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SAY NO TO ANIMAL CRUELTY

Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse or animal neglect, is the infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals, for purposes other than self-defense. More narrowly, it can be harm for specific gain, such as killing animals for food or for their fur, although opinions differ with respect to the method of slaughter. It usually encompasses inflicting harm for personal amusement or to fulfill zoosadistic impulses. Diverging viewpoints are held by jurisdictions throughout the world.Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to the issue. The animal welfare position holds that there is nothing inherently wrong with using animals for human purposes, such as food, clothing, entertainment, and research, but that it should be done in a humane way that minimizes unnecessary pain and suffering. Animal rights theorists criticize this position, arguing that the words "unnecessary" and "humane" are subject to widely differing interpretations, and that the only way to ensure protection for animals is to end their status as property, and to ensure that they are never used as commodities. Laws concerning animal cruelty are designed to prevent needless cruelty to animals, rather than killing for other aims such as food, or they concern species not eaten as food in the country involved, such as

those regarded as pets.

Help End Animal Overpopulation With The Situation

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is taking his time off from the exciting life on MTV's Jersey Shore to help end animal homelessness. He knows that the only way to end the animal overpopulation crisis is to always spay and neuter your companion animals. There are lots of lucky animals who get to go to loving homes, but unfortunately, there are far more animals in need of families than there are wonderful people to adopt them. Mike and PETA made this ad to help spread awareness of animal homelessness and of the fact that we really do have the power to help animals have a better life.

Ending the dog meat trade

Eating dog meat isn’t without contention even in the countries where consumption is high, including China, South Korea and Vietnam. The dog meat trade is either illegal or unregulated in all the countries where it is most common.In South Korea, for example, dogs are not officially recognised as livestock for slaughter and processing, meaning their meat cannot legally be sold. But enforcement is weak and many dog meat restaurants remain open.

Bullfighting

Bullfighting pits a bull against men wielding barbed spikes, spears, swords and daggers. These weapons are designed to inflict intense pain and cause blood loss to weaken the animal. At the end of the fight, the bull is slaughtered.

The Spanish province of Catalonia recently led the way in the fight against bullfighting, thanks to the citizen’s platform ‘PROU’ (‘Enough’), supported by campaigning work by WSPA and Spanish member society  ADDA, FAADA and LIBERAL.

On 28 July 2010 the Catalonian parliament finally voted overwhelmingly to ban bullfighting. This ban will come into effect on 1 January 2012

Canada's Commercial Seal Slaughter: A Dying Industry 

Every year, the Canadian government allows fishers in their off season to bludgeon and shoot seals to death. The U.S., the E.U., Mexico, and Russia—which had been importing 95 percent of Canadian seal pelts—have all banned seal fur. Around the world, the seal slaughter is an issue of cruelty to animals, and within Canada, it's also an issue of government waste. A 2010 study by a professor at the University of Guelph found that ending the commercial seal slaughter would save Canadian taxpayers at least $7 million a year. The only reason whthe government continues to prop up this dying industry is because both liberals and conservatives are desperate to control the swing seats in Canada's Atlantic region.

No Exotic Skins for Ann Taylor, LOFTAnn Taylor and LOFT wearers, rejoice! The parent company of those iconic clothing and accessory brands, ANN INC., has banned the use of exotic-animal skins in its product lines after meeting with PETA and learning about the extreme animal suffering caused by the exotic-skins industry. The company's newly revised animal welfare policy reads, "Our private label brands do not use real animal fur and do not knowingly sell products with skins considered to be exotic, including but not limited to alligator, crocodile and ostrich."

DRAWING TIME!

VISITED LINKS

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelty_to_animals

www.peta.org/features/the-situation-speaks-up.aspx

www.wspa-international.org/wspaswork/default.aspx