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The growing demand for meat, eggs and dairy products in China presents a wide array of challenges, including increasing concerns about farm animal welfare. In Beijing, China on March 29 and March 30, Humane Society International (HSI) led an historic conference that gathered roughly 100 Chinese government officials, academics, journalists and agricultural producers to The NAACP joins a broad coalition of elected officials and organizations calling for President George W. Bush to sign the Second Chance Act of 2007 into law. The act provides essential resources to decrease prisoner recidivism and ease ex-offender re-entry into the general population. The U.S. Senate passed the measure by a unanimous vote Read More… NAACP Urges President To Sign Second Chance Act Into Law Wal-Mart has announced its so-called "Great Value" store brand of milk will no longer come from cows injected with Monsanto's controversial genetically engineered hormone, rBGH/rBST. As OCA's Director, Ronnie Cummins, stated in an interview with the Toronto Globe and Mail, Wal-Mart's announcement will likely serve as a tipping point for driving Monsanto's controversial bovine Read More… Wal-Mart Goes RBGH-free March 29, 2008:Seal hunt observers documented apparent violations of the new sealing license conditions today in Cabot Strait. International journalists and world-renowned photographer Nigel Barker joined The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International in documenting the inherent cruelty of the commercial seal hunt today. Video and stills are available for Read More… HSUS And HSI: Seal Hunters Not Following New Licensing Conditions On March 28th the NAACP announced a strategic partnership with University of Phoenix to internally provide web-based advocacy and leadership training to NAACP executives and branch officers. "We are pleased to have University of Phoenix as one our partners," said NAACP Interim President & CEO Dennis Courtland Hayes. "The partnership enables the NAACP Read More… University Of Phoenix Partnership Expands NAACP Training Initiatives The Organic Consumers Association (OCA)– representing over 850,000 consumers across the U.S. — has joined a growing alliance in support of the Florida-based Coalition for Immokalee Workers' campaign to "End Slavery and Sweatshops in the Fields." While the organic and sustainable agricultural movement has traditionally focused primarily on health and environmental issues, the time Read More… End Modern-Day Slavery In U.S. Fields March 30, 2008 Rebecca Aldworth, director of Animal Programs for Humane Society International, released the following statement in response to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans restricting journalists and animal welfare experts access to the commercial slaughter of baby seals. "Yesterday we filmed sealers consistently violating the few regulations that exist to protect Read More… Cover-Up Continues: DFO Restricting Journalists And Seal Hunt Observers Access To Today's Seal Hunt A series of viral e-mails circulating the Internet the past several days distort and misrepresent the NAACP's stance on the Dunbar Village gang rape case that began last June in south Florida. The NAACP does not condone violence against anyone. Any suggestion to the contrary is not credible in light of the Association's long Read More… E-mails Misrepresent NAACP's Position On Dunbar Village Case The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently disclosed that it never received mandatory annual reports about research animals' "pain and distress" from 81 animal research facilities over the course of five years. The revelation was triggered by a lawsuit filed by The Humane Society of the United States against the USDA seeking agency records Read More… Lawsuit Reveals 81 Animal Research Facilities Not Meeting Animal Welfare Act Reporting Requirements Rep. Kern said "the homosexual agenda is destroying this nation" and the threat was larger than international terrorism The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, sent a letter to Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, Speaker of the House Chris Benge and Senate President Pro-Tempore Mike Morgan, in |
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