Animal Advocacy The Animal/Rights/Welfare thread
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Fireworks. I don't even get what the thrill is from one bang after another.
I am just watching this on YouTube
Roosters bring little profit on the poultry market. They lay no eggs and produce little meat. So, many German hatcheries sell millions of chicks abroad. Animal welfare usually falls by the wayside.Because they don't lay eggs, around 45 million male chicks used to be killed in Germany every year. This practice has been banned since 2022. Since then, many German egg cartons began carrying the label: "No chick killing.” But, if they aren’t being killed, where are the roosters now?Rearing the animals is so expensive in Germany that most hatcheries simply cannot afford to keep the male chicks. The so-called ‘brother roosters’ are often sent abroad to be reared, often to Poland. But what are conditions like there? Animal welfare activists have evidence of serious abuses. The fattened cockerels are then often sold to Africa. In Ghana, meat from Europe is usually cheaper than domestic poultry. But local Ghanaian breeders suffer massively from these cheap imports from Europe.The film follows the trail from the hatching of the chicks in a German hatchery to rearing in Poland and sale to Ghana. The research shows: The ban on chick killing in Germany shifts the problems abroad and animal welfare is usually ignored. The law seems well-intentioned but poorly thought out.
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Roosters bring little profit on the poultry market. They lay no eggs and produce little meat. So, many German hatcheries sell millions of chicks abroad. Animal welfare usually falls by the wayside.Because they don't lay eggs, around 45 million male chicks used to be killed in Germany every year. This practice has been banned since 2022. Since then, many German egg cartons began carrying the label: "No chick killing.” But, if they aren’t being killed, where are the roosters now?Rearing the animals is so expensive in Germany that most hatcheries simply cannot afford to keep the male chicks. The so-called ‘brother roosters’ are often sent abroad to be reared, often to Poland. But what are conditions like there? Animal welfare activists have evidence of serious abuses. The fattened cockerels are then often sold to Africa. In Ghana, meat from Europe is usually cheaper than domestic poultry. But local Ghanaian breeders suffer massively from these cheap imports from Europe.The film follows the trail from the hatching of the chicks in a German hatchery to rearing in Poland and sale to Ghana. The research shows: The ban on chick killing in Germany shifts the problems abroad and animal welfare is usually ignored. The law seems well-intentioned but poorly thought out.
Emma JC
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Just add these poor innocent horses to the list. These tossers simply do not care about their horses. They are only interested by the profit
that they are making. Horse racing should be banned.
Sunday's third and final day of the November Meeting at Cheltenham was overshadowed by the death of three horses.
Abuffalosoldier collapsed after winning the Holland Cooper Handicap Chase, the fourth race of the day.
that they are making. Horse racing should be banned.
Sunday's third and final day of the November Meeting at Cheltenham was overshadowed by the death of three horses.
Abuffalosoldier collapsed after winning the Holland Cooper Handicap Chase, the fourth race of the day.
Three horses die during racing at Cheltenham
Sunday's third and final day of the November Meeting at Cheltenham is overshadowed by the death of three horses.
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Some good news from down under (New Zealand) what we call a freezing works (slaughterhouse) has closed down because the farmers have gone over to forestry in that part of the country.
To all omnis:
Here's your Thanksgiving/Christmas turkey. These baby turkeys spend 3-4 months crammed in factory farms being fattened up for you to eat on Christmas day. They suffer terribly their entire lives.
PEACE begins on your plate
10 very happy and lucky chickens were saved by Argentinian activists! There are also many of these actions in the UK. However, to
preserve the anonymity of these activists and where they are based, it is not widely publicised.
“Anti speciesist and anarchist activists liberated 10 chickens from a place of exploitation.
We feel the urgency to take direct action and to try against all odds to change the fait of some, even if it is just a single life that is being used and exploited in this sleepy society so comfortable with speciesism.
No animal is our slave.
Animals are not things to sale, all we should do is to break their cages and liberate them, so they can become someone once again and stop being something that will be chopped up."
TEN BROILER CHICKENS LIBERATED FROM EXPLOITATION. – Unoffensive Animal
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Squeaks-December 2023
Squeaks, a year after being saved from the streets of Brighton. He/she was either burned or something that couldn't be determined with feathers missing and on the brink of death. Today, he/she has a double room, lovely comfy cage and as much food as he/she wishes.
He/she refuses to leave the rescuers home and always comes back after spending a couple of hours outside with a flock.
RIP Keto. You didn't deserve this. Shame on Seaworld and all of those people who paid to see you suffer.
Please read the link below. It's heartbreaking and simply appalling what Seaworld did to this innocent creature. We need more activists to do demos outside Seaworld and all of these awful aquariums.
Keto spent his entire life behind bars. He died without ever experiencing the taste of freedom, and I fear that Tekoa, Adán, and Morgan, who are now the last remaining orcas there, will suffer the same cruel fate. Keto’s monotonous existence prior to taking his last breath at Loro Parque represents a huge loss of potential, and his death is proof that decision makers in Spain are completely failing the country’s captive orcas. There is something inherently wrong in a society where an orca’s only way out of these dreary concrete stadiums is death.
Keto the Orca Has Died | Dolphin Project
Keto, who has been used as a “must-see” tourist attraction at Loro Parque in Tenerife for the last 18 years, has died.
Perhaps the death of Keto is suspect. Nothing would surprise me as these pimps are ruthless when animals refuse to perform/practise these stupid tricks!
They may have been starving him as he seemed to be unwilling to be trained.
whalesanctuaryproject.org
They may have been starving him as he seemed to be unwilling to be trained.
Keto: Frustrated and Dangerous - The Whale Sanctuary Project | Back to Nature
By Christina Colvin Frustration, violence and boredom: these are the central features of Keto’s life story. Born in captivity in 1995, he currently lives at […]
whalesanctuaryproject.org
Perhaps the death of Keto is suspect. Nothing would surprise me as these pimps are ruthless when animals refuse to perform/practise these stupid tricks!
Keto: Frustrated and Dangerous - The Whale Sanctuary Project | Back to Nature
By Christina Colvin Frustration, violence and boredom: these are the central features of Keto’s life story. Born in captivity in 1995, he currently lives at […]
If anyone feels strongly about Keto's death, you can contact Loro Parque to voice your opinion, via this link. I have asked them whether they have disclosed Keto's cause of death.
Contact with Loro Parque • Loro Parque
Contact Loro Parque through the means available for various languages for customer service.
www.loroparque.com
KETO THE ORCA HAS DIED
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Keto, who has been used as a “must-see” tourist attraction at Loro Parque in Tenerife for the last 18 years, has died. On November 20th, Loro Parque announced on its social media platforms that Keto had been “very unwell” for several weeks, and today, on November 22nd, the Spanish zoo announced his death with these words (excerpt): “With sadness in our hearts, we share the heartbreaking news about the passing of Keto, our beloved 29-year-old male orca. Since 2006, Keto was an extraordinary ambassador for his species, captivating everyone with his majestic presence and unique personality. His departure leaves an irreplaceable void in our hearts and throughout our entire team.” ~ Source: Loro Parque/Facebook, 11/22/24.
Keto (in the back) and his tank mate Tekoa are performing one of the usual stunts during the orca spectacle at Loro Parque. They have been instructed by their trainers to beach themselves onto the concrete platform, so that cheering spectators can take photos of them. Credit: Helene O’Barry
Keto had a difficult life. He was born at SeaWorld’s amusement park in Orlando, Florida in 1995. His mother Kalina was the first orca born at a SeaWorld amusement park. His father, Kotar, was captured in Iceland in 1978. (He died before Keto was born when a metal gate came down and crushed his skull.) Before his fourth birthday, SeaWorld sent Keto to its theme park in San Diego. Then they moved him to the now closed SeaWorld park in Ohio. San Antonio, in Texas, was next. At five years of age, Keto had performed at all of SeaWorld’s orca stadiums. As if that was not enough turbulence in the orca’s life, after spending five years in San Antonio, SeaWorld moved him again. They loaded him and three other young orcas —Tekoa, Kohana and Skyla — onto an airplane that would take them more than 4,000 miles away to the Spanish island Tenerife in the Canary Islands in February 2006. Loro Parque trainers have paraded Keto and the others on a stage in daily shows ever since.
Keto is believed by many to have sired Kohana’s two offspring: Adán and Vicky, born in 2010 and 2012 respectively. Vicky died several years ago, but Adán is still alive and performs in shows. Keto is also the father of Morgan’s now deceased daughter Ula.
Over the years, Loro Parque has presented Keto to the audience as an ambassador of his species even though he has never seen the ocean or experienced anything that is natural to an orca. He never even saw a real ocean wave and could only swim a few feet before a wall stopped him. Day in and day out crowds of spectators laughed and applauded at the tricks he performed, and I can’t help but wonder if any of them ever stopped to think about what it felt like to be trapped in a lifeless show stadium, listening to the same blasting music and performing the same senseless tricks over and over, such as splashing water on the front rows or performing silly dance moves on the concrete slide-out.
''The last time I saw Keto was in August 2023. The largest of the orcas at Loro Parque, he was easily recognizable with his dorsal fin that bent to the left. As soon as trainers entered the stage, he swam right behind them along the edge of the tank, his eyes fixed on the buckets of fish and his mouth wide open, as if he was begging for a handout. He did this prior to every single show that day, and it was obvious to me that he was hungry. During shows, Keto obeyed all the commands his trainers gave him, his submissive behavior standing in such contrast to his majestic appearance.
And that is what captivity does to orcas: It reduces the ocean’s most powerful predators to helpless performers who depend completely on their human keepers for food and attention. The frustration that these complex and highly intelligent ocean predators experience as a result of having to live such restrained and controlled lives must build up as the years go by, and it is not surprising that several incidents of aggression against trainers have occurred over the years. On December 24, 2009, Keto reacted by attacking and killing his trainer during a training session. According to online information, the trainer’s injuries were substantial, but even that was not enough for Loro Parque to put a stop to the use of orcas as tourist attractions.''
Dolphin Project
“All the same” by Katie White
Today we’re showcasing a beautiful and moving song by vegan singer/songwriter Katie White. (Olive Wood Vegan)
This song was written to demonstrate how humans and animals are the same in the ways that matter: the ability to feel hope, fear and pain. She also highlights how we are all innately animal lovers, but we are conditioned to think that our differences with them are so great that it warrants our callous treatment of them.
Let us get back to the love and peace among all creation that was God’s intention from the start. If you love this song like we do, please do share it with your non-vegan friends and family!
LYRICS
Into this world they come
Innocent as anyone
Behind every pair of eyes
Are they exact same desires as you and I
A will to survive
A heart that beats for life
Yeah hope and fear and pain
Really we are all the same
But we’re taught to draw a line
With them and us on either side
Forget the love with which you’re born
Leave your feelings at the door
But they’ve stolen your compassion
The same day they said
Ask no questions get told no lies
Yeah hope and fear and pain
Really we are all the same
Walking blindly down a road, to nowhere
Who’s holding your hand, do they really care?
Why not question what you’re told behind everything that’s taught
Something is sold
And into this world they come
Innocent as anyone
Behind every pair of eyes
Are they exact same desires as you and I
A will to survive
A heart that beats for life
Yeah hope and fear and pain
Really we are all the same
This is called 'chasse à la tonne' and is practised in several regions in France.
When it comes to hobby hunting, there are almost no limits to the perversions with animals. Here, live ducks desperately scream in their cages, and their cries for help attract free ducks, who then fly over the territory of captive species.
With their rifles, hobby hunters end their lives fairly and with high art. Hunting is a craft that seeks its equal - a crippled mindset. Nowhere does degeneration appear as expressly as in hobby hunting.
IG WILD Biem WILD
Totally shocking and simply not acceptable!
A police officer who rammed an escaped cow sending her skittering 30 feet during a bungled operation will return to frontline duties with no further action.
The unnamed copper has been cleared of wrongdoing following a Surrey Police investigation into the incident involving a calf called Beau Lucy in Staines-upon-Thames.
More than 2,000 complaints were filed after the operation as animal campaigners called for action.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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A police officer who rammed an escaped cow sending her skittering 30 feet during a bungled operation will return to frontline duties with no further action.
The unnamed copper has been cleared of wrongdoing following a Surrey Police investigation into the incident involving a calf called Beau Lucy in Staines-upon-Thames.
More than 2,000 complaints were filed after the operation as animal campaigners called for action.
Police officer who rammed runaway cow Beau Lucy cleared after probe
The unnamed copper has been cleared of wrongdoing following a Surrey Police investigation into the incident involving a calf called Beau Lucy in Staines-upon-Thames.
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