KOLINJE - REMAINS OF THE DARK AGE

Kolinje - Croatian custom of slaughtering of animals on homesteads, results with hundreds of thousands of bloody yards and thousands of cases of Trichinellosis disease every year.

Even though such cruel and primitive, and above all non-hygienic, practice is banned in the European Union which Croatia is trying to join, the Croatian Government is trying to preserve this custom.

Animal Friends Croatia wants the Croatian Government to ban the slaughter of animals on homesteads and to change the disgraceful Animal Welfare Act.

We made a proposal for a new Animal Welfare Act in which, among other activities, the kolinje - cruel private parties of animal slaughters - is banned.

Look the short film that shows the way the animals are traditionally slaughtered in Croatia, and appeal the Croatian Government to support the change of Animal Welfare Act and ban the slaughter on homesteads.

Click to see the short film from one Croatian yard.

Send a protest letter to the Croatian Government

Subject: Stop Slaughtering in Backyards

Dear members of the Government,

I am aware that the horrific practice of kolinje is widely spread in Croatia, and I would like to express my strong disagreement with such "custom".

Considering that this "custom" is banned in civilized countries, and of course the European Union Croatia is trying to join, I ask you to legislate directives that would end this primitive practice.

I would also like to use this opportunity to support the organization Animal Friends Croatia and their efforts regarding the ban of the slaughter of animals on homesteads and the change of terrible Animal Welfare Act.

With respect and the wishes of soon civilized and ethical changes in the society,

Your name:
City:

ANIMAL FRIENDS CROATIA (www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr) were founded with the purpose of promoting the protection of animals, animal rights, and presenting vegetarianism as an ethical, ecological, and healthy way of living.