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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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1. Jenny Still Needs Your Voice
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ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Margaret Morin, Concerned Citizens for Jenny: dogs_good@...
http://www.concernedcitizensforjenny.net
The zoo hasn't decided what will happen to Jenny, but officials said they do
not want her to live by herself. Two groups want her moved to a sanctuary.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-zoo_15met.ART0.West.Edition1.46c9761.html
BACKGROUND (edited for length):
Dallas Zoo is set to retire African elephant Jenny, 31, to Africam Safari
Park in Puebla, Mexico -- instead of an accredited sanctuary where she can
roam with other elephants in a natural habitat. At Africam Safari Park Jenny
would share a 4.9-acre space. She'd live constantly on display, without
adequate space, exercise or social enrichment. Moreover, American welfare
and anti-cruelty laws won't safeguard Jenny in Mexico. Why would Dallas
Zoo move Jenny to a foreign amusement park that can't possibly fulfill her
physical and psychological needs -- particularly when the nearby Elephant
Sanctuary in Tennessee would welcome her?
CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
1) Politely express your belief about what is best for Jenny. Unfortunately,
the DMN has come out against Jenny (click on link). Also state that the
fight to save Jenny is a D/FW grass roots effort. Our voice for Jenny is
from our hearts and we live here. This is important, as the City Council
must believe D/FW citizens want Jenny to go to The Elephant Sanctuary.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-zoo_26edi.ART.State.Edition1.4e20c71.html
2) Repeatedly (politely) CALL, FAX, EMAIL the Mayor. If his office tells you
to call the Zoo, advise that you urge the mayor to intervene to send Jenny
to The Elephant Sanctuary -- and that you do not want to call the Zoo. The
Zoo will not change its plan unless the mayor insists.
Mayor Tom Leppert
Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla Street, Room 5EN; Dallas, TX 75201-6390
main ph: 214-670-4054; fax: 214-670-0646; tom.leppert@...
3) Urge Dallas City Council to send Jenny to The Elephant Sanctuary. Demand
a Public Hearing for Jenny before the Dallas City Council.
Dallas Mayor and City Council web mail:
http://www.ci.dallas.tx.us/forms/mcc/MCC_Mail_Form.htm
DALLAS RESIDENTS: Call/fax/email/mail your city council representative:
214-670-5111 OR http://www.dallascityhall.com/government/government.html
KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCE / SAMPLE LETTER:
6/29/08: Don't Send Elephant Jenny To Mexican Display Park
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter_new.asp?LetterID=1747&seriesfirst=true
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2. Race Track Closing. Don’t Let Greyhounds Die
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ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Buctale13@...
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/AnimalRightsandActionAlerts/message/3915
BACKGROUND (edited for length):
7/23/08, Woodlands Greyhound Race Track closing in Kansas City: The
Woodlands Racetrack in Kansas City is closing August 24th. I have spoken
with REGAP (Retired Greyhounds as Pets) here in Kansas City. There are 600
Greyhounds at the track. Greyhound rescue estimates they will be able to get
200 into the rescue network.
The Woodlands is a last-stop track in the Greyhound racing industry, the
remaining 400 will be 'returned' to the breeders and likely [killed].
CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
REGAP can be reached at 816-763-3333
REGAP (greyhound rescue) needs urgent help for FOSTERS, ADOPTIONS,
TRANSPORTS, etc. Please contact them if you can help and forward to friends
you know who may be able to help. REGAP: 816-763-3333
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3. NC Gas Chambers: Explosion With 10 Dogs Inside
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ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Laura Allen, lauraallen@...
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/gas-chambers/article/562
http://www.companionanimalnetworktv.org/NCnewsletter.html
Gas Chambers, http://www.animallawcoalition.com/gas-chambers
BACKGROUND (edited for length)
7/23/08, Will the State Finally Ban Them? There was an explosion yesterday
inside the animal gas chamber at Iredell County Animal Services Shelter --
http://www.co.iredell.nc.us/Departments/Animal_Control/anconcont.asp
The fire department was called to contain the resulting fire. 10 dogs were
inside the gas chamber at the time. The gas chamber was at the end of its
cycle when the explosion occurred... American Veterinary Medical Association
guidelines for use of animal gas chambers in its 2007 Euthanasia Report
state gas chambers "must be well lit and have view ports that allow
personnel direct observation of animals" that are inside. It is recommended
personnel remain in the room when the animals are in the chamber... Iredell
County's gas chamber was new...
READ FULL REPORT: http://www.animallawcoalition.com/gas-chambers/article/562
More on animal gas chambers and a lawsuit pending against Union County, NC:
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/gas-chambers/article/469
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/gas-chambers/article/551
CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
1) WRITE LETTERS URGING BAN ON ANIMAL GAS CHAMBERS.
The Office of Administrative Hearings, Rules Review Commission
1307 Glenwood Avenue; Raleigh, NC 27605
2) MAKE CALLS URGING END OF ANIMAL GAS CHAMBERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler: 919-733-7125
Chamber of Commerce President Lew Ebert: 919-836-1407
3) SEND COMMENTS TO NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR.
Governor Mike Easley: http://www.governor.state.nc.us/email.asp?to=1
1-800-662-7952 (NC residents); 919-733-4240 or 919-733-5811 (out-of-state)
fax: 919-733-2120
Urge him to request the introduction of legislation to override the
Commissioner of Agriculture's removal of the board's recommendation to end
the killing of pets by carbon monoxide gas. Gov. Easley has refused to
request this legislation, claiming "aggressive dogs are safer to kill by
gas." Actually, it is safer to sedate animals first and then use lethal
injection. Most shelters use injection to euthanize even aggressive dogs,
including 67 of North Carolina's 100 counties. Send Gov. Easley this link:
http://www.companionanimalnetworktv.org/Videos/yadkin_county.mov
4) URGE NC LEGISLATORS TO ADOPT MEASURE BANNING USE OF ANIMAL GAS CHAMBERS.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/Help/KnowledgeBase/viewItem.pl?nID=27
NC House members: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/memberList.pl?sChamber=House
NC Senators: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/memberList.pl?sChamber=Senate
5) CONTACT IREDELL COUNTY OFFICIALS. URGE THEM TO USE LETHAL INJECTION AND
NOT GO BACK TO THE ANIMAL GAS CHAMBER.
Joel R. Mashburn, County Manager: jmashburn@...
ph: 704-878-3050; fax: 704-878-5355
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board of commissioners: jmoore@...
Tracy Jackson, Assistant County Manager: tjackson@...
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4. Help Proposition 2 Win Relief For Animals In Calif.
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ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Barb Dunsmore, tochashona@...
BACKGROUND:
The California Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty initiative has been
certified for the November 2008 statewide ballot... This measure bans:
* Confinement of pregnant pigs in two-foot wide gestation crates where they can barely move.
* Confinement of male calves in veal crates where they're chained by the neck from birth until death.
* Confinement of six to nine egg-laying hens in a battery cage no larger than a filing drawer.
TO WIN PROPOSITION 2 FOR ANIMALS: We need funds to compete with big industry
advertising opposing Prop 2.
"The agribusiness interests opposing Proposition 2 -- masquerading as the
deceptively named Californians for Safe Food -- have a record of duping the
public, harming animals, and polluting the environment." But (HSUS) Wayne
Pacelle, Dr. Kate Hurley, and Andrew Kimbrell make a clear and cogent case
for the passage of Proposition 2. Help ensure passage of Proposition 2 in
November by contributing to the YES! on Prop 2 campaign:
http://www.YESonProp2.org/donate
CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
CALIFORNIANS: Vote YES on Proposition 2 on November 4, 2008.
EVERYONE: Join the $20/20 campaign -- Donate $20 + ask 20 other people to
donate $20 here: https://secure.hsus.org/01/chf_2020?source=chf005
MORE WAYS TO HELP PROPOSITION 2 WIN: http://www.voteyesonprop2.org
Get involved with campaign to pass Prop. 2. Email: cabosmom@...
KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:
Don’t Blow This Landmark Chance For Farmed Animals
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1709&seriesfirst=true
DISCLAIMER: Kinship Circle believes a vegan lifestyle is the ultimate way to
end animal cruelty and the devastating impacts of animal agriculture. While
suffering may be reduced via more cage space, anti-cruelty laws, “humane
slaughter,” etc. -- upgrades cannot eliminate: Confinement, deprivation,
drugging, manhandling, slaughter, dismemberment, and consumption.
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5. Brutal Torture Of Dog At JNU Campus
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ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
Rishi Dev, rishidev000@...
Rajashree Khalap, Manager, WSD Indian Pariah Dog Club
http://indianpariahdog.blogspot.com * http://www.wsdindia.org
BACKGROUND (edited for length):
On July 7, 2008 a student from NE India, YORONSU, (male 31 years of age in
the dept. of School of Social Sciences, JNU doing Phd) along with two other
students, at J.N.U. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi) TORTURED and
bludgeoned an 8-year-old black, female dog for more than 1-1/2 hours, with a
cricket bat and rods till she was all in blood and her head swollen to twice
the size. Then the three of them CUT HER INTO MANY pieces while she was
alive and her mouth was stuffed up with a cloth and tied.
First she was lured from the ground floor to the upper floor using biscuits
as bait and then locked up in their hostel room where this incident took
place... There is enough proof and witnesses on campus to authenticate the
incident. After much investigation a complaint has been filed with the
police station of vasant vihar. But to date no action has been taken by the
police. The students also got signatures of students who saw the body and
others who know about the act...
CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
TO: Vice-Chancellor Professor B.B. Bhattacharya: bbb@..., vc@...
Rector (1) of the University, Prof. Rajendra Prasad: rp47@..., rp47jnu@...
Rector (2) of the University, Prof. Ramadhikari Kumar: rector_2@...
Dean of Social Science, Prof. Harjit Singh: harjit@...
Advisor of the Foreign Students’ Affairs: advisor_fsa@...
Commissioner of Police, Mr. SH. Y.S. Dadwal: delpol@...
CC: University News: jnunews@..., pro@...
New York Times, foreign@...
BCC: rishidev000@...
SAMPLE LETTER from [author not identified in original alert]
Dear Sirs:
News of the torture and cutting alive of a dog in the JNU Campus travels
quickly in our age of the Internet and has a strong impact on how your
University is viewed by people in other countries and by prospect students.
I write to you to let you know how extremely upset and disgusted I feel
after I read how three students of your University killed an 8 year old
loving and friendly female dog “the female dog was hit for more than 1 and
half hours, with a cricket bat and rods till she was all in blood and her
head swollen to twice the size. Then the three of them CUT HER INTO MANY
pieces while she was alive and her mouth was stuffed up with a cloth and
tied”. Acts of cruelty towards animals cannot longer be tolerated in a
civilized country, or in an University where students should be taught to
become humane and compassionate towards other sentient beings.
I ask you to take action immediately to stop the abuse of animals in your
University since apparently this is a regular activity on the campus of JNU
and many dogs and puppies have died this death and that the J.N.U.
administration is least bothered all the time.
a) Expell the students from the university and black list them.
b) Do not accept the PhD of one of the students involved in this crime,
which he is going to submit on July 20 2008 and do not allow his guide to
sign his PhD.
c) Cancel all Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees of those animal killers.
d) SUBMIT A CHARGESHEET AGAINST THEM WITH THE POLICE AND GET THEM ARRESTED.
Thank you for your time and consideration to this important issue. Looking
forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
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6. Help End The Namibian Seal Slaughter
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ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
http://www.oipa.org/hunting/alerts/namibia_petition.html
OIPA, International Organization for Animal Protection: international@...
During this year's hunt -- July 1 to Nov. 15 -- seal hunters may kill 6,000
adult males and 80,000 pups. http://www.oipa.org/hunting/alerts/namibia.html
BACKGROUND (edited for length):
Although the Namibian government justifies its annual seal hunt by claiming
seals are responsible for the demise of fish stocks, scientific studies have
shown that over-fishing is to blame -- not seals. In reality, Cape Fur seals
are killed mostly for their fur. Adult males are also killed for their
penises, which are exported to Asia to be used as aphrodisiacs.
Namibia is the only country in the world that still allows the killing of
nursing baby seals. During what's been described as "the cruelest seal
'hunt' on the planet," young Cape Fur seal pups and adult males are beaten
with clubs, stabbed, and shot with arrows...
CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION:
Urge an end to the barbaric seal slaughter.
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations
360 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1502 New York, NY 10017 (USA)
Namibia@...
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
Private Bag 13355; Windhoek, NAMIBIA
Hon. Minister Dr. Abraham Iyambo: aiyambo@...
Hon. Deputy Minister Kilus Nguvauva: knguvauva@...
Permanent Secretary Nangula Mbako: nmbako@..., secretary@...
His Excellency Hifikepunye Pohamba,
President of the Republic of Namibia: hpohamba@...
Office of the President; Private Bag 13339 State House; Windhoek, NAMIBIA
Hon. Prime Minister Nahas Angula: nangula@...
Office of the Prime Minister
Private Bag 13338; Windhoek, NAMIBIA
Namibia Ministry Of Environment & Tourism
Private Bag 13346; Windhoek, NAMIBIA
Hon. Minister Willem Konjore
Mr. A. Mieze, Director of Tourism: amieze@...
Parks & Wildlife Management: b.beytell@...
Additional department emails: nghitila@...
Namibia Tourism Board: info@..., namibia@...
SAMPLE LETTER FROM: http://www.oipa.org/hunting/alerts/namibia_petition.html
Dear sir/madam,
I am shocked that the Namibian government promotes the barbaric, senseless
slaughter of Cape fur seal pups and bulls. The pups are so young that they
are still nursing. I have seen the sickening video footage of this
horrifying massacre. The massacre is appalling. South Africa stopped killing
seals. You have an obligation to protect the Cape fur seals. I urge you to
stop this slaughter at once.
Sincerely,
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