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SAVE OUR ANIMALS! BAN PUPPY MILLS IN AUSTRALIA
Feb 21, 2008
787 signed 4/10 (Not very many signatures for over a month...Please keep signing and especially now this should be circulated since Oprah's show finally aired)    It brought more awareness so i'm sure if circulated,there will be more signatures....................



661 signed 3/4  (Not enough to shut down the puppy mills -please forward into your groups on/off Care2. Don't just stay on Care2)


309 signed 2/21


 
    SAVE OUR ANIMALS! BAN PUPPY MILLS IN AUSTRALIA

Relief arrives for 101 dogs living in squalid conditions. One of the most horrific cases of neglect and animal cruelty was witnessed by the RSPCA and police who raided Waterford Boarding Kennels and Cattery, South of Brisbane on January 2008. 

I am from the state of Victoria and briefly saw the news a few weeks ago about those poor 101 poodles and other dogs that have been neglected. My heart aches for the dogs and I am still wondering how they are progressing since being in the great care of the RSPCA?  It deeply saddens me that those poor dogs have been mistreated. All of the dogs were in poor condition, with matted fur clotted with urine and faeces, ear infections, and some infested with maggots. From this occurrence, I am so against puppy farming or back yard breeding as you could call it, which is not monitored strictly by local and animal health authorities.

Sadly purebred puppies or x breeds are produced in massive numbers.  Unfortunately the dogs live in conditions that are inhumane, lacking in quality food and shelter, little veterinary care, overcrowded cages and little freedom to roam and be loved by humans. The puppies are then sold directly either to pet shops, via the Internet or newspaper ads within Australia. Now is the time to fight against inhumane puppy mills.

It has also come to my attention that certain advertising websites have listed the so called business that the RSPCA raided recently and rescued 101 dogs.  This saddens me to the point that I have even contacted them and only one so far has responded and is prepared to do something about removing the listing. All Aussie businesses should ban such a person to advertise on their website.

More devastating, I came across yahoo 7 members room and was totally horrified what I read. Sadly one member commented that unfortunately they had to put their German Sheppard down because they had temporally placed their dog in the care of Waterford Boarding Kennels, whilst in the process of moving to WA. My wish is for authorities to look into the matter further and stop puppy farming of poorer quality.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Save our animals from imprisonment and inhumane cruelty and allow them the opportunity to live a wonderful life.

So please join in the fight to ban puppy mills by signing my petition today! 
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Posted: Feb 21, 2008 11:49am
Jordan Taylor is a little boy whose life is nothing short of a MIRACLE
Feb 19, 2008
24722 Signatures  2/18
  MAKE ROOM FOR JORDAN!


 
Target: ABC'S "EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION"
Web site: http://www.prayersforjordan.com
Description/History:
(Hendersonville, TN) Jordan Taylor is a little boy whose life is nothing short of a
miracle. In June of 2006, two-year old Jordan nearly drowned in the family pool.
Blue and lifeless, he was rushed to the hospital where he was CLINICALLY DEAD
for over an hour. When his heart spontaneously started beating again, the ER
director declared it the first “full-blown MIRACLE” he had ever seen in all his
years in emergency care.

While Jordan regained his heartbeat, he was left in what his doctors perceived to
be a &ldquoermanent vegetative state.” He was unconscious, unresponsive and
unable to breathe on his own, appearing to have little or no brain activity. In
fact one doctor predicted that Jordan would most likely &ldquorogress towards
significant brain injury and possible BRAIN DEATH.” After two weeks in intensive
care with very little perceptible change, the doctors advised Jordan’s family to
pull the plug.

After much prayer and deliberation, Jordan’s family felt strongly that hope was
not lost on the toddler; he simply needed a little more time. Sure enough, just a
few days later, to the utter astonishment of the hospital staff, Jordan opened
his eyes and began breathing on his own. Finally, after thirty-one excruciating
days in the hospital, Jordan was able to go home to be with his family.

Being “home” is presenting a new set of challenges. Even before the accident,
the house was literally bursting at the seams. Jordan’s family, including his twin
brother, Brandon, older brother, Ashton, sister, Kayleigh, and single mom,
Jeannie, all lived with Jordan’s grandparents, Pam and Bobby, and their
daughter, Erin. It was hard enough to make room for eight people in a three
bedroom house, but now, with Jordan requiring around-the-clock care and
special equipment; it’s all the family can do to make it from one day to the next.

The home also serves as a daycare, which the family has depended on as a
source of income for several years. Due to Jordan’s condition, they have had to
reduce the number of children they are able to care for, which has drastically
affected the family financially. The house has it’s own share of physical problems
as well. Full of cracks, leaks and plagued with constant plumbing problems, it is
less than ideal for an in-home daycare, a large family and a child with special
needs.

With unwavering faith and resolve, the family stays optimistic. Even in Jordan’s
crowded surroundings, he continues to make remarkable improvements. He is
regaining his ability to swallow. He is beginning to speak again. He is able to hold
his head up on his own and follow voice commands- all things the doctors said
he would NEVER be able to do! Jordan’s family and his therapists are hopeful
that Jordan will soon be walking again. It has been a difficult, even excruciating
journey at times, but it is a path they continue faithfully walking daily.



YOU CAN READ JORDAN'S UPDATE BLOG AT
http://www.prayersforjordan.blogspot.com  




(UPDATE 3/30/07) I just wanted you to know that Jordan's mom, Jeannie,
reads to Jordan everyday the comments of people who sign his petition. Jordan
has always been a very sensitive and perceptive child, but even now he really
seems to know and understand what Jeannie reads to him. As strange as it may
sound, Jordan has been making greater strides towards recovery since the very
day that petition was posted, almost like he knows and feels the love and
prayers of his new friends. Thank you all!!!


Love and Blessings,
Jordan's Granny, Pam



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This picture was taken on the day before Jordan's accident.

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Petition:
WE ARE ASKING ABC’S “EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION” TO PLEASE BUILD
A NEW HOME FOR JORDAN AND HIS DESERVING FAMILY.

YOUR SIGNATURE WILL TAKE JORDAN ONE STEP CLOSER TO A HOME WHERE HE
CAN FULLY RECOVER, AND WHERE HE AND HIS FAMILY CAN THRIVE. HELP US
GET THE MESSAGE TO ABC, PLEASE, “MAKE ROOM FOR JORDAN!”
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Posted: Feb 19, 2008 1:47am
"Ban Peter Carruthers' work from the classroom!!!" petition!
Feb 17, 2008
208 signed 2/17



"Ban Peter Carruthers' work from the classroom!!!" petition!


 
Do you believe this dog could feel the pain when he broke his leg? Obviously Carruthers does not. Do not support his writing being read in the classroom. 

SHOCKING !!  READ THE ENTIRE VERY LONG PETITION
SIGN,FORWARD,CROSS-POST ON/OFF CARE2


 
 I believe that if people are told that animals cannot feel and that they are not worth our time and energy to help that people will start to be even more trouble for them. If young minds are taught that animals cannot feel a broken leg than they might think it is acceptable to hit and kick them.
    I would really appreciate getting this piece removed from the curriculum for next years class. It is not necessary to expose people to information like this because in itself what he has written is morally wrong. These are simply his views, however it is wrong to advocate them because they are so disheartening. I do not agree with allowing students to read this piece because there is no telling what people will do when they start to believe that animals feel no pain and that its perfectly fine to not care about their pain. I am strongly opposed to this piece of "work", and I am certain that I am not alone in this.
    I wish to have a stronger case against publishing this piece in further texts of Reason and Responsibility. I do not want to cause any trouble, I am just so dead set against this piece being read. I have researched Peter Carruthers since I read this article and this piece is not the only one that is against animal rights. I obviously cannot stop him from having his views (despite how much I wish I could), however I can try to stop this piece from being read by students as part of their Philosophy course. I did not register in this course to be hurt by a piece like this. Even his calling animals brutes is terrible on its own. If you agree with my stance on this issue please do what you can to help me.
    I have enclosed a link to Brute Experience that I found on the internet so that you can read the article if you have not already done so. Below are the exact points in the piece that bothered me the most so that you can focus your attention on them.



 
Tiny part I copied from the Petition but you should take a look at this link




Brute Experience: http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/Faculty/pcarruthers/
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LETTER


We the undersigned need to work towards teaching students information that is positive. Telling young minds that animals are incapable of feeling or thinking just allows them to think that they do not need to care about them at all. When Peter Carruthers states that we are morally wrong to care about animals with broken legs, he inspires cruelty towards animals. People will think that if a broken leg is meaningless, than it is ok to abuse animals in other ways as well. If you disagree that it is morally acceptable to not care about animals and that we are not wasting our time and efforts trying to help them than please help me remove this painful piece of work from the Philosophy curriculum. Thank you for taking the time to show your support for animals.
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Posted: Feb 17, 2008 3:33am
URGENT! HELP TO STOP ZOOCIDE IN UKRAINE! Poison animals
Feb 17, 2008
253 signed 2/17
   HELP TO STOP ZOOCIDE IN UKRAINE!
a murdered little dog in Uzhgorod 


Extermination of homeless animals, unprecedented in it scope and cruelty, spread in Ukraine early in this year. In the cities of Uzhgorod, Chernigiv, Rivne, Simferopol and Kremenchuk, mass killing of animals is done in an atrocious way, causing their terrible suffering  by shooting poison from pneumatic weapons. Adults and children become eyewitnesses to this cruelty, and it traumatizes their mentality.

An excuse for such flagrant, antihuman acts is single occurrence of rabies: in Uzhgorod, only ONE sheepdog was ill moreover, it was domestic; in Chernigiv, a wild fox was found sick; in Simferopol, chickens were infected with poultry flu. However, rabies occurred in the past and still occurs sometimes in other cities and towns of Ukraine, and yet it does not cause mass killing of homeless dogs and cats.

Actions of local officials who made decisions to organize such slaughter are contrary to both international rules of law and effective legislation of Ukraine. All animals are killed whether homeless or cared for, registered, vaccinated and sterile. Even home pets are shot  now and then before the very eyes of their owners. In that way local officials try to resolvethe problem of homeless animals in Ukrainian cities. Instead of building shelters and taking measures for sterilization of animals, as is the case in Europe, Ukrainian officialdom prepared for the miserable ones a terrible death.

Animal-protecting organizations and all conscious Ukrainian public appeal to international human rights organizations and to all people of goodwill for help!





dog dying because of poison in Uzhgorod

Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tTzGTx1ajhU
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Posted: Feb 17, 2008 3:30am
Support Pennsylvania lady who was convicted of theft for trying to help a dyining DOG
Feb 15, 2008

37 signed 2/15
4 signed 2/15  NEW right now!!  Lets blow this one out the door ,Please people ?

The sponsor is a friend of mine and I want to help. We all need to help!!



  Please show your support to a Pennsylvania lady who was convicted of theft for trying to help a dying Dog

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/please-show-your-support-to-a-pennsylvania-lady-who-was-convicted-of-theft-for-trying-to-help-a



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This is her story:

On December 14, 2007, I was convicted of theft and receiving stolen property for
coming to the aid of this dog, who lay chained, unable to stand, and suffering
in an East Freedom, Pennsylvania backyard.
Despite overwhelming evidence of cruelty on the part of the dog's caretakers, no
charges were ever brought against them by either the humane officer or the police.
A private criminal complaint filed by myself and Dogs Deserve Better languishes
unaddressed on the desk of DA Richard Consiglio.
Both video evidence of the dog struggling to get up and after-photos and video of
the dog walking were suppressed from the jury. These videos are currently available
for viewing on YouTube and our site.
I am to be sentenced by Judge Elizabeth Doyle on February 22, 2008. I am expected
to receive a fine and/or community service, as well as probation for this supposed
crime. I am morally and ethically unable and unwilling to pay any fine that goes
to pay the salaries of those who use power wrongly; those who punish citizens for
helping animals and allow animal abusers to go free will not receive monetary support
from me.
The DA has taken flack in the opinion columns of local newspapers for wasting Blair
County taxpayer money on my trial. His solution? To charge ME for the cost of the
trial, reported to be over $1000. He expects me to pay costs for a jury who knew
nothing of jury nullification, and knew not that they were free to exercise their
own judgment based on their consciences rather than follow the advice of those in
power just because they said they had to. They were therefore railroaded into a
conviction by the actions of the DA and Judge Doyle.
It is not enough for Mr. Consiglio to drag my name and the name of Dogs Deserve
Better through the mud in order to distract our citizens from the fact that cruelty
laws were already being broken, and that the humane officer and the police failed
to do their jobs. He would have me foot the bill for it. As a taxpayer of Blair
County, Pennsylvania, I have already contributed my share to this trial. I will
contribute no more.
As founder and director of Dogs Deserve Better, I do community service virtually
ever day of my life. If fact, I was performing community service the day I picked
an aged and dying dog out of the mud and got him the veterinary care he was entitled
to by law.
I am a law-abiding citizen of both Pennsylvania and the United States of America.
I have served my country as a top-secret cleared linguist in the U. S. Air Force,
reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant at my first available opportunity, and honorably
discharged in 1988. I strive very hard to obey all laws that seem fair and do not
cause harm to others. I stop short of obeying any law that would force me to watch
a dog die in the dirt, just because he is considered mere property of another. I
will continue to fight for better laws for man's best friend, as well as shine
a light on the current lack of enforcement of existing cruelty laws.
This dog was not just another piece of trash that a Pennsylvania couple could allow
to die unassisted, chained, and flailing about in the mud and his own feces in their
yard. Doogie had the right to live or the right to a death free from cruelty, and
the right to veterinary help by Pennsylvania law.
It is incumbent upon Blair County voters to remove from office anyone who by their
actions or inactions condones animal cruelty and abuse and punishes those who seek
to help these animals. This includes Judge Elizabeth Doyle and DA Richard Consiglio.
Martin Luther King, Jr. stated that "noncooperation with evil is just as much a
moral obligation as is cooperation with good."  And Thoreau stated "Under a government
which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison...where
the state places those who are not with her, but against her-the only house in
a slave state in which a free man or woman can abide with honor."
The only way for me to maintain a clear conscience is to choose prison as punishment
for my crime. I hereby request that Judge Doyle jail me for however many days I
should be imprisoned for the taking of a piece of property who's value, while stated
in the misdemeanor charges at 0-$50, after vet fees was more like negative $960.65.
However, as one of our supporters said, Doogie's freedom from abuse and restoration
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Posted: Feb 15, 2008 11:45am
2 Petitions:Protect the african Wild Dog:NEW Petition!
Feb 15, 2008
Sign Both Petitions ! 





214 signed 2/15

  Protect the african Wild Dog





 
452 signed 2/15
  PROTECT ALL ENDANGERED RED LIST SPECIES


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PROTECT ALL ENDANGERED RED LIST SPECIES:SIGN! 
452 signed 2/15
  PROTECT ALL ENDANGERED RED LIST SPECIES
The african wild dog needs protection.<br> according to the IUCN:<br> Policy-based actions - Legislation - Implementation - National level (needed) All animals on this  red list of threatened species should be protected!

http://www.iucnredlist.org/

Just one example on how the current system fails!

"The African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, is one of Africa's most endangered carnivores. It is Red Listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature ( IUCN) as an Endangered Species. The reasons given by IUCN for this decline are human induced loss of habitat and persecution by humans. According to the IUCN report on wild dogs, there are between 3.000 and 5.500 free ranging wild dogs left in Africa today. In January 2006 a film was broadcast by a Dutch Channel, Twee Vandaag, which exposed the indication that there was a serious trade in wild dogs, including dogs which came out of the wild!  One way in which the trade and capture of wild dogs could be monitored and controlled would be for them to be listed on CITES, Appedix I or II. ( Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species) . That means that the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, should be placed on CITES as soon as possible to afford a greater level of protection" The Aflrican Wild Dog will need protection from the local governments in Africa. Since it will take years to get it on the CITES list.  The wildlifefoundation wants to act before it is too late!
The time is now! Protect the last wild dogs in Africa !
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Protect the african Wild Dog

214 signed 2/15

  Protect the african Wild Dog
The African Wild Dog is extremely endangered protect it before it is too late only 3000 -5000 animals have survived! Its time for protection now! "The African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, is one of Africa's most endangered carnivores. It is Red Listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature ( IUCN) as an Endangered Species. The reasons given by IUCN for this decline are human induced loss of habitat and persecution by humans. According to the IUCN report on wild dogs, there are between 3.000 and 5.500 free ranging wild dogs left in Africa today.

The local governments could protect this extremely endangered species
by law!

One way in which the trade and capture of wild dogs could be monitored and controlled would be for them to be listed on CITES, Appendix I or II. ( Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species) . That means that the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, should be placed on CITES as soon as possible to afford a greater level of protection"
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Posted: Feb 15, 2008 11:41am
9-Petitions:Animal Friends of Croatia
Feb 15, 2008
Animal Friends of Croatia


By signing these petitions or sending the letters of protest not only that you show that you care for animals and raise your voice against animal abuse, but you also send a message that cruelty to animals won't and cannot be tolerated.

Animals do not have nationality and they know nothing about boundaries; so, when it comes to animal rights and welfare, neither should we.


http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=8




1) Against Disney's Cooperation With Meat Industry in Croatia

http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=829

2) Stop Experiments on Primates

http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=810

3) Freedom for Lobsters in Metro!

http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=647

4) Animals Matter To Me

http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=616

5) Help Us Change the Hunting Law

http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=391



6) GREAT OPPOSITION AGAINST WWF POLICY CONCERNING SEALHUNTING

7) Stop the Kangaroo Massacre in Australia
8) Stop Israel's Role in the International Primate Trade

9) THE WAR IS OVER BUT THE BRUTAL MASSACRE OF ANIMALS ADVANCES
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Posted: Feb 15, 2008 1:57am
4 Petitions: Stop Horse Slaughter: SIGN to Help ... Sample Letter & More
Feb 13, 2008
Stop Horse Slaughter: SIGN to Help ... 

PLEASE VIEW THIS THREAD AS IT WILL BE UPDATED AND ANYONE CAN JOIN TO ADD MORE TO THIS THREAD OR HOPEFULLY


 
Heads up that the name,it will be changed shortly.This is an animal group,we do have one thread we
keep for all NON-ANIMAL  petitions (We feel It's Important enough that we need to)
Check out the group and Please Take these Actions and Sign the 4 Petitions


Write a letter if you have an address and if you do,please post it for all of us to use.



To All Who Care,TY
Prima


Link to The Group:








http://www.petitiononline.com/GallopBB/petition.html
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2007_horseslaughter_notcosponsor

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What you can do -Please write - Enter your Zip code ! 


Sample Letter Supplied

What you can do


Please write, email, call or fax your Representative and Senators and urge her or him to cosponsor this important legislation.  To find your member click here.

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

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SAMPLE LETTER TO USE WHEN  EVER NEEDED !! 
 


Humanity for Horses 

I just wrote this last night and thought to share it incase anyone needs ideas or to use it as is to help horses.

A letter to members of U.S. Congress,

    I, ________, hereby request that the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act be approved. It is imperative that this act be put in place as soon as possible to see an end to inhumane behavior against these regal, loyal and helpful creatures that we regard as friends. They are a benefit to the world as much as to human kind. Horses have served us throughout time. Regardless of that fact which is no less than an honor to consider, they are magnificent and beautiful to behold. They have every right to peaceful lives free of human inflictions of pain, suffering, and worse; veritable murders such as what they are presently having done to them in slaughter houses abroad.

   We are complicit in any inhumanity shown to horses so long as we do not stand up for their rights to fair treatment in kindness and care through the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act and all that it offers: the prohibition of transport, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling or donation of any horses to be slaughtered for human consumption.

  Please, I urge you to do what is right and humane for horses immediately by supporting the aforementioned act and do so with pride. Doing so will send a clear message to all who make a business of such inhumanity and just as importantly it will lighten your conscience. Thank you sincerely for your consideration and swift action of support. Respectfully,

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Posted: Feb 13, 2008 1:41am
"Anti Fur Society" Petitions: Information.Links/Groups
Feb 10, 2008



4) ANTI-FUR PETITION:  
We also keep one permanent, single petition list which will be good for many requests  per link below. Your signature will enable us to submit many types petitions to organizations such  pro-fur councils, requests to gov't agencies and other related appeals on behalf of fur animals.  By signing this petition, you will agree with the terms of herein referenced letters.
             


How to have your name on the petition:


Just send us an email with your name, city/country  to:
As soon as we receive your message, we'll add your name to it.




PETITIONS WE SUPPORT:

1) Korea--petition to end torture of cat/dog for eating:

2) Anti-Fur Petition to Chinese Embassies worldwide:
 
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If you would like to help fur bearing animals worldwide, join one of our groups online where helping animals is just a few clicks away.  You will be able to sign petitions, write letters on behalf of animals, and many other actions in which you can easily participate.  Most of our groups are dedicated to anti-fur activism with members worldwide, but we also have several groups dedicated to other causes.  Check them out!






ON YAHOO:
ANTI-FUR SOCIETY, USA
This is the main Anti-Fur Society activism group, with anti-fur activists worldwide:

Anti-fur activism in Spanish




Anti-fur activism in French - new group

Anti-fur activism in the Middle East.

Anti-fur activism in Italian

Anti-fur activism in Portuguese

Anti-fur activism for the youth.

Brand new group:
Anti-fur activism in Japan





ON MYSPACE:
ANTI-FUR SOCIETY ON MYSPACE
Anti-fur activism on MYSPACE

Anti-fur activism in France


A hands on group to reach out to animal people in China and around the globe

Help stop the horrific horse slaughter in Mexico, and transportation or US and Canadian horses to be brutally slaughtered in that country.





ON FACEBOOK:
Anti-fur activism for university students.

Anti-fur activism for university students.





ORKUT:


                                                  The anti-fur march, Nov 3rd, was a great success! 

Watch out for the video




 


Fur animals in China suffer one of the most cruel and savage practices ever heard against defenseless beings. The hideous cruelty is hidden from consumers who may not know that each fur article comes with an unimaginable amount of agony.  All this in the name of fashion.
  

                      
The shocking footage from a recent investigation into the Chinese dog and cat fur industry reveals the slaughter of millions of dogs and cats that are bludgeoned, hanged, bled to death, and strangled with wire nooses so that their fur can be turned into trim and trinkets. Their fur is often mislabeled as that of other animals and exported into the United States, the European Union, and other countries, where it may be sold to unsuspecting customers.




BEWARE OF FALSE LABELS:
Dog and cat fur is often falsely labeled to obscure the true source of the fur. Dog fur products have been sold as Gae-wolf, Asian wolf, Asiatic raccoon, China wolf, Corsac fox, Goupee, Pommern wolf, Loup d'Asie, Asian jackal, Dogue de Chine, Sobakigae-wolf, Mongolian dog fur, and Asiatic racoon, Mountain Goat skin, Sakon Makhon lamb, Kou pi, Dog skin plasters (sold in Chinatowns as a cure for rheumatism).  Cat fur has been sold as Housecat, Wild cat, Katzenfelle, Goyangi, Mountain cat, rabbit, maopee, gatto cinesi, natuerliches mittel, and chat de Chine. Fur manufacturers in China told HSUS investigators they could sew any label they asked for onto dog and cat fur products to make them more marketable.



Since 1997, The Humane Society of the United States (HSU has investigated and documented the international trade in dog and cat fur and skins.   This undercover investigation has spanned the globe from source countries in China, the Philippines, and Thailand to retailers and wholesalers in the United States, Russia, and the European Union.



Over two million dogs and cats are slaughtered each year for their furs and skins, mostly in China and other Asian countries. Investigators documented 50,000 to 100,000 cat pelts stockpiled at animal byproduct factories in China.  At least ten dogs are slaughtered to make a single coat – more if puppies are used.  Up to 24 cats are slaughtered to make one fur coat.  Dog and cat fur is used in trims, linings, hats, decorative figurines, and folk remedies. Skins are used in dog chew toys and shoe leather.




The slaughter of these animals is violent and pitiless. Cats are strangled inside their cages as other cats look on. Dogs are noosed about the neck by metal wires, and then slashed across the groin. The wire noose cuts into their throats as they struggle in pain before finally losing consciousness. In Harbin China, HSUS investigators documented a German shepherd still blinking and conscious as he was being skinned. At a dog farm several hours north of Harbin, investigators documented dead dogs hanging from hooks as others, still alive, awaited their fate outside the same cold, dismal room.




An investigator from Swiss Animals Protection/East International said: "Conditions on Chinese fur farms make a mockery of the most elementary animal welfare standards...In their lives and their unspeakable deaths, these animals have been denied even the simplest acts of kindness."

A LIFE OF MISERY BEFORE THEIR BRUTAL DEATH:
Fur-bearing animals are killed by gassing, neck breaking, anal electrocution, clubbing, trapping and injection with poisons so as not to damage their pelts.  These animals live horrendous existences when they are "ranch-raised" on a "fur farm", or are brutally killed in the hands of trappers.  On ranches, they spend their entire lives in tiny, filthy cages and suffer tremendously, many become deranged until they  meet with brutal deaths. The U.S. produces about 10% of the cage-raised fur in the world; 60 to 75% of the fur in coats sold in the U.S. comes from cage-raised animals, and 90% of cage-raised foxes are used in fur-trim.  (HSUS 2004).  Trapping is another incredibly cruel method used on fur bearing animals. Check this link to learn more:  http://www.bancrueltraps.com/f1_cull_about.php



HOW DOES THE DOG & CAT FUR ISSUE AFFECTS US?
Although cat/dog fur has been banned in the U.S., amendments made to the U.S. Fur Products Labeling Act exempt all fur products costing less than $150 from labeling requirements, a price range into which most fur-trimmed garments and accessories fall.  Consequently, it is essentially impossible to know if one is buying a cat or dog fur trimmed item, unless DNA tests are conducted.  The price of a DNA test starts at $500.

Until this loophole is completely closed, one never knows how many dog and cat pelts are making it into the lives of unsuspecting citizens.  Please write to your Reps in Congress and ask them to vote to close this loophole.  Find your reps here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/





 
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ALSO ON YAHOO --   OTHER  ANIMAL CAUSES:

 

This is a hands on group, designed for people with a special interest in helping form animal groups in China.

Brand new group:
To help the desperate situation of abandoned cats and dogs in Greece.

Animal rights activism -- all types.

In Portuguese, this group with over 1600 members, focus in
Brazilian animal issues, mostly rescue,.

Horrific horse slaughter in Mexico.
 
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Gray WolfThe Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act will not only reduce the global warming pollution that is impacting wildlife habitat across the country, this bill puts billions of dollars toward helping wildlife survive a changing climate. Urge your senators to pass the most important wildlife conservation legislation in history.

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Stop Congress from Plowing Over Wildlife

PheasantPrograms that provide 40 million acres of wildlife habitat are on the chopping block as Congress finishes off the new Farm Bill. Help us make sure Congress passes a bill that provides a place for wildlife on America's farms and ranches!

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Put Polar Bears Before Big Oil!

Polar BearThe Bush administration postponed the listing of polar bears as threatened. Why? To sell off a chunk of the bear's habitat for oil and gas development. Urge Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne to put polar bears before Big Oil!

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Sign the Petition Urging America's Top Reporters to Put Candidates in the "Hot" Seat

Television The climate crisis will be one of the biggest challenges facing the next president. But the top Sunday hosts don't seem to think so. In 2007, they asked the presidential candidates 2,275 questions, but only three mentioned global warming. Sign the petition to reporters.

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Protect Waterfowl in the Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Photo by USDAGlobal warming is threatening America's Chesapeake Bay and the millions of ducks, geese and waterfowl that call it home. Urge your representatives to take strong actions to reduce global warming and its impacts on ducks.

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Protect Orcas from Global Warming!

OrcasGlobal warming is threatening Washington's Puget Sound, home to one of America's most amazing orca pods. Urge Congress to support strong global warming pollution reductions and make sure wildlife is protected from a changing climate.

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Protect Florida's Everglades from Development

Five development projects--including two massive golf course communities--threaten an estimated 1,140 acres of wetlands in the Western Everglades, hurting prime wood stork habitat. Voice your concerns with the federal officials in charge.

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