Wild Horses and Burros should NOT be Managed by the States!

Hippies for Horses

Fillies (TRIPLE B HMA) at Palomino Valley Center August 2011
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Representative Chris Stewart introduced this bill yesterday, July 10:

H.R.5058 – To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for State and tribal management and protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.

This bill may also be cited as “Wild Horse Oversight Act” This is mid July and the 113th Congress ends in early January 2015. The House has 5 months to get this bill passed and we have 5 months to stop this bill from passing. The Cosponsors are: Representatives Rob Bishop [R-UT-1] and Tom McClintock [R-CA-4] This bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Tweetstorm: Free The Mojave Dolphins From The Mirage Hotel

Champions for Cetaceans

By Kirsten Massebeau

Join the Tweetstorm now: Free the Mojave Dolphins From the Mirage Hotel! Your Tweet is their only hope!

On July 12, 2014 temperatures reached 102 degrees fahrenheit in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unbeknownst to many 10 dolphins are trapped in the Mojave desert far from the ocean. Despite the many dolphin deaths the Mirage hotel and casino’s, “Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat“, also know as the, “Dolphin Death Pool” continues to be restocked. The dolphins imprisoned in the Mirage’s “Dolphin Death Pool”, continue to prove the desert is no place for highly intelligent and social, ocean animals by failing to thrive, and dying after their long work days entertaining guests for profit at the MGM Resort in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

“Take a VIP tour, Trainer for a day image”, taken by Cindy Seip SplashFoto, July 5, 2014

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There is no excuse for killing whales

Vegan Lynx

Sign the petition here.

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Political Cartoon: couldn’t resist.

Nestlé doesn’t want you to know how much water it’s bottling from the California desert

Nestlé doesn’t want you to know how much water it’s bottling from the California desert.

Spectacular Marine and Terrestrial Wildlife Haven Becomes Four Million-Acre Biosphere Reserve (Argentina)

The ocean update

Elephant seals, southern right whales and Magellanic penguins all thrive on the Península Valdés, a newly declared Biosphere Reserve in Argentina. WCS has worked to protect wildlife in this region since the 1960s. G. Harris

Argentina’s Península Valdés is home to whales, dolphins, penguins, guanacos, and rheas

July 14^th, 2014. Newswise — New York (July 14, 2014) – A rugged peninsula in Argentina’s Patagonia region teeming with wildlife, including southern right whales, Magellanic penguins, massive elephant seals, flightless Darwin’s rheas, and camel-like guanacos, has been declared a Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations Environmental, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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Court KOs New Jersey bid to block ocean blasting (USA)

The ocean update

This July 11, 2014 aerial photo shows the coast of Barnegat Light, N.J., near where a plan to carry out seismic research on the ocean floor is being challenged by environmental and fishing groups. A federal appeals court on July 14, 2014 rejected New Jersey’s effort to block the research, which will use loud sound waves to study the ocean floor as part of a climate change project. Photo: Wayne Parry, AP

July 14^th, 2014 (Wayne Parry, AP). ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A federal appeals court on Monday cleared the path for seismic testing off the coast of New Jersey that will blast the floor of the Atlantic Ocean with loud noises as part of a climate change research project.

The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected New Jersey’s request to block the testing off Long Beach Island, which aims to use acoustic research to examine sediment dating back tens…

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Is organic food healthier? A new analysis adds … a question mark

Is organic food healthier? A new analysis adds … a question mark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Success! 110 Research Chimps from Notorious Lab Retire to Sanctuary | Care2 Causes

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Originally posted on Life or Lunch?:
It was a long and difficult road, but 110 former laboratory chimpanzees are now living the good life, far from the cages and experimentation that dominated their existence for decades. The last of these lucky primates,…

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10 Films That Will Change the Way You See Animals

Vegan Lynx

Watch the videos here.

I have to admit that I haven’t seen them myself. I’m wary of watching anything that might make me feel sad. Also, I doubt if anything could make me see animals any differently. Nothing could make me love them more than I already do. But I thought my visitors might like to see them.

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Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and National Wildlife Federation: Two Peas in a Pod of Hypocrisy

Our Wisconsin, Our Wildlife

National Wildlife Federation- We are looking at you and your hypocrisy.

One of the things most concerning to wildlife advocates is the idea that recreational hunting, hounding, and trapping are views as “heritage” and “tradition” in many parts of the country. Nowhere is this justification for wholesale killing more prevalent than in Wisconsin. Wildlife killers and exploiters have long duped the public into believing that they are the real “conservationists” and that if they didn’t kill wildlife they would die of “starvation and disease.” They also like to boast about how much money they put into “conservation” and how they fund the state fish and wildlife agencies that cater to their every whim. The myth that killing is conservation has become so deep seeded in our society that it is very difficult to change those false perceptions.

For an example of how pro-killing organizations have duped the general public into…

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Sheep to J.Crew: Hear Us, Dont Shear Us | PETAs Blog | PETA

Life or Lunch?

Sheep are up in hooves over the way they’re being abused by shearers. And today, one of them asked leading wool retailer J.Crew to stop profiting from their suffering and drop cruel wool.

The costumed sheep and a throng of PETA supporters gathered outside J.Crew’s flagship store on New York City’s Fifth Avenue and screened footage from our video exposé of the wool industry in the U.S. and Australia, which supplies 90 percent of the world’s merino wool.

The exposé shows that workers violently punched scared sheep in the face, stomped and stood on their heads and necks, and beat and jabbed them in the face with electric clippers and a hammer. Some of the animals died from the abuse. One worker twisted a sheep’s neck and then kicked the dying animal head-first down a chute, later admitting, “I get angry.”

J.Crew previously banned fur following a PETA campaign…

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A PERSONAL MESSAGE ABOUT JULIE

I know you’re going through a difficult time Julie, but one thing I can promise you…with all the positive energy that’s flowing on your behalf it’s just a matter of time before things start to shift and you find good things are coming your way. I hope Lillia and you have a good outcome with your surgeries. You are in my thoughts and prayers. ♥ Hugs♥

STOP ANIMAL ABUSE

TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW THIS BLOG, MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO WRITE THIS SOONER, BUT I HAVE NEVER USED THIS PROGRAM BEFORE (my granddaughter would normally write if needed, but she was on vacation) SO I HAVE HAD TO LEARN HOW TO USE WORDPRESS. 

I AM WRITING ON BEHALF OF MY DAUGHTER JULIE, TO INFORM HER FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS, THAT SHE IS NOT WELL, WHICH IS WHY JULIE HAS NOT WRITTEN ANYTHING IN A WHILE, AND SHE WILL BE AWAY FOR SOME TIME YET!.

UNFORTUNATELY, JULIE SUFFERED SOME COMPLICATIONS DUE TO A RECENT SURGICAL PROCEDURE, WHICH MEANS SHE IS UNABLE TO GET TO HER PC, HER MOVEMENTS ARE RESTRICTED; SHE CAN’T EVEN USE HER WHEELCHAIR!

JULIE WAS BACK IN HOSPITAL ON THE 2ND OF JULY (for more spinal procedures) BUT THE PROCEDURE DIDN’T WORK!!  MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH HEALTH WISE, FOR SO LONG; I DIDN’T THINK THINGS COULD GET ANY WORSE…HOW WRONG COULD I BE!…

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