ENDANGERED ANIMALS – Sharks are the latest endangered species shown to be worth more alive as a tourist attraction than dead for shark fin soup. Good news for animals!
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Daily news of pets, endangered animals and wildlife around the world. Includes information on dogs, cats, dolphins, whales, and wild animals, plus news on endangered species, animal welfare and wildlife conservation.
Fukushima Exclusion Zone Update: 5-hr. Visits Allowed, Euthanizing Begins
April 29, 2011 (JAPAN ANIMAL RESCUE (VIDEO) – Japan’s federal government and Fukushima Prefecture officials announced new, but incomplete, action plans for the pets and farm animals left behind in the 20-km radiation evacuation zone. Initiatives include 5-hour access for evacuees, Fukushima officials taking custody of animals in the nuclear power plant zone, and sadly, culling farm animals that are near death. Read on…– Global Animal
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Tornadoes Devastate People & Pets (HOW TO HELP)
ALABAMA (ANIMAL TORNADO RESCUE) – Tornadoes ripped through nine states, wreaking havoc on people and pets alike. Read about the disaster’s effects and find how to help pets and other animal tornado victims. Also find animal organizations in Alabama engaged in pet foster, adoption and reuniting rescued pets with their families. – Global Animal
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‘Wizard Of Oz’ Dogs Survive Tornado (VIDEO)
NORTH CAROLINA (ANIMAL VIDEO) – Incredible video of two dogs who survived a true “Wizard Of Oz” experience after being caught up in a tornado and landing, unhurt, to be reunited by policemen with their guardians. The Fayetteville family, who lost everything, were relieved to discover these two beloved members of their family were alive and no worse for wear. – Global Animal
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Man Rescues Baby Moon Bears, Safe From Bear Bile Trade
CHINA (ANIMAL RESCUE/VIDEOS) Watch how a farmer rescued two baby moon bears crying in a forest and brought them home. And read why this story is meaningful beyond the two saved cubs. Moon Bears, or Asiatic Black Bears, are also called the ‘bile bear’ and are kept in captivity in China and Vietnam to harvest bile, a digestive juice produced by the liver that’s sold in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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Gator Crawls Through Doggie Door, Loses Life
FLORIDA (VIDEO/WILDLIFE) – Getting up to use your bathroom and finding a 7-foot alligator curled around the toilet is no way to wake up (or a very fast way). Alexis Dunbar found an unwelcome weekend guest in her bathroom – a 7-foot alligator. The gator, who had been eying Dunbar’s cats for a few days, crawled in through the doggie door and was trapped. What we don’t understand is why the alligator had to be destroyed.
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Michael Vick, Humane Society, Fight ‘Dog Wars’
(ANIMAL WELFARE) – Michael Vick, now on the right side of dog fighting, is joining Humane Society’s Wayne Pacelle in condemning ‘Dog Wars,’ a video game that glorifies dog fighting, as well as providing a primer for would-be dog fighters. Google’s Android and Kage Games is sending entirely the wrong message to young people by communicating that torturing animals is a glamorous, fun, ‘sport’ rather than a grisly and cruel crime. The game’s designers saying that they don’t condone violence towards animals or humans and that they will donate some of the proceeds to animal rescue organizations is a risible response. What’s next, creating mountain gorilla hunting games and donating some money toward saving the 750 remaining mountain gorillas? This game is a non-starter and should be pulled. – Global Animal
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23,000 Rabbits Killed In Easter Massacre
NEW ZEALAND (ANIMAL WELFARE) – Animals are too often on the losing side of a battle for habitat. This time, 23,000 rabbits were killed by a grinning Ray Moffat and a clan of farmers who killed the bunnies in a grisly Easter hunt.
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