International
Animal Rights Day (IARD) - 10th December - aims to remember the animal
victims of human tyranny and call for the recognition of our Universal
Declaration of Animal Rights (UDAR) Sign the declaration.
We don't want people dying of AIDS and we
don't want primates being tortured any more !!! Please take action: USA
needs the Great Ape Protection Act. contact your legislator and ask
them to support the H.R. 1326
As
we enter the final critical weeks for the revision of EU Directive
86/609 on the use of animals in experiments your emails are needed
urgently !!
BUAV findings show the total inadequacy of the proposals that are
currently on the table.
Please Take Action NOW and Pass on to Friends & Family - every comment counts. The Obama Administration is continuing the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) war on wild horses by proposing to round up an astounding 2,500 wild horses
Do request that the citizen Michael Shawn Sandlin of Maringouin, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, be subjected to the same laws as all other citrizens of the state and parish; and, that the Iberville Parish authorities be investigated for possible corruption
2nd Week of November a LIVE bull will be set on fire. Can we stop it? Maybe - but not without your help! View the video - use it as a marketing tool - Sign the petition and join in the action on the group.
A toro de fuego ("fire bull") or toro embolado ("bull in balls") is a bull that has balls of flammable material attached to its horns which are lighted, and is set free in the streets at night for dodging during Spanish festivals. TAKE ACTION!
Save
the lowly Tree Frogs in the Hawaiian Islands.
There is no scientific evidence that they're detrimental or evasive to
other species in the area except the some people a 'noise issue'It's
immoral to get rid of a species by the musical sounds it makes.
I, Scott William Bowden, would take great pleasure in using Aveeno shampoo and condtioner, However, Johnson & Johnson has confirmed that they test all of their products on animals, and for that reason, I no longer use anything by Johnson & Johnson.
Shiseido Cosmetics - the largest cosmetics manufacturer in Japan - continues to test on animals even though more sophisticated non-animal methods now exist. In product testing on animals, rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and other animals
UNITED STATES PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ARE WANTING AND WAITING FOR THE EXISTANCE OF THIS MONKEY FARM. THIS FARM WILL SLAVERY-BREED AND INDUCE THESE MONKEYS AND THEIR BABIES WITH HIV AND OTHER FATAL POISONS. THE VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN A WEEK.
According to the non-profit organization In Defense of Animals, every year, approximately two million dogs are inhumanely caged, tortured and consumed in Korea. The dogs are crammed like vegetables into crates and when a customer makes a selection, the
This is Catalonia's infamous blood sport: men on foot or horseback repeatedly stab a trapped, exhausted bull with knives and spears. Polls repeatedly show that this is NOT a tradition most Catalonians are proud of. Support them and say "enough!"
I
am asking each of you to send a new fax to Congress. Let's flood
Congress and the White House with the message George Lakoff sends:
Language Matters. Frame Health Care Reform as the Uniquely American
Plan, Medicare For All. If you care, you will.
Not
only is Obama clearly ready to throw the public option overboard, he is
embracing the requirement that we all be forced to buy insurance from
private insurers. That means your tax dollars and mine will be used to
pay subsidies to the big insurers...
CONTROVERSY over jumps racing was re-ignited yesterday when another horse died in South Australia. Five-year-old Keepara Lass was making her jumps debut at Morphettville when she crashed heavily at the final hurdle.
What do the United States and Gabon have
in common? Would it surprise you to know that they are the only two
countries in the world that still use chimpanzees in animal experiments
and testing? Chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than they
Fantastic news - here in the UK, a compassionate Farming Minister - Vegetarian Jim Fitzpatrick (appointed in June 2009) will report to Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, who also does not eat meat!
Tens of millions of animals are slaughtered and butchered by indescribably cruel methods in China each year. Animal fur is in high demand, and the Chinese deliver. What does not get exported outside of China usually ends up on a dinner plate.
Michael Vick has openly admitted to the fighting, torture, and murder of many Pitbulls on his land in Virginia. These dogs were not only fought but murdered in some of the most brutal ways, beating, drowning, hanging and even electrocution. For the
Vivisection polarises British society like almost no other issue. On the one hand, medical researchers claim that animal experiments are vital for human progress and the elimination of diseases. On the other, animal rights extremists say that
We have an opportunity to stop America's most destructive mining practice that turns mountainsides into wastelands, buries streams forever under an avalanche of waste, and decimates critically needed habitat of our fastest declining songbird, the Cerulean
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Learn
about innocent 15-yr-old Latino former high school honor student Efren
Paredes, Jr. wrongly convicted of 1989 murder&armed robbery. World
renowned wrongful convictions expert Paul Ciolino &
NationalLawyersGuild endorse efforts to free Efren.
One million acres of prime wolf, bear, and salmon habitat adjacent to Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks could be opened to new mining claims with the stroke of a pen. Closed to mining since 1971, these wild Alaska lands are integral to Bristol Bay's
The circus elephants, tigers and horses are in town again, and along with them is a stream of animal-rights activists protesting the use of animals in the circus.
COLUMBUS,
Ohio -- Columbus Fire Chief Ned Pettus Jr. recommended Thursday that a
firefighter who shot his two dogs to death before going on vacation be
terminated. Should he keep his job? VOTE
How
should police handle a distraught young mother after the shooting death
of her baby? They should try to soothe and calm her, call psychological
specialists to her side, and perhaps offer her a cup of water, right?
Louisiana police TASERED her!
The magnificent animals who slip and slide on the streets of Pamplona during the Running of the Bulls are later violently killed - all in the name of "tradition". Torturing and killing a defenceless animal should not be celebrated as tradition.
As animal testing for cosmetics has been banned in EU since March 11, 2009, we took this opportunity to launch a campaign to seek the abolition of animal testing for cosmetics, targeting SHISEIDO, the largest cosmetic company in Japan. However, the
Animals Australia has been nominated as a potential recipient of $60,000 in a photography competition run by Canon -- and voting closes in just one week!
Just look at this abuse! To date the district attorney refuses to prosecute these abusers. Write and insist that valid Sections of 597 be applied to protect the poultry from abuse - the
Currently,
the United States military uses live animals in medical training
programs. In one course, vervet monkeys are given a toxic dose of a
drug that causes seizures and difficulty breathing and can result in
death.
he
overwhelming cases of extreme animal abuse seem to be happening with
more frequence, and many are young people. Such is the case of the
Bronx teen who roasted a live kitty beyond recognition. Asked why, she
simply responded that she hates cats
One of the experimental GE tree varieties is a known host for cryptococcus gatti, a fatal fungal pathogen whose spores cause meningitis in people and animals. Comments are being accepted by the USDA until July 6, 2009. Take action today by using the form
While the hunting with hounds was abolished in Great Britain, on November 18th, 2004, and while forty-five cities declared themselves antibullfight in Spain, the bullfight continues clamping down in ten French departments
We the undersigned, do hereby ask that you review your stance on the legality of vivisection and make it illegal. It is an unduly cruel experimentation method, that provides no real benefits to human advancement
Every year around 4 million Australian sheep are shipped live to the Middle East. Tens of thousands do not survive the hellish sea journey - although these are perhaps the "lucky ones" , considering the unspeakable brutality that awaits them on arriving..
After weeks of campaigning and a storm of protest from across the globe, it appeared that the "culling" had finally been stopped. However, in response to the first confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, the slaughter will be resumed imminently.
Please sign this petition to encourage having Cheyenne Cherry Tried as an Adult on July 15, 2009. Her web page is a reflection of a person who wants to be a gangsta. She has been accused of assault, theft and breaking and entering into the young woman'
Australia's oldest travelling circus has labelled a campaign to have circuses with exotic animals banned from the Sunshine Coast an exercise in ignorance.
The U.S. Supreme Court will "conference" on Troy Davis' most recent appeal on June 25th. NCADP will alert you on the outcome of that decision and next steps just as soon as possible. The NAACP has posted an action on the case and issued a statement.
Greenland
is planning to make a request to the International Whaling Commission
(IWC) to kill 10 humpback whales a year, starting in 2010. Join WDCS's
campaign to stop these unnecessary deaths.
We are requesting that departments for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals be created in the large cities in Greece. In addition, we ask that people who commit these crimes against animals be prosecuted by the governing agencies of the police.
We've probably all signed this - but it's well short of the signature goal, and closes on Saturday - so please note ,and maybe leave a comment to keep it active - and hopefully get more signatures.
TELL THE GEORGIA GOV., LEGISLATURE, PAROLE BOARD, PRESIDENT OBAMA, CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA: STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS!He was convicted solely on witness testimony, and 7 of the 9 witnesses have since recanted, many alleging that police coerced them
A plan to open up our federal waters to industrial ocean fish farms came from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.Take action now to stop reckless development of ocean fish farms in U.S. waters.
A proposal to allow ocean fish farming - the mass production of fish in often overcrowded huge floating net pens or cages out in ocean waters - starting in the Gulf of Mexico, could put coastal communities, the environment and consumers at risk.
The
very fact that photos of torture and abuse exist, only underscores the
need for transparency, accountability and for a full investigation of
crimes committed.