Action Alerts

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): House Republicans Walk Out; Keep the Pressure On!
We need to keep the pressure on! Call your representative and Speaker Pelosi now to help make sure the House stays strong and does not send a bill with telecom immunity and warrantless spying to the President.

Animal Welfare Institute (AWI): Bison Slated for Slaughter
The Animal Welfare Institute has joined with the Buffalo Field Campaign and other conservation organizations to support a National Week of Action to Save America’s Bison. We ask you to contact the following officials to express your concern about the mismanagement of America’s bison.

Corporate Accountability International: No More Sweetheart Deals for Nestle
Send Nestlé CEO Kim Jeffery a valentine asking him to be a dear and stop threatening local democratic control of water.

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): URGENT: Support the House in the Last Stand Against Telecom Immunity!
On Tuesday, February 12, the Senate passed a terrible surveillance bill granting immunity to lawbreaking telecoms, putting the House and Senate at the brink of a face-off. Show your support for the House to keep telecom immunity out of the final bill!

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Urge Gov. Schwarzenegger and Sen. Feinstein to oppose the $11.7 billion water bond
The California Chamber of Commerce has proposed an $11.7 billion water bond to construct new dams and a canal around the San Francisco Bay-Delta. Urge Governor Schwarzenegger and Senator Feinstein to oppose this expensive and environmentally destructive initiative.

The Ocean Conservancy: Tell the Bush Administration to Stop Stalling Protections for Endangered Whales
February 20th is an anniversary we do not look forward to celebrating. That day marks one full year that the Bush administration has stalled ship strike protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales—a year in which two more North Atlantic right whales were struck, out of a population that totals only about 350.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Ask University of Colorado Experimenter to Stop Torturing Cats!
For nearly a decade, Moshe Solomonow at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) has been conducting invasive back surgery experiments on cats by cutting down to their spinal tissue and attaching an “S” hook to their spinal ligaments.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Urgent: Emaciated Dog in Rock Spring, Georgia, Needs Your Voice!
Please contact Walker County officials to ask that the dog in question be immediately seized and provided with the care that he or she requires and deserves. Please also demand that the owner be charged with cruelty to animals for allowing this dog’s physical condition to decline so alarmingly.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Speak Up for Dogs Allegedly Languishing in Cages in an Unheated New York Garage
PETA has received several anonymous complaints from people concerned about 10 dogs who are reportedly confined 24/7 to cramped cages in an unheated garage of an Arts Boulevard residence in Livingston Manor, New York.

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): Support Science Debate 2008!
As a concerned activist, you have an important role to play in calling on all presidential candidates to defend science from political interference.

The Wilderness Society: Colorado Roadless Rule
At a time when we are celebrating the protection of roadless areas across the U.S., in Colorado, the future of our roadless areas are still in doubt. It’s critically important that you voice your support for their protection to the U.S. Forest Service and, if you live in Colorado, to Gov. Bill Ritter.

Campaign Updates, Press Releases, etc.

Movie release: Sharkwater: The Truth Will Surface
In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives. Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth’s history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.

Carnivals

Carnival of Hurricane Relief, #125

Newsletters

The Animals Voice eNewsletter, February 14, 2008
CURRENT FEATURE — TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS FOR FOOD

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Weekly eNews, February 14, 2008
PETA E-News: Vote for the Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door!

Petitions

Vote “YES” to Anti-tethering and Safe Transportation for Companion Animals in Macon, Georgia

Protect Washington From Harmful Mining

Thank the Commissioners for Saving Trestles.

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