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Alabama animal advocates look at IDA's Project Hope in neighboring Mississippi

From The Examiner: Normally, animal advocates in Alabama don't have the opportunity to come in contact, in an up-close and personal manner, with an admired international animal rights organization. Not until one of the most active and accomplished AR groups, In Defense of Animals (IDA) branched out, or rather - "came on down" -  to the Deep South, to Alabama's neighboring state, Mississippi, and ... Full story
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SUPPORT GROWS FOR TOMORROW'S WILD HORSE PROTEST IN SF

  • Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 5:02
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MEDIA ADVISORY EVENT COINCIDES WITH PRO-MUSTANG RALLIES IN CHICAGO, COLORADO, IDAHO AND LONDON San Francisco, California (December 29, 2009) - The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, a coalition of 50 conservation, horse advocacy and animal welfare organizations, and renowned author Terri Farley, whose Phantom Stallion book series for young readers has sold over a million copies worldwide,  will join In Defense ... Full story

Obama Administration Blasted for Secret Holiday Roundup of Thousands of Wild Horses in Nevada

Roundup Begins Today Despite Federal Court Advice, Pending Federal Environmental Complaints and Violation of BLM Promise for Public Transparency Washington, DC (December 28, 2009) . . . Public outrage is increasing as the Obama Administration  proceeds with a controversial Christmas week roundup of thousands of wild Nevada mustangs despite a federal court’s suggestion last week that the action be postponed. Today, the Interior Department's Bureau of Land ... Full story

Wild Horse Advocates to Hold Wednesday Demo in Bay Area

Rally outside Senator Feinstein's office aims to stop Nevada mustang roundups San Francisco, Calif. - Wild horse and burro advocates and In Defense of Animals (IDA) are organizing a Wednesday rally in San Francisco. The mustang defenders will gather at noon in front of Senator Diane Feinstein's office building (One Post Street at Montgomery) asking the senator to help halt the federal Bureau ... Full story

Lawsuit to Protect Wild Horses Continues Despite Denial of Injunction Against Massive Roundup

Advocates Call on President Obama to Give America's Wild Horses a Christmas Reprieve Washington, DC (December 23, 2009). . . . Wild horse advocates today celebrated a partial victory as U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman ordered a lawsuit challenging a Bureau of Land Management roundup of thousands of wild horses in Nevada forward, but denied a preliminary injunction to stop the removal of horses, ... Full story

Nashville Zoo Death Stirs Controversial Elephant Debate

Kiba among youngest to die from degenerative joint disorder San Rafael, Calif. (December 21, 2009) - In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international zoo watchdog organization, says the unusual death of 26-year-old Kiba, an African elephant at the Nashville Zoo, provides yet another tragic example of why elephants should not be held in zoos. Kiba is the only elephant in the last ten years to die ... Full story

Middlebury, Vermont Radio Station, 92.1 WVTK-FM, Receives Prestigious Guardian's Voice Award

  • Monday, December 21, 2009, 11:12
  • In the News
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Morning show host Bruce Zeman and his dog Nathan to receive Guardian Superstar Awards for work on behalf of animals San Rafael, Calif. - In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection organization with 85,000 members, today announced that Middlebury radio station WVTK-FM has received the prestigious Guardian's Voice Award. WVTK's Morning Show host, Bruce Zeman, and his dog Nathan received the organization's Guardian Superstar ... Full story

I-Team: Injunction Filed to Fight Wild Horse Roundup

  • Friday, December 18, 2009, 21:43
  • In the News
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The fate of thousands of Nevada's wild horses was on the line Wednesday in the nation's capital. Advocates for the horses asked a federal judge to stop a massive roundup planned for later this month in northern Nevada. The focus of the court battle is the proposed Calico roundup. The Bureau of Land Management says it needs to remove 2,700 horses from an area larger than ... Full story

Alliance Submits Declaration to Copenhagen Climate Conference; Urges Dietary Changes To Save The Planet From Catastrophe

For Immediate Release Copenhagen, Denmark (December 17, 2009) - A major societal shift to plant-based diets is essential to avoid an unprecedented global climate catastrophe, according to In Defense of Animals (IDA) and a broad coalition of environmental, vegetarian, animal rights, health and other organizations. In an attempt to "turn Copenhagen into CopenVegan," the alliance presented a Declaration on Meat Consumption and Climate Change (copy available upon ... Full story

California Supreme Court Delivers Blow To Los Angeles Zoo

Taxpayer Lawsuit To Stop Controversial Elephant Exhibit Will Proceed Los Angeles, Calif. (December 17, 2009) - In Defense of Animals (IDA) is applauding today's California Supreme Court decision that assures a taxpayer lawsuit against the Los Angeles Zoo and its controversial $42 million elephant exhibit will go back to court for a full trial. The California Supreme Court denied a City of Los Angeles petition asking for ... Full story

Group urges closure of zoo's elephant exhibit

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 By Ben Bauman Topeka - Zoo watchdog organization In Defense of Animals (IDA) is urging the city of Topeka to close the Topeka Zoo's elephant exhibit. IDA recommends the closure as a necessary part of the city's efforts to improve animal welfare at the highly troubled institution, where several animals have died in recent years. In a letter sent ... Full story

Topeka Zoo Urged to Close Elephant Exhibit

Zoo controversy continues as elephants suffer in inadequate display San Rafael, Calif., December 16, 2009 – Zoo watchdog organization In Defense of Animals (IDA) is urging the city of Topeka to close the Topeka Zoo’s elephant exhibit. IDA recommends the closure as a necessary part of the city’s efforts to improve animal welfare at the highly troubled institution, where several animals have died in recent years. ... Full story

To Avert Global Climate Catastrophe, Coalition Urges Copenhagen Conference Delegates to Stress Importance of Dietary Changes

San Rafael, Calif. 8- In Defense of  Animals (IDA) and the Veg Climate Alliance (VCA) today urged Copenhagen climate change conference delegates to recommend shifts to plant-based diets as essential to avert an unprecedented global climate catastrophe. The organizations cite recent scientific reports from the United Nations, World Bank scientists and other leading climate experts concerning the environmental benefits of a plant-based diet.. The livestock sector ... Full story

Renowned children's author joins lawsuit to save wild horses

D.C. hearing Wednesday on injunction against Nevada mustang roundup Reno, Nevada (December 14, 2009) . . . Renowned children's author and Nevada resident Terri Farley, whose famous Phantom Stallion book series has sold over more than a million copies world wide, has joined a lawsuit to stop a Bureau of Land Management (BLM)roundup of almost 3,000 mustangs in northwestern Nevada scheduled to begin Dec. 28. A ... Full story

ZOO BOARD URGED TO SHUT DOWN TORONTO ZOO ELEPHANT EXHIBIT

In Defense of Animals Cites Unprecedented Death Toll in Letter to Board San Rafael, Calif. (December 10, 2009) - The international zoo watchdog group In Defense of Animals has sent a letter to the Toronto Zoo Board of Management calling for an end to the Zoo's ill-fated elephant exhibit in which four elephants have died prematurely in less than four years. At today's meeting, the Board ... Full story

Opposition grows to Salazar'’s wild horse plan

Dozens of wild horse advocates plan to go before a federal advisory panel here on Monday to try to persuade public land managers to change their plan to relocate thousands of free-roaming mustangs from the West to preserves elsewhere. By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press Writer SPARKS, Nev. — Dozens of wild horse advocates plan to go before a federal advisory panel here on Monday to try to persuade public ... Full story
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Monday: Thousands Urge BLM Advisory Board to Halt Wild Horse Roundups

Lawsuit aims to stop removal of 2,500 wild horses in northwestern Nevada Reno, NV (December 5, 2009) – On Monday, December 7, In Defense of Animals (IDA), horse advocacy organizations and private citizens will gather in Reno, Nevada to urge the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board to recommend an immediate moratorium on all wild horse and burro roundups and a ... Full story
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Spate of premature elephant deaths prompts INTERNATIONAL watchdog group to call for closure of Toronto Zoo elephant exhibit

San Rafael, Calif. (December 2, 2009) - The fourth elephant death in less than four years - and the third since September 2008 - has placed the Toronto Zoo at the forefront of a zoo industry plagued by elephant tragedies and premature deaths, the international zoo watchdog group In Defense of Animals (IDA) said today. IDA is calling on the City of Toronto to close ... Full story

Hope Bohanec interview on Fur Free Friday 2009 on KPFA Radio

Listen to Hope Bohanec's interview regarding Fur Free Friday 2009 on KPFA Radio in San Francisco. Full story
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