Animal Advocacy The Animal/Rights/Welfare thread

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Mymee at some undisclosed location with her new foster mum, sisters and brothers.

Apparently, she is doing well and the
rescue shelter are seeking a permanent home for the little love. Such a long trip from Romania to the UK for this little girl.
 
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Mymee (Maya) is up for adoption:

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Why adopt a dog from Romania? The Rescue states :

''We leave the airport and immediately see dogs by the side of the road, all the way into the countryside and beyond. They are literally everywhere. The official statistics say there are 600,000 stray dogs in Romania, but we estimate it to be far higher.

We see the poor dead bodies of sleeping dogs and puppies on the roads and in fields.

We have visited some of the most horrific shelters where dogs are kept in inhumane conditions, left to rot and die there. If a shelter like this was to open in the UK, it would be shut down immediately and the owner put in jail. In Romania, these owners are instead enjoying a lavish life of luxury with no consequences for their actions.''

''These dogs have absolutely no hope. We are their only hope.''
 
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Michael J. Baines is the president and co-founder of The Man That Rescues Dogs. He is a Swedish entrepreneur who moved to Thailand and opened his restaurant in Bangsaen, Chonburi, Thailand, in 2011, where he started his mission of rescuing and controlling the stray dog population.

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Michael J. Baines is the president and co-founder of The Man That Rescues Dogs. He is a Swedish entrepreneur who moved to Thailand and opened his restaurant in Bangsaen, Chonburi, Thailand, in 2011, where he started his mission of rescuing and controlling the stray dog population.

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This photo of sheep roaming on a busy dual carriageway (rush hour) in my neighbourhood yesterday evening. Apparently the farmer brings them over so that they can graze and clear the long grass for the council. :sob: Moreover, it just made people laugh!
 
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''Easter is a Christian celebration marking the resurrection of Jesus, but many non-religious people also observe some of its traditions as a celebration of new life. Unfortunately, a combination of various religious practices, symbolic associations, and capitalist enterprising means that for most people Easter celebrations come at the expense of animals.''


 
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''Easter is a Christian celebration marking the resurrection of Jesus, but many non-religious people also observe some of its traditions as a celebration of new life. Unfortunately, a combination of various religious practices, symbolic associations, and capitalist enterprising means that for most people Easter celebrations come at the expense of animals.''


Originally, it had nothing to do with Christianity. It used to be the feast of a fertility goddess worshipped in many cultures; the Celts called her Eostara. In the English word Easter, her name still lives on. The feast seemed to be so popular that the church had no other choice than rebranding it to Jesus' resurrection.
However, no matter what people celebrate at this time of the year, I do detest celebrating by murder. Killing sheep is an extremely cowardly thing to do, since it would be difficult to find more peaceful and gentle creatures than them. Good Christians celebrate their Saviour who'd been killed... by killing animals who are exactly as innocent as Jesus was, and did nothing bad to people?

Admins, please do moderate my post if it happens to contradict the rules, but I just need to share one of the most enraging things I have ever heard: one extremely brainwashed religious fundamentalist explained to me that Easter lambs are very happy to get slaughtered! What the actual f*ck, I thought.

Honestly, I got even more enraged when this YouTube announcement appeared: in the first few seconds, it showed a bucolic scene on the countryside, with sheep walking around freely - in the next seconds, a nice family was shown, eating "delicious" slices of a dead lamb at the dinner table. I wondered why they left out the step between the two amazing scenes? Why did they not include some "charming" scenes from the abattoir? Very strange.
 
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