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Monday, April 30, 2012

Some more Petitions

Various:
  1. Please Vote Yes For Lucy To Be Sent To A Sanctuary
  2. Free the activists arrested for rescuing dogs in Green Hill, Italy
    (IT SAYS 'PRIVATE BLOG' AND REQUESTS A PASSWORD;
    SINCE THE ACTIVISTS WERE RELEASED, THE PETITION IS PROBABLY CLOSED)
  3. Demand the immediate release of the activists arrested for rescuing dogs in "Green Hill", Italy
    (VICTORY! THE ACTIVISTS HAVE JUST BEEN RELEASED, THE PETITION IS NOW CLOSED!)
  4. Prosecute East Anglian Pig Co.!
  5. Vi vill att FN antar en resolution om djurs rättigheter!
    A UN resolution on animal rights would mean that the right idea expanded to include animals. United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948th The time has come to a resolution even if animal rights.

    If animals have rights, which states that they are sentient beings who are entitled to live their lives in freedom and in accordance with its nature, it would in effect mean that the animal may no longer be used in any manner contrary to their own interests. They would not intentionally be subjected to suffering or death. This would mean big changes for the animals as compared to today where an animal is only seen as man's possession.

    The initiator of the list, appealing for a UN resolution on animal rights is the British animal rights organization Uncaged. Animal Rights supports the initiative by collecting names in Sweden.

    In Spain, the Parliament voted in 2008 for a proposal that would give apes rights. In several countries, such as New Zealand and Austria under way similar discussions.

    Efforts to influence individual governments have already gone on for several years. The plan is to get as much support as possible for the issue in different countries, before the matter is brought formally into the UN.
  6. Leaked Video: Live Goats' Legs Cut Off With Tree Trimmers
  7. Ban bestiality
  8. NO HUNTING IN THE NATIONAL PARKS (DEAD LINK - ALL ACTUABLE.ES PETITIONS ARE REDIRECTED TO CHANGE.ORG/ES)
  9. Protect Yellowstone National Park From Dirty Coal!
    "It's time to clean up at Colstrip; require SCR technology" (CLOSED)
  10. Bear killed in the street in Trentino (confirmation needed)
  11. Please Take Action Against Widespread Gambling on Interstate Pigeon Races
  12. No wild animals in South-Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Forcechange.com
  1. Stop the use of Chimpanzees as Laboratory Animals
  2. Ban Hound Hunting in California
  3. Applaud Poland’s Decision to Ban Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Corn
  4. Save One of the World’s Rarest Mammals from Extinction
Change.org
  1. DIE GUILLOTINE: Stop a cruel "art project" about killing a lamb (CLOSED)
  2. WE WANT DEXTERS LAW IN TASMANIA! (CLOSED)
  3. Maximum Sentence for Jenson Bolla-Sosa if found guilty of Bestiality (CLOSED)
  4. City of Dublin, GA & Laurens County GA: Please Sign the No Kill Declaration; Remove Board and Director
  5. Maniac shoot and burned puppies in Cluj - Romania (CLOSED)
  6. Brennerautobahn AG Via Berlino, 10 - 38121Trient www.a22.it: Brennerautobahn AG has to install protections for animals! (CLOSED)
  7. Tell Poland's Leaders: Get Rid of Illegal Hen Cages (CLOSED)
  8. Environment Minister: Protect Australia's Koalas as Endangered Species (CLOSED)
  9. Vegan meals on flights (CLOSED)
  10. Maximum Charges for Daniel Steen if found guilty of Felony Aggravated Animal Cruelty (CLOSED)
  11. Ron White, Justice Seekers Texas: Retract offer to help Darius Ewing and seek justice for the life lost. (CLOSED)
  12. MEOE - Save the Hungarian Kennel Club: The Hungarian government must recognize MEOE!
  13. Office of the Minnesota Governor: STOP WOLF HUNTING & TRAPPING IN MN
  14. Save Bonnett Pet Center (CLOSED)
  15. STOP ABUSIVE PET GROOMER
Care2.com - ThePetitionSite.com
  1. Keep the asile in Den Haag open (CLOSED)
  2. Stop Nevada Horse Round-Up
  3. Close Oxford University Hosting The Largest Animal Experimentation Lab in Europe (CLOSED)
  4. Stop the cruel Faroe Island whale massacre
  5. Urge the USA to BAN Animal Experimentation! (CLOSED)
  6. Oklahoma ban rattle snake roundups today!
  7. Urge the Governors of Washington and Oregon to stop killing sea lions at Bonneville Dam. (CLOSED)
  8. Justice for Washington Wolves Slaughtered by Poacher
  9. Tell FaceBook to shut down "kill the wolves page"
Updated on September 10.


Sunday, April 29, 2012

Communication Towers Kill Nearly 7 Million Birds a Year

Nearly 7 million birds die every year as they migrate from Canada and the U.S. to central and south America at communication towers according to a new study published in PLoS ONE. The 84,000 towers provide TV and radio frequencies and can be as high as 2,000 feet. As Science Daily notes, 250,000 birds were killed in the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the Empire State Building is 1,250 feet high.

The study, entitled “An Estimate of Avian Mortality at Communication Towers in the United States and Canada,” found that taller towers posed the greatest threats to migrating birds. Only 1.6 of the towers — about 1,000 — are taller than 900 feet but they killed 70 percent of the birds, some 4.5 million a year.

Among the birds who are killed are the Common Yellowthroat and the Tennessee Warbler, insect eaters who help to keep forests healthy.

It is not the freestanding towers that are actually the cause of death for millions of birds but the guy wires, the dozens of cables that keep the structures standing. In bad weather, birds fly lower under the cloud cover, which also blocks out navigation cues like stars so that only the blinking or static red lights of the towers are visible. The steady red lights result in more dead birds, says the study’s lead author Travis Longcore, associate professor in the USC Spatial Sciences Institute at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences:

“In the presence of the solid red lights, the birds are unable to get out of their spell. They circle the tower and run into the big cables holding it up.”

The researchers started collecting and analyzing data from field studies starting in 2005. They calculated average bird mortality by looking at the height of towers, the guy wires and the types of lights.

According to Longcore, just changing the continuously burning lights on the 4,500 towers greater than 490 feet tall (about 6 percent of the towers) could reduce mortality by some 45 percent, for some 2.5 million birds.

In addition, the study called on businesses to share towers to lower their number and also to build more freestanding towers, so the need for guy wires is lessened. Consumers also need to realize that our seemingly insatiable demand for strong and clear TV and radio frequencies is contributing to the deaths of millions of birds. Said Longcore,

“This is a tragedy that does not have to be …One of the things this country has been great about is saying we care about not losing species on our watch. With these towers, we are killing birds in an unnatural way. This is senseless.”



Petitions

Various:
  1. Alaska's Wildlife at Risk (CLOSED)
  2. Urge Congress To Re-Open Investigation Of NIH!
  3. Help protect one of the Earth's last great wildernesses
  4. Please send Toronto Zoo elephants to PAWS Sanctuary
  5. Greenpeace Help Sea Shepherd Save Whales
  6. Stop Sharja Animal Market
  7. Against seal hunt in Namibia
  8. For the commitment of the strict observance of the Declaration of Animal Rights (UNESCO) (confirmation needed)
  9. End Old-Growth Temperate Rainforest Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
  10. Indonesian Oil Palm Fires Threaten Important Orangutan Population with Death (CLOSED)
  11. Free Susi
  12. Planned construction of a new animal studies existing laboratory at the MDC Berlin-Buch
  13. BAYER: ¡Salven a las Abejas!
  14. Save Ben the Bear (PETITION IS STILL OPEN BUT BEN THE BEAR WAS MOVED TO A SANCTUARY - A 'Happily Ever After' Ending for Ben the Bear)
  15. Against the trade of ivory (CLOSED)
  16. Call to the churches, their members and all its bodies and institutions to a life-friendly and sustainable lifestyle and commitment to our fellow creatures, the animals. (confirmation needed)
  17. Alone in a concrete prison: meet Morelia Zoo's polar bear (CLOSED)
  18. Against construction of slaughter farm in Barcon
  19. Get on the Bus for the Sturgeon (CLOSED)
  20. Factory farming and genetic engineering are not the answer.
  21. Bill to expand more hunting & trapping on public lands up for senate vote!
  22. Dilma: save the Amazon, veto the new Forest Code (CLOSED)
  23. Animals are suffering through long distance live transport
  24. As an Argentine I claim in compliance with the provisions of the Forest Act, not to authorizes more clearings in "Impenetrable". (CLOSED)
    After an intense campaign in which Greenpeace claimed that the advance of the Impenetrable bulldozers were destroying the Chaco forest, the organization, along with the support of more than 80,000 people, the government managed to establish important constraints for the development of intensive farming in the region. Today the bulldozers, which violated the Forest Act, are prohibited in the Impenetrable. Thanks to the nearly 80,000 people who signed this petition.
  25. Tell the White House to Say No to LNG Exports
  26. Bank of America: Stop funding dirty coal, which is polluting our communities and wrecking our climate, and shift those resources into funding for renewable energy instead.
  27. Demand transparency in the Trans-Pacific free trade agreement! (CLOSED)
  28. H.R. 4089: Poor Environmental Sportsmanship!
  29. Curb Airline Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  30. Pass the REAL Beef Act to Label Pink Slime! (US)
Forcechange.com
  1. Allow Dissection Choice for Connecticut Students
  2. Save Lucy the Elephant
  3. Stop Plans for High Voltage Electrical Cable in Whale Sanctuary
  4. Save the Rare ‘Hector’s Dolphins’
  5. End Gas Chamber Euthanasia for Animals in Michigan
  6. Stop Loews Hotels From Cat Trapping
  7. Plastic Trash in Pacific Ocean is Greater Than Originally Anticipated
  8. Tell Pet Food Company to Stop Killing Animals in Laboratory Testing
  9. Get Toxic Flame Retardants Out of Our Furniture
 Change.org
  1. Facebook: Timeline is costing animals their lives - We want the old format back (CLOSED)
  2. Kiska, Marineland Ontario's Lone Orca, needs a companion (CLOSED)
  3. Bruno needs justice.
  4. Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny: GLOBAL APPEAL TO STOP 'IRISH' RACE HORSE EXPORTS TO 'CHINA'
  5. Officer Yasso we are committed to keep Rosko with your family. (CLOSED)
  6. Prince George's County Executive, Rushern Baker: Repeal the ban on "pit bull" dogs in Prince George's County
  7. Galaboda Gnanissara Thero: Help Baby Ganga (CLOSED)
  8. Bring back the webcams to the Memphis pound
  9. District Office of Würzburg: don't allow the construction of hog facilities in Dipbach and Gelchsheim (CLOSED)
  10. Justice for Jiggy the pug! (CLOSED)
  11. Save Steller Sea Lions (CLOSED)
  12. Pit Bull Advocacy (CLOSED)
  13. Eastview Highschool: Offer an alternate, cruelty-free assignment to dissections (CLOSED)
  14. South African Government: Stop the poaching of rhinos (CLOSED)
  15. Charlie's Law
  16. Warning on products if tested on animals! (CLOSED)
  17. WWF Spain: Sack King Juan Carlos as your Honorary President! (CLOSED)
  18. Tell the Canadian government you support a federal buyout to save seals! (CLOSED)
  19. The Governor of New Mexico,Susana Martinez: Remove B.J. Winchester as Inspector for the State Livestock Board (CLOSED)
  20. OPPOSE MA HB 1445 (CLOSED)
  21. Help to ban commercial/recreational trapping in the National Wildlife Refuge System (CLOSED)
 The Petition Site
  1. Dissatisfaction with Norwegian for not accepting animals in cargo hold from non Schengen countries
  2. Support The Animal Defense Society
    (CLOSED) Thank you for recently signing our petition to support the Animal Defence Society. I am writing to tell you about a recent arrest and how you can help us in the future to investigate, expose and rescue. Yesterday evening, a cruelty caseworker was arrested at his home by Sussex Police on the alleged offense of theft. The offense was relating to an investigation carried out by the Animal Defense Society into breeding rabbits and cats. The caseworker has been bailed to reappear. We support and manage our animal rescue team. Committed activists routinely give aid and rescue to any animal known to be suffering and in pain. The team also document the conditions in which these animals are kept in. Quite frankly, this is all very costly. I am asking you to consider becoming a member for �15. Our members receive a bi-annual newsletter and invitations to our events & workshops. I request that you join now by going to our website and making your first payment. To do so go to: http://bit.ly/IYao69 I hope that you'll join me in creating a kinder world for animals, and we will of course update you whenever we can. For the animals, Jake Knight Founder
  3. Australia, stop cruelty to exported cattle!
  4. To abolish the city ordinance in St. Joseph, MO which prohibits specific breeds from being adopted
  5. FDA CORRUPTION - PURINA NATURAL DRY CAT FOOD (CLOSED)
  6. Justice for Faith and her Family (CLOSED)
  7. Stop Using Endangered Snow Leopards in Chinese Medicine
  8. Save the grassy corner swans and cygnets Cambridge UK
  9. Tell Texas to Stop Hunting Critically Endangered Antelope
  10. STOP FARM ANIMAL ABUSE - MAKE CCTV MANDATORY AND PROSECUTE THE ABUSERS
  11. Edmonton, Stand Up for Lucy the Elephant
  12. Urge USDA to Save Ben the Bear from Cruel Zoo (CLOSED)

  13. Tell the Canadian Government You Support a Federal Buyout to Save Seals! (CLOSED)
  14. Stop Destroying Forests!
  15. More cougars, less urban sprawl!

  16. Stop Congress from Erasing Protections for Visitors, Turtles, and Birds at Cape Hatteras! (CLOSED)
  17. Antarctica - It's in our hands (CLOSED)
  18. Urge China to introduce an Animal Protection Law
  19. Lagoon Amusement Park - Stop Imprisoning Animals!
  20. End Wolf Torture in the Northern Rockies!
  21. TRAP FREE NEW MEXICO - www.trapfreenm.org
Updated on September 10.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Texas Woman Reunites Sister & Brother Pups

Written by Cissy Caple of Texas

I went to the shelter after losing my dog Henri. I stopped when I came to a kennel with two very small puppies alone on the concrete, no blanket, no bed, nothing but each other.

I chose Biscuit, the male, but as I was signing papers, the young couple beside me chose Summer, his sister. Something told me to do it, so I wrote out my name and phone number on a scrap of paper and gave it to the girl. Nothing much was said, awkward moments…

We took Biscuit home and he enjoyed two months of freedom and free reign of our home and four acres of land. He was a great puppy but I was not connecting as much as I had hoped to, still feeling the loss of Henri.

Then the Phone Rang….

This is Biscuit. His sister Summer is pictured above.
One day, exactly two months after Biscuit’s adoption, the girl who took his sister Summer called me. She said it was not fair to Summer for her to keep her as she was gone long hours at work.  Would I take her now? Yes, I said, of course. How could I refuse? We had five dogs already including Biscuit, three rat terriers and a Chihuahua mix rescued from a highway.  But Summer was family.

She was almost paralyzed with fear when I first saw her. Summer had a fear of cars and always got sick when she had to ride. She looked so sad and miserable. She had been kept in a crate, a small cage, for her first two months. I can’t tell you how much I disagree with crates. They are torture and cruelty beyond reason.

Biscuit was lying under a bearberry bush when I re-introduced Summer. It took just seconds and they were completely happy to see each other. When they were tiny, Biscuit used to drape himself completely over Summer in the concrete kennel to protect her and feel better himself. Now their journey to our farm was complete. They played and romped, but it was clear that Summer had no muscle mass, and was psychologically hurt from her days being confined.

Over time, she learned that no one was going to hurt her, no one was going to force her into a cage, and she started to come into herself. It took over a month, but one day, Summer decided that she would and could “get the ball” much quicker and with greater agility than her heavier brother, and to this day, she is always the one that catches the ball first.



This lamb will be beheaded if it loses an Internet vote


FRANKFURT, GERMANY - Two artists in Berlin drew public condemnation after building a guillotine and taking votes from the public on whether they should use it to slaughter a lamb as a stunt.

A website they set up for the project showed that almost 300,000 votes had been cast by midday Tuesday, with 23 days left before voting ends. More than half of the votes were opposed to killing the lamb.

A video posted on website YouTube on April 18 shows the two students of the Berlin University of the Arts, Iman Rezai and Rouven Materne, building the guillotine and painting it bright pink, yellow and orange.

“The guillotine is the most compact reflection of our society,” Materne said in the video, which also shows one of the men holding the lamb in place beneath the machine’s blade.

The guillotine is designed for decapitation and is most commonly associated with the execution of the French aristocracy during the French Revolution in the 18th century.

The YouTube video drew almost 150 comments, many of which expressed outrage over the plan. German mass-circulation daily Bild called the project “twisted”.

“There were people who wanted to forbid us to do this. There were people who celebrated the idea from day one. And there were some people who were afraid of us,” Materne said in the video.

The University of the Arts, where Rezai and Materne study under Swiss-Japanese artist Leiko Ikemura, sought to distance itself from the project, saying it was not part of the two men’s university-related work.

A spokeswoman for the university also said the two artists had assured the school that their guillotine project was intended as an “artistic provocation” and that they had no plans to kill the lamb.

Watch video here:
 


 

Saturday, April 21, 2012

A Loan From God


God promised at the birth of time,
A special friend to give,
His time on earth is short, he said,
So love him while he lives.

It may be six or seven years,
Or twelve or then sixteen,
But will you, till I call him back,
Take care of him for me?

A wagging tail and cold wet nose,
And silken velvet ears,
A heart as big as all outdoors,
To love you through the years.

His puppy ways will gladden you,
And antics bring a smile,
As guardian or friend he will,
Be loyal all the while.

He'll bring his charms to grace your life,
And though his stay be brief,
When he's gone the memories,
Are solace for your grief.

I cannot promise he will stay,
Since all from earth return,
But lessons only a dog can teach,
I want you each to learn.

Whatever love you give to him,
Returns in triple measure,
Follow his lead and gain a life,
Brim full of simple pleasure.

Enjoy each day as it comes,
Allow your heart to guide,
Be loyal and steadfast in love,
As the dog there by your side.

Now will you give him all your love,
Nor think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call,
To take him back again?

I fancy each of us would say,
"Dear Lord, thy will be done,
For all the joy this dog shall bring,
The risk of grief we'll run.

"We'll shelter him with tenderness,
We'll love him while we may,
And for the happiness we've known,
Forever grateful stay.

"But shall the angels call for him,
Much sooner than we've planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes,
And try to understand."

Tank the dog


They told me the big black Lab's name was Reggie, as I looked at him lying in his pen. The shelter was clean, no-kill, and the people really friendly. I'd only been in the area for six months, but everywhere I went in the small college town, people were welcoming and open. Everyone waves when you pass them on the street.

But something was still missing as I attempted to settle in to my new life here, and I thought a dog couldn't hurt. Give me someone to talk to. And I had just seen Reggie's advertisement on the local news. The shelter said they had received numerous calls right after, but they said the people who had come down to see him just didn't look like "Lab people," whatever that meant. They must've thought I did.

But at first, I thought the shelter had misjudged me in giving me Reggie and his things, which consisted of a dog pad, bag of toys almost all of which were brand new tennis balls, his dishes and a sealed letter from his previous owner.

See, Reggie and I didn't really hit it off when we got home. We struggled for two weeks (which is how long the shelter told me to give him to adjust to his new home). Maybe it was the fact that I was trying to adjust, too.
Maybe we were too much alike.

I saw the sealed envelope. I had completely forgotten about that. "Okay, Reggie," I said out loud, "let's see if your previous owner has any advice."
____________ _________ _________ _________

To Whomever Gets My Dog:

Well, I can't say that I'm happy you're reading this, a letter I told the shelter could only be opened by Reggie's new owner. I'm not even happy writing it. He knew something was different.

So let me tell you about my Lab in the hopes that it will help you bond with him and he with you.

First, he loves tennis balls. The more the merrier. Sometimes I think he's part squirrel, the way he hoards them. He usually always has two in his mouth, and he tries to get a third in there. Hasn't done it yet. Doesn't
matter where you throw them, he'll bound after them, so be careful. Don't do it by any roads.

Next, commands. Reggie knows the obvious ones ---"sit," "stay," "come," "heel."

He knows hand signals, too: He knows "ball" and "food" and "bone" and "treat" like nobody's business.

Feeding schedule: twice a day, regular store-bought stuff; the shelter has the brand.

He's up on his shots. Be forewarned: Reggie hates the vet. Good luck getting him in the car. I don't know how he knows when it's time to go to the vet, but he knows.

Finally, give him some time. It's only been Reggie and me for his whole life. He's gone everywhere with me, so please include him on your daily car rides if you can. He sits well in the backseat, and he doesn't bark or complain. He just loves to be around people, and me most especially.

And that's why I need to share one more bit of info with you...His name's not Reggie. He's a smart dog, he'll get used to it and will respond to it, of that I have no doubt. But I just couldn't bear to give them his real name. But if someone is reading this ... well it means that his new owner should know his real name. His real name is "Tank." Because, that is what I drive.

I told the shelter that they couldn't make "Reggie" available for adoption until they received word from my company commander. You see, my parents are gone, I have no siblings, no one I could've left Tank with .. and it was my only real request of the Army upon my deployment to Iraq, that they make one phone call to the shelter ... in the "event" ... to tell them that Tank could be put up for adoption. Luckily, my CO is a dog-guy, too, and he knew where my platoon was headed. He said he'd do it personally. And if you're reading this, then he made good on his word.

Tank has been my family for the last six years, almost as long as the Army has been my family. And now I hope and pray that you make him part of your family, too, and that he will adjust and come to love you the same way he
loved me.

If I have to give up Tank to keep those terrible people from coming to the US I am glad to have done so. He is my example of service and of love. I hope I honored him by my service to my country and comrades.

All right, that's enough. I deploy this evening and have to drop this letter off at the shelter. Maybe I'll peek in on him and see if he finally got that third tennis ball in his mouth.

Good luck with Tank. Give him a good home, and give him an extra kiss goodnight - every night - from me.

Thank you,

Paul Mallory
____________ _________ _________ _______

I folded the letter and slipped it back in the envelope. Sure, I had heard of Paul Mallory, everyone in town knew him, even new people like me. Local kid, killed in Iraq a few months ago and posthumously earning the Silver
Star when he gave his life to save three buddies. Flags had been at half-mast all summer.

I leaned forward in my chair and rested my elbows on my knees, staring at the dog.

"Hey, Tank," I said quietly.

The dog's head whipped up, his ears cocked and his eyes bright.

"C'mere boy."

He was instantly on his feet, his nails clicking on the hardwood floor. He sat in front of me, his head tilted, searching for the name he hadn't heard in months. "Tank," I whispered.

His tail swished.

I kept whispering his name, over and over, and each time, his ears lowered, his eyes softened, and his posture relaxed as a wave of contentment just seemed to flood him. I stroked his ears, rubbed his shoulders, buried my
face into his scruff and hugged him.

"It's me now, Tank, just you and me. Your old pal gave you to me." Tank reached up and licked my cheek.

"So whatdaya say we play some ball?" His ears perked again.

"Yeah? Ball? You like that? Ball?"

Tank tore from my hands and disappeared into the next room. And when he came back, he had three tennis balls in his mouth.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Petitions....


Change.org
  1. Justice for Cisco, Dog Killed by Austin Police Department
  2. Austin Police Department: Fire or severly punish the Officer who shot and killed Cisco (CLOSED)
  3. The NYC MTA: Allow dogs (of all sizes) on public transportation (CLOSED)
  4. Virginia Beach General District Court: Maximum sentence for Enrico Farruggio for Animal Cruelty Charges! (CLOSED)
  5. Idaho RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE: Ban Idaho Trapping/snaring (CLOSED)
  6. Wal-Mart's policy is to kill every fish that is returned to the store: Wal-Mart should stop selling live fish and killing returned fish. (CLOSED)
  7. Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY: Find homes for homeless cats in and around the Roberts Wesleyan Campus
  8. Petbarn: Please re-home Billy ASAP (CLOSED)
  9. A voice for carriage horses
  10. Stop the creation of a research center for vivisection in Lugo (Spain)
  11. The city of Massillon, Ohio: Drop/change the pit bull ordinance (CLOSED)
  12. Malagasy Minister of Environment & Forests: Lease the Land Critical to Saving the Greater Bamboo Lemur! (CLOSED)
  13. Save the Birds of World Parrot Refuge!!!!! (CLOSED)
  14. Urges Botswana President to Stop Elephant Hunting
  15. There Are No Winners In A Dog Fight (CLOSED)
  16. The Governor of NM: Do not auction Kong, let K9 Kong's original family adopt him (US) (CLOSED)
  17. Buca di Beppo Restaurants: Stop Selling Veal (CLOSED)
  18. NZ Government: To stop male chicks from being killed by maceration (ground alive) (CLOSED)
  19. Anyone who loves animals: Please Help Find These Missing Dogs! No One will Help! (CLOSED)
  20. Facebook: Change YOUR policy on what you consider graphic images!
  21. Congress: Reject Polar Bear "Trophies" and Lead Ammunition (CLOSED)
  22. Extreme and Willful Cruelty at Kreider Factory Farm (CLOSED)
  23. Boycott Kreider Farms: Reduce the Suffering and Improve living conditions for Chickens (CLOSED)
  24. Cassowary Coast Shire Council, Innisfail, Far North Queensland.: Keep Innisfail Animal Shelter Open (CLOSED)
  25. Anti-Zoo: Skriv under imod den dyremishandling der foregår i danske cirkus (CLOSED)
  26. K Club - Take Foie Gras off the menu
  27. Tell President Obama to keep Shell out of the Polar Bear Seas! (CLOSED)
  28. End the continuation of puppy mills (CLOSED)
  29. The U.S. Department of Agriculture: Publish U.S. pesticide and agricultural chemical usage!
  30. SAVE THE SUMATRAN TIGERS (CLOSED)
  31. OPERATION RHINO SURVIVAL (CLOSED)
  32. #SaveOurBees, Japan (CLOSED)
  33. Stop Environmental Destruction in the Philippines
  34. Department of Conservation, New Zealand: decline permission to Milford Dart Ltd to construct the Dart Passage Tunnel
  35. The President of the United States: Put a permanent Ban on Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining! (CLOSED)
  36. HURRY UP!!!!!!!!!Support Naresh Kadyan to serve the animals in India
  37. Congress: Pass the Restore Act and Save The Gulf (US) (CLOSED)
  38. Stop puppy mills ; Make a difference. (US) (CLOSED)
  39. Montana Governer; Call off the Dept. of Livestock from Hazing Wild Bison! (US) (CLOSED)
ThePetitionSite.comLink
  1. NON a l'abbatage HALAL ( AÂ la maniere des musulmans ) NO at HALAL SLAUGHTER
  2. Australia! Stop live animal export!
  3. Stop Valley Meat Co. from opening a horse slaughterhouse in NM
  4. China, stop killing endangered species for traditional medicine!
  5. Tell Bulgaria: The indiscriminate slaughter of stray animals is genocide and pure fascizm.
  6. Stop Hunting Wild Animals! (CLOSED)
  7. Urge Kardashians to Officially State DASH Stores are Fur-Free!
  8. Tell Congress to oppose radical hunting proposals in HR 4089
  9. Tell Hershey to Stop Destroying Orangutan Habitat!
  10. Ban the use of Glue Traps in the UK and close website
  11. Stop Foie Gras Plant From Opening Near Wildlife Habitat
  12. ATTENTION ! KING OF SPAIN SHAME ON YOU ! HUNTING ELEPHANT IN BOTSWANA, REALLY!
  13. Tell McDonald's To Stop Cruelty Towards Their Chickens!
  14. Heineken, stop sponsoring dog fighting
  15. URGENT 9 Cats Face Kill Shelter
  16. Investigate Michigan DNR director Rodney Stokes over forced shooting of baby piglets (CLOSED)
  17. We Support PCRM (Physicians comitte for Responsible Medicine)
  18. Stop Cruel Rabbit Farming in Europe
  19. Ban the Grand National
  20. End the Grand National once and for all.
  21. BAN THE GRAND NATIONAL NOW
  22. BAN THE GRAND NATIONAL
  23. HORSES KILLED AT GRAND NATIONAL
  24. PLEASE HELP TO HAVE THE GRAND NATIONAL BANNED
  25. BAN THE GRAND NATIONAL!!
  26. Enforcement of Animal Abuse Laws of the State of Mississippi
  27. Stop gunning earial idoh wolves
  28. Say NO to shale gas fracking in Romania
  29. Don't Let Big Oil Spoil Rowley Shoals
  30. Demand that the shark fin trade in Hong Kong be put to an end
  31. Help put corals on the Endangered Species List!
  32. Protect our oceans and the marine life in it from further acidification.
  33. Ban Gas Powered Leaf Blowers in Coral Gables
  34. STOP the use of toxic dryer sheets and fragranced laundry detergent.
  35. Save the Cherokee darter from reckless highway construction!
  36. Support SCARCE Environmental Education Programs (CLOSED)
  37. Declare Richmond GE Free!
Updated on September 9.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

4 Sad Facts of Today

This is a male baby chick, in his last moment on earth. Below him is a giant grinder into which he will fall alive because he hatched male, and is therefore useless to the egg industry. His fate is shared by 200 million baby male chicks every year. He lived only for a moment, but he wasn't trash. He was someone.

Infant clinging to dead mother after witnessing her brutal death!!!!
Orangutans share 97% of our genetics (DNA) and have the intelligence of a 5-to-6 year old human child. Despite this amazing intelligence and similarity to humans, approximately 12 orangutans are killed each day to make way for palm oil plantations.
These gentle, self-aware beings are killed in the most inhumane ways. On a weekly basis, rescue teams find mangled bodies of murdered orangutans in logging sights that have been hacked with machetes, run over by machinery, buried alive and even doused in petrol and set alight.
Mother orangutans have their babies taken from them, crammed into small crates and sold as pets. The mother orangutan is then either killed, or captured and taken to an Indonesian brothel; where she will be used as a prostitute and raped repeatedly each day.
The species is estimated to be extinct in the wild within 10 years if these disgusting acts of genocide continue.

Ignorance Kills. Spread the word!!!!

RHINO HORN HAS NO MEDICINAL BENEFITS!!!
This horrifying picture says it all.
Hassan was the name of this white rhino bull!!

He was shot multiple times by AK47's. The poachers responsible are ruthless and dangerous men who care for little other than the money they will recieve for their part in this horrific incident. But are they really the ones to blame?
Certainly they are immoral and greedy men who care little for the pain of the animals or the damage to the country's wildlife heritage. Nevertheless they would have no reason to do what they do were it not for the stubborn ignorance of those who use the horn for what they believe are medicinal purposes.
As it is a well established fact that rhino horn does not have any medicinal purposes at all these people are putting themselves or whoever they are treating at risk as well as providing the reason for the senseless and bloody massacre of one of Africa's most iconic animals. Rhino's are critically endangered for no reason other than the archaic and mistaken beliefs of some misguided people on the other side of the world. If that is not tragic then what is?
Perhaps if enough people say it often enough eventually the ripples will reach the areas where they may make a difference. Tell everyone you can think of to tell everyone they can think of!


This amazing picture shows a large number of bags stacked and sealed. All but one of which shows the head of a dog unable to release the rest of his body from the bag. Packages are filled with dogs and cats ready to be placed alive in a crematorium. The savage massacre is taking place in Lysychansk (Ukraine), in order to rid the city of their presence during the European Football Championship in 2012.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Poacher Shot Dead Before He Could Kill Rhinos

A Rhino poaching suspect has been shot and killed in a gunfight with wildlife rangers at Ndumo Game Reserve, on KwaZulu-Natal’s northern border with Mozambique.

The shooting happened early on Wednesday when a group of three poachers was intercepted in the reserve by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s anti-poaching unit.

Ezemvelo had received information on Tuesday night that a rhino poaching attempt was about to be launched in Ndumo.

According to Ezemvelo rhino security co-ordinator Jabulani Ngubane, rifle shots were fired when the poaching suspects were confronted around 5am.

Ezemvelo officers returned fire and, once the shooting stopped, a critically injured man was found nearby.

He died before an ambulance arrived at the reserve.

Ngubane said the man’s age, nationality and other personal details had not yet been established. The other two suspects, including a man carrying a rifle, escaped.

Police had been notified and were expected to investigate the incident.

Ngubane said 18 rhinos had been poached in KwaZulu-Natal this year, either on private ranches or in provincial reserves.

Nationwide, at least 159 rhinos have been killed by horn-poaching criminal syndicates this year.

The heaviest losses have been in the Kruger National Park, where at least 95 rhinos have been killed in just over three months.

SA National Parks environmental crimes investigations head Ken Maggs said last week that more than 600 rhinos would be dead by the end of the year if the current slaughter rate continued.

Maggs said rhino horn poaching was now increasingly co-ordinated by organised crime syndicates, with profit levels comparable to illegal weapons and drugs trading. – The Mercury

A new policy proclaimed in Harbin Province prohibits large dogs

The owner this golden retriever is visually disabled. He trained his dog into a guide dog. Due to no professional guide dog certificate, the dog will be sent away. The man will then lose his “eyes” again. The photo from: HLJTV.com


The dog owner in the photo was complaining to the reporter that he cannot not give up his beloved dog. The photo from: HLJTV.com

In China, Harbin Province has recently proclaimed a policy that raising large dogs are prohibited including the breeds of Golden Retriever, Chow Chow, Labrador and others.

Dogs should be dealt by raisers by October 31, 2012, or they will be fined for 10,000 to 20,000 RMB. After the dogs are confiscated, there should be 1,000 RMB per day for management fee according to an article published in the Chinese news.

The new policy prohibits the keeping of the following breeds in Harbin:

Tibetan Mastif, Pit Bull Terrier, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileir, Tosa In, Central Asia Shepherd Dog, Chinese Chongqing Dog, Borzoi, German Shepherd, Bulldog, Mastif, Cane Corso, Great Dane, Caucasian Shepherd Dog, Neapolitan Mastiff, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Afghan Hound, Pointer, Weimaraner, Blood Hound, Basenji, old english Bulldog, Japanese Akita, Newfoundland, Kerry Blue Terrier, Chinese Rural Dog, Chinese Mountain Red Dog, Chinese Kunmin, Doberman Pinscher, Belgian Sheepdog, Rottweiler, Dalmatian Breed Standard, SaintBernard, Great Pyrenees, Old English Sheepdog, IrishWolfhound, Saluki, Italian Greyhound, Australian Shepherd, Bouvier des Flandres, Keeshoud, Border Terrier, Alaskan Malamute, Siberian Husky, Golden Retriever, Chow Chow, Samoyed, Labrador Retriever, Setter.

The policy says every household can only keep one dog. Big and fierce dogs are prohibited (guide dogs for the blind and handicapped peple are excluded.). The dogs which are over 50 cm tall and 70 cm long are prohibited as well.

Citizens should take their dogs to the local police agencies for raising registration. The policy agencies should help put micro chips into registered dogs as well as give them certificates and dog tags. The guide dogs kept by organizations can only be sent to the residents. The residents cannot register their dogs under any companies. Every citizen can only keep one dog. The policy regulates the police agencies to be in charge of keeping and dealing the spare and stray dogs. The police in Harbin is empowered to capture and kill any big dogs. All the issues about Harbin dogs are dealt directly by the police instead of animal experts or animal protecting organizations. More than 80% of the residents are against the policy. It’s totally disrespect for the residents as well as ignorance of animal rights.

The policy also says the shelters will be built for keeping the dogs, and the dog owners will be charged 1000 RMB per day for keeping their pets. It’s ridiculous to charge the dog owners. The government will build shelters for the dogs, but they will only keep them for 30 day. If no one adapts the dogs in 30 days, the dogs will be killed. The problem is big dogs prohibition and 30-day adaptation exist at the same time. It’s contradictory. Furthermore, the dog owners should pay for dog keeping. Harbin government is a poor organization. It’s hard to imagine how terrible the shelters will be. People definitely don’t have spare money to pay the extra fee. They are forced to send away or kill their dogs. More people sell their dogs to the dog meat dealers. So far, numerous big dogs have lost their lives due to the policy. A few people from other districts of China said that they are willing to take care of some dogs, but it still cannot solve the problem.


Please sign the petition to help the citizens of Harbin City to keep their beloved pets.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Petitionsss


  1. Right now Mexico City’s Assembly is discussing a new law that could bring a permanent end to bullfighting in the district.
  2. Tell the BLM: Don't let Big Oil melt the Rocky Mountains (CLOSED)
  3. We demand the city of Torsedillas not to accept ‘The Toro de la Vega’ to included in the Cultural Patrimony (confirmation needed) (DEAD LINK - all actuable.es are redirected to change.org/es)
  4. Immediate cessation of the politicians responsible for the death of a dog in Torà, Lleida. (confirmation needed) (DEAD LINK - all actuable.es are redirected to change.org/es)
  5. USDA decision could increase your exposure to this toxic pesticide (CLOSED)
  6. Speak Up for the Most Important Little Fish in the Sea (CLOSED)
  7. Support a Strong Clean Air Safeguard for Fracking (CLOSED)
  8. Oppose BLM Plan to Eradicate Burros in Southern California Desert (CLOSED)
  9. Petition for the Wild Rogue River
  10. Do not let a repeat of what happened in the Canary Islands in the Gulf of Mexico (CLOSED)
  11. Tell the new Mayor of London that I would look better in the wild (CLOSED)
  12. Oppose the "Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act" (US)
  13. It’s time to stop wasting our tax dollars on nuclear overkill (US)
Forcechange.com
  1. Prohibit the Use of Leg-Hold Traps by Canadian Fur Trappers
  2. Protect Farm Animals From Cruel Confinement Practices
  3. Urge FDA to Stop Animal Testing
  4. Stop New Hunting Proposals That Threaten Polar Bears and the Environment
  5. Support Low-Cost Companion Animal Microchip Clinics
  6. Protect A Culturally Important Mountain in Montana
Change.org
  1. Justice for oxen : Protect them from slaughtering in India - Naresh Kadyan
  2. Stop Seal Slaughter in our World
  3. Premier Allison Redford: STOP the Slaughter of wild horses in Alberta
  4. Shell: Stop the Drilling (CLOSED)
  5. Help designate an area for dogs like Snidely Whiplash (CLOSED)
  6. The Maryland General Assembly: Pass bill requiring animal abusers to be added to statewide registry. (CLOSED)
  7. Miami dade county pitbull ban: Lift the ban of pitbulls in Miami dade county (CLOSED)
  8. Roxanne Notaro: Recieve maximum jail time penalty for animal cruelty (CLOSED)
  9. Justice for Hercules, NJ dog starved by owner, Roxanne Notaro (CLOSED)
  10. @DiscoveryID: Your advertising FUR will stimulate the CRUEL FUR industry (CLOSED)
  11. Por la prohibición del maltrato animal en la intruccion militar (CLOSED)
  12. M.P.P.'s of Ontario: Declare Pet Ambulances as an essential service with MOT
  13. PROTESTA CONTRO LO STERMINIO DI MAMME CERVE IN VENETO (CLOSED)
  14. Stop allo Stabulario di Trieste No a the Vivisection (CLOSED)
  15. Iams: Stop Killing Animals in Cruel Lab Tests
  16. South Florida residents: Help stop the abandonment and neglect of animals by signing this petition. (CLOSED)
  17. Southern Illinois University Carbondale: Prohibit Barnum and Bailey from holding a circus on our campus. (CLOSED)
  18. Save Teterboro Airport Birds
  19. Justice for Mama
  20. City of Henderson Ky.: Do not build a new Animal Control Facility
  21. We write Urgent. Tuesday 10 until April 25. End of stray Perrenjas, in Albania. the Mayor will allow the killing blows of firearms of stray dogs. (CLOSED)
  22. Bulgaria, please do the right thing - don't kill the strays of Sofia!
  23. Polar Bears And Other Wildlife Need You Now (US) (CLOSED)
  24. Say "NO!" to a wolf-hunting season in Minnesota (US) (CLOSED)
  25. New York: Ban the Sale and Trade of Shark Fins! (US)
ThePetitionsSite.com
  1. Limit Breeder's To Only One Litter Of Puppies Per Year
  2. Allow dogs in Sawicki Park!!
  3. Save Parro De Canarios from being euthanized in Ontario!!!
  4. STOP THE MURDERING OF ALL WOLVES (CLOSED)
  5. STOP DESTROYING THE AMAZON FOREST
  6. Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining! (CLOSED)
  7. Stop the Killing of Bull Sharks in the Breede River, South Africa! (CLOSED)
Updated on September 9.

British Government Euthanizes 800 War Dogs

807 brave dogs who served on the front lines with British soldiers have paid the ultimate price for their service.

The scandal was revealed after government officials confirmed the figures in response to Freedom of Information requests from the Daily Mirror. Saying that many of the dogs are too fierce to be retrained as pets, the UK government has been quietly killing them off in droves. Ironically, the dogs survived the dangers of war only to die from the prick of a vet’s needle, and dog lovers worldwide are mourning their loss while demanding answers.

Of the 807 dogs killed in the past decade, the majority were put down after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Defense said twenty canines were euthanized in 2002: that figure rose to 89 in 2003 when the Second Gulf War began. 95 dogs were killed in 2006, but the worst year for British war dogs was 2009, when 125 of them were put down.

Labour MP Kerry McCarthy called the practice a tragedy. “This is shocking. It seems a great shame that animals are destroyed in this way. We need to make sure that every effort is made to find them new homes.”

The Ministry of Defense claims that more recent euthanizations were prompted by behavioral issues or old age, and that sniffer dogs do typically retire with their handlers. But in a recent statement, a government spokesperson admitted that retraining is considered ineffective for many dogs, who are often ‘too dangerous’ be rehomed.

The Dogs Trust, one of the largest and most respected British animal welfare organizations, has issued a strong statement against the ‘premature euthanasia’ of working dogs when retired, and said that every effort to rehome the dogs should be made before taking their lives.

A concerned reader has created a petition to urge the British government to reconsider the euthanization of war dogs. Should you wish to sign it, you may do so here: Ministry of Defense and David Cameron: Stop the killing of War Dogs

Petitions

  1. Tell the White House Council on Environmental Quality to Stand Up for the Clean Water Act!
  2. New Nuke Plants Can Be Stopped
  3. Protest Against Animal Testing
  4. STOP HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES, Europe's largest vivisection lab
  5. Save the smallest dolphins
  6. Tell Sun Pet Ltd.: No More Hamster Killing!
  7. Urgence à la création d'un ministère de la condition animale
  8. Suspend the U.S.Navy Marine Mammal Program (CLOSED)
  9. Against the slaughtering of rhinos for their horns
  10. Against animal testing
  11. Stop UT and all dog and other vivisection
  12. Concerns with East West Junction timber sale
  13. Für Cargills Palmöl brennt der Regenwald
  14. Don't Repeal Hayden
  15. Für eine EU ohne Delfinarien! (EU only)
Forcechange.com
  1. Stop the Sale of Black Bear Organs
  2. Barnes and Noble Must Stop Contributing to Rainforest Destruction
  3. Stop Live Cat Testing at the University of Virginia
Change.org
  1. City of Henderson Ky.: Do not build a new Animal Control Facility
  2. Animal Rights in Albania: STOP KILLING STRAY DOGS (CLOSED)
  3. Harrods: stop selling products that contain animal fur.
  4. Maximum Sentence for Man Who Cut Off His Dog Karma’s Leg (CLOSED)
  5. We write Urgent. Tuesday 10 until April 25. End of stray Perrenjas, in Albania. the Mayor will allow the killing blows of firearms of stray dogs. (CLOSED)
  6. Cancel The Height Restrictions On Dogs In Harbin, China
  7. Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Foods: Take up your political responsibility and resign! (CLOSED)
  8. Stop animal testing: only buy cosmetics and products not tested on animals (CLOSED)
  9. Canadian & United States Government.: Ban Navy Weapons and Sound testing In Canadian & United States Waters.
  10. Deutsche Bank AG: Deutsche Bank should ban shark fin from any business entertainment
  11. To the offices of the Almond Board of California: Implement a system that eliminates the practice of migratory beekeeping. (CLOSED)
  12. A petition from the Friends of Hurricane Creek and concerned citizens
  13. Reduce Light Pollution (CLOSED)
  14. Call on President Obama: Protect the Floridan Aquifer & Relocate Residents from Dioxin-Contaminated Homes.
  15. Ministry of Defense and David Cameron: Stop the killing of War Dogs
  16. SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 5849 TO AMEND THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES!
  17. PERMANENTLY END LETHAL WOLF MANAGEMENT
  18. Stop ANY and ALL suffering of animals no matter what the reason!
ThePetitionSite.com

  1. Dirty Coal Exports Threaten Paducah and the Ohio River (CLOSED)
  2. Kentucky Fried Cruelty
  3. Stop Slaughtering Dolphins With Sonar
  4. Dude, Whale Sharks Aren't Surfboards!
  5. Save Animals of Magoffin County Ky from a Sadistic Animal Control Officer!!
  6. DO NOT KILL OUR DOGS - Perrenjas City, Albania
  7. What the Canadian Government Doesn't Want You to Know
  8. Stop PetSmart Crulity
  9. Butterfly Rewards for Dogs in a Shelter (CLOSED)
  10. Petition to close Newcastle University Animal Labs
  11. Save Endangered Elands on White Oak Plantation
  12. Please sign petition to save beachside woodlands from destruction.
  13. Preserving Protected Wetlands and Preservation of Local Household Wells
  14. Save Bears from Being Buried Alive in Appalachia!
  15. SAVE THE INDONESIAN FORESTS; NO MORE PALM OIL!
  16. Take Malnourished, Beaten Romanian Animals Off the Street!
  17. Close Monkey Breeding Farm (CLOSED)
Updated on September 9.