This is a great video about an organization, called Pilots N Paws, a group of volunteer pilots, who rescue dogs about to be euthanized from shelters and fly them to new homes. To date, they’ve saved more than 2,000 animals and this week, they are trying to save another 5,000. Definitely worth the watch!
Source: Good Morning America
Tags: Animal Lovers, animal rescue, animal rights, animal video
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We understand PETA’s mission, but sometimes their tactics just go too far…
PETA and McDonald’s have long been arch-nemeses, but after a long period of relative calm, the animal rights group has ratcheted up the rhetoric recently. Its tactic: Passing out “Unhappy Meals,” which include a rubber chicken stained with fake blood, a small paper cutout showing Ronald McDonald wielding a bloody knife and a T-shirt bearing the logo “McCruelty.”
Needless to say, not everyone is pleased with the approach. At a McDonald’s restaurant in Albany, N.Y., some parents fumed when confronted with PETA’s message. “I don’t want my son to be around something like this,” one mother, who’d brought her son to eat lunch at the fast-food chain, told Albany’s Fox 23 News. “This is not fair for a child.”
But PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman doesn’t seem terribly concerned about the criticism. “If kids knew how unhappy the chickens who are killed for Happy Meals really are, they’d lose their lunch,” Reiman said in a statement. “And if parents don’t want them to know, then the decent thing to do is to refuse to take them to eat [at McDonald's].”
The issue at the heart of PETA’s complaint is the method by which chickens are killed to produce McDonald’s menu items such as Chicken McNuggets. Read more…
Source: Los Angeles Times
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal rights, animals
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The rescue organization, who submitted Bouchard for our SMILE2 contest, posted this on their blog and we wanted to share it:
We entered a Bouchard smiling picture to the “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” organization. They sent us an email today, and Bouchard’s picture was one of the selected ones in their youtube video.
This is what Bouchard looked like 
the day I rescued him from a shelter in central Florida the week of Thanksgiving in 2003. I wasn’t expecting this. No one at the shelter mentioned how emaciated he was, and the Dobie rescue transport volunteer who picked him up even asked, “Are you sure this is the right dog?”
Can you believe it? The shelter neutered him i
n this condition. After all he went through, I cannot believe he made it through that. When I got him, there were physical issues that took some time to get through, and once that was taken care of, he had some personality conflicts that we also had to work through. He was rejected by two homes after a live-in period didn’t work out.
The second adoptive home I left him at, well, as the front door shut, I heard him body slam himself against it. That was hard to walk away from. But he has a bit of piss and vinegar in him, so it didn’t take long for him to be returned. He has made a fine place for himself at Fort Doberdale, is a special case and always has a place in my heart. Read more…
Source: fortdoberdale.com
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal photos, animal rescue, animal rights, animal video, animals
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Here’s a very cool website we discovered in our animal rights travels. Called Dogtime, it’s a great place for anything and everything to do with dogs — a search engine that shows you adoptable dogs and local pet businesses in your area and a virtual cornucopia of information, articles and tips on all things dogs. You can learn everything you need to know from the Dogtime experts about specific breeds, training techniques, including quizes to guage how you’re doing and pet insurance. There are special offers, videos, a forum and so much more. One of our favorite parts, though is the online matchmaking questionnaire that then matches you with your perfect type of dog.
We find this website to be very comprehensive with great information and services, not to mention that it’s well done, appealing and easy to navigate. And, we’re told they’ve got big plans for more great doggy info and services to come! Check them out at www.dogtime.com.
Tags: Animal Lovers, animal photos, animal rescue, animal rights, animal video, animals
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Earlier this month, the Humane Society of the United States received a higher education license to grant bachelor’s degrees in animal protection. In Washington, D.C., and on the Internet, the animal rights organization will qualify graduates to work for the more than 17,000 nonprofit organizations nationwide that research, protect, provide services or advocate for animals.
According to the Cleveland Metro, HSU will begin offering undergraduate degrees and graduate certificates in animal studies, policy, advocacy and humane leadership in the fall. The faculty includes 20 instructors with doctoral degrees in animal behavior, policy, psychology, sociology, literature, veterinary medicine, law and other fields.
For those looking to jump at this opportunity, there is one snag: Applicants must have “at least 60 college credits at the freshman and sophomore levels. HSU curriculum provides the final two years of undergraduate study in an eight-week semester.”
This could be an incredible opportunity for anyone looking to focus on getting involved in animal rights. What better way to help animal non-profits all over the country than to receive an education from one of the largest in the world?
For more info, check out HumaneSocietyUniversity.org (We imagine this will shift to a .edu shortly…)
Source: ecorazzi.com
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal rescue, animal rights, animals
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PETA has a few words for President Obama: Brush, don’t kill.
After the President very publically swatted and then killed a fly during an interview with CNBC, the outspoken animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) said they wished Obama had served a better example.
“We support compassion for the even the smallest animals,” says Bruce Friedrich, VP for Policy at PETA. “We support giving insects the benefit of the doubt.”
Friedrich says PETA supports “brushing flies away rather than killing them” and was disappointed that the President had gone ahead and squashed the pesky fly.
This afternoon PETA sent a Katcha Bug, a device which traps bugs and allows their safe release back into nature to the White House.
PETA hopes the President will use the catcher but has no far not received communication back from the White House, although they did not ask for specific correspondence.
Friedrich admits that despite his fly-swatting ways, the President has been a champion for animal rights in the past. PETA claims to be pleased by Obama’s denouncement of factory farming, Canadian seal hunting andMichelle Obama’s stance against wearing fur.
Source: ABC News
Tags: animal cruelty, Animal Lovers, animal rights
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The first pet-only airline, specifically designed for the “safe and comfortable transportation of pets. will take to the skies July 14th. Pet Airways will depart from Teterboro, a small airport outside New York, en route to Washington, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.
“Seats” on a modified Beechcraft 1900, supplied under contract with Suburban Air, will cost 149 dollars each way. Approximately 50 “pawsengers” can be booked on each flight and will travel in the comfort of their kennels, stacked on custom-made shelves. Seats are removed to make way for pet carriers.
It’s estimated that 76 million cats and dogs travel each year in the United States, including two million in airplanes. And air travel is no easy ride for domestic creatures. Each year, some 5,000 animals suffer injury while being transported, according to animal rights experts.
Once you’ve decided that you’ll be jet setting with your pet, you’ll want to research different airlines to find out how they handle pet travel, including any special restrictions and requirements. Read more…
Posted by Carrie Pollare
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Tags: Animal Lovers, animal rights, animals
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This is one of those wonderful stories that I just had to share. I gave my friend’s daughter an “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” bracelet. She was crazy about it, wore it to school and started telling all her friends what our campaign was about. She then decided to sell the bracelets for us at her elementary school. I am so pleased to report that she actually sold 18 bracelets. This has now morphed into a new business venture she’s going to start, which involves walking and babysitting neighborhood dogs. She plans to donate half the money she makes to Best Friends Animal Society, our charity beneficiary for the animal cruelty bracelet. Way to go Kimmy!
Posted by Carrie Pollare
Tags: animal cruelty, animal cruelty bracelets, Animal Lovers, animal rights, Best Friends Animal Society, cause bracelets, cause jewelry
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Yes, you read that right. PETA2, the youth division of PETA, has honored Miley Cyrus for her kindness to chickens. Evidently, Miley adopted one of the birds that was featured in her new film, Hannah Montana: The Movie, and made sure the other chickens used in the film found good homes too. These actions earned her a Compassionate Citizen Award from PETA2.
A PETA spokeswoman said that she packed up a few of the birds and sent them home with her mother. Cyrus reportedly felt sorry for the chickens because they were sad to be working.
This isn’t the first time that Cyrus has stepped in to help animals. Last year, she and her dad, Billy Ray, found a lost dog in her neighborhood and stayed with the dog until he was reunited with his guardian.
PETA hopes that Miley’s work with animals will inspire her fans to be kind to animals too. She will receive a framed certificate and a card signed by PETA staffers.
Posted by Carrie Pollare
Source: IMDb
Tags: Animal Lovers, animal rights, animals, Miley Cyrus, PETA
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Our charity beneficiary for the “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” bracelet, Best Friends Animal Society, broke ground today on a new Puppy Care Center. The center will be a safe haven for puppies and suffering mother and father “breeder” dogs rescued from shut down puppy mills.
According to Best Friends, these “less-than-perfect puppies” from pet “breeding factories” are cast-off, due to birth defects, like weak hips, deafness and mental problems. The “breeder” dogs often spend their entire lives in cramped cages, producing pups until their bodies give out. For cast-off puppies and homeless mother and father dogs too, the Puppy Care Center will offer safe haven, a place to heal and a chance to join a loving, forever family.
Here are some things you might not know about puppy mills:
* Instead of adopting from a local shelter, 8 out of 10 people who bring a pet into their home, buy one from a pet store. And that simply alerts puppy mills and backyard breeders that it’s time to start the cycle again: to churn out even more puppies.
* Many pups who come from these “breeding factories” are taken from their mothers too soon … and dismal conditions cause many to suffer from chronic illnesses and birth defects.
* Most breeding moms and dads barely know the touch of a human hand. Days pass with no contact from pets or people, unless they’re being pulled from their cages to breed. For those who are rescued, everything about the real world terrifies them.
* The helpless pups and mother dogs, without real-life skills or desperately ill, are often abandoned, left to face a too-soon end in crowded shelters or on the streets.
The Puppy Care Center will:
* Treat the chronic illnesses and defects that plague the sickest orphan puppies and abandoned mothers, through state-of-the-art medical care.
* Keep newborn pups and their mothers together, safe and secure, in special family suites.
* Give once-terrified mother and father dogs, who are often “unadoptable” in traditional shelters, the everyday skills they need to join forever families.
* Find good new homes for these doggies through effective, nationwide adoption programs.
Posted by Carrie Pollare
Source: Best Friends Animal Society
Tags: animal cruelty, animal cruelty bracelets, Animal Lovers, animal rights
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