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By Carla Bennett Wondering what to buy the urban hipster who has everything? How about a stuffed-and-mounted pheasant? Or perhaps a traditional mounted deer head? If your friend is game, you might even consider a full-size moose. Taxidermy chic, once confined to trophy rooms and hunting lodges, is showing up in some unusual places—from A shocking undercover investigation by The Humane Society of the United States reveals widespread mistreatment of "downed" dairy cows Enviroshop is maintained by dedicated NetSys Interactive Inc. owners & employees who generously contribute their time to maintenance & editing, web design, custom programming, & website hosting for Enviroshop. In its first session Legislative Report Card on the 110th Congress, the NAACP found some improvement in the voting record of members of the U.S. Congress in addressing fundamental civil rights agenda items in 2007. "The NAACP legislative report card is intended to reflect how responsive elected federal officials are to the genuine Read More… NAACP Releases Mid-Term Congressional Report Card By: Marc H. MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League FEMA trailer parks seem to be providing the backdrop for growing mental health problems among Gulf Coast residents ravaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. That is where suicide attempts are 79 times the national average. More than two years after the storm devastated the region, survivors Read More… Hurricane Recovery Legislation Would Give Katrina Survivors Permanent Shelter, Peace Of Mind Conservation groups are fighting a Bush administration plan that would allow the states of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana to kill half of the Rocky Mountain wolf population, including by shooting wolves from the air, while they are still protected under the Endangered Species Act. In an effort to bar states from aerial gunning and Read More… Conservation Groups Challenge Federal Wolf-Killing Rule Farm Sanctuary is pleased by the HSUS exposé of illegal factory farming practices involving the abuse of downed cattle and their inclusion in the food supply, and we've issued a statement supporting this investigation and urging legal prosecution:This investigation proves again what Farm Sanctuary has long demonstrated through its national No Downers campaign: the By: Marc H. MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League I have said it before and I will say it again: Economic empowerment is the civil rights struggle of the 21st Century. The civil rights movement of the 1960s helped the African-American community take great strides in terms of political and social empowerment. Doors long closed Read More… Black Pessimism Of Future Means Economic Empowerment Is More Important Than Ever As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completes its review of the toxic poison 4-aminopyridine, The Humane Society of the United States urges EPA to strengthen protective measures for the deadly substance. Products containing 4-aminopyridine, which are sold under the brand name Avitrol, are commonly used by licensed pest control operators (PCO) on many By: Marc H. MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League Just recently, the U.S. House of Representatives seemed to be riding to the rescue of U.S. homeowners with its Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, which passed by a commanding margin. Back in March, the National Urban League addressed the unfolding subprime lending debacle Read More… Price Of Democracy: U.S. House Passes An experiment conducted on 110 chimpanzees at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Bastrop, Texas examined the effects of sodium on blood pressure in an attempt to translate results to humans. The HSUS says that this 2007 study on chimps was unnecessary and frivolous. "The use of chimpanzees for yet another |
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