I just got this via email from a cat lover from the Hebrew university -
A few days ago I heard from the Jerusalem municipal vets
two important things. I beg you to distribute the content
of this letter as wide as you can, it's very important!
o The Dogs law will soon be amended to include also cats.
The meaning of this is that cats will have to be licensed
and all or most "street cats" will become "illegal".
This will make it easy to kill them in large numbers.
o The last 4 Rabies cases in people were caused by cats.
This is at least half a lie, in one article that I don't
locate now, Dr. Boris Yakobson, the No. 1 Israeli expert
on Rabies (and head of the Kimron Veterinary Institute)
says that in the 3 cases of 1996/7 it was a Dalak or Samor.
In only one of these cases there was even a suspicion
that a cat was involved. In the last case the animal
involved was not found, and the Veterinary Services
epidemiologist Dr. Michael Van Ham says that the victim
and her neighbour said it was a cat.
Yours
Abraham Agay
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The city of Jerusalem is known in Israel as the most hostile to cats. I have numerous blood chilling stories about mass killings there wherever they can. Their vet says he "doesn't believe" in TNR but I think he simply hates the cats. In one particular case someone trapped 11 cats and brought them in to the municipal vet. The Cat Welfare Society of Israel was notified by the people who took care of the colony and contacted the vet to ask that the cats be relocated to the CWSI facilities (far away from Jerusalem). There was no reason for the vet to say no, yet within a couple of days he had the poor cats killed instead
Jerusalem is a holy city - holy to all 3 major religions. I truly believe that those who run the city have a moral obligation that is greater than that of a regular municipality. Apparently, the Mayor of Jerusalem thinks the same. Here's a quote from the main page on their website (second paragraph):
The Mayor's name is: Uri Lupolianski
His email address is: [email protected]
Address - Safra Square 1, Jerusalem, Israel
Phone - 972-2-6297987
Fax - 972-2-6296407
Please send this information on to as many cat lovers as you possibly can! If he gets several thousands of emails he may change his mind!!!
The Jerusalem website can be found here:
http://www.jerusalem.muni.il
A few days ago I heard from the Jerusalem municipal vets
two important things. I beg you to distribute the content
of this letter as wide as you can, it's very important!
o The Dogs law will soon be amended to include also cats.
The meaning of this is that cats will have to be licensed
and all or most "street cats" will become "illegal".
This will make it easy to kill them in large numbers.
o The last 4 Rabies cases in people were caused by cats.
This is at least half a lie, in one article that I don't
locate now, Dr. Boris Yakobson, the No. 1 Israeli expert
on Rabies (and head of the Kimron Veterinary Institute)
says that in the 3 cases of 1996/7 it was a Dalak or Samor.
In only one of these cases there was even a suspicion
that a cat was involved. In the last case the animal
involved was not found, and the Veterinary Services
epidemiologist Dr. Michael Van Ham says that the victim
and her neighbour said it was a cat.
Yours
Abraham Agay
____________________________________________________________________
The city of Jerusalem is known in Israel as the most hostile to cats. I have numerous blood chilling stories about mass killings there wherever they can. Their vet says he "doesn't believe" in TNR but I think he simply hates the cats. In one particular case someone trapped 11 cats and brought them in to the municipal vet. The Cat Welfare Society of Israel was notified by the people who took care of the colony and contacted the vet to ask that the cats be relocated to the CWSI facilities (far away from Jerusalem). There was no reason for the vet to say no, yet within a couple of days he had the poor cats killed instead
Jerusalem is a holy city - holy to all 3 major religions. I truly believe that those who run the city have a moral obligation that is greater than that of a regular municipality. Apparently, the Mayor of Jerusalem thinks the same. Here's a quote from the main page on their website (second paragraph):
I call upon you citizens of the world to intervene and contact the Mayor of Jerusalem. Please let him know how wrong he is to treat cats like vermin. Ask that they learn from Tel Aviv (where TNR is implemented exclusively and successfully for the past 7 years!).Jerusalem is like no other city on earth. It is holy to the world's three major monotheistic religions, and was fought over for three millennia by a variety of peoples and nations. Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel and of the Jewish people, but, in a special sense, Jerusalem belongs to the whole world.
The Mayor's name is: Uri Lupolianski
His email address is: [email protected]
Address - Safra Square 1, Jerusalem, Israel
Phone - 972-2-6297987
Fax - 972-2-6296407
Please send this information on to as many cat lovers as you possibly can! If he gets several thousands of emails he may change his mind!!!
The Jerusalem website can be found here:
http://www.jerusalem.muni.il