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Date: Mar 26, 2007 6:58 PM
Subject: KC DIGEST: Greek Tragedy, Cry From India, Dead Sled Dog + MORE

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3/26/07: Kinship Circle DIGEST / ALERTS FROM MEMBERS
Greek Tragedy, Cry From India, Dead Sled Dog + MORE

View recent KC Digest Newsletters, from activists worldwide:
www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/

MARCH 2007 KC DIGEST:

1. A Black Sunday in Ancona
2. Clock Is Ticking In Two Nations - Lives At Stake
3. Cry For Help From India
4. Experts Needed To Save Lions In Croatia
5. New England Animal Rights Workshop - 4/14/07
6. Presentation - Fate of the Chicken: Tropical Forest to Factory Farm
7. First Written Declaration On EU-Wide Bullfighting Ban
8. Teacher Says Iditarod Musher Was Slugging, Kicking Dogs
9. Urge South Africa to ‘Cull’ Elephant Killing From Policy
10. Nearly 2 Years Since Rescue, We Return To Same Place
11. Urge Department Of Defense To Help Animals In Iraq
12. National Lawyer’s Guild Green Scare Hotline Number
13. PETITIONS TO SIGN

Each DIGEST includes:

* NEWS and CALL-TO-ACTION, submitted by Kinship Circle members.
* CONTACT INFO to reply directly to the activist who supplied the alert.
* Related KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS for more background information.
* Submissions are from KC members and do NOT originate from Kinship Circle itself.
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1. A Black Sunday in Ancona

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Marijo, Marijo [at] wagny.org * www.wagny.org/

BACKGROUND / IMMEDIATE ACTION:

3/25/07, from Marijo [at] wagny.org — Sunday’s animal news from Greece is tragic. The favorable outcome depends upon you and your actions. Please support the animals. I beg you to open this link: www.wagny.net/Greek_Support

Take exactly two minutes, read the news, view the TV broadcast and take immediate action. WAG NY has simplified everything with the click of a button. Please, for the animals whose suffering in Greece is incalculable.

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2. Clock Is Ticking In Two Nations - Lives At Stake

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Marijo, Marijo [at] wagny.org * www.wagny.org/

BACKGROUND:

3/24/07, from Marijo [at] wagny.org — The Clock is Ticking - We Need International Assistance Urgently. We are no closer to securing the release of the 100 Greek strays, rescued, nursed back to health and loved by Greek and foreign advocates. Confiscated in Ancona, Italy, on their way to permanent homes in Germany and Holland, the dogs are the victims of a witch hunt carried out by a woman convinced the animals are headed for vivisection…The Italian public prosecutor will make a decision regarding the fate of the dog’s lives on Monday or during the week. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE ACT NOW.

CONTACT INFORMATION TO PROTEST:

Mrs. Dora Bakoyiannis, Greek Minister of Foreign Ministers:
dorabakoyiannis [at] mfa.gr, contact [at] dorabakoyannis.gr

Massimo D’Alema, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs:
relazioni.pubblico [at] esteri.it

Italian Press:
bymarche [at] bancamarche.it, cronaca [at] ilmessaggero.it, prioritaria [at] ilmessaggero.it

SAMPLE LETTER FROM: Marijo [at] wagny.org

You may copy and paste although it is preferable to compose your personal letter. Kindly blind copy me at: twinkieperkyebby [at] msn.com

Dear Minister,

We respectfully urge you to exercise your authority and influence to secure the release of the 100 Greek dogs bound for adoption in Germany and Holland. It can be proven that these companion animals will be delivered to permanent and foster families. Please afford these dogs the chance for a loving and secure life.

We would sincerely and respectfully appreciate your prompt intervention.

Yours truly,

RELATED KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS:

COLUMN: Witness To A Greek Tragedy
www.kinshipcircle.org/columns_articles/0053.html

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3. Cry For Help From India

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Forwarded by Le Petit Chien, perro10 [at] xs4all.nl
Original message from artutier [at] web.de, Tierschutz-Notruf [at] t-online.de

BACKGROUND:

3/20/07, www.Tierschutz-Notruf.de — I am a citizen of India. I wanted to bring this to your notice that stray dogs are being slaughtered in the city of Bangalore, India. The government has ordered for the culling of the entire stray dog and pet dog population. Also, since New Delhi is the venue for The Commonwealth Games in 2010, the government plans to kill all the stray dogs here too. The dogs are being butchered. They are being caught by inexperienced dog catchers. Their jaws are being broken while they are still alive, acid is being thrown at them to ‘calm’ them down, they are being burnt alive and also buried alive, their throats are being slashed, cyanide is being injected in their hearts leading to the bursting of their hearts, and are being inhumanely electrocuted. There are very few animal lovers in Bangalore and they are threatened by anti-dog societies…

LINKS - CANINE CARNAGE, PETITIONS, VIDEOS:
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1113308389581931298
www.petitiononline.com/cgi-bin/mlk?http://www.geocities.com/savebangaloredogs
www.ibnlive.com/news/debate-dog-vs-man-in-cities/36004-3-0.html

CONTACT INFORMATION TO PROTEST:

Michael Hooper, CEO
Commonwealth Games Federation (body responsible for Commonwealth Games)
2nd Floor, 138 Piccadily; London W1A7NR; United Kingdom
ph: 0044 2074918801; email: m.hooper [at] thecgf.com
Ask Mr. M. Hooper to order to stop the killings of Bangalore dogs and Delhi dogs which is due or you’ll boycott Commonwealth games.

Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) or Bangalore City Corporation (BCC)
K. Jyothiramalingam, Commissioner
ph: 22237455; email: ramalingam [at] bmponline.org
website: www.bmponline.org/

His Excellency Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India
Room 152, South Block; New Delhi 110 001
ph: +91-(0)11-23012312; fax: +91-(0)11-23016857
web email: pmindia.nic.in/write.htm
email: presidentofindia [at] rb.nic.in

Governor, T. N. Chaturvedi
Raj Bhavan, Raj Bhavan Road; Bangalore 560 001 INDIA
ph: +91-80-2225 4102, +91-80-2225 3555 (direct through ADC)
Special Officer Rajbhavan: +91-80-2225 4106
fax: +91-80-2225 8150; email: rbblr [at] vsnl.com

Chief Minister, H D Kumaraswamy
Kumarakrupa Road; Bangalore - 560 001
ph: +91-80-2225 2572 / 73 / 74; email: cm [at] kar.nic.in

MEDIA
BBC: BBCWorldPressOffice [at] bbc.co.uk
CNN website: edition.cnn.com/exchange/

INDIAN NEWS CHANNELS EMAIL
mail [at] indiatvnews.com, feedback [at] ndtv.com, inews [at] zeenetwork.com, webmaster [at] indiantelevision.com, editor [at] ibnlive.com, toieditorial [at] timesgroup.com, feedback [at] hindustantimes.com

SAMPLE LETTER FROM: artutier [at] web.de, Tierschutz-Notruf [at] t-online.de

To the Government of India / To the Administration
Subject: Burning of living beings

Dear Excellency, Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Mahatma Ghandi is until this time for a lot of people in the world an ideal of a person in India, living for non-violent dealing and for freedom.

Now we must hear that in this country India, where Mahatma Ghandi lived and worked, where he fought against violence, animals in Bangladore, dogs are burned still alive! What kind of cruelty in a country of Mahatma Ghandi is going on there? The peaceful people from India- what are they doing? When we heard this news a world in us, the image of India was totally broken in our minds. Our sympathy for your country is finished suddenly.

We please you in the interest of your country, in the interest of all peaceful people to stop this violence now! Animals, dogs are living beings, they have souls and emotions. Your religion of Hinduism is a leading religion and a example for the respect of all living beings!

We can imagine, that to solve the problems with dogs in the street isn’t easy. But we believe to your intelligence to solve this problem without murdering life!

If you don’t know to manage this problems of the dogs: Please ask for substitution! Castrating dogs, to put them outside in a special good place would be a solution. BUT: This murdering, burning life with fire, burning the souls of life, life perhaps of a earlier life… These cruelties are to stop at once! You are burning the lives and souls….

Here are the proofs going around the world in internet:
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1113308389581931298
www.petitiononline.com/cgi-bin/mlk?http://www.geocities.com/savebangaloredogs
www.ibnlive.com/news/debate-dog-vs-man-in-cities/36004-3-0.html

What is with this country India, with its religion, with the country of Mahatma Gandhi? We are totally disconcerted…

Sincerely,

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4. Experts Needed To Save Lions In Croatia

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Epar, epar [at] yunord.net
Slavica Mazak Beslic * Friend-epar/oipa, Serbia, Subotica

BACKGROUND:

3/21/07, From epar [at] yunord.net — Our friends from Croatia, Osijek urgent need vets for big cats, because in zoo in Osijek city authorities want kill two young lions, just because in Croatia have no vets expert for big cats. Please help with VETS EXPERT FOR BIG CATS who can as soon as possible to arrive in Osijek and help lions.

EDITED FOR LENGTH

3/21/07, From OIPA International Campaigns Director, international [at] oipa.org

3/21/07, From Suzi Psenicnik, sxp2010 [at] yahoo.com — Please advise if you can help save two young lions in Osijek, Croatia Zoo. The news story attached below was printed in newspaper in Osijek, Croatia on 18 March 2007.

“Young lions are nameless, totally neglected, starved and sick. It appears that euthanasia is the only way out for them. Even though Osijek Zoo management is trying to portray an ideal situation for the animals in the zoo, especially noting that the animals enjoy the largest living areas in this part of Europe, the situation is exactly the opposite.

…Two young lions, almost 2 years old will be put to sleep. This tragedy is even bigger because they were mistreated by the zoo staff. Two lions were placed in small enclosures even though other lions have a large living area. They were malnutritioned and their legs were shaking when they attempted to stand, and some areas of their bodies were completely hairless. We also found out… they are blind. Miroslav Dolezal, the new Unikom director told us that he is aware of the situation even though he has been the director only two months. He confirmed our information and… that they will most likely have to put lions to sleep…

Keeping lions in condition like that is violation of Animal Protection Law and violation of Croatian Law itself, I’ve mentioned that at press conference in front of the media.

We are asking people who are experts or know know an expert on big cats (lions especially), to visit Osijek, examine the young lions and make an educated and decision regarding possibility of life of these young animals.

WE NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE! Suzana Psenicnik

CONTACT INFORMATION TO HELP:

Please help these two young sensitive beings. They are still in life. You can urgent contact — with good news if you can find vets expert for big cats — authorities of Croatia and mayor of Osijek city: mate.brstilo [at] mps.hr, anto.djapic [at] osijek.hr, gordan.matkovic [at] osijek.hr

Cc: zivot [at] zivot.hr, epar [at] yunord.net

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5. New England Animal Rights Workshop - 4/14/07

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Jamie.R.Kordack [at] nae02.usace.army.mil

WHAT: Educational Forum for Sharing Knowledge and Networking
WHEN: Saturday April 14, 2007
WHERE: Shrewsbury Public Library Meeting Hall
Located on the corners of Main Street and Rt. 140.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jamie Kordack
508-248-5697 days/508-867-5866 home
jamie.r.kordack [at] usace.army.mil

New England Animal Rights Workshop
- Welcome to the AR Movement!
- 3 One-hour Open Discussions
- 2 Special Guest Speakers
- Networking and Socializing
- Exhibits and plenty of free literature
- FREE Workshops and Vegan Lunch*
*(nominal donation requested for the cost of food)

Ever been concerned about the Greyhound racing industry or circus animal captivity? Did you know that you could be wearing real dog fur trim or contributing to plastics killing our oceans? Could you envision our cousins- the chimpanzees, no longer used in research or see the demise of large New England laboratory animal suppliers? Do you know what foie gras or veganism mean? Are you intrigued? THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU! Our venue is FREE.

LOOKING FOR:
Presenters
Exhibitors (table top, poster-board, etc., limited electricity)
Brochures (especially YOUR group’s)
Food donations
OR A VEGAN CHEF INTERESTED IN MAKING SOME MONEY

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6. Presentation - Fate of the Chicken: Tropical Forest to Factory Farm

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: New York Bird Club, nycompanionbirdclub [at] yahoo.com

WHAT: Fate of the Chicken is a one-hour PowerPoint presentation followed by a half hour question and answer session. By Karen Davis, PhD President and Founder of United Poultry Concerns
WHEN: Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: 242 E. 53 Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY (next door to Quest Book Shoppe)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.upc-online.org
www.upc-online.org/more_about_upc.html

SYNOPSIS:

Chickens originated in the tropical forests of India and Southeast Asia many thousands of years ago. These Jungle Fowl, still thriving, live vigorous lives, raising their families, foraging for food, roosting in trees. “Fate of the Chicken” takes you, via PowerPoint imagery, through the evolution of chickens from their forested beginnings and natural habitat through phases of their domestication including cockfighting, backyard chicken-keeping, Victorian metaphor, and the “Hen Fever” craze in the 19th century that led to modern chicken and egg production.

Karen Davis, PhD, President and Founder of United Poultry Concerns
UPC President Karen Davis’s Bio: www.upc-online.org/karenbio.htm
PO Box 150; Machipongo, Virginia 23405; 757-678-7875

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7. First Written Declaration On EU-Wide Bullfighting Ban

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Maria Lopes, marialopes [at] iwab.org

BACKGROUND:

Four MEPs presented on the 15th of January a Written Declaration for an EU wide ban on bullfighting as well as a ban on subsidies to bull breeders. The elapse time will be the 15 of April of 2007. Till today the written declaration was already signed by 22 MEPs but we need a majority to succeed. Please participate this is a great initiative — the first written declaration on a ban on bullfighting.

TAKE ACTION:

We launched a campaign of support to this initiative. on our website. You’ll find addresses of MEPs by countries, alphabetical order as well as a sample letter and the full text of the Written Declaration: www.iwab.org/campaign.html

INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST BULLFIGHTS
MOVIMENTO INTERNACIONAL ANTI-TOURADAS
MOVIMIENTO INTERNACIONAL ANTITAURINO
MOUVEMENT INTERNATIONAL ANTI CORRIDAS
www.iwab.org

RELATED KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS:

COLUMN: Tourist Beware: Bullfights & Blood Fiestas
www.kinshipcircle.org/columns_articles/0057.html

9/30/06: Ask Portugal Cities To Go Bullfight-Free
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1572&seriesfirst=true

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8. Teacher Says Iditarod Musher Was Slugging, Kicking Dogs

REPLY TO DIRECTLY TO: SledDogAC [at] aol.com
Sled Dog Action Coalition, www.helpsleddogs.org

BACKGROUND: EDITED FOR LENGTH

By GEORGE BRYSON / Anchorage Daily News, 3/20/07 — A Golovin village grade-school teacher who observed Iditarod musher Ramy Brooks mistreat his dog team — an episode that led to the veteran Healy musher’s disqualification — saw something more disturbing than what Brooks or Iditarod officials have reported.

When Brooks’ team refused to move, said 28-year-old Maude Paniptchuk, who teaches kindergarten through second grade at Golovin School, he kicked the dogs and hit them with his fist and a ski pole. He didn’t merely spank them with a thin piece of lath used as a trail marker Sunday…

And contrary to an earlier account reported by Brooks’ business manager, it wasn’t a tangle of students that caused the dogs to stop on a patch of ice on the outskirts of Golovin, a small village on the Iditarod Trail about 15 miles west of White Mountain — the dogs appeared exhausted, she said.

Besides herself and her 1-year-old son, there were only two small children and a grown man who observed the incident, she said… Reached in Nome on Monday night, Nordman acknowledged that he spoke with Paniptchuk, and he doesn’t dispute her story…

“I didn’t want to get too close, because I didn’t want to upset the dogs,” Paniptchuk said. “I heard him swearing at his dogs, trying to get them to go. Then I saw him hit a couple…” She never saw Brooks hit the dogs with a piece of 1/4-inch by 1- 1/2-inch lath used as a trail stake — as first Brooks’ business manager, Greg Louden and later Nordman reported.

“No, he used his hand,” she said. “And then he kicked a couple, and he used his pole — like a ski pole — to hit them.” …She continued to watch for about 15 or 20 minutes as Brooks continued without success to grab his leaders and try to pull them forward, Paniptchuk said.

…Nordman acknowledged that the account conveyed to Iditarod officials by Brooks himself differs from the school teacher’s. But even the musher’s version was grave enough for the three race judges to rule that he should be disqualified on those grounds alone, Nordman said. “By no means am I disputing what Maude saw,” he said. “This had to be dealt with and it had to be dealt with in a quick fashion.”

Right now, Nordman said, he’s still trying to officiate the end of the Iditarod. “Once we get back to town, I’m sure there will be much more discussion on it.”

CONTACT INFORMATION TO PROTEST:

According to a March 20 article in the Anchorage Daily News, witnesses report that Ramy Brooks was slugging and kicking his dogs in the Iditarod this year. Brooks’ dog Kate died shortly afterwards. Please ask Brooks’ sponsors to end their support:

CELLULARONE (Dobson Communications Corp.): tjacobs [at] dobson.net
Amerigas (UGI Corporation): hr1 [at] amerigas.com, kofaltj [at] amerigas.com
The Trust - The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority: www.mhtrust.org/index.cfm?fa=contactform
Alaska Native Heritage Center: info [at] alaskanative.net
Andarko Petroleum Corporation: john.colglazier [at] anadarko.com
Cook Inlet Region Inc.: www.ciri.com/content/home/contact.cfm
No Child Left Behind, EMAIL CONTACTS ON: www.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/regions.html#2 - scroll the page up and down for addresses
Pebble Project Northern Dynasty Mines: pebbleproject [at] northerndynasty.com
Chugach Alaska Corp.: toll free: 800-858-2768
Hickel Investments: 907-343-2400
Odds On Recording: support [at] oddsonrecording.com
Seekins Ford Mercury: fleetsales [at] seekins.com
Usibelli Coal Mines: info [at] usibelli.com
Alaska Commercial Properties: realty [at] realtyalaska.com
Alaska Frontier Gardens B&B: innkeeper [at] alaskafrontiergardens.com
Arctic Technical Services: nrgtech [at] polarnet.com
Holy Dog Ranch: holydogranch [at] yahoo.com
Lead Dog, Inc: www.k9topcoat.com/pilot.asp?pg=invest
Larsen Consulting Group: larsen-anc.com/contact.htm
Microcom - Alaska Satellite Communications: www.alaskadishsource.com/contact.htm

RELATED KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS:

JANUARY KC DIGEST: Who’s Supporting Iditarod Dog Torture In 2007?
www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_01.html#7

2/11/05: Merciless Race: The Iditarod
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1304&seriesfirst=true

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9. Urge South Africa to ‘Cull’ Elephant Killing From Policy

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Melgraj2 [at] aol.com

BACKGROUND: EDITED FOR LENGTH

South Africa’s newest elephant “management” policy includes killing as an option for controlling elephant populations.

These mass killing operations tear apart elephant families and leave the survivors permanently scarred. Between 1967 and 1995, 14,562 elephants in South Africa’s Kruger National Park were culled. Terrified elephants were herded into groups with helicopters while people on the ground and in the air opened fire with high-powered weapons. Elephants are capable of communicating over long distances, and their death screams were undoubtedly heard by other elephants miles away. Innumerable orphaned calves, who were regarded as valuable collateral, were sold to zoos and circuses, where many were beaten into submission, chained, and confined and had their precious freedom taken and their spirits broken. And scientists are now determining that these individuals were left with lifelong emotional trauma from witnessing the violent executions of their families.

Although elephants are considered by many to be the quintessential symbol of the African continent and ecotourism plays an important role in the South African economy, many of the country’s officials treat elephants as nuisances to be “controlled,” marketed, and profited from…

Numerous scientists have condemned South Africa’s proposal to kill elephants. There is no evidence that elephants pose an imminent risk to biodiversity. Reducing the elephant population is arbitrary and scientifically unsound, and it reflects outdated wildlife-management principles.

Please urge South Africa to remove culling from the list of options for elephant “management” and implement the humane, sensible suggestions advocated by scientists and reported by Care for the Wild International, including the following:

• Reduce the number of artificially created watering holes — this would divert elephants to previously underutilized areas.

• Expand protected elephant habitats by linking them to adjacent areas, and develop migration corridors to other regions.

• Develop community-based wildlife-conservation programs outside the existing protected areas to increase the benefits of tourism to nearby rural areas.

• Protect vulnerable and valuable areas by erecting and maintaining fences and implementing other nonlethal deterrents.

• Administer contraception, which is affordable and involves minimal intervention that can reduce the number of elephants in a large population.

CONTACT INFORMATION TO PROTEST:

Her Excellency Barbara Joyce Masekela
Ambassador of South Africa, Embassy of South Africa
3051 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.; Washington, DC 20008
ph: 202-232-4400; fax: 202-265-1607
email: ambassador [at] saembassy.org, vanheerdenm [at] foreign.gov.za

RELATED KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS:

9/5/06: Captive Elephants Belong In Natural World
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1557&seriesfirst=true

COLUMN: Why I’ll Never Be A Zoo Mom
www.kinshipcircle.org/columns_articles/0045.html

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10. Nearly 2 Years Since Rescue, We Return To Same Place

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Forwarded by R.A. Kirkpatrick, raaz-k [at] airmail.net
Original message: Refugio KIMBA, protectorakimba [at] hotmail.com

BACKGROUND:

3/9/07, From protectorakimba [at] hotmail.com — First of all, we would like to remind you of the 17 dogs who we, along with the Seprona, rescued in the town of Chiclana de la Frontera (Cadiz) on May 25, 2005. On that day we were able to see with our own eyes how a woman, with obvious mental problems, was keeping some poor dogs in conditions that were terribly denigrating, unhygienic, repugnant, and all of the other qualifying adjectives imaginable to turn their lives into an authentic horror story.

You can see the first rescue by going to the following link: [here]

The above mentioned woman was living among dead bodies of dogs in different stages of decomposition… We at Kimba were involved in that rescue, along with the Seprona division of the Guardia Civil. Also present were members of the city council of Chiclana along with the local police, the city’s municipal veterinarian, and a social worker from the above mentioned town…

On March 6, 2007, nearly two years after that rescue, we returned to the same place and again, along with the Seprona, rescued 20 dogs from the hands of that same woman, still alone and sick, and still living in the midst of garbage. You can see in these photos that dogs were living in the same terrible conditions as the first ones that we rescued.

The pictures that we are sending you speak for themselves. It is inhumane to live in such a manner, and it is outrageous to make animals live like that.

CONTACT INFORMATION TO PROTEST:

Your protests will go to: Social Services, Coordinator of Social Services, The Ministry of Health of Chiclana, the suggestion box, the Mayor of Chiclana, and to the Municipal Office of Tourism.

Select the addresses, copy and paste them:
serviciossociales [at] chiclana.es, adomingu [at] chiclana.es, sanidad [at] chiclana.es, sugerencias [at] chiclana.es, jroman [at] chiclana.es, alcaldia [at] chiclana.es, turismo [at] chiclana.es

SAMPLE LETTER FROM: protectorakimba [at] hotmail.com

Estimados señores.

Nos parece despreciable que en la Unión Europea aún existan pueblos como Chiclana de la Frontera, donde no se toman medidas para paliar el sufrimiento de animales en manos de personas enfermas, que deberían estar ingresadas en Centros donde se las cuidara, e igualmente inhabilitadas para su tenencia.

Que en ese Municipio, al permitir que esa señora continúe teniendo animales, se están vulnerando muchos artículos de la Ley de Protección Animal.

Pedimos enérgicamente que todos los animales que actualmente quedan en manos de esa señora pasen a las instalaciones del Refugio Kimba para su recuperación, y que de una vez por todas se inhabilite de por vida a esa señora, para que no pueda tener más animales en su propiedad, así como se regularice la precaria situación en la que ella vive.

Que no visitaremos la localidad de Chiclana de la Frontera, hasta que se ponga fin a las horribles condiciones de vida que actualmente padecen esos animales, respetando por consiguiente las vigentes Leyes de Protección Animal.

Atentamente.
Name / Country

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11. Urge Department Of Defense To Help Animals In Iraq

REPLY DIRECTLY TO: Forwarded by luree [at] islandnet.com
www.actionagainstpoisoning.com/

BACKGROUND:
Video 1: Soldiers taunt crippled dog in Iraq
www.liveleak.com/view?i=6445f9fdd7
Video 2: US Soldier shoots dog with M203 training round
www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a5ee2d6eb

getactive.peta.org/campaign/iraq_dog_abuse

TAKE ACTION:
E-activism campaign to urge the U.S. Department of Defense to improve the lives of animals in Iraq.

PRAYER OF A STRAY
Dear God please send me somebody who’ll care!
I’m tired of running, I’m sick with despair.
My body is aching, it’s so racked with pain.
And Dear God I pray as I run in the rain,
That someone will love me and give me a home.
A warm cozy bed I can call my own
My last owner neglected me and chased me away
To rummage in garbage and live as a stray.
But now God I’m tired and hungry and cold.
And I’m afraid that I will never grow old.
They’ve chased me with sticks and hit me with stones
While I run in the streets just looking for bones!
I’m not really bad God, please help if you can.
For I have become just a “VICTIM OF MAN!”
I’m wormy, dear God, I’m ridden with fleas
While all I want is an owner to please!
If you find one for me God, I’ll try to be good
I won’t run away and I’ll do as I should.
I don’t think I’ll make it too long on my own,
Cause I’m getting so weak and I’m so all alone.
Each night as I sleep in the bushes I cry,
Cause I’m so afraid God, that I’m gonna die!
And I’ve got so much love and devotion to give,
That I should be given a new chance to live.
So Dear God PLEASE, PLEASE answer my prayer
And send me somebody who WILL really care…
Author © 1986 Bev Davenport, Homeless Afghan Rescue & care

RELATED KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS:

1/19/07 - Latest Casualty: Soldiers Torment Dog In Iraq
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1626&seriesfirst=true

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12. National Lawyer’s Guild Green Scare Hotline Number

REPLY TO DIRECTLY TO: Irene Benirv - benirv [at] hotmail.com, Tara L. West - tara.west [at] nyu.edu, marisul [at] earthlink.net, veganvirago [at] comcast.net

BACKGROUND:

3/8/07, From: veganvirago [at] comcast.net — National Lawyer’s Guild GreenScare hotline phone number: NOTE - from the article at: austin.indymedia.org/newswire/display/34973/index.php

“The National Lawyers Guild has established a hotline, 888-NLG-ECOLAW, for individuals arrested or subpoenaed for offenses related to environmental or animal activism.” Save this number and share it with others.

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13. PETITIONS TO SIGN

ANIMALS MATTER TO ME
www.animalsmatter.org/

Help End The Cruel Harp Seal Hunt
getactive.peta.org/campaign/seal_hunt07

Petitions About Animal Welfare/Protection
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction?categoryID=50100

Oppose Japanese Drive Hunts
www.marineconnection.org/campaigns/drive_hunts_main.htm

Press Felony Charges On Man Who Cut Leg Off Small Dog
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/380862776

Help Russian Elephant Pregolja
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/582742269

Farewell Dulary
www.petitiononline.com/dulary/petition.html

Help Persuade Tesco To Stop Selling Live Turtles In China
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/518761759

Ban Trophy Hunting In South Africa
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/160781929

BEAR FARMS IN KOREA - Save Bears!
www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-bears-in-korea.html

No Puppy Mills In Shasta County
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/193056361

Hidden Facts of Premarin- Secrets, Lies, And Greed
www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Premarin

Revoke Membership Of International Puppy Mill Broker, Andrew Hunte, From
German Shepherd Dog Club Of America
www.PetitionOnline.com/GSDCA07/

Killing Dogs: NOT THE WAY OUT!!
www.geocities.com/savebangaloredogs

Save The Cats in Philly’s Benjamin Rush State Park
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/695104075

The Horror Of Greenland Sled Dogs
www.ipetitions.com/petition/GreenlandSledDogs/

SAVE SPANISH BEARS
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/418999897

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