Thursday, October 09, 2008


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]]> HARRISBURG, Pa. - Sammy, a Shetland sheepdog, wouldn't touch his food, retreating to a corner of the yard and devouring mouthfuls of dirt -- behavioral oddities his owner later learned came from a lifetime of abuse as a "stud" in a large puppy mill.
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]]> Palm oil companies are clearing massive swathes of untouched forest in Indonesia's remote easternmost Papua region, environmental group Greenpeace said Friday.
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]]> Baghdad's mentally ill people, their numbers swollen by the trauma of living under Saddam Hussein, remain sadly neglected despite many promises of help by US representatives.
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]]> Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. Bad news for republicans.
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]]> "I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110 (a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act," investigator Steve Branchflower concluded in the panel's 263-page report. A long time RepubliCON liar. So help me God!
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]]> ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Associated Press) -- Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday.
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]]> OIPA INDIA & PFA Haryana lodged complaint with the Delhi Police for legal actions against the offenders & to rescue the animals,now under RTI Act, 2005 we needs clarification from the AIIMS administration about the report submitted by the committee &so on
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]]> The decision Thursday sets the stage for state lawmakers to release a report on their investigation Friday. The report could prove to be an embarrassment for Palin and a distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign in the final weeks of the race.
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]]> To understand the meaning of Palin’s “victory,” it must be seen in the context of two ominous developments that directly preceded it. Just hours before the debate began, the McCain campaign pulled out of Michigan. That state is ground zero for the collaps
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]]> Dear Governor Palin:

We write to express our deep concern over what appears to be an unfortunate realignment underway in our state where challenging conditions in many rural communities are forcing a migration to urban cities. A prosperous, culturally
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]]> BOISE, Idaho: – After nearly 10 years of working in the field with livestock producers and agency officials, Defenders of Wildlife has released a comprehensive guide that outlines a wide range of nonlethal methods that are working to reduce livestock
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]]> Every yr, Israeli Jews take part in olive harvest to protect Palestinian growers from hostile settlers & to make army & police enforce their right to farm their land. RHR has had to maximise volunteer n°s because of growing incidence of settler violence.
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]]> When you promote a grotesque program like Governor Sarah Palin’s Alaska wolf slaughter, you can expect gruesome results.A startling example: In June, after gunning down 14 adult wolves from a helicopter, officials from Governor Palin’s Department of Fis
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]]> There are so many alternatives replacing experiments on animals, OIPA needs information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi & demands the legal action against the offenders & animals rescue.
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]]> Australia claims to have the best regulated live animal export trade in the world. But regulation is one thing, and enforcement is entirely another.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-live-exporting-of-animals-from-australia-for-slaughter
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]]> Keith Olbermann's Countdown plays clips from recent Republican rallies where the candidates stir up their supporters' blood lust for Obama. Shouts from the crowd included, "Treason!" and "Kill him!" They complain about him being compared to Christ but...
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]]> If you live in California or have friends/family in CA please make sure they know about Proposition 2 and strongly urge them to vote "YES"! It would mean big positive change for farm animals. Check out this Larry King interview with Wayne Pacelle of HSUS:
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]]> With economy worsening, working-class voters slowly warm to Obama and away from McCain
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]]> On Wednesday, October 15th, Bob Schieffer will moderate the last debate between presidential candidates Senator McCain and Senator Obama.Please urge Mr. Scheiffer to ask the candidates about their plans for helping America's children.
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]]> A manatee, normally found in warm tropical waters, is cruising the waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Wildlife officials there are keeping an eye on the adult manatee and waiting for a Florida rescue team to arrive and take it back home.
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]]> Life on Earth is disappearing fast with man inflicting most of the damage. On land more species face oblivion because of loss of habitat, hunting and climate change while in the oceans pollution and the side effects of fishing are taking a huge toll.
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]]> NEW YORK – With major bank closings and mergers taking Wall Street by storm, American Indian-focused investment programs and individual Indians who work in the finance sector have already ended up on the cutting block.
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]]> Palin has taken to smearing Obama. But it's her own record that continues to yield alarming information, undermining her skills and credibility...
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]]> 07 Oct 2008
‘Nurseries of the seas’ needing protection
The survival of species critical to the livelihoods of millions - such as those in the "nusery grounds" of the Coral Triangle - is being called into question in the wake of the
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]]> The Jigawa Summit, if it achieves its objectives, will become the best platform for constructing a new approach to begin to eradicate poverty; its salient feature is that it disavows the top-to-bottom approach that has not significantly achieved much for
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]]> Protecting the Special Places in the Sea
World-scale marine reserves—places where no fishing or other extractive activity is allowed—protect our global marine heritage for future generations and celebrate our shared ocean legacy.

Building on the hi
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]]> http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/marine-reserves/roadmap-to-recovery
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]]> The orphan is one of only 15,000 endangered white rhinos left in the world, driven toward extinction by an illegal trade in rhino horn used for aphrodisiacs in China and dagger handles in the Middle East.


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]]> KATMAI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska -- The hunt for bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve opened Monday, much to the anger of bear-viewing guides and biologists.Please watch the video on grizzlybay.org !!!!!!
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]]> More than 200 dogs rescued from a puppy mill north of Montreal. This is the second major puppy mill bust the CSPCA and HSI/Canada have conducted in less than a week.
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]]> As if it's not bad enough that about 1/4 of marine mammals are threatened (with 35% being data deficient), scientists at the World Conservation Congress are now reporting that the background noise in our oceans has gotten so loud that it's killing them -
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]]> When PETA received complaints accusing Clay County, Florida, officials of intentionally placing a dog from the county animal shelter in a closed vehicle and leaving the animal there for an entire hour in mid-afternoon heat, we almost couldn't believe it.
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]]> London - East: former U.S. officer admitted to the theft of fuel from the U.S. military in Iraq worth 40 million dollars.

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]]> Goats that produce spider silk in their milk. Pigs with mouse DNA to improve their digestion. These animals aren't freaks of nature--they're created by man through genetic engineering. The jury is still out on the safety of these animals for human consu
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]]> Bob is back in the hospital. The picture above is an updated picture of Bob taken on September 20th, 2008. He is on oxygen and definitely needs our assistance. Bob B. is a 100% disabled veteran and is going to be living alone as of January...
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]]> "Iranian heavy artillery bombarded at 12 midnight yesterday for an hour and regions Rzkp Mardo and Hnaop and Arkp, about 15 kilometers from the Iranian border without casualties
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]]> CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The South African government said Thursday that it will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade.

The Convention on Internatio
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]]> Indonesian authorities have pledged to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands.

Representatives of the island's 10 provinces, national government and the environment group WWF launched th
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]]> Hundreds of new marine species and previously uncharted undersea mountains and canyons have been discovered in the depths of the Southern Ocean, Australian scientists said Wednesday.

A total of 274 species of fish, ancient corals, mollusks, crustacean
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]]> A mouse bit a venomous viper to death after it was thrown into the snake's cage as a lunchtime snack.The tiny rodent killed the snake after a fierce 30-minute battle, emerging with "barely a scratch on him", according to on person who saw the fight.



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]]> Orcas are known for the precision of their displays in sealife centres around the world but rarely are such performances witnessed in the wild.However, wildlife photographer Rolf Hicker captured this trio off Northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
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]]> WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism Wednesday about a federal judge's limits on naval sonar exercises off Southern California to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals.
The case, which pits military against environmental inte
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]]> VANCOUVER, British Columbia--— Environmentalists are taking the Canadian government to court, demanding it use the country’s Species at Risk Act to protect killer whales off British Columbia.

Ecojustice, on behalf of eight environmental organizations,
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]]> A place where tourists can pet tigers just like they do their cats, here’s something
you don’t see every day.
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]]> BARCELONA (AFP) - Half to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin colonies could be damaged or wiped out if global temperatures are allowed to climb by more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a report released Wednesday.
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]]> JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A national animal-rights group has asked State Attorney Harry Shorstein to launch a criminal investigation of Clay County's Animal Control after that office conducted an experiment by locking a dog in an un-air conditioned truck for
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]]> Americans are becoming increasingly aware of how and where food is raised. Proposition 2 would ban the confinement of animals in a way that keeps them from being able to stand, sit, lie down, turn around and extend their limbs. Say NO to Factory Farming!
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