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Is Your Faux Fur Really Dog?
Animals  (tags: faux fur, fur farms, shopping, cruelty, racoon dogs, investigation, real fur )

Simone
- 7 hours ago - cbs2.com
Is it fur or is it fake? We went undercover with hidden cameras looking for fur-free fashions. But no matter what some of the salespeople said, we looked inside. You won't believe some of the things we found.
Halt the Trade of Endangered Species
Animals  (tags: wildlife, wild animals, black market trade, poaching, endangered species, animals, extinction, survival, protection, legalisation )

Simone
- 7 hours ago - hsus.typepad.com
Once every three years, delegates from 175 countries meet to decide the fate of dozens of species of animals and plants that are traded internationally. In March 2010, 2,000 people will assemble in Doha, Qatar, for the 15th meeting of the Conference of
ACTION ALERT: Tell the U.S. Not to Strip CITES Protection for Bobcats!
Animals  (tags: Cities, USA, endangered, bobcats, protection, conservation, welfare, legalisation )

Simone
- 7 hours ago - secure.humanesociety.org
The meeting (CITES) is coming up in March 2010, and the United States has, for the fourth time, submitted a proposal to strip CITES protection for bobcats. The same thick fur that makes bobcats so beautiful is also in high demand in the fur trade.
ACTION ALERT: Tell the United States That Elephants Need More Protection at CITES!
Animals  (tags: cities, meetings, elephants, poaching, endangered, ivory trade, countries, ban ivory ban worldwide )

Simone
- 7 hours ago - secure.humanesociety.org
The only way to end elephant poaching is to stop any further ivory trade and eliminate the market for ivory once and for all. We can start by getting countries to support the call by six African countries--Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra
Obama Administration Still Neglecting Endangered Species
Animals  (tags: obama administration, wildlife, laws, legalisation, protection, extinction )

Simone
- 3 hours ago - animalrights.change.org
President Obama's record on animal issues in his first year in office has been less than inspiring, including his decisions to give responsibility for protecting animals in his administration to decidedly un-animal-friendly people (Sam Hamilton to head
Obama Issues Endangered Species Performance Review: Has Only Listed One Species in 10 Months
Animals  (tags: endangered animals, wildife, plants, no protection, species, extinction, disappearing )

Simone
- 3 hours ago - biologicaldiversity.org
The Obama administration today issued its first review of species that are candidates for protection as endangered species, identifying a total of 249 species in need of protection. The review also describes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's progress
Group Says San Antonio Zoo Mistreats Lone Elephant
Animals  (tags: IDA, filed, complaint, zoo elephants, lucky, lonely, bored, imprisoned, small area, mistreatment, san antonio zoo )

Simone
- 3 hours ago - chron.com
A nonprofit animal-rights organization based in California filed a complaint last week with the U.S. Department of Agriculture against the San Antonio Zoo, claiming the zoo's treatment of its only elephant violates federal law. Lucky, The 49-year-old
Mistaken for Hiding Dog, Gator Bites Man's Hand
Offbeat  (tags: alligator, missing dog, looked under car, hands bitten )

Simone
- 3 hours ago - tampabay.com
A Land O' Lakes man ducked to look under his car, thinking his dog had crawled underneath. But when Joseph Cannistra reached below just after midnight Sunday, he discovered a 5-foot gator, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
15 New Tiger Cubs Sighted in Dudhwa
Animals  (tags: good news, 15 tiger cubs, sightings, populations, dudhwa tiger reserve )

Simone
- 2 hours ago - ptinews.com
In a good news for wildlife enthusiasts concerned over dwindling big cat population in the country, at least 15 tiger cubs have been sighted in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. Not only that, the survival rate of the cubs has
The Short, Sad Life of Island's Dingo Pups
Animals  (tags: dingos, native australian wild dogs, harrassed, killed, starved, frazer island, rangers, cruelty )

Simone
- 2 hours ago - noosa-journal.whereilive.com.au
Since these photographs were taken most of these dingo pups have been killed by rangers, died of starvation or run over, says dingo protester Jennifer Parkhurst. It's typical of the native dogs' life expectancy under the State Government's Fraser
 
 
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