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Allo hop, Merci beaucoup pour cette pétition et ta traduction.... ces 2 adresses ne semblent pas valides, car j'ai reçu 2 retours de courrier: arzvalladolid@planalfa.es et mcnarbona@munimadrid.es Pour ma part, j'ai laissé le mot Monsieur, même pour l'archevêché, ou l'évêque, etc. ... car après tout, il sont quand même des monsieurs non ?

From the Independent online It's been banished from British menus for nearly 20 years. But now Janet Street-Porter has spoken out to change our minds about this most succulent of meats. And celebrity chefs are queing up to join the campaign By Martin Hickman Published: 02 September 2006 Veal stirs the emotion like few other foods; only foie gras can compete in the public's mind as a clear, open and shut case of animal cruelty. And in the past, who could really disagree? Traditionally the male calves of dairy cows, which are too bony for beef, have been turned into veal in an undeniably unpleasant manner: reared in the dark in tiny wooden crates too small for them to lie down or turn around in. Such cramped conditions atrophy the muscles, producing the tender white meat beloved of gourmands. We have had little stomach for producing such veal here, but nor have we taken to the mass export of unwanted calves to the continent. Veal has become a frowned upon food - banished from the menu of all but a few restaurants. Now it is back - or at least it will be, if a newly-formed veal alliance has its way. A campaign has been launched by farmers and chefs to put the case for veal to the public on what might seem perverse to die-hard opponents - animal welfare grounds. The Good Veal Campaign is promoting not the bad old veal produced in the UK before the crate system was banned in 1990 but the new veal - where calves are reputed to live as happy a life as any pig. The campaign was launched yesterday by River Cottage TV presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the cook Sophie Grigson at the Organic Food Awards in Bristol. The veal lobby has also been given another lift - by Janet Street Porter, The Independent on Sunday's editor-at-large, who gave veal the seal of approval after investigating it for Channel 4's F Word. In the nine days since the programme, veal sales have risen 45 per cent at Waitrose in the first week alone. Supporters say British veal, which is less intensively-reared rose veal, so named because of its light pink colour, is delicious and wholesome. As versatile as chicken, they say it is especially liked by children and can be used in everything from sandwiches to stir fries. So should we be overturning our national reluctance to veal? And just how kind are modern farming techniques to calves? According to Compassion in World Farming, British veal, especially the organic variety, is now acceptable and it is supporting the Good Veal Campaign. But others are less enamoured, pointing out that, regardless of the demise of the crate system, the dairy industry swells cows with excess milk and kills their male infants while just a few months old. To understand how modern veal production works, one must shine a light on the dark ways of the veal crate, which still operate across mainland Europe. Under the crate system, bull calves are separated from their mothers days after birth, placed in boxes measuring 2ft by 4ft and fed on a liquid diet. They live in that wooden box for their short, anaemic lives - no longer than five months. For the thousands of bull calves sent to the continent, where veal has traditionally been prized, there is the added burden of the journey. Calves just a few days old are packed standing into trucks for up to 20 hours at a time with few breaks as they rumble their way to in Holland and France. After animal rights activists succeeded in banning use of the crate in the UK after 1990, they turned their attention to the live export trade. In some of the bitterest clashes between public and police, thousands of members of the public turned out in the early 1990s to block veal trucks, ships and planes at Coventry airport, Brightlingsea, in Essex, Shoreham, in East Sussex, Dover and Plymouth. One woman, Jill Phipps, was killed in 1995 when she was run over by a lorry outside Coventry airport. The protesters failed to prevent the export trade, but saw it stop when BSE led to a European ban on British cattle. But since the European Commission approved the lifting of the ban last May, exports have resumed and as many as 500,000 calves a year are sent abroad. Supporters of veal insist that unwanted dairy calves should be raised for meat in Britain, where welfare standards are higher than on the continent. Here, calves are kept in more spacious conditions. Modern organic farmers say their animals roam outside and are fed roughage as well as liquids, and are suckled by older cows from the dairy herd. They live to six months, twice as long as the slowest growing chicken, longer than many pigs and lambs. Helen Browning, who rears organic veal at Eastbrook Farm in Wiltshire, says: "We have got to relaunch veal and make it clear that it is produced humanely. "There is a big opportunity for people to start experimenting with veal, to eat something that is extremely tasty and help solve an animal welfare problem." But veal producers have a difficult job. According to the Meat and Livestock Commission, just 1 per cent of the public eat veal at home. Current British veal production is tiny - just 100 tons, 5 per cent of the 2,000 tons consumed annually. And it is falling, partly because Britain has ended a special subsidy under the Common Agricultural Policy subsidy. Between July 2005 and July this year, the number of slaughtered calves fell from 136 to 21. The remaining 95 per cent of our veal is imported from Europe, where welfare standards are lower. Even though a ban on crates across the EU takes effect next year, campaigners say the continent's farms still have slatted floors without comfortable resting areas or bedding. Angelique Davies, the campaigns officer at Compassion in World Farming, says: "We are encouraged by moves towards commercially raised calves in the UK that use higher welfare systems. Even when the veal crate is outlawed in Europe, at the end of 2006, continental veal systems may often still fall short of UK welfare standards." Another animal welfare organisation, Viva (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals) has a different view: organic veal production may be less cruel but it still does not match the standards for free- range beef. "There are degrees of cruelty," says Viva's campaigns director Toni Vernelli, a critic of the UK dairy industry. "Rose veal is less cruel than white veal but you are still killing a baby and eating its flesh. To try to tout it as a kind of humane meat as is hypocritical because they are still animals being slaughtered before they reach a fraction of their normal life span." But among chefs such as Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall, such pleading falls on deaf ears. "They are slaughtered at about six months - old for any porker," he says. "An average bacon in a supermarket would have been slaughtered at four or five months." He has chosen to take on such an unfashionable cause because to duck the issue would be "feeble". People have a choice about what they want to happen to bull calves - "if you don't produce organic veal with a high welfare system then they will either be shot at birth or transported to Europe." Janet Street-Porter said: "If we drink milk and eat cheese, what do we think will happen to the male calves produced by a dairy herd?" Cette recette était incluse avec l'article From pan to plate in just half an hour Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Pan-to-oven organic veal chops with lemon and capers The pan-to-oven method is a quick and neat way of cooking any chop, and this is one of my favourite recipes. Steam some broccoli while cooking, and your meal will be ready in less than half an hour. serves 4 4 organic veal chops 1 lemon a few sprigs of thyme a little olive oil salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon small capers, rinsed double cream, to taste Put the chops in a shallow dish. Add a couple of strips of zest finely pared from the lemon and a squeeze of its juice (keep the lemon, you will need more juice later), plus the thyme and a good slosh of olive oil. Turn the chops over a few times with the flavourings, cover and leave to marinate for a couple of hours. Preheat the oven to 220C/gasmark 7. Place an ovenproof dish, big enough to hold the chops, in the oven to heat up. Heat a little olive oil in a large frying pan over a fairly high heat. Add the chops and brown on one side for just a minute, then on the other, seasoning them with salt and pepper as they brown. Remove from the pan with tongs and arrange in the preheated dish. Add the sprigs of thyme from the marinade, tucking them underneath the chops so that they don't burn. Return the frying pan to the heat, add a wine glass full of water and the juice of half the lemon and use the liquid to deglaze the pan, scraping up any bits of caramelised meat. Let the liquid bubble until reduced by half, then tip over the chops. Season well. Put in the oven and roast for 15-20 minutes, or until the meat is cooked through and the thinner, fattier ends are lovely and crisp. Remove the chops from the pan and keep warm. Taste the pan juices and, if you'd like to intensify the flavour, boil them down a little. When the flavour is to your liking, add the capers and a little double cream. Bring to the boil again, then pour over the chops and serve. Use lemon zest or juice to set off the flavour of organic veal.

30 Aug 2006 <http://www.nipawinjournal.com/story.php?id=251843> A total of 147 premises in 44 rural municipalities in Saskatchewan have tested positive for anthrax according to the latest information from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Since the beginning of the outbreak in late June, 693 animals have died. As of Friday, August 25, a total of 57 premises have been released from their quarantines. In comparison, the Manitoba outbreak has noted 21 positive premises with 137 dead animals reported in 8 rural municipalities. Over 400 000 doses of anthrax have been sent to Saskatchewan in this province's "worst ever" year for the disease. Updated information can be found at <http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/anthchar/situatione.s\ html>

SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY Canadian Fisheries Minister Insults World War II Veterans With Insensitive Plea to Europeans to Support Seal Slaughter Loyola Hearn, the Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans stooped to an all time low this week when he told European Fisheries Commissioners in Belgium that any plan to ban seal pelts in Europe would dishonour the many Canadians who died liberating Belgium and the Netherlands from the Nazi's. The Newfoundland Member of Parliament said an import ban on seal pelts would amount to "taking the livelihood away from a number of Canadians whose family members left their blood on the fields here in Belgium, Flanders fields, and other places. "That got their attention,'' he told St. John's radio station VOCM. "I've sort of challenged them to look for the truth, for the facts, and to visit Canada to make up their own minds. Don't base their decisions on ... what they heard and seen from lobby groups who are using 20-year-old videos.'' Hearn said he raised the issue of the seal hunt after he learned that members of the Belgian Parliament were in the process of introducing legislation to ban the importation of seal products. "This is an insult to the majority of Canadians who are opposed to the cruel and ecologically destructive slaughter of seals." said Captain Paul Watson. "My father was a veteran of the Blackwatch. He fought in Korea. I am named after my Uncle Paul Watson who died escorting convoys in the North Atlantic during WWII. My father's father fought in World War I. My mother's father fought in the Boer war and all of them were opposed to the killing of seals." Farley Mowat, the international chair of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society fought in Italy all the way up to the Netherlands and into Germany. He is a passionate opponent of the seal slaughter. "Mr. Hearn is not a veteran of World War II and has no right to be putting words into the mouths of the dead. That is grossly disrespectful. The man should be ashamed of himself for dishonouring Canada and Canadians with such ignorant insensitivity. "He is using the sacrifice of courageous Canadians who died defending freedom as a means to justify the mass slaughter of harp seals." Said Captain Watson. "Has this man no decency?" The seal population is less than 10% of what it was when Europeans first landed on the shores of Eastern Canada. The Canadian Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans wiped out the Northern Cod through incompetence and they have mismanaged every commercial fishery in Canada. "The fish need to be protected from the Fishery bureaucrats, not from the seals." said Captain Paul Watson The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is confident that Europeans will not be swayed by the cheap shots taken at the expense of Canadian veterans by this opportunistic right wing Newfoundland politician. Mr. Hearn's reference to 20 year old films is a gross lie. The footage being distributed as evidence of the cruelty of the slaughter was taken as recently as this year. Captain Paul Watson Founder and President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (1977- Co-Founder - The Greenpeace Foundation (1972) Co-Founder - Greenpeace International (1979) Director of the Sierra Club USA (2003-2006) Director - The Farley Mowat Institute Director - www.harpseals.org "Sail forth - steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee and thou with me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all." - Walt Whitman www.Seashepherd.org Tel: 360-370-5650 Fax: 360-370-5651 Address: P.O. Box 2616 Friday Harbor, Wa 98250 USA

et je me demande combien y'en a des comme elles !

Certainement Cé !

Il a sûrement raison Cé !!!!!!!

hé bien tant mieux... si c'est vrai !!

mercredi 30 aout 2006 Des scientifiques réalisent une percée potentielle contre la calvitie Les scientifiques de l'université de Manchester, dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre, ont découvert un "code" protéique qui ordonne aux cellules de produire des cheveux. En transmettant ce code à un plus grand nombre de cellules que normalement, des souris ont vu leur pelage se densifier, ont-ils expliqué. http://fr.news.yahoo.com/30082006/202/des-scientifiques-realisent-une-percee-potentielle-contre-la-calvitie.html Pourquoi torturer des souris pour ce genre d'expériences inutiles et uniquement esthétiques ? Quand on veut réellement avoir des cheveux mais qu'on n'en a plus, une moumoutte sur la tête et le tour est joué !

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Why Do Young Children Choose to Become Vegetarians? by Jill Anderson August 8, 2006 Doctoral Student Karen Hussar with Alejandra TumbleAlejandra Tumble, 10, doesn’t eat meat and really doesn’t like ham. But, her reasons for not eating meat might surprise you. Alejandra talks at length about her choice not to eat meat, and how strange it seems to her that a pig can be processed into a thin slice of pink meat. She thinks it’s wrong—not for everyone, but at least for her. HGSE Doctoral Student Karen Hussar’s research examines children aged 6–10 who have become vegetarians. As with Alejandra, for most children Hussar studied, the decision has more to do with morals than with personal choice. This is contrary to the theories of famed psychologists Lawrence Kohlberg and Jean Piaget—both pioneers in moral development—that children aren’t capable of making independent moral decisions at this age. “It’s exciting to see how relatively autonomous and independently-minded these children are,” says Thomas Professor Paul Harris, who advised Hussar throughout the research. “This means that children are being influenced by other children and going against the tide in their own homes, which are meat-eating homes. We don’t know much about how children make moral decisions at such a young age. I think this is a good pioneering effort.” Hussar, who began her study on vegetarians on the recommendation of Harris, says that vegetarian children are the perfect subjects for research about moral development. “When you talk to kids about bullying or teasing, they all know the right answers and can say it’s wrong,” Hussar says. “However, the nice thing about this population [vegetarian] of children is they don’t have the prescribed answers in their heads. So, you feel you’re getting real responses about morality.” Hussar’s research looked at a total of 45 children—some vegetarians from meat-eating homes, some vegetarians from vegetarian homes, and some nonvegetarians—and inquired about their decisions to eat or not to eat meat through role play. In order to gauge how these children made their decisions, Hussar set up methods of questioning that provided four different stories for the children including moral, personal, meat-eating, and social. Then, Hussar compared the responses to determine how their judgments differed. Through these interviews, she discovered that many children made the choice based on moral reasons. “Their responses were more about how animals are their friends,” Hussar explains. “They could’ve used personal reasons like, ‘I feel healthier,’ or taste reasons like, ‘Bad for my taste buds—it’s really chewy.’” In one of Hussar’s first studies, the vegetarians came from meat-eating homes and had made this decision entirely separate from their families. The research revealed that [nonvegetarian] children judged those who made a decision to refrain from eating meat for moral reasons more harshly than those who made personal decisions. Even more interesting for Hussar was the discovery that all of the vegetarian children disclosed moral reasons to not eat meat, such as “I don’t like the idea of killing animals,” or “I love animals and I didn’t want to eat them…I just wanted to be nice.” The nonvegetarian children [in the study] didn’t acknowledge morals at all. More surprising was that the vegetarian children didn’t judge those who chose to eat meat as being bad. “For those that come from families where they’re the only non-meat eater it may be hard for them to be judgmental of the people they live with because they’re their role models,” Hussar says. In fact, the vegetarian children looked more harshly upon those children who had once committed to not eating meat for moral reasons and then broke that commitment. Hussar admits that everything isn’t so cut and dry. Many nonvegetarian children can recognize the moral value of not eating meat, yet do not make the choice to become vegetarian. She’s eager to do more research to find out why certain children stop eating meat while others do not. “[Non-vegetarians] don’t look and think this [choice] is so unusual,” Hussar says. “I think [their choice to continue eating meat] has to do in part with majority. I don’t think it’s a case of they don’t recognize moral value, but it isn’t enough to turn them into vegetarians.” As Hussar works on completing her dissertation this year, she plans to continue researching vegetarian children and moral decisions. In the upcoming year, she will work with Harris in studying children who become vegetarians through the influence of their friends, as well as the moral choices that lead to vegetarianism. 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Bronco bolts into fence http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/ By GEOFF MUELLER and GARY MCKENNA Staff reporters Aug 30 2006 For the first time in its six-year history, the Kamloops Outdoor Pro Rodeo has recorded an animal death. A horse used in the saddle bronc competition had to be put to death Saturday night after it bolted into the metal fence surrounding the rodeo area in the Raymond Kerr Memorial Arena. The horse, Quiet Time, hit the fence with its chest and fell backwards, with rider Levi Harbin of Peers, Alta., still astride. Harbin was not injured and managed to help a crew tend to the horse before it was lifted into a horse trailer and removed from the competition area. "The unfortunate truth of the matter is the horse had to be put down and put to sleep," said Geoff Smith, a director with the Kamloops Outdoor Pro Rodeo. Smith said he is not "100 per cent sure" on what caused the horse to bolt, but speculated Quiet Time likely looked up and got its eyes caught in the overhead lights. "It doesn't happen very often, but when something like that does, the rodeo community isn't going to cover it up," Smith said. "We're going to tell the truth." Smith said the death was a big loss for stock contractor Shane Franklin of Bonnyville, Alta., as the horse was one of his best. When contacted by KTW, Franklin refused to comment on the incident: "It's really not a story to be brought up. Things like that are better left alone." Immediately following the accident, rodeo co-chairman Ken (Stoney) Waterston discussed the horse's fate with Franklin and the on-hand veterinarian. Franklin made the final call to put the horse down. "We haven't had anything like that happen in six years," Waterston said. "There's been no injuries to any of the animals and any of the contestants, actually. We've been pretty fortunate that way." George Evens, managing director of the Mission-based Council for Animal Advocacy, said incidents of animals dying at rodeos are more common than most people think. He said rodeos can be entertaining family experiences, but argued there are certain events that should be banned. His organization, and other advocacy groups with whom he works, are pushing for the prohibition of calf roping, steer wrestling, wild-horse racing and chuckwagon racing. "As for the rodeo per se, we are not opposed to the games and the rides and various events," he said. "It is just the more aggressive, harmful rodeo events. There are a number of rodeo events that are really not entertainment." Evens equates some elements of the rodeo to gladiator combat of the Roman Empire and said like those ancient battles, rodeos should become an activity of the past. Opinion section: Horse's death will spur debate Aug 30 2006 When Quiet Time left the pen under the announcer's booth Saturday night at Raymond Kerr Memorial Arena, there was nothing to indicate the horse was taking the final few steps of its life. The horse left the pen, bucking magnificently as cowboy Levi Harbin rode each movement, hoping to stay aloft for the magic eight seconds. Even as Quiet Time shot straight across the ring, the thousands in the grandstand had no reason to believe the horse wouldn't turn as it neared the metal fence, as dozens of horses and bulls did throughout the two-day Kamloops Outdoor Pro Rodeo. But in a series of jerks and thrashings that played out almost in slow motion to those transfixed on this particular saddle bronc ride, Quiet Time crashed into the hard, white fencing, shaking the tubular metal structure with its upper chest and front legs. The horse bounced back suddenly, landing on its back, then turning on its side. It never stood up, and was lifted into a horse trailer and removed from the arena. The tragedy will bring forth arguments that rodeos should be banned. And it may bring attention again to night rodeos. Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe is spearheading an anti-rodeo campaign, which will be held Sept. 22 to Sept. 24 in the bullring in Palma, Spain. The group is touting a report done by the German Veterinary Association for the Protection of Animals - Tierärztliche Vereinigung für Tierschutz e.V. - in which the association criticizes night rodeos because the "blinding light interferes with the vision and the behaviour of the animals." And that is precisely one of the theories behind why the tragic accident occurred Saturday night, with Kamloops Outdoor Pro Rodeo director Geoff Smith suggesting the lights at Raymond Kerr Memorial Arena may have played a role in Quiet Time's fatal run into the fence. Whether the night rodeo in Kamloops needs to be reviewed is up to rodeo organizers. But one must consider that the demise of Quiet Time is the first death in the event's six-year history. In fact, there hasn't been a notable injury to animal or rider. Clearly, Saturday night's tragedy is the exception, at least in Kamloops. But the death should be deemed serious enough to warrant a review to determine if there is indeed anything that can be done to prevent this from happening again. - Christopher Foulds

Tu as raison Cé ! C'est pas évident de trouver les termes justes... En anglais, ils utilisent le mot "penning" mais en français ce terme n'existe pas... Peut-être qu'à ce moment-là, il faudrait écrire, « en permanence dans un petit enclos » (?) ... Lorsque je suis allée à Québec, j'ai vu ce genre d'enclos à plusieurs endroits... Certains chiens ont une niche à l'intérieur de ces enclos, d'autres pas... ! Ça semble être une nouvelle mode d'enfermer son chien là-dedans ! Non Cé !! Mais en faisant une recherche, j'ai trouvé celui-ci ? http://www.chienchien.com/ Qui sommes nous ? Nous sommes contrôleurs canins pour 12 municipalités dans Lanaudière. Propriétaires de chenil depuis plus de 20 ans, nous offons le service de contrôle animal et d'adoption depuis 15 ans. En regardant les images de leurs chiens à adopter, j'ai vu cette annonce: Bon petit chien de maison, environ 3 ans, castré, dévocalisé, vacciné. présentement au chenil à ste Émélie (Pauvre ti père!!!!) C'est évident en visitant leur site: Ils élèvent des chiens pour la vente !

Je crois que c'est e Bay qui n'a plus le droit de vendre des animaux sur Internet, mais il s'agit peut-être uniquement d'animaux en voie d'extinction..

hé oui, même tuer ! Pas besoin de faire de longues études non plus !

Je crois que si on écrit: «enfermés à vie dans un enclos» il ne devrait pas y avoir de confusion Cé... Il faut que j'aille à la banque avec P. et qu'on aille faire quelques courses par la suite. De retour en fin d'après-midi ma belle Cé do XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Le vendredi 01 septembre 2006 Nouvelles portes ouvertes à la ferme Brigitte Trahan Le Nouvelliste Champlain L'Union des producteurs agricoles revient à la charge, le 10­ septembre, avec une nouvelle journée portes ouvertes dans quelques fermes de la région. C'est la quatrième édition de cet événement visant à rapprocher les citadins du milieu agricole. Depuis sa création, cette activité annuelle a attiré quelque 17­000­ visiteurs en Mauricie et 350­000 au Québec. Cette année, il y aura six­fermes participantes: la Ferme Valérie Kelhetter de La Bostonnais, avec sa production de chèvres, la Ferme laitière et de grandes cultures Hautpré de Louiseville, l'entreprise d'élevage et de transformation de sangliers Laies marcassins du rieur sanglier de Yamachiche, la Ferme biologique Champs de rêve de Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan où l'on élève des chèvres d'Angora, la Cabane à sucre Chez Laurent Gravel de Saint-Prosper où les visiteurs pourront vivre une cabane à sucre hors saison. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060901/CPNOUVELLISTE/609010861/5409/CPNOUVELLISTE

Le vendredi 01 septembre 2006 Ewa Klingspor et Madeleine Lewander chassent avec leur labrador dans une forêt près de Oster Malma en Suède. Photo AFP Les élans dans la ligne de mire des Suédoises Pia Ohlin AFP Stockholm Un nombre record de femmes devrait prendre part la semaine prochaine à l'ouverture de la chasse à l'élan, en Suède, où la gente féminine représente désormais pas moins de 25% des détenteurs du permis de chasse. Loin d'être l'apanage des «bourgeois», la chasse est un loisir très populaire dans le pays scandinave, pratiqué à tous les niveaux de la société avec, chaque année en point d'orgue, la chasse aux élans. Quelque 300 000 de ces mammifères immenses peuplent les forêts du royaume durant l'été et environ un tiers est abattu à l'automne, par les chasseurs. «La société a changé au fil des années. Maintenant, les gens peuvent pratiquer leurs loisirs sans tenir compte du sexe, et rien ne les arrête. Les femmes ont toujours été présentes aux chasses, mais d'une façon différente», a expliqué à l'AFP Anja Kjellsson, chasseuse de la région septentrionale Västerbotten et responsable d'un réseau de chasseuses. Dans le passé, les femmes s'occupaient des chiens, du gibier abattu et des enfants, tandis que les hommes arpentaient les bois, le fusil sur l'épaule. «La chasse a toujours été quelque chose d'un peu traditionnel, mais désormais elle est vraiment répandue chez les femmes», a ajouté Mme Kjellsson, estimant que le changement s'est réellement opéré dans les années 80. «Aujourd'hui, elles abattent les animaux elles-mêmes», note-t-elle. Selon l'Association suédoise de la chasse et de la gestion de la vie sauvage, le nombre de femmes ayant passé l'examen requis pour être autorisé à chasser a grimpé de 18% en 1995 à 25% cette année. Environ 14 200 femmes se sont acquittées de la cotisation annuelle également de mise, parmi lesquelles la jeune princesse Madeleine, 24 ans --qui a abattu un chevreuil l'an passé-- et la ministre déléguée aux Infrastructures, Ulrica Messing. Des réseaux spéciaux pour les chasseuses ont été créés à travers le pays au cours des dernières années. «Les femmes ont besoin d'aide au début, pour commencer (à apprendre), sans la pression du regard des hommes. Les hommes sont souvent avantagés car ils ont appris à tirer pendant le service militaire», estime Ewa Klingspor, sculpteuse de 61 ans également à la tête d'un réseau de chasseuses, à Stockholm. Certaines femmes choisissent de chasser entre elles tandis que d'autres préfèrent les groupes mixtes. Le moment phare de la saison est la chasse aux élans, qui démarrera cette année le 4 septembre dans le nord, le 9 octobre partout ailleurs. La bête, imposante, dotée d'un museau allongé, d'un pelage marron foncé et de longues et fines jambes, peut peser jusqu'à 500 kilos. Les Suédois chassent, outre les élans, des ours, des chevreuils, des sangliers, des lièvres et des faisans. Le gibier est consommé par les chasseurs, mais aussi par environ 20% des ménages dans l'ensemble du pays, 90% dans le nord. L'intérêt grandissant des femmes pour la chasse n'a pas échappé aux fabricants d'armes qui proposent désormais des modèles adaptés, plus légers pour les chasseuses. Et les hommes perçoivent de plus en plus les femmes comme leur égal lors des parties. «Certains hommes me regardaient bizarrement au début. Ils ne s'avaient pas vraiment comment se comporter», explique Jaana Arvidsson, 42 ans, qui a passé l'examen de chasse il y a six ans. «Mais une fois qu'ils vous ont vue tirer, cela change. Ils sont souvent prêts à aider, ils veulent partager des conseils», poursuit-elle. http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060901/CPINSOLITE/60901019/5406/CPINSOLITE

je travaille dans un endroit ou on tue les animaux pour la viande et je peux vous dire que c`est moins pire qu`on pense et surtout cela me permet de vivre et de faire vivre mes 3 enfants,je n àpprouve pas la tuerie a la chaine mais je suis tres bien payer

Je croyais qu'il était maintenant interdit de vendre des animaux vivants sur Internet !!!!!!!!!

Il y a de plus en plus de propriétaires qui enferment leur chien dans des cages à l'extérieur Cé... ou peut-être qu'on devrait appeler cela des enclos (?)... Je ne parle pas des chiots d'élevage (puppy mills). Je pense que ces images te donneront une meilleure idée de ce que je veux dire...

En fait, je crois que ça devrait concerner tous les chiens qui sont attachés à vie, avec ou sans niche, ou même ceux qui sont enfermés dans une cage et qui n'en sortent jamais ... Je viens de faire en vitesse quelques paragraphes qu'on pourrait peut-être remanier, ou couper, etc... pour notre pétition... Considérant qu’au Québec, de nombreux chiens sont enchaînés avec ou sans niche adéquate, ou dans une cage, à vie, qu’ils ne recoivent aucun soin vétérinaire, souvent même pas leurs vaccins, que plusieurs souffrent de la faim ou de la soif, de la chaleur ou du froid, que l’endroit où ils vivent est insalubre, et qu’il s’agit d’actes flagrants de cruauté animale Considérant qu’en Amérique du Nord, les morsures de chiens causant la mort de jeunes enfants ou nécessitant un traitement médical sont en constante augmentation et que la plupart de ces attaques ont été causées par des chiens enchaînés ou qui s’étaient détachés, Considérant que pour ces raisons, plusieurs communautés et comtés américains (68 à ce jour) et pays européens, notamment l’Autriche, interdisent catégoriquement l’attache à la chaîne ou que d’autres ont limité la durée de l’attache à seulement 2 ou 3 heures par jour, nous demandons instamment que le Québec fasse partie de ce mouvement et élimine cette pratique.

Ahhhhhh c'est dommage qu'on n'aient pas été avisées !!!!!!!! Mais je crois qu'on peut le voir en vidéo... Je le regarderai demain ma belle Cé

Allo ma belle Cé, Je viens de trouver une liste de tous les endroits aux États-Unis qui ont une restriction pour les chiens attachés... Je crois qu'il faudra changer le mot "états" dans notre article des chiens enchaînés, pour les mots « communautés et comtés »... J'espère qu'il n'est pas trop tard... ----------------------------------------- Chaining is prohibited in the following communities: Fairhope, Alabama Little Rock, ArkansasMaumelle, ArkansasOkaloosa County, FloridaChatham County, GeorgiaDeKalb County, Georgi Carthage, Missouri New Hanover, North Carolina Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Lawton, Oklahoma Big Spring, Texas Electra, Texas The following communities permit animals to be chained for a limited period of time: Kern County, California Los Angeles, California Denver, Colorado Washington, D.C.Dania Beach , Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Hollywood, Florida Oakland Park, FloridaOrange County, Florida Palm Beach County, Florida Pembroke Park, Florida Bloomington, Indiana Marion, Indiana Dodge City, Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Leavenworth, Kansas Overland Park, Kansas Topeka, Kansas Wichita, Kansas Jefferson City, KentuckyLouisville, Kentucky Baker, Louisiana New Orleans, LouisianaEast Longmeadow, Massachusetts Battle Creek, MichiganSaint Paul, MinnesotaCreve Coeur, MissouriCamden, New Jersey Lower Township, New JerseyOcean City, New JerseySea Isle City, New JerseyWildwood, New JerseyWildwood Crest, New JerseyCanandaigua, New YorkAlbuquerque, New MexicoLaurinburg, North CarolinaScotland County, North CarolinaNorth Royalton, OhioBartlesville, OklahomaMultnomah County, OregonOak Ridge, TennesseeAustin, TexasNorfolk, VirginiaNorthampton County, VirginiaSmithfield, VirginiaVirginia Beach, VirginiaLinn, WisconsinRacine, Wisconsin Pour voir toute la liste, http://www.helpinganimals.com/ga_tetherLegislation.asp -----------