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ACTION! European Commission Must Ban Animal Cloning for Food Production in the EU!
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animalrights, pigs, cattle, farming, food, eu abuse, protection, suffering )

K. J.
- 2 hours ago - change.org
Animal cloning involves stressful handling of the animals used as mother. The process is inefficient, with very low rates of success: 10% in cattle, 6% in pigs. Animals are submitted to painful handling and suffer numerous health problems.
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ENDANGERED: Less Than 100 Pygmy Sloths Survive
Animals  (tags: endangered, animals, animalwelfare, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, sadness, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, habitat, humans )

Cal
- 2 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The pygmy three-toes sloth is one of the world's most endangered mammals, according to the first ever formal survey of the population, which found less than 100 sloths hanging on in their island home.
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Poachers Can Be Shot, Officials In India Declare
Animals  (tags: wildlife, wildanimals, protection, tigers, wildlife trade, poachers, law, shooting poachers, animalwelfare, animalrights, AnimalWelfare, killing, death, cruelty, animals )

Cal
- 2 days ago - npr.org
Poachers caught hunting tigers in India's Maharashtra state are on notice that they could be shot on sight.
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It's May 23---Happy World Turtle Day!!
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, turtles, protection, endangered, wildlife, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, habitat, humans, goodnews )

Cal
- 3 days ago - mnn.com
May 23 is World Turtle Day, an annual holiday founded in 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue to raise awareness of turtles' troubles. According to ATR co-founder Susan Tellem, the holiday is meant to generally boost interest in turtles while also specifical
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Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
Animals  (tags: animals, abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, cruelty, environment, ethics, investigation, protection, suffering, slaughter )

Saving
- 4 days ago - soygo.net
Recently the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on slaughtering downed animals. Organizations such as The Humane Society of United States, PETA and Farm Sanctuary worked tirelessly to bring this piece of legislation into place.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! TELL THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO HELP SAVE POLAR BEARS
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, polar bears, trafficking in bear parts, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, environment, animalrights )

Cal
- 4 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Right now, the Obama Administration is deciding whether or not to propose an urgently-needed ban on the commercial trade in polar bear parts at the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
32 comments
Houston SPCA: Stop the Euthanization of Pitbulls! ACTION!
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, death, dogs, killing, pets, protection, sadness )

Elizabeth
- 6 days ago - change.org
We have been informed by Houston SPCA that all pit bulls are euthanized immediately upon arrival! This breed deserves the chance to be rescued or adopted out! They are a loving, loyal breed who should not be discriminated against.
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Earthlings | Documentary Film
Animals  (tags: Animanimals, abuse, abused, animalrights, animalcruelty, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalwelfare, environment )

Ana
- 7 days ago - bestdocumentariesonline.com
The Earthlings film points out that as humans, we are using our power to dominate animals as the reason why we can disrespect them as fellow creatures. Instead, humans should treat their power over animals as a responsibility to.. Highly Recommended!
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Oklahoma Park Accused of Letting Kids Play With Tigers
Animals  (tags: protection, humans, animals, animalwelfare, tigers, wildlife, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, wildanimals, investigation )

Cal
- 7 days ago - uk.reuters.com
The Humane Society of the United States is accusing an Oklahoma exotic animal park of allowing children to handle and pose for photographs with juvenile tigers in what they called "a petting zoo for carnivores."
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Stop Whaling Now! ACTION!
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, conservation, death, killing, protection, sadness, slaughter, suffering, wildanimals )

Elizabeth
- 8 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Please watch Pierce Brosnan's powerful video on Iceland's illegal slaughter of whales. Then send a message urging President Obama to impose tough trade sanctions on Icelandic companies tied to whaling if that nation resumes the slaughter next season.
24 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Stop Horrific Abuse of Tennessee Walking Horses
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, AnimalCruelty, wildlife, protection, humans, animaladvocates, animalrights )

Cal
- 8 days ago - forcechange.com
A new undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States revealed that workers at a nationally known Tennessee Walking horse training barn used caustic chemicals on horses' front legs to produce an artificial high-stepping gait that wins
79 comments
Dog Dragged to Death - ACTION!
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, death, dogs, killing, pets, protection, sadness, suffering )

Elizabeth
- 8 days ago - careanimalrights.org
Seocho Korean Police Department has vowed to do nothing at all. Let Seocho Korean Police know this crime deserves punishment.
33 comments
Operation Kibble - ACTION!
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, cats, dogs, pets )

Elizabeth
- 9 days ago - apps.facebook.com
100,000 Rescuers = 1,000,000 Animals Fed. When Operation Kibble reaches 100,000 members, The Animal Rescue Site will make a donation to feed one million shelter animals!
34 comments
Stop Canned Lion Hunting in South Africa - ACTION!
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animals, conservation, death, killing, protection, sadness, slaughter, suffering, wildanimals )

Elizabeth
- 9 days ago - gopetition.com
Thousands of captive bred lions are more vulnerable than ever following a court ruling that not only demotes them from being considered a "Threatened or Protected Species" but also allows for the immediate resumption of "canned hunting."
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