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Our companion’s dogs and cats tortured in laboratories!

Our companion’s dogs and cats tortured in laboratories!
05.03.2018
Nos compagnons chiens et chats torturés dans les laboratoires!
Animal testing

Animal experimentation kills dogs and cats for meaningless tests, denounces Dr. Ménache, consultant veterinarian for One Voice. Proof, aberrant experiments, on the verge of scientific fraud according to this expert.

Along with the outrageous practices of the auto industry, which gases primates with exhaust fumes, have just been revealed to endorse the safety of engines. Our dog and cat companions are also suffering the worst. Dr. Ménache, consultant veterinarian for One Voice analysed several experiments and explained how they make no sense at all.

Remember that the French and European regulations on animal testing encourage the reduction of the number of victims, as well as the pain inflicted on animals. But these figures are globally increasing, while the search for alternative methods without cruelty are stalling.

According to the last official statistics, at least 3,500 cats and dogs die each year in French laboratories. In principle, none of our companions, whose place is in loving homes, should be sacrificed for any scientific projects, whatever they might be. These points explained by Dr. Menache show that this practice is complete and utter nonsense…

Enough of these outrageous experiments!

“What does a dog’s heart look like?”, was the subject of study published in 2017. Issued from the Mutualiste Institute Montsouris (Paris) and the breeding centre of the Souches (Mézilles), 15 beagles in good health were thus euthanized in order to describe a detail of the anatomy of this organ, yet already well known. Why in this case kill healthy animals and not use the hearts of animals that have already died?

Any research project using animals must, in particular, justify to an ethics committee the suffering to which they will be exposed. But Dr. Ménache notes that a study that does not provide any resuscitation (here because of the removal of vital organ) is virtually exempt from ethical review! Finally, for science, suppressing the life of an animal would be less important than exposing it to even slight suffering. Where is the ethics in all this?

By nature, intolerable, the torture of our companion’s cats and dogs in the laboratories must stop. At last, let’s respect these sentient beings!

Recording the activity of a cat’s brain… for whom?

Caesarean sections and induced abortions to describe the pancreas of foetuses

Creating obese dogs to help humans lose weight

The cat as a watchdog for human populations

Tiger or llama? We make an appeal after the death of an animal in a circus

Tiger or llama? We make an appeal after the death of an animal in a circus
03.03.2018
Loiret
Tiger or llama? We make an appeal after the death of an animal in a circus
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The removal of the corpse of a tiger from a circus in Orleans on March 2nd 2018 was filmed by animal activists. In the article “Central Republic”, the authorities speak of a llama … We appeal to know the truth about what happened to this animal.

The journalists describe the odour smelt by the activists during the removal of the tiger’s body for disposal. The authorities indicate that the deceased animal was not abused. What do they know? It would be a golden tabby tigress suffering from kidney problems, who had practically stopped eating for several weeks, like her mother and sister before her, but the circus would have continued to exhibit her on the circuit for 15 days … Kidney problems are common among carnivores, and in the last days felines can suffer terribly. If the tigress had been treated and alleviated, which we hoped had happened, then why would her body have been left like that for several days?

Given the many grey areas, we are filing a lawsuit so that light can be shed on the death of this “llama” in this circus. We also ask for the report from the DDPP, on the autopsies of three tigresses, and a copy of the accident register. And if necessary we will file a complaint.

Would a llama also have lost his life?

What report or information did the circus give? Why did the authorities not come to make observations on the spot that same day? How did this animal really die? Did it suffer? Was there a treatment? Was there an error on the species of the dead animal? Or is it two animals? Why was the tigress on the circuit if she was ill or suffering? Tigers have never been so close to extinction. While it is known that the breeding of golden tabby or white tigers is for the sole purpose of obtaining appealing animals and which hurts these individuals concerned, then why is it still allowed to go on?

So many questions about this investigation to which our appeal will trigger, hopefully permitting us to get the answers.

Dolphinariums: our letter to Nicolas Hulot

Dolphinariums: our letter to Nicolas Hulot
02.03.2018
France
Dolphinariums: our letter to Nicolas Hulot
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Dear Minister,

Our association One Voice is surprised that you have so far still not adopted a new decree prohibiting the possession of any new cetaceans in institutions located in the national territory. In response to the cancellation of the decree on May 3th, 2017 which set out the general characteristics and operating rules of establishments presenting to the public live specimens of cetaceans pronounced on January 29th, 2018 by the Council of the State.

There is no doubt that the parks will take advantage of this new period of time to continue and intensify their breeding programs for common bottle nose dolphins, thus increasing the number of individuals destined for captivity along with its share of suffering.

However, you are fully aware of the miserable lives of these animals in these aquariums, as well as the disastrous consequences of these entertainment activities on the protection of the species to which they belong and that article 1 of the cancelled decree echoed. Since then our association wonders about these delays?

We thank you for informing us of the date of the next prohibition order.

Please accept, Dear Mr. Minister, Nicolas Hulot, the assurance of my most sincere salutations.

Prepared in Paris on 2nd March 2018

Muriel Arnal

President and Founder One Voice

One Voice issues a notice to Marineland regarding the Orcas

One Voice issues a notice to Marineland regarding the Orcas
02.03.2018
Antibes
One Voice issues a notice to Marineland regarding the Orcas.
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Mr. Director General,

The One Voice association, which campaigns for the protection of animals and the defence of their rights, asks me to put you on notice to justify the fate of the four Orcas that you hold.

For this purpose, the association discloses to me:

That on April 16th, 2017 you declared, by press, that the four Orcas held in your pools would be the last ones accommodated within your establishment.

That this announcement was a follow-up to the commitment made by your company on June 8th, 2016, before the Minister of the Environment, represented by the Director of Water and Biodiversity, to stop breeding your Orcas, as well as to no longer accommodate a new Orca.

That you specify, moreover, on this occasion that the activity of presenting to the French public Orcas would cease on the death of the next individual and that a group of Orcas, according to your say, would consist of at least three animals.

This is why the One Voice association, concerned about the future and well-being of these highly cognitive and social individuals, has instructed me to put you on notice and to confirm the stopping of your exploitation of Orcas at the demise of the next animal. And to tell One Voice what the fate of remaining 3 Orcas will be.

The association One Voice proposes to participate in the transfer of these animals to a sanctuary so that they can live a life more in line with their needs.

I invite you to submit this letter to your lawyer and remain at the disposal of your lawyer for any further questions.

Publication of a children’s book on the forest ecosystem and protection of the red fox

Publication of a children’s book on the forest ecosystem and protection of the red fox
27.02.2018
Publication of a children’s book on the forest ecosystem and protection of the red fox
Wildlife

On holiday with his grandparents, Roxana finds herself face to face with a fox during a
walk in the forest. Is he going to hurt her or is he even more scared than she is?

Through the adventures of Roxana, children will be led to understand the importance of the fox in the ecosystem of the forest in a fun way.

The book ends with the “corner for the parents”, written by the association One Voice, which will better detail these themes and address the concept of the food chain.

On the list in France as being “a species likely to cause damage”, the red fox is hunted in many areas and it is estimated that more than 600000 were killed in 2017. Yet, far from being harmful, foxes are particularly useful for biodiversity. They hunt rodents and limit their presence in the fields, thus preventing the spread of Lyme disease (carried by ticks). Better yet, letting them play their role in nature would reduce the use of pesticides by farmers. The crucial role of predators in the forest ecosystem, however, is little understood and even more so by young children who are often accustomed to reading stories that make the fox and wolf look bad.

Roxana and the fox in danger will be available from February 27^th, 2018 pre-order on the site of the association One Voice (version: English-French-Spanish and version: English-French-German) or from the Jarvin Crew. The first deliveries will take place at the beginning of April.

The Jarvin Crew books are aimed at all children around the world from 5 years old. This title will be available in two trilingual versions: English-French-Spanish and English-French-German. These books are printed in the Rhône-Alpes region on PEFC-certified interior paper with vegetable inks.

Founded in 2016, Jarvin Crew has set itself the challenge of producing a collection of books to teach children how to protect the planet and its animal species while having fun. It was by discovering the first two books of the Jo Bonobo & Prisca Orca collection, published in September 2017, that One Voice proposed the theme of the red fox to the publishing house.

More information on One Voice’s fight for an emergency withdrawal of the fox from the list of
“species likely to cause damage” and the protection of this species by the law: www.one-voice.fr,

Contact: press@one-voice.fr

More information on the Jarvin Crew www.JarvinCrew.com or http://www.facebook.com/Jarvin…
Contact: vincent@jarvincrew.com

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Nelly and Brigit, two other victims of the circus show industry

Nelly and Brigit, two other victims of the circus show industry
26.02.2018
Nelly and Brigit, two other victims of the circus show industry
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Nelly and Brigit were captured in 1971 in Asia. For 47 years, they have been tossed from town to town by truck, waiting for hours on parking lots and vacant plots, without real bedding, or free access to water for drinking or splashing. Nothing is done for them to have a life resembling the life of an elephant.

The circus shows using animals are sold to us as the perpetuation of an ancient tradition, a culture, even. We are being sold the image of a “family”, but we only see poor elephants torn from an early age from their only true family in nature where they lived free. Now they are kept as elephants suffering a life of pain, fear, stress and hindrance.

All of this is for humans to take advantage of the spectacle and of their domination.

Because it’s all about that: the images we shot show Nelly and Brigit prevented from walking normally, forced to wade through their droppings, on the tarmac ground damaging their feet and their joints. No free access to water, it is rationed, given by the good will of their jailers. Their natural need to protect their skin, covering themselves with dust is prevented: they are brushed with a kind of broom, no mud bath is offered to them. No protection or shade is provided.

When they do not feed, they display swaying movements, a sign of their deep boredom, of their state of suffering. The absence of exercise weakens their legs, which, without muscles, hardly support the weight of their body. This is where most infections come from.

During the show, they suffer is a series of spikes (from the ankus), on all the sensitive areas of the head, the mouth, the ears, the trunk, the legs, the hindquarters … It is also with the use of a spade that the trainer coerces them from the enclosure to the big top, and he does not even hide it during the show. Nelly like Brigit performs under duress, not at all voluntary. Their movements are slow in the middle of the crowd, loud music, and blinding spot lights. We can clearly see their fear of the ankus and the sudden movements of their trainer. And for good reason!

The repeated blows during the few minutes of the show, allow us to imagine the terrible use that is made of this instrument outside the track and the view of spectators.

We filed a complaint for each of them. Like Maya, they deserve a real life, far from the spikes, in a protected place, where they can walk in nature, drink and bathe at leisure, listen to the wind and birds, and choose their activities.

Our partner sanctuaries offer their help to welcome them.

A horse clearly suffering, a tiger with a wounded neck, we file a complaint against the circus

A horse clearly suffering, a tiger with a wounded neck, we file a complaint against the circus
23.02.2018
Gard
A horse clearly suffering, a tiger with a wounded neck, we file a complaint against the circus
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Following a report, we have just witnessed images showing the distress of several animals currently being held and exploited by a circus in Alès. It shows a horse, lying on the ground, a tiger with a wound on the neck and images showing Nelly and Brigit, the two elephants who live in the same circus as Maya for whom we have already filed a complaint. Maya, she is currently locked in her trailer.

These images have made our blood run cold: this poor horse, lying on the ground, who seems to be struggling to breathe, this tiger with a wound, left in his tiny cage with the floor bare, and the elephants Nelly and Brigit demonstrating heavy swaying, manifestation of their deep anxiety.

Does the horse suffer? This is what we tried to find out by alerting the various authorities. The photographed tiger presenting a wound, we also asked them about the origin of this lesion.

We immediately lodge a complaint for acts of cruelty for these animals in great distress, in addition to that filed for Nelly and Brigit. This circus also holds Maya, for whom our complaint is currently under investigation.

We told the public prosecutor that One Voice is ready to take care of all these animals in pain and to finally offer them a dignified life in our partner sanctuaries. Enough is enough!

Photo and video credit A.M.

A milestone victory against experimentation on macaques at the Max Planck Institute

A milestone victory against experimentation on macaques at the Max Planck Institute
23.02.2018
Germany
A milestone victory against experimentation on macaques at the Max Planck Institute
Animal testing

It took almost four years for the preliminary investigation to result in a judgment and sanction for the researchers-abusers. The German public prosecutor has sentenced three researchers from the Max Planck Institute (IMP) in Tübingen (Germany) aimed at our joint complaint. The court found that the pain and suffering of these experimented animals was not kept to an absolute minimum. It’s a euphemism, one of them died from the effects of these invasive and violent tests! This condemnation is a victory in this closed world, but does not compensate for the extreme suffering that these intelligent and sensitive beings have undergone.

For seven months from 2013 to 2014, Cruelty Free International, One Voice’s partner in the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE), in collaboration with the German association Soko Tierschutz, infiltrated one of IMP laboratories.

Watching the images filmed on site, we can only feel moved by compassion for these little macaques: we are witnessing abominable acts of torture (trephination and implantation of electrodes in the brain, manipulation with collars and injections), held inside plastic tubes from which only the head comes out, deprivation of water …). It’s simple: one wonders how such methods are scientifically and morally acceptable.

These monkeys are our compatriots!

What’s more, learning that eight of them were born in French parks, Planète Sauvage and Savane Nature, we have never stopped denouncing these inhuman and degrading practices for our cousins that are so close to us. We gave them a name, of which was reduced to “serial numbers” or tricked by mocking researchers using nicknames. The frail Stella (pictured) died of an infection at the very beginning of the experiments. Leah, Hugo, Tom, Lisa, Max, Mila and Lucie have all continued to undergo atrocious experiments.

Where are they?

Our campaign was the reason for the closure of the laboratory. Little primates were, as always when they do not die, still “profitable”, that is to say sent to other laboratories, to undergo further tests. Not knowing what the IMP had done with them or where they had sent them, since transparency is not the policy of this medium, we filed a request for access to information rights in July 2017. A laboratory in Belgium admitted to having received five primates, on which other experiments are still being perpetrated…

Let’s free them!

We continue to fight for their return to France and to be entrusted to us. They must be saved from this hell and set free into sanctuaries, where they will finally be entitled to a dignified existence! Jane Goodall joined our call for their release.

Let’s ban animal testing on monkeys.

With our British and German partners (CFI and Doctors Against Animal Experiments), we obtained at the time, thanks to a vast international campaign and your mobilization in France, more than 90000 signatures demanding the abolition of experiments on non-human primates.

Let’s continue to fight in memory of Stella, for Leah, Hugo, Tom, Lisa, Max, Mila and Lucie, and for the stopping of animal experimentation on primates! The experimental protocols they undergo are barbaric, nothing justifies them.

Crédit photo: Cruelty-Free International/Soko Tierschutz

Humiliation for the circus, the court affirms our right to defend Maya!

Humiliation for the circus, the court affirms our right to defend Maya!
22.02.2018
France
Humiliation for the circus, the court affirms our right to defend Maya!
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The judge has taken the side of the freedom of speech for the defence of animals!

On February 13th, we were put on trial by the circus that owns and exploits Maya. The circus advocated censorship, forbidding us to defend her, demanding not only our silence, but our public apology.

Not fulfilling our mission was out of the question, we had to do everything in our power to defend the animals!

Justice has proved us right.

For several weeks, Maya was nowhere to be found, and our letters to the circus were left practically unanswered. They allowed the rumour to spread that she was dead, while they alone could dispel the doubt.

At the hearing, we learned that Maya was alive. The veterinary inspection requested by the Prefect had taken place the day before, and the circus had had her abscess treated at the hindquarters a few days before. We had raised the alert about this growth in October!

But a priori, nothing has been done for her feet, while her posture shows us in a blatant way that it is from there that she physically suffers the most! She gathers her feet under her, to make up for her weight from the back to the front and tries to relieve them by lifting them one after the other.

When we know that the vast majority of elephant health problems come from their feet, we can only worry about such a lack of knowledge. All the elephants at this circus were filmed trampling in their excrement, because they were stuck on the spot, we even filmed Maya drinking from a garden hose on the ground!

Maya’s stereotypical behaviour is also very worrying, it is related to her pain, but also to her impossibility to walk, an imperative natural need for elephants. Let us repeat, elephants are made for walking and the richness of a group life, and in circuses their mobility is all the more limited and this all year long. To this must be added the perpetual truck journeys, on winding roads that places great demands on the elephant’s feet and legs.

We will soon know if this veterinarian has taken into account her well-being as a whole or if he has focused only on the health aspect, as have the veterinarians of the circus so far.

During the hearing, the circus attorney repeatedly showed that he did not know the anatomy of an elephant and made use of bad faith as a specialist.

Selected extracts:

« Salières (temporal gland area) are towards the flanks » while in fact they are above the temples;

« Abscesses appearing on the hindquarters are usual past 50 years » while they are actually due to abuse.

« Maya is living in this circus, and not captive, she is part of the family, and is not considered a work tool … » So, she can leave when she wants, right?

« All studies show that an elephant lives longer in captivity than in the wild … » For us, a life of detention and exhibition is not a dignified life. In nature, they must be protected, and in captivity they must be released!

We have other actions planned for her in 2018, it is time that Maya get a little respite, and to be helped, this is a priority of her requirements! We also file a complaint against the ill-treatment suffered by Nelly and Brigit, the other two elephants held by this circus. These elderly and suffering elephants deserve, like all the others on this planet, an elephant life, not a Circassian life. They will not silence us!

Deliberate: circus tries to camouflage itself, One Voice will continue to defend the elephant Maya

Deliberate: circus tries to camouflage itself, One Voice will continue to defend the elephant Maya
22.02.2018
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin
Deliberate: circus tries to camouflage itself, One Voice will continue to defend the elephant Maya
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The judge of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Strasbourg has ruled, One Voice’s freedom of expression is safe, for the protection of animals.

We file a complaint against the family that owns this circus, against the living conditions unworthy of Nelly and Brigit, the other two elephants that they continue to hold.

On February 13^th, One Voice was summarily summoned to the TGI of Strasbourg by the circus, which owns and operates Maya, a 50-year-old Asian elephant.

The intension here is to harm by muzzling the association One Voice. Arielle Moreau Lawyer for One Voice

Indeed, the circus demanded the withdrawal of any representation of the elephant on the website of the association, its social networks, leaflets and signs during events. In other words, they demanded that publicly defending Maya becomes illegal. They also demanded an apology published in the regional daily newspaper appearing where the circus headquarters is registered.

For several weeks, the circus let rumours circulate that Maya was dead, by hiding her, refusing to answer the letters of the association, telling them of their legitimate rights, whereas they alone had the opportunity to dispel the doubt. Using bad faith and false pretences, the lawyer tried to turn the situation around for the benefit of his clients, insinuating that One Voice spread the rumour, while she did everything to stop it.

At the hearing, the association learned that Maya was alive, that the veterinary inspection requested by the prefect of Lot-et-Garonne had taken place the day before, and that the circus had had an abscess treated on the back of the elephant before this inspection. Nothing has been done for her feet, however, as her posture blatantly shows that it is from here that she physically suffers the most. She picks up her feet from under her, to make up for her weight from the back to the front. We will know soon if the veterinarian mandated by the authorities has taken the measure of the distress of Maya in addition to her pain.

The appeal lodged for Maya by One Voice at the Administrative Court of Bordeaux is still ongoing and the complaint for acts of cruelty allowed the opening of an investigation. To this will be added the complaint of the association for two other elephants of the same circus, Nelly and Brigit, detained like her for many years, also stored in truck trailers as working tools, and also presenting disturbing signs of stereotypy. One Voice reminds that the place for Maya at the sanctuary Elephant Haven (in Limousin) has been reserved by the association since October 2017 and to which the association made a significant donation in 2016 for the purchase of the land.

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