Excellent news! Now if we can just convince North Americans to be equally forward thinking.
By: CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press 07/30/09 10:50 PM EDT
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LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — Bolivia has enacted what animal rights defenders are calling the world’s first law that prohibits the use of animals in circuses.
A handful [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Checking on the right side of my blog, you’ll notice the purple “Click Every Day” badge that serves to remind you as well as me that only by taking one second of your day, you can help feed abandoned and rescued pets.
I am a big supporter of the Animal Rescue Site and am proud to [...]
Click below to sign the petition to protest Michael Vick’s reinstatement to the NFL.
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In one week alone, the Calgary Stampede cost 4 animals their lives. 3 horses and a steer were all killed or euthanized as a result of being forced to participate in the rodeo. (source)
Update: SHARK has apparently released a video today of Strawberry Fudge (previously blogged) which I will search out and include here if [...]
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The news is everywhere. Yesterday Roger Goodell, the commissioner for the NFL conditionally reinstated Michael Vick to the NFL. Everyone by now knows that Vick served 18 months in prison but it wasn’t for cruelty to animals. He pled not guilty to that and those charges were ultimately dropped in exchange for a guilty [...]
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It was bound to happen sooner or later. This week, the EU finally voted to ban the import of Canadian seal products. Canada is countering by filing a challenge with World Trade Organization claiming this ban is a unfair trade restrictions.
There’s probably no more controversial issue in Canada then the annual seal hunt [...]
The following is a press release I received today from SHARK – Showing Animals Respect and Kindness.
Horse Killed, Other Animal Casualties at 2009 Cheyenne Rodeo
Dear Friends,
The animal hell that is the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo is ongoing and is taking its usual heavy toll on animals. Numerous calves and steers have been injured, but it [...]
