About 150 activists came today, Wednesday 19/06/2024, to protest the policy of the Haifa municipality regarding the treatment of the pig problem. According to them, there are many solutions for treating pigs, but instead of implementing them, the municipality chooses the easy and ineffective solution - killing them. The activists said that if they had taken care of the garbage cans as promised twice a day and prevented feeding, much more could have been achieved.
In addition, the protesters claim that since Mayor Yona Yahav came to power, the definition of "disobedient pig" has expanded greatly and today any pig is considered disobedient and therefore can be killed.
Time until the plague of pigs in Haifa is eradicated
(90 days from Yona Yahav taking office)
A demonstration against the killing of pigs ► Watch
Among the protesters there are also those who want to continue to see the pigs in the city and do not understand why people are afraid of them and in contrast there are other protesters who agree that the place of the pigs is outside the city, but think that this should not be done by killing them.
Lawyer Avital Ben Nun speaks at a demonstration ► Watch
"The municipality of Haifa claims that it has permission from the police to kill her, but sometimes the police don't even know in advance"
Adv. Avital Ben Nun: "The municipality claims that it has permission from the police to kill her, but many times the police don't even know in advance. They leave pigs fluttering in the middle of the street and sanitation workers have to clear them out. What is here is a wholesale elimination, a massacre.
They chase pigs, who try to escape. The city is run irresponsibly. They go through red lights so they don't film the killing of the pigs. They are a bunch of criminals. They send city patrols to block people who follow them or try to take pictures. Yona Yahav stands in court without respect for the court and says that there will be no transparency because that is what he decided.'
Oksana Grenkin, the organizer of the demonstration in a speech ► Watch
"People are afraid of pigs for no reason, the problem is the explanation of the problem"
Gabriel Finkelstein: "It is clear to me that the whole issue of pigs requires treatment because they are inside the city. In my opinion, the problem is in the way of treatment. Killing the pigs is wrong. Yona Yahav promised in the election race that within 100 days the problem would be solved, so he took a projector. In the document of the Nature and Parks Authority there were all kinds of promises of What will they do and it is written that in exceptional cases there will be an activity of the deceased. In practice, the whole plan is not implemented, except for the deceased.
Gabriel Finkelstein: "Especially in a situation of war, shooting late at night is very problematic. Old men, women and children see the killing before their eyes. If they did the whole activity and not just the dead, we would not complain. Even the killing is done in the most extreme way possible. The shooting is In the middle of the city and it could be traumatic for the residents. You can anesthetize the pigs, before killing them.
Gabriel Finkelstein: "The mayor and his activists say that the pigs hurt people, but we don't see cases of serious injury to people. We see cases of people getting scared and falling or the pigs taking the bags they have in their hand. The problem is that people don't know how to behave with wild pigs. It's just necessary here They are trying to scare the people, they are saying that the pigs are spreading serious diseases. We have checked and found out that more than half of the population in Haifa is against it."
Gabriel Finkelstein: "The Haifa municipality claims that within 100 days it will be possible to remove the pigs from the city. According to the data we have, 300 pigs have been killed so far, when there are between 2,000 and 3,000 pigs in the city. No one knows exactly how many. That is, they have killed 10% of the pigs so far , when there are pigs that are born at this time. There are much more effective solutions, but they do create an impression, but it does not solve the problem and is immoral ".
What are the solutions?
Gabriel Finkelstein: "There are many cases in Israel and abroad that have solved a similar problem almost completely. First of all, the garbage cans should be buried in the ground and not like what is now. You can do an activity and take the pigs out into the forest and give them food there. There should be information for people on how to behave in front of wild pigs and teaching People don't feed the pigs. Pigs come because they are fed. It would be possible to make the wild pig the symbol of the city. There will be trips with a pig symbol, and the money that goes to the pig park will be much more interesting And maybe it will bring tourists abroad. But don't do it, do the most offensive thing.
Gabriel Finkelstein: "I spoke with many people, some of whom speak Russian, who hear the shots at night and see the blood on the asphalt in the morning. This must be stopped, the mayor is very determined in his way. Many people are against it. I hope that the result of the demonstration will be dialogue. The demonstration is Not politically, we are activists for animals and that unites us. We are not for the government or against the government."
Haifa Municipality's response:
"The activity is carried out in accordance with the understandings and summaries made with the "Nature and Parks Authority" in a wide variety of ways, including concern for the cleanliness of the public space while reducing feeding and garbage centers (which are the main attraction of the animals to the city) and blocking infiltration routes into the residential neighborhoods."
"In the process, the killing of "unruly" wild pigs that have lost their sense of fear of humans is also carried out. These pigs cannot be kept away from the city limits and are a tangible danger to them. The activity is carried out legally, by skilled and approved professionals, while adhering to all safety rules, With the approval of RTG and in coordination with the police, at night as far away from the public as possible, when the carcasses are immediately removed from the scene. It should be noted that the municipality's activity on the matter was also recently examined by the court, which did not find a place to intervene in it.
I know a person who was killed in an accident because of a pig that broke into the road.. I also read about people who were injured because
A pig that attacked them.
There is a reason to be afraid of the wild boars..definitely..they might attack..and they have already done so..they attacked a girl..they grabbed her backpack from her back...they attacked a man who was walking his dog...I don't want to be afraid to leave the house in the evening because of wild boars …
Gural's deputy promised that within 90 days there would be no pigs
There are a lot of lies written in the comments here about wild boars being dangerous. I live in Haifa and I have seen a lot of wild boars here. Pigs behave in a very polite and calm manner, they respect people and bring joy. All stories about the danger of wild boars are rumors and paranoia. All the pigs want from people is a little food, and for that people give them a bullet in the heart. Probably because these people are greedy and evil.
When a pig grabs a bag from your hand or bumps into you while running and you arrive at a hospital, you will speak differently. I know of two cases.
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And I don't leave the house, I cancel everything, my whole body hurts all the time, the nightmares don't leave, and I'm afraid to leave the house, and if I helped, I had the courage to go out, I'm on sedative pills! A wild pig attacked me three years ago, since I've been disabled, I'm a mother of two little ones, I can't work and lead a normal life like everyone else My dream is to take my son to a playground or to throw garbage. I became disabled from the pigs. I want my life back. I don't know what solution you will find. No one will restore my health and security.
The Slaughter Authority and Hell together with Yahav's criminals, whistle at the law and do whatever they want.
The law is written in black and white:
It is forbidden to wet a distance of more than 500 meters in an urban area in public places and residential neighborhoods.
They shoot really close and very close to residential buildings.
We must appeal, because it endangers the peace of the public and in addition it is a serious abuse of helpless animals.
There are many solutions that are not killing.
He who kills a pig will also kill humans. Letting her life suffer like this shows that those who do this are psychopathic people - no soul - only darkness in their soul. More and more we hate people like that here - whether in demonstrations they beat old men and women until they are crippled or they kill piglets and pigs and let the poor animal who has committed no crime other than existing - die in great suffering and torture. Human scum. Shit country.
Is that your rationale?
Who kills pigs will also kill humans?
A collection of scumbags who do not understand the management of ecological environments in an urban environment, created enormous damage and a serious and dangerous nuisance to Haifa for 5 years under a sleepwalking and failing mayor who by the end of her term had already thinned out over 100 wild boars simply because she no longer had a choice in light of the flood of lawsuits against The municipality in accidents with them or physical harm from them.
Most of the protesters are not residents of Haifa, they came for pike activism and we cannot allow them to continue to destroy our lives with a plague of wild pigs when hundreds of cities in the world are doing proactive thinning with success.
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The definition of an unruly pig should be expanded to also include those who try to kill the pigs.
For those who want the pigs to stay. No problem. If you pay for any damage caused to the body and property? If you pay for a car repair after a pig jumps on the road?
Live with the pigs in your house, don't feed them! Just this week, they stole a trash bag from an elderly neighbor, almost along with her hand, after entering the parking lot, does that make sense? Is there another place, not only in Israel, everywhere that has such a problem?
To all the beauties of the soul! Want to hear from you after a pig pushes you to take the supermarket bags. A 75-year-old friend of mine fell from such a push and broke her hip. Difficult surgery and prolonged rehabilitation. Just to prevent such cases it is appropriate to dilute them by any means including shooting and poisoning. The children's appetite opens up in the public garden and mothers and grandmothers avoid feeding them there because the pigs steal the food and create trouble. In my humble opinion, the boy is better than the pig. Dilution!!! Dilution !!! Dilution !!!
And the sooner the better
Well done to the protesters. Too bad I didn't know, I would have come too.
Continue to eliminate all the pigs without stopping. But all of you. They are a danger to the public. The fact that there are people who are insane and feed pigs that have dangerous viruses in their blood says everything about those people, who are not exactly smart. Yona Yahav, continue with the policy of their complete annihilation!
There is a justified fear. It is a violent animal that has injured dozens of people and children.
They should be killed without the panic of the lunatics.
And as soon as possible
Avoidance should be taken, and not with blood on your hands. And as they say, bury the garbage. And also for the fence, to sterilize, there is absolutely no shortage of steps that should and should be taken, instead of children being forced to see repetitions snorting to death. It has a devastating effect on the psyche of all of us.
Mass murder is not a legitimate solution to anything.
People who were hurt, were not hurt by the pigs, but by panic. The culprits are not the pigs, but the municipality that cultivates hatred, instead of engaging in advocacy, how to behave in the company of our wonderful neighbors. There are places in the world where people live next door to bears, cougars and other predators. The children are taught there from a young age how to drive if they meet one of them. They teach there not to feed the animals and not to leave food available or open bins.
Here we are talking about wonderful animals, which do not attack humans, but only look for food. If we only know how to behave, we will only enjoy this wonderful neighborhood.
We must immediately stop the abominable mass murder and understand that we, who conquered every good plot, are the ones who need to know how to adjust ourselves and live in peace with our neighbors.
True, there are other places in the world with non-domesticated animals in populated areas. In the United States there are sometimes huge bucks (if I'm spelling correctly) roaming around and there are hundreds of deaths a year in car accidents when you collide with one that can reach hundreds of kilograms.
The article explains very well the applicable solutions for keeping the pigs away, which do not include cold-blooded murder. The reaction of the Haifa community makes me cringe. disgrace!
To help Gabriel Finkelstein who clearly does not know simple arithmetic:
It is enough for the elimination rate to be higher than the reproduction rate to solve the problem.
Let's take the high number of pigs you presented - 3,000 pigs
If in 100 days they killed 300 pigs, that's over 1,000 per year - an elimination of more than 30% in the first year!
As long as the pig population does not grow at a rate higher than 30% per year (and in reality it probably grows by about 1% per year), then the elimination rate will increase year by year, and the problem will be solved within a few years.
If the data you said is correct, the situation is excellent!
It is shocking to hear in the Jewish state, dark people talking about a "solution" to a mass slaughter, in such a cold way. Reminds of the darkest times in history.
Janusz, it's pigs
If 100% of the pigs were really treated in 10 days, that's great data!
Gotta keep it up!
A small group of poor people who together do not come close to one mandate in the city council.
Good souls who preach about "democracy" but are not willing to respect the votes of the voters in any election.
This is not a matter of politics, but of animal cruelty. We are all compassionate people, who abhor harming the innocent. And we all also understand that a solution needs to be found, which is not the total destruction of those who have done us no harm, and also that we do not want to live with them on the same streets.
We all the residents are all together in this matter. You have to think about this matter in a balanced way, and find familiar solutions how to keep the pigs away from the living areas.
Remember, "Thou shalt not kill" distinguishes the Jewish culture of all of us.
Doron, the vast majority of people you live with do not agree with your anti-human ideas and do not agree with comparing them to pigs.
The killing of pigs is accepted by the absolute majority of Haifa's population and is preferable among them to the existing situation.
If you are not ready to accept the will of the majority that has already been voiced in the ballot box, you are a dictator.
60 protesters do not represent 330000 residents who suffer every day from the pigs. Where have they been all the last 5 years why did they take the pigs to where she came to adopt them. It's time to put an end to the pigs. If it is diluted by removal. And in addition to start disposing of the garbage in the neighborhoods
True, at a distance, and not with blood on the hands. And as you say, bury the garbage. And also for the fence, to sterilize, there is absolutely no shortage of steps that should and should be taken, instead of children being forced to see repetitions snorting to death. It has a devastating effect on the psyche of all of us.
All the pigs who have disabled a lot of people must be quickly eliminated. Beautiful soul - not in this city. Let them adopt some pigs in their private home. Then we will see them talk……
There is no animal more dangerous than man
An important demonstration
We have become a primitive city with residents who allow the shooting of helpless animals since this mayor returned.
It is indeed a city of primitives, who like murder. Not all of them, of course, but among them are many murderers. There are very good solutions that the municipality does not want to implement: fencing, proper garbage storage, sterilization, and more. If it was your dog wandering around, would it be okay to shoot it as well??
Any sheep who refuse to take care of the homeless are invited to take them to their yard and adopt them. If they don't have a yard, let them put them in a pink room at home. Don't be wise.
Come to Neve Shanan Ramot Ramez and the surrounding area and live together with them
It is not about living together with them at all. On the contrary, capture them in a compassionate way, sterilize the females, and transfer them to the wild. Actually what I'm talking about, everything is explained in an article that you probably haven't read.
One hundred percent right. All the pigs must be eliminated and not one left alive. One of the most dangerous animals.