Don't let this beautiful creature die. Wild Animals should not be treated as pets or as performers. They are not OURS to exploit. Please take a minute to sign this.
Save the grizzly from being de-listed March 27, 2008 2:27 AM
Secretary Gale Norton feels that Grizzlies are thriving well in the Yellowstone Ecosystem and should be removed from the Endangered Species list. These Bears still need protection and delisting them will only make them prone to illegal poaching and hunting, particularly if they wander outside the perimeter of the park. Please Sign this petition to keep them on the Endangered Species list.
petition against alive skinning of animals, please sign and forward January 09, 2008 3:51 AM
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/animal-abuse-in-his-hyest-form-please-sign I'm sorry to disturb you but I want to ask you if you please care for signing my petition, Its against monsters who smak animals to the ground and after skin them alive for their fur! if you have the time, look at the film ( not for sensitive souls) and send it to all your friends @ care2 and your address book in your e-mailprogram outside care2. the film is just a horror show and it has to stop now! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/animal-abuse-in-his-hyest-form-please-sign My apologies for the extra disturb ens If you already signed and forward it
You can even do more;1) put this message in a new topic on your group or2)you can copy and paste the URL that is displayed below in this message or at the petitionsite himself under the video link to you tube and right next to the fox picture. Or 3)you can put the link of this petition on your biboard on your persenal petition site
The animals and me thanking you very much, greetings , sven
"Every year, a small donkey is viciously abused in the streets of a village in Spain, all in the spirit of 'entertainment' and 'tradition': The Pero Palo festival is meant to commemorate the capture of a rapist in Villanueva de la Vera many years ago, when he was paraded through the streets on a donkey before being executed.
During the festival, however, the donkey is subjected to a grotesque ritual that can leave it badly injured, lame or crushed to death. Alcohol is sometimes poured down its throat to enhance its performance."
Michael Vick has been sentenced to 23 months in prison for financing a dogfighting ring and helping to kill pit bulls. Vick initially denied any wrong doing but eventually admitted he was deeply involved in a dogfighting enterprise and endorsed the killing of dogs who did not fight well by drowning or hanging.
Vick's sentence came too late for all the dogs that were killed and victimized as part of his dogfighting activities.
Please urge the NFL to ban Michael Vick permanently. Professional players are role models for children and millions of people and someone with a record of animal cruelty shouldn't be allowed to set a bad example. Dogfighting is unacceptable and the NFL must act accordingly.
Sign this petition to ask the NFL to take a stand against dogfighting once and for all!
Petition: Close Huntingdon Life Sciences December 08, 2007 8:52 AM
"Huntingdon Life Sciences (HL is Europe’s largest contract animal testing laboratory.
They have about 70,000 animals on site, including rabbits, cats, hamsters, dogs, guinea-pigs, birds and monkeys. These animals are destined to suffer and die in cruel, useless experiments. 500 of them die each day."
Can we hold our heads high, in Twenty-first Century America, when the blameless, the vulnerable, the orphaned and the friendless, perish gasping in the steel confines of the Yadkin County Animal Shelter Carbon Monoxide Gas Chamber? http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-gassing-carolina-pets
PUERTO RICO PET PETITION—Still open for signatures! Sign and forward! Creator: Nadia Donato October 26, 2007 10:59 AM
Please Note http://tinyurl.com/yoquz6, PUERTO RICO PET PETITION—Still Open for Signatures! Sign and Forward! Creator: Nadia Donato (Please excuse duplicate message(s).)
"Animal control workers confiscated dozens of beloved dogs and cats from their families, some infront of crying children. These precious pets were then rounded up and thrown off a bridge at a neighboring town, hurling them 50 feet to their deaths."
To: Australian Govenment, RSPCA, Cat Protection Societies/welfare
We are signing this petition to display our disgust against cat hater and little children’s author Kay Kessing.
We the undersigned are hereby boycotting any books, articles, or indeed anything to do with or by Kay Kessing.
Her recent barbaric slaughter of stray and homeless cats to use them as food is inhumane and morally irreprehensible.
“Kay Kessing's Cat'n quandong - Chop and saute two small - and deceased - cats until the meat is browned. Add a handful of native lemongrass, finely chopped, and salt and pepper etc…….”
Herewith we want nothing to do with Kay Kessing and will inform our friends, family and others of how hurt, saddened and concerned we feel about this very heart breaking animal cruelty issue.
Shame on you Kay Kessing, you are now being officially and very publicly boycotted!
Chinese animal activists rescued this bear from a farm in the country's northeast. The bear was one of 10 found with catheters implanted into the gall bladder to extract bile (Image: Reuters/China Newsphoto)
A diagnostic kit to crack down on illegal trade in bile extracted from live bears is being used by Australian and Canadian customs officers, an animal welfare group says. Bear bile is a common ingredient in traditional medicines throughout East and Southeast Asia, says the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).
"Interest from wildlife trade enforcement officials has been very strong," says Professor Kate Sanders, an evolutionary biologist who adapted a technique used to identify species in venomous snakebites to develop the kit.
The kits are slated to go on the market at the end of the year and will cost no more than US$40 (A$47), says Sanders, from Australia 's University of Adelaide.
Theactive compound in bear bile is ursodeoxcholic acid (UDCA) and is thought to be effective for ailments ranging from liver disorders to haemorrhoids to hepatitis.
The compound has been available in a synthetic form for years, say animal rights groups calling for an end to bear farming.
Yet the use of bear bile is still widespread, a WSPA survey released this week shows.
More than half of 130 traditional Asian medicine shops in eight countries investigated illegally-sold products containing bear bile, the survey shows.
The WSPA says most originated from China, where the fluid is drawn off using one of several painful methods from more than 7000 animals held in box-like cages on dozens of farms. The procedure is not illegal in China, but CITES bans all cross-border commerce in bear parts.
The survey of Asian medicine shops in North America and the Asia Pacific region uncovered dozens of illegal bear bile products.
About 15% of the stores investigated in the US and Canada sold the contraband, with the percentage increasing to 22% in Singapore, 33% in Korea, 42% in Taiwan and 75% in Japan.
Cruel methods
The methods used to extract the bile from farmed animals varies from one country to the next, but all are condemned by animal welfare groups as cruel.
"In Vietnam, farmers typically immobilise the bears with a paralysing drug, often ketamine," known to recreational drug users as 'special K', says Dave Eastham, head of wildlife for WSPA.
"They use ultrasound to locate the bile and then insert a long hypodermic needle to draw off 100 to 150 millilitres of bile," he says, repeating the process once a month. The bears are conscious throughout the process.
"We have tapes showing the bears screaming with apprehension just before the procedure begins," he says.
In China, a more primitive technique has been outlawed but Eastham says it "is still very common".
The bile drips from a tube - surgically inserted through the bear's abdomen- equipped with a tap that can be turned on and off. Extractions are daily, sometimes twice a day.
It is like bleeding sap from a maple tree, "only more painful", he says.
More than half of bears farmed for bile in China do not survive for very long after extraction begins, but those that do can live for up to 10years.
If you are unfamiliar with the subject of vivisection and need more information please start with one of these sites, they should answer most of your questions.
This petition lets these people know how we feel about what they are doing to primates and other animals. Animal model experiments and research is commonly done on the following types of animals: dogs, cats, primates, rabbits, mice, rats, ferrets, birds, reptiles, guinea pigs, chinchillas, cows, horses, goats, pigs, just about any species you can think of, none are exempt to being experimented on.
If we are ever going to start to put a stop to this we need your help, stand up for the poor animals that can't stand up for themselves, be a voice for the ones that died last night while chemicals ate holes through their little bodies, the ones that died while being operated on yesterday without anesthesia, or the ones that will suffer all day today without relief from pain medications. Tell these people we now know the truth about what they are really doing and tell them we will not stand for it any longer. Their experiments are not relevant to humans, they produce repetitive science and unreliable medicine.
Please inform all your organizations members and staff about this petition, tell anyone who will listen, and please feel free to post a link to it. Please help us free these nonhuman primates that share so much of our same sense of being. Please help our numbers grow !!!
While we appreciate any and all signatures we get please give every individual person a chance to sign this petition as opposed to signing as one large group, this helps our numbers to grow. As you can imagine, 3,400 primates, cages, housing, torture equipment and the amount of money this university brings in because of these primates is very substantial, honestly, it's huge. It will take a record number of signatures to make an impression on these people, our goal is atleast 100,000 signatures, I honestly believe there is that many people in this world that cares about the fate of these primates.
Support Montgomery County's Newest and Only No-Kill Cat Shelter: The Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County (AWLMC)!
Rescue the Adult, Senior, and Juvenile Cats and Kittens in the National Capital Metropolitan Region!
Admire the adorably adoptable AWLMC Petfinder cats and kittens here!
Participate in the American Feline Idol Household Pet Cat Show, on the 31st of March, at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland here!
Offer your comments and best wishes to Montgomery County's newest and only No-Kill Cat Shelter here!
Volunteer at AWLMC here! Donate to the AWLMC (a 501(c)(3) charitable organization) here! Save the Kitties!
RICHMOND VA : Make the Brutal Bloodsport of Cockfighting a Felony! Support S.B. 1190 January 29, 2007 4:19 PM
RICHMOND VA : Make the Brutal Bloodsport of Cockfighting a Felony! Support S.B. 1190
Click http://tinyurl.com/368b7d to sign a petition making cockfighting a felony in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
We, the undersigned, endorse the following petition:
WHEREAS, the cruel, bloodthirsty, and corrupt practice of cockfighting, currently a misdemeanor in the Commonwealth of Virginia, poses grave risks to the moral, ethical, legal, and economic fabric of the great Commonwealth of Virginina; and
WHEREAS, the depravity of this vicious "sport" was amply documented in the Sunday, January 28, 2007, article in The Washington Post, "Raid Puts Harsh Light on Rural Va." (Page C03, http://tinyurl.com/2g4g64), stating in part: "In December 2005, when North Carolina elevated the penalty for cockfighting to a felony, Virginia became second only to Alabama in the leniency of its penalties. (Louisiana and New Mexico have not banned cockfighting.)"; and
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Virginia, far from a third world backwater, has traditionally been a leader in the forefront of democracy, technology, commerce, and the birthplace of human rights; and
WHEREAS, the hideous criminal spectacle of cockfighting, perpetrated by howling spectators clutching fistsful of blood-spattered cash, is an affront to the dignity of the great Commonwealth of Virginia and the entire nation;
"A. Any person engaging in fighting of cocks or other animals, except dogs, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
"B. Any person who possesses, owns, trains, or sells any animal for the purpose of fighting is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
"C. Attendance at the fighting of cocks or other animals shall consistute a Class 1 misdemeanor."
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Senate Bill 1190 should be swiftly passed, enacted, and signed into law, that Virginia's unique and vital role in American history may not be shamefully degraded; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the dedicated law enforcement professionals of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and all its counties, do their utmost to prosecute animal torture and gambling on blood sports, appropriately to the duly sworn officers of a civilized state; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the attached signatures be respectfully presented to The Honorable William Roscoe Reynolds, bill sponsor, and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that The Honorable William Roscoe Reynolds be thanked and commended for contributing this vital bill to the agenda of the General Assembly.
"Raid Puts Harsh Light on Rural Va."The Washington Post, January 28, 2007. (http://tinyurl.com/2g4g64)
Would you please sign and forward this petition to the appropriate persons and associations. This petition is very important for the promotion of our cause. Thank you for your support
It really upset me. A domesticated bear in Russian was given vodka and honey by the King of Spain and then shot! I have written a petition to try and stop this is in the future. Please take a look and sign if you will. Thanks.
Focus:Animal WelfareAction Request Petition Location:Serbia And MontenegroAGAINST DOGS AND CATS KILLING IN SERBIA
Dear Sir, The brutal treatment of animals in Serbia is fast coming to the attention of the world. We are horrified to learn , via graphic photographic evidence, about the lack of compassion and indiscriminate cruelty regarding the treatment of Serbian animals. We respectfully and urgently request that you take action and put a stop to the brutal, vicious killing of street animals by government officials and ordinary citizens. Please work with international animal welfare organizations who are adept at planning and implementing humane welfare programs. Sincerely, http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/417131394
Puerto Rico's heavily developed coastline was once a haven for leatherback sea turtles. Now, two hotel chains want to build on one of the best remaining strips of their natural habitat--the Northeastern Ecological Corridor. Will this tropical paradise finally get the "nature reserve" designation it deserves? Or will the San Miguel-Four Seasons and Dos Mares-J.W. Marriott resorts get their way and build 3,000 new luxury hotel rooms and villas?
Act today! Email the governor and legislators of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and urge them to pass H.B. 2105, designating the Northeastern Ecological Corridor as a nature reserve.
It took me forever to get the petition done because there was some kind of bug in the CARE system that wouldn't let me save it. So I had to start over about 4 times!
The Korean government is going ahead with their plan of legitimizing the dog meat trade through the introduction of a policy on the hygienic control of the dog meat trade.
Massachusetts Animal Control Officer, Michelle Mulverhill, Allegedly Left four Cats and an Elderly Dog to Die at an Animal Shelter.
We ask her prosecutor, District Attorney John Conte, to vigorously prosecute her to the maximum extent allowed by law. We request that Conte—if Mulverhill is convicted—work with the court to ensure stringent penalties for Mulverhill, including the following:
• Incarceration • A permanent prohibition on her personal and professional contact with animals • A thorough psychiatric evaluation and counseling at Mulverhill's own expense
The Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, California has been keeping Bill, the chimpanzee, in solitary confinement for years. He is imprisoned in a tiny cement cell and the City of Eureka refuses to let him go to a sanctuary where he can be with other chimpanzees and run on grass and swing on trees. Please demand the Eureka City Council to do the right and humane thing and let Bill go to a chimpanzee sanctuary where he can enjoy life. He must not be allowed to continue to languish in and eventually die a lonely death in his cell.
Kyle Hupfer is the Director of the Indiana Dept of Natural Resources. Last year (2005) a decision was made that no more hunting was to take place of white tailed deer and other animals behind high fences (Canned Hunts) in Indiana. The Dept of Natural Resources passed emergency and permanent rules and the Governor and Attorney General signed off. Indiana State Legislature did not intervene. But this year, Kyle Hupfer has changed his mind and his words about hunting ethics and fair chase. Hupfer is near a settlement with a handful of Shooting Preserves ( Canned Hunts) owners that allows the activity to continue for at least another 10 years. He says that new Shooting Preserves will not be allowed to start up. He thinks that "this is the time to be reasonable, be fair"
STOP THE KILLING OF THE STRAY DOGS IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
PROTEST
Please take attitude regarding stray dogs crises in Bucharest, Romania. Present situation:
Today, 30th of January 2006, the local authorities (Bucharest Mayor and Chief of Animal Survey Administration) took the decision to start the campaign of the stray dogs killing. This fact is due to the tragical event, that happened on 29th of January 2006 in Bucharest, near the Government Residence. A Japanese business man died because of a wound made by a dog bite. So far there are no proofs and no witnesses to demonstrate that this tragical accident involved a stray dog. Until now the Police didn’t take into consideration to possibility that it might be a crime that used a fight dog as a killing weapon. The case is unfortunately closed, being easily for the authorities to blame a stray dog then to solve a possible murder. The political decision of the authorities jumped the conclusions, being taken too fast (in several hours), following a very aggressive media campaign that created panic and different violent reaction (dogs are poisoned, mutilated burned).
The stray dog population is something normal in citizens life being a very old reality since decades. The massive demolitions during the communist regime, from the 80's generated stray dogs population increase and except massive extermination, nobody in Romania took action to settle a sterilization program based on human and decent methods of caching, selection, tagging, neutering and releasing the stray dogs.
Our proposal:
Please help us to:
- convince the local authorities to manage this problem in a human way, respecting international standards, laws and conventions that Romania signed to become part of European Union in 2007,
- stop the slaughter of the animals,
- make the authorities to understand the importance of respecting animal and human rights, according with international regulations,
- convince the authorities that the solution offered by local and international NGO’s in this issue is a solution based an scientific research, the only solution that can solve the problem.
We do believe that Romania cannot be integrated in European Union if we cannot deal with this problem in a fair way and we are rushing to start a real massacre instead of finding a decent solution.
Petitions against bullfightinh August 28, 2006 6:49 AM
I compiled these bullfighting petitions, I am not sure whether some are current but they are still wanting signatures so I have added them here. Please sign.
In advertisements for Marshall Pet Products, the company claims it "…cares as deeply about your ferret’s health and well-being as you do," but the ads the Marshall family doesn’t want the caring public to see are run in Lab Animal magazine. These ads prove that the ferrets and beagles they breed are nothing more than commodities to them. The following are from Marshall ads in Lab Animal: "All Marshall animals are raised in elevated, indoor pens that simulate the laboratory environment…"; "[b]y tracking all important characteristics and genetic information, and then weeding out undesirable stock, Marshall Farms can supply beagles ideal for research." http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/953877063
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The situation in Serbia is terrible, in all Serbian towns there are flayer services to the communal service, who are engaged in capturing and killing lost or stray dogs and cats, in collaboration with the veterinary service and breaking the legislation.They charge this terrible "service" 50 euros for each corpse ( per killed dogs or cats). This behavior is punishable under article 269. of the Criminal Code of Serbia with up to 3 years of imprisonment. We , The Society friends of Animals "Friend" and The Society for protect and welfare of animals"Arka" , collected the documents and material proofs confirming dose criminal abuses and gave them to allmost all local prosecutors in Serbia. There was no reply. In spite of all our efforts , in spite of thousands of letters sent to the responsible institutions on the local and republican levels, nothing changed: in Serbia , thousands of dogs and cats are killed on a regular basis,and that crime is even paid for with the money of tax payers.
Slavica Mazak Beslic The Society friends of Animals Subotica, Serbia
The second largest seal hunt in the world occurs in Namibia from July 1st through November 15th. This year the government has set the 2006 hunting quota at 85,000 pups; a level that combined with natural mortality could result in the annihilation of this year's entire seal pup population.
Despite declining numbers of pups born annually and seal populations that have not recovered from mass die-offs in 1994 and 2000, the quota increased from 50,850 pups in 1993 to 85,000 in 2006. The increase is motivated by monetary, rather than scientific, reasons.
Use your buying power to tell the Canadian government to end the seal hunt.
The 2006 Canadian seal hunt has ended, but our work to stop this brutal hunt is far from over. During this year's hunt, more than 336,000 seals were slaughtered for their fur - most killed were just three months old or younger, and some of them were skinned while still conscious and able to feel pain.
You can stand with us to stop the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals on the planet. Your greatest weapon is your wallet: Sign our pledge and tell the Canadian government that you won’t buy any Canadian seafood until the hunt is over for good. (You can find out how to spot Canadian seafood here.)
We'll deliver your pledge to Canada's government so the politicians will know you've joined our international "Protect Seals" team to end this awful hunt.
Ben & Jerry's is a company known not only for its frozen desserts, but also for its claims of social responsibility. Yet after nearly a year of promises—both verbal and written—to The HSUS that it would end its support for battery cage factory farming, the company has done an about-face. It has chosen to continue to buy eggs from factory farms that confine egg-laying hens in tiny battery cages so small the birds can't even spread their wings.
Please call Ben & Jerry's at 802-846-1500 (between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST). Urge the company to keep its promise to stop supporting battery cage cruelty. After you make your call, fill in the form at right to automatically send an email to Ben & Jerry's.
I signed the cruel sheep experiments to help gays. It is in their genes and they are happy that way, so why torture innocent animals to help someone who is happy just like they are. Plus it is an insult to them. Let peolple do what they want. It's not a cure for a disease. Just an excuse for taxpayer's money. Idiots!
Kat O. Killing sheep to "cure" Gay people????????? 7:28 AM
Just when you thought animal experimenters couldn't get any lower, along come new cruel and pointless "gay sheep" experiments. That's right; Charles Roselli of Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and Frederick Stormshak of Oregon State University (OSU) are killing homosexual sheep and cutting open their brains in an attempt to find the hormone behind homosexual tendencies so that these tendencies can be changed. And guess what? Roselli plans to "cure" humans of their homosexual tendencies next. Please click here to send a message to OHSU and OSU today asking them to stop experimenting on and killing gay sheep.
Though we're pretty sure you'll send OHSU and OSU a message just because these experiments are so ridiculous, we'll give you 500 Street Team points for doing so and 250 points for using this form to ask your friends to send a message as well.
Thank you for speaking up in behalf of those who cannot.
Tell the Chinese Government to Cancel Plans to Kill Dogs
In a hideously cruel response to an outbreak of rabies in late July, authorities in Mouding County in Southwest China ordered the killing of more than 50,000 dogs, including 4,000 who were immunized against the disease. Officials clubbed many animals to death in the street right before their guardians' eyes. Animals who were not beaten mercilessly died equally violent, gruesome deaths by poisoning or electrocution. Now the Chinese government has issued orders to kill an additional 500,000 dogs. None of these beloved companions will have the benefit of a humane death, because there isn't a single law in China that prevents cruelty to animals.
China has a long history of cruelty and violence toward animals. In live-animal markets, animals—including dogs and cats—are skinned alive for their fur; merchants hack flesh from animals, piece by piece, until they finally bleed to death; and animals routinely suffer from broken limbs because they are thrown from the tops of transport trucks onto concrete floors.
Please demand that the Chinese government call off the planned slaughter of hundreds of thousands of dogs and enact strict anti-cruelty laws immediately. We will collect these letters, and our president will personally present them to the Chinese government. After you send us your letter by filling out the form, be sure to forward this alert to your friends and ask them to speak up today.
Please take a couple of minutes to read and sign my petition about Enshala the Sumatran tiger who was shot 4 times with a 12 gauge shotgun by Lex Salisbury the CEO of Lowry Park Zoo. This killing was totally unnecessary. Please support me!
The festival of Pero Palo takes place in Villanueva de la Vera (Cáceres- Extremadura-Spain) every Shrove Tuesday. In this popular festival a poor and helpless donkey is taken through the streets of the village to be ridden by the drunkest rider and to be subjected to degrading and cruel treatment for more than an hour. The parliament of Junta de Extremadura passed a law (Ley 5/2002) for the Protection of Animalshttp://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ex-l5-2002.html
in the region of Extremadura which forbids the utilisation of animals in festivals and public shows when the animal receives cruel mistreatment.
However, every year the Junta de Extremadura approves the celebration of this unkind festival, forgetting what the law says.
El Refugio del Burrito and The Donkey Sanctuary have witnessed this festival since 1986. We thought that the passing of that law meant the end of the torture the donkey receives, but reality has proved that nothing has changed.
We want to stop this kind of event and we need your help to do it. We have written a letter of complaint that you can send to the president of the Junta de Extremadura. If you want to protest against this Festival, please click here. http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/site/6/Villanueva_Campaign.html