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Back to our gathering against the terrible fate of English Greyhounds

Back to our gathering against the terrible fate of English Greyhounds
31.01.2018
Paris
Back to our gathering against the terrible fate of English Greyhounds
Other campaign or multi-campaigns of One Voice

We were a hundred humans and thirty dogs to brave the cold in a good mood and determination on Sunday January the 28th 2018.

Of all ages and all from France, the defenders of Greyhounds but also of Galgos came in support of these poor farmed Greyhounds. Cruelly trained and sometimes even drugged for the races in Great Britain they are resold without hesitation to countries which then transform them into meat, in unspeakable conditions.

One Voice with the support of Celtic Grey hounds and Co who were also in action in Perpignan for the same cause, The Voice of Greyhounds, Greyhounds without Borders, A History of Galgos, Association GALGOS, Greyhound My Love, CREL, Greyhounds and Company, Esperanto Greyhounds, Greyhounds Martyrs, Galgos Ethic Europe rose up against this scandal. So we were all, humans and dogs together, to support this fight at Place des Vosges, near the house of Victor Hugo, man, it must be remembered, committed for all the oppressed.

Thank you all for coming, thank you for the many messages and testimonials of support.

In London at the same time, the defenders of these victims, CAGED Nation Wide, Birmingham Greyhound Protection and Pet Levrieri, had organized an action before the Greyhound Board of Great Britain to demand the end of this exploitation and of exports. In a word, respect for greyhounds.

The fight does not stop there! We will demonstrate on March 24th between the embassies of Spain and the United Kingdom. See you at 2 pm, Pont de l’Alma, near Zouave.

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Behind the Dieselgate, the scandal of animal experimentation

Behind the Dieselgate, the scandal of animal experimentation
29.01.2018
France
Behind the Dieselgate, the scandal of animal experimentation
Animal testing

From 2009 to 2015, Volkswagen claimed to have reduced the pollution emitted by its cars. As the current investigation is unveiling, the whole world is discovering the experiments made on macaques in an attempt to show that there is no danger for humans.

The animal experimentation lobby has always justified its existence by claiming to be a must to save lives. But what is reality? In 2014, just before the scandal of the Dieselgate broke out, they were still in the same old routine: locking up monkeys and exposing them to gas and fine particles from the exhausts of diesel cars and gasoline. Yet the effects and dangerousness of diesel on nature and living beings were already well known. Its strong tendency to pollute was well established.

These experiments were ordered by the car manufacturer in order to use the argument of « cleanliness » of its engines, giving it a- so-called- « green » guarantee and this, thanks to animal experimentation.

Cartoons for macaques

The personnel responsible for the experimentations knew very well who their guinea pigs were, otherwise why make them watch cartoons? The answer is obvious: so that primates stay calm during gassing since they were aware of what was happening to them. Macaques are indeed self-aware and capable of tremendous empathy. Yet the industrialists did not hesitate to condemn them.

Dieselgate is detrimental not only to guinea pigs, monkeys, humans and the planet, but also to car manufacturers who are trying to make their vehicles less polluting in an ethical way.

This scandal behind the scandal is extremely worrying. That the car industry is investing heavily in research and development to develop less and less polluting vehicles, all for the better! But how many animals are still at risk in this frantic commercial race?

One Voice are launching a petition demanding from all car manufacturers that they no longer subcontract any animal experience. Neither to test the pollution levels of their engines, nor to justify their progress as part of their development! With all the signatures, the association will ask each car manufacturer a firm commitment on this issue.

Sign the petition to say stop to animal testing in the car industry!

One Voice rescues abandoned cats

One Voice rescues abandoned cats
24.01.2018
Finistère One Voice rescues abandoned cats
Domestic animals

On 11th and 12th January 2018 in Quimperlé, One Voice’s Zoé Cell rescued 10 cats, left on their own, the home was abandoned, the house of their elderly owner, because of her long-term hospitalization.

The castrated and identified cat of the human owner, survived there for several weeks. Other cats had been abandoned at her home, probably by neighbours, which is punishable by law. Straying, and roaming of non-identified cats only leads to misery for these abandoned animals. In this unhealthy house, the little cats were locked in the midst of the corpses of their congeners in a state of decomposition. Excrement strewed on the ground and the furniture, the disorder and the pestilential odour adding to the rest of the filth.

The eight cats rescued on the first day were very stressed after weeks spent in such conditions. Our team immediately had them examined by a veterinarian attentive and respectful of their distress. All were the object of care. Some were dehydrated and had ulcers. One of them suffered terribly, having several cancerous tumours and unfortunately had to be euthanized.

This operation was made possible thanks to the listening of the Town hall of Quimperlé, enchanted by our intervention, with the help of “Cats without you”, “Cie Pays de Quimperlé”, and of the SPA of Vannes where the cats now wait to be adopted.

In France, more than 10 million homeless cats suffer and die on our doorstep. One Voice is engaged in this fight for them, for their dignity.

One Voice fight for dogs in Congo

One Voice fight for dogs in Congo
22.01.2018
Congo
One Voice fight for dogs in Congo
Domestic animals

Cases of rabies and parasitosis have been reported around the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The animals in the area are in dire need of our help. Time is running out: the slaughter of animals is all too often the only way out for the authorities.

The socio-economic situation of local communities and the equilibrium of ecosystems have been the collateral but are very real victims for decades of armed conflicts. Since 2000, we have worked with Bantu for the animals on the spot. During the intensification of the armed conflict, he had to resort to taking refuge in Uganda. We helped him bring his wife and children to him and they survived. He is a very committed man of exemplary courage, with whom we have forged strong relationships, mutual aid and combat. He is both our anchor and our relay there.

Humans around the Virunga National Park survive only through hunting, accompanied by sick and contagious dogs. In such circumstances, health considerations are secondary and all pay a heavy price for this ignorance. One Voice, in partnership with Bantu, is working together to help humans and animals alleviate this health problem that is adding to the pre-existing political and humanitarian crisis.

One of the consequences of these extreme situations for the populations, is that the dogs participating in these hunts are sometimes wounded, or contract various parasitosis (verminousness and dermatoses), following tick bites. At least three out of four dogs are carriers, and suffer terribly from these untreated conditions. Populations, unaware of the resulting health consequences, often abandon or simply let wounded or sick dogs wander, which encourages their contagion and spread to vulnerable people with whom they come into contact with, but also to other domesticated animals and wild animals nearby. In particular, cases of rabies have been reported, which means an assured death for all affected people.

One Voice financially supports the anti-rabies vaccination campaign in the area around Bantu Virunga Park in Congo (which also sterilizes and castrates stray animals), and has participated in the purchase of many veterinary products to combat ticks and sores on pets.

It is urgent to act very quickly, to avoid that the authorities decide, as too often in the world, to slaughter animals instead of treating them!

Happy Bear: The Indian sanctuary of One Voice

Happy Bear: The Indian sanctuary of One Voice
20.01.2018
India
Happy Bear: The Indian sanctuary of One Voice
Wildlife

They went through the worst. Torn from their mother, beaten, nose often pierced with a rope, these bears were exploited, dancing to entertain in India. Thanks to the joint work of One Voice and Wildlife SOS, they found peace in a sanctuary. In an idyllic setting, they are finally entitled to respect.

Looking back on 7 years of fighting for sloth bears

It was in 2009, after seven years of hard work by One Voice, Wildlife SOS and the anti-poaching cell that the two NGOs had created together, the last rope of the last dancing bear in India was cut. In total, more than 620 bears have been saved and placed safely into the sanctuary of Agra in India. Kalandar bear exhibitors who exploited them were able to join the reintegration program that was offered to them in exchange for retraining, which was a real chance for this community that lived in misery and a huge relief for sloth bears who survived in the worst conditions.

The sanctuary of Agra: created with bears in mind

The sanctuary of Agra is not a zoo. It is not designed for the well-being of the visitors but for the happiness of the bears, at the heart of all the concerns. In most French zoos, the enclosures allow us to see the animals in all types of circumstances. In an often confined and concrete space, sloth bears have nowhere to hide from the public eye. In Agra, it’s the other way around. Bears are grouped by age, by sex – to avoid reproduction – or even by affinity. There are dark dens where they can hide. And the parks dedication to the youngest bears is huge! All have hammocks, wooden structures and many enriching activities which are renewed every day…

Protecting sloth bears

High walls prevent intruders. Poaching is still important issue and it is crucial to ensure the peace of those bears that have already suffered so much. Everywhere, trees and bushes provide living conditions in semi-freedom close to ideal conditions. And if the bears cannot go out, the wild animals present on the site and around the area do not deprive them of it. Monkeys, birds, but also deer, do not hesitate to come and see the bears … Only the oldest bears are visible to the public, those in a zoo would probably be hidden. Their scarred faces can explain their history and raise awareness of the protection of sloth bears, a species classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Their pens are near the clinic to provide them the highest care and supervision that they require. Meanwhile younger bears are near to a river. Their enclosures are so large and densely landscaped that it is almost impossible to observe them. Not having been tainted by humans, their shyness is still respected…

You can help us give these bears a peaceful retirement by sponsoring one of them! By choosing Kamli, Jasmine or Rocky, you will regularly receive news and photos and enable the Agra sanctuary to continue to guarantee their happiness and safety.

Photos: Didier Pazery/One Voice

Russia: Bears to be used to train hunting dogs

Russia: Bears to be used to train hunting dogs
18.01.2018
Russia
Russia: Bears to be used to train hunting dogs
Wildlife

We had investigated in the heart of these camps where hunters train their dogs by throwing them at wild animals, including chained bears. These practices persist, and the Russian legislators refuse to act! Let’s act against this barbarism!

Within the hunting dog training camps, an abject, daily drama takes place. Bears, foxes, martens and badgers are captured and fed to Laïka dogs trained for hunting during competitions. These animals live are atrocious. They are confined in cages without shelter, trampling in their droppings, fed with pieces of bread. Suffering is imposed on them for months and months, for years, even for the most resistant, and when they are considered too worn out, hunters kill and eat them.

During the competitions, the bears are tied by the neck, they cannot flee. They suffer the repeated assaults of several dogs biting them without respite. The more the dog bites, the more points he gets. The show is gruesome. Bears try to get rid of their shackles, and when too weak, they refuse to face the dogs, humans pull them by the neck, or hit them with a stick, so that they straighten up.

Since our investigation, we have asked for the prohibition of these barbaric activities, from another era. The bill aimed at banning this appalling practice has just been rejected by the Russian parliament. The country’s conservatives proudly make it the symbol of the cultural difference between Western and Eastern countries. All hope, however, is not lost: this legislation can be enforced by the Russian head of state. We cannot remain silent in the face of so much barbarity!

Support the work of animal advocates in Russia by creating a global sound box, please sign the petition: sign the petition!

The Zoe Cell mobilised for beaten geese, also in court for Copain the cat

The Zoe Cell mobilised for beaten geese, also in court for Copain the cat
16.01.2018
The Zoe Cell mobilised for beaten geese, also in court for Copain the cat
Domestic animals

This is unacceptable that peaceful animals, who ask nothing of anyone, be beaten, maimed, persecuted and killed by violent humans! One Voice’s Zoe Cell is there for them, of course and will not allow this!

The geese of a woman escaped to frolic in the garden next door. Surely the grass would have looked greener on the other side. The neighbour then turned on them in front of a witness horrified by the violence of the blows that cost the lives of one of the geese. One Voice will be a civil party to this for acts of cruelty.

In the East of France, the Zoe Cell is also mobilised for Buddy, who in September lost his life to two 9mm bullets just before returning home! One Voice filed a law suit in order for the perpetrator(s) not to remain unpunished.

A couple from Moselle, generous to a fault, had welcomed Copain, a stray cat, who had found in their other cat Tigrou (Tigger) a faithful companion. Copain had been part of the family for three years; he was an integral member of the family.

End of September 2017, their protectors are on vacation and the cats are for a few days under the supervision of the neighbour who knows them well. Tigger and Copain go out for their usual evening stroll in the neighbourhood. Later the neighbour calls Copain who has not yet returned. She hears two gunshots and rushes into the street. She then sees Copain coming out of nowhere and collapsing on the tarmac before he can reach the house. He will die after a few gasps, his main artery perforated by a 9 mm bullet as the autopsy of the veterinarian will reveal.

Tigrou lost his friend; Copain lost his life, because that night a human wanted to kill. This crime cannot remain unpunished.

A mockery of democracy concerning the Wolf Plan!

A mockery of democracy concerning the Wolf Plan!
15.01.2018
A mockery of democracy concerning the Wolf Plan!
Wildlife

Each year, the Ministry of Ecology establishes a quota of wolves to be killed, this is the Wolf Plan. One Voice is against it and calls for an outright ban on the slaughter of wolves. These exciting animals are a wealth for biodiversity, they have their place in the mountains and forests of France.

On January 4^th, 2018, we were received at the Ministry of the Ecological and Solidarity Transition to talk about the Wolf Plan 2018-2023. We discovered with amazement that it was already drafted and adopted, even though neither the opinion of the National Council for the Protection of Wildlife nor the results of the public consultation had been made. And for good reason, the consultation had not even started yet! It is a sham democracy that is being played before us, and this is unfortunately not the first time that public consultation has been despised.

How can a plan that takes into account the opinion of specialists and the public be developed and adopted even before any working meetings and the results of the consultation? We are faced with the fait accompli, and we are told that we will still ask public opinion? Who’s laughing at who? More than ever, we will have to respond to this consultation to allow the text to be amended before final ratification.

These magnificent animals fulfil a fundamental role in the ecosystem. We could talk endlessly about the personality of wolves, the different roles they fill in the pack, knowledge that the elders pass on to their young. Mothers are so loving, they complement each other … We could add that the protected nature of their species should be taken into account … We could finish by saying that the wolves represent an asset towards green tourism which is rarely put forward.

The rural code itself recognizes that “living things and biodiversity are part of the common heritage of the nation.” – L.110-1 first paragraph. But all this would be purely argumentative, and to lose sight of the main thing: the mountains should not be the scene of killings, but remain protected areas of nature, with animals that have the right to live in peace.

For One Voice, it is imperative to study the impact of pastoral rights over the biodiversity. Indeed, nothing says that agricultural activities are a good for the ecology of our country and more widely of the planet, everything indicates, on the other hand the opposite: destruction of the fauna and the flora of the mountain, sending lambs and sheep to the slaughterhouse …

In short, the only positive point of our meeting, which is light years away from the respect and protection due to wolves, is that the new text will only allow breeders who have made herd protection arrangements to be compensated in case of proven attacks, according to a graduated conditionality. Previously, nothing was required.

The consultation is open from January 8th to 29th, 2018. Let’s mobilize!

One Voice at the State Council against dolphinariums, to defend dolphins and orcas in captivity

One Voice at the State Council against dolphinariums, to defend dolphins and orcas in captivity
11.01.2018
One Voice at the State Council against dolphinariums, to defend dolphins and orcas in captivity
Exploitation for shows

The dolphinariums have attacked the ministerial decree of May 3^rd2017, known as « the dolphinarium decree ». It decreed the end of reproduction and captivity of cetaceans and the improvement of the living conditions of orcas and dolphins currently held in pools. The pools for moment are chlorinated and too small for them, on Friday, January 12^th, 2018 at 2.00 pm the State Council will hear the animal welfare associations, the Ministry of Environment, and the dolphinariums on these issues.

The dolphinariums have challenged by an action for annulment of the order of May 3^rd2017¹ of the then Minister of the Environment Ségolène Royal. This decree pronounced the banning of keeping any new cetacean specimens in French pools and instituting new standards for keeping the remaining animals, including the ban on the use of chlorine.

Muriel Arnal, President of One Voice, fully supports the original text: « The Ministerial Decree of 3^rdMay at last puts the dignity of sentient beings endowed with cultures and languages above economic interests. It must absolutely be maintained. By putting an end to the heartbreak of families and the bereavement associated with breeding programmes, this text will improve the living conditions of dolphins and orcas. And these will be the last detainees in France thus deprived of freedom and their fundamental rights. Ethics, common sense and humanity must continue to prevail over commercial logic.”

An interim suspension procedure was also initiated by the dolphinariums, and in July 2017²resulted in the partial suspension of the order concerning the prohibition of chlorine. However, the judge hearing the application for interim measures had maintained the ban on the breeding of orcas and dolphins.

Now it is the turn of the judgment office of the Council of State to decide on the legality of this decree. A hearing will therefore be held on January 12 to gather the observations of the lawyers to the State Council representing the parties: the parks and the Ministry, and associations including One Voice (representing in France the coalition Dolphinaria-Free Europe), intervened voluntarily to the procedure. One Voice has filed a brief of more than 50 pages which explains why this decree must be maintained together with 46 pieces including certificates from different specialists in marine mammals.

The Council of State should render its decision in early February.

One Voice au conseil d’état face aux delphinariums, pour défendre les dauphins et orques en captivité

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Hunting: terror in our countryside

Hunting: terror in our countryside
04.01.2018
Hunting: terror in our countryside
Wildlife

The investigators of One Voice have infiltrated the hunting industry. Their images illustrate the terror and barbarism that draws attention to our campaigns during these merciless hunts. Support the proposed law to ban it by broadcasting our images!

A day of hunting with hounds

It could have been a day like any other, a quiet and tranquil surprise meeting at a bend in a path with a majestic stag or a shy deer. It could have been a moment of exception. But that day, it is the howls of humans and dogs that set the tone, who invade the forest. The hunted stag leaping with terror in his eyes, as he runs for his life. Behind him, a pack of dogs and riders pursue him in a hunt without respite. Desperate, he throws himself into the water. He will be caught and put to death before being devoured.

The reality of the hunt

The hunt is particularly cruel. The images from our survey should be seen by as many people as possible. The reality of what is known as a hobby for some is not only terror for the animal being pursued but also for all the other animals of the forests that are hiding, panicked by the pack and the cries of the pursuing hunters. The residents also suffer the consequences. News has been regularly witnessed.

A law to ban the hunt

A law proposed on November 22nd by 14 senators would make hunting illegal as of June 1, 2018, with a fine of 15000 euros and one year imprisonment for offenders. But the validation process is long. To support this request, help us spread the images of our survey to as many people as possible. We must put an end to this barbaric practice!