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Colombia Bans Use of Circus Animals
Animals  (tags: animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, cruelty, law, AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty, animalwelfare, ethics, protection, suffering )

Tatiana
- 5 days ago - colombiareports.com
Colombia's Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that prohibits the use of animals in circuses.
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Fans Outraged After Watching Argentinean Soccer Player Hurl Dog From Field - National Dogs | Examiner.Com
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, dogs, ethics, humans, investigation, suffering, sadness, law, crime, cruelty, death, animals, animalwelfare, abuse, abused )

Dianne Ly
- 6 days ago - examiner.com
José Jiménez, a player for Argentina's lower league Bella Vista soccer team, felt the wrath of outraged fans who witnessed him treat a stray dog, who intruded on a game, in a blatantly cruel manner, reported Tuesday's Fox News Latino.
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Ban Tennessee Walking Horse Competition ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 6 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,
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Tell Indonesia- Tigers Are Not "Pet Rentals" ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, endangered, environment, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, tigers )

Cher
- 6 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.
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China- Save the Elephants in Vietnam From Extinction ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, killing, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 6 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
- 6 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
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Please Stop Horse Roundups and Consider NAS Recommendations ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 6 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.
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Please Reject Calls for a Cull of Grey Seals ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, killing, wildlife, wildanimals, slaughter )

Cher
- 6 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.
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Urgent: Help Elephants Sophie and Babe at the Niabi Zoo ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 6 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
Pledge to Stop Buying Pets From Puppy Mills ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, dogs )

Cher
- 6 days ago - forcechange.com
Pledge to adopt rather than purchase puppies bred in puppy mills
73 comments
Protect Critically Endangered Argentinian Bird ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 6 days ago - forcechange.com
Urge Argentine officials to stop introducing carnivorous fish to Lake Strobel in order to save critically endangered Hooded Grebes
111 comments
Tigers, Orangutans, Rhinos: Sumatra's Big Mammals on the Edge of Extinction
Animals  (tags: endangered, extinction, animals, wildlife, habitat loss, wildanimals, protection, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, environment, humans, habitat )

Cal
- 6 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Contact between humans and wild animals is increasing disastrously in Sumatra as deforestation, mining and palm oil concessions expand, fragmenting forest habitats and driving animals out of protected areas.
25 comments
End Squirrel Trapping in Kentucky ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 6 days ago - forcechange.com
Protect squirrels from being relocated miles away from their natural homes in Kentucky
56 comments
Help Protect Snapping Turtles From Trapping ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 6 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Two bills are currently on the fast-track through New York's legislation: Both bills--A2490a and S2170b--have been amended to protect snapping turtles from spearing and clubbing, but they continue to allow the lethal trapping of the reptiles.
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Speak Out Against Tennessee Frog Torture Event ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 6 days ago - peta.org
DeKalb County Young Farmers and Ranchers--a Farm Bureau group for people ages 18 to 35--has scheduled a "Giggin' for Grads" fundraiser for DeKalb County High School in Smithville on July 12.
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