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By Paula Moore and Carla Bennett
Canoeing, camping and killing: Two out of three ain’t bad. Now it’s time to stop the slaughter of animals in America’s wildlife refuges.
Unfortunately, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), which manages the National Wildlife Refuge System, bows to Read More… No Safety in Wildlife Refuges In a suit filed on October 24th with the Superior Court of California, the Animal Protection Institute (API) and The Fund for Animals called for the California Department of Fish & Game (CDFG) to enforce provisions of state Fish and Game codes concerning exotic animals which were enacted in 1985.
Read More… California Fish & Game Sued for Ignoring State Code Regulations The Fund for Animals recently released polling data indicating that high-income shoppers prefer department stores with socially responsible merchandise policies and stores that do not sell fur products such as fur coats and fur-trimmed clothing.
The survey revealed that 54% of consumers consider selling fur products to be socially irresponsible. Read More… Poll Reveals Upscale Shoppers Strongly Prefer Fur-Free Department Stores The Human Rights Campaign said the FBI’s new crime report released in late October shows that the disturbing trend of hate crimes continues unabated despite lower overall crime rates. FBI Uniform Crime Reports for 2000 – the latest year for which statistics are available -showed that as overall serious crime decreased slightly Read More… HRC Concerned Disturbing Trend Of Hate Crimes Continues In New FBI Report On October 15th, The Human Rights Campaign applauded Gov. Gray Davis (D) for signing a new history making California law, Assembly Bill number 25, that offers domestic partners in California a significant and unprecedented array of benefits. The bill, signed by Davis in a ceremony in Sacramento on Sunday, puts California, the nations’ largest On October 8th, The Human Rights Campaign called Rev. Lou Sheldon’s heartless attack on the families of gay victims who died in the September 11 terrorist strike an assault on basic human dignity. Sheldon’s inflammatory remarks are divisive and come at a time when Americans are rallying to come together and assist all families The Puppy Protection Act, which seeks to address systematic problems with so-called “puppy mills,” has now been assigned bill numbers. S. 1478, sponsored by Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Richard Durbin (D-IL), and H.R. 3058, sponsored by Representatives Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Sam Farr (D-CA), are aimed at puppy mill operators who breed animals Read More… Puppy Protection Act Now Has Bill Numbers The Arizona Fish and Wildlife Service (AZ FWS) is gearing up to kill dozens of mountain lions near Saguaro, Apache, and Canyon Lakes on the Tonto National Forest. The AZ FWS plans to justify its killing plan by calling it part of a study to “assess the impact of lion predation on bighorn sheep.” Read More… Take Action To Save AZ Mountain Lions Following the recent passage of the federal anti-cockfighting legislation in the House of Representatives, cockfighters have been barraging Senate offices in opposition, making a last-ditch effort to block its final passage. So now, more than ever, we need you to weigh in with both of your U.S. Senators and voice support for S. 345, Read More… Help Needed On Cockfighting The National Park Service (NPS) is set to begin an ill-advised rat poisoning plan on Anacapa Island, a part of California’s Channel Island National Park. Although the plan is being touted as a means to protect the island’s seabird population, critics of the plan fear that the ends do not justify the means. Read More… Poisoning Plan Will Hurt Wildlife |
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