On August 13th, Environmental Defense's Los Angeles environmental justice project office released the report Walking to the Park: Recommendations for the formation of an Urban Land Trust to serve the City of Los Angeles, a study which represents a two-year effort between Environmental Defense, local community groups and City officials. At a press conference
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As more cases of West Nile virus-associated illness have been diagnosed in people and horses, communities have taken steps to prevent spread of the virus. Mosquito control is the most effective means of preventing spread of the West Nile virus and many communities are including spray application of pesticides in their control programs. Although The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) applauds Governor Ryan for enacting HB 5625 which makes recording acts of cruel treatment, aggravated cruelty, animal torture, cockfighting and dog fighting a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. The law was spearheaded by the ASPCA as a Earlier this year, Congress passed strong anti-cockfighting legislation as part of the Farm Bill, including a ban on the interstate shipment of fighting birds and increased fines for federal animal fighting violations. Although the Senate and House both voted for felony-level jail time for animal fighters as well, this provision was removed from the Read More… New Federal Bill To Strengthen Animal Fighting Laws The Florida Department of State certified the sufficiency of the signatures collected for The Florida Animal Cruelty Act, which seeks to halt the intensive confinement of pigs in "gestation crates." The Secretary of State's finding clears the way for placement of the measure, sponsored by Floridians for Humane Farms, on the November 2002 ballot. Read More… Florida Initiative Cleared For The November Ballot Only three states—Oklahoma, Louisiana, and New Mexico — have yet to outlaw cockfighting, the bloody spectacle in which handlers strap razor-sharp knives or gaffs to the birds' legs and place them in a pit to fight to the death. On August 20th, Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating placed the anti-cockfighting measure on the statewide ballot Read More… Governor Keating Places Anti-Cockfighting Measure On November Ballot In Oklahoma Every September, Purdue University grants two college credits to graduates of the"Furbearer Management Course,"conducted by the Fur Takers of America (FTA), a pro-trapping organization. According to the 2001-2002 Indiana Hunting & Trapping Guide, put out by the Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, Purdue is also a sponsor of this course. With such subjects as"handling Read More… Purdue University In The Trapping Trade? Every year, more than 3 million kangaroos are slaughtered in Australia, mostly to supply athletic shoe companies like Adidas and Nike with kangaroo leather, often labeled as"K leather, or"RKT."Last year, the Australian government allowed up to 5.5 million kangaroos to be killed. This year, the quota has increased to nearly 7 million Enviroshop Read More… Killing For Kicks Two zoos – the San Diego Zoo in California and the Lowry Park Zoo in Florida — are planning to import from Africa a total of eleven elephants, to live out the rest of their lives in captivity. This plan is in the works even though there are 300 elephants in captivity already in Read More… Zoos Trying To Import More Wild African Elephants On August 23rd, The Human Rights Campaign called for increased prevention efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS as the Centers for Disease Control released a new study showing that up to 93 percent of young HIV-positive black gay men are unaware of their infection. Nearly three quarters, or 71 percent, of those men who Read More… HRC Calls For New Commitment To HIV/AIDS Prevention In Response To New CDC Report |
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