Daily Archives: February 18, 2017
Don’t let park rangers become an endangered species!
SourceJoin PETA’s Campaign Against the USDA’s Website Scrub!
won’t let the agency get away with this.
Source: Join PETA’s Campaign Against the USDA’s Website Scrub!
Company Spilled 600,000 Gallons of Oil Into the Environment – Demand Punishment
An oil pipeline has ruptured, spilling 600,000 gallons of toxic oil into the environment. This massive spill is destroying the ecosystem, which may never fully recover. Demand that the oil company responsible for the spill be held accountable.
Source: Company Spilled 600,000 Gallons of Oil Into the Environment – Demand Punishment
Petition: Label the Genetically Engineered Arctic Apple!
Stop Manufacturing With Banned Toxic Chemical Responsible for Serious Health Problems
A toxic chemical known to cause thyroid diseases, high cholesterol and cancer is now used in manufacturing plants in China by an American company after the United States banned the dangerous chemical. Sign this petition to demand that this company end its use of this toxic chemical worldwide.
Source: Stop Manufacturing With Banned Toxic Chemical Responsible for Serious Health Problems
Save Innocent Dolphins Trapped in Small, Chlorinated Tanks
A museum holds several dolphins in small, dirty tanks with chlorine levels so high that some of the dolphins cannot even open their eyes. Sign this petition and demand that these incredibly sensitive and intelligent animals are moved to a sea pen or an accredited sanctuary immediately.
Source: Save Innocent Dolphins Trapped in Small, Chlorinated Tanks
Tell Venues That Garden Bros. Circus Needs to Drop Its Cruel Animal Acts!
Please ask venues still planning to host this cruel circus to consider these facts carefully and at least require that scheduled performances go forward without animals.
Source: Tell Venues That Garden Bros. Circus Needs to Drop Its Cruel Animal Acts!
Petition: Say No to Gold Mining on Yellowstone’s Doorstep
Petition: Tell New Indiana Governor to Clean Up Pence’s Dirty Coal!
TELL THE USDA TO STOP PROTECTING ANIMAL ABUSERS
Animal welfare advocates rely on the transparency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publicly post regular inspection reports on thousands of commercial dog breeding operators, Tennessee Walking horse show participants, roadside zoos, aquariums, circuses, research labs, and other facilities regulated under the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and Horse Protection Act (HPA).
On February 3, the USDA purged its website of all these reports with no warning or explanation. This outrageous action undermines longstanding consensus about public access to information concerning these laws and frustrates public interest, state, local, and industry efforts to help enforce them.
Animals held in research facilities and puppy mills are shielded from public view, therefore these records are essential to ensure that these dogs, monkeys, rabbits, and other animals are receiving basic care.
The USDA is changing the equation for the worse for animals and the public with this abrupt and destructive…
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The Government Purged Animal Welfare Data. So This Guy Is Publishing It
Updated: Feb 17, 2017 6:27 AM Pacific | Originally published: Feb 16, 2017
An Arizona man who has published thousands of animal welfare documents on his website since the government purged the once-public information is pledging to keep digging up data until federal officials reverse course.
Russ Kick, a 47-year-old writer and anthologist, said he immediately sprang into action last week when the U.S. Department of Agriculture suddenly pulled from its website a slew of papers regarding animal welfare at thousands of facilities across the country. Since then, he has made public again more than 10,000 documents, and thousands more are set to hit the web soon.
“We have the right to know what’s going on,” Kick told TIME on Thursday. “The more we know about what’s going on, the better.”
For nearly a year, Kick has been running a website called thememoryhole2.org, where he has…
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Cosmetology Student Under Investigation After Giving Free Haircuts To The Homeless
Uganda Seizes Ton of Ivory, Arrests 2 West African Suspects
Sia Asks Kanye West To Go Fur Free
The vegan musician goes on Twitter to ask Kanye to drop animal cruelty from his new fashion line
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