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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Mon, May 26, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Subject: ANIMALS DISPLACED IN SANTA CRUZ FIRES

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5/26/08: Santa Cruz Fires - Emergency Aid Needed For Animals

This alert represents available information at this time. If more calls for aid become known, we’ll post updates to this disaster report.

IN THIS ALERT:

1. Emergency Aid Needed For Animal Fire Victims
2. Help Animal Services Aid Fire-Displaced Animals
3. Lost And Afraid In The Santa Cruz Fires
4. Calif. Wildfire Grows Despite Effort, Calmer Winds
5. Financial Aid To Help Fire Victims Care for Pets

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If you decide to take action on issue #6, “Stop Korea From Legalizing Dog Meat”, please edit out the third paragraph in the sample letter. In particular, I take objection to the following sentence: “South Korea does not want to be seen by modern nations as a culture that is backward, barbaric or uncivilized…” Eating dog meat is no more uncivilized than eating cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, lamb, etc. All are sentient beings capable of feeling joy, sorrow and pain. However, to vilify an entire culture for eating an animal we regard as special is inherently racist; in the United States, we treat “food” animals no better. The push should be towards a vegetarian (or, better yet, vegan!) diet for all, not towards outlawing specific species of meat that we find objectionable due to cultural reasons.

And do I really need to explain how offensive the “modern nations” remark is?

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Thu, May 22, 2008 at 8:55 AM
Subject: #1. KC DIGEST: Roo Bloodbath, Buffalo Fate, Caddo Kills, Korea Dog Meat…

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PART 1: MAY KC DIGEST - Alerts From Kinship Circle Supporters
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PART 1: MAY KC Digest
1. Australia: Kangaroo Bloodbath Begins
2. URGENT ACTION: 9 Bulls In Trap at Duck Creek Face Slaughter
3. Stop The Killing At Caddo Parish, Louisiana
4. UK: “Healthy Eating” Trend Means More Animal Experimentation
5. Email/Call New Huntingdon Life Sciences Shareholder
6. Stop Korea From Legalizing Dog Meat

PART 2: MAY KC Digest
PLEASE RESEND ME PART #2: kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
7. Join Post Card Campaign For NYC Carriage Horses
8. Stop Ohio Bill To Ban And Euthanize All Pit Bulls
9. Egypt: Tragedy At Esma (Sakkara) & Request For Support
10. GUESS Brand Sponsors Bullfighting In Algarve, Portugal
11. 14- and 15-Year-Olds Hunt Big Game? Stop This Now.
12. Officers’ Role In Death Of Black Lab Questioned

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Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Subject: Dear TNT, Tell The Truth About Ringling Bros. Circus

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5/17/08: TNT, Tell The Truth About Ringling Bros. Circus

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LEFT: A Ringling performance.

RIGHT: Animal Protection Institute photo, January 2005 in Jacksonville, Florida, shows Ringling elephants chained immediately after exiting a transport train (AP Photo/API, Bradley Stookey).

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Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Subject: 5/16: PROCTER & GAMBLE CALL-IN DAY (if you miss it, still write)

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5/15/08: MAY 16, 2008 IS PROCTER & GAMBLE CALL-IN DAY

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Call, email, fax or write — on May 16, from 9:00am to 5:00pm EST — to politely ask Procter & Gamble to end ALL animal experiments. P&G utilizes SOME animal-free tests. Ask them to go 100% cruelty-free.

If you miss the May 16 date, send comments anyway! Animals are regularly poisoned to test chemicals used in hundreds of Procter & Gamble brands: Tide, Dove, Cover Girl, Olay, Bounty, Crest, Febreeze, Cascade, Pantene, Herbal Essences, Head & Shoulders, Iams/Eukanuba…

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Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Subject: Mother’s Day Tornadoes Hit MO, OK, GA

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5/14/08: “Mother’s Day” Tornadoes Hit Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia

This alert represents all available information at this time. If more calls for aid become known, we’ll post updates to this disaster report.

IN THIS ALERT:

1. Midwest Tornadoes Ravage Rural Areas
2. Missouri: Scared Animals Begin To Emerge From The Debris

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Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Subject: From Floodwaters To Here: NOLA Rescuer Needs Help

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ALERT FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE MEMBER:
5/14/08: From Floodwaters To Here - NOLA Rescuer Asks For Help

FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE:

We regularly receive pleas from solo rescuers in New Orleans who comb Katrina-ravaged areas…still looking for left-behind animals. Some have survived on desolate streets since Katrina, burrowing inside broken homes and gutted cars. Others are offspring, born into a bleak landscape.

Once trapped, most animals are sick or injured. These independent NOLA rescuers “scrap” together funds to literally put broken animals back together — and offer them the chance of a safe home. Though nearly three years have passed since the 2005 storms, animals still suffer in areas slow to rebuild and repopulate. Kinship Circle

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Subject: ACT/ K-9 Killers Go To Trial

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5/12/08: K-9 Killers Go To Trial

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TWO MIAMI-DADE POLICEMEN KILLED THEIR K-9 PARTNERS, IN SEPARATE CASES:

Rondale Brown, TRIAL DATE: May 19, 2008
Alan Cockfield, TRIAL DATE: July, 28, 2008

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Subject: [GULF COAST] On The Streets, Since Katrina

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5/10/08: Afraid On The Streets, Since Katrina

IN MAY GULF COAST NEWSLETTER:

1 - Where Are Turtle & Blue, Katrina’s Lost? (But Seen!)
2 - Highlights & Updates
3 - Stranded Cats Of Lakeview Still Need Homes
4 - Donations Aid Anti-Dogfighting Effort In Louisiana
5 - Help Neglected Dogs in Rural Mississippi
6 - Join MuttShack At Disaster Response Summit
7 - NOLA: Katrina Animal Memorial 2008 (Be There!)
8 - $1 Million In Grants For Post-Katrina Animal Care
9 - LA/SPCA Expands Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Services

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Subject: Their Lives, Our Voices/ June Conference [KC SUPPORTER ALERT]

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ALERT FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE SUPPORTER:
5/9/08: Their Lives, Our Voices / June 6-8 Midwest Conference

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Kathryn Quam, lucrezia2010 [at] yahoo.com
Gil Schwartz, gil [at] exploreveg.org

THE MIDWEST’S PREMIERE ANIMAL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE!
Join hundreds of others this summer at the animal advocacy conference, “Their Lives, Our Voices.”
* WHEN: June 6-8, 2008
* HOSTED BY: Compassionate Action for Animals
* WHERE: Minneapolis, Hubert H. Humphrey Conference Center
www.tlov.org/tlov2008/location.html

REGISTER EARLY TO SAVE MONEY!
Special half-price early registration open only until May 16, 2008:
* $50 for the general public
* $20 for students
* This includes four full vegan meals!
* Visit our website now to learn more about the event and register at this special price! www.tlov.org

SPEAKER LINE-UP, SO FAR:
Carol Adams (author); Gene Baur (Farm Sanctuary); Paul Shapiro (Humane Society of the United States); Collen Patrick-Goudreau (Compassionate Cooks); Freeman Wicklund and Nathan Runkle (Mercy for Animals); Erica Meier (Compassion Over Killing); Matt Ball (Vegan Outreach); pattrice jones (author), Hillary Rettig (author), Karen Davis (United Poultry Concerns), Karen Dawn (DawnWatch) and many more!
www.tlov.org/tlov2008/speakers.html

Their Lives, Our Voices’ focus is on farmed animal advocacy efforts and practical ways to help animals in your community. We want to enable as much attendee participation and networking as possible, so we’re hoping you can come and make this a great event.

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Subject: Eight Belles Ran For Her Life…And Died

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5/7/08: Eight Belles Ran For Her Life…And Died

FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE / PLEASE READ:

We ordinarily write all SAMPLE LETTERS. However in the recent death of young Eight Belles in the Kentucky Derby — we cannot out-write the magnificent letter PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk sent to presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton. Ms. Newkirk’s letter is presented as a sample letter below:

1. CHANGE AS MANY WORDS AS POSSIBLE, TO MAKE THE LETTER YOUR OWN.
Include a DISCLAIMER as shown (BELOW). Remember: You are NOT Ingrid Newkirk.

2. KINSHIP CIRCLE BELIEVES HORSE RACING, LIKE DOGFIGHTING AND COCKFIGHTING, SHOULD BE OUTLAWED. However, if you’d like to participate in a campaign that calls upon “the racing industry to suspend the jockey and trainer, bar the owner from racing at the track, and… stop using young horses susceptible to horrific injuries…” PETA provides a web letter here: getactive.peta.org/campaign/eight_belles/iiwn8g8227xnmxix

Kentucky Horse Racing Authority
4063 Ironworks Pkwy, Building B; Lexington, KY 40511
ph: 859-246-2040; fax: 859-246-2039
email: lisa.underwood [at] ky.gov, jim.gallagher [at] ky.gov

LEFT PHOTO: Track personnel try to hold down Eight Belles after the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Eight Belles was euthanized after breaking both front ankles following a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)
abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=4784855

RIGHT: Eight Belles and trainer Larry Jones walk before the Derby.
news.bostonherald.com/sports/other_sports/horse_racing/view.bg?articleid=1091901

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Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Subject: ACT/ Stabbing Pigs To Teach Human Surgery?

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5/3/08: Stabbing Pigs To Teach Human Surgery?

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Pigs used in laboratory research. This photo is NOT from Hartford Hospital.

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Subject: FIRE STATUS: Sierra Madre, California

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4/29/08: California — Sierra Madre Fire Zone

IN THIS ALERT:

1. Fires Near Los Angeles, Evac Orders Lifted Today
2. MuttShack Report From Sierra Madre Fire Zone
3. Fire Evacuees’ Pets Sheltered In Pasadena

There is no call for outside help for animals in Sierra Madre (CA) fires atthis time. We will let you know if this changes.

PHOTO: From 400 Montecito (just east of Canon), 11:31pm, www.sierramadrenews.net/

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Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Subject: ACT/ Tell NIH Animals Don’t Smoke

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4/28/08: Tell NIH Animals Don’t Smoke

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LEFT: This monkey was used in an experiment in which pregnant females are injected with nicotine in order to observe its effects on their fetuses’ lungs. PETA

RIGHT: Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) experimenter Eliot Spindel has been killing infant monkeys (like Thimble, pictured here) in nicotine studies for 24 years. IDA

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UPDATE, 4/28/08:

There’s now a petition going at The Petition Site: Abused GSD Being Denied Justice. Southern Cross German Shepherd Rescue is posting updates there, so go sign it and check back for more information.

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 9:29 PM
Subject: Justice For Hannah [KC MEMBER ALERT]

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ALERT FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE MEMBER:
4/27/08: Demand Charges For Hannah’s Life Of Abuse

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Becky Kaase, North Louisiana German Shepherd Rescue, Founder
nlgsdrescue [at] yahoo.com * nlgsdrescue.petfinder.com/
Humane Society of Louisiana, Lincoln Chapter President, humanela.org/

Carol Murphy, carol [at] justfurkids.com

BACKGROUND / EDITED FOR LENGTH:

FULL ACCOUNT: Abused Former K-9 Handler’s Dog Is Denied Justice

Hannah, a 4-year-old German Shepherd was formerly owned by a Tattnall County, GA, K-9 handler. From a very young age, Hannah was used as a breeding machine, confined until her muscles atrophied, starved and neglected. When deemed no longer useful, she was surrendered to an animal control facility in Reidsville, Georgia (about 75 miles southwest of Savannah, in Tattnall County) with orders to euthanize her.

At the time of her surrender, Hannah (known then as Haunna) was in horrific condition. She’d been starved and was severely emaciated at only 41 lbs. Her pads were so wounded that she walked on her haunches. Her fur was rubbed off in many places due to confinement. She was also pregnant and gave birth to three stillborn puppies while at the animal control facility.

On February 7, 2007, Southern Cross German Shepherd Rescue saved Hannah. On her way to a vet, she began to bleed — mostly from giving birth combined with her extremely poor physical condition. A statement from the vet:

Today, I examined Haunna (now Hannah), an approximately 4-year-old GSD. During the examination, it was noted Haunna is severely underweight. On a typical scoring scale, with 3/5 being a normal, healthy weight, Haunna is a low 1/5. This type of body condition is typically only noted in dogs suffering from long-term cancers or long term starvation. No signs of neoplasia (cancer) were noted in Haunna. Haunna had hair loss on her caudal thighs consistent with long term kenneling, skin disease, or both. If you have any questions, or other information I can provide, please don’t hesitate to call.

Sincerely, Will Baldwin, DVM, Cornelia Veterinay Hospital Cornelia, GA * 706 778-6605

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Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Subject: Cancel Charity Bullfight, May 3 [KC MEMBER ALERT]

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ALERT FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE MEMBER:
4/27/08: Ask Portuguese Fire Fighters To Cancel “Charity Bullfight,” May 3

ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Miguel Moutinho | ANIMAL, miguel.moutinho [at] animal.org.pt

BACKGROUND:

The Portuguese Fire Fighters League seems to persist in having its so-called “charity bullfight,” on 3rd May, near Lisbon, Portugal, to raise funds to build the “Fire Fighters House.”

Bullfights are extremely violent spectacles which consist in harassing and torturing 6 bulls just for fun, as part of a tradition which is no longer accepted by the majority of the Portuguese society (despite the lawful standing this spectacle still holds) and which could never be justified under any possible moral grounds.

It is absolutely shocking to know that the organisation that represents fire fighters, nationwide, in Portugal — and which holds “a life for a life” as its motto — is involved as the beneficiary and co-promoter of this “charity bloodshed.” It is also disappointing to see that, despite the many hundreds of emails sent from people across the world and from within Portugal to this league, this institution has not even bothered to respond — while keeping its programmed bullfight.

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