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Amnesty International USA: Child Execution in Iran
World  (tags: child executions, Iran war )

Birdie
- 16 days ago - amnestyusa.org
Amnesty International recently issued a major report Iran: the last executioner of children, As of May 2009, there were at least 137 known juvenile offenders awaiting execution in Iran.
98 comments
The Poisoning of Kenyas Lions
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, cats, conservation, crime, cruelty, death, environment, extinction, ethics, endangered, habitat, humans, investigation, killed, killing, protection, sadnes )

Gorilly
- 17 days ago - baraza.wildlifedirect.org
Again I implore you to watch and comment. Another SERIOUS PLIGHT OF MINE!!! CARBOFURAN KILLS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Gorilly Hugs
20 comments
Why Do We Hunt?
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, death, environment, cruelty, humans, habitat, killed, killing, protection, sadness, slaughter, society, suffering, wildanimals, wildlife )

Gorilly
- 22 days ago - cic-wildlife.org
This year there was a Special two-part Session to take an in-depth look at the Changing Role of Hunting in North American Conservation. The first session of the program dealt with the human value, motivation and the importance of hunting in human terms.
193 comments
The Wolf That Changed America - Video: Full Episode
Society & Culture  (tags: society, culture, humans, animals, wolf, lobo, blanca, wildlife, environment, wilderness, preservation, Ernest Thompson Seton, bounty, hunter, american, history )

Tom
- 26 days ago - pbs.org
This is the amazing true story behind the Disney movie "The Legend of Lobo." In 1893, the outcome of a battle of wits between a bounty hunter and a super-wolf would leave a lasting effect on a new and growing movement in America: wilderness preservation.
31 comments
Doe Shot in Jaw Lived for 4 Days in Suffering   video
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, conservation, cruelty, death, humans, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals, wildanimals, sadness, society )

Gorilly
- 15 days ago - youtube.com
A few days ago I got a letter from a women named Marilyn in e-mail telling me about a doe who was shot in her lower jaw. I saw the one photo she sent me and I was so shocked and the pain this animal must have endured.
109 comments
The Killing Fields... of Virunga
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, conservation, cruelty, environment, habitat, humans, wildlife, wildanimals, wildanimals, suffering, protection )

Gorilly
- 17 days ago - gorillacd.org
In each area of Virunga poachers operate in different ways. This means that they use different kinds of traps to catch wild animals - whether it be antelope, buffaloes, elephants or rodents
24 comments
Dog Thrown Off Bridge in Lithuania Dies
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, dogs, death, killing, killed, investigation, law, cruelty, crime )

Echo
- 5 days ago - blogs.dogtime.com
GRRRR. Despite earlier reports that she was expected to survive, the dog thrown off a bridge in Lithuania has died, according to the Lithuanian website that has been credited with helping to track down the man who was videotaped doing the deed. RIP Pepper
86 comments
Shooting of Collared Wolves Impacts Research
Animals  (tags: animals, wolves, wolf, yellowstone, montana, suffering, endangered, cruelty, extinction, killing, sadness, death, hunters, investigation, wildlife, protection, humans, environment, habitat, research, science, biology, study )

Tom
- 27 days ago - billingsgazette.com
Yellowstone National Park's scientific research on wolves got caught in the crossfire of Montana's inaugural wolf season when hunters killed two collared wolves just north of the park earlier this month. "They (the wolves) got caught off guard."
24 comments
Measuring the Daily Destruction of the World's Rainforests
Environment  (tags: trees, forests, Habitat Destruction, rainforest destruction )

Chris
- 8 days ago - scientificamerican.com
Most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily ... Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day--or some 50,000 species a year--as the forests fall.
80 comments
Fate of Cottonwood Pack Uncertain
Animals  (tags: animals, wolves, wolf, cottonwood, pack, fate, yellowstone, montana, suffering, endangered, cruelty, extinction, killing, sadness, death, hunters, investigation, wildlife, protection, humans, environment, habitat, research, science, biology, study )

Tom
- 26 days ago - billingsgazette.com
Animal rights advocates and environmentalists have said the killing of the pack's two alpha wolves, as well as a collared female and pup, will result in the death of the pack's remaining wolves. The survivors include four adult gray males and two pups.
18 comments
Climate Chief Lord Stern: Give Up Meat to Save the Planet
Environment  (tags: environment, cows, pigs, methane, meat, CO2emissions, climatechange, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, conservation, climate, pollution, wildlife, world, oceans, destruction, water, animals, science, research )

Tom
- 26 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
"Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better." Direct emissions of methane from cows and pigs is a significant source of greenhouse gases.
30 comments
Monarch of the Bush Is POACHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animalwelfare, animals, conservation, crime, cruelty, death, environment, extinction, humans, killed, sadness, slaughter, society, wildanimals, wildlife, wildanimals, suffering )

Gorilly
- 18 days ago - predatoraware.wildlifedirect.org
They killed the Elephant with a poisonous arrow and a spear. It was a horrendous death for this poor animal.
41 comments
Spain: Sadistic, Sick in the Head Spanish Teenage Thugs Torture and Kill Donkey During 'Celebrations'
Animals  (tags: evil sadistic cruelty, donkey, torured, spanish teenagers, authorities )

Simone
- 26 days ago - serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com
A dozen 17-year-olds sadistically tortured a hapless donkey by beating her up and raping her with a broomstick destroying her insides yesterday in Torreorgaz, Extremadura,
111 comments
14 Heartworm Positive Dogs Need Donations for Treatment!!!
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, animaladvocates, AnimalWelfare, animals, animalwelfare, death, dogs, pets, protection, rescued, sadness, society, suffering )

Barbara
- 3 days ago - snipurl.com
The Darlington County Humane Society currently has 14 dogs featured on the Help For Hearts program that are Positive for Heartworm disease. They each need money to be able to be treated and get back to a healthy life. Can you help them please? $10? $5?
42 comments
"INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY" : SIGN PETITION!
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, politics, sadness, news, government, ethics, rights )

Kat
- 20 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Do you really want to celebrate the legacy of a man who committed heinous crimes against the Indigenous people of the Caribbean and throughout the Americas? Indian governments and the people they represent are requesting that the federal government...
61 comments
 
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