Wolf hunting is suspended in Sweden under EU pressure, but resumes in Montana and Idaho

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2011:

MISSOULA, BOISE, STOCKHOLM–Facing possible legal action by the European Union, Swedish environment minister Andreas Carlgren on August 16, 2011 halted wolf hunting, eight months after wolves were legally hunted in Sweden for the first time since 1966.

But a year-long reprieve from hunting ended on August 25 for wolves in Montana and Idaho, after the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request for an emergency injunction sought by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater, and WildEarth Guardians. The injunction would have kept wolves under federal Endangered Species Act coverage pending the outcome of an appeal contesting the constitutionality of the April 2011 federal budget rider that removed them from protection in the northern Rockies. Read more

Great Ape Trust turns to public fundraising after losing only major sponsor

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2011:
DES MOINES–Still housing seven bonobos and two orangutans,
after making deep program budget cuts, the Great Ape Trust “has
launched a fundraising campaign in a fight to stay open after founder
and sole funder Ted Townsend informed the staff his financial support
will cease at the end of the year,” reported Perry Beeman of the
Des Moines Register on August 25, 2011.
Founded by primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh in 2002 as the
Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary, opened in 2004 after two years of
construction, the Great Ape Trust “has conducted landmark cognitive
and social research on bonobos,” recalled Beeman. “But most of its
orangutans have already been shipped out to the Indianapolis Zoo, it
is ending contracts with some of its researchers, and its budget,”
according to Savage-Rumbaugh, “is now a fourth of what it once was.”

Shooter hits Hindi with car

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2011:

HAMBURG, Pa.–Fredrick K. Campbell, 58, of Lower Alsace
Township, Pennsylvania, was on September 3, 2011 cited by state
police for driving at an unsafe speed after striking Showing Animals
Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi with his mini-van near the
entrance of the Wing Pointe Gun Club. Hindi, present to protest a
pigeon shoot, sought hospital treatment for knee and hand injuries.

New legislation in Hawaii, Nevada, & Texas

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrom-bie on June 22, 2011 signed
into law a bill which criminalizes attending or betting on a
dogfight, and increases the penalities for owning or training
fighting dogs, or equiping, arranging, or sponsoring dog fights.

Death of Leona Helmsley’s dog “Trouble” is disclosed

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
NEW YORK CITY–Trouble, 12, the Maltese dog to whom hotel
heiress Leona Helmsley left $12 million in 2007, died in December
2010, “following a series of health setbacks that left her blind
and infirm,” Joanna Malloy and Barbara Ross of the New York Daily
News revealed on June 9, 2011. Trouble’s death was not disclosed
while litigation continued over the Helmsley estate.

Humane Society of the U.S. cuts deal with United Egg Producers to seek federal law

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

WASHINGTON D.C.–“For years we’ve been clashing with the United Egg Producers over the treatment of laying hens,” e-mailed Humane Society of the U.S. factory farming campaign manager Paul Shapiro from a July 7, 2011 press conference. “If someone had told me that we’d be doing a joint press conference with the UEP, I’d have thought they’d eaten some bad egg replacer. But indeed, that’s exactly what’s happening right now. We’re announcing that both the UEP and HSUS will endorse federal legislation intended to improve the treatment of the 280 million laying hens used in the U.S. each year.” Read more

Cat/Dog shelter killing balance

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

The Mid-Atlantic ratio has long skewed toward cats, more so in recent years. Cat impoundments in the Gulf Coast region have fallen as dog impoundments have increased.

Breeds amounting to more than 1% of the U.S. dog population –percent & number

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

Breeds amounting to more than 1% of the U.S. dog population
–percent & number

Editorial feature: Who is speaking out for pigs & who is eating them

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

Park described the suicides of some of the workers who performed the live burials, and said she found the scenes she videotaped so depressing that she wanted to jump into the pits herself, but she could not get close enough…”

Mercy for Animals, having already produced more shocking undercover videos of mistreatment of animals on factory farms than all other U.S. animal advocacy organizations combined, on June 29, 2011 shocked television and web viewers yet again with footage from inside an Iowa Select Farms facility in Kamrar, Iowa.

Iowa Select Farms supplies Swift, one of the biggest names in meatpacking. Read more

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