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07/31/2005 WOMAN GIVEN 25-YEAR BAN FOR CRUELTY!
UK, Dunking a rabbit in a bucket of bleach and battering it with a metal pole has landed Bridget Cole with a two-month suspended prison sentence and a 25-year ban from owning any animal. The callous 22-year-old was found guilty in June of subjecting a lop-eared rabbit called Lucky to a horrific attack at a party. She was rapped by Ely Magistrates' Court for pleading not guilty to the animal cruelty charge and criticised for showing no remorse during the trial.Janet South, presiding magistrate, said: "We are appalled by the level of deliberate cruelty inflicted on this defenceless rabbit and we have found little evidence of remorse. You pleaded not guilty and gross expenditure has been incurred."Cole, of Debden Green, Ely, smirked as the sentence was passed down and seemed unmoved when she was ordered to pay £1,500 towards court costs.
07/29/2005 UNDERWOOD, MARTIN ARE SEXIEST VEGETARIANS!
NEW YORK - If only Bo Bice had cut down on the ribs. Carrie Underwood, who beat out Bice to win the "American Idol" crown in May, was voted the "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" in PETA's annual online poll. She shares the honor with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.More than 13,000 votes were cast in the contest run by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the animal rights group announced Tuesday.Underwood, a 22-year-old Oklahoma native, wore a "V for Vegetarian" T-shirt on the Fox show. Martin, 28, and his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, made headlines when they gave their 1-year-old daughter, Apple, a vegan birthday cake.Underwood and Martin beat out other famous veggie lovers including David Duchovny, Reese Witherspoon, Avril Lavigne, Joaquin Phoenix and Prince.Last year, Andre 3000 of OutKast and Alicia Silverstone won the "sexiest vegetarian" title. Other previous winners include Tobey Maguire, Lauren Bush and Shania Twain.
07/27/2005 KENTUCKY BANS EXOTIC ANIMALS AS "PETS"!
A regulation that will prohibit the future private possession of tigers, lions, monkeys, bears, venomous reptiles, and other dangerous wildlife has been enacted in Kentucky!The regulation is one of the most comprehensive restrictions on the keeping of exotic animals as "pets" in the United States. This important regulation will not only prohibit the future private possession of these exotic animals but also prohibit existing animals from being bred. As mentioned, this ban affects future possession of wild animals. Persons currently possessing legally obtained animals can keep them, provided that they maintain veterinary and acquisition records establishing that the animal was possessed prior to the effective date of the regulation.
07/26/2005 MICROCHIP SAVES RARE CAMBODIAN TURTLE!
HANOI, Vietnam - They're calling him "the lucky royal turtle" - a rare and endangered reptile that was saved from a likely fate in a Chinese soup pot by keen-eyed wildlife officers and a microchip.Poachers snatched the animal, a species called "Royal Turtle" in Cambodia because its eggs were once fed to kings, from a Cambodian river two months ago and toted it across the Vietnamese border on a motorbike with a stash of other, more common, turtles.
07/25/2005 ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP FIGHT COSTS AWI!
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has confirmed it has spent $10 million in the past year doing battle with animal rights groups. Most of the money has been spent on promoting Australian wool overseas. But AWI's Dr Len Stephens admits marketing initiatives like new fabrics and designer garments have not increased the demand for wool yet.Meanwhile, the organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will visit Australia next month to see first hand how the wool industry operates. The animal rights group is campaigning against Australian wool, pushing for an end to the practice of mulesing.Chick Olsson from the Australian Wool Growers Association hopes the visit will end the industry's battle with PETA. "I believe that unless we start working out our animal rights problems, it's going to be very difficult to find retail shelf space for our products," he said.
07/24/2005 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IS POISONING BIRDS!
The University of Illinois is in the practice of regularly poisoning unwanted birds living in and around the campus cattle barns. Specifically, starlings and house sparrows are targeted.API has made the University aware of the pain and suffering endured by poisoned birds and of the many humane non-lethal options that exist for resolving conflicts with wild birds. While the University has taken steps to properly design the new and re-designed animal housing and handling areas to reduce or eliminate conflicts with wild birds, it continues to use toxic poisons to kill starlings rather than update the remaining facilities to exclude "nuisance" birds.The poison most commonly used to kill starlings is DRC-1339 - a toxic substance that causes birds to die slowly and exhibit behavior associated with excruciating pain and suffering. In blackbirds, for example, DRC-1339 takes up to three days following ingestion to cause mortality, by way of irreversible kidney and heart damage.
07/23/2005 MEPs BACK CALL TO END TO CATTLE CRUELTY!
EURO-MPs have backed a call for an end to subsidies of more than £50 million a year to exporters of live cattle from the EU to Africa and the Middle East.More than 200,000 cattle are exported annually from the EU to Lebanon and Egypt, enduring journeys of up to ten days and conditions already outlawed in the EU to prevent animal suffering.Green MEP Caroline Lucas, who co-sponsored the motion, said: "Animal welfare is a core concern of the European Parliament and MEPs have worked hard to improve minimum welfare standards and reduce the suffering and cruelty inflicted by the international trade in livestock."
07/22/2005 THE BATTLE FOR THE BEAGLES: THEIR HAPPY ENDING!
Zagreb, 21 July - A historic moment for Croatia and animal rights movement in general. All of 32 beagles, most of them in a very poor condition (without an eye, without testicles, with the temperature, etc.) were set free from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine between 3,30 and 6 p.m.The first part of 'The Battle for the Beagles' is thus over; the second part will start with the pressing of legal charges against dr. Antun Brkic and dr. Slobodan Vukicevic who were involved in 'The Beagle Affair' and the new beginning of our campaign for the changing of Animal Welfare Law of Croatia.
07/20/2005 EURO-MPs DEBATE END TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION!
Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas has unveiled a package of proposals to eliminate animal tests from new EU rules governing the use of toxic chemicals in everyday products.Dr Lucas, who has tabled 20 amendments to toxicity tests contained in the proposed REACH directive, said existing animal tests have never been validated to modern standards and, as well as being extremely cruel, are slower and more expensive than non-animal alternatives."Replacing animal experiments with modern non-animal alternatives is not simply an animal rights issue - it will improve the effectiveness of toxicity testing and benefit the protection of human health and the environment," she said.The animal test for carcinogenicity, for example, cannot even be guaranteed to give the same result for the same chemical tested twice on the same species.
07/17/2005 500 PROTESTERS ON A PROTEST MARCH FOR THE BEAGLES!
Zagreb - According to Croatian media, between 500 and 600 protester participated in a protest march yesterday, 16 July 2005, on the Ban Jelacic Square in Zagreb.The protest march was organized by Animal Friends Croatia, and it attracted sympathies and support of both Croatian media and Croatian public.If 32 beagles who are in the quarantine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine won't be released for adoption by 21 June when the quarantine period is over, AFC will organize another protest in front of the Faculty.
07/15/2005 92% OF CROATS AGAINST ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES!
On a demo that took place in Zagreb, July 14, from noon to 1 p.m. between 50 and 70 protesters gathered from Zagreb and surrounding towns, accompanied with their dogs. All TV stations and all newspapers reported from the demo; radio stations were annonuncing the protest the whole day. On a live show on the Croatian National TV, our activists debated 55 minutes with the representatives from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb and one vivisector, fighting their "Battle for Beagles". At the same time TV audience voted for the poll - YES or NO for the animal experiments for the scientific purpose - and 92% OF CROATS SAID NO TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES!32 beagles that should be used for the experiments after 21 July were imported to Croatia from Italian breeding facility GREEN HILL SRL, via Colle San Zeno, 25018 Montichiari-BS in cooperation with Marshall Europe, B.P. 2084, F-69228, Lyon, Cedex as a distributer.The next protest is scheduled for Saturday, 16 July, at noon, on the main city square in Zagreb.
07/14/2005 HORRIFIC EXPERIMENTS AND THE KILLING OF DOGS!
Animal Friends Croatia invite to a loud protest which will take place in front of the building of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Heinzelova Street 55 besides the Croatia Bus coach house, on Thursday, July 14 at noon. The protest will be repeated this Saturday, on July 16 on the Ban Jelacic Square at noon. Activists will with banners, megaphone, handing out leaflets and showing the video footage invite the public and authorised institutions to question the legal actions of the experiments on 43 beagles and to condemn the horrible practice which, under suspicious circumstances, is taking place on the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb.
07/12/2005 BRUTALITY WRAPPED IN SOFT FUR!
The Shangcun Market in Hebei, China covers 60 percent of the Chinese fur market. The various animal species in this market are killed by great torture. Their heads are being hit to the ground to paralyze... They are then skinned alive and left to death in great pain and shock! The animals are kept in cages that are 70*35 cm through all their lives.February to March is the mating period, in April and May the females give birth and suckle the cubs. When the young are six or seven months old they are ready to be sold. By then, their fur is thick and luxuriant and they can fetch a good price. City people like to eat raccoon dog meat. The fur can be processed into clothing and exported.
07/10/2005 GREYHOUND REMEMBRANCE WEEKEND JULY 23RD AND JULY 24TH!
Stalls, demos, ceremonies will be held in memory of victims of greyhound racing. Greyhound racing in the UK began on July 24th, 1926 at Belle Vue, Manchester.In previous years, on the nearest Sunday to this date, an event has been staged, called Greyhound Remembrance Day, in memory of the hundreds of thousands of dogs that have been abused and killed by the greyhound racing industry since that day.
07/08/2005 VEGETARIANISM 'COULD HELP CLIMATE!
Climate change could be reduced if mankind swapped their pork chops for tofu sausages, according to new research. A scientist claims ditching meaty meals in favour of nut roasts could do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions than burning less oil and gas.The radical new theory argues livestock animals bred to be eaten produce 21% of the carbon dioxide attributed to humans. So by trading the traditional Sunday roast for an environmentally-friendly mung bean casserole, damaging emissions can be slashed.
07/06/2005 ACTIVISTS STRIP TO THONGS TO OPPOSE SPAIN BULL RUN!
PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters, some wearing just thongs and plastic bull horns, marched through Pamplona on Tuesday to protest against the centuries-old running of the bulls, Spain's best known fiesta. Each morning during the week-long San Fermin festival, six bulls are set loose on an 825-metre course through the city's cobbled streets leading to the bull ring where they face a bullfighter's sword in an evening fight. Hundreds of adrenalin and alcohol-fuelled aficionados crowd the course to follow the tradition of running with the half tonne beasts. But protesters say tradition is not a justification. Local authorities do not allow protesters to march naked, as they did once in 2002. This year many wore only their underwear, and many had slogans written across their buttocks in temporary tattoos and painted mottos on each other in body paint. The protest's organisers -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) -- said 700 marched. Police said there were 500 to 600.
07/04/2005 DALAI LAMA EMBRACES VEGETARIANISM!
At an April 2005 wildlife and nature conservation conference in New Delhi, India, the fourteenth Dalai Lama not only lent his influential voice to plead for the protection of wild animals, but also spread a powerful message of compassion for all beings when he announced his own recent switch to a vegetarian diet.
07/03/2005 CROATIAN COACH ON ITS WAY TO PAMPLONA!
This morning at 8,15, the Croatian coach with 47 participants of the Human Race, RTL tv crew and 3 drivers went to Pamplona. Runners from Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro and Croatia will join the 4th 'Running of the Nudes', which will take place in Pamplona, on July 5.More than 600 participants are expected on this year's Human Race.
07/02/2005 BULLFIGHT PROTEST HALTS SPAIN!
A group of half-naked animal rights demonstrators brought Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol square to a halt overnight in a protest against bullfighting. Shoppers gawped and tourists snapped photos as the five young women and one man carried out one of a series of protests leading up to the traditional "running of the bulls" in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona starting next week."Stop the Bloody Bullfights" read one sign held by the protesters, who wore only white underpants and plastic bulls horns on their heads. "Torture is not art or culture" they chanted. "We are trying to convince the majority of people who are indifferent, who oppose bullfighting but do not openly speak out against it," said Leonora Esquivel from Mexico, president of rights group Anima Naturalis.Esquivel estimated some 70,000 bulls a year were killed in bullfights in Spain, which she said had the worst animal rights record in Europe.
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