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Letters and petitions November 12th 2009
Nov 12, 2009

Focus:Animal Welfare
Action Request:Various
Location:Belgium
PETITIONS


https://secure2.convio.net/ida/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1337 *

Urgent: Public Comments Needed By Thursday to Stop Roundup
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https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2665

Urge ShopRite to Stop Selling Glue Traps!

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https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2673

Please End the Abuse of Animals in UU Experiments

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

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/425/petition-to-request-news-update-on-tony-the-tiger

http://www.avaaz.org/en/world_hunger_pledges/96.php?CLICK_TF_TRACK

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/Obama_Tibet?rk=D7e85Q1aIaCBE

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For US only

http://animalrights.change.org/actions/view/urge_president_obama_to_pardon_all_turkeys_this_holiday_season

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 Spain prepares for cruel bullfighting event Dear
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. :

http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=122&ea.campaign.id=4817&ea.url.id=19698&ea.campaigner.email=lSySwICw8dkd365NWOcgFKSy3fY/l6hn2t8RM2eLScw=&forwarded=true

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 

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LETTERS

Subject : End the use of monkeys in space radiation studies

Aan: public-inquiries@hq.nasa.gov, info-center@hq.nasa.gov, ann.wright@osec.usda.gov, president@whitehouse.gov, vicepresident@whitehouse.gov, agsec@usda.gov

Dear sir/madam,

I am writing you to express my deepest concern regarding the use of monkeys in space radiation studies.

I am outraged and very dismayed, this horror must stop, immediately. Monkeys are sentient beings who experience pain and suffering.
The use of monkeys in such experiments is both unethical and cruel.

Diseases that are artificially induced in animals in a laboratory are never identical to those that occur naturally in human beings.
And because animal species differ from one another in many biologically significant ways, it becomes even more unlikely that experiments on monkeys will yield results that will be correctly interpreted and applied to the human condition in a meaningful way.
Genetic, physiological, and anatomical differences between humans and monkeys dramatically limit the conclusions that can be drawn from the planned studies.

Please, implement alternatives to animal experiments.

Sincerely.

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People living in the  US can also write to

Please also tell the Indiana tourist authority why this ecologically reckless and ethically indefensible practice will affect your plans to visit Indiana:

www.in.gov/visitindiana/contactUs.aspx

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Aan: jkane@nrc.in.gov



To :
Indiana
Natural Resources Commission
Indiana Government Center North
100 N. Senate Ave., Rm. N501
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2200


Dear Commission members,

As a concerned person who values wildlife, I strongly support the proposed rules to prohibit the taking, killing and harassment of coyotes and red foxes for
&ldquoenning” purposes and as live bait in the wild.

IT IS ETHICALLY INDEFENSIBLE, because :

Capturing, transporting, marketing, and penning wild animals for dog training is inherently cruel and should be banned for this reason alone.
Pitting domestic canines against their wild cousins is ethically indefensible.
Legislators have had the wisdom to ban dog and cock-fighting – largely on ethical grounds – and &ldquoenning” parallels these abhorrent practices.
Penned wild coyotes and foxes are often mutilated in a cruel and unconscionable way- as acknowledged by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

IT IS ECOLOGICALLY RECKLESS, because :

Transporting and marketing wild coyotes and foxes for penning purposes is ecologically reckless. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources explicitly stated
these concerns acknowledging that trade and transportation of wildlife is one of the primary contributors to disease transmission and historically has led to
the spread of rabies and other diseases dangerous to wildlife, domestic animals and people.

IT IS COUNTER TO SOUND SCIENTIFIC WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, because :

Coyote and fox penning is not an effective method of coyote and fox control as acknowledged by numerous and prominent scientists and wildlife biologists.
There is no scientific evidence to support the claim that penning operations somehow help reduce coyote/fox populations on a state-wide level or mitigate negative encounters with coyotes or foxes.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has acknowledged that there are ecological, ethical, and disease and health related issues associated with penning.
Moreover, the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies passed a resolution in 2008 urging the adoption of state-by-state regulations prohibiting
the importation or interstate movement of foxes and coyotes for the purpose of stocking coursing pens or for release and pursuit by hounds outside of coursing pens.

You can have a look to the following videos, they are very disturbing :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9c0KaLjKrI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu1ImXnMbMc (filmed in Indiana)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MhNRwOtJNQ&feature=related
coyoteinfo.typepad.com
www.trainingnottorture.org
news.mync.com/site/news/video/6057/Fox_and_Coyote_Hunt_Ban
www.youtube.com/user/wildlifepenning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNVMu8jSYD8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mom_wMCNshw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gd94TA58Ag
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbb_nKIy_i4&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-HM

For these reasons, I urge you to support the proposed rules to prohibit the taking,brutal killing and harassment of coyotes and red foxes for &ldquoenning”
purposes and as live bait in the wild.


Thank you for your consideration of my comments. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
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http://www.placerdeerhunt.com/index.htm

Hello friends of Placer County deer,

1) We're still putting pressure on the supes to agendize the hunt expansion, but are running into walls. We have two votes to agendize and hopefully stop the hunt, but need one more. Rockholm and Weygandt are playing hard to get, so we need renewed pressure on them. If you live in Roseville, your pressure on Rockholm is crucial, as he's the chair and sets the agenda. And yes, even Uhler should still be targeted. Please keep calling and writing, insisting on a meeting as well as expressing opposition to the hunt. Be polite but persistent. It's okay to be annoying sometimes.
Please keep asking your friends as well, as each person counts in a grass roots campaign like this. And don't forget to thank Holmes and Montgomery for being willing to listen to us. It would be easier for them to try and shove this further under the carpet, as the others have, but they've been receptive and respectful. They do need to know that there's a third vote though.

Key points -
The expanded hunt has NO relation to Uhler's initial "concern" about car collisions.
They do NOT need to wait for the official DFG letter to agendize or stop the expansion. That's a stall tactic.
There is NO evidence that there is deer overpopulation or disease.
The only purpose for this expansion is to increase hunter opportunities and thus revenue for DFG. Do the supes really want to take the risk with no county benefit?

Call them at: 530-889-4010
Fax: 530-889-4009
email: bos@placer.ca.gov

2) Keep up the letters to the editors, and be sure to mention any supes refusing or avoiding meetings with you. Voters need to know. Please bcc us on any emails or letters.

3) On a larger front, the head honcho of the Cal. Dept. of Fish & Game abruptly resigned recently, which gives us a golden opportunity to press for a non-hunter to be appointed. Please contact the governor and politely ask him to choose someone who represents the 99+% of Californians who do not hunt and are unrepresented where our wildlife are concerned.

Call him at: 916-445-2841
fax: 916-558-3160
contact form: www.gov.ca.gov/
interact (no direct email to Arnie)

For a change of pace, send a note to Maria and Christina Shriver. Christina has put pressure on dad on other animal issues, so it doesn't hurt to plead our case with her.

First Lady Maria Shriver
Miss Christina Shriver
State Capitol
Sacramento 95814
916-445-2841
916-558-3160 fax

Thanks everyone!

Committee to Ban the Bogus Deer Hunt

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