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Animal Advocates Watchdog

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Humane myth.org *LINK*
AAS has been saying this for ten years

Bottle & Penny Drive for Bunnies *LINK* *PIC*
We, as a society, need to take a stand against animal abuse
Tuffy - abandoned cat hit by car needs everyone's help quickly! *PIC*
Who can tender trap Tuffy and get him to the vet?

EDMONTON - Two tiny red pandas at Edmonton's Valley Zoo are carrying the survival of their species on their furry shoulders *LINK* *PIC*
Where the zoo money is now

Good news! Baxter found in owner's stolen truck *PIC*
Bobbi cat needs a home *PIC*
Vancouver Group Stirs Feathers at Local Farm *LINK* *PIC*
Lifeforce Releases “Belugas: Far From Home” Video *LINK*
Time to Amend Animal Performance Bylaw *LINK* *PIC*
Washington Post: "I Love Moo: Tales From A N.Y. Animal Sanctuary." *LINK* *PIC*
Dr Peter Singer: We grow enough food for everyone, but livestock are devouring our food supply *LINK* *PIC*
Horse Slaughter Investigation Feb to May 2008
Circus cruelty lawsuit video on Las Vegas TV *LINK* *PIC*
Beaten Vick dog now helps cancer patients *LINK* *PIC*
A Very Inconvenient Truth: The meat industry is one of the most destructive ecological industries
Why does Watson disavow animal rights?
Re: Why does Watson disavow animal rights?

Surrey signs altered to the 'beaver dies here'.
Buckingham Palace: Dr Shirley McGreal receives an O.B.E. *LINK*
Don’t let dogs pee in public
Orphaned bear from Port rescued
The Victoria Vegan online. Check it out! *LINK*
Quebec: SLAPPs will not be allowed:Bill prevents abuse. Protects groups from strategic lawsuits
Re: Quebec: SLAPPs will not be allowed:Bill prevents abuse. Protects groups from strategic lawsuits
It should apply to cases that are already before the courts

Beavers are under siege in Surrey: 40 of Canada's national animal killed since October *LINK* *PIC*
Cruelty by Design: Video of fur industry animals *LINK*
ANNOUNCING! B.C.'S FIRST COLLABORATIVE STERILIZATION CLINIC FOR FIRST NATIONS' COMPANION ANIMALS *LINK* *PIC*
Big Heart keeps its promises
All members of this team share a similar passion and goal
Re: All members of this team share a similar passion and goal
I am so proud to be a co-defendant with Gail in the BC SPCA's lawsuit against us *LINK*
Summerlee Foundation will get its money's worth with Big Heart Rescue
Well done Big Heart Rescue! for your determination and vision
Congratulations to Gail and to all of BHR
An amazing example!
Congratulations Big Heart Rescue!

CBC airs shocking horse slaughter segment -- June 10, 2008 *LINK* *PIC*
Post your comment on the CBC National site *LINK* *PIC*
You can also contact
Saskatchewan and Ottawa are talking about humane slaughter
It sickens me to see a lone animal surronded by those who have the power to make a decision on its life/fate
Even when fearful the horse is covered in dignity
Lifeforce Foundation: Lives for Sale - Fraser Valley Auction
May 2004: SPCA to sell "rescued" horses in sealed bids at auction *LINK*
March 2007: BC SPCA adopt-a-thon for farm animals *LINK*
Governments respond to CBC report on horse slaughter industry
Lives for Sale – Fraser Valley Auction

C-558: Another Federal Animal Cruelty Bill Introduced
It is a good media day for the vegan diet. Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons is singing its praises
when many of us saw vegetarianism as the solution to animal suffering, we were wrong

Animal Rights Law Passed in Switzerland: Catch and Release Fishing Banned
The days when tiger cubs could be condemned to misery in British circuses were meant to be over *LINK* *PIC*
Cubs rented out at £100 a pose *LINK* *PIC*
She looked broken and depressed *LINK* *PIC*
The glitz and glamour of the Big Top *LINK* *PIC*
Re: The days when tiger cubs could be condemned to misery in British circuses were meant to be over *LINK* *PIC*

Netherlands to lift 15 yr ban on breeding and owning Pit Bulls *PIC*
MUST READ if you still don't understand the animal welfare business: The Ottawa Humane Society's big secret: Euthanasia
DNV ignores its protection of animals from exploitative performances bylaw
What happened to CinemaZoo?
Are 2 pictures worth 2 thousand words? *LINK* *PIC*

Young humpback saved from death in fishing gear
2,500 surplus pigs slaughtered before Ontario gets on board food bank program
Alberta cattle, hog farmers get C$300 million aid
VIDEO Intensive pig production in Eastern Poland *LINK*

Kosher Slaughter
UK Proposes Banning Halal & Kosher Slaughter *LINK*
Judaism has always recognized the link between the way a person treats animals and the way a person treats human beings *LINK*
YouTube - Animal rights in Islam *LINK*
The only rational solution is to stop eating animals *LINK*

Turtle Gardens fund drive for new wheels *PIC*
Animal activists outraged over beaver killing in Surrey, B.C.
Multi-municipality kill coalition could hold one big show of death & destruction
There are ways we can coexist with beavers
Killing of persistent beaver provokes outcry

'Sport of Kings' New York Times article calls it the new bullfighting
PETA Alleges Cruelty to Eight Belles, Calls for Criminal Charges *LINK*
"They love to run"
New York Post: Big Brown's crack no big deal *LINK* *PIC*
Big Brown finishes dead last at the Belmont Stakes

'Animals and Standing to Sue', by Henry Mark Holzer, professor emeritus at Brooklyn Law School *LINK*
Philosophically, animal rights/welfare groups can be classified as abolitionists or regulationists *LINK*
An Opportunity to Discuss Rights vs. Welfare

Nests destroyed by tree falling
Ravenous seals undeterred
Seals triumphant in battle with electronic deterrent device

The Five Freedoms: farming and freedom are mutually exclusive
RIP Chicken transport chickens
Does abolition include your "companion" animals? *LINK*
Abolition: The 'A' word.... shhhhh... don't say it if you want to keep your job....
They are not "ours" - not even to love
Re: They are not "ours" - not even to love
To repeat AAS's positions...
Four questions
i got i got sidetracked i got sidetracked i got sidetracked na na na na na na na na na n...
We domesticated them and now we must now take care of them
You can't have your cake and eat it too in my opinion
Who said anything about killing the pets that are already here?
So I must give up
Is animal welfare one route to abolition?
The PETA/KFC agreement is a textbook example of the failure of animal welfare reform *LINK*
Balluch argues that “it is at least possible” that welfarist regulation will eventually lead to abolition *LINK*
Re: Is animal welfare one route to abolition?
Thank you Tracey
Re: Is animal welfare one route to abolition?
The constant question answered again: "So what would you do, set them all loose in the woods to fend for themselves?"
Re: The constant question answered again: "So what would you do, set them all loose in the woods to fend for themselves?"
Moving toward the goal of liberation

Fishermen are killing the seas *LINK*
No such thing as humanely produced eggs. Celebrity chef on YouTube shows how... *LINK*
"The Free-Range Myth" *LINK* *PIC*
I get my eggs locally
So they are happy, happy, until the axe falls

Higher BC Court Overturns Acquittal & Convicts Man For Microwaving Cat
Farm Sanctuary Needs Recipes For Vegan Cookbook
KFC to offer Canadian's Vegan Chicken Option
Crowd cross over bunny cull
Groups try to stop circus from chaining elephants *PIC*
The SPCA told me to put the dog in a tennis court for the night
Balancing nature's ways
We beg, PLEASE do not let Peppy die here *LINK* *PIC*
So many people left Peppy to suffer for so long *LINK* *PIC*
Louis D. Brandeis: If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable
"While I am not without sympathy for the plaintiff, as acts of civil disobedience sometimes bring about positive change..." *LINK*
12 Myths About Direct Action
It should never have got to the point of "Please don't let Peppy die in that cage

Public perceptions about the morality of fur are changing
...and that includes sealskin sporrans
Waste Management Options for Fur Farming in Newfoundland

Happy Spring everyone! *PIC*
The stink about Newfoundland mink farms *LINK*
AAS investigated where animal were kept when not being used to make money *PIC*
Letters to editor re: Yukon Animal Protection Act amendments
Putin ratifies AIHTS for Russian Federation
ALERT! STOP CRUEL MASS KILLING OF RABBITS IN KELOWNA!
Debbie Goodine has one of the toughest jobs at the BC SPCA, by Kathi Travers *LINK*
Andyfreeze, Harbinger, and Kathi Travers. Who are they?
And some anti-SPCA comment...

Arizona: Kofa mountain lions: How exploiters get what they want and attempt to silence (or eliminate) dissent *LINK* *PIC*
Creston BC: Wolf and cougar trap kills a dog named Rosie *LINK*
Act or be acted upon...

Kelowna/Cullona? City plans rabbit extermination
...in the Province of British Cullumbia
We went to Kelowna on the weekend to see for ourselves what all the fuss was about *PIC*

Deer eat everything and leave their poop behind
Deer have become destructive pests
People are more harmful to environment than deer
Anyone moving in, or into wildlife teritory has no right whatsoever to complain
Homeowners/developers have taken away their habitats, destroyed their original food sources, and basically refuse them their right to live
They just don't have a clue

Cloverdale Rodeo back in the saddle again
Re: Cloverdale Rodeo back in the saddle again
BC SPCA encourages other rodeos to follow Cloverdale's lead *LINK* *PIC*
SPCA move to Cloverdale approved
SPCA made stronger anti-rodeo statements in the past

Hopes to give Bailey the cat a new home dashed at SPCA
Parksville/Qualicum SPCA refuses home to young Spaz and then sickens and kills her

Electronic seal fence showing mixed results
I would like to know how long the seals have been doing this?
Another example where animals are smarter than their human manipulators *NM*
Animal specialists learn effects of seal deterrent not working
Where is the indignation for the salmon?

This week, we learned that Iceland has announced it is resuming its commercial whaling operation *LINK*
Wrong Meeting? *NM* *LINK*
Exposing the "Zoos are conserving species" business *LINK* *PIC*
Are zoos an anachronism from a time before the internet and Animal Planet?
Oprah Tries Veganism as a "Cleanse" *LINK*
Be Like Oprah, Try a Vegetarian Diet Today! *LINK* *PIC*
Vegetarianism has been "anointed" by one of the most influential persons in the world
Move over meat-eaters or eat the Cruelty-Free Food bandwagon's dust!
PeTA: I Confess: Confessions From Animal Guardians *LINK*

Alaska trying to get polar bears off U.S. threatened list
Polar bear hunters say they'll seek new markets
Now, if I could bag a hunter...

The pursuit of personal pleasure and avoidance of pain: Is there any such thing as a saintly animal rescuer?
When a critical mass is reached, all animal-use will be abolished
It is the internet's ability to rapidly and effectively expose the truth that will finally fell all tyrants, liars, abusers, and self-servers
AAS position on owning and using animals posted many years ago, many times

Good enough for helpless animals: "Manly" rodeo cowboys refuse to be shocked *LINK* *PIC*
An investigator caught Hampton Rodeo routinely shocking its bulls at a rodeo sponsored by the University of Illinois *LINK* *PIC*

Profits, not culture, drive inhumane seal hunt
Modern morals: at loggerheads over seal hunting
This letter has got to be the most absurd reason for the slaughter of seals

"It's easier and more humane to take them up to Tulsa where they use the gas chamber."
Re: "It's easier and more humane to take them up to Tulsa where they use the gas chamber."

Jeremy Bentham; Animals are still treated as slaves
Animal servitude exists for two purposes, both of which create pleasure for humans: acquiring money or companionship
Thinking Critically About Animal Rights: Abolition is the goal *LINK*
Both the theory and the goal of abolition profoundly differ from that of animal welfare/animal protection *LINK*
There is no such a thing as “humane farming.” *LINK*
Re: There is no such a thing as “humane farming.”
What happened to personal choice?

You can try to romanticize the bloody history of the relationship between horses and humans...
CITY OF KELOWNA HIRES DEATH SQUAD TO EXTERMINATE BUNNIES
Two letters: Would council take same action against those responsible for city’s rabbit problem?
RUNNING SCARED OF THE BIG, BAD WABBIT?
Planned rabbit cull dubbed a ‘quick fix’ that will not work

Canada Revenue Agency investigating the Montreal-based Canadian SPCA. spca.com, SPCA International, SPCA Foundation links questioned
Surrey Rottweiler rescued from drug house attacks children and is put down
VICIOUS DOG TURNED OVER TO S.P.C.A.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER PITBULL?
Rottweiler rescued from crack house attacks two kids, gets put down

ASI recently learned that the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science now has 300 institutional subscriptions *LINK*
Disaster Relief Efforts for Animals Around The World
More than 400 "loser" racehorses a year killed in Puerto Rico
Makah tribal court fines whale killers $20 each for illegally killing grey whale
Their cries are still echoing in my head

Meat-eating delusional authors thank the animals for "giving" their lives *LINK*
Re: The Victoria SPCA may be trying to practice limited surrender of cats.
Manufactured confusion: Can unlimited surrender assist in the process of changing perceptions or does it entrench a culture of irresponsible pet-ownership?

Why did no one help this poor beaten pit bull in Surrey?
Find out how your MP voted in animal cruelty bill *NM* *LINK*
NEWS - PETCETERA WORKERS FILE COMPLAINT AGAINST BIG-BOX RETAILER
If you exploit animals other than human, you will exploit animals who are human

Pitt Meadows has no dog-catcher
Pitt Meadows doesn't need an animal control facility

Tennis balls needed
Re: The Victoria SPCA may be trying to practice limited surrender of cats.
Slaughter of race horses on HBO as horse racing makes news
Not all! *PIC*
Any statistics re how many race horses are rescued?
While you may see cruelty at the track I see beauty and grace
Tweny years behind the scenes
I have fifteen years behind the scenes
I have worked for Olympians who have done things that aren't close to what I have seen on the track
I agree with Manny Phelps!

Otter attacks dog
Thanks for reminding everyone that wildlife is wild *LINK*

Tragic whale tale goes to Cannes
Animals suffer in quest for cheap food
Calgary Zoo staff shaken by deaths of dozens of stingrays
The stingrays were placed in a cramped pool to swim in circles...

Two-pet-limit bylaw passes in Kent-Agassiz
New York Times - "A Cleanup Hitter Who Leaves Something on His Plate."
San Francisco's ABC I-team exposes egg-production cruelty
Makah want to open a processing plant to sell “marine mammals” to Japan
Dekker is a gorgeous cat who is great with dogs *PIC*
Nova Scotia SPCA kills dogs, called a betrayal of rescue
NS SPCA president Pam Keddy said dogs were aggressive
How very disapointing

Saanich: Man charged with animal cruelty after trap snares neighbour's cat
No place for pet-killing traps

On Racehorses and Ignorant Neighbors *LINK*
$54,000 to kill the bunnies
I hope this year's Easter bunnies have a few good months before they too
Kelowna puts contract out on bunnies‘ heads
City fends off legal challenge to bunny roundup
Re: City fends off legal challenge to bunny roundup

PCRM wants to know: Have you been able to improve your health with a vegan diet?
Why I Support AAS
Teja's Animal Refuge sues province of Quebec for not protecting puppymill dogs *LINK*
Acupuncture for animals spreading
Watching the pup's face during the first treatment was illuminating
The British Veterinary Voodoo Society
Re: The British Veterinary Voodoo Society

Traps in urban areas.
Surrey man, 20, runs to rescue of bitten, bloodied 11-year-old
Surrey to discuss pit bull control following attack, says mayor
Taking the stance that all breeds are equally dangerous is a failure to protect the public
Who will get punished?
U KNOW U THE BEST WHEN HATED BY THE REST THER IS PEOPLE HATING ON MY KENNELS BECOUSE I SELL MY BULLIES AT AN AFFORDDIBLE PRICE
The number of dog attacks could be reduced by 99% if...

'Have you seen this monkey?' asks Vancouver zoo *LINK* *PIC*
A monkey is killed...

Alert:Kelowna City Staff Want Bunnies Killed! *LINK*
Why is it so easy for the city to kill and then kill again the next year after the new crop of unwanted pet store rabbits are dumped

Crown Unable to Suppress Crucial Evidence in HSUS and HSI Seal-Hunt Observer Trial
Dead bear found hanging from bridge in Golden, B.C.
Bear cub shot in Whistler
Update: Charges laid in bear cub shooting

Sea Shepherd vows to bill Canada $1,000 a day for seized ship
Smashing a bladed hakapik into a seal's head and skinning it while alive is barbaric
‘Let’s fight, claw and spit back’ *LINK* *PIC*
Once you're called a "zealot" you know the attainment of the goal is not far off

Canada Fur Watch: government “Fur Industry Defense Program” *LINK* *PIC*
Jeanie can get her bear butt out of my forest.
"Mutts" - Warm and Fuzzy Tails
Quebec Puppy mill owner gets fine, ban for keeping dogs in filthy conditions
The Meatrix *LINK*
China: Animals torn to pieces by lions in front of baying crowds:
THE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF ANIMALS: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy--and Why They Matter *LINK*
Making "improvements" to slavery is not animal rights
Outrage over bear birth-control plan in Whistler
Save Robson Bight whale refuge- Province to recover sunken tanker
U.S. Bill to Stop Trophy Shooting of Captive Animals
Animals die for human greed: Federal government muzzles scientists on the fur trade
Reacting to boycotts: the new corporate business model: if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Chicken Rescue
U.S. far ahead of Canada: Report before Congress: Factory farming, antibiotics use in farming, and cruelty
Owners say dogs are the cat's meow: study.
Save some sympathy for the lowly rabbit

What about the lamb slaughter?
Comparing seals, lambs misleading
Word-warping: Call a slaughterhouse by its real name

Wild salmon could disappear from Vancouver menus
Toronto Zoo brass say ... Rudolph must die!
Update: Zoo board to decide fate of reindeer calf

Karen Dawn's words reflect AAS's fifteen years of animal welfare activism through advocacy and action
AAS is a truly great organization

To my horror in the planted tree was a mutilated rabbit hung by its neck
Re: To my horror in the planted tree was a mutilated rabbit hung by its neck
Animal cruelty is a crime, not a "prank"
SPCA takes cruelty very seriously
A SHORT LIFE FILLED WITH MISERY to the person or persons that are responsible

Kentucky Derby: The filly Eight Belles ran on two broken ankles...
Eight Belles finished 2nd then collapsed *PIC*
Please read... *LINK*
I wonder how we can be entertained tomorrow?
News articles, video, and the obligatory "horses love to run" comment *LINK*
From South Carolina, a plea to know who to contact
Our answer to Allison: it is "horse lovers" who are the real problem because of their numbers
So what is ok?
We were asked why do abolitionist fight with each other?
Britain: 193 deaths in 421 days *LINK* *PIC*

She snapped -- and so did her dog's leg. But should stressed mom have to be labelled a criminal?
Comments on this article in the Province *LINK*

"Remington" lives to tell the tale about how Natives shoot them to control packs of neglect dogs
Comments on this article in the Province *LINK*

Sadist "art": Why did no one rescue Natividad?
Guillermo Habacuc Vargas admits on his new created MySpace page, that he indeed killed the dog! *LINK* *PIC*

Shock collars: Your opinion and experiences wanted at: www.tellyourshockingstory.ca
Try it out on the human animal first

Rescued Goat Gets a Chance For a Normal Life On Four Legs
ACTION ALERT: Hunte Corporation 2008 Breeders Conference
Boomer the baby lion captured, heading to Quebec zoo
Vancouver earmarks $31 million for animal shelter: Plan provides up to $750 per dog, per day
National Post : Wednesday, April 30, 2008: New $30.5M Vancouver pound has critic howling *PIC*
National Post: Thursday, May 01, 2008: Vancouver pound plan goes to the dogs *PIC*

Hungry seals shocked for salmon
When is cruelty to animals OK?
Critics say new animal cruelty law passed by the Senate has no teeth
Hundreds of ducks trapped on toxic Alberta oilsands pond
The newly vegetarian sports star, Milwaukee's first baseman, Prince Fielder
Nova Scotia: New PCA Act will now include a "dispute mechanism"
What is needed much more is an external dispute mechanism for those who believe they have been unfairly or illegally treated by an SPCA

Dozer is a young guy who came in with no training, but a great heart *PIC*
Re: Dozer is a young guy who came in with no training, but a great heart

Meet Bear, 8 years old, 100 pound neutered black male Bouvier, natural ears and tail, and a real Bouv's Bouv! *LINK* *PIC*
Animal People: Mountain lions to be "lethally removed" for big horn sheep hunting *LINK*
Maricopa County, Arizona: The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners
Veterinary Care for South Pacific Companion Animals in Need *LINK* *PIC*
In BC, there are third world conditions for animals on every reserve in the province *LINK*
SPCA's 2003 "Locke Report" on the state of reserve animal welfare and solutions has never been released *LINK*
Now that the BC SPCA has so successfully recovered a healthy financial position
It is not 'spiritual' to spay/neuter dogs! But - it's spiritual to kill them - torture them? *LINK*
I am not convinced that indeed you are not racist
Is western society at a point where an accusation of racism is a cover-up for societal problems?
I offer the idea that donations be made to Big Heart Rescue Society *LINK*
Feb 6/08: Here is a recent example of very many AAS has, going back ten years
Feb 8/08: Litters of unwanted puppies and kittens being born in remote communities are not unique, said Marcie Moriarty of the B.C. SPCA
Kuper Island and Big Heart Rescue *LINK*
This is not racist, this is a fact: The life of their animals was extremely disturbing *LINK*
This is a site dedicated to abandoned dogs on reserves *LINK*
Please feel free to drive to a Reserve where you will witness starving and stray dogs *LINK*

Adventures in the Bizarre World of Canadian Politics
Al Gore's meat addiction is stronger than his desire to end global warming *LINK* *PIC*
Deflocked cartoon *PIC*
No appetite for foie gras protest among Kitsilano restaurateurs
Old dogs put down by SPCA
This is breaking my heart
Re: This is breaking my heart
Re: This is breaking my heart
When you commit to looking after someone you just don't stop because it is inconvenient

Neither a drug den nor a dark alley would keep Julia Holmes from rescuing a cat in need
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival or life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." - Albert Einstein *LINK*
Save the Little Campbell Watershed! Attend Campbell Heights Public Information Meeting
Stay tuned as to how you can be a part of preserving grizzly and spirit bears, wolves, cougars and Rainforest!
Is fake meat the answer?
Fake meat is a brilliant solution
It is not a bond that we are treasuring; it is bondage. What kind of a society treasures involuntary servitude in 2008? *LINK*

Vancouver Aquarium Development Permit May Not Get Issued
Proposed pet bylaw upsets Agassiz animal lovers
Petland Advertises for breeders *LINK*
This is damage control, but whatever works...and damage control is one of the most effective agents of change
I phoned Petland
Would anyone consider displaying adoptive children in a store front?
How can Petland guarantee?
When I first read the Petland ad I was absolutely furious. Then I spoke with Sandy
I will give Petland this...
How would Petland guarantee no pups would end up in pounds?
Seems to me Petland is operated differently in every city
What we saw at the Port Coquitlam store was appalling *LINK*
What a shame.... Their head office says one thing yet others see another
Petland in 100 Mile House has in their contract that they will take back any pet at any time for any reason
Real animal welfarists tattoo and/or microchip and retain that ID in their name

World Week Against Vivisection *LINK*
Sign petition against starving dogs "art" *LINK*
Watson understood in his viscera that we were confronting an armada of death supported by pliant and amoral authority
Cameron's email address is...
There is no doubt which of the two worlds will survive
There has never been any doubt in my mind which world view is ascending
Other facts, other opinions

World Week for Animals in Laboratories *PIC*
I find it unacceptable to take the life of one kind of animal to save another *LINK*
"I take him when things need to be killed. That's just what he does." *PIC*
Tied up nearby in his yard were a dozen hunting dogs *PIC*
No respect for animals, no respect for the law
What will happen to Schoenborn's dog?
What beings "need to be killed"?

'Spiritually, I believe that if you express your gratitude and bless your food and the animals it came from, eating some meat is okay' *LINK*
We can do away with the concept of spirituality entirely

O.W.L's Annual Open House *LINK*
Alberta vet bought $2.2-million deserted island in BC as a haven for her pets
Rockband Matchbox Twenty Cites Rodeo Animal Abuse *LINK*
What would you do with that old fur coat?
URGENT: Dogs packing in Bella Bella, foster homes needed!
Environmental (Species and Public Protection) Amendment Act introduced by Minister Barry Penner
Harvesting pig brains causes neuro disorders in workers
Internet networking is making improvements and saving lives at warp speed
We asked Merritt Clifton of Animal People... *LINK*

Latest video of Seal Hunt
Canada's commercial seal hunt remains every bit as cruel as it has always been.
Struggling pork producers offered $50M to cull swine
"WORD WARP" Thought control: Let us count the ways: #1: "Cull" instead of "kill" *LINK*
AAS has been deconstructing the language of animal-disposing humane societies/pounds for over ten years
More warped words: #2 - "hunt" and #3 - "harvest"
More "Warped Words": #4 - "lethally removed" *LINK*
More warped words: #5 - euthanize, #6 - adoption, #7 - tests, #8 - welfare, #9 - shelter, #10 - humane destruction

Killing Bears for recreation is not instinctual
Sea Shepherd credited by Japanese for reduced kill numbers
Globe and Mail and National Post articles on seizure of the Farley Mowat and how to send a letter

Old mine site that’s poisoning the river and nearly decimated fish stocks.
Nuisance Seals Targeted to protect BC fish farms
Dead Husky's owner says he was 'training' puppy
"Beef is out, wheat is in" *LINK*
The real crisis is global hunger. And if you care, eat less meat
MOSCOW: The State Duma has finally agreed that Russia needs "humane traps."
Thanks to Mr. Hearn's political machinations, Mr. Watson just got more free publicity than he likely ever dreamed of
Sick puppy dies after being sold at pet store
Jack FM, wake up to what is happening to the animals in your community *LINK*

UK study disturbing: From what I've seen things here aren't much different for the rabbits
I welcome any opportunity to shut these monsters down
"Hysterical Hearn Hatefully Harasses Harp Seal Heroes" "They are a bunch of money-sucking manipulators,"
On the Joy of Meat
It's either less meat or less sex. Which will humans choose?

Aquarium says critics all wet
I write to ask if you could post an appeal for us on the WatchDog *LINK*
Do the dogs in your well-funded "shelter" look like this? *LINK* *PIC*
I was there in January

THE LANGUAGE OF LIBERATION: Eric Prescott *LINK*
Donations sought to save dogs needing surgery
Posh Puppy Beverly Hills has stopped selling live animals! Our hard work has paid off *LINK*
Did your MP vote to end animal cruelty? *LINK*
Here's my letter to my MP

Hannah and Heidi: Two good pups for good homes *PIC*
More photos *PIC*

WARNING! DISTURBING PHOTOS: What a dog slaughter house in China looks like *PIC*
WARNING! MORE DISTURBING PHOTOS: What a dog slaughter house in China looks like *NM* *PIC*
Thank you for posting this AAS. What can change if we don't look squarely at what is wrong?
Forever free from the 'Evil' that men do

2008 Marine Life Programs *LINK*
I am heartened to see the serious attention that animal suffering is starting to be given in the mainstream media
See how your MP voted on Bill S-203
Liberal MP Todd Russell actively participates in animal cruelty! *LINK*

Animal cruelty bill wins parliamentary approval but no kudos from animal lovers
German Shorthaired Pointer Windy urgently needs a new foster home or forever home *LINK*
More big media animal welfare articles: this time on testing on animals
Hidden-camera investigations effect quick change
On Alliance Politics: "Total Liberation: Revolution for the 21st Century" *LINK*
Re: Maple Ridge: Local SPCA facility is 'lacking' say staff
The language problem we here in America are having regarding animals is quite startling in its Orwellian-ness as of late *LINK*
Oprah: I was waiting for someone to slip and say "kill," *LINK*
Thou shalt not kill
More Orwellian Newspeak words repeated for decades by almost everyone *LINK*

No kill and puppy mills in major papers -- and Oprah follow-up. 4/6-4/7/08
On Elephants Who Paint *LINK*
Elizabeth May, leader of The Green Party of Canada
Paul is just stating the obvious - if you know the danger then you had better expect the consequences
Paul Watson says "I'm Not Ready to Make Nice" *LINK*
Thank you for the words of comfort
2010 Vancouver Olympics a prime opportunity to protest Canadian seal slaughter *LINK*
Maclean's Magazine takes potshot at Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Shelter can do more to help older dogs *LINK*
RUFF GUYS TO RESCUE *LINK* *PIC*
Government likes wolves. Imagine that!
Bag limit on wolves just raised
Trappers can kill an unlimited number of wolves
Link corrected *LINK*

Tribe of Heart: Biggest U.S. animal conference sells out to the meat industry *LINK*
Tribe of Heart: "THE WITNESS is one man’s truth that cries out for mass exposure… may be the most important and persuasive film about animals ever made.” *LINK*
Re: Tribe of Heart: Peaceble Kingdom - the journey home *LINK* *PIC*

Abundant eagles put strain on local rescue organization
Why is chef Wolfgang Puck being honoured by the Genesis Awards? *LINK*
BEARS AT RISK OF EXTINCTION—BC GOVERNMENT FAILING TO PROTECT CANADIAN GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST
Sharkwaters's Rob Stewart on Good Day LA -- on Fox and streaming on line -- 8-9am 4/5/08
Ontario introduces new animal welfare legislation
Oprah is asking animal lovers to unite
Sign the pledge!
Why did it take a billboard to make Oprah make this show?
On Oprah: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly *LINK*
And in BC pet stores: No blankets, no toys, all by himself, covered in his own feces
To anyone who is close to this area, pls take a visit to this "so called petstore"
Today AAS sent the email we received to the SPCA *LINK* *PIC*

Canadian Inuit leader in Brussels to persuade Europe not to ban seal products
Irresponsible and shocking behaviour by Inuit re: Narwhal shootings
Sure! Right! Hah! How is killing animals taking care of animals?

Canadian SPCA under scrutiny for financial mismanagement, unethical fundraising and unacceptably high euthanasia rates *LINK*
How one SPCA rabbit fared at Petcetera *LINK* *PIC*
How many global warming alarmists still eat meat
Animals are murdered by the billions -10 billion in the USA alone
Then the are the buldozed frogs and the decimated flocks of butterflies...

Frankie: Parksville Qualicum SPCA, say if unable to find a new home, he will possibly face euthanasia
Re: Frankie: Parksville Qualicum SPCA, say if unable to find a new home, he will possibly face euthanasia *LINK*
Can't find Frankie on the SPCA site
Frankie on the A Channel
UPDATE - Frankie: Parksville Qualicum SPCA, say if unable to find a new home, he will possibly face euthanasia

Puppy Mills On Oprah
Bill S-203: WSPA makes it easy to say NO to this bill
Opponents label animal cruelty bill as too weak.
Animal Cruelty Bill Lacks Teeth

Oprah Winfrey show - Investigating Puppy Mills - Friday, April 4th
Dead Cat Found Hung from Lamppost - Alberta
Canadian trappers have completed their first ever "humane trapping" season
Is killing ever civilized?
5 minutes, 5 hours, 5 days? Who knows how long any animal suffered in a trap? *LINK*

Canada's cruelty protection ranks at the bottom: Vick could not have been prosecuted
BEARS AT RISK OF EXTINCTION—BC GOVERNMENT FAILING TO PROTECT CANADIAN GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST
Animal slaughter art exhibit closes under peaceful protest, then threats -- SF Chronicle 3/30/08 *LINK*
I send a thank you to all of those engaged in strong yet peaceful activism

On Circus "Slaves"
'Exploitation'- Government style!
Children's field trip will highlight animal cruelty

Baby Seal Slaughter Opens at Dawn
Four sealers drown
Seals participate but not of their free will, they have no choice
There is a brilliant insight here
What the hell have we done with our wisdom?
The DFO desperately wants to keep these images out of the public eye
Re: The DFO desperately wants to keep these images out of the public eye *LINK*
DFO keeps the truth under wraps
Unwanted Observers and Bearing Witness
"Today I am going to go out and kill something, or as many things as I can."
Threats contrast with Sea Shepherd statement: "We will of course rescue any sealers should they require help"
CBC Yukon's view: "heart-wrenching and horrendous"

A little caring for the Kelowna rabbits *LINK*
Three Makah whalers plead guilty in deal to avert jail; Two others refuse, opt for jury trial
"Horses of the Southeast are starving. What's causing this heartbreak in horse country?"
Protest Bill S-203 at Robson Square, March 30: a sham, promoted by politicians to placate while avoiding meaningful change
Special to Globe and Mail: Scarce improvement for animals
Write your MP and the party leaders
Why Bill S-203 needs to be rejected
Bear cub - No law against beating, and driving over with jet-ski
Assertion that the criminal code doesn't protect wild animals from acts of animal cruelty is not correct

Dead wolves: one of the ingredients used in Yukon 'Skookum Brand' parkas
Nazis made lampshades out of human skin

'Don't trust me' - 6 animals killed by a hammer for art
Are Animal Snuff Films Art? *LINK* *PIC*
The Current Exhibition Has Been Temporarily Suspended
Watch "Earthlings", narrated by Joaquin Phoenix

Canadian SPCA members want regime change after scandal
120 puppy mill dogs "found in decrepit conditions" in Ontario
Three stray Shar peis picked up Vancouver recently - one of them emaciated *LINK* *PIC*
Vancouver Parks Board: Stop Bunny Exploitation and Clean Up the Petting Zoo! *LINK* *PIC*
Rabbits at Kilby Historic Site in deplorable conditions *LINK* *PIC*

Ex-Yukon Quest musher charged with animal cruelty *LINK*
Case update, more info about J.T. Hesser
What will happen to these dogs now? I'm just as worried about them in the hands of the state

Pit bull owner get counselling: dogs get killed *LINK*
Killing the victims no longer being tolerated

Tyke "O'Leary" singing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" *LINK* *PIC*
Wild Bison Slaughter Breaks 20th Century Record
CallOffTheGuns.com - important related web site
Bison hunt permits are available to Yukon schools/Yukon Quest included in school curriculum

On Nonhumans and High Culture: the case of Hiasl the 26-year old chimpanzee
CBC radio's "Sounds Like Canada" promotes carnivore chic - Please write the CBC
What...you won't be eating delicious reindeer?
Who to write at the CBC
Letter to CBC North: Life-time CBC listener wouldn't listen to CBC North
Does a humane education program, specifically geared for media, exist?

Adelanto animal control official accused of drowning kittens
Challenging the new "humane" seal hunt guidelines
Thanks for posting Kevin's letter *LINK*

BCVMA Veterinary Fee Guides can now be purchased on the internet!
Dolphin rescues stranded whales *LINK*
New York Times Finally Catches On. Or Not
Time, money and bison and elk for the killing!
Yukon Department of Environment: newsletter with a bison recipe and a kids' bison hunt
"AMEN"!
Re: "AMEN"!

in face of CTV revelations, the Canadian SPCA (Montreal) executive director continues to side-step the truth
A CTV News special investigation into the Montreal SPCA *LINK*

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Hearn Applauds Sealing Celebrations
"Euthanasia" doublespeak in the animal-killing industries
“Speaking Their Truth,” the 23rd annual International Compassionate Living Festival
Second dogs dies in Alaska's Iditarod race
ABC: the effect of home foreclosures on the homeless animal crisis
Mexican Horse Slaughter video and petition
Science Centre Elephant in a Bubble: L.A. Times: sadly outdated sort of education
Only seven years ago The Province editors scolded AAS and others *LINK*

March 15: International Anti-Seal Hunt demo behind Vancouver Art Gallery
A hazard of killing for cash: Quebec: Boy, 10, traumatized by SPCA death tour
L.A. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFFS IN SHELTER LAWSUIT *PIC*
Stressful hog transport ruins the flavour of the meat
The whole animal-use industry is wildly spinning

New seal hunt rules more 'humane'
Oxymoron!
Canada has announced this year's seal kill quota: 275,000
In the world today, Canada is no longer seen as a Peace Keeping Nation
Rachel Westfall - The Waxing Moon

Langley Animal Control to control animals with spay/neuter day *LINK*
"Never trust a musher - we're all full of bullshit" *LINK* *PIC*
CBC and tourism does a wonderful job in helping to exploit these dogs for the mushing industry

Alberta starving horses: SPCA knew for years *LINK* *PIC*
The SPCA once again rides to the rescue
Numerous rabbits, chickens and ducks also found dead
SPCA has unfairly taken the heat for failing to act sooner
Alternative rescuers prevent SPCA from sending seized horses to auction
Arabian Horse Breeders lobbied the SPCA to stop the sale.

Nunavut seeks meeting with Manitoba over polar bears
Milk Consumption Negatively Affects Semen Quality
A dangerous chemical soup
I am always amazed by the TV advertisements for milk, cheese and eggs

Possibility of European ban looms over commercial seal hunt
Expedition to Seal Nursery Spotlights Pups Slated for Slaughter

Fighting cock 'slaughter' outrages Filipinos
I hope the Vancouver Humane Society wouldn't advise the killing of all of pitbulls on the grounds that they are 'born and bred to fight and kill'

New York Times: "To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom."
Killing and sterilizing wolves in Alberta
Cat Cull in Beijing "Olympics clean-up Chinese Style"
Olympics - What Olympics? Not in my home
An Olympic Disgrace

Meatout Canada – March 20, 2008
Re: Meatout Canada – March 20, 2008

Microwave cat case going to trial
Alberta to kill wolf pups and adults
Alberta: Bloody deer cull spurs protests
Who to write re: wolf-killing

Newsweek: militias and warlords use poaching to fund death
New animal cruelty bill introduced into B.C. legislature
Some things I wish had been included
More power for SPCA to get evidence
SPCA press release
Legislation grants SPCA new powers

IMPORTANT PETITION TO SAVE CATS AND DOGS FROM BEING SKINNED ALIVE IN CHINA *LINK*
Re: IMPORTANT PETITION TO SAVE CATS AND DOGS FROM BEING SKINNED ALIVE IN CHINA *LINK*
Standing up to this cruelty

Sat:Mar 8-9pm & 9th & 10th 'A Man Among Bears'08' Nat Geo Special (Benjamin Kilham)
Canine Confidential on CBC tonight
Are those veterinary tests really necessary?
Sheep murders
Blood money!
Imagine what could be done with Mr. Leech's $315,000 if he made a serious commitment to conservation
Re: Sheep murders

Cock-fighting: Torturing animals makes mockery of humanity's claim to superiority
Ten years ago the "logic" of the SPCA killing the roosters escaped Don Cherry too
Someone who "gets it" : The enforcing authority, the SPCA, exists to save animals, not destroy them
BC SPCA spokeswoman Lorie Chortyk: "What we do is save animals' lives..."
Let's get our terms clear - this was NOT "euthanasia"
The criminal code of Canada does not say the SPCA has to personally kill the cocks
Cops swoop down on cockfighters
Unfair to judge Fillipinos
Re: Unfair to judge Fillipinos
Since I have done none of the above
Work together...

Please sign petition "Stand Against Puppy-Killing Soldier" *LINK*
Would love to wipe the smiles off their faces
Marine Corps Base Hawaii Press Release *LINK*

Don't even think about it - our Easter campaign *LINK* *PIC*
DawnWatch: National Geographic cover story "Inside Animal Minds" March 2008
Loving white cat needs a new home and garden *PIC*
NYTimes: Hits Small Mark, Misses Big One
Roslyn Cassells's Soundoff about the SPCA is right on the mark
Progressive animal welfare? I think not *LINK*
From personal experience, I know that at least one claim by Craig Daniell is untrue
Roslyn Cassells's Soundoff: "The SPCA Deserves None of Our Money"
BC SPCA CEO Craig Daniell: "Attack on SPCA Full of Misinformation"
I don't know any no-kill group that would kill 131 cats for illness or aggression in ten months *LINK*
Q & A with the Parksville SPCA about feral cats
Feral cats' lives are valued by real animal welfarists Like PAF on the North Shore *LINK* *PIC*
Animal Advocates Society has questioned the veracity of many SPCA statements made for many years
Questions about conflicts of SPCA mandates: Who should be killing animals?
Why has the SPCA taken the position that it has a duty to protect the public from "aggressive" cats?
Is the SPCA ever going to get it right???

Yukon News story: 'Quest organization broke its own rules' *LINK*
Teacher! What was the name of the dead sled dog? *LINK*
The Reunion *LINK* *PIC*
Re: The Reunion

The "So True" poem
Nathan Winograd: the vast majority of shelters did little more than kill animals
Bunny Butt is on the (Bottom) Line
Petcetera's blatant promotion of cute little Easter bunnies *LINK* *PIC*

S. Africa will kill elephants to control population, animal rights activists threaten boycotts
If I call around 4:30 p.m....
The concept of buying a living being is hideous
It is done daily?!
There are many differences between sales and adoptions
Pay me to do rescues
I don't get paid but some appear to!
Re: Pay me to do rescues

Can we keep animals as pets and still meet their needs? Well-loved little old dog wins "euthanasia" reprieve
When my mother was in her nineties, she started having a peeing problem
My Chopper is 17!!
My Wook is 12... *PIC*
Like a stinky rag!

"Pet" peeve with Petcetera
Lower mainland PetCeteras have SPCA bunnies for adoption
So much for corporate responsibility *PIC*
The BC SPCA's $50 spay-neuter certificates
Wham, Bam, Thank You Dan: Ratting Out the Rabbits?
Why hasn't Petcetera lived up to its promise?

Targeting those hard to catch Feral Cats !
Mary Martin: Just one slaughterhouse kills 19,000 hogs a day (and "blow their brains")
Mary Martin: Is Vegan Education Enough?
Mary Martin: Horrifying News for Greyhounds
Mary Martin: Does Red Bull pump up your sense of vengeance?
Mary Martin: David Cantor on Barak Obama and other politicians on "animal rights" *LINK*
Mary Martin: Best Friends takes 22 of Vick's pit bulls after HSUS and PETA said they should be killed
Mary Martin: On "horse people"
Eating fruits and vegetables adds 14 years to longevity

"Humane trapping" is an oxymoron *PIC*
When the light in the eyes goes out...

Balmy spell nixes Haines Junction YT sled-dog races *LINK*
Re: Our 9 week old puppy, Chili, died only 6 days after we got him from Puppy Pals in Langley
Wolves Lose Protection Under Endangered Species Act
Rex the beagle needs a home or a foster home asap! *PIC*
Try contacting Beagle Paws

Mary Martin: On Activism and Self-Esteem
Makah whalers achieve partial victory in federal case
Primate testing on the rise at McGill
Bad optics means damage control in the meat growers' industry - now ranchers will bill themselves as "stewards of nature"
2 puppies need foster or adoptive homes *PIC*
Belle at the Chilliwack pound needs to start a real life soon! *PIC*
Cowboy's new life... *PIC*
"Only You" by the Platters (with furry friends) *LINK*
No Room at the Pen
Re: No Room at the Pen
It's hard for most to understand that horses are livestock, not pets

Video of beef being tortured results in charges *LINK* *PIC*
Video of tortured cattle results in huge recall
UDSA is a joke

Yukon News: 'The Quest trail is not dog friendly'
Yukon News: Yukon Quest 'Now it's a race'
Yukon News: 'Mackey got lost outside Dawson'
Sorry for beating up on CBC again...

Major papers feature animal-testing stories
There is a new Sniffy video on our web site and You Tube *LINK*
Iqualuit's solution to chained dogs that get free and bite? Butcher them and sell the meat to dog-eating countries *LINK*
Take a moment for the dogs in Iqualuit... write a short, polite email to the Mayor and Council
AAS letter to Mayor and Council of Iqualuit

Pet hippo video *LINK*
PAF's report on feral cats featured in leading U.S. cat rescue organization
Saving Pit Bulls from HSUS, PETA, and Michael Vick *LINK* *PIC*
This is one dogfight that is going to be interesting to watch
My support for PETA withdrawn as long as it kills animals

Albert the chocolate lab needs a home *PIC*
The death of trapping
Why do you want to kill more wolves?

CTV investigates the Canadian SPCA (Montreal). Police investigation launched
French media sitting on tell-all book by ex-SPCA employee
Re: French media sitting on tell-all book by ex-SPCA employee
If you need informations for the Montreal SPCA go to....... *LINK*

Georgia Straight article promoting Yukon Quest *LINK*
Darling Straight... too too delicious *PIC*
Could that be ermine trim I espy on the darling little booties?
Re: Darling Straight... too too delicious
2008 Quest dogs suffer from frostbitten penises, one dog had a frostbitten scrotum *LINK*
Yukon News - 'The world's toughest sled dog race lives up to slogan'
Oh that tiresome Terry Cumming - the man simply DOES NOT understand fashion! *LINK* *PIC*
Humour is one of the most powerful engines of change
Fur codpieces and beard-wigs for mushers
Nothing is funnier than the truth...
Beaver's teeth in codpice?
My post on the Straight's site: Please do not allow such ridiculous garbage ...
Yukon Quest cheerleaders CBC Yukon receiving unwelcome email? *LINK*

Tiger's numbers drop but Chinese penises rise
It would be nice if...

Exposed: The Long, Cruel Road to The Slaughterhouse
Group details 6,000-km trip before slaughter in Hawaii
Handle With Care Coalition - Four of the foulest journeys on earth *LINK* *PIC*
Video that may the the final straw for you if you eat meat *LINK* *PIC*
Just in case you haven't really thought about why you are responsible for this...

All hunting bows are revolting in their intended use *PIC*
Bowhunting proposed to cull Prince Rupert wolf population *PIC*

Escaped jaguar kills chained dog
In a real civilized country, neither of these cruelties would be legal
Also gone is the wolf that shared a cage with a tiger, sleeping in a refrigerator

Lovely video - no need to kill "imperfect" pets *LINK*
Vegan With A Vengeance: Ginger-Macadamia-Coconut-Carrot Cake...YUM! *LINK* *PIC*
Mary Martin - The worship of the purity of bloodlines is disturbing to me
Bunny advocate featured in North Shore Outlook *LINK* *PIC*
Re: Bunny advocate featured in North Shore Outlook

Ian McAllister-Touring re: Westcoast Wolves Expert
Canada has laws that fall behind even nations like the Philippines because we have laws that haven't been updated since 1892
Ulcer-ridden Quest dog vomits blood on 2008 Quest trail
CBC cheerleaders for animal cruelty - no better than local rednecks
Terry Cumming, Mike Greico and Judy Stone & AAS receive thanks on Mary Martin's 'Animal Person' blog *LINK*
Why not sponsor an event that does no harm?
Georgia Straight article promoting Yukon Quest *LINK*
Dear Straight, LOVED your dog-mushing story. So 19th century - such a quaint article about one of the last amusing animal-abusing sports *PIC*

Special to the Sun: SPCA deserves none of our money
Donna Liberson's researched report to council raises many critical concerns
Same old same old in Alberta as well
Craig Daniell - Attack on SPCA full of misinformation
Progressive animal welfare? I think not

Greeting cards to help support the small animals *LINK* *PIC*
Rate your Veterinarian!
Pls Sign No Dogs for Laporte Petition *LINK*
There are more allegations about the ethical practices of the Montreal SPCA *LINK*
Yukon News: Yukon Quest dogs swim through river overflow at -37 celsius *LINK* *PIC*
Tammy Grimes Requests Jailtime for her Actions in Saving Doogie
UCLA and big tobacco money: Feed vervet monkeys liquid nicotine and then kill at least six of them to examine their brains
New Sled Dog Watchdog major website update *LINK* *PIC*
Palm Beach County's Itsy Bitsy S/N Progress
Man wants answers behind skull inserted in his mailbox *PIC*
Mr. Johnstone replied on Friday in a letter to the editor
What? NO CAMERA allowed on this fun trapline tour?...doesn't sound like much fun.
In civilized societies the hangman is out of a job too
It is flattering for Mike and I to have a poem written for us. *LINK*

Need help for tortured cat rescued in Campbell River
Ethical Beauty: Terrific new site for teens *LINK* *PIC*
Lifeforce reveals the hidden cruelty of the Rodeo industry
Rabbit with a gray and white face after transplant *LINK* *PIC*
Soon it will be black cats with half a white face, yellow labs with half a black face
What kind of science/medicine is it when you continually torture animals to prove what you already know?

Toy Dogs shown as a product on "The Shopping Bags" TV show *LINK*
Seattle - rounded-up rabbits didn't survive in city's care
Our rescue manages a herd of rabbits between 40-50 at any time
Seattle rabbit relocation effort was mired in the usual politics...

Korean Tosa and Dosa dogs for sale on Toronto internet *PIC*
Red Dragon Kennels photos and fighting video *LINK* *PIC*
At 180 lbs the Dosa (Korean Mastiff) can kill anything - if it can see *LINK* *PIC*
Tosa fighting dogs *LINK* *PIC*
Another fighting photo *NM* *PIC*
Tosas are a Japanese Treasure *PIC*

Gabby, miniature Schnauzer, needs a home *PIC*
Latin America - A Hellish Life for Dolphins
Moving day for Kelowna's bunnies may happen sooner than anticipated
Pitt River Valley - Wolves making comeback after century of bounties, poisoning
Star - our fearless little mountaineer *PIC*
Dead little dog *NM* *PIC*

"The time is always right to do what is right." More quotes of Martin Luther King Jr
Bully Buddies pups and dogs for adoption. Please print and distribute poster *LINK* *PIC*
Delta wants dog that hurt baby declared dangerous
Albertans ired by mass deer cull
Helper dog killed protecting Prince George man from cougar
Fur stores in Edmonton in 1987? 18. In 2007? 2. Valentine's Day protest in Edmonton
Halifax cat bylaw slammed by SPCA
Mother of hoarder was on the SPCA board of directors and was an SPCA Special Constable!
Local branch says N.S. SPCA slow in saving animals

Top Arkansas Chefs Vow not to purchase Canadian seafood until Canada's seal hunt ends
Animal welfare groups and meat
Praised by gourmands, foie gras to critics is cruelty most foul
Start by going vegan one day a week
Eating meat - a cause of global warming *LINK*
Mary Martin: is the silence of some animal welfare groups communicating something? Where I send my charitable dollars
Mary Martin: Cajuns celebrate pre-lent by "entertaining" public slaughter of pig *LINK* *PIC*

Bugs and his bunny buddies may get the last laugh yet
East Coast Rescue Group Shut Down *LINK*
Animal hoarding usually leads to neglected pets
A charge of animal-hoarding against a person who has not been diagnosed by a psychiatrist or psychologist is injurious to that person's reputation
The Nova Scotia SPCA left the animals for a month?

Paul McCartney - European Union Must Ban Seal Products Now
Dog kept in 7-Eleven cooler
The global shark fin trade approaches its annual peak during the Chinese New Year *LINK* *PIC*
L'Oreal and Unilever switch from shark oil

Humane society, Delta at odds over equipment value
LAPS shelter dream fulfilled
First footage of wolves hunting waterfowl *LINK* *PIC*
Dawn Watch: A great newspaper day for dogs!
I am so relieved that I have come across the right man I have been looking and dreaming for
Los Angeles City Council votes for pet sterilization law
Cruel Intentions? Animal experimentation at UBC *LINK* *PIC*
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine engages in what used to be called "radical activism" *LINK* *PIC*

The Patient Cat - do watch if you want a laugh and a warm, fuzzy feeling *NM* *LINK*
The cat massage - another great little video *NM* *PIC*

I would not support PETA now
Hollywood Dog Blog *LINK*
This lady calls a spade a f&*^%n shovel - and more power to her

Monkey Boiled Alive At Research Lab *LINK*
The outrage should be over vivisection
Do Animal Cruelty Laws Apply In Boiled Monkey Case?

I have been a supporter of PETA for a number of years and this has really made me question what I was supporting *LINK*
Violence against the defenceless: This is the root of all social injustice
Sherrifs "joyfully" shoot friendly Katrina storm survivors
See video *LINK*
St. Bernard Animal Massacre - Pasado's Safe Haven Investigation used by media *LINK*
See Spot...Run *LINK* *PIC*
ABC26 News blog - add your comment *LINK*
Animal lovers hold demonstration against dog "murderers"
I was in Slidell, LA when I heard of the shootings

February is Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month *LINK* *PIC*
Just for laughs - The real life of dogs *NM* *PIC*
Kids can have an opinion on hunting and trapping
Great to hear from a 'young' animal advocate!
Animal Person: My new 7-year old hero
Good for you,Bela. Well said!

DawnWatch: Dairy cow slaughterhouse abuse in Washington Post 1/30/08
10-week old lab cross puppy needs a home *PIC*
Miami Seaquarium says No to releasing last two Orcas
CBC: New Yukon Quest marshal gets ready for race
DawnWatch: USA Today says "Animal rights fight gains momentum
DawnWatch Canada: Globe and Mail covers "247-pound football giant goes vegan" 1/28/07
The Cat and the Crow - a heartwarming video story *LINK*
It also shows how a compassionate couple are quardians and care givers to the animals in their neighbourhood
To think we could have learned all of these lessons from a little kitty and a crow

New York Times: "Rethinking the Meat Guzzler," *PIC*
Mary Martin: "Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler": Where does cruelty come in?

You know the fur industry is desperate when they jump on the "greenwashing" band wagon
Trapping
I will go one further than Mr. Grieco
Euphemisms in the trapping trade

Read about the conditions at the Windsor Animal Rescue store *LINK*
Windsor Animal Rescue Run out of Business

Chilliwack SPCA to hold seized and overflow animals
A dog starved to death for art exhibition *LINK* *PIC*
Anyone who would consider this as "ART" is sick
What sickens me more is the people standing around, coffee cups in hand

URGENT: Loving family pair need foster or adoptive home. *PIC*
Questions About Dog Vendors Emerge As Rabies Scare Spreads
Yukon Wolves
This is recreation for them. They bring their children up to love hunting
Neither letter actually produced evidence that the wolf skull was placed there by a trapper
It would be preferable if he would respond with words, rather than with something dead
Thanks for speaking up for the wolves Mike!
Harvest-Sugar coated word for cull
Wolf Mission Sanctuary experience makes me sad that a wolf's skull used as a message of disrespect *LINK*
I would suggest to Mike that he carry that wolf-skull with him to every meeting
Open letter to Dennis Fentie: Premier and Environment Minister of the Yukon: Where is the "science" that proves humans are good stewards?

Building an Ark - 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering *LINK*
Ethan Smith will be presenting on Gabriola Island

Investigation Reveals Horrors at PetSmart Supplier *LINK*
"Cruel Camera" *LINK*
Karen Dawn: "Thanking the Monkey": Rethinking the way we treat animals
Endorsements

Kelowna seeking help with its bunny bonanza
More concern for flowers than the rabbits
Petcetera still selling rabbits in stores outside the Lower Mainland
I thought the SPCA had an agreement with Petcetera?
Petcetera and the SPCA do have an arrangement
Here is a link to CHBC TV coverage on the rabbit issue in Kelowna *LINK*

Trapper trapped.
Powell River cat in leg-hold trap *LINK*

Kimo - Beautiful young Shar-pei ready for a home
Sled dog race raises money for Quesnel and Williams Lake SPCAs *LINK*
Fifty-eight teams from all over Canada and the U.S. took part

Alleged Arctic sled dog slaughter by RCMP *LINK*
Dawnwatch: "Chefs' New Goal: Looking Dinner in the Eye"
Lax animal protection laws leave Dawson llama dead *LINK*
PETA Killed 97% of "Companion Animals"
I was very interested in this post as I contribute to PETA. This was their response
PETA Trial

Vegetarianism-veganism - we are closer than some people think!
Once I knew the story of how it got to my plate, I lost any taste for meat
I watched a show on egg production on the CBC and that was enough to make me go free range organic and I never turned back *LINK*
Watch out for me to be really crabby in the mornings as I suffer the withdrawal pains of going off my drug of choice
Big Brown Eyes made me change...
Battling the tastebuds
Very timely and vital topic for all of us (and the animals)
Jenn, Terry, and Diane, you have convinced me
You can do it!
I did it Jenn!
I'm sending strength and encouragement to anyone who is contemplating giving some form of cruelty up
Vegan Alternatives
The months or maybe years of stress, depression and anxiety that these animals feel can't possibly be something we should be adding to our own bodies
Leading by example inspires change
With my reading specs on, I can see that the rice crackers I bought contain whey
I saw the films 'The Witness' and the 'Peaceable Kingdom'...
Japanese whaling raises questions of hypocrisy by protesting eaters of other species
Brutal lives v brutal deaths - no one owns the moral highground
Compassion in World Farming says veal now acceptable to eat *LINK*
There are two reasons why Japanese still tolerate whaling
I am proud to say that I am part of the solution not the problem
While I am still not completely vegan, I will get there; I don't have a choice
Free range egg aren't free of cruelty
A budding vegan, or a master of denial?
That the large majority of people no longer live on farms and kill animals, is a good thing
His blood pressure went down; his libido went up *LINK*
My free ranges eggs are free range and NONE go to slaughter!!!
It is morally parallel to the economic argument of arms production
It was the bunny bones on my plate that did it!
What a good idea!
I find I'm no longer regarded as an 'oddball' for refusing meat

TSN/Outdoor Life to promote Yukon Quest *LINK*
Yukon Quest organization caught with its pants down!
Discovery Channel 'Out in the Cold' dog mushing feature on TV Saturday, Jan. 19th *LINK*
Is it morally acceptable to use euthanasia as birth control
Meat farmers... meet the future - Canada's tobacco farmers battle hard times *LINK*
Feral Cat Assistance at the Airpark in the Comox Valley *PIC*
$15 million pound in the works for Vancouver? Homeless activists object
Cross-posted from Brindleweb: Staff Review Group noted the City recently spent over $300,000 upgrading the pound
Cross-posted from Brindleweb: MOVER: Councillor Kim Capri
Homeless activist blogspot objects to $15 million for dogs that already have a shelter *LINK*
MUST READ - Donna Liberson's researched report to council raises many critical concerns
Adult human beings have choices; children and animals do not
Watch the Council Meeting *NM* *LINK*

Cloned food and GM labeling law debated
Foes Decry Clone Ruling; FDA Requests 'Transition' For Meat, Milk *LINK*

European Commission Public Consultation on Seal Killing *LINK*
This web-based public consultation on your attitude towards trade in seal products is open from 20/12/2007 to 13/02/2008 *PIC*
The questions: click on link to answer *LINK*

Gary Francione - If you are not a vegan yet, get off the fence and stop exploiting nonhumans
Hand-raising baby gibbon a labour of love for zookeeper *PIC*
Despite zoos' efforts, extinction rates on rise

New aggressive dogs laws needed in Williams Lake
Alaskan Idatrod sled dog racing: Please write a letter of protest *LINK*
TSN/Outdoor LifeNetwork - Does anyone know the name of the production company that's doing the filming?
The production company is 'Peter Rowe Productions'
"Out in the cold" ad in the Yukon News *PIC*

Through carelessness, selfishness or greed, we condemn other creatures to extinction
The Calgary Stampede is a step closer to having high-end restaurants, world-class boutiques and sizzling entertainment
Don't eat meat, ride a bike, and be a frugal shopper -- that's how you can help brake global warming
Japan orders whalers to free 2 Sea Shepherd hostages
Bylaw officers have collared the first cats to run afoul of Calgary's new licensing bylaw
Marineland's Nootka dies
Tonight on CBC TV, W5 5th Estate: the truth behind nature shows *LINK*
Re: Tonight on CBC TV, W5 5th Estate: the truth behind nature shows
'Out in the Cold' letter to editor by Mike Grieco *LINK*
Very sad show to watch *LINK*
To watch a caged baby chimp clutch a red ball and rock impassively with dead-eyed anguish is to feel a blinding shame only humans can know
Ignorance isn't bliss to the abused

Horse breeder Bo Derek wants a ban on slaughtering horses for human consumption
Why, if we really care about horses, would we breed more?
I would like to ask Bo Derek
Maybe Bo should worry about horse fighting in Korea *NM* *LINK*
Breeding will be curtailed when the slaughter option no longer exists
Without seeing what is happening now in the US...
Have you watched the video on the website of Veterinarians for Equine Welfare?
Bo Derek stopped breeding horses in 2001
Crosland wants the federal government to ban the practice and to prohibit the export of horses for slaughter
The evil cannot be ended by accepting slaughter
National Post: 30,000 horses crossed the border last year bound for slaughter in Canada
Dr Temple Grandin and Equine Canada defends horse slaughter
"My worst nightmare has happened", - You have to appreciate where this statement is coming from.

Innuit protect million-dollar polar bear hunting industry
Reptile refuge to open again
Delta Humane Society takes food, dishes from shelter
Marketplace- a follow-up
When will TV reject excessive animal abuse?
How far will we take it? Breeding dogs and cats for unnatural physical features causes suffering
It'll go as far as people are willing to pay
Let's place eugenics into the mix
St. Bernard Study Shows Human-directed Evolution At Work
Tigger, Dexter, and Riley, three of six Persians, all from shelters *PIC*
Time Magazine : A Terrible Beauty: Breeding deformaties
This interference becomes more odious when there is no purposeful reason other than fashion

The Fifth Estate on CBC is airing a piece on animals used in entertainment
CBC is a big media supporter of the dog mushing industry - No mention on the CFHC site either *LINK*

Cat - Music Video-Spay & Neuter
The Pig Farmer
John Robbins: "The Pig Farmer" *LINK*
Teja's Animal Refuge to Sue Quebec Government and Anima Quebec for permitting puppymills *LINK*
Teja's Animal Refuge: This is what a livestock rescue facility should look like *LINK* *PIC*
AAS will be making a donation to Teja's Animal Refuge... *LINK*
Read the Statement of Claim *LINK*
Why must we continuously do battle against those who refuse to act appropriately against brutality?
There's very little prevention of abuse and cruelty to any of the weaker
What a precedent-setting case this could be, and what a boost to animal welfare activists
Teja's Animal Refuge

The City of Richmond is very happy with the work RAPS is doing *LINK* *PIC*
Forgotten Felines Shelter on SHAW TV tonight at 6:00, Channel 4 *LINK*
Eleven-year old stops eating meat and forms animal-rights group
Agricultural practices, such as raising cattle, contribute substantially to greenhouse gases
Canine credited with winter rescue - Sledding mishap left owner trapped with broken leg
Tiny pup dognapped from View Street store
Canadian seal industry faces `crisis' because of import bans
The environment IS improving
Why do people react so violently to tales of cruelty to animals?
It goes to the essence of humanity that we don't prey on the weak. It smacks us

Markus goes to the vet *LINK* *PIC*
Bless AAS and Terry for making Markus's dream of a forever, loving family come true
Thank you to Chilliwack Animal Control and Trina, for reaching out to help Markus find a future

Howie is ready for a home *PIC*
Bald eagle count lowest since 1990 *PIC*
Japanese pro-whaling video accuses Australia of racism
Florida could pass bestiality law after rape of goat
BHR Prize Winner on Gabriola
video shows approximately 40 orcas *LINK*
Test-tube Livestock
Horse Cruelty on front of Wall Street Journal
Sun editorial defends zoos: Readers react
Share The Journey: Noah's Wish, The Year In Review 2007
How to save our planet short quiz
IPPL and Dr Shrley McGreal - Combating animal smugglers, as Prince Philip wrote in a letter of congratulation, "is a very dangerous business..."
Care2 Petitions - Look at some of our recent successes
YAY! Terry will keep Markus! *PIC*
Kennels and confinement can crush animals' spirits
Another lucky dog is rescued

Teens charged after allegedly microwaving cat *LINK*
TnT Shar-pei Rescue IMPOSTER
Dogtown to be shown on National Geographic Channel *LINK*
My name is Rosie. I am seven years old now and I've lived at the end of a 10 foot chain for the past six years *LINK* *PIC*
Take the Vegan Pledge *LINK*
Sign petition to stop whale killing *LINK* *PIC*
Richmond men fined for killing pregnant doe
LAPS benefits from rude border-crossers
China: toxic fish farms filthy and full of pesticides
Dawn Watch: A vegan diet story on the front page of the January 2 New York Times! Skinny Bitch authors Kim Barnouin and Rory Freedman
The Year, 2008
How many...
Elephant Rescue Centre to be built in India
Happy New Year, Happy New Life Markus *PIC*
I have come to realize that this where my heart resides
Happy New Year Six AAS Dogs! *LINK* *PIC*
Big Heart Rescue Society - Cats, Cats & More Cats! *LINK* *PIC*
It's 2008 - and never too late to rethink the way you live
Let's all eat less dairy, eggs, and honey

I just wanted to share a short note to AAS and Mr. Faires about his posts
I want to start the new year by sharing something wonderful
IPPL founder, Dr Shirley McGreal, awarded OBE *LINK* *PIC*
Jean Martin *LINK*

YouTube video, "Do they know it's Christmas?", shows the suffering of farmed animals. If you want to keep eating animals, don't watch
The RCMP is buying coyote fur for some of their new parkas
Business in Vancouver prints anti-fur business letters!
Business in Vancouver original article
When my conscience finally smacked me in the head, I began buying faux-fur coats
I spent 8 winters in Ottawa
I'm stressed by real or faux fur, wondering whether to hand out an anti-fur brochure!
Real or Not - How do we know?
Let's flaunt the phoney fur...

A Chinese zoo lost at least seven tigers due to starvation, sickness or fight wounds...
A rare Siberian tiger was skinned and beheaded in a Chinese provincial zoo

Christmas in Purgatory: Investigating the Illegal Wildlife Market in Mong La, Burma
THE WHALE WARRIORS: The Battle at the Bottom of the World To Save the Planet's Largest Mammals
Humpback whales off Japan's list

Millions of honey bees disappearing due to human use of them
It's not possible to separate use from abuse no matter how well-meaning animal lovers are
Vegans consciously strive to do no harm to any sentient life
"If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years left to live." - Albert Einstein
Cheeseless and Loving It: Going Vegan has Never Been Easier
I work with kids who are afflicted with FASD
I do not believe that not eating honey is going to save the bees
We have pillaged even the little bees for our enjoyment. Are we learning too little, too late?
Unfortunately, not eating honey may not save the bees
I agree very strongly, except for two points of logic

Dawn Watch - Please thank Fox News for coverage of slaughterhouse cruelty
If I laugh, they laugh with me
You think your heart is as full as it can get
North Shore Spring Bear Festival Society needs new board of directors
Looks like the vast majority of people aren't in favour of killing feral cats - Please vote in the poll *LINK*
Recycle your Christmas tree and help animals, too! *LINK* *PIC*
Please log in and give your support for moving Lucy to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee *LINK*
Lucy and me

Financial Post - PETA awards Richmond BC "Company of the Year" for its non-meat products *LINK*
PETA Proggy Awards in 26 categories *LINK*

SO MUCH GOOD NEWS! DawnWatch: Animal Round up for 2007
Merry Christmas
It's an honour to part of this group
Proud to be associated with AAS *LINK*
Respect, Appreciate & Celebrate All Life

The excuses to kill are multitudinous - and not true! *LINK*
We said all this ten years ago
No Kill Advocacy Center Files Lawsuit to Protect Animals *LINK*
Read the Statement of Claim filed in California Superior Court *NM* *LINK*
Re: Feral cats
The Tragic Death of Zephyr, a Ten Month-Old Pup *PIC*
Dylan Thomas

Update on Rosie (Dec 5/07)
Here is your Christmas present all animal rescuers! *PIC*

Maggie the elephant moved from Alaska: Update
Delta to run muncipal pound *LINK*
Latest article regarding DHS/Delta Municipality *LINK*
What about small animals like rabbits?
DHS is prepared to become a 'watch-dog'

Re: Our 9 week old puppy, Chili, died only 6 days after we got him from Puppy Pals in Langley
Request to Fur Council of Canada to attend "pelting" at fur farms ignored
Thank you for the calendars AAS *LINK* *PIC*
Tammy Grimes Found Guilty in Dog Rescue Case
Kamloops Shocked by Dog Slaying
Numerous complaints about the dog were made
I have emailed and spoken with MP Art Hanger (Calgary N.E.) about this bill and he will not give any response

Re: dog found in dumpster: What about all the chained dogs?
AAS lobbied for years...
Letter published in the Province
Animal cruelty is alive and well and unpunished

"The weather outside is frightful" - AAS CKNW ad *LINK*
If even one dog is brought in out of the cold...

The meat of the month - kangaroo
Whitehorse Star: "Howl" for Yukon sled dogs!
Whitehorse Star: Don't slaughter animals during tourist season!
Snake-bite victim makes good case for import ban on dangerous 'pets'
Dairy products - colorectal cancer link
Study finds meat-cancer link
Meat and pesticides, antibiotics, environmental degradation, and species extinction
Milk and egg allergies hard to outgrow
Milk - chemical soup

Mary Martin: Thinking Critically About "Animal Rights" and "Animal Welfare"
Don't just boycott Mars bars, boycott all animal-food
Yukon Quest 'regrets'
Animal skins for humans at Sears
Unspeakably vile cruelty in China! *LINK*
Yesterday I got serious about not buying anything made in China
Yet another caution regarding items made in China - this time it's dog and cat toys
Olympic games mascots

Good news: U.S. government stops breeding chimps for research
'Meet the SPCA lawsuit defendants' (Please support AAS) *LINK*
The problems these seven are facing right now appear most difficult
To Terry and Robert:

The Springers have landed! *LINK* *PIC*
Thanks to everyone on the hunt for a sanctuary for these dogs. We have found it!
Wonderful news!

PETA exposes untreated suffering at All Creatures Great and Small animal shelter
PETA exposed for killing thousands of dogs, cats, pups, and kittens
How some humane societies avoid being charged with cruelty

Must-See CSI Dog Fighting Episode *LINK*
Maybe you shouldn't be wearing a dead animal on your head!
Vick sentenced to 23 months in dog-fighting case
Two of Michael Vick's co-defendants have received longer than expected sentences

SPCA cancels its PoCo pound deal
Petitions: Chinese zoos, Pet massacre, killing wild horses, Sears forest-cutting, BC horse slaughter
Dog starved in name of "art"
Art is being corrupted by evil attention-seekers
TIFF insists on showing the torture of Kensington the cat in the name of "freedom of expression"
Kensington's "freedom of expression" was "stifled"
PROTECTING PEOPLE and ANIMALS: LIFEFORCE SAVES SNIFFY THE RAT *LINK*
SNIFFY THE RAT: the media should not have given so much attention to Gibson *LINK*
SNIFFY THE RAT: Charges not laid *LINK*
The implication is that the SPCA would not have charged Gibson if he had crushed Sniffy
SNIFFY THE RAT: Death is not entertainment - violence begets violence *LINK*

Bear breeding farms in China are closing
I wish the news above was true but it is all propaganda from the Chinese gov’t

Chile calls for Japan to suspend whale hunt
Pet Toys Could Pose Lead Danger *LINK*
Aquarium Expansion Plans Back to Drawing Board
Vernon: Bunnies hopping over to a new shelter
Interior B.C. cities on brink of bunny boom
The BIGGEST irony here is that they interview a BREEDER for the story
Kelowna is interested in a rabbit sterilization bylaw *LINK*
TRACS package to the city in support of a sterilization bylaw

How to Afford Veterinary Care without Mortgaging the Kids
Emma and the pups go to the vet for the first time! *LINK* *PIC*
The latest addition - Rosie's story *PIC*
Re: The latest addition - Rosie's story
Bless Rosie and may all others like her be similarly blessed

SPCA's top vet calls on cat lovers to stop feeding ferals.
BC pet store industry seems to not only be alive and well, but thriving *LINK* *PIC*
Animal rights activists, Fur Council of Canada at odds over ad campaign
Ontario SPCA affiliate to sue Yellow Pages and Windsor Animal Rescue *LINK*
Where does the money come from involving all of these lawsuits?
Read about the conditions in the Windsor Animal Rescue store *LINK*
Humane Society response about legal fees *LINK*

Science "proves" again what sensible people have always known - all animals have their own personalities
Many U.S. animal welfare groups demand an end to foie gras *PIC*

CRD wants cat and dog mandatory sterilization
There is something wrong where municipal pounds do not insist on this

Vernon - Poached deer shot with arrow *PIC*
Witnesses must come forward

Costco selling dog fur trim products! Help to stop this - Take a moment to write a letter *LINK* *PIC*
Who is protesting the Bejing Olympics on behalf of animals? *LINK*
My letter to Costco
My Response to Costco
My email to Costco
Before we cancel our corporate Costco membership, please confirm...
Costco pulls all fur trim jackets: Mantique to stop in 2008
Ask Winners President to stop selling fur in their stores
Fur Council of Canada: Tell them fur is not "green"
Lifeforce Challenges Fur Council of Canada

Starved Pit Bulls in Richmond - one dies *PIC*
Are you a witness to animal abuse or neglect? Report it to the media!
Elie Wiesel said it best...

WEATHER PSA: CHOOSE COMPASSION *LINK*
New AAS Card - Jenny *LINK* *PIC*
New AAS Card - Laurel and Hardy *LINK* *PIC*
New AAS Card - Scooter *LINK* *PIC*
New AAS Card - Jo-Jo *LINK* *PIC*

LET'S NOT HAVE ANY MORE COLD AND LONELY PETS . . .
PLEASE DON’T BUY PETS AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS - Listen to Pets in Need's radio PSA *LINK*
I totally agree
Feral cats in Kamloops need your help *PIC*
Feral Cat Rescue Groups in BC *LINK* *PIC*
More about A Cat's Fate *NM* *LINK* *PIC*

Mama Bear: No one's sleeping in my bed
Just leave them bloody well alone!

Motor City Protests Target VW Foundation's Deadly Songbird Experiments
Reader's Digest - Soy for Beginners
St John's Newfoundland asks for tethering advice
Fur is good for the environment - Orwellian Newspeak at work *PIC*
Blood money is blood money
If traps wsere used on companion animals, charges would be laid
Yukon Trappers Association government fur sale
Lifeforce Foundation investigates fur farms
The Fur Council of Canada will launch a million dollar ad campaign
Fur belongs on animals, not on people
You could be wearing cat or dog fur or fur trim
My family members trap...One cousin is a millionaire...
I have never been able to stretch my mind far enough to even remotely understand how killing animals can be fun

Hunter's body found mauled by grizzly
I applaud any animal, who has nothing but his teeth and claws
Imagine - macho idiots...camouflage suits and hats... fake ducks and fake quacking to lure a tiny, 3lb bird

British fox-hunting ban upheld
One more for the animals!
I wish Jill Phipps, Mike Hill, Barry Horne, and Tom Worbey were alive today to hear this news

LAPS has high hopes for the new building in Aldergrove
LAPS shelter manager Sean Baker has been called on to round up and house livestock such as sheep...

Judge schedules April 2 trial date for Falcons QB Vick on dogfighting charges
'Tis the Season for Sharing and Caring *PIC*
MUST WATCH! VET MARK-UP ON MEDS EXPOSED! *LINK*
CBC Marketplace investigates BC vets with the help of long-time AAS supporter, Jean Martin
Watch CBC News too *LINK*
Eye Opener!
Our vet, Amherst Veterinary Hospital, told us of the prescription option 15 years ago
Bless all the decent vets!
I would also like to thank the vets who charge less than the BCVMA guidelines

In The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights, Norm Phelps, a Director of The Fund For Animals
What have we done with our "wisdom"?

City Planners Say No to Aquarium Expansion
Ten Peeves that Dogs Have About Humans
CBC TV's Marketplace and Vet Bills
Re: Our 9 week old puppy, Chili, died only 6 days after we got him from Puppy Pals in Langley
Happiness
Winnipeg Humane Society's new shelter is already full to capacity with cats
If you build it they will come
The cost of spay/neutering is beyond the means of many pet guardians. The BCVMA’s 2007 suggested fee guide prices
AAS has been saying for ten years that building better orphanges only perpetuates the problem

Emergency at Sumerland/Penticton Animal Control
Time for animal rescuers and welfarist to stop assisting the pet disposal industry's "Orwellian" use of P.R. words *LINK*

Book-Best Dog Walks on Vancouver Island
Japanese whalers on hunt for humpbacks
Japan is committing a crime and the world is letting them get away with it

UBC ranks third for vegetarian-friendliness
The Fishing Lake First Nation is leading the charge to build a $100-million hog slaughtering plant in the city
Popular parrot purloined from perch at pet shop
I also lose my faith in humans when I think of caged birds - but thousands of lucky parrots escaped pet stores and cages *LINK* *PIC*
Best Friends Animal Society has started a campaign to help save 280 Indian ring-tailed parrots confiscated by U.S. Fish & Wildlife from smugglers *LINK* *PIC*
The exotic bird trade industry is ugly and cruel, and many birds die each year
Before we seek unnatural relationships with other species of animals

Seals clubbed to death for skins and penises
Princess was abandoned at a Surrey kennel five months ago; Princess is literally dying for human affection *LINK* *PIC*
BCVMA website links to pro-rodeo websites
Orwellian use of words like "euthanize" in the animal "welfare" biz
I have heard the same argument over corporal punishment of children; we are not hitting our children, we are 'spanking'

You Can Help Feline Friends
EATEN TO EXTINCTION - Shark's fin de siècle
The Sexual Politics of Meat
CKNW: Bill Good tackles BCVMA prices and controversy: Jean Martin to be interviewed *LINK*
Emma and her pups - ready for good, stable homes *PIC*
Alaska among the five worst U.S. states to live in - for animals, that is. *LINK*
Greenland sled dog cruelty site *PIC*

CCF Launches Global Campaign to Expose PETA's Animal-Killing Track Record
PETA's response to my letter
P.S.
This is just a smear campaign to stop people from not eating meat
PETA does not need to be in the animal disposal business -- They choose to be
How do we partially support an organization that does wonderful work on one hand and kills unnecessarily on the other
An untenable position

Make plans to help animals skinned for fashion on November 23rd
School Kicks Cruel Donkey Basketball Game to the Curb
At least this donkey basketball event was cancelled

Anti-sled dog ad in the Whitehorse Star *LINK* *PIC*
Questioning the ethics of dog sledding
Sled Dog Classic cancelled
So who up there is going to get their arse off the couch, and get those dogs off those chains

Urge Wendy's to stop using battery hen eggs
Every year, tens of millions of animals are dissected, infected, injected, gassed, burned and blinded in hidden laboratories
Clear linkages between our eating habits, level of obesity and risk of cancer
Natives and city slickers to harass horses for "fun" and money at good old days Wild West Roundup
Help me! A picture is worth a thousand words *NM* *PIC*
Russia begins safety review after oil spill

The bunnies are coming, warns Lisa Hutcheon of the Small Animal Rescue Society of B. C.
Over 100 applications and now six puppies have their new homes! *LINK* *PIC*
Please check out Earthsave’s beautiful and inspiring Compassion Campaign web site and view the 3 minute show *LINK*
Do crustaceans feel pain when boiled alive?
At one time other animals such as cats & dogs etc *didn't feel pain* either

Asian Pet-Renting businesses flourishing
Bovine TB scare
Killing of Beavers Discussed
Comox Council to deal with Beavers
Enough about those Beavers

Judge barks back at rural "neighbours from hell"
Vote for your favourite anti-fur poster
Super tactic for the anti-fur campaign!

Speak Out for the Animals and Convince Oxfam to Get Out of the Animal Slavery Business. *LINK*
Saving the mother and the pups! I hope everyone who believes in real animal welfare reads this
Harbour Seals Serious Menace to Salmon Stocks
Humans are the only serious threat to Salmon "stocks"
Humans are a threat to a multitude of species *LINK*
Thank you for posting the truth
Valuable fish stocks threatened

Isn't that cute? Teaching children to be zookeepers
Money raiser for Canadian Breast Cancer Research Fund promotes eating beef - a cause of colorectal cancer!
Women who eat red meat every day are almost twice as likely to develop certain types of breast cancer *LINK*
A New Trend: Computerised Livestock Management

Tulip - I miss her with all my heart *PIC*
Tulip was truly one of the lucky ones

Chilliwack Animal Control - American Bulldog to be killed tomorrow
Richmond News: Cruel Halloween prank appalls readers
Teens blow up bunny in Richmond
Don't dismiss suffering

Is it rational for "animal-lovers" to eat meat?
Been there, done that
Is it rational for "animal-lovers" to keep animals?
In light of the environmental catastrophe which is confronting all life...
There is a sure-fire way to eliminate the dilemma of feeding animals to animals
Beautiful! Brilliant! Brava, Brava, Brava!!!
Still Selfish
Doing one's best isn't hypocritical
How could be so upset about horses dying, while still dining on pigs, cows, chicken, fish and dairy?
I have over a ten year history feeding my cats a nutritionally balanced vegan diet
Raise and kill your own meat to feed your companion animals
Raise and murder your own meat

Lifeforce investigates fur farms in BC and Canada (Video link) *LINK*
AAS Cards and Calendars for 2008 *LINK* *PIC*
Tyke and his story is one of our wonderful cards! *LINK* *PIC*
Kitten "Wiggy" is on of our best-loved cards *LINK* *PIC*

A little girl's thoughtfulness . . .
Delightful story!

Vegan Cats?
Pet Ownership and the Vegan Life

Hippogate - what killed Hazina, the victim of the zoo industry's trade business?
Hippo mover denies wrongdoing
Calgary Zoo officials have launched an independent fatality inquiry

TnT Dogs for Adoption poster *LINK*
Shapr-pei mix Chili is stressed and needs a home quickly!

Seeing pet abuse as a warning
Teens blow up bunny in Richmond
We cannot close our eyes to this horrific crime
Re: We cannot close our eyes to this horrific crime
Leo, Count Tolstoy, indicated his belief that as long as there were slaughter houses, there would be battlefields
Rabbit blown up on Halloween
Reducing the Risk
We can appeal to the public’s self-interest, and cause improvement that way
You have to appeal to man's love of himself

Project Seahorse *LINK* *PIC*
US Air Force transports Maggie the elephant to PAWS Sanctuary *PIC*
Maggie Arrives Safely At PAWS
Maggie update from PAWS *PIC*
Maggie Is Joining The Group
What is it that so touches us about elephants?

Alley Cat Allies – New Anti-Cruelty Resource Center
PAF has done more for feral cats... *LINK*

'In dogged pursuit of an end': Letter to Editor of Yukon News in response to A. Murray Lundberg
Thank you Mr Mostyn
Thank you Mr Mostyn
Clearly, Mr Cumming is ahead of the pack in the Yukon
On behalf of the many battered and bleeding dogs
An act of integrity and courage
It is always courageous to take an unpopular stand
It's people like you that cause society to progress ethically
Weekend update on the sled-dog cruelty freedom of speech fight in Whitehorse
I cannot overstate how important Terry’s website and posters are for this community

Who said there is no justice? Careless hunter shot by his dogs
Two Springer Spaniels will be destroyed by Nov 9th if homes not found *PIC*
ESRAC offers assistance *LINK*
Yesterday's garbage?

Polly's cats -- How the recue network gets real animal welfare done and keeps animals out of cells and cages! *PIC*
CATS LIKELY TO BE EUTHANIZED TODAY
BC Commits to Legislate Protection of 2.2 Million Hectares for World’s Only Mountain Caribou *LINK* *PIC*
PORT AUTHORITY REJECTS PUBLIC OUTCRY AND BEGINS EXTERMINATION OF JFK CATS
SPCA cuts its contract with Anmore - City of Coquitlam may take over dog control contract
But Doc, the Dog's Already Dead! How to say no to your vet.
Vet magazine tells how to market their clients' suffering and fear
Alternative treatments are quite popular with many clients, so they’re big money makers for the veterinary profession
Veterinary Voodoo! Just what I have been calling it for years! *LINK*
He insisted, instead, that I buy a bottle of Omega 3
Indo-Canadian veterinarians' prices a 'racialized' issue

Demand release of Alberta Grizzly report
Urgent call for response to blog message defending Yukon Quest animal cruelty! *LINK* *PIC*
The blogs: Murray Lundberg attacks with sophistry - the tool of the unintelligent or the deliberately deceitful *LINK* *PIC*
Is Lundberg embarrased by his anonymous supporters? *PIC*
The age of reason starts at age seven, but not for everyone apparently *LINK* *PIC*
Re: Urgent call for response to blog message defending Yukon Quest animal cruelty!
When Mr Lundberg defends mushing does he defend this? *PIC*
This has nothing to do with being a musher
It is very likely to be difficult for the musher to both win the race and at the same time provide the best possible care for his dogs
This photo proves the point *LINK* *PIC*
"The New Law of the Yukon" A poetic rant against any lessening of "historic" abuse of animals
Personal attacks used by the blinkered
Re: Personal attacks used by the blinkered
Mr. Lundberg, once again using sarcasm to avoid the cruel truth
Mr Cumming forces his dogs to wear bandanas!
Hmmm...dogs battered and bleeding VS dogs wearing bandanas...
This letter by Diane Esther was published in Nov. 5 Yukon News
Murray Lundberg moves his personal attacks on Terry Cumming to the AAS WatchDog
Keep up the good fight, Terry
Thank you so much Carmina! *LINK*
Greyhound owners down here say, “So they live in a cage for 22 hours a day...
Murray Lundberg, public apologist for animal cruelty *LINK*
The posters *LINK*
Society's Moral Progress: Once dogsledding was for survival; now it's just for exploitation
One poster shows a dog concentration camp
Until critics of dogsledding stop owning pets and eating animals they are "too stupid for words"
Wolves kill half-dozen sled dogs in Yukon River village
Wolves also kill pet dogs and cats!
But how....?
Editor: Whitehorse Star re CBC "Quest" interview
Editor: Whitehorse Star and Yukon News: Porcupine Caribou - Let them be
Editor: Whitehorse Star and Yukon News: Jamaica dog sledding supported by the Jamaica SPCA is not 'animal rights'
Editor: Whitehorse Star re A better monument would be to the "Unknown Dogs"
Letter to editor of Yukon News; :Quest kills"

45 foxes for one fur coat *LINK* *PIC*
Dog Theft Draws Eyes of National Groups *PIC*
Proud deer hunters *LINK* *PIC*
MY 1998 DEER 1ST WITH ATV 183 LB 8 PT *PIC*
Nice spike Blake "congratulations" *PIC*
Women can be even dumber *NM* *PIC*
Some of the boys having a good 'ol time! *NM* *PIC*
That ought to teach him to go near the home of a man with a bow and arrow! *PIC*
2002 Morgan Academy Hunt , Friday afternoon results! *NM* *PIC*
Not to insult Neanderthals...
Brutality to animals is often repeated in brutality to humans
If you really want disturbing... *LINK*

Ellen DeGeneres 'family' of crew shown fake-crying over dog reclamation
Live exhibit shows how butterflies drop like flies when imprisoned
Vancouver Dog Task Force can't agree
Alberta group to spay and neuter on Blood Reserve
Tammy Grimes back in court to get her evidence before the court
Look what the Winnipeg SPCA managed to do!
Look what the Canmore SPCA was able to do! *LINK*

Bottles & Pennies For Bunnies
B.C. LIBERALS SHUT DOWN DEBATE ON ANTIFREEZE BILL
Dog Imports Raise Fears of Disease
Jessie's Journal *LINK* *PIC*
Did Maple Ridge cat have bubonic plague?
Animal Control throws seized pets off a bridge in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico to toughen of animal abuse laws after pet massacre

Nov 3 Anti-fur rally behind Art Gallery
Petition to ban animal pornography *LINK*
Upcoming court case in Ottawa *LINK*
This trial has now been put off to April 10 and 17 2008

Wannabe Beaver Butcher sets leg-hold trap at Creek
Beavers building dam target for nuisance trapper
Please explain to me how a live trap can be more risky than a lethal one

Rabbits neutered and sent to B. C. refuge
Feverishly multiplying bunnies taking over Valley Ridge
Run, rabbit, run
Rabbit stew? Would the writer propose cat or dog stew as a solution to their abandonment?
True compassion is not selective
So true...
Stop rabbit sales ad in Calgary Herald *PIC*

How to get food to Turtle Gardens for their recent large rescue of abandoned sled dogs
A serene shelter for homeless pets *PIC*
Ellen DeGeneres Adoption Story *LINK*
Hamilton SPCA claims fewest returns in North America
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Add research and you have the current manipulation of words common in animal rehoming
The points you made were excellent
It is evident to me that the job is not being done well enough by those who are charged with these tasks

Pacific Animal Foundation celebrates Feral Cat Day in North Vancouver *LINK*
Killing ferals isn't effective and it's not animal welfare either! *LINK*

City of New Westminster: reforming its pound and committing to animal welfare *LINK*
Many animal welfare delegations spoke to the motion October 1st
Delegations suggestions were added to the motion
Rabbit Advocacy Group of BC's address to New Westminster council meeting, Oct 1/07
Animal Rights Coalition's address to council
Roslyn Cassells' address to the motion
AAS spoke on yard dogs in New Westminster

Purebred Lhasa Apso needs a home *PIC*
Crime scene team exposes animal cruelty
Was driver who ran over raccoon too busy to care?
A Dog's Soul
His Apologies by Rudyard Kipling *LINK*
The Twa Dogs by Robert Burns
To Flush, My Dog by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Old Dog Tray by Stephen Foster
Dinah in Heaven by Rudyard Kipling
Rainbow Bridge: Author Unknown
The Power of the Dog by Rudyard Kipling
Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog by Lord Byron
Please post here or send us your favourite animal poems
I'm Only a Cat
A Dog Sits Waiting
Do I Go Home Today ?
Kinship
The Bells of Heaven
Little Things

Website aims to save dogs slated for death *LINK*
City of York Bans Sale of Foie Gras *PIC*
Anti-Greyhound Racing Crusaders and Extreme Horse Races
Chickens Beheaded and Eaten on Episode of "Kid Nation"
CBS Reporter Gets Inside Look at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary *PIC*
The Chronicle Journal- northern dogs
2006: The killing of 60 cats at the Comox SPCA: Questions re the SPCA's definition of critically ill *LINK*
And then again in 2007: this time a threat to kill for space *LINK*
The good news is that the SPCA is starting to practice some limited surrender
Ms Chortyk says all the cats were critically ill
Something called "germs" kill, not overcrowding. We find the SPCA's reasoning questionable
This entire incident begs to be investigated thoroughly for all of its inconsistencies
I currently have several perfectly healthy, non-aggressive rabbits that just months ago were going to be put down
2005 - 91 cats killed at the Kamloops SPCA

International Anti-Fur Day: November 3rd behind the Vancouver Art Gallery
Oppose culling of Pelee Park cormorants!
Chained sled dogs in Topley BC rescued by Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society *LINK* *PIC*
This was nothing short of torture
The response that is coming from the whole rescue community is nothing short of astonishing

Watch THE BEAR MAN OF KAMCHATKA
The Vancouver rally against Japanese dolphin slaughter *PIC*
Letter to the Vancouver Aquarium Directors
East Hastings market keeping pigeons in a cage - Please go take photos asap!
Information on pigeons and who to call
The owner was instructed to make the wiring pigeon-proof or take it down entirely

Shar-pei Rescue Cookie/Pie/Pizza Fundraiser !!! *LINK*
Order Form *NM* *LINK*

Chained dogs You Tube video *LINK*
We must continue to speak out about how horrendous this is to dogs

An ALV investigator went undercover at a chicken slaughterhouse and documented horrific and routine cruelty to animals
Stanford University feral cat rescue could be used to rescue UVic rabbits *LINK*
Don't Eat a Turkey, Adopt One! *PIC*
Some Great Vegan Recipes for this Thanksgiving
Because of this post, I decided to sponsor/adopt a turkey at our local North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre
They didn't even notice that what they ate hadn't been murdered

Vick Takes PETA Course in Respect for Animals *LINK*
January 19, 2007: PETA workers on trial for cruelty *LINK*
Unethically milking sad stories is rife in the animal welfare industry
First he finds Jesus (in less than a week),..

If Bill C-373 is passed, it will set a strong foundation for animal advocates everywhere
Bunnies too fertile for their own good
Letters and phone calls to both Petcetera and the BC SPCA haven't been responded to

WORDS
In memory of Gwen Wilson
The joy of Gwen Wilson's company, treasured forever... *PIC*

Maggie the Alaskan elephant is going to a sanctuary!
The death of Carlo
The Earth Save vegetarian expo was well worth going to! *LINK*
Dr Balcombe believes that the more humans learn about the animal world, the less likely they will want to eat them

Delta Humane Society is bursting with pets in search of a home
Cheech at the Delta SPCA *NM* *LINK*

No really, don't get him started on hunting
Wildlife Federation - 11,000 American hunters visit Saskatchewan every year
10 year old boy kills black bear

Ailing Elephant Left in Isolation at Edmonton Zoo - write City Council
Trail BC - area coward shoots bear cub with crossbow *LINK*
Be Part of World Farm Animals Day - October 2nd *LINK*
Restaurants serve cheap foie gras to oppose protesters *PIC*
Mary Martin - use of animals = abuse of animals
Pig Rescue - That pork chop you just ate may have been smarter than a dog
Manipulating language by animal using industries
World renown dog behaviourist Jean Donaldson on temperament testing
The rescue of Mr Darcy - When rescues work together, we all win *LINK* *PIC*
Riding horses dangerous, comparative study shows
I also scuba dive, drive fast etc, who cares which is more dangerous?

Mission to consider feral cat program
Duncan councillor advocating for home-owned chickens
Video of AAS rescued dogs *LINK*
Everyone should watch this special little video.
A call to arms!
Good for you Carrie!

TRACS goes up against City of Kelowna over goose killing *LINK*
Abbotsford mayor will vote against cage-free UBCM resolution
Bailey, Nancy, and Rocky at the Delta pound badly need homes
Change Everything site - Vote for SAINTS
Bunny complaints multiply at UVic
Re: Bunny complaints multiply at UVic

The seal hunt - The hypocrisy of it all *LINK*
Research lab expands its operations in Sherbrooke, Quebec
As long as there are creatures in need, the battles will have to continue
Eagleridge Bluffs Coalition - Misuse of Civil Injunction Process Continues
The letter you can send to the government

EarthSave Canada is presenting the only vegetarian exposition in B.C., Sept. 29th and 30th, at the Croatian Cultural Centre
Surrey Reptile Refuge asks council for funding
Provincial changes proposed to exotic pet rules

IDA India Uncovers Deadly Sterilization Dog Scam
Iceland Ends Commercial Whaling - Makah whale killers should be prosecuted
Sled dog slaughter
Sled dogs are among the most exploited animals in the world

PETITION: Reconsider the B.C. Meat Inspection Regulation
Topo the Lhasa Apso needs a good home *PIC*
PAF 2007 feral cat presentation results in Feral Cat Day in City of North Vancouver *LINK*
PAF Power Point presentation *NM* *LINK*
PAF 2006 feral cat presentation *NM* *LINK*
Watch video of council presentation *LINK*
Thank you for inspiring me to keep going
As long as there are creatures in need, the battles will have to continue
PAF Delegation Speech to North Vancouver City Council

Trial of Barriere dog breeder Bill Pieper
In Memory of Boris
Your tribute to beautiful Boris...
In Memory of Georgie

Animal Welfare Leaders rationalize "Shelter Holocaust", but who can imagine relief agencies endorsing systematic euthanasia as an acceptable policy?
LOGAN: 17 month old chocolate lab x sheepdog needs a home *PIC*
Small Washington animal wefare society works to eliminate the pet overpopulation problem with a spay/neuter van *LINK* *PIC*
YouTube touching music video of "shelter" animals that were killed *LINK*
YouTube - Charlize Theron Investigates Puppy Mills *NM* *LINK*

New Westminster pound still using gas box *LINK*
Write a letter to Mayor Wayne Wright and Council
Gas chamber has been dismantled
Why did it take negative publicity?
Unfortunately, we who do not remain silent will be slandered with the title of radicals...
Animal Shelter Dismantles Gas Chamber

National Post - Eating horses: Go ahead, take a bite
Letter - Mr Fulford is right about there being hypocrisy around which animals are eaten by humans
The National Post left this sentence out of my letter
Letter - We are not Neanderthals, and we don't need to eat our companions
Why is it always about us?
Letter - If you want to enjoy lamb for supper tonight then leave the horse-eaters alone

Sign anti-vivisection petition *LINK*
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine *LINK*
Vegetarianism promoted by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine *LINK*
U. S. National Cancer Institute - Laboratory mice are wrong for research

Roadside zoo kangaroo "disappears"
k.d. laing supports "gay" rodeo
What is it about rodeo that's gay?
KD is completely against eating meat, how can she support a rodeo???
A rodeo is a money-maker for humans, and whether you're gay or straight...
The first anti-rodeo groups started in 1924

Mary Martin, Ph.D.: Why We Shouldn't Own Horses *LINK*
Mary Martin, Ph.D. : Thinking Critically About Animal Rights *LINK*
Boycott Olympics - Animals are clubbed repeatedly, skinned alive, and take long minutes to die
The Houston SPCA now requires an individual who wants to give up an owned pet to first participate in a 15-minute counseling session
Makah rebels shoot, harpoon whale
Shot with a machine gun
Liquored-up thugs tormenting an animal to death
Morally superior" politically correctness has had the field for far too long
Makah's may only be against this killing to protect its future plans to kill whales

History shows Vick not alone in perversity
Logging near Pemberton irks spotted-owl lobby
Livestock is a huge source of GHGs-so where are the ads telling us to eat less meat?
Vale, foie gras, now frogs legs! Thousands of protected frogs seized in Assam
More Yukon Quest media cheerleading *LINK*
Canada's Yukon: 'A cruel place for animals'
Kluane First Nation
Shame on people like Luke and the KFN for making blood money off animals whose heads...
As Vikings, the particular people from whom I descend, the pillaging and raping of other peoples was an activity...
Mr. Faires, your post is the first I have ever seen that makes sense
Kluane First Nation has the right to hunt and trap within Kluane National Park
I am finding it hard to reconcile subsistence hunting based on ancestry and tradition with the modern practice of big game outfitting
Next Kluane sheep hunt will be taking place in Kluane National Park

'Yukon road kill'
This is after all, a school system that actively supports animal abuse *LINK*

PAMELA ANDERSON: Graphic chicken cruelty ads make their B.C. debut
Will Canadians stomach a horsemeat industry?
Canada Becoming Horse Slaughter Leader: How Can You Help Stop It?

Whoopi Goldberg makes excuses for Michael Vick
Please write ABC TV
First day on 'The View' and Whoopi Goldberg defends Michael Vick

Shark fin soup attacked
Cat litter killing whales, dolphins, porpoises
STOP BARBARIC DOG CATCHING COMPETITION IN MALAYSIA
Animal People News: Who invented no-kill?
Funds from TheFleasKneesTees to go to AAS! *LINK*
Ridiculously hot-looking, 100% pima cotton, individually hand-screenprinted, ass-kickingly-awesome tees will help raise funds for AAS *LINK* *PIC*
TheFleasKneesFund: One giant leap for dogkind *LINK* *PIC*
Friends aren’t bling *PIC*

Foie gras-Veal campaign letter *PIC*
The restaurant's answer...
Will they think twice?
Follow this link to other websites and to a sample letter that you can send to a restaurant *LINK* *PIC*

Best Friends plans a charity hospital in Chicago
Delta Humane Society removed over two dozen cats, including a pregnant one, from Tsawwassen residence
Sarah Lowe, Delta's Pound Manager, is incorrect

Immediate adoption needed for Naomi, little dog from Taiwan! *PIC*
Faustina saw things done to dogs in Taiwan that felt like an emotional assault

In a good-humored jab at meat-eaters, comedian Kevin Nealon discusses the cruelty involved *LINK*
If you still eat chicken, maybe you won't after you watch Pamela Anderson's video *LINK*
"Hogwashing"- the practice of generating the public appearance of having compassion for animals while continuing to kill millions of them for profit *LINK*
Serving meat at benefits for animal welfare groups

Ad in New Yorker magazine against HSUS *NM* *LINK* *PIC*
Just think of the hundreds of thousands of others who will read all about your "enemies"! *LINK*
CEO defends HSUS

Pit bull dog assessments should be video-taped
World Farm Animals Day - every year around the world, about 50 billion animals are killed for food *PIC*
180,000 dairy cows killed a month - Some of these cows are awake and aware of the process, and some choke to death on their own blood

A dog with its jaw duct-taped shut is thrown into a pit with another dog, to train the other dog how to kill...
New York First State to Ban Electrocution of Animals for Fur
Undercover Video Exposé Spotlights Korean Dog and Cat Meat Cruelty
Police Officer Accused of Killing K-9 Partner
Re: Police Officer Accused of Killing K-9 Partner
Is this the ugly police code of sticking together no matter what
That kind of rage doesn't just suddenly "pop up" over an untimely bark!
Re: That kind of rage doesn't just suddenly "pop up" over an untimely bark!

Tell PetSmart to Stop Exploiting Rabbits
Letter to PetSmart: stop selling rabbits
Petition at RabbitWise *LINK*

Australia's answer to feral cats? Eat them
People caused the problem in the first place

Canadian gov't does nothing to ban dog and cat fur while U.S. takes action
Urge Atlanta Falcons to Kick Vick Off of the Team
Apparently Jesus loves Micheal Vick (as well as some sports fans of course)

Hit by a car, abandoned by her owners, sweet Kona needs a recovery home *LINK* *PIC*
Goodby to our Treasure, our old black dog, Sky *LINK* *PIC*
Sincere condolences from my two black dogs and I *LINK*
Paying my respects to Sky and family

Videos at KentuckyFriedCruelty.com
"The best way to stop hurting animals is to stop eating them."

Horses as "product" just like used cars
Maple Ridge takes a look at animal services
Lethbridge No-Kill Alliance supports mandatory neutering of pets
Happy National Dog Day, readers
Langley family's terrier survives 16-hour ordeal in pond
I for one am sick to death of seeing so many dogs left in yards
Re: Langley family's terrier survives 16-hour ordeal in pond
I personally tried to revive my frantic neighbour's sweet Corgi

Protecting pets from coyotes is not that easy
Killing wildlife doesn't teach respect for it
Cat numbers high at CARES shelter
Owners could use some obedience training: Why do they think the rules don't apply to their dogs?
Neglected dogs seized in raid on Arizona home of rapper DMX
Maple Ridge - Katie's move to new place purring along
WSPA condems roadside zoo
Dog fighting in BC - Maimed dogs seized in RCMP raid returned to owner
Man’s Best Friend or Living Lawn Ornament? *LINK*
Project Hope for chained dogs *LINK*

Michael Vick to Plead Guilty to Dog Fighting Charges
'Sled Dog Margaritaville'
Don't glorify barbaric dog sled races

Chilliwack Times: Treatment at rodeo sickening *LINK*
PETA: Victory! American Veal Association Pledges to End Cruel Confinement of Calves by 2017 *LINK* *PIC*
I'd like to be part of a campaign to urge Vancouver restaurants to stop serving veal
Add foie gras to the campaign *LINK* *PIC*
GourmetCruelty.com: The Truth about Foie Gras *LINK* *PIC*
GourmetCruelty.com discovered corpses of ducks who had literally burst open through overfeeding *LINK* *PIC*
The cruelty of veal - take a look and then ask restaurants to stop serving up plates of pain and suffering *LINK* *PIC*
I guess I am lucky and know some kind farmers!
Did you miss my earlier post?
Kindness would be to let that calf run around beside its mother
Grew up beside a dairy farm. Need I say more?
Drink milk, eat cheese....
Animal cruelty and why eating them is wrong

U.S. government issues pro-hunting executive order
PNE continues to show pig and duck races *LINK*
Kuper Island natives shooting diseased and dangerous dogs - SPCA only steps in if it's done inhumanely
Big Heart Rescue steps in! *LINK* *PIC*
Big Heart Rescue to attend Northern Dog Conference to be held in Toronto
Big Heart Rescue Society is doing the work on the Bella Bella reserve *LINK* *PIC*
Big Heart Rescue founder and president, Gail Moerkerken, is being sued by the BC SPCA
Why has BHR been so successful when the SPCA has failed for so long?
After reading what the SPCA had to say regarding their failed attempts working with Kuper Island ...
I should like nothing more than to reverse my negative attitude toward the SPCA
Narwhal hunt/more Iqaluit dog stories *PIC*
This begs the question: Do natives report inhumane killing to the SPCA and if they do, what does the SPCA do?
Big Heart Rescue would likely be pleased to present training to the SPCA to show them how they have been successful
2003: the BC SPCA will begin pursuing financial support to launch a comprehensive spay/neuter program
Big Heart Rescue asked in 2004 -- Where is the $23,000 report on implementing a spay/neuter mobile van?
Linda Locke, Native lawyer and writer of the report for the SPCA, expressed disappointment in the lack of action by the SPCA *LINK*

Federal Judge Throws Out Lawsuit by Furrier
Value of life
Maybe we should all be more like dogs
Bullfight film ban makes celebrities see red
Seals captured to be diplomatic gifts
Swiss to vote on legal aid for animals
Nunavut hunters ban filming of whale hunt following critical National Geographic article *LINK* *PIC*
Who will be brave enough to report dog fighting on BC reserves?
Big Heart Rescue Society is doing the work on the Bella Bella resserve *LINK* *PIC*
Big Heart Rescue to attend Northern Dog Conference to be held in Toronto *LINK*
Other websites *PIC*
James Westhaver - Band Governance Officer, Governance Unit

Taxi firm settles with blind man refused ride because of guide dog
Alligator - another zoo animal escapes and is caught
New Mexico Supreme Court to Review Cruelty Ruling on Chimpanzee Lab
By a narrow vote,Iqaluit City council votes for new animal pound
Eating of African apes on the rise *LINK*
Zoos need horse meat
Winnipeg Zoo polar bear lives 40 years in captivity -- lucky bear!
Winnipeg: dog doused with chemicals - charges to be laid
Edmonton Chuckwagon race lands organizers, driver in court
Sorry, but I don't have a lot of sympathy for the lady!

Calgary Zoo forced to euthanize chronically ill gorilla
Inhumane Treatment of Animals at Chilliwack Rodeo
Calgary cat licensing bylaw success
Pit bull fighting in Ontario
Maple Ridge SPCA up in the air
THS Investigator saves dogs from hot car
This was one out-of-control-dog-cop!
Re: THS Investigator saves dogs from hot car
Cruelty investigator "restrained" to merely handcuff the irate "owner"
Supporters of a desk-bound animal cruelty investigator protest
Did dog rescuer go too far?
Anti-AR rant by conservative columnist Michael Coren "professional idiot" *LINK*

"Becoming the Change" conference
Tammy Grimes, rescuer of Doogie, founder of Dogs deserve Better, is a speaker *LINK* *PIC*

Giuliani's wife, Judith, demonstrated on dogs that were then killed
LIVE dogs, which were cut open and stapled shut, pretty much killing them...

To PetSmart: selling rabbits is selling out
What a weak and idiotic thing to say in order to justify selling rabbits!
SuperPet in Richmond sells puppies

Escaped zoo bear recaptured
Escaped zoo monkey recaptured

Many people give up their pets before heading off on summer vacation
SPCA charges against Walkers Animal Rescue thrown out- 17 months later *LINK*
Letter to the Editor

Wild Island marmot is already extinct
Chinese river dolphin is wiped out
Apes -- No longer 'things'?
The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity

FORGOTTEN FELINES NEEDS A NEW HOME IMMEDIATELY!
As of today Forgotten Felines has entered an agreement with John Van Dongen to lease space on his property *LINK*

BC governement approves Northern Lights shelter for grizzly rehabilitation
Gov't says More Orphan Cubs to be Rescued but Shelters need Funding Now!

Alert: Two More Slaughterhouses Killing Horses in Canada!
May I ask what else would you like them to do with excess horses?
Slaughtering animals for food in my estimation is wrong because it is taking the life of a being
Re: May I ask what else would you like them to do with excess horses?
Breeding and slaughtering
I have an excess of cats -- I'm not killing them, that's for sure
Anyone who eats meat has unbelievable gall to call themselves an animal lover
But your pets eat meat
Is life really that simple?

Moo - The steer who escaped into our conscience?
There's No Such Thing as a 'Responsible Breeder'
Changes in hunting laws off target
Respect for wildlife argument is silly!

Eating meat also causes greenhouse gasses as well as cruelty, suffering, and diseases
Tell Supervalu to Stop Abusing Animals!
Saltspring's Wildlfe Rescue treating 73 seal pups
Goose with arrow in chest survives four months
Battery Egg Farms
Sign the Statement Against Dogfighting
GVAC rescues kittens in Victoria
Canada objects to Belgium's ban on the importation of seal products
US lawmakers ask Canada to stop baby seal hunt

Pet Parrots Increasingly Abandoned: B.C. Sanctuary for them
What has the SPCA done to prevent the cruelty to the animals at the Calgary Stampede - which is known to many of us as "Hillbilly Fest"?
Don't condemn me and others who know real life beyond Save-On-Foods
I too was raised in Alberta on a farm

Fur flies over fate of Hemingway’s cats: SPCA says there are too many even though they are all healthy!
Hands off the seal pup Buddy! *LINK*
Lifeforce calls for day off for orcas
2006 Canadian Broadcast Standards Council decision OK's broadcast of Calgary Stampede animal abuse *LINK* *PIC*
Cat colony 'up the creek' in the Yukon *LINK*
Instructions on how to pack animals in a travelling circus
Katie's Place Cat shelter gets new home in Maple Ridge
It's been gratifying to see how many people have cared enough

Wildlife Act changes: Groups want greater emphasis on protection, rather than more hunters killing more animals
29,000 Dogs, cats, horses and primates a year used in scientific experiments in Britain annually
Victoria family has to get rid of pet rooster
Whale reunion has happy ending
Companies that still test on animals
I respect wildlife in the same way as I respect my elders
Farm Sanctuary 20 years later....
Animal Shelters limping along during strike
Secret code used to hide sale of eagles
Bounty offered for undercover footage of seal hunt
Saanich family's pet boa constrictor goes on the lam
A dog exemplifies paying it forward
The power of the Internet has saved more than 800 cats from being skinned and served up on Chinese dinner tables
Coming Together To Help The Wolves!!
Re: Coming Together To Help The Wolves!!

Room, board and ammo: Tourists 'Gopher it' in Saskatchewan *LINK*
BC governments plan to increase hunters - Kill It!
Atlanta Falcons' Michael Vick indicted for dogfighting *LINK* *PIC*
Sign petition to suspend NFL Quarterback Michael
Jail time of two years for every dead dog
Many statistics have proven that people who abuse animals are very often abusive to women and children
Pit bull fighting goes on right here!
AAS reported a ring to the SPCA in 2002
I as well have been told by the SPCA that they can not go on the reserves, several times
Urge the NFL to suspend Michael Vick from play under strong suspicion of criminal activity *LINK*
Jeered Vick pleads innocent in dogfighting case
They love to fight they can hardly wait
Big, brave Hogwash, afraid to identify himself
"Men" don't let dogs do their fighting for them...
Like you said if it's done right You won't feel a thing.........
Mr Hogwash is silly... so let's all be silly
Vick's dogfighting co-defendant pleads guilty

Re: Coca-Cola responds
Coca-Cola indirectly benefits from the use of child labour in sugarcane fields in El Salvador

Help Stop the Seal Hunt
Hooray for you both
Another Petition-Support Belgium's Decision on Ban

Horse 'Rescuers' responses *LINK*
'Love, tragedy and cowboy pride' *LINK*
Ohhh my dear lord call the SPCA on me!!!!!
The only difference being, it was not a car, boat, bike or motorcycle was it?
Whoa there, Christie, no need to get nasty
there is far more ABUSE that goes on in those barns
Re: Horse 'Rescuers' responses
Sponsor of Edmonton's rodeo condemns that sport

Some PoCo residents don't care if their garbage means dead bears
A sleepy urbanite's plea: bye, bye black birds
Springer the orca returns in time for party
I went up to Grouse mountain yesterday and saw the two wolves in captivity
Dragging dogs -- dragging calves -- it's all cruel
CBC Radio Loves the Stampede, CBC Corp is soft on animal cruelty *LINK*
First horse deaths already
Write the CBC -- though CBC does not take criticism very well
Calgary animal abuse slide show (chuckwagon event) *NM* *LINK*
Why does the CBC promote and glorify so much animal cruelty?
THIRD horse dies at 2007 Stampede *LINK*
Calgary Animal Rights Coalition statement on the Calgary Stampede *LINK*
Contact the Calgary Stampede to express your 'displeasure' *LINK*
No worries - the stampede works closely with the SPCA and the Calgary Humane Society
If the Calgary Stampede is an example of prevention of cruelty to animals...
I hope I read a clear and unambiguous condemnation of animal sports and this rodeo in particular by both societies
Re: No worries - the stampede works closely with the SPCA and the Calgary Humane Society
New SledDogWatchdog.com 'Rodeo page' *LINK*
An animal rights group is objecting to chuckwagon races at Capital Ex

Vets in Colorado mandated to report cruelty
Arrow kills doe, orphaned fawns believed dead
Animal-rights video shows cruelty to foie gras ducks *LINK*
It showed ducks being force-fed grain until they threw up, heads being yanked off live birds...
Jack Layton eats foie gras, while saying that he believes in animal rights

Women, kids sought as new hunters - write the Province Newspaper
Who to write to
Will we ever evolve out of the stage of "Savage"?!?
Enjoyment & relaxation if you are on the *right* side of the gun that is
We savages have yet to realise that this is NOT our planet alone
Super Blasterful BC! *NM* *PIC*
If the government decides to impede our progress, we may as well just regress all the way back to carrying clubs
I have seen things during hunting season that would make grown men cry
The high of making a clean shot
Hunting -- an immoral and moronic activity that should be snuffed out itself
We won't find peace ourselves until we stop harming others
These are the key words: pleasure and fun
Nature lovers who like to shoot as much of nature as their ammo budget allows

California Debates Pet-Sterilization Law
Valuable dog stolen
Lifeforce has added two more videos to our web site at lifeforcefoundation.org
Hamas rescues lion kidnapped from zoo
Women demand their own running of the bulls in Pamplona--but with cows
These frightened and purposely maddened bulls can only run one way -- toward the bullring
The Running of the Idiots - dominated by drunks and American students

Crows aren't the problem -- we are
Crows are a public nuisance
They will fearlessly try to frighten away any creature that comes too close, and that is a beautiful thing.

Slaughterhouses irked over enhanced feed ban
Water from slaughterhouses, rendering plants worries microbiologist

Wildlife Review Act - two web pages that will get you started ….quite easy to comment
Background work of Mona Benge: (Letter to Govt and Comments posted on Webpage)
Catering to morons who need to kill animals simply to reassure themselves that they 'have all their parts' is a primary government function *LINK*
Why not go hunting with a camera rather than a gun?

Chilliwack Animal Control needs your help!
Siberian tiger cub makes debut
Navy frees snared whale
Luna's mother among group of passing orcas
Researchers in UBC’s animal-welfare program tackle hard questions—like how much pain animals really feel
Stepping into the breach - Vancouver Police and Dr Bruce Burton to hold FREE vet clinic for pets of street people
Stepping into the breach - GVAC's street pets clinics *LINK*
Dr Bruce Burton *LINK*

Bonder's Dogabet is a hit and First in Show
The News Bulletin, Nanaimo: Euthanasia last resort for SPCA
It is this honesty about past, as well as present, practices that is so badly needed from every SPCA
I am sure that the effective spay/neuter programme in Nanaimo has helped reduce euthanasia rates

Vancouver Lifestyles Magazine - Things only your dog walker and UBC dog psychologist Stanley Coren know
Chained dog kills child
Colleen McCrory - Passionate wilderness activist dies
60 days to comment on the gov't's killer whale "strategy"
U.S. (Republican) presidential candidate Mitt Romney's dog abuse problem *LINK*
Seal Cull Disturbs Reader
They did it in the east and they will do it here, mark my words
Perhaps the human fisher should be culled

White Spot boycott: Taking Farmland Off the Menu
Calls grow to regulate exotic pets
A big biker looking dude was buying a cute mini rex bunny to feed to his snake
Re: A big biker looking dude was buying a cute mini rex bunny to feed to his snake
Re: A big biker looking dude was buying a cute mini rex bunny to feed to his snake

Former Vancouver Aquarium Employee Capturing Wild Dolpins
Dog thieves pose as Burnaby city officials
Four SPCA visits to one home certainly shouldn't qualify this family for public sympathy
I see red flags everywhere in this report
Kudos to vigilantes
Our Family Dog was stolen from our Home on Monday June 25th *PIC*
Is that a pronged collar?
Woman chains herself to pole for 13 hours to protest treatment of dogs

Australian Wool Innovation drops lawsuit against PETA
There are so many alternatives out there for knitters and spinners

Sun editorial on Aquarium speaks to our concerns. Please send the Sun a letter
Bunnies get reprieve in Canmore
Wildlife "conservation" cops seize and kill rescued fawn
Harvard Law School Receives Gift to Study Animal Rights Law
Sled Dog Action Coalition - Please vote for ANYONE BUT LANCE MACKEY *LINK*
UPDATE: 'Poor little Lance' did not win! *LINK*

Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter newsletter *LINK*
Pandas put spotlight on China's economic boom
Orca report confirms their failure to survive, lists recommendations
Is capturing Orcas a solution or a cause of their declining number?

Park board clears way for more mammals at the aquarium
Slavery by any other name is still slavery
Too bad the Vancouver Aquarium does not share these ethics *LINK*

A custody lawsuit that includes a dozen gibbons living near Charleston is drawing national attention *LINK*
5th annual chain off! *LINK* *PIC*
Chilliwack Chain-Off event will feature a person chained for 13 hours to a dog house

Court says California cities can ban cat declawing *LINK*
I asked my vet if he did declawing. He said yes, there was a demand for it
Are tendonectomy (tenectomy) or laser surgery more humane alternatives to conventional declaw surgery?
Sparky - as always, there is the odd exception
Declawing is bad enough, BUT what about the practice of cutting the cats' tendons?
Tendonectomies render the cat unable to use the front part of their paws

Charges laid after man attacked, dog stolen
Same man who was jailed for beating his dog *LINK*

Park Board meeting on Monday June 25 - VAN DUSEN GARDENS on Oak and 37th - not in Stanley Park
28-year old Whitehorse man fined for dragging dog behind truck *LINK* *PIC*
Humane Society Yukon - "Why would anyone leave this dog suffering in the cold? " *LINK* *PIC*
Another question about Trooper's Salvation
Thank you for your concern for Trooper *LINK*

Calgary SPCA will have to kill cats sooner
"Redemption" by Nathan Winograd - animal sheltering - a movement that was born of compassion and then lost its way
"Redemption" - How did the very charities founded on the highest ideals of compassion become the nation’s leading killers of dogs and cats? *LINK*
Nathan Winograd is a graduate of Stanford Law School and a former criminal prosecutor and corporate attorney *LINK*
Nathan Winograd - Mo More Homelss Pets Forum - many questions, many answers

Wildlife Act Review - You can post your comment on the
B.C. kills park plan to adopt bears from Alberta
International Day for Korean Dogs and Cats - July 25
Money, service issues for Coquitlam SPCA
Grizzly killed by train was feasting on deer, not grain
Goats hired to 'work for weeds' at UNBC
And blackberries too!

Let's turn our backs on restaurants serving foie gras
Aquarium eyes taking in more dolphins, whales
Please attend and/or speak at Parks Board meeting June 25th
Georgia Straight - Whales could languish forever in rule change
All that is clear to me....
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