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Lindsey
- 3 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com

They were unlikely friends, a grizzly bear cub and a wolf pup. But the pair shared a friendship that lasted beyond their days tumbling around the gift shop at the Woodland Zoo as youngsters.

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Galeria Kaufhof: Stop Selling Fur! TAKE ACTION!
Animals (tags: fur coats, fur, selling, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, conservation, cruelty, death, ethics, killing, law, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 3 hours ago - change.org

The german department store chain Kaufhof in 2006 had been known to stop the use of real fur products. While the company did in the past few years, these commitments have been offered this winter rabbit fur in their stores. It was not a mistake or..

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Firefighter Saves Chihuahua Using Oxygen Mask Meant for Babies
Animals (tags: chihuahah, firefighter, rescued, good news, happy, AnimalWelfare, pets, protection )

Lindsey
- 5 hours ago - animaltracks.today.msnbc.msn.com

The drama unfolded at a mobile home park in El Cajon, California on Jan. 4 after the elderly owner escaped the fire in her trailer unharmed, but her dog Mojo remained inside. According to Monica Zech, El Cajon's public information officer, who alerted..

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Tell Ohio Major to Ban Elephant Bullhooks! TAKE ACTION
Animals (tags: elephant, circus, bullhook, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, crime, cruelty, protection, sadness, suffering )

Lindsey
- 5 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com

We the undersigned are writing to urgently request that you ban the usage of elephant bullhooks at the upcoming Ringling Bros.' circus stop in Ohio. After the Ringling Bros.' recent violations of the Animal Welfare Act which resulted in fines close to..

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Girl Scouts Win U.N. Award For Effort To Save Orangutans
Animals (tags: orangutan, girl scouts, cookies, palm oil, AnimalWelfare, conservation, endangered, environment, GoodNews, protection, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 8 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com

A pair of renegade girl scouts accepted a prestigious U.N. award in New York Thursday for their work bringing attention to the threat palm oil production poses to orangutans and the rainforest in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Wild Lions Live in Constant Fear
Animals (tags: slaughter, protection, wild lions, investigation, study, wildlife, wildanimals, animalwelfare, animals, animaladvocates, humans, AnimalWelfare, cats )

Cal
- 8 hours ago - enn.com

Lions have drastically changed the way they behave and perceive their environment because of new, numerous and deadly clashes with humans, according to a new study

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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell New Mexico to Protect Graceful Yet Threatened Lynx
Animals (tags: animals, animalwelfare, wildanimals, protection, humans, AnimalWelfare, conservation, animalrights, wildlife )

Cal
- 9 hours ago - forcechange.com

Help save the lynx. Please ask Ken Salazar, the Secretary of the Interior, to extend Federal protection of lynx to New Mexico.

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Wisconsin: Say No to Killing Wolves for Sport ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Animals (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 9 hours ago - action.biologicaldiversity.org

Now that Wisconsin's wolves have been removed from the Endangered Species Act, responsibility for their conservation lies with state managers. Determined to use their new authority to drastically cut the wolf population, state legislators have introduced

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OUTRAGEOUS! Canada Responds to Caribou Decline With Plan to Kill Wolves
Animals (tags: animals, animalwelfare, killing, protection, wolves, caribou, tar sands, wildlife, wildanimals, environment, endangered, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, humans, cruelty )

Cal
- 10 hours ago - latimes.com

Woodland caribou herds in Canada are declining, and tar sands development is a big part of the reason why. But Canada's national and provincial governments know what do about that: Kill the wolves.

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California: Protect Homeless Animals ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals (tags: animals, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 10 hours ago - secure2.convio.net

send a fax to Governor Brown, asking him to withdraw his proposal and to support California's animal care and rescue community's effort to develop a sustainable plan for our state's homeless pets.

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Outlaw Horse Slaughter in the United States ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, suffering, protection, killing, environment )

Cher
- 11 hours ago - forcechange.com

There is a very important piece of legislation currently awaiting passage in Congress. This bill would permanently outlaw the slaughter of horses in the United States for human consumption. Yes, for human consumption! In addition, it would also outlaw

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URGENT: Put a Stop to Cruel Pigeon Shoot in South Carolina ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Animals (tags: animals, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, protection, suffering, wildanimals )

Cher
- 13 hours ago - peta.org

Reportedly, the Broxton Bridge Plantation in Ehrhardt, South Carolina, is currently holding a "pigeon shoot"--a grotesque event in which contestants compete for money and prizes by shooting at birds launched from spring-loaded boxes

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Don't Allow Cruel Commercial Breeders to Go Unregulated in North Carolina ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 14 hours ago - forcechange.com

The recent puppy mill bust in North Carolina is a reminder that stricter laws protecting the safety of animals must be implemented and enforced. The investigation began after the owner brought 11 dogs in poor condition to a Humane Society shelter

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The Ultimate Sacrifice: Mother Bear Kills Her Cub and Then Herself to Save Her From a Life of Torture
Animals (tags: Moon Bears, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, Bears, Bile Farm, suffering, protection )

Dee
- 20 hours ago - dailymail.co.uk

A mother bear has reportedly strangled her cub and then killed herself by running head first into a wall to save them both from a life of torture. Do YOU care enough to Want to STOP this heart wrenchingly painful tragedies. Support Animals Asia

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Relocation for Praire Dogs- Not Poison! TAKE ACTION!
Animals (tags: prarie dog, poison, relocate, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, conservation, death, habitat, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 20 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com

We ask that South Dakota stop to poisioning praire dogs in favor of relocting them. Survival of the prairie dog is critical to the continued existence of the prairie ecosystem, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world.

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