In just three years, the price of staple foods like wheat, corn and rice has almost doubled, and this week, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said that if left unchecked, global food shortages could set the world back seven years in the fight against
On June 29, 2008, Martha Obando was shot dead in the main street of her suburb in the outskirts of Buenaventura, Colombia. Obando, known affectionately as Dona Chila, was an active community and women's rights leader. She started a small organization for
An RSPCA investigation into the puppy trade has found evidence of sick and dying puppies being sold as family pets. Bred on puppy farms, often outside the UK and then sold by some pet shops, via internet classified sites and local newspaper adverts, many
This is a PETITION from IFAW to Stop the trade of Ivory on e-Bay and Worldwide. So if you wish to join 49,000 plus, please click on site and sign the petition. Thank you for caring.
Consumers everywhere need to know the truth about fur. When people learn that millions of innocent animals are beaten, boiled, hanged, and electrocuted for their fur every year ... when they learn that every fur coat, lining, trim, or fur cat toy
We the undersigned are very concerned about the fate of a juvenile Amazon River dolphin being captured in July 2008 in the Ucayali River and currently being held without proper permits and under sub-standard living conditions in the zoo of Pucallpa.
Senior citizens would love to participate on American Idol. In the past 7 seasons, American Idol has been only open to the youth for auditons and performance. And peop0le over the age of 50 wants a change. So lets sign the petition and help the seniors.
Veal is the one of the cruelest meals out there! Male Calves are taken from there mothers a couple of hours after birth. They are chained by the necks in a small wooden crate so small that they cannot move around or lie down comforatbly. They are never fe
Let the Kenyan government know destroying ecosystems for toxic sugar monocultures is unethical, and ask them to please follow their own environmental laws, and permanently cancel the project.Kenya has recently approved plans to destroy some 20,000 acres
