Gap still has not gotten the message, while protesters rally at their annual shareholders meeting and arrests were made.
Let's tell them again!
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]]> In unusual move, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry phones Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren to demand explanations, voice protest.
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]]> In a comprehensive counterterrorism speech Thursday at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., Mr. Obama said, "There is no justification beyond politics for Congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened."
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]]> In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.
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]]> To make the private ownership of big cats illegal.
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]]> As a citizen of the world, I am writing to you to demand that your government says NO to the commercialisation of genetically engineering (GE) corn in Mexico.
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]]> Critically endangered Javan leopards have been caught on digital camera traps in West Java. If you have been following conservation news, you know that the Formosan Cloud Leopard was recently declared extinct. They were driven into extinction by human
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]]> If his mother could see him now—her beloved boy, alive and well, and cherished, in a land of love and plenty. If she could see the way he sauntered out of the rescue trailer, swift and surefooted as a deer, the way he glided into this welcoming world
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]]> Please write to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), asking them to stop funding animal experiments with your taxpayer dollars, and to instead fund research that is relevant to human health.
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]]> It is time for Congress to act again to preserve and protect our last wild buffalo
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]]> Albatrosses and petrels are some of the most endangered birds on the planet. Unfortunately, these magnificent birds die tragic deaths—they become entangled in fishing lines and are drowned.
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]]> It's shameful that Yahoo! profits from the slaughter of endangered and protected species -- and that it allows the sale of contaminated food products.
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]]> Nestled away in the tall pines of East Texas is a place where the big cats are free to roam and roar as they please.
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]]> While Ty reclined drowsily in the back of Vernon Yates' white pickup, about a dozen reporters and photographers stood less than 2 feet from his open cage, snapping photos of him - and of themselves, standing within inches of the 400-pound Siberian tiger
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]]> While the growth of the Siberian tiger population has provided some comfort to animal protection experts, increasing human-tiger conflicts in northeast China have created new challenges.

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]]> Scottish wildcats, the U.K.’s only remaining species of wild feline, look a little bit like adorable grey tabbies, slightly on the large size, with a bushy striped tail. But the species lived in Scotland long before any domestic relatives—or humans—
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]]> New research suggests that the overall warming of the world due to greenhouse gases is melting the tallest mountain: Mount Everest. Presented during a conference co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Cancun, Mexico, the authors of the
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]]> Painting can always seem like a daunting task. Choosing the right color can be very difficult and you can’t always be sure that the color you do choose will actually turn out looking like what you anticipated. Then there’s the actual process of
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]]> If you love to travel but also care about the environment, it can be difficult to strike a balance between the two. It is near impossible to travel without a carbon footprint unless you intend to walk the entire journey, but there are holidays and
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]]> Although anyone can decide to renovate their home to make it more energy-efficient, there are some areas that place an emphasis on using green building techniques. Either way, however, it is possible to have an energy-efficient house anywhere in the
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]]> Revoke the permit of a hog farm’s expansion near a major river and water source for local citizens
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]]> Improve protection and treatment of orcas in captivity.
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]]> Last week brought bad news about the treatment of pigs in U.S. slaughterhouses. A report released by USDA’s Office of the Inspector General [PDF] found that USDA inspectors fail to punish serious animal welfare violations at pig slaughterhouses.
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]]> Canada’s Species At Risk Act (SARA) is endangered. The federal government is considering changing it. At stake is a large part of our nation’s natural legacy: whales, sea lions, wolves, caribou and thousands of other species struggling to survive.
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]]> Geoje Sea World is planning a new facility, to be named Geoje Dolphin Park, slated for construction in South Korea. GSW applied for permits to import 4 beluga whales from Russia and 15 dolphins from Japan - all wild caught. It is proven that dolphins
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]]> The U.S. Forest Service wants to let the coal industry invade one of Colorado’s treasured forest roadless areas. Send a letter today calling on the Obama Administration to keep our forests safe from dirty energy.
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]]> Our parks are facing a barrage of threats ranging from overdevelopment, pollution, mining, drilling and logging, as well as crumbling roads and facilities. Despite these threats, if Congress doesn’t act, funds for our parks will be slashed within months
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]]> We have until June 1st to stop endangered fin whales from being slaughtered by Icelandic commercial whalers. After a two-year hiatus, Icelandic whalers are preparing to hunt these peaceful denizens of the sea, harpooning the animals and then pursuing
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]]> Please take a minute to ask Hartford Hospital CEO Jeffrey Flaks to immediately replace the use of live pigs in his hospital’s Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses. We have provided text for you, but if you decide to write your own
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]]> Stop the Navy from bombarding whales with deadly sonar and explosives.
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]]> Retract permits to build more coal mines in tiger habitats and support more research for cleaner energy sources
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]]> Ask the FWS to expand protection for endangered tigers to save them from global hunting and trafficking
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]]> Place webcams for video surveillance in slaughterhouses and factory farms to watch for improper procedures and inhumane handling of animals.

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]]> The Asiatic Black Bear, also called the Moon Bear, is held in captivity to harvest bile, a digestive juice stored in the gall bladder. When extracted, the bear's bile is for sale as an ingredient in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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]]> Loaded terminology like "entitlements" and "welfare" skews the debate and alters America. Here's how it works.
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]]> Skate4Life, a new international outreach initiative recently brought skateboarding to Gaza, allowing youth to learn a new activity while engaging with outsiders from the international community.
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]]> It's becoming an annual tradition: Spring rolls around, and while nobody is looking, Wall Street quietly lays siege to Washington and reaches a hand out to yank the last remaining teeth out of the government's financial regulatory head.
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]]> Los Angeles joins more than 175 cities in national push for constitutional amendment!
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]]> "The federal civilian courts are now our last option," says Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Attorney. The plaintiffs include CCR and journalists Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, Kevin Gosztola, Glenn Greenwald, Julian Assange, and Chase Madar.
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]]> An unprecedented new legal case could allow corporations to use the courts to do their bidding -- anonymously.
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]]> Maria Alyokhina, an imprisoned member of punk band Pussy Riot, has declared a hunger strike in protest against a court's decision not to allow her to personally attend a hearing on her possible parole release.
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]]> Oil giant knew of dangerous toxins in Arkansas' Lake Conway, yet claimed waterway was "oil free".
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