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http://www.tqs.ca/videos/infos/2008/12/une-histoire-de-chasse-bien-reelle-38587.php Voir la vidéo ! Un homme détient le record du monde du plus gros panache d'orignal abattu au tir à l’arc. et il en est fier !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12/23/2008 - 10:25. Bryan Adams clame son végétalisme. Le chanteur aux quatre Grammy Awards l’a fait connaître par l’intermédiaire de la PETA, cet organisme qui milite pour un traitement plus éthique des animaux. Bryan Adams n’a pas toujours été végétalien. Il a décidé de se tourner vers ce mode d’alimentation voici dix-sept ans. Depuis, il a adopté un nouveau credo qui parle de lui-même : "Si vous aimez les animaux, ne les mangez pas". Lorsque le chanteur a compris toutes les souffrances endurées par un animal avant que celui-ci n’arrive dans l’assiette, il a décidé d’emprunter une autre voie. C’est ainsi que Bryan Adams s'est résolu à devenir végétalien. Ceci implique que le chanteur ne consomme aucun produit d’origine animale ni moins ses dérivés. Ce n’est pas seulement la viande (bœuf, porc, lapin…), les poissons et autres crustacés, les volailles (canard, oie, poulet…) qui sont interdits mais également le lait, le fromage ou encore les œufs. On ne manquera pas de noter que Bryan Adams a déjà participé à de nombreuses campagnes initiées par la PETA. Il a notamment participé à la campagne contre la KFC au Canada. Il a également mis à contribution sa passion pour la photographie en étant le créateur de quelques-unes des affiches de la PETA pour lesquelles les célébrités posent nues. Pour la petite histoire, Bryan Adams est loin d’être la seule star qui a décidé de pencher pour ce mode d'alimentation par compassion pour les animaux. Sans être végétalien, Paul McCartney, Casey Affleck, Alicia Silverstone ou encore Sadie Frost est végétarien. http://www.waliboo.com/animaux_de_la_ferme/news/bryan-adams-clame-son-vegetalisme/36605

Au Québec, ce sont les gourdins et les hakapiks qui sont le plus utilisés; c'est là, qu'il y a la plus grande concentration de bébés phoques.

The Canadian Press December 24, 2008 at 1:13 PM EST MONCTON, N.B. — Two African baboons froze to death at a New Brunswick zoo after a keeper accidentally left them outside all night as temperatures dipped to -20 degrees, the facility's manager said Wednesday. Bruce Dougan of the Magnetic Hill Zoo in Moncton said the animals were discovered Tuesday morning after they were mistakenly locked outside their interior cage for more than 16 hours. “It was a tragic error that had terrible consequences,” he said in an interview Wednesday. “This is not something that has ever happened in my experience and I've been in the zoo business for almost 40 years.” Ernie, a 20-year-old male baboon, was suffering from extreme hypothermia when he was found huddled against the cage door waiting to get inside. Mr. Dougan said a veterinarian tried to save the animal by providing him with heat, but he died about two hours later. Lisa, the 20-year-old female, was already dead when she was found in an outside shelter. Mr. Dougan said the animals were put outside at around 3:30 p.m. Monday to allow the keeper to safely clean their interior cage and prepare their food. Normally, they would be let back inside, but the keeper apparently forgot and left. Mr. Dougan said the keeper was experienced and had never been involved in any previous incidents. “The entire staff is very distraught about what's happened,” he said. “Nobody's more distraught than the keeper who made the tragic error.” Rob Laidlaw of the watchdog group Zoocheck Canada said mistakes are made routinely at zoos across the country that result in harm to animals, but he added that he had never heard of this type of primate freezing to death because of human error. He said some animals have escaped and been killed because a latch hasn't been locked. “I'm not shocked that this occurred, but I think it should really force the zoo to take a look at its own procedures and make sure this doesn't ever happen again,” he said from Toronto. “It's really inexcusable.” The zoo is investigating the incident, but has already changed its procedures for cold-sensitive animals to try to prevent a similar accident. “We're going to add another level of inspection, so the zoo foreman will go to each area and ensure those animals are in for the night,” Mr. Dougan said. The animals were born at the zoo to parents that had come from a research facility in Dartmouth, N.S., in 1986. They were Olive baboons, a species found in mid-west African countries that can live up to 45 years and weigh as much as 30 kilograms. They were the only baboons at the zoo, which has 110 animals. Mr. Dougan said they were kept in an exterior enclosure that's 108 square metres. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081224.wbaboon1224/BNStory/National/

Chasse aux phoques Ottawa veut redorer son image face aux critiques La Presse Canadienne 27/12/2008 16h53 - Mise à jour 27/12/2008 22h27 Le gouvernement fédéral a discrètement changé les règles de la chasse aux phoques pour la saison 2009. La nouvelle réglementation ralentira la pratique de cette chasse controversée, puisque les chasseurs devront prendre plus de temps pour constater la mort de l'animal avant de le dépecer. Pourtant, il y a à peine un mois, devant la menace d'une interdiction des produits du phoque dans les pays de l'Union européenne (UE), la ministre fédérale des Pêches, Gail Shea, avait déclaré que la chasse aux phoques se déroulerait sans changement en 2009. Un porte-parole de la ministre, Phil Jenkins, a toutefois qualifié les changements de modestes. Toutefois, une représentante du Fonds international pour la protection des animaux, Sheryl Fink, a déclaré que les modifications ne sont pas assez substantielles, puisque les règles permettent toujours aux chasseurs d'abattre leurs proies dans l'eau, où ils ne peuvent par conséquent s'assurer immédiatement de la mort de l'animal avec un autre coup de feu dans le crâne. Les nouvelles règles sont «complètement inacceptables», a-t-elle dénoncé. Par ailleurs, les bêtes plus âgées seront désormais abattues au fusil plutôt que battues à mort avec le traditionnel gourdin appelé hakapik. Cependant, moins de un pour cent des prises annuelles ont plus de un an, selon M. Jenkins. Actuellement, environ 90 pour cent des phoques sont abattus avec une arme à feu. Le hakapik est d'abord et avant tout utilisé pour fracasser le crâne de la bête avant qu'elle ne soit saignée et dépecée. En vertu des nouvelles dispositions, les chasseurs devront saigner l'animal pendant une bonne minute avant de le dépecer. De même, ils devront aussi tâter le crâne de la bête pour s'assurer qu'il est bel et bien fracassé. Le fédéral reconnaît que ces procédures révisées augmenteront les coûts de la chasse, puisque les chasseurs devront réduire la cadence. Le gouvernement estime que ces changements sont nécessaires, puisque l'Union européenne s'apprête à mettre fin à toute importation de produits du phoque à compter de mars. Les premiers ministres du Nunavut et de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador avaient déjà demandé l'interdiction du hakapik. L'entrée en vigueur d'une interdiction dans les 27 pays membres de l'UE réduirait de moitié les revenus annuels de la chasse aux phoques au Canada, estimés à 13 millions $, répartis entre 6000 chasseurs. Le gouvernement fédéral compte aussi améliorer ses outils de surveillance, tels que l'ajout d'hélicoptères munis de caméras. L'annonce de ces modifications apportées au Règlement sur les mammifères marins a été publiée discrètement par Ottawa dans la Gazette du Canada. http://www.canoe.com/infos/quebeccanada/archives/2008/12/20081227-165340.html

C'est une farce ? La majorité de tous les phoques abattus ont moins d'un an !

Oui, j'ai vu tes photos sur ce site http://www.woopets.com/

Qu'il est beau Baguera ! Tu as vraiment de magnifiques chats Jaycika ! Et tu as le don de faire de très belles photos d'eux

Allo Jaycika, de nous faire partager ces si beaux moments dans ces magnifiques photos ! Comme il est beau Salem ! J'adore particulièrement cette photo où il a l'air un peu espiègle Gros bisous à tes petits compagnons et Bonne et Heureuse Année à vous tous Merci de lui avoir sauvé la vie

Je crois aussi qu'une extinction massive mettra fin à la vie sur Terre à plus ou moins brève échéance, mais si nous ne sommes pas responsables du réchauffement climatique et de tout ce qu'il engendre, n'est-ce pas en quelque sorte, un incitatif pour continuer de polluer et de détruire ce qu'il reste de notre environnement ?

OUFFFFFFFFFFF !!! Merci Catou pour cette précision !!!

Merci pour ton message si touchant! J'espère que cette Nouvelle Année sera douce pour toi à tous les points de vue: Santé, bonheur, prospérité et amour en masse Tu as un coeur d'or et il mérite d'être choyé ! Je t'embrasse très très fort chère Linda XXXXX

Tu as raison Cath, la fourrure est loin d'être écologique = pollution engendrée par les élevages d'animaux à fourrure, teintures, produits chimiques etc. utilisés dans la confection, etc. ... sans compter les souffrances abominables subies par les animaux autant dans les élevages que lorsqu'ils sont piégés Voir nos 2 dossiers http://aequoanimo.com/elevage2.html http://aequoanimo.com/piegeage.html Bien certainement Cath, cela nous ferait très plaisir. Tu n'as qu'à remplir le petit formulaire en ligne ((en participant à nos activités)) afin que nous ayions tes coordonnés et nous te contacterons lors d'une prochaine activité. http://aequoanimo.com/aide.html

colombie-britannique CANADA- Police recommend charges against teen accused of torturing 100 turkeys Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 ET CBC News An arrest has been made in connection with a break-in at a Langley, B.C., farm where about 100 turkeys were mutilated. On Sept. 14, someone broke into the turkey farm in the 19600 block of 24th Avenue and tortured the turkeys, many of which had to be euthanized. An investigation by Langley RCMP led police to the home of a teenage boy, Const. Holly Marks said Monday. "On Dec. 10, Langley RCMP attended a residence in Langley to arrest a young, 16-year-old man in connection with a break and enter and mutilation of turkeys.…" Marks told CBC News. "The young man wasn't home but did turn himself into Langley RCMP detachment the following day." Police have recommended that the Crown lay charges of break and enter, mischief, and injuring or endangering animals against the teen who, because of his age, cannot be identified according to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He has been released and is scheduled to attend court in April 2009. http://www.cbc.ca

Police seek chicken flingers in Tisdale, Sask. Last Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2008 CBC News The Mounties are investigating after someone threw live chickens at two businesses in Tisdale, Sask. It started late Monday evening, when a man entered a 7-Eleven store in the north end of town carrying a chicken. He threw it at the cooked-chicken display case near the counter and, according to witnesses, yelled, "Chicken is murder." The man then fled the store and drove away in a red pickup truck. He's described as being tall with curly brown hair. He wore a hoodie pulled up to conceal his face. A short time later, there was a second incident on the other end of town. A person threw two live chickens in the back door of a Tempo gas station, then fled. Pourquoi un activiste pour les animaux aurait-il fait ça ? The owner of that store said the chickens were relocated to an area farm. The chickens in both incidents were not harmed, police said. Police are calling the incident an apparent animal rights protest. They're asking anyone with information to give them a call. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/12/18/chickens-tisdale.html

Dancing bears to be removed from India’s streets by 2010 22/12/2008 Bear rescued from captivity. Credit IAR. UK charity designates 2009 as ‘The Year of The Bear' A UK charity that has rescued 500 dancing bears from the streets of India has named 2009 as its Year of the Bear. The 500th bear - brought in over Christmas - signalled a major milestone in its campaign to cut free all the dancing bears in the country and provide them with a safe haven for the rest of their lives. International Animal Rescue believes that 2009 will be the year in which the practice of dancing bears in India is ended for good. Says Alan Knight OBE, Chief Executive of International Animal Rescue: "We are well on the way to ending the trade in dancing bears in India altogether. By nominating 2009 as International Animal Rescue's Year of the Bear we aim to give a new impetus to the campaign and rescue all the remaining bears off the streets. We are launching a new bear adoption programme which will enable our supporters to sponsor individual bears in our sanctuaries and follow their progress back to health. We're also planning some fundraising events and hope to enlist the support of our patrons to ensure they are a real success. Comedians Jo Brand and Bill Bailey have been incredibly supportive of our work in the past and we're hoping they can spare the time to help us out again during our Year of the Bear. Chitra - the 500th bear to be rescued. Credit IAR. Sanctuary opened in 2002 The first six bears were rescued on Christmas Eve 2002 when the sanctuary in Agra opened its doors. Since then International Animal Rescue in the UK has worked with main partners Wildlife SOS in India, as well as Free the Bears Australia and One Voice France to rescue and rehabilitate adult bears and cubs that were poached from the wild and destined for a life on the streets. The charities believe there are now only 120 dancing bears still awaiting rescue. World's largest sloth bear sanctuary Alan Knight continues: "We have come a long way since Christmas Eve 2002. From humble beginnings five years ago the Agra sanctuary has grown into the largest rescue facility for sloth bears in the world and a centre of excellence for the rescue and rehabilitation of captive bears. We have also opened a second sanctuary in Bannerghatta which cares for bears rescued in the south of India and a more temporary holding centre in Bhopal in central India." Removing a nose ring from a captured bear. Credit IAR. Dancing bears suffer terrible cruelty during their lives on the streets, resulting in lasting physical and psychological damage. The charity's Christmas appeal, supported by Bill Bailey, highlighted the plight of those bears that have gone blind as a result of malnutrition or brutal beatings to the head. International Animal Rescue raised funds to provide additional environmental enrichment for them to stimulate their other senses and ward off boredom and depression. The two charities have already identified a number of bears in the more remote villages in India still waiting to be rescued. The majority are in poor condition and in need of medical care. They will be rescued as soon as new night dens have been built for them at the sanctuaries. Alan Knight concludes: "It's hard to be patient when we know animals are suffering. But we are more determined than ever to rescue all the remaining bears, and 2009 is the year in which we intend to do it. "This Christmas we celebrated our success so far, but we can never forget the bears still in need of our help. By 2010 I hope we'll be having a huge celebration because all the dancing bears in India are safely in our care." http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/india-bears235.html

DECEMBER 19, 2008 Philippines Moves to Fight Pig Ebola By JONATHAN CHENG Global health authorities are preparing an emergency mission to the Philippines after U.S. scientists discovered a strain of the Ebola virus in dead pigs there that had previously only been found in monkeys. Unlike more-deadly strains of Ebola virus, health officials say this particular strain, known as the Reston strain, has never caused human illness or death, and it's not immediately clear there is a public-health issue. But health officials say it is too early to rule out a possible threat to humans, and expressed concern over the fact that this incident, first revealed in an Oct. 30 teleconference between the Philippine government and U.S. health authorities, wasn't made public until a news conference for local media in Manila last week. Farmers gather pigs for slaughter Thursday in Manila. Authorities in the Philippines sought to allay public fears about the spread of the Ebola virus. Pigs have served as genetic mixing vessels for viruses that pass from animals to humans, which makes the Philippine discovery significant. "When a virus jumps species, in this case from monkeys to pigs, we become concerned, particularly as pigs are much closer to humans than monkeys in their ability to harbour viruses," says Peter Cordingley, Western Pacific spokesman for the World Health Organization in Manila. Philippine authorities say they have quarantined affected farms, canceled plans for the country's first official exports of pork, and conducted tests on hog farmers and slaughterhouse workers. Authorities say there have been no signs of humans infection in the outbreak. It's unclear whether any infected pigs were sold for consumption. Experts say it could take weeks to determine how the pigs were infected and the threat to humans. According to officials at the WHO, the World Organization for Animal Health and the Philippines' Bureau of Animal Industry, pig farmers in three provinces near the capital of Manila began noticing high rates of sickness and death among their livestock as early as May. In August, Philippine authorities sent samples from the dead pigs to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York, where scientists detected the presence of several diseases, including a devastating pig virus known as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or blue-ear pig disease. Weeks later, during the Oct. 30 teleconference, authorities at the Philippines' Department of Agriculture were notified that scientists had further discovered Ebola Reston virus in six of the 28 pig samples sent to the U.S. The Philippine government waited until Dec. 10 to make the presence of Ebola Reston virus public, citing concern for the pork industry and a lack of evidence that humans were in any danger. Davinio Catbagan, director for the Philippines' Bureau of Animal Industry, said the government first consulted with people in the swine industry and only later notified the Department of Health. Mr. Catbagan said authorities were aware of the public-health importance of the recent discovery, but that the available medical literature didn't suggest any threat to humans. The WHO said it learned of the disease through the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization in late November. Concerns have been deepening across Asia about diseases among stocks of chickens and pigs, including H5N1 avian influenza and blue-ear pig disease. The latest announcement forced the Philippines to abort its first-ever commercial export of pork, which was to be made to Singapore earlier this month. According to people at the WHO and the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health, known by its French acronym OIE, Philippine authorities decided to go public only after being pressured by those two groups and the FAO. Dr. Bernard Vallat, director-general of the OIE, said it was "not an easy negotiation" to persuade Philippine authorities to go public with the news. He said the pigs were most likely killed by another disease, but that the presence of the Ebola Reston virus in pigs should be investigated to assess the risk to humans. The Ebola virus comes in five distinct strains, three of which are associated with the high-fatality outbreaks that first appeared in the Congo in 1976. In 1989, scientists discovered what would be known as the Reston strain of the Ebola virus among monkeys imported from the Philippines and kept for research in a Reston, Va., lab. A handful of humans were infected in that case, but only one person showed any symptoms, and fully recovered. According to the WHO, the Ebola Reston virus can be identified only by laboratory testing, and anyone eating pork even from healthy pigs should cook the meat thoroughly. Meat from a sick animal should never be eaten. According to the FAO, the Ebola Reston virus is transmitted by air, unlike African strains of the virus which are transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids. http://online.wsj.com

C'est trop drôle ! Je suis tellement contente de savoir qu'ils s'entendent tous bien ! Oui, les humains auraient beaucoup à apprendre des animaux d'avoir pris le temps de nous raconter cette petite anecdote. Bon Réveillon Linda JOYEUX NOËL TOUT LE MONDE

Merci Cath Oui, ou d'un «brainwashé» Tu peux lire le compte-rendu en français en cliquant ci-dessous http://aequoanimo.com/nosactions2008.html

Compte-rendus de toutes les organisations qui ont manifesté contre la fourrure dans le monde entier... Aequo Animo y était http://www.antifurcoalition.org/worldwide-fur-free-friday.html

C'est pourtant pas évident de «pêcher un requin accidentellement» On coupe les nageoires à ces pauvres animaux et on les balance par-dessus bord ! J'achète souvent des olives marocaines, mais ça m'étonnerais qu'elles contiennent de l'huile de requins, mais c'est sûr que dorénavant je vais vérifier ça de plus près...

Joyeux Noël à toi chère Linda et à toute ta famille, incluant tes petits protégés. Merci de tout coeur pour ton si gentil message et tout ce que tu faits pour les animaux

Je suis allée par hasard faire un tour chez Wal-Mart aujourd'hui et j'y ai vu des tablettes remplies de minuscules contenants avec à l'intérieur des petits poissons bettas en vente (petits poissons comme ceux qui figurent sur cette photo ci-dessous) Il y avait un poisson betta par contenant, et chaque contenant n'était pas plus grand qu'un petit verre à eau. Il y avait un peu d'eau de couleur bleue dans chaque «bocal» mais certains de ces bocaux étaient presque vides, ce qui fait que plusieurs de ces petits poissons n'étaient pas totalement immergés sous l'eau. Plusieurs étaient morts, d'autres étaient au fond du verre, toujours vivants, les nageoires à l'air et toutes sèches !!! J'ai avisé un jeune employé qui m'a dit que les poissons avaient été livrés comme ça, et que ceux-là venaient d'arriver il n'y avait pas longtemps... et je lui ai expliqué que même si ces poissons sont tous petits, ils souffrent autant que s'ils étaient plus gros. J'ai voulu parler à sa gérante, mais elle n'était pas disponible: il y avait un monde fou en ce jour de la veille du Réveillon, mais j'ai bien l'intention d'écrire au magasin cette semaine. Si jamais vous êtes témoin de la même chose dans un Wal-Mart près de chez-vous, s.v.p. n'hésitez pas à la dénoncer.