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Topic: ANIMAL ALERTS/PETITIONS # 20

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Dusty R.	November 13, 2009 8:14 AM Spain prepares for cruel bullfighting event Dear Dusty Every year in mid November the people in Medinaceli, Spain, gather to "enjoy" an event of unspeakable cruelty. For the "Toro Júbilo" balls of "pitch", a sticky substance derived from petroleum or plants, are attached to both of the bull’s horns and set on fire. A cheering crowd of blood sports enthusiasts harasses the toro de fuego or “bull on fire” once it is released onto the streets. The balls burn for hours and hurt the horns, body and eyes, causing terrible suffering. In some instances bulls ran against walls in a desperate attempt to escape the unimaginable pain and suffering. Click here to email the Spanish authorities and urge them to stop the Toro Júbilo. This event takes place this weekend. We need your support to stop it. Help us to make bullfighting history! [ send green star]
Dusty R.	November 13, 2009 8:06 AM BFC volunteers demonstrate their views at an event in Helena, Montana. BFC file photo. Patrols are back in the field, monitoring bison migration, and preparing for another busy season as opening day for Montana's bison hunt approaches. Wild bison are still prevented from accessing year-round habitat outside Yellowstone' s boundaries, so hunters participating in this management scheme are simply assisting the Montana Department of Livestock's efforts to eliminate native bison from the grounds that are their birthright in Montana. The hunt will run from November 15 - February 15. BFC opens our Gardiner camp this weekend as well, so the eyes of the world will be watching everywhere wild buffalo roam. As we make ready for this coming season, we can use your help to ensure that patrols have everything they need to stay warm, dry, fed and effective in the field. Please visit BFC's Wish List for a list of items we are always in need of. Please make a tax-deductible contribution to support the hard work of BFC today. In this centuries-old range war, we are making progress for the buffalo and their right to roam. We would not be here working in their defense without your support. You are the ones who make it possible. Thank You! Roam Free! ~Buffalo Field Campaign ------------------------------ TAKE ACTION! Help the Buffalo with Your Comments to APHIS More buffalo advocates have submitted comments to the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHI about their Bovine Brucellosis Program, which maintains the status quo of harming wild bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Comments are being accepted through December 4, 2009, so if you haven't sent yours in yet please do so today. If you have, thank you, and please spread the word to save these herds! Learn more and submit your comments today! [ send green star]
Dusty R.	November 13, 2009 7:11 AM Cracks in the wall? By: JACKIE DENTON This newsletter has been exclaiming the evils of big city kill shelters for months now. Within these pages, heir refusal to participate in DogsInDangers' proven and free life saving program has been debated ad infinitum. However, recently some major shelters have begun to reverse their positions. Major shelters in Los Angeles and Miami/Dade county have now decided to join DogsInDanger! Even the infamous Rodrigo Silva of Maricopa County, Arizona whose indecisions were of particular focus in last month's newsletter, has stated renewed interest in participation (still waiting for action though). Read more and/or comment on this article » [ send green star]
Dusty R.	November 12, 2009 6:01 AM Help Animals Suffering in University of Utah Laboratories - 11 Nov Demand Moratorium on Wild Horse Round Ups - 10 Nov [ send green star]
Marc G.	November 11, 2009 3:33 PM Last Chance to Submit Comments Last month we asked you to submit comments to the USDA urging the agency to consider animals’ living conditions when regulating "natural" labels. Comments will only be accepted until November 13, so please act now if you haven’t already! Sign Our Petition: Give Turkeys Refuge Sign our petition urging President Barack Obama to send this year’s “ardoned” Thanksgiving turkeys to Farm Sanctuary. We must submit the petition by November 20 to be heard in time, so please sign now and ask everyone you know to do the same! http://www.farmsanctuary.org/newsletter/ [ send green star]
Marc G.	November 11, 2009 2:47 PM On Oct. 15, 50 cold Bostonians stood outside of Massachusetts General Hospital to send a message to its president that the hospital’s use of live sheep in Advanced Trauma Life Support courses is cruel and unnecessary. During the demonstration, we delivered your name along with the names of 9,200 others who signed our petition in support of the hospital’s replacement of animal use. Unfortunately, Mass General president Peter Slavin, M.D., ignored our petition, and live sheep were used and killed in the Advanced Trauma Life Support -ATLS- course on Oct. 19-20. But we are determined to keep the pressure on Mass General until it has replaced this animal use. Please help us by calling or e-mailing Dr. Slavin today and urging him again to end this cruel and unnecessary practice. Send an automatic e-mail. Peter Slavin, M.D. President Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit St. Boston, MA 02114 Tel: 617-724-9300 E-mail: pslavin@partners.org On our visit to Boston, our campaign picked up a lot of momentum. For two hours, we passed out leaflets, held signs, and talked to passersby. We were even joined by several Mass General employees who stood with us in support of our cause. When we explained that Mass General is among only 5 percent of U.S. institutions using animals for these courses, the reaction was overwhelmingly in support of our message. Please call or e-mail Dr. Slavin today and ask that Mass General join the majority of institutions that use simulation-based trauma training methods. Thank you for all of your help. Best regards, John Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. PCRM Senior Medical and Research Adviser This post was modified from its original form on 11 Nov, 14:48 [ send green star]
Marc G.	November 10, 2009 6:49 AM Spain prepares for cruel bullfighting event Dear Marc Every year in mid November the people in Medinaceli, Spain, gather to "enjoy" an event of unspeakable cruelty. For the "Toro Júbilo" balls of "pitch", a sticky substance derived from petroleum or plants, are attached to both of the bull’s horns and set on fire. A cheering crowd of blood sports enthusiasts harasses the toro de fuego or “bull on fire” once it is released onto the streets. The balls burn for hours and hurt the horns, body and eyes, causing terrible suffering. In some instances bulls ran against walls in a desperate attempt to escape the unimaginable pain and suffering. Click here to email the Spanish authorities and urge them to stop the Toro Júbilo. This event takes place this weekend. We need your support to stop it. Help us to make bullfighting history! Many thanks. PS If you would like to donate to our campaigning work, please visit the League Against Cruel Sports website [ send green star]
Dusty R.	November 10, 2009 5:53 AM Convince the Vietnamese Government to Save Bears - 9 Nov Stop the Use of Monkeys in NASA Space Radiation Studies - 6 Nov Stop the Deer Massacre in Shawnee Mission, Kansas - 4 Nov Tell Obama: No Pesticide Lobbyist Nominees - 4 Nov Tell the USDA to Protect Veal Calves From Abuse - 2 Nov October 2009 Pass The Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2009 - 29 Oct Help Pass Landmark Devocalization Ban - 27 Oct Voluntary Recall of Premium Edge Cat Food - 27 Oct Stop South Africa from Sacrificing Animals at Soccer World Cup - 26 Oct Save Greater Yellowstone Wolves - 24 Oct Ask Obama Administration to Support 350 PPM Goal - 23 Oct American Jaguars Need Your Help to Survive - 23 Oct [ send green star]
Dusty R.	November 10, 2009 5:50 AM 775 Help Convince Congress to Reform Chemical Testing! Started by Soodle Billy 2,428 Tell Congress to Provide Vegetarian and Vegan Meal Options in Public Schools Started by Healthy School Lunches 531 Ask Bucknell University to End Cruel Experiments on Hamsters! Started by Manuela Rodrigues [ send green star]
Dusty R.	November 09, 2009 6:36 AM Dog culls back with a vengeance This summer saw a return of China’s shocking dog culls, with up to 40,000 dogs being brutally slaughtered on the streets of one city alone – the authorities in Hangzhong, Shaanxi Province, implemented a cull of all dogs in response to a case of human rabies. But while the killing continues, increasingly, there is hope. Following campaigning by Animals Asia, the authorities in Qinghuangdao, Hebei Province decided to abandon an imminent cull. Plans are now under way for a ground-breaking workshop in Guangzhou and Hong Kong in December. This will bring together Chinese animal – welfare groups and Government officials from provinces both involved in the culls and seeking to end them. For more about the culls, please see here. [ send green star]
Dusty R.	November 09, 2009 6:33 AM Goodbye little Franzi Last month we said goodbye to our much-loved "Franzi", who arrived at our Moon Bear Rescue Centre in Chengdu in December 2002 in a cage so small that it had severely stunted her growth. She spent almost 25 years on a bile farm in that barbaric cage. This remarkable little bear amazed us all over the years with her tenacity of spirit and incredible will to survive. She also won our hearts with her funny, endearing traits and insistence on doing things her particular way. It was her heart that gave out in the end, but this brave little bear will always live on in our hearts. Please go to Jill's Blog for our founder's tribute to Franzi – and you can see Franzi's photo album here. Send letters for the bears! Please help us convince the Vietnamese government to hand over 79 bears being held illegally on farms at Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam. Despite constant appeals and lobbying to the authorities by Animals Asia and other NGOs over the past two years, these bears are still at the mercy of bile farmers. We’re planning to deliver thousands of letters from around the world to the Vietnamese Prime Minister in November. Please join us and ask your friends to write also, so we can deliver the strongest message possible. Please click here now for details. Here's a photo taken on! one of the farms. It was sent to us by a horrified Taiwanese tourist. This post was modified from its original form on 09 Nov, 6:35 [ send green star]
Dusty R.	November 06, 2009 4:57 AM Nov. 2, 2009 Tell USDA to Protect Veal Calves from Abuse Dear Friend, An HSUS investigation at a slaughter facility in Vermont shows stomach-turning cruelty to veal calves. As you can see in this video, the plant's co-owner and other workers abused animals too weak to stand in order to get them to their feet -- including in front of a USDA inspector who watched but failed to stop the abuse. In one case, a partially decapitated calf appeared to be still conscious. Another scene shows a calf who appears to be conscious while skinned alive. Watch the video. (WARNING: Graphic Images. Video will not play automatically.) The people responsible for this sickening abuse must be held accountable. But we also must examine the broader agricultural policies and enforcement problems that lead to the mistreatment of young calves, many of whom are too weak to stand and walk to their own slaughter. For example, a regulatory loophole that allows downed veal calves to go to slaughter provides a financial incentive for producers to abuse these infant animals. TAKE ACTION Please ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take prompt action to prevent this kind of abuse from ever happening again. Click here to automatically send a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about the inhumane treatment of calves at slaughter plants. With your help, the USDA will take action on its policies and procedures to give these helpless animals better protection against abuse. Thank you for all you do for animals. Sincerely, Mike Markarian Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer The Humane Society of the United States [ send green star]
Marc G.	November 04, 2009 3:40 PM Massachusetts General Hospital Urged to Stop Killing Sheep It’s one of the last facilities in the country still using animals in Advanced Trauma Life Support courses. But in an October demonstration, more than 50 Boston-area residents, PCRM physicians, and even a few Massachusetts General Hospital employees let the hospital know that it can’t continue to kill sheep. During the event, PCRM also delivered a petition signed by more than 9,000 people who want the hospital to use superior nonanimal training methods. Save Massachusetts Pigs > Rock Legend Grace Slick Calls for End to Chimpanzee Experiments Forty years after pioneering a cultural revolution, Grace Slick is leading another movement. In collaboration with PCRM, the former Jefferson Airplane singer, known for hits songs like “Somebody to Love,” recorded a voicemail inviting members of Congress to a Capitol Hill multimedia exhibit about chimpanzees and the Great Ape Protection Act. The bill has 94 congressional co-sponsors, but it needs another six. Hear Slick's Message > (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) [ send green star]
Marc G.	November 03, 2009 7:35 AM The EPA approved Rozol to kill prairie dogs without considering how it could affect other imperiled species. A huge thanks to the more than 43,000 concerned citizens who took action to stop the EPA from approving Kaput-D to kill prairie dogs! Now we need your help to get the agency to reverse its deadly decision to approve Rozol to kill prairie dogs in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. Like Kaput-D, Rozol causes prairie dogs to slowly bleed to death and sets off a chain reaction of secondary poisoning that can kill imperiled animals that are tied to prairie dogs on the food chain -- including black-footed ferrets, swift foxes, eagles and ferruginous hawks. Help protect prairie dogs and other imperiled animals. Take action now to tell the EPA to reverse its deadly decision before the deadline on Friday. In recent weeks, we’ve been talking to you a lot about prairie dogs, but the overarching issue here is the EPA’s consistent failure to fulfill its mission of protecting endangered species. For too long, this powerful agency has been in the pocket of agriculture and industry -- approving toxic chemicals that taint our water, poison our wildlife and threaten our health and our communities. Take action now to ask the EPA to do its job and start protecting American wildlife from toxic poisons like Rozol. While we’re happy about the agency’s recent decision to get rid of carbofuran -- a highly toxic pesticide that has led to the deaths of millions of migratory birds and other animals in the U.S. alone -- the EPA needs to do more to protect wildlife and people from deadly poisons. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials submitted an 8-page letter asking the EPA to consult with them before approving Rozol, but the agency ignored this request and went ahead and rubberstamped it anyway. Defenders is taking the EPA to court over its reckless -- and illegal -- decision to approve Rozol for use in ten states across the U.S., and is calling on the agency to fulfill its obligation to consult with state and federal wildlife experts to determine how these poisons will affect endangered species. But we’ll need your help to make it happen. *The deadline for comments is this Friday (November 6th), so please take action to defend wildlife today.* Thanks for making a difference, Jonathan Proctor Rocky Mountain Region Representative Defenders of Wildlife [ send green star]
Mike W.	HEART OF THE WOLF ORGANIZATION NEWS 11/3/2009 November 02, 2009 6:15 PM HEART OF THE WOLF ORGANIZATION NEWS 11/3/2009 There is alot of news going on. And most of it isn't good as you can imagine. Read the alerts here and help ASAP folks. http://www.heartofthewolf.org/HoWWolfNewsUpdate1132009.html Mike Wagner Founder and Director of Heart of the Wolf Organization http://www.heartofthewolf.org [ send green star] [ accepted]
Marc G.	Canadians only November 02, 2009 3:15 PM This November, a Private Member's motion in support of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) is scheduled to be debated for the second time in Canada's House of Commons. Sponsored by Michelle Simson (MP for Scarborough Southwest) and seconded by Bill Siksay (MP for Burnaby-Douglas), the motion had its first hour of debate on October 1st. It reads as follows: ‘That, in the opinion of the House, the government should support, in principle, the development of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at all relevant International organizations and forums.’ Urge your MP to support Motion M-354 >> Parliamentary support for UDAW would send a strong message to our goverment that Animals Matter - to Parliament, and to the more than 70,000 Canadians who have signed petitions and sent letters on this issue. Please take a moment to email your MPnow (even if you have already emailed them in the past on this issue) and urge him/her to support Motion M-354. We need to get as many letters to MPs as possible before the vote: forward this email, encourage as many people as you can to join you and stand up for animal welfare in Canada. A UDAW would be a powerful catalyst for change — inspiring the creation of national laws for the prevention of cruelty to animals where they do not exist and encouraging all nations to look for ways to improve their laws and standards for the prevention of cruelty to, and proper care and treatment of animals. With thanks and appreciation, Silia Smith Regional Director WSPA Canada [ send green star]
Marc G.	November 02, 2009 1:02 PM Bullfighting: Cruelty, not entertainment Spain and Mexico are two of only a few countries left in the world where the cruel and outdated practice of bullfighting still takes place. Tormenting animals is not entertainment, and HSI is fighting to put an end to this unnecessary suffering. View our slideshow>> Tell the mayor of A Coruña, Spain not to subsidize bullfights. Take action>> Tell the director of Mexico's Canal Once television station to take the bullfighting program "Toros y Toreros" off the air. Take action>> [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 29, 2009 12:20 PM Tell Circuses With Animals to Hit the Road! You can help keep circuses that use animals from bringing their cruel shows to your town. Order free leaflets and stickers and learn more ways to help take on circuses! Vote Now for the Most Vegetarian-Friendly Colleges! Check out all the tasty vegan and vegetarian options that our top schools offer, and then help us choose the winner. Texas Animal Shelter Sells Cats for Use in Deadly Lab Odessa Animal Control has been selling lost and stray cats to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where they are used in deadly medical training courses. Help these cats now! [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 29, 2009 12:14 PM Dear Supporter, In June of this year, around 34,000 stray and pet dogs were killed in Hanzhong, a city in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi. This act was deemed necessary by city officials to halt an outbreak of rabies in the province, and is a repeat of similar culls that have taken place in six other provinces over the last three years. Animal rights groups are rightly decrying this act and urging the country to pass its first ever animal welfare laws, as well as instituting plans to prevent rabies and provide responsible pet ownership education. Read our featured petition below and learn how you can increase the pressure on China to ensure the humane treatment of animals. Sincerely, End China's Dog Culls Government officials encourage the mass slaughter of dogs--called culls--in which groups of city workers comb the streets killing any dogs they find, even if they have an owner. Tell the U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, Jr., to support legislation currently under review that would put a stop to these senseless and cruel killings. Act Now [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 29, 2009 12:05 PM Advancing Science Without Harming Animals Texas Supporters: Contact your U.S. Representative to Sponsor Great Ape Protection Act We do not have the opportunity to pass good anti-vivisection legislation often enough in this country. This year we have an opportunity with The Great Ape Protection Act, H.R. 1326 which would prohibit invasive research on great apes, including chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons. This bill would prohibit the use of federal funds to conduct invasive research on great apes, to breed great apes for the purpose of use in research, and to transport great apes for the purpose of conducting invasive experiments. In addition, this bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the permanent retirement of all great apes owned or under the control of the federal government that have been used for invasive research, finishing the work begun with the Chimpanzee Health Improvement and Maintenance Protection Act in 2000. To date there are 87 sponsors for this legislation. In Texas, there have not yet been any sponsors for this bill. We need your help to enlist the support of Texas Representatives as sponsors of this bill. Take Action Please call or write to your U.S. Representative and ask him/her to support the Great Ape Protection Act by becoming a sponsor. You can use the NAVS Advocacy Center to send a letter or call their home office directly. If your Representative is a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, it is even more urgent to gain their support for this bill because the Committee can recommend moving the bill forward—or letting it sit in committee without further action. Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are marked with an asterisk (). Your help is crucial to our success!* Who is your U.S. Representative? This post was modified from its original form on 29 Oct, 12:07 [ send green star]
Joanna D.	October 28, 2009 12:44 PM 1 Replace All Animal Experiments In Europe - Actions Needed Animals (tags: animaltesting, animalexperiments, EU, directive86/609/EEC, AnimalCruelty, animalcruelty, animalrights, animalwelfare, ethics ) Joanna - 12 minutes ago - againess-en.wikidot.com It is vital that the influence of pro-vivisection industry lobbyists is countered by voices that speak out in defence of animals and for modern, cruelty-free research methods. Emails needed ASAP!! [ send green star] [ accepted]
Dusty R.	October 27, 2009 5:36 AM Stop South Africa from Sacrificing Animals at Soccer World Cup - 26 Oct Save Greater Yellowstone Wolves - 24 Oct Ask Obama Administration to Support 350 PPM Goal - 23 Oct American Jaguars Need Your Help to Survive - 23 Oct Tell the EPA to Protect Imperiled Prairie Dogs, Not Poison Them - 22 Oct Pass California Declaw Bans, So Other Cities Follow - 21 Oct Stop Bow-Hunting Deer in Westchester and Rockland County Parks - 19 Oct Uphold the Roadless Area Conservation Rule - 19 Oct Encourage the Taiwanese Government to Declare Meat Free Monday - 19 Oct Support Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act of 2009 - 19 Oct Oppose Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife's (DFW) Proposal to Allow Hunters to Kill an Unlimited Number of Bobcats - 18 Oct Tell Massachusetts Senators that Statewide Spay & Neuter Programs Work - 18 Oct Veterans: Please Help PCRM End the Military’s Cruel and Unnecessary Use of Animals - 18 Oct Rabbits Have Holes Cut Into Their Necks at Arizona State University - 17 Oct Children 8-16 Recruited To Shoot Hogs to Death in Florida - 15 Oct Grant Paul Watson and Peter Hammarstedt Visas into Australia - 15 Oct Find Your Dissection Alternative - 15 Oct Get Serial Cat Killer Off New York Streets - 13 Oct Vote NO on Ohio's Issue 2, November 3, 2009 - 12 Oct Investigate Shooting of Deaf, 19-Year-Old Family Cat - 11 Oct End Aerial Gunning of Montana-Idaho Wolves - 9 Oct The National Park Service's War Against White-Tailed Deer - 9 Oct Martha Stewart Recommends Renting "Lovebirds" for Weddings - 8 Oct Protect Right Whale Calving Ground from U.S. Navy - 7 Oct Ask Morningstar to Leave Eggs and Dairy Out of its Products - 7 Oct End Cruelty to Animals in European Rodeos - 5 Oct Help Stop the Import of Primates From Cambodia Into the U.S. - 5 Oct Tell the Secretary of Agriculture to End the Senseless Poisoning of Wildlife - 4 Oct Ban Canadian Imports of Dog and Cat Fur - 3 Oct Ask Massachusetts General Hospital to Replace Its Cruel and Outdated Sheep Lab - 1 Oct End Animal Abuse at Freedom High School - 1 Oct [ send green star]
Marc G.	October 26, 2009 4:23 PM Shooting Feral Cats is Cruel and Inhumane--and Just Plain Wrong http://capwiz.com/alleycat/issues/alert/?alertid=14223211&PROCESS=Take+Action&external_id=10519.0 [ send green star]
Bernadettemp P.	ALLEY CAT .ORG October 26, 2009 3:44 PM ALLEY CATS.ORG HAS PETITION OUT GO TO OCTOBER 23 AND THE PETITION FOR STOP SHOOTING FERAL CATS This post was modified from its original form on 26 Oct, 15:45 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Dusty R.	October 26, 2009 7:32 AM Shark finning by stealth in Australian waters. Due to a loophole in legislation, sharks can be caught and their fins removed at sea, as long as the body is not discarded. This is a travesty that must be stopped. Please visit this page and send an email to the Gulf of Carpentaria Fisheries Manager in Australia. This campaign is being organised by the Australian Marine Conservation Society. Click here to find out how to help Shark Safe win $50,000 to fight for shark conservation. As I mentioned in a previous mailout, there is now a page on the site where you can get in touch with people in your area who want to stop shark fin soup being served in restaurants. Check out the page and if there is nobody listed in your area why don't you send me your email address the area where you live and I will post it on the site. So far there are about 20 people listed which is pretty good but the more the better! I have the new black Stop Shark Finning T-shirts in stock and there are a couple of photos posted here. Definitely worth a look. STOP SHARK FINNING!! http://www.stopsharkfinning.net [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 24, 2009 8:50 AM Two little puppies were tortured in Spain. They even had their tails and ears cut off. See photos below if you have a strong stomach. Both have died at the vet's office. Please sign the petition and pass it along. There is a petition http://www.lapetition.be/sign_petition.php?petid=5287 Nom - last name, Prénom - first name, Localité - location, Nationalité - nationality, you only need to fill in *fields, but don't forget to confirm by clicking on the link in the mail you receive right after signing. [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 24, 2009 8:33 AM These are all (I suspect) from the same seller in Hong Kong, but using different seller ids. Notice how the listings are worded pretty much the same, and the ads look alike. All from Hong Kong! It seems eBay don't give a damn. Please report the items as suspected real cat or dog fur. eBay phone numbers: http://auctionfeecalculator.com/ebay_simple_solutions.html http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Furry-Pussy-Cat-Gifts-Decoration-Ornament-Toy_W0QQitemZ170394831227QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item27ac52c97b http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Furry-White-Cat-Animal-Home-Bed-Decoration-Ornament_W0QQitemZ180421927858QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Soft_Toys_Bears?hash=item2a01fc23b2 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Simulated-Furry-Plush-Cat-Toy-Stuffed-Animal-Decoration_W0QQitemZ290355506300QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item439a896c7c http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Simulated-Furry-Plush-Cat-Toy-Stuffed-Animal-Decoration_W0QQitemZ310172062330QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item4837b2127a http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Furry-White-Cat-Animal-Home-Bed-Decoration-Ornament_W0QQitemZ310172224627QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item4837b48c73 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Pussy-Cat-Gifts-Decoration-Ornament-Toy_W0QQitemZ200390584865QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item2ea835aa21 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Pussy-Cat-Girl-Gift-Decoration-Ornament-Toy_W0QQitemZ310173824038QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item4837ccf426 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cat-Stuffed-Animal-Office-Decoration-Ornament-Gift-Toy_W0QQitemZ200393241893QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Soft_Toys_Bears?hash=item2ea85e3525 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lovely-Cat-on-Her-Back-Decoration-Ornament-Kid-Doll-Toy_W0QQitemZ200396225110QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item2ea88bba56 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Furry-Pussy-Cat-Gifts-Decoration-Ornament-Toy_W0QQitemZ300350963711QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item45ee4fffff http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Furry-White-Cat-Animal-Home-Bed-Decoration-Ornament_W0QQitemZ350260286171QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item518d23d2db http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Furry-Pussy-Cat-Gifts-Decoration-Ornament-Toy_W0QQitemZ390101632015QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE?hash=item5ad3de840f There are others, just too many. “If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” – Mark Twain [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 24, 2009 6:24 AM The hidden cameras campaign inside Israeli laboratories is a cooperation of "Behind Closed Doors" organization, "“Let the Animals Live" organization and "Animal Log" group. [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 24, 2009 6:22 AM To view the hidden cameras video Our hidden cameras expose what animal researchers don't want the public to see. These cameras operate in scientific institutions, including all of the major universities. Half a million animals suffer and die in Israeli laboratories every year and will end up as ashes.The vast majority of the experiments have no application to human medicine. We want to expose the truth to people about what 21st century biomedical research looks like in Israel: out of date, cruel, unscientific, wasteful and disgusting: row upon row of small cages with rats, mice and rabbits – some enclosed within steel cupboards – like household utensils; invasive procedures conducted on conscious, feeling animals; removal of organs from still living animals, including embryos and worse – much worse. The public needs to know these facts and the animals need to be spared these horrors. In addition to our undercover work, we study the published scientific articles involving the actual animal experiments exposed using our hidden cameras. We are continually shocked to find that researchers find new ways to torture helpless living beings. Most of these studies fall under the category of "fundamental research", which are responsible for immense animal suffering, with no benefit to either human or veterinary medicine. This post was modified from its original form on 24 Oct, 6:23 [ send green star]
Marc G.	October 23, 2009 11:31 AM ACT: Shouldn't a Wildlife Refuge Offer an Animal Safety? "Wildlife Refuge" conjures images of a safe space that allows wild animals to live without fear of human encroachment. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. A staggering 54% of the refuges within the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWR allow trapping on refuge grounds. H.R. 3710 will put a stop to that, but we need your help to convince Congress. Take action [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 23, 2009 9:23 AM IDA Protests Michael Vick And Asks NFL To Ban Animal Fighting IDA was a powerful and peaceful presence at the Oakland Coliseum for the October 18 game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Oakland Raiders. Click here to see demo photos and some great media coverage. Help convince the NFL to take the lead in steering players away from dogfighting and cockfighting. Ask TV Network TLC To Cancel "My Monkey Baby" On Sunday October 4, cable network TLC premiered "My Monkey Baby." The show featured a couple who held captive a capuchin monkey as their "daughter," dressing poor "Jessica Marie" in designer clothes, treating her as a human child and doing everything short of enrolling her in soccer camp. Monkeys do not make good "pets" and it is unnatural and dangerous to treat them as human children. There are about 15,000 non-human primates in private hands in the U.S., and TV programs that appear to promote this are acting irresponsibly. Click here to ask TLC to cancel "My Monkey Baby." [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 23, 2009 9:22 AM October 23, 2009 Speak Up To Stop Pres. Obama's BAD Wild Horse Plan IDA opposes the Obama Administration's proposal to manage the nation's wild horses and burros, as announced by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on October 7. The plan is cloaked in the language of helping horses, but, if approved by Congress, it would destroy the fabric of wild horse society, devastate wild horse populations and lead to the elimination of more western herds. Read more here, then contact President Obama and your U.S. Senators. Perfect Timing - October 25, New Wild Horse Documentary On PBS Watch Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions, the newest installment of Emmy award winning filmmaker Ginger Kathren's marvelous documentary series about America's wild horses, airing on PBS Nature Sunday October 25 at 8 p.m. Click here for a sneak preview! This post was modified from its original form on 23 Oct, 9:23 [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 23, 2009 9:19 AM PLEASE SIGN PETITION http://www.change.org/actions/view/supreme_justice_scalia_needs_to_step_down_for_promoting_malicious_animal_torture_videos A member of the US Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia is in favor of illegal activities of promoting malicious animal cruelty and torture smut. He should not hold such position of power of decision as he is promoting illegal activities that embarrass the decent US Citizens. Muslims, for example, find such media most appalling and disgusting-so saying these videos are okay does NOT promote world peace. Crush kitten/crush puppy and malicious animal torture videos (such as dog fighting) is a pure embarrassment to the United States; it gives the impression to the world that we as a nation are barbarians full of perverts. President Obama took a lot of time and effort to promote peace with the Muslim nations, so Judge Scalia's ruling is counter productive toward that goal. -Malicious animal torture videos, which can be downloaded even by children (and they do out of curiosity) by countless websites across America, spreads deviant and Antisocial Personality disorders (as testified by the American Psychiatric Association), and promotes future serial killers, thugs, and violent criminals. Isn't America violent enough? FBI profiling also confirms animal torture leads to serial killing and violent criminal behaviors, and people watching such videos desensitizes individuals to do it in real life, for they learn to derive pleasure in torture and screams of agony. Human beings are the only species on earth that takes pleasure in torture and killing-but it's a learned behavior-so why are we promoting anti- social and violent behavior to sexual deviants who will also not hesitate to show these videos to their children. Also, minors download this smut out of curiosity, even upload them to such media sharing websites like YouTube. America holds most of the world's serial killers (85% are here!), close to 17,000 people get MURDERED every year in America, and 30,000 people die of gun shot wounds-yearly. The pure violence in America is absolutely mind boggling. And here we have a Supreme Court Justice who says-ok, sure, fine, crush kitten, crush puppy videos, animal torture- it's all good! Please demote Judge Scalia, and do not give him any position of power where he can promote a national embarrassment of low basic instincts and criminal activities. Please save our Country, protect our children from this horrific smut, and may God continue to bless America. PLEASE SIGN MY COMPANION PETITION TO BAN MALICIOUS ANIMAL TORTURE, CRUSH KITTEN/CRUSH PUPPY VIDEOS! http://www.change.org/actions/view/make_animal_torture_videos_illegal_with_a_few_exceptions- Thank you! PS interesting article for your to read! U.S. v. Stevens Recap: a Distinction Without a Difference -- Violence Against Animals is Obscenity, Not a First Amendment Right [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 23, 2009 5:46 AM Current News from Volunteers in the Field Help STOP THE SLAUGHTER of the Yellowstone Buffalo! Update from the Field 10/22/09 * Update from the Field - TAKE ACTION! Comment on Government Brucellosis Plan * Help Buffalo Field Campaign Help Buffalo * Last Words * Kill Tally * Important Links [ send green star]
Bernadettemp P.	DUSTY SIGNED October 21, 2009 10:04 AM DUSTY SIGNED THE NEW ONE AND LASTEST [ send green star] [ accepted]
Dusty R.	October 21, 2009 9:17 AM AP-Petside Poll: How Safe are America's Pets? pets are today. Pet owners nationwide were asked about the pet safety routines in their homes, and the results are alarming. 41 percent of pet owners reported that they have experienced at least one pet safety emergency that required an emergency trip to a vet. These emergencies included their pet being bit or attacked by another animal (17%), having an allergic reaction (16%) or eating something poisonous (7%). (See a list of the most common household pet poisons) 11 percent of owners reported that their pet has been hit by a car, which is the most common way pets break bones. 9 percent admit their pet has attacked or bit another animal, and 5 percent say their pet has attacked or bit a person. With the Holiday season quickly approaching, 59 percent of owners say pets are only a minor consideration when picking out Holiday decorations. Even though 14 percent reported that their pets have gotten into the decorations before. (Learn how to pet-proof your Holiday decorations) The survey revealed that pet owners have some dangerous habits that can lead to pet accidents and injuries. A quarter of pet owners give their pets bones from table scraps, which can lead to choking or the bones splintering in pets' throats or stomachs. 62 percent of dog owners and 33 percent of cat owners let their pets ride in their cars unrestrained, rather than placing them in a pet carrier. And 15 percent of dog owners and 7 percent of cat owners say they've left their pets alone in a car or truck. Though safety emergencies appear to be common, the majority of pet owners are not prepared. 54 percent do not have a fire evacuation plan that includes their pets and only 20 percent have a pet first aid kit. And even after Hurricane Katrina, when we saw pets stranded in the floor waters, 53 percent of owners do not have a natural disaster evacuation plan for their pets. (Guides for pets in natural disastersand fire plans with pets in mind) However, most pet owners (63% of dog owners and 53% of cat owners) say they would be at least somewhat likely to perform pet CPR to save their pet's life. Women were more likely to say they would than men (65% vs. 50%). How would you have answered these poll questions? If you want to learn more about how to keep your pet safe, check out the Pet Net Safety Event happening now! [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 21, 2009 8:29 AM Outrageous! http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20091020/NEWS01/910200335/1002/Fur-trade-class-for-kids-offered-Saturday-at-Jay-fairgrounds Instead of teaching children to be compassionate they offer a fur trade class!! I wrote a complaint, we don't need other baby criminals in the world [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 21, 2009 8:27 AM 36 Ways Our Regime's Wars and Others' Harm Animals http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/12/18625323.php another slightly old piece.... The United States Doesn't Torture? Animal Testing in the Military Charles J. Rosciam is a retired captain with the Navy Medical Services Corps – a combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He and 16 other retired armed forces medical personnel are attempting to convince the Department of Defense (DOD) to stop torturing and killing animals as part of its trauma training program. Each year, in the name of national security and good medicine, 8500 animals get stabbed, shot, burned and amputated. Over in the chemical casualty program, vervet monkeys get tormented with drugs whose effects have long since been banned on the field of battle. Captain Rosciam and his colleagues would like to see all that come to an end. In June, the group joined with the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to brief both the House and Senate on the issue. The DOD's own animal regulations require that non-animal substitutes be used whenever possible. And, according to PCRM, every one of the military's medical uses of animals could be replaced with equivalent or superior non-animal methods. Those methods range from human-patient simulators to rotations through civilian trauma centers. Here's a little bit of irony: Amidst all the controversy and perseveration over detainee torture and whether such grotesqueries are legal and/or acceptable given the heinous crimes the prisoners are alleged to have committed, no one has stopped to consider why it is okay to do all that and worse to beings whose innocence is beyond dispute. Of course, in the larger scheme, innocence or guilt is irrelevant; Torture is wrong no matter to whom it happens. And that's precisely the point here. When our former president said the United States does not torture, he lied. When our current president says it, he`d like it to be true. Let's hope he hears and heeds Captain Rosciam. You go, sir. Fight on. –David Cassuto [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 21, 2009 7:35 AM 1. There are active campaigns to ban declawing in San Francisco, Santa Monica, and Los Angeles. If you have not already done so, please write short, personal, and polite letters of support to the local lawmakers. Their addresses can be found at: http://www.pawproject.com/html/what.asp 2. If you have circulated petitions against declawing (forms at http://www.pawproject.com/html/what.asp), please return them ASAP to The Paw Project, P.O. Box 445, Santa Monica CA 90406-0445 3. The proposed declaw ban did not pass in Malibu on a 3-2 vote. Thanks, Jim Jensvold [ send green star]
Marc G.	More signatures needed! October 20, 2009 6:19 AM Evaluate animal testing for medicines http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/evaluate-animal-testing-for-medicines.html [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 20, 2009 6:02 AM thank you everyone for the posting................................a few I've not see!!!!!! [ send green star]
CaroleNoEmails N.	October 20, 2009 4:56 AM 2 petitions on the Greek Animal Welfare website to help close Greek circuses treating animals badly: http://www.gawfcircuscampaign.org.uk/onlinemayor.html http://www.gawfcircuscampaign.org.uk/onlineminister.html Please sign and tell your friends. Thank you. [ send green star] [ accepted]
Marc G.	October 19, 2009 5:56 PM Shark finning by stealth in Australian waters Australians could be forgiven for thinking that fishing for shark fins is no longer permitted in our waters. Surely with such dramatic shark population collapses around the globe, our Government would not permit this unsustainable practice by our own fisheries? Well they do. Way up north in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a major Australian fishery is currently targeting high numbers of sharks, mostly for their fins, to service the shameful international trade in shark fin. In spite of the national ban on shark finning, a loophole allows sharks to be caught and their fins removed at sea, as long as the body is not discarded. The Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries supports the export of shark fins from this fishery and ocean lovers everywhere must make a stand. Sharks are inherently vulnerable to overfishing. Their life cycles are more like whales and dolphins; sharks are slow-growing, late to mature and produce few young. Sharks are also a keystone species and their removal has serious negative effects on marine ecosystems. We must act today. It is totally unacceptable that Australian fisheries participate in the grossly unsustainable shark fin trade. Sign our petition and send your objections to the Queensland Government. And please help spread the word. We can stop this if we make a stand. Please pass this on to anyone who loves our ocean wildlife. Submissions must be sent by 5pm 30 October 2009 For more information on the review of this fishery by the Queensland Government, click here. www.marineconservation.org.au [ send green star]
Marc G.	October 19, 2009 2:11 PM Ask the EPA to Protect Prairie Dogs from Poisons! "> Prairie dogs have declined by more than 95% across the Great Plains. Why is the EPA even thinking about approving poisons that will speed their decline? Take action now to ask the EPA to protect prairie dogs -- and the black-footed ferrets and other imperiled Great Plains wildlife that depend on them to survive -- from deadly poisons. We're running out of time to save prairie dogs. The deadline for action is this Friday, October 23rd! Spread the word: forward this urgent action to others who care about wildlife. [ send green star]
Marc G.	October 19, 2009 11:27 AM CAPS expose zoo breeding tigers for circus owner October 2009 “We skinned it. Cut the head off. … Shoved it in a big hole” These were the shocking words of a senior member of zoo staff talking to an undercover CAPS investigator about the fate of a tiger on loan from the owner of the Great British Circus. Acting on a tip-off that Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, near Bristol, was running a breeding programme with owner of the the Great British Circus, a CAPS investigator secured a job at the zoo to find out more. Tira, a week before she died In June, amongst a fanfare of publicity, the zoo received two female Bengal tigers, Kushkja and Tira. They were followed shortly after by a male named Tanvir. No media reports mentioned where the animals may have come from and all that zoo keepers would tell the public was that they came from “up north, from a private collection”. It didn’t take long for our investigator, ‘Sarah’ (not her real name), to uncover the truth. Keepers were well aware that the tigers, along with the zoo’s camels, were from the owner of the Great British Circus on breeding loan, with offspring to be returned to him. They were, however, under strict orders not to tell anyone. Tira Tumkur filmed on the zoo's webcam Tira was already heavily pregnant when sent to the zoo and gave birth in late July. Three cubs were stillborn and a fourth, named Tumkur, was removed to be hand-reared by keepers. Six weeks after arriving, Tira died. The zoo claimed she had died from Feline Infectious Peritonitis, resulting in organ failure, but as we were to discover, a proper cause of death could not be confirmed. [ send green star]
Marc G.	October 19, 2009 11:25 AM Just 12 days after the death of his mother, the cub Tumkur also died. Not wanting the breeding programme to be disrupted, the zoo took delivery of a third tiger in August, a male called Khan who was brought in to mate with Kushkja. Unless you saw the local press coverage of the death of Tira and her cubs you probably wouldn’t know about this sad saga. The zoo removed all mention of the animals from it’s website, despite the coverage it gave to them arriving, the hand-rearing of Tumkur and the webcams that had initially been installed in both Tira’s enclosure and in the room where Tumkur was bottle-fed every hour. It is as if they had never existed. Tira’s fate: her head in the freezer Tira’s fate All of this may provide an interesting insight into life and death in a zoo but the most shocking was yet to come in conversations with the zoo’s education officer, Catherine Tisdall. She is a qualified vet who, although no longer practicing, keeps her hand in with cutting up any animals the zoo wants to avoid the costs of sending to the Veterinary Laboratory Agency (VLA). This was the case with Tira. Tisdall told our investigator Sarah that she did an examination of Tira, although admitting that she did not take samples for pathological study: “All I could do was look at it and say what I thought.” As such, this was not a proper post mortem: it could not confirm why she died, whether it was a infection, contagious disease or management problem. Tira then suffered the indignity of having her head and paws cut off. According to Tisdall the tigers’ ‘owner’ wanted them back, although Sarah later came across the gruesome discovery of Tira’s head in a freezer. Her skin is apparently to be hung from the ceiling of the staff meeting room. Tisdall even admitted that burying the body on the zoo premises was illegal as it should have been sent for incineration. Camel at Noah's Ark Zoo Camels Anthony Bush gave an interesting insight to the camels at the zoo, who also came from the circus and were to be trained. He explained how “a little girl called Helyne”, co-owner of the circus, is an “absolute master” of the camels and with Martin (Lacey, circus owner) trained tigers. Bush had great advice for anyone wanting to train the male camel at the zoo: “You carry a little stick with you and threaten him with it”. Other concerns Our investigation raised many other concerns which we will report on this website when we can. All of our evidence is being made available to the relevant authorities, with calls for them to investigate fully. HOW YOU CAN HELP Please write to North Somerset Council urging it to investigate CAPS’ findings and revoke the zoo’s licence to operate: Graham Turner, Chief Executive Officer North Somerset Council Town Hall, Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1UJ Email: graham.turner@n-somerset.gov.uk [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 17, 2009 6:14 AM Charlene M. Group History Re: MICHAEL VICK...URGENT Friday, 9:00 PM I doubt if the picture will show up in this post but the wording should. If not go to the first then second link to read all of what's going on this Sunday the 18th IDA's Message To Michael Vick - We Won't Forget The Dogs Scroll down for a sample letter you can send to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Help us convince the NFL to specifically prohibit player involvement with animal fighting. In Defense of Animals calls on Bay Area residents to be a peaceful and powerful presence at Michael Vick’s upcoming Oakland appearance. Activists will be holding signs and distributing flyers to fans. IDA’s message: we have not forgotten what Vick did, we oppose his weak punishment, and we are disgusted by his lack of remorse and multi-million dollar contract with the Eagles. What: Peaceful Protest of Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles When: Sunday, October 18, 2009, noon - 2:00 pm Where: Oakland Coliseum, 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 For more information, contact: Hope Bohanec, hope@idausa.org, (415) 448-0048 ex. 208 http://ida.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=8101.0&printer_friendly=1 http://www.idanews.org/ida-breaking-news/dog-killer-michael-vick-not-welcome-in-oakland/ [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 17, 2009 6:12 AM ANIMAL HARM BY RADIO STATION POWER 96 THIS MORNING I don’t know if you have heard what the street low lives at the radio station Power 96 did this morning -specifically DJ Laz and his side kick Ivi and 2 other DJs. – I really feel they should be reported to all the pet agencies, police and authorities incl. the FCC and fired - from the Program Director all the way down to the specific individuals at the morning show for ANIMAL CRUELTY and irresponsibility in their decisions that influence teen agers and today have involved an animal. Those senseless twits wanted to see how many balloons it would take to lift a cat into the air and the 2 morning DJs left back into the station leaving another 2 monsters outside tying balloons to the poor baby and when they reached 24 balloons, they went inside to get more it seems and tied the strings to something so the cat wouldn’t fly away yet or get loose. Well when they came back , the cat and balloons were gone!!! Last report was that there were no signs of the cat and it had simply flown away or disappeared but they were leaning on the first option as the small cat was indeed already lifting off the ground attached to 24 balloons but they were told to see how many it would take for flight. I can’t believe how sick and irresponsible they were and cruel!!! People are calling in, the DJ – Lazaro has simply said it back fired and was not meant to happen and verified that it was not a stunt for publicity or sick joke. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO MAD!!!!!!! I know not everyone likes cats and there are in an abundance as strays HOWEVER they are still alive and breathing!!! !!! Below is ALL the contact information. Please pass it along so they can be stopped and reported. If we all get together, they will finally have to learn a lesson. This isn’t the 1st thing they’ve done and it won’t be the last. I don’t care that DJ Laz is saying he’s sorry and that it wasn’t meant to happen. IT DID!!!! And his sidekick IVI is simply being sarcastic in her responses to the callers. WHERE ARE THE PROGRAM DIRECTORS & OWNERS????? Didn’t they have to give their approval first for what these idiots did??????? WE NEED TO STOP THIS!!!!!!! We just went through the poor cats being skinned and killed in Pine Crest, we didn’t need for these monsters to give anyone ideas like they did this morning that would lead into other things &&&& not to mention what the poor cat is feeling and going through….. Thomas.Manning@ power96.com (@ power96 .com) - THOMAS MANNING EMAIL - GM Tom@power96. com (@ power96 .com) TOM CALOCOCCI EMAIL – PROGRAM DIRECTOR eddiemix@power96. com (@ power96 .com) PROGRAM & MUSIC DIRECTOR Binah Goldman Proposal Coordinator 6161 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 200 Miami, FL 33126 Phone: 305-428-3219 / Fax: 786-388-8108 [ send green star]
CaroleNoEmails N.	October 16, 2009 12:59 PM Signed petitions and sent emails etc.. Been sat a computer for over 2 hours. There's always so much to do to help the animals, but it is so worth it. Thank you to everyone who posted info. [ send green star] [ accepted]
Dusty R.	October 16, 2009 6:23 AM One of the worst things I've seen...once again, "Culture" Petition: Savages in South Africa torture bulls ..... Hard to comprehend the brutality that is condoned - please make others aware Posted by: "Rita Fazio" r.e.fazio@worldnet. att.net kodiakstar2004 Sign Petition - tell South African government to stop endorsement of cultural torture - there is nothing manly about savaging an animal to death! The mind boggles at the brutality involved in ripping out the bull's tongue, gouging out his eyes, suffocating him with soil, causing excruciating pain to his genitals, and kicking and trampling him to his eventual death. PLEASE SIGN http://www.thepetit ionsite.com/ 2/help-end- cruel-first- fruits-torture http://www.animal- voice.org/ images/stories/ webimages/ posters/press_ release_re_ bulls_low- res.pdf Please sign and send to all you know to do the same. Thanks! SPAIN: PETITION: Live bull to be set on fire! There are email addresses with which to ACT. Please sign petition! http://www.change. org/actions/ view/live_ bull_to_be_ set_on_fire- spain-action_ needed www.animal-voice. org www.ciwf.org I am only one but I am still one. I cannot do everything but I can still do something If the screams and moans of the animals used to provide for us could be heard, the sound would be deafening. If their misery and suffering could be felt by us, it would be unbearable. --- "Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 16, 2009 6:12 AM An annual hunt to cull Florida's feral hog population will include kids this year. There is a poll asking whether this is right. The animals are losing; please vote THUMBS DOWN here: http://tinyurl.com/ygv7b24 [ send green star]
Mike W.	Heart of the Wolf Organization Alerts 10/14/2009 October 15, 2009 3:24 PM Heart of the Wolf Organization Alerts 10/14/2009 Here are some of the latest updates. Please help today! http://www.heartofthewolf.org/HoWWolfNewsUpdates10142009.html http://www.heartofthewolf.org/HoWOWolfDogNewsUpdate10142009.html http://www.heartofthewolf.org/HoWOWolfMediaNewsUpdate10142009.html Mike Wagner Founder and Director of Heart of the Wolf Organization http://www.heartofthewolf.org [ send green star] [ accepted]
Marc G.	October 15, 2009 10:56 AM Horrible... Email sent to the Embassy of Nepal in Germany. Thanks Dusty. [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 15, 2009 6:52 AM WWC Campaign details... Can you imagine a live goat being thrown in a pond and torn apart by young men? Can you picture 7,000 young buffaloes being rounded up and killed by a thousand drunk men carrying khukuri knives? A festival where 200,000 animals are killed to please a goddess? Public beheading of countless young buffaloes and goats carried out by government and army? Perhaps you cannot. However, events such as these take place regularly in Nepal, a country where animal sacrifice is an important ritual to the majority of the Hindu population. In 1780, Nepal outlawed human sacrifice. Animals, however, are allowed to be killed to satisfy the goddess Kali, and for other ceremonies. Mass sacrifice takes place during different festivals, especially in Terai districts. Not everyone agrees to these practices. In fact, during Dasain, the largest Nepalese festival during which hundreds of thousands animals are killed, the media, religious leaders and the public at large increasingly speaks out against animal sacrifice. Our aim is to make the public aware of these events, to raise awareness about alternatives and ultimately to try to prevent cruelty conducted in the name of culture or religion. I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals- Winston Churchill Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. - Ambrose Bierce sign petitions here [ send green star]
Marc G.	Letter Part 2 October 14, 2009 7:03 AM I therefore urge the European Commission to stand by the legislative steps that both the Portuguese and Austrian states have taken against the keeping and use of wild animals in circuses and I furthermore urge the European Commission to, together with the European Council and with the European Parliament, take a joint legislative action to completely outlaw the keeping and use of both wild and domesticated animals in circuses, while respecting and protecting solely all the respectable and admirable circus arts which involve human artists alone. I also wish to reiterate my support to the Portuguese and to the Austrian states for taking such steps to protect wild animals and I can only urge them to extend these measures to domesticated animals as well. Bolivia has banned the keeping and use of both wild and domesticated animals, several states and municipalities in Brazil have done the same, while Costa Rica, Croatia, Israel and Singapore have complete bans on the use of wild animals in circuses. Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, India and Sweden have banned the use of certain wild animal species in circuses, while Belgium, Estonia, Hungary and Poland have also enforced some restrictions of the use of wild animals in circuses. It is now time for the European Union to take the lead in this matter by completely outlawing the keeping and use of domesticated and wild animals in circuses. As an European citizen, I wish no less than that in this field. Looking forward for your reply and thanking you in anticipation for your attention, Yours, respectfully, [Name] [City, Country] [E-mail address] Animal.org.pt :: No More Crimes Without Punishment If you want to start receiving ANIMAL´s e-Newsletters, please send a message saying “Subscribe” to miguel.moutinho@animal.org.pt [ send green star]
Marc G.	Letter Part 1 October 14, 2009 7:00 AM Suggested Message Dear Mr. President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso Dear Commissioner McCreevy, European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services CC to: The Prime-Minister of Portugal, Mr. José Sócrates The Minister of Environment of Portugal, Mr. Francisco Nunes Correia The President of the ICNB Portugal CITES Authority, Mr. Tito Rosa Excellencies, I am writing this message to express my fullest support to the Portuguese Government new enacted laws which immediately ban the keeping and use of great apes in circuses and which immediately ban the breeding and acquisition of new wild animals by circus companies operating in Portugal, allowing them only to keep the wild animals that they already lawfully held at the time of the coming into force of such laws. In fact, to be more accurate, I deeply regret that the Portuguese Government did not go further, banning the keeping and use of the very wild animals that circuses in Portugal already hold, as well as the keeping and use of domesticated animals, which also suffer tremendously in circuses and should not be kept or used in such deplorable spectacles. However, I look at these legislative measures of the Portuguese Government as very positive and praiseworthy signs of concern for the plight of animals used in circuses, particularly of wild animals, and so I wish to express my gratitude for the taking of such legislative steps. I have in the meanwhile learned that, as they have done when Austria courageously banned the keeping and use of wild animals in circuses, the European Circus Association (ECA), which represents the circus lobby in the EU, has threatened to take legal action against the Portuguese State for outlawing the keeping and use of wild animals in circuses in the terms above mentioned. The ECA argues, once again, as it has done with the Austrian case, that such a ban infringes the article 49 of the European Treaty, supposedly violating the rules of the free common market. However, I believe it does not, as no circus is banned from performing in Austria or in Portugal – they are only banned from using great apes and from breeding or acquiring by other means new wild animals, in Portugal, and from using wild animals in Austria, but circuses are free – and, furthermore, encouraged – to perform with human artists – who, unlike animals, perform willingly – wherever they want in the EU. No animal protection organisation, and certainly not the Portuguese Government or the Austrian State, oppose or seek to outlaw the circus activity as a whole – the point is only to end something that is objectively and necessarily cruel, wrong and a sad and degrading anachronism: the bizarre, absurd and totally unethical use of animals in circuses, where they should no longer be and where they should never have been kept in the first place. [ send green star]
Marc G.	October 14, 2009 6:53 AM Please send the suggested message below – or write your own message, if you prefer – to the President of the European Commission and to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, urging them to respect, support and recognize as positive and a good example for the EU to follow the legislative measures took by the Portuguese Government. Please copy Portugal´s Prime Minister, the Minister of the Environment and the President of the Portuguese CITES Authority into the message, so that they know that you are supporting the steps that they took to end the use of wild animals in circuses. Please send your message to: Jose-Manuel.BARROSO@cec.eu.int; Charlie.Mc-Creevy@cec.eu.int; Copying (Cc) pm@pm.gov.pt; gmaotdr@maotdr.gov.pt; icnb@icnb.pt; campanhas@animal.org.pt, into the message. ANIMAL also needs another type of help from you to be able to carry on campaigning to abolish animal circuses and bullfighting and to forward animal protection in Portugal with your support – Please make as generous a donation as you can TODAY to help ANIMAL: Use PayPal to make a safe and easy internet payment– please go to http://www.PayPal.com/ and make a donation to info@animal.org.pt \| Or make a bank transfer to the following account: ANIMAL – Associação Nortenha de Intervenção no Mundo AnimaL – Montepio Geral (Caixa Económica) – IBAN: PT50 0036 0093 9910 0034 4746 9 – BIC/SWIFT: MPIOPTPL \| Or make a regular donation by cheque or money order and posting it to us at: ANIMAL, Apartado 24140, 1251-997 Lisboa, Portugal. [ send green star]
Marc G.	October 14, 2009 6:51 AM Government established laws in Portugal which immediately ban the use of great apes in circuses and lay grounds for the end of the use of wild animals in circuses – Please congratulate the Portuguese Government for taking this step and please ask the European Commission to support the EU member states, such as Portugal and Austria, which took measures to end the use of animals in circuses and also to have the EU following their example Following years of education, awareness-raising, campaigning and lobbying work carried out by ANIMAL, it finally happened. Since September 3^rd, based on a new law-decree established by the Portuguese Government, circuses operating in Portugal can no longer keep or use great apes – chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos. The use of these animals is also forbidden in any other spectacles. As from yesterday, another legislative decision of the Portuguese Government went further: it banned the keeping and use of wild animals in circuses, such as elephants, rhinos, hippos, lions, tigers, bears, primates, reptiles, ostriches, among others. However, there is a regrettable exception: the wild animals that the Portuguese circuses already legally held when this new bill came into force (yesterday) will still be allowed to be kept and used in circus shows, but the circus companies are now legally forced to prevent those animals from breeding and can no longer acquire any new wild animals. The circuses have, as from yesterday, 90 days to register all their wild animals with the Portuguese CITES authority – and those will be the only wild animals that they will ever again be allowed to keep and use. This new bill means that the renovation of the populations of animals kept and used in Portuguese circuses is banned. While Portuguese circuses are now extremely nervous, saying that this means the end of circuses, and have joined the European Circus Association in making preparations to file a law suit with the European Commission against the Portuguese State, alleging that this new law infringes the article 49 of the European Treaty, supposedly violating the free internal market of the EU, ANIMAL has congratulated the Portuguese Government for taking these measures and has only regretted that these will not affect the wild animals (aside from the great apes) which are already kept in circuses and it has also regretted that these legislative measures leave domesticated animals away from its application. That is why ANIMAL will continue to call the Portuguese Parliament to take these measures one step further, by totally and immediately banning the keeping and use of both wild and domesticated animals in circuses. In the meanwhile, ANIMAL needs your help to ensure that, now that the Portuguese and European circus lobby will react against this with everything it has, the Portuguese Government will stand by these legislative measures and that the European Commission will not only respect the Portuguese State decision of outlawing the keeping and use of wild animals in circuses, but will also recognize it as a good example for the EU to follow, along with the one that Austria had already established when it banned the keeping and use of wild animals in circuses: [ send green star]
Dana F.	October 13, 2009 10:33 PM I guess I'm as caught up as I can be. Change.org will not let me sign their petitions. It comes up as my name already exists and that I need to sign in yet I don't think I even have an account with them. [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 13, 2009 1:40 PM Dear Corinna, Help Save Big Cats. Donate Today. Thank you for signing our petition on Care2 to save endangered jaguars and Florida panthers. These magnificent animals are two of the most endangered species in the United States, but instead of being protected, they are being killed by the very government agencies that have been entrusted with saving them. *The truth is, we can only stop the killing of jaguars and panthers with your help. Please contribute to our Big Cat Legal Defense Fund* today. A generous cat-loving donor has pledged to match all gifts of $35 or more, so your gift at this level will be doubled. The Center for Biological Diversity has been called the "lean, green, endangered species machine" for good reason. We're all about protecting imperiled wildlife and we're all about action. With a 93-percent success rate in court, we know what needs to be done for big cats and how to do it: • Florida panthers are being forced out of their ancient home by an endless sea of urban sprawl -- often run over and left to die on brand-new roads pushed into their habitat. So we have filed a scientific, legal petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate a 3.4-million-acre Florida panther reserve to keep them safe. • Macho B, the last known American jaguar, was needlessly killed just months ago by government agents who had declared him and the entire U.S. jaguar population "insignificant." So we are suing to bring the killers to justice and ban all further capture and killing of jaguars. We're also pushing the government to develop a recovery and habitat protection program to ensure jaguars are able to safely return to the United States. I hope very much that you'll be able to dig deep and contribute -- the last remaining Florida panthers, all 120 of them, urgently need your help. The Center works across the country to stop the irresponsible killing of endangered species. From condors in California, to lynx in Minnesota, to sea turtles off the Florida coast and monk seals in Hawaii, wherever endangered species are being driven to extinction, we're there fighting to save them. We need to raise $25,000 through our Big Cat Legal Defense Fund to help us pay the scientists and lawyers working overtime for jaguars and panthers. Can you help reach our goal?** Your gift will make a crucial difference -- and right now, your gift of $35 or more will be matched by a generous donor. With my thanks, Kierán Suckling Executive Director Center for Biological Diversity [ send green star]
Bernadettemp P.	October 13, 2009 1:02 PM dusty signed and sent out [ send green star] [ accepted]
Dusty R.	October 13, 2009 12:29 PM Tell Congress to Provide Vegetarian and Vegan Meal Options in Public Schools 1,948 People Ask Bucknell University to End Cruel Experiments on Hamsters! 328 People Act Now to Protect the Rights of Animal Activists 2,086 People [ send green star]
Cheree M.	October 11, 2009 4:00 AM Email letters are on the way. We'll just have to see if they all make it to there destination. Thanks [ send green star] [ accepted]
Dusty R.	October 10, 2009 4:07 PM ============================================================= ASK FOR A FORMATTED LETTER (WORD DOC): http://hsmo.convio.net/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS& SURVEY_ID=1403&JServSessionIda012=pqwxgz88w1.app11d Captain Roger Mayberry, Acting Chief of Police 100 Municipal Circle / Raymore, Missouri 64083 ph: 816-331-0530; fax: 816-331-0564 email: rmayberry@raymore.com Eric Berlin, Raymore City Manager 100 Municipal Circle / Raymore, MO 64083 ph: 816-892-3002; fax: 816-892-3056 email: eberlin@raymore.com Jim Feuerborn, Assistant City Manager ph: 816-892-3026; fax: 816-892-3056 email: jfeuerborn@raymore.com Juan I. Alonzo, Mayor 109 N. Darrowby / Raymore, MO 64083 ph: 816-331-4504; email: jalonzo@raymore.com Raymore City Council 100 Municipal Circle / Raymore, MO 64083 John Seimears, Ward 1 Council Member: john.seimears@yahoo.com Kevin Kellogg, Ward 1 Council Member: kkellogg@raymore.com Jeff Cox, Ward 2 Council Member: jeffreycox1@comcast.net Mike Medsker, Ward 2 Council Member: mmedsker@hotmail.com Jeffrey Adams, Ward 3 Council Member: councilmanadams@yahoo.com Monique Lewis, Ward 3 Council Member: mlewis250@comcast.net Charlene Hubach, Ward 4 Council Member: chhubach77@comcast.net Peter Kerckhoff, Ward 4 Council Member: pkerckhoff@raymore.com Teresa Hensley, Cass County Prosecuting Attorney [ send green star]
Dusty R.	October 10, 2009 4:06 PM These guys are so trigger happy it is ridiculous - KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY / PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST 10/10/09: Cop Shoots Deaf, 19-Year-Old Family Cat Tobey the cat who was shot and killed by Raymore, MO police. http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Family-Upset-that-Police-Shoot -Kill-Family-Pet/TsLp8dZtzkKY0AaT8YXgWg.cspx ============================================================= EMAIL BLOCKS: Sample letter follows. Full contact info at end of alert. ============================================================= * TO SEND: COPY/PASTE EMAIL BLOCKS INTO BCC: LINE OF YOUR EMAIL * TYPE YOUR OWN EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE TO: LINE * COPY/PASTE SAMPLE LETTER INTO SAME EMAIL. * Change some words, sign with your name/full address and send! RAYMORE & CASS COUNTY, MISSOURI OFFICIALS: http://hsmo.convio.net/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS& SURVEY_ID=1403&JServSessionIda012=pqwxgz88w1.app11d *KINSHIP CIRCLE CANNOT GUARANTEE ALL EMAILS WILL WORK* During campaigns, recipients may change or disable their email addresses. Emails from government, corporate, or institute websites may be incorrect. [ send green star]
Dusty R.	ANIMAL ALERTS/PETITIONS # 20 October 09, 2009 8:40 AM started another thread here for petitions as the other one was getting too long. [ send green star]