Via the Rainforest Action Network:

Tell Nippon Paper, Stop Buying Tasmanian Old Growth!

On one hand, Nippon Paper is the biggest buyer of old growth woodchips from the infamous logging company Gunns. This makes Nippon paper the leading supporter of Gunns’ destruction of Tasmania’s ancient forests.

On the other hand, Nippon has promised its customers that it does not buy wood from old growth or high conservation value forests, and that Gunns’ logging operations meet FSC standards — none of which is true.

If the company would simply stop buying these woodchips it would be a huge step towards the future survival of Tasmania’s magnificent forests. Help us demand that Nippon fulfill its policy pledges and stop buying old growth wood from Gunns.

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Via the Center for Biological Diversity:

Protect Endangered Sea Turtles From Longline Fishing

The federal government is proposing to allow longline fishing for swordfish in the waters off California and Oregon. Longline fishing, in which a single vessel can lay out more than 60 miles of line and 1,000 hooks at a time, is one of the most destructive fishing practices ever invented. In addition to depleting the oceans of the targeted swordfish and tuna, longlines hook, entangle, and kill tens of thousands of seabirds, sea turtles, marine mammals and sharks. The critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle has been reduced from more than 100,000 nesting females to fewer than 3,000 over the past 25 years, mostly because of longlining.

In 2004, following a successful lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, swordfish longlining was banned in the waters off the West Coast. Now, under pressure from the fishing industry, the National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing to allow an experimental longline fishery in these waters.

Please let the Fisheries Service know that you oppose the introduction of this deadly fishing gear to the West Coast.

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From: In Defense of Animals – takeaction [at] idausa.org
Date: Jun 28, 2007 10:55 AM
Subject: Writing Alert: Elephants’ treatment called harmful

The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story about IDA’s report on the state of the elephants at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and our call to send the elephants to a sanctuary. Please write a letter to the editor of the Chronicle in support of IDA’s call to move the elephants to a sanctuary as well as the suffering these animals endure in captivity. Send letters to the Chronicle at letters [at] sfchronicle.com.

Read “Elephants’ treatment called harmful” online.

Elephants’ treatment called harmful/Six Flags Discovery Kingdom denies hurting animals

Thursday, June 28, 2007 (SF Chronicle)
VALLEJO/ Kantele Franko, Chronicle Staff Writer

Local animal advocates say recently obtained veterinary records support their claims that tight living spaces and performance demands for elephants at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo probably cause or exacerbate their foot problems, wounds and other ailments.

The nonprofit In Defense of Animals, which obtained the veterinary Reports for four of the park’s seven elephants through a California Public Records Act request, is demanding that Vallejo city officials stop elephant performances and release the mammoth entertainers to a sanctuary.

The records form the thrust of a report released today by the nonprofit that details elephant injuries and alleged abuses at the park during the past decade. In Defense of Animals could not obtain records on the remaining three elephants because they are owned privately, not by the city. But the group suspects those elephants are similarly affected by captivity, said program director Suzanne Roy.

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Here’s the TOC from IDA’s 6-27-07 newsletter.

Click on the links to take action, or read the whole newsletter online.

IDA Action Alerts

Protect Polar Bears from Hunters; Ask Congress to support the Polar Bear Protection Act

Animal Experimentation Under Fire; Scientific and spiritual leaders speak out for humane alternatives

New Book: “Get Political For Animals”; Handbook offers how-to guide for effective legislative action

Campaign News & Updates

Victory! Federal Judge Throws Out Furrier’s Lawsuit; Court rejects charges of illegal protesting and protects animal activists’ freedom of speech

Victory! San Jose Becomes Newest “Guardian City”; Learn how to start a Guardian campaign in your community

IDA-Project Hope Helps Rescue Trapped Kitten; Please thank police and firefighters for helping rescue cat from storm drain

An archive of past IDA eNews newsletters is available here.

Also, a contest/event announcement after the flip.

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“A dog loves you the way you are. Adopt one.”

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From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
Date: Jun 26, 2007 7:47 PM
Subject: LETTER/ Bears Killed In Religious Rite

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6/26/07: Bears Killed In Sadistic Religious Rite
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN

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Hokkaido retracts ban on Ainu people’s traditional ceremony
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5/2/07: SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Prefectural Government has retracted a ban on the Ainu indigenous people’s traditional ceremony “Iyomante,” which the governor placed in a 1955 directive, officials said… Source: Mainichi Shimbun

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Via The Sierra Club:

Urge your Representative to Support Meaningful Energy Legislation

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on an energy bill in the next few weeks, and we need you to urge your Representative to support increasing fuel economy standards and implementing a national Renewable Energy Standard. Don’t wait!

Get involved and urge your Representative to support meaningful increases in fuel economy standards and a national renewable energy standard!

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From: SledDogAC [at] aol.com
Date: Jun 26, 2007 5:19 PM
Subject: {Update} ALERT: ESPN nominates musher in cruel Iditarod for award

{Please note that you have to scroll down to find the category “Best Outdoor Athlete}

PLEASE CROSSPOST

From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, www.helpsleddogs.org

Iditarod musher Lance Mackey was nominated by ESPN for an ESPY award in the “Best Outdoor Athlete” category. Winners are picked by people voting online.

Go to espn.go.com/espy2007/#/vote/ and on the right side of the page click on “Best Outdoor Athlete.” You have to scroll down to find the category. Highlight someone other than Lance Mackey and click the submit button. Voting ends July 7.

The Iditarod has a long well-documented history of dog deaths, illnesses and injuries. What happens to the dogs during the race includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles and tendons, vomiting, hypothermia, sprains, torn footpads and anemia.

In the Iditarod, dogs do all the work. Mushers sit or lie down on their sleds and sometimes sleep while racing their dogs into the ground. Iditarod mushers don’t deserve awards.

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Via Amnesty International:

Demand justice for environmental protesters in Sudan

On June 13th, demonstrations against the construction of the Kajbar Dam in Farraig village, Sudan, resulted in police and security forces firing on protesters and detaining several lawyers, journalists, and activists. Security forces have targeted members of The Committee Against the Building of the Kajbar Dam, a group campaigning on behalf of affected villages. Arrested in their homes, there has been no word as to where they are being held or whether they have been charged with any criminal offense. A group of journalists and lawyers who traveled together to investigate the violence and arrests were also arrested and their exact place of detention is unknown. Amnesty International is deeply concerned that these men are at significant risk of ill treatment and torture.

Click here to learn more and take action.

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