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    The video was made by Heather Mills McCartney to raise awaireness about the dog and cat meat/fur trades in China.


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    Would you eat your cat or your dog ?

    Cats and dogs, men's best friends are boiled while still alive, they are skinned while still alive, to end up on plates or for their furs.
    The pictures taken by a Chinese CAPA activist show a StBernardin dog, cats and birds just delived to restaurant, waiting to be cooked ..

    Les chiens et les chats, les meilleurs amis de l'homme sont ébouillantés, cuits ou dépecés vivants pour leurs viandes et leurs fourrures. Les photos prises par un activiste chinois CAPA, d'un chien StBernard,de chats et d'oiseaux en cage qui viennent d'être livrés à un restaurant, en attente d'être cuisinés.



    A live animal market in Nanhai, China

    The Three Birds Market, which opened over 2 years ago, is the biggest collection and distribution centre for cats, dogs and all kinds of birds in Southern China, and officially operates as a poultry market. People believe it is the best meat to keep them warm during winter. The cats and dogs are all destined to food or fur.

    Le marché "Three Market" ouvert il y a juste plus de 2 ans, est la concentration choquante d'un commerce d'animaux vivants de toutes sortes. Les chiens et les chats y arrivent par milliers, tous destinés à l'alimentation et à la fourrure. Les chinois de cette région sont convaincus que c'est la seule viande capable de les réchauffer en temps de froid.



    Please sign the Petitions

    OIPA PETITION against dogs eradication campaign. PETITION OIPA, contre la campagne d'extermination des chiens en Chine.

    The PETITION to the European Parlament**PETITION Au Parlement Européen,ICI



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    The horrific series of experiments in which dogs are being burned alive took place at the Third Military Medical University at Chongqing, China. The experiments appeared in the Chinese scientific journal: ,,Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi.
    NAVS and ADI have uncovered three experiments published since 1999 and believe the programme of research continues.
    The 3 experiments involved : 37 dogs burned with napalm - The pain of napalm is so excruciating that people have died from the pain alone. The pain felt by the dogs would have been unbearable. The dogs were then kept alive with their agonizing burns for three days. 72hours of hell.

    26 dogs were burned so severely that their brains swelled - In order to determine the value of scanning equipment in diagnosing brain swelling due to excess water (oedema) following burns, dogs were inflicted with third degree skin burns, over half of their bodies. Yet, scanning techniques such as MRI cause little or no suffering to people so it is difficult to understand why the information could not have been derived from studies of burns patients.

    24 dogs were deliberately scalded and suffered steam inhalation injuries – 24 mongrel dogs were used in an experiment in which 40% of their total body surface area was deliberately scalded, giving them third degree burns, and they were left alive for up to two days. Some of the dogs died from shock within 36 hours.

    Tim Phillips, Campaigns Director for ADI says: “These are perhaps the cruelest experiments we have ever uncovered, these dogs must have been in almost unimaginable agony. Worse still, these animals suffered and died in vain, there are ways of conducting this research without animals, and dogs are simply a bad research model for human beings.”


    After a report on the Chinese zoos was shown on the French TV channel France2, which reacted many protests from the French population,Brigitte Bardot (The Brigitte Bardot Fondation) sent a letter to the Embassador of the Republic of China to France. She urged the French to do the same, and to sign the FBB PETITION to the intention of the President of the Republic of China.

    Après avoir reçu de nombreuses protestations de la part des fraçais qui avaient pu voir le reportage diffusé aux JT de France2 (voir video Skynews), Brigitte Bardot a écrit à l'ambassadeur de la République de Chine en France, et a lancé un appel aux Français leur demandant de se mobiliser en signant la Pétition de la Fondation Brigitte Bardot Cliquer ICI



    Not only in China are dogs and cats ending up on plates. you can help Korea to keep off dog-cat meat, please sign the Korean animal rights CAPS' petition online (donate if you can) :
    Korean Animal Protection Society - KAPS

  • Movies

    Moon Bears - Les Ours Moon
    Moon Bears are kept caged for most of their life in inhumane conditions only for the farming of their bile. Through love and education Animals Asia is making a difference by saving these bears one by one and educating the world on the pointlessness and cruelty of this activity. Changes in the attitude of government and cultural will bring change over time. But it is the action of the individual that will be most immediate.

    Des Ours moon confinés dans des cages trop petites toutes leurs vies durant. Animal Asia Fund, AAF, fait un travail extraordinaire pour les sauver des fermes où ils sont exploités pour leur bile. Ces 2 vidéos montrent le combat que mène Jill Robinson, Présidente de AAF pour sauver les ours moon. Dans le temps, ce seront les changements de mentalités et la position du gouvernement chinois se feront, en attendant, ce sont les actions directes qui sont importantes.

    Jill Robinson (President and co founder of Animal Asia Foundation, AAF, talks about bear farming.

  • Television

    FOOTAGE ON CHINA FUR AND DOG/CAT MEAT TRADES : Animals skinned while still alive,they say their furs is silkier, dogs and cats beaten to death before being cooked, they say the meats is more tender..animals boiled while they are still alive. HOW MUCH MORE CRUELTY ? Please take a little time to watch, take charge, take action !

    Reportage SUR LA CRUAUTE DES COMMERCES DE LA FOURRURE ET DES VIANDES DE CHIENS/CHATS EN CHINE : Des animaux dépecés alors qu'ils sont encore en vie, les laissant agonisants, la fourrure est plus soyeuse lorqu'elle est arrachée du corps des animaux vivants, disent-ils. Des chiens, des chats battus à mort avant d'etre cuisinées, la chair est plus tendre ainsi, disent-ils..Des animaux ébouillantés vivants. COMBIEN DE CRUAUTE ENCORE ? Prenez le temps de regarder les vidéos, plus décidez par vous-meme et faites tourner autour de vous.

    Warning, very disturbing graphics, under 17 no !
    Attention, images très dures, moins de 17 ans,non!



    To watch the playlist of videos on the fur/meat trade directly here : Videos Playlist : Chinese Fur and Meat Trades

    Pour voir la playlist des videos sur les industries de la fourrure/viandes, regardez directement ici ..: Videos Playlist : Chinese Fur and Meat Trades

  • Books

    These articles from Chinese blogs, that give a Chinese innerview on Animal Rights are interesting.

    The Hypocrisy of Animal Rights

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    Chicken, What's the difference ???

    Chickens were turned into meatballs for hotpot meals and the slaughter of the chickens took place right on the street not far away from the diners. This scene occurred at a newly opened restaurant “Fangji Chicken Meatball Restaurant” in Shenzhen. Yesterday afternoon, almost one hundred animal rights defenders gathered in front of the restaurant to protest. At one point, the angry chicken lovers entered the chicken meatball restaurant to demand the shop owner to free the chickens.

    On June 15, this reporter went to the Fangji Chicken Meatball Restaurant on Lianhua Road in Buji district of Shenzhen. The shop is about 10 or so square meters in area. There were seven cages containing chickens of various colors on the sidewalk in front. The slaughter area was just one or two meters away from the cages. Two shop employees took a brown chicken, slit its throat and drained its blood. Then they picked up the dead chicken with a thong and threw it into a large iron pot of boiling water. Afterwards, they picked the chicken up and then the two shop employees used a sharp knife to skin the chicken. After washing the chicken, they cut off the head and tossed it into a garbage bag on the side. According to the shop owner, they are from the Jiaozhou-Shantou area where chicken meat is popular. The chicken soup for the hotpot costs 25 yuan while the chicken meatballs cost 60 yuan per kilogram. Each chicken will yield at most one kilogram, and therefore this is expensive stuff.

    Yesterday afternoon at 4pm, the founder of the Shenzhen Chicken Net Isobel went with more than 10 chicken lovers in front of the shop. They held publicity placards and leaflets and they were waiting to meet other chicken lovers. Isobel explained the Chicken Net is an organization that is concerned about stray chickens. After this newspaper reported on the problem of chicken slaughtering and consumption in the street, the Chicken Net netizens were heartbroken and therefore decided to hold an action to protest the act of slaughtering chickens in the street.

    At 430pm, the protestors unfolded a banner and raised their placards on which were written slogans such as “Love little animals, respect life.” They distributed the leaflet for “A Letter to Shenzhen Citizens” which said that “chickens and pigs are friends of human beings and refusing to eat chicken and pig meat is to respect life.” The action received the attention of many pedestrians and residents.

    Before the action, the organizer Isobel told the reporter that they wanted to adopt a rational approach. But during the protest, some angry protestors went into the chicken meatball restaurant and demanded the shop owner to free the chickens. The shop owner said that there were no more chickens in the restaurant. The reporter observed that there was only one goose and several cats. The protestors found a skinned chicken and two bags of chicken meatballs in the refrigerator. At the sight, several female chicken lovers hugged each other and cried. When the protestors could not find any chickens in the restaurant, they attempted to go upstairs to look but found nothing.

    Even though the chicken rescue mission failed, the protestors made speeches in front of the restaurant with a loudspeaker. Many elementary school children and their parents were attracted to the scene, and some students also protested against the slaughter of chickens.

    Against the condemnations from the numerous chicken lovers, the chicken meatball restaurant owner took down the plastic “Fang Company Chicken Meatball” sign, locked up the shop and left.

    At 6pm, after the chicken meatball restaurant owner has left, the protestors prepared to proceed to another restaurant in Shawan. Supposedly that restaurant advertises with a sign that says “Chicken Meat 120.” Isobel said that there are no animal protection laws and so their actions are awkward. They want to gain government attention to come up with legislation to prevent cruelty against animals.

    Ms Shenzhen 2005 Gao Haiyun is the spokesperson for Chicken Net. Today, she brought along a banner that said: “Boycott harmful eating habits; refuse to eat chickens and pigs; be a civilized person.” According to information, this incident gained a lot of attention at the Guangdong One Net, so that many of their netizens came to join the Chicken Net chicken lovers to protest yesterday. Almost one hundred people were at the protest today.

    In memory of all the slaughtered chickens, each protestor wore a white rose on the lapel.

    This is a Southern Metropolis Daily article. Well, it’s a slightly modified Southern Metropolis Daliy article, as I’ve changed all references of ‘cat’ to our slightly more killable fine feathered friends. (oh yeah, and ‘dog’ was changed to ‘pig’ in that one spot… and chicken to cat… I love find/replace functions)

    China gets a lot of flack for what the people are ok with eating. Equal parts tradition and extreme poverty have caused the residents of this lovely nation to develop eating habits that simply gross most us Westerners out. Intestines (and not just wrapping your favourite sausage); heart, liver, gizzard, stomach, kidneys (and not just in your favourite sausage); heads, feet, joints, and pretty much every other bit’o'beast is commonly consumed.

    It’s no surprise that these habits would expand to include two animals that A) never saw it coming - with what seemed like a rock solid peace treaty, and B) involve no hunting - as a simple pat of the lap or whistle is the only tool you’ll need to capture them.

    Now the argument as I understand it, is that these animals are ‘pets’ and therefore deserve some sort of ethical considerations that those we’ve decided aren’t quite so litterbox trained don’t. Personally, I don’t care much for what the reasons are… it’s bunk.

    Don’t get me wrong. I did the vegetarian thing; eight years peppered with religious veganism. I also did the animal rights thing with a couple years of co-running an environmental/AR group in school. There are principles here I agree with. Unfortunately the larger concepts of these lifestyles are generally quite lost to their mass of practitioners. Eating meat of certain animals and not eating meat of others because it’s not “civilized” is just as retarded as a Chinese typewriter I’m afraid.

    A friend, upon my arriving in China, explained that I might want to prepare myself as there’s a lot of animal cruelty here, and what would I expect of a country that doesn’t have much in the way of hvman rights [sic] never mind animal rights. From zoos to restaurants, our earthly comrades are generally not living the plush standard of life that we would expect for them back in the West.

    The argument is vacuous though. If an animal is slaughtered “humanely” do you think that it’s sitting there with the bolt gun against its head thinking “well, thank god it’s not a knife to the throat … that makes people feel icky.” No. One because it’s an animal that never had the resources (or opposable thumbs) to evolve passed its current station in life and very likely has no real concept of what’s happening other than the smell of death and fear in the air. And two because it’s just a stupid statement, and if it’s one thing humans have proven… (opposable thumbs or not) we can be a whole lot less intelligent than the creatures we share this planet with.

    Can you imagine if a wolf, in a coy move to maneuver up the “civility” chain, decided that bunnies were too cute to eat, so it was only going to eat things like frogs, fish and the occassional badger.

    So I think the retort here is thus: “we aren’t animals, we’re humans.” And if this is what was about to come from your lips… take a step back from your monitor, pick up your PC speaker and beat yourself with it. Humans are animals. We need to move past this. All the philosophy and religion in the world cannot change this fact. And just like every other animal, we have always and likely will always kill to live.

    Now, I understand if you have a pet cat or a pet dog you might feel queasy about eating your best friend’s brethern. I personally have a hard time eating dog meat for this reason coupled with the fact that I was raised in a different culture that never desensitized me to such things. I also agree with the argument that dog meat, got in traditional fashion, shows a side of humanity that is sadistic and I don’t dig it. But slaughtering and eating one species in the same fashion as another but damning it as “uncivil” because of the type of animal… c’mon. There’s a reason that these ’causes’ get so many high profile supermodels to support these causes - intelligence is not required to protest.

    Lets be clear. My argument here is not against those that don’t like to look at animals being slaughtered. It’s fine if you would like to remain ignorant and not know what goes into getting that pork chop to your table. I’m also not attacking you veggies that obstain from the flesh for what you feel are negative environmental impacts. Save the world. I’ll love ya for it. My problem is simply with the hypocrites that closed down this guy’s restaurant in Shenzhen because they didn’t agree with the type of meat he was selling.
    Source : http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/06/20/the-hypocrisy-of-animal-rights


    Animal Rights : A Disease of the Bourgeoisie ?

    by Aaron Gardiner, guest blogger Inside-Out China

    Introduction: There is a story that, on being asked about gay rights, an official spokesman for North Korea replied, "There is no homosexuality in North Korea. It is a disease of the Bourgeoisie."

    Actually I just heard this story from Aaron Gardiner, whom I have the pleasure of introducing you to today. Born in Australia, Aaron has lived in China, mostly Beijing, and has also spent times in other parts of Asia. Though we have never met in person, I have gotten to know Aaron in cyberspace, and asked him if he could share something on the cultural differences he perceives between Asia and the West (or whatever collective euphemism includes both the United States and Australia). The topic he chose, animal rights, will likely raise some disagreement among readers, and I would love to hear your views. Please feel free to chime in with a comment. Xujun Eberlein

    Should we treat animals with dignity and respect? Not just yet
    by Xujun Eberlein

    Despite having lived in China for 5 years, I've retained a "Western" perspective on most issues—with one exception. On this one point, my compatriots and other foreigners regularly lock horns, making me feel, for want of a better phrase, partly Sinocized. Is it geopolitics, perhaps, or poverty reduction? No, the source of so many pained dinner conversations, nasty looks, and canceled second dates is rather more mundane: Animal rights.

    Western folk, to a greater or lesser degree, believe animals have rights. They are rarely specific about what these rights are, but they are sure animals have them. Few of the Australians, Americans, or Europeans I went to college with think it is okay to kill gorillas for sport. A sizable minority of them would not think it permissible to kill a gorilla to provide food for people. They empathize with animals. They value animals as contributing something to our environment greater than their immediate utility to humans.

    I don't. I feel the same way about gorillas as most Westerners feel about chickens. Dolphins? Yum. Dogs? Can't eat my fill. And don't even get me started on minke whales, the cockroaches of the ocean.

    Feminist theorists talk about the "unconscious aspects of privilege". I think this is very much what has happened to Westerners with animals. I can recall being a young boy, loving animals, and believing it was okay to shoot rabbits for food (we have lots of rabbits in Australia) but evil for Americans to shoot black bears for food (so noble, so anthropomorphic). I think this was as aspect of privilege. After I had lived in Hanoi for a year or so, I had become thoroughly alienated from the idea of animals being anything other than property or food - because there was far too much human suffering going on for me to give up any of my concern or empathy for animals.

    In Australia, there are, with the exception of Aboriginal folk who live far, far away, no poor people. But when I moved to Hanoi , there were many. People who lived on others' garbage. People who lived in others' garbage. People who didn't live, because they died from medieval diseases that no longer exist in the Western world. These poor people had, and have, no rights. They didn't have property rights; the police would smash and steal whatever vegetables or fruit they tried to sell by the side of the road. They didn't have a right to education; schools cost money and they had none. They most certainly didn't have a right to pride or self-worth; if they could, they sold their children into prostitution for a pittance. So would I, were I hungry enough, and so, very probably, would you.

    Having seen all this, and knowing that many parts of the world are far worse places to live than either China or Vietnam , I now get angry that Western people spend so much time and effort trying to improve the lot of animals. It strikes me as profoundly unbalanced. That an enormously wealthy, educated man like Peter Singer would chose to devote himself to raising up the prospects of pigs inflames me with contempt. Who cares about cattle when real people, human beings, are dying like cattle?

    You might say: Why can't we have both? But each person has a set amount of time, and a limited amount of energy and money. The opportunity cost of writing a letter denouncing cosmetics companies is not writing a letter to support refugees; doing one is making a conscious decision not to do the other.

    Things are changing in China. As people get richer, and the choke hold of the state loosens, my younger Chinese friends have expressed their desire to see animals treated better. One even signed a petition asking the Beijing Zoo to treat its captive animals better - a significant commitment in a country where petitions signing is potentially illegal. But my friends are all Beijingers, and compared to most Chinese people, they are rich.

    Gordon Gecko says to Bud Fox in the movie Wall Street, "One thing to remember about WASPs, kid: They love animals; they hate people." If Western people want non-Westerners to be nicer to animals, they should support things that create and spread wealth—for example, free trade and globalization. More global trade equals higher worldwide incomes, which in turn equals greater concern for animals. If it is true, as New York Times columnist Nicholas Krystof says in a recent op-ed piece, that "the tide of history is moving toward the protection of animal rights," it is only because global capitalism and free trade have lifted millions from poverty and enriched people in parts of the world that hitherto had known limited wealth. Once China's per-capita GDP gets high enough, Chinese, like WASPS, may love animals, too.


    Tesco's Animal Abuse in China


    Please sign the the Turtlesco petition and read the article from Inside Living Magazine about Tesco's terrible treatment of turtles in China.

    Words by Dr Barbara Maas

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    Although turtles and frogs may not touch the heart of every animal lover, Tesco's barbaric treatment of these animals in China has met with disbelief, indignation and stiff opposition. Tesco either butchers these animals in store or sells them alive to be slaughtered at home. In 2006, British charity Care for the Wild International asked to stop Tesco selling live turtles for food in China on conservation and animal welfare grounds. Leading veterinary, scientific and chelonian experts support the charity's campaign. Care for the Wild's latest investigation provides disturbing proof that Tesco skins and dismembers animals alive in its Chinese outlets. By doing Tesco turns its back on animal welfare and its own corporate responsibilities.

    "After assessing information provided by CWI last June,"says Dr Maas, "Tesco removed hardshell turtles from sale because it is not possible to access the animal's head for decapitation without breaking the shell. Tesco also added crushing the skull to decapitation as a slaughter method to reduce time to death." But when CWI visited 32 Chinese Tesco stores between April and May, they discovered that staff fail to adhere to Tesco's slaughter policies. In 12 stores where CWI witnessed slaughter firsthand, staff continued to kill turtles by decapitation alone or by evisceration. CWI also found large numbers of disembowelled turtles with intact heads for sale.

    "Decapitation has been deemed unacceptable as a sole method of euthanasia for chelonians and is only acceptable when reptiles are rendered unconscious by other methods," says Dr. Wilbur Amand, Executive Director of The Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians and Executive Director of The American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition. "Decapitation may sever the head from the body,"explains Annie Lancaster, Director of Tortoise Aid in the US, "but reptiles are capable of surviving prolonged periods of anoxia (absence of oxygen from the brain) for an HOUR (or more) after decapitation,"explains Tortoise Aid Director, Annie Lancaster, Turtles killed this way will experience awareness and severe pain.

    According to Dr.Richard Gibson, Head Curator of Herpetology at the Zoological Society of London, decapitation "is only marginally better than the live disembowelment and butchery going on in the live food markets."

    In a Tesco store in China's Guangdong Province, CWI observed how staff caught a turtle and started to cut its head. "The turtle pulled back into the shell,"says Dr Maas, "so staff cut the shell along the edge. The turtle broke loose and was caught again after about a minute. Staff then sliced the still living turtle in half, separating the upper and lower part of its shell. In another scene, Tesco staff cut the turtle's abdomen from tail to neck with a pair of scissors. The turtle extended its long neck and its extremities struggled. Tesco staff then added a traverse incision and pulled out the entrails. CWI also saw Tesco staff skinning bullfrogs alive. "Staff caught two frogs and cut their heads off their with a cleaver. But the decapitation of one frog is incomplete and the animal struggles. Tesco staff then peel the skin off both frogs, pack and label them. This is unacceptable and can not be considered humane under any circumstances."

    Live turtles are mostly displayed bound up tightly in plastic netting on top of thick layers of ice, which is inappropriate and painful for these sub-tropical to temperate, cold-blooded species. CWI says that although Tesco acknowledged this fact a year ago, the practice continues. Tesco also has no control over the behaviour of customers who wish to buy live turtles for home slaughter. Common methods include live dismemberment, evisceration or boiling the animals alive.

    Fuelling Extinction : China's booming economy and one billion-plus population fuels the demise of turtle species across Asia and beyond. Two fifths (41%) of the world's tortoises and freshwater turtles and three quarters of Asian species are threatened with extinction as a result of human consumption. Some 20 million turtles are consumed in China each year. In 2000 alone, every week 25 tons entered the country from Sumatra. Despite legislation restricting trade in many species, enforcement is weak, and many internationally and nationally protected species still find their way onto Chinese plates. "International trade in live turtles to supply the Chinese markets has also decimated wild populations in many other countries including Vietnam, Cambodia, New Guinea, Indonesia, India, and even the USA,"says Kevin Buley from The European Association of Zoos' & Aquaria's (EAZA) Shellshock Turtle & Tortoise Conservation Campaign.

    Although Tesco argues that turtles sold in its stores are farmed, Chinese Tesco staff told CWI Tesco that some of the turtles on sale are wild caught. Turtle farming too damages wild populations and the environment. Research by Dr. Shi Haitao and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed that commercial farming threatens wild turtle populations. Any "gains can only be considered temporary,"says Dr Shi, "with a permanent cost to wild Chinese turtles. In the long term turtle farms serve no function beyond generating profit for a few entrepreneurs. The existence of an enormous, largely unregulated, turtle-farming industry creates additional and serious challenges for turtle conservation." In addition "there is a cultural demand for wild-caught game. This is especially true in China, where the nutritional properties of wild animals are promulgated by the practitioners of traditional medicine and deeply ingrained in the national psyche. Consequently, wild-caught turtles fetch significantly higher prices than farm-raised turtles, and no amount of captive breeding will decrease the desire for wild turtles."

    EAZA's Kevin Buley told CWI, There has been hope in recent years that the massive expansion of turtle farms within China (an industry now estimated to be worth over $1 billion each year), would help curb the demand for wild turtle collection. However, it is becoming clear that the turtle farms themselves still have a huge demand for wild caught specimens to ensure that the fecundity of the animals in the farms remains high. Wild turtles are also caught to set up new breeding facilities. The growth of turtle farms, the regional and international trade and now, the availability of these non-domesticated animals in large supermarket franchises, is having a catastrophic effect on the remaining fragile wild populations of many species. Trade in farmed turtles can also provide a handy cover for illegal trade in wild turtles of species threatened and protected in the wild.

    "Selling softshell turtles for food supports a destructive market that is fuelling a global extinction crisis,"says CWI's Chief Executive Dr Barbara Maas. "Any action that endorses or participates in this devastating trade pushes wild turtles one step closer to extinction.. Tesco should not be involved in the extermination of these imperilled animals."

    Where there is no will, there is no way.
    Tesco's Corporate Responsibility Policy states that the company is "committed to conducting business in an ethical and socially responsible manner", and that Tesco uses "up-to-date knowledge of research, ethics, scientific facts and legislation to ensure this happens". Care for the Wild has seen no evidence of this.. Turtles butchered and sold alive in Tesco stores continue to suffer profoundly before reaching stores. They continue to suffer while on display and are killed enduring unimaginable pain. Tesco's corporate policy proclaims, "We demand high standards of animal welfare and have livestock codes of practice which cover all aspects of animal husbandry, animal welfare requirements, environmental impact and food safety factors."But evidence from the past 12 months clearly shows that Tesco is unable to enforce even the most rudimentary improvements to the welfare of the turtles from whose sale it profits.

    "Sales of turtles for food or medicinal purposes are driving natural populations to extinction,"says Professor of Reptology Dr. Harvey Lillywhite. "The cruellest aspect of turtle sales by companies such as Tesco is the extinction of populations and species worldwide."

    "CWI provided Tesco with all the science and expert opinions needed to reach a decision more than a year ago"says Dr Maas. But Tesco refuses to accept facts. Undeterred by science and its own policies, Tesco insists on maintaining an untenable position. This is irresponsible and unreasonable, and no amount of denial, corporate spin and excuses will change that."


    Please add your support for the campaign by writing to: Sir Terence Leahy - CEO Tesco, Tesco House, PO Box 44, Delamere Road, Cheshunt, Herts, EN8 9SL, England. Email: terry. leahy@tesco. com Tel: (01992) 646790 or (0845) 6004411

    Care for the Wild International (CWI) The Granary, Tickfold Farm, Kingsfold, West Sussex. RH12 3SE, England Tel: (0)1306 627912 Fax: 01306 627901

  • Heroes

    149 dogs saved by Activists in Kindu-China Dec2008



    The pictures are related to some of the Animal Rights demos that took place in China in 2008, Among many others : in Beijing where a young writer Sun Li, dedicated her book on stray animals "Take me Home". In Shangdu where the small animal rights group "Sishuan Love for Small Animals" center carried out a free birth control campaign, bringing the mobile surgery hospital to the community where pets could be submitted to surgery by their owners... in Harbin, where students from the Polytechnic school volunteered to teach at the primary school as prevention of the cruelty to the animals. Updated 26 November 2008

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To inform about Animal Rights in China-Asia. This Myspace is run by Anouk de Winter's office. Anouk is an independant Animal Rights activist and Vegan.
Warning : some graphics may hurt your sensibility. If you are under 18 years old, please ask an adult to watch the videos-pictures with you. If despite of this warning you still report Message to China Myspace as unappropriate, this would mean that either you are a bad-intentioned person or that you cant read :) Animals deserve better

Page d'information sur les droits des animaux en Chine, sur l'initiative d'Anouk de Winter. Anouk est végétaLienne et activiste indépendante.
Attention : Le contenu des vidéos et images peuvent heurter votre sensibilité, dans ce cas STOP ne continuez pas votre visite. Si en dépit de cet avertissement vous persistez à reporter Message to China à Myspace comme choquant c'est que soit vous êtes une personne mal intentionnée, soit que vous ne savez pas lire :) Les animaux méritent mieux.

The Chinese Animal Rights activists are doing a great job in China to inform about the dog/cat meat and fur trade, to save the animals (more on the blog). They know by now that thousands of Westerne people are giving them full support and financial means to save the animals. It is important to mention that the chinese population who eat dog and cat meat is a minority. However, even a minority of people is too much.


Les activistes pour les Droits des Animaux font un travail remarquable en Chine pour informer sur les commerces de viandes/Chats pour la nourriture et la fourrure. Ce Myspace leur apporte un soutien média, Ils savent maintenant que des milliers de personnes dans le monde leur apportent un soutien financier et médiatique. Il est important de mentionner que les chinois qui mangent les viandes de chiens et de chats sont une minorité.. hélas meme une minorité, c'est trop.


This Myspace is to back up the Animal Rights activists in China


Education is the key. Please donate to/support the Animal Rights organisations that work so hard in bringing changes for the animals in China :

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In China, Dogs owners must have a license to keep their dogs, the fees are very high thus leaving them in a constant terror of seeing their dogs taken away. ..

En Chine, Les propriétaires de chiens doivent payer une taxe très élevée pour garder leurs chiens, ils vivent dans la terreur de voir leurs animaux de compagnie enlevés pour être exterminés.)..



Common Life in China. For some Chinese, animals like Dogs/cats are nothing else but merchandises used for food, for fur. They are beaten up before being cooked or skinned alive, the meat is more tender and the fur is silkier, they say.

La vie de tous les jours en Chine. Certains chinois considèrent les animaux comme des marchandises. Les chiens, chats sont battus à mort avant d'être cuisinés ou dépecés vivants, la chair est plus tendre et la fourrure plus soyeuse, disent-ils. ..



De plus en plus de manifestations et d'actions ont lieu depuis 1 an dans diverses villes en Chine, notamment la dernière qui était en plein centre de Beijing en 2008. Les actions sont reprises par la majorité des journaux chinois ainsi que sur les sites internet des universités et du gouvernement. Les activistes chinois font un super travail.. c'est encourageant, meme s'il reste encore tout à faire, et qu'il faudra encore du temps. Voir le blog sur les dernières mise à jour.


Many demos for Animal Rihts are taking place in various parts of China, here are few of them that took place from end 2007 to now. The major Chinese Newspapers are reporting them, as well as university websites. Photo albums of the various demos are in the photo file. The Animal Rights activists in China are doing a great work.



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OIPA's slideshow of Compassionate chinese activists trying to help.. They really need our support. Please pass it on !


Il faut garder espoir qu'un jour nous ne verrons plus ces images d'holaucost. Les Saint Bernards qui sont des chiens adorables, calmes et gentils sont élevés pour être tués, leurs tailles donnent plus de viandes et des fourrures. Les scènes sur ces photos sont bien cachées par les authorities chinoises.. tout comme elles ont mis hors de Beijing toutes les prostituées, les personnes agées et les travailleurs qui sont venus participer aux travaux dans la ville pour les JO. Ce que nous avons vu en surface des JO ne doit pas nous faire oublier ce pour quoi nous militerons toujours, et que nous dénoncerons sans relâche tant qu'une Loi protégeant les animaux n'est pas votée dans ce pays.


Let's hope that very soon, one day we wont see these pictures of holaucost anymore. The Saint Bernardin dogs, so nice and lovely animals, are being raised to be killed for their flesh and for their furs. Scenes like this are well hidden in China, as are hidden the thousand prostitutes, poor workers and the old Chinese people who came to Pekin to built the Olympics stadium and the roads. Pekin will sure be kept clean during the Olympic Games in Beijing. Let's never forget what we are fighting for, no matter how hard the Chinese authorities will do to convince us that dogs, cats, all other animals are now well treated. We know they are not, as long as no proper animal protection Law is passed.


More information on this websites, although no updates :





They Need Our Support !!! Updates on the Blog

Des gestes de compassion et des actions directes pour les animaux en Chine. Ils ont besoin de notre soutien !!

HONG KONG : Anti-abuse protest November 2007 for the Kitten LamLam.



Amaizing and Compassionate "Granny Ding", 80 years old, saving hundreds of cats that she took to her home in Beijing in 2008



plus de 400 chats sauvés par des activites Droit des Animaux, d'un marché à Tianjin in 2008

More than 400 cats saved by Chinese Animal Rights Activists, from a market in Tianjin in 2008

Who I'd like to meet:

Compassionate people worldwide

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  • Jul 8 2009 5:06 PM

  • Jul 8 2009 4:01 PM















    Wishing you a wonderful day my friend! Best wishes, Tracy XO
  • Jul 6 2009 7:27 AM

    showing some love
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    Have a very great monday!
    Love Henriette
  • Lea

    Jul 5 2009 4:45 AM

  • Syl

    Jul 5 2009 12:33 AM

    Thank you for the friendship. Happy July 4th

    Syl

  • Jul 4 2009 8:52 PM

    Hi
    hello thanks for adding me
    Thanks For Add Animals Comments And Graphics

    Have a great day!
    Love Henriette
  • Jul 2 2009 11:13 PM

  • Jul 2 2009 3:36 PM

    I have received official notification from the Florida legislature that the low cost spay/neuter bill will be refiled for March 2010. How it works-What it does is provide funding for low cost/free spay/neutering for people who voluntarily bring in their pets to be spay/neutered-for every animal cruelty or animal ordinance violation there shall be a surcharge to fund low cost/free spay/neutering programs making this option available to ALL Floridians. I guarantee if you offer dirt cheap, even free spay/neutering people will bring in their pets by the truck load which means LESS strays and LESS homeless animals and LESS animals to kill in pounds.   The bill was never rejected by the Florida legislature in 2009, but the only thing they passed was a budget. This spay/neuter bill was co-sponsored by the entire Agriculture committee so there is a very good chance of it passing next term :-) This is all very exciting news.  I am working on a few other animal bills, but this spay/neuter bill is top priority.  I called vets and found out they charge about $250 to $300 per SPAY per cat. No wonder there are too many homeless animals around. This is utterly ridiculous!!!

  • Jul 2 2009 7:17 AM

    big thx 4 the add !!

    sending big respect and special greetz outa germany !! :)
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  • Jun 28 2009 3:44 PM

    image13 Pictures, Images and Photos

    I know it's a couple of days too late, but hope you have a great weekend =)

    ♥ & ☮,
    Marie
  • Jun 27 2009 3:39 PM











    Have a wonderful day my sweet friend,  take care.!!!

         Love & Hugs!!

     ~Angel of the Sea~
  • Jun 25 2009 10:09 PM



    http://www.yesonsb250.com/sb250-send-a-letter.php
    No matter what State you live in-you can help. PLEASE help pass SB250. California spends a quarter of a BILLION dollars A YEAR to kill perfectly adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens-they die because there are not enough homes for them due to people irresponsibly letting them breed. Nationwide it costs America $2.5 BILLION dollars a year to KILL perfectly adoptable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens. Please end this vicious and cruel holocaust. SB250 IS the solution-other measures were tried and they failed. The pet overpopulation problem continues to escalate more and more, costing tax payers enormously.
    Now Governor Schwarzenegger wants dog pound kills shortened from a six day stay (then slaughter) to THREE DAYS-so each dog pound will be 100% kill. Please pray SB250 passes-Please be compassionate and help these helpless creatures.

    http://www.yesonsb250.com/sb250-send-a-letter.php
  • Jun 25 2009 6:10 PM

    Listen to Anthony Marr, your AR/Eco activist talkshow host, and his amazing guests, on Animal Voices every Friday, 3-4pm ET/2-3pm CT/1-2pm MT/noon-1pm PT. Listen online live @ www.coopradio.org; or CFRO radio 102.7FM (Vancouver); archive at www.myspace.com/AnthonyMarr & www.AnimalVoices.org; hotline 604-684-7561
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    Anthony's June 26th guest is Tim Gorski, the "Indiana Jones of AR" - undercover operations in SE Asia (e.g. Thailand and Myanmar), disaster animal rescue (e.g. tsunami and Katrina), film making (award winning), strategic campaigning (cost Miami Seaquarium $44 million). Not to be missed!
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    Anthony's guests for Friday, July 3, will be Brenda Davis, Cory Davis, Sinikka Crosland and Carmen. Brenda, a best selling vegan author and her son Cory (then 15) were Anthony's co-compaigners in his 40-states-in-7-months Compassion for Animals Road Expedition #1.
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    Sinikka and her daughter Carmen are top activist in BC fighting urban wildlife culling and horse slaughter, among other battles..
  • Jun 24 2009 12:59 PM

  • Jun 22 2009 9:51 PM

    PETA and HUMANE SOCIETY of the United States is working on China to end animal cruelty-this dog cull is really really bad.  I've asked PETA to do a Petition for all members to sign. HSUS already has one out!
  • Jun 21 2009 1:57 PM

    Wishing you a beautiful day my friend! Just letting you know that I am going on vacation shortly and that I will be back in about four weeks time. Looking forward to catching up with you when I return. Take care. Best wishes, Tracy XO









  • Jun 18 2009 3:21 PM

    Listen to Anthony Marr, your AR/Eco Activist talkshow host, and his high calibre AR/Eco Activist guests talk up a storm on Animal Voices every Friday 3-4pm EST/noon-1pm PST, online live www.coopradio.org. CFRO Co-op Radio 102.7FM (Vancouver); archive www.AnimalVoices.org & www.myspace.com/AnthonyMarr; hotline 604-684-7561.

    Anthony's guest on June 19 will be Angi Metler, head of the New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance (NJARA). Angi, who has been arrested (30X), charged, tried and jailed, is considered an "ecoterrorist" by both hunters and Homeland Security, and NJARA is considered a quai-terrorist organization. Hear Angi and judge for yourself..
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    Angi in green..
    Hunter's "enhanced" version:
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    Anthony's June 26 guest will be Tim Gorski. Tim is an incredible activist and film producer specializing in undercover operations on the wildlife trade in S.E. Asia. He was there in the disaster zone when the tsunami hit. His work is what Indiana Jones stories are made of.
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    Anthony Marr & Tim Gorski at AR2008
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  • Jun 17 2009 1:20 PM

    PLEASE DON'T KILL MY DOG!!!
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    63,000 dogs clubbed to death in China now and growing - for God's sake PLEASE HELP THEM!!
    I AM POSTING THIS EVERYWHERE!! AND IS GETTING REPOSTED!!
  • Jun 17 2009 2:27 AM

    THANKS TO YOUR LETTERS, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA IS NOW ACCEPTING (they used to block ALL of my emails to them even six months ago-now not a SINGLE email is being blocked, and I may now even write to the Chinese government, even the President of China-SO THEY WANT TO HEAR US!!)
    FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY, CHINA IS NOW CONSIDERING AN ANIMAL RIGHTS NEW LAW--

    READ THIS!!
    http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK35560
    China city kills 36,000 dogs after rabies deaths
    Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:59am EDT
    BEIJING, June 16 (Reuters) - A Chinese city has killed 36,000 stray and pet dogs in a bid to wipe out rabies, state media said on Tuesday, as the country considers a draft law recognising animal rights and making such a cull illegal.
    International animal rights groups have criticised China for cruelty, saying millions of animals raised for their pelts, including cats and dogs, are mistreated and inhumanely killed.
    Raising dogs was banned under the rule of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong as a bourgeois pastime and was only made legal a few years ago as living standards rose.
    Animal protection organisations expressed concern over the Hanzhong cull.
    "The mass removal of dogs can result in the increased movement of dogs of unknown disease status from surrounding areas, thereby actually facilitating disease transmission and increasing the threat to human and animal health," Peter Williams, China director for the World Society for Protection of Animals, was quoted as saying.
    China's first law to recognise "animal welfare" and include domestic animals is in the draft stage.

    "Once it gets passed, the abuses of animals, such as the Hanzhong dog killings, is expected to stop," Chang Jiwen, a professor who led the drafting team, was quoted as saying. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Nick Macfie)
  • Jun 14 2009 6:12 PM

    Wishing you a good day my friend! Best wishes, Tracy XO



  • Jun 13 2009 2:52 PM



    Hello my friend passing by to wish you a wonderful weekend, you are an awesome person, thank you so much for all the beautiful comments  &  for all that you do to save the life of our precious animals, we need more people like you. Take care & stay safe. Big hug for you. 
     
     Love always.

    ~Angel of the Sea~
  • Jun 11 2009 8:02 PM

    Please sign the petition to oppose Macmillan's cruel fishing event

    CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION

    Trailer for 'The End Of The Line', a documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing.