Mass killing of strays for the Pope's visit to Bulgaria

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>Anmal-killing for the pope's visit to Bulgaria

>Wed, 22 May 2002 18:51:54 +0200

>

>Volgende brief kreeg ik van Duitse dierenrechtenactivisten met de vraag om

>mails te schrijven naar aanleiding van het feit dat Sofia haar straten wil

>'schoonmaken' voor de komst van de paus. Dat schoonmaken houdt in dat men

>de zwerfdieren wil vergiftigen. Doe het a.u.b. snel want het bezoek is al

>voor volgende week.

>Monique

>

 

 

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>

> > OK, this mail is quite long - nevertheless:

> Please read ist completely, it's important,

> it's a question of life or death of animals! <

>

>

>

>Dear animal lovers and animal protectors,

>

>we need your help and we need it very very urgently!

>

> > In Sofia (capital of Bulgaria) - as part of the preparations for the

> > pope's visit by end of this week (!) - they declared war

> > to the stray animals.

>

>To " clean " the streets for the eyes of the pope, thousands of

>those poor cats and dogs are poisoned and must die under

>unimaginable sufferings.

>We want to stop those inhuman animalkillers as quickly as possible!

>

>For this purpose we released an avalanche of protest-mails:

>

>- first to the german bishops with copy to some german and italien media

>- then - because nothing happened - to the primeminister of Bulgaria

> and the mayor of Sofia (mailtext for both below!) - with copy to the

> bishop of Sofia, the bulgarian embassy in Germany, the EU-delegation

> for Bulgaria and a now bigger number of media (print, tv and radio in

> Germany, Italy and Bulgaria).

>

>But what we need, because it's very important, is also a maximum

>of international protest (and, concluded from the e-mail adresses, most of

>you come from - or live in - foreign countries) to set those animalkillers

>under international pressure (!), not only on a local or national level!

>

>So please send this mail - as soon as possible, undersigned with

>your name, city and country - to the primeminister and the mayor,

>with copy to the EU-delagation, your national bulgarian embassy (if there

>exists one), the bishop and the media (all mail-adresses below!) and tell

>the maximum of your friends to please do so as well!

>

>Let's demonstrate to them, that we, the animal protectors, really are

>just today an international power, a concentrated force which they

>better should respect!

>

>Thank you all so much in the name of all those poor animals

>

>Gunnar and Ulla

>Wuppertal / Germany

>

>

>P.S.: 1. Unfortunately - to avoid problems (thanks to AOL!) - we

> can only load 20 adresses into the adress-field. All others

> even though they are also " adresses " , we have to put

> into the " copy to " -field.

> 2. Would you (and your friends?) mind sending us a copy of

> your mail? - Thank you!

>

>__________

>

>

>

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> primeminister

>

>Subject:

>

>Stop immediately the brutal killing of stray-animals!

>

>To:

>

>U R G E N T / > P E R S O N A L<

>

>Attention to the Primeminister of Bulgaria, Mr. Simeon von Sachsen

>

>Mr. Primeminister!

>

>Do you know what's really going on in your country?

>Do you know at least what's going on at the outside of your residence, in

>the streets of Sofia?

>

>Do you know for example, that as part of the preparations for the pope's

>visit to Bulgaria the streets are " cleaned " ?

>Do you know that this means " cleaned " from the poorest of the poor - from

>ownerless cats and dogs - for that they will not " offend " the pope's eyes

>(but how could they - being GOD's creatures too)?

>Do you know that those poor animals are robbed of the unique value they

>have: their life?

>Do you know that " cleaned " here means: poisoned?

>Do you know which scenes of horror, of brutality, of inhumanity happen?

>Do you know which incredible, unimaginable sufferings those poor

>animals have to bear?

>Certainly you can't! Because it's impossible to imagine - if you not once

>have

>been forced to be witness of something so inexpressible cruel and terrible.

>Do you know what it means for people and especially for children, to see

>those poor creatures, partly " their " cat or dog, their friend, struggeling

>hope-

>lessly for his little life, loosing in the end?

>Do you know what it means for children an people being forced to become

>witnesses when dead or still dying animals are collected and thrown on

>trucks

>like ordinary street rubbish?

>

>Obviously the pope and his vassals are unconcerned as stones and not

>interested

>to move even the little finger.

>So we demand with all emphasis:

>

>Mr. Primeminister, please stop immediately those acts of cruelty and

>inhumanity,

>stop this killing, stop this genocide to animals!

>Stop it today, stop it even in this hour !

>Stop it as there are still animals which could been saved!

>

>Do you know that if not - you'll make out of your city a taint on the map

>of

>Europe?

>

>Do you know that for us, hundres of millions of animal protectors all over

>Europe, thanks to the WorldWideWeb, a united Europe has just become

>a 'real' reality - not a virtual one?

>

>But one thing you should know :

>In case that there will be no help and not even a positive sign from your

>side, we

>will use all our united forces, all possibilities , all ways and all means

>to prevent your country to be integrated in the European Union.

>Because this would be the absoute proof that your country does not deserve

>to be member of this civilized community and to take proft from this fact!

>

>Hoping to hear very soon from you

>Kind regards

>

>Gunnar and Dr. Ulla Degen

>Wuppertal / Germany

>- Representatives of official and private animal-protection organisations -

>

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the mayor of Sofia:

>there is no email-adress! Please go to www.sofia.bg - there ist a

>'contact'-field, in which you can copy the email-text below and send

>directly!

>

>

>Attention to the the mayor of Sofia, Mr. Stefan Sofianski,

>

>

>Mr. Sofianski!

>

>Do you know at least what's going on at the outside of your residence, in

>the streets of Sofia?

>

>Do you know for example, that as part of the preparations for the pope's

>visit to Bulgaria the streets are " cleaned " ?

>Do you know that this means " cleaned " from the poorest of the poor - from

>ownerless cats and dogs - for that they will not " offend " the pope's eyes

>(but how could they - being GOD's creatures too)?

>Do you know that those poor animals are robbed of the unique value they

>have: their life?

>Do you know that " cleaned " here means: poisoned?

>Do you know which scenes of horror, of brutality, of inhumanity happen?

>Do you know which incredible, unimaginable sufferings those poor

>animals have to bear?

>Certainly you can't! Because it's impossible to imagine - if you not once

>have

>been forced to be witness of something so inexpressible cruel and terrible.

>Do you know what it means for people and especially for children, to see

>those poor creatures, partly " their " cat or dog, their friend, struggeling

>hope-

>lessly for his little life, loosing in the end?

>Do you know what it means for children an people being forced to become

>witnesses when dead or still dying animals are collected and thrown on

>trucks

>like ordinary street rubbish?

>

>Obviously the pope and his vassals are unconcerned as stones and not

>interested

>to move even the little finger.

>

>So we demand with all emphasis:

>

>Mr. Sofianski, stop immediately those acts of cruelty and inhumanity,

>stop this killing, stop this genocide to animals!

>Stop it today, stop it even in this hour !

>Stop it as there are still animals which could been saved!

>

>Do you know that if not - you'll make out of your city a taint on the map

>of

>Europe?

>

>Do you know that for us, hundres of millions of animal protectors all over

>Europe, thanks to the WorldWideWeb, a united Europe has just become

>a 'real' reality - not a virtual one?

>

>But one thing you should know :

>In case that there will be no help and not even a positive sign from your

>side, we

>will use all our united forces, all possibilities , all ways and all means

>to

>prevent your country to be integrated in the European Union.

>Because this would be the absoute proof that your country does not deserve

>to be member of this civilized community and to take proft from this fact!

>

>Hoping to hear very soon from you

>Kind regards

>

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> E-mail - Adresses:

>

>

>1. Media D / It / Bg

>

>presse, redaktion, spiegel,

>leserbriefe,

>leserbriefe, redaktion, brief,

>info,

>info, info, bettina.provost, 24stunden,

>zuschauerservice, canale5, opinioni,

>italia1,

>la7, rai-tv, inforaiuno, inforaidue,

>grr, linus, radio, radioitalia,

>radiopop, staff, ondarossa,

>a.pettinelli, segreteria.redazione, carta,

>redazione, famigliacristiana, info,

>giorno6, lettere, ildirettore,

>lettori, segreteria, ilquotidiano,

>redazione,

>redmi, piccolo, ilroma,

>redazione, direttore, italiaoggi,

>lettere, avvenire, espresso,

>posta, unitatoscana, redazione,

>redazione.internet, larepubblica,

>rubrica.lettere, segreteria_venerdi,

>lettere, online, specchiotempi,

>redazione,

>posta, notizie, nuovabas,

>finzi, matplisboa, italydaily,

>info, rbul1, bta, corr

>

>

>2. Mail embassies, EU-delegation, bishop Sofia)

>

>Bulbot, BGSTIVBLN, guest, nuntius,

>

 

 

 

 

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