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News:

1. Good News for Tigers! Top Canadian Buyer Drops Rainforest Paper Supplier
   
   Major Canadian office supplier White Paper Co. is severing ties with Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) because of its links to rainforest destruction. APP is the subject of a global campaign by Greenpeace for its involvement in illegal logging and devastation of endangered Sumatran tiger habitat.
2. Repentant Bullfighter Turns into Animal Rights Activist
3. Carr says South Korea dropped whaling plan
   Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr says a South Korean official told him scientific whaling won't go ahead.
4. Animal testing isn't just an ethical problem – let's invest in safer methods
   More experiments are being carried out on animals, despite genetic, biochemical and physiological differences with humans.
5. End of Species - Saving the last mountain gorillas in a country at war
   
   A new civil war has begun in eastern Congo. On Sunday July 8th, much of Virunga National Park was overrun by rebel units. All ranger families have been evacuated. 40 rangers have remained behind to protect the park and a family of orphaned mountain gorillas that live at the station. They need your help.
6. Ray Greek MD, Annalea Pippus JD and Larry Hansen MD have published their article "The Nuremberg Code subverts human health and safety by requiring animal modeling" in the journal BMC Medical Ethics. The provisional .pdf is available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6939-13-16.pdf

Petitions:

1. DO NOT buy animals from the Internet & Pet Shops
2. Stop killing feral cats in Switzerland
3. Scarecrow dogs - Expose Bulgaria's dirty little secret
4. Withdraw the slaughter, stripping, gutting and cooking of wild animals from all courses provided by "Thrills and Skills for life".
5. Scoping Comments on McCullough Peaks Bait Trap Wild Horse Removal
6. Stop the Operation "Noah's Ark"!
   We are dismayed to learn that the Namibian government is planning to capture and export 148 wild animals in a national park to Cuba. We will therefore ask you to stop the capture of African wild animals in captivity for the entertainment and all the animals that may have been caught already, to release them.
7. Urge Air China to Stop Shipping Monkeys to Laboratories!
8. Leaked Video: Live Goats' Legs Cut Off With Tree Trimmers
9. IKEA: Stop destroying Russia’s remaining ancient forests
10. Stop Illegal Logging (US)

Change.org

1. Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO): Stop India's first mega dairy in Andhra Pradesh
2. Animals & Humans Need Rights!
3. Lexington Avenue Brewery, 39 North Lexington Avenue, Asheville, NC: Take cruel and environmentally devastating foie gras off the menu for good!
4. Dogs are family members too!
5. Mayor of Giurgiu: To get involved and stop the attacks on a dog shelter and its volunteers
6. ¡NO A LA CAZA DEL JABALÍ CON LANZAS!
   NO to hunting wild boars with spears!
7. Director of Recreation, UNF Campus Recreation: Adopt a Policy Disallowing Wild Animal Acts to Perform on Campus.
8. US Federal Government/President Obama, Representatives & Senators: Prevent Breed Specific Legislation in the United States
9. Save Blue the pit bull
10. USDA: Stop Online Puppy Mills

Forcechange.com

1. Praise Urban Decay Cosmetics for Remaining Cruelty-Free
2. Ban Inbreeding of White Tigers
3. Help Expedite Veteran’s Adoption of Bomb-Sniffing Dog
4. Encourage Apple to Keep Its Products Green

ThePetitionSite.com

1. The Wildlife Trade & Animal Abuse - Tiger Temple - Behind the Cloak of Buddha
2. Gov. Perdue: Veto Bills that Harm North Carolina's Environment
3. Bring Back America's Biggest Cat: Jaguar Sighting
4. Stop euthanizing animals in shelters - Dogs have the right to live
5. Pass an Ordinance to Ban the Retail Sales of Canines and Felines
6. Stop Using Pigs at University of Mississippi
7. Support HR 2492-Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act
8. Prevent Breed Specific Legislation in the United States
9. Stop Livestock Grazing in Wolf Recovery Area
10. Ban Gas Chamber in Shelters in Ohio: Stop the use of gas chambers to destroy innocent animals.
11. Prosecute Owner of Pit Bulls that Attacked Defenseless Pony
12. Wild African animals in tiny Cuban zoo!
13. The Lennox Law Petition.
14. Save Blue the pit bull
15. Jackson County Animal Control/Shelter: Give Tiki back to her owners.
16. Stop Modells from selling Michael Vick's new product line
17. Adopt a Policy Disallowing Wild Animal Acts to Perform on Campus.
18. Trupanion: Pay Medical Expenses for a special needs animal companion, Molly.
19. Ban the killing of Pit bulls in all USA states
20. How Safe Is Your Cookware?
21. Don't Let the American Kennel Club Pander to Puppy Mill Interests
22. Pass a Federal law making Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) illegal
23. Shelters should stop putting innocent animals asleep
24. Urge U.S. House Committees to Oppose Cruel Act!
25. Database of State Greyhound Disciplinary Rulings
26. Tell Presidio Club to Take Foie Gras OFF the Menu.
27. Houston, We Have a Problem
28. You're Invited to H-Couture
29. The HSUS Issues Statement on End of Invasive Chimpanzee Research Program at Maryland Lab
30. Mirage in Las Vegas: The Dolphin Death Pool
31. Stop Animal Experiments in UK
32. Lennox is gone, but questions and outrage remain
33. C&C of Honolulu Mayor: Stop all commercial uses at Kailua Beach Park not considered by 1996 EA
34. IFAW rescuers in India are fighting to save an elephant calf.
35. Dirty gold mine is leaving Peruvians high and dry
36. Save the Majestic Alligator Snapping Turtle!
37. Save the Boreal Forest and Caribou
38. Save our Oceans and Marine Wildlife