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Nevada Mustangs Given 28-Day Reprieve - IDA Lawsuit Postpones Huge Wild Horse Roundup

Washington, DC (November 24, 2009) - The U.S. Department of Justice announced tonight that the massive roundup and removal of thousands of horses from public land in northwestern Nevada will be delayed until December 28 as a direct result of the filing of a lawsuit by In Defense of Animals and renowned ecologist Craig Downer on November 23. Tomorrow, IDA and Mr. Downer plan to file ... Full story

Lawsuit Filed to Halt Huge Wild Horse Roundup

Mass roundup of Nevada Wild Horses Inhumane and Illegal, Suit Charges Washington, DC - In Defense of Animals (IDA) and ecologist Craig Downer today filed suit, in the federal U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to stop the Bureau of Land Management's proposed massive roundup and removal of more than 2,700 wild horses from public lands in Nevada. The roundup, slated to begin in ... Full story

In Defense of Animals Urges Holiday Shoppers to Go Fur-Free

  • Monday, November 23, 2009, 14:45
  • Fur
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Fur Free Friday Will Once Again Be World’s Largest Animal Rights Demo San Rafael, Calif. – On November 27, the day after Thanksgiving, Fur Free Friday will take place once again as shoppers worldwide will be greeted by images of fur-bearing animals, and activists urging them to avoid buying items with fur or fur trim. In Defense of Animals (IDA) coordinates this annual event, expected to ... Full story

A Discouraging Word Isn't Enough to Control Catalina's Fertile Buffalo

  • Friday, November 20, 2009, 9:52
  • Buffalo
  • 158 views
November 20, 2009 The Wall Street Journal By Sarah McBride Island Conservancy Tries Contraception to Cull Herd Popular With Tourists but Tough on Plants AVALON, Calif. - Conservationist Carlos de la Rosa still likes to see buffalo roaming Southern California's famed Santa Catalina Island. Just not so many of them. His employer, the Catalina Island Conservancy, has taken hardcore positions with all kinds of other nonnative animals, including ... Full story

Catalina bison going on birth control

November 20, 2009 LA Times By Louis Sahagun The Catalina Island Conservancy has been rounding up the herd so females can get a reversible contraceptive vaccine. The goal: Control the size of the herd to keep it and the environment healthier. Reporting from Avalon - Half a dozen men with walkie- talkies and cattle prods set out on foot at sunrise Thursday to coax a ... Full story

Catalina bison to get birth control

  • Friday, November 20, 2009, 9:32
  • Buffalo
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11/19/2009 08:05:58 PM PST Contra Costa Times By Kristin S. Agostoni, Staff Writer The Catalina Island Conservancy is introducing a contraception plan for its female bison with a vaccine that will control the buffalo population. Bison wait in a holding pens before the vets and scientists can draw DNA samples and give the females the contraceptive vaccine. In 1924, a film crew moved 14 bison onto ... Full story

See ZNSPCA’s Zimbabwe Elephant Release

See ZNSPCA's Zimbabwe Elephant Release
In October 2008, ten elephants in Zimbabwe were brutally caught, beaten and chained for training for elephant-back safaris. Six months later, on a routine inspection of the “training facility” where they were being held, the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) observed a litany of abuse: •    Elephants chained by one leg straining to reach food - the chains inflicted deep and ... Full story

San Diego Protest Against Dogfighting And Michael Vick

NFL urged to add animal fighting to “Prohibited Activities” list for players. San Diego, Calif. – Members of In Defense of Animals (IDA) and other pro-animal activists will hold a peaceful and powerful protest against Michael Vick’s San Diego appearance this Sunday. IDA’s message for the demonstration, which will be held at Dog Beach: we have not forgotten Vick’s actions, and we oppose his weak punishment, ... Full story

IDA APPLAUDS INDIA’S DECISION TO BAN ELEPHANTS IN ZOOS AND CIRCUSES

San Rafael, Calif. (November 12, 2009) . . . In Defense of Animals (IDA) today hailed the recent ruling by India's Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to completely ban the keeping of elephants in zoos, circuses and private collections throughout the country and ordering of the release of 140 such elephants, who will be “rehabilitated” to live in semi-free ranging conditions in forest camps and facilities ... Full story

Group says zoo mistreats lone elephant

Group says zoo mistreats lone elephant
Web Posted: 11/06/2009 12:00 CST Zookeeper Mike Huff sprays water on Lucky, the San Antonio Zoo's only elephant. A complaint filed with the USDA says the animal is being mistreated, but zoo officials say she is healthy and content. By Brian Chasnoff - Express-News A nonprofit animal-rights organization based in California filed a complaint ... Full story

Animal rights group files complaint against San Antonio Zoo over elephant treatment

07:38 AM CST on Monday, November 9, 2009 San Antonio Express-News SAN ANTONIO – A nonprofit animal-rights organization based in California filed a complaint last week with the U.S. Department of Agriculture against the San Antonio Zoo, claiming the zoo's treatment of its only elephant violates federal law. "We are alarmed that Lucky is living in woefully inadequate conditions," said Catherine Doyle, a member of ... Full story

Matt Rossell on Orwell Today

IDA's Matt Rossell discusses Elephant abuse in circuses on Orwell Today, which aired October 7, 2009. Click here to listen. Full story

Zimbabwe Update - Nine elephants cruelly captured in Zimbabwe

  • Sunday, November 8, 2009, 22:50
  • Elephants
  • 227 views
Zimbabwe Update : Nine elephants cruelly captured in Zimbabwe (November 6, 2009) - Nine elephants cruelly captured in Zimbabwe for the elephant back safari trade and abused during the training process have been rescued and released to a national park by the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals (ZNSPCA).  IDA is pleased to financially support the worthy project to repatriate these elephants, ... Full story

Elephant in Oklahoma SUV Collision has History of Spooking/Breaking Loose

  • Thursday, November 5, 2009, 17:36
  • Elephants
  • 691 views
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elephant in Oklahoma SUV Collision has History of Spooking/Breaking Loose; Owner facing federal charges for similar elephant rampage IDA Calls for Confiscation of Elephants Enid, Oklahoma (November 5, 2009) - The elephant who escaped from a circus last night in Enid, Oklahoma and was involved in a collision with an SUV has a history of breaking loose, according to In Defense of Animals (IDA). In ... Full story

World Go Vegan Week a Success!

World Go Vegan Week a Success!
World Go Vegan Week, October 25 – 31 2009 World Go Vegan Week for 2009 was an incredible success. We had 42 events in 10 different counties. Grassroots volunteer activist organized events to celebrate World Go Vegan Week with activities like tabling, leafleting, film screenings, vegan food samplings, vegan potlucks, Halloween parties and more! Countries holding ... Full story

Veterinarians Decry San Antonio Zoo Elephant Plan at Thursday Press Conference

  • Thursday, November 5, 2009, 5:07
  • Elephants
  • 853 views
MEDIA ADVISORY San Antonio, Tex. (November 4, 2009) - A former San Antonio Zoo veterinarian will be joined by a wildlife veterinarian and Asian elephant expert at a press conference to call for permanent closure of the San Antonio Zoo's impoverished elephant exhibit. The experts will also advocate sending the zoo's surviving elephant, Lucky, to a sanctuary and bar the zoo from acquiring any new elephants. WHAT: ... Full story

IDA UNVEILS CONTROVERSIAL BILLBOARD URGING MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA TO RELEASE L.A. ZOO ELEPHANT

  • Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 0:33
  • Elephants
  • 501 views
MEDIA ADVISORY Los Angeles, Calif. (November 2, 2009) - Tomorrow, In Defense of Animals will unveil a new billboard at a major intersection in Los Angeles that calls on citizens to urge Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to free Billy, the only elephant at the L.A. Zoo, and send him to a spacious sanctuary. WHAT: Official "unveiling" of the "Free Billy" billboard with IDA representatives and elephant ... Full story
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