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URGENT: They’re Burning Sea Lions!
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is reportedly branding sea lions so that individual animals caught eating protected salmon can be identified and gunned down.
Astoria-area residents have reportedly observed men herding these gentle animals into traps only to burn their flesh repeatedly with a blazing-hot iron. Billows of smoke have allegedly been seen rising into the air during these assaults, and victims have been described as “[lying] on the docks trembling”—an indication of extreme stress or pain.
Disturbing photos given to PETA, which appear to corroborate these reported brandings, can be viewed here. Your voice is needed!
Using the form here, please politely urge ODFW officials to immediately stop the branding and killing of sea lions. Remind officials that these animals are just trying to survive and feed their families, so they should be left alone. If ODFW wants to protect salmon stocks, then banning fishing in its waters would be a good start. If sea lions must be controlled, they can be humanely and effectively deterred using physical and visual barriers.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/2ec392cfca92564f37b05d6b0e08ad55/tumblr_mkt4x5tnoZ1ryf6mho1_500.jpg)
URGENT: They’re Burning Sea Lions!
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is reportedly branding sea lions so that individual animals caught eating protected salmon can be identified and gunned down.
Astoria-area residents have reportedly observed men herding these gentle animals into traps only to burn their flesh repeatedly with a blazing-hot iron. Billows of smoke have allegedly been seen rising into the air during these assaults, and victims have been described as “[lying] on the docks trembling”—an indication of extreme stress or pain.
Disturbing photos given to PETA, which appear to corroborate these reported brandings, can be viewed here. Your voice is needed!
(via animalfreak11)
FACEBOOK: STOP BLOCKING ANIMAL RESCUERS/ADVOCATES FROM POSTING
Facebook has been “warning” and deactivating accounts of animal rights activists who work together to try and get high risk animals out of shelters. Facebook feels that their activity should be labeled as “spam” and stops them from being able to post. This is pretty important because people devoted to sharing and finding connections in other shelters are the ones saving these animal’s lives. I’ve personally known many people who work together and rescue animals on the euthanasia list and move them to foster homes, no-kill shelters, or forever homes. For every account deactivated, its one less person working together to get the word out and transport these animals elsewhere. Most of these people are volunteers and do not get paid/reimbursed for travel costs or adoption fees.
(via veganology)
After learning about California sea lions being sentenced to death for eating salmon in Oregon and Washington, one crafty group of local kids decided they weren’t going to take the news lying down. In the past two weeks, Ms. Angela Casey’s third grade class at Lafayette Elementary School has put together a delightful, crayon-based political campaign that has managed to catch the attention of animal rights activists and state legislators alike.
Ms. Casey, who happened to see a Facebook post about the sea lion slaughters while planning a marine environment curriculum for her class, decided the story would make a good lesson about how one species can interfere with another. After doing some research that sounds way more involved than anything we ever had to do in third grade, Ms. Casey’s class concluded that the sea lion killings were unjust, especially in light of other factors that pose a much bigger threat to the salmon population.
(via sea-shepherd)
This is amazing. I hope with every ounce of my being they are somewhere wonderful now. Fuck humans. Fuck cruelty. Go vegan.Chimps held in research lab for 30 years finally see the light.
30 years, people.
Think about that.
Imagine being held captive and being experimented on for 30 years.
Stop the bullshit. Go vegan.
Our Hearts for Lolita: Miami Seaquarium protest!
This Valentine’s Day weekend come out and show your love to the loneliest orca on the planet!
A slave to entertainment for over 40 years, Lolita has lived three decades without another member of her species for companionship in the oldest and smallest whale tank in the WORLD!
Step on up and give your heart to this gentle and courageous soul as we pioneer to secure her retirement to a sea pen in her native waters off Seattle’s coast!
- When: Sunday, February 12, 2012 — 12:30pm until 3:30pm
- Where: Miami Seaquarium (4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne, FL, 33149)
Bring signs, friends, a positive attitude and lots of love!
(Note: You can park for free in the beach lot next to the Miami Seaquarium.)
RSVP here! :)
Tomorrow afternoon! Miami peeps, please try your best to come out and show your support!
Our Hearts for Lolita: Miami Seaquarium protest!
This Valentine’s Day weekend come out and show your love to the loneliest orca on the planet!
A slave to entertainment for over 40 years, Lolita has lived three decades without another member of her species for companionship in the oldest and smallest whale tank in the WORLD!
Step on up and give your heart to this gentle and courageous soul as we pioneer to secure her retirement to a sea pen in her native waters off Seattle’s coast!
- When: Sunday, February 12, 2012 — 12:30pm until 3:30pm
- Where: Miami Seaquarium (4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne, FL, 33149)
Bring signs, friends, a positive attitude and lots of love!
(Note: You can park for free in the beach lot next to the Miami Seaquarium.)
RSVP here! :)
I’m really hoping for a big turn-out! If you live in Miami, please join me in spreading love for captive cetaceans everywhere!
Carriage Horse Dies in NYC Street.
Concerned New York residents are calling for an investigation after a carriage horse knelt down and died in the middle of a busy Manhattan street on Sunday.
En route the Central Park near 54th and 8th Ave, a large white horse used by the NYC carriage industry knelt down and died in the middle of the road. The law enforcement unit of the New York ASPCA is one of the groups calling for an investigation telling the New York Daily News, “The ASPCA has long believed that carriage horses were never meant to live and work in today’s urban setting.” A no brainier for anyone who knows anything about horses but still the industry persists.
Horses in the NYC carriage industry are forced to work nine hours a day in almost every weather condition. They spend their entire lives pounding sensitive hooves on hard pavement while they navigate some of the most reckless and dangerous traffic conditions. At the end of their lives, when they’ve been worked to exhaustion, many are sold to slaughterhouses where they are butchered and sold for meat.
Being carriage horse is no walk in the park. If they don’t die the streets, these gentle and caring horses are worked to the brink of death and slaughtered all in an effort to turn a quick buck for their owner. This poor horse’s death underscores the need for a ban on the industry.
Enough is enough, end the use of carriage horses now.
please please sign this
direct link http://www.petitiononline.com/ch4ny123/
(via superlameoh)
Dresses Made of Cow Nipples.
Last week, British fashion designer Rachel Freire unveiled her latest designs, dresses made almost entirely of cow and yak nipples.
To make her couture cow dresses, Freire went to a leather tannery in the UK and bought 3,000 discarded nipples. She had them sent through the tanning process and worked with them like leather. Some elements of her designs, such as the metal piercings, play on masochist nipple imagery and and other parts try to hide the fact that the dresses are made entirely of tanned teats.
Freire calls the project “recycled art” but animal lovers call it exploitation. Commenting on the controversy, UK based animal rights group Viva! asked “Isn’t the way we treat farmed animals bad enough without turning their dead bodies into a runway freak show?”
The designer doesn’t seem to mind the controversy, it helps her get exposure and she genuinely seems to like her designs. Freire told the press, “I love all 3,000 of my nipples.”
Ugh.
This is different than leather….how? both are gross
Number One With a Bullet →
“What does India’s lush Kaziranga National Park have that the rest of the country’s decimated reserves do not? Plenty of tigers, for starters. (The world’s highest density.) Fleets of endangered one-horned rhinos. (More than two-thirds of the remaining population.) And, since last year, a take-no-prisoners antipoaching policy that allows rangers to shoot on sight. Welcome to the future of conservation.”
Meat Sales Drop After Abuse Exposed.
A meat processor in Victoria, Australia, is telling ABC that recently released undercover video of meat industry practices have caused their sales to severely drop.
The processor reports a drop of 15-20% in sales since undercover videos of Australia’s live cattle export industry surfaced. The videos show widespread abuse of Australian cattle exported to Indonesia for slaughter. Workers in Indonesian slaughterhouses were following “standard operating procedures” when they were caught tying cattle with crude ropes and slitting their throats while they flop on the ground.
These images have disturbed Australians and many are reducing the amount of meat they consume. Amazingly, the 15-20% decrease accounts not only for beef but for other meats like lamb. Meat processor, Robert Radford, calls the dropping Australian meat sales a “real tragedy for our industry.”
The real tragedy is that consumers are deliberately kept in the dark so they’ll continue to purchase an unethical product. When people have the facts and are able to make informed choices, it is a triumph.
REBLOG IF YOU ARE AGAINST ANIMAL CAPTIVITY!
West Hollywood Bans Fur Sales.
West Hollywood is officially the first city in the country to ban the sale of fur.
The West Hollywood City Council has voted unanimously to ban the sale of fur within city limits. Any store caught selling fur products after the ban is in place will be hit with a serious fine. The City Council will meet in two weeks to work out enforcement procedures and a ban start date.
The West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce intends to battle the ban, telling press, “We feel it’s unconstitutional.” The Chamber worries about the effect the ban may have on the local economy. Forty-seven percent of all clothing retailers in West Hollywood sell fur and 7 percent of those say they would move out of town if the ban passed.
Fur, especially in warm Southern California, doesn’t seem like a major customer draw. To top it off, a survey earlier this year found that nearly 95 percent of people “refuse” to wear real fur. It might be time for these folks to get into a different business altogether.
Banning the sale of fur sends a strong message to consumers that they should be concerned about how fur products are produced. Whether it hurts the economy or not, in the end, banning fur is right thing to do.
