Animal Crime and Animal Cruelty Weekly Report

The Declaration of Animal Rights - a project of international animal rights and planet conservation group Our Planet. Theirs Too - was drafted in May 2011 and publicly read and signed on June 3rd of the same year, on the 1st National Animal Rights Day in the US, in the city of New York. The Declaration was copied onto a large scroll of paper, which since then has been traveling the world and collecting people's signatures, drawings and notes. It is now 100 feet long, with almost 2,000 signatures. Once it reaches 50,000 signatures, the scroll will be sent to the White House, the UN, The EU Parliament and other world leaders, in order to show them what we, the citizens of this world, think of our fellow animals and their rights. We will do this until The Declaration of Animal Rights is recognized all over the world, and the rights proclaimed in it are protected by global law! You can read and sign The Declaration of Animal Rights here.

Dog With Artery Exposed by Six-Pound Chain Deserves Justice.

Goal: Find and prosecute whomever is responsible for abusing a dog found with a six-pound chain around her neck exposing her main artery.
A dog was reportedly found with a six-pound chain wrapped around her neck, causing her main artery to be exposed. The one-year-old pit bull terrier, named Roxanne, was barely alive and her head was swollen beyond belief. Veterinarians had to use bolt cutters to get the chain off, then Roxanne was rushed for emergency surgery where 95 percent of her neck was stitched up. They stated that her entire neck was open and bleeding from the chain that was slowly choking her to death.
The veterinarians and rescue team who are assisting Roxanne with her fight to survive say that they notified authorities of the horrific abuse. So far, it would appear that this innocent dog’s abuser is still at large. Please sign this petition urging authorities to utilize all resources to find and prosecute this cruel animal abuser to the maximum extent.
Dear Mr. Wilson,
A dog was reportedly found with a six-pound chain around her neck, choking her nearly to death and exposing her entire neck, including her main artery. To save her life, veterinarians say they had to stitch up 95 percent of her neck.
This poor dog was being slowly choked to death at the hands of a sadistic human, who hasn’t been found yet. We urge you to utilize all resources available to find whomever caused this animal such unspeakable suffering and prosecute them to the maximum extent.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo credit: Rescue Dogs Rock NYC
Watch: Oregon Zoo lion's tail severed in hydraulic door
Lioness and Two Cubs Shot While Eating Dinner: Hold Shooters Responsible
Lioness and Two Cubs Shot While Eating Dinner: Hold Shooters Responsible
TARGET: Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) - 108,113 of the 110,000 Goal

Overview petition
Two cubs and a lioness were shot in cold blood while eating dinner in South Africa last Friday. Late last week a pride of about ten lions made it out of their home in Kruger National Park. Once they were outside the park, the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency was in charge of finding them and tranquilizing them to be brought back inside. Instead, the MTPA waited by a carcass, and when the lions showed up, the agency shot and killed a lioness and her two cubs to scare the rest back inside the park. Those involved in the shooting should be dismissed immediately for their grave mistake.

The MTPA knew the lions were out and about because they had been spotted and also had eaten some local livestock. They should have been prepared with tranquilizer darts and means to transport the luxurious animals pack to Kruger National Park; a lioness and two cubs did not need to die. But a spokesperson for the MTPA said it was “difficult” to anesthetize the Lions.  Clearly they don’t have competent employees if their job is too “difficult” for them.

It’s only natural that the Lions would try to roam to a new place - humans put that fence around them, they didn’t agree to it. Because of humans, lions are down to a mere 20,000 in number. Between hunting and habitat loss, the numbers have constantly been shrinking. And now those charged with protecting the lions have killed three more, including two cubs!

The murder of these three majestic lions was a heinous and unnecessary assault. Sign this petition to demand the immediate dismissal of the employees involved in the shooting as well as the purchase of proper tranquilizing weapons for the MTPA at large

Dog With Choke Chain Bolted Into Neck Deserves Justice.

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Target: R.J. Larizza, State Attorney
Goal: Demand the maximum penalty for the person who bolted a choke chain into a dog’s neck.
A dog was reportedly found bound to a tree with a choke chain bolted into his neck. He appeared starved and in great pain. Demand the maximum penalty for the person responsible for this abuse.
The brindle mix suffered from “repeated infliction and unnecessary pain and suffering,” stated police. A choke chain was embedded into his flesh with two dead bolt locks, leaving a gash nearly three inches deep. His ribs showed through his skin, indicating malnourishment, and he smelled of rotting flesh due to the infected cut on his neck.
The dog was taken to an emergency shelter and treated. The perpetrator is still at large. Sign below and demand the maximum penalty for the person responsible for this horrific abuse.
Dear State Attorney Larizza,
A dog suffered tremendous pain at the hands of his abuser. Found malnourished and with a choke chain embedded into his flesh, the dog is lucky to be alive. We demand the maximum penalty for the person responsible for this crime.
The bridle mix reportedly smelled of rotting flesh and appeared emaciated. A choke chain, embedded into the dog’s neck with two dead bolt locks, created a nearly three-inch cut in his skin. The cut oozed pus and other fluids, indicating infection. His ribs showed through his flesh due to malnourishment.
Such horrific abuse is unacceptable and must be punished. We ask that you pursue the maximum penalty under the law in this case.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Lukasz Szmigiel
On the Anniversary of Cecil’s Death, House Democrats Target Trophy Hunting. A new report questions the claim that trophy hunting in Africa benefits wildlife conservation.
Taxidermic animals on display at a convention. (Photo: Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)

It’s been nearly a year since an American hunter killed Cecil, an iconic lion in Zimbabwe. House Democrats are using the anniversary to question the premise that trophy hunting benefits Africa’s endangered wildlife.

In a new report called Missing the Mark, the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Natural Resources charges that Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Namibia, and South Africa are providing U.S. officials with little evidence that taxes and fees raised from trophy hunts targeting lions, leopards, elephants, and rhinoceroses provide conservation benefits and have an overall net-positive impact on imperiled species.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which has the authority to grant a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to American trophy hunters wishing to bring animal trophies into the country, has too often supported nations’ claims that the hunts enhance the survival of the species, the report charged.

American hunters, who make up a larger percrentage of trophy hunters in Africa, often want to import the heads, horns, pelts, or any other parts of animals they have killed overseas, and they must request a permit from the Fish and Wildlife Service.

If the animal has threatened or endangered species protections under the Endangered Species Act, the agency requires that the hunt enhance the survival of the species. The agency is also responsible for managing U.S. compliance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which regulates and permits the hunting of endangered species as well.

“On paper, all four countries examined have equally strong frameworks for ensuring that trophy hunts benefit species conservation,” the authors wrote. “Unfortunately, the implementation of these frameworks has in many cases been marred by corruption and has not produced the advertised and desired results.”

The Fish and Wildlife Service has sometimes turned a blind eye to these shortfalls and granted import permits for animals killed in these countries, the report claims,  and accepts at face value that trophy hunting benefits wildlife conservation without drilling down and actually checking on individual cases, he said.

An Fish and Wildlfie spokesperson stated in an email that the agency is reviewing the report, adding, “By law, we cannot and will not allow trophies of certain protected species into the United States that were hunted in any nation whose conservation program fails to meet high standards for transparency, scientific management and effectiveness. If we have concerns about a country’s management program or a species’ population status, we will not issue permits.”

One such case occurred in 2014, when the agency shut down imports of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Tanzania because of the species’ marked population decline.

That’s the exception, not the norm, according to the report, which noted thousands of cases in which the Fish and Wildlife Service used special rules and loopholes to exempt hunters from permitting requirements for many species listed as endangered. The report authors found that between 2010 and 2014, the agency could have required permits for more than 2,700 hunting trophies imported to the county yet only required one, for a critically endangered black rhinoceros. Of 1,469 leopard trophies that could have mandated an import permit, the agency required none.

In other instances, such as the controversial baiting tactics that lured Cecil out of a protected area and led to his death at the hands of Walter Palmer, the trophy hunting industry isn’t “playing by the rules,” the report stated, and “needs to be regulated and held accountable for there to be any hope of a consistent conservation benefit.”

To help rein in the negative impacts of trophy hunting on wildlife, the report recommends that the Fish and Wildlife Service deny import requests from hunters convicted of wildlife violations, close loopholes that allow some trophies to be imported without permits, collect more data on trophy hunting through the permitting process, and increase permit fees to fund science and conservation.

Accused “Craigslist cat killer” case likely delayed again. Ronald Fraser Golden of 106 Bullington Road in Athens Alabama, was on the court docket for a jury trial yesterday to face 22 counts of animal cruelty but it appears that the case will be delayed. Read more here https://fend.ngo/library/accused-craigslist-cat-killer-case-likely-delayed-again/

No Animal Torture for Coffee – #DropTheCrap – Social Media Alert.
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Target: Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
Goal: Stop selling coffee made by intensively farming and mistreating the small mammal known as a civet.
Campaign update:
Adorable civet cats are kept in tiny cages in unsanitary conditions, so the world’s most expensive coffee can be made with their feces. Amazon.com sells this product despite the known cruelty of the industry. Tell Amazon to #DropTheCrap and save civets from a terrible fate.


Kopi Luwak is made from coffee beans partially digested by civets, small nocturnal mammals. It was initially made from coffee beans collected from the excrement of wild civets, but growing demand for the expensive drink has led to civets being poached from the wild and kept captive in tiny cages and inhumane conditions.
Investigations into these civet farms found animals confined in loud and unhygienic conditions with many of them frail due to being fed only coffee beans. Civets were reportedly kept in tiny wire-mesh cages, causing the animals injuries and open wounds. Footage from a PETA Asia investigation shows sick and depressed civets, some displaying zoochosis, a neurotic health issue caused by stress and captivity. Large retailers such as Amazon are profiting from this extreme cruelty while allegedly tagging the coffee as “wild-sourced.”
Sign this petition demanding that Amazon stop selling Kopi Luwak at once, in light of the cruelty involved, with the hope that other retailers will follow suit.
Dear Mr. Bezos,
Amazon continues to sell Kopi Luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world, despite reports of extreme cruelty to civets involved in its production. While Kopi Luwak used to be made from collecting coffee beans partially digested by wild civets, the drink’s growing popularity has led to civets being caught and held captive in tiny and filthy wire-mesh cages.
Reports show animals suffering from depression, malnutrition and various health issues due to stress and the unhygienic conditions they are kept in. I urge you to stop profiting from such cruelty by stopping the sale of Kopi Luwak at once.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo credit: Surtr
Teenager Accused of Injuring Dog With Illegal Castration Must be Punished.
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Target: Rick Healy, District Attorney, Wayne County, New York
Goal: Punish person who performed an illegal home castration on a dog.
A teen has been arrested after allegedly attempting to castrate his dog. The 19-year-old is accused of performing the procedure himself, without adequate surgical conditions, resulting in serious injury to the dog. Michael Williams of Marion, New York, has been charged with animal cruelty and will appear in court at a later date.
According to staff at Macedon Veterinary Care, the teen took the dog in for care and admitted that he had attempted an illegal home castration, but was concerned that it had gone wrong. When he was told that he would need to transport it to a nearby veterinary hospital for surgery, Williams reportedly refused. After the staff alerted police, the young man was apprehended on his way home and the dog was taken from him.
Police officers immediately transported the dog, named Toby, to the appropriate veterinary hospital at the order of District Attorney Rick Healy, who promised that the county would take responsibility for the costs. There, Toby was given medication for the pain, antibiotics to fight off possible infection, and intravenous fluids. He will require long-term wound care and may even need surgery.
The person responsible for this cruel act demonstrated an alarming sense of recklessness and a blatant disregard for the proper care of this animal. Because of this, it’s possible that Toby will feel pain for the rest of his life. Sign the petition below to thank the district attorney for saving the dog and ask him to punish the perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law.
Dear Mr. Healy,
A dog required emergency veterinary care after a teenager allegedly attempted to illegally castrate it. The teen took the dog, named Toby, to a veterinary clinic and admitted to botching a neutering attempt on the poor animal. When the staff informed the teen that the dog needed emergency care at a nearby animal hospital, the teen refused and left.
Had the police not apprehended the teen, Toby would likely be dead. He has been resting in the care of professionals, but will require ongoing care and maybe even surgery. The person responsible for this act demonstrated shocking disregard for the health of the dog, and must be punished accordingly. We, the undersigned, ask you to seek the maximum possible punishment for the person convicted of this crime.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo credit: Snapwiresnaps
USDA: Stop Protecting Animal Abusers and Enforce the Law! The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—which is responsible for enforcing the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), the only federal law that explicitly protects animals used for entertainment—has consistently renewed the licenses of even the most egregious animal abusers. The AWA allows an animal exhibitor or dealer to be issued a license only if the applicant can show that it operates in accordance with AWA regulations, yet the USDA has a policy of automatically renewing animal exhibitors’ licenses—even when the agency knows that the facility is not in compliance with the AWA. We need you to urge Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to ensure that the USDA stops licensing chronic AWA violators and starts protecting animals, not their abusers!

The USDA takes the position that whether or not a facility is in flagrant violation of the AWA at the time it applies to have its license renewed is completely irrelevant to the agency’s renewal decision. The USDA renewed the license of the Summer Wind Farms Sanctuary in Michigan in 2014 after issuing the facility 97 citations for violating the AWA that year. By ensuring that facilities that are not in compliance with the applicable standards nevertheless remain “licensed” under the auspices of the AWA each year, the USDA’s rubber‑stamping policy results in more licensed facilities, thereby diluting the USDA’s ability to detect, address, and prevent violations of the AWA. Already, the USDA’s approximately 125 inspectors struggle to inspect more than 7,000 regulated entities.

Keeping licenses out of the hands of abusive exhibitors is particularly important since the USDA’s “enforcement” is nearly meaningless, as most alleged AWA violators get off with little more than a slap on the wrist. According to the USDA’s own statistics, more than half of all cases result only in an official warning and many others are settled by agreement, with an average penalty of less than $5,000. In 2012, Summer Wind Farms Sanctuary paid only $500 and received a brief three-month suspension for violating the AWA more than 70 times. That same year, Carson & Barnes Circus paid just $3,714 to settle 10 violations of the AWA, including allowing an elephant to escape, and the Mobile Zoo in Alabama got off with a warning for a series of violations, including failing to protect deer and birds from wild dogs who entered the facility and killed them and denying sufficient drinking water to leopards in 90-degree heat.

For years, the audit reports by the USDA’s Office of Inspector General have found that when the USDA fines AWA violators, the penalties are often so low that violators prefer to simply budget for them rather than changing their behavior—which means that animals continue to suffer as a result. Yet the USDA continues to issue paltry penalties that have no deterrent effect on chronic animal abusers.

Please e-mail Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at tom.vilsack@usda.gov now and tell him that that he must act to ensure that the USDA ends its policy of licensing AWA violators, which allows abusive exhibitors to keep animals in inhumane conditions.

Be sure to forward this important information to your compassionate family members and friends!

Please feel free to use our sample letter, but remember that using your own words is always more effective.

Demand Tootie the Chimpanzee be Released to a Sanctuary. 
Demand Tootie the Chimpanzee be Released to a Sanctuary
TARGET: Stump Hill Farm - 76,181 of the 80,000 Goal

Overview petition
For over 20 years, Tootie the chimpanzee has been kept in an enclosure all by himself at Stump Hill Farm in Massillon, Ohio. Please sign this petition to demand his release to a sanctuary where he can live out the rest of his life in freedom surrounded by other chimps.

Stump Hill Farm a roadside zoo that has been accused of abuse and has run into trouble with the USDA multiple times. The USDA has reported at various times that the zoo has failed to provide proper veterinary care and proper enclosures with enough space and water for the animals. The zoo also rents out animals to local sports teams to use as a mascot and to local businesses for commercials. This is not a place where Tootie will get the care he needs and deserves.

Chimpanzees are social creatures. In the wild, they live in large groups and create strong bonds with their families. Leaving Tootie in an enclosure all by himself is just cruel. He should be in a place where he can be properly integrated into a family of other chimps. Stump Hill Farm is not that place. 

Tootie deserves to be at a sanctuary, where he belongs. Please sign this petition to help us save Tootie!

Ever seen an animal being given away for free on ? Why it's an AWFUL idea:
Big Cats and Elephants Like Libby Need Your Help at Circus World! Circus World in Baraboo, Wisconsin, insists on hosting cruel and archaic elephant acts and rides and has contracted with the notorious Carson & Barnes Circus again in 2016. This circus employs elephant handler Habib Omar, who is presenting elephants at Circus World all summer.
And the facility has decided to exploit tigers this year, too. Join PETA in letting Circus World know that these cruel animal acts have got to go.


Carson & Barnes Circus' appalling history of abusing elephants and endangering the public spans decades. It was Carson & Barnes that supplied the elephants who escaped and ran amok for nearly an hour at the Moolah Shrine Circus in 2014, an incident that prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue a $16,000 fine to Carson & Barnes. The circus's head elephant trainer, Tim Frisco, was caught on video viciously attacking terrified elephants with a bullhook and shocking them with electric prods. Frisco can be heard instructing others to sink the bullhook into the animals' flesh and twist it until they scream in pain.

In what resembles a juvenile act of defiance in response to the public's disdain for circuses' cruelty to animals, Circus World is taking an even bigger step backward this year by exploiting tigers in its shows as well. Big cats used in circus-style performances endure lives of abuse, neglect, deprivation, and confinement. They are forced to live in virtually barren cages that can't come close to the vast, dense forests that they would roam in the wild. Many are forced to eat, drink, sleep, defecate, and urinate all in the same small space and are only let out for training or performances. During training, these beautiful cats are often dragged by heavy chains or ropes around their necks and hit with sticks, poles, and whips.

Speak up for animals now by urging Circus World to get with the times and end cruel, archaic animal acts once and for all!
In Defense of Animals
Justice for Harambe - Shot by the Cincinnati Zoo. Caged and killed. These words describe Harambe's life and now his death. Just one day after celebrating his 17th birthday, on May 28th, Harambe was gunned down after a boy slipped into the gorilla's confined enclosure.

This incident shows how dangerous zoos can be for humans, as well as animals. This was a tragic loss of one of the world's last remaining western lowland gorillas. The child's parent has claimed "accidents happen," which is no defense.

Cincinnati Zoo has reportedly reopened the gorilla enclosure with higher barriers and more netting. This isn't good enough!

Zoos are ultimately responsible for the death of Harambe, and the deaths of thousands more animals like him. Zoos keep producing baby animals to keep paying customers coming through the gates, and they are killed when they are no longer needed. They will never be returned to the wild..

Cincinnati Zoo must face justice. It is not fit to care for gorillas. Click here to take action.

Act Now to End China's Yulin Dog Meat Festival!
In Defense of Animals
China's infamous Yulin Dog Meat Festival is set to begin June 21. Thousands of dogs and cats will be crammed into cages, tortured and killed, all for human consumption. Some will be snatched from loving homes. The "festival" garners national and international condemnation, yet millions of dogs and cats endure the same extreme cruelty throughout each year.

As awareness grows among the Chinese public, so does the outrage that family companions are being stolen for their meat by organized crime gangs. The public is also learning that meat from family animals poses a serious risk to human health, including exposure to illnesses such as rabies and cholera.

China's National People's Congress NPC deputy, Zheng Xiaohe, has made a significant step forward by proposing a ban on the entire dog and cat meat trade within China! Even better news is that the proposal quickly received the support of two million Chinese citizens.

China's move to ditch dog and cat meat is historic and we must support it. Click here to take action.

U.S. Congress Aims to Shut Down China’s Dog-Meat Trade. PETA friend Rep. Alcee L. Hastings—who previously worked with PETA to expose China’s dog leather industry—is condemning China’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival and calling on the Chinese government to end the trade in dog meat.
Alcee Hastings
More than 10 million dogs are killed for meat every year in China. With backing from PETA and other nonprofit animal organizations, Hastings is leading the charge to end the dog meat trade because “the United States cannot stay silent” in the face of such an “extreme spectacle of animal cruelty."

Numerous bipartisan representatives have joined him as original cosponsors of legislation calling for an end to this practice, including Representatives Robert Brady, Vern Buchanan, Tony Cardenas, ‎Steve Cohen, Peter DeFazio, Ted Deutch, Chaka Fattah, Raul Grijalva, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Barbara Lee, Gwen Moore, Brad Sherman, Frederica Wilson, Jared Polis, Gregory Meeks, Matthew Cartwright, Katherine Clark, Lois Frankel, William Lacy Clay, Patrick Murphy, William Keating, Dan Donovan, Suzanne Bonamici, Brendan Boyle, Gerald Connelly, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Robert C. “Bobby” Scott.

Show your support for ending China’s dog-meat trade by tweeting @RepHastingsFL with the hashtag #EndYulin.

Note: PETA supports animal rights, opposes all forms of animal exploitation, and educates the public on those issues. PETA does not directly or indirectly participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office or any political party.


Peter Egan: We need your help to end the Yulin Dog Meat Festival
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TWEET @REPHASTINGSFL WITH THE HASHTAG #ENDYULIN
In Defense of Animals
Another Sadistic Dog Dragging in Mississippi. Can you imagine the horror? It's a beautiful day and you’re mowing your yard, while your best pal is safely tethered, watching you work and spending time with you. Suddenly, the unthinkable jolts your day. Ray Duncan of Desoto County, Mississippi never saw what was coming. He went in the house for a few minutes and when he got back outside, Rebel, his best bud, his kid, was missing along with the cable he was secured to for safety. In the next minutes, fear and panic would explode into heartache and rage.

While Ray was inside, someone stopped in front of his home, took gentle Rebel's cable off its tie-out, dragged him to the road, and bound the cable to the bumper of a pickup truck and dragged him close to a half mile. A neighbor spotted the black truck with a red ladder in the bed; it's the only clue we have to go on so far.

Rebel fought with all his might and his blessing was his thick neck nearly matches the circumference of his head, so he was finally able to pull free of his collar. If he hadn’t, he would be dead. When Ray found him he was in agony with skin and flesh ripped from his right and under sides. The right side of his mouth was laid open and he’d completely lost the pad of his right front paw struggling to resist the pull of the truck. Click here to read more and to help.

Prosecute Sadistic Texas Teens Charged with Llama Killing

In Defense of Animals
Two Harris County teenagers have been arrested for the brutal slaying of a llama and the shooting of her mate at Figment Ranch in Cypress, Texas. For two months, authorities were at loss as to who may have committed this sadistic crime. The minors, both students at Tomball High School in Harris County, Texas, confessed to beheading La Tida and shooting herd protector Lorenzo.

Harris County Constable Alan Rosen told news station KHOU that it was one of the most disturbing cases of animal cruelty he had seen. "What we worry about is someone who's willing to do that will transition to doing this to humans," he said. "This is a sequel to doing other things."

The boys have not been named because they are juveniles.

At the time of the incident, the ranch-owners were away. They lived in fear during the two month investigation, anxious that whoever turned their world upside down might return to harm the other llamas. Ranch co-owner Robin Turrell said, "They left Lorenzo for dead, and took La Tida's head."
Somehow, Lorenzo survived the shooting. He must learn to live with the pain of a bullet lodged next to his spine and the psychological scars of this hideous crime.

Violence to animals has no place in society. Click here to take action.

Install Support for Taiwan's No-Kill Policy to Truly Help Animals. 
In Defense of Animals
Without promoting spay and neuter, and adoption, a no-kill policy won't work. Animal advocates around the world rejoiced when Taiwan announced its upcoming no-kill policy, but sadly it indirectly led to a death-sentence for shelter director Jian Zhicheng and could spell increased suffering for thousands of dogs.

Xinwu Animal Protection and Education Centre is typical of so many of Taiwan’s shelters that are running at full capacity and groaning under the strain. Shelters are obliged to take in all surrendered animals, even when they have no room.

But things could get much worse.

Taiwan's no-kill policy comes into force in February 2017 and concern is growing for the dogs who have been surrendered to already overburdened shelters. In Taiwan’s overcrowded shelters in the 1980s and 1990s, some dogs reportedly starved or even cannibalized each other.
Like all conscientious animal advocates, 31 year old shelter director Jian strove to rehabilitate, rehome and promote adoption. She appeared on national TV to describe her shelter’s struggles, and the emotional toll of killing hundreds of dogs dumped at her door. Instead of the support she sought, Jian came under fire herself.

The public pressure, broken system and emotional stress of killing unwanted animals were too much. Last month, Jian used euthanasia drugs to take her own life.

Public support for the concept of no-kill is not enough. Spay and neuter programs, and "adopt: don't shop" public education programs must be in place to reduce the number of animals dumped at shelters, and adequate funding is needed to shelter and care for the animals who are surrendered, and to provide resources to prevent compassion fatigue for the workers who look after them. Click here to take action.

21,000 have signed the petition to ban snares, add your voice today.
Our petition to ban snares has been signed by over 21,000 people. We would absolutely love if you could add your name today - Sign the petition.
Snares are the landmines of the countryside. They are cruel and indiscriminate killers of wild animals and pets and we can’t understand why, in the 21st century, the UK remains one of just five countries in Europe that has not yet banned them.
In April our investigators visited a shooting estate in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, and found a hare trapped in a snare. We have explained the hare’s tragic story in a new film exposing the horror of snares, and we would be so grateful if you could watch and share the film to help us raise vital awareness. Watch the new film.
1.7 million animals will be snared in the UK this year. That is one every 20 seconds. So, in the time it takes you to read this email... yet more animals will fall victim to snares. This has to stop!

The Kelly Miller Circus is coming to your area soon! Please join local activists to rally against the use of animals in circuses. Ringling Bros., the largest traveling circus in North America, has phased out its elephant acts, and Kelly Miller Circus needs to follow suit! To learn more, watch this video about cruelty under the big top.
Cruelty is Not Entertainment

WHEN

Monday, June 20, 4-5 p.m., 7-8 p.m.
Tuesday, June 21, 4-5 p.m., 7-8 p.m.

WHERE

U Sell Flea Market 2896 S. Delsea Dr., Vineland, New Jersey 08360 (See this map.)

CONTACT

Kate at 856-506-9356
RSVP on Facebook

All materials (such as posters and leaflets) will be provided. Note that reserved parking will not be available, and please be prepared for the weather. If you can't make it, you can still take action by pledging to stop circus cruelty.