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12/20/06 - Slaughter On The Streets Of Serbia
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN
http://www.KinshipCircle.org
SOURCE OF INFORMATION:
Serbia: Animal group, FRIEND-EPAR asks for letters to help save dogs
http://network.bestfriends.org/international/news/10274.html
Slavica Mazak Beslic, president, Society of Friends of Animals (FRIEND-EPAR)
epar@yunord.net
The Society Friends of Animals FRIEND-EPAR / Serbia, Subotica
http://www.epar.org.yu
NOTE ABOUT EMAIL ADDRESSES:
Outcry from animal advocates around the world means some GOVERNMENT
MAILBOXES MAY BE FULL when you send comments. If your emails are returned,
try to resend at a later time.
Email addresses are compiled from animal advocacy groups AND Serbian
government websites. As always, Kinship Circle cannot guarantee the validity
of email addresses.
For info about how to blind-copy and send to many email addresses at one time:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/email/default.html#about
PETITION: AGAINST DOGS AND CATS KILLING IN SERBIA
http://www.oipa.org/public/serbia/petition.php
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CONTACT INFORMATION
SAMPLE LETTER FOLLOWS!
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President of Serbia
The President's Office, Palata federacije
Bulevar Mihaila Pupina 2
11070 Novi Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro
ph: +381 (0)11 311-80-63; fax: +381 (0)11 301-50-55
email: kabinet@predsednikscg.yu, mrakic@predsednik.srbija.yu
web email form: http://www.predsednik.gov.yu/kontakt/#en
website: http://www.predsednik.gov.yu/kontakt/#en
Mr. Vojislav Kostunica, Prime Minister of Serbia
Belgrade, 11 Nemanjina St. (Serbia)
ph: 00381-11-361-4621, 00-381-11-361-7600; 00381-11-361-7719
fax: 00381-11-361-46-21; 00381-11-361-7609
email: lgvozden@sr.gov.yu, predsednikvladesrbije@srbija.sr.gov.yu
Serbian government web email: http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vlada/kontakt.php
Official Website Of The Serbian Government: http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/?change_lang=en
Serbian Government Directory: http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/pages/article.php?id=312
Office of Deputy Prime Minister
Belgrade, 11 Nemanjina St.
ph: 00381-11-361-7580; fax: 00381-11-361-7597
email: kabinet.potpredsednika@sr.gov.yu
Dr. Dejan Krnjaic, Veterinary Director
Predrag Bubalo, Minister of Economy and Coordinator of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Belgrade, 22-26 Nemanjina St.
ph: 00381-11-306-5038; 306-5039; fax: 00381-11-361-6272
email: kabinet.minpolj@minpolj.sr.gov.yu, office@minpolj.sr.gov.yu
website: http://www.minpolj.sr.gov.yu
Mr. Bojan Dimitrijevic, Minister of Trade, Tourism and Services
Belgrade, 22-26 Nemanjina St.
ph: 00381-11-361-8852; 361-3404; fax: 00381-11-361-0258
email: kabinet@minttu.sr.gov.yu
website: http://www.minttu.sr.gov.yu
Mr. Slobodan Jankovic, General Prosecutor Public Attorney General of Serbia
Nemanjina 22-26 - 11000 Belgrade (Serbia)
fax: 00381-11-264-52-86; email: rjtdz@bitszyu.net
Mrs. Gordana Stojanovic Milosevic, Deputy Prosecutor General of Serbia
ph: 00-381-11-363-1359; email: rjtdz@bitsyu.net
Mr. Smiljko Kostic, Mayor of Nis
ph: 00-381-18-504-411, 00-381-18-504-544
email: mayor@gu.ni.sr.gov.yu, info@nis.org.yu
President of the City Assembly of Ni
Ni City Hall
7. Juli Street 2, Ni 18000, Serbia and Montenegro
ph
+381 1
21-133, 23-622; fax +381 1 23-655
email: mayor.ni@EUnet.yu
web email: http://www.nis.org.yu/indexe.html
website: http://www.nis.org.yu
City of Nis Police Department
ph: 00-381-18-511-222
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF MEDIA RELATIONS
Internet Department
Belgrade, 36 Kralja Milana (Srpskih Vladara) St.
ph: 3621-522; 3634-034; fax: 3346-377; email: omr@srbija.sr.gov.yu
website: http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu
Media Relations Department
Press Office, Belgrade, 11 Nemanjina St.
ph: 3617-709; 3617-710; 3617-730; fax: 3617-697; 3617-706
email: press@uzzpro.sr.gov.yu, press@sr.gov.yu
Foreign Media Department
Belgrade, 11 Nemanjina St.
ph: 3617-642; fax: 3617-471; email: foreignpress@srbija.sr.gov.yu
CC TO SERBIAN MEDIA:
radio@b92.net, redakcija@glas-javnosti.co.yu, redakcija@kurir-info.co.yu,
redakcija@politika.co.yu, redakcija@blic.co.yu, subnovine@tippnet.co.yu,
telegraf@eunet.yu, internet@novosti.co.yu
U.S. CITIZENS ONLY:
DIPLOMATIC STAFF OF THE EMBASSY OF SERBIA IN THE UNITED STATES
His Excellency Dr. Ivan Vujacic, Ambassador of Serbia and Montenegro in the U.S.
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia
2134 Kalorama Rd, NW; Washington DC 20008
ph: 202-332-0333, 202-332-4686; fax: 202-332-3933, Consular fax: 202-332-5974
email: ambassador@serbiaembusa.org
website: http://www.SERBIAEMBUSA.ORG
DIPLOMATIC STAFF OF THE EMBASSY OF SERBIA IN THE UNITED STATES
ambassador@serbiaembusa.org, bstefanovic@serbiaembusa.org,
mstojcevic@serbiaembusa.org, msestovic@serbiaembusa.org,
dradulovic@serbiaembusa.org, jcukic@serbiaembusa.org,
pvico@serbiaembusa.org, oobradovic@serbiaembusa.org,
ljpostic@serbiaembusa.org, imilosevic@serbiaembusa.org,
cveze@serbiaembusa.org, lpetrovic@serbiaembusa.org
IF YOU ARE NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, FIND SERBIAN EMBASSY STATIONED IN YOUR
COUNTRY HERE: http://www.mfa.gov.yu/Embassies/yu_emb_e.html
EMAIL BLOCKS (all emails in this alert)
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
kabinet@predsednikscg.yu, mrakic@predsednik.srbija.yu, lgvozden@sr.gov.yu,
predsednikvladesrbije@srbija.sr.gov.yu, kabinet.potpredsednika@sr.gov.yu,
kabinet.minpolj@minpolj.sr.gov.yu, office@minpolj.sr.gov.yu,
kabinet@minttu.sr.gov.yu, rjtdz@bitszyu.net, rjtdz@bitsyu.net,
mayor@gu.ni.sr.gov.yu, info@nis.org.yu, mayor.ni@EUnet.yu
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT MEDIA RELATIONS & SERBIAN MEDIA
omr@srbija.sr.gov.yu, press@uzzpro.sr.gov.yu, press@sr.gov.yu,
foreignpress@srbija.sr.gov.yu, radio@b92.net, redakcija@glas-javnosti.co.yu,
redakcija@kurir-info.co.yu, redakcija@politika.co.yu, redakcija@blic.co.yu,
subnovine@tippnet.co.yu, telegraf@eunet.yu, internet@novosti.co.yu
U.S. CITIZENS ONLY -- DIPLOMATIC STAFF OF EMBASSY OF SERBIA IN AMERICA
ambassador@serbiaembusa.org, bstefanovic@serbiaembusa.org,
mstojcevic@serbiaembusa.org, msestovic@serbiaembusa.org,
dradulovic@serbiaembusa.org, jcukic@serbiaembusa.org,
pvico@serbiaembusa.org, oobradovic@serbiaembusa.org,
ljpostic@serbiaembusa.org, imilosevic@serbiaembusa.org,
cveze@serbiaembusa.org, lpetrovic@serbiaembusa.org
IF YOU ARE NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, FIND SERBIAN EMBASSY STATIONED IN YOUR
COUNTRY HERE: http://www.mfa.gov.yu/Embassies/yu_emb_e.html
Bcc (blind copy) your letters to: epar@yunord.net, arka@eunet.yu
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SAMPLE LETTER
Feel free to use portions of our letter, but please add some original
thoughts. Hundreds of identical letters may lessen the impact.
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Honorable Officials:
News regarding South Serbia's mass slaughter of dogs and cats continues to
circulate the globe via Internet and press, with the present cull scheduled
on or around December 18-21 in the City of Nis.
I understand JKP Medijana, the municipal garbage service, is behind the
capture and poisoning of some 5,000 dogs at the city dump in Nis. Dogs are
to ingest T-61, a poison that paralyzes their lungs.
Whether the present cull is underway or has yet to begin -- any large-scale
purge of street animals is wrong. A comprehensive spay/neuter/vaccination
drive to humanely control animal numbers in Serbian cities is right. Please
do the right thing.
Mass eradications are not new in Serbia. Observers contend the City of
Belgrade annually exterminates tens of thousands of dogs in the region.
Garbage dumps in Zrenjanin and Novi Sad have functioned as execution sites
for strays in Belgrade. In fact, garbage collectors are paid for each animal
killed. The government has done nothing to stop these bounty kills.
I call upon officials to enforce animal protection laws and ban the cruel
destruction of domesticated animals. I respectfully ask public prosecutors
to uphold the Criminal Code of Serbia, article 269, paragraph 2: "Anyone who
uses cruelty towards animals or kills an animal in violation of the Law of
veterinary standards must be punished for up to three years in prison."
Those who crudely poison, beat, hang, burn and shoot animals should be
arrested, prosecuted and penalized to the full extent of the law. Anything
less depicts the government's failure to fulfill legal and ethical
standards.
I urge you to seek aid from local and foreign organizations with expertise
in animal protection legislation and humane education. Rather than subsidize
vulgar forms of killing, please allocate funds for affordable nationwide
spay/neuter programs. I encourage you to invest in a network of municipal
shelters that maintain veterinary supervision, mandatory sterilization,
vaccinations, microchip identification, and responsible adoption policies.
Lastly, Serbia's welfare laws need to embody all animals, not just those
intended for human companionship. In Belgrade's private city zoo, distressed
and sick animals display stereotypic pacing, head bobbing, bar biting and
self-mutilation from years of confinement in shabby, cramped enclosures.
As images of animal suffering resonate around the world, people who value
sentient life will boycott Serbia as a travel destination. Personally, I
cannot visit your nation until mass killing programs are outlawed and
visible strides are made to enforce welfare laws.
Sincerely,
Posted: Thursday December 20, 2006, 2:58 am
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