Changing the Game: These Powerhouse Women Know the Future of Fashion, Florida Votes to Ban Races, Gov. Jay Inslee, Washington State, PetSmart, Shelby County, Tennessee, China to make the world's tigers and rhinos extinct, rat poison used to murder golden retriever are all in this week's Animal Welfare report!

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Togo pack wolves

Horrible news out of Washington state: Wildlife officials have just issued death warrants for two more wolf packs.

 Washington is turning into a killing field for endangered wolves, and it's got to end. Please take a moment to tell Gov. Jay Inslee to stop the slaughter.

 The death count just keeps getting higher. In late October state officials issued a kill warrant for the last adult and pup of the Old Profanity Territory pack. And this week they approved kill orders for wolves in the Smackout pack and the remaining wolves of the Togo pack.

 More than 20 wolves have been slaughtered in the past six years — nearly all of them at the behest of the same rancher. Pups, mothers and fathers have been shot. Entire families destroyed.

 Enough is enough. We need your help to shut down this cruel killing machine. Please speak up now for these wolves before it's too late.
PETA Reveals
Dogs Killed and Injured at PetSmart and Petco Stores. Big-box pet store chains like PetSmart and Petco have a long laundry list of incidents involving animals who have been traumatized, allowed to escape, severely injured, and even killed in their grooming salons. Share this important information with friends and family and then let PetSmart officials know that you'll shop instead at businesses that don't sell animals—such as Target, Walgreens, or online retailers. Feel free to speak out here.
deer hunt

Deer Are Reportedly Going to Be Massacred by Bowhunters in Tennessee. Hunting tears families of deer apart, leaving orphaned young to starve. And reports of wounded deer wandering through neighborhoods with arrows protruding from their bodies or careening wildly onto busy roadways aren't uncommon. Urge officials to halt this deer hunt in Shelby County, Tennessee, immediately. Help Stop the Deer Hunt!

greyhound racing

Dog-Racing Industry CRUSHED After Florida Votes to Ban Races. In a landmark victory for dogs, Florida voters supported a greyhound-racing ban, which will end live races and simulcast betting on dog races at the state's 11 tracks. Now, PETA is working to shut down canine blood banks that hold dogs captive. Many greyhounds are sent there after they're deemed no longer useful to the racing industry. Join us in taking action today. Read More!

cold dogs

Help Cold, Neglected Dogs. PETA needs to build hundreds of doghouses for lonely dogs left outdoors in the freezing rain, ice, and snow. Learn More!

Fur Free Friday
Join a Fur-Free Friday Event Near You, or We Can Help You Plan Your Own. Please join local PETA supporters in promoting compassionate shopping this busy Fur-Free Friday (November 23) by joining one of the protests listed on PETA.org or by organizing your own! We're encouraging everyone to #ShopVegan this year by leaving fur, wool, down, angora, leather, and all products that cause harm to animals off their shopping lists. Be sure to e-mail PETA's outreach coordinator for your region by November 16 if you're interested in organizing your own Fur-Free Friday event. To get involved, click here!
Fur Farms

Countries Are Shutting Down Their Fur Farms, and Cities Are Banning Fur Sales. The fur-free revolution is happening worldwide, and PETA has put together the complete list of places that are helping to make fur a part of the history books. Share the list and then take action to urge seven more companies to stop selling fur.


Ban the sale of animal fur from Waltham Forest market!

• Following the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000, the last UK fur farm closed its doors back in 2003, but we're still importing fur cruelty from overseas. The unnecessary suffering of animals for fur fashion is deplorable, whether the animal involved is a cat, a domestic dog or a seal, whose fur is already banned from UK trade by EU regulations, or a coyote, a fox or a raccoon dog, the sale of whose fur is currently still permitted.

• Opinion polls show continually high levels of public disapproval of fur, regardless of species – more than 80% believe that it's unacceptable to buy and sell animal fur in this country. This was debated in Parliament in June 2018 following a government petition reaching well over 109,000 signatures. Labour and the Green Party are committed to ending the importation of all fur into the UK. 

• All large retail chains and most high-end fashion labels now have a no-fur policy, meaning that they recognise the strength of public opinion opposing the inherent cruelty of this industry. However, many independent local retailers have been found openly selling cheap unlabelled and mislabelled fur. Some have willingly committed to being electively fur-free having been educated by fur-spotters, while others are remorseless and happy to sell animal pelts of unknown origin.

• We therefore ask Waltham Forest Councillors to do the humane thing and ban the sale of all fur from Walthamstow Market and other independent retailers within the borough.

• Often the cheap fur sold on market stalls and in lower-end shops is banned fur - without DNA testing of every sample by Waltham Forest Trading Standards, consumers are blissfully unaware that they may be buying domestic cat and dog fur. Recent investigations by Humane Society International UK have found even leading retailers duped into selling banned fur items erroneously labelled as "fake fur", such as Missguided having cat fur shoes for sale. This deception from suppliers in countries of origin is sadly rife and intentional; in light of this, the safest option is to ban all real fur.

• Please follow the lead of other markets, such as Camden and Spitalfields, and respect the consensus of the majority of this community who voted for all fur items to be disallowed from local selling groups, including "vintage" and non-CITES/ red listed/ banned species.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200888
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/502/485/268/?z00m=31025290&redirectID=2772290883