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From: In Defense of Animals - takeaction [at] idausa.org
Date: Dec 19, 2007 5:49 PM
Subject: IDA eNews: 12-19-07

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News

Help IDA stop cruel nicotine experiments on monkeys at OHSU
Take Action to urge OHSU and NIH officials to end funding for needless experiments

Urge Congress to Support Mandatory Alternatives Petition
Groundbreaking petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Rescuer Found Guilty of Theft in Controversial Dog Rescue Case
Sick, elderly chained dog considered “stolen goods”

Dominican Dolphins Need Another Push To Freedom
Dolphin tourist attraction no stranger to scandal

Victory: PetSmart Agrees Not to Sell Rabbits
Retailer ends rabbit sales in response to overwhelming outcry

Features

Meatout Mondays Weekly Recipe:
Avocado and Green Chili Soup

Use GoodSearch Web Browser and Earn Money for IDA
What if you could help IDA earn money every time you searched the Internet without spending a cent? Well, now you can!
GoodSearch is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to nonprofit charities selected by its users. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it’s powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results. To start, go to www.goodsearch.com and enter In Defense of Animals as the charity you want to support. Just 500 people doing four searches a day will raise about $7,300 a year for IDA, all without costing you-our supporters-any money at all!

Cast Your Vote for IDA’s Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants in 2007 List 10 worst zoos
For the last few years, IDA has released its annual list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants to draw attention to the appalling treatment of Earth’s largest mammal in captivity and pressure zoos to provide the space and natural conditions elephants need or stop keeping elephants altogether. Cast your vote today. The “losers” will be announced in 2008.

About IDA

In Defense of Animals, located in San Rafael, Calif., is an international animal protection organization with more than 85,000 members and supporters dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals by protecting their rights and welfare. IDA’s efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi and Cameroon, Africa.

In Defense of Animals is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We welcome your feedback and appreciate your donations. Please join today! All donations to IDA are tax-deductible.

In Defense of Animals
3010 Kerner, San Rafael, CA 94901
Tel. (415) 388-9641 Fax (415) 388-0388
idainfo [at] idausa.org

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