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ACTION ALERT: Protect Pigs: Implement the Ban on Sow Stalls in the EU! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: sows stalls, prisons, horrendous cruelty, ban sow stalls, pigs welfare, legalisation )

Simone
- 2 days ago - e-activist.com
In 2001, the European Union enacted a legislative decision to improve the welfare of pigs by phasing out the use of individual crates for confining pregnant sows. These "sow stalls" restrict movement so severely that sows cannot even turn around
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ACTION ALERT: Don't Drown Out Dolphins' Voices! PLEASE TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: dolphins, threatened, deafening, testing, destructive, legalisation )

Simone
- 9 days ago - act.oceana.org
Underwater seismic testing sounds like dynamite going off outside your home, over and over again. The sound carries for thousands of miles, and marine animals can't escape it. Dolphins and whales might beach themselves to get away.
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ACTION ALERT: Government of Jammu Kashmir: Stop Illegal Hunting of Leopards in the Kashmiri Region! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: leopards, killed, slaughtered, protection, humans, habitat, legalisation )

Simone
- 9 days ago - change.org
There are increasing reports of leopards being hunted, shot, the clubbed to death in the Pakistani Controlled Kashmiri region, a number of which have been killd in recent days, as these wild animals are coming into populated areas looking for food
39 comments
ACTION ALERT: Abolish Trapping in U.S.A ! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: wolves, wild animals, trapped, suffering abolitition, traps, horrendous cruelty, legalisation )

Simone
- 16 days ago - change.org
Trapping animals is extremely cruel and a barbaric throw back from the dark ages. Trapped animals are terrified, suffer enormous physical pain, extreme emotional stress, are subjected to the elements and predator attacks, become dehydrated.
68 comments
ACTION ALERT: Prison for Animal Crush Videos! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: horrendous cruely, suffering, legalisation, crime, prison term, animal abusers )

Simone
- 17 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Reps. Irwin Tieng and Mariano Michael Velarde are proposing a bill that would criminalize the production, sale, and distribution of animal "crush" videos and other filmed acts of cruelty to animals in the Philippines.
59 comments
ACTION ALERT: End Bear Hunting in Great Bear Rainforest! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: great bear rainforest, bears, slaughtered, massacred, killed, legalisation, protection laws, endangered )

Simone
- 21 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest is one of the greatest tracts of intact temperate rainforest left on Earth. It is home to thousands of species of plants, birds, and animals including black bears, grizzlies, and Spirit bears.
45 comments
ACTION ALERT: Halt USDA Predator Killing Program! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: UDSA, wild life, predator killers, wild animals slaughtered, congress, protection, legalisation )

Simone
- 22 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
"Conservationists have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture saying a program used to kill coyotes and other predators that threaten livestock is outdated, illegal and a waste of federal money."
28 comments
ACTION ALERT: Against Balconies Prisons for Animals! PLEASE SIGN PETITION!
Animals  (tags: balconies, suffering, cruetly, imprisonment, prisons, legalisation, animal welfare )

Simone
- 30 days ago - actuanimaux.com
But how many other dogs are literally crumbling, forgotten on balconies converted into prisons for life, poorly fed, never released, alive with their droppings?
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ACTION ALERT: Stop the Murdering of All Wolves!!! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: wolves, slaughtered, massacred, horrendous cruelty, legalisation, willidfe, protection )

Simone
- 41 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
We need people to know the truth about our wolves. About the habit of those ranchers who blame every livestock kill on wolves when the real truth of the matter is that less than 1% of those kills are actually wolf related.
69 comments
ACTION ALERT: Tell WWF to Stop Supporting Krill Harvesting in Antarctica! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: krill, antarctica, destruction, wildlife, legalisation )

Simone
- 91 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Krill, the keystone species in the Antarctic foodweb, are under threat. With the support of WWF Norway, Aker Biomarine are harvesting krill in Antarctica to make Superba krill oil products.
61 comments
ACTION ALERT: California: Restore Confidence in Our Wildlife Leaders! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: california, legalisation, wildlife, protection, leaders, conservation, mountain lions )

Simone
- 91 days ago - secure.humanesociety.org
California Fish and Game Commission president Dan Richards traveled outside of California to kill a mountain lion for a trophy. The protection of mountain lions has twice been approved by California voters. His actions undermine Californians' confidence
41 comments
ACTION ALERT: No "Live Bait" Hunting of Wolves in Idaho! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: idaho wolves, massacred, poisoned, tortured, wildlife, traps, legalisation, protection )

Simone
- 92 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In Idaho,The Senate Resources Committee has voted to pass a new bill, SB 1305. The bill's sponsor, sheep rancher Jeff Siddoway, R-Terreton, wants traps with live bait.
109 comments
ACTION ALERT: Stop the Wolf Kill Bill! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: wolves, maglined, threatened, massacre, survival, protection, conservation, legalisation )

Simone
- 93 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Like all native wildlife, wolves have a right to survive in Oregon. The Oregon Cattlemen's Association wants to kill wolves and the law won't let them. Now they want to change the law.
14 comments
ACTION ALERT: Oppose Utah HB 187: It Protects Criminal Activities on Farms! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: farm animals abused, crimes, animal cruelty, laws, legalisation )

Simone
- 93 days ago - change.org
Florida KILLED their "Gag Ag" bill because it would protect criminal activites including organized crime under the guise of a farm. I'm hoping Utah will kill their bill based on the same reasons.
20 comments
ACTION ALERT: Save Idaho's Wolves From Aerial Gunning! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: idaho wolves, massacred, aerial gunning, killing, cruelty, crime, wildlife, legalisation, protection )

Simone
- 103 days ago - action.biologicaldiversity.org
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game wants to reduce wolf numbers in its Lolo Zone from an estimated 70-120 wolves to just 20-30 wolves in a misguided attempt to increase the elk population.
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