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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on April 15, 2010 at 12:51pm

Urge the Rabbinate to Uphold Promise to Phase Out 'Shackle and Hoist'
Following public outrage over a 2007 PETA investigation of a kosher slaughterhouse in Uruguay, Israel's chief Ashkenazi rabbi, Yona Metzger, promised to phase out the "shackle and hoist" slaughter method.

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on April 16, 2010 at 5:13pm

Protect the Baja Peninsula
Thank the Mexican government for protecting the whales of Laguna San Ignacio.

More Biogems action alerts here.

Permalink Reply by Sydni Moser on April 21, 2010 at 9:34am

CNN Highlights Ohio Signature Drive to Protect Farmed Animals
By Nathan Runkle


http://www.mfablog.org/2010/04/cnn-highlights-ohio-signature-drive-...

Yesterday's edition of "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell" spotlighted the signature gathering effort underway in Ohio to place a modest, yet meaningful, farmed animal protection initiative on the November 2010 ballot.

Visit OhioHumane.com for information on how you can support this important campaign - which would reduce the suffering of nearly 27 million cows, pigs, and chickens on Ohio factory farms each year.

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on April 21, 2010 at 10:10am

Great. Glad to see CNN covering this. I cross posted.

Permalink Reply by Sydni Moser on April 21, 2010 at 5:27pm

Stop this Coral Reef (and marine mammal) From Becoming a Landing Strip

Oura Bay, Henoko is home to Japan’s last remaining Dugong (looks a lot like their cousin, the manatee). Between 20 and 50 of the endangered Dugong live and feed in the coral reefs of this Bay. But not for long if the U.S. military has its way. There are plans underway to landfill this area to build a US Marine airstrip directly over the delicate reef these endangered creatures call home.

Futenma Air Station is located in the center of Ginowan, a densely populated city in Okinawa, and generates noise pollution, accidents, and incidents on a daily basis. Your predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld called Futenma the "most dangerous U.S. base in the world." In 2004, a Marine helicopter crashed into the campus of a university in Ginowan.

Take action now and tell United States Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates to stop plans for the airstrip. It’s time to save the coral reefs and the dugong!

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on April 21, 2010 at 5:54pm

Thanks. Done and crossposted. Damn military bases.

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on April 28, 2010 at 1:22pm

Obama, Say no to commercial whaling

If you’re a whale (and, we’re guessing that you’re not) public enemy number one to you right now is President Obama. It’s hard to believe, but unfortunately very true. The Obama Administration is proposing a deal that would re-open commercial whaling for the first time in over two decades.

President Obama has been backing away from his promise to save the whales and instead moving towards a deal that would benefit corrupt Japanese business ventures.

Tell President Obama that this is outrageous! Commercial whaling is cruel and unacceptable. We WILL NOT stand by and watch commercial whaling paint our oceans red with the blood of whales.

Sign the petition and tell the President to keep his promise to save the whales.

Permalink Reply by Sydni Moser on April 28, 2010 at 3:55pm

Thanks Dallas, I already signed this petition earlier today. I hope that everyone else will take a minute to sign the petition. We must save our whales...

Permalink Reply by Lena Scylla on June 4, 2010 at 8:29am

If I may add to this...

This does not only concern large baleen whales, but also smaller cetaceans, such as dolphins and pilot whales. 23,000 are killed every year in Japan.

Please visit http://www.savejapandolphins.org/index.php. The "Educate" tab has some great information. I also urge anyone (even those with a sensitive stomach) to watch The Cove (http://www.thecovemovie.com/). There are plenty of things one can do to help! Including sign the petition here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/724/210/624

Permalink Reply by Lena Scylla on June 4, 2010 at 8:31am

Sorry... Ignore the petition site I included above.

This is the correct one: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/252

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on June 4, 2010 at 9:16am

Thanks Lena. I will add SaveJapanDolphins.org to the links thread.

Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on May 1, 2010 at 3:36pm

Fax Your Representative To Make Crush Videos Illegal Again!

(Note - this form requires a valid U.S. zip code)

On April 20, the Supreme Court of the United States declared unconstitutional the "Crush Act," a 1999 federal law banning the creation, sale and possession of materials depicting genuine acts of animal cruelty. The Crush Act was passed to ban the sale of "crush videos," in which women crushed to death small animals, to satisfy the sexual fetishes of internet customers. Crush videos virtually disappeared from the internet following passage of the law, before the government initiated a single prosecution.

The Court said the law was overly broad, prohibiting certain videos that the Court believes need First Amendment protection. IDA immediately denounced the Supreme Court decision while calling upon Congress to immediately craft a replacement bill that can pass the Supreme Court's First Amendment analysis.

The next day, Representative Elton Gallegly (R-CA) introduced H.R. 5092. The new bill amends the Crush Act to give it a much narrower focus, but would still prohibit selling or offering to sell any depictions of animals being crushed, drowned, impaled or burned where such actions are illegal.

H.R. 5092 will help ensure that the crush video industry does not come back to life. The original Crush Act was passed with little opposition - please make sure your Representative is a co-sponsor.

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