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91. Support SOS 
SOS is a charity, that has an annual funfair, and holds jumbo sales. It buys acres of rainforest, so that animals can continue to live there. It also sponsors animals.
92. Ban the usage of gas chambers in the Davidson County Animal Shelter
Is this truly how far we have come as a society, to insure suffering upon an animal at its last moments on earth, all because of our failure to be responsible pet owners? This is appalling, especially considering the fact that North Carolina doesn’t even offer this horrifying death as an option for its convicted murders.
People who rape and kill children have a more merciful death than animals, whose only crime is not having anyone to love and take care of them.
This county needs to enforce animal cruelty laws and focus on adoption and prevention methods, something that the sheriff’s department is not doing. We need to put someone in charge who has the animals' welfare as a priority, because animals do have feelings, too. They protect us, our children, find drugs and bombs, provide services to the disabled, and they are loyal and offer unconditional love to people regardless of race or gender. They too deserve respect and dignity. If we focus on prevention and adoption methods, having to euthanize animals could become a thing of the past, but in order to get here, we must be willing to set a goal and work towards this solution.
It is apparent that domestic animal populations are on the rise due to irresponsible pet owners and many foreclosures on real estate properties. This does not offer an excuse however for the gassing of these animals. If euthanasia is the only option for an animal, it should be done intravenously, which offers the animal a painless and peaceful death, unlike the gas chamber where the animals are struggling to breathe and crying out for help. In a life and death struggle gasping for air, terrified, this is how the shelter animals are spending their last moments. I encourage that you witness this barbaric practice first hand and then make your decision on what needs to be done.
The shelter already has employees that are trained to administer injections so extra money does not have to be spent in hiring a vet tech to perform this procedure. Get the sheriff’s department out of the shelter and put someone in charge who actually cares about the animals welfare. If adoption and prevention are focused on and enforced, I can guarantee that a results will be measurable.
It is up to Davidson County to set an example for other counties and states to show that we will not stand by and allow these in-humane practices to take place in our community!
Concerned citizen, Tina York
GassingAnimalsIsWrong@live.com
93. Stop the Sale of Pets to Minors
Everyday hundreds of pets are legally purchased by minors in the United States. In many cases, parents and guardians are unaware that the purchase has even been made.
Minors (i.e. Individuals under 18) are not legally responsible for themselves and therefore should not be legally able to claim full responsibility for another life. Whether the pet in question is a harmless kitten or a potentionally dangerous pet such as a large dog or python the sale to a minor should be prohibited.
For example a 16 year old boy here in London, Kentucky recently purchased an albino burmese python and kept it hidden from his parents for 6 months in his nightstand. Not only were the living conditions unsuitable for the python, but had the snake not been discovered it could have eventually led to physical harm to the boy and his family, and possible death. Pets such as Pythons need special care because of the enormous sizes that they can reach.
Other pets such as hamsters or kittens that are not potentionally dangerous should also not be sold to underage individuals, ownership of a pet is not a decision that a minor should be able to undertake without parental consent.
Whether harmful or not, all pets require attention and some form of adult supervision. It is unethical to expect a minor to provide proper care without a parent/guardians support.
94. A better life for greyhounds
Every year at least 10,000 greyhounds retire from racing in the UK. Many of these simply 'disappear'.
Racing greyhounds may face a number of welfare issues during their lives including:-
* Overbreeding leading to thousands of unwanted dogs being killed.
* Injuries caused by inappropriate track surface and design.
* Being abandoned and killed when they don't make the grade.
When they retire greyhounds meet one of 9 fates, 6 of which are totally unacceptable.
1. Abandoned and end up being taken to the local pound.
2. Abandoned and die.
3. Abandoned and then found by a member of the public and kept as a pet.
4. Abandoned and found by a rescue organisation and rehomed.
5. Killed by their owner.
6. Euthanased by a vet.
The acceptable alternatives to this are:-
1. Kept by their owner as a pet.
2. Rehomed to a good home by their owner.
3. Handed to a rescue organisation and then rehomed.
There are many horrors to the slaughter industry and factory farms. Each filled with disease, blood, and most of all PAIN.
Chicken Farms=
Ammonia, chickens unable to walk, smells horrible, farmers beat animals to death if weak, health problems are no issue, beaks cut off without painkillers by hto blade
Beef Farms=
All is well until slaughter, or on feedlots where they are in muddy conditions, go lame, vets barely scan over them, horns cut off/branded/castrated (rip them off) without painkillers
Dairy Farms=
Mothers are force bred, babies taken away after 24 hours or less, male calves go to horrid veal crates, females in boxed houses not able to move waiting to replace mothers, udder infections occur and they are not cleaned properly, milk containing pus, blood, scabs, infection
Pig Farms=
Sows in crates cannot move, abused by workers, stomachs stepped on, beat with poles or bricks dropped on, castrated/tails removed/teeth cut without painkillers
These horrible conditions do not end, as they can be slaughtered and go through very painful things while still alive in these meat factories. Abuse doesn't end there, while lame animals can be left to die or killed. If they are already dead, they end up in DOG and CAT FOOD.
This is a petition not to force people into anything, but to show many people care about animals. That people should adopt an animal-friendly lifestlye and also to convince all those large companies, and farms, and slaughter houses to END THE SUFFERING, END THE CRUELTY
END THE PAIN
96. Stop the culling of Macaques in Gibraltar
The Minister for the Environment in Gibraltar has announced a plan to cull a troop of Macaques around the Catalan Bay area. Although these monkeys may have caused disturbances for local residents, we believe that the culling of these intelligent, sociable and sentient primates is cruel and unnecessary when there are other alternatives to solve this problem, such as relocation.
We assert that, had a suitable management plan been implemented back in 1997, as proposed by Prof. Robert Martin, D. Phil, D. Sc, at that time, the current situation would not have occurred. Our research has shown that the Government of Gibraltar has consistently failed to invest adequate resources in the responsible management of their Macaque population, despite the presence of the monkeys boosting the local economy as a popular tourist attraction.
We request that the Government commits to investing in a comprehensive, long-term plan to manage the Macaque population, on which its tourist industry so heavily relies, without the use of culling.
97. Stop President Bush From Killing Helpless Livestock
WASHINGTON (AP) - April 11, 2008 -- The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising concerns about a catastrophic outbreak.
Skeptical Democrats in Congress are demanding to see internal documents they believe highlight the risks and consequences of the decision. An epidemic of the disease, foot and mouth, which only affects animals, could devastate the livestock industry.
One such government report, produced last year and already turned over to lawmakers by the Homeland Security Department, combined commercial satellite images and federal farm data to show the proximity to livestock herds of locations that have been considered for the new lab. "Would an accidental laboratory release at these locations have the potential to affect nearby livestock?" asked the nine-page document. It did not directly answer the question.
A simulated outbreak of the disease - part of an earlier U.S. government exercise called "Crimson Sky" - ended with fictional riots in the streets after the simulation's National Guardsmen were ordered to kill tens of millions of farm animals, so many that troops ran out of bullets. In the exercise, the government said it would have been forced to dig a ditch in Kansas 25 miles long to bury carcasses. In the simulation, protests broke out in some cities amid food shortages.
"It was a mess," said Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., who portrayed the president in the 2002 exercise. Now, like other lawmakers from the states under consideration, Roberts supports moving the government's new lab to his state. Manhattan, Kan., is one of five mainland locations under consideration. "It will mean jobs" and spur research and development, he says.
The other possible locations for the new National Bio-and Agro-Defense Facility are Athens, Ga.; Butner, N.C.; San Antonio; and Flora, Miss. The new site could be selected later this year, and the lab would open by 2014. The numbers of livestock in the counties and surrounding areas of the finalists range from 542,507 in Kansas to 132,900 in Georgia, according to the Homeland Security study.
Foot-and-mouth virus can be carried on a worker's breath or clothes, or vehicles leaving a lab, and is so contagious it has been confined to Plum Island, N.Y., for more than a half-century - far from commercial livestock. The existing lab is 100 miles northeast of New York City in the Long Island Sound, accessible only by ferry or helicopter. Researchers there who work with the live virus are not permitted to own animals at home that would be susceptible, and they must wait at least a week before attending outside events where such animals might perform, such as a circus.
The White House says modern safety rules at labs are sufficient to avoid any outbreak. But incidents in Britain have demonstrated that the foot-and-mouth virus can cause remarkable economic havoc - and that the virus can escape from a facility.
An epidemic in 2001 devastated Britain's livestock industry, as the government slaughtered 6 million sheep, cows and pigs. Last year, in a less serious outbreak, Britain's health and safety agency concluded the virus probably escaped from a site shared by a government research center and a vaccine maker. Other outbreaks have occurred in Taiwan in 1997 and China last year and in 2006.
If even a single cow signals an outbreak in the U.S., emergency plans permit the government to shut down all exports and movement of livestock. Herds would be quarantined, and a controlled slaughter could be started to stop the disease from spreading.
Infected animals weaken and lose weight. Milk cows don't produce milk. They remain highly infectious, even if they survive the virus.
The Homeland Security Department is convinced it can safely operate the lab on the mainland, saying containment procedures at high-security labs have improved. The livestock industry is divided. Some experts, including the former director at the aging Plum Island Animal Disease Center, say research ought to be kept away from cattle populations - and, ideally, placed where the public already has accepted dangerous research.
The former director, Dr. Roger Breeze, suggested the facility could be safely located at the Atlanta campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., home of The United States Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases.
Another possibility, Breeze said, is on Long Island, where there is no commercial livestock industry. That would allow retention of most of the current Plum Island employees.
Asked about the administration's finalist sites located near livestock, Breeze said: "It seems a little odd. It goes against the ... safety program of the last 50 years."
The former head of the U.S. Agriculture Department's Agricultural Research Service said Americans are not prepared for a foot-and-mouth outbreak that has been avoided on the mainland since 1929.
"The horrific prospect of exterminating potentially millions of animals is not something this country's ready for," said Dr. Floyd Horn.
The Agriculture Department ran the Plum Island lab until 2003. It was turned over to the Homeland Security Department because preventing an outbreak is now part of the nation's biological defense program.
Plum Island researchers work on detection of the disease, strategies to control epidemics including vaccines and drugs, tests of imported animals to ensure they are free of the virus and training of professionals.
The new facility will add research on diseases that can be transferred from animals to humans. The Plum Island facility is not secure enough to handle that higher-level research.
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee also are worried about the lab's likely move to the mainland. The chairman, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., and the head of the investigations subcommittee, Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., are threatening to subpoena records they say Homeland Security is withholding from Congress. Those records include reports about "Crimson Sky," an internal review about a publicized 1978 accidental release of foot-and-mouth disease on Plum Island and reports about any previously undisclosed virus releases on the island during the past half century.
The lawmakers set a deadline of Friday for the administration to turn over reports they requested. Otherwise, they warned in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, they will arrange a vote next week to issue a congressional subpoena.
A new facility at Plum Island is technically a possibility. Signs point to a mainland site, however, after the administration spent considerable time and money scouting new locations. Also, there are financial concerns about operating from a location accessible only by ferry or helicopter.
The Homeland Security Department says laboratory animals would not be corralled outside the new facility, and they would not come into contact with local livestock. All work with the virus and lab waste would be handled securely and any material leaving would be treated and monitored to ensure it was sterilized.
"Containment technology has improved dramatically since foot-and-mouth disease prohibitions were put in place in 1948," Homeland Security spokeswoman Amy Kudwa said.
Cattle farmers and residents are divided over the proposal to move the lab to the mainland.
"I would like to believe we could build a facility, with the knowledge and technology we have available, that would be basically safe from a bio-security standpoint," said John Stuedemann, a cattle farmer near Athens, Ga., and a former scientist at the Agriculture Department.
Nearby, community activist Grady Thrasher in Athens is worried about an outbreak from a research lab. Thrasher, a former securities lawyer, has started a petition drive against moving the lab to Georgia, saying the risks are too great.
"There's no way you can balance that equation by putting this in the middle of a community where it will do the most harm," Thrasher said. "The community is now aroused, so I think we have a majority against this."
In North Carolina, commissioners in Granville County originally endorsed moving the lab to their area but later withdrew support. Officials from Homeland Security ultimately met with residents for more than four hours, but the commissioners have taken no further action to back the facility.
"Accidents are going to happen 50 years down the road or one year down the road," said Bill McKellar, a pharmacist in Butner, N.C., who leads an opposition group that has formed a research committee of lawyers and doctors.
(Copyright ©2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
98. Drug companies must treat their horses kindly
20,000 mares per year are used to produce Premarin. A pill that helps women with hormone, which 11 million women took this drug.
The horses are used for their urine and suffer terribly due to craming in small cages which they cant even move in and tubes that collect the urine scraping their legs. They are given barely any water because it effects the urine. They dont recieve veterinary care nor barely any food, most mares are never removed form the stall and allowed to grave.
If the horses fail to become pregnant, they are sent to the slaughter house. Their foals are taken from them at the premature age of 3 to 4 months.
Naturally they resist separation from their babies so they are often whipped, kicked, or beaten with an electric prod until they give in. The foals are sometimes killed or be raised to be a "premarin mare". But most will be sold to feedlots to be fattened for slaughter anyway.
Health problems common to mares in premarin productions: dehydration, hoof injuries, leg injuries, sores, lacerations, swollen joints, edema, liver disorders, kidney disorders, premature death.
99. Stop shelters selling their animals for research
Pounds and shelters are selling their dogs and cats to biomedical research industries in which their fate is terminal. Some get killed right away, some suffer in agony.
This doesn't even make since to take animals from shelters and pounds because lots of those animals, the backgrounds and medical histories are unknown so it makes it difficult to acquire accurate results.
Only 13 states have banned this and we need to make the others ban it too.
100. Companies should use only alternatives, not animal testing
Companies have been testing on animals for years and years to better their products.
Enough is enough! It's time to stand up and speak up for those who cannot and boycot and stop these companies from using poor animals to test on their products.
Companies have been breaking limbs, dropping chemicals into eyes, and other things for too long. Say no to these companies!!!
101. Save The Belconnen Kangaroos!
In May 2007 the media exposed a covert plan by the Department of Defence and the
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government to shoot to kill up to 3,200 Kangaroos at two Defence sites in the ACT.
The reasons given at the time: to ‘save’ the kangaroos from starving and to prevent them from competing with certain endangered grassland species reported to be on these sites: the golden sun moth, a legless lizard, and the earless dragon.
Around 500 of these kangaroos are trapped by a 2.5 metre high fence on a 116 hectare parcel of land at the former Belconnen Naval Transmission Station (BNTS). Of these, the plan was for 400 to be killed and have the remaining kangaroos forcefully sterilised. Somewhat extreme and barbaric measures to protect a moth, and unlikely to be the real reason why the ACT Government is so keen to clear this site, as the area around it is earmarked for housing development.
Following an immediate public outcry and subsequent consultations between Defence and a range of interest groups, Defence agreed to consult more widely. Members of Wildcare, a local volunteer wildlife rescue organisation with over 15 years of hands-on experience rescuing and rehabilitating kangaroos, submitted a proposal to Defence recommending a whole-of-ecosystem approach to the kangaroo issue. This preliminary proposal also detailed a workable strategy for the translocation of kangaroos.
Finally in September 2007, after consultations with Wildcare and a panel of experts, Defence announced that it would implement a kangaroo management plan in the ACT designed to promote sound ecological management and a responsible approach to animal welfare. The plan was to use a mix of translocation, fertility control and – only where necessary – euthanasia to bring the kangaroo population into balance with the ecosystem at the BNTS site. The contract to the successful to implement this strategy was awarded in early 2008.
Suddenly on 29 February, the ACT Government announced that it would block any application for a permit to allow the 'export' of kangaroos from the BNTS site. Not coincidentally, the ACT’s official kangaroo ‘culling season’ (killing season) recommenced the very next day.
This is EXTREMELY URGENT! Defence has gone back on their word, and tthe slaughter of these kangaroos on the site STARTED YESTERDAY (19 May 2008) and will continue over the next few days until they've killed more than 400.
These kangaroos are healthy and there is currently ample grass on the site following good rains over summer, and higher than average rain predicted over the coming months. There is absolutely no need for this slaughter to proceed. There are viable alternatives available, including translocation, but Defence has ruled this out as being too expensive. A number of suitable properties in NSW have been proposed to the contractor. The ACT Government’s decision to withhold these permits and mandate the killing of these kangaroos equates to brutal and unnecessary murder of Australia’s most important native species.
Photos of what is happening right now to these kangaroos can be viewed at www.kangaroolives.com and a video news report from yesterday's killing fields is can be viewed here.
Please help us send the ACT and Australian Federal Governments a clear message by signing this petition now! Let these kangaroos live!
102. Stop the cruel practice of Jallikattu
Jallikattu is an age old tradition carried out in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
This tradition involves letting loose agitated bulls into large crowds of men (always). The objective of the game is to tame the bull without using any weapons. Sometimes, more than one bull is loose at the same time. The village farmers take this game as a display of their masculine strength.
It takes place on the eve of Mattu Pongal which is one of the four days of the Pongal festival which generally happens in January (around the 15).
Although the bulls are not killed they undergo the trauma of being chased and jumped upon by mobs of men who try to bring them down. And if this isn't enough The bulls are agitated by putting lemon juice and chili powder into their eyes, being starved and also given alcohol. Many a time their tails are cut as well which enrages them even more. The bulls are raised solely for this event.
The Supreme Court of India banned the sport on January 12th 2008 but right before pongal they lifted the ban due to a delegation sent by the TN government to them. Many people also said they would observe this pongal as a 'black pongal' if the ban wasn't lifted.
103. Save the dogs & cats of Puerto Rico
Animals in Puerto Rico are treated horribly. There are strays running everywhere and "sweeps" are often done to get rid of the dogs.
Instead of being medically treated and rehomed, the dogs are euthanized. The lack of spay / neuter programs as well as minimal penalties for animal cruelty do nothing to help the situation.
These animals have no voice of their own and someone must speak for them, as the way they are treated is unacceptable.
"Guard dog" or "security dog" companies are listed in the yellow pages, just like any other company pitching a service or a product. The dogs are essentially treated like commodities that are leased and sold for profit.
As "working dogs", most guard dogs are given only the care required to ensure that they will be able to perform their so-called job. Anti-cruelty laws apply to guard dogs, but the insidious nature of the neglect which guard dogs are likely to endure makes their plight one that cannot be properly addressed by these laws. This is especially true since guard dog companies often "rotate" dogs, making it nearly impossible for anyone to closely monitor their condition.
Rotation is routine practice in the industry and is intended to keep guard dogs unfamiliar with their location in order to prevent them from becoming "too friendly" towards people in any given area.
Guard dogs are placed on vacant, run-down properties where they are regularly exposed to hazards including shattered glass, rotting garbage, insecure construction and malicious passers-by.
Owners of guard dog companies that lease and/or sell guard dogs are motivated by economic interests and the people with whom they contract are pre-occupied with protecting their property. The animals' interests are not taken into consideration in this business equation and suffer for it.
105. Help Stop a Puppy Farmer!
I purchased two puppies from a "Licenced Breeder" both Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. The owner lied to me about everything & my little puppy was extremely ill with Kennel cough & bronchitis. She nearly died & is half the normal weight.
It turns out they were bought from a PUPPY FARMER... who continues to sell sick & dying puppies....
My little puppy Lola has been on constant treatment costing £400 + and she is starting to recover. The puppies were suppose to be Kennel Club registered and they are NOT.
106. Condemn Brutal killing of Bubbles the Kitten
A teenager who kicked a kitten to death in a Brisbane park has been released from jail after appealing the severity of his sentence.
The CM reported that Shane Moore, 18, of Narangba spent five days in jail for the June 27, 2006 attack on Bubbles, who had been showing Moore affection before being fatally attacked in a local park.
107. Henderson County Animal Services Reform
Henderson County Animal Services Reform
108. Tell Abercrombie and Fitch that the moose heads are not welcome
This petition shows that the moose heads above the cash registers in both the abercrombie kids and Abercrombie and Fitch are not welcomed by the customers.
These “decorations” are un-necessary, and it makes the customers feel sad when they make their purchase.
We would like to show Abercrombie and Fitch that if they continue hunting the moose for the head for marketing, customers will be repelled.
You can also go to http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/afmooseheads for more details!
109. Keep the Rabbit Residence open
Each year more than 33,000 rabbits are handed over to shelters because their owners can’t or won’t look after them. Caroline Collings runs the Rabbit Residence rescue centre by herself, with only a hand full of volunteers who come and go.
The rescue is based on a 1/3rd of an acre which was bought with £5,000 kindly donated by a benefactor. The rescue is not a profit making business and relies solely on donations made by people adopting rabbits.
The rescue is now under threat of closing unless planning permission is obtained. With almost 100 rabbits that are housed in runs and hutches awaiting new homes, the closure of this rescue centre would be devastating.
110. Help for The Animal House (Jamaica)
This is an experiment to attract support for our local animal shelter which has had a very hard time recovering from three hurricanes in one ten-month period.
Despite the hardship they have done much on their own to recover but still have two serious obstacles to overcome, the main one being to keep going until promised grant money is received.
When they are stable they do a marvelous job of rescuing and rehoming the many cruelly abused and callously abandoned animals that are referred to them. Please help them if you can. Their website is theanimalhousejamaica.org. The need is serious and their animals are worth it:)
Just getting the word out would be a blessing.
111. Stop Animal Testing in the USA
500 companies in the United States alone don't do tests on animals. They use alternatives, and no people or animals get hurt in the process.
This proves that 1. animal testing is not necessary, and 2. the alternatives to it DO work. Therefore, there is no logical reason to continue with animal testing.
Also, the many differences between animals and humans are countless, so the only reliable "research" that you get for it is only for the species of animal you are doing the test on.
I believe that all or most of the companies in America, especially cosmetic companies, should discontinue animal testing and take up one of the alternatives.
112. Inadequate Zoological Park: Parque de las Ciencias, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Primates, jaguar, raccoons, deer, hippopotamus, alligators, and other animals are being kept in primordial cement slab habitats.
For more information on the citations, please visit: http://www.wildlifepimps.com/ParqueDe.html
For pictures of these animals and the deplorable conditions in which these animals are being kept, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/pranimalhelp and click on the photos link at the top of the page.
113. P.A.A.C. People Against Animal Cruelty
House fire kills 65 animals. 30 Dogs,20 cats, 15 birds died. 110 animals inc. wildlife, inside a small 1200 sq foot Cape. House on less than 1/4 acre. Dog Rescue/Welcome Home Sanctuary, also Wildlife Rehabilitator that was not for profit, did not require any Town Permits, in a residential neighborhood. Home was in Horrendous condition inside and out. Extreme unsanitary conditions for humans and animals.
114. Replace Animal Experiments at Sussex Uni
The University of Sussex, Brighton (UK) have bee exposed carrying out painful, barbaric and unnecessary tests on animals. Despite denying any involvement in animal testing, their own research papers tell an entirely different story.
Experiments have involved heart procedures on rabbits, making rats addicted to alcohol and electrocuting them, injecting baby mice with stress-inducing substances and snapping their necks, capturing voles from the wild and using them in experiments, drilling holes in the ears of guinea pigs, and links to primate research.
The University is continuing to deny these facts and are flatly refusing co-operating with our requests for transparency in their research and a critical examination into the reliability and true necessity of the tests, with consideration to one of the hundreds of alternative non-animal methods.
115. Mayhew Animal Home - Controlled Parking Zone Petition
At The Mayhew Animal Home we are not against some form of parking controls as we have suffered the same difficulties as the local residents when trying to park our Animal Ambulances close to The Home, however we believe that we are being treated unfairly by the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham by the introduction of Controlled Parking in the area, for the following reasons:
1. The Council is classing The Mayhew as a business and charging us business rates for parking permits. We are quite clearly not a business, but a charity: A not-for-profit organisation that provides numerous services for the local community and London as a whole.
2. We are being allowed 2 permits, but on a daily basis use four vehicles: Three Animal Ambulances and one general purpose vehicle. Two permits alone will cost The Mayhew £1760.00 per year.
3. The Council have brought in a height restriction for vehicles of 2.28m. Our main Animal Ambulance, funded by supporters money and launched April last year, is ten centimetres taller than this and is being refused a permit altogether.
116. End slaughter without prestunning
June 4, 2006
This petition calls for all religous slaughter of animals without prestunning to be banned as it causes much suffering and is unnecessary.
This cause is supported by the Farm animal Welfare Council, Viva! and various organisations.
117. Stop KFC Cruelty
March 08, 2006
Every year over 850 million chicken suffer on KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) factory farms and in the slaughterhouses.
"Every time undercover investigators enter the facilities of KFC's suppliers, they find hideous abuse and suffering. At one KFC "Supplier of the Year" slaughterhouse in West Virginia, workers were caught tearing birds' heads off, ripping them apart, spitting tobacco into their eyes, spray painting their faces, and throwing them against wallsall while the birds were completely conscious and able to feel pain."
Not only this, but they often suffer broken bones from being bred and drug to being top heavy, (and from being roughly handled by workers). They also suffer from painful debeaking. And there is just so much more that the chickens suffer from. And "because KFC is an industry leader and they buy and sell more chicken than any other corporation they have the ability to require their suppliers to implement some basic animal welfare standards."
We must stop this cruelty that is happening today world wide. Organizations like PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are already asking KFC to eliminate the worst abuses that chickens suffer. But KFC isn't making any changes. So we need your help. Chickens are probably the most abused animals, and are treated horribly. There is no law against this abuse to chcikens, and we need to change that.
Please sign this petition, and know who your helping. And for more information on KFC cruelty, please visit: www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com.
Thank-you, and God bless.
118. Demand the Philippines Government enforce their Laws banning the eating of dogs
In 1998 the Philippines Government passed an Act banning the slaughter and human consumption. Visit http://sirius.2kat to view said Animal Welfare Act. There is comprehensive detailed information on the above site detailing the atrocities and abject cruelty dogs in the Philippines are having to undergo.
The trade in dog meat must be banned now and the Animal Welfare Act enforced. Dogs are usually sold at markets while still alive, their front limbs dislocated and tied painfully behind their backs and a jagged tin can rammed over their jaws to make them easier to handle. All in blatant disregard of a law that carries a minimal penalty which the police do not bother to even try to enforce.
Let us put an end to this cruelty and allow dogs the dignity and humanity to live alongside of us as our devoted companions as is their right. No dog shall be in the human food chain!
119. End Live Animal Exports from Australia
June 26, 2003
While death and suffering has been endemic throughout the history of the live export industry, Australia's relentless drive to expand its market for 'live exports' has resulted in a corresponding increase in casualties associated with the long-haul overseas trade in live cattle over the past 7 years.
With the resumption of the live sheep trade with Saudi Arabia in 2000, there are now even larger numbers being exported to the Middle East.
After the stress of transportation, all the surviving cattle and sheep face death on foreign soil, many into countries which have no animal welfare laws or, at best, inadequate laws.
They will usually be killed without pre-stunning and often even without adequate restraint facilities. Animals Australia has eye-witness harrowing accounts of slaughter facilities and methods.
The result is inherent and persistent suffering.
120. WITHOUT FUR BECAUSE I WANT IT SO !
Petition against selling of true fur in fashion catalog.
Monsieur, L'A.F.I.P.A. mène depuis novembre 2001 une action contre la fourrure d'envergure internationale. Par la présente, nous affirmons notre soutien à cette association et souhaitons vous faire part de notre colère quant à la vente de vraie fourrure dans vos catalogues.
Nous pensons que c'est un manque de respect évident pour la femme que de lui vendre un symbole de mort. Aussi, nous vous demandons de bien vouloir retirer de la vente cette fourrure et de penser aux millions de morts que vous engendrez.
Espérant que vous entendrez notre demande, nous vous prions de bien vouloir agréer nos salutations les plus distinguées.