{"id":16821,"date":"2011-02-17T11:19:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T16:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/16821\/russia-weakest-animal-cruelty-laws-developed-world\/"},"modified":"2011-02-17T11:19:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T16:19:57","slug":"russia-weakest-animal-cruelty-laws-developed-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/16821\/russia-weakest-animal-cruelty-laws-developed-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia has one of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the developed world."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has one of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the developed world.  <b>Posted By:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/afsdanimalposting\">AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122)<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n~Friendburst Links~<br \/>\n<\/b><b><a>Advocate for Saving Dogs\u2122<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b><a>Animal Rights<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b><a>\u2665We\u2665Are\u2665All\u2665Connected\u2665<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Russia has one of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the developed world.<\/h1>\n<p>Please Sign Here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepetitionsite.com\/1\/russia-has-one-of-the-weakest-animal-cruelty-laws-in-the-developed-world\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span>http:\/\/www.thepetitionsite.com<\/span><span class=\"word_break\"><\/span><span>\/1\/russia-has-one-of-the-weake<\/span><span class=\"word_break\"><\/span><span>st-animal-cruelty-laws-in-the-<\/span><span class=\"word_break\"><\/span>developed-world\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"about_petition\">\n<p class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dingo.care2.com\/pictures\/petition_images\/petition\/479\/949694-1297786997-main.jpg\" alt=\"Russia has one of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the developed world.\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"petition_stats\">\n<div id=\"petition_num_sigs\">signatures: <span>395<\/span><\/div>\n<li class=\"progress_bar\"><\/li>\n<div id=\"petition_sigs_goal\">signature goal: <span>1,000,000<\/span><\/div>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<ul class=\"description_stats\">\n<div><b>Target:<\/b> New Law protecting animal rights in Russia !<\/div>\n<div><b>Sponsored by:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/petitions\/feedback\/949694479\">Tuapse rescue shelter for homeless cats and dogs &#8220;Miloserdie&#8221;(&#8220;Mercy&#8221;).<\/a><\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <span><\/p>\n<div>February 15 2011<\/div>\n<div>Addressed to:<\/div>\n<div>President of Russian   Federation Dmitry Anatolievich Medvedev<\/div>\n<div>Prime Minister of Russian   Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin<\/div>\n<div>State Duma, Moscow         http:\/\/www.politika.su\/e\/fs\/gd.html   <\/div>\n<div>Governor of Krasnodar Region (%u201CKuban%u201D) A.N.Tkachev<\/div>\n<div>Head of Town of Tuapse A.V.Chekhov<\/div>\n<div>Temporary assigned Head of Tuapse District V.V. Libanev<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>As<br \/>\n you know, Russia has one of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the<br \/>\ndeveloped world. It was first introduced in 2000 and remains virtually<br \/>\nsince then. Another Law was passed leaving intact all the loopholes in<br \/>\nthe way offences are defined. These loopholes continue to prevent the<br \/>\nprosecution of many serious animal abusers. Russia needs a law for the<br \/>\n21st century, not the 19th century.<\/div>\n<div>Animal cruelty is a grave<br \/>\nform of violence that must be addressed. It  is also a form of violence<br \/>\nthat is recognized in reams of  authoritative, academic research as a<br \/>\nprecursor to violence against  humans. Why is the Russian government<br \/>\nunable or unwilling to grasp this?  We need a law that takes heinous<br \/>\ncrimes against animals seriously.<\/div>\n<div>A bill that would make the<br \/>\nnecessary changes to Russia%u2019s animal  cruelty law has been batted<br \/>\naround by State Duma for the past decade and  at one time had the<br \/>\nsupport of some parties in the Duma as well as  animal protection<br \/>\ngroups, animal use industries and veterinarians.  Unfortunately, it has<br \/>\nbeen the victim of misinformation. As a Russian  who cares about<br \/>\nanimals, I%u2019m asking you to learn the facts about our  animal<br \/>\ncruelty law and bring forward amendments that will properly  protect all<br \/>\n animals from cruelty and abuse, while safeguarding important  heritage<br \/>\nactivities including farming, hunting and fishing.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>There<br \/>\nis strong lobby from animal abusers of all sort in State Duma in Moscow.<br \/>\n Below please find examples of where the lobby is coming from.:<\/div>\n<div>From<br \/>\n Moscow State University vivisection department. From animal fur<br \/>\nproducers. From  meat producers. Even from professional dog breeders. <\/div>\n<div>I<br \/>\n ask you to think of all the animals that have been starved to  death,<br \/>\nburned in microwaves, beaten, poisoned, hanged, shoot, bound and<br \/>\ndragged behind cars. They need a law that will protect them from such<br \/>\nheinous acts of cruelty. Please, don%u2019t sweep this under the rug any<br \/>\n  more. The State Duma in Moscow fabricating new Law that is simply put<br \/>\n against all animals, they are trying to substitute brilliant law<br \/>\nproject  that was prepared by competent Russian Animal Rights Activistst<br \/>\n in  2000, and one of their representatives, Russian musician Andrey<br \/>\nMakarevich gave this law project personally to Putin%u2019s hands! There<br \/>\n is  no point to introduce current State Duma%u2019s<br \/>\n%u201CCreation%u201D when so many  serious abusers can%u2019t even be<br \/>\nprosecuted, let alone convicted. Russian  Government must stop playing<br \/>\npolitics with puppies!<\/div>\n<div>Sincerely,<\/div>\n<div>Citizens of Russian Federation<\/div>\n<div>Town of Tuapse<\/div>\n<div>Town of Sochi<\/div>\n<div>Krasnodar Region<\/div>\n<div><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/tuapsedogshelter.narod2.ru\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tuapse rescue shelter for homeless cats and dogs &#8220;Miloserdie&#8221;(&#8220;Mercy&#8221;).<\/a><\/b><\/i> <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has one of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the developed world. Posted By:AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122) ~Friendburst Links~ Advocate for Saving Dogs\u2122 Animal Rights \u2665We\u2665Are\u2665All\u2665Connected\u2665 Russia has one of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the developed world. Please Sign Here: http:\/\/www.thepetitionsite.com\/1\/russia-has-one-of-the-weakest-animal-cruelty-laws-in-the-developed-world\/ signatures: 395 signature goal: 1,000,000 Target: New Law protecting animal rights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}