OT/ Stray cats in Germany urgently need help

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please, forward widely - thanks!

 

Dear activists,

in Halle, a medium-sized town in the Sachsen-Anhalt province, a decision

is scheduled for 01-30-2002 to ban and punish feeding of stray animals.

The politicians over there say, it's for " hygienic " purposes and for to

clear the city of stray animals in the long run.

 

International protest would be excellent to show them, that no evil

deed against sentient beings goes without critics. (animal activists are

watching you:-)))

 

If you can spare a few minutes, please drop a few lines on behalf of the

Halle stray animals.

I collected some facts, arguments and addresses for you - see below.

If there is only little time to spare, please, do concentrate on a

letter to the mayor - she is the responsible person.

 

Thank you very much in advance.

Kind regards,

Charlotte Kinnewig-

Germany -

 

A few arguments against the ban:

1. Without food and medical care provided the stray population (in

Germany that means: cats) cannot survive in a healthy state - it often

consists of animals dumped by their owners and not prepared to lead a

life on their own. Therefore many animals will become ill, will starve,

will breed(!), because then there will be no one to look after

spaying/neutering measurements for the ones becoming more and more shy.

Finally, they will die of illness or starvation.

Then - see above - there is a really " hygienic problem " .

And: there is a rodent problem, too.

 

But - I may ask you - is there any " hygienic problem " with healthy cats?

There is a further problem: the cats having suffered and died soon will

be replaced by other cats and individuals of other species - freshly:-(

dumped individuals, cats wanting to improve their living conditions from

other areas, and so on.

 

A " circulus vitiosus " - all of us do know, but the politicians (in

Halle) don't - so it seems to me.

 

2. What does it mean for a stray-feeder to see his/her animals suffer?

To be punished (50 Euro, some 45 $ US) for giving care?

What sort of society will develop, if sentient beings are disposed of as

mere " things " ? What does it mean for a child seeing a hungry cat and

being told of " hygienic problems " and feeding bans?

 

I really hope I could give you an idea of the problems in Halle..

Addresses:

Mayor Ingrid Haeusslerob: 0049 345 221 4004

(she is the former minister for environmental affairs of the land

Sachsen-Anhalt and belongs to the social-democratic party)

political parties in Halle:

green party Gruenegruene.halle

christian democratic union CDUCDU-Fraktion-Halle

Fax: 0049 345 478 82 75(promoting the ban)free democratic party

FDP kv-halle

Fax 0049 345 202 41 99

new forum Neues Forum

(former civil rights organization in DDR times)s-anhalt

Fax: 0049 345 202 46 86

party of democratic socialism PDSpds.fraktion

Fax: 0049 345 202 12 21

social-democratic party SPDrq.halle

Fax: 0049 345 478 94 98

ministry for agricultural and environmental affairs of the

Sachsen-Anhalt provinceMinisterium für Raumordnung, Landwirtschaft

und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen- Anhalt

Email: poststelle

Fax: 0049 391 567 - 1727

TV-channel MDR

MDR - ONLINE (tv-channel in

Sachsen-Anhalt)http://www.mdr.de/email/index.html

Here the procedure is the following:

1. Click on the arrow right of the first field to see the dropdown menu

2. Choose " tierisch, tierisch " (it means somewhat like animallike and is

the title of a tv-feature on animals)

3. Don't alter the next both lines

4. Fill in your first name and name in the field " Name "

5. You may leave the next lines blank (it's for your address)

6. Enter your e-mail address in the field containing " @²

7. Fill in your text in the " Text " field

8. To send your e-mail click the _left_ button " abschicken "

9. Now all is allright and a confirmation message in German will appear,

informing you, that you'll receive a copy of your e-mail.