The following is the rationale underlying the animalsaviors Awareness Campaign:
1. The Chinese government does not act out of compassion, but is pragmatic.
2. Today, China is the largest fur trader in the world. For China, the fur trade is a multi-billion $ industry (annually) and growing. Within that overall Chinese fur trade, cat and dog fur is an insignificant component in $ terms – a few million $ - insignificant in terms of the overall Chinese fur trade and miniscule in terms of its contribution to the overall Chinese economy.
3. It is naÔve to believe that the Chinese government will ban the fur industry in China. It is however entirely possible that it will ban the slaughter of cats and dogs and the use and sale of their fur or of products made from such fur, if failure to impose the ban results in:
(a) strong and sustained condemnation and adverse opinion directed against the Chinese government by foreign governments, the international media and the international community – decent thinking people everywhere expressing their disgust; and
there is a resultant decrease in consumer demand for fur products, the net financial effect of which exceeds or is likely to exceed any financial gain derived from the continued sale of cat and dog fur and products made wholly or partly from that fur.
Whilst the cat and dog fur trade is insignificant in financial terms to China, it is hugely significant in terms of the horrendous and unnecessary pain and suffering endured every year by the 2,000,000 helpless cats and dogs cruelly reared or stolen from caring owners, herded in cramped cages to the slaughter grounds and brutally skinned alive.
Cats and dogs are our pets. They are the animals we share our homes with and whilst we abhor and in no way condone other aspects of the Chinese fur trade (we’ll deal with those aspects later in this rationale statement), we are particularly disturbed when we imagine the horror if own pets were ever skinned alive. It brings the horror close to home and our emotive reaction is understandably intensified. The fact that it is happening to cats and dogs provides greater motivation to many to give active support. Sentiment without supportive action simply does not help.
6. Animalsaviors will therefore focus its campaign on seeking a ban by the Chinese government of the slaughter of cats and dogs and the use and sale of their fur or of products made from such fur.
7. In furtherance of this aim, animalsaviors will:
(a) take awareness of the horrors of the Chinese cat and dog fur trade to the world and the deceptive methods used in selling fur products and the dangers of buying anything with fur;
(b) lobby governments everywhere to legislate to ban the import, export, use in manufacture of products and sale of products made wholly or partly from cat and dog fur;
(c) obtain media exposure about the Chinese cat and dog fur trade;
(d) incite people everywhere to join us and actively support our campaign and in particular to stop buying fur and stop patronizing shops that continue to sell fur or fur products and to notify shop owners of their self imposed ban and the reason for same.
(e) lobby and pressure the Chinese government to introduce legislation to ban:
(i) the import of cats and dogs for use in the Chinese fur trade whether for breeding or for slaughter;
(ii) the breeding or keeping of cats and dogs for use or slaughter in the Chinese fur trade;
(iii) the skinning alive and other inhumane killing methods and inhumane treatment of all animals;
(iv) the use of cat and dog fur in the manufacture of products made wholly or partly from such fur;
(v) the export and’/or sale of cat and dog fur and of products made wholly or partly from cat and dog fur; and
(vi) the imposition of adequate penalties, including imprisonment and/or substantial fines to ensure enforcement
8. We must never forget that whilst animalsaviors is focusing on cats and dogs because it believes that this is an achievable aim, there is currently estimated to be between 40 and 55 million animals of other types being "processed" on Chinese fur farms every year. They are also being skinned alive and suffering just as horrendously as the cats and dogs.
9. Animalsaviors considers it’s better to fight the war in stages and to have success and alleviate suffering as it wins each battle. Rather than chase an impossible dream of trying to get China to ban the entire fur trade, it’s next aim will be to alleviate the suffering of the animals.
So, after a win for the cats and dogs, It’s next battle will be to systematically persuade China and other governments to introduce legislation that recognizes animal rights, that ensures proper husbandry and humane killing methods to prevent unnecessary suffering. This does not mean that it condones any form of killing animals, but in reality, the killing and the trade will continue, so in the shorter term, its better to fight to alleviate the suffering.
We will, throughout our entire Campaign, campaign to persuade consumers everywhere to stop buying fur and products made wholly or partly from fur. As part of this Campaign we will start a program to educate children in schools everywhere (including China) to have a proper respect for animals and to protect them.
The greatest danger to animals is the unbridled greed and selfishness of the majority of people who inhabit this world. For the rest of us, the minority, we must continue campaigning with the hope –however forlorn – that some day people will stop buying fur and kill the demand. The power rests with us, the people of the world, to stop the atrocities.
The following is the rationale underlying the animalsaviors Awareness Campaign:
1. The Chinese government does not act out of compassion, but is pragmatic.
2. Today, China is the largest fur trader in the world. For China, the fur trade is a multi-billion $ industry (annually) and growing. Within that overall Chinese fur trade, cat and dog fur is an insignificant component in $ terms – a few million $ - insignificant in terms of the overall Chinese fur trade and miniscule in terms of its contribution to the overall Chinese economy.
3. It is naÔve to believe that the Chinese government will ban the fur industry in China. It is however entirely possible that it will ban the slaughter of cats and dogs and the use and sale of their fur or of products made from such fur, if failure to impose the ban results in:
(a) strong and sustained condemnation and adverse opinion directed against the Chinese government by foreign governments, the international media and the international community – decent thinking people everywhere expressing their disgust; and
there is a resultant decrease in consumer demand for fur products, the net financial effect of which exceeds or is likely to exceed any financial gain derived from the continued sale of cat and dog fur and products made wholly or partly from that fur.
Whilst the cat and dog fur trade is insignificant in financial terms to China, it is hugely significant in terms of the horrendous and unnecessary pain and suffering endured every year by the 2,000,000 helpless cats and dogs cruelly reared or stolen from caring owners, herded in cramped cages to the slaughter grounds and brutally skinned alive.
Cats and dogs are our pets. They are the animals we share our homes with and whilst we abhor and in no way condone other aspects of the Chinese fur trade (we’ll deal with those aspects later in this rationale statement), we are particularly disturbed when we imagine the horror if own pets were ever skinned alive. It brings the horror close to home and our emotive reaction is understandably intensified. The fact that it is happening to cats and dogs provides greater motivation to many to give active support. Sentiment without supportive action simply does not help.
6. Animalsaviors will therefore focus its campaign on seeking a ban by the Chinese government of the slaughter of cats and dogs and the use and sale of their fur or of products made from such fur.
7. In furtherance of this aim, animalsaviors will:
(a) take awareness of the horrors of the Chinese cat and dog fur trade to the world and the deceptive methods used in selling fur products and the dangers of buying anything with fur;
(b) lobby governments everywhere to legislate to ban the import, export, use in manufacture of products and sale of products made wholly or partly from cat and dog fur;
(c) obtain media exposure about the Chinese cat and dog fur trade;
(d) incite people everywhere to join us and actively support our campaign and in particular to stop buying fur and stop patronizing shops that continue to sell fur or fur products and to notify shop owners of their self imposed ban and the reason for same.
(e) lobby and pressure the Chinese government to introduce legislation to ban:
(i) the import of cats and dogs for use in the Chinese fur trade whether for breeding or for slaughter;
(ii) the breeding or keeping of cats and dogs for use or slaughter in the Chinese fur trade;
(iii) the skinning alive and other inhumane killing methods and inhumane treatment of all animals;
(iv) the use of cat and dog fur in the manufacture of products made wholly or partly from such fur;
(v) the export and’/or sale of cat and dog fur and of products made wholly or partly from cat and dog fur; and
(vi) the imposition of adequate penalties, including imprisonment and/or substantial fines to ensure enforcement
8. We must never forget that whilst animalsaviors is focusing on cats and dogs because it believes that this is an achievable aim, there is currently estimated to be between 40 and 55 million animals of other types being "processed" on Chinese fur farms every year. They are also being skinned alive and suffering just as horrendously as the cats and dogs.
9. Animalsaviors considers it’s better to fight the war in stages and to have success and alleviate suffering as it wins each battle. Rather than chase an impossible dream of trying to get China to ban the entire fur trade, it’s next aim will be to alleviate the suffering of the animals.
So, after a win for the cats and dogs, It’s next battle will be to systematically persuade China and other governments to introduce legislation that recognizes animal rights, that ensures proper husbandry and humane killing methods to prevent unnecessary suffering. This does not mean that it condones any form of killing animals, but in reality, the killing and the trade will continue, so in the shorter term, its better to fight to alleviate the suffering.
We will, throughout our entire Campaign, campaign to persuade consumers everywhere to stop buying fur and products made wholly or partly from fur. As part of this Campaign we will start a program to educate children in schools everywhere (including China) to have a proper respect for animals and to protect them.
The greatest danger to animals is the unbridled greed and selfishness of the majority of people who inhabit this world. For the rest of us, the minority, we must continue campaigning with the hope –however forlorn – that some day people will stop buying fur and kill the demand. The power rests with us, the people of the world, to stop the atrocities.
Thousand of our Sierra Leone children are seriously affected by rebel war and other factors and need love and care. This is a sponsorship and adoption program for children from one (1) day old to 15 years, who are now hopeless and homeless, living in overcrowded, shattered or burnt homes and many are highly in prostitution. The suffering and the various act on them is great. Over 690,000 children are traumatised and thousands has lost their mothers and relatives, properties and houses burnt down. You can’t help them all but, you can be lifesaver for one child as a CHILDHELP sponsor.
WHO IS A SPONSOR
A sponsor is a special friend who can take care of a poor child here monthly. A specify child is assigned to you, by sending regular monthly support to provide his basic needs. This monthly support provides your child with decent clothings, money for school fees and supplies, supplementary food, medical care and Christian guardian.
PERSONAL HOY
Your love can be shared personally by exchanging visits, letter and photos. You can provide gifts for your child’s birthday and for Christians, visits each other and can adopt a child to stay with you. This is one-to-one way of sharing you love. Your love can change your foster child’s life. Adoption is possible legally.
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April 4, 2008
Bo, Sierra Leone: Treating Children with Malaria
“Quite frequently, little children would come in comatose, just incredibly sick. This usually happened in one of two ways. Sometimes, the infection is so severe, it can progress over a day or over a few hours where a child can be sitting up, alert, and then, hours later, in a coma. Or, a lot of parents would wait before they brought their children in, so, often, they would wait until the child became non-responsive before coming to the hospital. We saw a lot of this and it’s just really unfortunate because, obviously, the later they came in, the less we could do. So, we did have a lot of mortality. But many of our patients got better, also.”
“We were using the newer malarial treatment, which is the artemisinin-based derivatives. This has been implemented in the last few years with MSF. And it’s really been a great weapon because it’s extremely effective, very well tolerated, and easy to administer. It’s basically the treatment of choice. Usually, it takes just three days of treatment. Even children in a coma—within 24 to 48 hours, many of them were starting to move a little bit, and that’s who survived. Some would die because there was just no chance.”
“A lot of these families came from small villages and they didn’t have a large support network, and, obviously, couldn’t afford many things. So, the majority of the children, after they died, we would actually give the caretakers cardboard boxes—the same cardboard boxes our medical supplies came in. And that’s what they were buried in.”
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“Here, an MSF nurse is resuscitating a child who had stopped breathing. I’m standing next to her, there is another child lying next to that one and two more behind us, all in critical condition. For me, a lot of the reflection happened after the mission. It just seemed that so many things were going on, you just had to stay strong and keep doing what you were doing. Now, when I see these pictures and I think about it, I just can’t believe the stuff that I saw and I can’t believe the environment I was working in. We were resuscitating children every day and just trying to keep them alive.”
Blog: Last Race by Patt L.
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— I'm watching the last
auto race of the year.
This is a sad time for us
race fans. We have to
wait until Feb. to see
tha next race. It will
seem like a life time. more
Nov 11
Blog: November 11, 2008 by Patt L.
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Thank-you
I want to thanks everyone
who sent me a birthday
greeting. I will send a
card to each of you in
few days.
Patt
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Nov 8
Blog: The Vow by Deepak C.
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The Vow
Deepak Chopra - November
07, 2008
Dear Friends,
On November 7, 2008, at
9:45am , I, Deepak
Chopra, took a vow of
non-violence in my
thoughts, in my speech
and in my actions. I,
then, also had an
opportunity to ask the
almost 500 peop... more
Blog: Marilyn Ferguson: An Appreciation by Deepak C.
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Marilyn Ferguson: An
Appreciation
Deepak Chopra - November
07, 2008
Reagan was on the rise,
the anti-war movement had
sunk to a low ebb, and
the New Age was barely
christened when The
Aquarian Conspiracy
appeared in 1980.
Overnight Marilyn Fe... more
Blog: Convulsions, Sobs, and Laughter by Deepak C.
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Convulsions, Sobs, and
Laughter
Deepak Chopra - November
06, 2008
An article in the
Washington Post On Faith
section in response to
their question: What does
the election of Barack
Obama as president say
about America? What does
it say to the... more
Nov 7
Blog: Nov 7, 2008 by Patt L.
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— Rain, rain and more rain!
One od the street's walk
down is dirt and flooded
so I have to walk around.
We haven't had the wind
though. I hope evryone is
doing good. more
Message: My Son by Scarlett S.
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— Less then 6 months ago,
my son attacked me. He is
(was?) an angry young man
who, despite all of my
efforts, was torn
regarding the absence of
his father (both
emotionally and
financially) and our own
impoverished life. First
he began stealing. I
tried... more
Nov 6
Blog: Nov 6, 2008 by Patt L.
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It is absolutely pouring
out side! It's a good
thing the islands are
mountain tops. I am so
glad the election is
over. For me it was a
good one.
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Blog: I AM. by Scarlett S.
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— I stopped
believing. I was so
disgruntled with the
world at large, so
disappointed and confused
by the society that WE as
an AMERICAN PEOPLE
created, that I STOPPED
BELIEVING.In turn, my
children stopped
trying. As is
typical, unfortunatel... more