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Kitten Rescued From Under Car On I-95
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, cats, pets, rescued, GoodNews )

Maria
- 2 hours ago - news4jax.com
One local woman is being called a hero after she rescued a kitten from under a car. But the car wasn't sitting in traffic or a parking lot. It was going 70 mph on Interstate 95.
Obese Dog Loses 66 Pounds After Being Removed From Home
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, dogs, pets, GoodNews )

Maria
- 2 hours ago - examiner.com
If you think it is not possible for your dog to lose weight, think again because Barney, the Dalmatian, is living proof that overweight dogs can indeed lose weight and become healthy again. According to People Pets, Barney used to weigh 154 pounds which
After Abuse, Happy Endings
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, dogs, pets )

Maria
- 2 hours ago - myfoxtampabay.com
Sometimes it seems as though we have a constant stream of stories in the news about animals being abused or neglected. But after the puppy mill bust or dog-rescued-from-a-hot-car story airs, where do the animals end up?
Fight to Protect California Condors From Lead Ammunition Moves to Arizona
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, condors, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - scientificamerican.com
It has been 22 years since the last 22 California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) were collected from the wild and placed in captive breeding programs. The species, which nearly went extinct due to habitat loss, poaching, DDT and lead poisoning,
Group Threatens to Sue Over Gray Wolf
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 3 hours ago - krqe.com
An environmental group is threatening to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its failure to respond to a petition involving the Mexican gray wolf. The Center for Biological Diversity had filed a petition asking the agency to list the
Ban Use of Gas Chambers in Georgia's Public Animal Shelters
Animals  (tags: GoodNews, AnimalWelfare, animalwelfare, ethics )

Ginger
- 3 hours ago - change.org
Georgia state Rep. Tom Knox has introduced Grace's Law, H.B. 788, which will be considered by the House Committee on Science and Technology during the 2010 session.
Animals Australia to Expose Factory Farming of Pigs in Australia on National TV
Animals  (tags: animalcruelty, AnimalWelfare, Factory farming exposed on TV )

Animalib
- 4 hours ago - care2.com
This Sunday night 60 Minutes on the Nine Network will feature an unprecedented exposé on the factory farming of pigs in Australia which has been underpinned by an investigation conducted by Animals Australia
BLM Plan Could Make Mustang as Rare as the Buffalo
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, mustangs, horses, BLM, burros )

Catherine
- 8 hours ago - horsebackmagazine.com
The BLM plans removal and sterilization of thousands of wild horses in 2010.
Assault Planned on Last Stronghold of Wild Horses Demand a Stop to the Calico Roundup
Animals  (tags: wild horses, mustangs, western heritage, wildanimals, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, suffering, sadness, slaughter, killing, animalcruelty, animalwelfare, abuse, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, cruelty, habitat )

Roseann
- 9 hours ago - thecloudfoundation.org
Despite a significant public outcry, BLM plans a helicopter round up to remove thousands of wild horses in northwestern Nevada, an area called the Calico Complex in a remote and starkly beautiful landscape of volcanic outcrops, steep canyons and wide vall
Consider the Turkey
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, cruelty, crime, death, ethics, humans, killed, killing, protection, sadness, slaughter, suffering )

Lars
- 10 hours ago - advocacy.britannica.com
Some 46 million turkeys have been or are now being slaughtered for Thanksgiving in the United States this year, and by the end of the year, the total number slaughtered will be between 250 million and 300 million.
"Extinct" Crocodile Claws Its Way Back to Survival
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, endangered, protection, humans, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 10 hours ago - enn.com
In 2000 researchers discovered several dozen of them in south-west Cambodia. Experts now believe there are 250 Siamese crocodiles living in the wild in the region.
Europe's Red Kites in Peril
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, endangered, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 10 hours ago - rspb.org.uk
Numbers on the bird's main wintering grounds have halved since 1994 and there have been big falls in the number of breeding pairs in its heartlands of Spain, France and Germany
Sheryl Crow Adds Voice to Call for Better Wild Horse Strategies
Animals  (tags: horse, mustang, burro, BLM, roundups, animalwelfare, wildlife )

Catherine
- 12 hours ago - horsetalk.co.nz
Singer Sheryl Crow has joined over 100 wild horse advocacy groups in calling for a moritorium on wild horse roundups by the Bureau of Land Management, in a message to the President.
Wildlife Managment Kills Deer on Our Dime ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, deer, killing, habitat, environment, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 12 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com
Let's stop Wildlife Management from killing deer near our roads and highways. Make known that our tax dollars will not be used for this senseless, cruel operation. Tell them it is ineffective and pointless to kill deer who are trying to cross through
Call for a Moratorium on BLM's Removal of Wild Horses and Burros ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, horses, wild burros, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 13 hours ago - change.org
Members of Congress will call for a moratorium on wild horse and burros gathers until Congress can take action on BLM's management of the wild horse and burro program.
Super-Sized Treadmill Instead of Retirement for Ailing Elephant?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, zoos, sanctuary, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 13 hours ago - blog.peta.org
PETA and ZooCheck have been campaigning to convince officials at the Edmonton Zoo, deemed Canada's worst zoo for elephants by African elephant biologist Winnie Kiiru, to release its sole pachyderm prisoner, Lucy, to a sanctuary. We've reasoned with zoo
Endangered Koalas Face Extinction
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, endangered, wildlife )

AldiLa
- 13 hours ago - pawnation.com
As far as national mascots go, Australia's is one of the cutest, but unfortunately, the cuddly critters are also seriously endangered. Australia's koalas could become extinct in as little as 30 years, reports Agence France-Presse.
Speak Out for Canadian Eskimo Dogs Suffering Without Shelter ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, suffering, environment, protection )

Cher
- 13 hours ago - secure.peta.org
For years, the conditions for Canadian Eskimo dog breeder Brian Ladoon's sled dogs have garnered the outrage and concern of residents and tourists alike. Dozens of dogs in Churchill, Manitoba, who are chained in extreme wind and cold without shelter
Will the Natterjack Toads Go Nuclear?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, toads, habitat, wildlife, environment, protection )

Cher
- 13 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
Britain's largest colony of natterjack toads - a rare and highly protected species - is holding up plans for a nuclear power station
Public Comment Needed By Sunday, Nov 22nd to Stop Wild Horse Round Up
Animals  (tags: BLM, wild horses, wild burros, slaughter, capture, round up, AnimalWelfare, sadness, wildlife, protection, extinction, death, government, congress, politics, dishonesty )

Rebecca
- 13 hours ago - secure2.convio.net
Help stop the latest assault on wild horses - the scheduled removal of 2,500 wild horses from Calico Mountain Complex. These horses will very likely wind up at slaughter or stuck in corrals for life. Help them remain free! Comment NOW!
CNKP Offers Humane Education at John Wister Elementary School
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, dogs, pets, protection, dog fighting )

Megan
- 14 hours ago - examiner.com
Humane education to Philadelphia fifth graders by CNKP
Endangered Koalas Face Extinction
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, koalas, habitat, endangered, extinction, sadness )

Barbaroca
- 15 hours ago - pawnation.com
As far as national mascots go Australia's is one of the cutest, but unfortunately the cuddly critters are also seriously endangered. Australia's koalas could become extinct in as little as 30 years.
Animals Matter to Me - VIDEO   video
Animals  (tags: goodnews, GoodNews, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, AnimalCruelty, animalcruelty, AnimalWelfare )

Dusty
- 15 hours ago - youtube.com
Animals matter to billions of people around the world. They matter to people like you. Yet, all over the world, animals are suffering. You can help them, visit http://www.makeanimalsmatter.ca.
Urgent: Public Comments Needed By Sunday Nov. 22 to Stop Roundup
Animals  (tags: horses, wild horses, wildlife, endangered, conservation, AnimalWelfare, wildanimals, protection, habitat, humans, ethics, environment )

Elena
- 1 day ago - secure2.convio.net
Please Take Action NOW and Pass on to Friends & Family - every comment counts. The Obama Administration is continuing the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) war on wild horses by proposing to round up an astounding 2,500 wild horses
Public Interest Litigation Moved By Naresh Kadyan on Elephant Polo / Elephant Abuse
Animals  (tags: animaladvocates, animalrights, ethics, wildanimals, law, AnimalWelfare, protection )

Abhishek
- 1 day ago - docs.google.com
Elephants are being tortured, ill treated for joy, profit and personnel gains by the so called owners, being an scheduled one protected animal under Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 - all captive animals be rescued and released in their natural habitat.
PETA Wants Donations for Animal Rights Not for Their Welfare - Naresh Kadyan
Animals  (tags: animaladvocates, animalrights, AnimalWelfare, ethics, wildanimals )

Kadyan
- 1 day ago - petaindia.com
PETA don't have solutions to serve animals, let PETA comes forward to adopt animals, run and manage ambulance / shelter / rescue centers / animal birth control programme with on spot treatment for animal is distress around World, but PETA not doing so,WHY
PETA India Not a Symbol of Animal Rights Here in India - Naresh Kadyan
Animals  (tags: animaladvocates, animalrights, ethics, wildanimals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty )

Kadyan
- 1 day ago - petaindia.com
OIPA in India feels that PETA India never comes forward for animal welfare, where as both rights and welfare are continuous process to serve animals, let PETA India adopt some animals / manage and run animal shelter / rescue centers / ABC / on spot treat.
   

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