Wednesday, 25th March 2009 - 12:19CET
Sad scenes at Tal-Ferħa
Some scenes have been left out because they are too disturbing. Filming and editing: Paul Spiteri Lucas
Three puppies were saved from a cruel death this morning thanks to a raid by the police and the Abandoned Animals Association at a former hospital at Tal-Ferħa, Għargħur.
Other dogs were not so lucky and a number of skeletons and dog body parts were found. The dogs had starved to death.
AAA’s Freddie Fenech said his association received an anonymous telephone call about the place. It checked it out and then alerted the police.
The three saved puppies are now being cared for by a volunteer. They will be vaccinated and flown to a new life in Germany.
Mr Fenech thanked the Naxxar police for their assistance.
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Jien nahseb u forsi certa nies ma jaqblux li min ghandu kelb ghandu jirregistrah. Il-flus li jingabru ghandhom imorru biex tittejjeb l-infrastruttura ezistenti u jinxtraw per ezempju "Pet ambulances" + jghinu lill-organizzazjonijiet u persuni eccezzjonali bhal Freddie. JIen ghadni kif hallast 40€ il-Germanja biex irregistrajt il-kelb... u qieghed bla xoghol. Inhossha f'buti imma naf li il-flus marru fejn ghandhom imorru u jekk il-kelb jahrabli.. kif dejjem jaghmel... ghal menu issa ghandu isem, indirizz u numru fejn icempluli! Spanja ( fejn kelli inpoggilu CHIP ta' bil-fors) tissussidja lil kull min jirregistra l-annimal tieghu u jpoggilu CHIP. Il-flus imorru wkoll biex jitpoggew kaxex b-boroz biex dak li jkun meta johrog il-kelb ma "jinsiex" jigbor il-hmieg warajh u b'hekk jinzamm l-ambjent nadif.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS???
THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED AND IF NECESSARY JAILED!!!!
Mr. Demartino please note that you have got your arithmetic very wrong.
Animal lovers who are ready to vote in the interest of animal rights count more than 45,000
plus. We know as we have constant contact with same. Yes we will show insensitive politicians in government that every vote COUNTS. Our love for animals comes before partisan politics. This government's feelings for animals is correctly measured by Albert Einstein's saying - "GHIDLI KIF TIMXI MA L-ANNIMALI U NGHIDLEK KIF TIMXI MAN NIES"
One of the vehicles donated to the Saint Francis Foundation was in 2004. In the meantime we experienced government allowing BRAND NEW BMW'S (tac-COKAM CONFERENCE) to be sold - to blue-eyed well off persons - with no taxes at all.
The vehicles donated to the SFFA will only be used as animal ambulances and animal rescue vehicles to rush sick, injured and abandoned animals to veterinarians.
Yes. Mr. Charles Grech is Correct. NO ANIMAL AMBULANCES, NO VOTE
Its true that more doers are needed but the main culprits are the politicians in government.
I invite everyone to put pressure on The Prime Minister and Minister Tonio Fenech to waive off dues being registration tax etc. and allow The Saint Francis Foundation for Animals to use two vehicles donated by foreigners to be used as animal ambulances and animal rescue vehicles.
Show government that the values of animal lovers are not going to be traded especially before the MEP elections. BEWARE of window dressing by the government to alienate your minds off the issue of animal rights. Soon enough government will be boasting of the so called "AFTERCARE CENTRE AT TA' QALI' TO STEAL YOUR VOTE. This is nothing more than a BUNKER THAT CAN TAKE ONLY 50 small animals.
Tell government that candidates under the PN ticket will NOT be worth waisting ink on during the voting.
LETS ALL SHOW THAT WE ARE A UNITED FRONT TO GET THE BEST RESULTS FOR THE ANIMALS. OUR MAIN WEAPON IS OUR VOTE. WE WILL USE IT THIS TIME.
NO AMBULANCES, NO VOTE
NO ANIMAL RIGHTS, NO VOTE
NO FOREIGNER is in a position to teach us, the Maltese, how to look after animals; and no foreigner is in a position to tell us to stop hunting and trapping - and I say this, fully aware of implications. Allow me to expand.
Foreigners abroad have their own problems as regards animal cruelty. Suffice to mention the Spanish bull-fights or the British fox-hunts. Just to mention two!
This does not mean that we should not reflect on what anyone, foreigners included, have to say.
The fact that hunting and trapping must stop is not due to foreign interference; nor should it have been due to EU legislation and legal action: hunting and trapping should have been gradually stopped by governments these past twenty-five years! Hunting and trapping, in other words, has to stop because the Maltese are against it, and because common sense, mingled with respect for nature, demands it.
And as for the Church, there is no harm in people being faithful - let us not mix things up, please.
I agree with you 100%
in point form can you advise what the government and the LOCAL Church did for animals in the last 20 or 30 years?
personally i alluded to the Government and the local Church because let us face it - the fact is that they are the most 'powerful' groups in Malta. democracy or not, it is only them that have the ability to do something on a larger scale.
and no i do not think that Government is doing a bad job of everything! on this matter i think however that concretly it still has not done anything
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING
Ieqaf tghajjar lin-nies li jikkritikaw b'mod kostruttiv.
Ieqaf.
U taf ghaliex qed nghidlek biex tieqaf? Ghax il-kruha li jien u int ghaddejna minna fiz-zminijiet infelici (u taf ghaliex qed nalludi), bl-atteggjament tieghek illu qieghed veru terga tfakkarni fihom!
Ha nkomplilek bl-Ingliz ghax ma nafx nesprimi ruhi bil-Malti fuq din: you are living in a time-warp, in a reality which no longer makes sense. In fact, your sense of reality stopped years ago and now you are unable to decipher what you are even talking about.
I end here.
Still I can never understand how anybody could hurt such adorable creatures
I hope the person responsible gets caught and pay's for his action!!
This has to be stopped on this island for once and for all!!
Pigs for example as intelligent as dogs yet some people find no problem in having them treated deplorably for all their lives then killing them barbarically and eating them.
And do you not watch Discovery??? Do you not see cruelty like this and worse in countries that are far more 'developed' than us?? It's not a matter of nationality, its a matter of a sick individuals who exist all over the world.
Microchipping should be compulsory for all companions (a.k.a. pets) and heavy fines including jail terms should be handed out to any caught abusing or mistreating such beings.
Proceeds from these fines could then be distributed to registered animal carers/foundations as financial aid.
Other than that, a companion is adopted and not bought or bred.
Stop Breeding - Start Adopting.
We cannot do all this bla bla bla and pretend that things will be solved by themselves. Please speak up for these defenceless creatures because we are their only voice.
Mela toqghodx tipprova, jekk dejjem joghgbok, dejjem tikteb u tostakola b'mod ridikolu lil min jikkritika kostruttivament lill-Gvern tal-gurnata. Il-gvern ghandu parti importanti x'jilghab f'din il-haga. Ghandu jahdem qatiegh biex johloq kuxjenza favur it-tharis tal-annimali.
Sur Demartino - meta inqatlu l-annimali, dawn inqatlu bil-kunsens tal-Ministru koncernat. Kieku, ma kienux jinqatlu!
Ghal darb'ohra, jekk joghgbok, ieqaf milli tipprova tiddefendi lil min ma jistax jigi iddefendut. Trid tirrejalizza, jekk ma jimpurtax hafna, li mhux kulhadd huwa bhalek, li jara kollox minn lenti bluna!!!
A big thanks to Freddie for his strong will and compassion!!
PROUD TO BE MALTESE!!!
Well said, I totally agree with you.
We cannot sit idle and allow such barbaric atrocities taking place in our country.
Let us remember that animals are innocent being - they are the victims, as much as babies and defenceless children are.
As has been said, the place BELONGS to someone! So, someone MUST answer for these barbaric actions and be responsible for this.
However, I don't quite understand where you expect the Church to come into this..? Regardless of religion, any person with a sense of right and wrong.. or any ethical streak for that matter.. will realise the gravity of what it actually means when a human being inflicts suffering on helpless creatures. The Church deeming this behaviour as sinful is hardly effective... especially when one keeps in mind that perhaps a conscientous Catholic probably wouldn't have committed this crime in the first place.
I just hope these criminals get what they deserve.
Stop Breeding once and for all and have all animals microchipped.
True animal lovers are hindered by this government like when they killed 11 healthy dogs under the care of Animal Rescue Malta on the 14th March, 1996. And guess what?
The public officers who were found guilty by the ombudsman - of abusing their powers - were all given promotions in the Civil Service instead of facing accusations before the Public Service Commission.
And what about the two vehicles that we were donated to use exclusively as Animal Ambulances. They are still garaged as this government wants us to pay around EUR24,000
registration tax since these vehicles have foreign number plates.
All the politicians in government knows about the above and still they do not care.
We can only help animals by using our votes properly. BEWARE OF WINDOW DRESSING JUST BEFORE THE MEP ELECTIONS. VOTE FOR GENUINE ANIMAL LOVERS ONLY.
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You say: Neither is harsh and cruel treatment reserved only for dogs and cats.
Then, let us all together join in putting a stop to this harsh and cruel treatment against animals, which are also sentient beings like you and I, deserving of respect and dignity as much as the human being, and which are vulnerable. Don't you agree that something should be done about this?
You also write: But then how would the Church go about explaining why humans and animals are afflicted by so much suffering?
I, for one never mentioned the Church. But this kind of suffering is human-induced and easy to stop because it is not like an illness which comes about by nature. This is a kind of suffering that we, human beings, are inflicting on those more vulnerable than us. That is why it has to be stopped.
Excellent comment.
Unfortunately these atrocities do not happen "Only in Malta". Neither is harsh and cruel treatment reserved only for dogs and cats.
Some have questioned why the Church does not voice concern about this rampant injustice. But then how would the Church go about explaining why humans and animals are afflicted by so much suffering? Human suffering has been attributed to Man's fall into sin. But animals? Somehow there is a missing link somewhere. Or things are not as some would have us believe.
And most of all I beleive that animal assosciations should not have to relym so much on donations and help to protect animals-these should be paid for as part of Malta's annual budget. It is a true shame !
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To all MEP candidates - wake up from the slumber and do something for these poor creatures!!!!
On the 26/12/1007 at 7.35pm I had to put my Benjie (cat) to sleep, old age, 27 year-old (our years), he gave us so much love it is hard to explain, let me put it this way, I have never seen a Vet shedding a tear, he did on that day. At present I have a six-year-old Whiskey and he`s driving me to drink,a truly wild beautiful cat,I found him (not it) in an alleway in Gudja, right now he is next to me watcihing me tapping this. Please be kind to animals.
sick and disgusting
give some credit to mr, F.Fenech for doing suck a good job in a difficult situation, and all those who care about animals.
THESE ARE DISGUSTING ACTIONS, TAKING PLACE BY ATROCIOUS PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE MONSTERS!
AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET WHEN ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE PROPER, RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITIES TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THEM, EVEN WITH THEIR LIVES, IF NECESSARY.
THAT IS WHY I CONSTANTLY WRITE IN CERTAIN NEWSPAPERS ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF ANIMALS.
THE RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT ONLY ON THE PERPETRATORS BUT ON THE WHITE-COLLAR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE DUTY-BOUND TO PROTECT THESE ANIMALS AND NOT JUST THREATEN ONE AND ALL THAT ANIMALS WILL BE PUT DOWN!!!!!
WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!
DISGUSTING. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!
All very true about dogs. How much more about human beings?? I expect none of these bloggers are Pro Choice i.e. pro killing unborn babies. Such videos are even more horrible of course . yet some are not ashamed but say it is a right instead.
perfectly put.............Join the club.
I'm utterly disgusted.
When will people learn (and obviously I'm not referring to the many animal lovers that go out of their way to give love to these helpless creatures).
How could you?