The family of the orca Lolita is dying!

The family of the orca Lolita is dying!
14.03.2018
Canada
The family of the orca Lolita is dying!
Natural habitat

Emergency for Lolita’s family! While the orca vegetates in a pool, its tribe disappears because of the dolphinaria’s and dams.

They are relatives, cousins, friends of the orca Lolita … They saw her birth. She was wrenched away with the cries of pain when she was only four years old and is now vegetating in an American pool. Many of her brothers and sisters suffered the same fate: 47 of them were captured in a bloodbath to fill the dolphinaria’s. Today, prisoners or free, all members of Lolita’s family are in critical danger.

Captivity or famine

While the sequestered killer whales endure the worst physical and mental suffering far from their own, while their torturers claim with formidable hypocrisy that this act is for the protection of endangered species, we can see the reality of this: this small community of killer whale’s residents of the South dies without a care from the dolphinarium management! They account for only 76 individuals in the wild, including about 30 breeders … Where are their so-called « ex-situ conservation plans now »?

Over fishing is already responsible for their disappearance and adds to the famine. The Lolita tribe is dying because of the depletion of wild salmon constituting 50% of its diet. Four dams on the lower reaches of Snake River in Washington State is blocking fish passage and prevents them from spawning. Thousands of them also perish when the water level of the rivers or reservoirs becomes too high in the summer.

One Voice calls for the opening up of these dams

On the spot, the Damsense coalition (gathering together fishermen, engineers, families, companies …) demands in a petition the destruction of these obsolete, useless, expensive and devastating dams. In the meantime, they stress that boring out holes in them would already limit the damage. Making openings would bring several millions of fish back to the Columbia Basin giving them and the orcas a chance to recover. A quick and effective solution that could be implemented as early as 2018 if Senator Murray and Governor Inslee support it.

One Voice invites you to sign this petition to obtain the immediate break-up of the dams and try to save Lolita’s family. Please sign and share the petition.

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

Record the activity of a cat’s brain … for whom?
13.03.2018
France
Record the activity of a cat’s brain … for whom?
Animal testing

The law requires that experiments on animals be justified and be as painless as possible. It is one of the most difficult procedures for Dr Ménache to comprehend and to see the goal or it is usefulness, especially since no application is planned in human medicine.

In 2017, researchers implanted electrodes in the brain of small cats, in order to record the activity of their brain during a vision experiment. These sentient beings were slightly anesthetized, but it was still necessary to inoculate a muscle relaxant, in order to paralyze them, to avoid any movement. What do we understand? That the anaesthesia is incomplete – because the brain and the sight are solicited, and that the cats could thus feel the pain while being conscious.

It happens that some human patients wake up from anaesthesia during surgical operations. But more than pain, it is paralysis that terrifies them the most. Imagine the deep fear of these cats in this situation!

Source: PLoS Comput Biol. 2017 May; 13(5): e1005543. Published online 2017 May 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005543 PMCID: PMC5464673 Spontaneous cortical activity is transiently poised close to criticality Gerald Hahn, Adrian Ponce-Alvarez, Cyril Monier, Giacomo Benvenuti, Arvind Kumar, Frédéric Chavane, Gustavo Deco, and Yves Frégnac

Stray dogs from Sochi: killed with the agreement of the town hall

Stray dogs from Sochi: killed with the agreement of the town hall
09.03.2018
Russie
Stray dogs from Sochi: killed with the agreement of the town hall
Domestic animals

In Russia, the municipality of Sochi settles the problem of stray dogs by employing a private company, responsible for killing them. Discover in pictures the process put in place and write to the Russian Embassy in France!

Transcript of the video:

We conducted our investigation to find out how the municipality of Sochi deals with stray animals; an act reflecting the level of development in our society.
We discovered that they supported the slaughter of stray animals in their city.
It all began in 2013, when the city authorities (Krasnodar region) agreed to « clean » the streets of stray animals.
It was clearly defined that this « cleaning » consisted of the delivery, transportation use and killing of the animals.
The Krasnodar regional law allows stray animals to be killed only if they pose a danger to society. Otherwise, they must be cared for in a shelter.
But in 2013, there were none in the city.
It was at this time that animal advocates in the city alerted the administration while raising public awareness.
In 2013, the city authorities decided to grant 5 hectors of municipal land and 7 million rubles (corresponding to € 100,000) for some unspecified cause.
The Sochi administration has proposed to an association for people with disabilities to be installed within the shelter, a capacity of up to 50 places with conditions that do not comply with sanitary and veterinary regulations.
How would the disability organization find the time to care for dogs?
E. Gontareva, an activist of the animal cause, testifies.
We learned that a certain company BASSIA from Rostov-on Don captures dogs in Sochi. She won the contract of 9 Mln rubles to kill stray animals.
In 2017, with this sum, the company has exterminated more than 3000 stray animals

Egor: We have a pack of dogs in our neighbourhood and I do not know who to talk to?

BASSIA: In what place?

Egor: Next to 33 Alpiiskaya Street

BASSIA: You will have to address the city hall to make your request

Egor: What is the best thing to do? There are many children passing by here

BASSIA: I understand, people are aggressive nowadays and we do this work very early in the morning

Egor: So how much will it cost us?

BASSIA: I’ll tell you this, make your request to the mayor, the mayor will pay

Egor: The animals are going to a shelter, are they not?

BASSIA: No

Egor: There is no refuge?

BASSIA: There are shelters but they do not take them. I can give you addresses, but I assure you they do not take them

Egor: Are you going to kill them?

BASSIA: We put them to sleep

Egor: Do you put them to sleep? What do you mean?

BASSIA: Yes, what else do you want us to do?

We phoned MKU (State Municipal Administration, or City Hall) of Centralnii District of Sochi.

Mayor: Hello!

Egor: A BASSIA employee gave me your phone number and said that the catching of animals was done with your agreement?

City Hall: Yes, I am listening to you. In which district are you?

Egor: 33 Alpiiskaya Street, but I would like some clarification. Will the animals be welcomed at the shelter?

City Hall: No, there are not many places.

Egor: Are you going to put them to sleep?

City Hall: Of course, you really want me to describe the whole process? Is it not better, don’t you think? There are not many places in the shelter and not enough food. The refuge in Baranovka is very small.

Egor: The dogs will be taken to the vet to be put asleep?

City Hall: A product is sent through a small tube and via a syringe

Egor: Is it in the morning that the company does the work so that the children cannot see anything?

City Hall: Of course, they come only at dawn

Reminder to BASSIA:

Egor: Hello again, has the administration registered the request for tomorrow?

BASSIA: I do not know, no one has called for the moment

Egor: Yes, the authorities did not specify the cost. I do not understand, is it free?

BASSIA: Mr Pakhomov (the Mayor) we pay. You can find that out. The City Hall confirms the order we carry out the work before we are paid.

Act By writing to the Russian Embassy in France

Massacre of stray animals is as cruel as it is insane. This does not bring solutions in the long term. It is possible to cure and sterilize animals, it is enough to have the political will. Only sustainable and ethical management can answer this problem, to help these animals in great suffering and the poorly informed population. Thank you for mobilizing!

Ambassador for the federation of Russia

40-50 Boulevard Lannes

75116 Paris

ambrusfrance@mid.ru

The Ministry of the Ecological and Transition is bowing down to positions of an age gone by in the defence of the “circus” decree which has been attacked by One Voice

The Ministry of the Ecological and Transition is bowing down to positions of an age gone by in the defence of the « circus » decree which has been attacked by One Voice

The Ministry of the Ecological and Transition is bowing down to positions of an age gone by in the defence of the “circus” decree which has been attacked by One Voice
07.03.2018
France
The Ministry of the Ecological and Transition is bowing down to positions of an age gone by in the defence of the “circus” decree which has been attacked by One Voice
Exploitation for shows

Animal rights have changed, so One Voice wrote to the Ministry of the Ecological and Solidarity Transition and to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food asking them that the decree « circus »¹ published in 2011 should be cancelled. We need to prohibit the possession of all wildlife in these institutions and finally, order their immediate transfer to « sanctuaries ».

One Voice had based its application on several elements: in particular the fact that animals held in captivity have a new status² that defines them as sentient beings. They enjoy the same fundamental rights such as:

the right to a life compatible with the biological imperatives of the species concerned, whose well-being is an integral part

the right to integrity or to life (unless otherwise necessary),

the right not to be abused, tortured or abandoned,

the right not to be used in a way that is not abusive.

With no response from the two ministries, the One Voice association appealed to the State Council to decide on its requests. The case was to be closed at the end of March by the High Court without the relevant ministries having decided. The Minister of Agriculture has remained quiet for the time being, but against all odds the Ministry of the Ecological and Solidarity Transition filed a brief on March 1^st 2018 so that the demands of the association are rejected !

And yet the minister of state, Nicolas Hulot, himself had declared in August 2^ndon France Inter not being in favour of live animal shows adding that there were forms of cruelty commonly admitted which were inadmissible.

According to the Ministry of Ecology, the « circus » decree would sufficiently protect animals from the wild because it provides: firstly that animals « must be maintained and trained in conditions that are designed to meet their biological needs and behaviours, to ensure their safety, well-being and health », on the other hand that the conditions of accommodation of animals comply with the minimum requirements set by the same decree, depending on the species, and finally that animals « shall be allowed to move freely in outdoor facilities each day unless the weather conditions or their state of health do not permit ». And as such, the authorizations granted to the circuses would respect the needs of the animals…

One Voice intends to replicate this argumentation to make it understood that wild animals have no place in itinerant businesses, as is also claimed by many independent scientific authorities based on objective concepts of animal welfare. Many countries are adapting their regulations in accordance with this new scientific evidence, and France remains bent on its positions from a bygone age.

1.The inter-ministerial decree of 18^th March 2011 setting the conditions of detention and use of live animals of non-domestic species in itinerant shows.

2.Article 515-14 of the Civil Code.

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A great battle won for Maya

A great battle won for Maya
06.03.2018
Lot-et-Garonne
A great battle won for Maya
Exploitation for shows

In his assessment of Maya, the veterinarian appointed by the Lot-et-Garonne prefecture raises concerns about her state of health. The prefect asks the circus that owns the elephant to find her a place of retirement. We propose transferring her to the Elephant Haven sanctuary, where we have reserved a place for her.

A veterinarian has just completed an expert evaluation of Maya by order of the prefect following our request. And he arrives at the same conclusions as our experts on the condition of the elephant. This confirms what we have been saying for months: contrary to what the circus and their supporters state, Maya is in bad shape.

Her diet is unsuitable for her needs, her feet make her suffer and she had an abscess at the time of the visit (so after the date of treatment announced by the lawyer of the circus …). And the veterinarian clearly announces in his report: “considering her advanced age, Maya requires a stable environment with longer and longer breaks between shorter journeys”, and in her letter to the circus, the departmental director of the social cohesion and the protection of populations adds: “which seems hardly compatible with your activity”.

We received a copy of this letter sent to the circus by the DDPP (Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations), following our letter of February 27th, when a report warned us that Maya was in Alès locked in her trailer. This is despite the fact that, at the High Court in Strasbourg, the circus holding Maya had claimed that she was retired in the Lot-et-Garonne. We were so moved to have found her on the road just over a week later.

For six months, we have reserved a place for Maya at the elephant sanctuary, Elephant Haven, which we helped with a generous donation for the purchase of land and buildings in 2016. We are therefore at the circus’ disposal to take charge of Maya and accompany her to her new place of life, where she will benefit from all the attentions recommended by the expert: slow walking, stretching … sheltered, far from tarmac and the roads.

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
Exploitation for shows

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
Exploitation for shows

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.
Exploitation for shows

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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