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TAKE ACTION NOW! Walls of Death Floating in the Pacific
Animals  (tags: pollution, fish, world, protection, habitat, environment, ecosystems, destruction, humans, green, government, politics, overfishing, gillnets, animals, wildlife, suffering, protection, killing )

Cal
- 3 days ago - act.oceana.org
Act now to save the Mola mola and other wildlife from deadly drift gillnets.
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The Plan to Kill Orangutans ACTION
Animals  (tags: orangutans, wildlife, palm oil, destruction, ecosystems, environment )

Nancy
- 10 days ago - avaaz.org
It's the last place on Earth where endangered orangutans, tigers, rhinos and elephants roam free together. But mining companies and big agriculture want to rip the rainforest to shreds.
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Plant 1,000 Trees For Orangutans ACTION LINK
Animals  (tags: orangutans, wildlife, palm oil, destruction, new growth, ecosystems, environment, habitat )

Nancy
- 12 days ago - care2.com
The return of the wild orangutans to these areas of new growth in 2012 was "absolutely wonderful news," said Helen Buckland of SOS. "It means that we are truly recreating orangutan habitat." Same link to new action...
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Join Jillian Michaels and Act Now to Ban Horse Slaughter! ACTION US
Animals  (tags: horse slaughte, ranimalrights, environment, wildlife, habitat, habitatdestruction, conservation, ecosystems, horses )

Nancy
- 20 days ago - secure.peta.org
Passing a complete ban on horse slaughter has never been more important. Please use the form below to join Jillian in urging your senators and representative to cosponsor the SAFE Act, which if passed, would effectively end the slaughter of American horse
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UK----RSPCA Comes Under Fire for Badger Cull Protests
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, environment, ecosystems, government, green, nature, politics, protection, conservation, wildlife, world )

Cal
- 25 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Charity defends its right to criticise badger policy and live animal exports
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ACTION NEEDED Challenge Japan to END Taiji Dolphin Hunt for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid
Animals  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, endangered, wildlife, protection, destruction, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, cruelty, death, extinction, killed, killing, sadness, suffering, slaughter )

Kelly
- 32 days ago - causes.com
This is Japan's 5th Olympic bid, since their 1964 Olympics. They are very eager to be selected as Host City again to boost their economy after the devastating tsunami & Fukushima nuclear disaster. By challenging Tokyo's 2020 Olympic bid,
50 comments
Help Build Momentum to Protect Bees! ACTION
Animals  (tags: pesticides, environment, protection, bees, ecosystems, destruction, habitatdestruction, crime )

Nancy
- 35 days ago - action.panna.org
Bees have been in the news quite a lot lately. Beekeepers are reporting record-breaking losses this year -- with 40% or more of their bees dying off -- and new studies continue to strengthen the case that pesticides are a key contributing factor.
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Orangutans - Victims of "Sustainable" Palm Oil ACTION
Animals  (tags: orangutans, wildlife, palm oil, destruction, ecosystems, environment )

Nancy
- 36 days ago - rainforest-rescue.org
Perched atop the remains of the last tree, an orangutan looks helplessly on what was until recently the forest he was living in but is now only ruins. Armed with chainsaws and bulldozers, workers of Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA), a palm oil company, have-
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ACTION NEEDED Oregon Wolf Recovery
Animals  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, destruction, endangered, environment, wildlife, nature, lies, money, dishonesty, cover-up, corruption, business, law, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, abuse, abused, animaladvocates, animalrights, endangered, extinction, protection )

Kelly
- 39 days ago - org.salsalabs.com
Sadly recovery remains tenuous. For some, old prejudices die hard. Led by the Oregon Cattlemen's Association and their political allies, fearful anti-wolf activists continue to push legislation that would take Oregon back to the days of killing wolves.
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ACTIONS For Horses
Animals  (tags: animalrights, environment, wildlife, habitat, habitatdestruction, conservation, ecosystems, horses, Wyoming )

Nancy
- 41 days ago - wildhorsepreservation.org
American Wild Horse Preservation action page.
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Audio:Environmental Group Fights Delay In Marbled Murrelet Habitat Protections
Animals  (tags: animals, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, forests, government, GoodNews, habitatdestruction, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, Sustainabililty, AnimalWelfare, wildanimals, protection, endangered )

JL
- 46 days ago - biologicaldiversity.org
An environmental group has stopped an agreement between the timber industry and federal wildlife officials that would have delayed new protections for a threatened seabird.
16 comments
VICTORY VICTORY Victory for Zimbabwe Elephant Calves!
Animals  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, THEM IN THE PIX, rehabilitated, elephant calves, protection, nature, endangered, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, GoodNews, sadness, suffering )

Kelly
- 50 days ago - asiaforanimals.com
Due to campaigning from the Asia for Animals coalition in partnership with Zimbabwe animal welfare and conservation organizations, the elephant calves have been sent to the Umfurudzi national park where they will be rehabilitated for a life in the wild
14 comments
ACTION NEEDED Please Send Military Into National Parks to Protect Wildlife From Poachers.
Animals  (tags: business, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, money, government, lies, ecosystems, destruction, nature, environment, protection, wildlife, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animaladvocates, cruelty, death, killed, killing, sadness, suffering, slaughter )

Kelly
- 51 days ago - change.org
Rhinos have been walking the earth for over a million years. They are of no threat to other animals as their diet consist of plants, yet humans are now a threat to them.
26 comments
Demand Justice for 86 Slaughtered Elephants - ForceChange
Animals  (tags: devastating, pregnant females, Chad, 86 elephants, now faces the danger of extinction, ecosystems, destruction, humans, nature, protection, wildlife, endangered, conservation, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, cruelty, death, crime, killed, sadness, suffering, sla )

Kelly
- 51 days ago - forcechange.com
A brutal killing spree took place in Chad recently, when 86 elephants were slaughtered by poachers on horseback. Thirty-three of the slain elephants were pregnant females, making the massacre even more devastating.
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Vitter Working on Legislation to Stop Removal of Gulf of Mexico Oil Rigs
Animals  (tags: animals, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, GoodNews, habitatdestruction, habitat, nature, oceans, politics, protection, water, science, wildanimals, wildlife, suffering, endangered )

JL
- 53 days ago - louisianasportsman.com
Rig decommissioning mandated by federal Idle Iron policy is destroying marine habitat, opponents say.
19 comments
 
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