- Thursday, April 29, 2010, 10:18
- Breaking News, Elephants
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In Defense of Animals urges action to protect elephant and public from harm
San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) filed a complaint today with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over an incident in which an elephant named Viola temporarily escaped from the Cole Bros. Circus in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was injured after a fall.
“In Defense of Animals is calling on the USDA ...
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- Saturday, April 24, 2010, 13:19
- Breaking News, Marine Mammals
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“Party for the Planet, Earth Day Celebration” celebrates exploitation
Vallejo, Calif. (April 24, 2010) – As Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s “Party for the Planet, Earth Day Celebration” begins, In Defense of Animals (IDA) and “A Call For the Release Of All Captive Orcas”, a local group, will be on hand to counter the park’s misinformation. The demonstrators will expose the cruelty and misery marine mammals experience ...
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- Thursday, April 22, 2010, 10:49
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News, Elephants
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In Defense of Animals says report shows zoos mislead public and media
San Rafael, Calif. – A new scientific critique questions claims by zoos and aquariums to be educating the public, finding that a key study conducted by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is fatally flawed in its conclusions. IDA is calling on zoos and aquariums to stop misleading the public and admit they ...
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- Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 13:35
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News
- 3,596 views
Animal protection organization says cruel videos already returning to internet thanks to Court
San Rafael, Calif. (April 20, 2010) – In Defense of Animals (IDA) today denounced the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to legalize the sale of videos depicting animal cruelty as entertainment. IDA also urged Congress to immediately craft a replacement bill that can pass the Supreme Court's First Amendment analysis.
The case throws out the ...
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- Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 8:49
- Animal Testing, Breaking News
- 635 views
Experiments at prestigious universities criticized for wasting taxpayer dollars
Washington, DC (April 20, 2010) – World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL) is underway, with demonstrations across the globe highlighting the waste of taxpayer dollars on cruel and ridiculous animal research. Only days after taxpayers in the United States filed their annual tax returns, and as tax protests reach new heights, In Defense of Animals (IDA) ...
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- Monday, April 19, 2010, 9:47
- Breaking News, Elephants
- 665 views
Unprecedented deal sends Queenie to San Antonio Zoo, denying her retirement to a natural-habitat sanctuary
San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today, blasting the agency for a settlement agreement that will send a 53-year-old Asian elephant named Queenie to a grossly inadequate exhibit at the San Antonio Zoo. The transfer is ...
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- Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:05
- Breaking News, Elephants
- 1,047 views
In Defense of Animals says new information refutes "accident" determination
San Rafael, Calif. - In Defense of Animals (IDA) sent a letter to Luzerne County Coroner John Corcoran today challenging his determination that the death of a Shrine Circus elephant handler last week was "positively an accident." The elephant Dumbo kicked the handler, throwing him 20 feet. IDA is asking Corcoran to revisit his decision in ...
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- Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 8:42
- Animal Testing, Breaking News
- 632 views
Rats Vaginally Stimulated, Monkeys Losing Weight by Exercising Just Tip of the Iceberg, Says IDA
Washington, DC (April 14, 2010) – Today, as April 15 fast approaches for American taxpayers, 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.
“With unemployment sky-high and our economy still ...
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- Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 8:02
- Breaking News, Elephants
- 950 views
TONIGHT IN GREENVILLE: Residents Protest Carson & Barnes Circus
Elephants Taken From Wild As Babies Forced To Perform
Greenville, Miss. – In Defense of Animals, animal advocates and concerned citizens will join to protest the Carson & Barnes Circus, which opens at the Greenville Mall tonight. Information will be distributed about the inherent cruelty of using animals in circuses, where they are brutally trained to perform unnatural ...
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- Monday, April 12, 2010, 8:09
- Breaking News, Elephants
- 1,930 views
Use of elephants in entertainment is as cruel and more dangerous than use of Orcas
San Rafael, Calif. – In Defense of Animals (IDA) is calling for an end to the use of elephants in circuses, following the death Friday of a Shrine Circus elephant handler in Pennsylvania after being struck by an African elephant named Dumbo. The incident comes just six weeks after an orca ...
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- Friday, April 9, 2010, 16:52
- In the News, Veganism
- 490 views
This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," April 7, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
LAURA INGRAHAM, GUEST HOST: In the "Back of the Book" segment tonight: The food police are out in force in San Francisco. The board of supervisors, those madcap folks, are unanimously now approving a measure to make Mondays meat-free.
Joining us now ...
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- Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:34
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News
- 338 views
Funeral motorcade Saturday will honor bears killed in California
San Francisco, Calif. (April 9, 2010) – The California Fish & Game Commission met Wednesday to hear public comments concerning proposals to expand bear hunting across the state. In Defense of Animals (IDA) urged the Commission to reject proposals to increase the total number of bears killed annually, expand the area dogs can be trained on live ...
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- Thursday, April 8, 2010, 9:44
- In the News, Veganism
- 420 views
Second resolution encourages businesses to use cage-free eggs
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today will sign two historic resolutions that encourage vegetarian eating. In Defense of Animals and the San Francisco Vegetarian Society introduced a resolution declaring Mondays as 'VegDays,' citing the environmental, heath and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet. The second resolution commends restaurants and stores that use cage-free eggs.
What: Resolution Signing ...
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- Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 15:11
- In the News
- 368 views
By News Sentinel staff
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
ROGERSVILLE - A California-based animal protection group is offering a $2,500 reward for information on a possible "serial abuser" responsible for torturing and killing several cats in Rogersville.
In Defense of Animals initially offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for four cats found duct-taped and left to die ...
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- Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 12:55
- Animal Cruelty, Breaking News
- 377 views
Actress Elaine Hendrix, a Tennessee native, urges public to help catch criminal.
Rogersville, Tenn. – A series of East Tennessee crimes against cats may not be connected, but actress Elaine Hendrix and In Defense of Animals (IDA) fear a serial abuser may be roaming the streets, and IDA is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s).
Ms. Hendrix, who ...
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- Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 12:52
- Breaking News
- 357 views
Second resolution encourages businesses to use cage–free eggs
San Francisco, Calif. – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today will sign two historic resolutions that encourage vegetarian eating. In Defense of Animals and the San Francisco Vegetarian Society introduced a resolution declaring Mondays as “VegDays,” citing the environmental, heath and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet. The second resolution commends restaurants and stores that use cage-free ...
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- Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 8:16
- Animal Testing, Breaking News
- 389 views
Washington/London – A coalition of animal protection groups today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accusing the agency of violating its duty under the Administrative Procedure Act. The lawsuit states that the FDA failed to act on a petition asking the agency to require the use of scientifically sound alternatives to the use of animals in testing to ...
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