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U.S. District Judge Sets Monday Hearing for Idaho Wolf Hunt Challenge
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, law, politics, business, boycott, idaho, potatoes, wolf, wolves, endangered, slaughter, sadness, suffering, hunters, extinction, environment, animals, animalcruelty, abuse, cruelty, killing, law, wildanimals, wildlife, death, protection )

Tom
- 84 days ago - idahostatesman.com
The hearing is scheduled for Aug. 31, the day before Idaho wolf hunting is to start. Attorneys for Earthjustice, the group representing the 13 groups challenging the hunt and the federal government, will get three hours to make their cases in court.
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Our Petitions Worked: 105 Congressmen Sign Bill To Stop Aerial Wolf Hunt!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: goodnews, government, wolves, wolf, alaska, palin, aerial, hunting, animals, wildanimals, wildlife, suffering, endangered, extinction, cruelty, death, abuse, animalcruelty, sadness, protection )

Tom
- 98 days ago - blog.seattlepi.com
A new bill with 105 sponsors in Congress would ban Alaska's "wildlife management" policy of shooting wolves from the air, a policy vocally defended by ex-Gov. Sarah Palin. "It's time to ground this air assault on wolves," said Rep. George Miller, D-CA.
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Sign Petition: Investigate and Prosecute Those Responsible for Torture
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, americans, government, bush, cheney, iraq, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, waterboarding, torture, cruelty, crime, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, abuse, lies )

Tom
- 104 days ago - kintera.org
US government officials approved brutal and illegal interrogation methods, including waterboarding which has been prosecuted as a war crime in the United States for more than 100 years. Yet no senior official has been held to account for these crimes.
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Severely Burned Cat Dies
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: animals, animalcruelty, abuse, crime, cruelty, death, cats, sadness, suffering )

Maria
- 138 days ago - abclocal.go.com
The cat was lit on fire and suffered burns over its entire body. Animal control officer Dave Schlott rescued the cat, which is believed to be a stray, from the parking lot of the Darby Borough Library after someone called police.
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Wayne Pacelle of HSUS on Gov. Schwarzenegger and CA Anti-Cruelty Bill
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: animals, HSUS, arnold, schwarzenegger, cruelty, cows, tail, docking, painful, suffering, abuse, factory, farms, california, budget, government, republicans, abuse, law )

Tom
- 141 days ago - hsus.org
Gov. Schwarzenegger went out of his way to disparage an anti-cruelty bill that has nothing to do with his budget. It simply stops the painful practice of tail-docking of dairy cows, an archaic mutilation procedure. He's acting like a demagogue and a bully
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Sign Petition: Support Tougher Dogfighting Laws!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, law, penalties, animals, dogs, fighting, vick, cruelty, animalcruelty, humans, suffering, sadness, death, abuse, politics, obama, congress )

Tom
- 182 days ago - change.org
Although animal fighting is illegal in all 50 states, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is working to make such crimes easier to prosecute and punishable by stronger penalties. ALDF has drafted a recommended amendment to all state laws.
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Dogfight Video Is Free Speech
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, court, law, freedom, speech, crime, animals, pets, dog fights, abuse, suffering, cruelty, death, pittbulls )

Tom
- 213 days ago - latimes.com
The high court said it will rule on the case of a Virginia man who was convicted of selling videos of pit bulls fighting. He had advertised his videos in Sporting Dog Journal, an underground publication that reports on illegal dogfights.
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Take Action: Anti Horse Slaughter Bills S11 and HR503...
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, americans, congress, animals, horses, slaughter, food, horsemeat, cruelty, suffering, death, pets, sadness, humans, animalwelfare )

Tom
- 213 days ago - animalrights.change.org
The passage of S 311 and HR 503 will prohibit horse slaughter for human consumption in the US and stop the transport of horses across our borders under cruel and abusive conditions to Mexico to be butchered alive and suffer the worst death imaginable.
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Sign Petition: Support The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R. 503)
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, americans, congress, animals, horses, slaughter, food, horsemeat, cruelty, suffering, death, pets, sadness, humans, animalwelfare )

Tom
- 222 days ago - animalrights.change.org
The US Congress' failure to pass legislation banning horse slaughter means American horses are being slaughtered for human consumption abroad. Tens of thousands are shipped to Mexico and Canada annually, where they are killed under barbaric conditions.
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Horse Slaughter Continues to Split Montanans
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: animals, horses, slaughter, cruelty, suffering, death, pets, sadness, government, montana, politics, money, jobs, business )

Tom
- 235 days ago - missoulian.com
Will Montana be the only state in the nation to have a horse slaughter plant? The answer now depends on Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who will determine the outcome of this contentious issue during the next few days. Will he sign House Bill 418 and allow it?
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Take Action: Tell President Obama to End the Whaling and Dealing
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, clinton, bush, greenpeace, ocean, hunting, NOAA, government, politics, japan, whales, animals, suffering, cruelty, death, extinction, sadness, protection, wildlife )

Tom
- 240 days ago - members.greenpeace.org
Holdouts from the Bush Administration are in closed-door talks with Japanese officials at the International Whaling Commission. Tell President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the NOAA to replace the Bush appointees now before it's too late!
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Sign Petition: Tell the Obama Administration to Restore Protections for Gray Wolves
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: animals, wolves, wolf, hunters, palin, obama, science, government, protection, bush, delisting, endangered, cruelty, sadness, suffering, wildlife, death, extinction, environment )

Tom
- 241 days ago - nrdconline.org
President Obama has allowed the Bush Administration's policy on wolves to proceed, leaving them vulnerable to state-sponsored hunts. Tell Interior Secretary Salazar you don't agree with the decision to strip gray wolves of their federal protection.
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Government Bans `Downer' Cows From Food Supply
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, goodnews, corruption, abuse, cruelty, death, AnimalCruelty, slaughter, investigation, obama )

Echo
- 251 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The Agriculture Department proposed the ban last year after the biggest beef recall in U.S. history. The recall involved a Chino, Calif., slaughterhouse and "downer" cows. The Obama administration finalized the ban on Saturday.
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Sign Petition: Gray Wolves Lose Protection as An Endangered Species!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: animals, wolves, Obama, government, politics, hunting, killing, cruelty, wildlife, suffering, endangered, species, death )

Tom
- 257 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
This decision opens thousands of wolves up to a brutal hunt in eight states the wolves call home. Remind President Obama that we have an obligation to protect and foster the delicate balance of wildlife at risk. Gray wolves should be re-listed under the
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Take Action: End Aerial Hunting of Alaska's Wolves
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: animals, wolves, alaska, government, politics, palin, aerial, hunting, killing, cruelty, wildlife, suffering, endangered, death )

Tom
- 257 days ago - tinyurl.com
Alaska's aerial hunting program has claimed the lives of more than 800 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 animals point blank.
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