minutes. Your pet will walk out when they’ve had enough !
Place crystals or stones near a photograph of your pet, pointing towards the picture. This will help send long-distance healing and protection to your pet.
Don’t be embarrassed about using healing crystals and minerals to help your pet. The practice is becoming common place these days as more and more people use natural methods to maintain their own health and well-being.
There are many ways to cleanse or clear crystals and you may like to try out several methods to find the way that feels most effective to you. Some Teachers notably Serge King do not think clearing stones is ever needed.
... I find that clearing stones can be a big help sometimes as everything does pick up energy impressions and when used actively crystals can soak up a lot of pain energy etc.
When using energy and intention based methods to clear your stones you can program the crystal to retain or restore its ideal state and or previous programming and memories rather than totally erasing them. Consult the crystal intuitivly for a sense of how much it needs to be cleared .
Drastic Methods Salt Water Earth & fire
The most commonly used clearing method of soaking them in sea salt water is no longer recommended for general use because it is rather drastic and can harm many kinds of crystals both physically and energetically. You can save that for really heavy duty cases.
In some cases you may want to keep the negative energy of a stone that has a important message and only shield it from accidental activation (I am thinking of someone's small stone that was picked up at Dachau).
Another drastic method is to bury your crystals in Earth Stones that you feel are extremely negative can be buried in earth for an entire moon cycle. or longer . you will need a sure way to find them . placing stones in fire is not reccomended by me as it may damage or destroy many crystals.
Please remember that it is common for the mind to amplify the energy received, and sometimes high vibration positive energies can feel prickly and uncomfortable if you are not ready for them.Some people tend to refuse to recognize that stones have been cleared to the point of returning undesirable energies to the cleared stone with their own mental intention.
Dry Salt & Vinegar
Leaving the crystals in dry sea salt overnight or longer is another somewhat heavy duty clearing method. Soaking the crystals in a solution of 1 quart of warm water with one tablespoon of sea salt and a quarter cup of apple cider vinegar for 20 minutes to half an hour is a quick clear technique that is not as drastic and seems quite thorough .
Salt can be harsh and many stones are water soluble or other wise potentially harmed by water. some of these these include Halite (salt), Sylvite, Desert Rose Selenite, all Selenite, gypsum angelite , Azurite ,Talc. calcite may dissolve in water as may Alabaster ,Sulfur dissolves in salt water. I have been told that any stone that has a name ending in ite can probably be damage by water though I am not sure of that.
Smudging
You can also smudge your crystals with sage, sweet grass, cedar ,sandalwood or other clearing smoke or incense ,fanning the smoke over them or holding them in the smoke make sure that all sides of the stones are placed in the smoke. This works well and can be used on delicate crystals that can not be placed in water or salt without damaging them.
Clearing With Crystals
Small crystals can be cleared by leaving them on a large crystal cluster, either clear Quartz or ameythst . I have heard of using a selenite wand this way but have not done it myself.
Breath
Breath techniques are very effective for small pieces, hold the stone to be cleared in your dominant hand (the one you use to write with) take a deep breath in through your nose and focusing your intention on clearing the stone expel your breath firmly onto the stone from your nose , repeat until you have covered all sides of the stone either a long slow exhalation or short quick bursts are effective choose the way you prefer. you may also take a deep breath through your nose and holding the stone in either hand with your mouth slightly open expel your breath through your mouth slowly over the stone while making the "ha" sound .
Energy
Using energy is very effective ,Reiki, Huna, Rainbow Light , crystal clearing shakti, of course, Most general purpose healing energies and universal chi etc. work quite well if you are attuned to them or have practiced with those that come in without attunements .
Generally just run the energy into the stone until you feel that it is cleared. Crystal clearing shakti if you have it, is autonomous and once you have started it running on a stone or group of stones it will work until done without further attention or intention on your part. Holding the piece between both hands while running energy or beaming a flood of spiritual light into it also works. With most intelligent energies you can add the intention that the crystal become self clearing.
Some energy is also very good for charging stones to amplify their natural abilities Using direct intention can be very effective if you are able to focus your intention and are not over doubtful of its ability to clear crystals ,hold the stone in your hand or palm or place your hands on or over it and focus your intention on clearing it, for most stones a minute should be long enough to clear it.
If you are skilled at remote work or have an aptitude for it you need not actually touch the stone. Intention is also used to place a shield around a stone that you wish not to clear but only prevent from broadcasting generally, The "Never Again" stones from Dachau etc. being prime examples as these can be used to promote recognition of the truth and compassion.
Light & Sound
Colored light either from actual light or energetically is also used white ,gold, violet and blue being commonly but not exclusively used . Toning , bell ringing, chanting and other clearing with sound can also be effective and enjoyable Aum, AH El EE Oh, Ha , being only a minute fraction of sounds that work for clearing playing healing music and drumming work.
Sun & Moon
Placing stones in Sunlight or Moonlight is also good for clearing and charging them .Some stones are faded or otherwise distressed by direct sunlight. This may include Amethyst, rose Quartz, Citrine, Celestite (particularly blue), Aquamarine, Moonstone and Fluorite. Some turquoise may fade. A chunk of blue calcite faded after a while and I have also heard hat Realgar and pyrope can dissolve in air rather than sunlight. Stones are left in bright sunlight usualy from 3 hours to all day but strong sunlight may take as little a 30 minutes or even less .
Running Water
Running water works well for clearing stones that are not harmed by water . A spring or stream or the ocean waves is best though you must be careful not to lose your stones to the ocean or river. Holding crystals under the tap will do in an emergency . Some people like to leave theirstones out during rainstorms too. Many people also bathe with their crystals which not only clears and charges the stones it is very refreshing and healing for the bather as well.
Gentler and slower methods include immersing the stones in rose petals or lavender petals or sage, thyme or Rosemary leaves or in feathers or charged sand just putting the stone on a sacred altar or in a place with healing energies will also work over time.
Caution When Using Running Water
Running water works well for clearing stones that are not harmed by water.A spring or stream or the ocean waves is best though you must be careful not to lose your stones to the ocean or river.
Holding crystals under the tap will do in an emergency . Some people like to leave their stones out during rainstorms too. Many people also bathe with their waterproof crystals which not only clears and charges the stones it is very refreshing and healing for the bather as well.
Angels
There are angels and Deva and other spiritual beings who can and will clear crystals when you ask them learning to connect with your high self and Companion Angel will help you learn to work with the stone people in a depper way.
Most of what determines whether these methods work for you is your belief system and your intention . Any of these methods will work it is up to you to find those that feel most effective to you.
Charging Crystals
Many of the techniques for clearing crystals also charge and restore them but sometimes A crystal that has been cleared seems under energized or even lifeless. It can be charged ,amplified or restored by several methods.
First I usually hold the stone and intend that it natural energies be amplified using a scale of one to ten . There are attunements that can facilitate this and other energywork and crystal work processes .
I find that many people can access these procedures quite well without formal attunements. It takes less than a minute for most of these intention techniques to work and most will run to completion by themselves if you do not retain focus on the stone. Simply intend that the stone's energy be raised to its highest most healthful level ,or restored to its ideal state.
You can also use intention to personalize a stone for your self or others this will call in harmonious energies and turn off inharmonious ones. You can also use intention to recover programming or memories that have been cleared out previously if you need too.
In most cases if you have a piece of the same stone that is fully energized you can place the under charged stone next to or on it and ask intend that the weak stone match it and restored to the full level of its potential.
You can ask your Solar Angel and high self to charge and restore a stone or bring in the Guide or Deva most suitable. to do this.
Sunlight, moonlight, wind and other Spiritual intervention will raise the vibration and restore wholeness to your stone's energy. If you run crystal shaktis or stone spirit energies you can charge your stone simply by running the stone shakti of that stone into it .
Programming Crystals
It is possible to program your crystal or other stone to hold a message , work for a specific purpose, broadcast an affirmation, or emotion , enhance protective filters , communication, meditation and healing work and an almost infinite number of other purposes. Before we had computers we called this process "enchanting".
I strongly reccomend programming a single terminated quartz crystal to help facilitate your connection and awareness of your high self and/or companion Angel and carrying with you in a pocket as often as you can.
If you do not have a particular stone or crystal that you need for a particular purpose you can use a quartz crystal and ask/intend that it be charged to act as the needed stone ,Make sure that you clear it when you are done using it as an energetic substitute.
Quartz crystal is most often used for programming, though most stones can be used. .Keep your programs in harmony with the natural energies and purpose of the stone . Singly terminated quartz crystals are most often used though round crystals and stones are very good also.
It is quite important when programming a crystal by intention that you are quite clear and focused on just what it is that you do intend. You might want to write down your proposed program first and before you program a stone or other object to promote a particular emotion think it through carefully.
I once charged a stone with the intention that it promote happiness in a large room and after a few days we all became very irritated at the constant "Happy" energetic nagging . It was just not comfortable or natural.
I also once programmed a stone to promote sleep in a bedroom and it was so effective that it was virtually impossible to do anything else at all in the room until the stone was cleared. My Love life virtually disappeared. It even had a plumber and a heater repairman struggling to remain awake to their great puzzlement.
Programming for mental alertness and emotional clarity has not caused any difficulties so far. You want to help not overpower these cautions apply even more strongly to programs for Love etc. if in doubt don't do it!. Crystal programming is to be used only for good and in accord with Your soul purpose . You cannot and should not use these techniques to try to manipulate others .
The Technique
First and foremost clarify your intention, hold the stone in your dominant hand or in both hands. Large stones can be touched rather than held. Focus your intention on the stone. Clearly state in your mind or out loud what it is you are programming the stone for. Visualize the desired result as clearly as you can if appropriate.
To program a stone to broadcast an intention ,prayer ,desire or affirmation or healing energy you just intend that it do so . One to five minutes is the standard time to hold the focus. You can intend that it activate only when you hold it or when you call on it rather than having it be contstantly active depending on the purpose you are programing or dedicating it too.
You will probably find it most effective to hold the stone in your non dominant hand to receive and your dominant hand to program or to amplify sending of healing energy .
Some crystals have already got a firmly set memory and purpose , these are not appropriate to use for you own programs . You should have an intuitive sense that it is suitable to program the stone for what you intend before you do so. http://www.wingmakers.co.nz/Clearing_and_charging_Crystals.html
A family wants answers after finding their dog mutilated in an East Texas neighborhood.
The dog, named Hemi, was found Monday around 3:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Lansing Ln. in Hallsville. Hemi's owner, Jackie Smiddy, says she is devastated and wants the person responsible for killing her dog to be held accountable.
"He was friendly. He wouldn't hurt anyone, he stayed on the porch and he wouldn't chase after anyone. I mean you couldn't ask for a better dog," said Jackie.
Jackie doesn't understand why anyone would want to hurt Hemi, her pet of seven years.
"They had skinned him all the way down his back and this skin here was folded back, there was no skin on either side of him. No fur. It was just flesh," she said.
"Once he got in the light I could see what blood all over him," said Cheyenne Smiddy, dog owner.
Jackie's daughter, Cheyenne said she went to let their other dog out when Hemi came around the house, covered in his own blood.
"I mean it's just like losing one of my kids. It's just hard that someone could take an innocent dog and do this to him," said Jackie.
Jackie said by the time her daughter came in to get her, Hemi was gone. They believe he went to die.
The family said Hemi was abused and neglected before the Houston Humane Society took him in and the Smiddy Family adopted him.
"I never thought he'd have to go through anything like this I mean we would never hurt him and to see him have to do it twice and not live, it hurts," said Cheyenne.
"Whoever did this will pay, they will pay for this," said Jackie.
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office said they're waiting for a veterinarian to examine the dog's body.
Harrison County officials said cruelty to animal charges could be filed.
If you have any information about this incident, you are asked to call the sheriff's office immediately.
SHAC Alert: AstraZeneca March Madness Week of Action !
* Dit is een van de meest wrede instellingen op het gebied van dierenexperimenten . Hier gebeuren de meest onvoostelbare gruwelijke zaken en wij vechten al zóvéél jaren hier tegen. Maar we zullen niet opgeven tot dit stopt !
SHAC Alert: AstraZeneca March Madness Week of Action
Please get involved, the animals need our voice and action. Don’t let them get away with the abuse.
AstraZeneca are a major CURRENT customer and vocal supporter of HLS’s cruel methods of animal torture and scientific fraud, as well as being in the position of huge layoffs over the past few years and financial and legal problems. So 2012 is the year to really pile on the pressure and get them to ditch HLS!
AstraZeneca even have the audacity to state that no suffering occurs at HLS! This was their response to the Animal Defenders International’s expose from 2008:
During the time of the expose, AstraZeneca were funding experiments on primates at HLS.
Not only did the breeding farm in Vietnam who supplied the poor animals not meet basic UK animal welfare standards, but the conditions of the animals when housed inside HLS was extremely poor; some monkeys were missing limbs, had skin problems or other infections. Monkeys routinely escaped from cages, resulting in some being raped and attacked.
If there are no AstraZeneca offices or sites near you, why not protest at another HLS top customer near you and remind them that abusing animals and funding the torture inside HLS is the wrong choice!
I am writing to express my concern over your continual support of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). As you have already been made aware, HLS is Europe’s most exposed animal testing laboratory and have been filmed cutting open monkeys while still alive, punching animals in the face, falsifying experimental test data, and flouting regulations on a regular basis.
In late 2008 HLS were exposed yet again, during which time you were personally funding experiments on primates. Not only did the breeding farm in Vietnam not meet basic UK animal welfare standards, but the conditions of the animals when housed inside HLS was extremely poor; some monkeys were missing limbs, had skin problems or other infections. Monkeys routinely escaped from cages, resulting in some being raped and attacked. The monkeys were excessively stressed during procedures, which will undoubtedly affect experimental results. You can see the full report here: http://shac.net/HLS/exposed/2008
During a recent inspection of HLS’ Cambridgeshire facilities, you claimed the animals ‘did not suffer’. As a company that experiments on animal yourselves, you will be well aware that all animal experiments in England are licensed by the UK government – and these licenses are given out upon a judgement of suffering level – from ‘mild’ to ‘substantial’. Therefore, to claim that animals do not suffer inside HLS is absolutely absurd. I would suggest you visit HLS without notice, as I am sure you will witness a very different picture.
As a company that claims to achieve excellence and reliability in drug research, I am surprised to learn that you contract experiments inside a laboratory that has had their license revoked and exposed falsifying test data for clients. I would like to use this opportunity to request that you cease your contracts with this horrendous laboratory and invest in more reliable sources of data research.
I know your time is limited and I thank you for your attention and consideration of this urgent message.
NAME
astrazeneca why do you still associate with a place like HLS which treats animals to the cruelest of fates would you want anyone you love, or you, to be subjected to the horrors that HLS do so astrazeneca please sever your ties show you are compassionate and humane wise
Kater Max besmeurd met lijm en beplakt met een krant!
*Kater Max besmeurd met lijm en beplakt met een krant!
ALMERE/VINCENT SCHOT – Vanuit de verte zagen Carla de Jong en haar partner hun kater Max zondagavond richting huis wandelen. Tot zover niets vreemds. Net als zijn moeder Minoes komt de vijfjarige Max rond 20.00 uur immers altijd uit zichzelf weer thuis. Eenmaal dichterbij hun woning in de Okapistraat zag De Jong tot haar schrik echter dat het goed mis was met Max: ,,Hij was besmeurd met lijm en beplakt met een krant.’’
Direct belde De Jong de politie en de dierenarts. Omdat de lijm nog heel nat was, kon laatstgenoemde weinig voor Max doen, vertelt de eigenaar. ,,Daarop zijn we naar het Medisch Centrum voor Dieren in Amsterdam gegaan. Onderweg legde Max bijna het loodje vanwege de sterke lijmdampen’’, vertelt De Jong.
Eenmaal in het dierenziekenhuis ging de kater onder een warmtekap. Een dag later werd de krant verwijderd door de vacht van het dier aan één zijde vrijwel volledig weg te scheren.
Inmiddels is De Jong van de ergste schrik bekomen, de boosheid is er niet minder om. ,,Iemand heeft die krant in de bosjes gegooid en is precies op Max terecht gekomen óf er woont hier iemand die zo ziek is dat hij dacht ’jij hebt een dekentje nodig’. Voorlopig houden wij onze katten binnen, het vertrouwen is weg.’’
Met dank aan Almere Vandaag en de foto van het baasje van Max.
* Fazzi , jij was zo geliefd en ieder dier zou dit moeten kunnen voelen ....
FAZZI 1993-2012
My beloved Fazzi, rest in peace beautiful soul. You had a long and wonderful life. Thank you for living with me for over eighteen years - almost a third of my life. We lived in so many places: New York, Florida, Texas and lastly Oregon. You were always there with your unconditional love, making me laugh and smile. What a mischievous little clown you were. In younger years, you wer...e strikingly handsome, and although time and illness took their toll: your weight dwindled and your coat lost it's luster; your eyes, the windows of the soul, remained sky blue and danced with light till the very end. Nobody had more beautiful eyes than you. Go now. Go, unencumbered towards the light, carrying all the love we shared. I love you always.
* We konden je niet redden... R.I.P LIL GUY..YOU ARE FREE FROM PAIN AND SUFFER AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.. WHERE YOU CAN RUN AROUND AND PLAY AND NEVER NEED TO BE HUNGRY OR THIRSTY..TOGETHER WITH YOUR FURRY FRIENDS WHO ALSO LEFT US TO SOON
Target: L’Oreal Goal: Stop L’Oreal from testing their cosmetics on animals.
L’Oreal is the largest cosmetics and beauty company in the world. Despite claims that they would go “cruelty-free” in 2013 there is little evidence that they have started the process or will stop animal testing. Animal testing uses mice, rats, cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, monkeys, and other animals to test products. Animal testing is cruel and unnecessary. Animals react to substances differently than humans do, which makes animal testing unreliable and means little for the health of humans. Additionally, many tests produce inaccurate or misleading results. The Federal Drug Administration requires some animal testing, but many tests that are performed are not required.
Animal testing is inhumane. The animals are locked in cages and abused until they are killed or die. Some of the animals develop neurotic behavior from the stress and fear of the product testing. The animals are subjected to terrible treatment, like having cosmetic products rubbed into their eyes, before they eventually are left to die, alone and suffering from immense physical pain. More than 100 million animals are tortured to death for product testing every year. Every minute, just in United States labs, 219 animals are killed.
The animals painful and unnecessary deaths need to be stopped. Please, tell L’Oreal to stop testing on animals and end this needless torture.
Stichting Vier Voeters roept andere bedrijven op dit goede voorbeeld te volgen Amsterdam.
De Nederlandse supermarktketen PLUS kondigt gisteren op haar website aan vanaf de week voorafgaand aan Pasen uitsluitend nog vrije uitloop en biologische eieren te verkopen. De supermarktketen stopt daarmee met de verkoop van scharreleieren. De internationale dierenwelzijnsorganisatie Vier Voeters juicht deze stap van PLUS enthousiast toe en roept andere supermarkten en bedrijven op hetzelfde te doen.
Hoewel de naam anders doet vermoeden, is er voor een scharrelkip weinig te scharrelen. Er is geen zonlicht, gras of frisse lucht. Een scharrelkip zit altijd binnen, met duizenden andere kippen in een grote schuur. Ze heeft geen toegang tot een buitenverblijf en zit met acht andere kippen op 1 vierkante meter, wat betekent dat er minder dan twee velletjes A4-papier oppervlak per dier is. Het grote aantal dieren en het gebrek aan ruimte en afleiding zorgt voor gedragsstoringen zoals verenplukken en kannibalisme. Stress is een belangrijke doodsoorzaak voor kippen in scharrelhuisvesting.
Daarom juicht Stichting Vier Voeters een einde aan de verkoop van scharreleieren door supermarktketen PLUS van harte toe. ‘We hopen dat meer supermarktketens en andere bedrijven het voorbeeld volgen,’ aldus Barbara van Genne, campagneleider bij Vier Voeters. ‘Hennen in vrije uitloop en biologische bedrijven hebben wel een buiten-uitloop tot hun beschikking van minimaal 4 m2 per kip. Deze dieren hebben daardoor meer ruimte en een geschiktere leefomgeving tot hun beschikking, waardoor ze hun normale bodemgedrag kunnen uitvoeren en minder lijden onder stress.’
Vier Voeters geeft de voorkeur aan biologische bedrijven, omdat de leghennen daar de meeste ruimte tot hun beschikking hebben. Bovendien zijn biologische hennen de enige hennen waarvan de snavels niet geknipt worden.
In Friesland zijn 5 zwaar verwaarloosde pony’s geëuthanaseerd !
*In Friesland zijn 5 zwaar verwaarloosde pony’s geëuthanaseerd !
JUBBEGA – De politie heeft maandag rond 13.30 uur een onderzoek ingesteld naar het welzijn van zes pony’s die in een weiland aan de Nijberkoperweg liepen.
Via de dierenhulplijn 144 was bij de politie een melding binnengekomen over deze verwaarlozing. Uit het politieonderzoek bleek dat de dieren ernstige hoefproblemen hadden. Een dierenarts onderzocht de pony’s en hieruit bleek dat vijf van de zes dieren geëuthanaseerd moesten worden omdat de hoeven van deze dieren niet meer te behandelen waren.
Al WEER verwaarloosde paarden niet in beslag genomen
*Al WEER verwaarloosde paarden niet in beslag genomen !
Foto: met dank aan Jeroen Kuit
De politie in Weert roept bezorgde paardenliefhebbers op om de paarden aan de Altweerterkapelstraat niet te voederen. De dieren werden weken geleden verwaarloosd aangetroffen in hun stal in Weert.
Tegen de eigenaar werd proces-verbaal opgemaakt. Sindsdien controleert de dierenpolitie twee keer per week de toestand van de paarden. De situatie in de stal is verbeterd, zo meldt de politie. Tegelijk is er bij omwonenden en ook in de raad verontwaardiging over de conditie van de dieren. Ze zouden te weinig buiten komen en nog steeds slecht gevoed worden. “Maar bijvoeren is niet per definitie goed”, zegt een politiewoordvoerder. “Je kunt al snel het verkeerde voer geven en dan kan een paard ziek worden.” De politie blijft de zaak controleren.
Wordt u hier ook zo moe van? Je ziet het, je meld het, ze gaan een kijkje nemen en dan——– niets!! Twee keer in de week langs gaan is geen oplossing. Kan deze paardeneigenaar nu wel of niet zorgen voor zijn/haar paarden? Dat kun je in ‘no time’ beslissen. Fijn dat er bezorgde paardenliefhebbers in de buurt zijn.
Interview with Ondrej Brody and Kristofer Paetau by Kristofer Paetau, april 2008.
What is this project about?
Ondrej: The dog carpets are essentially about society’s hypocrisy. It questions the special status that dogs and cats have in our, western society. Although we can see that in China, despite the local culture and cuisine, the pet culture is on its rise as well. The Bolivian experience was about hypocrisy as well, but it involved on a larger and direct scale mechanisms and structures within the society.
Kristofer: It’s about the tradition of producing carpets with wild animals as a hunting fetish. But in this case we were using an inappropriate animal, a pet – and like this we wanted to question the values behind this tradition. Ondrej was speaking to me about this idea already before the Bolivia show, but when I got the opportunity to participate in that show I thought it would be interesting to realize the dog carpets there with Ondrej, mainly for three reasons: more adventure, lower production costs and the problem of street dogs in South America (in contrast to the beloved inhouse pet in North America and in most European countries).
How did you proceed to realize the work and how important was the local context for realizing the work?
Ondrej: The context is always important. In fact in comparison to most countries in Europe, in Bolivia (La Paz) there is a great concentration of street dogs. We were informed then, that there is a municipal company called Zoonosis which is in charge of hunting street dogs and dealing with animals within the city of La Paz. They catch about 100 dogs a week and execute them every friday noon. We were supposed to prepare a project that would take place in a city Museum called Museo Tambo Quirquincho. The communication with Zoonosis was relatively simple, since both institutions were run by the city. We requested to obtain 10 sacrificed dogs for our “installation”. This seemed to be a perfect paradox. A hunting carpet from a dog that is being hunted by the society.
Kristofer: The local context was striking: when we went out in the center of the city at night there were dogs all over the streets eating garbage. We discovered that there is a whole municipal organisation dealing with the problem of street dogs in La Paz. The municipal service Zoonosis is hunting for street dogs during night time and collecting the dogs in a kind of dog prison and then killing them, about 100 dogs every week. We went to visit Zoonosis and talked to them about our project and we also explained our project to the director of the Museo Tambo Quirquincho. She wrote a recommendation letter for us and with this letter we went to Zoonosis again and met with the director. He signed and gave us a small post-it to authorise us to get 10 killed dogs the following week…
Tell us about the killing. Did you assist to it and if yes, how did you feel and what did you think about at that moment?
Ondrej: The killing was a terrible experience. We arrived to Zoonosis maybe one hour before they began with the execution. About half an hour before they started with the execution, the dogs were quite restless, nervous, barking a lot as if this was their last chance to show that they’re alive. When they started killing them the whole cage was in complete silence. I’m sure that the dogs were completely aware what was going on…
Kristofer: Yes we assisted to the killing, which took place around one o’clock in the afternoon. The gates were closed so nobody could see what happened from the outside. The place became completely calm and the dogs stopped barking. I was nervous. I had taken my digital camera because I wanted to record something of this moment – which was of course forbidden – and at the same time it was absolutely not the moment to make photographs… So I nervously pushed the button a couple of times without really looking. Hiding away with the camera from the 5 or 6 guys running around making injections to the dogs with big plastic bottles filled with poison. All dogs pissed and shitted after they got the injection. They died in about 30 seconds and were left there lying in their own excrements. I felt miserable.
What happened after the killing?
Ondrej: After the execution Zoonosis offered us a transport of the cadavers to the taxidermist….or sort of taxidermist…we did some research before (there is no training or career of taxidermy in La Paz) and seemingly the only person who could help us to realize the taxidermy was working in the Museum of Natural history… as a guard. He was also responsible for most taxidermy work within the Museum. The quality of the exhibits were quite terrible but we didn’t have any other choice.
Kristofer: We were asked to chose “our” 10 dogs which were put aside for us and put into plastic bags. The act of picking 10 freshly killed dogs out of maybe 80 killed that day was also like straight out of a nightmare, but I was surprised and terrified to see how easily I started looking at the dead bodies just as aesthetic objects, trying to make the best choice. Zoonosis then gave us a ride with the dead dogs to the Museum of Natural History, where we had found the only taxidermists of La Paz: the janitor of the museum and his friend the night-guard who practice taxidermy as a self-taught hobby (doing the taxidermy for the collections of the Museum of Natural History of La Paz as well). The taxidermy that those two fellows did was horrible. You could still feel and see the meat and the bones in the legs and the dogs were stinking like hell…
How did you display the work in the Museo Tambo Quirquincho?
Ondrej: The carpets were not ready for the opening. They were still wet and extremely stinking. We decided to hang the dog carpets in the patio of the museum in a way like you hang clothes to dry. The idea was that the dogs would be drying during the time of the show. Visually it was certainly a freak show.
Kristofer: We could not show the work as planned since the dogs were not dry yet. So we wanted to just put them up to dry outside, in the courtyard of the museum. This was a terrible “installation”. But since the whole show was all about “the process”, we and the curators accepted this display. The museum director didn’t like it though, so the next day we had to put them into a smaller courtyard where the public could not see them. But since the show was about the process, the museum was open for visitors before the opening as well and the display of the hanging dogs was seen by a couple of persons on that one day when we first hang them up to dry in the courtyard of the museum…
What were the reactions to the work in Bolivia, La Paz?
Ondrej: It created a scandal. The animal right people pushed the Mayor to investigate the matter and ordered the same city company, Zoonosis – that gave us the dead dogs – to give him a report and an explanation of the situation. So what Zoonosis did was to enter into the Museum and steal the carpets from the show with the help of the Museum director herself… it was a complete paradox since we had all the legal and written permissions from the Museum and from Zoonosis to realize our project. We got a phone call to the hotel where we were staying and ready to leave from Bolivia the next morning, informing us that somebody is taking away – stealing our work. The scandal was covered extensively by the media… Different TV channels issued interviews and even set a confrontation between us and the animal right defenders…
Kristofer: During the one afternoon that the dogs were on public display in the courtyard of the Museo Tambo Quirquincho some visitors saw them and created a scandal, alerting TV stations, animal rights associations and making a lot of direct pressure on the mayor of La Paz, who actually has both the Museo Tambo Quirquincho and the Zoonosis under his control, since both institutions are municipal… So a couple of days later we got a phone call from the curator of the show, telling us that the dogs have been “removed” and that there is nothing we can do to get them back. The mayor had ordered Zoonosis to go to the Museo Tambo Quirquincho and remove the dogs, in collaboration with the director of the museum. When we arrived to the museum there were several TV crews there making interviews. We tried to get hold on the tapes from the different TV channels but because of the lack of cooperation of the director of the museum and of the bolivian curator we did not have a chance. We had our return flights the next day so there was no time to organize anything really. We even heard from the transport company we had hired to transport the dogs and other works we had made, that the mayor of La Paz had made a new law the same day, making it illegal to export dead dogs… Just in case we would have had some more in stock. He was very afraid of losing his job if the scandal would have spread internationally.
You decided to realize the Dogcarpets in Europe after the Bolivian experience. What do you think of this transition?
Ondrej: Well, actually I tried to realize the project in Prague shortly before coming to Bolivia. The idea of the carpets was already about one year old. The carpet itself is an extremely powerful image, which is inevitably confronting the viewer. Hypocrisy is still the main aspect of the work, even though it confronts you on a more personal level. The dogs are obviously pets and not street dogs, which is quite important, since I mentioned the special position pets like dogs and cats occupy within our society. People sometimes develop a closer relationship with their pets than with their own family or friends. Another striking difference is the realization of the taxidermy. I wanted the carpets resembling a bear or a tiger or other hunting carpets which are formally realized very professionally. The dogs and cats were obtained from a pet hospital, where they died mostly from natural causes and the owners didn’t want to take care of the dead bodies…
Kristofer: After Bolivia I went directly to Rio de Janeiro for a residency of 2 months and Ondrej went back to Prague. As we were about to participate together in the Prague Biennale only 2 months later, we decided that we would like to show the Dog Carpets in the Biennale, so Ondrej concentrated on getting the dogs produced in Prague while I was working with rats in Brasil. The Prague dogs came from a hospital where the dogs had died and nobody had wanted to take care of the corpses. They are real pets that were abandoned after death – not street dogs. So the difference is quite big to the bolivian dogs. Also the context is completely different. I was more interested and more involved in the crazy Bolivian adventure, but I think the Dog Carpets – as they turned out finally – are very well made and very disturbing objects.
Während manch einer schon seinen Grill für die kommende Saison vorbereitet, warnen Harvard-Mediziner: Wer täglich rotes Fleisch, Wurst oder Schinken isst, verkürzt seine Lebenserwartung deutlich. Fleischmahlzeiten erhöhen das Risiko für Herzinfarkt, Schlaganfall, Diabetes und verschiedene Krebsleiden.
Wer bei den für Ende der Woche angekündigten frühlingshaften Temperaturen die Grillsaison eröffnen und ein paar Steaks auf den Rost legen will, dem könnte der Appetit vergehen. Zumindest wenn Rind, Schwein oder Lamm auf den Teller kommen und nicht Fisch, Geflügel oder diese Gemüsestreifen, die immer auf dem Rost hängenbleiben. Schließlich warnen Harvard-Wissenschaftler vor den gefährlichen Folgen von ausgiebigem Fleischgenuss.
Wer sich täglich ein Hauptgericht mit rotem Fleisch oder Wurst und Schinken einverleibt, so die Forscher im Fachblatt Archives of Internal Medicine von diesem Dienstag, verkürzt seine Lebenserwartung und hat ein erhöhtes Risiko für Infarkt, Schlaganfall, Diabetes und diverse Krebsleiden.
"Regelmäßiger Fleischkonsum trägt erheblich zum vorzeitigen Ableben bei", sagt Harvard-Ernährungswissenschaftler Frank Hu. "Wer sich hingegen für gesündere Eiweißquellen entscheidet, hat gleich mehrere Vorteile davon und ist weniger gefährdet, chronisch krank zu werden oder gar früh zu sterben."
Das Team aus Ärzten, Epidemiologen und Ernährungsexperten greift auf eine beeindruckende Datenbasis zurück, um seine Warnung zu untermauern. Die Forscher haben mehr als 37.000 Männer und 83.000 Frauen seit den 1980er Jahren beobachtet und immer wieder ihr Alltagsverhalten und ihre Ernährung analysiert.
Nach durchschnittlich fast 30 Jahren zeigte sich, dass die Sterblichkeit der Studienteilnehmer um 13 Prozent erhöht war, wenn sie täglich eine Hauptmahlzeit Fleisch zu sich nahmen - und sogar um 20 Prozent anstieg, wenn sie jeden Tag Wurst, Schinken oder zu Aufschnitt verarbeitetes Fleisch aßen.
Dass Infarkt, Schlaganfall, Gefäßverkalkung und Bluthochdruck häufiger bei Menschen auftreten, die oft und viel Fleisch essen, erklären Ärzte mit der vermehrten Aufnahme gesättigter Fettsäuren, aber auch mit einer erhöhten Zufuhr von Eisen und Salz durch tierische Nahrungsmittel. Um verarbeitetes Fleisch und Wurstwaren haltbar zu machen, werden Nitrite verwendet. Diese erhöhen das Diabetes-Risiko und beeinträchtigen zudem die Elastizität der Blutgefäße; beides trägt ebenfalls zur erhöhten Herzkreislaufgefahr bei.
"Es geht nicht um alles oder nichts"
Fleischfreunde erkranken zudem öfter an Krebs, besonders ihr Risiko für Dickdarmkrebs ist erhöht. Nobelpreisträger Harald zur Hausen vermutet Viren im rohen Fleisch als Ursache. Die meisten Forscher führen die Tumorgefahr allerdings auf den Gehalt schädlicher Nitrosamine und polyzyklischer aromatischer Kohlenwasserstoffe zurück, die sich vermehrt bilden, wenn Fleisch oder Wurst stark erhitzt werden. "Unsere Studie zeigt, dass verarbeitetes Fleisch besonders gefährlich ist", sagt Harvard-Forscher Hu.
Immerhin gibt es Hoffnung, ohne dass man gleich zum Vegetarier werden muss. Wird Fleisch auf dem Speiseplan gelegentlich durch Fisch, Geflügel, Nüsse, Gemüse oder Vollkorn ersetzt und die Menge des Fleischkonsums nur halbiert, hätten sich 9,3 Prozent der Todesfälle bei Männern und 7,6 Prozent bei Frauen während der nahezu 30-jährigen Studiendauer verhindern lassen.
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"Es geht nicht um alles oder nichts", sagt Ernährungsexperte Dean Ornish. "Wir haben die Wahl - zudem gilt: Was dauerhaft gut für uns ist, ist auch gut für den Planeten." Eine stärker auf Pflanzen basierende Nahrung sei nicht nur gesünder. Der Anbau von Obst und Gemüse spare im Vergleich zur Produktion von Fleisch auch Wasser, Energie und schone das Klima
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Vandaag ontving ik het bericht over het feit dat u
van plan bent om uw producten ook in China op de markt te brengen en dit land
eist bij wet, dat producten op dieren getest moeten
worden.
Zoals u weet is het in bijna elk land mogelijk om
cosmetica te verkopen die niet getest zijn op dieren - behalve in
China!
Het is dus zéér aannemelijk, dat u uw belofte om
zowel eindproduct
alsmede de ingrediënten NIET op dieren te testen, niet meer kunt
nakomen.
Cosmetica merken L'Occitane en Mary Kay hebben
reeds toegegeven, dat deze testen door "tussenpersonen" worden
gedaan.
Yves Rocher is hierdoor, net zoals de eerder
genoemde merken van de HCS-lijst geschrapt.
Yves Rocher, L'Occitane et Mary Kay : supprimés de la liste
HCS
Ik ben zéér teleurgesteld in u, omdat uw beslissing
laat zien, dat geweten, eerbaarheid en mededogen voor álle levende wezens te
koop zijn.
U keert weerloze schepsels de rug toe en dompelt uw
naam in het bloed der onschuldigen en ik vraag me af hoe lang het zal
duren, voordat u uw verantwoordelijkheid en respect voor het milieu gaat
verkopen....
Quote: "Respect voor de mens en de natuur Onze
gezichtsverzorgingsproducten zijn gegarandeerd hypo-allergeen en al onze
producten zijn in het laboratorium getest. Yves Rocher was één van de eerste
ondernemingen in Europa die het uitvoeren van dierproeven op haar
schoonheidsproducten heeft afgezworen."
Hoe kan men een bedrijf vertrouwen dat ons belooft
een beleid te voeren met respect voor mens, dier en natuur en dat omkoopbaar
blijkt te zijn als ze maar genoeg geld binnen kan halen?!
Ik zal in ieder geval nooit meer enig product van
u aanschaffen of gebruiken, want met Yves Rocher smeer ik dan "het moedwillig
martelen der onschuldigen" op mijn huid en MIJN geweten is anders dan bij
u, onomkoopbaar!
* "If you ever get annoyed by my animal advocacy efforts, just remember if you are ever locked in a cage and tortured, I'll speak up for you too."
"Alsje ooitverveel doormijn dierbemiddelingspogingen,vergeet dan niet als jeooitin een kooi wordt opgeslotenen gemarteld, zalik ook voor jou spreken !."
Chinese Animal Rights activists sent me pictures today of experiments being carried out to transplant human tumors in nude mice. The graphic picture below show one of the stage of the experiment.
— Chinese activisten stuurden deze gruwelijke foto van experimenten om menselijke tumoren in naakte muizen te transplanteren .
Beleef de lente ! Kijk live mee in de nesten van 11 soorten vogels !
*Kijk live mee in de nesten van 11 soorten vogels
Meekijken in de nesten van maar liefst 11 soorten vogels
Het is zacht weer en het moment kon niet beter gekozen zijn. De start van een nieuw seizoen van Beleef de Lente! 1 maart, gingen de camera’s aan die een boeiende inkijk zullen geven in het leven op en rond de nesten van maar liefst elf soorten vogels. Het is alweer de zesde keer op rij dat Vogelbescherming Nederland dit spektakel mogelijk maakt. Via www.beleefdelente.nl kan iedereen meekijken. Achter de pc, met tablet of laptop op schoot, of via de iphone!
Vorig jaar waren er spannende gevechten tussen de holenduif en de steenuil. De ijsvogels paarden ongegeneerd voor de camera en de slechtvalk klapte frontaal tegen de voorgevel van zijn nest aan, omdat zijn prooi iets te zwaar was. Meer dan 1.1 miljoen kijkers uit 139 landen hebben dat vorig jaar live gevolgd via www.beleefdelente.nl.
In 2012 worden de volgende elf soorten gevolgd: ooievaar, lepelaar, slechtvalk,grauwe kiekendief, oehoe, steenuil, ijsvogel, gierzwaluw, koolmees, boerenzwaluw en merel. Nieuw voor Beleef de Lente zijn merel en grauwe kiekendief. Iedereen kent de merel als ie door onze tuinen hupt, maar vrijwel niemand weet hoe het eraan toe gaat in een merelnest. Dat zal nu dus van minuut tot minuut te volgen zijn. Een andere primeur is de in Nederland zeldzame grauwe kiekendief. In samenwerking met de Werkgroep Grauwe kiekendief zullen ook bij het nest van deze bijzondere roofvogel camera’s worden geplaatst. Nooit eerder was het nest van deze fraaie roofvogel van zo dichtbij te bewonderen.
De website van www.beleefdelente.nl is compleet vernieuwd. De soorten zijn ingedeeld in drie ‘werelden’: die van trekvogels, stadsvogels en roofvogels. ,,Op die manier kunnen we veel meer informatie kwijt over de verschillende vogelsoorten ”, vertelt projectleider Luc Hoogenstein van Vogelbescherming Nederland. ,,Beschermen begint met beleving: met het project creëren we meer draagvlak voor onze beschermingsactiviteiten. Door de camera’s verzamelen wij bovendien nuttige informatie. Een leger aan vrijwilligers zal precies bijhouden wat er gebeurt, welk voedsel naar de jongen wordt gebracht en welke gevaren de vogels ondervinden.”
De lente lijkt misschien nog ver weg, maar bij sommige vogels begint het al te kriebelen. De ooievaar zit op zijn nest en ook de oehoe heeft haar plek ingenomen. De steenuil en slechtvalk hebben de nestkasten inmiddels geïnspecteerd. IJsvogels zijn ook vroege broeders en het zal niet lang duren tot er een voor de webcam verschijnt. De echte trekvogels als boerenzwaluw, gierzwaluw en grauwe kiekendief zitten nog in Afrika en hierop zullen nog twee maanden moeten wachten. Tot het écht voorjaar is..
‘Greyhound Racing’ niet meer populair in Amerika.Helaas in veel landen nog wel !
*‘Greyhound Racing’ niet meer populair in Amerika.Helaas in veel landen nog wel !
De tijd dat duizenden mensen een gokje waagden bij races met hazewindhonden in de VS, lijkt voorbij. De sport trekt nog amper toeschouwers; veel exploitanten willen ermee stoppen.
Slechts een handjevol ouderen gokt nog op de wedstrijden tussen de snelle honden. Veel dierenliefhebbers hekelen de races en jongeren gokken liever op fruitmachines, aldus de New York Times vandaag.
De exploitanten hebben de races jarenlang verdedigd, maar zien er nu ook geen brood meer in. Tien jaar geleden waren in de VS nog 49 banen voor hondenraces, nu nog 22. De helft daarvan ligt in Florida, waar veel ouderen wonen. Een grote exploitant daar, Ceasars Entertainment, wil er nu ook mee stoppen.
Goed nieuws! Helaas is ‘greyhound racing’ nog in veel landen razend populair.Als voorbeeld zie link naar deze organisatie in Australië.
Een hazewindhond die moet racen, heeft een vreselijk leven. Het lijkt zo leuk, honden houden toch van rennen? Maar dit is een ‘sport’ mag je het zo noemen? Die puur om het geld gaat.In de meeste landen wordt er stevig gegokt op de honden. Kan een hond niet meer goed rennen dan wordt hij afgemaakt. Dat gebeurd door ophangen ( galgo’s Spanje) , doodknuppelen, uithongeren, uitdrogen en als ze geluk hebben een spuitje. Het kan anders. Zie link: van Stichting Dj-Imba
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
Registratienummer Kamer van Koophandel: 41068459
Nederland :
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t.n.v. A.M.M. Booms
Someren, Nederland.
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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Ik ben Leny, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam De Bosheks.
