Interview: Sea Shepherd’s Deborah Bassett on ‘Viking Shores’
“Whale Wars: Viking Shores”, the new spin-off series we’ve been talking ( www.ecorazzi.com/2012/03/29/wa… ) about since last summer, is finally coming to Animal Planet this Friday at 9PM. The new series marks the first time viewers will see the Sea Shepherd ( www.seashepherd.org/ ) in action outside the icy waters of the Antarctic; instead focusing on the picturesque Faroese Islands and its annual bloody pilot whale slaughter known as “the Grind.” …
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Anjelica Huston calls on Minister Simon Coveney to ban fur farming in Ireland
ACTRESS ANJELICA HUSTON has appealed to Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine to ensure that the country honours its commitment to ban fur farming …
thejournal.ie – April 25, 2012
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PETA Circus Animal Victory Against Cole Bros.
By Lindastcyr
Victory is in the air for circus animals. At least for those animals who will no longer be endangered by the Cole Bros. Circus. Last fall, PETA asked Simon…
Lush’s Shocking Animal Testing Protest: Sexist, Tasteless … Or Awesome?
By Hanna Brooks Olsen
Well, this is disturbing. UK-based handmade, all-natural cosmetics company Lush has teamed up ( www.theecologist.org/how_to_ma… ) with the Humane Society to help bring an end to animal testing. But they didn’t stop at a petition or a small demonstration–the multi-national company has staged a pretty shocking protest in one of their shop windows ( www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic… ), in which the company subjected one woman to hours of injections, forced-feedings, and other…
Raising a voice for animal rights
Animal activists on Monday protested against putting down of dogs in pounds and harassment of other animals at the hands of different agencies. Activists from PETA and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) demonstrated at Jantar Mantar, raising concern at the treatment of the canines at dog pounds in different cities …
Hindustan Times – 23:40 IST (23/4/2012)
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the „fellbeißer“© (April 23, 2012)
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U.S.D.A. sued after renewing Fayetteville’s Jambbas Ranch AWA license
animal cruelty www.examiner.com/topic/animal-…
Elizabeth Wilson
Durham Animal Advocacy Examiner
According to the Fayetteville Observer, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), and two Cumberland County residents filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) last Thursday for renewing the Jambbas Ranch Animal Welfare Act (AWA) license …
Examiner.com – April 22, 2012
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the „fellbeißer“© (April 22, 2012)
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Rozyln Khan against cosmetic testing on animals
Bharati Dubey, TNN
Model Rozyln Khan (timesofindia.indiatimes.com/to…) will be sitting in a bathtub filled with blood red water next to a backdrop that reads, “Don’t Buy While Animals Die. Choose Cruelty-Free Cosmetics”, Rozlyn will appear at the Captain’s Deck of the Bombay Presidency Radio Club Ltd on Monday …
Times of India – Apr 21, 2012, 06.21 PM IST
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Campaign helps teens meet toms during spring wild turkey season
Getting more adults to take young wild…
Pamela Anderson Heads To Germany To Promote Ban On Seal Fur
Actress and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson jetted off to Berlin, Germany on Friday to hand deliver a petition begging the country’s Minister of Economics to use his power to uphold the European Union’s ban on killing seals for their fur.
The former Baywatch beauty paid a visit to the Ministry of Economics on behalf of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in a bid to meet Philipp Rosler and persuade…
Undercover Video Reveals Military Instructors’ Cruelty to Animals in VA
In an email message, PETA asks supporters to stand for replace the use of animals in military trauma training with the superior non-animal training methods available.
Dear Editor,
Today, PETA has blown the lid off highly secretive U.S. military training exercises in which more than 10,000 live animals are violently mutilated each year (secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?…) …
Staugnews – April 19, 2012
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the „fellbeißer“© (April 19, 2012)
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Lawsuit Seeks Protections for Sea Turtles, Polar Bears, Other Rare Wildlife From Oil-spill Dispersants
Two Years After Gulf Disaster, EPA Still Hasn’t Studied Effects of Toxic Chemicals on Water Quality and Wildlife
SAN FRANCISCO — Conservation groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard today for authorizing toxic oil dispersants without ensuring that these chemicals would not harm endangered species or their habitats. The groups want the EPA to immediately study the effects of dispersants on endangered and threatened species in all…
A whaling war in The Hague
By Lee Jae-min
As the prime ministers of the two countries publicly acknowledge, fish conservation is the only area where Japan and Australia have differing views. Japan is one of the major fishing countries in the world and Australia has long been the spiritual leader of the global fish conservation group. The diplomatic wrangling between the two countries has been particularly tumultuous over Japan’s southern ocean whaling program …
The Korea Herald – 2012-04-17 18:07
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