Ask The Senate to Boost Conservation Funding!
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/senbudgetres/xn8u88g217nbt63b?
Tell Leading Climate Scientists, Industrialists and Negotiators to Stop Promoting Industrial Scale Biochar
http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=industrial_biochar
Ask Ace Hardware to Stop Encouraging Glue Trap Sales!
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/ace_glue_traps?c=weekly_enews
Help Keep Animals and People Safe from Harmful Chemicals
http://www.pcrm.org/testing/reformChemTesting.cfm
Tell Etsy.com to Stop Selling Fur!
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/etsy_fur?c=weekly_enews
Urgent: Tell Congress to End Military Trauma Training on Animals
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/end_trauma_training
Ensure New Global Warming Act Remains Strong
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/258456160
Say No to Offshore Drilling in California and Alaska!
http://pacificenvironment.org/article.php?id=3000
Mercury Levels in Seals Rising - Reverse the Trend
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/717129956
Don’t Let Alaska Become a Game Farm
https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1397&autologin=true&s_einterest=C3C4&s_Affiliate=act_&JServSessionIdr009=cikpmcl9g3.app17a
A Call for a Global Whale Sanctuary Now
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/global_whale_sanctuary/id7ws3k9z78kw6bk?
Use your buying power to tell the Canadian government to end the seal hunt.
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/HSI_protectseals/id7ws3k9z78kw6bk?
Speak out for Alaska’s Wildlife and Coastal Communities!
http://action.defenders.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=13100&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&autologin=true&s_einterest=C3C4&s_Affiliate=act_
Stop Military Bomb Experiments on Live Animals
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/military_bomb/xn5ixxwzhj6njix7?
Cutting Emissions is a Bargain - Support Cap and Trade!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/818884637
Urge President Obama to Stand Up for Wolves
https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1393&s_einterest=C3C4&JServSessionIdr009=cikpmcl9g3.app17a
Help save millions of migratory birds
https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1401&s_einterest=C3C4&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr009=cikpmcl9g3.app17a
sexta-feira, 10 de abril de 2009
Don't Kill Urban Coyotes, Enact Stronger Urban Planning Instead
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/502216886
Tell Clearwater that you will boycott Canadian seafood until the commercial seal hunt is over
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/protectseals_contactclearwater/i37b8689278dxemk?qp_source=gabeaj
First time in Canadian History that a Senator (Hon. HARB) introduced a Bill to the Canadian Senate, here are the links to 2 petitions to support the HARB BILL:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/877541637
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-all-seal-hunts-bill-s-229
STOP SEAL HUNT
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/eu_ban_seal
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/seal_hunt_09
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/877541637
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/end-all-seal-hunts-bill-s-229
STOP SEAL HUNT
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/eu_ban_seal
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/seal_hunt_09
Help Prevent Another Exxon Valdez SpillTarget: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Sponsored by: Sierra Club
March 24 marked the 20th anniversary of one of the worst environmental disasters in history, the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
The memory of the spill persists for the fishermen and Alaska natives whose livelihoods were destroyed by Exxon's recklessness. The anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill should serve as a reminder of the threat oil poses to our oceans and coasts. Instead of opening the door to more Exxon-style disasters, we should be embracing the clean energy solutions that will keep our beaches and marine life intact and will help combat global warming.
Urge Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to oppose new offshore oil and gas drilling in areas that were protected by the long-standing Congressional drilling moratorium.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/963819906
Why No-Kills Are No Solution
posted by: Heather Moore
Euthanasia is a touchy, emotional subject. Some people get upset because animal shelters and animal rights organizations like PETA must euthanize animals (many of whom are abused, aggressive, and otherwise unadoptable). People need to understand that a painless injection of sodium pentobarbital, administered by a trained, caring individual, is a merciful alternative to a life of misery and loneliness.
As long as people buy animals from breeders and pet stores and don't spay or neuter their animal companions, open-admission shelters and organizations like PETA will be forced to do society's dirty work. Every year, between three and four million dogs and cats are euthanized in U.S. shelters alone. There simply aren't enough homes for them all. Shoving animals into cages or kitchen cabinets, or warehousing them wherever else there is space is not a humane or effective solution.
It can be hard to accept this though. I once volunteered at a no-kill cat shelter. There were cages full of cats everywhere and countless more cats littered the floor, the kitchen counter, and everywhere else there was a spot. They were fed regularly, but they were starved for attention. The few volunteers spent as much time with them as possible, but between dishing out plate after plate of food, changing pan after pan of litter, and trying to keep the place presentable, there was just never enough time. Too many people came by to drop off unwanted cats (so many, in fact, that they were often turned away) and too few came by to adopt.
No-kill shelters may assuage our consciences, but they are simply not in the animals' best interests. They're often filled beyond capacity and cannot provide adequate care for the animals. Animals at these shelters often spend years living in cages with little human contact. Many become withdrawn, depressed, or acquire other anti social behaviors that further decrease their chances of being adopted.
Because of space limitations, no-kill shelters often can't take new animals in. So while a no-kill shelter can claim that it doesn't kill animals that doesn't mean that it "saves" them either. If "refused" animals are lucky, they're taken to another shelter that does euthanize. Others, however, may be dumped by the roadside, where they suffer fates far worse than a humane death by sodium pentobarbital.
Euthanasia may be unpopular, but those who truly care about animals must do what's best for them. They deserve a peaceful release from a world in which they are often abused and neglected. All too often, the only kind word or gentle touch a homeless animal ever receives is from the person who must end the animal's life.
Of course, open-admission shelters and groups like PETA wouldn't need to euthanize animals if people would sterilize their animals; adopt animals from full-service shelters instead of buying them, and push for mandatory spay/neuter legislation. To learn more about PETA's position on euthanasia, see www.PETA.org. To find out how you can help support PETA's Animal Birth Control campaign, and its mobile SNIP ("Spay Neuter Immediately Please") clinic, see www.HelpingAnimals.com
posted by: Heather Moore
Euthanasia is a touchy, emotional subject. Some people get upset because animal shelters and animal rights organizations like PETA must euthanize animals (many of whom are abused, aggressive, and otherwise unadoptable). People need to understand that a painless injection of sodium pentobarbital, administered by a trained, caring individual, is a merciful alternative to a life of misery and loneliness.
As long as people buy animals from breeders and pet stores and don't spay or neuter their animal companions, open-admission shelters and organizations like PETA will be forced to do society's dirty work. Every year, between three and four million dogs and cats are euthanized in U.S. shelters alone. There simply aren't enough homes for them all. Shoving animals into cages or kitchen cabinets, or warehousing them wherever else there is space is not a humane or effective solution.
It can be hard to accept this though. I once volunteered at a no-kill cat shelter. There were cages full of cats everywhere and countless more cats littered the floor, the kitchen counter, and everywhere else there was a spot. They were fed regularly, but they were starved for attention. The few volunteers spent as much time with them as possible, but between dishing out plate after plate of food, changing pan after pan of litter, and trying to keep the place presentable, there was just never enough time. Too many people came by to drop off unwanted cats (so many, in fact, that they were often turned away) and too few came by to adopt.
No-kill shelters may assuage our consciences, but they are simply not in the animals' best interests. They're often filled beyond capacity and cannot provide adequate care for the animals. Animals at these shelters often spend years living in cages with little human contact. Many become withdrawn, depressed, or acquire other anti social behaviors that further decrease their chances of being adopted.
Because of space limitations, no-kill shelters often can't take new animals in. So while a no-kill shelter can claim that it doesn't kill animals that doesn't mean that it "saves" them either. If "refused" animals are lucky, they're taken to another shelter that does euthanize. Others, however, may be dumped by the roadside, where they suffer fates far worse than a humane death by sodium pentobarbital.
Euthanasia may be unpopular, but those who truly care about animals must do what's best for them. They deserve a peaceful release from a world in which they are often abused and neglected. All too often, the only kind word or gentle touch a homeless animal ever receives is from the person who must end the animal's life.
Of course, open-admission shelters and groups like PETA wouldn't need to euthanize animals if people would sterilize their animals; adopt animals from full-service shelters instead of buying them, and push for mandatory spay/neuter legislation. To learn more about PETA's position on euthanasia, see www.PETA.org. To find out how you can help support PETA's Animal Birth Control campaign, and its mobile SNIP ("Spay Neuter Immediately Please") clinic, see www.HelpingAnimals.com
Stem cell procedure may help Utah dog
April 7th, 2009 @ 7:05am
By Becky Bruce
RICHMOND -- A Richmond, Utah dog struggling for mobility is getting a new leash on life, courtesy of a new stem cell treatment for canines.
It's not embryonic cells, but the dog's own that are used in the treatment. North Logan vet Dr. James Israelsen of the Mountain View Veterinary Health Clinic performed the procedure on Coty.
Coty with Miller's wife, Diane Bush.
"We have to harvest some fat from them to isolate the stem cells. And in her case, she's a thin dog, so we actually harvested a little bit of abdominal fat just from the front of her abdominal cavity," he explained.
Coty's owner, Dan Miller, says it was hard to watch his Husky, once capable of 40-mile runs, lose mobility. "Painkillers never really seemed to make a difference, at least in her stride, the limp in her stride," he said.
Coty went through other treatments, including glucosamine and even acupuncture, but they didn't help.
That's when the doctor suggested stem cell treatment as an option. It was an expensive option, one Miller says he was only able to afford because Dr. Israelsen performed it at cost -- a total of around $1,600 between his clinic's expenses and the payment to Vet-Stem of San Diego.
Dr. Israelsen removed about 60 grams of fat from Coty on March 16, 2009, and shipped it in a special temperature-controlled container to Vet-Stem. The company extracted the stem cells from Coty's fat, and then shipped it back to the clinic where it was injected straight into Coty's affected joint - an elbow. The entire process took about three days.
Miller says Coty's not showing signs of improvement yet, but Dr. Israelsen says that's not uncommon. He expects to be able to tell a difference sometime between one month and three months from the injection.
E-mail: bbruce@ksl.com
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