On Wednesday, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, announced that, starting Dec. 3, fans can bid for the amazing opportunity to share an evening at one of Betty’s favorite fine dining restaurants for an intimate dinner

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]]> As it stands now, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Sears and KMart will be the first large retail chains to open their doors for bargain hunters at 8 p.m. Many other chains are open Thanksgiving Day, but their Black Friday sales don't start until midnight or Friday m
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]]> When Mrs Halappanavar begged for a medical termination, she was crisply told that it was against the law and that she was in “a Catholic country”. Four days after the baby died, she died of septicaemia
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]]> As our wildlands continue to shrink the least we can do as stewards is to provide connectivity (corridors) from one wildland to the other allowing wild animals to roam as they must do to survive for the long term
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]]> “God, guns and gays” didn’t work this time. The tricks used to divide working people and counter populist appeals backfired.
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]]> President Obama will likely decide early next year. As he looks to his priorities in his second term, and to the legacy of his presidency, we need to send an immediate, unambiguous message right now.
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]]> With the help of online organizing and Our Walmart, Walmart workers are gearing up for a walkout on Black Friday. The workers hope to highlight what they say is the unfairness of having to work for low wages, in poor conditions, while Walmart profits.
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]]> When the United Nations commemorates World Toilet Day next week, there will be a lingering question in the minds of activists: how best can water and sanitation be given high priority in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the U.N.’s post
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]]> Now, Myanmar is undergoing a stunning democratic transformation, its citizens are granted more freedoms, and the world is opening up to them. With this opening up comes a relaxing of trade restrictions, which may unfortunately bring disaster to Myanmar's
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]]> Duke University's lemur center is open to public for tours, and the lemurs don't seem to mind human visitors. Just don't touch!
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]]> Personal news, a Jig Zone puzzle, 3 short takes, and a homemade cartoon (shown).
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]]> Personal news, a Jig Zone puzzle, 3 short takes, and a homemade cartoon (shown).
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]]> Refugees held on Nauru say more than 300 men are taking part in the indefinite hunger strike, which has now entered its second week.
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]]> The Obama administration publicly committed to tackling the risks associated with industrial animal agriculture, and now is the time for action. Please urge the White House to move forward on rules to protect us from CAFO pollution& the misuse of antib
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]]> Since the European Union began allowing visa-free travel for Serbs and Macedonians, there has been a sharp increase in Roma from the Balkans applying for asylum. Despite the difficulties, Germany remains the promised land for those in the slums of Skopje
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]]> Pressure from the Catholic Church, social stigma, a lack of information about sexuality and reproductive health and limited access to reproductive healthcare services are putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of women across Eastern Europe at risk.
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]]> Applaud Southwestern Energy Company for its efforts to restore Arkansas’ Little Red River
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]]> The hugely controversial wolf hunt in the U.S. has spread from the western U.S. (Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming) to the Midwest (Minnesota and Wisconsin) this year.

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]]> Many of the Indian tribes in Michigan are opposed to this legislation right now, and that’s primarily because they feel the wolf has a special status for them. It figures importantly in many of their creation stories.
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]]> "Hell, some of the finest meat you will ever eat is a fat yearling colt," he said in an interview in May. "What is wrong with taking all those BLM horses they got all fat and shiny and setting up a kill plant?"
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]]> Across Appalachia, coal companies are blowing up mountains, clear-cutting ancient forests, burying streams, & contaminating waters—forever altering in the most extreme way possible our nation’s landscape & contaminating drinking water supplies for local
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]]> Climate-minded voters were pleased to see President Obama reelected on Tuesday, and to hear him call out "the destructive power of a warming planet" in his victory speech. But they also scored some notable wins in state houses and Congress this year.
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]]> Over 100 rockets, mortar shells hit South in past 24 hours, Israeli officials weigh "dramatic response."
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]]> Sen. Charles Schumer, the third ranking Senate Democrat, said Sunday that he and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham will officially restart immigration reform talks that crumbled two years ag
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]]> So, as we donate to disaster relief we’re also calling on Big Oil to do the same. We’re asking them to take the millions they’re spending to buy climate silence this election and donate it to climate relief instead.It's time to make polluters pay for the
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]]> Some find it hard to understand why animals are a key concern in disasters engulfing human lives, but owners feel an attachment and responsibility to their pets, said Niki Dawson, director of disaster services for the Humane Society of the United States

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]]> Army Lt. Col. Jeff Yarvis looked out at the cemetery where 41-year-old Army Lt. Col. David Cabrera, believed to be the first military social work officer killed in action by enemy fire, would be buried this day.
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]]> Wyoming’s wolves will be getting their day in court. Today, Defenders of Wildlife — along with our colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity, all represented by Earthjustice
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]]> Maegan was one of 20,272 people who applied for one of the 1,160 permits that were issued for the remaining 116 wolves. She was not chosen.
SO INSTEAD GOT ONE TRANSFERRED! POACHED!!! TIME FOR ACTION!!!
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]]> Shelby County, Alabama, is seeking to have Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the law that first guaranteed the right of blacks in the South to vote, declared unconstitutional.
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]]> Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has long proven herself a committed leader on combating illegal wildlife tracking, and on Thursday, November 8th she looked to strengthen her commitment
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]]> Two weeks after the storm, many thousands are still out of their homes and thousands more have no power. A long stretch of the East Coast looks like it lost a war
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]]> A Thai national who pled guilty to organising bogus trophy hunts to sell rhino horns on the international black market was sentenced to 40 years in a South African jail.
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]]> While Facebook will take down pages and block users who expose violence to humans and animals in animal-using industries, they will defend pages and users who glorify and celebrate violence to animals that they deem “socially acceptable.”
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]]> In all the pundit chatter leading up to and in the aftermath of Tuesday's re-election of President Obama, the most intriguing talk was about actress and Obama activist Judd as a potential U.S. Senate candidate in her former home, Kentucky, or Tennessee.
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]]> In days, Nigeria's Parliament could approve a $5 billion fine against giant oil polluter Shell for a spill that devastated the lives of millions of people, and pass a law to hold all oil companies to account for polluting and plundering
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]]> it's true home pregnancy tests can detect some types of testicular cancer in men, experts say - but the tests would not be useful as a screening tool.

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]]> Injured animals left without treatment overnight, animals PTS when rescue group wants them, missing animals, free food to breeders. Pit bull fostered without neutering to man with NO address & who tried to steal other unaltered pitties for his "kennel".
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]]> Residents of the northeastern United States, still reeling from the havoc Sandy wreaked October 29 on the region, learned Wednesday that the same holds true for snow and wind, which buffeted the coast in the form of a nor'easter.
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]]> President Obama’s decisive victory over Mitt Romney served as a clinic in 21st-century politics, reflecting expanded power for black and Hispanic voters, dominance among women, a larger share of young voters and even a rise in support among Asians.
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]]> Giffords was seriously wounded when Loughner walked up and shot her in the head during her meet-and-greet event with constituents outside a Tucson grocery store on January 8, 2011. A federal judge, a congressional aide and four others were killed
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]]> Stop permitting businesses to pollute Virginian waterways
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]]> Wells Fargo and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department pulled a gun on a sick cancer patient, my good friend Niko Black, and evicted her from her home in California -- in violation of a court order saying she could stay put.
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]]> A video shot at a protest rally held in the West Bank on Friday, captured an uncanny moment, showing how Palestinian protesters use children to needle IDF soldiers in hope of provoking a violent response. The girl, Ahd Tamimi, with Abbas in photo.
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