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Part 2/ UPDATES: JAN-MAR 2008 KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST PART 2: KC UPDATES / JANUARY - MARCH 2008 Victories * Setbacks * Progress For Animals: ONLY PUBLISHED TRI-MONTHLY http://www.kinshipcircle.org/updates/ PART 2: KC UPDATES / JAN - MARCH 2008 14. Tammy Grimes To

Appeal Unjust Sentence In Doogie Case 15. Companies Prosecuted In Poisoned Pet Food Recall 16. Report Calls For Prosecution Of Pet-Killing Dogcatcher 17. Judge To Bush Admin: You Can’t Exempt Navy In Sonar! 18. FDA OKs Food Sales From Animal Clones 19. NIH Tells UCONN Primate Experimenter To Return $65K 20. Dr. Anteneh Roba Earns Circle Of Compassion Award 21. USA: Killing Dogs In Training Of Doctors To End 22. SF Zoo Attack Victim Admits Taunting Tiger 23. Premarin Maker Wyeth Faces Over 5,300 Lawsuits 24. Denny’s Stop Sponsorship Of Ringling Bros. Circus 25. Boys Sentenced In Toby’s Brutal Death 26. The Dogs That Vick Hurt PART 1: KC UPDATES / JAN - MARCH 2008 PLEASE RESEND ME PART #1: kinshipcircle 1. Hallmark Meat Exec Admits Downed Cows Enter Food Supply 2. Juvenile Arrested In Edna's Disappearance Found Guilty 3. Dog Attacked With Drill Gun - Updated 4. Canada’s New Rules For “Humane Seal Hunt” (oxymoron of the year?) 5. Mississippi Legislators Snub Buddy’s Law 6. Puerto Rico Faces Suit Over Roundup/Kill of Animals 7. Official Investigation Of Puppy Killer Is Underway, Marines Say 8. In Shadow Of Vick Case, Virginia Toughens Dogfighting Laws 9. Landmark Crate Ban On Way To Nov. 2008 Calif. Ballot

10. Los Angeles: Spay-Neuter Proposal Becomes Law 11. South Africa To Resume Elephant Culling After 13 Years 12. Three U.S. Agencies Aim To End Animal Testing 13. Animals Lose A True Friend With Congressman Lantos’ Death ================================================================ ================================================================ 14. Tammy Grimes To Appeal Unjust Sentence In Doogie Case DATE 2/9/08 SOURCE: http://network.bestfriends.org/pennsylvania/news/23093.html EDITED FOR LENGTH In a Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania courtroom, Judge Elizabeth Doyle sentenced Tammy Grimes, founder of Dogs Deserve Better, to a $1,700 fine, 300 hours of community service, and probation for one year. Judge Doyle also dictated that Grimes remove all images of Doogie from her website and cease profiting from merchandise depicting his image. Doogie is the sick and elderly dog whom Grimes rescued off a chain in September 2006. She was arrested and later convicted of theft and receiving stolen property this past December. TAMMY’S STATEMENT:

HOW TO HELP: Ask Pennsylvania’s Governor to PARDON Tammy Grimes for the “crimes” of

theft and receiving stolen “property” in her action to save a dying, chained dog. Governor Edward G. Rendell 225 Main Capitol Building; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 ph: 717-787-2500 web mail: http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/govmail.html ALSO SEE: Dogs Deserve Better Doogie Page http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/doogie.html Dogs Deserve Better No Chains Community http://network.bestfriends.org/dogsdeservebetternochains/news/ Animal Activist Fined, Sentenced To Probation For Stealing Dog http://www.wjactv.com/news/15380162/detail.html Justice for

Tammy: Watch and Listen to the Tribute to a Hero! http://www.animallawcoalition.com/tethering-penning/article/388 INCLUDES CONTACT INFORMATION TO WRITE TO STATE REPS/SENATORS (in addition to Governor) ASKING FOR A PARDON FOR TAMMY. KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 12/14/07: GUILTY For Saving A Life - Tammy Grimes, Dogs Deserve Better http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1703 & seriesfirst=true 9/17/07: Tammy Grimes Jury Selected - Gag Order Issued http://www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_11.html#anchor10 9/2007: Dismiss Charges Against Tammy Grimes (Doogie

Case) http://www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_09.html#anchor12 5/19/07: Grimes Wins Award For Her Art Honoring Dog She Saved http://www.kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_april-june_2007.html#anchor11 3/6/07: Free From Chains, Doogie Has Died http://www.kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_jan-mar_2007.html#11 11/27/06: Jury Trial Set For Dogs Deserve Better Founder http://www.kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_oct-dec.html#8 10/18/06: Arrested Dog Rescuer Tammy Grimes Visits One Happy Dog! http://kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_aug-oct_2006.html#2 9/29/06: 2 Charges Dropped For Grimes; No Charges For Arnolds http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/gulfcoast/newsletters/9_29_06.html#9 9/20/06: Tammy Grimes Update: Vet Says Doogie Is Victim Of Abuse http://kinshipcircle.org/disasters/gulfcoast/newsletters/9_20_06.html#6 9/15/06: Tammy Grimes: Save A Life, Go To Jail? http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1568 & seriesfirst=true

================================================================ 15. Companies Prosecuted In Poisoned Pet Food Recall DATE: 2/9/08 FROM: J2468 SOURCE: The New York Times By Charles Rex Arbogast, AP. Julie Benesh meets with veterinary technician Daniel Scogin in Chicago in 2007 after the food she was feeding her cat Truffle was recalled. EDITED FOR LENGTH The Bush administration has moved...to prosecute two Chinese companies and an American importer involved

in the sale of contaminated pet food ingredients that killed or sickened thousands of dogs and cats. An investigation by the Food and Drug Administration led to the indictments by a federal grand jury in Missouri. The importer, ChemNutra, based in Las Vegas, contracted to buy wheat gluten, a plant protein used as a binding agent in pet foods, from an export broker in China. The Chinese broker bought the wheat gluten from a Chinese processing company. The Chinese processor is charged with lacing the product with melamine, an inexpensive additive that can make the wheat gluten look like it contains more protein than it actually does. The export broker is accused of mislabeling the shipments with an inaccurate product code to escape mandatory inspections in China. ChemNutra, is accused of knowing the shipments had been miscoded -- yet failed to disclose that to American pet food manufacturers who

bought the gluten... If prosecutors prove ChemNutra's wrongdoing, stiff fines and a jail sentence would provide a strong deterrent. ALSO SEE: Seven Indicted for Importing Contaminated Ingredients Used in Pet Food http://www.hsus.org/pets/pets_related_news_and_events/seven_indicted_for_importing_020708.html Pet food scare in USA had a precursor http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-10-petfood_N.htm KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: April-June 2007 UPDATES: $45 Million Damage For Menu Foods http://www.kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_april-june_2007.html#anchor7 5/8/07: Our Companions Count - FDA Must Monitor Food http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1646 & seriesfirst=true 4/25/07: Pet Food Saga Hall Of Shame http://www.kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_04_25_07.html 4/14/07: PET FOOD RECALL: News, Updates, Action http://www.kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_04_14_07.html 4/2/07: TOXIC FOOD - Updates & Action Against Menu Foods http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1638 & seriesfirst=true GET THIS FACT SHEET: IAMS Doublespeak: Experiments On Cats And Dogs http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/DyingForKibble.pdf ================================================================ 16. Report Calls For Prosecution Of Pet-Killing Dogcatcher DATE: 2/6/08 SOURCE: anonymous source in Gerald, MO RE: 12/7/07: Serial Pet Killer Goes Unpunished In Small Town “Humane Society of Missouri’s Cruelty Task Force

has issued a final offense/incident report concerning shooting of cats by Dean Todaro... It is recommended by Investigator Bonnie Dean that appropriate disciplinary action be taken against Dean Todaro, including appropriate criminal charges by the City of Gerald and Franklin County. It is also recommended that the City of Gerald: 1. Get a MO Dept. of Agriculture license for their animal holding facility. 2. Host an Animal Welfare and Law class for all officers and city officials. 3. Write up specific city ordinances regarding adequate care and control of animals within city limits. All involved are excited about the outcome and thank you for your support as it was noted in the report that the state had comments from across the country... Let all know justice is served in Gerald for helpless animals!” Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle -- Well, justice is sort of served. Rumor has it Gerald

officials are unhappy with Kinship Circle for spreading “false information” about the systematic shooting of animals in their town. One Gerald family member whose cat was shot and buried tells KC that Humane Society’s report was sent to the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, Gerald Police Dept., and Mayor Otis Schulte -- advising charges against Dean Tadaro. Gerald police won’t press charges, claiming conflict of interest. They want the prosecuting attorney’s office to handle it. But, THAT office claims they don’t have the case on file. ASK PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO LOG THIS CASE & ASSIGN AN ATTORNEY: Robert Parks, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney MAIL: 414 E. Main Street, Suite B • Union, MO 63084 EMAIL: unioncse PH/FAX: 636-583-6370; fax: 636-583-7343 website: http://www.franklinmo.org/Prosecutor/PMain.htm FOR BACKGROUND ON THE CASE, SEE: Humane Society Recommends Dogcatcher Face Charges http://www.emissourian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19290418 & BRD=1409 & PAG=461 & dept_id=67201 & rfi=8 Between Nov. 14-30, a total of 13 animals were destroyed, including two pit bulls, 10 cats and an opossum. Todaro earned $190 for animals captured... Todaro wrote in his report that he killed 13 animals so "he would get paid for them." He later added it was a "dumb mistake." KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 12/7/07: "Serial Pet Killer" Goes Unpunished In Small Town http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1703 & seriesfirst=true ================================================================ 17. Judge To Bush Admin: You Can’t Exempt Navy In Sonar! DATE: 2/5/08 SOURCE: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLbXdcs-qiXUTGC3kWW8Atb7v_mwD8UJRODG0 EDITED FOR LENGTH LOS ANGELES (AP) -- President Bush cannot exempt the Navy from environmental laws banning sonar training that opponents argue harms whales... Navy officials did not immediately

respond to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper... The president signed a waiver Jan. 15 exempting the Navy and its anti-submarine warfare exercises from a preliminary injunction creating a 12 nautical-mile no-sonar zone off Southern California... Environmentalists have fought the use of sonar in court, saying it harms whales and other marine mammals. ================================================================ 18. FDA OKs Food Sales From Animal Clones DATE: 1/26/08 SOURCE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-clone16jan16,1,548730.story EDITED FOR LENGTH WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of meat and dairy products made from cloned animals, a decision that comes after years of debate about whether those products are safe enough to sell and consume. Three reports are available at: http://www.fda.gov/cvm/cloning.htm KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 11/30/07: ACT TODAY - Animal Cloning Amendment In Farm Bill http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1700 & seriesfirst=true ================================================================ 19. NIH Tells UCONN Primate Experimenter To

Return $65K DATE: 1/25/08 FROM: Justin Goodman, justin_goodman EDITED FOR LENGTH FARMINGTON -- National Institutes of Health has ordered University of Connecticut Health Center to return some of the grant money given for brain experiments on monkeys... The federal agency asked UConn to return $65,005 of the grant because of violations in the primate lab, where researchers drilled holes into monkeys' skulls and implanted steel coils into their brains to record eye movements for a neuroscience experiment. The university, which voluntarily stopped the research in August 2006, may appeal the decision... The lead researcher, David Waitzman, has received about $1.7 million in federal funds since 1992, but is being asked to return grant money to cover only the period

when violations were found. USDA fined the health center $5,532 last summer for seven violations, including: Failure to handle animals "in a manner that did not cause stress, trauma, and unnecessary discomfort," and inadequately trained personnel, use of outdated drugs and animal food, and animals kept in a dirty room with peeling paint. Two of the three monkeys involved in the research died... KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: May 2007 DIGEST: Ask UConn To End Primate Experiments, Permanently http://www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_04.html#anchor8 Jan-Mar 2007 UPDATES: University Of CT Health Ctr. Ends Primate Research http://kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_jan-mar_2007.html#20 2/4/07:

Pardon Mowgli From A Life In Labs http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1629 & seriesfirst=true Aug-Oct 2006 UPDATES: USDA Cites UCONN Animal Researchers For Violations http://kinshipcircle.org/updates/updates_aug-oct_2006.html#15 ================================================================ 20. Dr. Anteneh Roba Earns Circle Of Compassion Award DATE: 1/24/08 FROM: http://www.beloblog.com/KHOU_Animal_Attraction/archives/2008/01/circle_of_compa.html Humane Society of the United States presented Dr. Anteneh Roba with a Circle of Compassion Award, which recognizes individuals who have performed an act of significant courage or compassion... To help animals in his native Ethiopia, Dr. Roba, a Houston emergency room physician, generously funded the rescue of the last four dogs trapped in Gido Washa cave, a pit that for years was used by locals to dump unwanted animals. Though the Homeless Animal Protection Society (HAPS) in Addis Ababa tried to place the animals in Ethiopia, no adopters came forward. So, Dr. Roba paid to transport the dogs to Houston... The cave has since been sealed, and now Dr. Roba is trying to address the root cause of the tragedies at Gido Washa by raising

money for HAPS to spay and neuter pets. KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 11/3/07: Cave Dogs Saved From 30 ft. Abyss...Stop Killing In Ethiopia http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/relief/07-11-03.html ================================================================ 21. USA: Killing Dogs In Training Of Doctors To End DATE: 1/21/08 SOURCE: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/health/research/01dog.html?_r=1 & oref=slogin EDITED FOR LENGTH By next month, all American medical schools will

have abandoned a time-honored method of teaching cardiology: operating on dogs to examine their beating hearts, and disposing of them after the lesson. Case Western Reserve School of Medicine was the last to use the method, but the dean, Dr. Pamela Davis, said it would no longer do so after this month. On Nov. 19, New York Medical College in Valhalla joined New York's 11 other medical schools and announced that it would close its dog laboratory. 11 of 126 U.S. med schools still sacrifice animals, according to Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Other than Case, none use dogs... KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: GET THIS FACT SHEET: Animal Experimentation http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/VivisectiLessonFutilityPH.pdf

================================================================ 22. SF Zoo Attack Victim Admits Taunting Tiger DATE: 1/18/08 SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/18/tiger.attack.ap/index.html Tony, a Siberian Tiger, sits in a big cat grotto at the San Francisco Zoo. EDITED FOR LENGTH SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- One of the three victims of a San Francisco Zoo tiger attack was intoxicated and admitted to yelling and waving at the animal while standing atop the railing of the big cat

enclosure, police say in court documents. Paul Dhaliwal, 19, told the father of Carlos Sousa Jr., 17, who was killed, that the three yelled and waved at the tiger but insisted they never threw anything into its pen to provoke the cat... "As a result of this investigation, (police believe) the tiger may have been taunted/agitated by its eventual victims," according to Inspector Valerie Matthews, who prepared the affidavit. Police believe that "this factor contributed to the tiger escaping from its enclosure and attacking its victims," she said... ALSO SEE: Zoo's tiger grotto reopens http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/21/tiger.attacks.ap/index.html KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 12/28/07: Death Is Price Of Freedom At San

Francisco Zoo http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1707 & seriesfirst=true ================================================================ 23. Premarin Maker Wyeth Faces Over 5,300 Lawsuits DATE: January 2008...ongoing SOURCE: United Animal Nations, info * http://www.uan.org/ Wyeth faces more than 5,300 lawsuits filed by women who claim the company's Prempro and Premarin hormone drugs caused them serious health problems, namely breast cancer. So far six cases have gone to trial; Wyeth has won four

and lost two... The four women who won the two legal battles have been awarded almost $60 million in damages. Read about the lawsuits on UAN message board: http://uan.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/frm/f/737107472 KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: GET THIS FACT SHEET: The “P” In Premarin Stands For...Pee http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/PInPremarinStandsFor.pdf ================================================================ 24. Denny’s Stop Sponsorship Of Ringling Bros. Circus DATE: 1/8/08 SOURCE: http://www.deadlydennys.com/ EDITED FOR LENGTH Denny's has ended its partnership with notorious animal abuser Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This is a huge victory for elephants, tigers, and other animals who are dragged around the country in cramped boxcars and forced to perform silly and often painful tricks under the threat of beatings and punishment. With this announcement, Denny's joins other compassionate companies like MasterCard, Visa, Liz Claiborne, and Sears, Roebuck and Co., which all ended their sponsorship of Ringling... KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: GET THIS FACT SHEET: Ringling Bros. Circus - The Big Con http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/RinglingBrosTheBigCon.pdf ================================================================ 25. Boys Sentenced In Toby’s Brutal Death DATE: 12/27/07 SOURCE: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/27/1227roundup.html http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/699548452 EDITED FOR LENGTH Three Guadalupe County boys accused of torturing and killing a small

dog in August...have been sentenced to terms of six months to nine months in locked treatment facilities, assistant county attorney Nan Udell said. The boys, ages 12, 14 and 16, were accused of stealing the dog, named Toby, from his owner's house, taking him to a nearby abandoned building and torturing and killing him. They will all be subject to intensive supervised probation for a year after their release, she said. KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 9/2/07: Don’t Let Tobey’s Cries Go Unheard http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1677 & seriesfirst=true ================================================================ 26. The Dogs That Vick Hurt DATE: DEC 2007 / JAN, 2008 Meet The Dogs VICK’S DOGS SPEAK: http://www.badrap.org/rescue/vick/ From fighters to friends, Vick's pit bulls learn new life: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/27/vick.dogs.ap/index.html LEFT: John Garcia, a caregiver at the Best Friends sanctuary, tries to teach abused dogs to trust people. RIGHT: Ellen doesn't look like a top-fighting dog. She wags her tail and gives kisses to anyone who greets her. But the deep scars on her face are permanent reminders of her violent past... Vick's fighting dogs get second chance at life http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/vick.dogs.rehab/index.html EDITED FOR LENGTH Given

Reprieve, N.F.L. Star’s Dogs Find Kindness http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/sports/football/02vickdogs.html?_r=1 & hp & oref=slogin KANAB, Utah -- A quick survey of Georgia, a caramel-colored pit bull mix with cropped ears and soulful brown eyes, offers a road map to a difficult life. Her tongue juts from the left side of her mouth because her jaw, once broken, healed at an awkward angle. Her tail zigzags. Scars from puncture wounds on her face, legs and torso reveal that she was a fighter. Her misshapen, dangling teats show that she might have been such a successful, vicious competitor that she was forcibly bred...again and again. But there is one haunting sign that Georgia might have endured the most abuse of any of the 47 surviving pit bulls seized last April from the property of the former

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick... Georgia has no teeth. All 42 of them were pried from her mouth, most likely to make certain she could not harm male dogs during forced breeding... ### Best Friends Animal Society, Kaneb, Utah (22 dogs) BAD RAP, Oakland, California (10 dogs) Richmond Animal League, Richmond VA (4 dogs) Georgia S.P.C.A., Suwanee, GA (3 dogs) SPCA of Monterey County, CA (3 dogs) Recycled Love, Inc., Baltimore, MD (3 dogs) Animal Rescue of Tidewater, Chesapeake, VA (1 dog) Our Pack, Inc. (1 dog) VICK IN FEDERAL COURT NFL quarterback Michael Vick has been sentenced to 23 months in prison for financing a dogfighting ring and for his part in the killing of pit bulls who did not fight aggressively. He also received three years' probation... VICK’S CO-DEFENDANTS IN

FEDERAL COURT Purnell Peace and Quanis Phillips were sentenced to 18 and 21 months in prison on federal charges related to a dogfighting operation that they had been running in Virginia. They will not be allowed to “own” dogs during three years probation following their release from prison. OPEN: STATE OF VIRGINIA’S CASE AGAINST VICK & HIS ACCOMPLICES Vick Received Federal Sentence -- Demand Tough State Prosecution Now! http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/vick_sentencing?c=weekly_enews Vick and codefendants will also be tried on state charges. Ask Surry County Commonwealth Attorney Gerald Poindexter to prosecute Vick to the full extent of the law. Ask that dogfighters get maximum penalties: incarceration; a permanent prohibition on ownership, custody, or control of animals (as

is allowed by state law); and any necessary psychiatric intervention. The Honorable Gerald G. Poindexter Commonwealth Attorney Surry County Commonwealth Attorney's Office P.O. Box 358; Surry, VA 23883-0358 ph: 757-294-3118; fax: 757-294-3560 NO EMAIL ADDRESS KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: Sept-Dec 2007 UPDATES: Vick’s Dogs...You Helped Save Their Lives (not yet available on website) 10/29/07: KC DIGEST - Ensure Vick’s Dogs Are Spared, As Promised http://www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_10.html#anchor9 9/30/07: Vick Teammate Faces Unrelated Cruelty Charges http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1687 & seriesfirst=true 8/28/07: Salvation For Vick's Dogs? http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1676 & seriesfirst=true 8/21/07: Sick Vick Updates & Feedback http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/relief/07-08-21.html#7 8/19/07: No Deal For Sick Vick’s Dogfighting Crimes http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1672 & seriesfirst=true 8/2/07: Michael

Vick Dogfighting Files: Action & Updates http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1668 & seriesfirst=true June 2007 DIGEST: Massive K-9 Grave Found On Michael Vick's Property http://www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_06.html#anchor2 ================================================================ Kinship Circle is a struggling 501c3 nonprofit. Please make a tax-deductible donation, if you can: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/ Action Campaigns I Literature I Animal Disaster Aid Networking info or kinshipcircle http://www.KinshipCircle.org * http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/ *************************************************************************************************** *************************************************************************************************** SUBSCRIBE: Kinship Circle Primary: Action campaigns on animal cruelty issues worldwide Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Relief: kinshipcircle Animal rescue coordination/news in disasters + companion animal alerts *************************************************************************************************** *