Heart 4 Animals

Watch it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv4Sia94Cu8&feature=related or click “Play” below:

Did you know?

• Horses and bulls have broken their neck or back in bucking events.
• Cattle have broken a leg in roping events.
• Calf roping causes severe bruising around the throat.
• Flank straps, spurs and electric prods are used to make animals buck.
• Rodeos are brutal events that cause stress and injury to animals for the sake of entertainment.
• The RSPCA is opposed to rodeos because of the risk of injury.

To find out more about rodeos, read the rest of the document by clicking here (original source) or visit http://www.animalliberation.org.au/rodeos.php.

picture source: animalliberation.org.au

More information at BuckTheRodeo.com or at url: http://www.bucktherodeo.com/

Please have a heart. Avoid supporting rodeos, stampedes and lobby against the cruel abuse of animals for ‘entertainment’.

The following websites will explain why veal is a cruel meat:

a) Animal Facts : Veal at http://www.animal-lib.org.au/subjects/subjects/veal.htm

b) Britishmeat.com at http://www.britishmeat.com/veal.html

c) Facts about Veal Farming at http://www.peta.org.uk/factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=123

Please share this information with others. No animal need suffer unnecessarily.

Wow… the Top 10 Reasons not to eat Chickens …. if you had only known the various facts, you might think before you head down that poultry or meat aisle. In addition to new and harmful chemicals we get exposed to daily, perhaps one of the key contributors to cancer, SARs, mad cow disease and bird flu. Please click on any o the links below to learn more about each types of meat:

> Facts about Chickens

> Facts about Beef / cows

> Facts about Pork / pigs

> Facts about Turkeys

> Facts about Ducks / Geese

I am slowly making the move towards vegan diet, and feel healthier and better. Helping me is a free starter kit which proves to be very informative. You may wish to refer to this website for meat free recipes and improvise to suit your taste.

Source: PETA

Animal lovers Vounteers’ voice and effort produce results

It is with heartfelt gratitude and appreciation, both from the bottom of my heart, and the hundreds of geese and ducks, each with a precious life of its own, that Mistral Bistro, has decided to take Foie Gras off its menu. Mistral Bistro now joins the increasing number of restaurants which have made a compassionate decision to stop cruel cuisine.This is only made possible by dedicated volunteers who have given their valuable time to lobby, protest and write to the restaurant against serving foie gras.

Some may wonder, why the big deal ? Personally for me, foie gras is cruel cuisine. Please visit the websites below to learn more :

1) Facts about Foie Gras at http://www.nofoiegras.org/

2) James Bond Roger Moore sets his sights on Foie Gras Cruelty at http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/RogerMoore.asp

3) Video on Foie Gras from YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IWN8UGDyC0

4) Click here for ideas as to how you can help in your local area/ community: How you can help at http://www.liberationbc.com/campaigns

Meanwhile, please continue to contact the restaurants that still serve foie gras to ask them politely to remove cruel cuisine from their menu (attaching some information for educational materials will also be useful for their understanding), and do let Liberation BC know of any responses which you receive.

Have you ever wondered how many animals suffer in labs? It’s a good question. Because there are so many animals in laboratories and records are not kept for all animals, estimates of the number of animals tortured and killed annually in U.S. laboratories vary widely but are in the millions.

The Animal Welfare Act requires laboratories to report the number of animals used in experiments, but it does not cover mice, rats, and birds (used in some 80 to 95 percent of all experiments). Because these animals are not covered by the act, they remain uncounted, and we can only guess at how many actually suffer and die each year.

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Many household products and cosmetics companies still pump their products into animals’ stomachs, rub them onto their skin, squirt them into their eyes, or force animals to inhale them as aerosol sprays. Charities such as the March of Dimes use donations from private citizens to fund experiments on animals, and the FDA requires all drugs to be tested on animals. However, animals differ from humans significantly, making animal drug tests unreliable and dangerous. New research methods, such as computer models, cell cultures, and human studies are more accurate, less expensive, and much more humane.

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Meet David Waitzman, an animal experimenter at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Waitzman had a $1.7 million grant from the federal government that funded his cruel research on monkeys. He used the money to drill holes into monkeys’ skulls and implant steel coils in their eyeballs over and over again.

Let me share with you a shocking account from an actual cage log of Cornelius, one of the tortured monkeys in Waitzman’s experiments. Cornelius suffered from tremors and seizures for more than eight months after Waitzman drilled into his skull, yet Waitzman continued to use Cornelius in experiments in which he was held immobile in a restraint chair and his brain was poked and prodded. On his final day, Cornelius started vomiting and convulsing during an experiment. The convulsions developed into grand mal seizures, and Cornelius died from cardiac arrest.

So many helpless animals like Cornelius—some just babies—are condemned to spend their entire lives in barren metal cages in windowless laboratories. They are force-fed, injected with toxins, and afflicted with painful diseases. Chemicals are sprayed in their eyes and poured down their throats, and electrodes are implanted in their brains. Experimenters cut tissue from animals’ bodies without any anesthesia. All the animals are scared, and many die slow, painful deaths, as Cornelius did.

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Companies that do not test on animals proudly state it on their labels. Send back items that you have from companies that test on animals, and write a letter to the companies explaining why you won’t buy their products anymore. For more information on animal testing and a list of companies that do not test on animals, see PETA’s Shopping Guide for Caring Consumers and be sure to share it with your friends! Learn more . > Donate to help PETA in its efforts to stop unnecessary Animal Testing .

Souce: PETA

I was shocked to read the following article (excerpt below) :

The small animals sold at PetSmart cost the multibillion-dollar company next to nothing and make up a minuscule percentage of the company’s total sales. So why does PetSmart buy them by the thousands only to leave them to die from disease and injury?

The answer is simple. Adorable hamsters are frequently bought on impulse when parents can’t resist their child’s pleading. The hamster may not cost much, but supplies add up quickly. Cages, bedding, food, and other paraphernalia amount to millions of dollars in annual profit.

PetSmart sells birds and other animals to people who often buy them on impulse and don’t have a clue about how to care for them properly. Just as there are puppy mills, there are enormous bird factories and massive animal “suppliers,” where breeders warehouse thousands of “breeding stock,” whose babies are taken away and sold. Regulation of such massive facilities is often lax or non-existent, leaving the monitoring of breeders to the company itself—and leaving the animals to suffer the consequences. > Full article & Video here > Photo Gallery .

What YOU Can Do :

> Blow the Whistle on Animal Cruelty > Write to PetSmart by editing letter guide provided .

A P.E.I. woman has begun an e-mail campaign to ensure that rules are enforced after the release of a video showing potential problems at a horse slaughterhouse in Saskatchewan.

‘The horses end up getting … butchered alive.’— Jana Hemphill, stable owner

“Horses have fought wars for us, horses have ploughed our fields, they’ve allowed themselves to be a mode of transportation, they’re our pets, they’re our companions, they’re Olympic athletes,” …..

“They’ve given so much to us, and to me they just deserve a better end.”

> details of the story here (or at : http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2008/06/16/horse-slaughter.html )

Hi ! Thanks for reading. It’s been a busy week but animals have always been on my mind. I was just walking my dog when I realised how unconditionally loving it is — a pure hearted creature unrestrained in its love and concern for those who care for him.

I just want to vindicate a “Thank You” note from one of the responders to my request for volunteers on her observation of how self-less dogs are, and protective of their care-givers, and yet, despite how potentially loving these animals are, how some humans treat them in return.

I received the following appeals from some animal welfare organizations. Please help however you can:

Disaster response continues in China and Myanmar

HSI has not given up on animals in these disaster-stricken countries. We are supporting local groups on the ground in China and our response team is preparing to enter Myanmar this weekend.

Support HSI’s International Disaster Fund and help our relief efforts for animal victims of disasters around the world.

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