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Animals News tagged with rights

Happy World Animal Day! October 4, 2009
Animals  (tags: world, animal, rights, humans, pets, wildlife, endangered, protection, habitat, environment, animalwelfare, society, culture, kindness, empathy, responsibility, love, appreciation, health, media )

Tom
- 55 days ago - tinyurl.com
World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence to highlight the plight of endangered species. Since then it has grown to encompass all kinds of animal life and is widely celebrated in countries throughout the world.
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Animal Actions/Alerts Blog
Animals  (tags: worldwide animal actions, alert, fighting for animals protection, rights )

Simone
- 62 days ago - translate.google.com.au
Please find wordwide actions and alerts to fight on the behalf of animals.
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ACTION ALERT: URGENT! Chickens Need Your Help
Animals  (tags: broiler chickens, suffering, imprisoned, crammed, defra, less room, chicken welfare, rights, authorities )

Simone
- 87 days ago - animalaid.org.uk
To come in to line with the EU, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is considering reducing the current space that broiler chickens - those bred for meat - have to live in. As well as setting a legal baseline (for the first
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Absolutely Miaowvellous: Joanna Lumley on the Lifelong Love That Began When She Pulled a Kitten From a Well
Animals  (tags: joanna lumley, animal activist, cat lover, animal welfare, fighting for animal protection, rights )

Simone
- 89 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
She is known for her charm, sleek good looks and slightly feline demeanour. So it should be little surprise that Joanna Lumley has had a lifelong love of cats that has inspired her to make a new two-part ITV documentary. The Absolutely Fabulous actress
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Take the 30-Day Egg-Free Pledge!- All Creatures Action Alert!
Animals  (tags: battery hens, pledge, poultry, welfare, rights, animal advocates )

Simone
- 208 days ago - all-creatures.org
Sign the pledge to help save laying hens by not eating eggs or any products with eggs for at least 30 days.
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Could Your Pets Be Outlawed?
Animals  (tags: animals, pets, rights, outlawed, non- native species, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 230 days ago - examiner.com
If you own a hamster, gerbil, lizard, ferrets, exotic fish, snakes, birds or most any pet other than a dog or cat, your rights as a pet owner could be seriously affected. On April 23, Congress' National Resource Committee will hold a hearing on
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E A R T H L I N G S : A Documentary
Animals  (tags: culture, society, ethics, interesting, news, sadness, rights, violence, humans, abuse, death, animals, nature, wildlife, politics, animalrights, ethics, sadness )

Kat
- 233 days ago - earthlings.com
"This is the single most powerful and informative movie about society's treatment of animals . A must see for anyone who cares enough to know." Woody Harrelson. EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary about humanity's absolute dependence on...
51 comments
Sign Petition: Stop Pet Discrimination By Landlords
Animals  (tags: animals, pets, dogs, cats, families, renters, rights, government, laws, landlords )

Tom
- 244 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
End laws that allow landlords and real estate agencies to discriminate against possible renters with pets. Pets are also family members. Please sign to significantly reduce pet abandonment, overpopulation in shelters and unnecessary trauma to families.
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Horse Stabbing Is Misdemeanor - Animal Rights Advocates Speak Out
Animals  (tags: animals, rights, pets, horses, farm animals, crime, protection )

Tom
- 298 days ago - troyrecord.com
Sparked by the December killing of a pet horse, a collection of animal rights educators and advocates came together Monday night to discuss plans to reform Buster's Law, which established aggravated animal cruelty as a felony in New York in 1999.
13 comments
Bannir L'Importation Fourrure Chiens Et Chats - Canada - Ban Import of Dogs and Cats Fur - PETITION
Animals  (tags: canada, legal, horrific cruelty, dog cat furs, fur industry, animal suffering, legislation, animal protection, rights )

Simone
- 299 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Considering the cruelty towards dogs and cats for their fur, we can only oppose such barbarian, cruel and murderous practices.Please become the voice of the voiceless... Dog and Cat Fur is legal in Canada.
24 comments
PLZ TAKE ACTION; Stop Horse Drawn Carriages - ALL CREATURES ALERT
Animals  (tags: carriage horses, all creatures alert, horse advocates, ban horse carraiges, abuse, suffering, welfare, rights, authorities, laws, legislation )

Simone
- 312 days ago - all-creatures.org
Major cities such as London, Paris and Toronto have all banned horse drawn carriages. It is time for other areas where these industries currently exist (such as New York City) to move into the 21st century and take seriously its moral and ethical
5 comments
Vote On Line: LA Times, Should Billy Should Go to Sanctuary?
Animals  (tags: animals, endangered, habitatdestruction, freedoms, activists, americans, rights, abused, AnimalCruelty, animaladvocates, endangered, protection, wildanimals )

Katia
- 324 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
"Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna weighed in today on the hot topic of Billy, the sole elephant resident at the L.A. Zoo...." Zoo supporters are speaking out in large numbers! Please show your support for what's best for Billy! Vote now!
41 comments
TAKE ACTION; HORSES KILLED FOR A MOVIE!!!
Animals  (tags: horses, dragged, tortured, killed, movie, director, outrage, cruelty, protests, animal welfare, rights )

Simone
- 422 days ago - turkeymassacre.wordpress.com
Well the Turkey Massacre Oscar goes to the director and producers of the movie "Saddam's Troops: the Black Sun" filmed in the eastern city of Malatya in Turkey. The genious director of Saddam's troops wanted to shoot this scene whereby two horses would
15 comments
Officials to Euthanize Dogs Found in NC Trailer
Animals  (tags: americans, sadness, rights, society, police, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalwelfare, animals, killing, sadness, rescued, suffering )

Kim
- 423 days ago - wral.com
Madison County Commission Chairman Dyatt Smathers says the dogs were too aggressive and dangerous to be adopted and officials were concerned that they had diseases that could spread in the county animal shelter, which can hold 60 animals.
3 comments
New Prison Program in Burgaw Allows Inmates to Train Dogs
Animals  (tags: humans, dogs, animalwelfare, AnimalWelfare, protection, pets, GoodNews, rescued, animaladvocates, interesting, government, society, rights, ethics, violence, dogs )

Kim
- 423 days ago - wect.com
Burgaw, NC (WECT)-- A new prison program in Burgaw is aimed at helping inmates and animals. Pawsitive Partners enables inmates to train dogs. The inmates had to go through an interview process to earn the job
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