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In
contrast to the top authorities in the Croatian government,
especially the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water
Management, which failed the test when panic hit the country
with the appearance of bird flu and thus became an example
which shouldn’t be followed when human treatment of animals
is in question, five Croatian towns improved the overall impression
and brought some light into the gloomy Croatian reality.
In
this issue:
- World anti-McDonald’s Day marked
in
- Pamela Anderson wrote to Croatian
designers
- Panic and mass murder of poultry
in Croatia
- Croatian towns are banning circuses
with animal acts!
- Announcements and news
World anti-McDonald’s
Day marked in
This year, Animal Friends Croatia marked the
World anti-McDonald’s Day in two cities –
Pamela Anderson
wrote to Croatian designers
As part of PETA’s international
campaign against fur, Pamela Anderson contacted Croatian fashion
designers by sending them a letter with a video, urging them
not to use fur in their creations. Matija Vuica, Leonarda Boban,
Amarie, Ivana Popovic, Panic
and mass murder of poultry in Croatia
A week after the general histeria, lots
of questions were left unanswered: Why the mass murder of
healty poultry happened in the first place; Why preventive
measures of education and quarantine weren’t taken; Why the
scenes of apocalyptic Hollywood blockbusters; Why the media
blockade of everyone who publicly critized the slaughter of
healthy birds and, in the end, did we really need all this?
Mass histeria went over Croatia like a hurricane, leaving
behind tens of thousands of animal carcasses and economic
damage. Today almost no one even mentions bird flu. Except
maybe politicians who ponder whether this ‘training’ was successful
enough or not and whether the European Union got a clear message
that
In
less than three weeks, five Croatian towns made a historic
decision and banned circuses with animal acts! Varazdin followed
a praise-worthy example of Mursko Sredisce already after eleven
days (21 October), whilst on the 27 October Velika Gorica
and Rovinj joined on the same day, with Split to follow one
day later.
Animal
Friends congratulate the mayors and the town governments of
these towns and invite you to send them a thank-you note with
a few words of support to their e-mail addresses:
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Mr Zvonimir Puljic, the mayor of Split, grad@split.hr
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Mr Giovanni Sponza, the mayor of Rovinj, gradonacenik@rovinj.hr
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Mr Tonino Picula, the mayor of Velika Gorica gradonacelnik@gorica.hr
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Mr Ivan Cehok, the mayor of Varazdin, gradonacelnik@varazdin.hr
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Mr Rudolf Klenert, the mayor of Mursko Sredisce, grad-mursko-sredisce@ck.t-com.hr
Announcements and news
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The promotion of the most controversial
book published in -
From 10 to 18 November a New Circus Festival (www.cirkus.hr) without animal acts will
take place in
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After Animal Friends Croatia and other organizations reported
Mr Ivo Covic from Zupanja who hunts badgers for the production
of badger fat, the Inspection of Nature Conservation together
with the Veterinary Inspection went into inspection and found
out that, except for illegal breeding, the reported hunter
used badgers for the training of the dogs for hunt and used
pit bull terriers for hunt.
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This year, too, Croatian actor Goran Visnjic showed high degree
of sensibility towards animals. Three years ago he supported
PETA’s anti-fur campaign, which was organized by Animal Friends
Croatia in
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Animal Friends appeal to citizens who, because of fear from
bird flu let their feathery companion animals go, not to do
that. They are not a threat to any of us, just like birds
like pigeons, sparrows, etc., also present no threat to humans.
Pigeons are, for instance, the most resisting species to a
bird flu virus.
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Animal Friends branch from Krizevci celebrated the first year
of its existence and activity last Saturday! We wish our activists
from Krizevci many anniversaries like this one and lots of
success in their future work for animal rights.
Until
the next issue of our e-newsletter please except our gratitude
for your support in our mutual fight for the animals.
Yours,
Animal Friends
