- Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 8:09
- Animal Testing, Breaking News
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"Top 10 Reasons Why Animal Research is a Cruel Joke" List Released Today
San Rafael, Calif. - Today, as Americans prepare to file their annual tax returns, In Defense of Animals (IDA) is unveiling its "Top 10 Reasons Why Animal Research is a Cruel Joke" in recognition of ridiculous and wasteful experiments funded by your tax dollars.
"If you think all animal research is used ...
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- Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7:30
- Horses
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Wild Horse Lawsuit Secured Reprieve For Calico Horses, Now Plaintiffs Move To Rescue Horses From Lifelong, Zoo - Like Holding
Washington, DC – In a final brief filed today, wild horse advocates are asking a federal court to order the government to return to the Nevada range approximately 1800 wild horses who, after being rounded up earlier this year, await their fate at government holding pens ...
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- Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 19:00
- Elephants
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San Rafael, Calif. - In Defense of Animals (IDA) today filed multiple complaints with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), charging that elephant breeding practices at four zoos violate the federal Animal Welfare Act by knowingly exposing offspring to a high risk of infection with the mostly- fatal Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV). Included are the Houston Zoo, Oklahoma City Zoo, St. Louis Zoo and ...
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- Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 13:30
- Breaking News, Elephants
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San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) filed a complaint today with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), charging that the St. Louis Zoo’s elephant breeding practices violate the federal Animal Welfare Act by knowingly exposing offspring to an unacceptably high risk of infection with the often-fatal Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV). The zoo recently announced the pregnancy of a second elephant, Ellie. Her ...
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- Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 13:26
- Breaking News, Elephants
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San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) filed a complaint today with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), charging that the Woodland Park Zoo’s elephant breeding practices violates the federal Animal Welfare Act by knowingly exposing offspring to an unacceptably high risk of infection with the often-fatal Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV). The zoo recently announced it had again artificially inseminated the elephant Chai.
“It ...
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- Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 8:16
- Breaking News, Elephants
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San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) filed a complaint today with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), charging that the Oklahoma City Zoo’s elephant breeding practices violates the federal Animal Welfare Act by knowingly exposing offspring to an unacceptably high risk of infection with the often-fatal Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV). The zoo is attempting to breed Chandra, who survived EEHV and likely ...
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- Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 21:59
- Featured News
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Demos around the U.S. today call for cancellation of seal slaughter
San Rafael, Calif. – Northwest Atlantic harp seals are returning to their birthing and mating grounds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador coasts. This year, global climate change has significantly decreased the formation of stable ice platforms necessary for courtship and for females to give birth and nurse their young. Stable ice ...
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- Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 14:55
- In the News, Wild Horses
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Reno – Late last year the Bureau of Land Management attempted to round up more than 1500 horses from the Calico Mountain Complex. That roundup occurred despite court action to stop it. Those horses are now in Western Nevada in a brand new holding facility.
1922 horses were gathered off the Calico Range last winter under quite a bit of controversy. But the story didn't end ...
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- Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 14:52
- Animal Experimentation, In the News
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) proposes testing gamma radiation on a group of squirrel monkeys, according to a statement posted by Brookhaven National Lab (BNL).
“Squirrel monkeys would receive a level of radiation similar to what an astronaut would encounter on a Mars mission,” the BNL statement explains.
“The monkeys would then live out the remainder of their natural lifetime at McLean , while researchers ...
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- Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 9:05
- Breaking News, Marine Mammals
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Cascade Locks, Ore. – Angered over Washington and Oregon state wildlife agencies killing five more sea lions at the Bonneville Dam yesterday, In Defense of Animals (IDA), Sea Lion Defense Brigade, and Animal Defense League will send representatives to the dam today to confront wildlife agencies and demand answers to pointed questions. The activists challenge the the efficacy and ethics of the misguided program to ...
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- Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 13:58
- In the News, Wild Horses
- 531 views
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 19, 2010
Dr. Elliot Katz, graduate of Cornell Veterinary School, founded In Defense of Animals (IDA) in 1983. “In Defense of Animals' objectives are to stop the round ups, keep the horses on their home range, end the senseless killing of all equines and do all in our power to return the rounded-up horses to the home range ...
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- Monday, March 8, 2010, 16:20
- Breaking News, Marine Mammals
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Global spotlight may help end dolphin massacre and the poisoning of people in Japan who eat dolphins
San Rafael, Calif. (March 8, 2010) – In Defense of Animals (IDA) is praising the Best Documentary Academy Award choice of The Cove, hailing the Oscar recognition as a major victory for dolphins. The film is based on the Save Japan Dolphins Coalition (SJD) campaign to stop the slaughter ...
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- Friday, March 5, 2010, 15:14
- Elephants in Zoos, In the News
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In Defense of Animals, an international animal–protection organization in San Rafael, Calif, has sent a letter to Central Florida Zoo CEO Joe Montisano, urging him to retire Maude, the zoo’s Asian elephant who is bereft since the death of her longtime companion, Mary. The group says that in the past, the zoo has indicated that when one of the elephants died, it would consider moving ...
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- Friday, March 5, 2010, 12:36
- Breaking News, Elephants
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San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) today sent a letter to Central Florida Zoo CEO Joe Montisano, urging him to retire the zoo’s sole Asian elephant Maude to a spacious, natural habitat sanctuary. The call follows the death of Mary this week at age 63. In the past the zoo has indicated that when one of the elephants died, it would consider ...
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- Friday, March 5, 2010, 9:19
- In the News, Sea Lions
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Protesters congregated at the Bonneville Dam on Thursday, the day after the first sea lion of 2010 was euthanized as part of a plan to protect the Chinook salmon run on the Columbia River.
This is the third year of a three-year sea lion killing plan approved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said Oregon Department Fish & Wildlife spokeswoman Jessica Sall. Officials will reevaluate ...
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- Thursday, March 4, 2010, 9:49
- Breaking News, Haiti
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(Port–au–Prince, Haiti – March 3, 2010) – Today, the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) announced a $1.1 million-dollar agreement with the Haitian government aimed at improving the well being of animals and repairing the country’s damaged veterinary capacity in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of January 12. In Defense of Animals (IDA) is part of the coalition of 20 of the world’s leading ...
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- Thursday, March 4, 2010, 9:43
- Breaking News, Marine Mammals
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Activists will protest the opening of the sea lion killing season and the death of the sea lion "Lionel"
Cascade Locks, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) has reported the first sea lion trap and kill of the season. Named "Lionel" by students from Redland Elementary School, but known to wildlife agencies by the brand “C653," the sea lion was trapped ...
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- Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 14:23
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News
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San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) says the tragic death of a trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida reinforces IDA’s argument that orcas (killer whales) and other dolphins should not be held in captivity. All amusement parks that hold such animals captive are cruel, exploitative, and dangerous to the marine mammals and the people who come in direct contact with ...
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- Monday, March 1, 2010, 14:20
- In the News, puppy mills
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By Julie Straw
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – You have probably seen the signs just off County Line Road in Jackson and even looked into the eyes of a pup that fits in the palm of your hand, but buyer beware.
"This particular puppy had no teeth which means this dog was incapable of being able to sustain life on they food they recommend this dog eat," said ...
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- Monday, March 1, 2010, 10:46
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News
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Animal protection organization asks Carnival to remove foie gras from their menu
San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) today launched a new campaign, “Carnival Cruise Lines Dishes Up Cruelty,” urging the world’s largest cruise line to stop serving foie gras, one of the world’s cruelest dishes. Carnival serves foie gras on their ships to exotic destinations, but there is nothing exotic about ...
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