Heart 4 Animals

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	Our team saved suffering sled dogs from likely death. Help us rescue animals in situations like this, and work for stronger anti-cruelty laws

Imagine being left in a forest, chained to a tree, without regular access to proper food, clean water or adequate shelter. Imagine growing more and more desperate as the days and weeks go by, your cries unanswered.

For approximately 100 neglected sled dogs in Québec, this was reality until their owner surrendered them, and Humane Society International and the SPCA Laurentide-Labelle arrived to rescue them. Please consider a donation to help us stop this kind of suffering.

As we walked onto the property, my heart broke. The huskies had been chained to plywood structures over barren stretches of frozen mud. Hungry and dehydrated, they were unable to move more than the two-meter radius their chains permitted.

I am always amazed by the power of dogs to forgive. It was as if they realized we were there to help them, and slowly the miserable, emaciated huskies began to wag their tails as we approached. The dogs began to bark in excitement, but one remained quiet, waiting as his friends were rescued. I went to him and, as I grew closer, I realized he was blind because of cataracts—another casualty of the neglect these dogs endured. Carefully, we walked him to freedom, and the promise of a better life.

We arrived just in time. Winter is coming, and many of these dogs may not have survived without our intervention. With extreme cold temperatures approaching, these dogs—including a number of puppies—could have faced a horrific death.

Thankfully, our rescue operation was a complete success. One by one, we led or carried the dogs into our Emergency Services vehicle, and transported them to our emergency shelter an hour away—space generously donated by a local businessperson. There, dedicated volunteers from United Animal Nations will provide round-the-clock care, while SPCA LL veterinarians will treat and vaccinate the dogs. Once healthy, these deserving dogs will be adopted out to loving homes in Canada and the United States.

While these lucky dogs are now safe in their warm, temporary enclosures, so many more less fortunate animals across Canada still face neglect and abuse. With your help, we can ensure sled dogs and other animals do not have to face this kind of misery again.

Please give what you can to help us continue to fight cruelty by rescuing animals and advocating for stronger laws.

Together, we can make animal suffering a thing of the past.

Sincerely,

Rebecca Aldworth
Director
Humane Society International/Canada

The Humane Society of the United States today released the results of an undercover investigation documenting shocking animal abuse at a Vermont slaughter plant. > more> facts about Factory Farming > Personalise draft & Email Letter to the Department of Agriculture now .

This November, a Private Member’s motion in support of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) is scheduled to be debated for the second time in Canada’s House of Commons. Sponsored by Michelle Simson (MP for Scarborough Southwest) and seconded by Bill Siksay (MP for Burnaby-Douglas), the motion had its first hour of debate on October 1st. It reads as follows:

Urge your MP to support Motion M-354 >>

Parliamentary support for UDAW would send a strong message to our government that Animals Matter - to Parliament, and to the more than 70,000 Canadians who have signed petitions and sent letters on this issue. Please take a moment to email your MP now (even if you have already emailed them in the past on this issue) and urge him/her to support Motion M-354.

We need to get as many letters to MPs as possible before the vote: forward this email, encourage as many people as you can to join you and stand up for animal welfare in Canada.

A UDAW would be a powerful catalyst for change — inspiring the creation of national laws for the prevention of cruelty to animals where they do not exist and encouraging all nations to look for ways to improve their laws and standards for the prevention of cruelty to, and proper care and treatment of animals.

With thanks and appreciation,

Silia Smith
Regional Director
WSPA Canada

You go, Girl ! > read details here .

Richard Gere, who will be starring in a role as a professor, said he “cried like a baby” as he was so moved by the script for his new movie, based on the story of a dog which spent days and days waiting for its owner who never came back. > more .

Original article from The Associated Press .

Here are several animals that need your help. The letters of appeal have already been drafted for your slight modification and ready to be sent via email:

> Appeal against farm practice of Smashing Heads of Pigs With Hammer

> Speak up for cows that are left to die slow & painful death

> Help stop cruel Dog & Cat Fur trade

> Ask Edmonton to Let elephant Lucy Pack Her Trunk

> here are more animal issues . > Home page .

Dear friends, please help support World Society for the Prevention of Cruelty efforts below:

This is an emergency, please support the animal victims of three separate natural disasters.

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has deployed three veterinarian-led Disaster Assessment and Response Teams (DART) to bring aid to thousands of animals left homeless and helpless after tragedy struck earlier this week in the Philippines, Samoa and Indonesia.

Please give right now, your donation will help us provide emergency relief to these animals.

As you can well imagine our disaster relief team is extremely busy so getting updates and information from them has been a challenge, but this is what I can tell you now:

We’re on the ground in the Phillipines providing emergency shelter, food and care for thousands of homeless pets. We’ll continue to provide care until their owners can safely return for them.

In Western Samoa, our DART team will be treating animals as they travel the area to determine what the most crucial needs are. At this point it looks like the animals most likely to be affected are companion animals, including a large population of stray dogs.

WSPA has also deployed a DART team to assess the animal welfare need in Indonesia and we hope to have a clearer picture to share with you in the coming days.

As the world focuses on the humanitarian requirements of these tragic events, it’s up to me and you to help the animals.
With thanks,

Silia Smith
Regional Director, WSPA Canada

PS. WSPA leads the way in treating animals affected by disaster but we need your help to continue our critical mission. Please give generously now! .

I received the following petition and am attaching it for your information and action to help stop the harvesting of helpless dogs and cats for fur. Draft letter can be found here . Video here .

Many of you have asked for ways to contact these restaurants. Here are the websites where you can find their contacts. Moreover, a draft letter has already been prepared for you. Just make some changes and hit the “Send email” button, or call them: (1) McCruelty (2) iHop .  Veal : Get informed about how veal is made > Link 1 > Link 2 . Foie Gras : Learn about what goes into it > Link 1 > Link 2 .

> Have your gift doubled to fight animal cruelty on Factory Farms .

Denny’s does it. Burger King does, too. Wendy’s got on board earlier this year. All these major restaurant chains buy some of their eggs from cage-free farms that don’t cruelly confine hens in barren battery cages.

But the restaurant chain most known for its breakfasts refuses to take this modest step. When IHOP serves its pancakes and eggs, you can be sure the eggs come from hens crammed into wire cages so small the animals can barely move for their entire lives.

IHOP’s refusal took on new urgency this week with the release of this undercover video that reveals shocking abuses at IHOP’s primary egg supplier. As you can see, the footage reveals filthy conditions, sick and injured hens, and birds forced to live in cages with the decomposing corpses of dead birds.

You can help to move IHOP away from this cruelty. Please urge IHOP to follow its competitors’ lead and start switching away from battery cage eggs. Here’s how:

TAKE ACTION
Please make a brief, polite phone call to Argonne, a company that owns hundreds of IHOP restaurants, at 404-364-2984 (if voicemail picks up, press ‘1′ for Argonne President Michael Klump). You can say something like this:

“Hello, my name is [your name] and I am calling to ask IHOP to start using eggs that don’t come from hens crammed into cages. I just watched the undercover video of your egg supplier, and the images of animal cruelty are appalling. Please start switching to cage-free eggs. Thank you.”

After you make your call, please follow up with an email to IHOP headquarters to let them know that customers care about animal welfare.

Thanks for all you do for animals.

Sincerely,

Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. Thanks to you and thousands of others, The Humane Society of the United States has successfully persuaded companies such as Wendy’s, Ben and Jerry’s, and Trader Joe’s to enact cage-free egg policies. Please join us in our latest campaign to help farm animals by making a quick phone call to IHOP today.

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