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Fur Protesters Will Confront Nordstrom At Thursday Grand Opening

Houston, Tex. – Thursday afternoon, members of In Defense of Animals (IDA) will attend the Nordstrom Rack grand opening event at the Post Oak Centre, to educate customers about Nordstrom’s promotion of the cruel fur industry. IDA coordinates a nationwide campaign urging the family-run Nordstrom corporation to stop selling fur. Animal advocates will distribute information asking Nordstrom customers to speak up for animals by ... Full story
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State Park Place man charged after police find evidence of cockfighting

  • Thursday, February 18, 2010, 14:25
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By BETH HUNDSDORFER - News-Democrat Published February 17th, 2010 A State Park Place man faces theft charges after deputies investigating a disturbance said they found evidence of a cockfight in his living room on Saturday. Madison County sheriff's deputies were called to the home of James T. Watkins, 42, at 3334 V.F.W. Lane for a disturbance at 7:50 a.m. Saturday. "While at the residence, blood and feathers were ... Full story
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Celebrities Speak Against NASA ' s Monkey Radiation Experiments

Woody Harrelson, Zachary Quinto, Alicia Silverstone, James Cromwell, Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, Emily Deschanel, and Elizabeth Perkins, join IDA’s effort to save monkeys San Rafael, Calif. - In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection organization with over 85,000 members, today released letters from celebrities opposed to NASA-funded experiments. The experiments, which NASA wants conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), involve irradiating squirrel monkeys. IDA ... Full story
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Mutilated kitten found in mailbox in Hawkins County

  • Monday, February 15, 2010, 22:18
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By Kevin Castle Published February 13th, 2010 ROGERSVILLE - A fourth incident of animal cruelty involving cats in Hawkins County was discovered Saturday morning when a Rogersville resident found a burned kitten inside his mailbox. Leslie Lunsford, of 1741 Burem Road, said her husband had gone to check the mail before leaving to go on an errand when he discovered the remains of a 6-month-old kitten ... Full story

BLM delays eastern Nevada wild horse roundup

Written by Ken Ritter, The Associated Press (Monday, February 8, 2010; 7:27 PM) Las Vegas -- Federal land managers said Monday they'll delay a roundup of most of the nearly 600 wild horses in a range in eastern Nevada, at least until after the herd's spring foaling season. Advocates fighting to stop mustang roundups in the West said they think their threat to file a lawsuit stopped ... Full story
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In Defense of Animals launches Debit Card that helps save animals worldwide

Affinity Debit Card Program Generates Revenue from Everyday Purchases for Helping Animals SAN MATEO, Ca. (February 9, 2010) - In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international, non-profit animal protection organization based in California, announced yesterday that it has partnered with Tempo to offer an affinity debit card, that  empowers contributors to direct their support to save animals worldwide. Every time In Defense of Animals debit cards are ... Full story

BLM defers wild horse gather as animal-advocacy group announces potential lawsuit

Written by Dee Holzel Monday, February 08 2010 11:46 ELY - The BLM announced today they would defer the wild horse gather scheduled for mid-February at the Eagle Herd Management Area in Lincoln County.  The gather would have removed approximately 500 horses from the range – including 50 that had wandered off the range and were causing traffic hazards on the highway near ... Full story
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FEDS CANCEL ANOTHER WILD HORSE ROUNDUP AFTER LAWSUIT THREATENED

495 Wild Horses in Eastern Nevada Get Reprieve Washington, DC (February 8, 2010) -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) postponed the proposed roundup of nearly 500 wild horses in the Eagle Herd Management Area in eastern Nevada, just three days after the national law firm of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney notified the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that it would sue to stop the ... Full story
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In Defense of Animals Urges California Fish & Game To Halt Expansion Of Black Bear Hunting

IDA also opposes use of high-tech killing aids like GPS Sacramento, Calif. (Feb. 4, 2010) – In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection organization with over 85,000 members, including 10,000 in California, has asked the California Fish and Game Commission to reconsider and reject  plans to expand the range of legal hunting territory and the number of bears who can be hunted in California. IDA, ... Full story

Fed’s Wild Horse Program Faces New Lawsuit Over Another Huge Roundup

At Issue: BLM Helicopter Stampede and Capture of 495  Wild Horses in Eastern Nevada Washington, DC (February 4, 2010)  - The national law firm of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney yesterday notified the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that it intends to sue to stop the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM)'s  planned roundup of nearly 500 wild horses living in the Eagle Herd Management ... Full story

In Defense Of Animals And MS SPAN Aid Rescued Dogs And Their Guardian

Holmes County woman surrenders her animals out of love Jackson, Miss. - In Defense of Animals’ (IDA) Project Hope sanctuary near Grenada, Mississippi, and Mississippi Spay & Neuter (MS SPAN) are teaming up to spay and neuter scores of dogs released to IDA by a Holmes County woman. Once a breeder, she’d fallen on hard times and couldn’t feed or properly care for the dogs. On Friday, ... Full story
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Ending the Bush Meat Trade in Cameroon

See video & entire article here. Chimpanzees in Africa face a grim reality. Their numbers have dwindled 75% over the last 30 years because of habitat loss and the illegal ape meat trade. Veterinarian Sheri Speede is dedicating her life to helping these primates. She moved from Oregon to Cameroon over ten years ago. At first she went to offer veterinary services but decided ... Full story
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Good Works: Middlebury DJ a voice for K9s

Bruce Zeman, host of  “The Wake-up Crew” morning show on Middlebury radio station WVTK-FM, has been awarded The Guardian Superstar Award from In Defense of Animals, an international animal protection organization. His dog Nathan also received the award. WVTK has been a pioneer for animals, not only in New England, but also across the nation. Led by Zeman's morning show, the station delivers a message of ... Full story
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Groundhog Day Prediction May Spell More Misery for Elephants in Zoos

New survey shows scores of elephants spend winters warehoused in cruel conditions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Rafael, Calif. (February 2, 2010) - When Punxsutawney Phil crawls out of his burrow, what he finds may determine whether elephants living in cold-climate zoos will suffer another six weeks of miserable confinement. Zoo watchdog organization In Defense of Animals (IDA) today released an unprecedented survey showing that scores of elephants ... Full story
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