I meant to start this sooner, after i realized that there wasn't one, but I think it'd be a good idea to have a thread where people can post petitions under.
1) Missions would be more organized.
2) With multiple petitions under the same thread, people can skim through and choose multiple petitions to sign all at one sitting.
3) Petitions are a super easy way of helping others across the globe. Even the laziest of do-gooders should be able to take less than five minutes of their time to virtually sign a petition.

Rules:
Make sure to link the site holding the petition as well as give a brief description to why the petition is being held.

Example:

http://www.change.org/petitions/dan-hotsenpiller-drop-charges-against-jamie-dowling

"On March 9th, Jamie Dowling lost both of her young children in a horrific car accident on a snow packed road in Colorado. Both children were wearing seat-belts properly when Jamie lost control on a patch of ice. But now, District Attorney Dan Hotsenpiller wants to charge her with careless driving resulting in death. This was a terrible accident that took place on a snowy highway - not something a mother who just lost her only children should have to relive in the court system."

The holder of this petition, Bernadette Bifano attested to the horrible driving conditions of that day, and her parents were there at the scene of the crash as witnesses to what happened. And yet the DA wishes to press charges. The petition has almost reached it's goal number in signatures, please be the ones to have that goal made.

http://www.change.org/petitions/dan-hotsenpiller-drop-charges-against-jamie-dowling

Cispa's wording is allegedly very vague, thus making it easy to abuse. If it passes, companies and potentially the government may very well abuse it to spy or for profit, and it has been likened to Sopa and Pipa.

Here is a petieion: http://www.cispaisback.org/

>>3 Correction, cispa's wording IS vague. It is like Sopa and Pipa in that it is an internet regulating bill with vague wording that will give more power to corporations than they currently have. Look it up, or just read it (link to copy below). While I believe that the government means well at the moment, they are walking a dangerous line with bills regarding the internet lately and should be stopped before they mess this up and create more conspiracy theorists.

Here is the petition:
http://www.cispaisback.org/
And here is a copy of the text of the bill in question: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr624eh/pdf/BILLS-113hr624eh.pdf

There's a horrible new law being pushed in Finland because of EU, where lost pets wont be rescued and taken care of in the pet houses anymore, but instead trasnferred/sold into being test animals for various things.

In finnish:

Kodittomia tai löytöeläimiä ei siis pidettäisi enää turvassa eläinkodeissa vaan kuljettettaisiin koe-eläimiksi. Tämä voi siis käydä sinunkin lemmikille jos se kulkee itsenäisesti ulkona tai vaikkapa kotipihallasi ilman valvontaa.

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Sign up to be against the new law here / kirjoita adressi lakia vastaan:
http://www.adressit.com/lakimuutos_loytoelainten_kayttamisesta_koe-elaimina_pysaytettava

and no you don't have to be finnish to sign though the words are in finnish. If you can't translate the page here is what the words mean

*Etunimi - First name
*Sukunimi - Last name
*Paikkakunta - Location like the city you live in I think
*Maa - Country you live in
*Sähköpostiosoite - Email
Näytetäänkö allekirjoituksesi kaikille? - Show you signature to every one?
Kyllä - Yes
Ei - No

Then click Allekirjoita adressi to sign the petition

then it will send you a email asking you to click the link to confirm just click it and your done!

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https://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-baby-girl-nypd-stop-killing-our-dogs?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=23755&alert_id=SUDkbKpOpv_TCqYQkEjGv

Justice for Baby Girl: NYPD: Stop killing our dogs!

Petition by
trisha ratz
statehoward beach, NY

My sister and I were walking our three dogs in a public park when two of them started to scuffle with each other. We easily separated them and everyone was calmed down when an NYPD officer came onto the scene. She opened fire on Baby Girl, who wasn't even involved in the fight. Baby Girl was running away from the officer when she was hit.

NYPD killed my dog. No one was in danger until the officer started shooting. She also could have hit me or my sister, the residents who live near the park, or the kids who were playing basketball just a few feet away. My sister, a retired NYPD cop, identified herself and told the officer it was under control. I pleaded with the officer to stop shooting, but she just kept yelling at us to stay away from our own dogs.

When it was over, my sister and I weren't allowed to leave, even though we didn't know where Baby Girl was since she'd run away from the gunfire. The cops told us that they didn't know her whereabouts, but when we asked some neighborhood kids to help us find her, they found my dog lying in puddles of her own blood in a cage in the back of a police vehicle.

NYPD has not reached out to me. They've only told reporters that this is under investigation. That's not good enough. The officer who open fired in a park needs to be fired from the police force. I do not feel safe with her on the streets. In addition, NYPD needs to take immediate action to make sure this never happens again. They need to adopt a policy that says officers are not allowed to use deadly force on companion animals and they need to train their officers on how to handle dog-related incidents without putting people or pets in danger.

https://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-baby-girl-nypd-stop-killing-our-dogs?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=23755&alert_id=SUDkbKpOpv_TCqYQkEjGv

>>8 Dear god... I'm so sorry for your loss... If I can, i will sign the petition.

I'm sorry for your loss. I will sign this petition. This is unforgivable.

I would have stood in front of my dog

>>11
You might not have read the entire thing. This person opened fire on a dog that was doing nothing wrong. It ran away and the owners were trying to stop the cop from shooting it as it was running away. It had more bullet holes found in the body when it was discovered.

Be weary of some petition sites. Some of them have been used to gather information on people that is later sold to corporations. Remember beware of information brokering. I will check it out and if I find its not one of the ones who do that I will gladly sign

>>13 Cool. Lemme know too, because I generally use only one site.

>>12 I did read the whole thing I meant I would have stood in front of the cop so that she could not shoot or she would have been in hot water for shooting me.

https://www.change.org/petitions/state-attorney-jerry-hill-drop-charges-against-kiera-wilmot?alert_id=fNidfxZBoR_xXRSoNEiFZ&utm_campaign=23810&utm_medium=email&utm_source=action_alert
Kiera Wilmot has been described as an exemplary student and a wonderful young woman. Why is it then that an experiment gone wrong is being dealt with by the police and school as a felony offense? According to the Miami Times:

"7 a.m. on Monday, the 16 year-old mixed some common household chemicals in a small 8 oz water bottle on the grounds of Bartow High School in Bartow, Florida. The reaction caused a small explosion that caused the top to pop up and produced some smoke. No one was hurt and no damage was caused."

Please sign this petition to challenge any decision to so drastically charge this young woman for something that was a simple mistake. Her life should not be turned upside down, her future crushed, because someone wants to make a statement. There was no criminal activity here - she does not deserve to be punished like this. Help Kiera find real justice!

https://www.change.org/petitions/state-attorney-jerry-hill-drop-charges-against-kiera-wilmot?alert_id=fNidfxZBoR_xXRSoNEiFZ&utm_campaign=23810&utm_medium=email&utm_source=action_alert

http://www.avaaz.org/en/days_to_stop_the_whale_slaughter_global/?bcxKmcb&v=25263

They're at it again. But this time the Japanese are slaughtering the endangered whale species not for the oil within their skin...

But to turn the meat into "luxurious dog treats".

I'd like to thank bang-bang for sharing the link above that's leads to a petition in stopping this ridiculousness.

>>17 That is ridiculous!!! What are they thinking?!?
Dog treats!?!? Oh please we have enough of those already!

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https://www.change.org/petitions/optn-unos-change-policy-to-allow-pediatric-transplants-of-adult-lungs-based-on-medical-necessity

Ten-year-old Sarah Murnaghan has end-stage Cystic Fibrosis and has been on the lung transplant list for 18 months. Too sick to leave Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for three months, she has only a week or two before she will lose her battle. If she were two years older, she would have a high probability of receiving lungs in time. Sarah is eligible for adult donor lungs, but because of her age, she will only receive them after all adult candidates, regardless of how sick they are, have the opportunity to accept them.

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In addition to missions that take some sort of action, petitioning is a VERY easy way to become informed on issues in the world today and show support for causes that concern you.

https://www.change.org/
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/

These are sites I personally view and want to share, but there are plenty of others.

Share some of what you support, perhaps it will bring it to light for others!

Bumping because this is important...

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Read More & Sign The Petition Here: https://www.change.org/p/thomas-p-dinapoli-don-t-punish-a-good-cop-for-standing-up-to-police-brutality

Cariol Horne, a former Buffalo cop, has been appealing over a decade for a wrongful firing and the loss of her pension.

Why?

Because she stopped a fellow police officer from choking a handcuffed suspect.
Her reward? A punch to the face by the officer and being fired for the intervention; costing her a 19-year career and pension.

Officer Kwiatkowski's punishment? He got promoted, and is currently retired with his pension.

Read More & Sign The Petition Here: https://www.change.org/p/thomas-p-dinapoli-don-t-punish-a-good-cop-for-standing-up-to-police-brutality

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>>30 Who is Officer Kwiatkowski? It's Polish surname O.o

>>33 Welcome to America.

>>8 i'm so sorry for your loss i'll sign the petition. I'll sign the endangered whale one as well, I can't stand animal abusers they are meanies XP

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Okay. So you guys will most definitely be interested in this. Apparently you Californians aren't as liberal as you thought! >:D

Read More & Sign The Petition Here: https://www.change.org/p/california-state-bar-disbar-matthew-gregory-mclaughlin-198329?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=277641&alert_id=ZlcJzgnRHc_7jOrSglSi2fNNx3DQUrLpPFiGzGNPIzXTv%2B%2FN2njFFE%3D

Disbar lawyer who wants to legalize the murder of LGBT people

People in the LGBT community are our family members, neighbors, and co-workers. They are people like Apple CEO Tim Cook who have changed the way we live. Imagine a law that would make it legal to kill them all. The “Sodomite Suppression Act” is a real voter initiative in California that would “put to death by bullets to the head” anyone who has had sexual relations with a person of the same gender. The initiative wasn’t submitted by a fringe group, but by a California lawyer named Matthew G. McLaughlin.

Read More & Sign The Petition Here: https://www.change.org/p/california-state-bar-disbar-matthew-gregory-mclaughlin-198329?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=277641&alert_id=ZlcJzgnRHc_7jOrSglSi2fNNx3DQUrLpPFiGzGNPIzXTv%2B%2FN2njFFE%3D

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Mabye the gov but no people actually care

http://www.change.org/suggested?alert_id=&petition_id=2338146

This petition is about something that I think is very important. Sign it, dollars!

The whale petition is very strange... It says the Japanese are doing this. And yet, every single person in the picture is white and not East Asian?
Think before you sign, guys. Why not support organizations like WWF or David Suzuki where you know it's legit?

Hi guys!
I'm from Brazil and I need your help.
The Supremo Tribunal Federal (Supreme Federal Court) ordered the cutting of all contract employees of my college.
This means that 60 % of teachers will be laid off and the college can close for lack of staff.
Because of this, we, the students, are protesting and we started a petition on Avaaz !
I'm here to ask for your help! Please sign the petition and help us to show some strength!
Here is the link: https://secure.avaaz.org/po/petition/Governador_do_Estado_do_Rio_de_Janeiro_Luiz_Fernando_Pezao_Comissao_proeducacao_Faeterj/?tEtedeb
Please, sign it! This isn's a joke!
And if you do not mind, please, share it!
Thank you very much!

Z

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/833/463/590/?z00m=23455678&redirectID=1681172373

The women/girls in Nepal survived major earthquakes to be subjected to human trafficking??

please help them

also.....LE BUMPITY BUMP BUMP

Signed.

lemme give a lil bump

{M - I - S - S - I - O - N }
STOP Food Waste
I'm re-posting it here ,because someone deleted it from missions =_=

Some time ago in socials there was this italian article outraged about the fact that supermarkets are throwing away unsold food. The law does not expect to donate and if the employee is found to donate even a little, gets fired. Then I was really happy to read that in France The National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, has approved a law aimed at reducing by half the amount of food wasted by 2025. According to the figures, currently in France are thrown away up to 30 kilograms of food per capita (person), worth up to 20 billion euro.
To supermarkets it is therefore asked to find an agreement with the charities.

Now , what if each countries (state,region) citizens made a petition to ask their government to do the same? We need to propose a basic plan of how to use foods and write petitions in different languages, according to the criteria required by each state (or by the European Union). Who intend to do it for their own state? We need to wait and see what exactly says the law,so we could use it as an example. Also we need to ask a food or health expert what could be the foods you can eat after the expiration date,like the bread thrown away by the end of the day. Then we could write down the petition,explaining how it works,what are the foods and that it's a work of charities to distribute the food.

You gotta provide a link to the petition, love.

>>48 WE need to make them,love. It's not always about just simply sign. We need to actually make an effort and do something!

>>47 Do you have the source for this? I kinda' want to know more about this. Or what do I search up so I don't come across anything irrelevant?

>>49 ...Then...MAKE IT. And then share the link. Not once in >>47 did you ask for people to make it for you.

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Did you guys know that revenge porn is NOT illegal? Please sign this, she was UNCONSCIOUS when it was filmed: https://www.change.org/p/protect-victims-end-revenge-porn-now

Protect Yourself and Protect Others. Think of the Stuebenville Rape Case- all of the photos and videos those boys had sent to as many classmates as they could, all because a girl broke up with a boy. You could be next.

Boys, you can just as easily be victim to Revenge Porn as well. This is also protecting you from scummy ex's, so please sign.

This is definatly a nice way of helping people. The petitions are like reciving actuall missions too.

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le super bump of awesomeness (more awesome than Prussia)

>>51 GREAT NEWS YOU GUYS!!!!


"Google Announces It Will Block Revenge Porn!"

A BIG APPLAUSE TO ALL OF YOU WHO SIGNED! YOU HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN!


The Fight's Not Over Yet Though!! Here's a message from the creator of the petition and victim of revenge porn:

"Today marks one of the biggest steps yet in revenge porn victims' fight for justice, Google's decision will save lives and help bring peace to many. I am relieved, thankful and inspired. I hope this helps keep victims in the future from going through the same trauma I and others have had to go through up to this point.

Please keep sharing the petition (https://www.change.org/p/protect-victims-end-revenge-porn-now) and click here to tweet to Google to thank them for their support! http://bit.ly/1RhCXIG "

Like, omgerd guys, celebrate! YOU ACTUALLY /DID SOMETHING/! You actually played a part in making the world a better place!

this needs to be seeeeeennnnn

and i agree with >>56

This is what the dollars were created for!
Congratulations!

http://www.ticklingistorture.org/

The slow loris in Indonesia is in serious danger of extinction and the greatest threat to its survival is the illegal trade in wildlife. Its huge brown eyes and soft fur make this small nocturnal primate highly prized as a pet and the victim of an online craze created by videos on YouTube. Thousands of slow lorises are poached from the wild and illegally sold on the street or in animal markets.

Each day their teeth are ripped out of their mouths so they don't produce any more venom. Each day thousands of them are exposed to day light that burns their eyes. Each day they are tickled, they don't feel pleasure they feel torture!!

PLEASE HELP!!! PLEASE SAVE THE SLOW LORIS!!

International Animal Rescue runs the only slow loris rescue and rehabilitation center in Indonesia.

Please sign this petition to help!

http://www.ticklingistorture.org/

American honey bees have been dying at an alarming rate. Last year alone, beekeepers reported a loss of 42 percent of the colonies they oversaw.

Bees are extremely important in the pollination of flowers, fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts. Their decline represents a clear danger to crops and a balanced environment.

The Obama administration is taking steps to reverse the decline of the honey bees by making millions of acres of federal land more bee-friendly, spending millions of dollars more on research, and considering the use of fewer pesticides.

The plan also mandates that federal lands and housing projects provide environments where the insects can feed safely without harmful pesticides.

However, the rescue plan could — and should — be even stronger. So far, the administration has yet to fully take on the use of neonicatoids, a class of pesticides that has been increasingly tied to the death of honey bees.

Help save honey bees! Signing and share this petition to encourage President Obama to strengthen his honey bee rescue plan.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/226/077/930/?z00m=24332652&redirectID=1713698039

Police in Ecuador say they have seized about 200,000 shark fins destined to be illegally exported to Asia, according to a report in The Guardian.

The interior minister said the seizure had “dealt a major blow to an international network that trafficked shark fins”.

However, the seizure of so many shark fins on mainland Ecuador, just 1,000km away from the Galapagos Islands, is catastrophic to shark numbers.

Sharks play an essential role in the marine ecosystem and removing them can cause the entire marine ecosystem to collapse.

Sharks should not be subject to a cruel death - just so their fins can be used in soup across Asia.

Will you join me in urging the government of Ecuador to take urgent action to stop the catastrophic levels of shark killings across its waters by employing more patrols and policing?

Please sign and share the petition.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/261/025/125/?z00m=24972252&redirectID=1725456253

bump bc of recent petitions.

z

isn't the a website for this though? like petitions.org? why not make petitions there then get them signed here?

>>64 i think that was the point of this thread...

Stop an Elephant Massacre That Funds Terrorists

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/163/327/573/?z00m=25024485&redirectID=1732278165

Stop The Horrific Chuckwagon Races At The Calgary Stampede
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/476/078/988/?z00m=25087978&redirectID=1734095538

For years, these dangerous races have been held every summer under the guise of "family fun." All in all, more than 50 horses have died in the races in the last 20 years. And in fact, despite this tragedy, more of these deadly races are scheduled through the end of the week!

Put a Stop to Live Animals in Keychains and Mobile Phone Trinkets in China!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/608/554/710/put-a-stop-to-live-animals-in-keychains-and-mobile-phone-trinkets-in-china-/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/706/058/552/whoisburningblackchurches-bring-back-the-church-arson-task-force/
Since the racist shooting in Charleston, SC, at least eight predominantly black churches - "a core institution of the black community" - have gone up in flames. Three have been confirmed arson.

From 1995-1999, the National Church Arson Task Force investigated 827 church fires. It is time to bring that task force back.

If we aren't safe at church, then where are we safe? Yet church fires are far too common: An average of five per week are intentional, and many are racially-motivated. We cannot look the other way if we claim to believe in justice or civil rights.

Racism is alive and well in the U.S. - and not just from individual terrorists like the Charleston shooter. Young white teenage males are 21 times less likely to be killed by police than their black counterparts. Black families are twice as likely to be denied a mortgage. Job seekers with "white" names are 50% more likely to be called back than those with "black" names.

It is past time to recognize and defeat racism. One small step is to save black churches by bringing back the National Church Arson Task Force. In its second report, it attributed a drop in fires to "increased vigilance, well publicized arrests, and proactive prevention efforts. Notwithstanding these results, we must remain vigilant." Bringing back the task force is one way to once again proactively increase that vigilance and publicity!

Will you sign now and ask President Obama and Attorney General Lynch to start a large-scale investigation?

storyofstuff.org

Well, this isn't really a petition but more of a site where sometimes there are petitions to be signed ^_^ There are also educational (sociopolitical) videos :)

The latest petition I believe is regarding the microbeads issue. (which I don't know much about... currently reading about it -w-)

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/255/529/101/?z00m=25119373&redirectID=1739677908
Killing these pilot whales - along with bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises - is senseless and needs to stop.

Thank you for putting this petition site up, it has really helped me to further help towards what I intend to be my job one day. I want to be a marine biologist and helping preserve the very animals I want to work with really helps to put me at a peace of mind <3

>>72 Ah haha, that's amazing~ I hope you make it >u<!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/546/871/673/?z00m=25191438&redirectID=1743502190
Coal-fired power plants poison the atmosphere and propel global warming. Now, the Philippines' biggest power distributor is on track to open another one of these dirty, outdated plants. Stop the Philippines from becoming the next major contributor to climate change.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/568/186/400/?z00m=25166997&redirectID=1746652890
Urge China to Crack Down on Hunting of the Yellow-Breasted Bunting to Save it from Extinction

Cadbury - Remove deforestation from your palm oil supply NOW not 2030!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/550/113/129/?z00m=25107595&redirectID=1747046432

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/536/002/246/release-dolphins-in-captivity-at-park-in-france/

Release Dolphins in Captivity at Park in France

I'm really happy this is a thread tbh. I'd appreciate it if Dollars would help towards this cause. The short explanation would be that recently the British government has authorized a "puppy farm" to be created. This farm was created with the intent to use the puppies for animal testing so a petition has been made to reverse their decision.

https://www.change.org/p/rt-hon-david-cameron-mp-reverse-the-government-s-decision-to-give-the-go-ahead-for-a-puppy-farm-in-hull-created-with-the-purpose-of-providing-beagle-puppies-to-laboratories-for-animal-testing?recruiter=38719122&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=mob-xs-share_petition-no_msg

Shut down a monkey experiment lab in Florida cited with multiple animal welfare violations including improperly performing experiments on hundreds of monkeys.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/282/172/665/?z00m=25247771&redirectID=1749844875

Tell U.S. Dairies to Stop Wasting Milk!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/268/606/972/tell-us-dairies-to-stop-wasting-milk/

Urge Zimbabwe to Ban Live Export of the Country's Elephants

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/710/684/839/urge-zimbabwe-to-ban-live-export-of-the-countrys-elephants/

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/days_to_save_whales_rb3/?slideshow

The Icelandic whaling fleet has launched, and plans to hunt and kill 150 endangered fin whales.

Tell Maple Lodge Farms to Stop Torturing Animals
https://www.change.org/p/maple-lodge-farms-stop-torturing-animals
Hidden-camera video from behind the scenes at a Maple Lodge Farms slaughterhouse reveals sickening cruelty to animals who are tortured to death in the name of cheap meat.
- Countless birds freezing to death when trucked to slaughter in freezing temperatures
- Crates of chickens callously thrown and dropped several feet onto a conveyor belt
- Chickens getting the wings or heads crushed in cage doors, causing severe pain, injury and death
- Workers violently slamming fragile chickens upside down into shackles, often breaking legs and wings
- Birds left in cages and sent through the scalding hot industrial machines while still alive
- Animals having their throats sliced open while still conscious and able to feel pain

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/303/543/792/?z00m=25268146&redirectID=1754657543

Every year, the Australian government kills thousands of feral cats in the name of protecting native wildlife. This year, they've announced plans to expand the cull even further -- destroying over 2 million cats by 2020.

Urge the U.S. to save the dugong from extinction by finding another site for this airbase

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/530/090/098/?z00m=25200545&redirectID=1756265985

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/the_confederate_flag_needs_to_go_loc/?fpbr

Unite in demanding that this flag, the most visible symbol of racist nostalgia for an era of slavery and American apartheid, be immediately taken down from public buildings in South Carolina, and across the US.

>>86
Okay. I'm going to be the bad guy here and shed light on the more unpopular view. The flag, which you urge to vote to ban, is a symbol of southern pride. Most people who have it aren't racist. No one had a problem with it until certain events that took place. I do, however, see how it could be viewed as a "symbol of racist nostalgia". But to fight over a flag that stood for southern pride? Do you think that's right? To judge people who have pride in where they come from? To suddenly call all of them "racists"? I honestly don't think that's right. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew both sides. I couldn't care less whether they banned it or not. People just need to know both sides. And before anyone even thinks of calling me "racist", I'm Mexican American and yes, I do have many African American friends. And yes I do come from a southern state.

>>87 Ah, I see, I didn't know that. I just wanted to keep this thread populated with petitions, as they can be quite easily done. Thank you for sharing ovo!
Of Americans: 57% view it as southern pride, 33% as racism, and 5% as both.

Urge the Tasmanian government to protect the endangered swift parrot to save it from extinction.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/436/660/950/?z00m=25275928&redirectID=1757694852

>>86
>>87 The thing is the reason why we had the civil war was because the south thought it wasn't right that the north could vote in a president to office without their help. The South decided if that was going to happen then they shouldn't be apart of the county so they left. If you think that the Confederate flag is racist that is your opinion but you should think about the really history not what society has made up for you to believe.

>>89
Is that not what my post said?

>>87 It's like saying someone who uses a swastika for their symbol of pride isn't in the wrong.

It's technically true, as before the Nazis used it, it was a symbol of fulfillment and certainly not of hatred. But now it's almost universally recognized as such.

If there's enough people that view it (the swastika) badly, it really doesn't matter what the roots of it actually are, it is a symbol of hate. Whether it started that way or not, it is largely now.

I know many, many people view the Confederate Flag in a similar light. Consider this example. I believe it applies.

>>91
I do see your point, but requesting that it be banned? Is that right? It was an important part of history and most viewed it as a southern pride thing not a hateful flag. When the Nazi flag is put up, you can automatically know that there is hate involved due to what the Nazi flag specifically stands for but the Confederate Flag is different, in my opinion. When it is flown you can't automatically assume its due to hate. Most southerners just take pride in being from the south. Categorizing all who have and fly the Confederate flag as racists isn't right. Most people who have it, aren't racist at all.

>>91 ...actually the swastika is usually only recognized as such in the western world. In Asia, it's still considered sacred and it's not quite the same (Nazi one is rotated slightly). It's still found in manga, tv shows, on buildings, on products, and sometimes all over the place in some Asian countries. It's not really for pride either.. it's more of good luck and a symbol of the gods? As for the confederate flag... a poll was done that showed more people considering it as a pride thing instead of racism.. (see 88)
>>92 They fought for the right to own other human beings? I'm not sure that's something to be proud of;; ..and comparing it to the Nazis, they also fought and died.. should we also be flying Nazi flags in Germany to honor the soldiers that died there? The petition is just to take it down from public buildings (government property), so you can still fly it in private property (so people who have it can still have it). It's an important part of history, so it'll still be in museums as well.

>>93
They fought for the right to influence their country. Did you not read >>87 ?

>>94 Where does >>87 explain that?

Sign to end poaching of Africa's lions. Recently, the popular Cecil the lion has been killed. (This one is to end hunting of endangered animals)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/821/738/351/?z00m=25309322&redirectID=1759427479
...and now his brother Jericho may have been killed as well. (This one is to ban exports of lions/lion parts)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/610/392/435/?z00m=25376018&redirectID=1759424077

>>93
The Confederates did not JUST fightfor the right to own slaves. That was just one of the many reasons why they fought.. As >>94 states, they fought to for the right to influence their country. They fought for the right to be their own country, granted they did fail. Most Americans don't view the flag as a symbol of racism. They view it as a southern pride symbol. I don't see why (if the majority don't even view it as a symbol of racism) the flag needs to be banned. No one ever seemed to fight over the flag or even acknowledge it (in other words: it wasn't such a big deal) before the recent events. And suddenly everyone who has it is racist and somehow offending some people who have been misinformed by social media and the news media, and NOW they want to ban it?

>>97
The ban is only on having the flag on govt. buildings. The flag is a big deal now because over 500 racists groups including the KKK have been using it as one of their symbols.

Ebay Classifieds: Stop Selling Live Animals

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-classifieds-stop-selling-live-animals

Ebay doesn't allow live animals to be put up for auction, but on their classifieds site, animal sales are fair game. They are providing a vast marketplace for puppy mills to sell dogs and by doing this they are contributing to animal cruelty.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/936/592/285/end-the-20kg-personal-import-allowance-of-shark-fins-to-europe/?z00m=25321311&redirectID=1764175341

Close the EU Loophole that Allows Unregulated Shark Fin Trade.
Right now it's LEGAL for anyone travelling to Europe to bring 20kg of dried shark fins as part of their personal import allowance. It's enough to make 705 bowls of shark fin soup.

Bite-Back, the UK shark and marine conservation charity, believes that there's a massive disparity between the current legislation and the scientific evidence that recently prompted the International Union for Conservation of Nature to declare that 25% of all shark species are threatened with extinction.

kay also important bumpy

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/food_waste_loc/?slideshow

Stop the waste of food to end hunger.
An amazing movement in France just won a law making supermarkets give unsold produce to the poor and homeless. But this is only a small part of the problem, the vast majority of food is being wasted before it's even left the farm. Now the EU is working out how to stop supermarkets dumping their waste and responsibilities on farmers, using ridiculous reasons to reject huge quantities of food.

i am so kind of helping people that are in need for food

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/660/883/326/chicks-dyed-and-sold-in-plastic-bags-as-toys-on-thai-island-koh-lanta/?z00m=25451170&redirectID=1766093639

STOP putting dyed chicks in plastic bags to be sold as TOYS on Thai island Koh Lanta!

Stop Nestlé from draining public lands dry in California and worldwide.
http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/nestle_California_drought/?utm_source=nestle_test&utm_medium=email&t=3&akid=1273.756102.OXOTyl
California citizens are facing mandatory water restrictions, but Nestlé Waters’ bottling plants are operating at full volume. In fact, Nestle’s response to public outcry for water conservation has been anything but concerned. Recently, a reporter asked Nestle Waters North American CEO Tim Brown if he’d move Nestle’s operations out of California during the drought. His response? “Absolutely not. In fact, if I could increase it, I would.”

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/106/458/994/?z00m=25448793&redirectID=1766093369

Act Now to End Elephant Slaughter

The United States government just released its long-awaited proposed regulations to stop the commercial ivory trade within the US. These regulations send a clear message that the US will not tolerate the senseless slaughter of elephants and other wildlife—or the global crime syndicates that wildlife trafficking supports.

Take action and tell US Fish and Wildlife Service it is the right decision to save wild elephants.

>>105 hey, I'm from California, and I appreciate you adding this. Lots of people seem to just be ignoring the fact that we are in a drought and not bothering to conserve water. I'm lucky enough to have a well and not have any water restrictions, but I conserve anyways. So thanks ^^

>>108 No prob~ Good luck to you guys;;

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/768/038/355/?z00m=25476575&redirectID=1769569471

Urge the UNHRC to Condemn Thai Fish Boat Slavery

Innocent people in Thailand are being conned onto boats or sold by human traffickers into a life of forced labour and abuse. For years at a time, men are held captive on fishing boats in squalid conditions with no pay at all. If they protest, they could be killed and thrown overboard.

https://www.change.org/p/wilderness-trail-zoo-in-birch-run-expand-or-shut-them-down

Improve animals' enclosures in the Wilderness Trail Zoo.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/antibiotics_factory_farms_nonuk/?fpbr
Stop animal cruelty + save lives

Cruel factory farms are pumping healthy animals full of antibiotics so that they can produce more meat, faster and cheaper. This insane cruelty is also creating drug-resistant superbugs that can kill us.

>>111 Need more info, I believe it up to the point of creating "super bugs" that can kill us. And we need more food for our growing population so if I'm to say my opinion that petition sounds like the common stupid misinformed internet-warrior one.

Anyway this thread is useful so.. Bump^^

bump.

just scroll through and sign them all in 1 sitting you will be doing major good and it isn't that much work

Tell Nestlé to Help Stop Slave Labor Used to Make Pet Food

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/622/201/330/?z00m=25532174&redirectID=1775029840

Sea slaves are working off Thailand's shores to catch fish used in cheap pet food brands sold in the United States. Survivor interviews recount horrific tales that go beyond the already unacceptable reality of unpaid hard labor. Sick slaves are reportedly thrown overboard, and insubordinates beheaded or sealed for days in fishing holds beneath the deck. Slaves are reportedly beaten for small mistakes they make in their unpaid work. In a United Nations survey of 50 Cambodian slave laborers, 29 said they witnessed a captain or other ship officer kill a worker.
Fish meal caught through this industry is used in top pet food brands such as Iams, Meow Mix and Fancy Feast. Sadly, the United States is the top supporter of Thai fish. Nestlé owns Fancy Feast and Purina, and is working to phase out the possibility of using slave-caught fish. But other companies, like Mars, Inc., have made a stronger effort, replacing fish meal in some of their pet food and planning to use only non-threatened, legally caught fish or fish raised on farms by 2020. Sign the petition to urge Nestlé to help end Thai sea slavery.

US Congress: Save Oak Flat

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_the_apache_global_loc_dn/?slideshow

The US government is about to let a giant international mining company dig up a beautiful stretch of national forest held sacred by the Apache tribe.

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Reinstate conservation officer Bryce Casavant

https://www.change.org/p/ministry-of-environment-mary-polak-reinstate-conservation-officer-bryce-casavant

Conservation Officer Bryce Casavant is suspended after he refused to put down two bear cubs.
These baby bears, a brother and sister, were orphaned after their mother had to be destroyed after she had, at least twice, broken into a freezer of salmon and deer meat inside a mobile home on Hardy Bay Road.
On July 5, Casavant and members of the Port Hardy Fire Department pulled out all stops to rescue the babies who had come back to the property and were up a tree calling for their mother.
The babies were estimated to be about eight weeks and weigh 20 to 25 pounds, are healthy and still nursing.

Petition to stop Seaworld's breeding program
https://www.change.org/p/seaworld-end-captive-orca-breeding-program
Seaworld has been inbreeding it's ocras since 1985.There has been multiple stillborns, miscarriages , and other birth deflects .
One of the most saddest story is about an orca that died 4 days after she gave birth to a deflected calf , that was separated from her . She refused food and water for days , and floated motionlessly in the water, giving her self a sunburn ( that the staff tried to cover up with zinc , to hide it from the audience )
Another ocra died of a prolapsed uterus .
The ocras part of these programs are also extremely young much younger than how they are suppose to be , Some give birth at age 8, or 10 , while the age that they naturally are pregnant are around 14.5 years of age .
The inbreeding is horrendous . Male whales are trained to float upside down so the trainer can masturbate them until they ejaculate . The semen is then put into their mothers or sisters who bears the calf .
Please help , we're almost there!
65,502 out of 100,000!

Save the Salt River Wild Horses!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/918/708/047/?z00m=25557192&redirectID=1776701398

The US government has announced they will start removing wild horses from the Tonto National Forest as early as September. For decades the sight of these amazing animals has delighted visitors to Arizona's Saguaro Lake. Unfortunately, the Forest Service has decided that the Salt River wild horses are "unauthorized livestock". Supporters of keeping the wild horses in the national forest say the herd can be documented living on the range as far back as the 1800's, before there was even a national forest established. Despite the lack of any documented accidents or injuries, the Forest Service is calling the horses a threat to public safety, and has put the public on notice that they will be removed.

The Forest Service acknowledges removal could mean death for the horses. Horses rounded up in this manner are auctioned off to the highest bidder, often horse slaughterhouses.

ISA: Protect our oceans

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/deep_sea_mining_loc/?slideshow

Massive companies are rushing to dig up the seabed for precious metals. A few countries have agreed full or partial bans, and leading scientists just appealed for a freeze on deep sea mining contracts. Let’s amplify their message.

Let's stand for the people of Zimbabwe

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/419/632/818/?z00m=25517702&redirectID=1772287306

President Mugabe is a brutal dictator, clinging to power through corruption and human rights abuse. Police violate basic rights, such as freedom of expression and assembly, using old laws.
In the last election, Mugabe's party ordered women to let other people fill out their ballots, and forced them from their homes when they refused. Or take journalist and activist Itai Dzamara, missing for four months - but Mugabe refuses to find him. And when Mugabe fell down this year, he ordered journalists to delete the images.
The abuse hits women and LGBT Africans especially hard. According to Sojourners, "One-third of girls marry before age 18. Illegal forced marriages still occur, often accompanied by domestic violence and sexual assault... LGBT activists face arbitrary arrest and harassment by police. Mugabe has publicly told gay people, whom he considers lower than 'pigs, goats, and birds,' to go to 'hell.'"

Justice for Dukey an innocent dog shot and killed by the RCMP

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/471/887/535/justice-for-dukey-an-innocent-dog-shot-and-killed-by-the-rcmp/?z00m=25637738&redirectID=1780290858

The Prince Albert K-9 unit and the RCMP of Kamsack Saskatchewan shot and killed innocent Dukey who was lying in the grass wagging his tail. This poor innocent animal died for no good reason during the arrest of Adam Cote. The officer murdered him and should be held responsible. Police men abusing their power and badge. Dukey should have been brought to the veterinarian. He was in a submissive state there was no need to shoot him dead.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/100_clean_final/?caXsHjb
Pretty much, science says we're all fucked if we keep putting more shit into our atmosphere, so this petition is to attempt to swap the world over to 100% clean energy. In the email I got it said that this was going to be the biggest petition the site would ever put out. Let's hope it works, 'le~!

>>125 omg a hippy petition??? finally ^0^

XD

Pass Moratorium Against The Trade Of Salamanders

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/662/656/769/pass-moratorium-against-the-trade-of-salamanders/

There is a constant regarding the health and well-being of the Salamanders, especially in North America. With the trade of salamanders into the United States, it has been discovered that a fungus that has been killing these animals in Europe, the illness is now spreading to this country. North America is currently home to about half of all the salamander species.
We have to consider the health and well-being of these animals as the widespread fungus issue is being investigated and resolved. We are asking the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services to pass moratorium against the trade of salamanders, at least until the salamanders back to a healthy state without threat of a fungal disease and other methods that lead to endangerment.

Since this is dealing with suicide, it hits kinda close to home for me.

https://www.change.org/p/city-of-st-paul-mndot-stencil-the-suicide-hotline-phone-number-with-quotes-about-hope-on-the-high-bridge

"Too many people are killing themselves on the high bridge.
By having a telephone number to call in addition to inspirational quotes about hope and not giving up, people could be given an alternative and make them think about not going through with ending their life."

Stop Bucks County Show from promoting fox hunting

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/564/084/639/?z00m=25618838&redirectID=1780297776

In the UK, Bucks County Show (similar to a county fair) has been running over 140 years and has become an iconic event for Bucks, its residents and those who travel from other counties. However, they continue to support fox hunting by hosting demonstration hunts every year. An overwhelming majority of the public believing this 'past time' to be completely barbaric and unnecessary, considering it an out of date tradition that is out of touch with modern society.

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>>128 no u don't, if u just wanna die just die, nobody stop u, those people doesn't need an inspirational talk, they need you to take them place

>>131 Ooooh, I should have been able to tell that you were an irascible arsehole from that first post of yours I saw, but /apparently/....

are you ready for died

SFPD Brutally Took Down A One-Legged Homeless Man: Demand Body Cameras

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/923/001/720/sfpd-brutally-took-down-one-legged-homeless-man-demand-body-cameras/

A horrific video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=155&v=kAYGizJ4vEg ) reveals a homeless Black man with one leg brutally being taken down by San Francisco police officers on August 4, 2015, in the mid-Market area of San Francisco, just outside Twitter headquarters.
The SFPD received a $250,000 federal grant that was supposed to fund a pilot program to give 50 plainclothes supervisors body cameras. The pilot program was set to roll out in 2013, but it never happened. Now, Mayor Ed Lee has proposed spending more than $3 million dollars to give every officer a body camera, as part of his 2-year budget.
Please sign the petition to urge Mayor Ed Lee to speed up the process of giving all officers body cameras.

>>134 This enrages me, signed and shared.

Urge the Irish Government to Crack-Down on the Cruel Blood 'Sport' of Badger Baiting

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/339/461/345/urge-the-irish-government-to-crack-down-on-the-cruel-blood-sport-of-badger-baiting/

In Ireland, there are reports that badgers are being dragged from their setts for the cruel blood sport of baiting.
Scientists tracking badgers via GPS are reported to be concerned animals are being kidnapped for blood sports after a badger they were studying was discovered dead dozens of kilometres away from its sett.
To add weight to the scientist's concerns, the Department of Agriculture have photographic evidence of a masked man attempting to capture a badger from a sett.
Badger-baiting has been illegal in Ireland for almost 200 years - there are now concerns there has been a resurgence.

Demand Justice for a Pet Deer that was Targeted and Killed by Trophy Hunters

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/517/287/897/demand-justice-for-a-pet-deer-that-was-targeted-and-killed-by-trophy-hunters/

Owners were shocked to find their beloved red deer Karl lying headless on their property in north-east Victoria.

The trophy hunters had hacked off the deer's head in what is thought to be a targeted attack because of the size of the stag's antlers, which would be worth up to $20,000.

Save the Alaskan Sea Otter from Slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/372/614/971/save-the-alaskan-sea-otter-from-slaughter/

Alaska Representative Donald Young has introduced a bill to restart the fur trade of northern sea otters. Bill (H.R. 2714), seeks To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the transport, purchase, and sale of pelts of, and handicrafts, garments, and art produced from, Southcentral and Southeast Alaska northern sea otters.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature still lists the sea otter as an endangered species, and describes the most significant threat to sea otters as oil pollution from, oil spills. The Exxon Valdez oil spill of 24 March 1989 killed thousands of sea otters and the lingering oil in the area continues to affect the population.

Stop the Export of Zimbabwe's Baby Elephants

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/637/401/312/

According to news reports, 24 baby elephants, some as young as two years old, have been taken from their families and exported to China — destined for a life of captivity.
News reports are sketchy, but it may be that this capture and export is entirely legal. However, there’s still hope for these baby elephants because the government has the power to stop their export.
Elephants have deep family bonds and this loss will be devastating to the elephants left behind. To make matters worse, the captured young have a poor chance of survival.
The Zimbabwe government has the power to choose a more humane fate for these helpless baby elephants.

Enbridge: Fix the Decaying Mackinac Pipeline Before You Devastate the Great Lakes

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/618/214/648/?z00m=25694884&redirectID=1789375869

Two degrading oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac - which connect Lake Huron and Lake Michigan - are dangerously old and poorly maintained.
Enbridge has decided the pipelines are still safe, despite their age. Of course, Enbridge has also overseen more than 800 oil spills between 1999 and 2010.
In 2013, with little information from Enbridge available, National Wildlife Federation divers took matters into their own hands and examined the pipeline. They found broken braces, a pipeline covered in debris, and sections of completely unsupported pipeline.
We can't leave our families and our environment at this risk from this aging, degrading oil pipeline.

STOP FEDEX FROM SHIPPING SHARK FINS

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/283/034/695/?z00m=25844489&redirectID=1789374377

Shark populations are declining around the globe, with over 140 species of sharks swimming towards extinction. The demand for fins, for use in shark fin soup, is a major reason sharks are disappearing - over 73 million sharks are killed for their fins every year.
FedEx does and will ship shark fins, as long as they are packaged properly and won't spoil. This is their policy for anything being shipped for 'human consumption'.
The shark fin trade has been dealt a blow recently by UPS who publicly announced that they will no longer be shipping shark fins, a great win for sharks.
Now is the time to prevent another huge transporter, FedEx from picking up where UPS left off.

Urge the Australian Government to Protect the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frogs from Developers

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/485/530/922/urge-the-federal-government-to-protect-the-endangered-green-and-golden-bell-frogs-from-developers/

According to a report in the St George & Sutherland Shire Leader a community action group has called on the public to protest plans for a tunnel construction on Kogarah Golf Course at Arncliffe, near Sydney. This golf course is "Home to one of the last remaining colonies of the beautiful and endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog."

The report states that the developers at WestConnex plan to build a tunnel that would destroy 75 hectares of vegetation and vital habitat. According to activists, the construction "will surely spell the end for these fragile creatures."

Two Indian sisters are to be raped as punishment for their brother's actions - eloping with a married woman from a higher caste. Please sign to stop this unfair punishment! The girls are only 15 and 23 years old.

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/two-sisters-sentenced-rape-demand-justice-india-womens-rights

More information:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34111906

Pass Strict Ordinance In Missoula City Against Exotic & Wild Animal Exploitation

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/116/525/140/pass-strict-ordinance-in-missoula-city-against-exotic-wild-animal-exploitation/

The majority of the people working on the proposed ordinance are in favor of the ban on wild and exotic animal performances and displays within the city. However, not all committee members were convinced to pass the ordinance. If not passed, wild and exotic animals are not protected from cruel and inhumane treatment, not to mention protecting the public. One of the advocates in favor of the ordinance stated that “The fact is that wild animals are forced to perform unnatural acts. Wild animals are always wild, and that’s where they belong, not chained in a trailer and moved from city to city.” Another person continued to say that “Elephants and large cats are broken to do what they do. Their training is necessarily unnatural and abusive.”

These animals were not meant to perform in the entertainment world; they are meant to live happily in their own natural habitat.

(saw this when i was updating the tumblr and found it interesting...click the pic to see it at full size)

short discrippy
It’s time for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United
The Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United and other cases opened the gates to a flood of billions of dollars that threatens to undermine our democracy.

What we need now is a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/s/citizens-united-bj?source=em150714su-bj-f

(im not old enough to vote yet and i have not been following the campaigns, so i cant really give my opinion, so read this, look into it and come up with your own)

>>145

(sorry the whole thing didnt come up...so here is the tumblr post)

http://saveearthwithaclick.tumblr.com/post/128148155098/lizardlicks-sanders4prez-its-time-for-a

>>145 asdfghh it won't let me sign it-- it keeps saying my zip/postal code's wrong;;

>>147 really?? that sux DX

maybe i can find another link

>>148 here is the link i found, and it worked for me

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/s/citizens-united-bj?source=em150714su-bj-f

i suggest after you sign the petition you close the tab, you dont have to donate if you dont want to, this is about the petition not the man...

Generate Some Funding to Keep Senior Donkey Sanctuary Up and Running

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/208/727/273/generate-some-funding-to-keep-senior-donkey-sanctuary-up-and-running/

The Wild Burro Rescue and Preservation Project (WBRPP) is located in California and is a place of refuge for many wild and senior equines and burros that may otherwise not have a place to exist for the rest of their natural lives.

Many of the burros and horses taken in by the WBRPP have little fate elsewhere, since they are not allowed to be returned to the wilderness and often are of senior age. In fact, the majority of these animals are between 35 and 40 years of age. The WBRPP is a type of sanctuary that takes in the animals in need of love and care for the rest of their natural lives. However, this facility gets no government funding, all staff are volunteers without pay but running it is costly but crucial for the lives of many needy burros and horses. It is important that these animal’s senior years are as fulfilling as possible but without some type of funding, they will no longer will continue to live a healthy, happy life.

Ask India For Better Treatment of Elephants

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/373/558/887/ask-india-for-better-treatment-of-elephants/

It is sad and horrifying to see elephants shackled and beaten to the pleasure of humans for whatever reason. Often time’s young animals are taken from their moms so early on and is a drastic event for the babies. They are then used to provide entertainment for tourist attractions, festivals, temples and other activities. To get the babies, the mothers are frequently slaughtered, also threatening any other herd member that may get in the way. This is such a horrific experience for the young elephants and just the beginning of a road of continual abuse and cruelty.

The young elephants then in captivity are deprived of food, water and sleep while be subjected to brutality and beatings with chains, rods and bull hooks (which is a rod with a sharp metal hook at the point of impact on the animal. We are pleading with the Prime Minister of India to take some immediate and stringent action to stop these brutal, horrific practices that endangers so many of these animals.

Tell Royal Caribbean to Take Faroe Islands off Their Route

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/335/544/974/tell-royal-caribbean-to-take-faroe-islands-off-their-route/?z00m=25997411&redirectID=1797734947

Each year, the coast off the Faroe Islands near Denmark becomes a literal blood bath -- waters are stained with the blood of hundreds of intelligent pilot whales as residents kill them as a part of an annual traditional hunt.

The international community is increasingly expressing outrage at this horrific "festival" and recently, a Scottish twin city has cut ties with the Faroe Islands, and two German cruise lines have removed the Faroe Islands from their routes.

It's time to raise our voices even higher, and demand that the popular Royal Caribbean Cruise line removes the Faroe Islands from their routes, so long as this horrific annual whale slaughter continues.

Tell Hungary to Reject Anti-Refugee Laws in Face of Syrian Refugee Crisis

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/932/880/365/tell-hungary-to-reject-anti-refugee-laws-in-face-of-syrian-refugee-crisis/

An uncountable number of refugees and migrants are fleeing war-torn countries, trying to reach Europe for safety and a better life. Yet EU authorities are responding in the worst way possible: building wire fences and keeping borders largely closed.

On Sept. 4, Hungary introduced incredibly harsh anti-refugee laws, including 3-year jail terms for people who climb over the newly built razor wire fence on the border with Serbia, plus new border "transit zones," where refugees are held while their applications are being processed.

Refugees are not a burden. They are human beings.

Demand disabled accommodations on Florida beaches

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/764/489/950/demand-disabled-accommodations-on-our-beaches/

As it stands, there is no access for disabled individuals to enjoy the beach in Venice, Florida. There are disabled parking spaces at the beach, but that's as close as many are able to get.

The beach should be able to be enjoyed by all, not just the able-bodied individual.

http://makelovenotscars.org/end-acid-sale/

What if one were to simply put beach cruizer tires on their wheelchair? Wheelchair accessories that make it beach friendly at a reasonable price of like $50 for a set?

Demand the USDA investigate and confiscate performing "skeleton tigers" and other exotics

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/933/545/910/demand-the-usda-confiscate-the-missouri-fair-skeleton-tigers-and-exotics-now/

During August 2015, backyard breeder Robert Mullen of Orlando Florida exhibited his tigers and other exotic animals at the Missouri State Fair. According to many in attendance it was a heartbreaking example of animal cruelty. The news and social media reports have shocked the nation.

Mullen's tigers and Pumas are severely emaciated and clearly undernourished.

Tell Congress to Get to Work on Child Hunger

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/658/187/116/

Feeding America has a simple vision: a hunger-free America. Yet the reality is 1 in 5 kids in the United States faces hunger, which impacts their ability to focus and learn in school.
Congress must act to strengthen child nutrition programs, especially programs that target children during the summer months when they away from school and are harder to reach. But time is running out—the current child nutrition bill expires September 30, 2015.

Stop the sale of pets through Gumtree's website

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/770/059/492/ask-gumtree-to-stop-allowing-animals-to-be-soldoffered-for-free-on-its-website/

Reputable animal rescue centres across the UK are full of cats and dogs which desperately need new homes. These centres usually check the suitability of people's homes and lifestyles before allowing them to adopt an animal.

However, websites such as Gumtree host adverts where people sell animals to anybody who is willing to pay for them. This facilitates the breeding of cats and dogs to sell for money - when there are already thousands waiting in shelters for a home.

Even pets given away for free on Gumtree are at risk. People taking the animals on may not have suitable homes or lifestyles to provide a safe, happy environment for the pet. They may not realise this themselves, as expert advice will not be given as it would from a shelter.

In addition, the animals bought via Gumtree could go on to be used for more breeding or even as bait in dog fights.

Tennessee - Implement Law Against Dogs Riding in Back of Pickups

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/288/146/601/tennessee-implement-law-against-dogs-riding-in-back-of-pickups/

Currently there are no laws throughout Tennessee that bans the practice of dogs riding in the back of pickup trucks. It may seem like a safe and common practice but people are not aware that dangers do exist to the poor animals.

When placing a dog in the back of a pickup, a person needs to consider what would happen if the dog falls out for some reason while being driven or the animal sees something that would draw it to jump out and go on a chase. There could be many dangerous scenarios that many pet parents may not consider when placing that dog in the back of that truck. It is way too serious to allow your pet to ride in the bed of a pickup truck.
If a dog is allowed to ride in the back of the truck, there needs to be specific restrictions, such as the dog is restrained with a specific safety harness where it cannot jump out of the vehicle for any reason, especially in motion.

Tell Congress - We Need Clean, Renewable Energy

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/155/126/705/tell-congress-we-need-clean-renewable-energy/

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has proposed an ambitious effort to boost the amount of clean, renewable energy the US uses to 33 percent by no later than the year 2027.

This could be a revolutionary step forward in protecting our air, water, wildlife, and the rest of the planet for future generations.

According to a UN report on climate change, human beings and the economy also face peril.

People living in poverty, in particular, are most at risk of suffering from these effects as the constant shifts in weather damage crops and increase food prices.

Transitioning to clean, renewable energy sources like solar and wind will help avert a climate catastrophe. Even better, it would create badly needed jobs, which will boost the world economy.

Fight Corruption: Push for Transparency

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/592/647/508/

1.5 billion people live in countries rich with natural resources — but in some cases never see the benefits. Instead of sharing in the wealth generated by oil, gas, and mining projects, many communities face poverty, environmental damage, loss of land, and human rights abuses.

We have the power to change this — by fighting for transparency and empowering communities with the information they need to stop corruption. There's already a law on the books that can make a huge difference: part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act requires oil, mining, and gas companies to disclose the payments they make to U.S. and foreign governments.

But today, communities remain in the dark, without the tools they need to fight corruption. Big Oil wants to keep these payments in the dark, but the Securities and Exchange Commission should ignore their debunked arguments and fully implement this transparency rule.

With payments out in the open, companies and governments can be held accountable for how they spend the money earned from oil, gas, and mining projects. Armed with that information, activists can push for more of that money to be spent back in their communities, helping to fight poverty and build roads, schools, and hospitals.

Sigma Nu, Don't Tolerate Sexual Harassment

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/554/170/390/sigma-nu-dont-tolerate-sexual-harrassment/

It should have been an exciting rite of passage for young women arriving at Old Dominion University to start their college career. But, for some of them, those first minutes on campus were downright frightening. That's because signs hanging from a private Sigma Nu fraternity house said things like "Freshman daughter drop off" and "Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time." Even mothers didn't escape the damage. One sign read "Go ahead and drop Mom off too."

Lol rape is the funniest thing I ever saw. Sexy too. Kill itself mo foe

USDA: Baking Birds Alive is NOT Humane!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/131/826/351/usda-baking-birds-alive-is-not-humane/

A bird flu outbreak has affected flocks of poultry in Iowa and other states. The USDA is recommending a cruel solution to the problem: shutting off ventilation to heat up farm houses, baking the birds to their death.

Chickens already endure suffering in the meat trade. They are often confined to cages too small to spread their wings. Yet even the poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride wouldn't support baking chickens alive. When a vandal shut down their ventilation system earlier this year, they offered a $50,000 reward and issued the statement, "these heinous acts resulted in a cruel death for several thousand chickens."

The USDA itself admits that shutting down ventilation presents concerns that "prolonged suffering may occur." This cruel method of euthanasia lets birds suffer intensely and slowly, and mass death can take over half an hour to occur. Some birds survive over three hours, enduring the pain of organ failure and heightened blood pressure.

Hampton Inn: Don't Fire Women for Using Breast Pumps

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/721/503/170/hampton-inn-dont-fire-women-for-using-breast-pumps/

Browns Mills, NJ woman Andrea Gossard planned to return to her job at the Bordentown Hampton Inn after giving birth and taking maternity leave. She made the choice to breastfeed her new baby, and hoped to use a breast pump during her breaks.

After meeting with the hotel's general manager and assistant manager to discuss her schedule upon returning, they told her that no positions would accommodate her breaks and fired her. The 21-year-old is now seeking legal advice and a new job.

Gossard would need to take two or three 15-20 minute breaks to use her pump. She did not expect to be paid for the time during these breaks. According to a provision in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, employers must provide "reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child's birth" and "are also required to provide a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion."

Hungary - Stop Plucking Live Birds For their Feathers For Down Products

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/883/993/634/hungary-stop-plucking-live-birds-for-their-feathers-for-down-products/

Plucking feathers from a live bird is cruel and inhumane. Consumers who love the comfort and feel of the down feathering have no idea the type of pain an animal endures in order to bring this item to the market. It was after undercover video surveillance that the issue came to light; workers were literally yanking out feathers of live geese while the animal screamed and cried in unbearable pain! The poor birds were held in some awful compromising positions while their feathers were torn from their bodies, often leaving gaping wounds and sores that never healed.

In addition to the live plucking, many of these animals were either slaughtered or placed in scalding water, all while still live and breathing. The sad truth is that the practice of live-plucking ducks and geese does reportedly live on at factory farms in countries such as China, Poland and in feather powerhouse Hungary. More than 45 percent of feathers are plucked out of geese in Hungary from experienced "rippers" who are paid well to abuse these birds!

These cruel and inhumane practices in Hungary needs to be stopped! There are other methods of gaining the comfort of down feathering from geese and other textiles rather than the cruel act of live plucking on these birds.

Free Meagan - Being Transgender Is No Crime

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/955/855/820/free-meagan-being-transgender-is-no-crime/

Transgender woman Meagan Taylor is in solitary confinement because jail officials can't decide whether to place her with male or female prisoners. She was arrested and charged after a hotel staff member called the police, falsely thinking Taylor and another transgender friend were prostitutes.

Police responded to the call and found no evidence of prostitution. They still searched Taylor and found an unmarked bottle of pills in her purse. Taylor says those were hormone pills. Police charged her with possession of prescription drugs without a prescription, giving a false name, and "malicious prosecution" (no explanation was given for the third charge).

Now Taylor is sitting in solitary confinement because she is transgender. She may remain there for months, as her next court date is not until August 25th. She lives out of state, and doesn't know anyone local to help bail her out.

Save Karma the Husky from Being Euthanized

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/371/998/942/urgent-signatures-needed-to-stop-oc-animal-control-from-killing-karma-the-husky/?z00m=26392922&redirectID=1812854279

Karma, a young, healthy, sweet Husky dog, was taken by Orange County Animal Care on May 25th and has received an order by a Judge to be executed.

Her owners were arrested over a domestic dispute and taken into custody. Karma was impounded. Family members immediately started calling OC Animal Care to try to get her released to them. One of the officers stated she could not be released because someone called in and described the dog as looking like a wolf, and if she is part wolf she would be destroyed.
Orange County Animal Care had a DNA test performed. UC Davis confirms that ANY dog of ANY mix or purebred will have up to a .09 Wolf genetic makeup and Karma’s is .15 – very low! Additionally, UCD claims that the test done is NOT ‘court certified’ that OCAC did not request that kind of test that could be used in a court proceeding. The director of the UC Davis lab that did the test for Karma, Cecilia Penedo, confirms that she was the person who did the test. She said that Karma showed extremely low wolf content. She also confirmed that a dog such as a Husky or Shepherd could get the same results as Karma; that most dogs would test lower but just barely. She said that these test results could happen to a dog that is not a wolf dog.

NOTE: Wolf dogs are not illegal in Southern California, so Karma should have never been held without release for this reason.

Justice for Trained Falcon "Hornet" - Bring Federal Charges for this Protected Species

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/920/369/720/trained-falcon-hornet-beat-to-death-by-a-human-we-want-justice-for-hornet-and-his-falconer/

The tragic death of the trained falcon "Hornet" deserves aggressive enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act . The falcon was doing what it does naturally; hunting wild game. The woman who admitted beating Hornet to death came across the falcon on its natural prey (a duck). After the injured bird flew off, the falconer, Scott Dinger, approached the woman at her vehicle and was told "I just beat the sh*t out of your falcon". Unfortunately, Hornet was completely trusting of humans, as he was trained and raised by Scott his entire life.

Scott immediately tracked the falcon and about an hour later, Hornet was found dead from head trauma and a broken leg. Confirmed by a necropsy performed later by a veterinarian. The woman allegedly bragged to co-workers about her killing the falcon, even calling Idaho Fish and Game herself about the act. Despite the clear facts, the woman, Patti MacDonald of Hauser, ID, has only been charged with a misdemeanor act of harassing an animal, a local charge.

Her heinous actions are a clear violation of several laws: animal cruelty, interference with a legal hunt, and especially killing a federally protected bird of prey.

Tell Your Senators: Vote YES on Disability Rights Treaty

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/628/991/684/

More than one billion people on our planet have a disability—yet most still struggle to escape discrimination.
The U.S. has been the world leader in promoting the rights of people with disabilities—until recently.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), an international disability rights treaty based on The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), aims to promote human rights and protections for people with disabilities around the globe. More than 150 countries have ratified the CRPD—but not the U.S.

In 2012, despite broad bi-partisan support, the U.S. Senate failed to ratify the CRPD by just five votes.
This year, as the disability community celebrates the 25th anniversary of the ADA, it's time for the U.S. government to be a world leader in disability rights.

Fire Animal Abusers of Cows & Implement Stricter Laws on Handling them At Dairy Farms

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/537/831/647/fire-animal-abusers-of-cows-implement-stricter-laws-on-handling-them-at-dairy-farms/

Owners and family members of this family-owned dairy farm in Birnamwood, WI appeared to be appalled and shocked when they were presented with the video coverage showing their staff kicking and punching cows, spraying them in the face with high-pressure water hoses and cutting off cows' tails with pruning shears. No one contested the events shown on the video coverage of the Andrus Dairy Farm taped by an animal rights group known as Mercy for Animals. The proprietors vow that they intended to curb such abuse from ever reoccurring.

The owner of the farm, Mr. Andrus stated that "We were shocked to see some of our employees not following appropriate animal-handling practices on our farm. No one in our family was aware of such conduct occurring on our farm." In addition to the video tapes, an undercover investigator was also sent to work at the farm for more than a month to see the handling up close. He was hired at the farm and wore a hidden camera while trying to keep a low profile from other fellow farmers. Despite the abuse around him, he tried not to draw any suspicion while proving the case. He stated that "This is not an isolated incident. This is representative of the kinds of treatment of animals at dairy farms across the country."

Mercy for Animals continue their quest to investigate other dairy farms and ensure that such practices are stopped. We are seeking the harshest punishment for such abusers including having them fired. Dairy farms need to ensure their workers are highly trained on proper animal care, that they be fully monitored with their own cameras throughout all facilities and implement strict laws against any abuse or cruelty - no second chances. Once an abuser is let go, they need to be banned from ever owning, caring for or working with animals in any capacity for the rest of their lives. If facilities do not abide by these stipulations, they need to be shut down immediately. These videos are so horrific; you can view photos and the full story at http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/local/2014/11/12/animal-rights-group-filmed-video-cow-abuse/18911327/.

Shooting Pigs is Not a Necessary Scientific Exercise

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/449/918/306/demand-an-end-to-cruel-and-unnecessary-experiments-on-pigs-in-new-zealand/?z00m=26501004&redirectID=1817489731

Supposedly in the name of science, researchers in New Zealand recently sedated several pigs and then shot them with handguns to "simulate backspatter of blood from cranial gunshot wounds." While the researchers admitted that "the anatomical differences between humans and animals... cannot be ignored," they proceeded with it anyway, needlessly killing several pigs in a useless, contrived, and brutal experiment.

Even if there were a real-life epidemic of pigs being shot at close range, having these highly intelligent, social animals tied to a table, then sedating and shooting them would be morally questionable at best. The New Zealand Institute of Environmental Science and Research has said that the experiment will not be repeated, but we need a guarantee that these types of tactics will never be used again. Animal lovers everywhere must demand that the they immediately vow to end these types of cruel, useless experiments, and instead focus on ethical, robust science that improves human and non-human lives.

Vote NO On Bill That Would Allow Bosses to Fire Single Women for Getting Pregnant

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/218/170/060/vote-no-on-bill-that-would-allow-bosses-to-fire-single-women-for-getting-pregnant/

The "First Amendment Defense Act," H.R. 2802, would prevent the federal government from taking action against those who believe "that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage."

But the bill's language is so broad, it could allow employers to fire a single woman for getting pregnant by preventing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from doing anything about it. Consider the case of the Montana Catholic school teacher who was fired for having a baby out of wedlock. She filed a discrimination charge last year with the EEOC. If this bill passes, the EEOC wouldn't have been able to take up her case.

An ACLU rep said the bill would also do away with anti-discrimination protections for LGBT federal contractors and would allow homeless shelters and drug treatment programs that receive federal money to turn away LGBT people.

Demand that Rafael and "beasts of burden" receive better treatment

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/490/298/013/?z00m=26446454&redirectID=1815359502

Horses, mules, donkeys and burros are beaten, starved and overworked to the brink of death everyday in towns and villages around the world. These animals are referred to as 'beasts of burden' and the burdens they bear often make their lives a living hell.

Rafael, a horse harnessed to a decrepit cart filled with scrap metal, was on his knees in the middle of a busy street in Juarez Mexico. He was being beaten severely by his owner. A kind samaritan stopped the man and called police. Rafael was malnourished with his ribs sticking out from his sides. He suffered from deep, raw wounds made by both the beating and the harnesses. The rescuers reported that it took them close to an hour to remove the harness as it was so old and convoluted. It was clear that the harness had never been removed from the horse and that he was harnessed to the cart day and night.

Horses and animals such as Rafael need protections from vicious treatment by their owners. We demand that a law be implemented in Juarez to protect these animals by requiring adequate nutrition, water, and breaks during their working days. We demand that humane harnesses be required and that carts be in good working order. We remind the lawmakers in Juarez that these horse drawn carts are used in the public roads and highways where when poorly functioning, can be a danger to the public. Just as cars are required to be in good working order to travel the public roads, so should horse drawn carts.

Bump to get the missions board back on track.

Demand an End to the Japanese Whale Hunt

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/784/368/742/help-preserve-the-lives-of-these-majestic-creatures-before-it-is-too-late/?z00m=26360948&redirectID=1820566335

In June of 2015, Japan stated that it has plans to begin whale hunting in the winter months of this year. Despite the Interntional Whaling Commission (IWC) banning commercial whaling in 1986, Japan has continued to hunt whales under the pretense of "research."

In 2014, the International Court of Justice ruled that the whale hunts were not scientific in nature. What's more, the International Whaling Commission stated that, "Tokyo has not proven the mammals need to be killed for research."

Nevertheless, Japan plans to catch a total of 333 Minke whales each year, beginning from the winter months of 2015 and ending in the winter months of 2027.

$750 For A Life-Saving Pill? Tell Congress: No More Pharmaceutical Monopolies

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/970/000/938/

Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli sparked outrage when he jacked up the price of Daraprim, a 62-year-old medicine used to treat toxoplasmosis in HIV patients, from $13.50 to $750 a tablet - amounting to a 5,000% increase.

Shkreli recently caved under public outcry, and announced he will lower the price of the drug (though he hasn't given a specific number).
But there's a bigger issue at play -- our current regulatory system allows opportunistic CEOs to corner patients into paying ridiculous sums for life-saving treatments.

Here's how it's supposed to work: A company that puts money, time and research into creating new drugs is given a patent monopoly on the drug as a type of reward for the risk undertaken. The patent eventually expires, allowing competitors to enter the market and sell generic forms of the drug, lowering prices all around.

Here's how it really works: Instead of taking on the risk of putting resources into discovering new drugs, companies like Shkreli's buy up existing obscure, generic drugs. The FDA then grants these companies market exclusivity for taking “grandfathered” compounds into compliance with current regulations. This grants pharmaceutical companies a monopoly on certain drugs, allowing them to arbitrarily and unfairly charge exorbitant amounts for life-saving medication. In addition, many of these companies have purchased marketing and tradmark rights to the drugs, giving them the benefit of controlled distribution: these companies can keep the drug out of competitors' hands so they can't develop generics.

Spanish Politicians: Ban Cruel Bull Fiestas

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/874/192/745/?z00m=26095932&redirectID=1800254752

In just a few weeks, a bull will be chased out of the town of Tordesillas by groups of men on foot and horseback wielding long spears as part of Toro de la Vega bull fiesta. The bull will be taunted, goaded and eventually stabbed to death – his killer will be celebrated and awarded. This terrible spectacle is just one of thousands of similar events held in Spain every year that inflict cruelty on bulls in the name of entertainment – events that are opposed by the majority of Spanish citizens.

Neither entertainment nor culture can excuse cruelty to animals. It is time for Spanish politicians to end cruel bull fiestas once and for all.

Stop Plans to Destroy Pristine Wildlife and Beaches

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/469/454/599/?z00m=26190249&redirectID=1809210450

For centuries, the Garifuna people have called the beautiful, almost untouched beaches off the Atlantic coastline of Honduras, home. As we all know it is becoming increasingly rare to find such an unspoiled location. However, this hasn’t stopped land developers from being able to grab the land to build tourist attractions with the full support of the Honduras Military Government! Even worse, Vice President Joe Biden proposed funding by the U.S Government to the tune of at least a billion dollars! In addition to the environmental destruction, the nonviolent Garifuna people are at risk of being evicted from their homes and they need help!

Without intervention, the beaches, waters, coral reefs and wildlife will be devastated. While the argument can be made that such changes will improve life for the people of the area, according to Jeff Abbott of TheEcologist.org the citizens are not allowed a voice in these changes:

"We are all suffering the same situation." Abbott writes."We are all being evicted from our lands. The state has decided to exclude the communities from the national conversation."

SAVE WHEEZER the orphaned deer

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/804/524/509/

Two years ago, a mother deer was killed on the highway. I picked up her newborn baby, nursed him and saved his life. Wheezer has been a part of my life since that day. He is no longer a wild animal and cannot be returned to the wild.

On Tuesday, August 27, 2015, officers with the Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR) showed up at my house. They want to kill Wheezer. This deer is harmless and he is a pet now. They have threatened to arrest me if I don't give them Wheezer. ‪#‎SaveWheezer‬

PEOPLE CAN OWN DEER AND BREED THEM. PEOPLE CAN FENCE THEM IN AND HUNT THEM. BUT… IT IS ILLEGAL IN OHIO TO SAVE AND PROVIDE SANCTUARY FOR AN ORPHANED OR INJURED DEER. This is wrong. Wheezer need not lose his life!

#FreeFred #FreeYves – Youth Activists Illegally Arrested in the Congo

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/169/668/947/?z00m=26538291&redirectID=1825980329

On March 15, youth activists Fred Bauma and Yves Makwambala were illegally arrested in Kinshasa as they attended a workshop encouraging the peaceful engagement of youth in political and electoral processes.

The European Union, US, UK, and the United Nations, plus Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and more than 200 other rights groups in the Congo and around the world have called for an end to extrajudicial arrests in the Congo, and support the immediate and unconditional release of these two young men.

And yet, Fred and Yves remain in prison.
The release of Fred and Yves is about the basic human rights of two brave young people.
But it is also about peace and democracy. If the Congo is to arrive at long-term peace and democracy, then freedom of assembly and freedom of speech must be respected, and the extrajudicial arrests of opposition voices must end.

Demand Vancouver Aquarium Cut Ties With SeaWorld

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/812/884/632/?z00m=26651268&redirectID=1825969888

Vancouver Aquarium has a nefarious partnership with SeaWorld in which they breed

In July, a three-week-old beluga passed away -- a beluga that was fathered by a whale from the Vancouver Aquarium. This is SeaWorld's seventh death in nine years, which gives them a mortality rate of 50%. All of them came from Vancouver Aquarium.

These whales are all a part of an extensive breeding program (outlined extensively in this Vancouver Observer piece) between the for-profit SeaWorld parks and the non-profit Vancouver Aquarium, which states its mission as being "dedicated to effecting the conservation of aquatic life through display and interpretation, education, research and direct action."

Vancouver could effectively end SeaWorld's breeding program by just withdrawing one of their whales or, even better, cutting ties altogether.

Tell the BC Government to Stop Ignoring the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/104/634/667/?z00m=26706915&redirectID=1825966498

The planned Site C dam in northeastern British Columbia is one of the largest resource development projects currently planned anywhere in Canada.
There is no dispute that construction of the dam, and the flooding of more than 80 kilometres of the Peace River Valley, will have a severe impact on the First Nations and Métis families and communities who depend on this unique ecosystem.
In fact, a joint federal-provincial environmental assessment concluded that the dam would "severely undermine" the cultural practices of First Nations and Métis peoples, would make fishing unsafe for at least a generation, and would submerge burial grounds and other crucial cultural sites.

"We said no to the destruction of that valley. It's the last chunk of valley that we have and it's vitally important," says Chief Roland Willson, West Moberly First Nation.

The BC government announced in May that construction of the Site C dam would begin this summer, even though legal challenges by First Nations and non-Indigenous land owners are still before the courts. The BC First Nations Summit called that decision "a major step backwards" in relations between the province and First Nations.

Wild Things: Stop Forcing Baby Tigers to Swim with Tourists

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/815/305/050/?z00m=26656105&redirectID=1825970143

A zoo in Florida is charging $200 to allow visitors to swim with a baby tiger for 30 minutes - and forcing the tigers to stay in the water even when they want to get out.
Being forced into a pool to swim with strangers is distressing for the tiger cubs, which were noted to be much too young to even be separated from their mothers, which leads to stress and fear for the baby that is then forced to encounter strangers. The cubs were witnessed crying while trying to climb out of the water while a handler prevented the escape. PETA investigated and documented a caretaker at the establishment as they "lowered a young tiger into a pool by the tiger's tail, pulled the tiger's tail in order to restrain it while it was in the pool, and pulled the young tiger out of the pool by the tiger’s right front leg."

These activities are cruel and ridiculous. The USDA has filed a complaint against the zoo for mistreatment of animals, but the Dade City, Florida zoo responded saying "we are going to keep doing it until the Supreme Court or God comes down and says stop doing it."

Demand to criminalize marital rape in India

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/193/080/576/demand-to-criminalise-marital-rape-in-india/

When Mili held her newborn baby girl in her arms she wept, not with joy but with a deep sense of pain and disgust. The child reminded her of the intense physical pain and emotional humiliation her body and soul had been subjected to by her husband. Petite Mili had just delivered her first child when her husband demanded to have another.

“I was not prepared to have a second child and when he told me that he wanted to have a baby to prove to his friends who had challenged him that he would not be a father again, I was terrified. Despite pleading and reasoning he forced me and made me pregnant,” she says tearfully. Although Mili holds this against her husband, it has never crossed her mind to legally penalize him for his crime. “What he did was wrong, but sending him to jail for it would be a bigger sin,” she reasons.(1)

A woman who is trapped in a relationship in which she is forced to have sex against her wishes is just a sex slave. Even worse: a married woman in India, who is in such a relationship, is like a slave of yore when slavery was legal because she has no escape route. Even the law is against her.It is shocking to know that, in 21st century India, our law makers still consider women to be chattels. The world’s largest democracy — which has passed so many gender-sensitive laws — has not taken cognisance of the basic fact that, when a woman’s home turns into her hell, the law needs to be her strongest support.

Demand an Independent Investigation Into the U.S. Bombing of A Doctors Without Borders Hospital

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/120/823/780/

It's absolutely sickening: On October 3, the U.S. bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 12 staff members and 11 patients - 3 of whom were children. At least 37 people were injured.

“The bombs hit and then we heard the plane circle round,” says Heman Nagarathnam, who is in charge of Doctors Without Borders programs in northern Afghanistan. “There was a pause, and then more bombs hit. This happened again and again."
"When I made it out from the office, the main hospital building was engulfed in flames,” Nagarathnam said. “Those people that could had moved quickly to the building’s two bunkers to seek safety. But patients who were unable to escape burned to death as they lay in their beds.”

U.S. and Afghan military officials have given conflicting accounts of why and how the deadly bombing occurred. In an initial statement, a U.S. spokesperson disgustingly dismissed the killings as “collateral damage.” Another version of events was that the airstrike occurred in response to a Taliban threat against American forces nearby. And yet, Afghan officials said the hospital was holding Taliban fighters, which Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the French name for Doctors Without Borders, vehemently denies.

Yoplait: Stop killing skunks - redesign your cups

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/776/011/040/yoplait-stop-killing-skunks-redesign-your-cups/

Did you know that skunks are dying because Yoplait refuses to redesign their yogurt cups?

The cups, which are shaped so that they taper towards the top, make it easy for skunks and other wildlife to get their heads inside of - but then the animals become stuck. Without human hands, some animals - in particular skunks, which have paws that are not made to grasp objects - are trapped until they suffocate or die from dehydration.

Yoplait has known since 1998 that their cups are killing and injuring wildlife and hasn't done anything to help.

This might seem like a small problem, but it's actually quite prevalent. According to wildlife ecologist Laura Simon, she gets calls at the wildlife rescue hotline at least once a month about wildlife trapped inside Yoplait yogurt containers. And those are just the animals that people call in about - hundreds more are likely becoming trapped by this cup's deadly design.
General Mills responded to pressure to change the cup design by printing a tiny suggestion on the bottom of the product advising people to crush the cups. Obviously this is not enough, since people are still widely unaware of this problem. Redesigning the cup would be a small price to pay for the innocent animals whose lives would be spared.

damn... I mean o don't usually eat yogurt, but poor animals. people should really just not litter but some are too stupid to comprehend that.

Global Action for Trash Free Seas

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/927/461/237/

Just five countries - China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand - currently account for almost 60 percent of the total leakage of plastic into the ocean, due to a mismatch between their ability to produce waste and their capacity to manage it.

On November 10, the Trash Free Seas Alliance®, an assembly of industry, conservationists and others will convene in Atlanta, Georgia. It's a critical moment for stemming the tide of plastic pollution of the ocean.

If we can make quick strides in those five focal countries, we can reduce plastic ocean pollution worldwide by 45 percent.

Industry has a critical role to play to jump start this urgent effort with a half million-dollar commitment of support.

Help Save 500 LGBTI Refugees’ Lives

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/675/564/894/help-save-500-lgbti-refugees%E2%80%99-lives/

There are more than 4 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and other surrounding countries as of last month, according to the Office of the United Nations (U.N.) High Commissioner for Refugees. An estimated 481,612, including more than 351,000 in Greece, have entered Europe by boat this year, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Among these, thousands of LGBTI refugees are hiding and fighting to survive. Their time is running out. They need to get to safety now.

In 2014, only 100 LGBTI refugees were accepted for relocation by the United States government according to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power. That amount equals one-tenth of one percent of the U.S.’s total annual refugee quota of 70,000 refugees.

Yes, you read that right. 1/10 of 1%!

Subhi Nahas, a gay Syrian refugee, was one of those lucky 100. Last month, he stood before the U.N. Security Council at the first-ever meeting on LGBTI rights and told his story of being abused, fearing for his life, and escaping Syria with nothing but the shirt on his back. He is not alone. There are many others like him and they are at a crisis point.
LGBTI people are the target of ISIS and other extremists in Syria. ISIS has carried out 30 brutal public executions of suspected LGBTI people videotaped and photographed and distributed via the Internet. No one knows how many have died silently. Thousands more are living in daily terror of being found out and murdered, not only by ISIS, but community members, government authorities, and other militia groups.

End Commercial Aerial Hunting of Wild Hogs

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/319/634/556/end-commercial-aerial-hunting-of-wild-hogs/

In Texas, $700 will get you a helicopter ride -- and the chance to chase a wild hog to exhaustion and gun it down from the comfort and safety of you seat in the air.
Feral hogs are a cause for concern in Texas although they have been in the area since the mid-1950s. It was not until the 1980s that their population has become more out of control. They eventually became a popular game animal for hunting. These animals have a tremendous capability for quick reproduction, often having two litters per year, with the female young already sexually active within 6 to 8 months, creating more numbers of the feral animals.

In order to control the numbers of feral hogs in Texas, it is currently legal to snare, trap, shoot and capture the animals with the use of dogs. The hogs can be harmful and a danger, especially in large numbers, leading to desperate measures to eradicate them. Hunting of the animals is permitted in Texas 24 hours daily, 7 days a week, all year. A recent method of controlling the hog population is by selling helicopter rides to hunters as a means to chase down and shoot the animals as a form of entertainment.

This new form of “entertainment” is cruel and unethical. Texas Governor Perry actually signed a law that is referred to as the “pork chopper bill” that allows for aerial hunting of the feral hogs as a way to deal with the Texas’ estimated two million feral hog issues. Many in opposition of this new law argue that this is an inhumane and cruel way of trying to control the wild hog populations. Many of the wounded animals in helicopter shootings endure a great deal of suffering and pain.

Demand The Scorch Trials cast and crew apologize to Native Americans

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/429/020/568/

In a disturbing interview on Live with Kelly & Michael, Dylan O'Brien admits that cast members of his film "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" ignored instructions about filming on a Native American site and stole ancient Pueblo artifacts from a filming location outside Albuquerque.

The Native Americans from that area, the Pueblo people, have spoken out, angered and disrespected.

While O'Brien plays it for laughs, talking about bringing a Native American curse on the cast, his flip treatment of the crew's actions is outrageous. O'Brien, the film's director, and other crew members involved need to apologize to Pueblo tribal leaders for their behavior and return any artifacts they removed from the site.

>>193 Thanks for that post , this is really important .

End the Transport of Canadian Animal Hunting 'Trophies'

https://www.change.org/p/sign-and-share-to-tell-aircanada-amp-westjet-african-animals-aren-t-the-only-ones-who-need-protecting-stoptheexport?source_location=trending_petitions_home_page&algorithm=curated_trending

Air Canada and WestJet have banned the transport of big game out of Africa, but continue to allow the transport of Canadian animal ‘trophies’, such as black bears, grizzly bears, polar bears and wolves.
British Columbia is one of the last refuges of the grizzly bear, which once roamed widely across North America. Though listed as a species of special concern by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, the province still allows a Limited Entry Hunt for grizzly bear trophy hunters twice a year.

Despite a recognized need for protection, independent biologists indicate B.C.'s grizzly population has fallen from 35,000 bears in 1915 to as low as 6,000 today. Still, trophy hunters shoot between 300 and 400 grizzlies each year, and Air Canada and West Jet kindly ship the trophies home.

In 2004, the European Union banned imports of all B.C. grizzly parts into member countries after its analysis found the BC grizzly bear hunt to be unsustainable.

A recent study by the Centre for Responsible Travel finds bear viewing in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest generates far more economic value than bear hunting. According to this study, visitors spent 12 times more on bear viewing than on bear hunting in British Columbia.

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this isnt a petition i guess but its more of a donation!
This shelter that cares for neglected and abandoned animals. . .hey're running out of money so they need donations to keep it running for another year i hope you can help them! https://ozcrowd.com/campaigns/help-save-the-animals-at-the-mareeba-animal-refuge-and-keep-the-shelter-running-for-another-year/#.Vhy9Z2bXfCT

( translated through google translate)
https://www.avaaz.org/es/corrupcion_electrica_eu_5/?fpla


URGENT! WHAT: Stop the thymus power
134,224 have signed. Help us get to 175,000
Released: September 28, 2015 For years, I get a receipt, power companies have been pocketing us plucking up ... overcharged by 3,600 million euros!
It would not have been possible without the complicity of various governments, which, moreover, have not stopped injecting billions of aid to the electricity sector.
But we still have one last chance to recover our money and stop the bleeding of grants - experts from the Platform for a New Energy Model have gone to Brussels to report the scam and demand that the illegal aid is declared. And urgently need the support of hundreds of thousands of citizens to counteract the powerful electrical lobby.
Sign the petition now and share it with everyone you know on Facebook, Twitter, email ... - because in a country with millions of people can hardly pay the electricity, it is unworthy electrical plunder allow us to fill the pockets.

Missouri: Stop the violence and racism! Adopt the Ferguson Commission's Recommendations

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/575/172/583/missouri-stop-the-violence-adopt-the-ferguson-commissions-recommendations/

Sign today and ask Governor Nixon and the Missouri Legislature to do their part in leading the nation and stopping the disportionate violence against Black lives by adopting the recommendations of the Ferguson Commission, including:

Create Civilian Review Boards
Revise Use of Force Policies and Increase Training
Minimize Use of Militarized Weaponry
Establish Use of Force Database
Support Officer Well-Being
Require Psychological Screenings for New Hires
Determine Defendants' Ability to Pay
Ensure Equitable Access to Rigorous Courses for All High School Students
Create Fair Housing Protections
End Predatory Lending

Implement & Enforce Stricter Laws Against Moon Bear Poaching & Trafficking

The moon bear is still being poached throughout China and along the Viet Nam coast, often times leaving behind their young to fend for themselves. This has been an ongoing issue but despite previous efforts, nothing has changed and the animal is still endangered. The poaching of these bears has been illegal since 1992.

The poaching continues where traffickers claim that they still can sell to small-scale illegal farms or people seeking an exotic pet. In China, they claim that bear breeding farms reduce wild poaching but in reality they do anything but! There are claims that the stream of cubs being trafficked around China’s southern borders suggests farms there are constantly topping up their stocks with illegal wild-caught bears. And with the potential of falsifying records, there is no way to tell whether an animal was bred on the farm, or if it was stolen from the wild.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/227/786/723/seek-to-implement-enforce-stricter-laws-against-moon-bear-poaching-trafficking/?z00m=26946599&redirectID=1837783195
(forgot the link sorry XD;; )

Pass A Federal Act to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women in Canada

https://www.change.org/p/pass-a-federal-act-to-end-violence-against-aboriginal-women-in-canada-highwayoftears?source_location=trending_petitions_home_page&algorithm=curated_trending

At least 40 women and girls had gone missing, the majority of them from aboriginal communities -- and the Canadian government hadn't done anything about it.

KEURIG MUST MAKE UNIVERSALLY RECYCLABLE K-CUP COFFEE PODS NOW - NOT BY 2020

https://www.change.org/p/keurig-keurig-must-make-universally-recyclable-k-cup-coffee-pods-now-not-by-2020?source_location=trending_petitions_home_page&algorithm=curated_trending

Did you know that in 2013, Green Mountain (one of Keurig’s affiliate brands) produced enough K-Cups to wrap around the equator 10.5 times? And where do used K-cups end up? Landfills.

Sure, some parts of some K-Cups are recyclable in some regions, but do you think the very people who are buying these machines for the sheer convenience of them are taking the time to work that out? Hint: They’re not.

There are other coffee pod producers who have managed to develop more sustainable versions of coffee pods, but with the introduction of the Keurig 2.0, Keurig has done their best to squash those efforts. (The machine’s bar code scanner accepts only Keurig-owned coffee pods.)

Myanmar: Crack Down on Illegal Electrofishing That's Hurting This Rare Dolphin

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/744/647/419/?z00m=26749429&redirectID=1829136606

Myanmar's Irrawaddy River is home to one of the oldest human-animal partnerships: local fishermen and wild Irrawaddy dolphins. But modern electrofishing -- where metal rods or conductive nets linked to car batteries send electric currents that stun unsuspecting groups of fish -- is rupturing that partnership. In its wake, inhumane electrofishing is also starving these already vulnerable 60 dolphins, depleting the Irrawaddy River and robbing local fishermen of their traditional livelihoods.

While Myanmar's government is trying to curb the illegal practice through eco-tours, it's not enough. In fact, the government helped create the electrofishing problem by selling commercial fishing contracts as competitive bids. It doesn't matter how the fish are caught -- the only thing that matters is how many fish are caught.

Ban fur farms in the U.S. now!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/772/582/292/ban-fur-farms-in-the-u.s.-now/

More than 50 million animals are violently killed for use in fashion every year.

Methods used to kill animals for their fur include gassing, electrocution, and neck breaking. Fur-bearing animals are also caught and killed in barbaric body-gripping traps.

Neither fur nor fur trim is a by-product of the meat industry. Rabbit fur is often falsely identified as a byproduct of meat production. The truth is, few rabbit skins are obtained from slaughterhouses, which more often dispose of the undesirable pelts of rabbits bred to make meat. Fur comes from animals who are factory-farmed or trapped purely for fashion.

Urge Vietnam and China to Ban Lion Bone Wine - Lions Including Females and Cubs are Being Killed to Supply the Asian Market

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/235/958/497/

Lion bones fetch a high price in Asia as the bones are processed into wine that sells for up to $20,000 a bottle.

Villagers around Hwange National Park, the home of Cecil the Lion who was slain by a trophy hunter earlier this year, exhume lion skeletons that have been buried after being killed during trophy hunts.

Because of the huge money to be made in the illegal trade poachers are now targeting female lions and cubs. Females and cubs are not part of the lucrative male trophy hunting.

Reduce Prescription Drug Prices Now

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/866/252/936/

The Internet erupted in outrage when, in September 2015, Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a life-saving drug used by people suffering from AIDS from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill.
In fact, Americans pay between two and six times more for brand name prescriptions as people in other countries, according to the most recent report on drug prices from the International Federation of Health Plans.

One main difference? In many countries, pharmaceutical companies must negotiate with centralized national health systems that can exert far more leverage in setting prices. In the US, Medicare is explicitly prohibited from negotiating drug prices.

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) have introduced the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act, a bill that would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate drug prices on the behalf of Medicare participants. With millions of enrollees, Medicare could make a real difference in prescription affordability.

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Keep the Humpback Whale Protected Under Endangered Species Act

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/797/925/261/keep-the-humpback-whale-protected-under-endangered-species-act/

The Humpback whale is a gorgeous beauty of the deep blue sea that is known for its special distinctive sound and animated aerial displays out of the water. The love to “perform” in their own way, leaping in and out of the water, pounding their flippers and tails on the water’s surface. They capture the hearts of many a whale watcher who love to watch these gentle giants in action.

Although they are not totally in danger of extinction, there is concern that their numbers can decrease. This animal was once listed as an endangered species and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are actually considering stripping this species of its protection under the Endangered Species Act. This is something we want to ensure does not occur.

The humpback whales face threats just like any other whale, including entanglement with fishing gear, climate change issues, and increased underwater noise as well as, often times a collision with a large vessel. We want to ensure that this animal does not lose its protective status.

Please help stop the killing spree of prairie dogs and stop poisoning the lands

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/556/910/180/

Wendell Osorno wants to annihilate 2 healthy prairie dogs colony (last of the highly intelligent prairie dogs in the area) on 2 vacant lots whose owners live out of state. These lots are situated by the entrance to the Cherry Creek Rancho community in Aurora Colorado. He and the homeowner association have persuaded the land owners Mr. Bowey and Mr. Ko to allow him to kill the prairie dogs at a discount.

Cherry Creek Rancho residents have been warned to take precautionary steps to monitor pets for one month after the application of the poison grains. It appears that the residents have not been told the whole truth. Poison remains in the ground forever and other wildlife who depend on these prairie dogs for their survival will die too. The residents have expressed their concerns about the poisoning, and would like to see the prairie dogs relocated. They didn't think that the prairie dogs are causing any problems and were happily co-existing with the prairie dogs, until Wendell stirred the pot!

The real problem is Wendell who has taken upon himself to be in charge of Mr. Bowey's vacant lot. He said the prairie dogs are making it difficult for him to mow. Apparently he also misled Mr. Ko, saying the prairie dogs on his land have expanded dramatically. So he wants all the prairie dogs dead!

Ban Fur Sales on eBay

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/386/635/475/ban-fur-sales-on-ebay/

In an attempt to protect rare animals, the U.K. only allows dealers with special permits to sell rare furs and leathers. Unfortunately, eBay has provided a perfect way for opportunistic sellers to get around the law and peddle their illegal wares to unsuspecting customers online.

Earlier this year, police officers raided the house of a dealer in Chorley, Lancashire who was advertising rare furs on eBay. They were shocked to find mountains of coats made from what looked like the skins of otters, wolves, and ocelots.

If eBay continues to turn a blind eye to the illegal trading in rare furs, the problem will only get worse. One of the best ways to protect endangered species is to close the loopholes allowing for their skins to be sold online!

Demand Reform of the Fish and Wildlife Service

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/136/230/023/demand-reform-of-the-fish-and-wildlife-service/

The Endangered Species Act has the potential to save the earth's most imperiled animals. So why doesn't it have a better track record? According to a recent article in the Huffington Post, the act has a meager two percent success rate in saving endangered species.

That's because the act is basically administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service which cowers in fear of politicians and big business. A recent survey shows that the personnel of the USFWS, themselves, think they are hopelessly in thrall to political interests. Eighty-three percent of the service's own scientists said the staff the service is caving to politics. To put that into perspective, the Centers for Disease Control claim they only cave to political pressure 75% of the time. The western wolf delisting was driven by political considerations and that has resulted in a lot of dead wolves. Coal mining interests effectively shut down talks about listing the endangered sage grouse.

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Urge Belize to Protect its Marine Parks from Oil and Gas Mining

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/532/311/152/?z00m=26943377&redirectID=1839668371

Offshore drilling is being proposed in Belize's spectacular marine areas. Belize's Great Blue Hole, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, would be included in areas opened to oil and gas drilling under a new proposal from the government of Belize.

The government has proposed opening up most of the country's marine areas, including seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Belize currently has a voluntary moratorium on any such drilling.
Conservation groups have strongly opposed the plan, which could grant petroleum concessions that overlap with the Belize Barrier Reef, the second largest reef in the world.

The marine parks of Belize are too precious to be put at risk of an environmental disaster.

Tell Congress: Don't Sabotage Elephant Conservation

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/845/796/044/oppose-bill-h.r.-2406-that-would-block-end-to-the-ivory-trade/

Right now, trophy hunters and their allies in Congress are fighting hard to stop the Obama Administration from ending the awful ivory trade once and for all.

African elephant populations have been the target for out of control ivory poaching that is driving these amazing pachyderms to the brink of extinction. In response to the crisis, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) has proposed new rules to protect elephants by dramatically restricting the import, export and commercial sale of ivory throughout the United States.

Unfortunately, that's not the end of the story. Congressman Robert Whitman (R-VA) has introduced the so-called Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2015 (H.R. 2406), which — if passed — would block the Obama Administration's efforts to end the ivory trade.

Tell NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife to make the right decision for Pedals the bi-pedal bear

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/759/697/935/tell-nj-division-of-fish-and-wildlife-to-make-the-right-decision-for-pedals-the-bi-pedal-bear/

Help Pedals the Bear go from a struggling life in a NJ neighborhood to a beautiful bear sanctuary in upstate NY.

He is a bi-pedal bear and he can only walk upright. He is missing one front paw and the other is permanently injured. He roams the local neighborhoods that he calls home in NJ looking for his next meal. He does not have the capability of running from what he may consider a threat, he cannot climb trees as most black bears do.
He sticks to the local neighborhood because he cannot compete with the much larger bears in the area or navigate some of the tough mountain terrain. He lays down in the middle of the road with exhaustion.
Now with the news media he has become a celebrity of sorts and is now followed by paparazzi! He can't run from them either!
The people of NJ and now the world have been following Pedals' story and trying to get him help when finally his ship came in. The Orphaned Wildlife Center of Otisville NY has been helping bears for over 50 years. They are prepared to build Pedals a suitable environment- including adaptations to this environment to enable him to function easier - to take him in and provide him assistance. In fact people for Pedals have raised over $21,000 to support the building of this environment. It will not cost the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife a penny. In fact, we hope for their assistance after the right decision has been made

Ban The Use Of Orangutans In The Boxing Ring

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/224/778/849/ban-the-use-of-orangutans-in-the-boxing-ring/?z00m=27012536&redirectID=1847709802

Orangutans are interesting and amazing animals that should be living happily in their own natural habitat, climbing from tree to tree in fun and to forage for food. They do not belong in a boxing ring as a form of entertainment for humans. If people want to fight each other in an effort to entertain those watching for whatever reason, that is a choice. However, these animals do not choose to be boxing stars and it is cruel!

Such an activity seems to be a popular form of entertainment at Safari World, Bangkok. The animals are dressed in boxing gear and placed in a ring to resemble a boxing match with each other. Animal lovers are in awe and appalled at such an exploitation of animals for the amusement of humans. Mr. Philip Mansbridge, Director of the IFAW stated that “It’s shocking that such cruel and exploitative treatment of animals continues for the so-called ‘entertainment’ of tourists. Orangutans are highly intelligent and sensitive animals that share 97 percent of their DNA with humans and they do not belong in a ring where they are dressed up and made to fight.”

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Protect Badger-Two Medicine Elk, Bear, and Other Wildlife from Harmful New Drilling

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/735/380/419/

Located in Montana, the Badger-Two Medicine area is sacred to many in the Blackfeet Nation and home to grizzly bears, elk, cutthroat trout and other wildlife.

In the 1980s, the Reagan Administration sold 45 leases to drill in this special place for just $1 an acre. Tribal members and others have fought drilling plans for years, convincing many leaseholders to hand over their leasing claims to the Blackfeet Nation.

Now one of the few holdout leaseholders is demanding that the government allow them to drill, threatening to wreck this natural treasure with miles of new road construction, a bridge and a four-acre drilling pad.

Save Women from Invasive and Degrading "Virginity Testing" - Tell Indonesia's President to Stop Now

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/358/373/213/?z00m=26997005&redirectID=1852846621

Degrading, cruel, traumatic, humiliating, invasive… these are just some of the words that come to mind when hearing the phrase “virginity tests”.
In Indonesia, this type of testing is required for women to join the nation’s military or police force. Human Rights Watch explains that these “virginity tests” involve women stripping naked and adhering to a “two-finger” test as a part of their medical examinations. Alongside the fact that “virginity tests” violate human rights… scientifically, this type of test holds no validity.
"So-called virginity tests are discriminatory and a form of gender-based violence -- not a measure of women's eligibility for a career in the police" stated Nisha Varia, the Associate Women’s Rights Director at Human Rights Watch.

This is an attack on a whole gender in Indonesia. Not only do these tests make women turn away from joining the military or police force, but victims have also suffered immense trauma.

CNN reports Human Rights Watch interviewed a female recruit who stated “Entering the virginity test examination room was really upsetting. I feared that after they performed the test I would not be a virgin anymore. It really hurt. My friend even fainted because… it really hurt, really hurt.”

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Support the Protection of Canada's Wolves

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/195/710/538/

Wolves are the largest wild member of the dog family. They are social animals who generally live in packs that include a dominant male and his breeding mate. Each member of a pack plays his or her own role. Packs normally occupy an established home range and frequent the same paths.

Two centuries ago, the wolf was the most widely distributed mammal, found over large areas of the northern hemisphere, including across Canada. But today, due in part to habitat loss, the wolf's habitat has been greatly reduced.

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Murphy Creek community, you took our homes and now you want to kill us?

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/926/546/771/murphy-creek-community-you-took-our-homes-and-now-you-want-to-kill-us/

Metro District Board of Directors has voted to exterminate a prairie dog colony in their Murphy Creek neighborhood in Aurora, Colorado. They are now in the process of contacting vendors for proposals to annihilate the entire healthy colony.

At one time the area used to belong to the prairie dogs where they jump-yipped, stretched, played and loved each other as well as maintaining the prairie flora and fauna. Man has encroached upon their territory and has not stopped killing this keystone species ever since. If the pace of persecution continues, prairie dogs in Colorado will soon be gone along with many other species that depend on these prairie dogs for their very survival.

WildLands Defense thinks they maybe able to find viable lands to relocate these prairie dogs but the Metro Board of Directors have refused because they would have to wait until summer of 2016.

Trust me, child. . . prairie dogs are not endangered. . . they are rodents, at best. . .
I used to hunt them with my dog for fun. . .

Stop Misleading Reverse Mortgage Ads that Target Seniors

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/765/670/124/

The reverse mortgage industry is misleading American seniors, according to a report by the federal government’s chief advocate for the nation’s consumers.

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Board, reverse mortgage ads mislead seniors by failing to warn that:

A reverse mortgage is NOT a government benefit, but a home loan with fees and compounding interest that must be repaid.
Seniors who opt for a reverse mortgage can lose their homes.
Income is not "guaranteed for life." Increasingly long-lived seniors may outlast the income they can draw from equity in their homes.

Navigating retirement is hard enough for seniors without advertisers spewing half truths designed to separate homeowners from their equity.

If you too are against animal abuse, please watch is that people have a poor little dog.
http://i.skyrock.net/2334/75622334/pics/2947799141_1_3.jpg
This poor little fur ball that demand affection and big con ******* fun has the (s) hit. How people can do without his heart surely people who have nothing better to do. But its not that happens to dogs to cats, the horses and many other animals.
http://chantouvivelavie.c.h.pic.centerblog.net/ab869513.jpg
I am also against bullfights (sorry if this is the wrong spelling I know how his writing is) because you bulls at the end of the "fighting".
http://referentiel.nouvelobs.com/wsfile/7531349354922.jpg
I add an image to show you one last time is that people make a her animals.
http://i63.servimg.com/u/f63/13/43/77/13/patric10.jpg
Please if you are in the same situation as me you want to stop the massacre, so put on your blog. Thank you in advance for those who will.

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Urge the Peruvian Government to Save the Precious Amazon Forest by Banning Palm Oil Plantations

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/914/925/881/?z00m=26997757&redirectID=1855976200

Two massive palm oil plantations have recently been established in Peru destroying precious primary Amazon forest, according to a report on Mongabay.com.

More than 9,400 hectares of closed-canopy Amazonian rainforest has been removed for two oil palm plantations in Peru since 2011.

Illegal logging of high-value tree species is rampant in Peru - leaving very few areas considered as primary forest, including most protected areas.

To destroy untouched primary rainforest for palm oil plantations is unthinkable - the Amazon rainforest and the animals that depend on it deserve better.

New fashion jewelry in China, animals living under plastic containing a liquid nutrient and oxygen that allows them to live up to 2 months.

This is cruel and should be condemned by the international community.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Petition_contre_les_amulettes_danimaux_vivants_en_Chine/?pv=519

whoa really I agree that is cruel and should condemned im glad you posted that

>>230 Whoa this is actually happening

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/keyrings.asp

oh shit im happy you posted this, this is really fucked up and along with this id like people to abstain from eating veal, basically they keep the calfs from birth in tiny wooden boxes and keep them there so their muscles never get toughened, those calfs probably only see the light about 2 times before theyre butchered.

MaKayla Didn't Need to Die - Keep Guns Away from Kids

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/522/941/981/makayla-gun-rights/

The Washington Post estimates that toddlers are shooting an average of one person a week in 2015 - and in Tennessee alone, 19 children have been accidentally shot this year.
Tennessee (and every state) should have stronger Child Access Prevention laws to force gun owners to store their weapons responsibly. This isn't about taking away someone's firearm, it's about saving lives, and keeping other innocent children from dying due to irresponsibly stored and inapproriately accessible guns.

Harsher punishments for reckless drivers - Australia wide

https://www.change.org/p/national-road-transport-commission-nrtc-harsher-punishments-for-reckless-drivers-australia-wide?source_location=trending_petitions_home_page&algorithm=curated_trending

Because some teens decided to do doughnuts in a highway, a family almost died. The toddler had his head reattached, the daughter had a fractured vertebrae.. It was a horrible story, I'm glad they survived.

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Support the Chilean Miners Cheated Out of Film Royalties

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/375/133/921/support-the-chilean-miners-cheated-out-of-film-royalties/

The 33, a new film based on the true story of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days, was supposed to celebrate the incredible strength and endurance of its subjects. Instead, nine of the survivors have alleged the contract purchasing the rights to their story was actually designed to cheat them out of film royalties.

"The contracts we signed were not what the lawyers said they would be, for example of the $150m [£97m] paid to our company, we only received 17%. Today we’re being rescued for a second time."

These men have been through a level of trauma most of us can't even imagine. Five years after their rescue, they continue to struggle with psychological and health problems, many of them living in poverty. If anyone deserves to be compensated for the use of their life story, it is this group of incredibly brave men.

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Prevent the euthanization of 31 dogs seized from a fighting-ring in Chatham, Ontario

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/705/334/229/do-not-euthanize-the-31-dogs-seized-from-alleged-fighting-ring-in-chatam-ontario/

An alleged dog-fighting operation in Tilbury East Township lead to 31 "pitbull-type" dogs being seized.

The dogs have each been individually assessed to determine what type of treatment they need, and are being held in a secure facility outside of the Chatham-Kent area.

But, Brad Dewar of the Ontario SPCA said, it is up to the courts now to decide what happens to them, since they are banned in Ontario.

CONGRESS: Stand Up to Corporate Power! Vote 'No' on the TPP

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/461/019/960/congress-stand-up-to-corporate-power-vote-no-on-the-tpp/

It's one of today's biggest threats to fracking bans, GMO labels, internet freedom, human rights, access to affordable medicine, and democracy as we know it. It will allow corporations to sue governments over "loss of expected future profits." It will make the global race to the bottom even worse for workers worldwide. It is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and it's coming to Congress in January 2016.

For years, multinational corporations like Walmart, Monsanto, and Citibank have been fighting for the TPP. And for years, environmental, labor, faith, food safety, human rights, and internet freedom groups have been fighting to stop it.

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Stop Horrifying Attacks on India's Children and Women

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/655/959/087/stop-the-tragic-new-dehli-rapes-of-women-children-and-toddlers/

Recent reports that a 5-year-old girl was gang raped by three men in New Delhi, followed by the rape of a two-year-old girl by two men have caused the people of New Delhi to say enough is enough and rise up in a public show of anger. They are demanding that more be done to prevent the unprecedented rise in sexual assaults across their country and they need your help!

Fortunately, the rapists in both cases of the little girl and toddler have been arrested. However, even before the rape of these children, news reports stated emphatically that "Delhi is now India’s rape capital." Meaning, the people of New Dehli know that without harsher punishments and a stronger law enforcement presence, these barbaric assaults will continue as the rapists become more bold in their attacks.

Unfortunately, sexual violence against girls and women isn't isolated to Dehli or new. Just last year two teenage cousins were sexually assaulted and then murdered by a group of men as they searched for a private place to relieve themselves. Their bodies were hanged from a tree.

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Stop The Sale of Puppy Mill Dogs at Flea Markets

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/118/948/386/

Across the United States, flea markets remain one of the last unregulated markets for inhumane puppy millers to sell dogs to consumers.

These puppies — many unvaccinated and not yet weaned — are kept in deplorable conditions both at the market and at the breeder's kennels. Confined to rusty wire cages, denied human contact or socialization, and often living in feces. It's no surprise these little puppies are often sick. In fact, one vendor from a Canton, TX flea market stated that "there are more dogs that die here from parvo than anything else."

But for these puppies, even escaping illness doesn't mean survival. At the end of the trading day, many dealers callously dispose of the dogs they can't sell — killing or just abandoning them to their fate.

GLOBAL STATE OF EMERGENCY: Stop the Deadly Slash and Burn Fires of Indonesia

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/237/931/255/help-stop-the-deadly-slash-and-burn-fires-of-indonesia/?z00m=27080316&redirectID=1864942920

As the world's leading supplier of palm oil, growers in Indonesia make it a habit to slash and burn the old trees to quickly make room for new plantations. The result of this drastic method are raging fires that burn for months, turning the air a frightening sepia color containing toxins that threaten the health and lives of millions of people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore!

Approximately 500,000 cases of respiratory infections have been diagnosed since July and 10 people have died due to breathing in the toxic haze. In addition to the dangers to human health, animals are also suffering. According to The Guardian: "Endangered wildlife such as orangutans have also been forced to flee the forests because of the fires."

The World Resources Institute reports the situation is worse this year due to a long dry season complicated by El Niño. The effects on the climate is detrimental with daily emissions from the fires exceeding that of the daily emissions of the entire United States!

Take Climate Action Now

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/609/795/182/

The threat of climate change has never been more urgent. But the way forward has never been clearer. With citizens worldwide united in demanding action and clean energy solutions in our hands, a safe and sustainable future for the planet is finally in sight. And the first step is a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Paris.

This December, world leaders will meet in Paris to determine the future of our planet. We're uniting voices around the world to deliver one simple message: Take Climate Action Now.

Zero global warming pollution. Zero extreme poverty.

Allow Transgender Boys in the Boy Scouts

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/611/011/312/allow-transgender-boys-in-the-bsa-now/

Recently, the Boy Scouts of America made a landmark decision in allowing gay and lesbian Scout leaders in their program. While this is a major step, the civil rights battle in the BSA isn't over yet.

Transgender boys are not currently allowed to be members of the Boy Scouts, and their acceptance is only sometimes considered based on a troop's individual membership policy. This means that if a troop doesn't want a transgender boy, they are under no obligation to accept his application.

By signing this petition, we can work together to ensure that all boys have an equal opportunity in the Scouting program, whether they were born one or not.

#FreeKesha! Tell Sony Not to Force Her to Work With Her Alleged Abuser

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/646/007/918/freekesha-tell-sony-not-to-force-her-to-work-with-her-alleged-abuser/

Pop star Kesha is known for her infectious hits "Tik Tok" and "Die Young." But she has not released new music since 2013 - an eternity in the world of pop - because she is currently tied up in a legal battle with her allegedly abusive producer Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald).

Kesha says Dr. Luke coerced into drinking and taking drugs and sexually assaulted her when she was just 18. She says he threatened to ruin her career if she spoke up.

Kesha's contract with Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Records label, which is housed under Sony, prevents her from recording with anyone else until she has created 8 more records.

"I know I cannot work with Dr. Luke," Kesha has said. "I physically cannot. I don't feel safe in any way."

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Nice Try, SeaWorld - Support the ORCA Act to End Killer Whales in Captivity

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/443/571/142/empty-the-tanks-support-the-orca-act-to-end-killer-whales-in-captivity/

SeaWorld's recent announcement that they would end theatrical killer whale performances at one of their three U.S. parks shows that they are feeling the heat, but determined to keep profiting off of their captive whales.

Since the film "Blackfish" aired extensively on CNN, a massive outcry has demanded better treatment of killer whales in captivity, and an eventual end to the inhumane practice.

It should no longer be legal in the United States to keep these intelligent, highly social animals in enclosures the relative size of hot tubs - stripped of their families and their ability to live in the wild, swimming hundreds of miles, hunting as a pack, and caring for their young together.

Tell the NFL: Don't Fine Players for Raising Domestic Violence Awareness

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/583/683/867/demand-new-regulations-for-domestic-violence-awareness-in-the-nfl./

On Sunday October 25, 2015, Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay was fined $5,787 for wearing purple shoes. He was attempting to bring awareness to domestic violence.

He was personally affected by it when his Mother was shot and killed by his stepfather when he was only 7 yrs old. He is not the only player to alter their uniform to bring awareness against a cause that is very dear to them and be fined for doing so: Cameron Heyward, a defensive end, and DeAngelo Williams, a running back, added messages to the streaks of eye black players wear to reduce glare.

Heyward was honoring his father, who died of brain cancer. Williams, whose mother died of breast cancer, wore eye black with the message “Find the Cure."

Shut Down Illegal Dolphin Swim Facility in The Bahamas

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/703/523/691/?z00m=27097862&redirectID=1871209405

Blackbeard's Cay is a swim with the dolphins facility that has deplorable conditions: the dolphin pens are only 7 feet deep at mid tide, there is no shade and there is no protection in case of hurricanes.

Because of this awful treatment, the Supreme Court ruled that the facility had to be closed down and the dolphins moved to a suitable - more humane - location. But the government is failing to enforce the judge's order, and instead is looking to approve another dolphin facility to be opened.

Captive marine mammal facilities are outdated, inhumane, and anti conservationist. It is critical that we express our objection to these facilities and any future marine mammal facilities in The Bahamas.

ISIS wants us to reject refugees. Tell Congress to reject this un-American, anti-refugee legislation

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/972/080/597/

Even though France was bombed, France is still open for the refugees! America can be strong like them too x3!

In fact, turning away refugees is exactly what Daesh wants. Foreign policy expert Adam Taylor says, "What seems almost certain is that [ISIS] wants you to equate refugees with terrorists. In turn, it wants refugees to equate the West with prejudice against Muslims and foreigners." If we want to oppose Daesh, we have no choice: We MUST welcome its victims.

On the other side of that though ISIS can effectively send more bombers through the refugees undetected. The migration of refugees spans so far that ISIS terrorists could be in any countries that have their borders open, killing us from the inside and out.

go with Anonymous, they are working against isis in all the technological aspects. I SUPPORT ANONYMOUS!

Tell Canada's New Government to Help Expand Access to Clean, Safe Water & Toilets

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/479/865/770/

For people in Canada, flushing a toilet and turning on a tap to get clean drinking water can be taken for granted. But this is not the case for more than 650 million people in the world today.

Millions of people throughout the world do not have access to clean water, and billions do not have access to a safe, private toilet. Whether you live in Canada, or are a child growing up in rural India, a refugee fleeing from conflict or a young woman giving birth in Mali, the lack of access to safe, private toilets can have devastating consequences, such as debilitating disease and even death.
This past September, the UN adopted new Global Goals on sustainable development. The entire world has come together to agree on goals that will create a fairer, more sustainable world.

Goal 6 promises adequate, equitable access to water, sanitation and hygiene to everyone everywhere by 2030. To get there we need determination and commitment from all member governments – including Canada.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/es-ar/takeaction/679/622


Tell President Obama: Please Take Action to Reduce Gun Violence



AL: Everytown
OBJETIVO: President Barack Obama












We're tired of waiting for Congress to act on gun violence.

That's why Everytown for Gun Safety sent President Obama these five straightforward actions the White House can take to help curb gun violence, save lives, and reduce crime without waiting on Congress:



•Guns Near Schools: Remove exemptions that let dangerous people carry guns near our children's schools


•Crack down on No-Check Gun Sellers: Make sure high-volume gun sellers become licensed dealers and are required to conduct background checks for all gun sales.


•Intercept Potential Killers: Ensure that federal law enforcement notifies local law enforcement when dangerous criminals try to illegally buy guns at dealers in their community


•Enforce Existing Law: Help states that require background checks for all gun sales to enforce existing laws on the books


•Close the Boyfriend Loophole: Don't let convicted domestic abusers buy guns just because they’re not married to the person they abused


We know President Obama is open to these ideas, but to overcome the NRA's aggressive opposition, we need to send an overwhelming message that we want real action NOW.

Tell President Obama that you support him in taking executive action to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.

Thank you for your time

We Stand in Unity Against Terror in Paris, Beirut, Kenya and Nigeria #UnityAgainstTerror

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/693/145/811/

We will...

Stand in solidarity with those threatened by ISIS and other terror networks.
Champion responses to terrorist attacks that are grounded in a respect for freedom, inclusion, compassion and peace.
Reject ignorant generalizations and misinformation that conflate all Muslims and refugees with murderers and terrorists.
Combat bigotry that would condemn the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims as violent extremists and educate our communities that the vast majority of refugees are fleeing FROM these terrorists.
Work to empower those threatened by ISIS and other terror networks around the world through education and opportunity.

Say No to Genetically Modified Salmon

https://www.change.org/p/minister-hunter-tootoo-minister-jane-philpott-justin-trudeau-say-no-to-genetically-modified-salmon?source_location=search_index&algorithm=promoted&grid_position=1

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first ever genetically modified salmon as safe to eat, while not requiring them to be labelled.

While regular salmon reach market size in 32-36 months, the "AquAdvantage" salmon grows to the same size in 16 to 18 months. The FDA has forbidden the breeding of AquaAdvantage salmon in the United States, and is only allowing the salmon to be raised in hatchery tanks in Canada and Panama.

With the approval by the FDA, there is growing concern about the potential increased production of fish eggs at the AquaBounty facility in Souris, P.E.I. Meanwhile, there are concerns about environmental risks, including to wild salmon. There are also concerns about lack of transparency when it comes to potential consumers, and selling genetically modified salmon on grocery store shelves with no labels.

Stop the Yulin Dog Meat Eating Festival

This brutal "festival" involves what some call savouring the "delights" of dog meat hotpot, lychees, and strong liquor -- which will increase the abduction of strays and pets and also increase the torturous & inhumane prisons of dog meat farms - places where man's best friends are raised for such purposes -- thousands of dogs will suffer, be butchered, beaten to death, skinned alive and eaten. [TAKEN FROM PETITION @ CHANGE.ORG]

I know this is tradition and stuff but still...
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-yulin-dog-meat-eating-festival

Petition in favour of welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada

https://www.change.org/p/petition-in-favour-of-welcoming-syrian-refugees-to-canada?source_location=search_index&algorithm=promoted&grid_position=5

In response to a petition created by a resident of Quebec City in the wake of the Paris terror attacks that claimed the lives of more than 100 ("Petition against welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada"), we launch a petition today "in favour" of welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada.

This petition is in support of Mr. Trudeau's pledge to welcome 25,000 Syrian migrants in Canada.

These human beings are attempting to flee a senseless and nameless violence, all they want is security for themselves and their loved ones. This is what we want to offer them.

Love is greater than fear.

Stop Using Palm Oil

https://www.change.org/p/earth-balance-stop-using-palm-oil-65164c46-ff26-49af-b849-a2b6e89b60f5

Earth Balance is a popular, widely used butter alternative that claims to hold sustainability as its number one standard. Sadly, it has chosen to use palm oil in its products, an ingredient responsible for some of the worst wildlife, environmental, and human rights degradations on earth.

Palm oil is the most widely produced vegetable oil worldwide. The reason: it has a high yield and is the cheapest vegetable oil to produce. But there’s a hitch -- oil palms need a rainforest climate and a lot of land to thrive. For this reason, palm oil plantations are currently the leading cause of rainforest destruction in Malaysia and Indonesia, and estimates suggest that 98% of their natural rainforests will be destroyed by 2022.

Horrifying scenes of orangutans buried alive and elephants burned are what greet palm oil workers after a massive clear cut. Those orangutans that do survive are considered pests, and often clubbed to death by plantation workers. According to the World Wildlife Fund, if nothing changes, the orangutan could become extinct in the wild within 5-10 years, and Sumatran tigers in less than 3 years.

SAVE THE ANIMALS of TBILISI

https://www.change.org/p/government-of-tbilisi-city-georgia-stop-special-forces-from-killing-animals

After a huge flood in the city of Tbilisi, Georgia, and complete destruction of the city zoo, the government of Georgia has given orders to Special Forces to shoot and kill all animals roaming the city(lions, tigers, bears, wolves, even stray dogs). While these animals don't belong on the city streets, killing them is equally irrational. They should be saved, rescued, and transported to their natural habitats.

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Two Port St. Lucie dogs impounded for barking at neighbor, could be euthanized

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pbst-royalfamily-releasethedogs

Two dogs in Port Saint Lucie (Royal family dogs) where taken by animal care and control because they were barking (NOT ATTACKING) at a neighbor. This is a form of animal cruelty and is unlawful. These dogs are not aggressive dogs, they are loving dogs. With this petition, we the people are being the voice for these dogs and dogs throughout this country. We the people do not feel that dogs or any animal anywhere should be treated this way. And these dogs need to be released back to there owner.

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Call a public inquiry into hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women

https://www.change.org/p/hon-kellie-leitch-minister-for-the-status-of-women-call-a-public-inquiry-into-hundreds-of-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-like-my-cousin-loretta-saunders

Loretta Saunders was murdered at age 26. She was a student at St. Mary's University in Halifax and was writing her honours thesis on the hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.

Aboriginal girls and women like Loretta are 5-7 times more likely to die as a result of violence than non-Aboriginal women. This is what a public inquiry must address immediately so that action can be taken to stop these tragedies and protect aboriginal girls and women in Canada.

Reinstate Katimavik in Canada by Sept 2016

https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-m%C3%A9lanie-joly-reinstate-katimavik-in-canada-by-sept-2016

La version française suit. Join me in petitioning the Canadian government to restore funding to Katimavik by September 2016 so that thousands of Canadian youth and hundreds of Canadian communities will be completely transformed. Signez la pétition pour le retour du financement du programme Katimavik dès septembre 2016 afin que des milliers de jeunes canadiens et canadiennes, ainsi que des centaines de communautés, soient transformées dans les prochaines années.

Save the Sick, Confined Elephant, Kaavan & Place in Reputable Sanctuary

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/537/803/089/?z00m=27135883&redirectID=1882971125

A young elephant by the name of Kaavan was literally taken away from its mother in Sri Lanka back in 1985 and taken to the Pakistan Islamabad Zoo. Ever since that time this baby lived in a concrete enclosure with all four legs chained, allowing for very little movement. This has been Kaavan’s entire life. Red full story at http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/free-kaavan-the-sick-zoo-elephant/

Kaavan can do nothing more than bob his head side to side, a behavior typical of despair and depression. Because of the chains, he also suffers with several deep gashes and signs of gangrene on his lower legs. If this poor animal is not removed from this atmosphere and helped, he will not have a very long life. Living at this zoo has robbed Kaavan of the many benefits of an animal living free in the wild, like love, friendship, comfort and freedom.

Save Four Endangered Monkeys From Being Forced To Die on Mars

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/501/057/056/?z00m=27108919&redirectID=1882972243

Researchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences are training four captive rhesus macaque monkeys in order to take them to Mars in what will be an attempt to colonize the Red Planet.

Any living creature that goes to Mars, which has an average temperature of minus 67 Fahrenheit or minus 55 Celsius, will never be able to return to Earth because of Mar's gravity. In other words, the four macaques being trained, who have been named Putin, Madvedev, Lavrov and Assad, cannot ever return to Earth even if they survive the Mars mission.

Obviously, monkeys cannot choose whether to say yes or no. The past practice of shooting animals into space is being paraded as a justification for kidnapping these rare, non-human primates. Let's stand united against the so-called voices of science and make it heard that Earth's creatures should not be shot into space. They belong right here on Gaia.

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Say YES to 25,000 Syrian Refugees in Canada

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/599/114/852/?z00m=27131593&redirectID=1882971791

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut, Kenya and Nigeria, we must respond in unity with compassion for those affected, including those seeking refuge from ISIS and other terror networks around the world.

But instead of widespread acceptance, Canada has responded with a backlash that could threaten Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plan to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year.

Several Canadian politicians are expressing misguided security concerns over the Liberal party's settlement plan for Syrian refugees. Much like the chilling response by many U.S. governors, some Canadian leaders are re-evaluating their support for refugee resettlement in response to the Paris attacks.

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Help recover and prohibit the sale of Canadian military and police medals

https://www.change.org/p/prohibit-commerce-in-military-and-police-medals-reintroduce-private-members-bill-c-208

Canada, unlike many other countries, allows people to buy and sell military and police medals. As a result, families like mine are deprived of a piece of our history, and robbed of the opportunity to understand what our loved one lived through, to seek closure, and to heal.

My father, Rodolphe St. Germain, was an air gunner in the second World War. All his materials from the war -- medals, flight logs, journals and photographs -- disappeared from the Canadian Legion many years ago. This material was to be returned to the family, and most was to be sent to museums. After years of searching, the materials found us. While searching online for my family’s information, a private collector revealed he has all my father’s memories and he displays them regularly at libraries and events all around the BC lower mainland. He never sells back materials to the families.

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Please urge Hormel to stop buying pork from pig torturing supplier QPP (the video's in the link below)

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/511/675/536//?z00m=27151026&redirectID=1887762523

Employees beating pigs with paddles and electrical prods. Pigs unable to stand up on their own being dragged across the floor by hooks. A still-conscious pig hanging up-side-down from a hook on its way to slaughter. These are the horrors that a recent undercover video showed in an Austin slaughterhouse.

The Quality Pork Processors (QPP) Austin plant is a high-speed slaughterhouse that sends all of its pork to Hormel Foods, the maker of Spam and other popular processed meats. The recent video shot by a Compassion Over Killing investigator shows QPP employees treating pigs in the most horrific ways imaginable.

In addition to showing pigs shivering in fear and pain, the video shows the employees doing some things that could seriously threaten the safety of our food. There are shots of some pigs with pus-filled abscesses being sent down the line, while others were covered in feces. At one point in the video, an employee took a blood-soaked towel and threw it across the line at his coworker.

Brazil, Conduct Emergency Mine Inspections to Prevent another Samarco Disaster

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/431/748/507/

Considered the worst mining disaster in Brazil’s history, an earthen dam that held waste from a Samarco iron mine broke, sending a tsunami of sludge down on the small town of Bento Rodrigues. The warning signs were there, but Samarco promised it had taken care of everything.

The mine, co-owned by Vale and BHP Billitron, didn’t even have a warning system in place. As a result, 12 or more residents of BR were killed, including a sleeping seven-year-old, found days later 60 miles downstream. The total residual damage to human life and the environment can not yet be calculated.

According to UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur John Knox, “The scale of the environmental damage is the equivalent of 20,000 Olympic swimming pools of toxic mud waste contaminating the soil, rivers and water system of an area covering over 850 kilometers.”
Most disturbing about this horrific human and environmental catastrophe is that it was preventable.

ALmost everybody here in Brazil isn't caring about the disaster, they are worryed about the attack in French. I already donated to the victims, and I hope all Brasilians do it too. But, as I said, they're worried with French, and you know why? Because our president(yes, that fat, ugly and stupid president) kinda off declared war with terrorism, and we are not prepared for a war, we don't even got enough weapons and supllies for this. Sorry for this but, everyone who can help those people, plz donate, its ver important

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Urge the UN to Increase Funding for Local Programs to Combat Violence against Women and Girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/698/801/880/?z00m=27155334&redirectID=1887765730

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been cited as, "the rape capital of the world", according to a report in The Huffington Post.

A recent report by Human Rights Watch criticised the county's judicial system to protect the victims of sexual violence across the country.

In a recent trial in the DRC, 39 soldiers were charged with the mass rape of almost 80 women and girls. However, just two were convicted.

The report stated: "The survey also highlighted that the least stable regions of Congo were not the worst affected by sexual violence and rape. In North Kivu, the very epicenter of much of the fighting, 27 percent of women were exposed to sexual violence between 2013 and 2014. The comparatively peaceful provinces of Bandundu and Kasaï-Occidental saw even higher prevalence rates of 31 percent and 36 percent respectively."

Inokashira Park Zoo in Tokyo: Hanako lives for 61 years alone in a concrete prison! Give her a real life or send her to a sanctuary!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/743/826/456/

Hanako is a 68-year-old Asian elephant who has lived in shameful conditions at the Inokashira Park Zoo in Tokyo for the past 61 years. She was transported in 1949 from Thailand to Japan when she was just two years old, to what would become her life-long prison. And ‘prison,’ is not an exaggeration.

Blogger Ulara Nakagawa saw Hanako while visiting the zoo, and was shocked to see the conditions of her confinement. Ulara writes in her blog that it looks like "one of the cruellest, most archaic zoos in the modern world." Hanako is completely alone in a tiny cement enclosure with nothing to comfort her or provide stimulation. She just stands there, appearing almost lifeless , since there is nothing else for her to do. It was beyond painful for Ulara to take in Hanako's pitiful situation.

To add insult to injury, the Inokashira Park Zoo is located in one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Tokyo and part of a public park known for being the home of the popular Ghibli Museum. This means that hundreds of thousands of global tourists have seen Hanako in her concrete prison and done nothing to help her.

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Stop the European Union squirrel cull

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/723/774/674/

Politicians from the European Union have introduced a new law obliging the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy to organise the killing of hundreds of thousands of grey squirrels, every year from 2016, using methods that include poisoning, bludgeoning to death or trapping and shooting [1].

This horrid and inhumane "programme" is to be sponsored from the money of taxpayers from all EU countries.

Killing squirrels is to be conducted even in the time of year when females nurse their dependent kittens. Killing thousands of nursing females will cause tens of thousands of baby squirrels starve to death over several days. Starving animals is a torture in breach of animal welfare standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health.

PARIS 2015: World Leaders Must #ActOnClimate

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/855/217/931/?z00m=27155392&redirectID=1887766975

Urge the world's leaders gathered in Paris to forge a binding agreement to:

Keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5° C.
Transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050 - Keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Support vulnerable and developing communities' solutions that help people and the environment.
The U.S., China and other world leaders have already submitted plans to limit carbon pollution. Unfortunately, these agreements won't keep warming under 2°C, and top scientists have warned that the world should be working to limit warming even more significantly.

Urge Prime Minister to Support Laws for Animals Abused for Entertainment Purposes

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/503/807/575/

It is a fact that everyone enjoys the occasional interaction with the beautiful majestic elephant but what is disturbing is that such practices are carried out at the expense of the animal’s health and well-being. Such is the case in Thailand where various entertainment venues and facilities continue to exploit elephants in such a way, despite the recent law that has been passed to curb this type of abuse. Read the full story of such activities at http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/photos-illustrate-reality-for-thailands-working-elephants/

Such an activity carried out each year is the Surin Round Up in northeast Thailand. As explained in the article, such things occur at this and other festivals as inexperienced teenagers that were using young elephants to aggressively beg for money, selling bags of sugarcane at 20 Baht and charging 50 Baht for a photo. There were also elephants as young as 1 year old being stabbed and controlled with sharp nails and hooks. The injuries these elephants endure are quite evident as they are kicked, pulled and prodded by handlers, other humans and abusive devices.

Tell Chevron: Stop funding climate denial and animal abuse! Quit ALEC now

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/566/710/984/

Do we want our public schools teaching climate denial to our children? Do you want the companies we have to patronize several times a month to lobby our state lawmakers to make the schools teach those lies?

Tell Chevron: Stop funding climate denial and animal abuse - quit the ALEC legislation factory at once! Shell did, and so you can too!

ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, is a shadowy right-wing legislation factory funded by corporations like Koch Industries, State Farm, and PhillipMorris. Thousands of state legislators (almost all Republicans) are also members of ALEC. The corporations' lobbyists write "model bills" that the lawmakers take home and try to pass. Many of these bills attack our shared global climate by attacking clean energy laws, encouraging fracking, and requiring that public schools teach climate denial. Deadly Stand Your Ground gun laws and attacks on voting rights have also come from ALEC.

The group even protects animal abusers through cruel "ag-gag" legislation that makes it harder to film and stop industrial animal cruelty.

Urge the UK Government to Take Action and Help Save the Hedgehog from Extinction

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/948/411/114/

Hedgehogs are in trouble, with some experts saying they could be extinct within 10 years, according to a report in the Mirror.co.uk

Although changing weather patterns are believed to be having a negative effect on the creature’s hibernation habits, chain link fences and garden netting is believed to be killing large numbers.

Hedgehog numbers are estimated to have fallen to around one million. In the 1950s, it is estimated that about 30 million inhabited Britain, according to the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.

Ban Breeding, Sales and Imports of Hybrid Wild animals

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/602/218/181/

It has become a practice in recent years that some people like to experiment with various animals when breeding them to create what is known as a hybrid. Such has been the case in New Jersey where such crossbreeds include the coyote with the wolf, a wolf with a dog, domestic cats with the bobcat, the donkey with the female horse to create the mule and the cross between a male lion and female tiger. Read story at http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2015/11/not_just_the_coywolf_nj_home_to_other_hybrids_phot.html

Many various hybrids are common throughout New Jersey although the Liger, cross between the lion and tiger no longer live there. The efforts of this petition is to ask the lawmakers of the state to place a ban on the breeding, sale or import of hybrid animals in New Jersey. This is not a natural way for an animal live when bred with other unrelated breeds.

Myanmar: Peaceful Protest Is Not A Crime

http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1770&ea.campaign.id=43487&ea.tracking.id=Email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=Phyoe_Action&utm_content=W4R2015+Phyoe+Phyoe+E-Action+-+Dec2015&ea.url.id=502428

Phyoe Phyoe Aung was arrested after organizing a largely peaceful protest in Myanmar, during which police attacked students with batons.

She and scores of others now face lengthy jail terms.

To prove that it has left its brutal past behind, the Myanmar government must release these Prisoners of Conscience now.

Help Elephants Orphaned by Poaching - Support Zambia Elephant Orphanage

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/556/008/332/

Musolole lost his mom at an early age and wandered in despair for days. By the time authorities found this poor orphan, he was terribly dehydrated and extremely weak. He was in dire need of urgent care. His skin was so thin due to a lack of mom's milk that a simple scratch would cause excessive bleeding.

Fortunately, Musolole was taken in by the Zambia Elephant Orphanage. Without this facility's urgent care this poor baby would not have survived much longer.

But keeping a valuable facility like the Zambia Elephant Orphanage running is costly. There are many other elephants in this area who could benefit from such a caring facility — other orphans that lose their moms way too early due to poaching and other tragedies.

Stop a woman from being stoned to death in Saudi Arabia

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/570/495/641/?z00m=27202269&redirectID=1896965703

A poor unnamed Sri Lankan housemaid with no powerful government backing her and no other means to save her own life from capital punishment in Saudi Arabia will be stoned to death. Perhaps in the next few days. Only world outrage might save the housemaid.

Death penalty is cruel. Stoning is barbaric. It is slow. It is inhuman. The poor mother-of-three's so-called "crime" was to have had sex with another migrant worker who had been given 100 lashes and set free.

Ban Resumption of Whaling In Arctic Japan

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/844/207/716/

Japan now has a new whaling program and are looking to reinstate their methods of killing whales, unless we speak out stronger and louder. Under their new plan, Japan intends to kill nearly 4,000 whales over the next 12 years in an expanded Antarctic killing zone. We need to get Obama to stop this new plan proposed by Japan to resume killing of whales in the Southern Ocean.

Demand the Government Takes Immediate Action to Ensure Animals at the Koala Park Receive Proper Care

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/287/399/084/

Animals at the Koala Park near Sydney are alleged to be malnourished and kept in dirty enclosures, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

The RSPCA has confirmed the park had pleaded guilty to three charges of failing to provide veterinary treatment to five koalas and would be sentenced next year.

The report noted the park was, "also found guilty of failing to treat or investigate an emaciated, dehyrdated and Chlamydia-infected male koala named Tassie. A second charge related to three female koalas, Alinga, Kamarah and Carcoola which had poor body condition, eye complaints and moist fur on their rumps, a sign of chlamydia which affects a koala's physical, mental and reproductive health. The third charge arose from the thin body condition, eye complaints and moist rump of a female koala, Tadpole."

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Tell Pfizer: Stop funding climate denial and animal abuse before your merger! Quit ALEC now!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/667/697/297/

When a slaughterhouse in Utah was caught torturing a cow with a forklift, the police showed up – and promptly arrested citizen Amy Meyer for filming the cruelty, even though she never left public land.

Care2 members might call Amy a hero for protecting animals, but Utah called her a criminal. This is because of a new kind of state law called "ag gag," which bans citizens from filming industrial animal abuse.

Shockingly, corporations we know and patronize like pharmaceutical giant Pfizer are funding this madness.

Ag-gag bills are just some of the corporate-friendly laws written by the shadowy, right-wing bill factory, the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. ALEC has two kinds of members: Corporations like Comcast, Exxon, and Koch Industries, who provide funding, and state lawmakers, who try to pass the corporate lobbyists' bills. Other ALEC bills include Stand Your Ground, attacks on voting rights, efforts to repeal clean energy laws, and requirements that public schools teach climate denial.

ALEC's agenda is so extreme that, thanks to grassroots pressure, many companies have already quit, including Google, Facebook, and even Shell in just the past year. But others, like Pfizer, remain. If Pfizer wants to clean up its image during its mega-merger with Allergen, now is the time to act.

Urge Fish & Wildlife Services To List the Kentucky Darter Fish On Endangered Species Act

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/381/119/795/

A little fish known as the Kentucky Darter has been prevalent in various waters and sites from 74 areas down to only 36 due to a project of mountaintop-removal coal mining expansion. The Darter is in danger of becoming extinct. You can read the full story as noted in the article from the Center for Biological Diversity at http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=17394

The Kentucky Darter has been sacrificed to the Big Coal project. Years of coal mining has devastated the regions where the Darter habitats, polluted the waters and streams that is home to fish, crawfish, mussels and turtles. These unprotected waters used to hold the same beauty as the coral reefs and without our help are in danger, especially the Darter that finds its only home in Kentucky.

Urge the Government of Peru to Protect Environmentalists - Another Campaigner has Been Killed

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/424/418/803/?z00m=27181871&redirectID=1889065210

Another environmentalist who was defending the forests of Peru from illegal miners has been murdered, according to a report on Mongabay.com

Alfredo Ernesto Vracko Neuenschwander was a woodworker who helped to lead a campaign against illegal gold miners in the Tambopata region of Peru. It is alleged he was shot at his home in November by those associated with illegal mining interests - he was just 58 years-old.

Vracko had received many threats against his life over the years, however, the threats are alleged to have increased after he formed an association for woodworkers who wanted to protect the forests from illegal mining.

It is further alleged he received little help from authorities in Peru.

Many environmentalists and indigenous leaders from Peru have been killed trying to save the environment. The report stated: "According to a report published a year ago by Global Witness, at least 57 activists were killed between 2002 and 2014."

Stop Treating French Climate Activists Like Criminals at COP21

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/788/150/374/?z00m=27178249&redirectID=1889065565

While the world is watching and waiting for world leaders to "ActOnClimate" at COP21, things are already heating up for French climate activists. Emergency laws after the horrible Paris terrorist attacks have granted French authorities new powers, and many activists claim that police are abusing that power and endangering their civil liberties:

-- 24 activists were put on house arrest for disregarding a ban on organizing protests

-- Activists are being followed by undercover police

-- Climate activists are having their homes raided and possessions (including computers and documents) seized

People trying to save the planet should NOT be on top of France's security watch.

Save Lolita's "Dammed" Family, Set the Water Free

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/364/093/009/

"The World's Loneliest Orca" named Lolita might not a family to return home to when she's set free. All 3 pods (J, K and L) of Washington's endangered southern resident orcas are "dammed" and hungry. As reported in KING 5 News, the southern residents eat almost exclusively Chinook salmon, but the salmon have lost spawning grounds across the state to dams along the Snake River.

The killer whales are going hungry. They're also metabolizing their own blubber -- which can kill them. The salmon also determine the sex of the orca calves; less food means more males, who will not find female partners to reproduce with.

Fortunately, Washington activists see an easy solution: set the dam water free! They believe that releasing the water -- that spans over 5,000 miles of river bed -- "could restore more than a half million chinook" and feed the hungry killer whales.

Lolita needs a family to return home to. While we can't just set her free from that concrete tank at the Miami Seaquarium, we can set the dam water free to feed her relatives.

SAVE THE PHILIPPINE EAGLE

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/822/529/364/save-the-philippine-eagle/

"This bird is a symbol of the Philippines and we must not let it die. Conservationists say there are only about 400 breeding pairs of philippine eagles left. We have a chance of saving this majestic bird and now is the time for us to act.

The philippine eagle is one of the most beautiful and one of the strongest birds of prey in the world. It is of my oppinion that the philippine government is not doing its part to save these animals and has forgotten about them. Help me in urging the government to act now on this matter, before it is too late."
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"Each breeding pair requires a large home range to successfully raise a chick, thus the species is extremely vulnerable to deforestation." -Philippine eagle(wiki)

Therefore adds to the reasons why it is almost extinct.

I'd like to ask for your help in this matter.

Remove endangered tiger cub "Crystal" from Tigre de Cristal entertainment immediately

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/528/124/631/?z00m=27203770&redirectID=1899684230

A 5-month old endangered Siberian tiger cub was recently purchased and transported 5,000 miles for no other reason than providing entertainment to gamblers at a casino in Russia.

On opening night, the cub named "Crystal" was sedated and paraded around the busy casino. For the rest of her days, she will live at a nearby zoo while being "on call" for events at the casino.

This is outrageous and unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

Urge President Putin to Protect Vulnerable Bear Cubs

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/812/550/998/

Bear hunting in Russia is a devastating practice. Although the Russian government limited bear hunting to fall and spring, illegal hunting and poaching still takes place year round. Bear hunting is especially prevalent in the northern part of Russia. Innocent bears are being killed for sport, and even worse, bear cubs are left behind as orphans -- alone and defenseless.

IFAW Orphan Bears Rehabilitation Center (OBRC) is working to protect and rehabilitate these orphaned bear cubs. The OBRC takes these orphaned cubs in for rehabilitation and releases them in large forests or enclosures fit for their survival.

Support Act That Will Ban Cruelty to Animals in Military Medical Practices

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/649/905/210/

Legislation has been proposed known as the Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training (BEST) Practices Act (S. 587/H.R. 1095) that is geared towards phasing out the use of animals in medical training drills. PETA has gotten involved in some of the practices where live pigs were used abusively during trauma training courses through an investigation that was held by the Deployment Medicine International (DMI). The DMI has been one of the leading providers of such cruel training for the military.

A recent investigation turned up shocking evidence of animal abuse, racism, homophobia, and reported drugging and sexual assault of military service members, among other charges of misconduct by military contractors of the DMI. Disturbing video available in the link above highlights the fact that such practices are inexcusable by any member of the military in any branch of service, fully disregarding the regulations under the Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training (BEST) Practices Act (S. 587/H.R. 1095) which is geared at ending any cruel animal practices in military laboratories.

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Don't Fire a Kind Lunch Lady: Children Shouldn't Go Hungry

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/393/046/931/do-not-let-a-child-suffer-need-a-hot-lunch/

In Idaho's Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25, a kitchen worker has been put on unpaid leave and might lose her job because she gave a child a "free" lunch (equivalent to $1.70). Even after volunteering to pay for the hungry student's lunch with her own money, kitchen worker Dalene Bowden could be fired!

After the incident, it was revealed that the child's account was not even over the $11.00 overdraft balance limit and was then charged for that lunch. Here's an updated story.
Per policy of the school district, if a child's balance exceeds the $11.00 overdraft limit, the lunch is taken away and thrown out in front of the child and his/her peers, humiliating the child and making it hard on the kitchen aids to follow this policy. Who would want to deny a child food (perhaps that child's only meal)?

This situation could be handled in so many more compassionate ways:
They could allow the child to work in the kitchen or cleaning/ wiping down tables in the cafeteria or possibly staying after games to pick up trash in order to earn their lunch if their balance is exceeded. We do not need to humiliate or demean any child or worker in the situation. Students must be provided with an adequate meal.

Don't penalise elderly people for accidental falls

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/168/394/540/dont-penalise-elderly-people-for-accidental-falls/

Tendring District Council is planning to charge elderly people a £26 'falling fee' for help getting back to their feet after a fall at home. Please sign this petition to tell the council that the public expect better for our vulnerable elderly people.

An elderly rights campaign group has called this fee a 'falling fine'. The proposed charge will take money from some of the most vulnerable in our society, at a time in their lives when they most need our support. Council-run Careline already charges users £21.60 a month, and the additional annual 'falling fee' creates a further divide between those who can afford basic care and those who cannot.

The inclusion of help after a fall as part of elderly care in the community is a great move. Help without the involvement of the emergency services can provide more timely and less stressful care for minor accidents. But it should not be another cost for vulnerable elderly care users. It is the council's responsibility to fund care provision fairly and compassionately.

PGA Tour: Dump Trump - Stand Against Hatred

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/105/252/400/pga-dump-trump-stand-against-hatred/

Businessman and side-show barker Donald Trump has announced that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States.

His outrageous and divisive proposal, which is clearly unconstitutional and contradicts the freedoms the United States was founded on, has been criticized from all corners of the political spectrum, domestically and internationally.

One group has been silent: The business community. Sign this petition to the PGA Tour, urging them to cancel or move their World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship, currently scheduled for the Trump National Doral Golf Course in Miami on March 3-6, 2016.

Prosecute the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter as a domestic terrorist

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/201/941/913/prosecute-the-colorado-springs-planned-parenthood-shooter-as-a-domestic-terrorist/

On Friday, November 27, Robert L. Dear Jr. attacked people using a semi-automatic rifle at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs. He shot twelve people, killing three - including a police officer, an Iraq war veteran, and a woman there supporting her friend.

Hundreds of people were forced to hide for hours while the gunman held them hostage. They hid in ultrasound rooms and behind equipment, terrified that they would be discovered before the police could help them.

Save Butterfly World

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/665/474/121/save-butterfly-world/

Butterfly World has a huge ecological significance to our environment and it is being shut down. Not only is it the country's only butterfly study centre of its kind, it is also a wonderful jewel in the heart of Hertfordshire.

Schools and families alike use Butterfly World to educate their children, our future generation, on the importance of looking after the environment and our World!

Two thirds of the UK's native butterflies are in decline due to habitat loss. 28 different British species have been recorded at Butterfly World, making it one of the best butterfly sites in the district. The arrival of the Small Blue at Butterfly World, once considered extinct in the area, is a direct result of providing a suitable habitat for the butterfly.

During the summer seasons Butterfly World employed 43 people, supported by a team of over 50 volunteers who worked in the gardens, as tour guides, photographers and more. Employees have already been made redundant.

Support Efforts of the Female Rangers in the Virunga National Park

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/616/441/636/support-efforts-of-the-female-rangers-in-the-virunga-national-park/

There are some amazing women worldwide that seem to go above and beyond in helping preserve our national parks and the wildlife within. Such is the case in the Congo of South Africa where a group of women work to protect animals in national forests, keeping them safe from dangers of harm and poaching.

Read about these women http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/women-protecting-threatened-wildlife-in-virunga-national-park/ who devote their lives in protecting some iconic wildlife within the Virunga National Park such as the elephants, giraffes, mountain gorillas and buffalo. The area spans over 3,000 square miles and is home to many endangered species, often due to poaching, crime and violence.

Supporting the works of these female rangers is a crucial effort. As stated in the article, women had applied to become a ranger for many years, but the training regimes are arduous, and so far, none had managed to pass the rigorous physical and mental challenges that had been set. However, many women have proved themselves to be worthy in defending the continent’s wildlife. The Virunga National Park is the oldest and one of the largest parks in South Africa.

Be More Diligent & Ban Use of Dogs for Experiments at Wayne University

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/126/562/546/be-more-diligent-ban-use-of-dogs-for-experiments-at-wayne-university/

Using animals in school studies continues to occur in various areas of the country and can be very disturbing to know this is still a reality in the education of students. Such is the case at Wayne University in Detroit, Michigan where they allegedly still use dogs in their study programs.

https://secure2.convio.net/pcrm/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=874 describes the issues on how this University continues to put dogs through painful experiments, cutting them open for multiple surgeries, stressing them out on treadmills to elevate their hearts for possible failures and then killing the animals when no longer needed for research. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is working diligently to stop these types of experiments using these precious pets and stop the cruelty and abuse.

Reassess Cruelty Allegations of Oak Hill Genetics Due to Past Abuse & Violations

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/732/577/512/reassess-cruelty-allegations-of-oak-hill-genetics-due-to-past-abuse-violations/

A recent investigation according to PETA culminated with some allegations of abuse and cruelty at the Oak Hill Genetics which is an Illinois-based company that breeds thousands of dogs and pigs to be sold to laboratories for use in cruel experiments. You can read the full story of alleged abuse and mistreatment of animals at http://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/dogs-pigs-abused-neglected-laboratory-dealer-oak-hill-genetics/

PETA has presented documents and photos showing some of the suspected abuse at the Oak Hill Genetics, with such findings as: a pig with an injured leg that was apparently shaking continuously from irritation and discomfort, from the leg and an ear; piglets suffering with scabbed sores across their faces; other pigs had swollen knees with large abscesses and fluid buildup on the ear along with a dog that had a red, irritated sore on the skin that was also filled with pus and fluids. These were just a few of the findings during the recent investigation in addition to the facility allowing sick animals to suffer with painful, debilitating injuries without any veterinary care or assistance. It is apparent, at least through these alleged findings that Oak Hill Genetics is in continual violation of the Animal Welfare Act.

Ban Use of Chimps in Research; Transfer Them to Florida Chimp Sanctuary

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/964/181/012/ban-use-of-chimps-in-research-transfer-them-to-florida-chimp-sanctuary/

The use of animals like the chimpanzee is an ongoing issue and we want to ensure these practices stop. Such is the case regarding the University of Louisiana’s Ms. Woodley concerning two special chimps, Hercules and Leo at the Stony Brook University on Long Island. They are under the jurisdiction of the Iberia Research Center in Louisiana

The NHRP (Non-human Rights Project) is adamant in ensuring that animals like these, used in laboratory research, be rescued from such a life and placed in a healthy, reputable sanctuary. Chimpanzees Hercules and Leo deserve a much better life like that at the Save the Chimps sanctuary in South Florida. These poor animals have endured the abuse of experimentation for six long years and need to be saved from such unnatural conditions and abuse.

NHRP has worked to free other chimps in such situations like Tommy and Kiko in New York. Read https://secure.piryx.com/donate/qxc90Z8w/The-Nonhuman-Rights-Project/120115_gt

Save the Coastal Marten

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/274/554/294/save-the-coastal-marten/

Fewer than 100 coastal martens live in California because logging has destroyed 90 percent of the species' habitat. In February 2016, the California Department of Fish and Game will vote on whether to make the marten a candidate for endangered species protections.

A petition from two environmental groups, the Environmental Protection Information Center and the Center for Biological Diversity, asks the Department last June to consider endangered species protection for the cute, cat-sized mammal that resides in old-growth forests. Protecting the species will also protect these precious forests from further decimation.

Propose Better Catch Levels of Small Fish Necessary to Feed Whales & Other Marine Life

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/497/043/008/propose-better-catch-levels-of-small-fish-necessary-to-feed-whales-other-marine-life/

Whales, seals and other marine life are in peril of extinction and starvation due to a lack of sustainable foods, especially off the West Coast. These animals feed on such delicacies as sardines, mackerel and anchovies, except that it appears there are not enough of these small fish to keep these ocean animals fed.

Much of the problem in feeding these marine animals is often due to heavy fishing as stated in http://act.oceana.org/sign/nmfs_hungrywhalesanchovy?source=mailing&t=3&akid=6550.1459118.vLRIg8. These animals can become dehydrated, emaciated and lacking in breeding success to nourish their young if they do not get enough food for nourishment and proper nutrients. The hope is to support Oceana.org and ask the National Marine Fisheries Service to take some much need steps to ensure that all marine life will have enough small fish to feed on for good health. A possible ask is that they implement an annual catch level of these small fish so that continual fishing will not deplete their numbers; a way to help the anchovy rebound as a way to keep whales from going hungry.

Investigate SeaWorld: Orca death is third in six months

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/326/214/469/

The tragic news of the death of San Antonio SeaWorld's beloved orca Unna demands action! The USDA is the federal agency that is supposed to keep captive wild animals safe - San Antonio SeaWorld must be investigated. Unna's death is the end of an alleged eight years of sickness - and a lifetime of medication - directly attributable to her horrible life in captivity.

But Unna is not alone - in the last six months, two other whales have died in captivity in San Antonio SeaWorld - two belugas. These warning signs must be investigated thoroughly, and ultimately, we must stop keeping animals such as these in captivity.

Urge FWS to protect the Tinian monarch

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/196/800/561/

The Tinian monarch is a small bird, about 7.5 inches with a tan face, gray head, chocolate-brown back and dark wings that present some white bars. Their song sounds very similar to a squeaky dog toy. The Center for Biological Diversity has recently petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the bird under the Endangered Species Act. Unfortunately, despite looming threats to these birds' only habitat, USFWS has still failed to act!

Between 1996 and 2008 the Tinian monarch population declined by 40% - and currently 2,000 acres of these birds' dwindling habitat is planned to be logged and developed. The Center for Biological Diversity states that “The one and only island these birds call home has a long history of habitat destruction. With a rampant increase in military combat training in their forested habitat, Endangered Species Act protection is critical to prevent the loss of the Tinian monarch.”

Threats to this bird dates back to World War II days, when the birds' habaitat on the South Pacific island of Tinian was cleared for use by the US military. Ms. Easter continues to say that “To save the Tinian monarch, we have to spare its forest home.”

Save Florida's Green Swamp From Pointless Pipeline

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/683/463/278/

Everyone knows that a gas pipeline brings destruction and loss of wildlife and natural habitat. So why has the Environmental Protection Agency given the green light to a pipeline that will cut through Florida's Green Swamp along with other conservation areas? Altogether, the proposed "Sabal Trail pipeline" will compromise 176 acres of wetland and other critical habitat. The EPA originally declined approval of the pipeline, citing obvious concerns about the impact on rivers, springs, and wetlands. But now, after meeting with the pipeline's would-be builders, the EPA has reversed its ruling. There's little doubt that this pipeline will bring vast destruction.

Ban Cruel Live Slaughter Practices of Cows in Bangladesh

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/813/583/464/

It is very disturbing that so many people from around the world think so little of animals that they can disregard how they are treated, where they are raised as pets or for human consumption. While they are in existence, animals should always be humanely treated and respected, but such is rarely the case.

http://headlines.peta.org/bangladeshleatherexposed/?utm_campaign=1215%20Bangladesh%20Leather%20Exposed%20Post&utm_source=PETA%20Facebook&utm_medium=Promo depicts cruel and inhumane treatment of cows and goats in Bangladesh, where many of these animals are so emaciated, malnourished and exhausted to the point that they could not even stand up. They animals frequently suffered with festering wounds and broken tails, rarely receiving the vet care they deserved. They also were illegally slaughtered on the streets for their skins and have their throats slashed. The cruelty went on and on as seen in a recent video footage.

Protect Manatees from Winter Harassment

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/107/289/404/

Manatees are some of America's sweetest and most docile marine mammals. They are beloved -- and their adoring fans at Three Sisters Springs in Kings Bay, Florida could be one of the greatest threats to their survival.

Known as "sea cows," manatees are a favorite among animal-loving visitors to Florida. They are sweet and harmless. They live a natural, carefree way of life... except when they are harassed.

Swimming with the manatees, may sound like fun. But these gentle animals migrate to Three Sisters Springs in Kings Bay for life-saving warmth during winter months. Allowing people to interact with the manatees during this crucial time can stress the animals out, putting their lives in danger. Manatees need these warm waters to avoid lethal cold-stress syndrome. They need to rest in comfort and serenity at this time without the stress of human interaction.

Organizations like the esteemed Center for Biological Diversity and dedicated local wildlife champions have long advocated that we should do more to protect manatees in these waters from too much human harassment. Now the US Fish & Wildlife Services has released a proposal to keep people away from their waters during manatee season and to free these remarkable animals from direct harassment overall.

I really hope these petitions get signed!
I shared it on our FB group :)
Thanks Kazeki, for posting those always.

Demand Justice for Wombats: Urge the Government to Introduce Tough Laws to Punish People Who Illegally Kill Wildlife

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/565/474/154/

Who would want to kill an innocent wombat? Sadly, Australian multimillionaire car dealer, Tony Azzi, is being investigated after photos surfaced of him posing next to dead wombats with a rifle slung over his shoulder.

According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, allegations have been made that Azzi used a high-powered rifle and semi-automatic pistols to kill not only wombats but other native animals at his New South Wales farm. National Parks and Wildlife are conducting the investigation.

As stated in the news report: "Wombats are classified as protected fauna under the National Parks and Wildlife Act. Unless a special licence has been obtained from the Office of Environment and Heritage, it is a criminal offence to harm them. Offenders can face six months' jail and/or a fine of $11,000 plus $1100 for each additional offence."
Those that kill native animals must be bought to justice (if found guilty after a thorough investigation has been carried out through the criminal justice system).

Demand Justice for Brutally Tortured Mother Polar Bear

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/549/264/029/

People in Russia and around the world have been shocked by the violent video posted on YouTube just before Christmas.

A mother polar bear and her baby were a common sight at a construction site on Wrangel Island in Russia where the workers often fed them. When the polar bears came into the camp for food one day in November, however, a worker from the construction site allegedly decided to put a firecracker in their meal. The mother polar bear ate the firecracker, and witnesses videotaped as she writhed in pain with blood gushing from her mouth.

Workers said that she was never aggressive or threatened the workers at the construction site. She actually seemed to trust the people who so brutally tortured her.

Save the Lac Alaotra Bamboo Lemur

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/341/136/208/

The Lac Alaotra bamboo lemurs are small, gentle primates that may fade into history before we even know much about them. Listed as criitically endangered by the IUCN, they live nearly invisible lives in the vicinity of a single lake in Madagascar. Much of this quiet lemur's habitat was lost when marshes were converted to rice paddies. Now hunting and marsh burning, a common practice in Madagascar, threaten the remaining lemurs.

Save Manta Rays from Extinction

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/171/537/770/

Disappearing coral reefs, long reproduction cycles and an alarming increase in the demand for the gills of these unique creatures are pushing Giant Manta Rays, Reef Manta Rays and Caribbean Manta Rays to extinction. That's why conservationists are sounding the alarm and urging the US government to protect these three species of manta rays under the Endangered Species Act.

These manta rays are some of the largest in the world. They have huge brains that have earned them the reputation as the underwater genius. Yet, despite their size, manta rays are truly gentle giants — and they need our help.

Tell Google to make the definition of marriage more inclusive
This one is so close!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/271/403/483/?z00m=27293157&redirectID=1928191669

Google’s definition for marriage is “the legally or formally recognized union of a man and a woman (or, in some jurisdictions, two people of the same sex) as partners in a relationship.”

As it is 2016, this definition seems outdated, and should be changed to something more inclusive. The current definiton ignores people who are queer, genderfluid, and people who do not conform to a gender at all. Google's definition also positions heterosexual marriage above homosexual marriage.

I propose that Google instead define marriage as: "The legal or formally recognized union between two consenting adults as partners in a relationship, which may be based around love and commitment."

Stop the Ontario Wolf and Coyote Cull

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/935/414/288/ontario-announces-wolf-and-coyote-cull/?z00m=27268573&redirectID=1914133492

Posted on Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights Registry (EBR #012-6073) on December 17, the Ontario govt. is proposing to remove the previous requirements for hunters to purchase a special hunting ‘seal’ to kill wolves and remove the restriction to kill only one wolf per season.

This wolf cull is not the same as the wolf culls of British Columbia where sharp shooters in helicopters chase and exhaust wolves and then gun them down.
This cull is much worse.

In Ontario the Wynne govt. will allow any hunter holding a small game hunting license to kill two wolves per season and remove all restrictions on the killing of coyotes.

To put this in perspective, in 2010 (most current statistics available) Ontario sold over 28,000 small game licenses. When sold as a three year small game license, this number swells to over 100,000 small game hunters (2008 statistics). If this proposal is approved, each small game hunter can kill two wolves per season and as many coyotes as desired.

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To stop UK floods: plant trees, and stop shooting beavers

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/244/962/454/

Northern Britain has been struck by a succession of Atlantic storms accompanied by very heavy rain. In early December Storm Desmond saw 5,000 people flooded out of their homes in Carlisle in spite of £38 million of flood defenses recently installed by the Environment Agency. Now Storm Frank is causing similar havoc in Lancashire, Yorkshire, the Scottish borders and Northern Ireland.

The key to reducing the risk of more floods is to realize that conventional 'flood defense' can never provide security against the ever more extreme weather events that global warming will bring.

The storm waters must be held back into the moors, bogs, fields and headwaters, so that they are given the chance to replenish soils and aquifers, and are released only slowly into the main streams and rivers.

We need more trees: It's no secret that just having trees in the landscape helps rainwater to infiltrate into soils.
Next, beavers: Trees are food for beavers*, and beavers use them to build their dams. And that's absolutely key to restoring landcapes and making them water retentive. Unfortunately, beavers are actually being shot in Scotland. Scotland needs its beavers as much as England does - and for exactly the same reasons.

This needs a good bumping.

Tell Cayman Turtle Farm to Stop Breeding Turtles for Consumption

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/630/225/700/?z00m=27250379&redirectID=1914500056

The Cayman Turtle Farm is the last farm that breeds sea turtles for human consumption. Though sea turtles are solitary in the wild and naturally swim long distances in spacious, clean waters, Cayman Turtle Farm packs 9,500 of them in cramped, dirty tanks where they fight for space. As if that wasn't bad enough, the farm encourages visitors to handle the turtles, which causes considerable stress and mental anguish.

No wonder University of Oxford researchers named the farm as one of the world's cruelest tourist attractions.

Praise Kazeki for pushing this thread daily. Good stuff.

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Stop Selling Kittens and Cats in Pet Stores For Profit

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/971/649/652/for-cleo-the-pjs-pets-kitten/?z00m=27289361&redirectID=1931753651

On Saturday January 2nd 2016 a very sad but all too real situation was brought to light. An individual passing by PJ's Pet store at the Bramalea City Center located in Brampton, Ontario Canada noticed a kitten for sale for $1300. This kitten appeared very ill and malnourished and in no condition to be sold. Upon posting a picture of this kitten on social media, attention was grabbed quickly. The picture and story went viral with a public outcry of animal negligence. Within a matter of just a few hours the Brampton Animal services, OSPCA, Peel Regional Police and several news outlets had been contacted by an enormous amount of people. The OSPCA has launched an investigation but due to privacy laws they will not release any information on Cleo’s condition or whereabouts. The Brampton Guardian has published a story as well as an online magazine about dear Cleo.

The public is outraged that the sale of animals is still being allowed while thousands of animals every year are euthanized while waiting for homes in overcrowded shelters. It is estimated that 600,000 cats were living in shelters in 2011 and 60,000 cats alone were euthanized in Canadian shelters the same year according to a news report released by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies; that is an alarming number. Several factors contribute to this number, the top being the lack of spay/neutering, feral colonies and the sale of animals in stores. On top of city run shelters we can’t forget about all the local ones. All Paws Rescue Group alone right now has approximately 100 cats that need forever homes that have been abandoned and rescued from the streets.

>>327 >>338 Gahh, thanks >//<

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Help people struggling to survive in Syria

http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1770&ea.campaign.id=46365&utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=Syria_Safe_Homes&utm_content=Syria+Safe+Homes++Jan2016&ea.url.id=522494

While some aid has finally been delivered, these harrowing accounts of hunger represent the mere tip of an iceberg. Syrians are suffering and dying across the country because starvation is being used as a weapon of war by both the Syrian government and armed groups.

As the brutal civil war continues into its sixth year, the people of Syria are ever-more desperate for safety. They long to raise their families in a secure and nurturing environment, free of the daily horrors of life under attack.

Over 250,000 lives have been lost, and now even more lives are at risk due to intensifying military operations, restricted humanitarian aid and prolonged blockading of entire towns and communities.

Bumping.

Bump, to make Tanaka happy again haha.

Don't Let Corporations Rename Yosemite Icons

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/488/164/638/

Thanks to the threat of a $50 million lawsuit from Yosemite's former facilities operator, DNCY, Ahwahnee Hotel and other beloved landmarks at Yosemite National Park will soon be renamed.

We can't let Delaware North bully Yosemite into changing these iconic names! Please sign the petition to urge DNCY to give up its fight for copyright over Yosemite names!

Yosemite National Park is a iconic location - so much so that Apple even names versions of their operating system after famous landmarks. Names of locations in the park should not be tied to catering companies, but apparently they are.

Further, the name Awhanee is a word of Native American origin. It's absurd to think anyone can "own" names. Yosemite should be spending money on conservation efforts, not changing names on signs, maps and other materials.

i support kazeki's petition who's with me?

I'm with you.

try this
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/12/bill-murray-is-not-legally-allowed-to-steal-back-wu-tangs-album-but-he-should-anyways/

try this
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/12/bill-murray-is-not-legally-allowed-to-steal-back-wu-tangs-album-but-he-should-anyways/

Demand PM Trudeau Stop Airstrikes in Iraq

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/852/341/724/?z00m=27290628&redirectID=1931761266

Prime Minister Trudeau pledged during the election to stop airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and to pull out the troops stationed there. However, to this day the Canadian Air Force is continuing airstrikes, with no plan on how to disengage from armed conflict. Canada needs to stop bombing Iraq and bring the troops home as promised. Bombing Iraq has done little to stop ISIS from spreading and has cost lives and homes in Iraq.

By signing today you are helping show the government that Canada is a peacekeeping nation that understands that more violence is not the answer to the conflict in the Middle East.

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Save Turtles From Entrapment, Strangulation and Death With TTED Devices

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/183/711/242/

Sea turtles have been around since the time of dinosaurs, but six of the seven species of sea turtles on the planet are at risk of extinction, with hundreds of thousands of sea turtles killed each year by shrimp trawl nets, longline hooks and fishing gillnets.

Here's the good news: these deaths are preventable with TTEDs (Trash and Turtle Excluder Devices).

Turtles have lungs and need air to breathe and survive. When trapped in nets, they are unable to swim to the surface to get that air, eventually leading them to drown.

TTEDs are equipped with grids that can open in the event that a turtle is accidently trapped in one of these nets allowing turtles, sharks and rays to escape.

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Save Faculty of Information Science
#saveIWS
link: https://www.change.org/p/erhaltung-des-studienfaches-informationswissenschaft-an-der-heinrich-heine-universit%C3%A4t-d%C3%BCsseldorf-saveiws

The board of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Heinrich-Heine
University in Düsseldorf is to vote on 01.26.2016 as to whether the Faculty of Information Science is to be closed.
This will be done in the public part of the meeting, to which all the students and interested persons are invited.
The University of Düsseldorf offers the possibility to study information science in integrative studies with the partial fields of computer science and computational linguistics in Bachelor and Master, as a supplementary course in combination with different main courses of the Faculty of Arts and the PhD study.
The integrated studies program in Information Science sharpens the profile of the University, as a unique proposition , in a special way, as no other university in NRW offers a comparable program comprising the IT and media.
Information Science degree courses in Germany are only offered in Hildesheim and Regensburg, whence the importance of the maintaining of this course.
As a major industrial center in the IT and media sector, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, especially Düsseldorf are benefiting from the areas of research of Information Science - for example, artificial intelligence and knowledge management.
The evaluation of information for the global structural change is priceless.
The graduates of the Düsseldorf information science work in the country and abroad with great success in the Internet services industry, Software development, Media industry, Management consultancy, research centers and in research oriented libraries as well.
It is of enormous importance that research and teaching in the field of information science at the HHU be continued and that this course will not be closed.

Canada: Halt site C

http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1770&ea.campaign.id=40607&utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=Site+C_Indigenous+Rights_Update&utm_content=Site+C+Jan+2015+update+A&ea.url.id=526812

The planned Site C dam in northeastern British Columbia is one of the largest resource development projects currently planned anywhere in Canada.

There is no dispute that construction of the dam, and the flooding of an 80 kilometre long stretch of the banks and floor of the Peace River Valley, will have a severe impact on the First Nations and Métis families and communities who depend on this unique ecosystem.

In fact, a joint federal-provincial environmental assessment concluded that the dam would “severely undermine” the cultural practices of First Nations and Métis peoples, would make fishing unsafe for at least a generation, and would submerge burial grounds and other crucial cultural sites.
“We said no to the destruction of that valley. It’s the last chunk of valley that we have and it’s vitally important," says Chief Roland Willson, West Moberly First Nation.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-domino-s-pizza-paying-below-minimum-wage?source_location=petition_footer&algorithm=curated_trending&grid_position=2

In Australia, Domino's drivers are paid below the minimum wage. Support this and stop domino's workers from getting underpaid.

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Protect Alaska's Seabirds from Another Massive Die-Off Tragedy

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/210/128/478/protect-alaskas-seabirds-from-another-massive-die-off-tragedy/

Common murres may be common seabirds in North America, but, earlier this month, they were at the center of a very uncommon scene in Whittier, Alaska: 8,000 emaciated (dead and alive) murres along a rocky Alaska beach.

It looks like the birds were struggling to find fish to eat for 2 main reasons:
1. Warmer water surface temperatures that forced the fish to move on or die.
2. Harsh winter storms that impeded the birds' ability to hunt.

Unfortunately, wildlife officials are NOT monitoring the forage fish in Alaska. David Irons, a retired Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska and California biologist, explains "So when they [forage fish] [are] gone, no one has any information on them to show that they're gone, except birds are showing us they're gone." I don't think that we should wait for thousands of emaciated birds to tell us how that forage fish are gone. Maybe another tragedy of this magnitude could be avoided or mitigated if wildlife officials monitored these forage fish.

Help Manatees Keep Hard-Earned Protections

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/376/680/296/help-manatees-keep-hard-earned-protections/

Against the advice of biodiversity scientists, federal officials are proposing to change the Florida manatee's status from "endangered species" to "threatened". While the manatee population has made some strides toward recovery—due in part to improved boater education and no-wake zones—manatees are still far from recovered, and need the protection that comes with endangered status.

Pressure to delist the manatee comes from businesses that profit from recreational boating. As an endangered species, protections for the manatee include consequences for boaters speeding through manatee habitat. This is a considerable risk: the Center for Biological Diversity warns that manatees are still at considerable risk from boats and climate change.

Stop acid attacks against women in Pakistan

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/539/231/363/

"... all of a sudden I fell to the ground as a burning sensation swept through my face, neck and hands. He ran off straight away as I started screaming as soon as I could catch my breath."

This is a tragic account of a woman who was attacked with acid in Pakistan. Her crime? She had been raped.

Women are attacked with acid for any number of reasons—personal vendettas, shopping during Eid, or being the victim of sexual assault. Ongoing acid attacks towards women in Pakistan are on the rise: this year alone there have been at least 160 reported acid attacks towards women in Pakistan, completely destroying their lives.

The damage from these attacks are external and internal, and victims are haunted by this horrific violence for the rest of their lives. Acid attack victims face social stigma as they are seen as “bad luck” and many end up fleeing the country for their own safety.

Acid violence laws could save hundreds of Pakistani women from a lifetime of suffering, but they must be implemented on the ground level. Establishing government oversight to ensure implementation of these laws and prosecuting attackers to the full extent of the law will ensure the safety of Pakistani women.

Citigroup: Stop Donating to the New York Blood Center until it Reinstates Funding for Abandoned Chimps

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/962/616/575/?z00m=27338819&redirectID=1934862624

After conducting invasive experiments on almost 500 chimpanzees for 30 years and promising to provide them with lifelong care, the New York Blood Center (NYBC) recently abandoned the 66 chimps who are still alive, leaving them to die of starvation and thirst on islands in Liberia with no natural food or water.
When the chimps were no longer needed for experiments, NYBC released them onto six islands in Liberia where the caretakers from NYBC’s former research facility could provide them with food and water. “That’s what we agreed to do,” said Brotman.

NYBC also abandoned 20 chimpanzees on an island in the neighboring Ivory Coast. Nineteen of these chimps and their offspring have died. The sole survivor, Ponso, is all alone and being fed sporadically by locals and a group formed to provide emergency relief. He is in grave danger and must be relocated to a sanctuary.

NYBC, which has $450 million in assets and has reportedly earned approximately $500 million in royalties off of the research conducted on these chimps, should not shift responsibility for the chimps to advocacy groups or the government of Liberia.

on he new york city blood petition this is both good and bad due to the fact that if we don't donate blood 500 chimpanzees will be reinstated but humans will suffer due to a drop in blood donors and vice versa are you ok with taking away a service that saves lives to to save animals?

>>363 "Please sign this petition to urge Citigroup, one of NYBC's top donors that also prides itself on corporate social responsibility, to make their donations contingent on NYBC reinstating funding for the chimpanzees." I'm pretty sure, Citigroup is an American bank, so it's probably money donations... how would this affect blood donations?

>>363 This.

>>365 ....like I just said, CITIGROUP is an american bank (https://online.citi.com/US/Welcome.c?JFP_TOKEN=6G0Q08SD ), the things they are donating is MONEY, NOT BLOOD. You can go donate blood all you like. A petition isn't going to stop the donation of BLOOD.
If the wording in that one really bothers you that much, here's a different petition of the event.

Urge NYBC to reinstate funding for this chimpanzee colony

https://www.change.org/p/new-york-blood-center-don-t-abandon-chimpanzees-for-whom-you-promised-to-provide-lifetime-care

>>366 I still think the blood bank's more important than the chimps.

Drop it guys, you weren't donating to begin with. This petition is just highlighting the bank's neglectful animal release procedure. The fact that it's a blood bank is purely for context.

Create a National Animal Abuse Registry in the United States

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/449/889/340/create-animal-abuse-registries-in-all-50-u.s.-states/

As of January 1st, Tennessee became the first state to have an animal abuse registry. Legislators in a number of other states, including Connecticut, California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, are also considering their own statewide registries.

Although the specifics vary between the states, the basic way that an animal abuse registry works is that anyone convicted of animal abuse would have their name, address and photograph put on a computerized list. First-time offenders would be on the list for two years and second-time offenders for five years. This list would then be available to breeders, shelters, and stores so that they can check it before sending an animal home with someone. If a merchant does not check the list before a sale or knowingly gives an animal to someone on the list, they would be held responsible.

It is wonderful that these states are taking action to help ensure that animals are kept out of known abusers' hands, but what will stop an animal abuser from traveling to a state without a registry? The only sure way to keep our animals safe is to make sure that a known abuser can't buy or adopt an animal in any state.

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TransCanada: Drop Your Ridiculous Keystone XL Lawsuit

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/532/949/250/?z00m=27330350&redirectID=1934864404

TransCanada is suing the Obama administration and is filing a claim under NAFTA, because of the recent rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline rejection. Opponents are calling the move a "corporate temper tantrum". By starting this law suit TransCanada is trying to use its corporate power to influence government to support their earth-destroying bottom line.

Obama's administration took a bold stance when it rejected the Keystone XL pipeline. The move was essential to the global view that the time of unfettered oil consumption needs to come to an end. It also reflected the wide spread view of the American people that they no longer wanted massive infrastructure built for dirty tarsands oil.

By signing today you are sending a message to the people at TransCanada that the people's desire to address climate change is stronger than corporate profit.

>>371 A new pipeline in Canada does not mean more oil consumption. It means more oil drilled from North America and less purchased from the ISIS-ridden Middle East. I most definitely do not support Obama on this.

Ban Steel-Jaw Leghold Traps in the U.S.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/606/715/001/

Steel-jaw leghold traps are nasty, cruel mechanical devices designed to grasp an animal by the leg using spring-operated metal jaws. In their desperation to escape the pain and terror of being trapped, the captured animal will sometimes bite off the limb that has been caught. The traps often catch unintended animals, including birds, pets, and animals of rare species. Trappers kill millions of animals every year, but many of those animals were unintentionally trapped. They're often refered to as "trash" animals because their fur isn't worth any money.

About 100 countries - excluding the United States, Canada and Russia - have so far banned the use of leghold traps on the grounds that they are inhumane and indiscriminate. Britain (where they are called gin traps) was one of the first countries to outlaw them in the 1950's, and the European Union banned steel-jaw leghold traps in 1995.

There is ample scientific evidence to show that even if an innocent animal survives the trapping, it often ends up with damaged tendons or ligaments in its efforts to escape. Trapped animals suffer from torsion injuries, fractures, soft tissue damage and other limb injuries. Innocent animals caught by mistake often have to be euthanized as a result.

I support obama in this that pipeline is a bad idea we need to move to more renewable resources and this is a step towards that future

Urge the US Fish and Wildlife Service to Propose a Ban on Mountain Lion Trophy Hunting

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/436/290/727/urge-the-us-fish-and-wildlife-service-to-propose-a-ban-on-mountain-lion-trophy-hunting/

Mountain lions have varying protection across the U.S., and wildlife groups are concerned that some state wildlife agencies are seeking to reduce protection and increase hunting quotas.

The news story stated: "Currently, the only cougar populations in the country that have federal protection are the Florida panther and the Eastern cougar, the latter of which is believed extinct and has been proposed for delisting under the Endangered Species Act. Most other populations are unprotected and spread throughout the West, where the only state that currently forbids cougar hunting is California."
Several U.S.states are looking to increase mountain lion hunting quotas for a myriad of reasons: "including the desire to reduce human conflict, protect livestock or increase native deer populations."

But wildlife advocacy groups say research suggests increased hunting quotas actually cause more conflict. Younger mountain lions often move into the territories of big cats that have been killed, and younger lions are more likely to kill livestock and pets or take refuge close to human settlements.

After the recent extinction of the the Eastern cougar, more care needs to be taken before any increases are made

https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-nintendo-of-america-get-danny-devito-to-voice-the-english-version-of-detective-pikachu

Ban Dolphin Captivity

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/454/380/218/?z00m=27368445&redirectID=1942743442

The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) prohibits the "taking" of marine mammals. The maximum fine for violating the MMPA is $20,000 and one year in jail. "Taking" as defined under the MMPA as "harass, hunt, capture, kill or collect, or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, kill or collect."

Clearly, dolphins living in captivity have been hunted, captured, collected and harrassed to perform tricks for food at many marine parks, in an effort to exploit them for the entertainment of humans.

No captive facility, no matter how much space it provides, how well intentioned it is, or how hard it tries, is able to provide for the complex behavioral and physical needs of dolphins. Certainly there are captive facilities that put more resources into their programs. But, unequivocally, there is no way to do captivity well. All facilities from the largest, state-of-the-art facility to the crudest program all compromise dolphin welfare to an unacceptable degree.

New Jersey, Drop Charges Against Woman who Saved Abandoned Squirrels

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/954/902/631/new-jersey-drop-charges-against-woman-who-saved-abandoned-squirrels/

A new Jersey mom says she cared for two baby squirrels after their injured mother abandoned them - but only after a rehabilitator told her to “hang on to the animals ‘til spring.”

That was in July, Maria Vaccarella told New Jersey 101.5. But in October, after posting some photos on Facebook, Vaccarella said she got a visit from the state’s Division of Fish and Wildlife, clad in "squad gear," who took the squirrels she named George and Lola from her. She told News 12 New Jersey they didn’t say she'd done anything illegal.
Vaccarella wrote on her Facebook page that she was heartbroken and worried not knowing what had happened to the squirrels. Then, to make matters worse, Vaccarella says she was issued a summons for $500. Although NJ 101.5 says no “exact charge” was specified, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection does require a permit "to possess an Eastern gray squirrel," even though it allows people to care for injured animals.

But according to Vaccarella’s story, she did exactly what she should have done, and there seems to be no logical or legal reason to harass this woman for doing a good deed. Nevertheless, she says, the court raised her fine to $1000 and even threatened her with jail time.

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Opal the Orangutan has spent 36 lonely years in her cage. Help her get to a sanctuary

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/549/511/827/?z00m=27383775&redirectID=1946085204

As a species, they rank among the most intelligent of all primates. Adapted to an incredible variety of stimulating, challenging & changing elements in their treetop jungle homes. As mothers they are utterly devoted parents, the young staying with them for about ten years , learning the joys & dangers of their maze of branches, leaves & fruits. What to eat, what to avoid. How to build a nest each night, how to make a leaf umbrella for the almost daily rain. Above all, they have the gentle, constant companionship of a mother, friend, teacher & playmate. All of this - until they are old, & experienced enough to go off into the world for an adult life of equal variety.

For Opal, nothing of this natural life exists. Each day she is released from her sleeping cage into her daytime cell. There on a meagre patch of grass with a makeshift "Jungle Gym" of poles, she spends every day of her life. Alone. Alone but for the people who come to stare.

Don't let China host the 2019 World Dog Show unless it stops Yulin's dog-meat festivals

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/206/893/746/?z00m=27315945&redirectID=1934872134

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI), the major federation of kennel clubs, hosts the World Dog Show every year. 10,000 dogs enter the competition, which has been called the "world's most important dog show."

10,000 is also the number of dogs eaten each year at the Yulin dog-meat eating festival in China - where FCI is planning to host the 2019 World Dog Show.

As long as the government of China has not stopped the horrific Yulin Dog Meat Eating Festival, it is not acceptable that the largest worldwide dog organization will support and arrange its biggest annual dog competition in such a country.

Amazon - Stop Selling RooshV (Daryush Valizadeh) Rape Books

https://www.change.org/p/amazon-com-amazon-stop-selling-rooshv-daryush-valizadeh-rape-books

So far today, two women who've read up about Roosh V (Daryush Valizadeh) and his views on rape, women and 'dating' have ended up being physically sick. It's that repugnant. His books, the 'Bang' series, are a thinly veiled guide to getting away with rape. He's campaigned to end rape -- by calling for it to be made legal.

Valizadeh claims protest against him only 'makes him stronger'. So let's hit him where it hurts -- financially. Help petition Amazon to remove his works from their their stock; sign and share.

To those who'll cry 'censorship' - back off. He's entitled to write and think and say what he likes. He's not, however, protected from the backlash against his output, or removal of platform. This isn't about banning books, it's about ensuring he, and Amazon, can't profit from rape.

Stop Yahoo Japan from Selling Tons of Elephant Ivory Now

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/777/189/212/stop-yahoo-japan-from-selling-tons-of-elephant-ivory-now/

Yahoo used to have the strength of an elephant, but the now-struggling company has resorted to funding and profiting from the massacre of approximately 36,000 elephants per year. Between 2012 and 2014, 12 tons of elephant ivory were sold on Yahoo Japan. And majestic, gentle giants with families, emotions and complex social structures were reduced to fancy letter writing personal seals (known as a hanko) and other unnecessary trinkets that can sell for as little as $20 on Yahoo Japan. Yahoo, an investor in Yahoo Japan, insists that it cannot force Yahoo Japan to stop the sale of ivory items on the site, even though it doesn't condone the practice.

But Yahoo's inaction and Yahoo Japan's actions are funding and profiting from the $19 billion illegal wildlife trade where 1 elephant is killed every 15 minutes and none could be left roaming wild in 2025. The illegal wildlife trade is the fourth largest global illegal trade (narcotics, counterfeiting of products and currency, and human trafficking round up the top 3), and it has close ties to criminal networks, including the infamous Boko Haram. The trade stumps economic and social growth, threatens the environment and endangers national and international security.

Protect Spawning Sites of Vulnerable Pacific Bluefin Tuna

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/483/191/422/protect-spawning-sites-of-vulnerable-pacific-bluefin-tuna-now/

The Pacific bluefin tuna used to be abundant, but overfishing practices are bringing the species closer to extinction. The tuna has been reduced to 4% of its historic population, and it's currently classified as vulnerable, or one step away from endangered.

Small Japanese fishermen argue that industrial fishing practices of sonar tracking devices and huge purse seine nets in spawning sites have contributed to the decline, but the Japanese government refuses to implement a ban. The government and international community focus on the problem of overfishing of juveniles and protecting nursery grounds.

Minoru Nakamura, a small fisherman and the president of Iki Association to Think About Tuna Resources, explains the flaw in the government's logic of only focusing on the overfishing of juveniles: “If you don’t let them lay eggs, you don’t get the next generation of young fish, so it doesn't make sense to just restrict fishing of juveniles.”

Protecting the vulnerable Pacific bluefin tuna at every stage is just common sense. But the Japanese government's resistance to protect the tuna's spawning sites most likely has to do with protecting corporate interests over Japanese families. When the small fishermen learned the hard way that there isn't an infinite supply of Pacific bluefin tuna, they took action (e.g. forming an organization, not fishing during spawning season). Now it's time for the Japanese government to do the same.

Here's a petition site for those who live in the UK
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/

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Stop the February Bull-killing Event in Mexico

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/806/898/013/urgent-stop-the-february-1-bull-killing-event-in-mexico/

In the Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria, people pour liquor down the bulls' throats, then tie them to boats and drag them across a river. When they finally untie the bulls, crowds of people then chase after them, beating them and stabbing them with knives until they die.

Any bulls that remain alive are abandoned in pastures to die from their wounds.

This horrifying event was banned by the governor in 2006, but people in the town are still planning to carry out this murder.

read the poster , go to the url , enter the pass or if u are lazy vist below
http://darazu.wix.com/dollars#!announcements/uk71n

the leader J0KA is planning to help people out,quite brave i did say so myself , i think he would actually accept ur idea go vist him

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Save the Right Whale: Urge Fisheries Canada to Create Mandatory Standards to Prevent Entanglement

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/674/606/853/save-the-right-whale-urge-fisheries-canada-to-create-mandatory-standards-to-prevent-entanglement/

The North Atlantic right whale is a highly endangered species, with only about 450 individuals left in the world! This highly endangered giant of the deep is at risk from threats of entanglement: getting caught in fishing lines in the Gulf of St Lawrence.

Currently, in certain areas of the Gulf, lobster fishers have adopted voluntary measures to prevent entanglement of these beautiful creatures. However, we must do more to protect right whales by ensuring that the best practices are mandatory and that they extend into the entire Gulf of St Lawrence where right whales are found.

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Save Borneo Pygmy Elephants from Extinction

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/372/075/299/save-borneo-pygmy-elephants-from-extinction/

Ten endangered Borneo pygmy elephants were all found dead in an industrial tree plantation in a Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island over the last year. The first elephant died on Dec 29 and more continued to be found dead, with the last death on Jan 24.

Sabah environmental minister Masidi Manjun said Tuesday that the elephants probably were poisoned as the department waited for the chemist report to establish cause of death to see if they were intentionally killed, or whether the poisoning occurred due to natural factors, such as plants producing toxins in the area or pesticides.

Fewer than 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants exist.

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STOP the imprisonment of two hammerhead sharks in a very small tank at an Adelaide nightclub

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/590/673/142/?z00m=27399408&redirectID=1953617993

A night club in Adelaide, started by Nathan Buttigieg, is opening in March 2016 and as a part of the multi-million dollar club they want to add two hammerhead sharks to an aquarium exhibit. As if all of his other proposed spectacles aren't enough, he has to add this cruel exhibit to his club for show. And he's allowed to do so because hammerheads are not a protected species.

It's wrong on so many levels. It's disrespectful to the animals for a start. It's cruel. It's inhumane. It's wrong that these beautiful creatures are seen as entertainment. It's wrong that they are exposed to loud music. It's wrong that they have to look at a bunch of losers while they swim around and around in a tank that is too small when they should be out free in the ocean. It's wrong that Nathan Buttigieg is attempting to profit by it. It's just plain wrong.

According to National geographic, the great hammerhead shark can grow up to 20 feet (6 meters) in length and weigh up to 1,000 pounds (450 kg). How is that even going to fit in a 3.5m circular tank?

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Shut Down The Puppy Mill Capital of Minnesota and Urge State Lawmakers To Ban Puppy Mills

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/512/988/312/shut-down-the-puppy-mill-capital-of-minnesota-and-urge-state-lawmakers-to-ban-puppy-mills/

Despite widespread public outcry, six farmers in Minnesota have been granted approval to breed even more dogs on their massive puppy mill farms. Under the plan approved by the Winona County Board of Commissioners, most of the farmers can now house a maximum of 50 dogs per puppy mill. One of the farmers, LeRoy Yoder, requested to house 150 dogs - but the Board curtailed his capacity to 85 dogs.

The new permits were approved despite inspections by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) which found that the farmers were operating dog breeding kennels illegally and without any regard for animal welfare. Photos showed dogs in deplorable conditions - including animals with rotten teeth, matted fur created skin injuries, and eyes that were crusted shut. Numerous dogs were too weak to stand.

While the new permits require that the farmers control animal waste and obey government regulations, few protections are available for dogs in puppy mills, as studies have shown that breeders are able to operate these facilities despite repeated animal welfare violations. Meanwhile, an estimated 90,000 unwanted animals are euthanized each year in Minnesota shelters.

Demand that Saudi Arabia Free Sri Lankan Maid from Prison

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/358/365/237/demand-that-saudi-arabia-free-sri-lankan-maid-from-prison/?z00m=27399414&redirectID=1953619946

Last year, an unnamed Sri Lankan housemaid working in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to a gruesome death-by-stoning for her affair with another migrant worker.

After more than 139,000 people came to her aid by signing a Care2 petition, a Saudi Arabian court commuted the death sentence to a short jail term instead. We are overjoyed that this woman -- a mother of three children -- will no longer be slowly, barbarically murdered for the "crime" of having sex. But let us be clear: there is more work that still needs to be done.

The Saudi government has not released information on how long the housemaid's jail sentence will be -- yet the man with whom she had an affair was given 100 lashes and then set free.

We demand that the Saudi Arabian Legal System free this unnamed Sri Lankan woman from prison. Do not punish a woman for something as private as her personal life, and do not leave her children motherless!

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Shut Down Pro-Rape Supporter Roosh Valizadeh's Facebook Account

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/338/535/000/?z00m=27425288&redirectID=1957817252

Just a few examples of the hateful, dangerous ideas Roosh Valizadeh is promoting:

In Feburary 2015, Roosh posted this to his blog:"I propose that we make the violent taking of a woman not punishable by law when done off public grounds."
In one of his books describing his sexual exploits, Rooshstated "While walking into my place, I realized how drunk she was. In America, having sex with her would have been rape, since she legally couldn't give her consent. It didn't help matters that I was relatively sober, but I can't say I cared or even hesitated."

With nearly 13,000 members of his Facebook community page, Roosh Valizadeh is successfully using Facebook to recruit men who believe it is their right to use and abuse women. And he has demonstrated every intention of seeing that his pro-rape, anti-women ideas are realized in communities around the world.

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Speak Out for Malachi and the Children of Flint - Demand Congressional Action to Stop Lead Poisoning

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/387/156/927/

Malachi can't speak. And like thousands of children in Flint, Michigan, Sebring, Ohio, and other US communities, his life appears to have been irrevocably altered by lead poisoning — and government inaction to stop it.

The Baltimore two year-old, whose story was featured in a powerful column by Nick Kristof in The New York Times, is hardly alone:

"Today the continuing poisoning of half a million American children is tolerated partly because the victims often are low-income children of color... When Congress slashed funding for lead programs, it helped poison kids like Malachi — and 50 years from now his capacity will still be constrained because of the failures of Congress."

From Flint to Baltimore, Sebring, Ohio and communities across the country, lead exposure is a public health threat. Lead poisoning can reduce children's IQ. Pregnant women can experience premature births. And all adults are at risk of kidney and reproductive problems.

In 2012, politicians in Washington slashed programs to monitor lead levels in water and protect Americans from lead poisoning by 93 percent. Some support has been restored since then, but the programs still operate with less than half the resources they had just a few years ago.

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Stand Up For Stunt People! They Deserve An Academy Award, Too!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/810/757/136/

Many people do not know that Stunt People do not get an Academy Award, even though they are the ones literally putting their lives on the line for the glory of getting that thrilling and breathtaking shot.

Those are the shots that are used to promote the movies, driving people into the box offices to see those carefully designed action sequences. If you have ever enjoyed a movie, held your breath during an impossible leap from a building, been thrilled at a high-speed chase, or clung to the edge of your seat when good and evil fought it out on the big screen, then please sign this petition.

Even if action isn't your cup of tea, but you still agree with this cause, then please take a moment and sign this petition to make a change. Let's us stand up together and let the Academy know that the men and women who make the death-defying, thrilling and incredible adventures happen over and over again deserve recognition. They deserve an Oscar.

Ask Cyprus to End Songbird Slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/463/933/786/ask-cyprus-to-end-songbird-slaughter/

Hundreds of thousands of little birds are killed as they migrate through Cyprus every year. They are destined to become a very expensive restaurant delicacy.

Trappers use completely unselective methods, including mist nets, which trap every flying animal that goes past. Although blackcaps are the main target, over 150 different bird species are caught, of which about 80 are endangered. Species trapped include robins, shrikes and the colourful little bee eaters pictured.

Songbirds already face a multitude of problems, ranging from habitat destruction to their populations being ravaged by domestic and feral cats. The last thing they need is wholesale slaughter to become a luxury dish.

Push for an Urgent Recovery Plan for the Incredibly Rare Mexican Gray Wolf

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/359/653/904/

Only ~110 of these wolves are estimated to remain in the wild.

We're fighting in court to keep this ultra-rare subspecies of the gray wolf from extinction. But today we need your help to put additional pressure on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Interior.

The Fish and Wildlife Service is finally beginning work on a recovery plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, an iconic species of the American Southwest. Unfortunately, the governors of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado, bowing to pressure from ranchers and anti-wolf interests, are fighting to undermine recovery efforts.

Contrary to what the politicians are telling the federal government, scientific studies show that to create a sustainable population, these wolves need more habitat and multiple, interconnected populations, totaling more than 700 wolves.
Given their low numbers, genetic diversity should also come into consideration before any killing of these wolves is authorized.
For years, these wolves have struggled to survive in the wild—yet politicians continue to hinder their recovery.

Stop Subjecting Transgender Immigrants to Humiliating Strip Searches

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/540/542/922/stop-subjecting-transgender-immigrants-to-humiliating-strip-searches/

Transgender undocumented workers and asylum seekers being held at Santa Ana City Jail are being subjected to humiliating and invasive strip searches. They're also being forced to walk barefoot through human waste.

“These searches are particularly traumatizing for asylum seekers who have survived sexual assault and rape, and the strip searches undermine the healing these women need,” said Christina Fialho, general counsel at Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement, in a written complaint to jail officials and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

One inmate was forced to lift their genitalia as officials mocked them and shined flashlights into their orifices. One detainee even attempted suicide after a humiliating search.

No individual should be subjected to degradation because of who they are - especially immigrants and asylum seekers who have already endured hardships and humiliation prior to arriving in the U.S.

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Support Community Development Through Recycling in India

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/608/722/925/

From the time she was a small child, Annamma would work with her illiterate parents and four siblings, picking and sorting trash to sell to recyclers.

As an adult, she worked long, hot, grimy hours alongside her husband Ramesh to pick and recycle garbage, providing as best they could for their three young daughters. They were harassed by the police, looked on as thieves for 'stealing' other people’s garbage that had been discarded on the streets and in the dumps.

Annamma’s life began to change with the Global Communities' Trash to Treasure project which launched in 2009 to create a trash collection system in Bangalore. Today, Annamma no longer picks up garbage. Instead, she is the manager of a dry waste collection center where workers sort trash and separate paper, plastic and glass to sell to scrap dealers and recyclers.

Global Communities' Trash to Treasure program supports the rights, dignity, recognition, and security of the estimated 15,000 informal garbage collectors in Bangalore.

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Syrian Refugee Children: Don't Leave Them Out in the Cold

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/519/736/557/

This summer, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees released an appalling statistic: Close to 12 million people have fled their homes in Syria, driven out by violence and war. Tragically, half are under 18 — innocent victims.

In a few weeks, these children, many of whom have been exposed to horrors we cannot even imagine, will face another threat: Cold. Winter is coming all too soon, and it is often vicious in the upper elevations of the Middle East. Especially when your only shelter is a tent. Or when your bed is the ground.

Last winter was one of the most severe on record for the Middle East. Thanks to compassionate donors, the UN Refugee Agency was able to provide thousands of refugee families with emergency winterization supplies — tent liners, heaters, vouchers for fuel, warm thermal blankets, and mats for children whose “beds” were the ground. Now we need the help of generous donors to protect the lives of these innocent children this year.

Close down tiger temple in Thailand

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/727/538/092/?z00m=27442062&redirectID=1961533421

Tigers at Thailand’s famed Tiger Temple live in cramped concrete enclosures, far removed from their habitat in the wild. A shocking new investigation links the monastery, which houses 147 tigers, to the black market tiger trade.

The temple, officially known as Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno, is a huge tourist attraction for visitors who pay big money for hands-on contact with the temple's captive tigers. Busloads of tourists come to pet and feed cubs, play with tigers, walk them on leashes, and take selfies with them.
The tiger tourism is estimated to generate three million dollars a year for the temple. Former workers accuse the temple of tiger abuse and exploitation, including selling or trading animals, beatings, malnourishment, poor veterinary care, and horrible housing in small concrete cages with little opportunity for exercise or time outdoors.
The investigation alleges that tigers are being illegally traded to across the border to a tiger farm in Laos, and are helping fuel the black market in exotic luxury products in China such as tiger-bone wine (brewed by steeping a tiger skeleton in rice wine) and tiger skins, which are used in home decorations among China’s elite.

Protect wilderness and wild rivers in California's Central Coast region

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/704/657/937/

The effort to permanently protect California's Central Coast took an important step forward when Senator Barbara Boxer joined Representatives Lois Capps, Julia Brownley, and Sam Farr to introduce the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act to add wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, and other designations in the Los Padres National Forest and Carrizo Plain National Monument.
But Sen. Boxer and Rep. Capps are retiring at the end of 2016, so the future of these lands is uncertain. Let's keep the momentum going by urging our representatives to request committee hearings for these important bills.

Los Padres National Forest provides habitat for 468 species of wildlife, including the endangered California condor and the southern steelhead. The Carrizo Plain National Monument is home to an array of plant and animal life, including several threatened and endangered species, majestic tule elk, and pronghorn antelope. The monument hosts important Native American rock art created first by the Chumash people, as early as 2000 B.C., and later by the Yokuts.

These landscapes are an important part of America's natural and cultural heritage, contribute to the regional economy, and are a shared resource that the public enjoys through outdoor recreation.

Help Refugees like Iman Rebuild Their Lives

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/814/426/436/

When Iman fled Syria four years ago, her first priority was finding a safe environment for her elderly mother. Unfortunately, she was only able to find an unfinished home near a relative's house in Lebanon.

"My pillow was made up of a pair of old shoes and piece of cloth," Iman said. "My mother's health deteriorated because we didn't have running water or a working bathroom."
In 2014, Iman was referred to the Global Communities’ Shelter Assistance for Refugees program. Through the program, Global Communities rehabilitates unfinished houses if the owner agrees to let a refugee family live in the home rent-free for one year. Now, she lives in a house in Dalhoun, Lebanon where she is surrounded by an accepting and supportive community.
"Things turned out to be better, I found a job in the municipality and now I can support my mom and myself. It feels safe here," said Iman.

Around the globe, there are millions of refugees like Iman—refugees who just want to protect their families. Refugees who just want to feel safe again.

Stop redeploying war dogs for profit. Allow soldiers to adopt their heroic war dogs.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/596/147/002/

Military working dogs bravely serve our country in war. Each military K9 is estimated to save 150-200 lives through their work detecting explosives and hidden weapons. The bond between the dogs and their handlers is as close as any soldiers in any platoon. But military contractors are keeping our veterans from adopting their K9 partners!
After 247,000 Care2 members demanded action, Congress recently passed a measure that requires military dogs owned by the Department of Defense to be brought home to be retired, and offered to their former handlers for adoption. But there is a huge loophole keeping military dogs from their soldiers.

Unfortunately, a large number of military k9s aren't owned by the DOD, but are owned by military contractors instead. In these cases, when a soldier wants to adopt their war partner, they may not be able to, as often the military dogs simply vanish.

A NY Post exposé has just revealed tragic stories of veterans separated from their partners because the private contractor K2 Solutions wants to resell these war dogs to make more money or simply doesn't want to go through any additonal steps to serve our veterans. Hundreds of dogs have been dumped, kept from their handlers, many of whom are desperately seeking their K9s.

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Retire blind, handicapped elephant Pawan Kali - No more tourist rides

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/564/249/621/?z00m=27470114&redirectID=1969952757

Pawan Kali is a 70+ year old, handicapped elephant living at Hotel Seven Star in Chitwan, Nepal. This poor elephant is partially blind and in constant pain due to a lifetime of abuse, but is still forced to give safari rides to tourists and guests of the hotel.

Her list of obvious ailments is long, and includes: a deformed leg, malnutrition, open wounds, and scarring across her body. Her physical condition is the result of her treatment and "training." In Nepal, safari elephants are trained through food deprivation, confinement and regular beatings, as well as physical restraints such as chaining and shackling.

Governor Daugaard: Veto the 'Bathroom Bill'!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/908/365/571/

On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - the South Dakota State Senate passed a bill that would force students to use restrooms and other facilities based on their birth “chromosomes and anatomy”. This bill threatens the dignity, identity, and very well-being of transgender youth in South Dakota. We must act quickly - the bill has passed both state legislatures and now goes to the Governor's desk. This is our last chance to stop this bill from becoming law.

Transgender youth are already subject to bullying, dysphoria, and emotional distress - things that are only exacerbated when they are forced to endure unnecessary and cruel discrimination. Trans youth simply wish to use the bathroom of their chosen gender identity - nothing more.

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Tell Ted Cruz "This Land is Our Land"

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/903/614/604/

In a new Nevada-based political ad, Senator Ted Cruz vows to sell or give away our federal lands -- including national parks, forests and monuments -- to the states.

Nevada's public lands include the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on the Colorado River, Great Basin National Park, the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, and Basin and Range National Monument. These lands draw tourists who like to connect with nature while also providing endangered and threatened wildlife important natural habitat.

The majority of Nevada voters oppose the idea. Sportsmen understand the move will result in a loss of public access to wildlife areas. Field & Stream editorial director Anthony Licata wrote that state treasuries cannot afford to manage these lands, and they will ultimately be sold to large corporations.

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Save Monarch Butterflies by Protecting Their Habitat

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/977/560/407/save-monarch-butterfly-by-protecting-their-habitat/

Over the past 20 years, laws have been implemented to protect these beautiful creatures, but until these laws are fully enforced, the butterflies are in danger.

Monarchs feed on the nectar of milkweed plants and need them to breed. However, milkweed habitat for monarchs is quickly disappearing throughout all of North America. It is important that steps be taken immediately to preserve this vital habitat before it disappears.

Protect the Rare and Endangered Indus River Dolphin

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/940/822/914/protect-the-rare-and-endangered-indus-river-dolphin/

There are only about 1,100 Indus river dolphins remaining in Pakistan. The U.S. government will soon determine the fate of this rare mammal.

The Indus river dolphin is one of four dolphin species that spends all its life in freshwater. These fascinating creatures are blind and rely on echolocation to navigate, hunt and communicate in the muddy waters. The population of river dolphins has declined sharply due to the construction of hydroelectric dams and irrigation canals in their habitat.

The species is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and is classified as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. However, the National Marine Fisheries Service - the U.S. government agency responsible for the protection of this species - has just initiated a 5-Year Review to determine whether or not the species should still be protected. According to experts, this animal is so rare that we don't even have enough data to make such a decision.

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Stop Russian Circus Show! Polar Bears Being Made to Sing, Ice Skate and Play Football
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/408/863/863/stop-russian-circus-show-polar-bears-being-made-to-sing-ice-skate-and-play-football/

A circus in Russia is forcing polar bears to perform for audiences. The bears are trained to "sing and dance" while wearing horrible face braces.

This lovely and independent animals, they must live their lives in the Arctic, it is their residence, why bloodthirsty people scoff at these bears, taking them to the wild life to entertain the bloodthirsty men in a circus, it's awful! Bears need to live in the freedom of its independent life!

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Tell the EU to protect marine life

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/103/131/175/tell-the-eu-to-protect-marine-life/

The European Union (EU) recently set annual catch quotas to try to maintain biodiversity and protect fish species from depletion. These quotas would help achieve those goals — if they were actually being observed.
According to a new report from the New Economics Foundation, several EU countries are continually ignoring these quotas and allowing fishing fleets to catch limits that far exceed scientific recommendations.

While governments and corporations ignore the rules, wildlife pay the price. According to a study by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Europe's fish are in serious decline. The study found that more than 90 species of marine fish are threatened with extinction, mainly from overfishing. Sharks and rays are at greatest risk, with about 40% facing extinction.
If those stats sound scary consider this: scientists lack enough information to properly assess 20% of the fish species in European waters. The situation could be even worse than we know.

It's up to citizens like us to hold the EU accountable for implementing these limits. Many people and organizations campaigned for years to establish these quotas. If they are observed, it will not only help sea life flourish, it will maintain a sustainable fishing industry that will benefit wildlife, consumers, and the EU economy.

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Tell Tennessee: Don't Turn Away LGBT Mental Health Patients

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/957/806/626/tell-tennessee-dont-turn-away-lgbt-mental-health-patients/

A Tennessee bill that passed in the Senate and is moving to the House this week would allow therapists and other mental health professionals to refuse services to individuals because of their sexuality, gender identity, or religious beliefs. All in the name of "religious freedom", this would discriminate against LGBT patients, and would potentially cause major harm (especially if they are in crisis).

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Ask Canada to make DOG MEAT illegal

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/180/022/048/ask-canada-to-make-dog-meat-illegal/

In Canada dog meat is legal and anyone can kill their dog for meat

Proof:

1- http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/dog-meat-legal-health-inspector-says-1.408407

2- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat#Canada

Yes it is old article but it is still legal!

How can people protest China if dog meat in Canada is perfectly legal?

If, as a Canadian, you think this is not a widespread problem in Canada, fine then make it illegal by law to make sure it does not happen and cannot happen.

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Demand National Ban on Force Feeding Ducks for Foie Gras

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/635/137/719/demand-national-ban-on-practice-of-forced-feeding-for-purposes-of-creating-foie-gras/

Imagine being forced into a cage and having a pipe rammed down your throat three times a day, force feeding you to the point where you can no longer stand.

This is what ducks and geese on foie gras farms endure, all for the sake of haute cuisine. Foie gras is considered a rare delicacy by some, but a recent investigation by PeTA shows that the birds on foie gras farms pay the highest price.

The livers of foie gras birds enlarge to 10 times their normal size as they are force-fed and pumped full with pounds of grain and fat every day. Many of the birds can no longer stand upright due to their enlarged livers and can endure incredible stress, fungal infections, internal injuries, and internal bleeding. Many of the birds will bleed out and die as a result of this abuse.

Stop Civet Coffee Bean Farming

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/931/941/945/stop-civet-coffee-bean-farming/

Ask the Indonesian government to place regulations on the treatment of wild Asian palm civets and ban the inhumane production of civet coffee!

The very popular and expensive Indonesian civet coffee is still being produced despite proof of inhumane conditions.

In order to harvest the coffee, farmers feed seeds of coffee berries to imprisoned Asian palm civets, a beautiful wild cat-like mammal, and gather the seeds again from their excrement. The civets are captured from the wild, torn from their families, held in tiny, sometimes dark, cages, and are often force-fed the berries. There are currently no regulations in place on how to treat these animals, and farmers will often feed them to death with no concern for their health or living conditions.

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BREAKING: Don't Let Monsanto Get Away with Poisoning Anniston

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/595/136/204/

Monsanto's toxic legacy in Anniston, Alabama dates back over 70 years. Due to the company's negligence, PCBs have contaminated much of the town. Monsanto has bought up neighborhoods and fenced off properties they have poisoned. Despite their efforts to buy the public's silence, over 4,600 people from the community have come together in a lawsuit to hold the corporation accountable.

There are significant challenges to bring together the best parts of the two very different bills passed by the House and the Senate, but this one-paragraph effort to shield Monsanto from the company's toxic PCB legacy must be removed immediately!

A good bill will allow the EPA to keep the public safe from possibly toxic chemicals; preserve state agencies' ability to be more protective than the EPA; prioritize the EPA's ability to keep us safe over corporations ability to hide toxic chemicals behind the veil of "trade secrets"; and allow the EPA to make progress on testing the huge backlog of unknown chemicals used by corporations.

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Stop whale shark finning in Peru

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/852/151/109/stop-whale-shark-finning-in-peru-now/

In the morning of the 17th of February an unknown person offered fishermen in a little town in northern Peru 3000 dollars for the fins of a whale shark. "Cut off the fins and dump the rest in the ocean because it is an endangered species and I don't want trouble," this person said.

Unfortunately, the fishermen took the money. They caught a whale shark and cut off its fins. They dumped the beautiful animal back in the sea, doomed to a slow, painful death. Help us keep this from happening again!

Whale sharks are the largest fish on the planet, growing as long as 20 meters. The gentle filter feeders live off of plankton and small fish. The species is listed as vulnerable on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List. They are easy prey for unethical fishermen, as they swim slowly, often right at the surface.

Killing whale sharks is not common in Peru yet, but we have to act fast before a market develops. The presence of whale sharks in Peru was only recently discovered and the species is not yet protected by law as it is in many other parts of the world. Therefore, this horrible act of whale shark finning is not punishable under the law.

PM Trudeau: Launch a National Investigation on Over-Representation of First Nation People in the Prison System

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/689/382/396/?z00m=27545578&redirectID=1989398193

There is a gross injustice happening in Canada right now and no one in power is taking notice of it. While Canada's crime rate has hit an all-time low, more First Nations people than ever are being put in Canada's prison system.

While First Nations peoples account for 4% of the total population of Canada they account for a whopping 22.8% of the total prison population. Racial profiling is especially prevalent in the prairie provinces where some 85% of the criminal case loads are with Indigenous defendants. Police services in cities like Edmonton and Regina have refused to release race-based statistics on who they stop. First Nations people are being profiled as criminals regardless of their behaviour.

Stricter minimum sentencing, denial of bail and punishment for minor offences such as breaking curfew are some of the many tactics that are being employed to keep First Nations people imprisoned.

On top of that, Indigenous inmates are twice as likely to be put in higher security facilities and have a rate of segregation 31% higher than other groups in prison. All of this leads one to believe that the criminal justice system in Canada is working against First Nations communities, causing the perpetuation of oppression in this country.

Stop the torture and exploitation of Rama, India's most famous show elephant

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/743/383/173/?z00m=27540981&redirectID=1989424168

Rama (Thechikkotkavu Ramachandran) is a famous elephant in Asia - but he's being beaten and treated cruelly by the people who are profiting from his performances.

Rama is the star elephant of elephant festivals in South India, and gets the highest money reward in festivals in Kerala. When Rama refused to lift his head in an illegal elephant head-lifting competition, he was beaten cruelly.

In head-lifting competitions, owners force elephants to hold their heads and trunks up in the "salute" posture typically seen in the circus. The winning elephant is the one that keeps his head up the longest - but it's a position that is painful and uncomfortable for elephants, putting strain on the neck and trunk and impairing their ability to breathe.

The police took the mahout to the police station but he was released instead of being penalized for beating this poor animal. A few days later when the elephant was taking part in a festival the mahout began to beat him again.
Rama has been partially blinded by his handlers to control him. He's so thin that his spine shows through his skin. This iconic elephant needs proper medical care and food!

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Stop Girls And Young Women From Being Forced Into Marriage

http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1770&ea.campaign.id=43207&utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=March_2016_Eactivists_news&utm_content=E-Activist+March+8+2016&ea.url.id=560017

Maria was just 13 when her father forced her to marry a 70-year-old man who had five other wives. When she resisted, he told her: “If you don’t go to join your husband, I will kill you.”

Maria is not the only girl or young woman in Burkina to be forced to marry far too young. In a country with the 7th highest rate of child marriage in the world, more than half of women are married before the age of 18. Some girls as young as 11 are forced into marriage; many don’t continue their education after marriage. And only 17% of women use contraception, often because their husbands or in-laws deny them access to it.

The result? Children raising children in a country with one of the highest rates of maternal death in the world.

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Protect women from being raped in German refugee camps

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/252/604/484/

According to the letter, a group of nine guards regularly photograph and film women while they breastfeed, take showers, and sleep. Women and girls are afraid to go to the bathroom alone because that is where many have been raped. The letter states, "They wait in a group for the women going to the toilet on the outskirts of the camp; they intercept them, and they rape them while other people in the group watch.”

These women have escaped terror in their home countries, but instead of finding peace in Germany, they are experiencing terror of another kind. The guards allegedly keep the victims quiet about the attacks by threatening to tell their husbands or kick them out of the camp.

The Cologne police are investigating the allegations and have opened at least two cases as part of that investigation. The security company, however, says that they will use "every legal means to disprove the accusations." We need to make sure that these women find justice, and that others don't fall into the hands of predators.

Stop the drugging of baby animals!!
BABY DRUGGED WILD ANIMALS in Mexico …. for profit!! --- WRONG!!!

Along the Riviera Maya coastline, there is a terrible event happening involving tourist. Local handlers are bringing in baby lions, baby lemurs, baby monkeys, and more to have tourists pay them $20.00 USD a piece to take a picture with them. These baby animals are drugged daily so they will stay docile, AND the government of México has given these handlers permissions for this tourist related money maker.

Do you know what happens to these scared baby wild animals when they grow and are not BABY anymore?

They get ditched in cages and forgotten about. This is wrong.

Stop Animal Abuse at the Chicago Animal Care and Control Facility!
For decades the Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC) facility in Chicago, Illinois has been mismanaged. Taxpayer-funded animal care workers have been known to neglect, torture and kill the defenseless animals who are surrendered there.

In May 2014, the facility accidentally euthanized a five-year-old rescue dog named Chance. The reason for his death? He wasn't put on a "do not kill" list. He was only at the facility for nine days before he was needlessly killed.

In April 2015, a dog named Missy was put in a CACC vehicle after an adoption event and forgotten there for five days with little food or water. She was barely alive when they found her. Although she is reported to have made a miraculous full recovery, the neglect demonstrated by trained professionals is appalling.

Right before Christmas, a video was released that shows the horrific strangling of a shelter dog by shelter workers. Spike may have been considered an aggressive dog, but that is no excuse for the way they abused him. He died about 30 minutes after the incident shown in the video.

Please sign the petition to let Mayor Rahm Emanuel know that people are watching, and we won't tolerate taxpayer-funded abuse and neglect of defenseless animals. We demand reform and oversight of this facility and others like it in the city of Chicago. A third party should be brought in for regular inspections of the facility and surveillance videos. Any shelter worker found to be willfully abusing or neglecting an animal in the facility's care should face animal cruelty charges and dismissal from employment.
Sign here ----> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/696/097/191/?z00m=27541056&redirectID=1992989338

>>455 Well, I forgot to put the link.
Here it is!! -----> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/871/785/835/?z00m=27554690&redirectID=1992997779

Create a national animal abuse registry
As of January 1st, Tennessee became the first state to have an animal abuse registry. Legislators in a number of other states, including Connecticut, California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, are also considering their own statewide registries.

Although the specifics vary between the states, the basic way that an animal abuse registry works is that anyone convicted of animal abuse would have their name, address and photograph put on a computerized list. First-time offenders would be on the list for two years and second-time offenders for five years. This list would then be available to breeders, shelters, and stores so that they can check it before sending an animal home with someone. If a merchant does not check the list before a sale or knowingly gives an animal to someone on the list, they would be held responsible.

It is wonderful that these states are taking action to help ensure that animals are kept out of known abusers' hands, but what will stop an animal abuser from traveling to a state without a registry? The only sure way to keep our animals safe is to make sure that a known abuser can't buy or adopt an animal in any state. So please sign this petition urging Congress to create a national animal abuse registry.
Link: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/449/889/340/?z00m=27562483&redirectID=1992998604

Ban Cat and Dog Fur in Canada

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/272/379/007/

Canadians are unknowingly wearing winter gear trimmed in cat and dog fur. Because Canada doesn't require fur items to be labeled, customers may have no idea what species gave their lives for their hats, parkas and gloves.

A new bill could change that. Recently, MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith introduced Bill C-246, which would update animal protection codes to ban imports of cat and dog fur into Canada. This would prevent customers from wearing the fur of their beloved pets' relatives without interfering with local hunting interests.

While animal activists continue to push for a complete ban on fur products, this bill is an important step forward in protecting consumers' interests and the lives of animals we love. Please sign the petition to urge the Canadian Parliament to pass Bill C-246 and ban cat and dog fur in Canada.

Hey guys, I'm working on a petition where I want to try and make lives for stray dogs and even the people around them much safer.
So it would really help if you'll could join me in this :D

https://www.change.org/p/the-indian-government-stray-dogs-things-that-have-to-be-protected-but-controlled

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STAND WITH INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND FAMILIES TO END THE VIOLENCE

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The Canadian government has listened to the voices of activists who have called for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. A public inquiry into this human rights tragedy has been called. Throughout the inquiry process it is important to send a message to Indigenous women and families that people across this country—Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike—are standing in solidarity with them.

Demand Sussex University supports student Luqman Onikosi against deportation! #DontDeportLuqman

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/118/908/799/

For Luqman, who was a student at the University of Sussex, deportation is a death sentence. He is chronically ill and the medication he needs to stay alive is not available in Nigeria, where his two brothers have already died from the same disease. If he is sent home, he too will die.

Luqman, who began at Sussex in 2007, was diagnosed with hepatitus B in 2009 and has since developed cirrhosis (a chronic liver condition). Due to his condition worsening, Luqman couldn't work, lost his VISA and applied to stay on medical grounds. Whist waiting to hear of this outcome Luqman started a Masters. His second appeal to stay on the grounds of human rights was then rejected.

Instead of showing support for his case, the University of Sussex has revoked his student status. In retaliation, University of Sussex students have occupied Bramber House, an area where business meetings regarding the university's decisions often take place.

On average, international students pay triple the amount of home students, and contribute 2.8bn a year to the economy of London alone, according to the Guardian newspaper. Luqman has been an active and committed student, having co-coordinated 'Black History Month' and co-founded the 'Hear Afrika society'.

El Salvador: Free Teodora

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Teodora suffered a stillbirth in 2007, after the rapid onset of serious pain while she was at work. Police arrested her as she lay in a pool of blood. She was later sentenced to 30 years for ‘aggravated homicide.’

Why? Because abortion is illegal under all circumstances in El Salvador—even in cases of rape, incest, or risk to the woman’s life. Women with pregnancy complications such as stillbirths may be accused of having an abortion, convicted of ‘aggravated homicide,’ and receive a lengthy prison sentence.

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Support striking junior doctors! Don't make them work longer hours!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/180/948/208/

There are no planned legal penalties for employers exploiting working hours, break-times are planned to be reduced and "standard time" which was once set at 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday is scheduled to increase to 7am to 10pm Monday to Saturday, resulting in a potential 90 hour working week. Only nights and Sundays are to be recognised as shifts deemed worthy of higher pay.

Pay progression is also set to change, raising fears that those wanting to start a family may avoid entering the medical profession.

Junior Doctors already work very long hours with massive amounts of responsibility and after graduating are left with a student debt 25% higher than non-medical graduates.

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Save the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center from Shutting Down

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/634/101/504/

For 22 years, Linda Searles and the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center (SWCC) have taken in abandoned or abused animals. Ms. Searles and her largely volunteer staff rehabilitate wildlife that can return to the wild, and permanently house those that cannot. The sanctuary also plays a crucial role in the Species Survival Plan for the endangered Mexican Gray Wolf.

But thanks to one neighbor, that could all come to an end. David Seth Gortler is suing the center because he doesn't like the sound of center's coyotes and wolves howling or the dust from the dirt road that runs between his property and the center.

As neighbors of the SWCC, we believe that since the sanctuary had already been at its current location for 18 years before Mr. Gortler purchased his property in 2012, it was his responsibility to investigate the neighborhood before investing in real estate in the area. Mr. Gortler purchased three adjacent lots, between the sanctuary and his house in 2015. Dirt roads and animal noises are two of the many joys of living in rural unincorporated Maricopa County. Surely he was aware of the howling wolves and dust by the time he amassed property there of more than five acres. If people don't appreciate a natural environment, they should avoid moving into it.

Drop case against mother who provided daughter with abortion medication in Northern Ireland

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/716/597/066/?z00m=27536271&redirectID=1989451779

Abortion is illegal in Northern Ireland except in extremely rare situations. 837 women from N.Ireland travelled to England in 2014 to have a safe, legal abortion. Others bought medication from the internet in order to induce an abortion at home.

A woman is currently being charged under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act for purchasing abortion medication on behalf of her daughter. If found guilty she could be imprisoned for up to five years.

We are calling on the authorities to drop all charges against the mother who provided her daughter with this medication; and to call off prosecutions of those who use the pills or help women to access them.

By prosecuting those who use or provide pills the authorities are targeting the most vulnerable women who cannot travel e.g. those who because of their age, lack of money, lack of support, violent partner, or immigration status are unable to travel.

Using the law to prevent women using abortion medication causes risks — making doctors prioritise the reporting of women, rather than providing them with any care they need; and potentially deterring women from seeking medical advice for fear of prosecution.

Help Save Women and Girls from So-Called "Honor-Based" Killings

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/738/920/589/?z00m=27536267&redirectID=1989451410

In Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries, women are often subjected to "honor killings" if marrying against a family's wishes. According to the Honour Based Violence Awareness Network, at least 5,000 women lose their lives each year to this awful practice — and the number of deaths may be even greater, since such crimes are often unreported.

As appalling as the body count is, the individual stories of lost lives can be even more disturbing. Consider this terrifying account from ThinkProgress:

"Farzana Parveen was 25-years-old and three months pregnant when she was stoned to death by members of her own family outside of a court house in Lahore, Pakistan as passersby watched on, making no efforts to save her."

I am lucky to make my own choices but so many other women are not. Will you speak out against this terrible practice and urge the US government to do more to save the lives of women like Faranza?

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Stop the Gill Netting and culling of our Pike, Perch, Trout and all our coarse fish, Gill Nets do not discriminate

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/107/263/694/

Mismanagement of Irish fish stock is killing our angling tourism trade. Please sign this petition to ask that Inland Fisheries cease the practice of culling pike and Coarse fish in Irish waters. The IFI are culling our stocks of predator and coarse fish under the guise of trout stocks preservation. The truth of the matter is that they are keeping the trout anglers happy because they believe that pike and coarse fish are destroying trout stocks. But we know that this is wrong and more to the point, the IFI know its wrong. If you remove the pike stocks you get a population explosion of small pike and roach that will destroy the trout stocks and completely destroy the ecology of the water.

An example of the mentality of some of these west of Ireland trout anglers was clearly seen at a competition on one of the big lakes some years back, when one angler started a debate on the lack of trout that were brought in after the competition, he said, last year we took in over 600 trout, this year only 200, it must be the pike and the eastern Europeans. The irony of it. We've also seen a banner at a TROUT PRESERVATION SOCIETY competition, under the said banner there were numerous DEAD trout being weighed in. The slaughter of our fish has done untold damage to our angling tourism. Some towns around the country that were once bursting at the seams with UK and European anglers are now ghost towns.

Save the Tricolored Blackbird

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/361/990/287/

Once the most common bird species in California, the tricolored blackbird's population has dropped 44 percent over three years. In 2011, about 258,000 of the birds lived in California. In 2014, that number declined to 145,000. In the 1930s, the birds numbered in the millions.

According to Michael Lynes, the director of public policy at the California Audubon Society, the blackbirds have declined because of a loss of their wetland habitat. Their rapidly dwindling numbers leave them at risk of extinction. ""Colonial nesters need to have fairly large numbers in order to maintain a sustainable population over time," says Lynes. "Our concern is this population is going to crash in the way the Passenger Pigeon, the Carolina Parakeet did—their numbers just dropped off a cliff and then the bird was extinct."

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>>112 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbcwi7SfZE
..kinda late...but, I found a video with a great explanation of the "superbug" xD

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Halt Proposed New Anti-Wildlife Law In China

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/238/793/690/?z00m=27500573&redirectID=1989463577

A proposed amendment to China's wildlife laws would make it clearly legal for endangered animals to be bred in farms, and then slaughtered for body parts or sold alive for performances or further breeding. Additionally, the new law would allow local and provincial governments to legally approve additional commercial uses of endangered species.

This means the black market for bear bile, tiger bone wine and other folk medicines and traditional uses of threatened and endangered species such as pangolins would receive a huge boost - and these animals would be bred and killed in larger and larger numbers.

It's estimated that China already has approximately 200 tiger farms, which translates into over 5,000 tigers shut into horrible conditions. Over 10,000 bears - mostly sun and moon bears - are currently farmed, many for bile production which keeps them in tiny cages and forced to endure the painful process of having the digestive fluid extracted via surgery or a catheter.
If this law passes, then the number of animals kept in these inhumane conditions would likely explode.

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Stop hurting innocent bunnies for an Easter marketing ploy

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/549/175/189/

An animal market in the United Arab Emirates is dyeing bunnies pastel colors and mistreating them to interest people in buying them as Easter gifts. But one investigation found that 80% of bunnies bought as Easter gifts are later abandoned on the street!

Dr. Jaworski, a veterinarian of the local Advanced Pet Care Clinic, saw theses dyed animals on a trip to the market and said it was "absolutely unacceptable" and that the bunnies had scabies on their eyes, ears and between their paws.

Founder of Helping Hands for Small Paws, Daniella, said the picture reveals “a number of horrors” including the potentially toxic colouring, probable dehydration, cleanliness issues and caging that could cause broken toes and exposure to weather.

The Sharjah Bird and Animal Market in the United Arab Emirates has used this gimmick before, in 2011, on chicks.

Urge the Malaysian Government to Not Allow any Development Near Orangutan or Elephant Habitat

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/825/727/684/?z00m=27605581&redirectID=2001935499

n a plan that will further threaten dwindling elephant and orangutan populations, the Malaysian government is considering expanding roads in forested areas of Borneo, leaving scientists and environmental groups alarmed, according to a report in mongabay.com

The area proposed for development is located near an important sanctuary, which is home to some of the densest populations of elephants, orangutans, gibbons, and proboscis monkeys in Borneo.

The report states: "Sabah's Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary is home to some of the densest populations of megafauna in Malaysia. The tenuous patchwork of protected habitat along its namesake river is also surrounded by immensely profitable oil palm plantations on what was rainforest decades ago.

"The federal government of Malaysia plans to build a bridge near the sanctuary and pave a road through part of it this year, raising the objections of NGOs and scientists who work in the region.

"Critics say the road expansion will fragment valuable habitat, increase human-wildlife conflict, and go against elephant protection regulations."

Government of Alberta: End the Edmonton Valley Zoo's Horrible Treatment of Lucy the Elephant

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/149/044/734/

Lucy, the lonely Edmonton Valley Zoo elephant continues to live by herself in a barren environment and is obviously suffering and in poor health.

Elephants are highly social animals and to keep her alone and in the cold climate of Edmonton is cruel and inhumane.

The Edmonton Valley Zoo is currently up for a permit review on March 31, 2016. This is our chance to demand the zoo retire Lucy and send her to a sanctuary.

The Zoo does not meet the Alberta Province's own Standard for Zoos and therefore should not have its permit renewed.

>>484 Aw, but that's today.

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Justice for Berta in Honduras

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The courageous, celebrated, beloved Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was shot dead by gunmen who entered her home in La Esperanza (Spanish for hope), Honduras on March 3. Wounded in the gunfire was Gustavo Castro Soto, an environmental activist from Mexico who had come to work with Berta and the organization she led, the Council of Popular and Indigenous Peoples Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).

It was a tragedy waiting to happen. Berta had repeatedly denounced aggression and death threats against her. They had increased as she campaigned against the construction of a hydroelectric dam project called Agua Zarca and the impact it would have on the territory of the Lenca Indigenous people.

Concerned for her safety, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights called on the government of Honduras to protect Berta. Her family and colleagues hold the government responsible for failing to do so. Now they too are in danger.

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Demand Clean Drinking Water on All First Nations Reserves in Canada Immediately

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/529/326/087/

Imagine being unable to access clean water from the tap, knowing that the water is unsafe for your children. Imagine your child's body erupting in sores and boils from being washed in contaminated water. Imagine your government doing absolutely nothing for over a decade. This is the situation facing over 100 First Nations communities in Canada right now, where some communities have been under boil water advisories for over 20 years.

It is shameful that, in one of the G8 countries, thousands of people do not have access to clean water. Increasingly shameful is that the UN has recently released a report calling on Justin Trudeau and his government to address the issue. Clean water should be an obvious right in this country and yet First Nations' communities are ignored in their calls for help from the federal government.

The issues range from mercury contamination to inadequate sanitation systems leading to invasive, antibiotic-resistant infections in children and increased illness and poor sanitation in the general community.

Petroperu: Stop Using Children to Clean up Your Oil Spill

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/156/091/754/?z00m=27576023&redirectID=2001949851

Amazon regions of Peru have suffered several catastrophic oil spills since January this year. And due to Petroperu's failure to contain the spills, at least 3,000 barrels of oil have polluted two important rivers. According to Oil Change International, the Chiriaco and Morona rivers have been plagued by at least 11 oil spills since 2010.

These rivers are crucial sources of water and livelihood for the local community. Eight indigenous tribes depend on these rivers for water, and the pollution is depleting the fish supply as well. The pollution is jeopardizing the indigenous community's health — causing vomiting, nausea, and dizziness, but the community members are further jeopardized as they assist in cleaning up the crude oil, sometimes without proper protective wear and equipment.

Even worse, children have been hired by Petroperu employees to collect the oil for just pennies a bucket. The children were not provided with protective wear, and a 12-year-old boy has been injured and transported to Piura for treatment. PanAm Post reports this is not the first time Petroperu has exploited children in this way.

Sprouts Farmers Market says it cares about sustainability, but is selling Nestlé's illegally sourced bottled water

http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/sprouts_nestle/?utm_source=SOS%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Issue2&utm_campaign=SOS%20newsletter&t=10&akid=2478.756102.jaom3l

Sprouts Farmers Market is a large company that cares about sustainability, stating “Responsible retailing for Sprouts is… partnering with suppliers and vendors to ensure that the products we sell are responsibly sourced; reducing waste and our environmental footprint.” Yet Sprouts carries bottles of Nestle’s Arrowhead Springs, the same water being taken unsustainably from the National Forest in San Bernardino!

Selling Nestlé’s Arrowhead Springs water contradicts Sprouts’ principles of sustainable sourcing and minimizing waste. This is a product that is draining a unique ecosystem dry AND trashing our planet with plastic! If retailers like Sprouts refuse to continue supporting Nestlé’s bad practices, it will grab Nestlé’s attention and force the company to change.

Guatemala, Free Community Leaders Domingo Baltazar and Rigoberto Juarez

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/274/597/515/?z00m=27634276&redirectID=2010030768

Two prominent leaders - Domingo Baltazar and Rigoberto Juarez - were arrested and jailed for what are believed to be trumped-up and false charges when they traveled to Guatemala City last March to make complaints about human rights violations. Although they have been charged with a long list of crimes including kidnapping and murder, Juarez told Truthout that the government has no evidence against them.

These are trusted leaders who are defending the will of their people. According to Truthout, an overwhelming majority - over 46 thousand indigenous and mestizo community residents - have voted against these projects, with concerns over displacement and the loss of many sacred places.

Cultural Survival calls the arrests “deplorable” and “a grave violation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples….and numerous other documents that establish Indigenous Peoples' rights to their lands, the right to defend their land, right to self-determination," and the right to peaceful assembly.

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