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From: API Newsletters - donotreply [at] apiforanimals.org
Date: Sep 13, 2007 4:11 PM
Subject: Take Action for Farmed Animals and Animals in the Circus

Alerts at a Glance:

*Consumers for a Fur Free Society Welcomes Crossroads Trading Company as “Founding Supporter”
-Find out more about how companies are taking a stand about their fur free policies, and how you can encourage others to do the same.

*Contact the Governor to Protect California Wildlife
-Contact Governor Schwarzenegger today to ensure that two important wildlife bills (AB 1477 and AB 449) are signed into law.

*Your Urgent Action Needed to Help Kangaroos in California
-Help maintain protections for kangaroos in the state by contacting Governor Schwarzenegger and urging him to veto (oppose) SB 880.

*Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival Comes to Colorado in September
-Attend a film festival in Boulder designed to raise awareness about wildlife and the environment.

*Other Ways to Help Animals
**Fine Art by Bela Fidel: Add beautiful artwork to your collection while supporting API’s work for animals.
**API Travel: We’ve got your ticket to good deals. You can help the animals while shopping for travel, cruises, concert tickets, flowers and more.

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sep 8, 2007 2:51 PM
Subject: ACT/ Gov. Schwarzenegger: VETO Kangaroo-Kill Bill!

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**EVERYONE — not just California residents — call/email/fax Governor Schwarzenegger. Ask him to veto SB880, a bill to REVERSE California’s ban on selling goods derived from kangaroo skins. Stop the trend in anti-animal legislation, state by state…

9/8/07: To Gov. Schwarzenegger: VETO Kangaroo-Kill Bill!
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN
www.KinshipCircle.org

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:

In Defense of Animals, takeaction [at] idausa.org
Kangaroos Need Your Help Now
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Action Alerts

European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE): Help Us Stop Primate Experiments. For Good.
We currently have a real opportunity to get a ban on all primate experiments across Europe – but we need your help.

The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR) / OilWatchdog: Stick It to Big Oil
Send a free fax to your U.S. Senator by clicking here, and ask him or her to support McCaskill’s “Fair Fuel” bill, S. 1997!

Four Paws: Join us in a protest against the ruthless dog mafia in Europe
FOUR PAWS wants to thwart the unscrupulous trade in puppies. Take part! Support our protest and sign our online petition.

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Get Tina and Jewel Out of the Circus
Urge USDA to send suffering elephants to a sanctuary now

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Ask Prosecutor to seek maximum sentencing for animal hoarders
Over 100 Animals Removed from Animal Hoarders’ Home; Supplies needed to care for 68 surviving dogs and cats

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Action Alerts

Ecological Internet / The Rainforest Portal: Protest Destruction of Colombian Rainforests and Livelihoods to Feed Automobiles
It is gravely unethical and ecologically devastating to expand production of biofuels at the expense of ancient primary rainforests, biodiverse grasslands, local communities and their food sovereignty.

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Police Officer Accused of Killing K-9 Partner
“Take Action” to ask State Attorney to seek maximum sentence

In Defense of Animals (IDA): New York Passes Fur Labeling Legislation
“Take Action” to ask Congress to pass federal fur labeling bill

Newsletters

Best Friends Animal Society: eNews: August 31, 2007
Cats from hoarding situation safe at Best Friends

Dr. Greger’s Pandemic Update: August 2007
World Health Organization Calls Attention to Poultry Intensification; What Are the Odds a Pandemic Will Strike Within the Next Year?

In Defense of Animals (IDA): eNews: August 29, 2007
IDA Action Alerts, Campaign News & Updates

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Action Alerts

American Freedom Campaign: Tell your Senators to confirm an attorney general who will defend the Constitution.
Tell Senate: No more Albertos!

American Rivers: RiverAlert: Tell the Army Corps to Close Hurricane Highway
Urge the Corps to properly close the MRGO. Comments are due Tuesday, September 4, so please act today!

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): California: Urge Governor to Sign Pet Protective Order Bill
California Pet Protection Bill Now Before Governator! CA SB 353, a bill that will allow courts to include animals in restraining orders against batterers, has passed both houses of the Legislature.

Audubon: Last Wild Whooping Cranes Threatened
Tell the Army Corps of Engineers to put this development project on hold until proper environmental review can be conducted.

Audubon: Close the ‘Hurricane Highway’ in New Orleans
Let the Army Corps of Engineers know why restoring coastal wetlands is both good environmental policy and good for New Orleans.

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Action Alerts

Center for Biological Diversity: Kempthorne Awarded Rubber Dodo
On Friday, August 24, we awarded the first annual Rubber Dodo Award to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in recognition of his one year and 90 days in office without listing a single new species as threatened or endangered. That’s a record.

DawnWatch: NY Times on meat and global warming link 8/29/07
“Trying to Connect the Dinner Plate to Climate Change”

DawnWatch: Bob Barker offers to pay for Maggie’s move to sanctuary — Anchorage Daily News, 8/28/07
“Bob Barker says price is right to move Maggie off to California.”

Defenders of Wildlife: Keep Bald Eagles Soaring!
Tell the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service to keep strong protections in place for bald eagles.

Greenpeace: Say Yes To Cape Wind
We need YOUR help to get Congress on track and make offshore wind a reality.

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From: API Newsletters - donotreply [at] apiforanimals.org
Date: Aug 17, 2007 5:24 PM
Subject: End Dog Fighting for Sport, Sign a Petition to Help Wildlife, and much more…

Alerts at a Glance:

* End Dog Fighting for Sport
- Urge your Congress members to support and co-sponsor the Dog Fighting Prohibition Act, S. 1880/H.R. 3219. Your voice can make a difference for dogs and communities across the country, and help bring an end to this brutal “sport”.

* Sign Petition against Trapping on Wildlife Refuge
- Please sign the online petition, and let the Fish and Wildlife Service know how you feel about its plans to allow trapping on this National Wildlife Refuge. Your efforts can help maintain protections for the animals who call Lake Umbagog home.

* Join API at “Becoming the Change” Festival in North Carolina
- Find out more about the 22nd annual International Compassionate Living Festival, happening in October, which will bring together esteemed authors, academics, activists and artists united for social and political change on behalf of animals worldwide.

* Further Action Needed for Kangaroos in California
- Help maintain critical protections for kangaroos in California by speaking out against SB 880, a bill that would allow the sale of kangaroo skins and body parts in the state.

* Other Ways to Help Animals
** Message!Products Personalized Checks: Purchasing your personalized API checks from Message!Products is just one more economical and easy way you can support API’s ongoing mission.
** PJ Publications and Gifts: You can help support API through a wonderful selection of animal-themed products from jewelry and apparel to whimsical household items, publications, and more.

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Action Alerts

Dogs Deserve Better (DDB): Ohio Man To Get Abused Dog Back! Tell Prosecutors To Appeal Decision!
Otis Clark does not deserve to have China back - please help stop this injustice!!

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Veterinarian Charged With Cruelty to Animals
Urge State’s Attorney to Prosecute Woman to the Fullest Extent for Starving Dogs

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Federal Judge Bars Navy Sonar Blasting
Thank Judge Cooper for protecting endangered marine mammals

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Guess? To Stop Selling Fur in 2008
Tell Clothing Retailer You Won’t Buy While Animals Still Die

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Protect Yellowstone and the Greater Rockies
Tell the Bush administration to reject the proposed Desert Rock power plant.

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From: API Newsletters - donotreply [at] apiforanimals.org
Date: Aug 3, 2007 4:54 PM
Subject: “Guess?” to Drop Fur in 2008; API Helps Make San Francisco Coyote-Friendly

Alerts at a Glance

* Update: “Guess?” to Drop Fur in 2008
- In response to activists’ letters, Guess? announces plans to phase out fur. Please urge Guess? to take additional step to put its fur free commitment in writing – by signing on to the Fur Free Retail program – and ask that it not spend even one more season trading in animal lives.

* API Helps Make San Francisco Coyote-Friendly
-Recent coyote incident causes San Francisco Animal Control to work with API to launch a major public education campaign on coexisting humanely with coyotes. Find out how you can do the same in your community.

* Other Ways to Help Animals
- API’s Café Press Store: Fur Free Designs: Show off your Foxy good taste with a variety of products from our line of fur-free designs and help build the fur-free brand by sporting the look that lives!
- Sedona Spa Beauty Products: Pamper yourself with cruelty-free spa products while helping API help animals.

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Action Alerts

DawnWatch: Interesting Huffington Post blog, “Humane Meat: A Contradiction in Terms.” 7/31/07

DawnWatch: CS Monitor on Covance — and gruesome footage on PCRM site 7/31/07

Dawnwatch: NY Times factory farm editorial cries out for animal advocacy letters 7/31/07

DawnWatch: Nike drops Vic plus NY Times spay-neuter column 7/30/07

DawnWatch: Awful circus fluff piece on NY1 — 7/30/07

Greenpeace: Tell Congress: Get It Right On Global Warming

Kinship Circle: DUE 7/31 – Ask House To Uphold Horse Slaughter Ban

The Sierra Club: Oppose Illegal Logging!

Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL): URGENT: U.S. House of Representatives to Vote on Horse Slaughter / Support Spratt-Whitfield-Rahall-Chandler Amendment

Campaign Updates, Press Releases, etc.

Ecological Internet / The Rainforest Portal: PRESS RELEASE: “Certified” Ancient Forest Logging Tragedy Worsens

Free Speech Hosting: 11 Web Hosts That Won’t Dump You at the First Sign of Controversy (Via the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).)

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Victory! Sheldon Horses Spared!

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Victory: Burton Snowboards Goes Fur-Free

Newsletters

The Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #75: July 31, 2007

Petitions

Protect the Gray Wolf From the Bush Administration!

Stop the harp seal annual slaughter!

Ban Michael Vick From The NFL

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