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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Subject: ACT/ No Downers. No Exceptions. NOW.

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7/14/08: No Downers. No Exceptions. NOW.

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LEFT: HSUS, A downer cow left to suffer at auction.

RIGHT: Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer now supports a total ban. Associated Press

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Date: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Subject: Franken-Goats? Say No To Animals As Drug Machines

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7/11/08: Franken-Goats? Say No To Animals As Drug Machines

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Some animal biologists say biotech companies oversell the safety of drugs from transgenic animals. Meanwhile, ethicists question whether we should restyle animals as drug producers at all…” Old McDonald had a pharm: www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/11/transgenic_goats/print.html
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Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Subject: ACT/ BLM Wants To Kill Wild Horses

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7/10/08: BLM Wants To Kill Wild Horses
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Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Subject: Part 1/ UPDATES: APR-JUNE 2008

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PART 1: KC UPDATES / APRIL - JUNE 2008
Victories * Setbacks * Progress For Animals
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PART 1: KC UPDATES / APRIL - JUNE 2008

1. Case Against Ex-Hallmark Slaughterhouse Worker Proceeds
2. Vick Dogfight Referee Jailed + Leo Has His Day
3. Cavel International Ends Effort To Reopen Horse Kill Plant
4. Big Lawsuit Against Ringling Finally Moves Toward Trial
5. House Panels Approves Ban on Shark Finning
6. Acoustic System To Protect Manatees From Injuries And Death
7. SHARK Sues Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
8. Good News For Sheep
9. KFC Canada Plans Humane Upgrades For Chickens It Kills
10. New Law Cracks Down On Animal Fighting And Puppy Mills
11. No Downers. No Exceptions. Not Enough?
12. Chicago Overturns Foie Gras Ban
13. Polar Bears Get Endangered Status + Trophy Hunters Can’t Import Them
14. Senate Defeats Bid To Open ANWR To Oil Drilling

PART 2: KC UPDATES / APRIL - JUNE 2008
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15. Winning Update On The Trader Joe’s Campaign
16. Downer News: Big Meat Backs Downer Ban + More…
17. Australia Appoints Envoy To Stop Japan’s Whale Hunt
18. Dogfighters Are Now Felons In Georgia
19. No Trial For Drilling Holes In Baby’s Head - Deported Instead
20. Thank You Kinship Circle, In Memory Of Jax
21. Canada’s Seal Hunt Ends With Lower Kill Numbers
22. Update: California Prevention Of Farm Animal Cruelty Act
23. PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat
24. Matchbox Twenty Cancels Performance at CFD Rodeo
25. More Huntingdon Life Sciences Pullouts
26. Therapy, Not Jail, For Boys Who Set Dog On Fire
27. Colorado Legislature Passes Bill To Phase Out Cruel Crates
28. Gray Wolf Hunts Planned After De-Listing

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From: The Animals Voice
Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Stop The U.S. Government From Shooting Thousands of Wild Horses

Equine Plight | Proposed Wild Horse Shoot

The U.S. Government is considering a plan to shoot thousands of wild horses

We’ve been battling the issue for years: saving wild horses from death in one form or another. We are asked to believe they are starving to death on the public range and need to be managed and controlled for their own good. We are asked to believe they are dying of thirst due to drought conditions in the West (despite that cattle have no trouble finding water sources). We are asked to believe wild horses are competing with “native” wildlife or endangered species and must be removed from public lands to protect the ecosystems.

And now we’re being asked to believe that the high cost of taking care of unadoptable wild horses is just more than the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) can bear (in 2008, less than 5% of BLM’s wild horse and burro program budget was allocated to herd management on the range, with the remaining 95% allocated to captures, holding and placement).

But these have never been the core root of the wild horse problem. Unfortunately, the above reasons HAVE been the truths even wild horse defenders have come to believe — but they are not. They aren’t even close to the truth.

Here’s the truth in a nutshell: Only so many hooved animal are allowed on public land per acre. Wildlife species like deer, antelope, elk, etc., are allowed to remain on public lands because preserving and killing them (they’re often preserved so they CAN be killed) makes somebody somewhere lots of money; in this case, the U.S. government (hunting license fees, wildlife management programs, etc.). Cattle, sheep and other domestic livestock are allowed to remain on public lands because raising them there is cheap for livestock growers and it makes the U.S. government money in the form of public lands grazing fees, not to mention that it makes livestock growers money on livestock sales.

But the wild horse doesn’t make anyone anywhere a single dime to remain on public lands — and since there’s only so much room on public land for so many hooved animals, the ones not making money are to be removed — under any excuse the government can find to justify the removals.

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Date: Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Subject: ACT/ Stop Bear Poaching In The U.S.

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7/6/08: Stop Bear Poaching In The U.S.

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Subject: ACT/ Don’t Send Jenny To Mexican Display Park

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6/29/08: Don’t Send Elephant Jenny To Mexican Display Park

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Jenny, the 31-year-old African elephant, will move to the Africam Safari Park, a 617-acre forested wildlife park located 80-miles southeast of Mexico City, zoo officials said today. Dallas News

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Subject: ACT/ Nepal’s Monkeys Sold To Experimenters

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6/24/08: Nepal’s Monkeys Sold To Animal Experimenters

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Date: Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Subject: ACT/ Stop South African Elephant Cull

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6/6/08: Stop South African Elephant Cull
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www.animalrightsafrica.org/EleMyths.php

IF WE DON’T STOP THEM, THEY’LL MURDER THIS MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN…

And thousands more like them. Once again, the ivory and hunting industries have convinced the South African government to allow slaughter of elephants in the name of “culling,” a euphemism for mass murder of intelligent and social beings. The Big Lies told over and over again must be exposed…

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From: Anti-Fur Society - antifursociety [at] msn.com
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Subject: China quake & the animals Newsletter

Welcome to the Anti-Fur Society’s first newsletter for the Chinese Animals Group!

THE ANIMALS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

China’s earthquake aftermath has taken the lives of a staggering number of people, estimated to be over 65,000 and over 12 million animals have perished. Countless dogs and cats are homeless, injured, and starving to death. Drinking water is polluted and there is a critical need for water pumps to provide water to animals. Reportedly, there are some 30,000 pet dogs in one province alone. Many of them now homeless. Since the dog cull has been in effect, it is questionable if the government will allow rescue to happen. Nevertheless, rescuers and volunteers are doing all they can to save as many animals as possible or at least offer them some relief amidst so much suffering. There is a desperate need for food for companion animals, and livestock feed, not to mention vaccines and other medication.

Various international agencies are helping in the disaster areas, including Chinese animal organizations which are greatly underfunded. When rescues are over, Chinese animal groups will have to continue helping the animals rescued as a result of this tragedy.

Our group has been working with several groups of animal caring people in Beijing and Shanghai. They dedicate their spare time and whatever little money they have to save abandoned animals. It is based on their recommendation that we are pleased to list here three Chinese animal organizations who are animal caring pioneers, and are also at the front helping earthquake victims. It is in great part, thanks to them, that animals in their areas have experienced care and compassion.

Check them out on “WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP” box.

CHECK US OUT!

ANTI-FUR SOCIETY: www.antifursociety.org/China_Mission.html

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