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Rallying Cry: Dongria Stand Firm Against Vedanta Mine 13 June 2013
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, culture, environment, family, government, rights, society, destruction, habitatdestruction, nature, endangered, health, prevention )

Marjolein
- 5 days ago - survivalinternational.org
Dongria leader Lodu Sikaka said, 'We are not going to let go of Niyamgiri. We are not going to leave Niyamgiri, our Mother Earth.Members of the Dongria Kondh tribe, for example, collect over 200 foods from their forests, as well as other products for meds
31 comments
Tell Energy Secretary Moniz: Don't Encourage Expanded Fracking.
Environment  (tags: Fracking, Moniz, environment, destruction, pollution, water, energy )

Angelika
- 5 days ago - act.credoaction.com
It's clear the Obama administration wants to green-light fracked gas exports. But, as energy secretary, Moniz has a lot of leverage in the administration to push back against pressure from the White House to approve fracked gas exports.
29 comments
Revisiting the Restored Sisquoc River
Environment  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, environment, GoodNews, government, habitat, nature, wildlife, water, Sustainabililty, protection )

JL
- 5 days ago - americanrivers.org
With the dam gone, steelhead swam past the old barrier site and repopulated the upper-stretches of Horse Creek. -
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Wild Animals as Pets and Products - Start the Fight Back | WSPA
Animals  (tags: environment, protection, wildlife, abuse, wildanimals, animalrights, animalcruelty, pets, tigers )

Candy
- 5 days ago - takeaction.wspa.org.uk
Infant monkeys dressed up as dolls.Tigers skinned for their fur and their bones used to make a tonic. Crocodiles kept in tanks as someone's status pet. Bears trapped in cages for decades on end,
23 comments
Ban Tennessee Walking Horse Competition ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The high-stepping gait of horses that wins prizes in the show ring is obtained by torturing horses. It's called "soring"- and it involves whipping, kicking, shocking and using caustic chemicals on the front legs of horses in order to cause pain,
65 comments
Tell Indonesia- Tigers Are Not "Pet Rentals" ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, endangered, environment, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, tigers )

Cher
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
With less than 400 critically endangered Sumatran tigers left in the wild, Indonesian officials have proposed a conservation plan which would allow wealthy citizens to have tigers as pets for a fee,- about $107,000 per pair.
108 comments
China- Save the Elephants in Vietnam From Extinction ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, killing, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
With China's demand for ivory fueling poaching of the elephant (both the Asian and the African elephant), elephant populations in Vietnam have plummeted from 2,000 in 1990, to only a few dozen left in 2012.
116 comments
U.S.- Ban the Declawing of Cats ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, cats, suffering )

Cher
- 5 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Recently, Israel has banned the practice of declawing cats. It joins other countries,- Australia, Brazil, United Kingdom, Finland, Estonia, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It's time for the United States to ban this inhumane practice
70 comments
What the Ice Is Telling Us
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, nature, climate-change, protection )

Cher
- 5 days ago - takepart.com
Since the release of 'An Inconvenient Truth,' Earth's ice has been speaking loudly and clearly to scientists--and the message is terrifying.
16 comments
Please Stop Horse Roundups and Consider NAS Recommendations ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 5 days ago - secure2.convio.net
The National Academy of Science (NAS) report recommends the use of fertility control vaccines as an alternative form of population control. Unfortunately, roundups are still recommended in order to administer these vaccines in many areas.
46 comments
Please Reject Calls for a Cull of Grey Seals ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, killing, wildlife, wildanimals, slaughter )

Cher
- 5 days ago - ifaw.org
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is deciding whether to accept the Senate recommendation and go ahead with a cull of 70,000 grey seals. Independent marine scientists oppose a cull and warn that it is unlikely to help fish stock recovery.
43 comments
11,000 Barrels of Oil Spill Into the Coca River in the Amazon
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, water, pollution, nature, humans, habitatdestruction, habitat, world, forests, destruction, conservation )

Cal
- 5 days ago - news.mongabay.com
On May 31st, a landslide ruptured an oil pipeline in Ecuadorean Amazon, sending around 11,000 barrels of oil ( 420,000 gallons) into the Coca River.In addition to possible environmental damage, the oil spill temporarily contaminated drinking water for the
16 comments
Urgent: Help Elephants Sophie and Babe at the Niabi Zoo ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 5 days ago - secure2.convio.net
After more than a decade of living in the grossly antiquated exhibit at the Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Illinois, Sophie and Babe might finally have a chance for a better future
52 comments
Jody's Story
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, suffering, chimpanzees, freedom, sanctuary )

Cher
- 5 days ago - all-creatures.org
For five years Jody has been in sanctuary, free from all the horrors of the lab.
26 comments
 
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