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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/SavePrimarilyPrimates

Please take a look at the letter to PeTA. What they are suing Primarily Primates over will eventually lead to the closure of this much needed Sanctuary.

Take a look at the petition letter and sign it if it's something you believe in.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Virginia

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Send email to Justice Minister in Austria

Please send the letter (or write your own) ASAP (the email action began yesterday) to:

minister.justiz@bmj.gv.at

Honourable Minister Dr. Berger,

As you are aware, during the early morning hours on 21th May 2008 twenty-three raids and searches were carried out by a coordinated police operation against animal rights advocates in Austria. In the progress of these police raids doors were crushed open without any warning and the sleeping people assaulted with drawn guns. During the searches all people in the residential premises - being targeted, visitors or bystanders - were subjected to massive verbal and physical assaults, threats and intimidations by the police-squads.

As reason for this excessive police operation the public prosecutor had invoked  §278a StGB (formation of a "criminal organization"), a piece of legislation, which Austria had introduced to combat Mafia-like organized crime or terror-groups, but no evidence, whatsoever, has been brought forward by the state of Austria that such allegations would have any foundation in the allegations against the ten animal advocates. None of the conditions, which §278a StGB requires to be applicable, are given and none of the other allegations brought forward could be proven by the prosecution either. Despite all this flawed process, the ten detainees are now kept far over the time allowed by the Austrian law in detention. The most basic laws of Austria and Europe, and legal principles like "Innocent until proven guilty!" as well as the internationally guaranteed freedom of speech and expression are therefore neglected and violated with impunity by the judiciary in Austria, for which you, as Minister of Justice, have the duty of oversight.

Though even the senior public prosecutor has consented meanwhile that excessive and inappropriate and thereby illegal force and methods were used by the special squad during these operations, the arrested people still 10 remain detained in remand prison, despite the fact that no evidence has been brought forward by the prosecution concerning any wrongdoing, which would warrant the police operations or the meanwhile now even extended detention of the arrested Austrian citizens.

In addition the confiscated computers, data and other material of five legally operating non-governmental organizations have been retained by the investigation now also for over two months and thereby the legally guaranteed right of these organizations as well as the work of civil society to operate unhindered within the legal framework had been made nearly impossible. Such is also a clear violation of many European and international conventions to which Austria is a signatory.

It is thereby obvious  that in Austria the work of  animal rights defenders as well as civil society in general is criminalized outrageously and the good standing of legally and successful operating non-governmental organizations shall be tarnished. Though this has made the work, which also depends on private sponsors and contributors, of these NGOs nearly impossibly and has caused serious economic and operational damage, the excessive police operation as well as the unjust detention of the animal rights advocates has already backfired and has damaged the international image and reputation of the Republic of Austria severely, which is clearly the fault of a flawed system of the executive and the judiciary. During the first session under the French EU-Presidency of the council of  European justice and internal ministers on 24th/25th of this month in Brussels you realized yourself the grave concern other European states have concerning the present developments in Austria.

Based on all this, we hereby too protest to the utmost against the illegal state operations in Austria and the unjustly extended detention of the ten animal rights activists.

Our work also consists of and supports legal activism in order to improve animal welfare legislation and like the detainees we refuse any form of illegal aggression, but in these cases brought here again to your attention, illegal aggressions against citizens and civil society are carried forward by the Austrian State, which you as Minister for Justice have the duty to stop.

Dear Minister Dr. Berger, we therefore request from you again that you engage yourself, stop these atrocities and do everything possible to have the ten detainees set free immediately.

Please have the detainees set free, kindly respond to this letter and we hereby request officially to keep us informed concerning what you have done and will do to rectify this unbearable and unjust situation in Austria.

You are the responsible Austrian Federal Minister - not just of justice, but for justice - and we therefore plead with you:
LET TRUE JUSTICE PREVAIL !

Sincerely,

Name:

City and Country:

e-mail address:

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It is essential for consumers to know that burgeoning meat consumption has caused a massive overproduction of chickens, cows, pigs, and other animals, leading to unprecedented production of feces that end up in rivers, streams, and irrigation water, and contaminate otherwise healthful produce.

Salmonella are intestinal organisms. Needless to say, tomatoes and peppers do not have an intestinal tract. When feces end up in irrigation water, salmonella can contaminate the surfaces of plants and can apparently pass into their rootlets, ending up inside produce. Infectious bacteria from animal feces also contaminate agricultural fields, workers’ hands, retail shelves, and kitchen surfaces.

Join PCRM in calling for the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the source of the contamination—the root of the problem lies in the meat industry! We need your help today.  Sign our petition and add your name to our list of outraged citizens. Help us provide a wake up call to HHS and demand it starts protecting our food supply. 

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Please sign this petition to free the Austrian ten!

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/freedom-for-the-austrian-animal-rights-advocates.html

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This was forwarded to me today from my new friend Suzanna--It needs 1,000,000 signatures before it can be presented to the European Parliament.  Please sign, forward, crosspost as this lays down standards for treatment of pets and strays in EU countries.  Allows for prosecutions under standards set forth. Think this is needed as a step towards ending some of those abuse cases we see everyday here at Care2. Thank you!!

European Convention for protection of pets and stray Petition to european parliame

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PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND READ THE STORY BEHIND THE PETITION--GOOD LINKS TO THE TRUTH!!!!  THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO SAVE THE WILD MUSTANGS

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Brenda
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THE VIRGINIA RANGE WILD HORSES ARE IN DANGER OF BEING SENT TO SLAUGHTER DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RECENTLY APPOINTED BY GOV. GIBBONS. DIRECTOR LESPERANCE HAS RECOMMENDED THE REMOVAL OF MOST OF THE WILD HOR

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HUMANE SOCIETY PRESIDENT PERSECUTED by COPS!

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Support Kamchatka Salmon and Indigenous Communities!

Sign the petition to stop oil drilling in Kamchatka fisheries and show solidarity with communities on the ground.

Today should be a day of celebration in Kamchatka-it marks the "First Fish Celebration," a time of year when indigenous peoples celebrate the return of Kamchatka salmon to the peninsula's pristine spawning rivers.

However, these communities' livelihoods are threatened by new oil drilling in their fisheries. Take action today to stop the drilling!

Kamchatka's salmon, and the communities that depend on them, are in grave danger.  A Russian and Korean joint venture has begun the first offshore exploratory drilling for oil on the Western Kamchatka shelf-despite strong public concern and inadequate environmental impact reviews for the project.

Show your solidarity today and sign a petition asking the Russian and Korean presidents to respect community concerns and stop this oil project!

The Western Kamchatka shelf is a vital nursery for salmon, pollock and crab for the Asia Pacific region, and it is also essential to the survival of Kamchatka indigenous peoples.  Please speak out in solidarity with Kamchatka's local communities and ask the Russian and Korean governments to issue a moratorium on exploratory drilling on the Western Kamchatka shelf.

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G8: TIME TO LEAD ON CLIMATE CHANGE:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/g8_climate_wakeup/13.php?cl=97701283

http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/biogems_tongass_0608

http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start/196/

http://takeaction.oceana.org/t/6207/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=24967

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/183312308

PLEASE SIGN TO STOP THE MURDER OF HOMELSS CATS IN THE U.S

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...showing Promises of "Sustainable" Palm Oil Meaningless!

http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=ivory_coast_oil_palm

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This petition needs some adjustment, but please read the comments section, there is another petition with more info and here is the actual website for the International Website Against Bullfighting.

http://www.iwab.org/index.html


Stop Toro de Fuego in Soria (Fire Bull) - The Petition Site

Other petition
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/841589646

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It would involve decapitating the Niyamgiri Mountain which – as their god and protector - is sacred to the Kondh people in Orissa, Eastern India. And it would involve widespread environmental devastation - threatening 670 hectares of hills and forests - destroying a unique, wildlife-rich ecosystem, drying up streams, reducing the flow of two of South Orissa’s main rivers and polluting local water supplies!! (source: http://www.actionaid.org/main.aspx?PageID=1098) SO PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION: http://www.petitiononline.com/niyam/ And please note the info to make it frontpage: http://www.care2.com/news/member/123797888/743920?saved=1

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WWF believes the solution is to identify protection zones, which would enable marine life to survive undisturbed and thrive again. Following common practices in other Asian countries, Hong Kong should also regulate fishing activities to give marine life a break from incessant exploitation.
Sign for that:
http://mail.panda.org/inxmail0/url?vb4qqc0fxq0bqbx2b3a3

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Dear Dove,

If the Bush administration and a Denver-based natural gas
company get their way, Utah's remarkable Nine Mile Canyon may
soon be transformed into a massive industrial zone.

We need your immediate action to halt this destructive scheme in
its tracks. The deadline for submitting comments on the plan is
May 1!

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction
right away and tell the Bureau of Land Management to reject this
disastrous proposal, which would put more than 800 new natural
gas wells in the Greater Nine Mile Canyon area -- home to the
greatest concentration of rock art sites in America.

The BLM has just released a study that grossly underestimates
the impacts of proposed natural gas development on the region's
irreplaceable cultural and natural values.

The plan calls for drilling non-federal wells in Nine Mile
Canyon itself, along with dozens if not hundreds of wells in
side canyons and other public wildlands now being considered for
designation as a national historic district.

Nearly 200 wells would be drilled in the remarkable
wilderness-quality lands of the Desolation and Jack canyons.

As a result of existing natural gas drilling in the Nine Mile
Canyon region, compressor stations already run nonstop and
dozens if not hundreds of heavy trucks hustle up and down the
canyon around the clock.

Yet despite the serious threat of expanding these activities
into the Desolation and Jack Canyon wildlands, the Bureau of
Land Management has failed to propose protection for them as
"wilderness study areas."

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction
and urge Bush administration officials to protect the natural
and cultural values of Nine Mile Canyon.

Thank you for taking action to safeguard this vital stretch of
America's Redrock Wilderness.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

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Help all NJ voters be able to vote in their own primaries!!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/an-open-primary-voting-system-for-new-jersey

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The best way to stop whaling for good is to boycott Japan!

The IFAW does realy nothing, and i repeat nothing to stop whaling! They just collect money thats it!
Forget the IFAW its a comlete waste of time and money just like Greenpeace the only one who realy did defend the whales has been Paul Watson and his Crew at the Steve Irwin! But even they did not ask for a boycott because they seem to love whalewatching just as much as Greenpeace does!
The only way to stop the killing is if they loose money real money! The Nikei Index needs to react on the Boycott otherwise you will see commercial whaling with the greatest ships you can imagine! 1000 whales? Forget it they will go for thousands of whales!

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Has anyone signed the petition: www.stopwhaling.org

I also use the search engine everyclick.com  

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Protest Australia's continued ancien forest logging:http://forests.org/alerts/send.asp?id=australia_tasmania_climate&msg=chile_patagonia_dam

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http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/asia-pacific/dove-palmoil-action

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/animal-abuse-in-his-hyest-form-please-sign

Signing alone is good but not enough! Please forward this message and cross post in other groups so we can truly make a difference. We are trying to reach the goal of 10.000 signatures!

Still daily thousands of animals in an atrocious manner are killed for their fur-lined coat, and with the couple thousand signatures which we have now, there but little difference can be made! For this reason i ask  you kindly, but with insistence to help me in the fight against these practices and sign/ forward/ cross post this message.

You can do even more by

1) putting this message in your own group or crossposting in other Care2 or myspace groups. 

2) Copy & were appropriate  the URL displayed below, or you can find it ate the petition site itself next to the video and above the picture or the fox, and create a banner for the petition

3) Put the link for this petition on your billboard on your personal petition site, and don't forget to forward, forward, forward!!!

URL; (only if the Internet site where you because to draw it supports Java script, unlike myspace, if not try step 2)

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Step 2; copy and are appropriate code into myspace to this or other Internet sites that don't support Java script.

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petition of scientists to ask our governments and international authorities to accept as their superior duty to save and protect primates:

http://www.apesmanifesto.org/index.php

The petition is available in a lot of languages. They want 1 000 000 signatures. There are only 5008 for the moment...

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Now ask them to stop selling all fur.

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/gucci_fur

Thank you for taking the time to tell Gucci to stop selling seal fur. After hearing from thousands of PETA activists like you, Gucci has assured PETA that it will not sell any more seal fur—a product of the vicious Canadian seal hunt. This is a great step in the right direction! However, Gucci continues to sell items featuring fur that has been ripped off the backs of other tortured animals. Now is the time to let Gucci know that it can do better!

Your participation in our efforts is a crucial part of our success, as you can see from this exciting victory. Please continue to help animals killed for Gucci's fur items! Click here to let Gucci know that the time has come to go faux and that no matter where the fur came from, every fur item that Gucci sells represents unimaginable suffering.

Thank you for all you do for animals!

Sincerely,

Peggy Chung
Cruelty-Free Fashion Campaigner
PETA

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Gucci petition signed and forwarded.

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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,

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I had a friend that really made me aware of what is going on around the world in global warming. I want to be educated on everything we know about it. I was telling him that satilites and the space station has taken pictures that will { I hate using this word} scare you. I really want to get involve in this subject. Scott really brought up some good research and studied it very well. I am going to be the first to say. That I need to know everything I can about, and what countries and all the laws and letters you can. I do not want to sound stupid, but, lately it is hard for me to go out and get all this imformation. If someone can sum it up for me and let me know the lastest or current issues I would really be greatful. This is a very serious problem. I am going to try to get some things if allowed to tell and show what Nasa and other countries and satilites are seeing and learning now. So if anyone could give me a quick class on the issues and problems we are having on this, I would like to help.Thank you so much for your time.

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*** BREAKING NEWS *** BREAKING NEWS *** BREAKING NEWS ***

Dear Darlene,

In complete defiance of last year's Supreme Court ruling, the Environmental Protection Agency has refused to issue a formal determination that global warming pollution endangers public health or welfare.

Today, Environmental Defense Fund joined with a dozen states and ten other non-profit organizations to file suit to require the EPA to comply with the Supreme Court's decision and issue its determination within 60 days.

The EPA is defying the Supreme Court and endangering our economy, our environment, and our health. The law and the science are clear: The EPA must regulate global warming causing pollution.

Instead, as today's Washington Post editorial reports, EPA administrator Stephen Johnson has spent the last year "making decisions that increased U.S. contributions to global warming." This includes denying California's waiver request to cut global warming pollution from automobiles -- an unprecedented step that derailed similar efforts in 11 other states.

For more background on the case, read our Climate 411 blog post.

Global warming is the most urgent environmental threat facing the planet today. We have a chance to solve this crisis, but we need national action now to unleash the clean energy technologies that will reinvent energy and stop global warming.

We will keep you posted on this case and our larger campaign to pass a national cap on America's global warming pollution this year.

Thanks for all that you do.

Environmental Defense Fund Action Team

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http://www.care2.com/news/member/580831051/694696

Uranium weapons, often called 'depleted' uranium (DU) weapons, are manufactured from radioactive waste materials produced during the nuclear fuel chain and the production of nuclear weapons. They cause widespread and long lasting radioactive contamination of the environment. These weapon systems are radiologically and chemically toxic.

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TAKE ACTION!! International Petition to Ban Uranium Weapons

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Uranium weapons, often called 'depleted' uranium (DU) weapons, are manufactured from radioactive waste materials produced during the nuclear fuel chain and the production of nuclear weapons.

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Fighting the Illegal Wildlife Trade in the Skies

Sign this petition and notify:
Committee Members Airports Council International

Dear Monsieur Rochat:

As a leader in the global aviation industry, I am requesting your help in combating the international illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products.

The illegal trade in wildlife not only affects individual species but entire ecosystems. According to the U.S. Congress, this multi-billion dollar illegal trade is also tied to organized crime, drug smuggling, gun running, and even armed separatist movements and insurgencies. The implications for global health are dire as well. The illegal wildlife trade can spread diseases like bird flu, SARS, and other contagions, affecting not only humans but livestock, wildlife populations and even the world economy.

The aviation industry leadership can play a critical role. I urge you and the leadership in your industry - at airlines, airports, and freight carriers - to include this issue as part of the agenda at the Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva.

I encourage you to work with the world's airlines and airports to be more vigilant when inspecting and transporting luggage, to make a concerted effort to stop the illegal transport of endangered species and illegal wildlife products, and to work with law enf

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Tell Gucci to Stop Clubbing Baby Seals

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/gucci_seals

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I can't read anything that is being asked of me and I put the wrong avitar for myself.  Can we do something?  I'd love to be a part of this group.

Peace,     Ree

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This petition is to ask Borneo's 3 nations (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) to conserve the area known as the Heart of Borneo - a total of 220,000 km2 of equatorial rainforest - through a network of protected areas and sustainably-managed forests, and through international co-operation led by the Bornean governments.

The remaining Borneo rainforest is the only natural habitat for the endangered Bornean Orangutan. It is also an important refuge for many endemic forest species, and the Asian Elephant, the Sumatran Rhinoceros and the Bornean Clouded Leopard.
When they get the goal of 100.000 sign ups they will send the petition to the 3 governments of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Please help to save these wonderful forests. Sign now:  http://www.tree-nation.com/community/petition.php?id=28

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Hi Friends,

I have just read and signed the petition: "Put Horse Slaughter Down for Good!"

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/959750520

Thanks!

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The term painted fish refers to ornamental aquarium fish which have been artificially coloured through extremely cruel processes in order to appeal to consumers, especially young children. Buying an animal only due to its appearance when one is not sufficiently prepared or willing to take care of it is wrong. The color in the fish fades within months, leaving it undesirable to those who bought only it for its coloring. Unfortunately, most of these fish perish due to dye-related complications far before the color has a chance to fade.

How it's done:
Dye Injection - Large needles are used to inject dye under the skin. Because only a small area is affected, the fish must be subjected to many punctures to achieve the desired effect. The popular painted glassfish are dyed this way, using florescent colored paints. Fish that are injected often contract infections from the punctures.

Dipping - As barbaric as dye injections seem, this practice is even worse. The fish are first put into a caustic solution that strips off their protective outer slime coating. They are then dipped in dye, or injected with dyes, after which they are dipped in another chemical that irritates the flesh to stimulate re-growth of the slime coat. This method is very stressful, and has a high mortality rate.
 

PLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO FIND OUT MORE AND TO SIGN THE PETITION:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-the-sale-of-dyed-fish

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=519433&in_page_id=1770

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/unfair-treatment-of-children-of-sex-abuse-and-the-court-system

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 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/two-miami-police-officers-murder-their-k-9-partners



Mass Murder of VA Cats

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Oppose-Mass-Murder-of-VA-Cats

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/926445796

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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.

http://www.petitiononline.com/cheetahs/petition.html

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South Africa has announced it will reverse its 1995 ban on killing elephants and resume culling of elephants in May. Elephant family groups could be rounded up by helicopters and shot from the air by marksmen.

sign our petitions

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/502818212

http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=68211&aid=4998

http://www.bornfree.org.uk/campaigns/elephants/campaign-action/elephant-cull/petition/

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Dear Dove,

The Bush administration is poised to allow two giant energy
companies to drill exploratory oil and gas wells up to 14,000
feet beneath Colorado's spectacular Baca National Wildlife
Refuge.

Last year, BioGems Defenders and other NRDC online activists
sent more than 48,000 messages protesting this destructive
drilling scheme. Despite this outcry, the Bush administration is
moving forward with the plan, which could pave the way for
massive industrialization of the Baca Refuge.

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/yellowstone/takeaction
and tell the Bush administration to halt the Baca oil and gas
project until a thorough study of its potentially devastating
environmental impacts is carried out.

The Baca refuge is an important calving ground for deer and elk
and provides a natural sanctuary for imperiled wildlife,
including the ferruginous hawk, the threatened burrowing owl,
the greater and lesser sandhill crane and the Rio Grande sucker,
an endangered fish. Over 4,000 elk depend on the area for
critical winter habitat and calving grounds to shelter newborns.

Thousands of migrating birds visit the refuge each spring and
fall, and hundreds of ancient Native American artifacts lie
buried under ancient layers of sand. World-class archeological
sites dating back some 11,500 years have been found nearby.

The proposed drilling project threatens to transform this
irreplaceable wildland into an industrial zone -- contaminating
air, land and waterways and unleashing a barrage of
drilling-related traffic and noise. Even the adjacent Great Sand
Dunes National Park could be at risk.

Energy companies currently own the rights to oil and gas
reserves beneath the refuge. But the Bush administration has the
authority to block reckless and destructive industrialization on
these lands.

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/yellowstone/takeaction
and demand that the Bush administration protect the Baca
National Wildlife Refuge from the far-reaching impacts of oil
and gas drilling.

Thank you for helping to protect our last remaining Rocky
Mountain wildlife habitats.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

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go to this share and sign al petitions please
Please visit my share for children's welfare. Please forward if you could. Thank you. ~SDR

http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/635239

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Jocelyn K. Group History China's Dog Meat trade. Please sign PETITION 3:35 AM

 http://www.care2.com/news/member/300426910/648433?saved=1

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new petition, please sign

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/live-animal-overseas-transport

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Most Spanish people, including me, are against bullfighting. Please help us by signing this petition. Thank you:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/por-la-abolicion-de-las-corridas-de-toros.html

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new petition sign it all please

http://www.petitiononline.com/cheetahs/petition.html

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not sure if this petition is known by everybody so im going to post it

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/737920818

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We urgently need signatures - it would be great to have a thousand to hand in to the Spanish Embassy in London this week but there is a long way to go. Please help. This is a lovely and innocent man who deserves all the help we can give him. He is in danger of being returned to Morocco where he has already been severely tortured. Please, please sign and if possible forward to even just a few friends. My thanks again. Love, Eleanor

http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/640262

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Protect Peaceful Protesters in Colombia

Ivan Cepeda is one of Colombia's most prominent human rights activists and the recipient of Human Rights First's Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty in 2007. Many of you took action last year to demand that the false criminal charges against him be dropped.

On February 4, there were worldwide protests against Colombian guerrillas (FARC). Now Cepeda and others are organizing similar peaceful marches on March 6 against human rights violations by another major party to the conflict in Colombia, paramilitary groups.

Despite wholehearted support for the anti-FARC protests, the Colombian government has opposed the anti-paramilitary protest. More alarmingly, a Presidential adviser stated on national radio that the anti-paramilitary protest organizers, including Cepeda, were guerilla terrorists. After these comments, Cepeda and other human rights defenders have received death threats from paramilitaries.

Please tell the Colombian government that it is unacceptable to endanger the lives of human rights activists by smearing them as guerillas. Demand that the Colombian President correct his adviser's statement and recognize that everyone has the right to participate in the March 6 protests.

 

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Toxic mine waste at the Oscars? No thanks.

Dear ,

Take Action!

Tell Harry Winston stop lagging and sign on to the Golden Rules!

A laggard bejewels the stars
In just a few days, Hollywood's celebrities will gather in L.A. for the Oscar awards ceremony. Many of the red-carpet stars will be outfitted in Harry Winston jewelry. Past Winston-wearers include Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Susan Sarandon, Renee Zellweger and Queen Latifah.

Stars don't shine wearing "dirty" gold
Unfortunately, the jeweler to the stars has yet to commit to sourcing its gold and precious metals from cleaner sources. Already, 28 major jewelers, including Tiffany & Co., Cartier, and Piaget, have signed on to the "Golden Rules" criteria for more responsible metals sourcing. So why is Harry Winston lagging behind?

Urge Harry Winston to do the right thing!
We've tried to get Harry Winston on board through letters, phone calls and in-person meetings. Now, we need your help to nudge them in the right direction. Please take action!

Take Action
Please urge Harry Winston's CEO and Chairman of the Board Thomas O'Neill  to sign on to the "Golden Rules." Let them know that you care about the destructive impacts that irresponsible mining can have on people and the environment.

Sincerely,
Alan Septoff, Payal Sampat and Scott Cardiff

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Go to the action page.
• Read the sample letter and modify if you can. Personalized letter text and/or subject headers will increase the impact of your letter.
• Clicking "Send My Message" will send your letter via fax to Harry Winston

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This one's in Spanish, but please do sign it, it´s against China's horrific acts of cruelty towards animals in general, but especially towards animals used for fur and towards bears (to get their bile). I set it up on behalf of a Spanish organisation called Anima Naturalis who campaign heavily against animal cruelty.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/442559729

Thank you!

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To:  The Ministry of Health and Welfare and some companies who test on animals for beauty, fabric, home care products in Japan. Such as Shiseido, Kao, Kanebo, Kose, Menardo, P&G, Max Factor, Johnson & Johnson, Nippon Lever, Pola, Japanese Consumers Co-op Union, Lion, Mandom, Hoyu, Oppen, Kiss Me Cosmetics, Saisyunkan Seiyaku, Sunstar, Naris, Noevir, Feminine, etc.

Human beings ought to have kindness, compassion and responsibility in the way they treat animals. Abusing the innocent animals is a shameful crime.

Animal testing for cosmetics, shampoos and hairstyling products, skin care products, tissue and towel products, laundry and dishwashing detergents, oral care products, and household cleaners is needless, arrogant and absolutely cruel. It is obvious that the poisonous substance is harmful for human beings and environment even though you have tested on animals for billion times.

It is nonsense and selfish of you insisting that animal testing is necessary to protect the consumers. Because everyone can choose harmless and cruelty free products.

We, the undersigned, ask you to stop all animal testing for beauty and house care products. You have to sell cruelty free products like other civilized companies are doing. Enlightened countries have already banned animal testing for beauty and house care products.

We, the undersigned, cannot agree to the fact that some companies are exporting animal cruelty free cosmetics though they are selling cruel one in domestic trade. It is an insult to the home consumers.

We, the undersigned, will never purchase products while the company is torturing and murdering animals. And also, we will keep asking worldwide people to boycott the cruel products. If you wish your company would survive through the new century, you should stop animal testing immediately.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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"Who are homeless veterans?

The U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says the nation's homeless veterans are mostly males (4 % are females). The vast majority are single, most come from poor, disadvantaged communities, 45% suffer from mental illness, and half have substance abuse problems. America’s homeless veterans have served in World War II, Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War, Grenada, Panama, Lebanon, Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Operation Iraqi Freedom, or the military’s anti-drug cultivation efforts in South America. Forty-seven percent of homeless veterans served during the Vietnam Era. More than 67% served our country for at least three years and 33% were stationed in a war zone."

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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

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/tell-illinois-no

Don't let Illinois otters and bobcats suffer in cruel traps!

If HB 4632 bill is enacted into law, the expanded use of these cruel trapping devices will cause immense suffering.

Please take a few moments of your time to help defeat HB 4632 so it does not become state law.

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Pamela Anderson and Brigitte Bardot Unite: "Love Seals, Don’t Club Them!"
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

One thing you should know about blondes, we tend to stick together, especially when it comes to helping animals. And since two legendary blonde bombshells and all 'round inconic sex goddesses are better than one, Brigitte Bardot and Pamela Anderson have now united to call for an immediate end to the Canadian seal hunt.

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Dear Tammy,

February 20th is an anniversary we do not look forward to celebrating. That day marks one full year that the Bush administration has stalled ship strike protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales—a year in which two more North Atlantic right whales were struck, out of a population that totals only about 350. How many more whales need to be injured and killed from ship strikes before the Bush administration will take action to protect them? Let the President’s Office of Management and Budget hear your voice on behalf of whales.

Please tell the Bush administration to release the rule that slows down ships and saves endangered whales.

Ship strikes are the number one cause of death and serious injury to endangered whales, but rather than demanding responsible business practices from shipping companies, the government has stalled rulemaking that would force ships to slow down to protect critically endangered whales. A few influential shipping industry interests have the resources to be heard loud and clear by the Bush administration, while the administration continues to ignore clear scientific evidence showing that slower speeds would save whales. The Bush administration needs to hear your voice on behalf of whales.

Please tell the Bush administration to release the rule that slows down ships and saves endangered whales.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Vicki Cornish
Vice President, Marine Wildlife Conservation
Ocean Conservancy

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A desperad plea for more signature’s! Signing alone is good but not enough! Please forward this message and cross post in other groups so we can truly make a difference.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/animal-abuse-in-his-hyest-form-please-sign

I would like to ask everyone to sign my petition against the monsters who throw animals to the ground and then skin them ALIVE for their fur.  If you have time please watch the film (not for sensitive souls) and send it to all your friends.  The film is just a horror show and it needs to stop now I have put a lot of time into this but there are just not enough signatures yet to make a difference.

You can do even more by

1) putting this message in your own group or crossposting in other Care2 or myspace groups. 

2) Copy & paste  the URL’s displayed below, or you can find it at the petition site itself next to the video and above the picture of the fox, and create a banner for the petition

3) Put the link for this petition on your billboard on your personal petition site, and don't forget to forward, forward, forward!!!

URL; (only if the website where you want to put it supports JavaScript, unlike myspace, if not try step 2)

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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.

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Mr. Alain Hutchinson MEP, is committed to cooperate for animal welfare and to get a “European Convention Protecting Pets and Stray Animals” passed as soon as possible. OIPA is collecting signatures to support the project. All the signatures collected will be sent to the MEP.

 Please sign:

http://www.oipa.org/abandonment/europeanconvention.html

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stop this barbarity NOW!!!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/help-stop-testing-on-primates

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for a better world

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/worldpeace?page=4

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poulate this list thes may not be new but they do deserve to be seen again , eu petitions against animal testing,plus h.l.s. that one needs recirculating till they quit/are driven out of business!!

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

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pet to get care 2 to delete old/closed petitions

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/105/petition-to-clear-closed-and-redundant-petitions-from-care2spetition-site

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people for signing,

BUT, please do not leave comments here, help make the collators job easier by just leaving the petition url and a very short description of the petition we willl all sign them all, and get a list to fwd to our friends , thanks indy

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Please sign this & post to your friends. Rosemary sent this to me. I had to look twice. So bad. Lyn.

END BEASTTUBE.COM

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-beasttubecom

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I'd be happy to be a collater if you'd like me to.

at the end of each week, just lemme know which ones to send out or however you want to do it.

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This thread is for new petitions,ie. ones that you have just made/or sourced from the care 2 site, just make sure they ARE NEW, also please read any submission very carefully to make sure that the cause is just, and not a Puppy Farm or some such pulling a cheap trick.

DO NOT OUTSOURCE PETITIONS ie from outside care 2 as these will be dealt with in a seperate thread,also petitions which are just for a particular country and its citizens such as the U.S.A will also have a separate thread.

DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING BUT THE LINK and a line or two at most of description (date petition made would be helpful)

We are trying not to cover old ground, so please keep it NEW!! when you see a new petition sign it by all means, but leave it at that, at the end of each week we will try to collate all submissions and send them out to be forwarded on to your respective circles of friends.

P>S> does anyone want to volunteer to be the collator?

please leave links here;

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