Animal petitions and issues

[Pajarita]

Lion tamer in Egypt brought lions from zoo to his apartment where he makes them perform (a tragedy waiting to happen and a miserable life for the poor lions...)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... apartment/


Australia gives horse and dog racing industries $72M - animal activists are furious!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... nd-racing/


Pregnant stray dog beaten to death in India:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -in-india/


Petition: shut down Wales Animal Kingdom where too many animals die mysteriously

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... d-in-2018/


Petition: Justice for veteran's service dog shot in head and face:

https://forcechange.com/560386/veterans ... s-justice/


Female hunter boasts about killing bears and loving skinning them (only 23 years old - what a shame! I can only hope she does not decide to have children because the milk of human kindness seems to be missing from this poor young woman's soul)

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/fem ... title_1120

[Pajarita]

Falconry business considering killing its birds (why do business people always think that death is the solution?)

https://www.itv.com/news/border/2020-05 ... st-resort/



Petition for Etsy to stop selling fur:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... le-of-fur/


Shelter greeter dog attacked by others:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/dog ... rcrowding/



US Sumatran rhino research suffers deep cuts with Trump Admin:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/u-s-f ... e-77230706



Rise in killing of birds of prey found in UK:

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/20 ... -lockdown/

[Pajarita]

Rule to allow hunting could doom red wolves:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/rul ... title_1120

[Pajarita]

Covid19 effect on endangered species protection:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/cau ... li=BBnb7Kz


Lack of insects in cities limits bird reproduction:

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-lack-inse ... ccess.html


Trump Admin rejects bid to protect Pacific Fisher

https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon ... -rejected/


Court refuses to halt MCAS Futenma Relocation over dugongs concerns:

https://www.military.com/daily-news/202 ... ecies.html


Trump Admin to review coal mining threat to endangered species after lawsuit:

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/ ... 020-05-15/


Petition: justice for dog shot in mouth and face by drug dealer:

https://animalpetitions.org/863893/dog- ... s-justice/


Farmers killing millions of pigs: (note, there is a petition about this because farmers are shooting or gassing the pigs -which is considered inhumane but I couldn't post it):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -outbreak/


Petition: Owner of K9 training center killed his dog with a pocket knife (personal note: the greatest majority of people involved in animal-related business are NOT animal lovers)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ket-knife/

[Pajarita]

Lockdown leaves animals suffering all over the world:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... the-world/


Petition: investigate poison death of elephant:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -poisoned/


300 rescued orangutans cannot be released due to Covid19 threat of infection:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... irus-risk/


Fears as China aims to protect mink and fox fur industry:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/cor ... title_1120


Shiny Harlem building means 'blood bath' for migrating birds:

https://gothamist.com/news/dozens-migra ... rlem-condo



'I can hear birds screaming!' complaint on Chicago live chicken market:

https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates ... -nuisance/


New deadly virus killing thousands of wild rabbits in US:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-new ... r-BB14jtc2

[Pajarita]

Campaign for Nike to stop using kangaroo skin for their shoes:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... eir-shoes/


Concern over too thin endangered whales:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... ingly-thin—why-that-matters/ar-BB14nzE1?li=BBnbcA1


Monkey on the loose in Massachusetts:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-e ... r-BB14pOrd


Microplastics found in digestive tract of birds of prey!

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-microplas ... -prey.html

[Pajarita]

Did a mink in a Dutch fur farm give coronavirus to an employee?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/di ... r-BB14qkaT


54 year old tortoise up for adoption in Massachusetts after owner dies from Covid19:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/elder ... r-BB14qYVQ


Salamander pandemic possibly coming to North America:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/north ... 0-77230706



Climate change endangers Sri Lanka's dragonflies and damselflies:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/how-a ... 0-77230706


Brood IX of cicadas emerging this year but there are no scientists to record it so they are asking for the public's help (in Va, NC and WV) to report through two different apps:

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/anima ... 7-40378997


Land and Air Wildlife (and humans!) ingesting hundreds of pieces of plastic every day:

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/bi ... r-BB14ra9j
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/br ... rs-2861787
https://phys.org/news/2018-02-land-base ... hreat.html

[Pajarita]

He adopted two sweet bonded dogs - let them starve to death in his home (personal note: THIS is the reason why we need licenses for people to own animals!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -his-home/


Trump Admin rolling back protections to allow trophy hunting in Alaska's preserves and refuges (first link)
75,000 animals a year are 'bred for the gun' (so people can have the 'pleasure' of killing them - second link)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... nd-refuge/

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/ove ... title_1120


As ice melts, Emperor penguins marching to extinction:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/as- ... title_1120


Birds and marine life in danger as protections for Gulf set to expire:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/eas ... title_1120


First too dry, now too wet - Everglades birds not happy:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/ ... 38461.html


Humane Society list of "The Horrible 100' worst puppy mills in US (there are more and, at the bottom, there is a petition to make them illegal):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... n-the-u-s/

[Pajarita]

Beaver overpopulation is destroying Tierra del Fuego (but I do not agree with killing them to solve the problem humans created in the first place)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/anim ... B745B610A6


RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in UK) has been flooded by calls of people illegally killing birds of prey since lockdown:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/rsp ... title_1120


'Sickening' killing of beavers in Scotland:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/cam ... title_1120


Film exposed 'shameful' Kangaroo slaughter for their skin (Nike shoes)

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/fil ... title_1120


Petition: La man stole ex-girlfriend's dog to abuse it as revenge

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... r-revenge/


Mass killing of millions of animals shows we need to end factory farming:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... y-farming/


Dog suffering from starvation, malnutrition and an extreme case of mange is rescued from cruel owners (again, we need laws that would make a license a requisite for owning an animal because 'personal responsibility' does NOT work):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/cru ... urn-stone/


Two links on cockfighting. First is about 360 birds confiscated in Dallas and second is about Oklahoma shipping fighting cocks overseas.

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/coc ... 360-birds/

https://www.news9.com/story/5ecdd2f1195 ... ting-birds


Burglars beat to death their pet chickens and ducks with golf clubs:

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornw ... at-4164314


Study shows hunting of migrating birds still happening in many countries, with the largest numbers in Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia and Thailand.

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-wings-hun ... 000km.html


125 charges against Michigan man who traps and kills wildlife 'because he likes it' (how sick is that?!)

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ ... story.html

[Pajarita]

Proposed Alaska mine will endanger bears, salmon and tourism:

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/a-p ... title_1120


Trump faces backlash over removal of Alaska hunting regulations:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump ... r-BB14Jdea


The 'Beast of Billionaires Row':

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddawki ... 4d9207c956


Desperate struggle to stop mass slaughter of farm animals:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/the-desperat ... retches-on


Human activity threatens most unique animals on Earth:

https://madison.com/news/world/human-ac ... 8ba56.html


Dutch workers in mink farm might be first recorded animal to human coronavirus contagion:

https://www.courthousenews.com/dutch-mi ... imals-who/


Hundreds of oceanic birds pushed inland by Amphan (super cyclone) are dying of exhaustion and hunger:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... 6IO5O.html


Endangered grizzlies are being killed so cows from private ranches can graze for free in Yellowstone even though there is no real evidence that this helps (does this make any sense to any of you?)

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/yel ... title_1120


Hornbill habitat stripped by illegal loggers:

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/illeg ... f-77230706


Petition: Counseling for children that threw cat off building for fun (we are raising a generation of monsters):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... g-for-fun/