news2011 Archivi - OIPA https://www.oipainternational.org/category/news2011/ International Organization for Animal Protection Tue, 24 May 2016 11:38:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.oipainternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-oipa-favicon-logo-icona-trasparente-1-32x32.png news2011 Archivi - OIPA https://www.oipainternational.org/category/news2011/ 32 32 UKRAINE DOGS’ MASSACRE STILL IN PROGRESS https://www.oipainternational.org/ukraine-massacre/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:33:55 +0000 http://www.oipainternational.org/?p=2902 Despite what declared by the Ukraine authorities and UEFA, the massacre of stray dogs still going on. As a matter of fact, dogs continue to be killed at night and in the most brutal ways including: poisoning, electroshock guns or even thrown into concrete while still alive. These killers just shoot the dogs with narcotics, […]

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]]> Despite what declared by the Ukraine authorities and UEFA, the massacre of stray dogs still going on.
As a matter of fact, dogs continue to be killed at night and in the most brutal ways including: poisoning, electroshock guns or even thrown into concrete while still alive. These killers just shoot the dogs with narcotics, or they just inject them with narcotizes, as the dogs are friendly and not afraid by the human presence. Afterwards, dogs are thrown into mass graves alive and cemented alive.
This story comes to us directly from Kiev, where an Italian photographer, Andrea Cisternino, is reporting the killings and mass massacre with photos, videos and information which are directly posted to Facebook. We are also in contact with Alexandra Mexinova, an Ukrainian animal activist owner of a dog pound with 1.500 dogs and 500 cats.

Despite the issuing of the “Law against animal abuse and cruelty” in 2006, the Government started a brutal campaign against stray dogs in view of the EURO 2012 Championship, showing the population pictures of dogs attacking humans. As a result of this unprecedented hatred campaign, even animal activists are constantly subject to threats or abuse, as considered guilty for the only fact of nourishing and taking care of dogs.
The town houses three structures. For each of these 10,000 Euros have been financed, but there is no trace of these funds. Actually, funds for dog shelters and neutering campaigns are available.
Dogs are killed daily: Just on 27th November 9 dogs died and a whole pack of sterilized and non aggressive dogs being managed by voluntaries personally paying for their upkeep and sterilizations.
On 12 December, as we can see from photos by Andrea Cisternino, somebody killed three small dogs, one of which was sterilized a (red collar indicates that a dog is sterilized).

Andrea and Alexandra tell us that the Ukrainian situation about dogs has always been negative, but from 2010 number of killings has enormously increased because of the EURO 2012 Championship.
The deputy major of Kiev has recently said stray dogs killings will be prosecuted and in case of dead dogs, the police will be sent on the spot together with a veterinary who will perform autopsy in order to verify the poison used to kill it.
The Ministry of Environment has recently declared that killings will be stop for length of six months; en fact this term exactly coincides with the start with the games starts. What will happen once the public attention on this famous event subsides? We highlight that despite the country’s institutions declarations, the situation is still dreadful, we can only imagine the proportions that this mass massacre will assume.

Elisa Norelli
OIPA International Campaigns Director

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]]> CANADIAN SEAL HUNT 2011 https://www.oipainternational.org/canada-hunt/ Tue, 24 May 2011 09:51:20 +0000 http://www.oipainternational.org/?p=2877 Canada’s annual commercial seal hunt is the largest commercial hunt of marine mammals on the planet. Each year, hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals are slaughtered on the ice fields off Canada’s east coast for their pelts. Sealers bludgeon the animals with clubs and “hakapiks” (clubs with metal hooks on their ends) and drag […]

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]]> Canada’s annual commercial seal hunt is the largest commercial hunt of marine mammals on the planet. Each year, hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals are slaughtered on the ice fields off Canada’s east coast for their pelts. Sealers bludgeon the animals with clubs and “hakapiks” (clubs with metal hooks on their ends) and drag the seals—who are still conscious—across the ice floes with boat hooks. Many of these animals are even skinned alive. Hunters toss dead and dying seals into heaps and leave their carcasses to rot on the ice floes.

The 2011 harp seal quota is the highest set since the Canadian government introduced quota management in 1971. The quota for the harp seal hunt off Canada’s east coast has been set at 400,000 animals by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Hooded Seal TAC for 2011 is rolled over from 2010. The total allowable catch for Harp Seals for the 2011 season has been set at 400,000. This includes a 20,000 developmental quota and a carry-over of 20% for commercial fleets. Many sealers stayed at home, unable to find buyers or worried about the lack of ice floes.

While the industry brought about $1 million, the Canadian government estimates the cost of enforcement at the slaughter to be up to $3.6 million annually. Further, the Canadian government has invested millions of dollars in promoting the sealing industry on an international level and working to block bans on seal product trade.

The hunting of seals has led to expressions of serious concerns by OIPA, members of the public and governments sensitive to animal welfare considerations due to the pain, distress, fear and other forms of suffering which the killing and skinning of seals, as they are most frequently performed, cause to those animals.

Global markets for seal products are closing. Canada’s two largest trading partners — the United States and the European Union— have both banned trade in seal products. Regulation (EC) No. 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council on trade in seal products was adopted on 16 September 2009 and was published on 31 October 2009. It entered into force 20 days after publication. The Regulation prohibits the marketing of products derived from seals on the EU market. It applies to seal products produced in the EU and imported products.

National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China accepted two legislative proposals to ban Canadian seal product imports to China. The two proposals were sponsored by dozens of NPC members. Both legislative proposals called on the NPC to ban seal product imports and pointed out the brutality of seal slaughters.

On behalf of OIPA, thank you to all the people who sent letters, signed action alerts and spreaded the news. Please keep supporting this animals and give them a voice. Together we can make a difference. Seals are sentient beings that can experience pain, distress, fear and other forms of suffering.

Paola Ghidotti
OIPA International Campaigns Director

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