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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

SAVE MORE THAN 500 CATS IN BARCELONA

Target: Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona City, City council of Barcelona
Sponsor: Colectivo Sant Andreu Sant Mar, Colectivo Sant Andreu Sant Marti
  • Signatures: 3,004
  • Goal: 10,000
  • Deadline: 2-7-2008
More than 500 cats live on land where the construction of the high speed train tracks between Madrid and Barcelona will soon begin. They live there because they have been abandoned by their owners. The cats suffer from cold, hunger and mistreatment, and the City Council of Barcelona hasn't done anything to resolve this problem. Many cats have been killed in the course of earlier public projects in Barcelona, and we want to avoid another massacre. However, the City council of Barcelona has ignored our petition and the local media sarcastically claim that the cats live happily along this route and that are other, more important things for the local council to discuss.

This is an URGENT SOS, because the construction works of the Sagrera station and the high speed train routes will begin before May 2007 and many people prefer the city council of Barcelona not to spend money on cats under the influence of local journalists, who deride our attempts as trivial. If we can't get concrete promise to create controlled cat colonies and to do TN"R" (trap-neuter-"return to safe places") soon, most of the cats will be killed by the construction works or by the insensible people who poison these poor animals.

We still have no news from the Council, and worst of all,  the works begin within 30 days. If we have no concrete assurances, we will have what we do not want to accept: DEAD CATS, MUTILATIONS, CATS BURIED ALIVE, etc.

Please take 30 seconds to sign this petition and 5 minutes to send a protest letter to the the city council of Barcelona and the media: jhereu@mail.bcn.es, premsa@mail.bcn.es, premsa.president@gencat.net, jportabella@mail.bcn.es, info@socialistes.org, jlrzapatero@presidencia.gob.es,  pgutierrez@rtva.es, programas.v.tve@rtve.es, sociedad-ssii.tve@rtve.es, sucesos@rtvv.es, mcalatay@rtvv.es, investigacio@rtvv.es, dossiers@rtvv.es, xaquin.lopez@rtve.es, informatius@rtvv.es, gente.tve@rtve.es, doctv@rtve.es, cronicas.tve@rtve.es, decerca@rtve.es, enportada.tve@rtve.es, enfoque@rtve.es, inf.semanal@rtve.es, losdesayunos.tve@rtve.es, tdfs@rtve.es, td1@rtve.es, td2@rtve.es, lanochetematica.tve@rtve.es, espanaencomunidad.tve@rtve.es, linea_900.b.tve@rtve.es, consultas@rtve.es, atencionaloyente@rtve.es, radio1.rne@rtve.es, areacultura-ojocriticorne@rtve.es, reservanatural.rne@rtve.es, areanacional.rne@rtve.es, td.intnal@rtve.es, tdmatinal@rtve.es, direccion.comunicacion@rtve.es, cultura_con.tve@rtve.es, eop.tve@rtve.es, acienciacierta@rtve.es, informativos.b.tve@rtve.es, ctmadrid.tve@rtve.es, desayunos.tve@rtve.es, miradas2@rtve.es, parlamento1.tve@rtve.es, dir_barcelona.b.tve@rtve.es, c_comunicacio.b.tve@rtve.es, jenaro.castro@rtve.es, programas@rtve.es, la2@rtve.es, mundo24h.tve@rtve.es, defensor@rtva.es, europa.tve@rtve.es, enfoque.tve@rtve.es, la2noticias.tve@rtve.es, gente@rtve.es, prisma.tve@rtve.es, adio1.rne@rtve.es, areacultura-ojocritico.rne@rtve.es, info@tvcatalunya.com, wmaster@rtvv.es, edirecto@rtve.es, informatiu.b.tve@rtve.es, redaccionweb@informativost5.com, elbuscador@telecinco.es, protesteya@telecinco.es, informativos@informativost5.com, aquihaytomate@telecinco.es, 12meses12causas@telecinco.es, diaadia@telecinco.es, planc@telecinco.es, cqc@telecinco.es, fsanz@informativost5.com, tedoy@ondacero.es, herreraenlaonda@ondacero.es, opina@ondacero.es, comoelperroyelgato@ondacero.es, lamanana@cope.es, latarde@cope.es, cazaypesca@cope.es, informativos@cope.es, religiosos@cope.es, comunicacion@cope.es, informatius@copebcn.com, hoyporhoy@cadenaser.com, hora25@cadenaser.com, avivir@cadenaser.com, hablarporhablar@cadenaser.com, siamanece@cadenaser.com, denuevea@cadenaser.com, serdigital@cadenaser.com, antena3noticias@antena3tv.es, md@telemadrid.es, 30minutos@telemadrid.es, telemadrid@telemadrid.es, sucedio@telemadrid.es, telenoticias@telemadrid.es, enplenomadrid@telemadrid.es, sinfronteras@telemadrid.es, micamarayyo@telemadrid.es, circulo@telemadrid.es, societat@tvcatalunya.com, matinstv3@tvcatalunya.com, efebrero.s@tvcatalunya.com, matinstv3@tv3.cat, correu@catradio.com, cdirector@estrelladigital.es, laciutatdetots@ondarambla.com, ondarambla@ondarambla.es, cartalector@elperiodico.com, macro@elperiodico.com, vozredaccion@elperiodico.com, jcorachan@elperiodico.es, Eparagon@elperiodico.es, cartas@lavanguardia.es, redaccion@lavanguardia.es, cartes.cat@metrospain.com, ustedopina.val@metrospain.com, cultura.val@metrospain.com, redaccion.mdr@metrospain.com, sugerenciasabc@abc.es, cartas@abc.es, lectores@quediario.com, redaccion.barcelona@quediario.com, barcelona@diarioadn.com, catalunya@elpunt.com, girona@elpunt.com, cartas@diario-elcorreo.es, cartasdirector@elpais.es, participa@elpais.es, sociedadbcn@elpais.es, bustia@avui.com, opinio@avui.cat, politica@avui.cat, societat@avui.com, cartas.director@elmundo.es, cartasdirector@elmundo.es, internet@elmundo.es, redaccion@argenpress.info, info@argenpress.info, director@periodicoelcompas.info, expansion@recoletos.es, ediciondigital@eldiarioalerta.com, cartas@periodistadigital.com, cartas@larazon.es, cartas@libertaddigital.com, info@panorama-actual.com, mati@catradio.com, 40madrid@los40.com, mensajesaleditor@ambitoweb.com, carta@hazteoir.org, pnaranjo2004@yahoo.es, noticias@europapress.es, lector@diario-elcorreo.es, lectores@laverdad.es, autocontrol@autocontrol.es, redaccion@canarias7.es, yaninawelp@hotmail.com, xavier.gual@barcelona-metro.com, catalunya@europapress.es, redaccio@revistaeltriangle.com, societatcat@efe.es, comradio@comradio.es, informatius@barcelonatv.com, monoverde@mixmail.com, info@ecoportal.net, tarda@ondarambla.es, revistaconvive@airtel.net, interviu@grupozeta.es, portiz@lasprovincias.es, levante-emv@epi.es, 7dearagon@jazzfree.com, Arebista@inicia.es, Acebo@acebo.net, Aragonpress@aragondigital.com, Cartas@aramedio.com, Noticias@ayaba.es, Cart.director@diario16.es, Diario 16 cart.director@diario16.es, Cartas@diariodenavarra.com, Cartas@diariodelaltoaragon.es, Info@diario-elcorreo.es, Cartas@diariovasco.com, Cartas.director@el-mundo.es, Cartas@periodistadigital.com, Elpirineoaragones@jaca.com, Elsocialista@elsocialista.es, Huescaredaccion@heraldo.es, Lectores@la-verdad.com, Lpdigital@lasprovincias.es, Levante-emv@sicon.net, Cartas@libertaddigital.com, Info@panorama-actual.com, Redaragon@redaragon.com, Trebede@retemail.es, Buzon@tribunadigital.com

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated - Mahatma Gandhi
La grandeza de una nación y su progreso moral pueden ser juzgados por el modo en el que se trata a sus animales - Mahatma Gandhi

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Number Date Prefix Name City Country Short Comment to Target
3,010 2:21 am PST, Nov 4 Ms. Anonymous Vienna Austria When I read this, I'm ashamed to be human...
3,009 4:45 am PDT, Oct 12 Mrs. Nacole Strobel Victoria Australia WHAT CRUELTY !!! THESE POOR BABIES !!!! WHY CAN THEY NOT LOOK AT THEIR FACES AND SEE HELPLESS BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS, IT WAS HUMANS WHO PUT THEM THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!
3,008 1:02 pm PDT, Oct 6 Ms. claudia blengini a Italy fanculo chi uccide gli animali
3,007 4:58 pm PDT, Sep 15 Ms. Parnaz Catlover Toronto Canada Omg, thats so sad! Poor cats! How could they do that? These cats deserve proper homes and lives!
3,006 4:57 pm PDT, Aug 4   Anonymous cat United States i like cats
3,005 7:54 am PDT, Jul 21 Ms. Sabrina Kück Hambergen Germany Save the cats!
3,004 7:39 am PDT, May 20   Anne Fuenfstueck Berlin Germany SAVE THESE HELPLESS CATS!!!
3,003 7:01 am PDT, Apr 18 Ms. Anonymous Melbourne Australia Cats are like humans in that they can suffer - and my cat has shown me numerous times he has feelings, emotions and memories. To think of these unloved cats living like this breaks my heart. If only every human really knew a cat, then this would never be allowed. Cats were revered in Ancient times and we know now that this was by a highly intelligent civilisation.
3,002 11:05 am PDT, Mar 28   Anonymous sevilla Spain sav the animals!!!!
3,001 10:55 am PDT, Mar 28 Ms. Anonymous sevilla Argentina salvemos a los gatitos
3,000 3:16 am PDT, Mar 18 Mrs. Lucette Cabrilhac Clichy-sous-bois France Je soutien cette Pétition
2,999 2:21 pm PST, Feb 9 Ms. Anonymous isanti United States stop the indifference towards animals in spain
2,998 3:32 am PST, Jan 21   Jet Barrett Castleford United Kingdom .
2,997 12:31 am PST, Jan 2 Ms. C. Schiffer bochum Germany stop it!!!
2,996 6:03 pm PST, Nov 25 Mrs. Kristina Eisermann Osnabrück Germany YOU HAVE TO STOP THIS!!UM HIMMELS WILLEN
2,995 6:27 am PST, Nov 9 Ms. chantall van eck arnhem Netherlands stop it!
2,994 5:13 pm PDT, Sep 27 Mr. haroldo miguel aranda puerto madryn Argentina los gatos son hermanos the cats are brothers
2,993 7:01 am PDT, Aug 24   Ivonne Engler Magdeburg Germany +
2,992 7:12 am PDT, Aug 10   Linda Kloß Hamburg Germany bitte
2,991 3:29 am PDT, Aug 6 Dr. Marco Blason Monfalcone Italy I hope it's not too late!!! Save them!
2,990 3:33 am PDT, Aug 1 Ms. Antonia Mayol Ferrer Manacor (Mallorca). Islas Baleares. Spain Save them!!
2,989 4:23 pm PDT, Jul 17 Ms. Anonymous sant marti 08020 barcelona Spain la cultura de una nacion se mide por el trato hacia sus animales, no al especismo, que los gatos de la calle no pagen por las malas acciones del hombre, los animales no pueden votar, pero nosotros podemos ser su boz, yo no quiero que mis impuestos promocionen el asesinato de los toros prefiero que mis impuestos se destinen a salvar a los perros y gatos de la calle.
2,988 11:57 am PDT, Jul 11 Ms. Elizabeth Spawn Hibbing United States Save these cats!
2,987 12:29 pm PDT, Jul 7 Ms. niarica lubatti A Italy salviamoli
2,986 12:01 am PDT, Jul 7 Ms. Marlou Keulen beek Netherlands ESCANDALO!
2,985 1:43 pm PDT, Jul 3   greta malkotzoglou Athens Greece save the cats
2,984 3:09 pm PDT, Jul 2 Mrs. Anonymous Apeldoorn Netherlands ats have feelings too
2,983 6:04 am PDT, Jul 2 Mr. Anonymous Schelluinen Netherlands Save the cats, for the sakes of humanity
2,982 5:22 am PDT, Jun 30 Ms. Anneke van der Meij Leiden Netherlands Save the cats !
2,981 7:42 am PDT, Jun 28 Mr. Frank Hinrichs Jever Germany kein Urlaub mehr in Ihrem Land, versprochen!!!
2,980 9:38 am PDT, Jun 27   cosetta prontu olbia olbia (SS) Italy save the cats
2,979 11:21 am PDT, Jun 26   wenny hogeweg westervoort Netherlands save the cats
2,978 10:37 pm PDT, Jun 24   Anonymous Swalmen Netherlands Stop murdering!!!!!!!!!!!
2,977 9:46 am PDT, Jun 23 Mrs. bruni spyrantis Berlin Germany Stoppt sofort alle Tierversuche!!!
2,976 7:34 am PDT, Jun 23 Ms. mieke gusinu brummen Netherlands respect the animals who live there, don't murder the cats!
2,975 3:54 am PDT, Jun 23 Ms. janine heinemann groningen Netherlands Help the cats!
2,974 3:41 am PDT, Jun 23 Mrs. Sabine Colmsee Düsseldorf Germany Please, stop this!!!
2,973 4:56 pm PDT, Jun 22 Mr. Thomas Goldhorn Salzgitter Germany STOP THIS!
2,972 1:04 pm PDT, Jun 22   doreen kiekebusch Güterfelde Germany safe the cats, they are a part of our life.
2,971 10:50 am PDT, Jun 22   Andrea Schwarze Burgwedel Germany ........
2,970 9:11 am PDT, Jun 22   Animal Protection Puszta Hungary South Hajos Hungary Please take care of the cats
2,969 8:47 am PDT, Jun 22   Anonymous Melbourne Australia Dear council of Barcelona, I am a university student in Australia, and being on holidays, was casually browsing the internet until I found this site. I am very saddened by the treatment of cats in the city/province. I do not know much about Barcelona, however I would anticipate that human beings all over the globe would take some interest in animals. After all, they are creatures that can sense, hear, feel, and show emotion. Cats, like any other animal, deserve to be taken care of by humans (supposedly as we are more intelligent, caring, and capable of showing affection). I understand that it is of importance that construction work be done to allow cities to be well-established and developed. However, I am sure that some measures can be taken to protect the 500+ cats that also inhabit the area, where development is to occur. How can it be humane to build and develop at the expense of 500+ suffering cats? After all, frail senior citizens and those with disabilities; who may have lost their ability to communicate, use cognitive skills, and express themselves, are considered a part of society, and it is ensured that they are well taken care of and advocated for. What is it that separates such groups of people from frail creatures? Is it not fair that some humane treatment is shown for these cats? Please, we request you to at least consider these cats; by at least ensuring they are sent to pounds. After that, their fate will decide as to whether they are adopted or peacefully put to sleep. Death at the hands of a vet, is much less painful and sickening than death by being killed by construction vehicles and being buried alive. Please, please, please do something about this, and show the rest of the world that Barcelona is a city that promotes the wellbeing of animals. The rest of the world too, will be proud. Adolescents like myself thrive from knowing that good still exists in this world. Please do not let adolescents like myself down; it's already hard growing up seeing so many atrocities in this world. Please use your head and heart to think about this situation; 500+ lives are in your hands. Many thanks for reading this.
2,968 4:23 am PDT, Jun 22 Mrs. Simone Leidig Offenburg Germany .
2,967 4:17 am PDT, Jun 22 Mrs. forsbach veronika Troisdorf Germany es sind lebewesen,denen man helfen muss
2,966 3:57 am PDT, Jun 22 Mrs. Iris Schmidt Buehl Germany Diese Mitgeschoepfe sind auf Unterstuetzung angewiesen. Zeigen Sie Herz & Verstand und helfen Sie den bedauernswerten Kreaturen.
2,965 3:10 am PDT, Jun 22 Mr. Stephan Fiebich Siegen Germany Helft den Tieren, sie haben ein Recht auf Leben und wir dürfen nicht wegschaun.
2,964 3:08 am PDT, Jun 22 Mrs. Susanne Fiebich-Hübner Siegen Germany Die Tiere brauchen unsere Hilfe, sie haben ein Recht auf Leben, genau wie wir.
2,961 7:12 am PDT, Jun 21 Mrs. Sabine Sabe Asendorf Germany Please save them!
2,960 6:48 am PDT, Jun 21   Kirsten P. Bielefeld Germany ------
2,959 4:53 pm PDT, Jun 20 Ms. Isabell Zieting Bielefeld Germany -
2,958 3:15 pm PDT, Jun 20   Simon Anhut Bielefeld Germany -
2,957 11:29 am PDT, Jun 20 Mrs. Anonymous Bielefeld Germany -
2,956 10:24 am PDT, Jun 20 Ms. Sara Maria Hellmann Bielefeld Germany -
2,955 10:07 am PDT, Jun 20 Mr. David Behringer Bielefeld Germany It's just sad to hear that for so many people even such a vast number of living beings is'nt worth saving; though actually one should be enough. Please let them live!
2,954 4:32 am PDT, Jun 20 Ms. Anonymous 83024 Rosenehim Germany I don´t want to go in a country for holidays in which people hasn´t any respect for animalshealth.
2,953 1:56 am PDT, Jun 18 Ms. Anonymous suiza, solothurn Switzerland Quiero que los maltratadores alos menores, y las mujeres tengan mayor castigo del que han tenido hasta, no creo que para ellos sea suficiente el castigo.
2,952 4:25 am PDT, Jun 12   Helen Forsythe Cornwall United Kingdom Stop the unnecessary killing.
2,951 8:14 am PDT, Jun 9 Ms. Miksik Hanne Germering Germany Please save the cats.

SAVE MORE THAN 500 CATS IN BARCELONA

We, the undersigned, call upon the City Council of Barcelona to save the cats living on land where the construction of the high speed train tracks between Madrid and Barcelona will soon begin.

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