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From: PETA - newsmanager [at] peta.org
Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Subject: Exotic Animals in Missouri Need Your Help!

Two tiger attacks in Missouri this week graphically illustrate the need for new laws. On August 4, a 16-year-old worker at Predator World—an unaccredited zoo in Branson, Mo.—was attacked by three tigers, and the victim is currently in the hospital in critical condition. On August 3, a tiger was shot and killed after the animal attacked a worker at Wesa-A-Geh-Ya, a private menagerie in Warren County, Mo. The victim’s leg had to be amputated.

These are not Missouri’s first tragic incidents involving exotic animals. Previously, a volunteer at Predator World was bitten by a leopard, and three wolves, a grizzly bear, and a fox have escaped from the facility. In 2001, an African lion at Ozark Nature Center in Morgan County escaped and was on the loose for four days. In 1999, a 5-year-old boy in Williamsville was mauled by a neighbor’s “pet” lion.

Potentially dangerous wild animals—such as big cats, bears, wolves, and primates—should not be kept in captivity. These animals pose public health and safety risks, and they suffer immensely when they are kept as “pets” or in poor conditions at unqualified and inexperienced roadside zoos or pseudo-sanctuaries.

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Date: Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Subject: ACT/ The Other Canadian Seal Hunt

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8/5/08: The Other Canadian Seal Hunt: Grey Seals Of Nova Scotia

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SLAUGHTER OF GREY SEALS IN NOVA SCOTIA

There is another slaughter of baby seals on the east coast of Canada each year. This slaughter…happens very quietly, but the nature of the slaughter is the same. Fishermen…descend on recently weaned defenseless seal pups and proceed to shoot and bludgeon them to death. The pups’ skin is then ripped from their bodies and oftentimes the carcasses are left to rot…

www.antisealingcoalition.ca/GreySeals/index.php

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Date: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Subject: From Research To Ranch ­ Help A Miracle!

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8/3/08: From Research To Ranch - Help Make A Miracle!

NO PHOTOS IN THIS ALERT ARE THE ACTUAL SHEEP. Photos of the laboratory sheep will only be released after their relocation to Kindness Ranch.

Kinship Circle Primary is not a rescue list. And the release of eight sheep from a research lab does not constitute disaster aid. Yet we consider any lives spared from animal experimentation to be of monumental import. We were asked to network for travel and funds — so 8 sheep may leave a Calif. laboratory to begin new lives at Kindness Ranch in Wyoming. Please support this miracle by donating to their relocation and care. Kinship Circle

From Karen Straight, Director of Outreach, The Kindness Ranch: We need your support to raise funds critical to the transportation of these sheep. If we can get all eight to Kindness Sanctuary, they’ll spend the rest of their lives in comfort at our ranch. We have 1,000 acres, with excellent fencing and water supply.

Please check out photos here: www.kindnessranch.org

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Date: Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Subject: ACT/ Tomatoes Shamatoes. It’s The Meat’s Fault!

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8/2/08: Tomatoes Shamatoes. It’s The Meat’s Fault!
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Dr. Neal Barnard with PCRM’s message (playing on the old political line, “it’s the economy, stupid”) in front of the Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C.

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This is how Anthony Pagor, Dale Meyer, Brandon Meyer and Justin Williams of Eldorado, Wisconsin like to spend their weekends:

That’s right, torturing pigs. Fucking awesome, isn’t it, the way her eyes bulge out of her sockets and her tongue lolls out of her mouth as you squeeze every last bit of air out of her porcine lungs, isn’t it? What can be cooler than inflicting some unnecessary hurt on a “lower” life form, eh? Bet it makes y’all feel like quite the menz. Tomorrow you can haul her off to the slaughterhouse and come back with a freezer full of pork chops. You know, a MANLY MEAT!!!!! “Real food for real guys,” indeed.

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UPDATE, 7/30/08: Regarding item #2, ‘Race Track Closing. Don’t Let Greyhounds Die’, please also check out this post I wrote about Woodland’s soon-to-be-ex-racing dogs for the Kansas City Freecycle blog.

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Date: Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Subject: #1/ KC DIGEST: Jenny, Greyhounds, Gas Chambers, Prop. 2…

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Every 1 to 2 months, Kinship Circle forwards alerts from supporters in KC Digest. We did not write or research any of these alerts. Please DO NOT HIT REPLY. Respond directly to contacts in each alert.

PART 1: JULY KC DIGEST - Alerts From Kinship Circle Supporters
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PART 1: JULY KC Digest

1. Jenny Still Needs Your Voice
2. Race Track Closing. Don’t Let Greyhounds Die
3. NC Gas Chambers: Explosion With 10 Dogs Inside
4. Help Proposition 2 Win Relief For Animals In Calif.
5. Brutal Torture Of Dog At JNU Campus
6. Help End The Namibian Seal Slaughter

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7. Please Post Our Carriage Horse Flyer
8. U.S. Government Sends Tigers to a War Zone
9. Help Animals In EU Laboratories
10. Ask PetSmart to Stop Selling Live Animals
11. Brazil: End Animal Tests - Federal Univ. Of Goias

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Date: Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Subject: ACT/ Bill To (Finally?) End Horse Slaughter

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7/29/08: New Bill To (Finally?) End Horse Slaughter

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Horses Spared in U.S. Face Death Across the Border
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/us/11horse.html

Every 5 Minutes An American Horse Is Slaughtered For Human Consumption
www.awionline.org/legislation/horse_slaughter/death_clock.htm

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Date: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Subject: Army Shoots Pigs To Teach Lifesaving Skills

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7/23/08: Army Shoots Pigs To Teach Lifesaving Skills

A pig at rest; photo via JB/John

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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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