Street Dogs of Nepal

Demand The Release of TheNepalese Monkeys

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:06:00 +0000

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Nepal Bans Exports Of Monkeys For Vivisection, Now It'sTime To Demand The

Release Of The Monkeys!!!

On Monday 25th of August the Nepalese governmentannounced a ban on the

export of monkeys for vivisection. Whilst we welcome thismove we are

still calling for the release of the monkeys from thefarms and a complete

end to all bio-medical research using monkeys in Nepal.

Watch the campaign video of the monkey farms and thentake action to free

the monkeys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uGqiJnbe30

We need you to contact the government departmentresponsible for the

monkey farms to make it clear to them that a ban onexports is not enough

and that the campaign will only stop when ALL theNepalese monkeys are

safe from the horrors of vivisection.

Please send a copy of the sample letter below, to theprovided email

addresses. Feel free to change the wording of the letter,but please

ensure that the 4 demands are left as they are to ensurethat the message

is received loud and clear...and of course, please donÂ´tforget to add

your name at the bottom of the letter! We would alsorequest that you

leave the link to the campaign website on the letter,(below your name),

to ensure that they are aware of the continuing globalactions of the

campaign.

SAMPLE LETTER:--

Dear Sir/Madam,

As a supporter of the Gateway to Hell campaign to savethe Nepalese

monkeys from vivisection, I welcome your governmentsdecision to ban the

export of monkeys for bio-medical research and view thisas a positive

measure. However I am aware that biomedical research isstill occurring in

Nepal and I therefore urge you in the strongest possibleterms to ensure

that all Nepalese monkeys are saved from vivisection byimmediately

implementing the following measures demanded by thecampaign to save

Nepalese monkeys from vivisection:

1) Ban the export of monkeys for bio-medical research bylaw.

2) Ban the breeding and capture of monkeys forbio-medical research by law.

3) Ban all experimentation on monkeys for bio-medicalresearch by law.

4) Release and rehabilitate all the monkeys immediately.

I vow to continue to support the Gateway to Hell campaignagainst Nepal

until your government implements the above measures toensure that

Nepalese monkeys are never used in bio-medical researcheither in Nepal or

elsewhere.

Yours faithfully,

[YOUR NAME GOES HERE]

http://www.gatewaytohell.net

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reading it in. Neither the SMBC, the CAV nor the GTHCengage in, nor

support, any form of harassment or unlawful activity.Nothing in this

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A sad Street Dog story from India, a Homeless dog beaten to death!

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Dear all,

I'm writing from Guwahati, where recently a very terrible incident

occured. We had a homeless country dog called Jimmy, living in our

locality, who was everyone's favourite and loved by all. One of the

most docile and loving dogs I've every seen. He has been there for

over 5 years. He was pampered with biscuits and tit-bits by almost

everyone in the locality. We have rented out few shops in our

compound, and whoever comes there feeds him and pets him. He spent

most of the time in front of our gate and at night slept in the

garage, which again has been rented out by us. He is fed by us and

the two boys who takes care of the garage. Till then he was as mild

and good-natured as ever and showed no signs of aggressiveness or

madness. On the 13th August, at around 7.00pm, I played with him for

sometime. At 9.00pm he was fed dinner by the garage boys. Around

10.00 pm when I went to my room, I heard his cries and ran out of my

house to find five young boys beating him with rods. They also got a

big cement boulder along with them, with which they hit him on his

head. I rushed and snatched a rod from one of the boys and asked them

to stop immediately. They said he should be killed as he's gone mad

and bitten one of the boys while feeding him biscuits. From the time

we've seen him and known him, he's never bitten anyone except if

they did anything wrong to him. Everyone who stays nearby feeds him

and pets him but never bit or gnarled at anyone. He once bit a drunk

man who tried to put a cigarette in his nose, (which is just so

natural!!!). Unfortunately, when I came to the spot and stopped the

boys, the damage was already done. He's so tame that he didn't even

know that he had to run away, as the boys used to feed him biscuits.

I guess they broke his skull first with the boulder and then beat and

poked him with rods. I called one of the garage boys, with whom he

used to stay at night, and my parents. We dabbed water on his head

and some into his mouth so that he could drink it. But he couldn't

get up, as he was bleeding from his mouth and eyes. The boys stay in

a hostel behind our house, and are probably doing their Degree

course. We came to know later that the boys tried to make him drink

alcohol, which made him bite one of them.

This inhuman act of cruelty has really jolted everyone in and around

our locality. We approached the PFA (People for Animals), but

couldn't generate much response. The concerned person asked us to

lodge an FIR and exhume the body. But isn't this their duty to do

whatever necessary, after being informed about any wrong doing

towards animals? In fact, this is the second time we've approached

them and didn't get any response. Don't you think this discourages a

common citizen, who wants to help homeless dogs, from taking any

steps against such cruelty if they don't get help from such

organisations who actually are trained and funded sufficiently? I

then approached PETA, and was very exhilarated when they responded

the same day. The next day, a representative came to our house and

asked me to write a letter to the DC. He met with a magistrate and is

taking all steps necessary. This has brought back hope finally. What

was done to Jimmy cannot be undone, but we can definitely work

towards stopping such acts occuring again.

I hope and believe you all will respond to my letter. We want to

teach the boys a lesson and that they are not the ones to decide if a

dog is mad or not and take his life. If they have no compassion

towards a small animal, will they ever be compassionate towards

humans also? And anyways, a dog doesn't become mad within an hour. A

mad dog doesn't fall at everyone's feet and lets his tummy to be

rubbed and pet, guards the locality and waits outside the gate to

welcome a person back home from office, in the evening, wait for

either me or my brother to be inside the house. The boys have been

under hiding as we haven't seen anyone of them after that night.

There are a few other dogs, one a prodigy of Jimmy, in the locality and we donot want them to face the same fate. Please advise what to do, as we don't wantour dogs to be killed so brutally just because they bit someone. And even ifthey've gone mad, there are other ways to tackle them, like putting them onleash or sending them to a proper shelter. Today they've killed a street dog,tomorrow they'll dare to kill our pet dog!! We want some steps taken to stopsuch cruelty and inhuman acts. It's time we changed our mentality and peoplearound us.

Hoping for a prompt response with a solution, and some assistance.

Thanks and regards,

Yasmin Ahmed

09954232203

DEATH RATE AT Nepal ZOO .

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:38:00 +0000

Alarming death rate among Central Zoo animals

http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=16048

AKANSHYASHAH

KATHMANDU,Mar 9: The Central Zoo is facing an alarming death rate among its captiveanimals. In just one year, the zoo has lost 191 animals, an average of oneevery two days. While the total number of animals was 1,004 in the year2008-09, it came down to 813 in 2009-10, according to the zoo inventory.

Duringthe same period, the number of mammals has come down from 235 to 210. Althoughthe report is silent on the number of deaths of protected and endangered species,it is clear from some examples that vulnerable ones too have succumbed.

Ofthe three Himalayan black bears and one sloth bear in the possession of thezoo, only one Himalayan black bear remains. The black bear is listed in theCITES Appendix 2 and the sloth bear in Appendix 1 of the internationalconvention. The sloth bear was rescued from Kasara. Similarly, the number ofleopards declined from five to just two.

Thebears in the zoo have died of jaundice, the most common disease among theseomnivores. “The bears have died of jaundice originating from liver problem,”Sarita Jnawali, project director at the zoo, said.

Sheclaimed that the bears died even after they were provided prescribed fooditems. “We share the food items with London Zoo, but even then we lost them,”she said, pointing to the apparent lack of any reason for the deaths.

Jnawali,however, claimed that the number of species has remained almost static over thepast few years. But going by the zoo´s own data, the number of species in2008-09 was 113 and it came down to 108 in 2009-10.

Thereare 14 or 15 endangered species in the zoo, including Asiatic elephant, tiger,rhino, ghariyal, black buck, rock python, arna wild buffalo, lophophoruspheasant and others. The total number of endangered, protected and vulnerablespecies is 62.

Thezoo also has white-rumped vulture, the only native species, which is in acritically endangered list, and the Chinese alligator, an exotic endangeredspecies.

Withan annual budget of approximately Rs 60 million , Rs 950,000 is spent on foodproducts for the animals, birds, reptiles, fishes and others. The zoo ismanaged by the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC).

Worsestill, the figure includes animals received by the zoo after being rescued oras donations, which has brought the number to 191. “The figure paints a gloomypicture of the state of animals at the zoo. It has to be borne in mind that theauthorities have also counted new additions to arrive at the figure of 191,”Mahesh Sharma, a member of Roots & Shoots, an NGO working in conservation,said.

Heclaimed that the decline is related to inappropriate housing, lack ofnourishment and lack of up-to-the-mark welfare facilities.

Arguingthat a current survey shows over 60 percent of zoo visitors have prioritizedconservation over entertainment, education and training, Sharma said, “The losscan be related to the stress level of animals kept in unhealthy situations.This is also the result of prioritizing commercialization over welfare.”

akanshya@myrepublica.com

Nepal now sees blood drinking festival

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:03:00 +0000

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article234326.ece

Four months after Nepal came under fire from animal loversworldwide for holding the biggest animal sacrifice fair in its southern plains,hundreds of people are now flocking to the west to participate in a festival todrink yak’s blood.

Men, women and even children have been heading for Myagdi, aremote district in western Nepal, to take part in the khun khane ritual, whichliterally means drinking blood.

The festival sees the local yak herders making money by sellingthe blood of live yaks to people who queue up in hundreds to drink it, in thebelief their illnesses will be cured.

While lactating female yaks are spared, other yaks above the ageof two are chosen for the ritual.

Pinned down by people who hold their tails and horns and theirlegs tied, the yaks are then bled by a professional bleeder, known as theaamji.

The aamji pierces the jugular vein of the hapless animal and thestreaming blood is collected in cups that are then passed among the crowd, whodrink the warm, frothy liquid unwaveringly.

Each yak is bled to collect between 20 to 40 cups of blood.

The ritual is believed to be an old Tibetan one that originatedin Mustang in northern Nepal, once part of an ancient Tibetan kingdom.

The participants are mostly people suffering from chronic diseases who have given up hope of being cured by modern medicine.

An American researcher, Zorina Curry, who studied the khun khanefestival, correlates the ritual to the belief in witchcraft and thesuperstition that blood is effective as medicine as well as an aphrodisiac.

However, Curry also warned that since the yaks were notinoculated, some had TB and the blood—drinking could infect the human drinker.

The festival has been condemned by Nepal’s animal rightsactivists who last year urged the government to stop the slaughter of tens ofthousands of animals and birds at the five—yearly Gadhimai Festival but to noavail.

The Animal Welfare Network Nepal (AWNN) has termed the khunkhane practice barbaric.

“Can you think how painful it must be for these innocentcreatures to have their necks and bodies pierced and to be drained of blood?”AWNN had said in an earlier statement.

“Humanity as a whole must speak out against cruelty againstliving beings in the name of religion, culture or health.”

Though Nepal prides itself on being the birthplace of theBuddha, the founder of Buddhism, the religion that preaches non-violence, localrituals abound in rank cruelty to animals without being banned by a succession of weak governments for fear of a backlash.

Another local practice is the deer hunt in which the hunterswound the victim and then tear out its palpitating heart while it is stillalive.

Documentary 'Sacrifice' Launched on Youtube

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:01:00 +0000

Documentary 'Sacrifice' Launched on Youtube

UK filmmaker Tassia Kobylinska from Roving Eye Film producedthe documentary 'Sacrifice' which deals with the mass animal sacrificesthat took place at Gadhimai festival in Nepal in November 2009. The AnimalWelfare Network Nepal will be using the documentary as a tool in its 5-yearcampaign against sacrifice and cruel sports in Nepal.

Kobylinska made the film freely available to support thecampaign. Please add the link to your website and/or download it to show toyour connections:

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkbSRXHhPA

Kobylinska also prepared a slightly longer version which requireda warning message as it includes images of animals being slaughered. Thisdocumentary is more suitable for audiences that are yet unconvinced that animalsacrifice involves cruelty:

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtjC26CQUeU

Filmmaker's statement:

As a documentary filmmaker based inNepal, I find the incredible visuals and fascinating stories behindthe many festivals here make wonderful subjects for films. But theGadhimai festival, with its mass sacrifice of animals, I found utterlydepressing, upsetting and pointlessly brutal. Bibi Fuyal and I, as partof Roving Eye Film, had great difficulties taking the footage and editing thefilm as it is painful to witness such suffering. We are keen to contributeto the campaign against cruelty conducted in the name of religion, and hope'Sacrifice' will help to stop the senseless killings of innocent beings.

Links:

http://www.rovingeyefilm.co.uk/

www.stopanimalsacrifice.org

www.stopgadimai.blogspot.com

Animal Welfare Network Nepal

www.awnnepal.blogspot.com

Bird Flu stops sacrifice

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:14:00 +0000

Bird sacrifice at Manakamana, Kalika temples banned

Tuesday, 09 February 2010 19:48

District Livestock Services Offices (DLSO), Gorkha has banned sacrifice of birds including pigeons, chicken and ducks at the district headquarter’s Kalika temple and the Manakamana temple.

A meeting of the chiefs of various offices located at the district decided to ban the sacrifices to prevent bird flu. The meeting was called after bird flu was spotted in Kaski, last week.

Bird sacrifices at the temples were stopped for two months last year, too, after detection of bird flu in some eastern districts.

Hundreds of birds are sacrificed every day at the Manakamana and Kalika temples as offerings from devotees making various vows. nepalnews.com

Progress in India.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:11:00 +0000

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Elephants-to-be-banished-from-all-zoos/articleshow/5221159.cms

NEW DELHI: Delhi Zoo will soon be bidding farewell to its three elephants. Infact, elephants will no longer be seen in any zoo or circus in the countryafter the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) issued a notice on Monday to the effectthat all of these animals in zoos, numbering about 140, should be sent tonational parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves as soon as possible.

According to sources, the circular states that a zoo environment is not thebest place for the large animals and they should be shifted to national parkswith immediate effect. "CZA's order is binding on all zoos. Elephants arelarge animals and require a large area to move about freely. The environment ofa zoo can be very restrictive. The animals have great use for departmentalwork, eco-tourism, patrolling etc and a decision has been taken to send them tonational parks and tiger reserves where they can be under the supervision ofmahauts," said A N Prasad, director, Project Elephant.

According to Dr B K Gupta, evaluation and monitoring officer of CZA, India had140 elephants in 26 zoos and 16 circuses as on March 31 2009. "Of these,Mysore and Trivandrum have the largest number at 9 and 8 respectively.

Delhi and Mysore are the only two zoos that have African elephants. Thedecision was taken after evaluating conditions of elephants at various zoos andcircuses. We found that circuses specially were not following standards setunder the Recognition of Zoo Rules, 1992," he said.

Delhi Zoo director D N Singh confirmed that they had received the order thoughhe restrained from elaborating on it. Sources said that Delhi Zoo's residentAsiatic pachyderms, Rajlakshmi and Hira, and its sole African member Shankarwould be moved to Jim Corbett National Park sometime soon. Shankar had beengifted to former president Shankar Dayal Sharma by the Zimbabwian government.

Sources explained that the various zoos would carry out this order inconsultation with the chief wildlife wardens of their specific states and theCZA.

Environmentalists saw this as a positive move though some had reservations onthe shifting of all elephants as that would be contrary to the principal ofex-situ conservation."There is merit in this decision. It is best for themto be as close to their natural habitat as possible. Elephants needs a lot ofspace to exercise and move about in and they are being deprived that space inzoos and circuses," said Samir Sinha, head of traffic, WWF India.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8356553.stm

The Central Zoo Authority in India has confirmed to the BBC that zoo and circuses in the country will no longer be allowed to keep elephants.

A spokesman for the authority said a binding directive had been issued by the authority for the animals to be sent to national parks and sanctuaries.

It is estimated that there are about 140 elephants in zoos and circuses.

Among the most regularly visited by tourists are three elephants in Delhi zoo, which are to be moved imminently.

The directive sent by by the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) says zoos and circuses are "not the best places for the large animals" which "require a large area to move about freely".

The CZA says circus and zoo elephants can play an important eco-tourism role in national parks and animal sanctuaries, where they can be properly supervised by mahauts - or elephant handlers.

The body has ordered the transfer to take place "as soon as possible".

It says that the animals have "great use" in eco-tourism and patrolling national parks and tiger reserves.

Correspondents say the CZA's move does not affect hundreds of elephants that are kept in temples across the length and breadth of India - neither does it affect those used for working purposes.

African elephants - held in Delhi and Mysore zoos - will be transferred to national parks as well as the native Indian elephants, officials say.

a talk with Victor Schonfeld

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:09:00 +0000

A fascinating interview with Victor Schonfeld who produced TheAnimals Film. He asks why little has changed since he produced film 28 years ago. He focuses on factory farming and vivisection.

Part I - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005k 2zy

Part II - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005nhv5

A must hear for everyone!

Nepal ZOO a disgrace.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:02:00 +0000

Alarmingdeath rate among Central Zoo animals

http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=16048

AKANSHYASHAH

Duringthe same period, the number of mammals has come down from 235 to 210. Althoughthe report is silent on the number of deaths of protected and endangeredspecies, it is clear from some examples that vulnerable ones too havesuccumbed.

Thezoo also has white-rumped vulture, the only native species, which is in acritically endangered list, and the Chinese alligator, an exotic endangeredspecies.

Heclaimed that the decline is related to inappropriate housing, lack ofnourishment and lack of up-to-the-mark welfare facilities.

akanshya@myrepublica.com

Veterinary ITEMS NEEDED URGENTLY NOW

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:33:00 +0000

February 2010

We will be travelling soon to SDON in Kathmandu to overse the new centre plans and progress there. We will be able to carry limited lightitems with us so if anyone has Veterinary medicines especially skin creams orconditioning tablets we would love to have them. Any other animal equipment,bandages,dog coats,wormers,or books on Small Animal husbandry are still needed.

If anyone knows of a vehicle in Kathmandu that could be donated, perhaps from someone returning to another country it would save ustaxi fares when collecting dogs from the streets.

If you can help with any of these requests ring me at 00 35387 2651720 or email .

Volunteers needed to help with build also.

Donations to SDON PO BOX 4734. Dublin.1 ireland[Cheques/Bankdraft made out to SDON]

If anyone in Nepal wants to meet up with a view to helpingus please contact me.

BernieWright

Founder SDON.