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Help ensure the rights of women around the world by urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women. CEDAW _the U.S. is one of only 8 countries (including Sudan, Iran, and Somalia) who have not yet ratified this important treaty.

Even as millions of sharks are being poached and finned, there is a group entrenched in the multi-billion dollar finning industry who are advocating shark killing and mutilation.

Watch the adorable video of a bird petting a cat!

During bad economic times, more people find that the financial cost of giving pets the care they deserve becomes a burden, or worse, unbearable. 63% of all U.S. households own a pet. Should pets go without adequate care during a recession? I say no way.

The number of large-diameter trees in Yosemite National Park have declined 24-percent between the 1930s and 1990s. The findings are based on a study done by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington. Scientists compared tree

This year, 1.2 million male babies in the United States will have between 35 and 50% of healthy, functioning penile skin removed. Is this really a means to prevent STDs and HIV/AIDS? Review the studies here.

Budget cuts of over 60% for 2010 in zoo funing could force Boston's zoos to close, and as many of 20% of the animals currently at the zoos could be killed because officials are unlikely to find new homes for them.

Although no one can help but to feel that the world is a little brighter now that these 450 innocent dogs finally have a chance for the safe and loving homes these deserve, this week's seizure also reveals....

This weekend, on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots,police raided a new gay bar in Fort Worth. Seven arrests were made for public intoxication, and one man remains in intensive care for blows he received while being "subdued" by police. A prote