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02/27/2010 ONE BOY'S DREAM TO HELP MORE STRAY DOGS
When 10 year old Charlie saw an opportunity to raise funds for stray dogs in the UK he instantly took up the challenge of a sponsored 1.5k run. Charlie has two rescue dogs of his own and knows that other rescue dogs can also find the loving homes they deserve if only they are given the chance. Charlie's biggest fear is not being concerned about what the weather will be like during his run or how hard the run may be. His biggest fear is that his efforts will not raise much money, he wants his run to help as many dogs as he can to help fulfill his dream to help many more stray dogs during his life. If you share Charlie's dream to help more stray dogs and would like to encourage this 10 year old boy's efforts please click here and tell him he is doing a wonderful thing by sponsoring him. On the March 21, 2010 a 10 year old boy named Charlie will be running for the lives of stray dogs. How many of us will be behind him supporting and encouraging, will he see your name on his sponsor list, will he see your words of encouragement for what he is doing ?
02/26/2010 HORROR OF FINNISH FUR FARMS ON FILM
Oikeutta Eläimille and Animal Defenders International jointly release a new investigation on Finnish fur farms. The investigators went to 30 different fur farms in the summer and autumn of 2009. They recorded cruel neglect of animals and living conditions with no stimuli. In Finland approximately three million animals are killed annually because of their fur at these farms. For example Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Holland, Switzerland and Croatia have either totally or partially banned fur farming by law.
02/25/2010 SARKOZY SLAMMED FOR "PRESIDENTIAL HUNTS"
An adviser to French President Nicolas Sarkozy has hit back after actress turned animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot slammed the alleged revival of France's so-called presidential hunts as "sickening butchery." Sarkozy's predecessor Jacques Chirac ended the tradition of the game hunting more than a decade ago, but the current administration has revived it, according to a report. L'Express weekly said this week that Sarkozy's aide Pierre Charon has used the events at Chambord chateau in the Loire Valley to woo influential figures including business leaders and top civil servants, although Sarkozy himself did not take part in the hunts.
02/24/2010 MAZOR FARM SOLD 240 MONKEYS TO USA
For the first time since it was established in 1991, Mazor Farm began selling and exporting baby monkeys to USA. Data from the United States Department of Agriculture reveal that 240 baby monkeys were sold and sent from Mazor Farm to the States in 2009. The baby monkeys were purchased by toxicity testing lab in Los Angeles.
02/23/2010 KARNATAKA TO ENFORCE COW SLAUGHTER BAN
The Karnataka government will enforce a ban on cow slaughter strictly by amending a 1964 act to prohibit the sale and consumption of beef, Home Minister V.S. Acharya said. "An amending bill will be introduced in the coming budget session to make cow slaughter, sale of cows and consumption of beef a cognizable offence under a new law," Acharya told reporters after a cabinet meeting (...). The cabinet also decided to enhance punishment with seven years imprisonment and a penalty of Rs.100,000 for serious offences against cows.
02/20/2010 PORTUGUESE MINISTRY OF CULTURE CREATES DEPARTMENT FOR BULLFIGHTING
Even though the large majority of the Portuguese population objects to bullfights and is in favour of banning events based on cruelty and animal abuse, Minister Gabriela Canavilhas has ordered the creation of a "Secção de Tauromaquia", a department for bullfighting within "Conselho Nacional de Cultura" (consultative body for the Minister). In times of economal hardship this superfluous initiative will have to be financed by taxpayers even though it hurts their ethical convictions.
02/19/2010 SWINE FLU PANDEMIC WAS A HOAX
Appearing on The Alex Jones Show, outgoing Chair of the Council of Europe's Sub-committee on Health Wolfgang Wodarg said that his panel's investigation into the 2009 swine flu outbreak has found that the pandemic was a fake hoax manufactured by pharmaceutical companies in league with the WHO to make vast profits while endangering public health. He also explained how health authorities were "already waiting for something to happen" before the pandemic started and then exploited the virus for their own purposes. Wodarg said that the investigation was likely to recommend an end to the undue influence of pharmaceutical companies on public health institutions in Europe.
02/18/2010 EP BACKS TRADE BAN ON BLUE FIN TUNA AND POLAR BEARS
Parliament voiced its support on last Wednesday for a ban on the trade in endangered animals, such as blue fin tuna and polar bears, and products derived from these animals. However, MEPs called for financial compensation for the tuna fishing sector that would be affected. Parliament would also like to keep the ban on trade in African elephants and forbid any trade in ivory until 2028.
02/17/2010 TIGER POPULATION DWINDLING ACROSS ASIA
China has an estimated 50 or fewer tigers left living in the wild, but efforts to stabilise one population in the bleak northeast are starting to pay off. Tigers once roamed huge swathes of China, right up to the now booming east coast. Their population has collapsed due to habitat destruction on the back of rapid economic development and poaching for tiger products to use in traditional medicine. About 10 still live in the southwestern province of Yunnan, some 15 in Tibet, and 20 or so in northwestern Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, said Xie Yan, China Country Programme Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The South China Tiger is probably already extinct, she told the Foreign Correspondents Club of China.
02/15/2010 HORSE MEAT FACES BAN IN ITALY
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization 213,000 horses are slaughtered in Italy every year but now politicians from all parties are considering banning its slaughter and sale. Francesca Martini, a minster with the Italian health ministry and a member of the ruling Right-wing coalition, has put forward the bill, arguing that the "dignity of horses should be respected." The motion is already on the desk of the Italian parliament's culture commission and has won considerably cross party support.
02/12/2010 ISRAEL APPROVING EXPANSION ON ANTI-FUR BILL TO INCLUDE ALL ANIMALS
The Israeli Government approves unanimously a bill that brings Israel one step closer to becoming the first fur-free country. In one of the most important achievements in the combined efforts of the International Anti-Fur Coalition and Let the Animals Live in their endeavors to protect fur bearing animals, the ministerial committee for legislative affairs accepted their request and approved unanimously the expansion on MK Ronit Tirosh's bill. The bill prohibiting originally only the trade of cat and dog fur and was approved on its first reading; has been expanded by amendment to include all fur from all mammals. The ban includes an exception on specific fur hats worn by a few people for cultural identity. This bill is a global and historic precedent. Now that the legislative committee unanimously approved the amendment, the Education, Culture and Sports Ministry committee will hold a vote on the amendment later in the month and following their approval the bill will be put to a second and then third reading before finally being past into law.
02/11/2010 16-YEAR-OLD MATADOR KILLS SIX BULLS IN ONE AFTERNOON
A 16-year-old Spanish matador has killed six bulls in one afternoon. A tall and slender boy he "showed off his stuff" in an arena called Plaza Era de los Martires, or Time of the Martyrs. The bullfighter, who goes by the stage name of Jairo Miguel, finished off the bull No 5 with a single deathblow from his sword, sliding it into a spot where it severed the animal's spinal chord. With the rest of the bulls he needed around three stabs. "I brought out the best in myself that I could," he told The Associated Press. "It was a good afternoon of bullfighting, and people were not bored."
02/10/2010 EUROPE LEANS TOWARD BLUEFIN TRADE BAN
European officials are increasing pressure for an international ban on the commercial fishing of bluefin tuna, a threatened species whose fatty belly is prized for sushi. But they are facing a delicate balancing act as they try to weigh economic interests of a Mediterranean fishing industry, a sushi-loving Japan, and a species that some experts say is on the verge of extinction. In the latest move toward protecting the fish, France said that it would back a ban starting late next year on international trade in bluefin, which are found in the Atlantic as well as the Mediterranean Sea. About 80 percent of the bluefin catch is exported to Japan.
02/09/2010 HUGE WEST HOLLYWOOD VICTORY FOR DOGS AND CATS
Last week, the West Hollywood, California City Council voted to ban the sale of dogs and cats acquired from puppy/kitten mills. The ordinance passed unanimously, and now pet stores in the city will only be able to display dogs and cats from shelters. IDA's Bill Dyer spoke eloquently in favor of the ordinance, reminding that West Hollywood was the second city to adopt the IDA-recommended "guardian" language instead of "owner," and also noting that West Hollywood bans de-clawing of cats: "This unprecedented, historic action, in this Guardian city where the de-clawing of cats is also banned, will send a signal throughout our country for others to follow. West Hollywood will always be remembered as the city that had the foresight and compassion to first end the horrible commerce of puppy mills in our society."
02/08/2010 BOB BARKER RAMMED BY ILLEGAL WHALER
At 1209 P.M. Fremantle, Australia time, the Yushin Maru 3 intentionally rammed the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker, penetrating it's hull and endangering the lives of it's crew. The collision occurred at 65 degrees 21 South, 67 degrees 58 East, about 180 miles off Cape Darnley in the Australian Antarctic Territory. The Bob Barker had been actively blocking the slipway of the Nisshin Maru, the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship when the collision occurred. Four harpoon ships, the Yushin Maru 1, 2, and 3 and Shonan Maru 2, were circling and making near passes to the stern and bow of the Sea Shepherd vessel. The Bob Barker did not move from its position. At which point, the Yushin Maru 3 intentionally rammed the Bob Barker, creating a 3-foot long 4-inch deep gash in the mid starboard side of the Sea Shepherd vessel above the waterline. No crew was injured during the collision. The Bob Barker continues to block the slipway of the Nisshin Maru, preventing the transfer of slaughtered whales and effectively shutting down illegal whaling operations.
02/06/2010 BREMEN PROMOTES "VEGGIDAY"
One good deed per week - "Veggiday" makes it possible. To drop meat is good for health and climate: An important number of cardiovascular diseases can be avoided as well as a fifth of the greenhouse gas emissions. For these and other reasons a broad alliance in Bremen promotes eating vegetarian, at least once per week. If 550,000 citizens of Bremen ate meatless just 52 days per year, they could prevent the CO2 emissions of 40.000 cars.
02/05/2010 JUDGE RULES THAT THE ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT IS NOT A "GANG"
The Federal government indicted two animal rights protesters, 62-year old Faith Greene and 23-year old Richard Olliff, accusing them of being "gang members." However, Judge David S. Wesley finding that the prosecution's expert, Lt. Butte, had "misled the grand jury" ruled that the ALF did not meet the legal requirements to be considered a gang. Instead, Judge Wesley found that the ALF's "primary goal is to save animals, not commit crimes."
02/04/2010 DOG DRIFTS 75 MILES ON ICE, RESCUED IN BALTIC SEA
A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating at least 75 miles (120 kilometers) on an ice floe down Poland's Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea. Now his saviors just have to figure out who really owns him. Four people have already claimed him, but so far rescuers say there's been no wagging tail of joy from the miracle dog they nicknamed "Baltic." The dog's frozen odyssey came as Poland suffers through a winter cold snap, with temperatures dipping to below minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 20 Celsius).
02/03/2010 ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS INTERRUPT QUESTION-TIME IN PARLIAMENT
In a rather rare incident in the Finnish experience, animal rights activists interrupted Parliament's question-time on Thursday afternoon. The protesters unrolled a banderole stretching from the public gallery to the floor of the chamber with the text: "Is this what we want for animals?" In addition, the scroll was bearing a picture of a suffering pig in its stall. Two demonstrators were holding up the banderole, without saying a word. Agriculture and Forestry Minister Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (Centre), the minister responsible for pig farming, was watching the demonstration from the ministers' box. The protesters had chosen a place opposite which photographers and video filmers usually stand. However, one of the attendants quickly collected the banderole, assisting the demonstrators out of the building.
02/02/2010 POULTRY PRODUCER ACCUSED OF MASSIVE ANIMAL ABUSE
Broadcaster ARD's Report Mainz featured secretly filmed footage of a farm in the Lower Saxon city of Twistringen that housed some 25,000 birds in an unlit, cramped space that forced them to exist in their own faeces. Many of the animals died each day due to the poor conditions, the report said.
02/01/2010 TECHNOLOGY AIMS TO REPLACE ANIMAL TESTING
Technology allowing cosmetic makers to test for allergic reactions to their products without controversial animal trials is in the works and could be in use by next year. The technology developed by Hurel Corp., with funding from cosmetics maker L'Oreal, is designed to replace tests on mice and guinea pigs used to predict skin reactions from drugs and cosmetics. The device uses laboratory-grown human skin cells to simulate the body's allergic response to foreign chemicals. Preliminary experiments show promise, but rigorous tests are still needed to determine the technology's accuracy. The standard method for testing allergic reactions involves applying chemicals to the ears of mice, which are later killed and dissected for study.
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