ANIMAL ADVOCATES AUSTRALIA

SHRE PLEASE. A MUST READ & WATCH. Why We Haven’t Seen Inside a Broiler Chicken Factory Farm in a Decade?

In 2003, the animal protection group Compassion Over Killing produced a video exposé of the biggest farm animal industry in our country – the factory farming of chickens raised for meat. Entitled ” 45 days, ” it laid out the short, brutal life of a broiler (i.e. meat) chicken: panting, overcrowded, lame, limping and even dead birds. The film shows a bird trapped in a feeder unable to reach water, birds in filthy, dusty conditions, and birds with chests so heavy that they were unable to move around with ease.

45 DAYS VIDEO
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New Yorker writer Michael Specter wrote separately in 2003 on his first visit to a broiler factory farm, “I was almost knocked to the ground by the overpowering smell of feces and ammonia. My eyes burned and so did my lungs, and I could neither see nor breathe….There must have been thirty thousand chickens sitting silently on the floor in front of me. They didn’t move, didn’t cluck. They were almost like statues of chickens, living in nearly total darkness, and they would spend every minute of their six-week lives that way.”

READ ARTICLE HERE PLEASE

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/01/why-we-havent-seen-inside-a-broiler-chicken-factory-farm-in-a-decade/#.URpI7ifhpWI

HELLO FOLLOWERS. Just a quick visit to introduce you to Blossom our resident Peacock. He is one of our most regular visitors at home here in the QLD Aust Bush. He sleeps up in the trees at night and comes down during the day. He has 9 other friends who come and go. One is white but is rarely seen. We also have regular Guinea Fowl that are very cheeky and loud. Apart from the Dingos, Snakes, lizards, Koalas, Kangaroos, wallabies, dogs, chickens, horse and cat. We have thousands of Water Fowl on the small river here and our 5 dams. Plus King Parrots, Rosellas, Grass Parrots etc in abundance! PARADISE!!!

SEAGULL YOGA ;-D

Every Pelican Has a Story

563 Brown Pelicans were brought in to International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Wildlife Centers in need of treatment this year; each has its own story.

Fledgling Pelicans K14 and K15, called by the numbers on the leg bands, exemplify some of the serious issues faced by the aquatic birds in our clinics. K14 arrived weak and thin from starvation, while K15 suffered from infection from a life-threatening pouch laceration. Upon rescue in June, both birds had only been out of their Channel Islands nests for about two months when they found themselves in these desperate states.

It is our responsibility and everyone’s duty to help these birds.

Pelicans’ close interactions with people are their greatest danger. Pollution threatens their health and ability to float, monofilament line entanglement can reduce circulation to their limbs, and fishing hooks can cause long tears in their pouches, making it impossible for them to feed.

Each Brown Pelican that is rehabilitated and released from International Bird Rescue’s Wildlife Centers is fitted with a blue band with bold white lettering. These blue-banded Pelicans are part of an ongoing post-release study that allows us to see that our rescue and rehabilitation efforts are working. Thanks to their bands, both K14 and K15 were recently spotted alive and well, foraging in Half Moon Bay four months after their release! These sightings are significant, as they demonstrate the long-term value of our rehabilitation efforts.

The breadth of our clinical work and research is made possible through the heroic support of donors like you.

Please read more and help if you can :-). All birds and animals need us!

NEARLY 140 greater flamingos were killed in a wildlife sanctuary in western India when they were startled and flew into a string of high tension power lines, a forest official said today.

Tens of thousands of flamingos turn the flat, warm marshes of the Khadir region of Gujarat state into a sea of pink every year when they fly in from Siberia to breed.

This year, their numbers were unusually high, with around 500,000 birds making the migratory flight from Siberia, district chief conservator of forests DK Sharma told AFP.

Sharma said the mass electrocution took place some 12 days ago, when a large flock of flamingos was startled at night by the noise of a vehicle.

“The entire flock took off. Many of them flew straight into the electric wires and 139 were killed instantly” he said.

S K Nanda, a senior official in the Gujarat Forests and Environment Department, said a feasibility study had been ordered into the possibility of insulating the cables or having them moved underground.

Vote for California’s ‘Bird of the Year’

The Bird of the Year highlights the state’s birds and conservation challenges. Last year the Barn Owl won the title; the Yellow-billed Magpie earned the designation in 2009.

The public may vote for any bird to be recognized for the conservation challenges it faces. However, Audubon California has nominated seven species to consider, which includes the California condor; Golden eagle; Western snowy plover; tricolored blackbird; Sandhill crane; Vaux’s swift; and black oystercatcher.

“Each of these birds was a major focus of conservation in 2011, although not all in the same way,” said Audubon California executive director Dan Taylor in a statement Friday. “Moreover, each bird made news, and to some extent rallied the support of the public.”

Anyone can cast their vote for their bird of choice through Dec. 11 at the Audubon California Web site.

NOTE: YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP TO VOTE. DOESN’T TAKE TOO LONG AND IS WORTH IT :-)))

Police hunt for thugs who mutilated two parrots and left them for dead at children’s theme park

Police are trying to track down cruel thugs who chopped the feet off two parrots at a popular children’s theme park.

The criminals then left the exotic birds to bleed to death, so that the parrots had be put down when found by park bosses.

The mutilated birds, known as Sid and Nancy, were discovered this morning lying on the floor of their cage covered in blood and fighting for life.

Vets at Wicksteed Park, in Northamptonshire, were forced to euthanise the birds, which are worth £1,000 each.

Police are now offering a £500 reward for information which leads to the arrest of those responsible for the unexplained attack on the two-year-old Orange-winged Amazon parrots.

Officers believe the animals were lured to the edge of their aviary so the attackers could reach their feet……

Named and shamed: UK’s worst place for killing birds of prey

Birds of prey including the peregrine falcon, red kite, goshawk and hen harrier are being poisoned or shot in the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales at a rate unknown in any other region, according to the RSPB.

North Yorkshire has been named the UK’s “black spot”, with more crimes against birds of prey and owls reported in the last year than in north Scotland and Wales and all the counties of the south of England combined, found the charity’s Bird Crime 2010 report, to be published on Thursday.
Almost 10 per cent of the 117 incidents against 11 species last year took place in the county, which has consistently recorded high rates of such crime, according to the RSPB.

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In 2007, researchers from the University of Delaware suffocated 25,000 male turkeys in firefighting foam on a farm infected with avian influenza in West Virginia. Massacres like [this] are worldwide. While international bodies call for the mass destruction of all birds exposed to highly pathogenic influenza viruses, there are no regulations governing how the birds will be killed. Methods include: beating, burning, drowning, gassing, neck wringing, firefighting foam, and macerators (grinders). - United Poultry Concerns

Mass murder of Turkeys :-(((( I hate humans sometimes!!!

Beautiful Tattoo. I want it :-)))

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