Cat With no shelter

One Eye Removed Cat

In Tanzania the Domestic Cats are tortured due to local believes of witchcrafts, peoples are killings,cut the head and suck the blood, dig down live for the bussineess or lucky purposes or any other means of cruelty.

The Voice and eyes of cats during the night bring people in that believes. the real stories is that most of the people have no Animal Behaviour Education and non compassionate citizen .

we need to educate the Tanzania Citizens to be able to care and love cats and all animals

we believe that animals as living creatures are entitles to legal, moral and ethical consideration,
and have value more than economic measurements

Road Accident

On the high road called Morogoro Road this dog was killied by moving vehicles, the body of that dog was staying on that place more than three days.

Dogs here are seen as object not as living creature, the cruelties and abuses and killings are more major problems facing the Dogs here in Dar es salaam and other parts of the Country

Road accidents

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Kahama Donkeys Welfare Project KDWP

1. Kahama Donkeys Welfare Project {KDWP}

Project Coordinator: Yohana J.S. Kashililah
Targeted Populations: Kahama Residents
Date of Starting: September 2006
End Date: February 2007


1.1 Project Description

Tanzania Animals Protection Organization {TAPO} will carry out the Kahama Donkeys Welfare Project in the Kahama District, situated 221 Km from Shinyanga town in the mainland of the United Republic of Tanzania.

The target population is Kahama Residences with their Donkeys in all 33 rural areas, with total population of about 399.000 residences. Of these about 60% owning donkeys will be participating in promoting the welfares of their Donkeys in their rural areas.

There are more than 1000 donkeys populations at Kahama {Report of 2001 Livestock’s Sensor}, with no veterinary clinic services available, 80% of residences are dealing with farming practise, 60% of farmers are owning the Donkeys, range 1 to 4 per single family.

Topographical features of Kahama District are, Mountains highlands with sand and-stone, with rocks scattered more spaces, and there is more than 13 villages


Donkey are recognized as en route to deliver practical, effective and suitable socio-economic assistance for the poverty reduction among the peoples of kahama, in general are very important in Transport and Agriculture works.


The load- carrying abilities of kahama donkeys are legendary sometimes exploited.
They are loaded with excessively heavy burden, carrying 100% of their body weight for long distances, the weight all in one narrow without means of saddle, whereby most of the people hang loads over the back of donkey without any saddle {e.g. two water drums linked only by cords, this put pressure directly over the backbone, frequently collapse en route, weak from hunger and thirst.

Donkey carts of Kahama is composed of a single shaft and pair of donkeys carry the weight on the draw pole through narrow neck straps or rope, also the draw carts Donkeys are usually in oxen yokes which put the weight on their long thin necks, inflicting severe strain and injury, and the ropes frequently interfere with their breathing. These are the major causes of the donkey discomfort and sores.
Most Donkeys are kept for Transport, whether pack transport or pulling carts through purpose of load Farm produce, firewood, water, manure, hire and building Materials
The farm produce means of Transport is the leading one used mainly by farmers during the Planting and harvesting seasons in many rural areas of Kahama whereby the farms are situated in difference kilometers from farmer residences, it will take about 8 hours per day, and even during the night donkeys are working, passing on road covered with rocks and on some mountain terrace. Including bad designing for carts and harnessing is a major problem cause of injuries of the kahama Donkeys, which are caused by donkey to pull from the neck rather than the chest

Most Donkeys conditions is weak from the body physically appearances to health status; most have presence of body lesions especially around the neck, chest, under the tail, on the front and back limbs, on the lower fore and upper fore, hooves have lesions and overgrowth


The Donkeys owners value their donkeys for load carrying and also the planting of farms, and other works, so there shall be given Donkey welfare education through the followings strategies.

Training and working practices
There is full information on good working practices with donkeys and farmers may work their animals to the point of stubborn refusal to work further, good training is also beneficial for general case of working if it includes complete control and commands, improved practices, and there shall be 3 days training class per single rural area, as follows

1. Training concerning Donkey shelters
This training will cover providing good shelter which is suitable for their donkey for all seasons of the year, due to the no waterproof coat of donkey, the shelter will protect donkey during the winter, and give them shade in the hot days, and escape from the heat and flies.
2. Training concerning feeding of donkeys
This training will cover farmers to identify poisonous grass, providing balanced diet for their donkey, and to protect form over feeding diseases


3. Training concerning basic donkey health care
This training will cover farmers to observe their donkeys if there is sick or fit to work, or anything wrong before calling vet-doctor. Working in the cool of the early morning and evening Regular rests in shade and with water available, hooves trimmed.


4. Training concerning handling the donkey
This training will cover donkeys on pulling carts and pack load, how to minimize the lesion produced by carts and saddle modification
2. Project Goals
Kahama Donkeys welfare project {KDWP}, is responsible for promoting and protecting the health, safety, and welfare of all donkeys found at Kahama, the six months project will enhance the Kahama residents to understand donkeys and respect them as living being, with the following goals;

Creating, maintaining and promoting any donkeys issues relating to their well-being upon human beings

Understanding, appreciation, improvements, developments of the donkey welfare among the people of kahama

3. Urgency and Sustainability

It is necessary to do this project this time because Donkey welfare stigma is at present rampant within kahama communities. It is urgent because stigma elimination is a prelude to wide scale donkey’s welfare. Wide scale donkey’s welfare is essential for providing support and care in the implementation of all initiative.

At the end of the Project Kahama residences in their rural areas will have been built capacity to reduce stigma and implement donkey welfare and support activities.

4. Project Management
Kahama Donkeys welfare project {KDWP} will work closely with advices from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Ministry of livestock’s developments, kahama district council, and kahama veterinary officers, any other interested NGO. Others are local government’s authorities, news media and the public to produce a welfare- sound, widely- supported plan for implementation. The key elements of the project management structure are:

A Project Management Team: made up of Tapo members and staff, qualified registered veterinary doctors, will conduct the day-to-day project management, following work plan, schedule and budget, ensure that there is adequate coordination with other project participants and other interest groups.

A Technical Advice Team” is made up professors from faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Sokoine University of Agricultures, Vet- Doctors from ministry of livestock’s Development.

5. Project Activities and Timeline

The project is expected to take six months and cost approximately
$ 17.340/ {the kahama donkey welfare project will include the following elements.

1. Analyze existing conditions

A detailed analysis of existing, donkey health, and treatment conditions will be conducted through qualified veterinary Doctors and question about:
Donkey uses;

Types of load,
Any saddle/harness,
Fit for harness,
Tethering,
Purpose of load,
Frequency use,
Terrain covered.

Husbandry and Management:

Feed,
Water,
Other

Physical Health Check up of
· Skin
· Ear
· Eyes
· Musculoskeletal
2. Develop Project Goals and Objectives
The participants will develop a strategy for developing project goals and objectives for the Kahama Donkey welfare project; a successful strategy will incorporate extensive work with any Government’s institutions, foreign NGO, news media, public involvement and any other individual. By moving around Kahama with advertising equipments, brochures, leaflets and posters shall be used

6. Opportunities for public Education and Outreach

Activity No.1 & 2

Kahama Donkey welfare project will produce 90% in Swahili language and 10% English language, and provides the following educational materials for free, brochure, leaflets, posters. {Dvds, Cds and videocassettes T-shirt, and caps will be sold to fundraising the project}. Whereby there will be five participants, using one hired vehicle to promote donkey welfare all around Kahama by using loud speakers and other advertising equipments.

Activity No. 3

Qualified veterinary Doctors will conduct this activity
Communication with input from community and interested organization will be achieved using.
· Training workshop
· Public meetings
· A website
· Paper newsletter
· Presentation

7. Risk

We believe the project can be delivered in the time scale envisaged and within the proposed budget. The duration of six months for the activities within kahama communities is adequate to bring about initial changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices of all Donkeys.

The main risks that may delay or reduce the effectiveness of this project are.
The poor attending of Donkeys owner in the training class in their rural areas, the project will take special effort to encourage donkey’s owners to participate in this project through local governing authorities.
Voluntarism is the cornerstone of this project. Dependence of voluntarism at local level to participate in this project will planned, executed and evaluated by the assistance form local governing authorities
Understanding of targeted population on training class through their types of background education status.
Culturally women have limited power In decision making in the communities, while they are main generator of family income, we will use rights based approach to sensitise both women and men

Wanyama

WANYAMA
Duniani kuna aina nyingi sana ya viumbe kama vile ndege, wanyama, samaki, wadudu na wengineo, na viumbe wote hao wanatabia , maumbile,mahitaji mapendo na mifumo mbalimbali ya kuendesha maisha mbali ya msaada wa binadamu kwa asili ya maisha ya viumbe wa duniani. Pia kuna wanyama ambao wana akali ya kutambua na kufanya vitu mbalimbali karibia kabisa na binadamu, na sifa kubwa zaidi kwa viumbe wengi ni kuwa wanalea na kuwatunza watoto wao.


Haki za Wanyama

Nini maana ya haki za wanyama?

Haki za wanyama maana yake wanyama wana aina Fulani ya kufikirika, kuthaminika—kufikirika, kuthaminika kutokana na nini bora kwa mapenzi, mahitaji, na maamuzi yao kutokujali kama hawasikii, wanatumiwa na binadamu, au wanakaribia kutoweka na kutokajali kama wanatunzwa na binadamu {kama ilivyo kwa binadamu aliyepungukiwa na akili anaayo haki hata kama watu wote hawampendi} ina maana kutambua kuwa wanyama siyo wetu kwa ajili ya chakula, kuvaa, kiburudisho, au majaribio ya kisayansi.

Ni Haki Zipi za Wanyama ?
Wanyama wanahaki ya kuthamiwa kwa maamuzi yao wenyewe kwa mfano, mbwa ana maamuzi ya kutokuwa na maumivu anayoyapata pasipo kuwa na sababu yeyote ile, maana, kwa hiyo tunalazimika kuchukua maamuzi yao katika kuwathamini na kuwajali mbwa kuwa na haki ya kutokuwa na maumivu yasiyo ya lazima anayoyapata.

Hata hivyo wanyama kawida hawana haki zinazofanana na binadamu, kwa sababu maamuzi na mahitaji yao kawida hayafanani na yetu, na baadhi ya haki zinaweza kuwa kinyume na maisha ya wanyama, kwa mfano, mbwa hana maamuzi, hafahamu haki ya kupiga kura na kwa hiyo hana haki ya kupiga kura, tangu hapo haki hiyo itakuwa haina maana kwa mbwa na kama ilivyo kwa mtoto.

Umesimama Wapi?
Kuna baadhi ya bianadamu ambao kwa huruma na upendo wanaweza kusimama na kumtoa jongoo barabarani na kumpeleka sehemu salama. Kujali matatizo na kuwajibika ni maadili yanayopanuka na tunalazimika kuishi kila siku kwa kuhukumu na kuhukumu kuamua kila kitu kinachotokea kwa ubaya na uzuri kama tunavyoweza.

Hatuwezi kuzuia mateso yote, lakini haina maana kuwa hatuwezi kuzuia mateso yeyote katika maisha ya sasa ya duniani yenye muenekano wa mapungufu ya uchaguzi, kawaida huwa kuna huruma na ubabe, njia ambazo wengi wetu tunazotumia katika kula, kuvaa, kuburudika, na kujifunza sisi wenyewe kuliko kuua wanyama.



Vipi Miti na Mimea?
Hakuna njia inayoonyesha tuamini kuwa miti na mimea inahisi maumivu, kwani haina mishipa ya fahamu “ubongo”na mwisho wa mishipa ya fahamu. Sababu pekee inayoonyesha kuwa wanyama wanahisi maumivu ni jinsi watakavyo jihami.
iwapo utashika kitu ambacho kitakuumiza au kujeruhi, maumivu yatakufundisha kutokugusa na kukiacha pekee siku nyingine. Tangu hapo miti na mimea haiwezi kutembea kuepuka maumivu na hivyo haitaji kijifunza kuepuka baadhi ya vitu.

Imani Katika Haki Za Wanyama
Ni vizuri kuamini katika haki za wanyama kwani kila mtu anawajibika katika maamuzi yake, lakini “uhuru wa kufikiri” kawaida huwa hauwendani na “uhuru wa kutenda”. Upo huru kuamini chochote unachotaka ingawaje huwaumizi wengine, unaweza kuamini kuwa wanyama ni lazima wauwawe, kwamba watu weusi ni lazima wawe watumwa, au mwanamke ni lazima apigwe, lakini hufanyi imani yako uiweke kwenye majaribio- yaani kwa kutenda.

Wanyama hawazielewi haki zao, mara nyingi hawaheshimu haki zetu, je ni kwanini tunatoa mawazo yetu ya kiroho juu yao?
Kwa sababu wanyama kushindwa kufahamu na kuingia katika miongozo yetu ni sawasawa na mtoto mdogo au kichaa kushindwa kufana hivyo. Wanyama hawako, hawana, au hawajawezeshwa kuchagua kubadilishwa tabia zao, lakini binadamu anayo akili ya kuchagua kati ya tabia zinazowaumiza wengine na kutokuwaumiza wengine.

Ni vigumu kuepuka kutesa wanyama na mara nyingi hufanyika bila kufahamu?
Ni kweli ni vigumu kuishi maisha yako bila ya kuleta majeruhi kwa viumbe wote, kwa bahati mbaya tumeshakanyaga siafu na viumbe wengine, lakini haina maana kuwa tumedhamilia kuwakanyaga siafu hao. Lakini kwa sababu unaweza kusababisha ajali kwa kumgonga mtu na gari haina maana kumfanya bianadamu awe ni kwa ajili ya kugongwa na gari.

Vipi kuhusu mila, tamaduni, na kazi zinazotegemea kutumia wanyama?
Uanzishaji wa magaari, uzuiaji wa biashara ya utumwa, na mwisho wa vita kuu ya pili ya dunia kulilazimisha kutokea na mifumo mingine ya kufanya kazi na kuiendeleza. Hii ilikuwa ni chachu katika maendeleo jamii za binadamu—siyo sababu ya kuvuruga maendeleo.

Wanyama wengi wanaotumika kwa chakula, kazi, manyoya, ngozi na majaribio ya kisayansi wamezaliwa kwa ajili hiyo?
Kwa kuzaliwa kwa shughuli hiyo hakuwewzi kubadilisha uwezo wa kibaolojia wa mnyama kusikia maumivu na huzuni.

Mungu ameweka wanyama hapa duniani kwa ajili ya kuwatawala, vitabu vya dini vimetupa utawala juu wanyama?

Kutawala siyo sawasawa na kutawala kwa mabavu na utesaji, mfano, Rais wa Tanzania anatawala au anawaongoza watanzania, lakini haina maana kuwa anaweza kuwala au kuwatesa watanzania. Iwapo tunatawala wanyama, ukweli kabisa ni kuwalinda, siyo kuwatumia kwa mahitaji yetu. Hakuna chochote kwenye vitabu vya dini kinachoweza kuelezea maisha yetu ya sasa na mipangilio ambayo inaharibu mazingira, kuharibu na kutokomeza vizazi vya wanyama wa porini na vifo vya wanyama kila mwaka.

Je ni kweli wanyama wanaofungiwa muda wowote hawateseki kwa sababu hawajui kitu chochote kile?
Kuzuiwa kufanya karibia vitu vyote vya asili kitabia kunasababisha maumivu au usumbufu wa hali ya juu hata kama mnyama amefungiwa tangu azaliwe anahitaji kutembea, kugusana pamoja kunyoosha miguu yao au mabawa yao na mazoezi. Wanyama wanaochungwa, na wanyama wanaotembea kikundi huwa wanapata kuchanganyikiwa wakati watakapoishi kwa kutenganishwa au watakapowekwa kwenye makundi makubwa ambapo wanashindwa kutambuana.

Iwapo utumiaji wa wanyama ungekuwa ni makosa ingekuwa ni uvunjaji wa sheria?
Utawala wa sheria siyo kinga ya imani ya kiroho, nania ametenda kosa na nani hakutenda kosa kisheria huamuliwa na maoni na mapendekezo ya wanasheria wa sasa, sheria zinabadilika kama mapendekezo ya jamii au mabadiliko katika siasa yatabadilika, lakini maadili hayabadilki. Angalia baadhi ya vitu ambavyo kwa wakati Fulani ilikuwa ni sheria dunia ajira ya mtoto, utumwa wa binadamu, na ukandamizwaji wa wanawake.

Wanyama hawana akili au wameendelea kama binadamu?
Kuwa na uwezo na akili nyingi hakumaanishi binadamu mmoja kumnyanysa mwingine kwa malengo yake, kwanini binadamu mwenye akili anyanyase wasio kuwa bindamu. Kuna wanyama ambao wana akili, wabunifu, wanaojali, wanaowasiliana na wenye uwezo wa kutumia lugha kuliko baadhi ya bianadamu , kama ilivyo kwa sokwe mtu akilinganishwa na mtoto mchanga au kichaa wa hali ya juu sana, je itakuwa wanyama wenye akili kuwa na haki na binadamu wenyekili kidogo kunyimwa haki?

Organization Profile

TANZANIA ANIMAL PROTECTION ORGANIZATION
Ubungo River Side, P.O.Box 62921 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel; +255 0746 027419, +255 0764 499836.
Email, tap_org@yahoo.com

ORGANIZATION PROFILE


Tanzania Animals Protection Organization (TAPO), a registered non-government organization with registration No. 00NGO/0777.

The following are our Mission, Vision, Aims, and Objectives.

MISSION: To protect all Animals from Tortures, Cruelty, Abused, Diseases and killings in the country of Tanzania.


2. VISION; All Animals shall be respected as living beings like human beings.

3. AIMS: Our aims are to foster and promote the compassionate to Animals improvement and development of any matter concerning the protection of Animals. Understanding and appreciation of the Animals among the people of Tanzania without getting any profit.

OBJECTIVES:

To promote respect and compassionate for Animals through our activities, campaigns, public and school educational programmed.

To transform the way Animals are treated and perceived by human.

To make enforcement of existing Animals laws and anti-poaching campaigns.

To promote vegetarianism as the healthier life of eating.

To build Animals homes, Shelter, sanctuary.

To prevent unwanted and over population Animals and birds through our neutering and out reach programmed.

To see condition in Animals auction marts, Zoos, poultry farms, Animals breeders and people houses.

To provide wildlife conservation education in schools and public

To develop and deliver practical advises on the prevention and control of noticeable and endemic diseases in Tanzania livestock’s and other animals


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.OUR BELIEVE

We believe that, Animal as living creatures are entitles to legal protection, moral and ethical consideration and have value beyond economic measurement.