Animal petitions and issues

[Pajarita]

Movement to reform animal farming has reached tipping point:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-m ... r-BB19qOok


Lab-grown meat, pros and cons:

https://foodrevolution.org/blog/is-lab- ... ant-1-of-2


Utah Reservoir is helping endangered fish:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment ... ir-behind/


Illinois endangered mussels, the environmental sentinels

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/they- ... r-BB19pPp7


Endangered woodpecker still needs protection:

https://roanoke.com/news/local/virginia ... fdfc8.html


Call for action on endangered langurs:

https://vietreader.com/news/17578-pm-ca ... a-nam.html


Poodle fighting for his life after being thrown from a moving vehicle:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/poodl ... d=msedgntp


Gorilla attacked zookeeper in Spain:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zo ... d=msedgntp


Introducing a new cat to another one:

https://www.microsoftnewskids.com/en-us ... d=msedgntp


Eleven year old girl hunter kills 700 lb bear (OMG, what a HORRIBLE thing! Just a little girl and already a killer!)

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/11- ... title_1120


Amphibians fight against extinction:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/sm ... 5&spReport
Id=MTg0MjM3MzQ5NQS2


Indonesian trafficker was selling protected eagles online:

https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-paci ... s-facebook


Man seen dumping bags full of eels in Brooklyn lake:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-s ... li=BBnbfcL


Petition Support the Polar Bear Cub Survival Act:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... vival-act/


One quarter of all reptile species are sold online:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... Q1ODk0NQS2


Brookfield Zoo presents endangered Kemp's turtle:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/endan ... r-BB19zxPe


Six dolphins found dead in Alabama after Sally:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/6-dol ... r-BB19ynWe


Argentine film-maker spotlights 'hidden' horse meat industry:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-la ... r-BB19xvyK

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Yorkie's death at airport fuels legal fight: (personal note: first of all let me state that I believe all animals that need rescuing deserve a good home but why import a rescue dog from Russia or wherever when there are SOOOOO many here in USA that need rescuing?!)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/yorki ... li=BBnb7Kz


Cattle chasing emu family off 'their' territory:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals ... i-BB19Bm4l


Florida city selling some of its swans:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-flo ... r-BB19As0R


Tiger and bear are friends:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-u ... i-BB19Bgp6


How people misunderstand animals... somebody dresses up chinchillas and makes them pose in stupid photos and they actually believe she is making them happy when, in reality, the poor animals must be all stressed out about it! These animals are not even diurnal, they are supposed to sleep all day long...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/owner ... i-BB19Bao7


Untangling the mysteries of the octopus:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/untan ... i-BB19Aru8


Taking a ride on the 'food' truck:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bear- ... i-BB19Abph


US Virgin Islands shelters sending dogs to mainland for adoption:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/ ... i-BB19Adlv


49 dead cats and 200 needing medical seized from 'animal rescue' in Ohio:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/49-de ... r-BB19zQaV


Guinea pig skateboards (why do people do these things to animals?!)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/guine ... i-BB19zfps


Jumping worms damaging US soil:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/inv ... _Headlines


Petition Justice for horse dragged behind a truck:

https://forcechange.com/570825/horse-al ... s-justice/


Erosion nets are a danger to birds:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/t ... r-BB19AYc5


Protect migrating birds, turn off your outdoor lights:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/downt ... r-BB19AfDI
https://www.independent.co.uk/environme ... 98077.html
https://www.darksky.org/what-you-should ... pollution/
https://news.wttw.com/2020/09/03/massiv ... our-lights
https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2020/0 ... migration/
https://tylerpaper.com/opinion/lights-o ... c66a1.html


People killing or poaching birds of prey has increased:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/d ... r-BB19AGaX
https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/i ... dfb2b.html
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news ... ng-4560762


World leaders urged to ban all wildlife trade and birds for eating to prevent pandemics:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/wo ... r-BB19vrDg

[Pajarita]

Climate change and chick mortality in migratory birds:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases ... 092320.php


Top ten animal products based on which animal suffers the most (but take into consideration that hens that are pastured and fed/housed properly don't suffer - it's not the actual laying of eggs that does it, it's the way the commercial industry keeps the poor animals):

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


Northwest fires kills endangered rabbit population:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... opulation/


Petition to ban woman who abandoned her senior dog in the woods from owning any other dog:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... other-dog/


Texas man breeds his dog but then drops her in shelter because it was too much work to care for her and the puppies:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/bre ... d-puppies/


Salmonella linked to pet hedgehogs and bearded dragons:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medica ... d=msedgntp


One-arm monkey and baby stolen from facility:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/one-a ... r-BB19CANf


Murder hornets seen in Washington:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-m ... r-BB19Cc7R


Dog gets gang-like haircut (so stupid!!!):

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dog-g ... i-BB19C97L


Big, black, not cute and older dog dumped in shelter and overlooked for adoptions - he only wants a family!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/bla ... -not-cute/


African monkeys 'rafted' to South America 30 million years ago!

https://www.zmescience.com/science/biol ... h-america/


Dogs don't spread covid19 but cats pass it to each other:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... A5NjM2NwS2


Trump Admin hid research on effect of Artic drilling on polar bears:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-t ... r-BB19BPbb


Urban beekeeping by NatGeo (video):

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v= ... _permalink


America’s Massive Wildlife Imports Fuel Global Pandemic Risks:

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/ ... id=1643469


UK killing any wild bird is an offense:

https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/news/surre ... nce-116435


Disney's Animal Kingdom lioness gets emergency treatment for lump:

https://people.com/pets/lioness-disney- ... -for-lump/

[Pajarita]

Petition for justice for the 180 hoarded cats kept without medical care:

https://animalpetitions.org/916609/prov ... -180-cats/


Birds nest in Chile found full of plastic garbage:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... d-plastic/


Ten facts about animals in commercial farming:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... d-animals/


Footage shows cows brutally beaten with sticks by dairy farm workers:

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


When police dogs bite:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/when- ... d=msedgntp


Map of where murder hornets could spread in US;

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asi ... icks100420


Whales change timing of songs before migration:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bef ... icks100420


Golden eagle tag found hidden in grouse moor:

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


Petition for lions bred for canned hunts:

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


Five ways Trump's Interior has slashed wildlife protections:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/5-maj ... r-BB19Fuzt


They promised to end cruel gestation crates but they did not: (look at those poor animals, they can't even turn around!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... on-crates/


Petition for IFC to divest from factory farming:

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


Why these 5 animals should never be kept as pets (birds are number 2):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... t-as-pets/


Neglected and sick, dolphins are forced to perform in Madrid:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... adrid-zoo/


Though Ag-gag laws were found unconstitutional, industry continues enforcing them:

https://aldf.org/article/though-ruled-u ... a-ontario/


Tasmanian devils reintroduced to the wild after 3,000 years:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ta ... d=msedgntp

[Pajarita]

Wildcats threatened by domesticated cousins:

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


Tiger King failed to differentiate between sanctuary and zoo:

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


Canadian minister under fire for eating dog meat and attending illegal cockfight:

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


Petition to stop relocating/killing stray dogs that are castrated and vaccinated:

https://animalpetitions.org/913388/stop ... tray-dogs/


Japan wants to raise its bluefin tuna quota:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bl ... r-BB19K02e


Video showing cannibalism prompts probable ban on Polish fur farms:

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


500,000 sharks could be killed in search for Covid19 vaccine:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... QxMDU3NAS2

[Pajarita]

Lab chimps stuck in limbo and still suffering:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-la ... li=BBnb7Kz


Breeder in Pennsylvania stuck pipe down the throat of dogs several times to damage vocal chords meant to debark them:

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


The most animal and environmentally friendly materials for clothing:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... -clothing/


5,000 pets left to die in cardboard boxes at shipping depot in China - only 200 made it:

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


EPA must modify agrochemical rules to protect bees:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/epa-m ... r-BB19L5uB


Eastern black rail threatened by climate change:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/elusi ... r-BB19N0Zj


747 is crowned as fattest Alaskan bear:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wide- ... d=msedgntp


Born blind, tiny, hairless and defenseless, this is how Giant Pandas grow big:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/born- ... r-BB19LvFE


Holistic vets, what they are and how to find one:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medica ... r-BB19Lqum


October is Shelter Dog Month:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nemo- ... r-BB19JcJg


Rare bobcats caught in photos in Illinois:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lif ... r-BB19J2UG


Goats are working in clearing out the weeds at Arboretum in Houston:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/goats ... r-BB19J4OG


Scientists find the 'Queen of the Ocean':

https://www.livescience.com/great-white ... %2Bf_xQQQA


The war between wolves, ranchers, the environment, the government and activists:

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


Scientists find the third Manta Ray nursery in the world in Florida:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/florida ... sica-pate/

[Pajarita]

Five unnecessary and inhumane experiments done on animals:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... n-animals/


Casein: the connection between milk protein and bad health:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural- ... ur-health/


The cruel reality of canned hunts (animals are taught not to fear people so hunters can kill them easier):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ned-hunts/


Vultures are vital:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sz29Ah ... 3-99699074


Justice for horse killed in hit and run:

https://animalpetitions.org/918447/hors ... s-justice/


Humans may transmit covid19 to wildlife:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/huma ... -242789930


Condors are feared lost in Calif fires:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-ca ... r-BB19O5yM


How to help hungry migrating birds:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/heres ... r-BB19P9Yn


Young whales come to feed in NYC waters:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/young ... r-BB19OrR5


US Army developing AR goggles for bomb dogs (personal note: dogs look like Borg dogs)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... r-BB19NUqM


Venomous furry caterpillars invading Virginia:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/furry ... r-BB19Ns18


Bird is half male, half female:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bir ... _Headlines


Dogs brains are not face-oriented (personal note: but they do recognize expressions because my dogs respond to my smiling or scowling to them even if I don't move another muscle or say a single word)

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dog ... _Headlines


Siberian tiger rescued as cub and released into wild was shot and butchered for Chinese meds:

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


Shark fin ring from Calif company busted in Florida:

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


1,500 birds flew into Philly building, killing hundreds of them in one day:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... e-day.html


Zoologists find another example of rapid evolution in SE Asia bird:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-zoologist ... heast.html


Another example of the link between animal hoarding and child endangerment:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... e-him.html

[Pajarita]

The fight against the USDA Wildlife Services continues: They killed over 1.2 MILLION wild animals in 2019

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-d ... r-BB19PS0W


Sneak peak at Pantanal exhibit in Houston zoo;

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/a ... 631180.php


Trichomonosis lesion in birds classified:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-lesion-tr ... birds.html


Bahamas animals extinction due to human settlers - including Abaco parrots now only found in two islands:

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-lesion-tr ... birds.html

[Pajarita]

Petition to classify declawing, tail docking and ear cropping as abuse:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... mal-abuse/


Minks in Wisconsin, Michigan and Utah are positive for covid19 - thousands die:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -covid-19/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/thous ... r-BB19SwQv


How the dairy industry tricked us into believing we needed milk:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/dai ... eded-milk/


Ants quickly adapt to danger and build structures to avoid it or to get food (ants are considered one of the smartest animals on earth):

https://www.zmescience.com/science/ants ... -242789930


Another owner of a wild animal park who was featured in Tiger King is charged with wildlife trafficking:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tiger ... r-BB19SBc5


Artists conflicted over Trump Admin change to Duck Stamp contest to include hunting imagery:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/artis ... r-BB19TlV8


Hundreds of pets still in fire emergency rescue centers that are closing on Oct/23:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hundr ... r-BB19SErT


Elephant saves impala from leopard (video):

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/eleph ... i-BB19Rpoh


12 more elephants died suddenly in Zimbabwe:

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


How one expedition to the Galapagos saved one of largest Natural History Museums:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... c2NjU4MAS2


Birds can fly away from fire but not from aftermath:

https://www.startribune.com/birds-can-f ... 572649932/


Michigan Natural Resources removed animals from wildlife sanctuary suspected of breeding wolf/dog hybrids and where child was hurt:

https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/202 ... ttack.html


Flock of birds invades couple's bedroom (window open and lights on at night):

https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/floc ... -rainstorm


Owner offers reward to find man who tortured her dog (if you have a dog, you need a good fence!):

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/ ... 789b8.html


Dog owner in UK fined &500 for neglect after dog is brought to vet for cremation:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/ ... r-BB19SbSF


Avoid wooded areas in Marinette, Forest and Florence counties in Wisconsin after 9 dogs and many wild animals die from poisoning (Wildlife investigating and most likely, it was them that did it):

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/


Man arrested after dog is found emaciated and with gaping wound (another poor pitbull!):

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2 ... 935960002/

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Rescue dog helps whale researchers to find orcas by sniffing their poop in the water:

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/poop- ... save-orcas


Elephants reduced to eating garbage from dump:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripid ... d=msedgdhp


Why everybody who has a dog needs to have an annual license with follow-up:

Petition Justice for dog whose owner burned it with hairdryer and broke its leg
https://forcechange.com/571301/justice- ... hairdryer/

Owner antagonizes dog, dog bites him, man stabs him in the neck several times:
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/loca ... k/2442427/

Texas owner find man raping his dog:
https://www.ibtimes.com/texas-dog-owner ... ty-3060773

Woman hurls puppy at man in racist attack:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ttack.html

Even police depts mistreat and misuse their dogs:
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020 ... olice-dogs


Poisoning and pet trade putting birds at edge of extinction:

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/environ ... extinction


Genome reveals why female moles have both testicles and ovaries:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/mole ... es-432432/


Two EPA approved pesticides are killing bees:

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


Russian surfers claim ocean pollution is killing thousands of animals:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... the-coast/


Van transporting 80 rescue dogs from Texas to Virginia shelters overturns:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/van-t ... r-BB19W0RZ


'Superpig' uprising:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ameri ... r-BB19UZ3a


South Africa's 'cheetah hell'

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


You can communicate with cats by slowly blinking (we already knew this many years ago and used it at the shelter with newly arrived cats, it calms them and makes them feel all is OK)

https://people.com/pets/people-can-comm ... -confirms/