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Animals News tagged with legislation

Prime Minister Urged To Help Ban 'Carbofuran'
Animals  (tags: prime minister, kenya, bann carbofuran, animals, humans, killed, legislation, lions killed )

Simone
- 9 days ago - coastweek.com
known in Kenya by its brand name- Furadan, is known to have killed at least 76 lions in 5 years The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would implement the agency's May 2009 final rule revoking all tolerance, or residue limits,
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Secretary Salazar Could Take a Wildlife Management Lesson From NM Governor Bill Richardson
Animals  (tags: government, wildife, protection, laws, legislation, wild animals, endangered )

Simone
- 83 days ago - examiner.com
Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar, has made some popular decisions on restricting oil leases, but has made some very controversial decisions on wildlife management. Governor Bill Richardson (NM-D) is making a valiant effort to protect both, but he has
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Quash the Squash : Act Now For Chickens ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, chickens, legislation, environment, habitat, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 91 days ago - e-activist.com
The welfare of meat chickens is under threat as the government decides on how to transpose new EU legislation on chicken welfare into law in England. We urgently need your help to ensure that it makes the right choice for chickens.
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Alaskan Governor Sean Parnell: Stop Alaska's Aerial Wolf Slaughter!
Animals  (tags: alaskan governor, aerial wolf slaughter, legislation, laws, wolf protection, cruelty )

Simone
- 100 days ago - thehungersite.com
Since 2003, Alaska's aerial hunting program has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 wolves. During these hunts, wolves are shot from the air or chased by airplanes to the point of exhaustion before the pilot lands the plane and a gunner shoots the
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ACTION ALERT: Stopping Urban Dogfighting at Its Source!!!!!
Animals  (tags: urban areas, sasistic, cruelty, dog fighting, groups, suffering, laws, legislation )

Simone
- 102 days ago - animalrights.change.org
The Humane Society of the United States has been working to stamp out dogfighting for decades. In the last few years, we've stepped up the pace of action like never before. We've helped to write almost every state and federal law that exists on
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A Bill to Ban Aerial Wolf Hunting
Animals  (tags: legislation, aerial wolves, slaugthtered, masacred, bill, protection )

Simone
- 107 days ago - animalblawg.wordpress.com
Senator Feinstein and Congressman Miller (both CA Democrats) have introduced legislation to ban the shooting of wolves from the air by anyone other than state or federal wildlife employees during declared biological emergencies. Aerial wolf killing-
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ACTION ALERT: Support HR 503 and S 727, Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009!!!
Animals  (tags: laws, ban horse slaughter, legislation, horse welfare, horses slaughtered, cruelty, protection )

Simone
- 112 days ago - all-creatures.org
This bill would prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption. While a ban of the slaughter of horses, and their
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US House Passes Legislation to Protect Burros and Wild Horses
Animals  (tags: legislation, passed, protection, burros, mustangs, wild horses )

Simone
- 113 days ago - examiner.com
By a vote of 239 to 185, the House of Representatives voted handily in favor of bill H.R. 1018 providing federal protection to burros and wild horses. The bill had been introduced by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D - W.Va.), a staunch
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Greyhound Racing to End in Rhode Island!!
Animals  (tags: greyhound racing, legislation, ending august, rhode island, greyhound advocates )

Simone
- 113 days ago - animalperson.net
thanks to the many people who care about the dogs and don't believe they should be exploited, dog racing at Twin River--in Rhode Island--will end on August 8. As is usually the case, the next step is legislation that actually bans dog racing in the s
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Last Chance to Save Our Seas?
Animals  (tags: marine wildlife, mamals, laws, legislation, climate change, whales, humans, habitat destruciton )

Simone
- 133 days ago - wwf.org.uk
As the long-awaited UK Marine and Coastal Access Bill comes close to being finalised in parliament, new WWF research confirms how much of our marine life is under threat - from over-fishing, oil and gas drilling and climate change.
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Exotic Pets': Suffering for Sale
Animals  (tags: exotic pets, wild animals, wildlife, captived, captured, suffering, laws, legislation )

Simone
- 133 days ago - bradenton.com
How have we reached the point where lions and tigers live in basements, monkeys are diapered and alligators are walked on leashes? Every year, countless people succumb to the temptation to purchase "exotic" animals such as monkeys, macaws, lizards -
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A Moral Obligation: PCRM Scientist's Paper Supports the Great Ape Protection Act
Animals  (tags: reports, study, animal welfare, great ape protection act, ban primate experiments, protection, laws, legislation )

Simone
- 134 days ago - pcrm.org
A new paper by animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., raises serious ethical questions about the use of chimpanzees in experiments and provides evidence for the provisions of the Great Ape Protection Act.
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ACTION ALERT: Our Wildlife Depends on a Strong Climate Bill!!- Please Sign Care 2 PETITION
Animals  (tags: climate bill, conservation, wildlife, habitat, laws, legislation, protection )

Simone
- 134 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. This historic legislation takes the first vital steps to address climate change and help our vanishing polar bears and other species whose existence
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A Win for Animals: Florida Bans Commercial Hunting of Wild Turtles
Animals  (tags: florida, ban turtle smuggling, poaching, hunting, wildlife, legislation, protection )

Simone
- 154 days ago - hsus.org
Hunters will no longer be able to snag thousands of wild Florida freshwater turtles and sell them to feed growing world markets for turtle meat and body parts, thanks to a new state hunting ban.
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PLEASE TAKE ACTION: Speak Up for B.E.A.R.S. in Alberta!
Animals  (tags: grizzlies, trophy hunted, killed, disappearing, endangered, protection, legislation, wild animals suffering )

Simone
- 169 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Alberta's grizzly bear population is one of the most threatened in North America. Scientist estimate fewer than 500 remain. The government must act now to ensure the long-term survival of this species. With your help we are calling on the provincial
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