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Is it Safe to Microchip Animals? Malta Government Has Mandated Microchipping of dogs



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Recently a Trust group in Malta offered dogs a free health check, worth about €300, together with free “Micro-chipping as a safe, and effective way of reuniting lost pets.” Many phoned on radio, asking if dogs implanted with microchips could suffer or become effected with cancer. The reply was NO, but reports one can easily research on the INTERNET show quite a different picture.

Owners kept asking, because in other countries dogs had developed cancerous tumours around the microchip implants, killing some dogs and leaving others terminally ill, ending up having to put to sleep the latter! Besides reports – pathology and autopsy reports from these owners, there has been scientific research carried out about this subject, which suggests microchipping is not safe at all.

UPDATE:
We are going to launch a petition in the next few days, so keep updated by checking our site or like our Facebook page for details.

There are more cases and studies being reported.. it is NOT just one study which has determined this.
The latest studies found tumours in fruit bats,
The microchipping is now obligatory from now. The Malta Vetinarary Association has published a press release with a number of issues it deems important about this. Apparently the MVA was not involved in this hasty decision and there are issues for owners who cannot pay this new “tax” on their dogs – abandoned dogs will be picked up by the police and if nobody claims them within 7 days, the dogs will apparently be “put to sleep”..
What will happen to dog sanctuaries is anybody’s guess. I think they may have to close down their operations and hand on their dogs to the government.
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Cheeky Girls in Malta Part 3

More supporting acts from the Cheeky Girls visit to Malta at the opening of the Club Pledgers in Qawra..




The duo Blush:



The duo Blush once more:

2nd Video of Blush @Opening of Club Pledgers, Qawra, Malta

Posted by Malta Network Resources on Thursday, 9 June 2011



Dance Project:


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Malta Votes for Divorce in Referendum 2011

Today all over Malta and Gozo the Maltese are voting in the Divorce Referendum.
Voting Booths Photo Courtesy DOI
At around 7.30am on voting day, His Excellency the Archbishop of Malta Paul Cremona voted in the referendum.

He voted in the Attard Primary School which is the sole voting place in that region. This school has 13 voting boxes from number 443 to 455.
Opposition leader Joseph Muscat voted in Burmarrad at 11:30, while PM Lawrence Gonzi voted in Marsaskala at 10.30am.
The President of Malta George Abela voted at 10am in Marsaskala.

Voting opened at 7am and ended at 10pm. The Referendum campaign finished on midnight last Thursday. The Electoral Commission at that time stopped its distribution of voting documents.

Uncollected votes amount to 20775 which amounts to 6.4% of all registered voters for this referendum. It is almost four times larger than the last referendum held in Malta – the one held for Malta’s entry in the EU.

Comparing this with the last election for the MEP’s in 2009, uncollected votes amounted this time to 5000 more than that time.
There are 325,103 persons eligible to vote in this referendum.

Malta, gained its independence in 1964, and joined the European Union in 2004.

Voting turnout by district:
Section 1 71%
Section 2 71%
Section 3 72%
Section 4 73%
Section 5 72%
Section 6 70%
Section 7 72%
Section 8 73%
Section 9 71%
Section 10 71%
Section 11 75%
Section 12 69%
Section 13 70%

Total for all localities: 72%

After the unofficial result 54% Yes vs 46% No, PM Lawrence Gonzi has conceded the result to the yes camp meaning that divorce will be legislated in parliament.

Voti Mitfugha – Votes Polled 232691
Voti Validi – Valid Votes 230518
Voti IVA – Yes Votes 122547 (52.67%)

Voti LE – NO Votes – 107971 (46.4%)

Voti Invalidi – Invalid Votes 2173 (0.93%)

Official results can be found here

Cheeky Girls in Malta! Part 2

Cheeky Girls

Here’s the second post from the Cheeky Girls visit to Malta..


More videos to come later..

Cheeky Girls:

Cheeky Girls singing more hits of theirs including “Touch My Bum”…

Photo gallery from the night:


Go to Cheeky Girls in Malta: Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4