Tigers Electrocuted to Death to Entertain Businessmen

From: Kathleen J., Care2 Action Alerts

Subject: Tigers Electrocuted to Death to Entertain Businessmen

action alert! More than ten tigers were electrocuted to death to entertain wealthy businessmen in Zhanjiang, China. Demand punishment for these tiger killers.   Demand Justice for Slaughtered Tigers in China please share it helps!     Dear friends,           At an illegal club, wealthy businessmen and government officials watched while endangered tigers were electrocuted, then butchered and fed to the live audience. Fifteen people have been arrested, but nobody has been punished. Click here to sign the petition demanding punishment for the people responsible for trafficking and electrocuting these tigers. These events are called "visual feasts" and the people who attend think that watching the tigers suffer and die is a way to show their social status and power. After the tigers are killed at the events, they are chopped into pieces and sold on the black market. China has a long history of animal abuse, but the country is trying to clean up its reputation. Recently, the Chinese government destroyed illegal ivory stores as a show of goodwill. It's up to us to make sure that the government treats these tiger killings just as seriously. Tigers are incredibly endangered -- right now, there are only about 3,000 wild tigers left in the entire world. This horrific crime cannot go unpunished. To protect tigers, the Chinese authorities need to hold everyone involved accountable, including the people who trafficked the tigers into China from Vietnam and the people who bought and sold their remains. Please take action to demand justice for these murders, before all tigers are gone for good. Thank you for taking action, Kathleen J. Care2 and ThePetitionSite

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SeaWorld just got busted by a US government agency for violating the Animal Abuse Act

Subject: SeaWorld

SeaWorld just got cited for violating the Animal Care Act -- and in a surprise move, California could pass a landmark ban on keeping orca whales in captivity! It's time the company stopped keeping orcas in cages, and pressure is mounting. Speak out now to demand an end to this barbaric practice.

SeaWorld just got busted by a US government agency for violating the Animal Abuse Act -- and we may have a rare chance to end its animal cruelty for good.

SeaWorld imprisons orca whales in tiny, cage-like tanks -- and the USDA citation reveals conditions at the park are dangerous to the animals' health. SeaWorld is still defending its barbaric practices, but pressure is building on the company.

In a surprise move yesterday, a Californian congressmen introduced a law to make it illegal to keep orcas in captivity. This could change everything -- but SeaWorld is already mounting a vicious campaign to defeat this congressman's brave move. We need to tell the State of California that the public won't accept SeaWorld's imprisonment of orcas any longer.

California: Enact the Orca Welfare and Safety Act to stop SeaWorld's imprisonment and torture of whales now.

SeaWorld's actions are no surprise to anyone who has watched Blackfish, the documentary exposé showing how SeaWorld tortures these intelligent animals as they force them to perform tricks for the sake of entertainment and profits. But the Orca Welfare and Safety Act could change all that. The Act makes it illegal to “hold in captivity, or use, a wild-caught or captive-bred orca for performance or entertainment purposes.” 

SeaWorld would have you believe that the captivity of whales is about education, but we know better -- it’s about profits. Through the years many groups, including SeaWorld's own trainers and staff, have called for the end of the imprisonment of whales.

But with recent scrutiny, the company is under more pressure than ever. After CNN aired the groundbreaking Blackfish documentary, the world now knows that Seaworld still keeps orcas like Tillkum in captivity, taken from the wild at two years old. This is dangerous not just for Tillkum's own health, but for his trainers -- the mental effects of being locked in a 20-by-30 foot dark metal container has seen him implicated in the deaths of three people.

This latest bust by the USDA for violating the Animal Abuse Act is just sign that SeaWorld needs to stop this. Attendance is dwindling at SeaWorld as the world wises up about the cruelty of the business of capturing animals for entertainment. Parents and kids are understanding that forcing intelligent, sensitive animals to live in cages is a cruel, unethical practice. If this law passes, we can stop this practice in California for good.

Sign on to stop SeaWorld from imprisoning whales for profit.

Thanks for all that you do,
Paul, Angus, Hanna, and the rest of us.

 

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More Information:

SeaWorld Cited By USDA For Violating Animal Welfare Act, The Dodo, 25 February 2014.
Calif. bill proposed to stop orca shows, Politico, 7 March 2014.
Blackfish' sparks debate over taking kids to animal parks, NY Times, 18 July 2013.

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Stop the Wolf Hunt in Sweden!

Subject: Stop the Wolf Hunt in Sweden!

action alert! There are only about 400 wolves left in the entire country of Sweden. Yet the Swedish government plans to allow even more of them to be killed.   Say No To The Swedish Wolf Hunt! please share it helps!     Dear .....................           Wolves are an endangered species. In the entire country of Sweden, there are only about 400 of them left. That's barely enough to keep the population alive as is. Yet the government has still authorised a licensed wolf hunt that could cut that number in half. Despite the outcry from Swedish citizens, the government claims the cull is necessary to protect livestock. But there are lots of ways to protect farm animals from predators -- and indiscriminately murdering wolves shouldn't be one of them. Even the European Commission has stepped in to try to stop the hunt, correctly pointing out that Sweden is violating EU conservation laws. So far, though, the government has refused to listen. Now, it's time for all of us to make our voices heard. Tell the Swedish government to cancel the wolf hunt immediately! Thank you for taking action, Kathleen Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team

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