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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sep 11, 2007 7:35 PM
Subject: LETTER/ Conscious When Cut: Horror On Deer Kill Floor

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Kinship Circle posted 3 letter-writing campaigns today:

1. 9/11/07: Conscious When Cut: Horror On Deer Kill Floor
2. 9/11/07: Deliver Tina And Jewel From Lifelong Abuse
3. 9/11/07: Target: HLS Shareholder Wachovia

If your email provider blocked any of our alerts, request them again at: kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net

9/11/07: Conscious When Cut: Horror On Deer Kill Floor
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN

www.KinshipCircle.org

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

‘Bambi Butchers’ Horror

getactive.peta.org/campaign/musicon_investigation

UNDERCOVER VIDEO (at PETA link above):

I watched it. I feel it is my responsibility to “bear witness” in any Kinship Circle letter-writing campaign. But, it is truly horrible…and I’ve seen a lot. The video is the truth — but only watch it if you’re able to view extreme animal torture. Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle

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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sep 11, 2007 7:34 PM
Subject: LETTER/ Deliver Tina And Jewel From Lifelong Abuse

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Kinship Circle posted 3 letter-writing campaigns today:

1. 9/11/07: Conscious When Cut: Horror On Deer Kill Floor
2. 9/11/07: Deliver Tina And Jewel From Lifelong Abuse
3. 9/11/07: Target: HLS Shareholder Wachovia

If your email provider blocked any of our alerts, request them again at: kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net

9/11/07: Deliver Tina And Jewel From Lifelong Abuse
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN

www.KinshipCircle.org

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

Urge the USDA to Confiscate Ailing Elephants Tina and Jewel

getactive.peta.org/campaign/tina_and_jewel

Tina and Jewel: Caught in the web of circus industry neglect and abuse

www.helpelephants.com/feature_070905.html

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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sep 11, 2007 7:34 PM
Subject: LETTER/ Target: HLS Shareholder Wachovia

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Kinship Circle posted 3 letter-writing campaigns today:

1. 9/11/07: Conscious When Cut: Horror On Deer Kill Floor
2. 9/11/07: Deliver Tina And Jewel From Lifelong Abuse
3. 9/11/07: Target: HLS Shareholder Wachovia

If your email provider blocked any of our alerts, request them again at: kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net

9/11/07: Target: HLS Shareholder Wachovia
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN

www.KinshipCircle.org

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

Close HLS
closehls [at] closehls.net * www.CloseHLS.net

Who Is Huntingdon Life Sciences?

www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/default.html#3

Bear Witness: Inside Huntingdon Life Sciences, 2005

www.kinshipcircle.org/columns_articles/hls05pg1.html

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I’m a few days later in posting this (sorry!), so for the latest news on the September 12 vote, visit Save the Manatee Club’s current news section. They don’t appear to have an update posted yet, but I imagine they will as news develops.

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From: Save the Manatee Club – action [at] savethemanatee.org
Date: Sep 11, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Gov. Crist Asks to Postpone Manatee Reclassification

BREAKING NEWS!

Florida Governor Crist Asks State Agency to Postpone Endangered Manatee’s Reclassification

Tomorrow, September 12th, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is scheduled to vote on whether to reclassify the manatee at the state level from “endangered” to “threatened” status based on listing/delisting rule language that environmental groups have continually called greatly flawed, and that was objected to by numerous scientists worldwide. Further, environmentalists point to the state’s own findings that 50% of the statewide manatee population could be lost in the next 45 years.

Calling the manatee one of Florida’s beloved natural resources, Florida Governor Charlie Crist has issued a letter to Rodney Barreto, Chair of the FWC, asking the Commission to postpone the vote on whether to downlist the species, “…given the need for a better method to estimate the population of the Florida Manatee, and the record 417 manatee deaths in 2006, I believe a more prudent course of action at this time would be to postpone consideration of the proposed change in the status of this species.”

View the full text of Governor Crist’s letter (pdf).

Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club’s Executive Director, applauds Governor Crist and expresses his deep appreciation to the governor for his action. Pat also thanks all of you for your help in making this happen. Those e-mails, letters and phone calls DO help!

What You Can Do:

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Action Alerts

Center for Biological Diversity: Save Panama Biosphere Reserve From Dams
Please join the growing international movement to protect this ecological jewel and voice your opposition to the proposed Hydroelectric Projects.

DawnWatch: UK media on meat and global warming 9/9/07
“Activists take Gore to task on his diet”

Defenders of Wildlife: Protect Utah Prairie Dogs and Other Wildlife
Fill out the form below to urge your Representative and Senators to support the Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2007 (H.R. 1422 and S. 700), important legislation that would help private landowners protect Utah prairie dogs and other imperiled wildlife that live on their property.

Earthjustice: Say No to the Blowing Up of Appalachia
Tell the administration to stop trying to diminish the buffer zone rule and start enforcing it!

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Tell the U.S. Navy to Stop Killing Whales!
Ear-splitting military sonar is needlessly killing whales and other marine mammals throughout the world’s oceans. Yet the Navy has refused to put effective safeguards in place during testing and training.

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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sep 10, 2007 10:01 AM
Subject: LETTER/ Hunt Down Dogs & Win Cash?

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9/10/07: Hunt Down Dogs & Win Cash In Malaysia
(What will humans think of next?!)
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN

www.KinshipCircle.org

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

Malaysia’s Inhumane Dog-Catching Competition!

RM15,000 for dog catching

Selayang Council’s dog prize turn Council into a hounded dog

Nick Josh K. Karean, Humane Society Independent Group of Malaysia
veganology [at] care2.com * +012 259 5517

www.myspace.com/nick_humane

www.care2.com/c2c/group/HSM

PETITIONS: Stop the Hunt – Protest Against Selayang Dog Catching Contest

www.petitiononline.com/doghunt1/petition.html

www.petitiononline.com/doghunt2/petition.html

PHOTO: “Anyone who wishes to rear the dogs are welcome to pick them up, otherwise we would dispose of them through the council’s own methods,” said the State Assemblyman of Rawang, Tang See Hang, as shown in the photo above grinning while catching a cardboard mock-up helpless mama dog by using a yellow ribbon neck loop, an inhumane method to capture dogs.

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This dog run is named in honor of PAPD K-9 Sirius #17. He was a four year old yellow Labrador Retriever who served as an explosives detector canine for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department. Sirius, along with his partner, Police Officer David Lim, were assigned to the World Trade Center in New York, where their primary duty was to check vehicles entering the Complex, clear unattended bags and sweep areas for VIP safety. Sirius, who began work at the World Trade Center on July 4, 2000, was the only police dog to perish during the Sept. 11 attack on the Twin Towers – he died when Tower Two collapsed. His body was recovered on January 22, 2002. Sirius was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross at the British Embassy in Manhattan.

A memorial statue of Sirius stands in the One Chase Manhattan Plaza lobby.

(Via wallyg)

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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sep 8, 2007 2:51 PM
Subject: ACT/ Gov. Schwarzenegger: VETO Kangaroo-Kill Bill!

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**EVERYONE — not just California residents — call/email/fax Governor Schwarzenegger. Ask him to veto SB880, a bill to REVERSE California’s ban on selling goods derived from kangaroo skins. Stop the trend in anti-animal legislation, state by state…

9/8/07: To Gov. Schwarzenegger: VETO Kangaroo-Kill Bill!
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN

www.KinshipCircle.org

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

In Defense of Animals, takeaction [at] idausa.org
Kangaroos Need Your Help Now

ga0.org/indefenseofanimals/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=9894857

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From: API Newsletters – donotreply [at] apiforanimals.org
Date: Sep 7, 2007 2:03 PM
Subject: Take Action for Farmed Animals and Animals in the Circus

Alerts at a Glance:

* Take Action for World Farm Animals Day – Free outreach materials available.
- API offers tools to help you speak out for farmed animals on Oct 2, World Farm Animals Day.

* Northern CA Art Show Highlights Plight of Exotic Animals in the Circus
- Attend an art show extravaganza in Sacramento designed to raise awareness of the plight of exotic animals in the circus.

* Proposed Amendment Threatens to Derail Circus Ban in Minneapolis
- Contact legislators and attend a hearing to help ban the use of wild animals in circuses in Minneapolis.

* Other Ways to Help Animals:
- VeggieConnection.com: Connect with like-minded vegetarians in your area and around the world.
- API Membership: Partner with API to experience a variety of membership benefits while working with us to make positive changes for animals.

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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sep 6, 2007 4:37 PM
Subject: Urge Primate Testing Ban In Europe

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9/6/07: Urge Primate Testing Ban In Europe
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN

www.KinshipCircle.org

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

Help Us Stop Primate Experiments – For Good

www.eceae.org/saveprimates/en/action.html

If you care about animals, urge signing of Written Declaration 40/2007

www.navs.org.uk/take_action/39/0/885/

Alternatives to Animal Testing / Dr. Hadwen Trust

www.drhadwentrust.org/

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SAMPLE LETTER & CONTACT INFORMATION

* Sample letters are prepared to give you ample background on an issue. Try to change some words, pare down letters, and make them your own.

* KINSHIP CIRCLE MUST REMAIN ANONYMOUS, for letter campaigns to have impact and to avoid legal problems under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). Please NEVER REFERENCE KINSHIP CIRCLE when sending comments directly to letter recipients.

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