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ACTION NEEDED Outlaw the Sale of African Lion Meat
Health & Wellness  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, wildlife, protection, endangered, world, safety, prevention, treatment, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, conservation, endangered, extinction, killed, killing, sadness, suffering, slaughter, wildlife, environment, animals, cats, c )

Kelly
- 1 day ago - forcechange.com
Today, there is an estimated population of 18,000-20,000 lions in the world. The actual figure is probably much lower. Companies like Czimer's Game & Seafood hunt, kill, and sell wild animals, such as African lions, to the public.
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ACTION NEEDED Protect Our Nation's Horses and Keep the Food Supply Safe
Health & Wellness  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, wildlife, nature, destruction, endangered, environment, safety, sadness, world, violence, death, disease, food, prevention, research, safety, treatment, warning, illness, government, healthcare, health, diet, family, nutrition, p )

Kelly
- 17 days ago - secure.humanesociety.org
Crucial new legislation, titled the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (H.R. 1094/S. 541), was recently introduced in Congress that will protect consumers from toxic horsemeat and end the cruel slaughter of America's horses as well as their export
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Negligent Nursing Homes Grab 5 Billion Tax Dollars in One Year
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, dishonesty, ethics, health, law, politics, rights, sadness, safety, society, usa, corruption, corporate, dishonesty, consumers, money, government, healthcare, death, disease, protection, treatment, warning )

JL
- 78 days ago - takepart.com
If politicians are serious about trimming Medicare costs, start by going after fraud and abuse in facilities entrusted to care for elderly Americans.
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Take Action: Arkansas Women Need Your Voice
Health & Wellness  (tags: law, police, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, women, violence, government, freedoms, family, ethics, culture, children, protection, risks, safety, science, treatment, warning, women, health, healthcare, babies )

JL
- 91 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Arkansas is about to outlaw abortions at 12 weeks--the most extreme ban in the country. An attack on Arkansas women is an attack on women everywhere. Tell Governor Mike Beebe to veto the bill now.
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Looming Sequester Likely to Impact Funding for International Family Planning
Health & Wellness  (tags: death, ethics, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, children, HumanRights, humanrights, politics, unitednations, usa, world, society, women, sadness, safety, rights, health, culture, americans, children, child, family, freedoms, warning, safety, risks )

JL
- 92 days ago - populationinstitute.org
Cutting $30 million from international family planning funding would mean that: 1,560,000 fewer women and couples would receive contraceptive services and supplies; 450,000 more unintended pregnancies, including 210,000 more unplanned births, wou
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How Crazy Is Too Crazy to Be Executed?
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, americans, death, dishonesty, culture, crime, ethics, freedoms, government, health, law, politics, rights, sadness, safety, society, usa, humanrights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', HumanRights, illness, protection, warning )

JL
- 100 days ago - motherjones.com
The voices told Andre Thomas to gouge out his eyes. But even that hasn't convinced the state of Texas to reconsider his death sentence.
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Congratulations On The Baby! Now Back To Work.
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, children, culture, child, freedoms, ethics, family, interesting, law, health, politics, rights, sadness, safety, society, usa, world, babies, prevention, protection, risks, safety, science )

JL
- 106 days ago - upworthy.com
In Sweden, new dads get 480 days of paid paternity leave. That's almost a year and a half, people! If American dads had 16 months with their newborns, think the world might be a better place?
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Restore Travel Rights for Woman With Down Syndrome! Please Sign!
Health & Wellness  (tags: down sydrome, woman, Ireland, America, family, passport denied, sadness )

BarbKnigh
- 107 days ago - forcechange.com
Pauline Conboy is a 46-year-old Irish woman with Down syndrome who has been stripped of her passport and right to travel because of her disability. Despite having traveled internationally in the past, Conboy's passport was seized after a report was filed,
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No Kid Hungry for the Holidays!! And.....ACTION!!
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, hungry, america, health, usa, holidays, sadness, child )

BarbKnigh
- 159 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The holidays should be a time of wonder and joy for kids across America--yet this winter, too many children will spend the holiday season worrying where their next meal might come from.
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Video: New Video Highlights Navajo and Hopi Perspectives on Clean Air
Health & Wellness  (tags: law, politics, religion, rights, sadness, society, safety, children, ethics, culture, family, americans, abuse, death, usa, media, health, government, dishonesty, illness, disease, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, treatment, warni )

JL
- 168 days ago - parkadvocate.org
Shiprock, a majestic rock formation of great religious and cultural importance to the Navajo, could once be seen from Mesa Verde National Park, 162 miles away. But now, thanks to air pollution, Shiprock's visibility is often limited to just 20 miles
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The Everyday Drink That May Contain Blood, Pus and Drugs
Health & Wellness  (tags: animalcruelty, animalwelfare, cruelty, animalrights, abuse, suffering, sadness, protection, humans, society, disease, safety, risks, protection )

Evelyn
- 404 days ago - articles.mercola.com
For all of us who love, respect and share our lives with animals, it is devastating to see this appalling abuse of dairy farm animals...
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PUT A STOP TO FACTORY FARMS PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, environment, humans, habitat, protection, world, research, science, world, safety, society, law, health, humans, interesting, culture, americans, activists, environment, sadness, rights, abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocate )

Britt
- 470 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
A petition that I created to put a stop to the cruelty and inhumane treatment of animals on factory farms. I hope you all support me on this issue because it not only affects animals, but our food supply as well.
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Air Pollution Linked to Brain Damage and Depression
Health & Wellness  (tags: americans, ethics, humans, interesting, society, safety, sadness, transportation, news, disease, humans, illness, interesting, research, risks, study )

Joan
- 686 days ago - treehugger.com
Just the sight of smoggy, polluted air looming over a cityscape is often enough to make one feel a bit down in the dumps, but apparently breathing in the stuff is only making things worse
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