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February 14, 2011

Ban All Animal-Tested Cosmetics in the EU

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Ban All Animal-Tested Cosmetics in the EU!

Ban All Animal-Tested Cosmetics in the EU!

  • Target: European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek
  • Sponsored by: Care2.com

In 2009, the European Union pledged to ban the sale of all new animal-tested cosmetics in the EU by 2013. Three animal tests are still allowed until that deadline, including:

- repeat dose toxicity, in which rabbits or rats eat, inhale, or are rubbed with substances every 28 or 90 days;
- reproductive toxicity, in which pregnant rabbits or rats are force-fed substances;
- toxicokinetics, in which rabbits or rats are forced to eat a substance and then killed so their organs can be examined.

After every one of these tests, the animals are killed.

Under the original plan, these tests would be banned by the 2013 deadline so the sale of ALL new animal-test cosmetics would be prohibited in the EU. But the cosmetic industry officials want this deadline delayed further, possibly for another ten years.

> Tell European leaders to keep the 2013 deadline to ban the sale of all new animal-tested cosmetics in the EU.

Source: Care2petitionsite .

February 4, 2011

Rabbits in China are not celebrating the Chinese New Year

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Read more : >  Rabbit fever: some celebrate the Chinese New Year by buying bunnies, others by eating them . > Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit . > Chinese girl sitting on rabbit (it’s time for China to start acting on animal abuse)

Save the monkeys in UBC labs

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Help Ban Sled Dog Tours

From the Vancouver Humane Society:

Please write to BC’s agriculture minister

The Vancouver Humane Society is calling for a ban on the sled dog tour industry in light of the horrific massacre of 100 sled dogs in Whistler, BC: http://tinyurl.com/5sysgbf

Column in today’s Vancouver Sun: http://tinyurl.com/4ufu8yg

The BC Ministry of Agriculture oversees the provincial Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.  Please write to:

Honourable Ben Stewart
Minister of Agriculture
PO Box 9043
Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC
V8W 9E2

Email: agr.minister@gov.bc.ca
 


Save monkeys in UBC’s labs

Stop UBC Animal Research is raising funds to pay for four monkeys in UBC’s research labs to be transported to a sanctuary where they can live out their remaining days in peace.  Learn more at this article in the Province or see photos from a recent “Dead Monkey Walking” demonstration here.

How can you help?  From Stop UBC Animal Research:

*Donate to Stop UBC Animal Research’s “Adopt a UBC Monkey” project to help us raise the funds for the UBC monkeys. If we can show UBC we have the money to pay for the monkeys to be released and transported to a sanctuary where they can be rehabilitated UBC may surrender them to us. To donate go to the following link and click the donation button: http://stopubcanimalresearch.org/

*Write a letter to the Province editor urging UBC to end its experiments on monkeys and to immediately release the animals to a sanctuary.

To submit letters to the Province editor: 
Email: provletters@theprovince.com
Fax: 604-605-2759 

*Urge UBC’s President to release the monkeys immediately to a sanctuary so the animals may live their remaining days in peace. To contact UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Stephen J. Toope:

Email: presidents.office@ubc.ca
Phone: 604.822.8300
Fax: 604.822.5055


PETA Asia Is Hiring

From PETA:
 
PETA Asia is looking to fill a new and very exciting position! They’re hiring a Chinese online marketing coordinator to promote animal rights through PETA Asia’s websites and elsewhere on the Internet, with an emphasis on marketing in China. Applicants must demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills in both English and Mandarin/Simplified Chinese.

Interested in joining the PETA Asia team? Click here [http://www.petaasiapacific.com/aboutpeta-jobs-chineseonlinemktg.asp] for more details. Applicants must be hardworking, have good communication skills, and be extremely dedicated to the cause. Experience in marketing is preferable. Other positions available can be found here: http://www.petaasiapacific.com/aboutpeta-jobs.asp.

Source: Liberation BC . People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - Asia Pacific .

Help the animal victims of devastating floods in Brazil

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Help animal victims of Brazil floods


Thousands of dogs and cats in Brazil have been left homeless, injured and starving in the wake of the country’s most deadly floods and mudslides to date. A WSPA disaster relief team is on the ground now bringing desperately needed relief to these animals, and we need your help.

Please help Brazil's animals

Donate Now

The floods struck before dawn on the morning of January 12, while most people were sleeping. Within minutes, entire villages in the mountains outside of Rio de Janeiro were destroyed, as homes were swept away and people and animals trapped under layers of mud or in ruined buildings.

Over 800 people have been declared dead due to the floods, and thousands are now homeless. As humanitarian and government groups rush to aid the people devastated by the tragic floods, WSPA is working alongside them to bring relief to the animal victims.

It is estimated that thousands of animals, mostly cats and dogs, were impacted by the flooding. Many were injured and separated from their families when the floods struck, and others were abandoned as people fled, and were left without food and water.

WSPA’s disaster relief team is currently helping animals in the worst hit areas in the towns of Teresópolis and Nova Friburgo. Our teams have been hard at work providing food, veterinary care and shelter to animals found wandering, trapped and abandoned.

But there are still many animals who need us — please make your gift now to help us reach them.

With your support, we have plans to bring medical care, food, and comfort to 4,000 cats and dogs impacted by flooding in Brazil. Our teams will remain on the ground rescuing animals and helping reunite them with their families. We’ll also distribute pet food to families and set up temporary shelters for animals next to human shelters so that families do not have to abandon their animals.

Please make your gift now so we can respond to this current crisis and to other disasters around the world.

Thank you for reaching out to animals in need.

Sincerely,

James Sawyer
Head of Disaster Management, WSPA

 

 
 
 
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January 28, 2011

Justin Bieber Promotes Adopting Animals From Shelters

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Justin Bieber had an amazing year filled with chart-topping singles, major television appearances, a Vanity Fair cover, an upcoming documentary about his life called Never Say Never, and numerous awards, including an American Music Award for Artist of the Year. Now, this Grammy-nominated breakthrough artist is taking time out of his busy schedule to star in his second heartwarming PSA (public service announcement) for PETA encouraging people to adopt animals from shelters instead of buying them from breeders or pet stores.

Justin sings the praises of our furry friends in his PSA that reads, “Animals Can Make U Smile. Adopt From Your Local Shelter.” Every year, 6 to 8 million abandoned or stray dogs and cats enter animal shelters—and half of them must be euthanized because of a lack of good homes. Justin wants his fans to know that buying a dog or a cat from a pet store or a breeder takes a home away from a deserving animal waiting in a shelter for a loving family.

In addition to killing a shelter dog’s chance at a new life, buying a dog supports puppy mills, cruel breeding operations in which dogs are raised in cramped, crude, and filthy conditions. The only solution to the dog and cat overpopulation crisis is spaying and neutering to prevent pregnancies and adopting from animal shelters. So if you’re thinking about bringing a cat or a dog into your home, take a cue from Justin and give an animal at a shelter a new leash on life! (Source: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals )

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January 21, 2011

Stop Animal Abuse in Singapore

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I have written the following letter to the Straits Times Forum (website > here) but have not received any reply.  I have a grave concern about the dometic animals that its citizens and residents keep there, either as pets or strays.  In a society obsessed about school grades and material pursuits, animal welfare and kindness to animals is often unheard of or an alien concept.  Going by the various reports of cases of animal cruelty there, animal abuse has become a worrying trend.  Please help to do something about it (e.g. writing to the authorities/ local newspapers, which follow after the news links below )

> Cat found with head crushed at Sengkang carpark > worst abuse I’ve ever seen

My letter:

Dear Editor,

I am deeply disturbed that the acts of cruelty to animals in Singapore continues unabated. A few months ago, the physical abuse of a Pomeranian dog and poisoning of cats were reported. On Jan 11, 2011, animal lovers were shocked at the grossly inhumane abuse of a mongrel which suffered horrendous disfigurement and crippling injuries. Recently, a cat was found with head crushed at Sengkang carpark, as reported by your newspaper on Jan 21, 2011.

Gandhi once said that the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. These incidents prompt questions from my friends overseas as to the attitude of Singaporeans towards helpless animals. We also wonder how its world-class education system has yet to build nation that would show kindness to animals.

Going by the trend of animal abuse in Singapore, it appears that existing laws against animal cruelty and enforcement are ineffective as deterrents. Can the relevant authorities share with the public what actions are taken to educate the public, pet owners and deter future acts of cruelty to animals ? < END>

Contact the local newspapers ( > The Straits Times ) to voice your concern and press for effective deterrents against animal cruelty to Singapore.  With more voices, this troubling issue will be known publicly and hopefully the Ministry of Law and Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore) will act.

December 25, 2010

Foie Gras is not a delicacy, it’s cruelty food

Filed under: Cruelty to Animals, Facts surrounding Animals, Farm Abuse Practices, Foie Gras — Tags: — Compassion @ 12:05 am

Foie gras

Paté de foie gras, translated from French, means “fatty liver.” This so-called gourmet delicacy is anything but delicate. Indeed, it is undeniably the product of extreme animal cruelty.

Force-fed cruelty

Factory foie gras farms intensively raise ducks and geese in large, enclosed barns. For the last few weeks of their lives the birds are forced into tiny wire cages, barely larger than their bodies, where they cannot even turn around or spread their wings. As social animals, they suffer greatly when confined to individual cages. Their suffering is further compounded by the fact that they are denied access to enough water to swim and preen, which they do naturally in the wild. This confinement can also lead to lesions of the sternum and bone fractures, as well as foot injuries from the cage floors. Two to three times a day, farm workers grab the immobilized birds and cram metal pipes down their throats, forcing huge amounts of food into them in seconds. The birds suffer tremendously during and after the force-feeding process. The excessive overfeeding (equaling one third the bird’s body weight - each day) causes their livers to become diseased and to quickly swell up to ten times their normal size. Soon they can barely stand, walk, or even breathe. This force-feeding can also cause painful bruising, lacerations and sores. They often die when the metal feeding tubes puncture their necks, when their stomachs literally “burst”, or when force-feeding overfills them to the point of suffocation.

In Canada, half a million birds are killed for foie gras each year.

International response

Due to animal welfare concerns, more than a dozen countries—including the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel (formerly the world’s fourth-largest foie gras producing nation), Norway, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland—have prohibited the production of foie gras. In 2004, California became the first U.S. state to ban the cruel force-feeding of birds and the sale of foie gras produced from force-fed birds, effective 2012.

Take action

  • Contact your Minister of Agriculture and demand a national ban on foie gras production.
  • Next time you go into a store or restaurant or supermarket that sells foie gras, please let the manager know that a product that comes from force-feeding ducks and geese is more than you can stomach and that you will not shop or dine there as long as they sell it. Then, let us know about it by emailing info@hsi.org.

Video Credit : People For Ethical Treatment of Animals . Source: Humane Society International. Video Credit : People For Ethical Treatment of Animals .

December 24, 2010

No Animal Testing body wash , body lotion, shampoo : Are you cruelty-free?

Filed under: Cosmetics, Cruelty to Animals — Tags: — Compassion @ 11:15 pm

I was delighted to find some cool products at London Drugs last weekend that I could use, instead of the “animal cruelty” products sold on a massive scale everyday.  What bugs me is: WHY ? - after all that research and development for which millions of tame defenceless innocent rabbits, dogs, cats have to suffer, does humans still subject countless animals to such unrelenting torture just to create the “new formula and improved” version of their products ?

I therefore commend the following brands on ensuring no animal testing on their products, urge them to stay that way, and that more cosmetics companies will come onboard:

St. Ives Body Moisturizer - Not Tested on Animals

TRESemme Nourishing Moisture Shampoo - used by professionals - THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS

TRESemme 24 Hour Body Shampoo - used by professionals - This product is not tested on animals

> This link allows you to search for products and companies that DO NOT test on animals.

December 19, 2010

Fur Coat

Whether it came from an animal on a fur farm or one who was trapped in the wild, every fur coat, trinket, and bit of trim caused an animal tremendous suffering—and took away a life.

Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages. Fur farmers use the cheapest and cruelest killing methods available, including suffocation, electrocution, gas, and poison.

More than half the fur in the U.S. comes from China, where millions of dogs and cats are bludgeoned, hanged, bled to death, and often skinned alive for their fur. Chinese fur is often deliberately mislabeled, so if you wear any fur, there’s no way of knowing for sure whose skin you’re in.

Animals who are trapped in the wild can suffer for days from blood loss, shock, dehydration, frostbite, gangrene, and attacks by predators. They may be caught in steel-jaw traps that slam down on their legs, often cutting to the bone; Conibear traps, which crush their necks with 90 pounds of pressure per square inch; or water-set traps, which leave beavers, muskrats, and other animals struggling for more than nine agonizing minutes before drowning.

> How You Can Help

Source: People For The Ethical treatment of Animals .

Smithfield Foods factory farm

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Read news > Undercover investigation of Smithfield Foods reveals factory farm practices
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