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For the Month of September 2009
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CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS September 12: D.C. VegFest (George Washington University) September 19: Puppy Mill Awareness Day (Lancaster, PA) September 19-20: Farm Sanctuary: NY Farm Animal Care Conference (Watkins Glen, NY) September 26: Spirit of the Horse (near Santa Barbara, CA)
FEATURED ACTION ALERTS & CAMPAIGNS Help Stop the International Polar Bear Trade. In some countries, collectors can still buy polar bear skin rugs, claws, skulls and other parts of these animals -- even as these beloved bears struggle for survival in a warming world. The U.S. can strengthen protections for polar bears under international law by proposing to restrict trade in polar bear products... MORE Support Catalonia's campaign to end bullfighting. This is Catalonia’s infamous blood sport: men on foot or horseback repeatedly stab a trapped, exhausted bull with knives and spears. After twenty minutes, the bull is dead... MORE No Rally in the Valley: Help stop car rally through some of Australia's pristine wilderness. The Tweed and Kyogle Shires need your support to stop the Repco Rally crashing through our towns, national parks and rural roads biennially for the next 20 years, starting September 2009... MORE Los Angeles Area Fires. Affected Animal Acres, Wildlife Way Station, Pasadena Humane Society, Shambala Big Cat Sanctuary. Your tax-deductible donation lets us network reliably during animal disasters. Thanks for keeping us in touch, so we can bring you breaking news, ways to help, and volunteer deployments (when activated to do so)... MORE Friends of Kinship Circle Blog Action Alerts. For an updated list of alerts and links to direct you to more information and action, please visit this site... MORE Please help the prairie dogs of Santa Fe. Santa Fe, New Mexico, is home to a small population of Gunnison’s prairie dogs, a species listed on the International Conservation Union’s red list of threatened species. Because several animals have been found in Santa Fe carrying plague, the city has removed protection from the animals and is allowing them to be poisoned... MORE Urge Costa Rican Legislative Assembly to Protect Leatherback Turtles. Reject proposed legislation and work with local environmental groups to move forward with plans to protect and consolidate the boundaries of Las Baulas National Marine Park — one of the last remaining sanctuaries in the Americas for the critically endangered leatherback turtle... MORE Animal Rights Group Calling for Boycott of Idaho Potatoes. In just a few days one animal rights group is calling for a boycott of one of Idaho's biggest exports, potatoes... MORE
FEATURED LEGISLATIVE AND LEGAL ISSUES Utah Animal Rights Activist Pleads Guilty in Mink Farm Incident. William James Viehl, age 23, of Layton, charged in a two-count indictment returned in March with damaging and interfering with the operation of an animal enterprise in connection with an early morning Aug. 19, 2008, attack at the McMullin mink farm in South Jordan and an attempted attack Oct. 18, 2008, at the Mathews mink farm in Hyrum, has pleaded guilty to the McMullin attack... MORE
FEATURED PETITIONS Moratorium urgently needed: Kangaroos heading for Extinction. After investigating the state government data pertaining to kangaroo densities across the Kangaroo Management Zones, it has been found that kangaroos are now 'quasi extinct' across most of NSW, South Australia and Queensland... MORE Stop the Massive Removal of Cloud's Wild Horse Herd. Cloud and the wild horses of Montana's Pryor Mountains are world famous but fame it appears is not going to protect the herd from a drastic government round up planned to begin September 1st in their spectacular wilderness home... MORE Boycott the Olympic Games in Canada 2010 and Stop the Seal Hunt Forever. All eyes are on Canada as it prepares to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. This extra attention will bring increased scrutiny and comes with the added responsibility of setting a positive example for the world... MORE Help Protect Cats on Long Island, New York. Even while feral cat groups have organized and grown, many individual caregivers have been harassed and cited for their community service. Some have even dropped from view to care for the cats in secret for safety’s sake, which is what is happening on the premises of Mercy Medical Center located in Rockville Center, Long Island, New York... MORE
FEATURED FACT SHEETS & OTHER VALUABLE INFORMATION Painting Live Tropical Fish. The practice of painting fish, also called juicing or dying the fish, appears to have actually started in the late 1970s with the Glass Perch... MORE Kinship Circle Fact Sheets. Downloadable and copy-able fact sheets in PDF form on a variety of subjects... MORE Invasive Species of Amphibians. Humans ship hundreds of millions of animals around the world each year, for pets, food, bait, lab research, and for use in zoos. Unfortunately, animals are often either purposely set free in their new environment, or they escape. Many of these invasive species adapt to their new environments... MORE What marine-mammal parks don’t want you to know. Dolphins are dying to entertain us. That’s the message of a devastating new documentary, "The Cove," which sheds light on a dirty secret of the marine-park industry... MORE Frequently Asked Questions on Immunocontraception. Immunocontraception is non-hormonal form of contraception, based on the same principles as disease prevention through vaccination. An immunocontraceptive causes the production of antibodies against some essential element of the reproductive process, thus preventing pregnanc... MORE
FEATURED EDITORIAL In a fog? Could be the fish by Paul Moore. If your hair is thinning and you can't remember where you left the car keys, last night's fish fillets just might be to blame. According to a new study released by the U.S. Geological Survey, over a seven-year period, scientists found mercury in every single fish they tested from streams across the country... MORE Cherokee’s Unbearable Bear Pits by Bob Barker. Even though my life has been full of incredible experiences and I’ve learned that there’s always more on the horizon, I never imagined I’d be writing a blog post for CNN at the age of 85. But when I was asked to write about my work for animals and my recent campaign to free some bears who are living in appalling conditions in Cherokee, North Carolina, I knew it was time... MORE In-vitro meat: Would lab-burgers be better for us and the planet? Meat is murder? Well, perhaps not for much longer. A pioneering group of scientists are working to grow real animal protein in the laboratory, which they not only claim is better for animal welfare, but actually healthier, both for people and the planet... MORE Born Free — Sold Out. by Bob Chorush. In August 2003, 7 elephants captured in the wild in Swaziland were shipped to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, part of the San Diego Zoo. The three elephants in the San Diego Zoo at that time were shipped to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago where all three died within two years due to the colder climate... MORE Pet Store Neglect by Lisa. Selvaggio. Walking through a corporate pet store, such as Petsmart, seems to invoke in me the same emotions I get when I see animals in cages at a shelter. The look of sadness in their eyes, the longing for a home and companionship, exists even in these places... MORE Blood Treasure by Kevin Sieff. On the morning of March 10, Andres Hernandez crawled ashore on South Padre Island, spitting saltwater and blood onto the sand. His clothes were soaked, torn, falling off his slim frame. He tried to get the attention of tourists sunbathing on the beach, but they ignored him... MORE Killing Wolves for Fun by Randy Cohen. The Interior Department has ruled that wolves have sufficiently increased in numbers in the Western continental United States to allow some wolf hunting there. The Idaho hunt began on September 1... MORE Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food. Somewhere in Iowa, a pig is being raised in a confined pen, packed in so tightly with other swine that their curly tails have been chopped off so they won't bite one another. To prevent him from getting sick in such close quarters, he is dosed with antibiotics... MORE Hunting Wolves, and Men by Timothy Egan. They started hunting gray wolves in the high reaches of the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday, the first time in years that people have been allowed to shoot for sport this genetic cousin of man’s best friend... MORE Wolf Season Begins by New York Times Opinion. The first legal wolf hunt in decades in the continental United States began at dawn in Idaho on Tuesday. Legal wolf hunting will begin in Montana on Sept. 15. All told, some 295 wolves are likely to be killed in these two states in the next two months. Idaho has set a quota of 220, Montana 75... MORE Everyone who is not clearly supporting violent direct action supports the state’s terrorist oppression by Kostas Alexiou, the Greek anti-speciesist. So here we are, waiting for the debate between Steve Best and Gary Francione. But the real problem with Francione and everyone who opposes violence or disagrees with Dr. Best’s defense of effective militant direct action is not just about their ideas on animal rights or animal liberation or neo-abolitionism; it’s about their idea of Freedom and the struggle to see it realized... MORE
FEATURED WEB SITES & GROUPS Kinship Circle Disaster Animal Aid Network formed in 2005 as a network of independent volunteers who communicate during disasters to mobilize volunteers, supplies, and other resources for animal victims... MORE Death by Dyeing is an organization devoted to halting the barbaric process of injecting ornamental tropical fish with colored dyes and carcinogens. Each day, hundreds of fish of multiple species are killed by these "lethal injections"... MORE
FEATURED BOOKS & VIDEO, ETC. Video: John Schneider on Thinking Outside the Cage. Inspired by Karen Dawn's Thanking the Monkey... MORE Video: Chicks Ground Up Alive, Caught on Video. The egg industry is known as one of the cruelest and inhumane on the planet. But an undercover video, filmed and publicized by the Chicago-based animal rights group Mercy for Animals shines the spotlight on an industry practice that is beyond horrific... MORE Magazine Issue: Animal Voice - Save the Hares Edition. The fate of thousands of hares will be decided by one man. Will Green Party leader, John Gormley, finally stand up to the coursers and protect this precious species?... MORE Video: "I Want to Live." Poignant look at one cow on the way to slaughter and the hopeless attempt to escape... MORE The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble by Ingrid Newkirk. With more than two million members and supporters, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the world’s largest animal-rights organization, and its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk, is one of the most well-known and most effective activists in America. She has spearheaded worldwide efforts to improve the treatment of animals in manufacturing, entertainment, and elsewher... MORE Simple Little Vegan Dog Book by Michelle Rivera. Here is all the information needed so our friendly carnivorous canines can flourish as omnivores. Highlights include: expert opinions from veterinarians and animal nutritionist enthusiasts on plant-based diets; health survey on dogs fed a vegan diet versus commercial based; comprehensive lists of "people" foods that are beneficial to dogs and those that are harmful; and dozens of recipes for biscuits and treats as well as more substantial fare... MORE Video: Ban Live Bait Dog Training. This video is graphic, it depicts coyote hunters using their dogs to tear coyotes apart as "sport." This is sick and barbaric. To find out how you can end this bloodsport email Ban Live Dog Training... MORE Photo: Scene-stealing squirrel crashes Banff tourist photo. A cheeky squirrel in Alberta's Banff National Park has gone viral after stealing the spotlight in a tourist's photo... MORE Video: Cockfighting: cruelty or culture? Graphic... MORE Slideshow: What the World Eats: Part I. What's on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe?... MORE Video: Advocacy Group Decries PETA's Inhumane Treatment Of Women. Women Deserve Better says PETA abuses defenseless, simple-minded women by forcing them to remove their clothing and participate in humiliating... MORE
FEATURED NEWS First Wave of Opposition Hits Taiji Shores. Ric O'Barry, the star of "The Cove," successfully made it into Japan and to Taiji along with other Save Japan Dolphins staff and news crews from the U.S., Germany, and the U.K., and for the first time ever — three Japanese television crews... MORE The monkeys are going to stay in their own country. After a campaign that lasted for six years (2003-2009) the Nepal government has decided to definitely halt the breeding of monkeys for biomedical research in the USA... MORE Lemurs butchered in Madagascar. A breakdown in law and order due to the recent coup in Madagascar has resulted in poachers killing lemurs for profit. The dead lemurs are sold to restaurant owners seeking to serve new delicacies... MORE 'Vegan fashion' is not an oxymoron. They've given up eating burgers. And bacon. And anything else that used to have a pulse or came from something with a pulse. But just because they're vegan doesn't mean they're unfashionable... MORE S. Korean wages a visual campaign against dog eating. One activist uses graphic images to make his case. South Koreans are increasingly taking the lead in their country in promoting animal rights, going so far as to question their cultural traditions... MORE Marines enlist pigs to aid in medical training for troops. Marines receive 'live tissue' training on pigs, giving them experience beyond the mannequins and computer simulations in the classroom... MORE PETA and zoo share very big concerns. Call them the peacemaking pachyderms. Tina and Jewel, two former circus elephants, have helped create rare goodwill between animal-rights groups and the San Diego Zoo after years of acrimony over the institution's policies for pachyderms... MORE $2M penalty for pumping animal waste into river. Tyson Fresh Meats, the world's largest beef and pork supplier, will pay $2 million for pumping animal waste into the Missouri River... MORE Wild horse roundup captures 131 MT mustangs. Federal officials say they will complete a wild horse roundup along the Montana-Wyoming border within the next few days... MORE
ANIMAL RESCUE & SANCTUARIES Animal Rescue New Orleans is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit grassroots volunteer organization founded by Jane Garrison and two of her good friends. Involved in hands-on Katrina rescue in the greater New Orleans area, Jane was one of the first out-of-town persons on the scene at 'rescue headquarters' located at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, LA... MORE Horse Welfare Organizations. Dedicated to bringing together non-profit horse rescue organizations and horse lovers from all over the world... MORE Beam Lucy the elephant from zoo, Shatner urges Edmonton. Canadian actor William Shatner is calling for the City of Edmonton to move Lucy the Asian elephant out of the city-run Valley Zoo, a major animal rights group announced Tuesday. In a letter addressed to Mayor Stephen Mandel on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Shatner said he is adding to a "crescendo of voices" calling for Lucy to be moved... MORE
FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS-RELATED BLOGS Captivity in Japan and Goodbye for Now By Richard O’Barry, Director Save Japan Dolphins Coalition. "We spent the day today doing a most depressing, but necessary thing: Lincoln and I and our film crew went around to dolphinariums in Japan to expose the conditions under which beautiful, self-aware dolphins are kept in prison conditions... MORE Save Gray Wolves so We Can Slaughter Them? by Brenda Shoss. The gray wolf, also called timber wolf, is the largest wild member of the Canidae family and an ice age survivor originating during the Late Pleistocene around 300,000 years ago... MORE Turning 50 by Jonathan Balcombe. On the eve of my 50th birthday, which arrives in 65 minutes, we have come to The White Pig, a vegan B&B in rural Virginia. Our arrival at dusk was heralded by a cluster of wild turkeys moseying near the border of a field and woodland. Half an hour later, a big brown bat flapped overhead as Marilyn and I wandered the property in the last wisps of light... MORE Prayer in Action by Janet Hamilton. Everyday without fail, I receive several emails and some phone calls. In the beginning it was a dog or cat who needed a new home, a shelter overrun with strays and owner surrendered animals at their limit, a horse abandoned and neglected, or a fellow rescue person trying to place a difficult to adopt companion animal... MORE Freedom of Choice? by Lisa Selvaggio. What a lot of people tell me to justify their decisions regarding their use of animal products, or animals themselves, as in the form of entertainment, is that they don’t have a choice and just have to. Or that they were raised to be a certain way, eat a certain way, etc... MORE
NEAT THINGS Earth Talk: A Weekly Column. E — The Environmental Magazine offers editors of newspapers, magazines and websites a FREE weekly environmental Q&A column called EarthTalk... MORE The Animal-Friendly Giving Guide was created for everyone that ever wanted a way to find organizations that address the issues that they care about and that care about animals too... MORE Gobble Green. Gobble Green is an online marketplace where you will find a diverse and frequently updated selection of healthy, pre-packaged vegan meals... MORE Peace, Justice & Environment Project. Peace, justice and environmental organizations in 45 states representing over 1200 local groups and organizations use the Actions Options Tool web application to facilitate online communication and cooperation... MORE Publish a Letter. Have an opinion? Want to write letters to the editor of a newspaper or magazine — anywhere in the world? Don’t know where or how to begin? You’ve come to the right place... MORE Today's Front Pages. Front pages of newspapers from around the world... MORE Listen to Animals Today Radio. With Dr. Lori Kirschner... MORE Free 800 Information from Google. Call 1-800-goog411 (1-800-4664-411) Tiny URL. Making long URLs usable. More than 170 million of them. Over 1.75 billion hits/month... MORE
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