BEM VINDOS!

Os guerreiros da paz são um sonho meu, não dificil de realizar, embora trabalhoso, de criar uma página onde quem tenha pouco tempo, pouca paciência ou pouco dinheiro mas boa vontade e sentido de missão e "dever moral" se possa rever, possa ajudar a moldar um mundo mais justo, com menos dor: venha ela dos seres humanos, dos animais ou até da natureza/ambiente.


Não precisa mais que isso: boa vontade, alguns segundos por dia ou por semana, para vir aqui dar o seu pequeno contributo, pequeno não é insignificante porque todos podemos fazer alguma coisa, nem que pouco seja: todos juntos faremos a força!



é uma página de activismo e consciencialização on-line, também de informação sobre temas úteis ao planeta e a vida nele.



Há muitas formas simples de ajudar on-line: clicar para doar (sem dar dinheiro) , informar-se e consciencializar-se, assinar petições e protestos, enviar cartas e e-mails de protesto e apelos etc.

O espirito que busco nesta página, que já vem do tempo do HI5, é um espirito de luta NÃO VIOLENTA NEM BELICISTA claro! espirito de luta pacifica pelo bem. Garra, inconformismo com a miséria a dor e falta de esperança: é essa a nossa «luta» que toda a guerra , mesmo que digam que é pela paz, nunca é pela paz, nem de paz , nem traz paz!

Sigam o blogue e convidem amigos. Um abraço.

domingo, 20 de março de 2011

A Crueldade contra animais usados em shows por donos em busca de dinheiro sem esforço...




"...Show de horror e crueldade: Ursos e cães são obrigados a duelar no Paquistão - por ANDA



Show de horror e crueldade: Ursos e cães são obrigados a duelar no Paquistão
Por Camila Arvoredo (da Redação)
Cão ataca urso indefeso durante duelo (Foto: France24/WSPA)

Os grandes proprietários das províncias paquistanesas do Punjab e do Sindh se divertem de uma maneira bastante particular e sanguinolenta: o combate de ursos. As regras são tão simples quanto cruéis: dois cães de combate bem-treinados são liberados numa arena, onde está localizado um urso cativo, cujas garras e dentes foram neutralizados. Os cães são declarados vencedores se eles conseguem colocar o urso no chão.

O combate de ursos foi introduzido na Ásia do Sul pelos colonos ingleses no século XVIII. Ele foi progressivamente abandonado em todos os países da região, salvo o Paquistão, onde os combates são sempre organizados pelos grandes proprietários de terra, durante os períodos de festa, para divertir a população. Os ursos são capturados por traficantes e depois domados por seus proprietários nômades.

Cada combate dura ao redor de três minutos. Os ursos sempre saem feridos, mas os combates raramente causam a morte do animal. Certos ursos são enviados para a arena até dez vezes por dia.

Apesar do combate dos ursos ser proibido no Paquistão desde a votação de uma lei de prevenção contra a crueldade aos animais, em 1980, as regiões tribais mais afastadas continuam a organizar os combates.

As associações de proteção aos animais, como a “Sociedade Mundial para a Proteção dos Animais” (WSPA), em inglês, trabalharam com as autoridades paquistanesas para tentar pôr fim a esta prática. Segundo a WSPA, as campanhas de sensibilização e de repressão dos combates de ursos permitiram que 80% dos torneios previstos desde 2001 fossem impedidos e que 40 ursos fossem salvos. Segundo a WSPA, haveria, entretanto, ao redor de 70 ursos prisioneiros que combateriam no Paquistão.

Em 2000, um santuário foi criado no vilarejo de Kund, próximo da cidade de Peshawar, para acolher os ursos de combate, liberados de seus carrascos. Todavia, no verão de 2010, as inundações afogaram 20 dos 23 ursos que ali estavam abrigados. Os três sobreviventes foram realocados em um novo abrigo, no norte de Punjab.

“Eles utilizam os textos islâmicos, que condenam a crueldade contra os animais, para convencer os proprietários”.

O Dr. Fakhar-I-Abbas é diretor do “Centro de Pesquisas em Recursos Biológicos (BRC)”, uma ONG, membro da WSPA. Ele milita pela abolição do combate de ursos em seu país.

Os grandes proprietários de terra são extremamente influentes em certas zonas rurais do Paquistão. Seus objetivos são primeiramente, atrair pessoas para as feiras do vilarejo, organizadas em suas terras. Isso gera um comércio forte na região. Os proprietários também gostam de mostrar que estão acima da lei, desafiando o governo e atuando contra as proibições. É uma maneira de ganhar no braço de ferro, politicamente falando.

Nós lançamos três tipos de ações para erradicar os combates. Primeiramente, nós tentamos convencer os proprietários diretamente. Nós descrevemos as condições dramáticas em que vivem os ursos e os riscos que estes combates trazem para os animais, que saem mutilados e traumatizadas. Muitos são receptivos. Nos últimos dez anos, mais de 80% dos proprietários que conversamos aceitaram parar com a organização destes combates...": http://provosbrasil.blogspot.com/2011/03/show-de-horror-e-crueldade-ursos-e-caes.html



Esta é apenas uma das faces feias desta triste realidade dos animais usados e abusados por gente sem brio, sem escrúpulos em busca de dinheiro fácil e sujo...fazem dinheiro com os pobres animais de shows de rua...


Outros duros exemplos (as imagens podem chocar os mais sensiveis...):








Os animais não "dançam", não "jogam" a isto ou aquilo, não "tocam": sofrem, são humilhados, escravizados, usados e maltratados...








Alguns são resgatados, outros não têem a mesma sorte...







Todos têem direito à vida e o lugar deles é na natureza e não a viver como nossos escravos ou palhaços...



Até aos pincaros do horror e desumanidade totais: lutas sangrentas entre ursos e cães...sangrentas é pouco...



O que me levou a fazer uma petição contra estes shows com animais: os «dancing bears» ou «ursos dançantes»: dançam «ao som» da dor fisica e não só dado que são separados da mãe em crias e lançados no horror pela mão de um «humano» desumano que o usa para fazer dinheiro fácil e SUJO!!!...
















MISSÃO PARA OS GUERREIROS:


Assinar a petição em baixo e/ou enviar a carta para os contactos dados...



You Excellency:

PLEASE START BY WATCHING THESE TWO VIDEOS TO BE INFORMED:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXV_Cuug324
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBjzX5ZTJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgPFVG_EPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=657pp-23vc4
(dancing bears and dancing goats)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dOvwjOVcYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AHe18g1RH4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORncFW7WLtw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctd2hPw6QAs
(dancing monkeys and goats)
The videos above are from dancing bears shows in india and neighbour countries, and the dancing monkeys shows in India and Pakistan.
In both cases animals are prisioners for life, are used and abused, humiliated, and a very distasteful and bad example for children on what comes to respect for life and nature, and even species conservation. Wild animals should be in the wild.
The dancing monkeys:
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" Mahatma Gandhi.
There was a time and place for the zoos and the circuses and the shows that use animals and birds as props for human entertainment. But now the things has been changed animals should be treated with respect. We have always seen the street shows of animals, peoples use these animals to survive. There are many peoples who were doing these things in India and they only prosper because we let them. Street show of Animals is completely banned in India because of animal welfare organization Oipa and the animals lover Naresh Kadyan
Responsible travel is featuring higher and higher on tourist brochures and in the minds of ethical traveller. Ethical tourism is on the rise but sadly the issue of animal welfare in tourism is often overlooked.
Animals are exploited as tourism entertainment and attractions in many developing nations are often supported by travellers hailing from the west.
In Spain, tourists can awe at the Dancing Bear, in Thailand travellers can take a happy snap with a drugged Sumatran Tiger and in Indonesia people gather to see a Masked Monkey dance and perform just to name a few.
Such animal performances place enormous stress on animals and can involve violent training techniques. It's unnatural and demeaning for a wild animal to have to perform for the sake of "entertainment": no pain should be entertaining and no civilized country should give such bad examples to children. It is respecting life that makes us more civilized.
Responsible travel.com is the worlds leading online travel agent dedicated to responsible holidays.

Holly Foat, Policy & Web Content Manager at responsibletravel.com says that often the issues aren't clear cut. Caged animals, dancing bears and elephants playing football are just the tip of the iceberg.
Foat screens all the new holidays that join the website to make sure they meet strict responsible tourism criteria.
By visiting sites where animals are stroked, cuddled, made to perform or pose for photos, travellers are inadvertently funding the mistreatment.
Inadequate animal welfare also occurs under the guise of conservation from chained tigers at the Tiger Temple in Thailand to cuddling Pandas in China (Responsibletravel.com works closely with the Born Free Foundation to raise awareness of the potential problems associated with animal attractions). Sadly, it is the ignorance of the animal welfare issues which sustains these sub standard attractions.
Travellers need to be welfare savy, boycott attractions with known poor welfare standards and report mistreatment to their tour operator and the Born Free Foundation.

A prevalent issue is the Topeng Monyet Dancing Masked Monkey of Indonesia. The Topeng Monyet is a show performed by trained monkeys which have been taken from their natural habitat. The show can be found in various parts of Jakarta city, the capital of Indonesia and its islands of Bali and Lombok. It is a one animal circus performing door to door and although it is one of the most original forms of Indonesian entertainment it is one of the cruellest violations of animal rights.
They don't know that monkeys are not toys and they are sentient beings. Especially in Indonesia, the long-tailed monkeys are not protected and the show is legal.
Many Non Government Organisations focused on the protection and rights of animals are attempting to address these issues.
For 25 years, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has aimed to promote the concept of animal welfare in regions of the world where there are few, if any, measures to protect animals. Louise Fitzsimons, Media Manager at WSPA Australia says that :"...Cruelty, confinement, neglect and abuse means millions of animals worldwide pay a heavy price for tourist entertainment, many even pay with their lives. Tourist activities that involve the mistreatment of animals exist for one reason, tourists choose to support them! therefore more education to tourists worldwide should be provided!
Born Free (O.N.G. for these matters) responds to travellers concerns about animal exploitation in captivity or in the wild: and encourages the public to alert Born Free of any wild animal welfare problems they may see on their travels both at home and abroad, and yet: are they supported by higher power organizations?! no...not financialy or in any way...
UNWTO estimates that 20 per cent of global tourism today is ethical tourism and its growing three times as fast as the industry as a whole.

  • Tourists in Thai bars pay to have their photo taken with baby gibbons

  • In China, bears are forced to perform for the public: taken from their moms these intelligent animals grow in sadness and abuse: grow sick...

  • Feeding live animals to predators in Chinese zoos is offered as a public spectacle

  • A child is photographed sitting astride a tiger at the Tiger Temple in Thailand

  • Wild animals are offered as cheap photo opportunities at Shanghai Wild Animal Park
    Which animals are used for the purpose of entertainment?
    A huge variety of animals are used to entertain people. The most obvious are the big charismatic mammals, such as elephants used in circuses, festivals or for begging throughout India and Asia, monkeys and gibbons offered as photographic props on tourist beaches, dolphins and sea lions entertaining the paying public in zoos and aquariums all over the world, tigers and other big cats used in expensive shows in Las Vegas and other glamorous cities, bulls and horses used in bullfighting in Europe and Latin America. However, many other animals are used for the purpose of entertainment, such as fish in restaurant tanks, caged birds, reptiles and snakes in street shows, and birds of prey in falconry displays. The list is endless.
    Where do these animals come from?
    Animals for use in entertainment come from many sources. Some are bred specifically for the purpose, such as domestic elephants in Asia, or birds of prey for falconry. Many are taken from the wild, and the trade in wild animals for this purpose is huge.
    Imagine tourists on a Thai beach resort paying to have their photo taken with a young gibbon on their shoulder. The gibbon will have been taken from its mother in the wild when it was very young so it can be to be compliant for its new owner. In order to get the young gibbon, its mother, and probably several other family members, will almost certainly have been killed.
    The horror doesn't end there; the young gibbon will be used by its owner to make money until it reaches puberty, when it will become aggressive and difficult to handle; at this point it may be sold on, abandoned or killed. If it is very lucky it may end up in a rescue centre. The owner will then buy another young gibbon, obtained by causing the death of several more. And this whole cycle is perpetuated because tourists pay a little money for what seems to be an innocent holiday photo.
    How are these animals kept and treated?
    Most animals in entertainment are simply used as a means of making money. The conditions in which they are kept are usually at best unsuitable, at worst barbaric and cruel. Often social animals such as primates are kept in isolation. Animals in travelling shows and circuses are forced to travel for hours on end, and held in isolation in tiny cages for almost all of their lives, to be brought out only for the few minutes of their performance. The people responsible for keeping them often have no training in animal welfare or husbandry, and the animals are often fed an inappropriate diet and given little or no enrichment.
    The techniques adopted to force animals to perform tricks are also often barbaric. Most trainers use some degree of negative reinforcement, in other words they train the animal by punishing it when it doesn't do what they want. The brutality of the training of elephants and big cats for circuses, in countries all over the world, has been exposed by a number of organisations, including Circus Exposed in North America (http://circusexposed.ca/).
    When these animals are confiscated by the authorities, or no longer wanted because they no longer serve their purpose, they are usually impossible to rehabilitate into the wild, and are often discarded or killed.
    Isn't there an educational value?
    People who use animals for entertainment often claim that they play an important educational role, giving people the opportunity to get close to wild animals and learn about the things they are able to do. However, it is well recognised that there is little or no educational value in people seeing animals that are not kept in conditions resembling their natural habitat, nor is there any educational value in watching animals in captivity perform tricks. "...exhibits of zoo animals must show the animal in a respectful way that emphasizes the animal's natural environment and behavior. Only then will the zoo provide the optimal animal-human connection that promotes conservation-mindedness among zoo visitors." from Marc Bekoff's Encyclopedia of Human-Animal relationships.
    Not a lot can be learned by looking at caged animals, especially when they are acting abnormally...
    The public feeding of live prey to big cats and other predators in Chinese parks has been defended as both a means of educating the public, and of the animals for release into the wild (so-called barbarisation training). However, Dr Zhang Li, formerly IFAW's China Director, said the so-called barbarisation training cannot revive tigers' predatory abilities and it serves no educational end. It only provides the audience with a cruel, bloody show, which may severely harm the psychological well-being of the children present Also, there is no evidence that the parks ever intend to release the predators into the wild most of the animals concerned are not even endemic to the regions in which they are held and even if they did, such releases rarely result in the survival of the released animals, so there is no conservation benefit.
    What about safety?
    There have been many documented incidents of animals used in the entertainment industry causing injury and even the death of their handlers and members of the public. Several have involved elephants used in parks and circuses, such as the death of a British nurse killed by a rampaging elephant at a Thai park in 2000 (see link), and the death of a bus driver and an elephant following a collision in Mexico in September 2008 (see link) . Wild animals are just that - keeping them in poor conditions, feeding them the wrong food, and forcing them to perform tricks while bringing them close to the public, makes them much more dangerous.
    What about conservation?
    Taking animals from the wild to use or trade in the entertainment industry can have devastating effects on wild populations. In Thailand, it is estimated that there are between 3,000 and 5,000 gibbons being held in captivity, as pets or for use in the tourist trade, even though the keeping of wild animals without permits was made illegal as far back as 1992. Gibbons are listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered (depending on the species) by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the populations of all species in the wild are decreasing.
    Parrots and macaws from Africa and Latin America, so sought after for their value as entertaining pets, are taken from the wild in large numbers in spite of many species being in decline; most of the captured animals do not survive their journey to the lucrative markets in Europe, North America and Asia. Yet the trade continues.
    Many, many species of animals are now threatened by human activities. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature in October 2008 estimated that nearly a quarter of all mammal species are threatened with extinction. The capture and trade in animals for use in entertainment is a significant contributor to this threat for many species.
    ACCORDING TO PETA THERE ARE STILL DANCING BEARS IN INDIA!


    "...Dancing bears in India are sloth bears that have been poached from the wild as tiny cubs, often by killing their mother. IT IS SAID THAT THESE SHOWS ARE OVER AND WERE FORBIDEN, BUT IN SMALL TOWNS AND HIDDEN SPOTS OR NEIGHBOUR COUNTRIES THE SAD SHOWS REMAIN NEVERTHELESS WITHOUT PROPER INSPECTION... Sloth bears are listed on Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and all international trade in them is prohibited. As well as being poached for the dancing bear trade, bear parts are thought to have healing properties and bears are highly prized for use in traditional medicines...We are aware of some performing bears still in Nepal and are expected to enter India through border areas...there may be a few more dancing bears hidden away in remote areas, or in neighboring..."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3joNwLMwQ in Russia and Nepal there are still dancing bears, in hidden parts of India there still might be , more effective inspection is required! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGEsDOLt764
    RUSSIA, NEPAL, BULGARIA, and, as the Indian authorities admit HIDDEN PARTS OF INDIA, (further from the main cities) may be found...
    So an international approach is in order!
    The Dancing Bears of INDIA are a tragic spectacle, which takes place as a cruel tradition. At the age of three to five weeks, tiny sloth bears are kidnapped and their mothers are killed. They then start the long journey to the Kalander village where they will start their training to become a real dancing bear. A WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) report showed that sixty to seventy percent of the cubs that were taken from the wild died, even before they reached their destination. This was caused from dehydration, starvation and trauma.
    If the bears reach the Kalander village, the next ordeal in which the bears go through, is the piercing of their ultra-sensitive muzzle. The bear is held down by a group of men while an iron needle, previously heated in a coal fire, is inserted into the squealing bear cub. No anaesthetic is used for this. A control rope is then shoved into the piercing, which usually gets infected. When the rope attached to the draumatised bear is tugged and a heavy stick is clapped, the bear is motivated to lift its legs and «dance«.Before the bear is one year old, its incisor and canine teeth are ripped out and sold as lucky charms. These are usually fairly expensive to buy. As the toothless bear is unable to eat its normal diet, it is limited to lentils and chapatis. This often gives the bears terminal intestinal disorders.
    Approximately 1,200 bears in India go through this. The Kalanders earn their income through the bear dancing to music for tourists, for up to twelve hours a day on it tired, hind legs. The tourists throw money at the bear and think of it as great entertainment. This tragic spectacle is actually a tradition which is set back to the 16th century, when bears were forced to dance for the amusement of ruling classes. There is a law, which was made to stop the capturing and trading of bears in India under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act in 1972. Even thought this has been made illegal. This law barely exists. These bears are still seen along the roads of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. The bears are sold for about 8,000 rupees and the owner earns around 3,000 rupees (which is the equivelant to sixty-six dollars) every month. The sloth bears normal life expectancy is approximately thirty years in its natural living environment. Sadly, India's dancing bears barely ever live past the age of eight. Once the bear is captured and tammed, it can never be returned to the wild. The only possible answer for these poor creatures is retirement in a sanctuary. If this horrible form of entertainment continues, this beautiful species will surely become extinct. What I would like the Indian Government to do is to completely ban the capturing of bears with a strong law enforcement, create a sanctuary for the bears saved from such cruelty and to help the Kalander people find new, useful jobs...
    WE WANT THIS HORROR TO STOP AT ONCE WHEREVER IT MAY OCCUR, THOUGH THE MOST ALARMING SITUATION OCCURS IN INDIA IN PAKISTAN (WITH THE GOATS, MONKEYS, SNAKES AND BEARS) , THAILAND KEEPS ALLOWING MANY USES AND ABUSES ON ANIMALS...SOME AS OTHER POOR OR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. It so happens that these are nothing but begging skills and that nothing productive comes out of it! if there is poverty this certainly will not solve it and it is a country's government obligation to fight poverty and give surving skill to people. We would like the REFERED COUNTRIES to completely ban the capturing of bears, monkeys, snakes or other wild animals that should be in the wild and protected by international organizations, for these sad shows.
    Forbid the use of domestic animals on shows aswell; they too have rights and suffer.
    Support for rescued animals sanctuaries (economical, legal and others)

    We would like the reeforcement of international laws to protect them
    Reenforcment or creation of inspection and research on eventual hidden situations, and therefore illegal.
    Reeforcement of education policies/measures for environmental and ethical treatment of animals, both at schools and for adults too.
    Support ways to fight poverty in a productive way; begging is not a good way of life: any human being as the right to a job and help for their survival by the countries government. WE ALSO WANT THE BEARS TO BE RESPECTED AS INTELIGENT ANIMALS, AND NOT CHAINED ALL DAY, DEVELOPING STEREOTYPED BEHAVIORS: GOING INSANE. NO WORKING HARD LIKE A MACHINE WOULD, AND WITH THE SAME AMMOUNT OF AFECTION AS A MACHINE WOULD GET!
    Thank you for your time.

    (O vosso nome, idade e país)

    ENVIEM ESTA CARTA PARA ESTAS ENTIDADES INTERNACIONAIS (que incluem os meios de comunicação mundiais para que divulguem estas verdades escondidas. quanto mais escondidas mais prolongadas):

    (Atenção que por dia só se podem enviar 100 mensagens sem que se fique bloquedo por 24 horas...logo podes enviar faseado: 1 vez por semana, 1 grupo por dia,etc):

    safetyshields@hotmail.com;nabf@nabf.org; gbf@greatbear.org;Guest.Services@buildabear.com; acbf@bearfoundation.org; info@animalsasia.de; julius@grizzlybearranch.ca; admin@owens-foundation.org;fwpgen@mt.gov; fwpfoundation@mt.gov; bearawareprogram@bccf.com; richard@hancockwildlife.org; karen@hancockwildlife.org; judyb@hancockwildlife.org; info@biggamehunt.net; sherwin@pinksheepmedia.com; kevin@yellowstone-bearman.com; admin@owens-foundation.org; info@warprecords.com; info@vws.org; info@nativehabitats.org; bart@vitalground.org; info@ursalogic.com; contact@theslatefoundation.org; kef@koniageducation.org; mlarson@idaho.wish.org; grants@wilburforce.org;info@bornfree.org.uk; info@longbeachpolarbears.org; jason@speediepr.co.uk; info@yakimagreenway.org; claringtonpolarbearswim@rogers.com; info@freethebears.org.au; tips@treehugger.com; editor@treehugger.com; video@treehugger.com; contact@theslatefoundation.org; information@giant-panda-trust.org; helpingpets@bearenfoundation.org; D4K@idahoptv.org


    indiaportal@gov.in
    mail@iucn.org
    info@cites.org
    ivlev@mnr.gov.ru
    metodieva@moew.government.bg
    rishishah@enet.com.np
    indiaportal@gov.in
    wspa@wspa-international.org
    enquiries@wspaafrica.org
    wspa@wspathailand.org
    wspa@wspa.org.au
    wspabrasil@wspabr.org
    wspa@wspa.ca
    info@wspala.org
    infochina@wspa-asia.org
    info@wspa.de
    india.enquiries@wspa-asia.org
    wspa@wspa-international.org
    info@wspa.nl
    wspa@wspa.org.nz
    info@wspa.dk
    wspa@wspa.org.co
    info@wspa.se
    wspa@wspa.org.uk
    wspa@wspausa.com


    info@ari-online.org
    arauny@arauny.org
    info@santabarbara.com
    info@farmsanctuary.org
    veg@farmsanctuary.org
    info@upc-online.org
    info@directaction.info
    dave@hedweb.com

    steunpeter@gmail.com
    steunnaomi@googlemail.com
    info@sarconline.co.uk
    info@huntsabs.org.uk
    contact@huntsabs.org.uk
    camille@animalliberationpressoffice.org
    jason@animalliberationpressoffice.org
    lin@animalliberationpressoffice.org
    info@sarconline.co.uk
    info@sarconline.co.uk
    aplb@aplb.org
    info@bornfreeusa.org
    legislation@bornfreeusa.org
    press@bornfreeusa.org
    lobby@aspca.org
    awi@awionline.org
    blair@awionline.org
    info@animalwelfareapproved.org
    application@animalwelfareapproved.org
    mediarelations@animalwelfareapproved.org
    info@anticruelty.org
    info@ worldanimal.net
    twlrid @ gmail.com
    COMGEN@OFM.ORG
    franciscanos@ofm.org.pt
    info@bluecross.org.uk
    editor@bluecross.org.uk.
    helpline@cats.org.uk
    CVA@christianveg.org
    info@eurogroupforanimals.org
    feedback@navs.org
    info@ippl.org
    info@friendsofanimals.org

    CONTACTOS DOS MEIOS DE COMUNICAÇÃO MUNDIAIS. AO ENVIAR PARA ESTES ATRIBUAM O SEGUINTE TITULO OU ASSUNTO Á VOSSA MENSAGEM; «THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD MAKE A REPORT ABOUT! A HIDDEN PAINFULL TRUTH IS A CONSOLIDATED ONE...»

    sobrien@nbc.com.
    Soledad.OBrien@cnn.com
    Public.Information@turner.com.
    Larryking@yahoo.com
    2020@abc.com
    thisweek@abc.com
    2020@abc.com
    nightline@abcnews.com
    nightline@abc.com
    jloven@ap.org
    kcarroll@ap.org
    lmargasak@ap.org
    msilverman@ap.org
    opinion@thewire.ap.org
    npickler@ap.org
    rfournier@ap.org
    sjohnson@ap.org
    pr@ap.org
    thunt@ap.org
    48hours@cbsnews.com
    60II@cbsnews.com
    60m@cbsnews.com
    bpc@cbsnews.com
    evening@cbsnews.com
    earlyshow@cbs.com
    efm@cbsnews.com
    ftn@cbsnews.com
    mkx@cbsnews.com

    pma@cbsnews.com
    rbc@cbsnews.com
    sundays@cbsnews.com
    grain@cbsnews.com
    aaron.brown@turner.com
    am@cnn.com
    360@cnn.com
    andrea.koppel@turner.com
    bill.schneider@turner.com
    bruce.morton@turner.com
    candy.crowley@turner.com
    carol.lin@turner.com
    crossfire@cnn.com
    daryn.kagan@turner.com
    david.ensor@turner.com
    daybreak@cnn.com
    kurtzh@washpost.com
    inthemoney@cnn.com
    insidepoliticts@cnn.com
    crossfire@cnn.com
    jeanne.meserve@turner.com
    jeff.greenfield@cnn.com
    jim.walton@turner.com
    deirdre.walsh@turner.com
    kelly.wallace@turner.com
    kyra.phillips@turner.com
    live@cnn.com
    livefrom@cnn.com
    livetoday@cnn.com
    lou.dobbs@turner.com
    loudobbs@cnn.com
    miles.obrien@turner.com
    moneyline@cnn.com
    newsnight@cnn.com
    crossfire@cnn.com
    paulazahnnow@cnn.com
    paula.zahn@turner.com
    paulazahn@cnn.com
    rick.davis@turner.com
    robert.novak@turner.com
    tom.hannon@cnn.com
    crossfire@cnn.com
    wam@cnn.com
    wolf@cnn.com
    afterhours@foxnews.com
    atlarge@foxnews.com
    brian.wilson@foxnews.com
    brit.hume@foxnews.com
    bullsandbears@foxnews.com
    cash@foxnews.com
    cavuto@foxnews.com
    collins.spencer@foxnews.com
    comments@foxnews.com
    dayside@foxnews.com
    forbes@foxnews.com
    friends@foxnews.com
    foxmagazine@foxnews.com
    feedback@foxnews.com
    fns@foxnews.com
    newswatch@foxnews.com

    foxreport@foxnews.com
    Colmes@foxnews.com
    heartland@foxnews.com
    james.rosen@foxnews.com
    jim.angle@foxnews.com
    major.garrett@foxnews.com
    molly.henneberg@foxnews.com
    ontherecord@foxnews.com
    ontherecord@foxnews.com
    special@foxnews.com
    studiob@foxnews.com
    beltway@foxnews.com
    myword@foxnews.com
    oreilly@foxnews.com
    viewerservices@foxnews.com
    warstories@foxnews.com
    wendell.goler@foxnews.com
    cavuto@foxnews.com
    world@msnbc.com
    world@msnbc.com
    robert.kur@nbc.com
    world@msnbc.com
    hardball@msnbc.com
    world@msnbc.com
    countdown@msnbc.com
    abramsreport@msnbc.com
    dshuster@msnbc.com
    norville@msnbc.com
    norville@msnbc.com
    dennis.sullivan@msnbc.com
    imus@msnbc.com
    imus@msnbc.com
    hardball@msnbc.com
    Imus@msnbc.com
    joe@msnbc.com
    jtrippi@msnbc.com
    countdown@msnbc.com
    Lesterholt@msnbc.com
    lester.holt@msnbc.com
    msnbcinvestigates@msnbc.com
    world@msnbc.com
    feedback@msnbc.com
    rreagan@msnbc.com
    dateline@nbc.com
    mtp@nbc.com
    nightly@nbc.com
    today@nbc.com

    A PETIÇÃO; POR FAVOR, QUER A CARTA, QUER A PETIÇÃO: PARTILHA/DIVULGA ENTRE AMIGOS E CONHECIDOS: quantos mais formos melhor!mais hipótesses de nos ouvirem...

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-dancing-bears-shows-in-india/

Só a carta (contactos expostos do lado direito da página também):



ACIMA DE TUDO LEMBRA-TE DE:

  • Não dar esmola a quem apresenta este tipo de shows degradantes
  • Reclamar junto das autoridades locais, ou do presidente da câmara ou Mayor lá do sitio.
  • Reclamar junto da organização de evento que deixe entrar este tipo de shows
  • Deixar saber junto da tua agência de viagens que nãio estás nada interessado (a) mesmo em dar de caras com este tipo de show (a médio longo prazo isto por si só resolveria a questão)
  • Frisar sempre que se há pobreza não é com violência ou escondendo o problema para debaixo do tapete que isto se resolve mas ajudando (as autoridades e politicos) os pobres a sobreviver pelo trabalho e não pela mendicidade que usa de forma insensivél e desonesta, como é o caso, os animais. Querem pedir peçam por si e não envolvam os animais livres e inocentes nos seus esquemas.

A carta:




You Excellency:

PLEASE START BY WATCHING THESE TWO VIDEOS TO BE INFORMED:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXV_Cuug324
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBjzX5ZTJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgPFVG_EPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=657pp-23vc4
(dancing bears and dancing goats)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dOvwjOVcYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AHe18g1RH4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORncFW7WLtw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctd2hPw6QAs
(dancing monkeys and goats)
The videos above are from dancing bears shows in india and neighbour countries, and the dancing monkeys shows in India and Pakistan.
In both cases animals are prisioners for life, are used and abused, humiliated, and a very distasteful and bad example for children on what comes to respect for life and nature, and even species conservation. Wild animals should be in the wild.
The dancing monkeys:
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" Mahatma Gandhi.
There was a time and place for the zoos and the circuses and the shows that use animals and birds as props for human entertainment. But now the things has been changed animals should be treated with respect. We have always seen the street shows of animals, peoples use these animals to survive. There are many peoples who were doing these things in India and they only prosper because we let them. Street show of Animals is completely banned in India because of animal welfare organization Oipa and the animals lover Naresh Kadyan
Responsible travel is featuring higher and higher on tourist brochures and in the minds of ethical traveller. Ethical tourism is on the rise but sadly the issue of animal welfare in tourism is often overlooked.
Animals are exploited as tourism entertainment and attractions in many developing nations are often supported by travellers hailing from the west.
In Spain, tourists can awe at the Dancing Bear, in Thailand travellers can take a happy snap with a drugged Sumatran Tiger and in Indonesia people gather to see a Masked Monkey dance and perform just to name a few.
Such animal performances place enormous stress on animals and can involve violent training techniques. It's unnatural and demeaning for a wild animal to have to perform for the sake of "entertainment": no pain should be entertaining and no civilized country should give such bad examples to children. It is respecting life that makes us more civilized.
Responsible travel.com is the worlds leading online travel agent dedicated to responsible holidays.

Holly Foat, Policy & Web Content Manager at responsibletravel.com says that often the issues aren't clear cut. Caged animals, dancing bears and elephants playing football are just the tip of the iceberg.
Foat screens all the new holidays that join the website to make sure they meet strict responsible tourism criteria.
By visiting sites where animals are stroked, cuddled, made to perform or pose for photos, travellers are inadvertently funding the mistreatment.
Inadequate animal welfare also occurs under the guise of conservation from chained tigers at the Tiger Temple in Thailand to cuddling Pandas in China (Responsibletravel.com works closely with the Born Free Foundation to raise awareness of the potential problems associated with animal attractions). Sadly, it is the ignorance of the animal welfare issues which sustains these sub standard attractions.
Travellers need to be welfare savy, boycott attractions with known poor welfare standards and report mistreatment to their tour operator and the Born Free Foundation.

A prevalent issue is the Topeng Monyet Dancing Masked Monkey of Indonesia. The Topeng Monyet is a show performed by trained monkeys which have been taken from their natural habitat. The show can be found in various parts of Jakarta city, the capital of Indonesia and its islands of Bali and Lombok. It is a one animal circus performing door to door and although it is one of the most original forms of Indonesian entertainment it is one of the cruellest violations of animal rights.
They don't know that monkeys are not toys and they are sentient beings. Especially in Indonesia, the long-tailed monkeys are not protected and the show is legal.
Many Non Government Organisations focused on the protection and rights of animals are attempting to address these issues.
For 25 years, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has aimed to promote the concept of animal welfare in regions of the world where there are few, if any, measures to protect animals. Louise Fitzsimons, Media Manager at WSPA Australia says that :"...Cruelty, confinement, neglect and abuse means millions of animals worldwide pay a heavy price for tourist entertainment, many even pay with their lives. Tourist activities that involve the mistreatment of animals exist for one reason, tourists choose to support them! therefore more education to tourists worldwide should be provided!
Born Free (O.N.G. for these matters) responds to travellers concerns about animal exploitation in captivity or in the wild: and encourages the public to alert Born Free of any wild animal welfare problems they may see on their travels both at home and abroad, and yet: are they supported by higher power organizations?! no...not financialy or in any way...
UNWTO estimates that 20 per cent of global tourism today is ethical tourism and its growing three times as fast as the industry as a whole.
Tourists in Thai bars pay to have their photo taken with baby gibbons

In China, bears are forced to perform for the public: taken from their moms these intelligent animals grow in sadness and abuse: grow sick...

Feeding live animals to predators in Chinese zoos is offered as a public spectacle

A child is photographed sitting astride a tiger at the Tiger Temple in Thailand

Wild animals are offered as cheap photo opportunities at Shanghai Wild Animal Park
Which animals are used for the purpose of entertainment?
A huge variety of animals are used to entertain people. The most obvious are the big charismatic mammals, such as elephants used in circuses, festivals or for begging throughout India and Asia, monkeys and gibbons offered as photographic props on tourist beaches, dolphins and sea lions entertaining the paying public in zoos and aquariums all over the world, tigers and other big cats used in expensive shows in Las Vegas and other glamorous cities, bulls and horses used in bullfighting in Europe and Latin America. However, many other animals are used for the purpose of entertainment, such as fish in restaurant tanks, caged birds, reptiles and snakes in street shows, and birds of prey in falconry displays. The list is endless.
Where do these animals come from?
Animals for use in entertainment come from many sources. Some are bred specifically for the purpose, such as domestic elephants in Asia, or birds of prey for falconry. Many are taken from the wild, and the trade in wild animals for this purpose is huge.
Imagine tourists on a Thai beach resort paying to have their photo taken with a young gibbon on their shoulder. The gibbon will have been taken from its mother in the wild when it was very young so it can be to be compliant for its new owner. In order to get the young gibbon, its mother, and probably several other family members, will almost certainly have been killed.
The horror doesn't end there; the young gibbon will be used by its owner to make money until it reaches puberty, when it will become aggressive and difficult to handle; at this point it may be sold on, abandoned or killed. If it is very lucky it may end up in a rescue centre. The owner will then buy another young gibbon, obtained by causing the death of several more. And this whole cycle is perpetuated because tourists pay a little money for what seems to be an innocent holiday photo.
How are these animals kept and treated?
Most animals in entertainment are simply used as a means of making money. The conditions in which they are kept are usually at best unsuitable, at worst barbaric and cruel. Often social animals such as primates are kept in isolation. Animals in travelling shows and circuses are forced to travel for hours on end, and held in isolation in tiny cages for almost all of their lives, to be brought out only for the few minutes of their performance. The people responsible for keeping them often have no training in animal welfare or husbandry, and the animals are often fed an inappropriate diet and given little or no enrichment.
The techniques adopted to force animals to perform tricks are also often barbaric. Most trainers use some degree of negative reinforcement, in other words they train the animal by punishing it when it doesn't do what they want. The brutality of the training of elephants and big cats for circuses, in countries all over the world, has been exposed by a number of organisations, including Circus Exposed in North America (http://circusexposed.ca/).
When these animals are confiscated by the authorities, or no longer wanted because they no longer serve their purpose, they are usually impossible to rehabilitate into the wild, and are often discarded or killed.
Isn't there an educational value?
People who use animals for entertainment often claim that they play an important educational role, giving people the opportunity to get close to wild animals and learn about the things they are able to do. However, it is well recognised that there is little or no educational value in people seeing animals that are not kept in conditions resembling their natural habitat, nor is there any educational value in watching animals in captivity perform tricks. "...exhibits of zoo animals must show the animal in a respectful way that emphasizes the animal's natural environment and behavior. Only then will the zoo provide the optimal animal-human connection that promotes conservation-mindedness among zoo visitors." from Marc Bekoff's Encyclopedia of Human-Animal relationships.
Not a lot can be learned by looking at caged animals, especially when they are acting abnormally...
The public feeding of live prey to big cats and other predators in Chinese parks has been defended as both a means of educating the public, and of the animals for release into the wild (so-called barbarisation training). However, Dr Zhang Li, formerly IFAW's China Director, said the so-called barbarisation training cannot revive tigers' predatory abilities and it serves no educational end. It only provides the audience with a cruel, bloody show, which may severely harm the psychological well-being of the children present Also, there is no evidence that the parks ever intend to release the predators into the wild most of the animals concerned are not even endemic to the regions in which they are held and even if they did, such releases rarely result in the survival of the released animals, so there is no conservation benefit.
What about safety?
There have been many documented incidents of animals used in the entertainment industry causing injury and even the death of their handlers and members of the public. Several have involved elephants used in parks and circuses, such as the death of a British nurse killed by a rampaging elephant at a Thai park in 2000 (see link), and the death of a bus driver and an elephant following a collision in Mexico in September 2008 (see link) . Wild animals are just that - keeping them in poor conditions, feeding them the wrong food, and forcing them to perform tricks while bringing them close to the public, makes them much more dangerous.
What about conservation?
Taking animals from the wild to use or trade in the entertainment industry can have devastating effects on wild populations. In Thailand, it is estimated that there are between 3,000 and 5,000 gibbons being held in captivity, as pets or for use in the tourist trade, even though the keeping of wild animals without permits was made illegal as far back as 1992. Gibbons are listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered (depending on the species) by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the populations of all species in the wild are decreasing.
Parrots and macaws from Africa and Latin America, so sought after for their value as entertaining pets, are taken from the wild in large numbers in spite of many species being in decline; most of the captured animals do not survive their journey to the lucrative markets in Europe, North America and Asia. Yet the trade continues.
Many, many species of animals are now threatened by human activities. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature in October 2008 estimated that nearly a quarter of all mammal species are threatened with extinction. The capture and trade in animals for use in entertainment is a significant contributor to this threat for many species.
ACCORDING TO PETA THERE ARE STILL DANCING BEARS IN INDIA!


"...Dancing bears in India are sloth bears that have been poached from the wild as tiny cubs, often by killing their mother. IT IS SAID THAT THESE SHOWS ARE OVER AND WERE FORBIDEN, BUT IN SMALL TOWNS AND HIDDEN SPOTS OR NEIGHBOUR COUNTRIES THE SAD SHOWS REMAIN NEVERTHELESS WITHOUT PROPER INSPECTION... Sloth bears are listed on Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and all international trade in them is prohibited. As well as being poached for the dancing bear trade, bear parts are thought to have healing properties and bears are highly prized for use in traditional medicines...We are aware of some performing bears still in Nepal and are expected to enter India through border areas...there may be a few more dancing bears hidden away in remote areas, or in neighboring..."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3joNwLMwQ in Russia and Nepal there are still dancing bears, in hidden parts of India there still might be , more effective inspection is required! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGEsDOLt764
RUSSIA, NEPAL, BULGARIA, and, as the Indian authorities admit HIDDEN PARTS OF INDIA, (further from the main cities) may be found...
So an international approach is in order!
The Dancing Bears of INDIA are a tragic spectacle, which takes place as a cruel tradition. At the age of three to five weeks, tiny sloth bears are kidnapped and their mothers are killed. They then start the long journey to the Kalander village where they will start their training to become a real dancing bear. A WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) report showed that sixty to seventy percent of the cubs that were taken from the wild died, even before they reached their destination. This was caused from dehydration, starvation and trauma.
If the bears reach the Kalander village, the next ordeal in which the bears go through, is the piercing of their ultra-sensitive muzzle. The bear is held down by a group of men while an iron needle, previously heated in a coal fire, is inserted into the squealing bear cub. No anaesthetic is used for this. A control rope is then shoved into the piercing, which usually gets infected. When the rope attached to the draumatised bear is tugged and a heavy stick is clapped, the bear is motivated to lift its legs and «dance«.Before the bear is one year old, its incisor and canine teeth are ripped out and sold as lucky charms. These are usually fairly expensive to buy. As the toothless bear is unable to eat its normal diet, it is limited to lentils and chapatis. This often gives the bears terminal intestinal disorders.
Approximately 1,200 bears in India go through this. The Kalanders earn their income through the bear dancing to music for tourists, for up to twelve hours a day on it tired, hind legs. The tourists throw money at the bear and think of it as great entertainment. This tragic spectacle is actually a tradition which is set back to the 16th century, when bears were forced to dance for the amusement of ruling classes. There is a law, which was made to stop the capturing and trading of bears in India under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act in 1972. Even thought this has been made illegal. This law barely exists. These bears are still seen along the roads of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. The bears are sold for about 8,000 rupees and the owner earns around 3,000 rupees (which is the equivelant to sixty-six dollars) every month. The sloth bears normal life expectancy is approximately thirty years in its natural living environment. Sadly, India's dancing bears barely ever live past the age of eight. Once the bear is captured and tammed, it can never be returned to the wild. The only possible answer for these poor creatures is retirement in a sanctuary. If this horrible form of entertainment continues, this beautiful species will surely become extinct. What I would like the Indian Government to do is to completely ban the capturing of bears with a strong law enforcement, create a sanctuary for the bears saved from such cruelty and to help the Kalander people find new, useful jobs...
WE WANT THIS HORROR TO STOP AT ONCE WHEREVER IT MAY OCCUR, THOUGH THE MOST ALARMING SITUATION OCCURS IN INDIA IN PAKISTAN (WITH THE GOATS, MONKEYS, SNAKES AND BEARS) , THAILAND KEEPS ALLOWING MANY USES AND ABUSES ON ANIMALS...SOME AS OTHER POOR OR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. It so happens that these are nothing but begging skills and that nothing productive comes out of it! if there is poverty this certainly will not solve it and it is a country's government obligation to fight poverty and give surving skill to people. We would like the REFERED COUNTRIES to completely ban the capturing of bears, monkeys, snakes or other wild animals that should be in the wild and protected by international organizations, for these sad shows.
Forbid the use of domestic animals on shows aswell; they too have rights and suffer.
Support for rescued animals sanctuaries (economical, legal and others)
We would like the reeforcement of international laws to protect them
Reenforcment or creation of inspection and research on eventual hidden situations, and therefore illegal.
Reeforcement of education policies/measures for environmental and ethical treatment of animals, both at schools and for adults too.
Support ways to fight poverty in a productive way; begging is not a good way of life: any human being as the right to a job and help for their survival by the countries government. WE ALSO WANT THE BEARS TO BE RESPECTED AS INTELIGENT ANIMALS, AND NOT CHAINED ALL DAY, DEVELOPING STEREOTYPED BEHAVIORS: GOING INSANE. NO WORKING HARD LIKE A MACHINE WOULD, AND WITH THE SAME AMMOUNT OF AFECTION AS A MACHINE WOULD GET!
Thank you for your time.

Sem comentários:

Enviar um comentário

COMENTEM MAS SOBRETUDO PARTICIPEM DOS DESAFIOS E SE OS ACEITAREM COMENTEM TAMBÉM. OBRIGADA.