Prevent farming, ranching, and hunting from threatening the jaguar population of Brazil
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]]> To demand an end to live exports and secure a better future for Australian farmers write to the Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig.
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]]> Since the late 1990s, beekeepers around the world have observed the mysterious and sudden disappearance of bees, and report unusually high rates of decline in honeybee colonies. Bees make more than honey - they are key to food production
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]]> This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering the House Farm Bill, legislation that will set policy for many federal agricultural programs. Several Members of Congress have proposed amendments to the Farm Bill to improve the treatment
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]]> It's time for Washington to make laws that protect us from harmful chemicals, not laws that protect the companies that make those chemicals! A new bill has been introduced in Congress, and it is unacceptable— Senator Boxer’s leadership today is crucial
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]]> 222 million women today lack access to modern contraception— that’s 222 million women who can’t plan their fertility or their lives. Demand that the U.S. government take action to help women gain access to methods of contraception and live healthy lives
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]]> The tragic incident of a young black bear killed by police on May 31, 2013, as he wandered through backyards of Uniontown in Ohio, can only be described as an unjustifiable, misguided and a tragic overreaction by police officials.
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]]> Currently it's legal for trappers to kill unlimited numbers of bobcats in California to sell in places like China and Russia on the commercial fur market. It's even legal to trap along the borders of national parks and other protected areas -- last year
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]]> Eliminate loophole within California’s foie gras ban
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]]> Urge Washington University to cease using live cats within all pediatric medical training courses
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]]> Shut down a zoo that can’t provide clean water for its animals
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]]> Stop corporations from labeling peaceful protestors as terrorists
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]]> Weary of Monsanto corn? Want to avoid GMO potatoes?

There’s an app for that.

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]]> Current methods of electrical energy generation consume large amounts of non-renewable resources and emit considerable pollution into our environment. Consequently, there has been a recent increase in the public interest in reducing our individual and
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]]> The interior of the Earth is an inherently obscure and mysterious realm—so hidden and inaccessible from surficial observers that it’s long fired the imaginations of science-fiction writers as a redoubt of mythical and prehistoric beasts, wild landscapes
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]]> A new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum showcases over 100 extraordinary images of the universe.
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]]> Pictures of deserts seen from space.
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]]> This stray walked into my life. That was my Christmas gift. Soon after, I got a birthday gift.
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]]> As Chair of ASEAN, Myanmar would be well served to address the illegal wildlife trade. It is not only an environmental issue, but has economic, security, and health implications.
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]]> Campaigning community Avaaz got 750,000 people to sign up to an online petition to ban South Africa's lion bone trade. But how has it turned those clicks into action?
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]]> More than 100 violations of federal animal welfare laws and guidelines were reported by 2012 USDA inspections of animals in testing and research at the University of California San Francisco, (UCSF).
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]]> Starting on January 1st, 2014, any sexual act with an animal will be punishable by a fine, a maximum prison sentence of two years, or both, even if the animal shows no sign of injury or suffering. Until the new legislation, sex with animals was only
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]]> The biggest uranium mine in the United States is being planned by a joint venture of two corporations: Strathmore Minerals of Canada and Sumitomo of Japan. The proposed Roca Honda underground uranium mine is in the Mount Taylor District, which is part
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]]> The Hvalur whaling company is Iceland’s biggest whaler. Its managing director is Kristjan Loftsson. He could kill up to 184 endangered fin whales in 2013!
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]]> Every year, hundreds of dolphins are killed in brutal hunts in Taiji, Japan. Those not killed are sold for large sums of money and flown to marine parks around the world. This money funds the slaughter so that the hunts can continue.
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]]> Urge Congress to implement the Klamath Settlement Agreements. These agreements are the best solution for Klamath Basin residents and other stakeholders – it’s time to put them into action.
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]]> Provide justice to woman sexually assaulted in a courtroom and then arrested for protesting
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]]> Stop the recent trend of abandoning pets in the Wisconsin town of Fond du Lac
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]]> At least 24 states prohibit keeping primates as pets. Michigan already prohibits keeping big cats, bears and wolf hybrids as pets, and we must add primates to the list before another person is injured or killed.
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]]> More than two thirds of the Earth's surface is covered by water — a precious life source — yet it has become a dumping ground for human trash. Every year, ocean trash, mainly plastic, kills more than 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and
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]]> River and wetland habitat for threatened black bears is at risk. Take action!

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]]> The Denham-Schrader amendment to the Farm Bill would improve the treatment of hundreds of millions of egg-laying hens. It would nearly double the amount of space each hen receives, require labeling on egg cartons to tell consumers how birds were raised,
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]]> Today Missy is brave, easy-going, playful, and full of energy. It’s very hard to think of her stuck in small cages no bigger than a coat closet when she runs, full speed, across the open-air enclosure of Young’s Hill and scrambles up tall posts without a
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]]> Air pollution is on the rise again in Colorado and our air can't handle more pollution – from any source – and we must do everything we can to make sure the air our children breathe won't make them sick.

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]]> Stop “conservation” plan that involves renting out endangered Sumatran tigers to wealthy citizens
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]]> Commend Edison’s decision to shut down a outdated and dangerously located reactor and urge them to invest in renewable energy
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]]> Commend The Urban Resource Institute for allowing those fleeing domestic violence to bring their pets
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]]> Do not shoot stray animals in front of residents
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]]> Create stronger and more efficient regulations for New York’s pet dealer industry
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]]> Each year at least 2,000 endangered loggerhead sea turtles are caught by shark and halibut fishermen off the southern peninsula of Mexico's Baja California. The turtles drown after being accidentally hooked on longline gear or entangled in gillnets; then
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]]> An important pair of corals urgently needs your help. Elkhorn and staghorn corals are being deprived of a recovery plan that would help guide management necessary for their conservation.

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]]> A new study, published in Nature Communications, has found that one of the major reasons behind the loss of coral reefs can be found on what is happening on land. After looking a deforestation rates and scenarios, the scientists were able to find
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]]> As social interest increases worldwide on the path towards more environmentally friendly and green options, the next big challenge in the field of engineering is to concoct green alternatives to the fundamentals of daily life.
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]]> For all of the benefits pine trees can offer, they also suffer from their share of problems. One of the most common and most vexing is when your pine tree starts losing its needles. When this happens, it can spell the death of the tree.
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]]> Canine seizures are life threatening and frightening. Here's what to do if your dog has one
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]]> These 3 puppies faced rejection after the storm, but one determined rescuer helped them through
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]]> The crew in Alaska believed Cutie had perished -- until they came back to salvage the craft
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]]> Summer starts soon, and with it comes hot weather. Here are ways to protect your cat.
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]]> Big cats get larger home as revamp roars ahead
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]]> A young yak herder, Wangchuk, captured this footage of snow leopards with camera traps provided by the Bhutan Foundation and biologist Tshewang Wangchuk, also a National Geographic Waitt grantee. The yak herder, Wangchuk (who goes by only one name),
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