Bell Canada not funding centennial Stampede rodeo

July 1, 2012 juanitoG Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:

CALGARY, RENO–-Bell Canada spokesperson Jacqueline Michelis on July 3, 2012 confirmed to Lauren Krugel of Canadian Press that the telecommunications company will not sponsor Calgary Stampede rodeo events. The 100th anniversary running of Calgary Stampede was to be held July 6-13, 2012.

“We have decided to focus on the entertainment part of the Stampede,” Michelis said. Bell Canada continued to sponsor non-rodeo Stampede events, including free live entertainment at the newly opened Bell Centennial Plaza on the Stampede grounds. Read more

Animals’ Angels of Germany finds EU livestock haulers come up short

June 1, 2012 juanitoG Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2012:

Animals’ Angels of Germany finds EU livestock haulers come up short

FRANKFURT–“Despite increased enforcement efforts, livestock transporters and organizers still do not comply with the very basic requirements of European Union legislation on the protection of animals during transport,” charged the German charity Animals’ Angels in a May 2012 document entitled Report on insufficient internal heights in long distance transports of cattle from Estonia, Hungary and Slovakia to Turkey, observed between 16th and 19th April, 2012. Read more

Exotic cat exhibitor Joe Schreibvogel responds to HSUS exposé with threat of "a small Waco" if cats are confiscated

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2012:

Exotic cat exhibitor Joe Schreibvogel responds to HSUS exposé with threat of “a small Waco” if cats are confiscated

Wynnewood, Oklahoma–– National television broadcasts on May 16, 2012 featured longtime traveling tiger exhibitor Joe Schreibvogel and his GW Exotic Animal Park at Wynnewood in central Oklahoma, but the self-described “Joe Exotic” probably did not enjoy the spotlight.

“With Congress and the state of Ohio considering bills to restrict private ownership of dangerous exotic animals, CBS This Morning broke news of another Humane Society of the U.S. undercover investigation,” blogged HSUS president Wayne Pacelle, describing Schreibvogel as “perhaps the largest private owner of tigers in the nation.” Read more

USDA-APHIS to regulate online pet breeders

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2012:

USDA-APHIS to regulate online pet breeders

RIVERDALE, Maryland–The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service on May 16, 2012 proposed “to revise the definition of retail pet store and related regulations to bring more pet animals sold at retail under the protection of the Animal Welfare Act. Specifically,” USDA-APHIS stated in the Federal Register, “we would narrow the definition of retail pet store so that it means a place of business or residence that each buyer physically enters in order to personally observe the animals available for sale prior to purchase and/or to take custody of the animals after purchase, and where only certain animals are sold or offered for sale, at retail, for use as pets. Retail pet stores are not required to be licensed and inspected under the AWA.” Publication of the proposed change opened a 30-day comment period. Read more

Sierra Club national board takes stand against body-grip trapping

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2012:

Sierra Club national board takes stand against body-grip trapping

SAN FRANCISCO–The Sierra Club national board of directors on May 19, 2012 adopted a new “Policy on Trapping of Wildlife” which may be the 110-year-old organization’s strongest statement yet against any form of hunting.
States the policy, “Use of body-gripping devices–including leghold traps, snares, and Conibear traps–are indiscriminate to age, sex and species and typically result in injury, pain, suffering, and/or death of target and
non-target animals. The Sierra Club considers body-gripping, restraining and killing traps and snares to be ecologically indiscriminate and unnecessarily inhumane and therefore opposes their use. The Sierra Club promotes and supports humane, practical and effective methods of mitigating human-wildlife conflicts and actively discourages the use of inhumane and indiscriminate methods. The Sierra Club recognizes the rights of indigenous peoples under federal laws and treaties granting rights of self-determination and rights to pursue subsistence taking of wildlife.” Read more

Humane Society of the U.S. sends a message via Kreider & Burger King

May 1, 2012 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2012:

MIAMI, PHILADELPHIA–The Humane Society
of the U.S. on April 12, 2012 disclosed
undercover video of horrific conditions at a
Kreider Farms egg ranch in Man-heim,
Pennsylvania–an erstwhile ally in seeking
passage of HR 3798, the proposed federal bill to
mandate larger cage sizes for laying hens.
On April 25, 2012, less than two weeks
later, HSUS president Wayne Pacelle lauded
Burger King for announcing that by 2017 all
Burger King eggs and pork products are to come
from cage-free hens and pigs raised without use
of gestation stalls.

SHARK wins "2nd Battle of Broxton Bridge"

March 1, 2012 juanitoG Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2012:

SHARK wins “2nd Battle of Broxton Bridge”

EHRHARDT, S.C.–Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on February 12, 2012 routed fewer than two dozen pigeon shooters at the second Battle of Broxton Bridge–but the shooters, in retreat, allegedly gunned down a SHARK drone helicopter camera platform moments after takeoff. Read more

Hormel, Smithfield, & McDonald’s agree to end keeping pregnant pigs immobilized in stalls

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2012:

Hormel, Smithfield, & McDonald’s agree to end keeping pregnant pigs immobilized in stalls

AUSTIN, Minnesota–Hormel Foods, producers of the pork product Spam since 1937, on February 2, 2012 followed Smithfield Foods in pledging to phase out immobilizing pregnant sows in gestation stalls by 2017.

The Hormel and Smithfield pledges appeared to be strategic positioning in advance of a February 13, 2012 announcement by McDonald’s Corporation senior vice president Dan Gorsky that “McDonald’s wants to see the end of sow confinement in gestation stalls in our supply chain. We are beginning an assessment with our U.S. suppliers to determine how to build on the work already underway to reach that goal,” Gorsky said. “In May, after receiving our suppliers’ plans, we’ll share results from the assessment and our next steps.” Read more

Who is behind "Humane Society for Shelter Pets" campaign against HSUS?

January 1, 2012 juanitoG Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2012:

WASHINGTON D.C. –Full-page ads in USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago
Tribune, and New York Times on November 31, 2011 marked the public debut of the Humane Society for Shelter Pets.

Incorporated on February 2, 2010 as the HSAP Operating Fund, with IRS employer
identification number 27-1814295, the original HSSP mission was “to provide grant support to needy local shelters across the U.S.” The organization later changed missions, “from
financial to educational support for shelters,” according to IRS Form 990. Read more

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