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Proteste contra a matança a tiro de gatos e cães nas ruas
Fonte: Serbian Animals Voice
Por favor enviem email's de protesto contra a matança a tiro de cães e gatos, por polícias, nas ruas, para o Ministro da Agricultura e Director de Veterinária, com cópia para os eurodeputados.
Para:
Mr.Sasha Dragin- Minister of Agriculture
Mr.Zoran Micovic -Director of Veterinary Department of Serbia
Mr. Dragin and Mr. Micovic;
We have been informed today that hunters and policemen in Racha; a village in the municipality of Kragujevac, Serbia, are shooting both dogs and cats on the streets of Racha, and foxes in the surrounding areas of the village, in some alleged attempt to stop and eradicate rabies in the area.
We understand that some eight (8) cats have been killed by the use of a mallet.
This is not acceptable, and does not in any way conform with Serbian animal welfare legislation. Therefore we consider that you are both responsible directly for what is happening in Racha. Information on this situation will now be sent to the EU Intergroup for Animal Welfare, as well as to every MEP within the union, informing them that Serbia is not enforcing existing national animal welfare legislation, and that both of you are failing in your positions of responsibility (Minister of Agriculture and Director of Veterinary Department of Serbia) to stop these killings and taking proper actions to restrict the spread of rabies, if it even exists. We consider your actions are yet another attempt to find excuses which allow the mass destruction of animals in Serbia, and yet whenever it takes place, always fails to reduce animal numbers in the long term. You have been told that the only way to reduce stray and roaming animal numbers is to adopt and undertake a no kill sterilisation program throughout serbia; which would be cost effective and produce a reduction in animal numbers, something which you 'experts' have never been able to do with your current policies.
Legal action is being considered.
You should be aware, especially in the positions you hold, that the mass killing of animals as a means of rabies control usually leads to the redistribution of the surviving animals into the then newly vacant territories, thus actually increasing the rabies risk through increased movement. Also, a sudden reduction in animals in one particular area through mass killing may allow greater access to resources for the remaining animals, resulting in them quickly being allowed to replace the culled animals. As stated, you SHOULD be aware, but obviously you are not; killing being your one and only solution to all animal problems.
Your failure to take responsibility and to enforce existing Serbian animal welfare legislation is now being provided to global animal welfare organisations with the request that all their supporters contact you both and for EU citizens, their MEPs, to express their disgust at your stray animal management failures. The EU will be asked to consider your failures as part of the system which will grant EU accession to Serbia; with the request that until this kind of action is halted, Serbia should remain a non-EU member.
You have both failed to take responsibility and act as you should. Now we have to move on to consider legal actions.
Stop the killings in Racha.
Nome/País"
Boletim Pelos Animais
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