NEW ZEALAND-NZ's biggest dairy farm allows calves to starve to death

New Zealand's biggest privately held dairying operation allowed dozens of calves on one of its massive farms on North Island's central plateau to slowly dehydrate to death earlier this month, triggering a MAF investigation but no prosecution, an investigation by interest.co.nz has found

The following video below obtained by www.interest.co.nz shows dozens of calves starving and near death at Crafar Farms’ Benneydale dairy farm between Tokoroa and Te Kuiti earlier this month

MAF’s inspectors were called in to this farm and others in the Crafar Farms group many times in recent years, yet this and others like it were allowed to keep operating.

Farm owner Allan Crafar confirmed the incident in a 45 minute interview with interest.co.nz, but said he would never knowingly allow his cows or calves to suffer. A long-time employee, Sam Webb, was now managing the farm, Crafar said. The farm manager on the Benneydale farm at the time of the neglect broke both legs in a tractor accident on the day the MAF inspector arrived and has not worked since.

Cherokee's Archaic Conditions for Caged Bears

Located on tribal land governed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee, North Carolina, are three roadside zoos that display neurotic and hungry bears in desolate concrete pits or cramped cages. The bears pace, walk in circles, cry and whimper, fight with one another, and beg for tourists to toss them a morsel of food.



According to Cherokee legend, black bears are the keepers of dreams. When observing the lives of the bears who have been relegated to the concrete pits of roadside zoos in the Qualla Boundary area of western North Carolina, one has no doubt that all these imprisoned bears are dreaming of their own freedom.

Three roadside zoos—Cherokee Bear Zoo, Chief Saunooke Bear Park, and Santa's Land—keep bears in grossly inhumane conditions. As though locked in a 1950s time warp, these Cherokee facilities display neurotic, hungry bears in desolate concrete pits or cramped cages in which the animals pace back and forth, walk in endless circles, cry and whimper, and beg tourists to toss them a morsel of food.

Cherokee's roadside zoos have made no effort to simulate the animals' natural habitat or provide them with stimulation. They have also been cited repeatedly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for failing to meet minimal federal standards established in the Animal Welfare Act.

What You Can Do

Never patronize facilities that keep captive wildlife in cruel conditions. Contact Cherokee officials and urge them to close the bear pits and retire the bears to an accredited sanctuary. Write to the following address:

Principal Chief Michell Hicks
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
P.O. Box 455
Cherokee, NC 28719
828-497-7000

Circo con animales en el Maresme

Vídeo que muestra la constante vulneración de las normas tanto legales como morales de los circos que traen animales entre sus número de espectáculo.

¿Quieres que tu ciudad se declare "Libre de Circos Animales"? Escribe a circos@liberaong.org, o bien entra en www.LIBERAONG.org, y te explicaremos cómo hacerlo.

No los dejes solos, entre todos podemos poner fin al uso de animales en circos.

Abused monkey needs our help!

There's a monkey in Japan that needs help getting out of an abusive situation! Employees from Dragon Gate Professional Wrestling were caught beating and strangling her, and the company didn't do anything about it! Please visit the following website to write to the company, demanding that they do something about the situation:
http://www.petaasiapacific.com/action-alerts-item.asp?id=2313

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INDIA- Muslim butchers attack Jain animal right activists in Bhavnagar

Nine Muslim butchers attacked four Hindu animal right activists in Bhavnagar on Thursday. The activists had rescued buffaloes meant for slaughter earlier on the same day.

Injured activists were taken to hospital in critical condition. Workers of Hindu organizations rushed to the District Superintendent of Police office and demanded stringent punishment to those responsible for the attack.

The animal right activists:Shah Brijesh Himmatlal, Kamdar Chirag Hasmukh, Naresh Vaghji Havani and another Haresh were attacked when they were sitting near Kumbharwada Gaushala. Muslim butchers arrived here in Indica car and bike. They attacked using steel pipe and wooden sticks. One Haresh fled from the place but other three were badly beaten in critical condition.

Two of the attackers Khatki Gafar Usman Kalva and Hanif alias Iso Usman Kalva were arrested by the police.

Local BJP, VHP and Jain Sangh leaders have demanded strict action against the attackers.

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USA- Pennsylvania are offering up to $5,000 for information

Authorities in Pennsylvania are offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in dogfighting.

The reward was announced Monday in Philadelphia by Attorney General Tom Corbett and The Humane Society of the United States. It also applies to other animal combat, such as cockfighting.

The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has received more than 400 complaints about dogfighting in the first six months of this year. That’s up from 245 complaints during all of 2008.

Dogfighting gained renewed attention in Philadelphia after the Eagles signed quarterback Michael Vick, who had served prison time for his role in a dogfighting ring in Virginia.

The reward is funded through a grant from the Holland M. Ware Charitable Foundation.

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Tiger Truck StopJan09- FREE TONY- THE TIGER

We hired an attorney to speak up for Tony the tiger at the Jan. 20, 2009 Iberville Parish Council meeting, but the council cut him off and wouldn't allow him to show them the case law he brought that would explain to them why it would be foolish for them to amend their ban on wild animal exhibits. They didn't want to hear it, but Tony needs them to hear it. Please write and call the council members, come to the Feb. meeting and get your friends to help at FreeTony.com



have SEEN truck drivers get out of their trucks at night and go urinate on his cage, throw trash and bottles at his cage, try and reach him through the bars to poke him with things, etc. Where his cage is there is NO ONE able to keep an eye out for HIS welfare. He is on his own. I would also like to mention that in years past, he was NOT the only tiger there. There was another tiger and even a cub in there with them for awhile. What happened to the other two tigers? He is not original tiger!

FREE TONY. THE TIGER

Watch Michael Sandlin's employees attack Advocates who came to speak up for Tony the Tiger. FreeTony.com for more info. You can safely speak up and ask that Tony be sent to Big Cat Rescue at CatLaws.com

USA- Sheriff's police raid dogfighting ring at day care home-UPDATED

Suspect had video of burning dog

A video of a man setting fire to a dog was discovered on the cell phone of a man arrested earlier this week on a dogfighting charge, according to the Cook County sheriff's office.

The video was found on the phone of Martez Anderson, 38, after he was arrested Thursday while attending a bond hearing for two other men charged with dogfighting.

Anderson had initially been arrested with the two others -- his cousin Lance Webb and Charles Sutton -- after a raid Tuesday on a Maywood home that also housed a children's day care operation.

But Anderson was released after only being charged with a misdemeanor. Sutton and Webb, both charged with felony dogfighting, remained in custody.

After reviewing evidence, police upgraded the charge against Anderson to felony dogfighting and rearrested him when he showed up at his friends' court hearing.

At that point, they discovered the video, which could lead to even further charges. Investigators were examining the video to see if there were any links to Anderson or the others, sheriff's spokesman Steve Patterson said Friday.

ANIMAL BREEDER WEEK OF ACTION - CONTACT THE KILLERS

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, WORSLEY BUILDING
First stop was the Worsley Building at the University of Leeds (Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9LU) where beagle dogs and rodents are bred and experimented on in barbaric tests. We held placards outside the entrance and used megaphones to great effect in letting passers by know about what was going on on the top floors of the building; leaflets were also given to students and members of the public. Security staff came down, however acted in a dignified manner and left us too it.

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, MIALL BUILDING
Next stop was the Miall Building, where the management of the University of Leeds breeding unit have their offices, along with some of the top vivisectors. UoL own an intensive farm near Tadcaster where pigs are bred for use in research and sheep have also been sent to laboratories across the country from there. Sheep from the site are also used in agriculture research by the university where port holes are put into their sides so the effects on their digestive system can be observed, rodents are also used in the Miall Building in experimentation. Leaflets were given out, chants echoed around on the megaphones and passers by also took information.

COVANCE
Last stop was Covance's Leeds office (Springfield House, Hyde Street, Leeds, LS2 9NG Tel: 0113 237 3500). Covance are the one of the largest breeders of animals for vivisection in the world, with their subsidiary Covance Research Products who breed beagles, ferrets, rabbits and rodents. They also own a 48% share stake in Noveprim who capture wild primates on Mauritius to send to laboratories globally, alongside Charles River. Chants of "Thousands of animals dying in pain, Covance killers are to blame" echoed around the area from the two megaphones and an important meeting was being held inside, with those attending looking at the demo.

West Yorkshire Animal Rights Group
Email - westyorksanimalrights@hushmail.com
Web - www.westyorkshireanimalrights.wordpress.com

UK- Mother jailed after brawl breaks out at court during dog-fighting case

The brawl erupted just as the case was due to begin at Lincoln Magistrates Court and as blows were exchanged police struggled for several minutes to contain the violence.

One, Christopher Burgess, who admitted owning a pit-bull type dog, had to be shot with a Tazer to control him, although he later recovered to take his place in the dock.

Another man, Kenny King, who also admitted charges relating to dog fighting, was taken to Lincoln County Hospital suffering from cuts and bruises.

When the hearing finally began the defendants were surrounded by eight security staff in the dock and 20 police officers, including dog handlers, patrolled the court building.

The court heard earlier that mother-of-three Claire Parker watched a sickening dog-fight take place in a pit dug in her garage.

RSPCA inspectors later found three scarred pitbull terriers and dog-fighting equipment in a raid at her home.

BBC Panorama reporter Steve Ibinson, who also died earlier this year, used his relationship with Gary Adamson, 38, to infiltrate a gang in Northern Ireland known as the Farmers' Boys.

During a filmed meeting at his home in Yarm, North Yorks, Adamson revealed his pitbull, Pablo, had been in a fight at the Parkers' home.

Parker - known in the dog-fighting community by his nickname, Oddbod - refereed the brutal event himself at the cottage in Kexby, Lincs.

Sentencing the three men and one woman District Judge Richard Blake told them: "There is public outrage at these sort of offences.

"They are a sadistic abuse of animals for entertainment. In a civilised community people rightly take objection to this type of offence."

Mrs Parker was jailed for 18 weeks, banned from keeping animals for 10 years and ordered to pay £2,000 costs.

Mrs Parker, of Klondyke Cottage, Kexby, was convicted of three charges relating to dog-fighting, including being present at the fight.

Mohammed Farooq, 34, the timekeeper at the fight, was jailed for 26 weeks and banned from keeping animals for life and ordered to pay £2,000 costs.

Farooq, of Daniels Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, had been convicted of six charges and admitted owning a pitbull-type dog.

Adamson, of Davenport Road, Yarm, who admitted a number of charges at the start of the trial was jailed for 23 weeks, banned from keeping animals for life and ordered to pay £1,500 costs.

Owen Batey, 40, of Cannock Road, Middlesbrough, who also admitted three charges, was jailed for 23 weeks, banned from keeping animals for life and ordered to pay £1,500 costs.

A 17-year-old from Birmingham, was given a six-month referral order and banned from keeping animals for five years after he was convicted of chargessix charges.

Christoper Burgess, 42, of Longstone Way, Ladybrook, Mansfield, Notts, was given a one year community ordered with 160 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay 250 costs.

Sentencing on Kenny King, 35, of Ragnall, Notts was adjourned as he is in hospital following the violence outside court.

After the case RSPCA inspector Mike Buther called for the maximum sentence of six months for dog fighting to be increased.

"The maximum is far too short and in this case the judge's powers were restricted by that," he said,

"But this was a very significant prosecution. The people in court today are major players.

"Dog fighting is a very barbaric form of cruelty. It is organised and commercial which makes it even worse. "

UK- Animal Cruelty In English Slaughterhouses

Secret filming of just three English slaughterhouses by Animal Aid has exposed humane slaughter as a sham. The footage was shot over a six month period starting in January 2009. What was filmed has been condensed into a shocking 10-minute video that you should find disturbing.

"Straight from the Horse's Heart" - The Book

Straight from the Horses Heart: A Spiritual Ride through Love, Loss, and Hope by new author R. T. Fitch is an altogether special book that sows more than a few wild oats of goodness, inspiration, and heart. This thoughtful and endearing collection of thirty distinct and timeless vignettes is rich and wise. Whether it is the rescue of a missing pony after a hurricane near the Gulf of Mexico or the heartfelt whinny of an abused horse in Nigeria, the author composes beautiful and poetic images on life. While this books significance is universal, animal and horse lovers are especially in for a treat as loss, turmoil, and grief are intertwined with heroic tales of survival and human empathy. With titles such as I Sit in Wonder, She Stole My Heart, and Whispers in the Night, on these pages is love and symmetry. This collection showcases the contemplative places of the heart, which we are able to learn from his four-legged friends, if we take time to listen closely enough.

USA- Matties Legacy Fund helps save 3 horses bound for slaughter

Angel Acres lost one of its dearest horses, Mattie, on April 25, 2009. Neglect by Mattie's former owner and specifically lack of proper hoof care resulted in a horendous case of laminitis. Once a majestic and pampered race horse, he was thrown away and sent to auction where he was purchased by a killer buyer to be sent to slaughter.

We rescue slaughter bound horses....those bought by "killer buyers" with the intent of slaughter for shipment to the Asian and European consumers. These consumers are eating our horses for dinner.....not dog food, humans are eating our horses.

China Dog Cull Averted

Great news! It appears that a scheduled dog cull in China has been averted.

Officials in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province had planned to slaughter any unregistered dogs, strays, and even registered family dogs over 35cm tall. Dog owners were even told to kill their own dogs, or else their dogs would be beaten to death by the police and the owners charged a fine.

The details are still coming in - but it's clear that the government in Qinhuangdao felt enough pressure from IFAW to avoid this mass slaughter of dogs. Public notices and government web site postings announcing the cull have been taken down.

We will be keeping a close eye on the area until we are convinced that no dogs will be harmed in the future. Many locals sent their pets away to friends and family in order to protect them, and we want to make sure Qinhuangdao remains a safe place for them to return.

You see, local government officials often resort to dog culls because China has no rabies prevention program or animal welfare legislation. A single case of rabies can create a panic - leading to calls for a mass dog slaughter at anytime.

That's why it's so important for IFAW to establish vaccination and sterilization programs within China to control overpopulation and disease - before more culls are called for.

Your donation is critical to developing these programs and ending dog culls once and for all.

I'm so proud of what we were able to achieve for these dogs. Thank you for being a part of IFAW and for making today such a wonderful day for animals.

Sincerely,

Fred O'Regan
IFAW President & CEO

P.S. With IFAW's support, the first draft of national animal welfare legislation for China is being completed. If passed into law this will permanently ban the dog culls we have been campaigning against. Help support this legislation by donating now to protect animals around the world from cruelty and exploitation.

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Canada Chooses Not To Follow Europe and USA’s Ban on Dog and Cat Fur

A recent article by the Canadian Press has revealed that the government of Canada will not join the United States and Europe in barring cat and dog fur imports, in fear such action could weaken Canada’s position against the banning of seal products by other countries.

“It is absolutely appalling that Canada’s government remains willing to engage in the trade of cat and dog fur simply to protect the cruel and unnecessary seal slaughter,” said Sheryl Fink, Senior Researcher with the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

The revelation is especially surprising in light of the fact that Prime Minister Harper and his wife are known cat lovers who support and participate in the Ottawa Humane Society’s Foster Program.

“Would the Prime Minister or his family wear cat fur?” asked Fink. “Like most Canadians, I imagine they would be horrified to discover that the fur trim on their hat or scarf was actually the skin of a cat or dog.”

The European Union recently implemented a ban on seal products in response to demand from its citizens, who did not want to provide a market for products arising from inherently inhumane commercial seal hunts.

“Canadians don’t want to wear pet fur any more than Europeans or Americans. Allowing the trade in cat and dog fur to continue simply because certain Canadian politicians find it expedient to support the commercial seal slaughter is completely unethical. Two wrongs don’t make a right,” Fink concluded.

Source: International Fund for Animal Welfare

Betsy Saul: Going Back to School Can Cause Pets Separation Anxiety

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Undercover Agents Arrest A Man Who Brought Dogs To Fight In Virginia

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SEAL SLAUGHTER CONTINUES IN NAMIBIA

Most tourists who flock to Namibia’s Cape Cross Seal Reserve are probably unaware that only hours prior to their visit, many of the seals that have made the coastline a famous destination, have been clubbed to death as part of an annual culling of seal pups for the international fur trade.

The slaughter takes place in secret and is sanctioned by the Namibian government, supposedly to protect fish stocks, but increasingly journalists and animal welfare groups are stepping up efforts to uncover and end the brutal killings, including secretly filming the event and even buying an Australian fur company out of the hunt.

Two men were arrested and allegedly beaten by seal hunters earlier this year for attempting to film the cull, and now a new video has been released that captures the vicious commercial hunt. You can watch the video below and use the action link above to learn more about efforts to end the hunt.

Let’s Sponser a Bill to Spay and Neuter…. People!

I am honestly beyond sick to death of neglectful, abusive, irresponsible, heartless, cruel and just plain stupid people when it comes to the welfare of our pets and animals. Oh, I’m sick of it in all areas of…
Let’s Sponser a Bill to Spay and Neuter…. People! – http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com

Dallas Morning News (DMN) is investigating pet killings at the Garland Animal shelter

The Garland animal shelter has been gassing young, sick or elderly cats and dogs in violation of state law, probably causing them a slower, more stressful death, records obtained by The Dallas Morning News show.

The shelter also may have violated city rules on how long animals must be kept before being euthanized. According to the records, some animals were killed within minutes of arriving at the shelter.

Mayor Ronald Jones, who received details of the newspaper's findings on Thursday, said the city would investigate.


Using carbon monoxide on such animals is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine for each charge.

For emphasis, I'd like to reiterate the above. Five kittens were gassed within 1 - 12 minutes of arrival at the shelter. By even the most heartless of "standards", 1 - 12 minutes is insufficient time to evaluate incoming shelter pets. A Garland city official tried to defend the practice of admitting shelter pets directly to the gas chamber by stating that a Vet might determine the animals had communicable disease. Indeed shelter records do indicate these kittens were listed as "sick". How anyone could determine the health status of 5 kittens within seconds is beyond my comprehension but there you have it.


But the state code prohibits gassing young or sick animals because the time it takes them to die "may be significantly increased."

Source :

http://yesbiscuit.blogspot.com/2009/09/tx-newspaper-exposes-killings-at.html

Sean Kirtley has been released

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USA- How low will hunting lobbyists go?

A new Wisconsin law, which went into effect this month, lowers the state's hunting age from 12 to 10. Handing an immature 10-year-old a gun and teaching him to kill is folly.

In an effort to revive a dying sport, states across the country are loosening hunting restrictions and putting loaded weapons into younger and younger hands. The Wisconsin law, which went into effect this month, lowers the state's hunting age from 12 to 10. Since 2004, more than a dozen other states have also changed their laws to allow younger children to hunt. According to the Associated Press, 30 states do not even have a minimum hunting age.

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/21/18622659.php

Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Inside Beijings shocking death camp for cats

You must read this!!!! This is a shame again for China. This is was they did in 2008, with cats. Imagine what they have done with the dogs....
This country is a shame...Well, i think all the countries are a Shame. ...

http://singaporecommunitycats.blogspot.com/2009/09/inside-beijings-shocking-death-camp-for.html

UPDATE: Willie’s Progress

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lizardmarsh: Pickens/Gilmer County GA: 3 abandoned foreclosure dogs need rescue

lizardmarsh: Pickens/Gilmer County GA: 3 abandoned foreclosure dogs need rescue

carriage horses do not belong on streets congested with 21st century transportation.

ASILO PARA ANIMALES MALTRATADOS

A.A.M.O.R. is a non-profit organization dedicated to help homeless and abused animals in Margarita.

Please visit this Site to know our orphans and our work.

http://www.geocities.com/asiloaamor/news.html

With help, there's hope for pets on Green Mile

APA's mission is worth supporting, and it's up to Austin and Travis County residents to help. There are three main ways to help: volunteer, donate or adopt from APA. Go to www.austinpetsalive.org, or call 961-6519.

aphillips@statesman.com; 445-3655

USA- Home sought for four dogs of couple killed in crash

For Susan and Mike Kelms, their four dogs were like their children. And they always hoped they would stay together if anything happened to them.

About two weeks after the Kelmses were both killed in a fatal motorcycle crash over the Labor Day weekend, their family and a Burr Ridge shelter is looking for someone to adopt the pack.

They've had inquiries about one or two of the dogs, but no one has stepped up yet to take all four, said Kathy Deets, manager of the Chicago Canine Club in Burr Ridge.


http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/09/home-sought-for-four-dogs-of-couple-killed-in-crash.html

ROMANIA- Elena's shelter

You may contact Elena directly at: ely_dydy@yahoo.com . She has photos of the shelter and the dogs.
Elena has a shelter in Romania with 150 dogs, and asked for RAR's help with sterilization of dogs. Thanks to veterinary Angel - Dr. Aurelian Stefan - dogs were sterilized! Elena has asked for food for her shelter dogs as well, but we don't have the funds for this. Can you help Elena? ... Donations of funds for food, or food from our Romanian friends, would be a great help!
You can donate directly through Romania Animal Rescue and we will send the funds to Elena's shelter, and you will get a tax-deductible receipt!
Thank you very much!

URGENT!!! CAN YOU HELP? FUNDS NEEDED FOR TRANSPORT-STAFFIE GIRL

Lily, Staffie female who is an ex pound dog, is in emergency boarding kennels in the Midlands. We had a transport run sorted for her, but one of the transporters had to cancel at the last minute, and the entire run fell through.

We have had an offer of transport to bring Lily from the Midlands down to Somerset where I will be picking her up. But the transporter cannot do this without petrol costs covered.

Please can anyone make a donation, however small, to help with the fuel costs to get Lily to her rescue space with Once Loved Dog Rescue? (picture of Lily at emergency boarding kennels attached)

Any help would be so very appreciated, as the fuel cost will take a sizeable chunk out of the money for Lily's care costs. thank you so much.

If you can help, please make a donation via paypal to email: donations@oncelovedrescue.org.uk

Or if you would prefer to make a donation using another method, please email: cathy@oncelovedrescue.org.uk

Thank you!!
Cathy
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Milo Another Noahs Arc Rescue

edithyt- For adoption

Some neighbours who were concerned about her condition found Edith in a garden in Las Pallas. Obviously the owners realised that she was going to cost money to treat her and decided to dump her was the best option.She has been seen by our vet and has been diagnosed with a dermodectic mange (scabies) condition. We are also testing to see if there a fungus infection along side the Mange condition. We are very grateful to Alison and Wendy at OZ kennels who have volunteered to take care of Edith despite all her problems and the possibility of cross infection once again they are doing what they feel they can for the prime objective of helping this poor girl.She is a sweet natured little soul and is very happy and friendly with humans and dogs alike.

If you would like to help find her a home or help in other ways please contact us. 0034 699352818

Creepboy Roughs Up Steer at Cheyenne Rodeo

A contestant at the 2009 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo demonstrates his "love and respect" for animals.

With "friends" like this guy, rodeo animals don't need enemies.

DOG AUCTIONS- WHAT IS WRONG WITH HUMANS????

Go inside the legal, but inhumane world of dog auctions. Rare footage from multiple dog auctions shows how dogs are treated like livestock and are passed around from one kennel to another, with no regard for their health or well-being, and certainly no regard for the emotional trauma they endure

USA- WHAT A STUPID ANSWER: GASSING ANIMALS IS MUCH EASIER ON THE CONSCIENCE

Despite mounting criticism, an animal shelter in some obscure Texas city announced that it will continue to kill animals with lethal gas and not lethal injections because the employees find it less stressful—a sentiment likely shared by Nazi death camp workers. An official argues the merits of gassing vs injections:

“You have an option of a method, carbon monoxide, that is simply more efficient and causes less emotional stress on employees,” he said, emphasizing that every precaution is also taken to prevent employee exposure to the gas. “We put our employees first.”

Basically, it’s much easier to flip a switch to kill something than to have to go and stab something to make it die

SOURCE:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-garanimal_17met.ART.Central.Edition1.4bbe918.html

DONDE DENUNCIAR MALTRATO ANIMAL EN COSTA RICA

SENASA es la entidad pagado por el estado con nuestros impuestos ..elllos deben en conjunto con la policia intervenir. Aunhoy la gente piensa que nosotrs tenemos poder legal de entrar y llevarnos un animal ..no es asi .. ojala!
Sedes de SENASA

Sede Central

Director de Operaciones Nacionales: Dr. Manuel Francisco Ureña Ureña

E-mail: furena@senasa.go.cr
Cargo UBICACIÓN TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-Mail
Secretaria Lagunilla-Heredia 2260-8300

2260-9049
2260-9049 carguedas@senasa.go.cr
Gestor Calidad Lagunilla-Heredia 2260-8300

(2014)
2260-9049 Venegas@senasa.go.cr
Unidad de Certificado Veterinario de Operación Lagunilla-Heredia 2260-8300

(2014)
2260-9049 Venegas@senasa.go.cr


Región Chorotega

Director Regional: Dr. José L. Hernández Contreras e-mail: Jlhernandez@senasa.go.cr
UBICACION TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-MAIL
Liberia 26 66 39 85 26 66 39 85 rruiz@senasa.go.cr
Nicoya 26 85 55 83 26 85 55 83 jnema@senasa.go.cr
Tilarán 26 95 50 11 26 95 53 87 eortiz@senasa.go.cr
Abangares 26 62 01 76

26 69 00 04
26 38 12 28 esegnini@senasa.go.cr
Carrillo 26 88 83 52 jgutierrez@senasa.go.cr
Santa Cruz 26 80 00 85 26 80 04 00 framirez@senasa.go.cr
Nandayure 26 57 71 16

26 59 90 15
26 57 74 74 orojas@senasa.go.cr
La Cruz 26 79 91 94 26 79 91 94 hmiranda@senasa.go.cr
Hojancha 26 59 90 15 jmontiel@senasa.go.cr
Cañas 26 69 22 05 mcordero@senasa.go.cr
Cóbano Paquera 26 42 02 94 26 42 02 94



Región Pacífico Central

Director Regional: Dr. Carlos Valverde Flores e-mail: cvalverde@senasa.go.cr


UBICACION TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-MAIL
Barranca 26 64 42 27 26 64 42 27 spizarro@senasa.go.cr
Montes de Oro 26 45 50 31

26 38 81 19
26 38 81 19 mcortes@senasa.go.cr
San Mateo Orotina 26 39 91 30 26 39 90 01
Garabito, Quepos y Parrita 27 77 11 07

27 79 91 69
27 77 11 07


Región Brunca

Director Regional: Dr. Roberto Carranza Echeverría e-mail: rcarranza@senasa.go.cr



AREA TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-MAIL
P. Zeledón 27 71 35 05

27 70 22 55
27 71 35 05 bruncadsa@protecnet.go.cr
Coto Brus 27 73 31 50 27 73 30 50 acosta@protecnet.go.cr
C. Cortés 27 88 81 96 27 71 35 05 jconejo@protecnet.go.cr
P. Canoas 27 32 25 56

27 32 12 55
27 32 12 55


Región Central Sur

Director Regional: Dr. Víctor Hugo Boza Mora e-mail: vboza@senasa.go.cr

AREA TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-MAIL
Puriscal 24 16 50 81

24 16 67 54
24 16 50 81 yretana@protecnet.go.cr



Región Metropolitana

Director Regional: Dr. Francisco Castro Murillo e-mail: fcastro@senasa.go.cr


AREA TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-MAIL
Cartago 25 91 97 95

25 51 07 80
25 91 97 95 zoocartago@senasa.go.cr
Ochomogo 22 78 49 56

22 79 07 00
22 79 07 00
Turrialba 25 56 93 67 25 56 01 85
Coronado 22 29 97 21

22 29 88 17
22 29 88 17
Pacayas 25 34 41 34 25 34 41 34
Los Santos 25 46 60 11 25 46 60 11







Región Central Occidental

Director Regional: Dr. Jorge Barrantes Pacheco e-mail: jbarrantes@senasa.go.cr

UBICACIÓN SEDE TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-MAIL
Grecia 24 94 79 85 24 94 79 85 emiranda@ senasa.go.cr
Atenas 24 46 51 30 24 46 51 30 mgarcia@ senasa.go.cr
San Ramón 24 45 56 60 24 47 09 07 lchavez@ senasa.go.cr
Heredia 22 37 69 97 22 37 69 97 fgutierrez@ senasa.go.cr



Región Huetar Norte

Director Regional: Dr. Eliud Herrera Jara e-mail: eherrera@senasa.go.cr




UBICACIÓN SEDE TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-MAIL
C. Quesada 24 60 74 80 24 60 06 77 fmartinez@senasa.go.cr
Sarapiquí 27 66 61 74 27 66 61 74 waltergrv@hotmail.com
Venecia 24 72 21 59 24 72 21 59 raymondruiz@costarricense.cr
Upala 24 70 00 50 24 70 00 50 heiner.alfaro@gmail.com
Los Chiles 24 71 12 55 24 71 12 55 arojas@senasa.go.cr
Pital 24 73 31 37 24 73 31 37 serquesada@costarricense.cr
Guatuso 24 64 01 67 24 64 01 67 gusttavoquiros@yahoo.com



Región Huetar Caribe

Director Regional: Dr. Bernardo Calvo Rodríguez e-mail: bcalvo@senasa.go.cr


UBICACIÓN SEDE TELEFONO OFICIAL FAX E-MAIL
Guápiles 27 10 38 23

27 10 45 80
27 10 38 23 jlobo@senasa.go.cr
Limón 27 58 14 54 27 58 56 39

Marathon des Sable in aid of Orangutan Foundation

Marathon des Sable in aid of Orangutan Foundation

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USA- The largest airlift of homeless pets — ever

Five thousand dogs are escaping from death row this week — by airplane.

In what’s being called the world’s largest airlift of homeless pets, this week Pilots N Paws is seeking to transport 5,000 animals to safety in a flurry of flights designed to raise awareness of the charity and draw attention to the importance of spaying and neutering. The pilots donate their time, planes and fuel.

READ ALL THE ARTICLE:

http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/09/17/the-largest-airlift-of-homeless-pets-ever/

Tokyo International Film Festival will show "The Cove,"

Details of the film's showing have not been not decided, and it is not
among the 15 films chosen for the competition part of the festival, Yoda
said.

It was clear the festival took its time to come to a decision. A brief
description of "The Cove" was printed on a separate piece of paper as an
"additional screening," and was not part of the 42-page booklet handed
out to the press Wednesday.

"The Cove," which has won more than a dozen awards, documents the
killing of dolphins in the seaside town of Taiji, which sells some of
the captured dolphins to aquariums but kills the rest to be sold as
meat.

"The Cove," directed by National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos,
premiered in the U.S. earlier this year. But it had not yet been
scheduled to be shown in Japan.

There had been some speculation the Tokyo festival, which receives
Japanese government funding, had been under pressure not to show the
film.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090916/D9AO9FB82.html

THE STORY OF FREEDOM FLIGHT- A RESCUED RACE HORSE WHO WHENT TO HELL AND BACK

When rescuers found the horse, he was tied to a palm tree on a Northwest Miami-Dade County farm where animals die for meat: a skinny, diseased wreck with rotting hooves and hide. Only the tattoo inside his upper lip hinted at his regal bloodline: Freedom's Flight, descendant of Triple Crown winners Seattle Slew and Secretariat.

Freedom's Flight's descent from the thoroughbred circuit's pampered paddocks into equine hell took just three months after a mishap at Gulfstream Park. It's not possible to document each step of his sad journey, but Cuoto, a board member of the South Florida Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, believes he was destined for the underground horse meat market.

"He was thrown away three, four times," Cuoto said.

For the next two months, Freedom's Flight endured both insult and injury. Based on conversations with state parimutuel investigators, Cuoto believes that for part of that time, he hobbled along on his broken leg as a riding pony for kids

He was among several distressed horses that Officer Debbie Puentes of the Miami-Dade Police Department's Agricultural Patrol Unit spotted July 7, 2008, on Manuel Coto's property, which the Florida Department of Agriculture oversees as a "garbage-feeder farm," authorized to feed cooked garbage to swine.

"The guy buys and sells a lot of animals," said SPCA cruelty investigator Laurie Waggoner, who has responded to other calls at Coto's place. "I know they slaughter pigs and goats" without the proper permits.

An SPCA vet diagnosed Freedom's Flight with severe "rain rot," which made him lose most of his hair, bites, wounds, severe rashes, abscesses under his hooves, detoxing from steroids, a fractured right cannon — shin — bone, and strangles, a potentially deadly, highly contagious bacterial infection.

READ ALL THE SAD STORY HERE :

http://thesecondrace.blogspot.com/2009/09/freedoms-flight-story-of-rescued-race.html

USA- MY GOD......NO WORDS...

Fighting dogs show scars from the ring

TO HELP

Those who wish to donate to the care of the rescued pit bulls, or other animals, are asked to call 314-951-1542 or go to www.hsmo.org/donate.

Animal rescue groups are asked to call 314-802-5712.

To report animal abuse, call 314-647-4400.

With no lips and layers of fighting scars, Dog 118 lapped her tongue across bare teeth at the Humane Society of Missouri.

She's now called Fay, and she's a heartbreaking first look at the results of a massive dogfighting ring authorities broke up two months ago.

PLEASE READ ALL THE ARTICLE AND SPREAD THE WORD... ITS A SHAME WHAT PEOPLE DO TO ANIMALS...

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/A7154F71FD42998C86257632000E6760?OpenDocument

USA- Two Raids on Suspected Dog Fighting Operations

Authorities in Montgomery County, Georgia, were busy seizing animals in one raid on a suspected dog fighting operation, when they got a tip about another one.

It's an area of Georgia where they grow sweet Vidalia onions. Now, 45-year-old Kenneth Jordan of the town of Higgston is accused of cultivating cruelty.

Investigators found twenty-two pit bulls in the woods off of a dirt road. They confiscated the animals, including a mom and her nine pups, one of them near death.

"He (Jordan) says he loves his dogs and never fought them," says Chuck Simmons of Norred and Associates, the private security firm that checked out a tip about the dogs. "Look at this place. Who has a pet with a 40-pound logging chain? Who has dogs chained in the woods, emaciated and dehydrated?"

Less than two hours after saying that, someone tips the sheriff to another possible dog fighting operation. A half-mile away, authorities find eighteen more dogs. Sheriff Sanders is looking for the owner.

It's at least the fourth time in two months that authorities in Georgia have raided suspected dog fighting operations. Chuck Simmons says the number of tips to their toll free tip line is increasing.

The hotline number is 1-877-215-2250.

Kenneth Jordan faces multiple counts of dog fighting and cruelty to animals. There's been no arrest in the second raid.

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=135198&catid=3

UK- Starved dogs dumped in 'horrendous' example of animal abuse

TWO of the worst animal cruelty cases seen in Weymouth have been described by animal rescue workers as ‘absolutely horrendous’. The pair of starving dogs were found tied up and dumped by their owners near Weymouth Police Station.

Rescue charity Woodlands Farm Strays is appealing for financial help so that it can pay for the recovery of the dogs dumped near the police station and not be forced to put them down.

Mary Bull, from the charity, said she was shocked when they were brought in because they were two of the thinnest dogs she’s ever seen.

She said: “It is absolutely appalling that someone could subject dogs to this kind of long term starvation.

“It undoubtedly reached a point for the owners that they were too embarrassed to take the dog anywhere because if they had they had they would have been hauled over the coals and get themselves in serious trouble with the RSPCA.

“I want to track the owners down to make them suffer for their consequences.”

Weymouth dog warden Ian Lewis picked the dogs up from the police station and took them straight to a veterinary surgery where they were checked and fed slowly.

Mr Lewis said: “It was absolutely horrendous to see the dogs had been left in that kind of condition.

“That kind of abuse has left those dogs close to starvation.

“The police officers tried to feed them but because their stomachs had shrunk so much they were unable to eat it and ended up vomiting all over the van.

“It was one of the worst cases I have seen.

“It’s unbelievable anyone could let them get like that.

“We are busier than ever picking up stray dogs.

“One day alone I had five because it’s a case of people choosing to feed their family over their pet.”

Due to the appalling condition they were found in, Mrs Bull said it was hard to place their ages but believes that both dogs are aged around four or five years old.

The first dog – a Labrador cross Rottweiler – weighed just 28k, his ribs were showing and had broken and he was missing front teeth.

The other dog – a Great Dame cross Labrador – lost a lot of muscle and is in an extremely thin state.

Both dogs were given a body condition rating of just one – which is the lowest rating in a scale one to five – and is only given to extremely thin or mistreated animals.

Director of Fielding and Cumber Veterinary Surgery, Dave Cumber, said: “It was such a shame to see that someone had let the dogs get like this because they really were lovely dogs.

“Clinically they were well but they were very thin and you could clearly see their ribs.”

Now the dog rescue home is appealing for help to fund the two dog’s recovery because Weymouth and Portland Borough Council can only pay for seven days of board for them.

Mrs Bull said the last thing she want to do was put the dogs down but said she might be left without a choice.

She said: “They need to be fed slowly and stabilised and their trust needs to be gained again.

“That will take time and money and we will need help to keep the dogs because we are already paying for other dogs’ veterinary bills.

“We want to do all we can to help them but it is not going to be a quick thing.”

Jo Barr, a spokesman for the RSPCA, said: “I urge anyone with any information about these two dogs to contact the RSPCA straight away.

“There is never any excuse for wounding an animal.

“If people have a pet that they can no longer look after they must contact us and get help.”

If people want to help please send cheques payable to Woodlands Farm Strays, Woodlands Farm Kennels, Dorchester Road, Bridport, DT6 4PJ.


SOURCE: http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/localnews/4626612.Starved_dogs_dumped_in__horrendous__example_of_animal_abuse/

L'Oreal Are you worth it!!

L'Oreal does not want to reveal animal testing to their customers, and they certainly don't want to reveal the disgusting range of tests carried out on the animals.

SIGN THE PETITION PLEASE AND SPREAD THE WORD:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/loreal-are-you-worth-it

animal cruelty… why does everyone think animals are less that humans?

Everyone thinks that as long as you don’t see what’s happening in milking facilities or slaughter houses-even if they have heard of it- then it doesn’t matter? If you asked most people is they could still eat meat if they had to kill it themselves, a lot of them wouldn’t? and the definition of murder is killing another human, but what can we define human as? a jerk of a being that cares only for themselves? Someone who doesn;t care who or what is hurt as long as they can get what they want?
What are your opinions on the human animal relationship (especially since we evolved from animals) and what do you think of animal cruelty and slaughterhouses?
and people always think that animals don’t count as much as any human? how stupid is that? the animals can’t change how we treat them, only we can, and the people with people problems can fix it themselves- the animals seem to need more help because we’ve created a trap that they can’t get out of

Source :
http://endangered-animals.co.uk/animal-cruelty-why-does-everyone-think-animals-are-less-that-humans.html

Judith’s Happy Ending After 10 Years on a Chain

Recogen casi mil firmas para que Son Reus castre a los perros antes de entregarlos en adopción

Recogen casi mil firmas para que Son Reus castre a los perros antes de entregarlos en adopción

Britain’s only matador has been told he cannot promote his memoirs in Waterstone’s following protests by animal rights groups

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/6168940/British-matadors-book-signing-cancelled-after-animal-rights-protests.html?state=target#postacomment&postingId=6179931

SIGN THE PETITION, SPREAD THE WORD, SAVE THE DOPHINS

CANADA- ACTION NEEDED- Osprey Links given permission to kill Canada geese if necessary

http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1734603

There is absolutely no good reason for shooting geese, either to frighten
them away or to kill them to "set an example" for other geese not to land
upon the golf course. A golf course in New Brunswick, Canada has had great
success getting geese off their courses just by the simple act of turning on
their water sprinklers:

http://www.hallofshame.lovecanadageese.com/humane.html


Please write letters voicing your opposition to the proposed shooting of
geese at Osprey Links and offer humane methods instead.

WRITE TO OSPREY LINKS AT:

info@ospreylinksgolf.com
SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTH BAY NUGGET:
http://www.nugget.ca/feedback1/LetterToEditor.aspx


Thank you all so much!

Choo and Earl
www.LoveCanadaGeese.com

SOURCE:
http://helpinganimalsworldwide.blogspot.com/2009/09/letters-needed-ontario-canada-golf.html

Kangaroo meat cleared for China imports

According to Queensland, Australia kangaroo processor, John Burey, it’s a major advantage for industry.

"Russia used to, and still would, consume 70% or more kangaroo meat. Now China, they could consume by far more kangaroo meat than we could supply."

Leave your comment here and read all the stupid article :

http://www.meatinternational.com/comments/news/kangaroo-meat-cleared-for-china-imports-id1594.html

ITALY- Animal Defenders International (ADI) and AgireOra host screening of shocking DVD

A major new campaign to end the use of monkeys in European laboratories has been launched today in Turin, Italy. It took place at the Unione Culturale Franco Antonicelli, Via C.Battisti 4b, Turin at 11 a.m.

The event was open to the press and the public and included a screening of the documentary 'Save the Primates' unveiling what the campaigners hope will be the biggest awareness drive on the use of primates in experimentation that Italy has ever seen.

More than 2000 ADI/AgireOra postcards asking the Italian Government to take action for animals in laboratories have already been distributed in Italy in just three days.


Elsewhere at the University of Bari, Valenzano, researchers used goats in an experiment as a model to test a drug to treat herpes(2). Animals were infected vaginally with herpes and different groups were treated at different points post-infection. Some of the goats suffered swelling and lesions on their genital areas and the authors reported that the animals showed signs of pain when being swabbed.

This experiment had previously been carried out over a decade ago in humans and its findings were positive so this recent research was a clear waste of animal lives and resources.

Marina Berati, coordinator of AgireOra Network, said: "Life behind the closed doors of these testing facilities is harsh and disturbing for the animals. We hope our campaign will encourage the public to take an active stand against this cruelty by writing letters and protesting against animal maltreatment. The animals can not speak for themselves so they need to be defended and the EU must act now."

Save the Primates can be watched in Italian on AgireOra's TV animalista: www.tvanimalista.info/video/vivisezione/scimmie-vivisezione/
and on ADI's Save the Primates campaign web-site: www.savetheprimates.org/videos/

SOURCE: http://helpinganimalsworldwide.blogspot.com/2009/09/turin-expose-of-laboratory-primate.html

USA- Take Political Action Against Live Markets- SAN FRANCISCO

In July 2009, Kinship Circle asked people worldwide to target San Francisco
officials in an action campaign against the city’s live animal vendors. To
date, no merchant has been prosecuted under California Penal Code 597(a),
597(b), 597a, and 597t, which outlaw cruelty to ALL animals. California’s
food/agriculture code is also ignored when customers move live birds on
public transit and inside car trunks.


http://kinshipcircle.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/san-francisco-take-political-action-against-live-markets/

Cancun Tigers - Save The Cancun Tigers

Cancun Tigers - In the Summer of 2008, Last Chance for Animals (LCA) began working with an undercover operative in Cancun to expose the plight of "Pepe's Tigers." Prior to 2004, Pepe's Restaurant let tourists "dine among caged tigers." After Hurricane Wilma hit in 2004, the restaurant was practically destroyed, and never repaired. The tigers live in this deteriorating building, caged, with little or no interaction. They are not fed or cared for properly, and are suffering. Please help LCA get these tigers released to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, CO. For more info, please visit: www.savethecancuntigers.com

JOIN OUR GLOBAL LETTER- WRITTING CAMPAIGN TO SAVE MORE BEARS

Appeal for Vietnam's bears

Take action

Strength in numbers

We need your help to convince the Vietnam government to enforce the law and release these bears into our care. Join our campaign now and send us your letter for presentation to the government.

In September 2007, 80 bears in Vietnam were identified for confiscation into the care of Animals Asia Foundation. In the intervening two years, and despite constant urging from Animals Asia, the Vietnam government has released only ONE bear into our care at our sanctuary in Tam Dao National Park.

The remaining 79 bears are still confined to their cages, in the hands of the same owners who have used and abused them for many years.

They remain with owners who continue to:
•extract bile, openly flouting Vietnam laws prohibiting the practice
•break both national and international law by selling bile to tourists who transport it overseas
•cause the bears horrendous fear, suffering and pain on a daily basis in the extraction process
And still, the Vietnam government refuses to implement its own laws. It refuses to act to save these bears from deprivation, starvation and agonizing death from disease and despair.

http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?UID=8EMUZ50I65Q

An animal shelter is supposed to be a haven, a refuge, a place that care for companion animals until their owners reclaim them, until they are adopted or rescued, or sadly until their…
Animal Shelter a Hell Hole of Death – VIDEO – PETITION – http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com

B.E.T.A's Dog shelter - Lebanon

Contact info:
email: contact@betalebanon.org
website: http://www.betalebanon.org/

4 more NJ Morris County Parks will be turned into a killing field by bowhunters

Sadistic Bow hunting will be allowed next season at: Old Troy County Park in Parsippany; Tourne County Park in Boonton Township and Mountain Lakes; Mahlon Dickerson Reservation in Jefferson; and Jonathans Woods in Denville, that is now 18 parks in Morris County alone!!

Bow hunting is beyond immoral. It is the ultimate act of despicable cruelty by hunters fueled with a thirst for killing by the most hideous of means. It is pure evil to commit any living being to such a horrible mix of agony, pain, and death.


An Analysis of Deer Management in New Jersey

At the beginning of the 20th century there were few deer in our state. In the following years, deer were stocked and bred for the sole purpose of recreational hunting: "Deer were reestablished in New Jersey by sportsmen-conservationists for the purpose of sport hunting. Since that "restocking period" the responsible agency (now the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife) has been managing the deer resource for this purpose." An Assessment of Deer Hunting in New Jersey.
That mission, creating deer for hunters to kill, is now well into it's second century and still being carried out by the Division - whose employee salaries are paid by the sale of hunting licenses - and the NJ Fish and Game Council, the hunter controlled state board that has power over all wild animals.
In understanding who is responsible for the current size of our deer population, it is important to acknowledge the vast measure of years that the Division has been actively increasing deer herds. To this end, an overview of the Division's deer program will be examined decade by decade, from the 1950's to the present day. "Planting program - During the fall of 1957, 223 1/2 acres of land were prepared and planted with rye. The operation involved 75 locations in South Jersey and included the application of 69 tons of lime and 43 1/2 tons of fertilizer." Division of Fish and Game Annual Report, 1957-58.

The annual report for 1958-59 states that, "...416 wildlife food patches were planted throughout the state..." and that they distributed "...94 1/2 tons of fertilizer during the year." These are not isolated incidents; a further survey of annual reports from the 1950's and '60's shows yearly progress reports on near-identical planting activities.
Creating food for deer to eat is a crucial component of the Division's design, and it was part of an over-arching plan for enlarging deer herds that was brought to fruition in the 1970's: "From the mid-1970's through the 1980's, the Division and the Fish and Game Council sought to allow deer numbers to increase within sections of the inner coastal plain including Salem, western Cumberland, Gloucester, northwestern Burlington and western Monmouth counties. By 1990, with the exceptions of Island Beach State Park, a small portion of Cape May County located below the Cape May canal and a few other isolated areas, deer occupied all available range." Governor's Report On Deer Management In New Jersey, 1999.

http://www.protectnjanimals.com/ADMNJ.html

USA-Animal Cruelty at Livestock Auctions

TEXAS ANIMAL RESCUE

We are proud to introduce our new website to the animal lovers of Texas, and the rest of the world. Our goal is to provide knowledge, resources, and information about animal rescue, while also providing an online community. What we hope to gain from our online animal community is an effective communcation system, so that together, we can rescue animals who need be. If you have any questions related to animals, then our community is perfect for you. So, what are you waiting for? Join today!

http://www.texasanimalrescue.com/

COLOMBIA- Becerradas en Cali fracasaron

El pasado sábado 29 agosto los torturadores emprendieron una nueva estrategia para acercar a la juventud al toreo y profundizar la lógica especista. La vieja práctica de las becerradas fue reencauchada esta vez como fiesta universitaria en la cual además se publicitaba un Sanfermin y un concierto de diversos géneros.

El fracaso del evento fue estruendoso. El Sanfermin cuyo inicio se dio dos horas después de lo programado solo contó como espectadores a miembros de la Federación de Comités de Liberación Animal que se encontraban registrando el absurdo espectáculo.
La becerrada cuyo inicio fue postergado en busca de espectadores apenas sobrepaso los 30 espectadores.

El concierto fue igual de lánguido en el cual los poco más de 500 espectadores escucharon una crítica al toreo por parte de la agrupación Doctor Krápula con la cual la Federación de Comités de Liberación Animal entablo dialogo días antes del concierto y con quienes estamos dialogando sobre la posibilidad que no se vuelvan a realizar presentaciones en plazas de toros.

En la Federación de Comités de Liberación Animal nos complace ver el compromiso de la ciudadanía caleña en luchar contra el toreo desde los espacios cotidianos, por esto hay que seguir difundiendo que la manera alterna de buscar recursos por parte de la plaza de toros es el alquiler de esta para eventos, con o sin costo para el público (conciertos, festival Petronio Álvarez, exposiciones de automóviles), lo cual les representa doce millones de pesos por día.

Hagamos que los empresarios de estos eventos busquen otro lugar para hacerlos. No asistamos a la plaza mientras no estén prohibidas las corridas.

FEDERACIÓN DE COMITÉS DE LIBERACIÓN ANIMAL


fcliberacionanimal@yahoo.com
www.fcliberacionanimal.org
fcliberacion-animal.hi5.com
Grupo FACEBOOK: FEDERACIÓN DE COMITES DE LIBERACIÓN ANIMAL
www.youtube.com/user/fcliberacionanimal

BUSTED: Boxwood Cockfighting Ring - one of the oldest and most notorious!

Roughly three years ago, a confidential informant working for California-based Last Chance for Animals made his first undercover trip inside Little Boxwood, a Page County cockfighting pit that allegedly was receiving police protection in exchange for bribes.

Coverage of the story:

http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=40477&CHID=1

http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/57147942.html

Animal Aids undercover film reveals the secret world of duck shooting

The shooting season has just started (1 September), but very few people in Britain will appreciate that, in addition to the 45 million partridges and pheasants mass-produced to be shot every year, almost one million ducks just like those fed by families in parks are also killed by sport shooters.

LionRescue.co.uk - Please Donate

The Yorkshire Wildlife Park have launched a campiagn to rescue 14 Lions from Oradea Zoo in Romania.
They need to rasie £150,000 to relocate these magnificent animals from Romania to Doncaster and then house them in a purpose built 7 Acre Reserve.

Please visit www.Justgiving.com/LionRescue to make a donation

Scandale Charal : Tués pour rien

Les images tournées en caméra cachée par l’association de défense animale L214 dans les abattoirs de l’entreprise Charal ont provoqué un vif émoi sur internet. Et pour cause, elle sont insupportables, pour quiconque ayant un minimum de sensibilité.

Dures à regarder, « brutales » selon le représentant de Charal, on imagine combien elles peuvent être dures à vivre pour les animaux. Eux, ne peuvent détourner le regard. Nous si, et du reste Charal voudrait bien qu’on regarde ailleurs : ses avocats ont exigé le "retrait d’internet" de ces images embarrassantes.

L’entreprise, qui promettait il y a quelque temps de « faire disparaître les végétariens » dans ses spots publicitaires, craindrait-elle de fusiller sa future clientèle ?

READ ALL THE ARTICLE AND CROSS POST PLS

http://www.agoravox.fr/actualites/societe/article/scandale-charal-tues-pour-rien-61016

Angel



Rescued from the Carson Shelter, Los Angeles, CA on August 31, 2009

September 1, 2009 - The volunteers of Take Me Home get hundreds of emails each day regarding dogs in need in the shelter system, but yesterday, we received an email with a photo attached that stopped us cold. It was a Craig's list posting from a kind woman who was at the shelter and she was shocked at the sight of this emaciated dog, thank God this woman took a picture, and posted the dog…


Take Me Home jumped into action as soon as we saw the picture and spoke to the shelter, who told us the dog was to be put to sleep by the end of the day. A loving TMH volunteer rushed to the Carson shelter and rescued this sweet dog, and named her Angel. Angel was rushed to our veterinary hospital, a complete medical evaluation was done, test, x-rays, the works….She was a walking skeleton. But she was now alive, safe, and finally getting medical attention and food. Angel is severely malnourished, emaciated, a walking skeleton . She has a terrible infection in her foot, numerous sores all over her body, concrete burns, her paws are inflamed, infected ears, and fly strikes that are huge sores on her ears. She has been bred numerous times, her body screams with neglect and her condition is ALARMING! But her heart swells with love; she shares nothing but love for all.


Today my young son, Wyatt, and I went to visit Angel and talk to the doctors about her condition. We got to the animal clinic and asked to see Angel. They asked if I had met her yet. I said "No", but I had seen her pictures. T hey warned me to be prepared, then they brought her out to me and upon the sight of her, I broke into tears. You think you have seen it all in the rescue world, but this was the worst case of emaciation I had ever witnessed. I sobbed and tears came down the cheeks of others in the doctor's waiting room. But Angel bounced out full of wiggles and her tail was wagging. Wyatt rushed over to her and gave her a big hug and a kiss. It was love; his embrace with Angel was pure gratitude and joy for life and I could not just stand there and foolishly cry. So on my knees I went, and Angel was in my lap, loving us like we were her long lost family. She truly has a forgiving soul and a heart of gratitude….just happy to be alive…and happy to show you just how much!

See pick and the all article here :

http://www.lizardmarsh.net/2009/09/santa-monica-ca-angel-emaciated-dog.html

Interview with legendary animal rights activist Keith Mann

USA- BRINGING THE FIGHT TO CENTRAL FLORIDA

There is no effective network for animal rights in Central Florida, so I’m building this one from the bottom up.

If the nonhuman animals ever have a chance to be free and safe, it’s going to take every committed animal rights activist we have in our community to step up.

GO TO THE WEBSITE :

http://negotiationisover.com/?page_id=1917

MEXICO- Protección del Perro Callejero, A.C. (Pro-Perro)

Es una asociación sin fines de lucro, fundada en 2003, aunque su labor inició informalmente años atrás, en Cuautepec, Del. Gustavo A. Madero.

Hola amigos los quiero invitar a la Doble Jornada de esterilizaciones que tendremos en Pro-Perro, por favor si sabes de alguien que le interese reenvíale este correito para que lo sepa y pueda llevar a sus pequeños, y si tu eres protector te esperamos los costos son muy accesibles.
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Doble Jornada de Esterilización.

Si quieres hacer una campaña de esterilización por tu rumbo llámanos, infórmate como y nos apoyamos para lograr que se acabe poco a poco el problema de sobre poblacion gatuna y perruna


Recuerda:
Solución = Esterilización.


Protección del Perro Callejero, A.C.
www.properro.org
"Si quieres ayudar a los animales no humanos, sácalos de tu mesa, de tu closet y de tus opciones de 'entretenimiento'."

¿Quieres ayudar a un albergue y consumir productos de alta calidad para tu perro o gato?
Conoce y participa en el Programa de Apoyo a Albergues: http://www.properro.org/Apoyo%20Albergues.htm

Frank Evans Is No Bullfighting Hero! He's A Total Tosser!

Frank Evans has had Major Heart Surgery here in the UK and then gone back to Spain to abuse, I mean Fight Bulls! He admitted that he goes into the ring to kill Bulls! He compares the Abuse, I mean torture to bulls as "going to the Slaughter House????? "( Central news 31st August!). That says it all coming from a son who's father was a butcher!!
What a waste of surgery, should have just have left him with a 'swinging Brick!' Hopefully he'll get mauled by an angry bull with horns filed down and vaseline in its eyes!( Spike Milligan - 1984). After he has speared it many times and bled it into total weakness - he's likely to win. The bull always loses...................regardless!

SIGN THE PETITION :

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/frank-evans-is-no-bullfighting-hero-hes-a-total-tosser

Convict Coco's Killer on Felony Charges!

WE, ORDINARY CITIZENS, URGE ILLINOIS PROSECUTORS/STATE'S ATTORNEYS TO VIGOROUSLY PURSUE FELONY ANIMAL ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST LAWRENCE JULIANO, KILLER OF “COCO” THE LAB! HE MUST BE CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO A LONG, LONG TIME IN PRISON! LAWRENCE JULIANO HURLED COCO OFF A THIRD FLOOR BALCONY, SENDING HER TO A HORRIBLE DEATH!

SIGN THE PETITION :

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/convict-cocos-killer-on-felony-charges

New Zealand: Zoo sells antelope to hunter

A public zoo has sold endangered antelope to a member of a party lobbying for the right to set up game reserves for commercial trophy hunting.

Last month the NSW Environment Minister, Carmel Tebbutt, said a contract between Taronga Western Plains Zoo and Bob McComb, of the Shooters Party, stipulated the 24 blackbuck antelope would be used only for breeding.

However a Freedom of Information application by Greens MP Lee Rhiannon has revealed the contract stated the zoo accepted no responsibility for the animals after they left.....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10594385

FREE MAJLO

FOR MORE PHOTOS OF MAJLO CLICK LINK BELOW http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/MAJLO.html

Majlo is a sweet, gentle 2 year old dog who has never harmed anyone. Still he is ordered killed by the Norwegian police, who have held him in their custody for half a year, while his family have been fighting for his life. His only fault is that he belongs to a breed that is forbidden in Norway. Sadly, his owners didn't know about this injunction when they moved to Norway from Sweden, where the breed is legal. Although the provision of the Act allows forbidden breeds to leave the country, the police insisted on Majlo being killed instead. In August 2009 the court rescinded the judgement to kill Majlo and allowed him to return to Sweden with his family, but the Police Department appealed the verdict and refuses to let Majlo go.

SIGN THE PETITION HERE:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-majlo

Petition Against Illegal Use of Animal Shock Collars

http://www.petitiononline.com/12221R/petition.html

Stop killing Dogs in Meerut,Uttar,Pradesh, India

Here's proof that the Meerut administration has unleashed shocking brutality on the stray dogs in the area to protect & shield the ILLEGAL CATTLE SLAUGHTER HOUSES.


For the government of Uttar Pradesh state, India and its functionaries it seems like a perfect solution that people are venting out their anger by killing ALL and INNOCENT dogs. It suits the bureaucracy as it does not to bother the SLAUGHTER HOUSES and STOP the EVER FOURISHING TRADE OF Illegal CATTLE MEAT INDUSTRY in Meerut.

THIS IS THE REAL CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM . THE ADMINISTRATION TURNS A BLIND EYE TO THIS WHILE PEOPLE TAKE LAW IN THEIR HANDS. PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE ACT OF KILLING DOGS AS AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR THEM

SIGN THE PETITION, PLEASE:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/India-rabid-dog-killers