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- Make animal testing history !
- Historic 1.5 million-strong petition calls for road map to end animal experiments
- Please help WDCS call on the USA to stand together with its European Allies in opposing Greenland’s expansion of its hunt!
- Save Elephants from Circus Abuse
- Give your feedback on the proposed EU Directive governing animal experimentation
- Don’t let Denmark and Switzerland fail whales!
- Call for a Global Whale Sanctuary Now
- Help us stop whaling
- Protect Africa’s Lions From Pesticide Poisoning!
- Help Us Catch a Panther Killer
- End zero grazing
- Save Wildlife from Logging in Malaysia!
- Help us save the humpback whales
- Keeping Wolves Out of Harm’s Way
- Stop puppy mills in the US
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- Help Austrian Activists [ Living without cruelty ]
- Stop the mass inhumane killing of pigs in Egypt [ Factory farming ]
- Free Lolita! [ Wildlife ]
- Urge the Co-op not to fund animal research [ Animal experiments ]
- Stop Mass Killing of Stray Animals in Europe [ Pet Trade ]
- Fight the Badger Cull [ Wildlife ]
- Ban Glue Traps [ Living without cruelty ]
- Demand a Ban on Animal Circuses [ Living without cruelty ]
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- Exclusion Zone For Special Whale
- Orcas Photographed Hunting In Patagonia
- New York Times Calls For Opposition To Greenlandic Whaling Claim
- Dolphin 92_super Pod92_ Seen In Firth
- Danish Press Calls For Reassessment Of Danish Pro-whaling Position
- IWC - Some Closing Thoughts
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- USA Hijacks IWC For Whalers
- We Can92_t Save Whales Unless We Save The Sea
- WDCS Arguments Reach Copenhagen
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- China Dog cUll
- Countdown to world’s first bonobo release
- Denmark causes chaos at whaling meeting
- Disney artist and WSPA celebrate the Caribbean’s whales
- Feature: watch whales don't hunt them!
- Global reach: WSPA celebrates 1,000 member societies
Historic 1.5 million-strong petition calls for road map to end animal experiments
- explicit and active support for the over-arching goal of eliminating animal experiments
- a targeted strategy to replace animal experiments with more advanced non-animal methods
- ethical limits on animal experimentation that reflects the public’s ethical stance, starting with a prohibition on severe pain in experiments, rapid phase-out of the use of primates, restrictions on the infliction of pain in ‘blue skies’ research
- thorough retrospective review to identify priority areas of animal research to be replaced with non-animal methods
- genuine public accountability, independence and transparency in animal experimentation and its regulation
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Please help WDCS call on the USA to stand together with its European Allies in opposing Greenland’s expansion of its hunt!
| WDCS URGENT REQUEST • 24th June 2009 |
Please help WDCS call on the USA to stand together with its European Allies in opposing Greenland’s expansion of its hunt!
We write this direct from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Portugal where we urgently need your help
The USA delegation has been trying to bring pressure to bear on the European Union countries to support the Danish application on behalf of Greenland to expand its hunt to include humpback whales.
It would appear that the commitments of the new USA Administration have not reached the USA IWC delegation. We are still waiting to see the new administration’s positive impact at the IWC.
President Obama pledged to make decisions based on sound science – yet his delegation seems poised to accept an arbitrary, last-minute proposal that has not been given full scientific scrutiny.
You have already helped secure a large number of European votes to protect these humpbacks. Please help us ensure that the USA does not undo all that good work you have already achieved.
Please send this urgent action alert now – EVERY email will count.
Thank you again for your support.
Chris Butler-Stroud
Chief Executive
WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
Save Elephants from Circus Abuse
It’s heart-wrenching. Baby elephants are ripped away from their mothers and forced into a life of abuse and humiliation that is reinforced with bullhooks, whips and electric prods.
Don’t allow animal abuse to continue at the circus! >>
These are the elephants forced to perform with Ringling Bros. Circus, which is schedule to set-up near New York City in America this summer. New York City officials recently announced that Taconic Investments has donated land for Ringling Bros, which should help save the suffering amusement district.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has contacted the city and Taconic to inform them of Ringling’s lengthy history of animal abuse, but they refuse to sacrifice this moneymaking opportunity for animal rights!
Join people from around the world who are speaking out against animal abuse >>
Abusing circus animals for our entertainment is unnecessary and just plain wrong. Thank you for showing that you do not support this inhumane practice.
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Respectfully yours,
Karina M. |
Take action link: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/679393105
Give your feedback on the proposed EU Directive governing animal experimentation
Give your feedback on the proposed EU Directive governing animal experimentation
As most of you will know, the law governing animal experiments across the whole of the EU is being completely revised. The draft Directive has already passed from the European Commission to the Parliament.
The next stage is for ministers of the Member States – the UK included – to offer their views. The relevant ministerial department in this country is the Home Office (HO). Towards that end, the HO has launched a public consultation, involving numerous questions relating to the draft Directive.
You can complete the whole of the consultation here. But we have made the job simpler by selecting what we believe to be the most relevant questions, offering background to each of them and proposed answers. Feel free to adjust our text and add your own thoughts.
There is much scepticism about just how responsive government is to the views of ordinary people but this is an extremely important consultation and we do urge you to take part. With our explanatory text and proposed answers, it should be quite simple.
Don’t let Denmark and Switzerland fail whales!
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Dear friend, With the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting quickly approaching, the world’s nations are taking sides on the debate about whether or not to allow the slaughter of whales. On one side, countries calling for a conservation approach are rallying to protect the ban on commercial whaling. On the other, Japan, Norway, Iceland and their cohorts are working to undermine the ban or trying to find loopholes to kill even more whales. It’s not enough that Japan kills hundreds of whales every year for “scientific” purposes (and then sells the meat commercially). They now want to allow full-out commercial coastal whaling, where short-distance boats of whalers can kill hundreds of additional whales. Two countries are threatening to become allies of the pro-whaling nations and put even more whales’ lives in danger: Denmark A proposal before the IWC this year would allow Greenland, a protectorate of Denmark, to begin killing humpback whales. Humpback whales have not been hunted industrially since the mid-1960s, and their populations have not fully recovered from centuries of whaling. Allowing them to be killed again could open up the door to extinction for this majestic species. Switzerland Switzerland once disapproved of whaling because of the cruelty involved — there is no humane way to kill an animal so large. But this country now says that it believes commercial whaling should be allowed, as long as it is regulated. Whaling is still as inhumane as ever and, with the additional threats that whales face, such as climate change, food depletion, ship collisions, and entanglement in fishing gear, there is simply no justification for subjecting them to suffering and death at the hands — and harpoons — of whalers. Please show your support for whales by telling Denmark and Switzerland not to sanction whaling at this year’s IWC meeting! We must continue fighting until all countries recognize that whale conservation — not killing — is the only way forward. Thank you for speaking up for whales. Sincerely, P.S. HSI will be providing daily reports from the IWC meeting at hsi.org/iwc2009. You can also get all the latest news by following us on Twitter. |
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Help us stop whaling
| WDCS Newsletter • June 2009 |
As you know, Japan wants to kill whales in its own coastal waters and a deal will be discussed at the upcoming IWC meeting that would allow it to do this.
But IWC member nations are ignoring the fact that it is international trade in whale products that is driving commercial whaling. In other words, it’s not about science – it’s about money.
In the past year there has been more international trade in whale products than in the previous ten years combined and it looks like getting a great deal bigger.
In the past year Iceland has:
• exported nearly 82 tonnes of endangered fin whale meat to Japan
• exported 900 kilos of minke whale meat to the Faroe Islands
• exported 90 kilos of whale oil to Norway
And it has now told the press that it intends to export at least 6000 tonnes of minke and fin whale meat to Japan.
And Norway has:
• Exported 5 tonnes of minke whale meat to Japan.
• Exported to the Faroe Islands
And it has now issued export licenses to ship almost 50 more tonnes of whale products to Japan.
This trade is in defiance of an international ban and despite a lack of demand. All three whaling nations struggle to sell whale meat domestically; to avoid growing stockpiles, they offload it cheap to hospitals and schools, use it in dog food and even try promoting it in products like ice cream.
With your support WDCS is urging governments to call for and end to trade in whale products. Our campaign has already secured the support of 38 other conservation organisations .
Please sign our petition and give the whaling countries the message loud and clear that the world will not tolerate this.
Thank you again for your support.
Sue Fisher
WDCS Anti-Whaling Campaign Manager
Protect Africa’s Lions From Pesticide Poisoning!
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Lions in Kenya are dying horrific deaths from carbofuran pesticide poisoning, a toxic chemical used on crops. Unfortunately, once one animal has been poisoned, its carcass attracts other wildlife, poisoning animals and predators up the food chain – including the iconic and beautiful African lions. Urge Kenya to enact a ban on carbofuran pesticide and protect these majestic, wild lions » Lions are a vulnerable species that depend on a wide variety of wildlife to survive. With a diet that ranges from wildebeest and hippos to smaller animals such as hares and birds, they are at tremendous risk of poisoning from carbofuran pesticide. While the Kenyan government has stopped allowing sales of the pesticide in their country, some members of Kenya’s parliament still oppose a ban of the pesticide. As home to the most iconic and celebrated wildlife on the African continent, it is important that Kenya ban this poison immediately. Please take action today. Send your message to Kenya’s Minister of Tourism and Wildlife, and urge Kenya to protect lions and other wildlife from carbofuran pesticide »
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Help Us Catch a Panther Killer
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She was one of some 100 Florida panthers left in the wild — truly a rare breed. The young female lived in and around the wilds of the Big Cypress National Preserve and would have likely raised kittens in the area. But a heartless killer ended this Florida panther’s life with a gunshot to the head. With your compassionate donation of $25, $50, $100 or another amount, you can help bring the lawless panther killer to justice — and give Florida panthers a fighting chance against extinction in the wild. Defenders of Wildlife and our conservation partners are teaming up with federal and state wildlife officials to offer a reward to bring the killer to justice in this rare and tragic poaching case. But we need your help. For a limited time, your tax-deductible contribution will be matched by a generous matching grant from the Earth Friends Wildlife Foundation. This means your donation of $50 becomes $100, $100 becomes $200 and any panther-saving gift (large or small) will go twice as far for Florida panthers and other wildlife. Sprawl and over development has squeezed the Florida panther to a fraction of its historic range. In these remaining places, panthers face a crisscross of roads and highways that form deadly barriers for these vulnerable cats. So far this year, seven panthers have been killed on Florida roadways. Defenders is working on the ground to save struggling Florida panthers. Your generous donation today will also help us…
Will you help us bring the Florida panther killer to justice and ensure that Florida panthers have a fighting chance to stay alive? Thanks for your support to save these ultra-rare great cats. Our programs wouldn’t exist without your help!
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End zero grazing
David Taylor MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the government ‘to commission and make publicly available independent research that assesses the scale of zero-grazing of dairy cattle, goats and sheep in the UK, as well as the physical and behavioural problems associated with this method of livestock farming’.
Please check the list of MPs who have signed already and, if yours is not there, urge them to sign EDM 1370.
- Read Animal Aid’s reports on zero grazing dairy cows and zero grazing goats
- Read the EDM and see if your MP has already signed
- Find out the name of your MP
Save Wildlife from Logging in Malaysia!
In the region of Terengganu, Malaysia, a stretch of forest filled with endangered wildlife is disappearing.
Put an end to the unnecessary logging that’s killing endangered wildlife! >>
In preparation for a new hydroelectric project, the Terengganu state government is logging and then flooding the forest. But here’s the twist: They are logging three times more land than is needed.
As this valuable forest disappears, so will many species that inhabit the area, such as the endangered Sumatran rhinoceros and the Malayan tiger.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has deemed 94 plant and animal species in the region threatened by extinction. In the face of reckless logging, these species have little hope of survival.
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Karina M. |
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Help us save the humpback whales
| WDCS Newsletter • June 2009 |
| We need your help to save the lives of 10 humpback whales a year living off the coast of Greenland.
Greenland is planning to make a request to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to kill 10 humpback whales a year, starting in 2010. WDCS believes that the proposed hunt is unjustified and should be opposed by member governments of the IWC. Greenland will request this new quota under the IWC’s category of ‘Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling’ – non-commercial hunts intended to meet the cultural and subsistence needs of indigenous people who have a longstanding reliance on whale products. But Greenland’s hunters do not need to kill more whales for their subsistence – they actually have a surplus, and sell whole whales from their current quota of 212 minke and 19 fin whales a year to corporate wholesalers that sell frozen and vacuum-packed whale meat and blubber through supermarkets all over Greenland, including to visitors and tourists. On top of the whale hunts, Greenland’s hunters kill another 4,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales every year, but not a single gram of meat from these animals is taken into account by the IWC when it evaluates whether Greenland’s needs are being met by its existing whaling quota, or if it needs more whales. WDCS believes this is wrong. In the long term we are demanding a reform of Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling to prevent these kinds of abuses. Right now we need your help to call on members of the European Union to vote against Greenland’s request to kill humpback whales at the IWC’s meeting this June. Please send a protest email to European Countries that are members of the IWC urging them vote against this unnecessary and unjustified hunt. Thank you again for your support.
Sue Fisher WDCS Anti-Whaling Campaign Manager |
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Keeping Wolves Out of Harm’s Way
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From Under the Gun to We filed suit today to prevent a wolf slaughter — but our work to save wolves doesn’t stop there. Watch our two-minute video and help support our critical on-the-ground programs to keep wolves alive. Help save wolves and other wildlife with your donation of:
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Today, we filed suit in federal court to challenge the terrible rule that removes vital protections for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies.
We have a tough legal fight ahead, but our work to save the lives of wolves doesn’t start — or stop — at the courthouse doors.
While extremists in the region like Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter and the Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition’s Ron Gillette would rather see wolves dead, Defenders of Wildlife is working on the ground in the region to keep wolves alive.
For more than 10 years, Defenders has been the primary conservation organization working with ranchers on the ground to keep wolves away from livestock — and out of harm’s way.
Wolf depredations are rare, accounting for less than 1% of livestock losses each year. But when livestock is lost, it could mean certain death for a wolf — or even an entire pack.
With the fate of our wolves in the hands of state officials like Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter, our wolf-saving programs on the ground are especially critical to save their lives right now.
Defenders, in cooperation with ranchers, biologists and federal land managers, has developed several effective, non-lethal strategies to prevent needless wolf deaths.
Turbo fladry — a simple red flag system of fencing — keeps wolves out of sheep pastures. Range riders — modern day cowboys — ride along with herds, keeping them safe. Guard dogs stay with livestock and keep wolves away. These and other techniques paid for by Defenders are working today to prevent livestock losses and keep wolves alive.
Watch our new video and learn more about how we’re working with ranchers to keep wolves alive.
As we begin yet another court battle to keep vital federal protections in place for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies, Defenders is leading critical on-the-ground efforts that reduce livestock losses, foster goodwill among the ranching community — and saves the lives of countless wild wolves.
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Sincerely,
 Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife |
P.S. Donate on our secure website or call 1-800-385-9712 to make your tax-deductible donation by phone.
Stop puppy mills in the US
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You can take the animals out of the wild,
Animals in zoos face the equivalent of this every day of their lives. Is it an exaggeration? Not when you consider that the average zoo enclosure is many thousands of times smaller than an animal’s home range. Big cats have to contend with enclosures, an average 18,000 times smaller and this increases to an incredible 1,000,000 times less space
I was recently watching some footage of the three elephants – Sonja, Wanna Manna and Delhi – who have recently been introduced into the Great British Circus. These poor animals were displaying obvious signs of stress – swaying from side-to-side and bobbing their heads. And it doesn’t matter how many times I see images like these, it always conjures up feelings of sadness.
