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admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:43:46 +0000

Crime Doesnâ€™t Pay: Wildlife Hotline Targets Bear Bile

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:10:54 +0000

From World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)

A Wildlife Crime Hotline run by Vietnamese member society Education for Nature (ENV) is getting real results for bears. Tapping into public determination to stop the bear bile trade, tip offs have led to bears being removed from bear farms.

Radio, television and print advertising for the WSPA-funded hotline are clear: the bear bile trade is based on extreme cruelty and buying or selling products made from bears is illegal.

Most farmed bears are poached as cubs and held in tiny cages for the rest of their lives. The public can help prevent this by reporting any advertising they see for bear bile products to the hotline.

Although now banned in Vietnam, there have been reports of bile extraction from captive bears continuing. WSPA and ENV are working to help the authorities improve enforcement.

Watch advertisements for the hotline
(WARNING: these clips contain graphic images and sounds of bears in distress)

The Vietnamese governmentâ€™s commitment to ending bear farming is the first stage in making this cruel trade part of the countryâ€™s history.

Alongside our member societies, WSPA is working with the authorities to offer expert advice and ensure that this important animal welfare goal is achieved.

For more information, visit Animals Asia

Got Spew?

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:35:55 +0000

Last week, we announced our intention to help out financially struggling schools across the country by running our “Got Spew?” ad in school bathroom stalls.

Well, we’re now retracting our intention to run the ad. Not everywhereâ€”oh, not by a long shot!â€”but in Tempe, Arizona, where a spew-y disaster has just taken place.

Earlier this week, some brave fraternity brothers at Arizona State Universityâ€”and I’m trying to type this without laughingâ€”decided that the coolest, awesomest activity for a Tuesday night would be to go up on a footbridge â€¦ and vomit milk onto the traffic below.

My favorite quote from the article? “It is unknown why the men were drinking and vomiting the milk.” Maybe it’s because they had a revelation mid-chugâ€”that drinking milk promotes the cruelty of the dairy industry and has been linked to impotence. Or maybe it’s because it’s rush week. One thing is clear, though: Milk and spewing are certainly linked! We hate to say “we told you so,” but â€¦.

Whatever the reason, the frat boys’ antics have hurt more than the mother cows who produced the milk (and the male calves who are shipped off to veal slaughterhouses). The “joke” has also caused a woman and her daughter to be injured. Another car had stopped short to avoid the vomit (wouldn’t you?), and the ladies’ car wasn’t able to avoid hitting the stopped vehicle. And since we’d never want to make light of their injuries, we’re not going to run our ad in Tempe, Arizona.

We think folks in Tempe got the message anyhow.

via email, from PETA

The Meatrix

admin — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:26:13 +0000

Watch the Meatrix ….

.. or how to reach 15 millions people & get a dozen of film prizes with a pretty funny expose on the evils of factory farming. A high impact, well crafted web campaign from the Sustainable Table Program (Grace) & The Free Range Studios.

Nicolas Hulot and the global warming

admin — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:43:45 +0000

Nous n’avons que deux choix, soit l’avenir nous dicte le changement et nous le subirons, soit nous le conduisons tous ensemble.
Il faut dire aux politiques “Continuez ! Nous serons là, ne vous arrêtez pas en chemin.”

Nicolas Hulot