May 2010 Volume 15
CATCA is having a deep financial crisis.
CATCA is having a deep financial crisis. Our good friends of Excalibur Bowling in Surrey, kindly offered to help us organizing some fundraiser activities in support of CATCA. As soon as we get more information about this fundraising, we will let you know ASAP
URGENT: CATCA Campaign to ban canned lion hunts in
South Africa
http://www.catcahelpanimals.org/CannedLionHunts.html
URGENTE: Nueva Campana de CATCA para prohibir las
cazas de leones"enlatadas" en Sudafrica
http://www.catcahelpanimals.org/CannedLionHunts.html
Rodeo Protests (URGENT!)
There will be a protest at the Cloverdale Rodeo on
May 21 - 22 - 23 and 24. Friday through Monday.
Long-time activist Lauchlan Ashdown will be there and
he desperately needs volunteers to help him with
signs and leaflets. He would really appreciate any
help you could offer.
Times: 1pm-4pm
Rides: Noon pick up at King George Hwy sky train
station Location: Details to come of the actual
protest location.
Please also forward this to your contacts so the word gets out to a larger group. If you'd like more info, please call Lauchlan at 604 576-8708
Please, join the "Save the University of Victoria Bunnies" in Facebook http://www.facebook.com/
UBC Animal Research
Our colleagues of Stop UBC Animal Research will have
their next meeting during the first week of June.
Pls. Do contact them for more information about their
activities at: stopUBCanimalresearch@yahoo.ca
To all forgotten mothers of the planet: http://www.examiner.com/Remembering-the-forgotten-animal-mothers
Shame on the DFO!!!!!
Seal hunt deadline extended to end of May Government
gives hunters more time to meet their quota and find
markets for their pelts May 12th 2010 The annual East
Coast seal hunt has been extended until the end of
the month to allow hunters more time to meet their
quota and find markets for their pelts.
The hunt opened April 8 but has struggled this year with weak market demand and only one buyer. Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said in a release today that extending the end of the hunt from May 15 until May 31 will ensure sealers "make the best of their opportunities in difficult economic times." Hunters have killed an estimated 60,000 seals so far out of a total allowable quota of 330,000 animals. Pelts are selling this year from about $15 to $21 each.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/
Our friend and colleague Sheryl Fink (IFAW)
commented: Once again, we are presented with further
evidence that Canada's Department of Fisheries and
Oceans is either being deliberately dishonest, or
they are simply ignorant of the facts concerning
Canada's commercial seal hunt. A look at the Marine
Mammal Regulations shows that the close date for the
commercial harp seal "harvest" is June 15, not May
15. In effect, the Minister has shortened the seal
hunt, rather than extended it!!!
While we'd like to thank the Minister for unwittingly
cutting short the cruel and wasteful seal slaughter,
one has to wonder: when a Minister is so unaware of
the basic regulations surrounding her own seal hunt,
how can anything she says possibly be believed? In
addition, it appears as though this whole
announcement is a farce. Minister Shea's grand
display of support for the sealing industry, to
"allow sealers more time" to kill seals is nothing
more than show: a conversation with a DFO
representative today confirmed that there is only a
single boat out sealing at this time. - Sheryl
lies-lies-and-more-lies-from-gail-shea
Victoria police called after clash between university, rabbit lovers By Judith Lavoie, Victoria Times Colonist May 18, 2010 http://www.vancouversun.com/
University of Victoria goes Elmer-Fudd on rabbits to protect its athletes http://www.nationalpost.com/news/
Trophy hunters kill last endangered desert male lion â Namibia Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 21:58 http://fromtheold.com/news/trophy-hunters-kill-last-endangered-desert-male-lion-namibia-2010051118096.html
Six Tigers Abandoned by a Circus in Cunit, Spain, are Still There
6 Tigers have not been moved despite being abandoned by a circus two months ago. The animals have been living in bad conditions for five years in a covered cage.
The article states that once the authorities strengthened the cages of the tigers, avoiding their escape, their interest in the case has waned. The animals have no space for exercise, no environmental enrichment, and their claws are overgrown to the point of growing into the pads of their feet. The legality of the animals cannot be verified as the owner did not have the proper documentation. Foundation FAADA has located other organizations that need seizure and placement. Lamentably, the authorities have no interest in creating a rescue center for such animals.
Articulo en Espanol:
http://6-tigres-abandonados-circo-Cunit
12.05.10 Two arrested in Taiwan with Namibian seal products two-arrested-in-taiwan-with-nam-seal-products/
Gobierno Chileno ratifica rechazo a la caza de ballenas Jueves 6 de Mayo 2010, Fuente: Ansa
Santiago.-El canciller Alfredo Moreno reafirmó que el Gobierno se opone a la caza de ballenas y que su posición conservacionista "no ha variado en nada". La aclaración surgió luego de que se conoció la propuesta del presidente de la Comisión Ballenera Internacional (CBI), el embajador chileno Cristián Maquieira, de abrir una "ventana" para la caza de cetáceos en aguas internacionales del hemisferio sur. La posición chilena "no ha variado en nada", dijo Moreno, y agregó que Maquieira es chileno pero no con la función de representar al paÃs.
Explicó que en la CBI "hay distintas posiciones, hay gente que piensa que lo que hay que hacer es cazar cierto tipo de ballenas que tienen una población más importante y lo que él ha hecho es simplemente buscar y ver si hay alguna posición de consenso". Ante ello, el gobierno "va a mantener la posición que ha mantenido hasta ahora", anticipó el canciller con miras a la reunión a efectuarse en Marruecos, del 21 al 25 de junio.
Animal heroines die saving dogs
These two similar stories are from a continent apart,
about two kind compassionated women, who got killed
while trying to rescue a dog on the highway. The
coincidences are eerie! God bless them.
magdalena-leska-died-trying-to-save-a-stray-dog
http://pugvillage.com/forum/t101967/
Check this video of the Stop UBC Animal Research Group: the-animal-care-centre-at-ubc/#comment-335
Stop the slaughter of 65,000 pigeons in Barcelona http://animanaturalis.org/n/10872
Finally a no cruelty related story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8670003.stm
Don't forget to continue to check the live webcam couple of storks on their nest in Poland! They have now 4 eggs and in about 18-19 days the chicks will hatch. Check all cool facts about white storks in this webpage. http://www.catcahelpanimals.org/WhiteStorks.html
Here is another cool link to view a live bald eagles nest in Sidney, BC http://www.hancockwildlife.org/
- PETITIONS
**Against the seal hunt
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/CATCAstopsealhuntnow
**Stop the coyote war in Nova Scotia
stop-war-on-coyotes-in-nova-scotia
**Savage teenagers torture to dead a stray dog ART en Espanol: Salvajes-adolescentes-de-Tepic-torturan-a-un-perro-y-lo-exhiben-por-Internet http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/174/560/438 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/adolescents-of-tepic-torture-a-dog
**Social Services in Atizapan, Mexico is organizing a bullfight as a fundraiser for the people of low income! El DIF de Atizapan, Mexico está promocionando una corrida de toros para recaudar fondos para el "beneficio" de la población vulnerable y de bajos recursos en el Municipio.
Por si la aberración de ayudar a costa del sufrimiento, tortura y asesinato de seres sintientes no fuera suficiente, la difusión de esta barbarie la están haciendo con grandes mantas las cuales han sido colocadas en las calles de nuestro Atizapán, donde nuestros hijos pequeños están expuestos a la atroz imagen de un "toro sangrando", lastimado por un ser humano... y después nos quejamos de la violencia que estamos viviendo. Es por ello que te pedimos firmes la petición internacional que encontrarás en el link de abajo, no es posible que Atizapán va de mal en peor, no es posible hacer "caridad" a costa del sufrimiento de unos seres sintientes y no es posible ser parte del problema....
Por favor firma y reenvÃa a todos tus conocidos, solamente 8 paÃses en el mundo permiten esta "crueldad" disfrazada de tradición, deporte, cultura y arte. Si el toreo es cultura, entonces el canibalismo es gastronomÃa! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-against-bullfights-in-atizapan
**Ban crush videos!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117053624992737&v=info
make_crush_kittenpuppy_videos_illegal
**The OSPCA to investigate ringworm outbreak at Newmarket shelter-Outcry follows announcement that more than 300 animals will be euthanized. Help stop this by contacting Carol Mitchell, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (minister.omafra@ontario.ca) to demand that they perform an inspection of the York Region Branch and provide an unbiased assessment of the current situation and how they arrived at the current state of affairs. This is a quick email -- a good number of emails sent in a short amount of time on one issue will receive attention from the Minister.
Please, send a copy to Frank Klees fklees@frank-klees.on.ca He may be able to use your letter as ammunition. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/ospca-to-inves...
**This petition is to tougher Animal Cruelty Laws for Ontario http://www.petitiononline.com/ths0708/petition.html
**Against animal abuse in Greece
boycott_all_trade_tourism_and_products_or_merchandise_from_greece
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