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The Final Lap for Greyhounds in Massachusetts
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, greyhounds, racing, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 17 hours ago - all-creatures.org
"People who voted to end dog racing should step forward now and take a dog home," Dorchak said. "This is the happy ending we all worked for, and these dogs make wonderful pets."
New Ranthambhore Road Spells Trouble for Tigers ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, tigers, roads, death, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1 day ago - tigerawareness.co.uk
The road will divide the corridor between Keladevi and Ranthambhore proper, which is used by tigers and other animals. Tigers generally stay in Ranthambhore proper, but the surplus population will go to Keladevi.
IHOP Thinks About Maybe Going Cage-Free
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, chickens, cage-free, IHOP, AnimalCruelty, suffering, protection, environment )

Cher
- 17 hours ago - animalwelfare.change.org
In one of the lamest campaign updates I've seen in a long time, the Humane Society of the United States posted that they were encouraged by IHOP's agreement to "begin testing the use of cage-free eggs."
Save the Orangutan - Boycott Palm Oil
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, rainforests, petition, orangutan, animalrights, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, abuse, AnimalCruelty, protection, wildlife, suffering )

Mari
- 5 days ago - gopetition.co.uk
We, the undersigned, on behalf of the remaining wild Orangutan population of the world, respectfully request the European Parliament to intervene and help save a species from extinction. (Petition)
ACTION ALERT: Make Women's Rights a Priority in Afghanistan!!
World  (tags: womens rights, afghanistan, protection, abuse, violence )

Simone
- 16 hours ago - womensrights.change.org
Women in Afghanistan suffer some of the worst human rights violations in the world. As a recent Human Rights Watch report signifies, the situation for women is dire, and risks becoming worse. Among many atrocities
Support Strong U.S. Climate Change Legislation Now ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, climate-change, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 1 day ago - change.org
In order to address the causes of global climate change and mitigate its effects, it is imperative that the U.S. passes a strong and timely domestic legislation
The Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - wildcatglades.audubon.org
The Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, located in Wildcat Park, Joplin, Missouri, is adjacent to some of the last remaining chert glades, a globally unique habitat found only in this area and the biologically rich Shoal Creek an important
Don't Let the Senate Sneak Offshore Drilling Into the Climate Change Bill ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, offshore drilling, habitat, nature, protection, destruction, wildlife )

Cher
- 20 hours ago - change.org
News reports are saying that the Senate is considering opening previously protected areas to offshore oil drilling as part of a "trade" to get a climate change bill passed.
The Strangest Felines
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, panther like, environment, big cats, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 29 days ago - news.scotsman.com
THE weather over the past week has been fit for neither man nor beast. How odd then to find myself in the company of a man who has spent his adult life searching for some particular beasts - black panther-like creatures which he believes are roaming
SOUNDS BAD---Gibson Guitar Under Federal Investigation for Alleged Use of Illegal Rainforest Timber From Madagascar
Business  (tags: corporate, environment, rainforests, bad business, business, world, ethics )

Cal
- 37 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided Gibson Guitar's factory Tuesday afternoon, due to concerns that the company had been using illegally harvested wood from Madagascar, reports the Nashville Post
 
 
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