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 California Fires - How You Can Help The Animal Victims
This week’s California fires remind us once again just how fragile the balance of nature is. And how the lives of thousands of animals and humans can be uprooted in a flash.
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 World Go Vegan Week Is Coming October 25 - 31
The 4th annual World Go Vegan Week (WGVW) will soon be here. WGVW is a celebration of compassion, and a time to take action for animals, the environment, and everyone’s well-being. IDA invites groups and individuals to join with thousands of other compassionate people around the world during this special week. Together we will educate our communities about the vegan lifestyle as a compassionate, sustainable, and healthy way of eating and living. Click here to learn more and see how you can get involved.
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 The Cove Sparks Action!
The dolphin hunt depicted in the award-winning film The Cove was supposed to begin anew in Japan this week, but Ric O'Barry, our coalition's man on the ground at the cove, reports exciting developments! Most important, the film, the hunt, and our Save Japan Dolphins Coalition are being debated on Japanese television for the first time - see an interesting TV news story (with English subtitles) here. And another one here.
New media and updates are being added to the Coalition website daily, so check here for the latest.
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 Oregon Newspaper Uncovers Primate Research Center Stench
James Pitkin of the Willamette Week took a guided tour of the Oregon National Primate Research Center's 237-acre Beaverton facility, which holds 4,200 non-human primates. Click here to see what he found, including the center's request for $14.8 million in stimulus funds to expand. IDA's Northwest Director, Matt Rossell, is a former primate center employee who went public with allegations of animal mistreatment there (see “The Spy Who Loved Monkeys,” 2001).
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 Update On Our South Korean Dog And Cat Campaign
In South Korea, no day is a good day for dogs. But August 17 is the worst. This is the holiday Malbok. During picnics across the country innocent dogs - often family companion animals - are hung by their necks from leafy park trees, slowly and mercilessly bludgeoned to death in a “ritual” that often takes an hour or more, torched to remove their fur, and then barbequed for dinner.
Similar scenes take place daily in open markets all over South Korea, killing an estimated 2 million dogs per year.
Cats in South Korea don’t have it any better. Tens of thousands are boiled alive in pressure cookers each year to make an elixir called goyangi soju which some believe can cure rheumatism and neuralgia. Click here to see what IDA is doing, and what you can do to help. |
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