Signed the petitions which are still live.
Hi all!!
The University of California, San Diego student organization: VEG (Vegetarian Environmentalist Group) is happy to present an online petition which aims to reduce the livestock industry via means of removal of governmental subsidies for livestock farmers as well as implementation of tax for livestock products for their detrimental external social burden on the environment. Here is our petition link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/livestock-production-reduction-for-the-environment
Please support us and help us spread the word! This is definitely an attempt at a baby toward in the right direction!
Thank you!
---UCSD VEG
http://ucsdveg.blogspot.com/
Be Vegan & Green
Be Peace & Love
Be the Change you wish to See 
All checked and signed.
Hey to everyone 6:16 PM
hello
all, are you as tired as I am about laws in certain states, how they
are ignored, weak, not enforced anywhere or too many loopholes
everywhere, me too. I am so fed up with Missouri crap, I am jumping off
the band wagon and taking matters into my own hands. Join me and sign
this petition, animals deserve better.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/wake-up-missouri
Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. LaboratoriesBill Introduced to End Invasive Research on Chimpanzees!
Our promise to all the chimpanzees
we know - that we will help all those who
are still waiting in laboratories -
will be fulfilled
with passage of the Great Ape Protection Act.
Dear
Friends,
I am writing to announce very good news:
The Great Ape Protection Act was introduced today by U.S. Representatives Edolphus Towns (D-NY), David Reichert (R-WA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), and Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD.) With strong bi-partisan leadership, the bill seeks to end invasive biomedical research and testing on all great apes in U.S. laboratories and to release all federally owned great apes into permanent sanctuary.
Project R&R is working diligently with HSUS and other organizations and individuals to secure a precedent setting number of co-sponsors and a groundswell of public support for this bill, which offers the promise of protection from research to all chimpanzees now languishing in laboratories, many for more than 40 years.
Sincere thanks to all of you for your ongoing support. And thank you for remembering as we continue to ask for your help as we work toward our legislative goals.
PLEASE contact your federal legislators and urge them to join Rep. Towns, Reichert, Langevin, and Bartlett by signing onto the Great Ape Protection Act as a co-sponsor.
By taking
action and asking your family and friends to do so as well,
we will build the support essential to pass the Great Ape
Protection Act!
Sincerely,
Theodora Capaldo, EdD
President & Executive
Director
NEAVS/Project
R&R
The Great Ape Protection Act
Prohibits:
> Invasive research on great apes
> Federal funding of such research
both within and outside of the U.S.
> Transport of great apes for such research
> Federal breeding of great apes for such research
Requires:
> Permanent retirement of
all federally-owned great apes
Signed and noted every one! We must make the difference in the lives of these animals. PLEASE SIGN ALL OF THESE! Thanks for caring!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/trumbull-county-dog-pound
BAN THE GAS CHAMBER AND INHUMANE TREATMENT (at Trumbull County Dog Pound)
The
dogs housed at the Trumbull County Dog Pound in Warren, Ohio are euthanized by gassing. Their screams have been heard by a volunteer while they were slowly dying. Not only do the dogs face the gas chamber, they are treated inhumanely while they are there. Dogs are forced to lay in their own waste, dogs are kenneled together and fight but not separated, injured or sick dogs are left untreated, kennels are hosed down while the dog is still present, females in season are housed with intact males, the list goes on and on.
Please sign our petition so that the dogs who are unfortunate enough to end up at this dog pound are treated humanely by the staff and if they are to be euthanized they pass on peacefully by lethal injection.
AWESOME NEWS SHELL1!!!!! 
Halito {hello}..
I really didn't know where to post this, but I thought I would share this with the group, since it's good news for once.
Sending many blessings to all..and I am glad this came about, that the monkeys are going to a sanctuary. For everyones efforts..."wado" {thank you}
Much love...FreeSpiritRunning...xxxooo
Dear Shell,
I'm writing to tell you about an important victory—one that you helped bring about. Last month, a whistleblower contacted PETA to tell us that six monkeys—who were slated to be retired to a sanctuary from City University of New York's Lehman College—had instead been sold to New York University (NYU) for invasive neurological experiments.
Upon learning this, PETA fired off letters asking Lehman to investigate why the monkeys were sold to NYU—and where their retirement fund disappeared to—and asking NYU to remove the monkeys from any experiments immediately. We also asked compassionate members of the public like you to contact NYU and ask for the monkeys to be retired and sent to a sanctuary.
We are happy to report that last Friday, we received confirmation from NYU that all six monkeys will be retired to a sanctuary to spend the rest of their lives in peace. According to NYU, the monkeys were not yet involved in any experiments and Lehman is now in the process of making the proper arrangements for them to be transferred to a sanctuary.
Letters like yours helped administrators come to this decision in behalf of the monkeys who will now be retired—Wanda, Holly, Jada, Sophie, Samantha, and Lilly.
Thank you for your compassion.
Sincerely,
Kathy Guillermo, Director
Laboratory Investigations Department
PETA
Dear tammy,
This year the Canadian government promised a more humane hunt. They said “Canada’s seal hunt is humane, sustainable and responsible.†They lied.
Thanks to your support, IFAW Hunt Observers have been on the ground and in the air documenting the hunt since it opened on the 28th of March. Only days into the hunt they have captured on camera instances where animals were shot and clearly left to suffer on the ice…in one case for over a minute. They have witnessed live seals being hooked and dragged across the ice. And in one of the more disturbing moments they watched as a sealer wrote an expletive on the ice while a recently clubbed seal behind him started to move...obviously still alive.
Is this the Canadian government’s idea of a more humane hunt?
Observing
and documenting the hunt is not easy work. It means hours of anxiously
scanning the gulf region looking for sealing boats - because the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans won’t release specific coordinates
of where hunting is taking place. It means watching hours of tape to
make sure we document every violation that we captured on film.
But without this footage the world would have no idea of the kind of
cruelty really taking place.
Please join with us in expanding the global community of activists needed to end the slaughter.
Visit the seal blog today to read the latest diaries from IFAW monitors at the hunt.
See the latest footage from the scene of the hunt and listen to IFAW
monitors describe in their own words the cruelty they are documenting
first hand.
And if you can, please consider making a donation to help in the fight to end this cruel and senseless hunt.
Of every dollar spent around the world by IFAW during the past three
years, more than 83 cents went directly to animal welfare programs and
institutional costs. Your gift enables IFAW to document the cruelty of
the seal hunt, fight for more seal product bans in Europe, conduct vital research to help save seals and works to end the exploitation of animals around the world.
The Canadian government will continue in their attempt to justify the seal hunt – both in Canada
and abroad. But no matter how the truth is distorted, it cannot change
the fact that the seal hunt is terribly cruel and unneccesary.
Your support is today is more critical than ever. Thank you for
standing with IFAW and with the seals.
Sincerely,
Kangaroo leather petition already signed. Thank you. Also cross-posted.
Petition gladly signed. I had not seen it before. Thank you.
Original Message:
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Hi!
Please, read, sign and crosspost this petition.
Only 5 signatures since 15 th January.
Thanks.
Hugs
Cristina
Tell Canada NOT to lift the Strychnine Poison Ban!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/tell-canada-not-to-lift-the-strychnine-poison-ban
Please check to make sure you've signed them:
People Against Animal Testing
Stop the killing and abuse of the Orangutans
No governmental representation at the Beijing Olympics
Two Miami Police Officers Murder Their K-9 Partners
Protect Yellowstone Grizzlies from being de-listed
Tougher and better enforced laws for Iowa puppy mills
Save Yellowstone's Bison: Stop the Senseless Killing
Stop the Beijing Olympics Cat Massacre
Romania: the law that bans euthanasia and yet euthanizes the strays
Prevent Wolverines from Disappearing Forever
Animal welfare legislation in China
2008 Seal Hunt Coverup.
Alberta's Roadside Zoo's - A Cruel Embarrassment
BOYCOTT KERALA TOURISM TO SAVE ANIMAL SLAUGHTER
Please help us save our dog!!
Save the dolphins of Port Phillip Bay
Urge Maximum Penalty in Drill Attack on Dog
Stop slaughtering stray animals in Ukraine
Idaho's Roadless Backcountry is at Risk
Put Horse Slaughter Down for Good!
Support On-Site Housing for Pets in Women's Shelters!
Save Santorini - Salvage Sea Diamond, the toxic depth bomb in Santorini
Petition to add 12 species of penguin to the endangered species list
Save Our Horses
To stop Horse Abuse
Woman leaves dog crated in foreclosed home. Dog dies.
Simone
- 20 hours ago - v4a.org
Petition for Strays in Malia, Crete- Greek Is.
http://www.petitiononline.com/pioneer/petition.html
Make Malia Mayor Deal With Stray Animal Issues
To: Anyone willing to help
In 2003 a new law was voted in Greece not only providing animals with better protection but also requiring that Local Authorities take action in solving the stray dog and cat issues. Some of the solutions include a temporary shelter and catch-neuter-release programmes.
The Mayor of Malia, Crete however, after being approached several times not only by the Cretan Animal Welfare Group but also by the Ministry of Agriculture, said (quote) "there are no strays in Malia", and continues now he has been elected for another 4 years, to ignore the problem of stray and unwanted animals in the area.
Please help us show him that we care about the animals, that there is a problem and that this programme may actually count in votes for him.
Sincerely,
I can't believe this is happening again!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/63/stop-animal-torture-for-the-sake-of-art
Save Our Kangaroos From Cruelty and Exploitation - PETITON
The kangaroo trade is ethically and environmentally flawed and is threatening the long term survival of kangaroos.
Sign the Petition In Support of Bears
Bears are cruelly killed for their hides; they are either shot during hunts or ensnared, possibly for days, in painful traps. During hunts, as many as one bear in seven is not killed immediately after being shot, and some escape wounded, possibly dying ..
Save The Belconnen Kangaroos! - PETITION
In May 2007 the media exposed a secret plan by the Department of Defence, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government and RSPCA ACT to shoot to kill up to 3,200 Kangaroos at two Defence sites in the ACT. The reasons given at the time: to
Unchain the Dogs of New York State (Please Sign, Spread the Word) - 42 minutes ago - thepetitionsite.com
We believe that it's time for New York State to join the anti-tethering movement and put an end to the suffering of the perpetually chained/tethered dog. Leaving a dog chained is cruel to the dog, being a social animal they crave companionship and constan
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Group HistoryTAKE ACTION HELP THE CHEETAHS
Thursday, 8:35 AM
You can help get the hunting of cheetahs banned before they are gone forever. They are unable to speak to us in a way we understand, they cannot stand up for themselves nor can they help each other like we can help them. You can help, even if it might seem like it will never make a difference for them, by signing the petition to get it banned. Its free, its quick but it really could help. You can also email me a letter that I will include when I send the petition off, it can be any length. This could also make a difference. The more signatures and the more letters I gather the more impact we can have.
They can't run forever, without our help. Help them before its too late.
Brenda
- 5 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com Justice For Rolo Action Alert New Trial Date February 25 2008
Animals
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- 10 hours ago - rolodog.com send green star] [
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160 Compiled Petitions. Please see this share:
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BAN PUPPYMILLS IN AUSTRALIA!! New Petition to PM Kevin Rudd
Animals 
Nadia - 59 minutes ago - thepetitionsite.com
Please ban all puppy farming or back yard breeding as you could call it, which is not monitored strictly by local and animal health authorities.Save our animals from imprisonment and inhumane cruelty and allow them the opportunity to live a wondeful life
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/save-our-animals-ban-puppy-mills-in-aus
In my opinion the designer of the IPod should be jailed for animal cruelty...
Please read about the IPod here: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/12/15/1197568324984.html
There is a petition to Pets Paradise (the IPod's producer):
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-the-ipond
Stop mass animal killing in Iquitos PERU
Sign petition today!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/857644090
----- Original Message -----
From: Taylor
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:47 AM
Subject: Stop mass animal killing in Iquitos PERU Sign petition today!
[Sandra Bowen who is a regular volunteer at Animal Alliance has visited this project in the Amazon , knows Molly personally, and is full of admirationfor the important work Molly is struggling to do. Taylor]
Stop mass animal killing in Iquitos. Please Sign The Petition TODAY ! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/857644090
CROSSPOSTING APPRECIATED
Thanks to all for your care.
Chimpanzee Lab Life
Nuria
- 3 minutes ago - releasechimps.org Von: ARAN [mailto:arancampaigns@eircom.net]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008 12:46
An: ARAN
Betreff: Shocking News: Irish MEP Supports Canada's Seal Slaughter
Dear ARAN Members,
We can't believe it either, but yes it's true! At a time when the world is
closing in on Canada's gruesome slaughter of seal pups and when the EU are
at a critical stage on determining whether a ban on Canadian seal products
should come into place or not we hear some bad news for the seals.
Irish MEP 'Sean O Neachtain' has been part of a delegation to the European
parliament to promote Canada's cruel seal hunt. He visited the parliament
with fisheries and governmental delegates from Canada, the very ones who
promote lies to the public and the media in order to reverse growing
opposition to the hunt in Europe. You can read more about the issue here
http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=107668&sc=506&comments=submit
and we have as of this morning confirmed it's accurate.
URGENT - TAKE ACTION:
Please, email immediately your views on Canada's seal hunt and let Irish MEP
'Sean O Neachtain' know how you feel about Canada's merciless and barbaric
seal slaughter
email him at: sean.oneachtain@europarl.europa.eu
Thank you for being a true voice for animals and supporting ARAN's work,
stay tuned for details of ARAN's annual Canadian seal protest this coming
March!
Thank you,
It's true! If you are a multi-national oil company, that is. A week ago today, the Bush administration auctioned off 30 million acres of Alaska wilderness to oil and gas companies, who will now be able to get their hands on the regions estimated 15 billion barrels of oil. The going price of our land? $86.67 an acre - a little over 17 cents a barrel.
Oh, and guess what else? These 30 million acres are home to half the world's remaining polar bears.
It would be a lot harder for oil companies to wreak havoc on this wild landscape if the polar bear were protected under the Endangered Species Act - but, par for the course, the Bush administration has been dragging its heels on awarding polar bears this protected designation, missing deadline after deadline.
Will you join me in calling on Congress to stand up to the Bush administration - and demand a stop any new oil drilling in polar bear habitat?
http://www.environmental-action.org/enviroaction.asp?id=2531&id4=ES
For over two years now, environmentalists (like yours truly) have been working to protect the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act - but the Fish and Wildlife Service keeps delaying a decision. We couldn't figure out why, and then a certain 30 million acre tract of polar bear habitat hits the auction block - an area of land that would never be opened if the bear were protected.
We can't let 2008 will go down in history as the year the Bushies took every last thing they could get their hands on. Please take a minute right now, email your members of Congress, and ask them to stop any oil and gas leases in polar bear habitat.
http://www.environmental-action.org/enviroaction.asp?id=2531&id4=ES
And then forward this message along to friends and family, and ask them to take part in the effort too.
Sincerely,
Dan Stafford
Environmental Action Organizer
DanS@environmental-action.org
http://www.environmental-action.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.
Jocelyn
- 4 hours ago - animalsaustralia.org European Parliament, PHS 4B001
Modern – reliable – cost efficient – animal friendly
– alternatives to animal experiments
In September last year, Written Declaration 40/2007 on the
phasing out of primate research, passed with a significant
majority. Will the revision of Directive 86/609 on experiments on animals meet the challenge of phasing out animal experiments?
Participants
Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment
Dr Claude Reiss, molecular biologist, president Antidote Europe
Prof Dr Wolfgang Dekant, Institute of Toxicology,
Wurzburg University
Dr Johan Rönnelid, associate professor,
Unit of Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University
Professor Paul Furlong, Director of Clinical Neurophysiology,
Aston University, UK
Jens Holm, MEP, GUE/NGL
Neil Parish, MEP, EPP, President of Intergroup on Animal Welfare
Sonja van Tichelen, Director of Eurogroup for Animals
Please sign or check if you have already signed all the petitions to EU Parliament:
http://www.endeuanimaltests.org/sign.php
http://www.eceae.org/saveprimates/en/action.html
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/378442616
and others:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/shut-down-huntingdon-life-sciences
We the undersigned, are appalled by the cruelty that took place in the
Biomedical Testlab SNBL in Everett, where a female Cynomolus Macaque
was boiled alive inside a giant rack-washer.PLEASE SIGN
You look into those brown eyes and you know she's always thinking, creating new ideas, she's passionate, focused, knows what she wants and goes out and gets it. She has compassion for those in need, a voice for the voiceless;even at the verge of exaustion she continues to push forward. Now it's rumored she may be leaving us.
I have known Daphne for a few months, she's been a good friend, sure we have had our differences but we remain friends because she cares for her friends; ALL of them.
Daphne is host to three groups on care2, Ocean Realm
, Pawsitive Action for Voiceless Victims 
, Voice for Asian Animals 
, and also a space on MySpace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=17452864
6 . Daphne has advocated such causes as : As Boycotts of China, including the Olympics, Actions against Canadian Seal Hunts, and the wearing of fur.
She is a very special lady and works hard for what she believes in, I feel honored to be her friend. She puts her heart, soul and mind into her work. we too need to be the voices for the voiceless. Contact Daphne and tell her to stay with us we need her.
http://www.care2.com/c2c/people/profile.html?pid=300426910
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/boycott-jlo-choose-compassion-over-slaughter-for-profit
petition to stop Daphne leaving
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/keep-daphne-on-care2
We all love you Daphne !!!!!!
Dear Tammy,
Yesterday we delivered 43,000 petitions to the White House asking that the polar bear be placed on the endangered species list immediately. This display of massive public concern will put pressure on the administration to act quickly.
Click here to help us get the message out.
You can help us change history by contributing to a TV ad that will reach over 10 million people. The ad will explain in a gripping manner that global warming is melting the Arctic and killing polar bears, and most importantly, that it's not too late. If we all band together, Congress, the administration and industry will have to start cutting greenhouse gases immediately.
We need $50,000 to produce and distribute 60-second, 30-second, and 15-second versions of the ad to television stations across the nation. Over 10 million people will be educated by the ad, and several hundred thousand will actively join the cause.
Please click here to help us place the ad.
If 2,000 supporters like you pitch in just $25 each, we'll reach our $50,000 goal and be in production within weeks.
Please help us get the message out before it's too late.
Thank you so much,
Kieran Suckling
Executive Director
Center for Biological Diversity
p.s. If you haven't already signed our polar bear petition, click here.
Again, efforts are underway to overturn the will of the people, who voted to ban hound hunting of mountain lions.
Hound hunting mountain lions does not fulfill any of the promises made by politicians, sport hunters or other special interest groups. What they say it will do, it won’t do!
The Mountain Lion Foundation opposes this bill for both ethical and conservation reasons.
Measures are already in place to provide for public safety and depredation. Lions perceived to be a threat to public safety or livestock are hunted and killed. Lions with any propensity for human conflict are being intensively removed from the gene pool.
Scientists agree hunting does nothing to increase public safety or decrease livestock loss. Some scientists suggest sport hunting can increase problems by culling the timid, easily treed lions from the population.
The executive session on HB 2438 is scheduled for Monday, February 4, at 1:30 p.m. in the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Links:
House Bill 2438 full text Take Action! Washington State residents must contact committee members today and tell them to oppose HB 2438. Attend the public hearing to oppose this bill and to support those testifying against it. Your personal emails and phone calls will have far greater impact than a form letter. If you do not live in Washington State, contact Governor Chris Gregoire and tell her why she should oppose HB 2438. Urge all your friends and family in Washington State to write the Committee members and the Governor.
Contact:Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Members:
Brian Blake - Chair (D)
Kevin Van De Wege - Vice Chair (D)
Joel Kretz - Ranking Minority Member (R)
Judy Warnick - Asst Ranking Minority Member (R)
William "Ike" Eickmeyer (D)
Bill Grant (D)
Steve Hailey (R)
Patricia Lantz (D)
Liz Loomis (D)
John McCoy (D)
Sharon Nelson (D)
Daniel Newhouse (R)
Ed Orcutt (R)
Complete contact information for each Committee Member, click here
Governor Chris Gregoire
Office of the Governor
PO Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504-0002
(360) 902-4111
(360) 753-4110
Online email form
I, the undersigned, am concerned about the plight of Russian brown bears. Wealthy hunters wake the bears from hibernation to shoot them for sport and hundreds of cubs just a few weeks old are left motherless with little or no chance for survival.
This is a cruel practice that must be stopped. I urge the Russian government to ban this hunt and save the Russian brown bears and their cubs.
Crossposting:
VERY IMPORTANT PETITION
Tell Denmark to End Whale & Dolphin Slaughter in their waters
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/tell-denmark-to-end-whale-dolphin-slaughter-in-their-waters
Please forward ..
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ASK THE CLARIFYING OF THE DOG-MASSACRES FROM THE TULCEA SHELTER AND FROM TARGU-JIU, THE OF THE LAW FOR THE ANIMAL PROTECTION, WHICH TRIES TO PROVIDE BETTER CONDITIONS FOR THE ANIMALS, SHOULDNT BECOME A REASON TO ELIMINATE THE UNWANTED STRAY-ANIMALS. THE CONDITION IN THE SHELTERS MUST BE IMPROVED, IT IS NOT A SOLLUTION TO KILL THOSE DOGS. WE ASK THAT OTHER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS BE FOUND TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION.
WE WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY THE EVOLUTION OF THE SHELTERS IN ROMANIA AND WE WILL ASK THE INTERNATIONAL FORUMS TO INTERVENE WHENEVER NEEDED.
http://www.protv.ro/stiri/stop-torturarii-animalelor/tulcea-zeci-de-caini-morti-au-fost-gasiti-aruncati-la-marginea.html
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Stray dogs dumped in plastic bags at forest edge in Tulcea city (Romania)
Stray dogs dumped in plastic bags at forest edge in
Tulcea city – video – shocking images
http://www.protv.ro/stiri/stop-torturarii-animalelor/tulcea-amanunte-infioratoar
e-in-cazul-zecilor-de-caini-morti.html
A former employee of the public dogpound in Tulcea
said the animals were brutally killed a few days ago,
and the bodies were carried by truck to unknown
destinations.
The head of the department of city hall in charge of
the dogpound couldn’t be contacted.
People of Somova-Tulcea shook with horror finding out
in forest tens of plastic bags with dead dogs. The
village people say the animals were brought from the
city, Tulcea, and left there.
People’s suspicions are confirmed by a former employee
of the public dogpound in Tulcea.
He says that 2 weeks ago the dogpound was closed, due
to poor conditions in which the animals were kept. In
dogpound there were 200 dogs of which the employees
got rid of in the cruellest possible way.
Even though the mayor of Somova, the village where the
dogs were dumped, informed the Guard for Environment
and the Sanitary – Veterinarian Direction, no
inspector of these institutions has got to the site.
Now there are still 20 dogs in the dogpound.
Video footage obtained in a new PETA undercover investigation reveals horrific nightmare conditions for small animals and birds bred and brokered by a major supplier to PetSmart.
Investigation Reveals Horrors at PetSmart Supplier
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What PetSmart's Own Employees Are SayingIn addition to the ever-present misery caused by extremely crowded cages, filthy conditions, a lack of basic enrichment, an often inadequate food and water supply, and excessive noise, PETA's investigation of a massive breeding mill and one of PetSmart's main animal suppliers, Rainbow World Exotics in Hamilton, Texas, also revealed that live animals were thrown into the trash, were deprived of desperately needed veterinary care, were suffering and dying alone in their cages, and were cannibalizing each other; that rabbits underwent crude neuter surgeries at the hands of a layperson in a filthy, dark room; and more. Click here to read the details.
See where PetSmart's animal victims are bred. View the video footage and photos taken by PETA's undercover investigator.
Unsuspecting PetSmart customers have reported buying unsocialized, sick, and injured animals, including guinea pigs with eye and upper respiratory infections, hamsters with deadly diseases, sick and dying betta fish, and suffering birds. As PETA's investigator documented at this breeding mill, overcrowding, lack of veterinary care, and lack of socialization are the norm, not the exception, for the tens of thousands of animals at Rainbow. Click here to read more about what the investigator found.
PetSmart's trade in live animals supports this mass-breeding industry that is just as cruel as—and even less regulated than—the puppy mill industry. It results in abysmal treatment of tiny, vulnerable beings, and it ultimately leads to their overpopulation, homelessness, neglect, and suffering.
Take action: Complete the form below to urge PetSmart to cut ties with Rainbow World Exotics and to stop selling all live animals.
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/petsmart_investigation?c=weekly_enews
This Friday, February 1st, the Los Angeles City Council will vote on what would be the most ambitious spay and neuter ordinance in the nation. Last year, more than 15,000 cats and dogs were killed in the City of Los Angeles' animal shelters. Spaying and neutering animals before they reproduce is the most effective way to reduce euthanasia rates in shelters. Please Take Action to urge Los Angeles City Council members to pass the spay/neuter ordinance and send it to the Mayor's desk immediately to be signed into law.
Tell USDA: Stop Allowing the Torture of Downed Cows to Feed Our Schoolchildren
Dear Joanna,
Dragging
cows too weak to stand. Shocking them with electric prods when they
can't walk. Ramming them with forklifts. Even forcing water down their
throats -- right out of the manual on waterboarding.
Our shocking undercover investigation revealed these and other abuses of "downed" dairy cows -- those who are too sick or injured to walk -- at a Southern California slaughter plant. And The Humane Society of the United States’ investigation also discovered that the meat from these tortured animals gets fed to children through the National School Lunch Program! Please watch our investigative video, and then take action today to stop this cruelty.
Our video of the cruelty is very difficult to watch. Even worse is the thought that an outfit like Hallmark Meat Packing Company got away with this kind of abuse every day, without proper oversight from the USDA.
Urge the USDA to tighten its lax enforcement of the downer rule and to close the rule's loophole -- so that cows who are obviously in no shape to walk are not taken to slaughter in the first place.
Don't forget to tell your friends and family how they can help, too.
Thank you for all you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President and CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/end-horse-slaughter-in-canada-now.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/GallopBB/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/EQA50101/petition.html
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/535322448
http://www.horse-protection.org/getinvolved/stopslaughter/
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2007_horseslaughter_notcosponsor
Linda
- 2 hours ago - hsus.org WARNING ON THIS PETITION: READ BEFORE YOU SIGN!!
Nadia D. left a comment on the following article:
My fellow Americans, over the past few years more and more of our rights as pet owners have been taken away. Unjust laws that penalize us, breed specific legislation that tells us what breeds we can and can not own, sky rocketing licensing fee's if we
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I'm just confused with this petition... someone enlighten me please. I fight long and hard for puppy mills to be closed and promote adoption in shelters. I don't agree with breeding while 60,000 perfectly adoptable animals are killed in shelters EVERYDAY. This petition text has me confused:
"sky rocketing licensing fee's if we want to keep breeding animals and the animal rights activist groups who are pushing for "no pets" at all. I'm sure if your life is enriched by an animal you will want to help. The animal rights groups are well organized and speak with one big voice. We far out number them, but we are not acting as one force."
While the law is limited, I do believe that breeders need to pay fees ('sky rocketing' is relative) if they want to bring more companion animals in this world. The last part as well seems it's an "us" against animal rights groups.... I hope I'm reading this wrong. I dont know of a group that's advocating for "No pets at all" including PeTA, contrary to CCF's propaganda though they maybe against breeding pits completely. But that's another discussion entirely and wish to not extend that here. This is about this specific petition and with this text, unfortunately I can not support or promote. I did note it to encourage more discussion as I may be reading this wrong...
Also, where are the signatures going? The target says, "To united pet owners as a single voice."
The horrific death of this poor puppy touched animal lovers around the world, and the strong sentencing in this case highlights how strongly the public feels about cruelty toward animals.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard felt so strongly about seeking justice in this case – describing the death of this puppy as "so egregious it cries out for special attention" - that he sent a letter to Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue requesting that the penalty for animal cruelty be raised above the current five year maximum.
DA Howard should be applauded for his commitment to justice and the humane treatment of animals – please sign this petition today to congratulate him on success in this case!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/6/stop-puppy-mills
Please sign it. Thank you! 
Animals
DAPHNE
- 23 hours ago - getactive.peta.org I'll c/p as well.
Pete W.
STOP PEBBLE MINE Wednesday, 6:58 AM We're fighting a battle in Alaska to protect Bristol Bay from what will be the world's largest toxic lake. This area is truly one of the world's greatest wild areas.
I hope we can count on your support by signing our petition. I have also included a link to our web page should you want to get more information.
Petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-pebble-mine
Web page: http://www.wildlifeforever.org/PAGES%20NEW/PEBBLEMINE.aspx
Thank you for your time and support
Tell Your Representative to Put Polar Bears First
We’ve got to stop the Bush Administration from rushing through the sale of oil and gas drilling leases in Alaska’s prime polar bear habitat -- before it makes a final decision about protecting these imperiled bears under the Endangered Species Act.
Sign the message below and tell your Representative to support the Markey bill (H.R. 5058) that will reverse these new oil and gas lease sales for the sake of polar bear survival.
January 26, 2008
- Your Congressperson
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/408098466
Current Advocacy Campaigns from IDA's Action Center
(Dates indicated are dates of publication, not deadline) 
Stop Cruel Tests on Monkeys and Cats at the Weizmann Institute
January 22, 2008
Urge Board of Supervisors to take back management of the SF Zoo
January 09, 2008
Urge Wachovia to Buck the Rodeo
January 22, 2008
Urge Oakland Mayor to push for investigation of goat shooting case
January 04, 2008
Urge scrutiny of the SF Zoo's animal care policies
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January 02, 2008
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Stop OHSU's Live Animal Labs
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Anita S.Serious Update!!
This is pretty simple... Please tell ten friends to tell ten more today!
The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals.
It takes less than a minute (How about 20 seconds) to go to their site
and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals' for free. This doesn't cost you a thing.
Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.
Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know.
http://www.theanimalrescuesitecom/
AGAIN, PLEASE TELL 10 FRIENDS!!!
Please join us in protesting against the cruel practise in Hungary of force feeding geese and ducks. Take a couple of seconds and sign the petition against this horrendous treatment of sentient beings.
Animals
Brenda
- 12 minutes ago - getactive.peta.org 
is responsible for securing funding for the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, where cruel experiments on cats and monkeys were recently exposed in an undercover investigation
Animals
Brenda
- 1 minute ago - getactive.peta.org 
Trudi
- 2 hours ago - romaniaanimalrescue.com 
Brenda
- 4 minutes ago - all-creatures.org www.thepetitionsite.com/8/please-sign-and-help-bears-being-abused-treated-and-help-stop-bile-farming
SAVE LOLITA!!
http://www.petitiononline.com/25021987/
To: Miami Seaquarium
I have created this petition to help get a well-deserved bigger tank for a Killer Whale. She is called Lolita and lives at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami Florida.
She was first captured when she was 2 years old and taken from her family. She is now over 30 years old and has spent the whole of her life in this small tank.
Her only form of company when she is not performing is a blow up rubber whale that floats with her in her tank. The park owner Mr Hertz has been promising for over 25 years to build her a new tank. But this has not materialized. Her tank is by law not within the government guidelines for housing killer whales, but yet nothing has been done about this.
Please sign this petition to help get Lolita the life she needs. I think she deserves it after 30 years of performing for audiences.
Thank you
Thunderr
- 1 hour ago - nrdconline.org This is upsetting. 
Please note and take action!
Absolutely Outrageous: Fed Greenlights Killing Northern Rockies Wolves-- Take Action!!
Animals
Nadia - 39 seconds ago - secure.defenders.org
Its happened. The Fish & Wildlife Service has made it easier to kill wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Rockies region, even while under the Endangered Species Act. Take action: Help us reach our goal of sending 45,000 messages to Kempthorne
Please Sign Romanian Animal Rescue Petition 6:09 PM
A petition to get animal welfare laws in the EU.
Last Petition Thread here:
http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=12292&pst=832854&archival=&posts=115
Stop the Attack on Utah's Wild Lands. Sign the PETITION PLEASE Dead Line 8th Feb.
Environment
Jocelyn - 3 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com
