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Kinship Circle: December Digest (Parts 1 & 2)

December 19th, 2007 7:53 pm by Kelly

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12/17/07
PART 1: December KC DIGEST - Alerts From Members + Links To Action
View past KC Digest Newsletters: www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/

PART 1: December KC Digest
1. Send Holiday Cheer To SHAC 7 Prisoners
2. Outnumber Hunters With Your Feedback On Live-Bait Dog Training
3. PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS
4. Help Medical Progress In Europe With More Alternative Testing
5. Bill to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages [Finally] Introduced!
6. Protest AVMA’s “Acceptable” Forms Of Euthanasia
7. Crisis For Animals In Neosho, Missouri Shelter
8. Where Are The Pigs? Hold Wild Animal Orphanage Accountable

PART 2: December KC Digest
I DID NOT GET PART 2, Please send it to me: kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
9. MORE PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS
10. Man Dumps Emaciated Greyhounds To Die, Justice For Talca and Sari
11. San Antonio, TX: AWFUL LAW Proposed - May Affect Us All
12. Genuine Dog Skin Sold On eBay?
13. Veganism Is For The Birds: Workshop - Friday, January 11
14. Sierra Trading Post Sells Fur From China
15. 2007 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings

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1. Send Holiday Cheer To SHAC 7 Prisoners

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
SHAC 7 Support Committee, info [at] shac7.com * www.shac7.com/

BACKGROUND:

Remember to include Jake, Josh, Lauren, Andy, and Kevin on your holiday mailing list. This will be their second season away from friends and family. Hearing from supporters and friends really makes a big difference for them.

WRITE TO SHAC 7 ACTIVISTS IN PRISON:

Jacob Conroy, #93501-011
FCI Victorville Medium I, Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 5300 * Adelanto, CA 92301

Lauren Gazzola, #93497-011
Federal Correctional Institution
FCI Danbury, Route #37 * Danbury, CT 06811

Joshua Harper, #29429-086
FCI Sheridan, Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 5000 * Sheridan, OR 97378

Kevin Kjonaas, #93502-011
Unit I, FCI Sandstone
P.O. Box 1000 * Sandstone, MN 55072

Andrew Stepanian, #26399-050
FCI Butner Medium II, Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 1500 * Butner, NC 27509

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2. Outnumber Hunters With Your Feedback On Live-Bait Dog Training

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Cecilia Lambert, ceannicrc [at] yahoo.com

BACKGROUND:

Indiana’s BloomingtonOnline.net seeks comments on the practice of training (hunting) dogs with live bait, usually trapped coyotes.

If you didn’t receive Kinship Circle’s sample-letter alert, 12/14/07: Ban Live-Bait Dog Training, request it: kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net

CONTACT INFORMATION TO SUBMIT COMMENTS:
www.bloomingtononline.net/forum/showthread.php?t=667

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3. PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS

* Aerial Massacre Of Over 4000 Horses In Queensland
www.savethebrumbies.org/news.htm

* Petition To End The Slaughter Of Equines In The United States Of America
www.thepetitionsite.com/1/a-personal-challange-a-call-to-action

* Close Huntingdon Life Sciences (Amen!)
www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/close-huntingdon-life-sciences.html

* Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act of 2007 (S 2439)
www.americanhumane.org/site/R?i=Z5DYUZzC2M62RMYYqcM57A..

* Whales Revenge: Anti-Whaling Petition
www.whalesrevenge.com/

* CALL TO ACTION: Shadowcats Rescue Needs Your Help
blog.jenn-brown.com/2007/12/15/call-to-action–shadowcats-rescue-needs-your-help.aspx

* Hold Marcia Mayeda Accountable For All Six Los Angeles County Shelters
www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hold-marcia-mayeda-for-all-six-la-county-shelters

* Stop The Cruelty At The Shelter Of Lugoj (Romania)
www.thepetitionsite.com/4/stop-the-cruelty-at-the-shelter-of-lugoj

* Tell Candymaker Mars Inc. to Drop Deadly Animal Tests!
getactive.peta.org/campaign/mars_animal_tests#

* Save Elephants From Poaching - Your Voice Against The Ivory Trade
www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=215919&msource=DR070703007&tr=y&auid=2813968

* Save The Singleton Flying Foxes
www.otcs.info/bats/index.php

* Stop Volkswagen’s Deadly Bird Experiments
ga0.org/campaign/vw/wu3b38drzdddtkj

* Stop Cruel Killing (Heart Stabbing) Of Animals
www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-the-cruel-killing-of-animals-due-to-overcrowding

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4. Help Medical Progress In Europe With More Alternative Testing

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Tony Gallett, tony.gal001 [at] ntlworld.com

BACKGROUND (edited for length):

Revision of Directive 86/609/EEC:
ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/revision_en.htm

European Commission is reviewing Directive 86/609/EEC, which regulates animal experimentation across Europe. The European Commission itself acknowledges non-animal replacements “…have the potential to provide robust information through quality-controlled, state-of-the-art tests which are faster and less cost-intensive than classical animal-based tests.”

EC has launched a Community Action Plan for the Protection and Welfare of Animals: “The final aim is to replace animal experiments with methods not entailing the use of an animal.” For evidence that superior non-animal research is replacing animal experimentation: www.drhadwentrust.org/

CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:

1. SIGN “Replace all Animal Experiments in Europe”
www.endeuanimaltests.org/

2. Urge your MEPs to use the Revision of Directive 86/609/EEC as an opportunity to improve standards of animal welfare in European laboratories and make replacement with non-animal methods a priority.
CONTACT DETAILS OF YOUR MEPS: www.europarl.europa.eu

3. Ask the European Commission to ban primate tests. Over 10,000 primates are used in experiments in Europe every year with the UK being Europe’s largest single user followed by France and Germany.
WEB-SENT LETTER: www.eceae.org/saveprimates/en/action.html

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5. Bill to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages [Finally] Introduced!

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Elizabeth Forel, coalitionbanhdc [at] gmail.com
Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, www.all-creatures.org/bhdc/
John Philips, League of Humane Voters NYC executive director, info [at] humanenyc.org

CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
Intro 658, formally introduced by Council Member Tony Avella, bans horse-drawn carriages in New York City.

1. Call your Council Member. Urge him/her to support Intro 658 to ban horse-drawn carriages from New York City. Tell your Council Member’s staff horse carriages + Manhattan traffic are a dangerous, potentially fatal mix.
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL / CONTACT INFO: Council.NYC.Gov
COUNCIL MEMBERS: council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml

2. Call Speaker Christine Quinn’s office. Leave a message asking her to reconsider her position and join League of Humane Voters, ASPCA, and other humane groups in supporting Intro 658 to ban horse-drawn carriages.
SPEAKER CHRISTINE QUINN: 212-788-7210

BACKGROUND (edited for length):

12/9/07: PRESS CONFERENCE/RALLY A HUGE SUCCESS - ASPCA SUPPORTS BAN
100+ people and lots of media… Council Member Tony Avella made the long awaited announcement he would introduce legislation into City Council on Wednesday, December 12 to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC… Other speakers included Elizabeth Forel, Jill Weitz/Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages; Edita Birnkrant/Friends of Animals; John Phillips/League of Humane Voters NYC; Jannette Patterson/PETA…Sherry Ramsey/HSUS…

READ MORE:

Bill to Ban Horse & Carriages Met with Unbridled Anger
blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2007/12/bill_to_ban_hor.php

Avella carriage ban angers owners
www.timesledger.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19090906&BRD=2676&PAG=461&dept_id=551067&rfi=6

PHOTOS: UNBRIDLED ‘BRIBERY’ - TRAGIC CARRIAGE HORSE’S OWNER BUSTED
www.nypost.com/seven/12142007/news/regionalnews/unbridled_bribery_292809.htm

Cornelius Byrne, whose horse Smoothie (lt), crashed and died on Central Park South in Sept., is charged with offering an undercover investigator $100.

KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:

7/6/07: Another Horse Carriage Crash Marks Need For Ban
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1663&seriesfirst=true

5/8/06: How Many Carriage Horse Crashes Will It Take?
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1496&seriesfirst=true

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6. Protest AVMA’s “Acceptable” Forms Of Euthanasia

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Adela4Total-Animal-Lib [at] rcn.com * Doc Wheeler, wheelerville2 [at] sbcglobal.net

CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:

American Veterinary Medical Association (Headquarters)
1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100 * Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360
ph: 847-925-8070; fax: 847-925-1329; email: avmainfo [at] avma.org

American Veterinary Medical Association, Governmental Relations Division
1910 Sunderland Place, NW * Washington, DC 20036-1642
ph: 800-321-1473; fax: 202-842-4360; email: avmagrd [at] avma.org

BACKGROUND (edited for length):

AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia:
www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf

Some euthanasia methods with the AVMA’s “seal of approval:”
- PENETRATING CAPTIVE BOLT: Ruminants, horses, swine, lab rabbits, dogs.
- EUTHANASIA BY A BLOW TO THE HEAD: Humane method of euthanasia for neonatal animals with thin craniums, such as young pigs.
- GUNSHOT: Firearm should be aimed so the projectile enters the brain…
- CERVICAL DISLOCATION: Poultry, other small birds, mice, and immature rats and rabbits…the base of the tail or the hind limbs are quickly pulled, causing separation of the cervical vertebrae from the skull.
- DECAPITATION: Rodents and small rabbits in research settings… Although it has been demonstrated that electrical activity in the brain persists for 13 to 14 seconds following decapitation…
- ELECTROCUTION: Dogs, cattle, sheep, swine, foxes, and mink.
- MICROWAVE IRRADIATION: Heating by microwave irradiation… All units direct their microwave energy to the head of the animal.
- KILL TRAPS: For collection and killing of small, free-ranging mammals for commercial purposes (fur, skin, or meat), scientific purposes, to stop property damage, and to protect human safety.
- MACERATION: Mechanical apparatus [with] rotating blades or projections causes immediate fragmentation and death of day-old poultry…

READ MORE (IF YOU CAN) ABOUT AVMA’S “ACCEPTABLE” EUTHANASIA:
www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf

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7. Crisis For Animals In Neosho, Missouri Shelter

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
kathy b, baumy5 [at] yahoo.com * 314-739-0303
Angie Jamison, angelajamison [at] angelajamison.com

BACKGROUND:

An ACO at Neosho Animal Control Dept. (city pound) in Neosho, Missouri left town for a week and three dogs and two cats died at the shelter… Apparently the cops were in charge of food/water while [Ben] was on vacation from this city shelter. We need to get these dogs out. I cannot believe animals are dying in the city shelter from starvation. Please help.

We are trying to get the Westies, boy and girl found together, out. There was a boxer starving to death (put down today). Transport assistance is available if rescues let the shelter know they can take some dogs off their hands. This is a crisis situation.

CONTACT INFORMATION TO HELP:
Neosho Animal Control Dept.
201 McCord * Neosho, MO 64850
ph: 417-451-8038 ext 3010; email: stoerger1981 [at] yahoo.com
Ben (A/C officer at Neosho pound): 417-396-9032
Tracy (volunteer at Neosho): 417-499-2751

Look at this little injured wire fox terrier or JRT.
search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=9855402

VIEW ANIMALS AT NEOSHO ANIMAL CONTROL DEPT:
www.petfinder.com/shelters/MO215.html
(shelter list link at bottom of page)

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8. Where Are The Pigs? Hold Wild Animal Orphanage Accountable

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Dawn Taylor Bechtold, US Animal Protection, DRCTBD [at] aol.com

BACKGROUND (edited for length):

US Animal Protection launched an investigation regarding the care and treatment of exotic wild animals living in San Antonio, Texas. The Animal Sanctuary of the United States — DBA The Wild Animal Orphanage (WAO) — claims to have hundreds of exotic wild animals on two properties (one regulated by the USDA and the other unregulated)…

Several years ago, an animal lover rescued 100+ potbellied pigs from a dire situation… Here are excerpts from her account: Wild Animal Orphanage agreed to take all [the pigs]. Carol and Ron Asvestas said they’d need $4,500 up front to cover the cost of constructing a new barn for the pigs…

Some months after the arrival of the pigs at WAO, Carol sent about half of them to a board member. She said she kept the rest. She never gave a name or address, but said the pigs were close by and she checked them regularly and “they were fine!” Much later, she said all the pigs were sent to two different board member’s homes, but again, the pigs were nearby…

At one point I was told Carol said she “got rid of them” and later told by someone else that Ron had been seen loading all the pigs on a truck not long after they arrived at WAO. I was told a few pigs couldn’t be caught and may still be at WAO, but I have found no one to this day who has seen them…

It’s torture not knowing their whereabouts or if they’re alive or dead…

CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:

WAO email: wao [at] stic.net

Where are the pigs? Ask WAO to post their location and current dated photos of the pigs on its website.

SAMPLE LETTER, from DRCTBD [at] aol.com:

Dear Ms. Carol Asvestas:

I am very concerned about 100+ potbellied pigs Wild Animal Orphanage took in several years ago. Your organization agreed to provide 100+ potbellied pigs a permanent home. It is now reported pigs are no longer living at Wild Animal Orphanage and circumstances regarding their location are unclear.

Many people placed animals in your care, expecting the animals would receive life-long quality care at WAO. It saddens me to learn the pigs may have been relocated or suffered a worse fate, after promises made for quality life-long care were made to the public by way of media news coverage.

I, and many others, would like to know the fate of the 100+ potbellied pigs who used to reside at WAO. Please provide an updated story and current dated photos of the pigs residing at their new home on your website. You claim to have about 10 potbellied pigs on your property — so where are the 90+ potbellied pigs? If you could also include pictures of your 10 pigs living in their new and improved home, it would go a long way to institute good faith within the animal rescue community. Thank you.

Sincerely,

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From: Kinship Circle
Date: Dec 17, 2007 12:59 PM
Subject: Part 2: KC DIGEST - eBay Skins, Backyard Dog Law, Greyhounds Dumped…

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12/17/07
PART 2: DECEMBER KC DIGEST - Alerts From Members + Links To Action
View past KC Digest Newsletters: www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/

PART 2: November KC Digest
9. MORE PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS
10. Man Dumps Emaciated Greyhounds To Die, Justice For Talca and Sari
11. San Antonio, TX: AWFUL LAW Proposed - May Affect Us All
12. Genuine Dog Skin Sold On eBay?
13. Veganism Is For The Birds: Workshop - Friday, January 11
14. Sierra Trading Post Sells Fur From China
15. 2007 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings

PART 1: November KC Digest
I DID NOT GET PART 1, Please send it to me: kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
1. Send Holiday Cheer To SHAC 7 Prisoners
2. Outnumber Hunters With Your Feedback On Live-Bait Dog Training
3. PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS
4. Help Medical Progress In Europe With More Alternative Testing
5. Bill to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages [Finally] Introduced!
6. Protest AVMA’s “Acceptable” Forms Of Euthanasia
7. Crisis For Animals In Neosho, Missouri Shelter
8. Where Are The Pigs? Hold Wild Animal Orphanage Accountable

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9. MORE PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS

* Bill To Allow Gambling On Racing Set To Enter Knesset, Help Urgently Needed
www.chai-online.org/e-news/11dec07/chaialert_11dec07.htm

Horseracing Death: Two-year-old Pine Island breaks her leg on the track and is destroyed, just one of thousands who die in training or on the track every year. (Photo: Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky)

* VIDEO: Shelter Walkers
myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=23821580

* Shocking Investigation Unveils Torture of Mother Pigs and Piglets
getactive.peta.org/campaign/smithfield_investigation

* Unchain The Dogs Of New York State
www.thepetitionsite.com/2/unchain-the-dogs-of-new-york-state

* California Healthy Pets Act: AB 1634
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/877889052

* Serbia Suffering
www.thepetitionsite.com/1/serbia-suffering

* All Life Is Sacred
www.thepetitionsite.com/1/all-life-is-sacred

* Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge!
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/127436217?z00m=11159823

* Urge China to Maintain Ban on Trade in Tiger Parts
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/973664192?z00m=10290518

* Stop Polar Bear Trophy Hunting!
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/432024587?z00m=11284352

* PETITION FOR ANIMAL SHELTER IN TURKEY
www.petitiononline.com/bar28kas/petition.html

* W.O.L.F. Sanctuary Expansion Needs Your Support
www.thepetitionsite.com/3/Help-Save-A-Wolf

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10. Man Dumps Emaciated Greyhounds To Die, Justice For Talca and Sari

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Janice, thegrinningdoggy [at] gmail.com

CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:

1. Attend pretrial hearing: December 27, 2007, 9:00am.
Waltham District Court, 38 Linden St., Waltham, MA

2. Ask for rigorous investigation and prosecution of Kevin Schneider.
Edward P. Deveau, Chief of Police: police [at] ci.watertown.ma.us
34 John “Sonny” Whooley Way * Watertown, MA 02472

Gerard T. Leone Jr., Middlesex County District Attorney
webmaster.middlesex [at] state.ma.us
40 Thorndike St. * Cambridge, MA 02141

There is a warrant out for the perp’s arrest in CT too.
Thank the trooper for pushing this case there as well.
Trooper Resnick, Troop D * Westcott Road * Danielson, CT 06239

BACKGROUND (edited for length):
PERP: Kevin Schneider
News on video: news.myspace.com/local/boston/item/12062288
Greyhound Friends: www.greyhound.org/
Greyhound discussion: www.flickr.com/groups/greyhounds/discuss/72157603250279627/

THE WORST PART OF ALL THIS? The dogs came off the track in Spain and went to rescue at Scooby Medina, then were flown to Greyhound Friends in MA to be adopted out in the U.S. The poor dogs were supposed to have the life of Riley, but instead ended up among the living dead!

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11. San Antonio, TX: AWFUL LAW Proposed - May Affect Us All

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
series of forwarded messages from: table25 [at] bellsouth.net; sandra [at] spaymart.org; AdoptMeRescue [at] yahoogroups.com; BBINancy [at] aol.com; CVollr9255 [at] aol.com

BACKGROUND (edited for length):

Any dog who charges his/her own fence FROM WITHIN HIS/HER OWN YARD may be labeled “vicious” and “dangerous” by the city and put to death. Any dog in a kennel who does the same thing, can be labeled similarly. Anyone scared of dogs can claim the dog was barking viciously, or going to come over the fence at them, and the dog is dead. SAN ANTONIO WANTS TO MAKE THIS A DEATH PENALTY CRIME…with animal control and politicians judging which dog is vicious vs. scared vs. protective.

Sec. 5-147 Keeping of vicious animals.
Any animal owned or kept shall be determined to be vicious if:
(a) Because of its physical nature and vicious propensity it is capable of inflicting serious physical harm or death to human beings…or property; or

(b) Without reasonable provocation habitually has behaved within the enclosure in which it was being kept in such a manner the owner reasonably knows the animal is possessed of tendencies to attack or bite; or

(c) It commits unprovoked acts while in the enclosure…and those acts cause a person to reasonable believe that the animal will attack and cause bodily injury to that person or

(d) An animal which acts in a highly aggressive manner while in the enclosure…and appears to a reasonable person able to jump over or escape.

CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:

EMAIL SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DIRECTLY:
www.sanantonio.gov/council/?res=1024&ver=true

ADDRESS: City of San * Antonio PO Box 839966 * San Antonio, TX 78283
FAX: 210- 207-7027

Mayor Phil Hardberger: phardberger [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7060; fax: 210-207-4168
City Manager Sheryl Sculley: citymanager [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7080; fax: 210-207-4217
Councilwoman Mary Alice Cisneros: district1 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7279; fax: 210-207-6931
Councilwoman Sheila McNeil: district2 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7278; fax: 210-207-4496
Councilman Roland Gutierrez: district3 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7064; fax: 210-534-1931
Councilman Philip Cortez: district4 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7281; fax: 210-678-0099
Councilwoman Lourdes Galvan: district5 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7043; fax: 210-212-4860
Councilwoman Delicia Herrera: district6 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7065; fax: 210-207-8760
Councilman Justin Rodriguez: district7 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7044; fax: 210-207-7027
Councilwoman Diane Cibrian: district8 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7086; fax: 210-949-0439
Councilman Kevin Wolff: district9 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7325; fax: 210-207-7027
Councilman John Clamp: district10 [at] sanantonio.gov
ph: 210-207-7276; fax: 210-207-8777

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12. Genuine Dog Skin Sold On eBay?

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
South West Animal Protection, southwestanimalprotection [at] yahoo.co.uk

CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
Make your complaint to eBay: ukrswebhelp [at] ebay.com

SAMPLE LETTER, from southwestanimalprotection [at] yahoo.co.uk:

Dear eBay:

As an animal protection group in the UK we would like to draw your attention to two products currently being advertised on eBay. Item number 170174472131, translated the title from German to English and it reads; Animal skin of the wind dog, genuine dog skin, skin.” The seller states he bought it in the 70’s. (See pic below)

Also eBay reference 310005480563: Alligator skin vanity case on ebay.

We feel it is immoral for eBay to allow such products that promote animal cruelty to be allowed to be sold on your site. Please remove them immediately. Your company should have ethics about this sort of thing.

Thank you, SWAP team UK

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13. Veganism Is For The Birds: Workshop - Friday, January 11

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
New York Bird Club, nybirdclub [at] yahoo.com

EVENT DETAILS:

Veganism Is For The Birds with Jasmin Singer and Marisa Miller Wolfson
Friday, January 11, 2007, 7:00-9:00pm
242 E. 53 Street, 3rd floor * New York, NY

Admission is free to members; $5 for all others.
Please RSVP: nybirdwalks [at] yahoo.com
New York Bird Club: www.manhattanbirdclub.com/

Jasmin Singer: is the NYC outreach coordinator for Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. As a writer, she has been published in Satya and VegNews.

Marisa Miller Wolfson: is the outreach coordinator for Global Green Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to educating people about healthy, eco-friendly, humane living. She is in post-production for her first feature-length documentary about veganism entitled “Glass Walls.”

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14. Sierra Trading Post Sells Fur From China

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Libby Williams, libbywill [at] embarqmail.com

BACKGROUND (edited for length):

Item #10878 - fur scarf * Item #75597 - fur muffler bag
Item #10873 - suede coat with raccoon collar
Items from BERNARDO - all fur and fur trim from China

Let’s bombard the catalogues of Sierra Trading Post with the facts about fur, especially fur from China, the most barbaric country on earth. This could very well be dog or cat fur, although ANY fur is disgusting.

CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:

www.sierratradingpost.com/
toll free: 1-800-713-4534 * email: customerservice [at] sierratradingpost.com

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15. 2007 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Animal Legal Defense Fund, www.aldf.org/news/details.php?id=323

BACKGROUND (edited for length):

The Animal Legal Defense Fund announces the release of its second annual report ranking every state and the District of Columbia on the relative strength and general comprehensiveness of their animal protection laws…

2007 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings
Best 5 — California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon
Worst 5 — Arkansas, Alaska, Kentucky, North Dakota, Utah

MORE FINDINGS: www.aldf.org/news/details.php?id=323

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