Action Alerts

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Urge South Africa to ‘Cull’ Elephant Killing From Policy
South Africa is poised to finalize the country’s Norms & Standards for Elephant Management, a policy that it describes as a “toolbox” of options for the management of elephants. Unbelievably, one of the “tools” that South Africa considers acceptable is “culling”—killing elephants as a method of “population control.”

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Urgent: Squirrels Cruelly Killed at Overland Park, Kansas, Apartment Complex!
Please contact Johnson and let her know that using body-gripping traps to catch squirrels is inhumane and unnecessary given the alternatives that are available and that it’s not going to solve the problem in the long run.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Take Action for Baby Birds in Phoenix!
On February 26, PETA caseworkers received reports that The Koll Company is planning to begin a pigeon-removal program in March at the Missouri Commons, located at 1430 E. Missouri Ave. in Phoenix, Arizona.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): URGENT: U.S. Food Markets Torturing Turtles, Frogs, and Other Fragile Species
Please contact the following markets, which PETA has been told are keeping exotic animals in horrific conditions, and demand that they stop selling animals for human consumption.

Public Citizen: URGENT: Senate to Vote on Consumer Safety
The Senate is expected to vote on the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act of 2007 (S. 2663) this coming week. We need your help to pass it!

Public Citizen: No Slush Fund for White House to Put Public at Risk!
Stop President Bush for getting a slush fund that would enable the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue to put the public at risk!

Campaign Updates, Press Releases, etc.

Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF): 110th Mid-Term Humane Scorecard Now Available!
The scorecard, which is published annually, provides the records of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives on major animal welfare policies.

United Poultry Concerns (UPC): Karen Davis on Suzanne Dragan’s “Animal Talk”
TUNE IN! Suzanne Dragan’s “Animal Talk” – Central Jersey 1450 WCTC – Features UPC President Karen Davis – Sunday March 2, 2008 from 1:30 -2:00 PM

Newsletters

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): News Alert: February 29, 2008
Talent Show Winners/Can We Learn from Beef Recall?

Best Friends Animal Society: eNews, February 29, 2008
A wish comes true

Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Earth Online: No. 398, February 28, 2008
Penguins, Toads, the Inupiat, and How the Dead Dream

The Ocean Conservancy: Coastal Connection: February 29, 2008
Ocean Conservancy launches SEE Turtles conservation tourism information program & more

Sustainable Table: Pasture Post – (barely) February 2008
New Feature Article – From Farm to Fork

Petitions

Stop 24-hour tethering of dogs in Pitt County, North Carolina

Stop the killing of Monkeys in this research lab!

Save Britain’s Badgers

SAVE PERU’S AMAZONIA PARROTS

Stop the Onslaught of Junk Mail

Don’t Let the Bush Administration and Telecom Companies Spy on Us!

PROTECT MY PARK! SAY NO TO PRIVATE GREED

Your Daily Click-Through Reminders

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