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Agriculture Ministry calls for stiffer penalties against animal cruelty

Agriculture Ministry announced on Thursday that it has prepared an urgent memo to be presented to the interior and justice ministers calling for enforcing a law criminalizing animal cruelty. The law concerns the abuse and poisoning of pets, stray animals or animals used for transport and hauling. During his meeting on Thursday with Amina Abaza, the founder of the Society for Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt (SPARE), Agriculture Minister Ayman Abu Hadid announced his support for international standards protecting animal rights and kindness toward animals. He went on to say that Islam and all major religions promote kindness toward animals. He also said that his ministry, in collaboration with SPARE and the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals, would begin a campaign to control the proliferation of stray animals using non-traditional methods. Meanwhile, Abaza said enforcing the law would help limit animal abuse. Punishment for poisoning animals such as cows, buffaloes and horses could reach up to seven years imprisonment, whereas the sentence for anyone torturing dogs or stray animals would be 6 months. In related news, a number of animal rights activists from the US and UK filed a complaint with the international police organization Interpol calling for the arrest of an Egyptian resident from 6th of October City after a videotape of him torturing a dog and throwing it off a building appeared on Facebook. Translated from the Arabic Edition Source: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/416663

Demonstration on 16.4.2011: A success for Animal Rights in Egypt

S.P.A.R.E and other animal welfare organizations Made a big demonstration on the 16th of April 2011 in front of the Cairo Zoo to promote Animal Rights in Egypt.

The representatives of each Animal Welfare Organization met with the Egyptian minister of Agriculture Mr Ayman Abou Hadid, for the first time in the history of Animal Welfare in Egypt the mister decided to open an office in his ministry that will be the official Animal Welfare office, that will work with all the AW Egyptian Organizations. (Attached Picture of Animal welfare representatives and S.P.A.R.E representative Amina Abaza with Mr Ayman Abou Hadid, Egyptian minister of agriculture)

The topics we have discussed with the minister were:

ABOVE ALL STARTING TO WRITE A NEW LAW FOR ANIMAL WELFARE, WITH MORE DETAILS.

1-Animals used in veterinary Schools and animal testing should be limited and supervised by Animal Welfare Organizations.

2-Wild animals should be banned and not imported anymore. Egypt has to respect CITES agreement.

3-Killing stray dogs and cats with Strychnine and bullets should be stopped and replaced by humane methods like sterilising.

4-One or two representatives from Animal Welfare organizations will meet the Minister of Agriculture regularly to discuss and solve the problems related to Animals in Egypt.

5-Slaughter houses and how we can improve the animal condition in it.

6-Coordination with animal groups for National campaign of TNR.

7-Pet shops: Authorized parties or authorities to give license must be GOVS + Health + City Council. All should be checked on a weekly basis by vets and AW organizations should be part of the committee which regularly checks conditions.

8-Humane transportation methods for rabbit and chicken.

9-Stricter demands on slaughter houses.

10-All camels, horses and donkeys used for tourism have to be under special regulations and supervision of tourism police and veterinary authorities and should be confiscated in case of maltreatment, injury or disease.

11-Licensing equines pulling carts and putting them under veterinary supervision every six month.

12-Immediate confiscation of all domestic animals tied up inside and outside zoo, lion village etc.

13-Review and discussion on possible changing the head of Veterinary Authorities. (getting a permanent reliable head).

S.P.A.R.E. IS STAYING OPEN

Dear Friends of S.P.A.R.E.,

S.P.A.R.E.'s Shelter will remain open, but we're going to be doing things a little bit differently.

We believe that animal welfare is a community effort, and all of the emails and phone calls we get from people show a collective love for animals.

We're going to keep rescuing animals, but we want you to help us.

The Shelter will be a smaller scale animal shelter, with a maximum of 15 cats and 15 dogs.

If you rescue an animal, we will keep it in the Shelter - depending on space availability - and we encourage you to sponsor that animal throughout its stay at the Shelter: that you cover all expenses (food, vaccinations, microchipping, traveling).

We believe that in this way, we can rescue more animals and that we can find those animals more homes, faster.

Regards,
S.P.A.R.E.'s Board

World Animal Day Celebration

S.P.A.R.E. and WAD by Amina Abaza

World Animal Day was celebrated this year by S.P.A.R.E. and dedicated animal welfare activists, animal lovers and veterinary school students.

The speeches given about Animal Welfare took place in a conference room full of over 120 students: all enthusiastic, all listening, all asking questions...

This was one of the best events I ever had in my 10 years of career: the animal welfare message was delivered and everybody felt it.

Speeches were given by:
Dr. Fathy Farouk Veterinary Faculty Vice President
Dr. Rabie Fayed Professor of Animal Behaviour
Dr Mourad Ragheb Donkey Sanctuary
Dr. Shehab el Din Abd El Hamid, President of the Egyptian Federation of Animal Welfare Organisations
Amina Abaza Egyptian WAD Ambassador

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Dear Animal Welfare Societies and Animal Activists,

Greetings,

Hope you are all doing well and succeeding in our noble cause in bringing a brighter future for the animals of the world.

As the Egyptian Ambassador of the World Animal day, I would like to announce that a celebration of the WAD will be held at the Veterinary University of Cairo on October 4th 2010 . It is with great pleasure that we announce that this year, for the first time, the Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare organizations headed by Dr. Shehab Abdel-Hamied will participate in the celebration of the animals of our world.

I would like to take this occasion to invite all interested animal activists and animal organizations to join S.P.A.R.E. and EFAW in celebrating the World Animal Day at the Veterinary University of Cairo and also in Alexandria with the new animal welfare organization ANIMAL AID ALEXANDRIA.

For those of you who are interested in participating, please contact us for further details.

If for any reason you are unable to join us in this celebration, please celebrate and remember the animals on October 4th in whatever manner and venue you find suitable. The more of us celebrating this day, the more exposure and impact we will have in the public perception towards the World Animal Day and its purpose.

Thank you all for your efforts in helping our fellow non-human animals.

Lets make this day a memorable day for them!

Best Wishes,
Amina Tharwat Abaza
S.P.A.R.E Founder and President
Egyptian Ambassador for World Animal Day
Ursa Freedom Project Ambassador

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Tribute to Mme May: A Great Loss

It is with great sadness that we announce that S.P.A.R.E has lost Madame Egytzia Romeo (known to everyone as May) on Sunday 20th June 2010 at 9pm.

A few words from Amina: "She gave her life to S.P.A.R.E as a manager and to myself and my family as a close and dear friend. She took with her a piece of me when she left us last night. It is rare to meet such a beautiful, kind and generous soul, whose loyalty, determination and pure love radiated everywhere she went.

We brought her 6 dogs to shelter, I promise her that I will take good care of them. Sadly, however, one of her dogs did not wake up this morning: it simply died of grief. Her other dog, Bungi, who has been living in the Shelter already, was howling all of last night, as the workers told me. This is beyond doubt a testimony to this beautiful woman - her spirit is felt by those closest to her at all time.

May her soul rest in peace. I will never forget this angel, please pray for her."

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PILOT TNR PROGRAM

One of the milestones we have reached, after ten years of work, is implementing a pilot TNR project that we strongly believe will be the first stepping stone in effectively changing the fate of stray animals in Egypt. In co-operation with WSPA, the GOVS (who are joining us for the first time in Egypt), Brooke Hospital and the Egyptian Animal Welfare Federation, the 5 year program in Haddayek El Haram will pave the way for humane stray animal control methods in Egypt.

Simply put, stray cats and dogs will no longer be shot by the GOVs, but will be trapped, neutered and released (TNR) back into their environment, and will no longer have to suffer at the mercy of poisoning and shooting sprees. For the rest of 2010, we will be concentrating all of our efforts on getting this program on the go (ready for 2011) and supporting the campaign with extensive awareness programs to educate people about the benefits of TNR.

DOGS DAY OUT

Join us every Friday at the Shelter to take the dogs out.

Meeting point is at the Shelter at 11am-12pm.

Newcomers get an orientation of the Shelter, and then we make our way to horse stables close by to let the dogs have a run.

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