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KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST 12/17/07PART 1: December KC DIGEST - Alerts From Members + Links To ActionView past KC Digest Newsletters: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/PART 1: December KC Digest 1. Send Holiday Cheer To SHAC 7 Prisoners 2. Outnumber Hunters With Your Feedback On Live-Bait Dog Training 3. PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS 4. Help Medical Progress

In Europe With More Alternative Testing 5. Bill to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages [Finally] Introduced! 6. Protest AVMA’s “Acceptable” Forms Of Euthanasia 7. Crisis For Animals In Neosho, Missouri Shelter 8. Where Are The Pigs? Hold Wild Animal Orphanage AccountablePART 2: December KC DigestI DID NOT GET PART 2, Please send it to me: kinshipcircle 9. MORE PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS 10. Man Dumps Emaciated Greyhounds To Die, Justice For Talca and Sari 11. San Antonio, TX: AWFUL LAW Proposed - May Affect Us All 12. Genuine Dog Skin Sold On eBay? 13. Veganism Is For The Birds: Workshop - Friday, January 11

14. Sierra Trading Post Sells Fur From China 15. 2007 State Animal Protection Laws Rankings=================================================================1. Send Holiday Cheer To SHAC 7 PrisonersALERT FROM / REPLY TO: SHAC 7 Support Committee, info * http://www.shac7.com/BACKGROUND: Remember to include Jake, Josh, Lauren, Andy, and Kevin on your holiday mailing list. This will be their second season away from friends and family. Hearing from supporters and

friends really makes a big difference for them.WRITE TO SHAC 7 ACTIVISTS IN PRISON: Jacob Conroy, #93501-011 FCI Victorville Medium I, Federal Correctional Institution P.O. Box 5300 * Adelanto, CA 92301 Lauren Gazzola, #93497-011 Federal Correctional Institution FCI Danbury, Route #37 * Danbury, CT 06811 Joshua Harper, #29429-086 FCI Sheridan, Federal Correctional Institution P.O. Box 5000 * Sheridan, OR 97378 Kevin Kjonaas, #93502-011 Unit I, FCI Sandstone P.O. Box 1000 * Sandstone, MN 55072 Andrew Stepanian, #26399-050 FCI Butner Medium II,

Federal Correctional Institution P.O. Box 1500 * Butner, NC 27509=================================================================2. Outnumber Hunters With Your Feedback On Live-Bait Dog Training ALERT FROM / REPLY TO: Cecilia Lambert, ceannicrcBACKGROUND: Indiana’s BloomingtonOnline.net seeks comments on the practice of training (hunting) dogs with live bait, usually trapped coyotes. If you didn’t receive Kinship Circle’s sample-letter alert, 12/14/07: Ban Live-Bait Dog

Training, request it: kinshipcircleCONTACT INFORMATION TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: http://www.bloomingtononline.net/forum/showthread.php?t=667================================================================= 3. PETITIONS, WEB CAMPAIGNS, VIDEOS* Aerial Massacre Of Over 4000 Horses In Queensland http://www.savethebrumbies.org/news.htm* Petition To End The Slaughter Of Equines In The United States Of America http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/a-personal-challange-a-call-to-action* Close Huntingdon Life Sciences (Amen!) http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/close-huntingdon-life-sciences.html* Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act of 2007 (S 2439) http://www.americanhumane.org/site/R?i=Z5DYUZzC2M62RMYYqcM57A..* Whales Revenge: Anti-Whaling Petition http://www.whalesrevenge.com/* CALL TO ACTION: Shadowcats Rescue Needs Your Help http://blog.jenn-brown.com/2007/12/15/call-to-action--shadowcats-rescue-needs-your-help.aspx* Hold Marcia Mayeda Accountable For All Six Los Angeles County Shelters http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/hold-marcia-mayeda-for-all-six-la-county-shelters * Stop The Cruelty At The Shelter Of Lugoj (Romania) http://www.thepetitionsite.com/4/stop-the-cruelty-at-the-shelter-of-lugoj* Tell Candymaker Mars Inc. to Drop Deadly Animal Tests! http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/mars_animal_tests#* Save Elephants From Poaching - Your Voice Against The Ivory Trade http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=215919 & msource=DR070703007 & tr=y & auid=2813968* Save The Singleton Flying Foxes http://www.otcs.info/bats/index.php* Stop Volkswagen's Deadly Bird Experiments http://ga0.org/campaign/vw/wu3b38drzdddtkj* Stop Cruel Killing (Heart Stabbing) Of Animals http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-the-cruel-killing-of-animals-due-to-overcrowding================================================================= 4. Help Medical Progress In Europe With More Alternative TestingALERT FROM / REPLY

TO: Tony Gallett, tony.gal001BACKGROUND (edited for length): Revision of Directive 86/609/EEC: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/revision_en.htm European Commission is reviewing Directive 86/609/EEC, which regulates animal experimentation across Europe. The European Commission itself acknowledges non-animal replacements "...have the potential to provide robust information through quality-controlled, state-of-the-art tests which are faster and less cost-intensive

than classical animal-based tests." EC has launched a Community Action Plan for the Protection and Welfare of Animals: "The final aim is to replace animal experiments with methods not entailing the use of an animal." For evidence that superior non-animal research is replacing animal experimentation: http://www.drhadwentrust.org/CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION: 1. SIGN "Replace all Animal Experiments in Europe" http://www.endeuanimaltests.org/ 2. Urge your MEPs to use the Revision of Directive 86/609/EEC as an opportunity to improve standards of animal welfare in European laboratories and

make replacement with non-animal methods a priority. CONTACT DETAILS OF YOUR MEPS: http://www.europarl.europa.eu3. Ask the European Commission to ban primate tests. Over 10,000 primates are used in experiments in Europe every year with the UK being Europe's largest single user followed by France and Germany. WEB-SENT LETTER: http://www.eceae.org/saveprimates/en/action.html=================================================================5. Bill to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages [Finally] Introduced!ALERT FROM / REPLY TO: Elizabeth Forel, coalitionbanhdc Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, http://www.all-creatures.org/bhdc/ John Philips, League of Humane Voters NYC executive director, infoCONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION: Intro 658, formally introduced by Council Member Tony Avella, bans horse-drawn carriages in New York City. 1. Call your Council Member. Urge him/her to support Intro 658 to ban horse-drawn carriages from New York City. Tell your Council Member's staff horse carriages + Manhattan traffic are a dangerous, potentially fatal mix. NEW YORK CITY

COUNCIL / CONTACT INFO: http://Council.NYC.Gov COUNCIL MEMBERS: http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml 2. Call Speaker Christine Quinn's office. Leave a message asking her to reconsider her position and join League of Humane Voters, ASPCA, and other humane groups in supporting Intro 658 to ban horse-drawn carriages. SPEAKER CHRISTINE QUINN: 212-788-7210 BACKGROUND (edited for length): 12/9/07: PRESS CONFERENCE/RALLY A HUGE SUCCESS - ASPCA SUPPORTS BAN 100+ people and lots of media... Council Member Tony Avella made the long awaited announcement he would introduce

legislation into City Council on Wednesday, December 12 to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC... Other speakers included Elizabeth Forel, Jill Weitz/Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages; Edita Birnkrant/Friends of Animals; John Phillips/League of Humane Voters NYC; Jannette Patterson/PETA...Sherry Ramsey/HSUS... READ MORE: Bill to Ban Horse & Carriages Met with Unbridled Anger http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2007/12/bill_to_ban_hor.php Avella carriage ban angers owners http://www.timesledger.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19090906 & BRD=2676 & PAG=461 & dept_id=551067 & rfi=6 PHOTOS: UNBRIDLED 'BRIBERY' - TRAGIC CARRIAGE HORSE'S OWNER BUSTED http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142007/news/regionalnews/unbridled_bribery_292809.htmCornelius Byrne, whose horse Smoothie (lt), crashed and died on Central Park South in Sept., is charged with offering an undercover investigator $100.KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:7/6/07: Another Horse Carriage Crash Marks Need For Ban http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1663 & seriesfirst=true5/8/06: How Many Carriage Horse Crashes Will It Take? http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1496 & seriesfirst=true=================================================================6. Protest AVMA’s “Acceptable” Forms Of EuthanasiaALERT FROM / REPLY TO: Adela4Total-Animal-Lib * Doc Wheeler, wheelerville2CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION: American Veterinary Medical Association (Headquarters) 1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100 * Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360 ph: 847-925-8070; fax: 847-925-1329; email: avmainfo American Veterinary Medical Association, Governmental Relations Division 1910 Sunderland Place, NW * Washington, DC 20036-1642 ph: 800-321-1473; fax: 202-842-4360; email: avmagrdBACKGROUND (edited for length): AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia: http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf Some euthanasia methods with the AVMA’s “seal of approval:” - PENETRATING CAPTIVE BOLT: Ruminants, horses, swine, lab rabbits, dogs. - EUTHANASIA BY A BLOW TO THE HEAD: Humane method of euthanasia for neonatal animals with thin craniums, such as young pigs. - GUNSHOT: Firearm should be aimed so the projectile enters the brain... - CERVICAL DISLOCATION: Poultry, other small birds, mice, and immature rats and rabbits...the base of the tail or the hind limbs are quickly pulled,

causing separation of the cervical vertebrae from the skull. - DECAPITATION: Rodents and small rabbits in research settings... Although it has been demonstrated that electrical activity in the brain persists for 13 to 14 seconds following decapitation... - ELECTROCUTION: Dogs, cattle, sheep, swine, foxes, and mink. - MICROWAVE IRRADIATION: Heating by microwave irradiation... All units direct their microwave energy to the head of the animal. - KILL TRAPS: For collection and killing of small, free-ranging mammals for

commercial purposes (fur, skin, or meat), scientific purposes, to stop property damage, and to protect human safety. - MACERATION: Mechanical apparatus [with] rotating blades or projections causes immediate fragmentation and death of day-old poultry... READ MORE (IF YOU CAN) ABOUT AVMA’S “ACCEPTABLE” EUTHANASIA: http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf=================================================================7. Crisis For Animals In Neosho, Missouri ShelterALERT FROM / REPLY

TO: kathy b, baumy5 * 314-739-0303 Angie Jamison, angelajamisonBACKGROUND: An ACO at Neosho Animal Control Dept. (city pound) in Neosho, Missouri left town for a week and three dogs and two cats died at the shelter... Apparently the cops were in charge of food/water while [ben] was on vacation from this city shelter. We need to get these dogs out. I cannot believe animals are dying in the city shelter from starvation. Please help. We are trying to get the Westies, boy and girl found together, out. There was a boxer

starving to death (put down today). Transport assistance is available if rescues let the shelter know they can take some dogs off their hands. This is a crisis situation.CONTACT INFORMATION TO HELP: Neosho Animal Control Dept. 201 McCord * Neosho, MO 64850 ph: 417-451-8038 ext 3010; email: stoerger1981 Ben (A/C officer at Neosho pound): 417-396-9032 Tracy (volunteer at Neosho): 417-499-2751Look at this little injured wire fox terrier or JRT. http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=9855402VIEW ANIMALS AT NEOSHO ANIMAL CONTROL DEPT: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MO215.html (shelter list link at bottom of page)=================================================================8. Where Are The Pigs? Hold Wild Animal Orphanage AccountableALERT FROM / REPLY TO: Dawn Taylor Bechtold, US Animal Protection, DRCTBDBACKGROUND (edited for length): US Animal Protection launched an investigation regarding the care and treatment of

exotic wild animals living in San Antonio, Texas. The Animal Sanctuary of the United States -- DBA The Wild Animal Orphanage (WAO) -- claims to have hundreds of exotic wild animals on two properties (one regulated by the USDA and the other unregulated)... Several years ago, an animal lover rescued 100+ potbellied pigs from a dire situation... Here are excerpts from her account: Wild Animal Orphanage agreed to take all [the pigs]. Carol and Ron Asvestas said they’d need $4,500 up front to cover the cost of constructing a new barn for the pigs... Some months after the arrival of the pigs at WAO, Carol sent about half of them to a board member. She said she kept the rest. She never gave a name or

address, but said the pigs were close by and she checked them regularly and "they were fine!" Much later, she said all the pigs were sent to two different board member's homes, but again, the pigs were nearby... At one point I was told Carol said she "got rid of them" and later told by someone else that Ron had been seen loading all the pigs on a truck not long after they arrived at WAO. I was told a few pigs couldn’t be caught and may still be at WAO, but I have found no one to this day who has seen them... It’s torture not knowing their whereabouts or if they’re alive or dead...CONTACT INFORMATION / TAKE ACTION: WAO email: wao Where are the

pigs? Ask WAO to post their location and current dated photos of the pigs on its website.SAMPLE LETTER, from DRCTBD: Dear Ms. Carol Asvestas: I am very concerned about 100+ potbellied pigs Wild Animal Orphanage took in several years ago. Your organization agreed to provide 100+ potbellied pigs a permanent home. It is now reported pigs are no longer living at Wild Animal Orphanage and circumstances regarding their location are unclear. Many people placed animals in your care, expecting the animals would receive life-long quality care at WAO. It saddens me to learn the pigs may have been relocated or suffered a worse fate, after promises made for

quality life-long care were made to the public by way of media news coverage. I, and many others, would like to know the fate of the 100+ potbellied pigs who used to reside at WAO. Please provide an updated story and current dated photos of the pigs residing at their new home on your website. You claim to have about 10 potbellied pigs on your property -- so where are the 90+ potbellied pigs? If you could also include pictures of your 10 pigs living in their new and improved home, it would go a long way to institute good faith within the animal rescue community. Thank you. Sincerely,******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************EACH MONTHLY KC DIGEST INCLUDES: ALERTS forwarded by Kinship Circle members. CONTACT INFO to reply directly to the activist who supplied the alert. Kinship Circle did not write/research these alerts. Send submissions for KC DIGEST to kinshipcircle****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** GET COOL CLOTHES - http://www.kinshipcircle.org/store/KINSHIP CIRCLEFOR ANIMALS - BEAR WITNESS. SPEAK. DEMAND. ACT.Action Campaigns I Literature I Animal Disaster Aid Networkinghttp://www.KinshipCircle.org * http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/info@... I kinshipcirclePLEASE DONATE: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/***************************************************************************************************UNSUBSCRIBE: * Select a Kinship Circle ALERT received in your mailbox* Hit “FORWARD”* Enter kinshipcircle * Type UNSUBSCRIBE in your subject line and hit send***************************************************************************************************SUBSCRIBE: 1. Kinship Circle

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