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        • Oradea-dog-shelter, once Romania's privately funded pilot project par excellence, has become a living hell for the animals since the municipality has taken it over
        • Timisoara - the municipality pays huge sums of taxpayer's money to Danyflor to care for the stray dogs, but they receive not even a drop of water in their shelter. So where does the money go?
    • cock fighting *
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    • horse fighting *
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      • Donetsk Medical University, Ukraine ~ appalling living conditions and barbaric experiments conducted on dogs and other animals
      • Europe's biggest vivarium in Azambuja, Portugal
      • Green Hill, Montichiari, Italy
      • Mansoura University ~ merciless killing of donkeys as a mean of education
      • Animal testing and monkey business at Monash University, Australia
      • Monkeys killed for being of the 'wrong size'
      • University of Texas
      • University of Wisconsin–Madison conducts horrific experiments on cats
      • Wayne State University’s Inhumane Dog Experiments: Queenie’s Story
    • animal cloning for food production in the EU
    • animal experimentation - good science versus bad science
    • 1,000 doctors (and many more) against vivisection
    • animal experiments - safer medicines>
      • Cancer - The forbidden cures
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    • Cosmetics: the final ban will come into force in March 2013 and no cosmetic products or ingredients will be allowed to be sold in the EU if tested on animals
    • India, Government bans use of live animals for education and research
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      • News from 'Occupy Green Hill'>
        • Green Hill seized by police
        • Green Hill, Montichiari, Italy
        • 8th of May, 2012 International Day of Action against Green Hill and Vivisection
      • Italy: Make vivisection history (campaign)
    • List of animal derived ingredients and additives
    • Make vivisection history!
    • NIH Decision signals the beginning of the end for medical research on chimps
    • REACH ~ we have until 2018 to save up to 54 million animals from being poisoned and killed
    • UK - Government opens laboratory gates to lost pets, protects secrecy, poisoning and electrocution
    • Western beauty giants selling their brands to China's fast-growing middle classes are threatening to reverse years of progress in reducing animal testing
  • sport
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      • hunting dogs ~ Galgo and Podencos
      • Fox hunting
      • Salburun, which means "Hunter's Zest" in Kyrgyz language, has been held annually since 1997
    • trophy hunting>
      • Canned Hunting - Born to be killed - Lion hunting in South Africa
    • camel races *
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    • horse dressage
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      • Omak suicide horse race
    • sled dog races *
    • sport fishing *
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      • animal abusers - named & shamed!>
        • Staff of the Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine Cairo University (FOVMCU) threw dogs off the third floor after experimenting on them
        • Alabama, "Purple Hearted Puppies" charged in an extreme case of animal neglect and abuse
        • Brazil, Camilla Corrêa Alves de Moura Araújo - a practicing nurse killed a little Yorkshire in front of her child
        • Bulgaria ~ Lynch mob enters private property and beats defenseless crippled doggy while TV-reporters film the scene and the police does nothing
        • Derek Fierro, a CPS teacher charged with beating his dog to death
        • Greece, priest shot dog for trespassing the convent yard in Patra
        • Greece, a so-called shepherd systematically neglected his dog, brutally beat it and gouged out its eyes
        • Greece, Salamina ~ a man shot in cold blood a stray for trespassing his garden
        • Greece, a man of Albanian nationality tried to kill three dogs with a sledgehammer
        • Animals being mistreated at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico
        • UK, Robert Payne, ex-councillor for Keighley West, killed four kittens in barbaric attack
        • three Vietnamese soldiers tortured and skinning alive before eviscerating and barbecuing two rare monkeys
      • cruelty to animals and connections (incl. petition to the EU)
      • animal abuse - how to report
      • never be silent!
    • animal crush videos
    • baby bear torn away from her mother to be used as tourist attraction in Ukraine
    • Egypt ~ when migrating birds collide with wind turbines
    • British Government euthanizes 800 war dogs!
    • Camel cull in Australia
    • capitivity>
      • Help to save the Bosnian bears from euthanasia
    • Chernobyl - life in the dead zone
    • China ~ live animal key-rings for sale on street markets
    • companion animals ~ pets>
      • black cat superstitions & black dog syndrome
      • companion animal overpopulation
      • So you’re thinking about giving up your pet? You might want to reconsider!
      • gas chambers>
        • Daniel's Law ~ please help to make it pass!
        • Dogs being burned alive at Ohio shelter
        • Japan's radical response to abandoned dog problem
      • portraits taken on the very day in which the animal depicted is about to be put down or mercifully killed
      • Puppy mills (puppy farms) - prisoners for profit
      • the economic benefits of no kill animal control
      • a NO KILL NATION for just one day!
      • We want justice for Buddy
    • dogs ~ man's best friends>
      • the sad of case of Lennox, the dog>
        • July 11 ~ International Lennox Day
        • Lennox ''humanely put to sleep' , Belfast City Council confirmed on July 11, 2012
        • World declares war on Belfast!
        • One last push of urgent e-mails needed for a Lennox miracle
        • First Minister Peter Robinson has made a last-minute intervention to try and save the life of Lennox
      • China, a new policy proclaimed in Harbin Province prohibits large dogs
      • Denmark - 13 dog breeds are now banned. 400,000 dogs are in eminent danger of being euthanized
      • The Riot Dog
      • lost dogs
    • stray dogs - the anonymous>
      • Bosnia & Herzegovina: if the law from 2009 gets suspended, the killing of stray animals would resume!>
        • Prihvatilište KS Prača, commonly known as ‘Praca’, is a dog concentration camp in Sarajevo (B&H)
      • Bulgaria, the stray dogs of Sofia are in eminent danger!>
        • Sofia ~ Corruption and shady practices hinder the management of stray animals population
        • No mercy for stray dogs in Sofia
      • Egypt has organized intensive campaigns against stray animals. The animals are being poisoned with strychnine and/or shot dead with rifles
      • EU, when do you think it is time to act?
      • Humane dog population management guidance
      • India ~ Send stray dogs to China, Mizoram or Nagaland, for “whatever they do to them”
      • Italy ~ the Mafia involved in shelter activities
      • Romania ~ organized crime & stray dog business>
        • the mayor of Botosani wants to send the city's stray dogs to Constanta, on a dubious 'pilot project'
        • Oradea-dog-shelter, once Romania's privately funded pilot project par excellence, has become a living hell for the animals since the municipality has taken it over
        • Timisoara - the municipality pays huge sums of taxpayer's money to Danyflor to care for the stray dogs, but they receive not even a drop of water in their shelter. So where does the money go?
      • Russia's homeless animals
      • Turkey intends to kill all stray animals!
      • For a rabies-free future
      • Trap-Neuter-Release
    • Stray cats are starving to death in Belarus basements that authorities have sealed to control rats
    • deforestation and the construction of the Belo Monte dam is killing the Amazon
    • Over 1,000 dolphins killed by villagers of a remote Solomon island in conservation dispute
    • electrocution of wild animals *
    • electronic waste ~ the truth
    • European tourist countries ~ the ugly truth
    • event preparations>
      • Azerbaijan kills its stray animals in preparation of Eurovision Song Contest 2012
      • Ukraine, the European Football Championship and the mass murders of stray animals
    • extinction >
      • Tigers are spiraling to extinction in the wild>
        • China reopens trade in tiger and leopard skins (2011)
        • India ~ tiger poachers to be shot on sight
    • famous animals *
    • fireworks and animals
    • Fukushima ~ animals left behind>
      • Free the Fukushima animal rescuers Hiroshi Hoshi and Leo Hoshi
    • Kerala - tourist information
    • Killer whales trapped by ice near Inukjuak, in northern Quebec
    • loss of habitat *
    • military training exercises
    • over-population control *
    • politics>
      • grey seal cull in Canada is politically motivated and not supported by science
      • Ukraine ~ a new law intends to legalize unlimited shooting of wolves, foxes and even cats and dogs
    • pollution>
      • Dead oceans, dead planet>
        • 75% of world's coral reefs under threat, new analysis finds
      • in the age of plastic
      • plastic bags threaten wildlife: mammals, birds, fish - no animal can escape!
      • the plastic cow
      • electronic waste ~ the truth
      • the garbage patch
      • Trashed - No place for waste!
      • tsunami debris
    • Puppy farms (campaign)>
      • Puppy mills in Lebanon
    • religion>
      • religion ~ animals and the catholic church
      • religion ~ Islamic legal tradition holds that dogs are "unclean" animals
      • religion ~ ritual slaughter for halal and kosher meat
    • U.S. Congressmen compare undercover investigators to arsonists and terrorists
    • zoophilia - bestiality>
      • animal rape and animal brothel
  • tradition
    • animal sacrifice >
      • Aid al-kabir or Eid al-Adha
      • Dashain festival, Nepal
      • Gadhimai festival in Nepal
      • Animal sacrifice at Halavatha Munneswaram Kovil, Sri Lanka
      • Animal sacrifice in India
      • India ~ Owl sacrifice during Diwali, the Festival of Lights
      • traditional funeral ceremony and sacrifice, island of Sumba, Indonesia
      • Kapparot
      • the goats of Khokana
      • The brutal festival at Nem Thuong village, Vietnam
      • Ukweshwana, the festival of fresh fruits
    • bullfighting - corridas>
      • Mexico City considers ban on bullfighting
      • Jallikattu
      • the story of Álvaro Múnera Builes
    • Spanish fiestas>
      • Boar hunting 'Lanceo al Jabalí' set for comeback in Spain
      • Fiesta del Pero Palo, Villaneuva de la Vera (Spain)
      • El Toro Jubilo, or 'bull on fire'
      • Toro de la Vega ~ Tordesillas' sadistic fiesta
      • A Rapa das Bestas
    • Dog spinning or “trichane” is a ritual celebrated in Brodilovo, a village in Bulgaria
    • Horse races in Italy
    • Salburun, which means "Hunter's Zest" in Kyrgyz language, has been held annually since 1997
    • Thanksgiving, Christmas & Easter>
      • turkeys
      • reindeer
    • Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM>
      • Open letter to China ~ 'Dear China'
      • bear bile farming>
        • Bear bile harmful to human health, according to research released at major Beijing event
        • rescued from Vietnamese bear bile farms
      • Pangolins are being hunted to the edge of extinction
      • Rhinoceros (Rhino) horn
      • Traditional Chinese Medicine could extinct the tigers within the next decade!
      • Vietnam proposes legalising use of tiger parts in traditional medicines (2012)

Greece, a man of Albanian nationality 
tried to kill three dogs

hitting them with a sledgehammer and iron bars

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On December 23, 2011 at 10:30 am, on 69 Miaoulis Street in Moshato, near Athens, a man of Albanian nationality - known by the authorities not only for abuse of animals but also for violence towards members of his family - tried to kill three dogs hitting them with a sledgehammer and iron bars.

The man lured the dogs with food inside a fenced yard and, wielding a sledgehammer, proceeded to smash two of the dogs on the head. The third dog managed to escape before the door was shut. The remaining two, Rigas and Duke, were victims of his unspeakable brutality. 

The dogs' screams brought people to their windows and doors. The man’s reply to the numerous shouts from witnesses begging him to stop was that he would do the same to them if they intervened. One brave woman called the police. Upon their arrival, the man had thrown one of the dogs, Rigas, in a garbage bag and was on his way to finish off the remaining dog, Duke. 

The man was apprehended and the dogs were quickly transferred to a doctor. 

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Article published in the Greek news


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Τη Δευτέρα δικάζεται τελικά ο εγκληματίας, που προσπάθησε να κοπανίσει τρία σκυλιά, και τελικά τσάκισε στην κυριολεξία τα δύο από αυτά με σιδηρολοστό, επειδή κυνηγούσαν μια κότα! Το έγκλημα συνέβη χθες 23/12 στις 10:30 το πρωί στην οδό Μιαούλη 69 στο Μοσχάτο.

Εκεί ο ψυχοπαθής άνδρας αλβανικής καταγωγής, που έχει απασχολήσει και στο παρελθόν την Αστυνομία, για την κακοποίηση ζώων, αλλά και για την επιθετική συμπεριφορά προς την ίδια του την οικογένεια, επιτέθηκε στα ζώα, στριμώχνοντας τα σ’ ένα περιφραγμένο οικόπεδο.

Σήμερα το μεσημέρι ο δράστης – αφού στο μεταξύ είχε συλληφθεί – κατά την προσαγωγή του στον εισαγγελέα στα Δικαστήρια της Ευελπίδων, έγινε θύμα στα χέρια εκείνων, οι οποίοι του επιτέθηκαν και τελικά τον ξυλοκόπησαν αγρίως με αποτέλεσμα να μεταφερθεί στο νοσοκομείο φρουρούμενος.

Παραμονές Χριστουγέννων αρκετοί πολίτες, που έμαθαν για την αγριότητα του, πήγαν στα Δικαστήρια για να διαμαρτυρηθούν για την απανθρωπιά του, αλλά κάποιοι πήραν τον νόμο στα χέρια τους.

Έτσι αντί ο εισαγγελέας να αποφασίσει αν έπρεπε να προφυλακιστεί ή όχι, ο δράστης τελικά μεταφέρθηκε με ασθενοφόρο του Ε.Κ.Α.Β. στο νοσοκομείο και εκεί νοσηλεύτηκε φρουρούμενος, εξαιτίας του ξυλοδαρμού. Η αστυνομική δύναμη, που υπήρχε εκεί, δεν επαρκούσε, ώστε να σταματήσει εκείνους, που τον λιντσάρισαν.

Οι φωτογραφίες αποδεικνύουν το μέγεθος της αγριότητας
Η Μαρίνα Τελή από τον Φιλοζωικό Σύλλογο Αγίου Ιωάννη Ρέντη μόλις ενημερώθηκε για το έγκλημα την περασμένη Παρασκευή έσπευσε επί τόπου για να δει τι έχει συμβεί και περιγράφει το τι έζησε: «Αυτόπτες μάρτυρες κατέθεσαν στην αστυνομία ότι είδαν τον Αλβανό να προσελκύει με τροφή τρία ζώα, σε περιφραγμένο οικόπεδο, το ένα εξ αυτών πρόλαβε να φύγει τη στιγμή που έκλεινε την πόρτα.

Στη συνέχεια άρπαξε σιδηρολοστό και άρχισε να τα χτυπάει τα δύο σκυλιά με σκοπό να τα σκοτώσει. Από τα ουρλιαχτά των άτυχων ζώων οι κάτοικοι τις περιοχής βγήκαν στα μπαλκόνια.

Έντρομοι, αντικρίζοντας το μακελειό του φώναζαν να σταματήσει και εκείνος απαντούσε μπείτε όλοι μέσα για να μη σκοτώσω και εσάς. Μια περαστική κυρία με το γιο της, που είδε της σκηνές βίας, κοντοστάθηκε στο συρματόπλεγμα του οικοπέδου και το παιδάκι της κυρίας του φώναζε, “σταματήστε κύριε μη τα χτυπάτε, θα τα σκοτώσετε, τι σας έκαναν τα ζωάκια”, εκείνος του απάντησε, “φύγε από εδώ γιατί θα σκοτώσω και εσένα”.

Αυτός συνέχιζε να τα χτυπάει ξανά και ξανά, χωρίς οίκτο, χωρίς συναίσθημα, χωρίς ανθρωπιά, με μοναδικό στόχο να τελειώσει αυτό που άρχισε, αδιαφορώντας τον κόσμο που τον κοιτούσε έντρομος.

Το ένα ζωάκι από τα δύο είχε σχεδόν υποκύψει στα χτυπήματα, είχε πέσει κάτω, το χώμα γύρω του είχε βαφτεί κόκκινο και στη τελευταία προσπάθεια του να ανασηκώσει λίγο το κεφάλι του, του έριξε άλλη μια στο κεφάλι και το άφησε αναίσθητο. Ο Αλβανός πήρε μια από τις σακούλες, που είχε ετοιμάσει, το έβαλε μέσα και πήγε στην αποθήκη, το άφησε εκεί και πήγε για να αποτελειώσει το επόμενο. Εκείνη την ώρα ήρθε η Αστυνομία και τον συνέλαβε.

Οι αστυνομικοί αμέσως εντόπισαν το ένα ζωάκι, που ήταν αιμόφυρτο στο οικόπεδο, δεν είχε χάσει τις αισθήσεις του αλλά εμφανώς καταβεβλημένο. Μετά από ώρα άκουσαν κλάμα από το αποθηκάκι αμέσως άνοιξαν την πόρτα και είδαν μια σακούλα όπου κουνιότανε, την άνοιξαν και πετάχτηκε από μέσα το ζωάκι το οποίο έχει πάθει πολύ μεγάλη βλάβη.

Δεν πετάχτηκε επειδή ήταν καλά, πετάχτηκε επειδή ήταν μισοπεθαμένο και οι πόνοι του δυσβάστακτοι, αφού του είχε ραγίσει το κρανίο του και του είχε σπάσει τη γνάθο. Τα ζωάκια μεταφέρθηκαν γρήγορα στο γιατρό, τους προσφέρθηκαν οι πρώτες βοήθειες. Το ζωάκι που είναι βαριά τραυματισμένο το κρατούσαμε τέσσερις άνθρωποι, γιατί τιναζότανε διαρκώς από το σοκ που υπέστη, είναι σε κώμα και δυστυχώς δεν έχει καμιά βελτίωση.Το άλλο το ζωάκι που είναι σωματικά καλύτερα, όμως το τραύμα τις ψυχής του είναι ζωγραφισμένο στα ματάκια του, έτρεμε ολόκληρο και έβαζε αντίσταση στη προσπάθειά μας να τον μεταφέρουμε, μας είπε ο γιατρός, ότι έχασε την εμπιστοσύνη του απέναντι στους ανθρώπους και θα χρειαστεί καιρό για να συνέλθει.

Πρέπει αύριο να κρατήσουμε όλοι την ψυχραιμία μας για να καταδικαστεί. Πρέπει να σημειώσουμε ότι το αφεντικό του Αλβανού απείλησε όλη τη γειτονιά και φοβέρισε τους γείτονες να μην μιλήσουν! Τους είπε πως δεν θα έπρεπε να λυπούνται, για ό,τι συνέβη, γιατί απλώς ήταν δύο σκύλοι.

Δεν έχω λόγια να περιγράψω τις εικόνες που αντίκρισα, ένιωσα αρκετές φορές να χάνω τις αισθήσεις μου, άλλες τόσες φορές μου ήρθε να κάνω εμετό, το κεφάλι μου πονάει ασταμάτητα λες και μου το χτύπησε με τη βαριοπούλα, που χτύπησε τα δόλια τα ζώα». Όπως έγινε γνωστό ο δράστης θα επικαλεστεί ότι τα ζώα του επιτέθηκαν και έχουν καταθέσει τρεις δικοί του ψευδομάρτυρες. Όμως ο Φιλοζωικός Σύλλογος Αγίου Ιωάννη Ρέντη έχει μαζέψει ήδη υπογραφές από τους γείτονες, οι οποίοι εξηγούν ότι τα ζώα είναι πολύ φιλικά και ποτέ δεν πείραξαν κανέναν».

Ο ένας από τους δύο σκύλους, που είναι πολύ βαριά τραυματισμένος, με ραγισμένο κρανίο και σπασμένη γνάθο, δεν ξέρουμε αν τελικά θα τα καταφέρει. Νοσηλεύεται σε κτηνιατρείο. Ο δεύτερος σκύλος φιλοξενείται από φιλόζωο της περιοχής.

Δείτε εδώ σε τι κατάσταση μεταφέρθηκε ο σκύλος με το τσακισμένο κρανίο στον κτηνίατρο.

Source:   http://www.zoosos.gr/article/749/tsakise-me-siderolosto-duo-skulia-me-lidsarisma-ton-upodehtekan-oi-philozooi

In the first video: 

Rigas when he arrived at the clinic - in a coma - with broken skull.



Despite all efforts to save him, Rigas passed away on 30/12/2011. 

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In the following video: Doukas (meaning Duke) after his arrival at the clinic. 

Duke was severely injured too but - today 01/01/2012 - we can say that he is out of danger. Duke is still in shock and very afraid of people...



Requiem for a stray

On 24 December 2011 in Moshato, near Athens, Greece, 3 dogs were enticed inside a fenced yard and then a man wielding a sledgehammer proceeded to smash it again and again over the head of one dog, then doing the same to the second one.. in shock the third dog managed to find a hiding place and escaped the battering. 

The dogs' screams brought dozens of people to their doors and windows....the Greek boss of the Albanian screamed at them that the same would be done to them if they intervened. Only one woman was brave enough to call the police and agreed to later testify in court. Tragically, RIGAS, the most severely injured dog, lost his battle for life on 30 December at 7.30pm. A CT scan showed that a piece of his skull bone lodged itself in the brain.

Fortunately this case of animal abuse will at least reach the face of justice because a BRAVE woman had the guts to call the police and not stay inactive to the cruelty before her eyes.

Unfortunately this is not the case for a large number of abused animals in Greece and elsewhere in the world!

Let unfortunate Rigas be the reason YOU speak out when you see an animal being abused!

React now! Do not let anybody inflicting any suffering to an animal and get away with it!

No speciesism should be tolerated!

R.I.P. Rigas!

May your torture be the beginning of a whole new big step of evolution of humanity towards anti-speciesism!


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The petitions

Please speak up for Rigas! 

Please SIGN the petition demanding justice for Rigas by clicking HERE! and HERE! and please share widely.

Thank you very much in advance!

Next trial date is set for January 9th, 2012

See what happened the first time the murderer was brought to court on 26/12/2011 

... and what happened when he left court room again

we demand JUSTICE for Rigas!


Letter to

Greek officials and authorities,
Greek media and the Greek MEPs


Subject: Φρικτή κακοποίηση ζώου, από άντρα Αλβανικής καταγωγής την παραμονή των Χριστουγέννων στο Μοσχάτο, Αττικής

Κυρίες και Κύριοι,

Οι εικόνες και τα βίντεο που ακολουθούν στον παρακάτω σύνδεσμο αποδεικνύουν μία περίπτωση κακοποίησης ζώου στην Ελλάδα. Αν και το συγκεκριμένο είδος κακοποίησης στην Ελλάδα είναι πολύ συχνό φαινόμενο και η διεθνής κοινότητα φιλόζωων έχει συνηθίσει στην θέα φρικτών περιπτώσεων κακοποίησης ζώων στην χώρα σας, ωστόσο αυτή την φορά καταφέρατε να σοκάρετε δεκάδες χιλιάδες φιλόζωους σε όλο το πλανήτη λόγω της πρωτοφανούς αγριότητας : 

http://www.occupyforanimals.org/greece-a-man-of-albanian-nationality-tried-to-kill-three-dogs-with-a-sledgehammer.html

Ένας άντρας αλβανικής καταγωγής παρέσυρε 3 αδέσποτα σκυλιά σε ένα περιφραγμένο οικόπεδο και προσπάθησε να τα σκοτώσει με βαριοπούλα και σιδερολοστό. Ένα από τα τρία, κατάφερε να ξεφύγει καθώς η πόρτα έκλεινε, ενώ τα δύο που παρέμειναν έγιναν θύματα απίστευτης βίας. Παρά τις όλες προσπάθειες σωτηρίας τους, το ένα σκυλί, που βρέθηκε σε κωματώδη κατάσταση, αργότερα πέθανε καθώς ένα κομμάτι του κρανίου είχε σφηνωθεί στον εγκέφαλο του.

Οι συνθήκες διαβίωσης των ζώων στην Ελλάδα καθώς και οι φρικτές περιπτώσεις κακοποίησης τους , που τόσο συχνά γίνονται αντιληπτές στην παγκόσμια κοινότητα φιλόζωων , ήδη έχουν αρχίσει να αυξάνουν τις παγκόσμιες εκστρατείες και διαμαρτυρίες της ενάντια στις κτηνωδίες που γίνονται στην χώρα σας, και ο λόγος που σας γράφω είναι γιατί πιστεύω πως ήρθε επιτέλους η ώρα να πάρετε στα σοβαρά τις περιπτώσεις των κακοποιήσεων αυτών. Η παραμέληση και κακοποίηση των ζώων στην Ελλάδα δεν είναι απλά ένα «περιστατικό». Είναι καθημερινό φαινόμενο ! 

Ο άνθρωπος που διέπραξε το αποτρόπαιο αυτό έγκλημα πρέπει να τιμωρηθεί πολύ αυστηρά και να φυλακιστεί όχι μόνο επειδή κακοποίησε βάναυσα τα σκυλιά , αλλά επίσης επειδή – σύμφωνα με δημοσιεύματα Ελληνικών εφημερίδων- είναι γνωστός στις αρχές για την βίαιη συμπεριφορά του απέναντι σε μέλη της ίδιας του της οικογένειας , γι αυτό το λόγο λοιπόν αναμφισβήτητα αποτελεί απειλή για την κοινωνία ως σύνολο.

Σύμφωνα με έρευνα του SPCA (Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) και του North-eastern University το 1997, αυτοί που κακοποιούν ζώα έχουν πενταπλάσιες πιθανότητες να βιαιοπραγήσουν εις βάρος ανθρώπων , και τετραπλάσιες πιθανότητες να διαπράξουν εγκλήματα κλοπής, σε σχέση με αυτούς που δεν έχουν ιστορικό κακοποίησης απέναντι στα ζώα.

Πολλές μελέτες στην ψυχολογία, την κοινωνιολογία και την εγκληματολογία τα τελευταία 25 χρόνια, έχουν αποδείξει πως οι βίαιοι εγκληματίες συχνά έχουν στο ενεργητικό τους διαπράξει εγκλήματα κακοποίησης ζώων περισσότερες από μία φορά. Το ίδιο το FBI, υποστηρίζει τις έρευνες της δεκαετίας του 1970, καθώς το προφίλ των κατά συρροή δολοφόνων που συνέταξε, αποδεικνύει πως οι περισσότεροι από αυτούς είχαν σκοτώσει η βασανίσει ζώα στην παιδική τους ηλικία. Άλλη έρευνα έχει δείξει πως συνεχόμενες πράξεις κακοποίησης στα ζώα δεν είναι παρά προπομποί των γνωστών τύπων βίας, μεταξύ των άλλων παιδική κακοποίηση η ενδο-οικογενειακή βία, και κακοποίηση τρίτης ηλικίας. 

Σε κάθε πολιτισμένη χώρα του κόσμου , ένα έγκλημα τέτοιας αγριότητας θα ήταν καταδικαστέο και ο εγκληματίας θα λάμβανε αυστηρότατες ποινές. Σε ένα κράτος , μέλος της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, αυτός θα έπρεπε να είναι ο κανόνας, η ιστορία όμως μας έχει διδάξει πως στην Ελλάδα αυτό είναι μάλλον απίθανο να συμβεί.

Έχοντας επίγνωση των Ελληνικών νόμων 1197/1981 και 3170/2003 και των διατάξεων τους αναφορικά στα ζώα συντροφιάς και την προστασία των αδέσποτων ζώων, καθώς και των ποινών που προβλέπονται στην περίπτωση παράβασης τους και λαμβάνοντας υπ όψιν και το γεγονός πως η Ελλάδα έχει επικυρώσει την απόφαση της Ευρώπής σχετικά με την προστασία των ζώων το 1987, βάση του νόμου 2017/1992, απαιτούμε αυστηρότατη ποινή για τον κακοποιό , την οποία δικαίως αξίζει , έτσι ώστε να δείξετε στον κόσμο πως οι προαναφερόμενοι νόμοι παίρνονται στα σοβαρά από τις Ελληνικές Αρχές και δεν βρίσκονται μόνο στα χαρτιά. 

Η Ελλάδα είναι μία πολύ όμορφη χώρα, την οποία αγάπησα κατά τις επισκέψεις μου στο παρελθόν και είμαι πολύ στενοχωρημένος/η που πρέπει να σας πω πως αν δεν δω βελτίωση πάνω στην εφαρμογή των νόμων σας περί προστασίας των ζώων και βελτίωση της κατάστασης διαβίωσης τους στην χώρα σας, να είστε σίγουροι πως δεν πρόκειται να την υποστηρίζω ούτε πάνω στο τομέα του τουρισμού, ούτε του εμπορίου πλέον και θα απαιτήσω από και τους φίλους και την οικογένεια μου να κάνουν ακριβώς το ίδιο.



Subject: horrible animal abuse committed by a man of Albanian nationality on Christmas Eve in Moshato, near Athens in Greece

Ladies and Gentlemen,

the pictures and videos that you are about to see in the following link show a case of animal abuse in Greece. Animal abuse in Greece is an all too common sight and the international community of animal lovers is accustomed to seeing horrible cases of abuse from this country, but these case has shocked tens of thousands of people worldwide by its unspeakable brutality:

http://www.occupyforanimals.org/greece-a-man-of-albanian-nationality-tried-to-kill-three-dogs-with-a-sledgehammer.html

A man of Albanian nationality has lured three homeless dogs inside his fenced property and tried to kill them with a sledgehammer and iron bars. One dog managed to escape before the door closed, the two remaining dogs have become victims of his incredible violence. Despite all efforts to save him, one of the dogs, who was in a coma when he was finally found, later died because a piece of his skull bone lodged itself in his brain.

The plight of animals in Greece and the horrific cases of animal abuse that regularly come to the attention of the global community of animal lovers have already led to increased world-wide information campaigns and protests against the atrocities that are being carried out in your country, and the reason I am writing to you is because I believe that it is about high time that cases of animal abuse are being taken seriously in Greece. Neglect and abuse of animals in Greece is more than a 'phenomenon'. It's a daily fact of life!

The man who committed these crimes needs to be severely punished and locked away because he is not only a very brutal animal abuser but - according to Greek newspapers - he is also already known by the authorities for violence towards members of his family and is therefore undoubtedly a threat to society as a whole.

According to a 1997 study done by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and North-eastern University, animal abusers are five times more likely to commit violent crimes against people and four times more likely to commit property crimes than are individuals without a history of animal abuse.

Many studies in psychology, sociology, and criminology during the last 25 years have demonstrated that violent offenders frequently have histories of serious and repeated animal cruelty. The FBI has recognized the connection since the 1970s, when its analysis of the lives of serial killers suggested that most had killed or tortured animals as children. Other research has shown consistent patterns of animal cruelty among perpetrators of more common forms of violence, including child abuse, spouse abuse, and elder abuse.

In every civilized country in the world, a crime of such brutality would be prosecuted and the abuser severely punished. In a country, member of the European Union this should be the rule, but history has shown us, that in Greece it is very likely that this will not happen.

Knowing that the Greek laws 1197/1981 and 3170/2003 which comprise regulations both for companion animal welfare and for the protection of (stray) animals and provide for penalties in case of infringement and that Greece has ratified the European Convention for the protection of pet animals of 1987 by law 2017/1992, we demand that the abuser gets the severe punishment he so rightly deserves, and thus showing the world that the mentioned laws and convention are being taken seriously by the Greek authorities and do not only look nice on paper.

Greece is a very beautiful country that I have loved to visit in the past and I am very saddened that I have to tell you, that - until I see serious improvements in the implementation of your animal protection laws and the animal situation in Greece - you can be assured that I will not support your country via tourism or commerce any more and that I will ask my family and friends to do the same.

Yours respectfully,

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Contact details of the above email block:

Hellenic Republic Prime Minister - Lucas Papademos
internationalmediaoffice@primeminister.gr
infopar@parliament.gr

Ministry of Culture & Tourism Hellenic Republic
 
Mr Pavlos Geroulanos,
Fax: (+30) 210 8201435
dpse@hch.culture.gr

Ministry of Justice Hellenic Republic - Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights
Miltiades Papaioannou
Fax: (+30) 210 777 1871 

Minister for Rural Development and Food (who has responsibility for stray animals)
Konstantinos Skandalidisk
skan@pasok.gr 

Secretary for Rural Developement and Food (the person who recently brought about the New Animal stray animal legislation)
Milena Aposolaki
Fax: (+30) 210 3618388 
milapo@hol.g 

Minister of Citizen Protection
Christos Papoutsis
pressoffice@yptp.gr 
Fax: (+30) 210-6929764 

Moshato, near Athens, Attica Regional unit: South Athens
Mayor: Andreas Efthymiou (PASOK)
grafeiodimarxoumt@yahoo.gr

Panhellenic Veterinary Association
15, Halkokondyli Str. 104 32
Athens
helvetas@hellasnet.gr
Phone – Fax 210 5226769 

Animals Press Center and Journalism  (Press & Communications for Animal Welfare) 
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the day of the trial...



At date of 09/01/2012, the murderer of Rigas has been sentenced to maximum penalty ... and so much more than we could ever have hoped for!

9 months prison without suspension plus € 2.000,- fine and € 3.000,-  as indemmification to animal lovers, threatened and insulted by him.

In order to avoid imprisonment he has to pay 8.500 euros. 

This is a big step for Greece towards the end of animal abuse! Many thanks at all who spoke out for Rigas and so have contributed to make this possible.

Thank you!
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Read the article in Greek and for English, please click HERE!



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