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The number of news found: 25.
12/30/2005 21ST TOWN IN CROATIA TO BAN CIRCUSES WITH ANIMALS!
On December 20, 2005, Dugo Selo became 21st Croatian town that banned circuses with animal acts. Dugo Selo thus joined Mursko Sredisce, Varazdin, Donji Miholjac, Velika Gorica, Rovinj, Split, Delnice, Gospic, Cakovec, Kraljevica, Prelog, Ploce, Bjelovar, Ozalj, Klanjec, Zabok, Pozega, Novi Marof, Nin and Varazdinske Toplice, which already banned circuses with animal acts before.
12/28/2005 UPPER CHAMBER IN AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT AGREES TO BAN ON APE EXPERIMENTS!
From 1st Jan 2006 onwards, experiments on apes that are not in the interest of the subject will be illegal in principle in Austria. On 7 December 2005, the Lower Chamber in Parliament agreed on the new law and on 26 December 2005 the Upper Chamber also supported the bill in a unanimous vote.
12/27/2005 GENEROUS MEGA-RICH FANS TAKE NOTE - DO NOT SEND MIMI FUR!
Showbiz diva Mariah Carey has been known to make her outrageous demands, but fur certainly isn't one of them. The animal loving songstress was apparently sent no less than 8 fur coats by a Russian business man but Mariah was horrified and got rid of them straight away. She instantly sent the clothing to anti-cruelty campaigners PETA in order for them to be destroyed.
12/26/2005 KENYA WILDLIFE WILL HAVE PEACE!
The steadfast core group of the Kenya Coalition and the International Alliance Against the Kenya/Thailand Wildlife Deal achieved a major breakthrough at the High Court in Nairobi/Kenya! The court ruled, that the Kenyan Minister of Tourism and Wildlife, who signed the deal to export 175 wild animals from the free wildlands of Kenya into a fun-fair and zoo facility in Thailand, as well as the Kenya Wildlife Service, who would have to do the job, can not lay their hands on the wildlife and can not capture or export any wildlife to Thailand. Likewise any other capture or export by owners of private wildlands or ranches would be illegal.
12/25/2005 EU: COMMISSION ACTS TO PUT AN END TO EXPORT REFUNDS FOR LIVE ANIMALS!
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel has announced on Dec. 20 her intention to immediately eliminate refunds for all EU exports of live cattle. The proposal reflects the improved market situation for beef in EU. It comes only two days after the EU has vowed to eliminate all exports subsidies in agriculture before the end of 2013 as part of a global deal in the current World Trade Organisations talks on promoting international trade.
12/24/2005 HOUSE OPENS WAY FOR OIL DRILLING IN ARCTIC!
Washington - House lawmakers opened the way for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as one of their last acts of an all-night session Monday bringing their legislative year to a close.
12/23/2005 POLAR BEARS DROWN AS ICE SHELF MELTS!
Scientists have for the first time found evidence that polar bears are drowning because climate change is melting the Arctic ice shelf. The researchers were startled to find bears having to swim up to 60 miles across open sea to find food. They are being forced into the long voyages because the ice floes from which they feed are melting, becoming smaller and drifting farther apart.
12/22/2005 KRUGER NATIONAL PARK PLANS LARGE-SCALE ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER!
Kruger National Park in South Africa has proposed killing 6,500 elephants to reduce the country's elephant population by half because it inaccurately claims that elephants pose a risk to biodiversity. Terrified elephants will be herded into groups with helicopters while gunmen on the ground and in the air open fire. Elephants are capable of communicating over long distances, and their death screams will be heard by other elephants who are more than a mile away. The fear, panic, and distress caused by these mass killing operations will cause the survivors to spend the remainder of their lives in fear every time they hear a helicopter.
12/21/2005 PETA NAMES PARIS HILTON WORST-DRESSED!
Paris Hilton was named the year's worst-dressed celebrity by the animal rights group. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals cites the hotel heiress/reality TV star for wearing fur coats. Hilton is followed on the 2005 worst-dressed list by her friend Kimberly Stewart, Lisa Gastineau, Victoria Gotti and Tara Reid.Martha Stewart headed last year's list, but has recently reversed course. In September, the domestic diva hosted a PETA-produced video on fur and said, "I used to wear real fur, but, like many others, I had a change of heart when I learned what actually happens to the animals."
12/20/2005 KILLER WHALES RANKED THE MOST TOXIC MAMMAL!
Killer whales are the most toxic mammals in the Arctic, riddled with household chemicals from around the world, the environmental pressure group WWF says. Scientists found that the blubber of killer whales taken from a fjord in Arctic Norway was full of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides and even a flame retardant often used on carpets.
12/19/2005 KIDNAPPED ORANGUTANS RESCUED FROM MALAYSIA!
Kuala Lumpur - Seven orangutans snatched from the Indonesian jungle and forced to work in Malaysia as show animals have been rescued and are returning home, a news report said on Friday. The Star newspaper said the orangutans were expected to return on Saturday, with the help of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme, an Indonesian organisation run in partnership with the Zoological Society of Frankfurt. The apes' return marks a great stride toward regional co-operation to combat illegal wildlife trafficking.
12/18/2005 20 CROATIANS TOWN BANNED CIRCUSES WITH ANIMAL ACTS!
Since October 10, 2005, 20 Croatian towns banned circuses with animal acts as a result of Animal Friends Croatia's campaigning. The example of Mursko Sredisce soon followed Varazdin, Donji Miholjac, Velika Gorica, Rovinj, Split, Delnice, Gospic, Cakovec, Kraljevica, Prelog, Ploce, Bjelovar, Ozalj, Klanjec, Zabok, Pozega, Novi Marof, Nin and Varazdinske Toplice.
12/17/2005 MICE CREATED WITH HUMAN BRAIN CELLS!
San Francisco - Add another creation to the strange scientific menagerie where animal species are being mixed together in ever more exotic combinations. Scientists announced Monday that they had created mice with small amounts of human brain cells in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Led by Fred Gage of the Salk Institute in San Diego, the researchers created the mice by injecting about 100,000 human embryonic stem cells per mouse into the brains of 14-day-old rodent embryos. Those mice were each born with about 0.1 percent of human cells in each of their heads, a trace amount that doesn't remotely come close to "humanizing" the rodents.
12/15/2005 NEW JERSEY BEAR HUNT ENDS WITH 280 KILLS!
Vernon, N.J. - About 280 bears were killed in New Jersey's six-day hunt aimed at thinning out the burgeoning population, which ended with more than 100 protesters waiting for hunters to emerge from the woods with their kills. The hunt ended shortly after dusk Saturday with fewer bears killed than the 328 bagged in 2003, according to preliminary figures.
12/14/2005 NINE WHALES, 24 DOLPHINS DIE ON CAPE COD!
Brewster, Mass. - More than two dozen whales and dolphins became stranded on the shores of Cape Cod Bay last week, and experts say the snowstorm may have contributed to their deaths. In all, at least nine pilot whales and 24 dolphins died. Five of the whales and seven of the dolphins had to be euthanized, while the rest were found dead, according to Kristen Patchett of the Cape Cod Stranding Network, a group that works to free stranded animals.
12/13/2005 EU PLANS TO CUT ANIMAL TESTS!
A leading animal rights organization in Europe has given a cautious thumbs-up to a pledge made by industry groups last week to help the European Union expedite the search for new alternatives to animal testing. At a meeting in Brussels hosted by the European Commissioners for Enterprise and Research, Günter Verheugen and Janez Potocnik - along with groups representing the chemical, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, soap and detergents, animal health, and crop protection industries - signed a joint declaration on the '3 Rs' - refining, reducing and replacing the use of lab animals. 'We think it is a very promising initiative,' said Marlou Heinen from the Eurogroup for Animal Welfare, an umbrella group for some 19 animal welfare organizations. 'But we see it very much as a first step-whether it will be an actual success will very much depend on how this is going to be implemented.'
12/12/2005 MORE THAN 50 BLACK BEARS KILLED IN N.J.!
Vernon, N.J. - As opponents turned out to denounce them, hunters killed more than 50 bears Monday, Dec. 5, at the start of a state-authorized hunt aimed at thinning New Jersey's burgeoning bear population. The hunt, restricted to the state's northwestern corner and open to about 4,400 hunters with permits, got under way in freezing weather after legal challenges by animal rights groups failed.
12/11/2005 ONLY ONE OF 131 CATS FOUND IN WEST PHOENIX RESIDENCE SURVIVES!
Phoenix, Arizona - Ninety-six cats and kittens were found dead on December 4, 92 sealed in plastic baggies inside an inoperable freezer in Scott Antunez's house. The Arizona Humane Society also found 35 cats alive, which were taken in for evaluation. However, all except one kitten were euthanized because they were uncontrollably wild and attacked animal medical technicians. Antunez faces six misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty.
12/10/2005 FROG FARM SHUTS AFTER ALF ATTACK!
A frog exporter in Meath is closing down his business following an attack on his property by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a violent international group. Acid was thrown on the businessman's car and slogans daubed on buildings located around his farm.Denis McCarthy, who runs the Kells-based Frog Farm, which is Europe's sole exporter of common frogs for medical research, had originally told the group he would retire at the end of this month, in order to forestall further attacks.
12/09/2005 ENTER PETA'S SEXIEST VEGETARIAN COMPETITION TODAY!
Do you have what it takes to be crowned Europe's Sexiest Vegetarian? PETA is looking for every day normal people, like you, to enter our online contest. You could win amazing cruelty-free prizes, and you may be featured in PETA's Animal Times magazine! Please encourage all your vegetarian/vegan friends to enter too, and do it now-the contest closes on December 9th!
12/07/2005 A BULLFIGHTING MOVIE!
In January 2006 a movie called "Manolete" will be made in Spain. It will promote bullfighting and fighting bulls will be killed for it. Oscar winner Adrien Brody will take lessons in bullfighting for the movie. Actress Penélope Cruz will also star in the movie.
12/06/2005 NOVI MAROF JOINS 17 CROATIAN TOWNS!
On November 29, Novi Marof also joined 17 Croatians towns that banned circuses with animal acts. So far circuses with animal acts during October and November 2005 were banned in Mursko Sredisce, Varazdin, Donji Miholjac, Velika Gorica, Rovinj, Split, Delnice, Gospic, Cakovec, Kraljevica, Prelog, Ploce, Bjelovar, Ozalj, Klanjec, Zabok, and Pozega.
12/04/2005 ANIMAL RIGHTS LOBBY'S GOING LOBSTER POTTY!
Animal rights activists say the practice is inhumane - and now MSPs are considering placing lobsters and crabs on a protected list. But some of Scotland's top chefs branded the move "potty". Nick Nairn said: "I think there are far more pressing problems in Scotland that politicians should be turning their attention to - like the dreadful diet of our children. I am surprised this has become a political issue." The committee may add crustaceans to the new Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Bill. It would mean putting live lobsters in boiling pans of water would be banned.
12/02/2005 POZEGA AND ZABOK ALSO BANNED CIRCUSES WITH ANIMAL ACTS!
On November 10 and November 23, Zabok and Pozega also banned circuses with animal acts and thus joined 15 other Croatian towns that already banned circuses with animal acts. Croatian towns that banned circuses with animals are: Mursko Sredisce, Varazdin, Donji Miholjac, Velika Gorica, Rovinj, Split, Delnice, Gospic, Cakovec, Kraljevica, Prelog, Ploce, Bjelovar, Ozalj, and Klanjec.
12/01/2005 KLANJEC AND BJELOVAR ALSO BANNED CIRCUSES WITH ANIMAL ACTS!
Two new Croatian towns, Klanjec and Bjelovar, last month also banned circuses with animal acts and thus joined Mursko Sredisce, Varazdin, Donji Miholjac, Velika Gorica, Rovinj, Split, Delnice, Gospic, Cakovec, Kraljevica, Prelog, Ploce and Ozalj which already banned circuses with animal acts!
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