Every day, our need for clean, sustainable energy grows as environmental damage from traditional power harvesting becomes more severe. The United States desperately needs to prevent harm caused by rampant carbon emissions by finding affordable
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]]> Children of all ages are invited to enjoy the spectacle that it is the Ringling Bros. Circus, including clown DJ Dean, Dmitri the Strong Man, Motorcycle Mania, Hand Balancers, and Epic Asian Elephants who are savagely beaten and tortured
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]]> In RENSSELEAR, N.Y, Christopher Rambone, 23, is charged with killing Rudy, a 10 year old Beagle mix owned by his mother-in-law. The incident occurred on May 24, 2012. Rambone was visiting family in Rensselaer when police say the dog possibly bit
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]]> In the calm waters of Eilat Bay in Israel, an unusual white figure was seen bobbing in the cold water. Was it a boat? A pelican? No. It was an Australian sheep, swimming for his life.
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]]> In an opening scene which the organisers say will represent “a traditional and idyllic view of the British countryside”, twelve horses, three cows, two goats, ten chickens, ten ducks, nine geese, seventy sheep and three sheep dogs will be used.


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]]> — A bill to ban “horse tripping” in Oregon went nowhere last year after rodeo advocates convinced lawmakers that the practice doesn’t happen at the state’s big competitions.

Critics also worried that the prohibition might lead people to go after calf
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]]> Knowing how much consumers care about the environment is important since their purchases can make a difference for our planet. An added benefit is that data can give valuable insight into whether consumers have an interest in purchasing sustainable
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]]> Tell the Obama Administration to withdraw its approval and stop Apache's acoustic onslaught before it pushes the last Cook Inlet belugas one tragic step closer to extinction.

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]]> Analysis of traffic at Politics Plus for June.
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]]> Anyone who cares for animals has a responsibility to protect those animals from any potential dangers. But when the Lake Superior Zoo was recently inundated with floods, a startling absence of any emergency response plan led to the unfortunate and
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]]> No contact should be permitted at all. Please tell the Florida government to close this loophole immediately!


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]]> Wakeeta is not enjoying the summer heat or the never ending pressures of raising a growing family. She's exhausted. But she has a naughty secret. A secret she has not even told her kids. A place to rest and recover from the demands of motherhood.
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]]> Please politely urge the Bridge Foursquare Church to cancel the Greased Pig Scramble. And please, spread this alert far and wide!


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]]> Plans are underway to display captive dolphins and other marine animals in a marine park in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. According to a news report, SeaWorld in the U.S. was the inspiration for the proposed marine park—but considering the condemnation that
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]]> The bullet train would cost $68 billion and be the largest infrastructure project in America. It is projected to carry at least 20 million passengers annually with clean electrical power.


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]]> Please write to the Service and ask that all of the owls' critical habitat receive the protection the animals need to recover.


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]]> ''Each year in Tordesillas, a helpless bull is speared to death, in the most cruel and ruthless manner, after being pursued by a relentless crowd, on foot and on horseback, armed with spears of three meters, . Last year his agony lasted 38 minutes,
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]]> However, the zoo at Fantasyland in thumamah, Riyadh Saudi Arabia has lions, tigers, bears, coyotes, hyenas, monkeys in small 3 meter metal cages with no food or water present. With enough signatures, we can ask the Wildlife commission in Saudi Arabia to
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]]> We have had a message from Sandra who has now set up a website which is devoted to stray and suffering animals in Bosnia Herzegovina. The site has been set up in memory of Vucko, the dog who had his face blown off with a firecracker
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]]> The Vicktory dogs at Best Friends, indeed all pit-bull-type dogs everywhere, have lost a true ambassador. Ellen, one of the most affectionate dogs a visitor could hope to meet, passed away peacefully last weekend. At 11 years old, she was one of the older
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]]> Every year, Rajo Sankranti (a mass festival in Odisha, India) is a feast day for the villagers of Srirampur and its neighboring villages under the Pattamundai police limit, where hundreds of animals are killed for the Deity Maa Ramchandi, Srirampur
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]]> I hope this touching story makes your day as it did mine. A single male beaver called "Dad" living near Martinez, California is raising his 3 children on his own. Dad's mate died after getting a bad infection and he was left to care for their three young
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]]> In a moment that embodies the very worst that man can do, a nursing mother dog was shot once in the head and again in a hind leg shortly after giving birth to puppies. The full story is not clear, but what we do know is that she went through horrifying
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]]> Major cosmetics brands Mary Kay, Avon, and Urban Decay have long been known for their cruelty-free product testing policies. Recently, these companies and similar brands have begun to sell their products in China, where animal testing is required by law.
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]]> The killing of our Australian Kangaroo constitutes the biggest land wildlife massacre in this world. Our Kangaroos are being slaughtered by the millions. This includes our big ‘Red’ Western and Eastern Grey Kangaroos as well as our Wallaroos and Euros
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]]> 1,000s of wolves are killed every year when really, they are no threat to humans! Why do people hurt such amazing animals that mean no harm. They are naturally shy around humans, never the one to make the first act of violence. Wolves do NOT eat humans.
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]]> Many people, whether their dog is small and fluffy or a seasoned guard dog, expect that their dog will try to protect their home if it is broken into. That is exactly what Honey Bey, a two-year-old, four-pound Shih Tzu, did when her owner’s Newark,
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]]> Several days ago, truck driver Lawrence Douglas Martin was carrying 600 turkeys through Henry County, Virginia when his truck crashed and he was charged with reckless driving. The company that owned the turkeys did not arrive to the scene until about 6
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]]> Fifty California state parks could close this year because there's no money to maintain them.

There is a way to save these parks for the public. State Senators Joe Simitian and Noreen Evans have put together the Senate Sustainable Parks Proposal,
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]]> The Humane Society of Canada is asking for your help to save the life of "Makoon," a 30 pound male orphaned black bear cub and his companion, a second bear cub, who was never even given a name. Defying common sense and science, regrettably,
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]]> A recent investigation by a consumer watchdog group, The Center for Environmental Health (CEH), has found that one in four handbags sold in retail stores it visited contained a dangerous amount of lead. According to the consumer group, 43 of the 300
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]]> The Frederick Keys minor league baseball team plans on holding an event that includes harming many animals including Capuchin monkeys, doves, sheep and dogs. This event will be held in Frederick, Maryland and will take place on June 22
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]]> The Australian government has rolled out plans that would more than double their number of marine reserves. The total number of parks would jump from the current 27 to 60 if the new plan gets passed.
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]]> Three big oil companies–Soco, Total, and Ophir Energy–are planning to begin oil extraction in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These plans entail seismic tests, forest clearing, underground drilling, installation of oil
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]]> The biochemical oxygen demand test was created in 1920 to measure water pollution. This is frequently used as a guideline to gauge the effectiveness of wastewater treatment plants. Unfortunately, the improper application of this test resulted in the
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]]> Animal cruelty and abuse has become an epidemic in the United States. Lawmakers fail to see the severity of this problem, and our judiciary takes an equally lax stance to punishing animal abusers nationwide. We must make jail time mandatory
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]]> Personal news, a Jig Zone puzzle, 3 short takes, and a homemade cartoon (shown).
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]]> Affair in Ministry of Agriculture: about 50 animals have been killed in one day, killing continues today - inspectors are using a fear of supposed rabies to destroy the best two animal shelters in Croatia!


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]]> The waters around Antarctica are the only oceans on this earth still relatively untouched by human activity. They are home to almost 10,000 unique and diverse species, many of which cannot be found anywhere else on the planet.
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]]> American's Wild Horses and Burros are on the brink of extinction. As long as the BLM kowtows to Cattlemen, Oil & Gas, and other mining operations the animals will get the short end of the stick.

The herds are, with malice aforethought, being reduced
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