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On ne crie pas encore «Victoire», mais sait-on jamais !

La Suisse ne fait-elle pas partie des pays européens qui ont interdit l'importation des produits du phoque sur leur territoire?

Une bonne nouvelle, suite à la campagne d'Aequo Animo BRISONS LA CHAÎNE DE LA CRUAUTÉ et la remise de sa pétition au gouvernement du Québec http://aequoanimo.com/campagnes.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contact the news room 2011-02-28 15:44 Tying up dogs 24-hours-a-day to become illegal The agriculture ministry is on the verge of introducing new regulations that will include a law against tying up dogs 24-hours a day. Yannick Thibault, with Anima Quebec, says there are currently some restrictions on the practice. "[For example] if the chain makes it hard for it to move and have access to its food, its water and its shelter," he says. But there is no rule against keeping them tied up, 24 hours a day. At least not right now. The ministry of agriculture says in the next few weeks, it will unveil new regulations that will include a ban. The regulations will go through a consultation period before coming into effect, likely this fall. Thibault says he supports the move, adding that many owners who do it don't realize they are hurting the animal. "That would be a great strategy to educate people," he says. http://www.cjad.com/localnews.aspx?articleID=169619&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_m\ edium=facebook

à 5 jours ce sont des poussins pas des poulets non (?) Ils vont les laisser mourir de froid ?

Biologist wants to know if seals prevent recovery of groundfish stocks Steve Wadden - Cape Breton Post This fully molted seal was photographed on Hay Island before the hunt got underway on Thursday. Published on February 25, 2011 Nancy King SYDNEY — A Cape Breton biologist says it’s time for a large-scale experimental harvest of grey seals to determine whether they are playing a role in preventing the recovery of groundfish stocks. Topics : Cape Breton University , Bras d’Or Institute , Hay Island , Southern Gulf , Cape Breton Bruce Hatcher, chair in marine ecosystem research with Cape Breton University’s Bras d’Or Institute, said the grey seal population, which has been reported to be upwards of 300,000, is as high as it’s been in recorded history. He said this season’s quota of 1,900 animals for the Hay Island seal hunt was “a small fraction” of what would be an ecologically sustainable harvest. DFO sealing spokesperson Andrew Newbould said sealer Robert Courtney reported that about 100 of the mammals were harvested when sealers took to the island Thursday. “At a recent meeting of more than 60 scientists, it was considered that on the order of 70,000 grey seals could be removed in the southern Gulf as part of an experiment to determine whether, as the evidence suggests, that grey seal predation has prevented the recovery of groundfish stocks in the region,” he said. Hatcher said there is agreement among scientists that it’s time to undertake a definitive experiment to determine whether seals preying on groundfish has been a significant factor in preventing their recovery since fisheries were reduced or closed almost 20 years ago. “We’re talking not just about the removal of pups but adult animals, which weigh hundreds of kilograms, so it would be a very substantial amount of biomass that would be removed,” he said. The relatively small number of seals taken this season doesn’t reflect on the health of the species, Newbould said, noting it’s the sealers who decide how many to harvest. Weather also prevented sealers from making their way to Hay Island until late in the season. “The seals mature and start heading back to water, so all indications are from a population level, that grey seals are doing very well,” Newbould said. Recent information within the department indicates the grey seal population could be approaching 350,000, he said. The quota is reviewed every year and the number of seals harvested in the previous season is one of the factors taken into consideration, Newbould said. “We’re talking not just about the removal of pups but adult animals, which weigh hundreds of kilograms, so it would be a very substantial amount of biomass that would be removed.” - Bruce Hatcher Hatcher said he was sorry to hear so few seals were harvested. It was an important year for the Hay Island hunt after it didn’t go ahead in 2010, which he called a low in the attempt to rejuvenate Cape Breton’s sealing industry. Fisheries Minister Gail Shea recently visited China to discuss opening that market to seal products. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are also continuing to invest in new products and markets, Hatcher noted. Products could not just include pelts and meat, but would also involve making use of bones, blubber, oil and heart valves. “All of those things and probably some other things that we have to speak to aboriginal people who hunted these animals for many generations to advise us about what can you do with seals that shows respect for the animal and makes as full use as is possible of all of the parts of the animal when you go and hunt them,” Hatcher said. If the industry is going to develop, it needs to move away from a single targeted hunt, he said. Newbould said grey seals tend to return to the same rookery, or breeding colony, where they were born or gave birth previously, although there have been situations where the entire rookery has moved elsewhere. Hatcher said seals are highly adaptable to changes in their environment and there’s evidence in variability in behaviour from seal to seal. If seals were to come find Hay Island an in hospitable place to be because of the hunt they could move elsewhere. He noted they are able to thrive in what can often be challenging conditions. “Imagine the kind of animal you have to be to not only survive that but be wildly successful, to have had your population go from 30,000 to 300,000 animals in a few tens of years,” he said. http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2011-02-25/article-2282766/Biologist-wants-to-know-if-seals-prevent-recovery-of-groundfish-stocks/1

Reçu cette info par mail, mais ne la trouve pas sur le site de l'auteur.... Elle ne date sûrement pas de mars 2011...===================================================== Subject: Canada Revenue Agency moves to muzzle animal charities > > From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2011: > > > Canada Revenue Agency moves to muzzle animal charities > > > OTTAWA--The Canada Revenue Agency on February 5, 2011 > published new regulations governing animal charities which would > revoke the nonprofit status of any who oppose vivisection, hunting, > trapping, the fur trade, seal-clubbing, animal agriculture, and > any other legal use of animals.> "Under common law, an activity or purpose is only charitable > when it provides a benefit to humans," the Canada Revenue Agency > regulations assert. "As far back as the 19th century, the courts > have stated that promoting the welfare of animals 'has for its > object, not merely the protection of the animals themselves, but the > advancement of morals and education among [people].' To be > charitable, the benefit to humans must always take precedence over > any benefit to animals. If a purpose or activity that promotes the > welfare of animals harms humans, or has a real potential to cause > significant harm to humans, it is likely not charitable."> The Canada Revenue Agency interpretation of common law > governing charities parallels the interpretation that the United > Kingdom has applied since the 19th century to constrain the > opposition of major animal charities to vivisection and fox hunting, > in particular. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the Indian > Revenue Agency, however, have taken a broader view of the same > common law precedents, and have not imposed a test of whether > activities benefiting animals benefit humans more. > The Canada Revenue Agency draft regulations recognize that > "Purposes that promote the welfare of animals may fall under the > advancement of education," or qualify for nonprofit status by > "promoting the moral or ethical development of the community, > upholding the administration and enforcement of the law, protecting > the environment, [and/or] promoting agriculture," but assert that > "Any benefit or potential benefit to the welfare of animals must be > balanced against any harm or potential harm to humans." > "For example," the Canada Revenue Agency draft regulations > state, "the courts have decided," in the 1947 case National > Anti-Vivisection Society v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, "that > seeking to abolish vivisection is not charitable. This is in part > because, as the courts have put it, despite the suffering inflicted > on animals, the 'immense and incalculable benefits which have > resulted from vivisection,' and the 'positive and calamitous > detriment of appalling magnitude' that would result from its > abolition, outweigh any possible promotion of the moral and ethical > development of the community.'" > The Canada Revenue Agency draft regulations do not directly > mention trapping and sealing, but include an example making clear > that Canadian animal charities may not openly oppose them: "A > charity might offer courses in how to minimize harm to local wildlife > and ecosystems that tend to result from human activity. However, if > the charity were to try to convince people that certain legal hunting > practices were morally wrong and should be abolished, it would not > be advancing education in the charitable sense." > > Slaughter allowed > > The Canada Revenue Agency draft regulations will prevent > Canadian charities from opposing animal slaughter and consumption, > but note that in a 1946 case, "The courts have recognized promoting > 'the humane slaughtering of animals' for food as charitable. Such > purposes would not try to prevent the animals from being processed > for food, as permitted by animal welfare law, but would seek to > minimize any pain or suffering felt by the animals." > The U.S. Internal Revenue Service allows charities to engage > in political activity to a limited extent, usually interpreted as > spending less than 5% of their cumulative program budget to influence > legislation over a three-year interval. This allows charities to > either lobby for legislation or exercise political influence in > election years, but limits their ability to do both without > incorporating a separate not-tax-exempt subsidiary. > In Canada, "Applicants will be denied registration if their > purposes are to oppose or change or retain a law or policy of a > government, or if their activities reveal that there is an unstated > political purpose," a phrase which could apply to almost any subject > of advocacy. Continue the Canada Revenue Agency draft regulations, > "Examples of political, and therefore unacceptable, purposes for > charities or applicants promoting the welfare of animals include: to > pressure the federal, provincial, or territorial governments to ban > or restrict a particular hunting practice or consumer product; to > promote legislation to abolish the use of animals for scientific > research or to ban euthanasia of animals," and "to strengthen the > laws protecting wildlife." > > Already muted > > At the March 2011 ANIMAL PEOPLE edition deadline appartently > no major Canadian animal charity had posted or published any > criticism or statement of opposition to the new Canada Revenue Agency > draft regulations, perhaps because of the chilling effect of past > rulings depriving animal charities of tax exempt status. > Neither had any international animal charity with a Canadian > office spoken out against the new Canada Revenue Agency draft > regulations in any evident way, including the World Society for the > Protection of Animals, whose current board vice president, Dominic > Bellemare of Montreal, has three times run unsuccessfully for > Parliament as a candidate of the governing Conservative Party of > Canada. > Bellemare in 2008-2010 was WSPA board president. Articles > published in the June and July/August 2008 editions of ANIMAL PEOPLE > pointed out that Bellemare--a 19-year WSPA board member--has rarely > if ever taken public positions on animal issues, has never > individually and explicitly denounced the seal hunt and wearing fur, > and was elected to the WSPA board after working for the Canadian > Ministry for External Affairs, which then and now led Canadian > governmental efforts to prevent the European Union from banning > imports of seal pelts and trapped fur. > The Ministry for External Affairs while Bellemare worked > there was headed by former Canadian prime minister Joe Clark, a > strong defender of sealing, trapping, and hunting. Bellemare > campaigned in 1983 for Clark, against Brian Mulroney. Elected > prime minister, Mulroney suspended the seal hunt in 1984. The hunt > resumed in 1995, a year after Mulroney left office. > Bellemare and Clark both told ANIMAL PEOPLE that Bellemare > did not work on animal issues while working for the Ministry of > External Affairs, but neither would say what Bellemare did work on. > > Revocations > > The Canada Revenue Agency began actively revoking tax-exempt > status of animal and environmental charities in the early 1990s. In > 1992 the agency, then called Revenue Canada, revoked the charitable > status of the Animal Defence League of Canada, and in 1999 it > revoked the nonprofit status of the Fur-Bearers Protection > Association, both for allegedly spending too much money on > "political" activity. > "Revenue Canada's threat of canceling any group's charitable > status if they criticize the fur industry has effectively silenced > all of the big groups in eastern Canada. They are now afraid to > speak out," Fur-Bearers cofounder George Clements charged in an > April 2003 letter to ANIMAL PEOPLE. > In December 2001 the CBC public affairs program Disclosure > reported that the Canada Revenue Agency routinely targeted charities > for audits after they were denounced by Charity Watch, whose > president, George Barkhouse, also headed online entities called > Hunt Action Canada and Hunt Action U.S. Among the charities audited > were the Schad Foundation, which helped to halt spring bear hunting > in Ontario and British Columbia; the Sierra Club of Canada; the > Federation of Ontario Naturalists; WSPA; the Toronto Wildlife > Centre; Ecotrust Canada; and the David Suzuki Foundation. > --Merritt Clifton > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > \ The Canada Revenue Agency will accept comment on the new > draft regulations for animal charities until March 31, 2011, c/o > <consultation-policy-politique@cra-arc.gc.ca>; fax 613-948-1320; or > Charities Directorate, Canada Revenue Agency, Ottawa, Ontario K1A > 0L5, Canada. > > > > -- > Merritt Clifton > Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE > P.O. Box 960 > Clinton, WA 98236 > > Telephone: 360-579-2505 > Cell: 360-969-0450 > Fax: 360-579-2575 > E-mail: anmlpepl@whidbey.com > Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org

Québec Moins de caribous tués Dany Doucet Le Journal de Montréal 26/02/2011 06h58 La population de caribous du Québec est tellement mal en point que le gouvernement provincial vient de décider, contre toute attente, de diminuer les quotas de chasse. Agence QMI La population de caribous du Québec est tellement mal en point que le gouvernement provincial vient de décider, contre toute attente, de diminuer les quotas de chasse du troupeau de la rivière aux Feuilles. C'est une surprise, car le ministère de la Faune devait plutôt faire connaître des mesures pour aider l'autre grand troupeau du Québec, celui de la rivière Georges, à reprendre du poil de la bête, étant donné qu'il ne compte plus que 76 000 têtes. ... http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/environnement/archives/2011/02/20110226-065807.html

L'autre côté de la médaille... A Dark Day for Hay Island Grey Seals February 25th, 2011 Photo HSI/R. Aldworth Today was a truly awful day for grey seals. The sealers descended on Hay Island early this morning and swung their clubs and hakapiks and shot their rifles until all moulted pups were dead. Not content with that, they then shot at least one adult grey seal. DFO was up to its old tricks trying to restrict observation of the Hay Island slaughter and as a result, by the time I got on the island, the sealers had finished their killing spree. The carnage that I witnessed was heartbreaking. As I walked across the island I saw small pups lying next to pools of blood where their nursery mates had been slaughtered right in front of their eyes. I saw a massive bull that had been shot, lying close to a female and a whitecoat. I saw a group of sealers laughing and smiling as they worked over a pile of carcasses, getting them ready to winch onto one of the sealing boats. Photo: HSI/R. Aldworth Thankfully, these unfortunate pups did not die without witnesses. Humane Society International was on the island, as was media. I have watched the video footage of HSI and reviewed their photographs and it was a horrible flashback to 2008 when I first witnessed the slaughter of grey seals on Hay Island. Relentless repeated clubbing of terrified weeks-old pups in front of their nursery mates, whitecoats crawling through pools of blood, cuddling up to dead seals, not understanding what was happening…but there was something different this year – the testing of the low-velocity ammunition that the director of the Fur Institute of Canada/wildlife pathologist Daoust had wanted to conduct, claiming he thought this would be a more humane killing method. Well, from what I've seen and heard, it's definitely not humane. Seals had to be shot multiple times, or clubbed after being shot. One pup flailed about crying out in pain after being shot the first time and had to be finished off. One sealer leisurely followed a group of terrified pups as they attempted to escape. He took his time, advancing after them as they jostled against each other in panic to escape, before finally shooting one. I saw a picture of one sealer tormenting a terrified pup as it sat next to a dead pup. What sort of sick demented soul enjoys tormenting animals in this manner? `Sick' and `demented' are two very apt words to describe Nova Scotia sealers. Photo: ACASC/B. Curran My government has betrayed Nova Scotians again. The provincial government must give permission for a slaughter to occur on Hay Island and each year they give that permission despite the clear evidence of cruelty and unsustainability. Hay Island is a provincial nature reserve – it does NOT belong to commercial industry. Hay Island is held in trust for us by the government. The government has betrayed that trust time and time again. Nova Scotians should be outraged about this and demand their government respect their wishes and protect grey seals in this province. It is a comfort to know that most pups born on Hay Island this year escaped harm, having moulted and left the island before the sealers arrived. It is also a comfort to know the grey seal hunt in Nova Scotia is just about finished. Kill numbers have been decreasing in past years. Baby seal killer Robert Courtney's original claims of a buyer for the full quota of 1,900 never materialized. If he'd had a buyer he would've been over to the island the moment DFO announced the official start date. He wasn't held up by weather every day – there was a window of opportunity and he didn't take it. It was a repeat of 2009 — no markets, no buyer, so a buyer was manufactured thanks to funding from the Fur Institute of Canada (and the federal government) to facilitate a "commercial harvest" and dubious scientific studies. They needed to kill 100 seals for their experiment this year, and they killed approximately 100 seals. What a coincidence. Photo: ACASC/B. Curran Gail Shea recently said, "To this end, the Hay Island grey seal harvest is properly regulated and effectively monitored, and those who break the rules are held to account." Reviewing the HSI video shot today, I saw violations of the Marine Mammal Regulations and saw no sealers "held to account" for those violations. Shea is misleading the public into believing seals are hampering fish stock recovery and growing exponentially. Neither is true. Shea has the nerve to call us liars while she continues to spread untruths to Canadians. She is the ultimate hypocrite and should be removed from her position immediately. There is no future for the sealing industry in Canada. It is finished. But the government fights on, with an endless supply of taxpayer dollars, lavishing millions on a crumbling industry that employs a tiny fraction of the population of the country, putting our international reputation, tourism industry and free trade talks with the EU at risk. To continue killing seals flies in the face of science, logic and compassion. There is simply no logic to it. It is a grudge match, nothing more. The Canadian government simply does not want to admit defeat and do the decent thing. Tonight I reflect with sadness upon those poor souls slaughtered so mercilessly today on Hay Island and vow that in the coming year I will work harder than ever to ensure this never happens again. http://antisealingcoalition.ca/blog/2011/a-dark-day-for-hay-island-grey-seals/

Déclaration de Gail Shea, ministre des Pêches et des Océans - La chasse au phoque au Canada Le 23 février 2011 OTTAWA – L’honorable Gail Shea, ministre des Pêches et des Océans, a fait aujourd'hui la déclaration suivante : « Notre gouvernement appuie les activités économiques légitimes des Canadiens, ce qui inclut les 6 000 familles canadiennes qui tirent une partie de leur revenu annuel de la chasse au phoque. La chasse au phoque au Canada s'est ouverte sur l'île Hay, en Nouvelle‑Écosse, ce qui signifie que les groupes internationaux qui s’y opposent ont intensifié leurs campagnes annuelles. Notre gouvernement n’hésitera pas à contrer leur action en rétablissant les faits. La valeur de la chasse au phoque peut sembler négligeable aux yeux de certains, mais elle constitue chaque année une importante source de revenu pour des milliers de familles canadiennes vivant dans les collectivités côtières et nordiques éloignées. Nous allons continuer à nous assurer que ces Canadiens peuvent chasser le phoque d’une manière sûre, durable et dénuée de cruauté. À cette fin, le ministère des Pêches et des Océans réglemente et surveille la chasse au phoque pratiquée sur l'île Hay, et ceux qui enfreignent les règles doivent répondre de leurs actes. Les méthodes de chasse sont fondées sur les recommandations d’un groupe de vétérinaires indépendants. Il est strictement interdit de chasser les blanchons. J’ajouterai que la population de phoque gris connaît une croissance exponentielle et dépasse maintenant les 350 000 individus. La chasse commerciale reste bien en deçà des niveaux de chasse durable fixés par les experts scientifiques. Qu’il s’agisse de conserver les marchés traditionnels, d’ouvrir de nouveaux créneaux, ou de s’assurer que les Canadiens connaissent la vérité à propos de la chasse au phoque, le gouvernement Harper continuera de défendre les chasseurs de phoque du Canada et leur droit à gagner honnêtement leur vie. » http://nouvelles.gc.ca/web/article-fra.do?m=/index&nid=591259

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Plouégat-Guérand (29). 1.000 porcs périssent dans un incendie 22 février 2011 à 23h16 Vers 21 h 15 ce soir, un incendie s’est déclaré dans une porcherie au lieu-dit Le Guerrand, à Plouégat-Guérand. Le bâtiment d’environ 1.000m² a été détruit par les flammes. Les 1.000 porcs qui se trouvaient à l’intérieur ont péri. Les sapeurs-pompiers sont toujours sur place pour circonscrire l’incendie. http://www.letelegramme.com/local/finistere-nord/morlaix/lanmeur/plouegatguer/plouegat-guerand-29-1-000-porcs-perissent-dans-un-incendie-22-02-2011-1215427.php

L'incendie de la porcherie a causé la mort de 900 bêtes. (Photo Ronald Martel) Porcherie rasée par les flammes à Stratford Rémi Tremblay ( 20/1/2011 ) (RT)- Malgré l’intervention d’une quarantaine de pompiers de Stratford, Weedon, Disraéli et Saint-Romain, une porcherie appartenant à Paulo Patry, sur la route 161, à Stratford, a été la proie des flammes, dans la soirée de lundi. Les quelque 900 porcs qui se trouvaient dans le bâtiment ont tous péri. L’alerte a été donnée au Service des incendies de Stratford, aux environs de 16h20. «À notre arrivée, une bonne partie du bâtiment, côté ouest, était en flammes», confiait le chef pompier Benoît Boisvert, au lendemain du sinistre. Situé à environ une centaine de mètres de la route 161, à la sortie du village, en direction de Stornoway, le bâtiment s’étendant sur près de 80 mètres de longueur n’était déjà plus accessible aux sauveteurs. Les pompiers se sont surtout affairés à protéger des bâtiments voisins, dont un silo et une chambre de fabrication des moulées. La température extérieure avoisinait les -25 degrés C quand les équipes de sapeurs ont décidé de quitter les lieux, vers 23h30, alors qu’un épais nuage de fumée sortait encore des décombres. «On arrosait à travers la fumée; on ne se voyait plus et les boyaux risquaient de geler.» Tout porte à croire que l’incendie est d’origine accidentelle. L’état des lieux ne permettra sans doute pas aux enquêteurs d’en déterminer les circonstances exactes. Les pertes pourraient se chiffrer à plus de 400 000$, dont 130 000$ en animaux, toujours selon Benoît Boisvert. La production porcine à la ferme de Paulo Patry se pratiquait sous un système d’intégration, à forfait pour l’intégrateur Martin Raby qui devait prendre livraison d’une quantité d’animaux la semaine prochaine.

Ils devraient déjà commencer par interdire l'élevage de chiens pour leur viande et leur peau Publié le 24 février 2011 à 08h53 | Mis à jour le 24 février 2011 à 08h53 La politique du chien unique imposée à Shanghai Avec le développement de la classe moyenne chinoise, le meilleur ami de l'homme se porte de mieux en mieux en Chine. Photo: Archives AP Agence France-Presse Shanghai Face à l'inflation du nombre d'animaux familiers dans la mégalopole de Shanghai, déjà peuplée d'au moins 20 millions d'habitants, les autorités de la ville ont adopté une politique du chien unique, a rapporté jeudi la presse d'Etat. La nouvelle loi, qui entrera en vigueur le 15 mai, impose à chaque foyer le nombre maximum d'un chien et les propriétaires se voient désormais interdire d'offrir un chiot à une famille possédant déjà un canidé, a précisé le journal China Daily. Les nouveaux chiots d'une portée devront être cédés à une agence homologuée par le gouvernement ou à un famille sans chien, avant que les animaux atteignent l'âge de trois mois. Les foyers possédant déjà deux chiens dûment enregistrés auront le droit de les garder. Avec le développement de la classe moyenne chinoise, le meilleur ami de l'homme se porte de mieux en mieux en Chine. Shanghai compterait selon des chiffres officiels 800 000 chiens, dont seulement 25% seraient enregistrés. Il y a trente ans, la Chine communiste a mis en place une politique draconienne de l'enfant unique, toujours en vigueur même si elle a été assouplie. Sans cette mesure, la population chinoise compterait 400 millions d'âmes en plus aujourd'hui, selon la Commission nationale du planning familial. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/insolite/201102/24/01-4373484-la-politique-du-chien-unique-imposee-a-shanghai.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B13b_insolite_587767_section_POS4

Un résidant de La Patrie accusé de cruauté envers les animaux - 4 Février 2010 Pierre Hébert pierre@journalhsf.com Un résidant de La Patrie, Denis Vallières, devra faire face à des accusations de négligence envers les animaux au Palais de justice de Sherbrooke, ce mercredi 3 février. Répondant à une plainte logée auprès de la Société protectrice des animaux de l'Estrie, des inspecteurs ont effectué une inspection le 23 novembre dernier. Constatant la gravité et l'urgence de la situation, ils ont effectué les démarches nécessaires pour l'obtention d'un mandat de perquisition. Avec l'assistance des policiers de la Sûreté du Québec du Haut-Saint-François, les inspecteurs de la SPA de l'Estrie ont saisi plus d'une quarantaine d'animaux de ferme et de compagnie vivant dans des conditions exécrables. On a également trouvé les carcasses d'une dizaine d'animaux morts, dont deux veaux, un cheval ainsi que trois chiots. Deux chevaux, trente-cinq poules, sept lapins ainsi que deux chiens ont en effet été découverts sur les lieux de la saisie, sans eau ni nourriture, vivant à l'extérieur ou dans un bâtiment en très mauvaises conditions. Dans un piteux état, les animaux ont immédiatement été examinés par un vétérinaire, puis placés en famille d'accueil. La SPA de l'Estrie s'est par la suite assurée que tous reçoivent les soins de santé requis, de mentionner Cathy Bergeron responsable des communications de l'organisme. Selon l'article 446.1 B du Code criminel canadien, le propriétaire ou le gardien d'un animal qui «volontairement néglige ou omet de lui fournir les aliments, eau, abri et soins convenables et suffants» commet un acte criminel et est passible d'une peine d'emprisonnement maximale de deux ans et/ou d'une amende maximale de 5 000 $. Enfin, Mme Bergeron mentionne que «trop de cas de maltraitance et de cruauté envers les animaux existent encore. Si des gens sont témoins de telles situations, je les encourage fortement à communiquer avec nous. Ces signalements, qui demeurent anonymes, nous permettent alors d'intervenir. Il doit en effet y avoir dépôt d'une plainte afin que nous puissions nous rendre sur le terrain et constater la situation. Avec des faits en main, nous pouvons par la suite obtenir un mandat de perquisition, puis, s'il y a lieu, déposer un dossier au Procureur qui verra à porter des accusations le cas échéant», de compléter Mme Bergeron. Photo : Outre la découverte d'animaux morts, plusieurs autres ont été trouvés dans des conditions exécrables. http://www.estrieplus.com/contenu-0404040431353537-7613.html

Un résidant de La Patrie accusé de cruauté envers les animaux - 4 Février 2010 Pierre Hébert pierre@journalhsf.com Un résidant de La Patrie, Denis Vallières, devra faire face à des accusations de négligence envers les animaux au Palais de justice de Sherbrooke, ce mercredi 3 février. Répondant à une plainte logée auprès de la Société protectrice des animaux de l'Estrie, des inspecteurs ont effectué une inspection le 23 novembre dernier. Constatant la gravité et l'urgence de la situation, ils ont effectué les démarches nécessaires pour l'obtention d'un mandat de perquisition. Avec l'assistance des policiers de la Sûreté du Québec du Haut-Saint-François, les inspecteurs de la SPA de l'Estrie ont saisi plus d'une quarantaine d'animaux de ferme et de compagnie vivant dans des conditions exécrables. On a également trouvé les carcasses d'une dizaine d'animaux morts, dont deux veaux, un cheval ainsi que trois chiots. Deux chevaux, trente-cinq poules, sept lapins ainsi que deux chiens ont en effet été découverts sur les lieux de la saisie, sans eau ni nourriture, vivant à l'extérieur ou dans un bâtiment en très mauvaises conditions. Dans un piteux état, les animaux ont immédiatement été examinés par un vétérinaire, puis placés en famille d'accueil. La SPA de l'Estrie s'est par la suite assurée que tous reçoivent les soins de santé requis, de mentionner Cathy Bergeron responsable des communications de l'organisme. Selon l'article 446.1 B du Code criminel canadien, le propriétaire ou le gardien d'un animal qui «volontairement néglige ou omet de lui fournir les aliments, eau, abri et soins convenables et suffants» commet un acte criminel et est passible d'une peine d'emprisonnement maximale de deux ans et/ou d'une amende maximale de 5 000 $. Enfin, Mme Bergeron mentionne que «trop de cas de maltraitance et de cruauté envers les animaux existent encore. Si des gens sont témoins de telles situations, je les encourage fortement à communiquer avec nous. Ces signalements, qui demeurent anonymes, nous permettent alors d'intervenir. Il doit en effet y avoir dépôt d'une plainte afin que nous puissions nous rendre sur le terrain et constater la situation. Avec des faits en main, nous pouvons par la suite obtenir un mandat de perquisition, puis, s'il y a lieu, déposer un dossier au Procureur qui verra à porter des accusations le cas échéant», de compléter Mme Bergeron. Photo : Outre la découverte d'animaux morts, plusieurs autres ont été trouvés dans des conditions exécrables. http://www.estrieplus.com/contenu-0404040431353537-7613.html

DES BARBARES!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------- A Dark Day for Hay Island Grey Seals February 25th, 2011 Photo HSI/R. Aldworth Today was a truly awful day for grey seals. The sealers descended on Hay Island early this morning and swung their clubs and hakapiks and shot their rifles until all moulted pups were dead. Not content with that, they then shot at least one adult grey seal. DFO was up to its old tricks trying to restrict observation of the Hay Island slaughter and as a result, by the time I got on the island, the sealers had finished their killing spree. The carnage that I witnessed was heartbreaking. As I walked across the island I saw small pups lying next to pools of blood where their nursery mates had been slaughtered right in front of their eyes. I saw a massive bull that had been shot, lying close to a female and a whitecoat. I saw a group of sealers laughing and smiling as they worked over a pile of carcasses, getting them ready to winch onto one of the sealing boats. Photo: HSI/R. Aldworth Thankfully, these unfortunate pups did not die without witnesses. Humane Society International was on the island, as was media. I have watched the video footage of HSI and reviewed their photographs and it was a horrible flashback to 2008 when I first witnessed the slaughter of grey seals on Hay Island. Relentless repeated clubbing of terrified weeks-old pups in front of their nursery mates, whitecoats crawling through pools of blood, cuddling up to dead seals, not understanding what was happening…but there was something different this year – the testing of the low-velocity ammunition that the director of the Fur Institute of Canada/wildlife pathologist Daoust had wanted to conduct, claiming he thought this would be a more humane killing method. Well, from what I’ve seen and heard, it’s definitely not humane. Seals had to be shot multiple times, or clubbed after being shot. One pup flailed about crying out in pain after being shot the first time and had to be finished off. One sealer leisurely followed a group of terrified pups as they attempted to escape. He took his time, advancing after them as they jostled against each other in panic to escape, before finally shooting one. I saw a picture of one sealer tormenting a terrified pup as it sat next to a dead pup. What sort of sick demented soul enjoys tormenting animals in this manner? ‘Sick’ and ‘demented’ are two very apt words to describe Nova Scotia sealers. Photo: ACASC/B. Curran My government has betrayed Nova Scotians again. The provincial government must give permission for a slaughter to occur on Hay Island and each year they give that permission despite the clear evidence of cruelty and unsustainability. Hay Island is a provincial nature reserve – it does NOT belong to commercial industry. Hay Island is held in trust for us by the government. The government has betrayed that trust time and time again. Nova Scotians should be outraged about this and demand their government respect their wishes and protect grey seals in this province. It is a comfort to know that most pups born on Hay Island this year escaped harm, having moulted and left the island before the sealers arrived. It is also a comfort to know the grey seal hunt in Nova Scotia is just about finished. Kill numbers have been decreasing in past years. Baby seal killer Robert Courtney’s original claims of a buyer for the full quota of 1,900 never materialized. If he’d had a buyer he would’ve been over to the island the moment DFO announced the official start date. He wasn’t held up by weather every day – there was a window of opportunity and he didn’t take it. It was a repeat of 2009 — no markets, no buyer, so a buyer was manufactured thanks to funding from the Fur Institute of Canada (and the federal government) to facilitate a “commercial harvest” and dubious scientific studies. They needed to kill 100 seals for their experiment this year, and they killed approximately 100 seals. What a coincidence. Photo: ACASC/B. Curran Gail Shea recently said, “To this end, the Hay Island grey seal harvest is properly regulated and effectively monitored, and those who break the rules are held to account.” Reviewing the HSI video shot today, I saw violations of the Marine Mammal Regulations and saw no sealers “held to account” for those violations. Shea is misleading the public into believing seals are hampering fish stock recovery and growing exponentially. Neither is true. Shea has the nerve to call us liars while she continues to spread untruths to Canadians. She is the ultimate hypocrite and should be removed from her position immediately. There is no future for the sealing industry in Canada. It is finished. But the government fights on, with an endless supply of taxpayer dollars, lavishing millions on a crumbling industry that employs a tiny fraction of the population of the country, putting our international reputation, tourism industry and free trade talks with the EU at risk. To continue killing seals flies in the face of science, logic and compassion. There is simply no logic to it. It is a grudge match, nothing more. The Canadian government simply does not want to admit defeat and do the decent thing. Tonight I reflect with sadness upon those poor souls slaughtered so mercilessly today on Hay Island and vow that in the coming year I will work harder than ever to ensure this never happens again. http://antisealingcoalition.ca/blog/2011/a-dark-day-for-hay-island-grey-seals/

Merci hop! Ça fait plaisir de voir qu'on en parle aussi au Québec !

C'est complètement dingue! L'homme veut tout contrôler! As-tu vu il y a aussi un autre article du même genre Eagle vs. cormorant: What to do when one rare species starts eating another? http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=should-barred-owls-be-shot-to-save-2011-02-16&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20110223

Sud-ouest du Manitoba-C'est la deuxième fois cette semaine que des chevaux se font frapper sur l'autoroute trans-canadienne. 17 chevaux se sont échappés de leur enclos lundi. 10 chevaux ont été frappés par des camions, d'autres par un train. Aujourd'hui, 3 autres chevaux ont été frappés par des camions http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/02/23/mb-horses-highway-struck-killed-boissevain-manitoba.html?ref=rss

Aussi déçu de Sarkozy que je le suis de Harper

Publié le 22 février 2011 à 13h48 | Mis à jour à 13h48 Tour de cochon à la galerie Art mûr Jocelyne Lepage La Presse Le voilà, le beau petit cochon rose de Sarah Garzoni, plus beau encore que la reproduction dans le catalogue de la galerie Art mûr. Sa peau est creusée de motifs semblables à ceux des divans en cuir. On aimerait s'asseoir dessus. Mais comment a-t-elle fait pour qu'il ressemble autant à un vrai petit cochon? Réponse: c'est un vrai, passé chez le taxidermiste. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/201102/22/01-4372868-tour-de-cochon-a-la-galerie-art-mur.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B9_arts_244_accueil_POS3

Des armes de petits calibres seront testées sur les phoques Gris... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Low-calibre bullets to be tested during seal hunt Published on February 22, 2011 — As part of the upcoming grey seal hunt on Hay Island, a University of Prince Edward Island professor is planning to conduct research into an alternative, more humane killing method. Dr. Pierre-Ives Daoust, professor of anatomic pathology and wildlife pathology, has been investigating a method of killing grey seals by shooting them with low-calibre bullets. "The problem with this grey seal hunt is that it tends to occur mainly on land and therefore the marine mammal regulations specify that only high-powered rifles can be used, but that's in the context of the harp seal hunt where the animals are shot from a distance," said Daoust. ... http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-02-22/article-2264171/Lowcalibre-bull\ ets-to-be-tested-during-seal-hunt/1

Researcher wants to test low calibre bullets in seal hunt off Cape Breton Published: Monday, February 21, 2011 | 4:41 AM ET Canadian Press SYDNEY, N.S. - A University of Prince Edward Island professor is planning to conduct research into an alternative method of killing seals. Pierre-Ives Daoust, a professor of wildlife pathology, has been investigating a method that uses low-calibre bullets that fragment on impact. Marine mammal regulations specifying that only high-powered rifles can be used in certain areas create problems for sealers working in places like Hay island off Cape Breton. The small space between hunters and seals carries a high risk of ricochet on the island’s rocky terrain, so they are forced to club the animals. Daoust says the perceived benefit of using low-calibre bullets to kill grey seals is that the bullets fragment on impact and do not leave the head of the animal. As part of the experiment, two sealers will be given a special licence to use the low-powered ammunition to harvest several dozen animals. Each sealer will be followed by a veterinarian to test the efficiency of the weapon. (Cape Breton Post) http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Atlantic/HG541.html

Publié le 16 février 2011 Ottawa, le 16 février 2011 – Le Sénateur Céline Hervieux-Payette réaffirme sa solidarité avec tous les chasseurs de phoque Canadiens et se réjouit qu’un recours officiel soit désormais déposé par le Canada devant l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (OMC) en contestation du boycott européen des produits dérivés du phoque. « Je suis satisfaite que le gouvernement du Canada ait décidé de poursuivre sa juste opposition au boycott devant les instances du commerce international » a déclaré le Sénateur Hervieux-Payette. « Ce n’est pas seulement une industrie qui est touchée par des groupes de pression extrémistes végétariens mais ce sont des familles, des communautés Inuits, des gens modestes qui sont attaqués simplement parce qu’ils vivent de la mer en harmonie avec leur environnement. » Le Sénateur rappelle que le thon rouge de l’Atlantique Est, espèce menacée de disparition, n’a malheureusement pas bénéficié de la pseudo-morale des Européens. « En Europe, la protection animale semble fonction des intérêts nationaux. Il est donc plus facile à l’UE de donner des leçons d’éthique au Canada qui gère parfaitement bien ses troupeaux de phoque qu’à ses propres pays membres qui déciment une espèce vivante » a poursuivi le Sénateur. Puisque la procédure devant l’OMC mettra jusqu’à trois ans avant de se régler, le Sénateur Hervieux-Payette exige que, le cas échéant, une compensation financière du fédéral garantisse les revenus de 2005 des chasseurs de phoque si ceux-ci venaient à subir la conséquence du boycott européen. Elle appuie également une campagne de promotion intensive des produits du phoque en Chine par les pouvoirs publics canadiens. -30- Maximilien Depontailler Conseiller Politique Bureau de l’honorable Céline Hervieux-Payette, c.p. 613-947-8008 – deponm@sen.parl.gc.ca http://www.liberalsenateforum.ca/Nouvelles/12952_Les-phoques-a-lOMC