Worldlog Hafta 48 – 2009


27 Kasım 2009

Bu hafta her tarafda gösterilen hayvan izdirap ve iskenceleri dikati cekiyordu.

Nepal sehrinde on binlerce hayvanlar cani ve korkunc bicimde kurban edildi Gadhimai Fair Festivalinde. Sasirtici ve tüyler ürpertici bir sekilde hayvanlarin kellesi kesildi yine Hindu Festivalinde. Inanilmaz bir olay halbuki bir cok Hindular vegitaryan olduklari’ halde.

Islam ülkelerinde müsümanlar kurban bayraminda yüz binlerce hayvanlari adet ve dinleri geregi hayvanlari uyusturulmadan kurban ediyorlar. Bir cok insanlarin bilmedigi nokta ise uyusturulmadan kesiliyor ve kalan etler ise satisa sunuluyor.
Insanlar ise bu etleri tüketiyorlar nerden geldigini ve nasil kesildigini bilmeden.Hollanda Kraliyet Cemiyeti ve Hayvan tip ilmi ile birlikte ve Hayvan Koruma partisinin calismalari ile uyusturulmadan kesilen hayvanlari belirlemek icin bir etiket zorunlulugu getirmek istiyorlar, su anda ve halen uyusturmadan kesilen hayvanlar yasak degil. Bu istegimiz parlementoya gönderilmistir. Buradan korkunc kurban kesimlerini görebilirsiniz görüntü Belcikadan.

Acilen bir cözüm bulunmasi gerek uyusturulmadan kesilen kurbanlara Amerikada kesim yapilan mezbahadan su anki sahibine 1250 sene hapis cezasina carptirilmistir.

Ne mutlu’ ki iyi haberlerde verebiliyoruz. Meclisde Sali günü Hayvan koruma partisinin hükümeten yardimi alarak bilimsel yapilan deneylerde hayvan kobaylarinin indirgenmesi icin.

Hayvan koruma partisinin istegi hükümetin bilim arastirmalarin, hangi alanda arastimalara karar verilmeli ve yardim edilmeli.
Benim meslekdasim olan Esther Ouwehand mecliste bir arastima yaparak kobay olarak kullanilan hayvanlarin hükümeten yardim edilmistir.

Mecliste’ki debat’ta Bakan Klink Esteri göstererek hayvan denemeleri hayvan kullaniminin bu calismalarimizin en son asamasi olabilir yani. Arastirma programi seneler sürebilir.

Daha sonra gecen hafta ekstra bir destek geldi bizden yana olan tüketicilerin hayvan yag tüketimini azamiye indirgenmesi. Bilimciler’de bu düsüncemize the Lancet ve avrupa parlementosundan desdek ve et tüketimini asgariye indirgemek.

Haftaya görüsmek üzere hosca kalin!

This past week we witnessed animal suffering on a gigantic scale.

In Nepal tens of thousands of animals were cruelly sacrificed during the Gadhimai Fair Festival. At this Hindu festival, animals are decapitated in a shocking manner . What makes this even more incomprehensible is that so many Hindus lead a vegetarian lifestyle.

Across the world, Muslims are celebrating their ceremonial sacrifice which is also accompanied by the ritual butchering of hundreds of thousands of animals without anaesthetic. What many people don’t realize is that a substantial quantity of the meat of animals slaughtered in this manner ends up in the regular supply chain, resulting in a situation where many consumers buy meat of dubious origin. Together with the Royal Netherlands Society for Veterinary Science, the Party for the Animals is arguing for the mandatory labelling of meat of animals butchered without anaesthetic while butchering in this manner is still not outlawed. Our proposal for a government ban on this type of butchering was submitted to parliament this week. Click here for (truly heinous) images of ritual slaughter in Belgium.

The urgent need for measures against the ritual slaughter of animals without anaesthetic was again made clear following reports of serious abuses at one of the largest kosher abattoirs in the United States. The former owner may be facing 1250 years in jail.

Fortunately we also have more uplifting news to report. The Dutch Lower House has adopted a motion put forward by the Party for the Animals that mandates checks for animal experimentation before government subsidies are granted for scientific research. The use of animal experiments is currently not part of the assessment process for subsidy applications.

The Party for the Animals believes the government should first assess the ethical credentials of research before deciding to fund it. My colleague Member of Parliament for the Party for the Animals Esther Ouwehand has therefore asked the cabinet to explore ways of emphasizing ethical considerations when awarding government subsidies. A majority of members of parliament support this request.

In the debate last week with Minister Klink last week, Esther pointed out that ethical considerations regarding animal experiments are often made very late in a research programme. Research programmes can run for years before any assessment is made of whether the use of animals for the research concerned is justified. The Party for the Animals believes this hampers any fair assessment.

There was much support last week for our plea for the consumption of animal proteins to be drastically reduced. Scientists support this stand in the Lancet and the former chairman of the European Parliament also argues for reduced meat consumption.

Until next week!