Nepal's Street Dogs and Foie Gras Petition

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" When visiting the beautiful Nepal, I came across the Monkey Temple or

Swayambunath Stupa. This great Stoup is said to have been built around 250

B.C. It is a Buddhist temple occupied by lots of Monkeys and set high on a

mountain accessed by about 400 steps.

 

As I was staying in Kathmandu I had been feeding street dogs when I could

and had seen many sad sights and dogs suffering from different ailments and

starvation. On reaching the top of the Monkey Temple I realised that many

more street dogs occupied this site. About 15 were apparent, all but two or

three suffering from severe mange and dehydration. Some scratched

continuously but many just lay in the dust breathing heavily and with their

barely covered ribs protruding.I felt many were near death.

 

I saw some monks feeding one little black dog who was obviously trying hard

to digest the rice from their hands, this was causing his stomach to heave,

obviously causing great pain, I felt he was dying before my eyes. The lack

of food and water had left him slowly dying yet still clinging on to life.

Others lay silently on the ground with their skin dry, wrinkled and purple,

fights with the Monkeys left them with injuries that had become infected.

Coupled with no regular food or water this was something I had to try and

rectify.

 

That day all I could do was buy up biscuits, smoked fish and bottled water,

(the only available food). Some boys helped me distribute this and I came

down from the temple and went to the nearest vet. Unfortunately he was

closed but first thing next morning I rang him and went straight to meet

him. (Rai Dhanraj)

 

The outcome of the meeting has led to this website being created. We

exchanged details and I left a little money for Rai to help some of the

animals I had seen. We both agreed it was a serious situation for these

animals and I was even more upset to learn there were 40-50 dogs including

litters of pups at the temple. I vowed to help in any capacity I could,

money was needed to treat and feed these dogs …. a little goes a long way in

Nepal … please send some now so that lives can be saved, this is a genuine

appeal to anyone who can help in any way. " Nameste….

 

http://www.streetdogsofnepal.com/

 

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Foie Gras Petition

 

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Aug 16, 2007 12:02 AM

 

 

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Aug 16, 2007 6:55 AM

 

 

RE: Foie Gras petition!

 

 

 

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Aug 15, 2007 5:28 AM

 

 

False = California has banned fois gras

 

The California law doesn't come into effect for over 5yrs or more with an

express wish,in it,that if the " producers " can find a more " humane " way of

obtaining bird liver: then the law won't come into effect.

 

Animal groups need holographic " victories " to obtain more donations.

 

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15 Aug 2007, 12:34

 

 

Petition - Help Ban Inhumane Procedures That Produce Foie Gras!

 

To produce foie gras, ducks and geese are subjected to the painful and

blatantly cruel procedure of force-feeding.

 

They are confined to small pens and have metal pipes shoved down their

throats as handlers pour in cups of food twice a day. This horrific process

causes a diseased liver condition called hepatic lipidosis, in which the

liver swells to approximately 10 times its normal size.

 

Many ducks and geese that do not make it to slaughter often die from

ruptured throats or bacterial infections or suffocate on their own vomit.

 

California and Chicago have already joined seventeen countries including

Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland and Austria in banning the force-feeding

practices that produce foie-gras.

 

Legislation has been introduced in Connecticut, Philadelphia, Illinois, New

York and New Jersey to ban the inhumane production of foie gras. Now, every

state needs legislation that does the same.

 

As if the cruelty of the process wasn't enough, researchers have recently

found a link between foie gras and a little-known disease called

amyloidosis. Amyloidosis, which may be transmitted to people who eat

infected foie gras, can affect various organ systems in the body, such as

the heart, kidneys, nervous system and gastrointestinal tract.

 

SIGN HERE: *http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/943009435

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-Alice Walker - Poet, author of " The Color Purple " , compassionate AR,

environmental, and anti-war activist, and works against female circumcision

in Africa.

 

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