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Source: The Fund For Animals

 

 

Recent Victories for Animals: Keep this list for

inspiration!

 

* North Carolina grand jury handed down first ever

felony animal abuse indictment against pig farmers.

 

* The Smithsonian canceled plans for a foie gras

celebration due to pressure from many animal groups

and celebrities.

 

* European government Farm Ministers signed an

agreement banning battery cages for hens (taking

effect in 2012).

 

* President Clinton signed HR1887, barring the

Internet sale of " crush videos. "

 

* New York passed a bill elevating intentional and

extreme animal cruelty to a felony offense.

 

* New Mexico, Maryland, Maine, Virginia and Nevada

enacted laws to allow courts to order psychological

counseling for animal abusers.

 

* Tennessee, Louisiana and North Carolina enacted

animal-friendly vehicle license plate programs to

benefit spay/neuter efforts.

 

* National Institutes of Health banned the use of mice

in monoclonal antibody production, saving the lives of

up to one million mice each year, and admitted that

animals feel " pain, distress or discomfort. "

 

* Twenty-one chimps, formerly owned by the Air Force

and then awarded to the Coulston Foundation for

research, will instead be retired to a Florida

sanctuary.

 

* Nationwide protests dramatically altered the

Environmental Protection Agency's HPV industrial

chemical testing program, reducing the number of

animals used from 1.3 million to 500,000, saving the

lives and torture of 800,000 animals.

 

* Colgate-Palmolive declared an " immediate and

voluntary moratorium on all animal testing of its

personal care products designed for adults and the

ingredients used in those products. " (Moderator's

Note: And P & G is working with PETA, DDAL & other AR

Groups to incorporate ICCVAM " Alternatives " wording

into certain federal laws.)

 

* Mary Kay Cosmetics signed an agreement pledging not

to use animals to test its products or to buy

ingredients from companies that do, becoming the

largest company to so pledge.

 

* The New Zealand Parliament banned the use of all

great apes in research, testing or teaching " unless

such use is in the best interests of the nonhuman

hominid " or his/her species.

 

* The nation of Slovakia banned all cosmetic tests on

animals after a three-year campaign by Slovakian

animal protection groups.

 

* Pepsi withdrew its sponsorship of Mexican

bullfighting events and ordered all its signs removed

from bullfighting arenas.

 

* Oregon passed the strongest law in the country

banning " canned hunts " of exotic mammals in any

enclosed area, irrespective of the size of the

enclosure.

 

* The Hegins (Pennsylvania) pigeon shoot was

permanently canceled after a 15-year campaign by

animal protection groups and a ruling by the

Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

 

* Sears ended sponsorship of Ringling Bros. circus

after a disastrous year of animal-related incidents,

including the death of Kenny, a baby elephant.

 

* Redmond, Washington's City Council unanimously

banned exotic animal acts.

 

* Alexandria, Virginia's City Council voted to deny

permission for Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus to

perform there (they will now consider a complete ban

on all circuses and animal acts).

 

* A Sacramento jury convicted two cockfighters of

felony animal cruelty, marking the first time the

California cruelty to animal statute was used to

prosecute cockfighting promoters.

 

* Another Sacramento jury sentenced a pit bull

trainer/dogfighting promoter to seven years in prison,

the longest dogfighting sentence ever in the nation.

 

* Bunny the elephant, after 45 years of living in

solitary confinement in Indiana, and Sissy, the

elephant, after public airing of a videotape involving

her beating at the El Paso Zoo, were both transferred

to an elephant sanctuary.

 

* The Arizona Fish and Game Commission voted 3-2 on

the side of animal protection advocates to ban the

contest killing of coyotes, prairie dogs and other

wildlife. The ban was overturned by the Governor's

Regulatory Review Council but the Fish and Game

Commission voted 4-1 to resubmit the rule for

consideration.

 

* Southwest Airlines removed Outdoor Life magazine

from its airplanes due to complaints from passengers

about hunting articles.

 

* Hasbro and USAOPOLY agreed to stop manufacturing

" Iditarod Monopoly. "

 

* France became the final member of the European Union

to ratify the Treaty of Amsterdam, recognizing animals

as sentient beings capable of feeling fear and pain,

and of enjoying themselves when well treated. (The EU

must now " pay full regard to the welfare requirements

of animals " when formulating policies on agriculture,

transport, research and internal trade.)

 

* San Francisco and Boulder, Colorado adopted new

language referring to animal " guardians " rather than

" owners, " thus recognizing companion animals as more

than objects.

 

* Montgomery, New Jersey Township passed an ordinance

prohibiting electric prods at its annual benefit

rodeo. Johnson & Johnson, the top supporter of the

rodeo, dropped its sponsorship. Coca Cola has also

dropped its sponsorship of rodeos and those who

support rodeos.

 

* Estes Park, Colorado voters passed a ballot

initiative banning the caging of animals for

exhibition, thus defeating the proposed " plexiglass

zoo " and also prohibiting zoos and most circus acts.

 

* Israel banned animal experiments in junior high and

high schools, including dissection, after animal

rights advocates worked for years and provided

information to the Israeli Minister of Education.

 

* Harvard and Georgetown law schools began teaching

classes on animal law. The first Animal Law casebook

was published.

 

* Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

became the first veterinary school to eliminate dog

labs.

 

* Congress substantially increased funding for

enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act.

 

* San Diego and Houston banned " pound seizure "

(stopped selling shelter animals to research

laboratories).

 

* Major British supermarkets withdrew " exotic meat "

from their shelves.

 

* Meat alternatives became increasingly more popular

and more available at supermarkets and restaurants in

the U.S. and worldwide.

 

* Congress directed the National Institutes of Health

in its appropriations bill to stop using animals from

random-source " B dealers. "

 

* Congress took the first ever vote on trapping with

the House of Representatives voting overwhelmingly to

ban leghold traps in National Wildlife Refuges; the

Senate defeated the measure.

 

* The Queen's Speech in the British Parliament vowed

to abolish fur farms.

 

* The Food and Drug Administration approved Cenestin,

a plant-based estrogen replacement that can be used

instead of Premarin (the drug made from the urine of

pregnant mares).

 

Thank you for each and every single thing you did

towards to help achieve these victories for animals.

Every small action we take becomes part of a larger

breakthrough!

 

 

 

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