(ANIMALS AND CELEBRITIES) What do you give the woman who has everything? Betty White doesn’t want jewelry, and she doesn’t want flowers, either. America’s Golden Girl Betty White wants you to help our four-legged friends by donating to MAF. — Global Animal
(DOLPHINS) MASSACHUSETTS — On Saturday, 30 dolphins were found stranded on five Cape Cod beaches, and sadly only 11 were saved. The cause of the beaching remains undetermined. See below for photos from the dolphin rescues. — Global Animal
(PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION/ANIMALS) With the primary season already underway, perhaps you are wondering how the current administration has fared in terms of animal rights. Read on for a summary by the Humane Society to learn where the administration has succeeded and failed. — Global Animal
After catching wind of Dr. Dre and Oscar de la Renta’s special edition Beats By Dre headphones, animal advocate and PETA representative Michelle Cho took to her PETA letterhead. Below you’ll find her impassioned plea for Dre to follow the lead of other animal-free designers in pledging to no longer design with real fur and exotic skins. Read the letter, directly addressed to the recently announced Coachella 2012 headliner, beneath the picture of the fox fur earmuffs/headphones. — Global Animal
(LIFE WITH PETS) JAPAN/CANADA — What do the space under your stairs and a messy DVD cabinet have in common? Both places can make great pet cubbies. Designers from Japan’s Fauna + Design are equipped to design space-saving and high-tech, animal-centered homes. No one wants to talk about the kennel in the room, so it becomes a cozy bungalow behind a built-in wall with all the perks. Low set windows for bird watching? Sure. Doggy toilet for in-house business? Absolutely. From simple to fancy, designers are starting to make animal needs a priority, and we’re loving it. Read more about designer dog houses. — Global Animal
In 1983 the Romney family: Mitt, wife Anne, and their five sons, set off on a 12-hour road trip from Boston to Ontario. Also along for the journey was the family dog, Seamus, an Irish Setter. With no room in the car for Seamus, Mitt tied the dog and his kennel to the top of the family van. From there is where the story gets a bit messy.
(ANIMAL NEWS) PENNSYLVANIA— In the midst of financial woe, Pennsylvania’s capital city Harrisburg is considering allowing police officers to shoot stray dogs. As a cost-cutting measure, city officials reduced their yearly financial contribution to the local Humane Society by $50,000. Instead of directing strays toward shelters, the city of Harrisburg contemplates an inhumane alternative as a way to get strays off the streets. — Global Animal
(ANIMAL NEWS) ALASKA — Apparently some people in Alaska have trouble distinguishing between a dump site and an animal shelter. Every year people consciously choose to abandon animals at the Fairbanks North Star Borough waste transfer site. Alaska’s freezing winter temperatures can do a lot of damage to unprotected animals. Why someone would choose a dump site over heated drop off cages at the shelters still remains a baffling question. It seems at the core of this issue is the mentality of ownership, viewing animals as property, therefore disposable. Fortunately, throughout America, courts are slowly starting to enforce laws favorable to animal rights, such as visitation agreements in divorce cases. These steps are a small hope that speciesism is slowly coming to an end. — Global Animal
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