63 HORSES REMOVED FROM SPOKANE, WA PROPERTY
The ASPCA is on the ground in Spokane, Washington, assisting Spokane County Regional Animal Protective Services (SCRAPS) in the sheltering and care of 63 horses seized in an animal cruelty investigation. Our responders will remain on site for at least 30 days to nurse the horses to health before they are placed with rescue groups for adoption.
SCRAPS officials discovered the severely emaciated and dehydrated horses, who had no access to water or acceptable food, on an abandoned property. Eleven horses in critical condition were taken to a local veterinarian for immediate medical attention.
With your support, the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response team is able to answer the calls of state and municipal governments and other animal welfare organizations when they need our help and expertise to manage large-scale animal rescue operations. By making a gift to the ASPCA, you are helping us provide these horses—and other victims of animal cruelty nationwide—with the care they need and deserve.
Caring for this many horses is an enormous, costly undertaking. Please join the ASPCA in taking a stand against cruelty and donate today. On behalf of animals across the country, thank you!
SCRAPS officials discovered the severely emaciated and dehydrated horses, who had no access to water or acceptable food, on an abandoned property. Eleven horses in critical condition were taken to a local veterinarian for immediate medical attention.
With your support, the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response team is able to answer the calls of state and municipal governments and other animal welfare organizations when they need our help and expertise to manage large-scale animal rescue operations. By making a gift to the ASPCA, you are helping us provide these horses—and other victims of animal cruelty nationwide—with the care they need and deserve.
Caring for this many horses is an enormous, costly undertaking. Please join the ASPCA in taking a stand against cruelty and donate today. On behalf of animals across the country, thank you!
Opinión: Otra de toros
La Comisión de Cultura del Congreso de los Diputados ha considerado oportuno calificar a la fiesta de los toros de Patrimonio Cultural, y cuando tan alto y ponderado organismo así lo ha hecho, seguro que es una decisión acertada. No han logrado con ello, sin embargo, contentar a los que procuraban que dicha fiesta ostentara la categoría de Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC), como pretendían las 590.000 firmas presentadas en una Iniciativa Legislativa Popular (ILP). Esto supone que en Cataluña, y no sé si en alguna otra región de España, seguirán prohibidos los toros, por el momento. Algunos de mis amables lectores han hecho apostillas a mis anteriores artículos sobre la materia, en el sentido de que tan artística, tradicional y españolísima fiesta no hace daño a nadie. El que quiera asistir al festejo que lo haga y el que no, que opte por otro tipo de diversión, dicen.
No puedo negar lo acertado del argumento a no ser porque no contempla el punto de vista de uno de los principales protagonistas del evento: el toro. Hicieranlo así y no podría estar más de acuerdo con él.
Atormentar a un animal en público, ante la mirada de una masa rugiente de espectadores que contemplan con deleite la agonía del astado y el riesgo mortal del torero, no sé si contribuye a enriquecer el espíritu artístico de la masa o a exacerbar sus instintos más crueles. Díganlo los partidarios del toreo.
Cierto que, durante muchos años (y en algunos casos hasta hoy mismo), se han autorizado espectáculos de similar crueldad de luchas entre animales, entre hombres o entre ambos, lo cual no dice mucho –a mi parecer- de la categoría ética de algunas comunidades humanas. De igual forma se podría argumentar sobre el tormento de esas bestias en plazas, vegas y calles de muchas ciudades y pueblos españoles cuando llega la época de fiestas. Las diversas modalidades de refinada tortura se exhiben como patrimonio “cultural” del pueblo o la localidad en una cruel paradoja.
No soy partidario de las prohibiciones por decreto, ni siquiera en un caso como este, pero sí de estudiar detenidamente el asunto e, intentando un acuerdo lo más amplio posible, adoptar las medidas que puedan contentar a una amplia mayoría.
Por lo que se refiere a la exclusiva utilidad del toro de lidia para esa función, quizás sería posible modificar “la fiesta”, como ya se hace en otros países, eximiéndola de la parte sangrienta y atormentadora que para el animal tiene. Si el torero quiere arriesgarse a morir empitonado como tantos de sus antecesores, es cosa sujeta a su libre albedrío.
Todo sería cuestión de estudiarlo desapasionadamente y modificar el espectáculo de acuerdo con los parámetros que la sensibilidad de los tiempos actuales exige. Creo que, como ya he manifestado en alguna ocasión, ello podría representar un avance para nuestra sociedad antes que un retroceso.
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Urgent: Mesage from the Director od Disaster Management
Dear Friend,
I know firsthand the communities that were left devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. I have spent many years living in some of the most affected regions. The people in these communities are hard-working and almost totally dependent on animals for their livelihoods. For example, farmers would use Carabao (a form of water buffalo) to plough fields.
I am taken back by the mass destruction and knowing the islands so well, I can say with conviction, it is inevitable that the impact on animals will be great during this extraordinary time of need. So, I am writing to you for your help.
While the world rallies to support the victims of this disaster, WSPA is on the ground helping the forgotten victims - the animals.We are working with NGOs and governments to ensure that the humanitarian aid and the needs of animals are met in tandem to the millions of people affected in the Philippines. Thus far, our assessment reveals WSPA will provide emergency care to thousands of livestock and companion animals - that are currently wounded and at risk of starving to death.
Animals are an important part of the family in the Philippines and are vital to the survival of urban and rural communities. Without your urgent help, local families might lose the animals that they rely on for their livelihood and survival. By protecting animals suffering as a result of Super Typhoon Haiyan, you're also helping an entire society to recover and heal.
There is an inextricable link between animals and human welfare. The shocking number of human casualties estimated makes us well aware that animals will desperately need our help.
Join me and make an urgent donation today. Help save the suffering companion and farm animals of the Philippines.P.S. Your urgent donation could help save animals impacted by disasters. Funds raised for this appeal will support animals affected by this disaster. If the funds raised exceed WSPA's needs, your gift will go to our general Disaster Management work.
With sincere thanks,
James Sawyer
Director of Disaster Management
WSPA International
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