Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 DiCaprio stirs waters for group Thursday, March 24, 2005 Chuck Yarborough Plain Dealer Columnist Actor Leonardo DiCaprio helped environmentalists launch an international campaign Tuesday to draw attention to the billion people worldwide who don't have access to clean water. " We are here to help raise awareness about what is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today, " said DiCaprio, speaking on World Water Day at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco with Global Green USA President Matt Petersen. DiCaprio signed a petition that calls on President Bush and other government leaders to commit to a legally binding United Nations treaty declaring clean water as a basic human right. DiCaprio screened " Water Planet, " a short film he helped produce that highlights the need to conserve the world's limited supply of fresh water and provide greater access to it for more than 1.2 billion people. Price is right for animals: Bob Barker has donated $1 million to Northwestern University's School of Law to endow a course on animal rights law. The Bob Barker Endowment Fund for the Study of Animal Rights Law will allow students to earn credits on topics such as how humans interact with and use animals, species protection and international wildlife law, the school announced Tuesday. Barker, the host of " The Price Is Right " and a longtime animal rights activist, has given similar donations in recent years to law schools at Duke, Stanford, Columbia and UCLA. http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment\ /111167104917940.xml _____ Animal-rights activists come to town with circus By KIMBERLY MORRISON Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON - " The Greatest Show on Earth " doesn't include a bare-breasted woman who's shackled and painted with scratch marks, but Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey have grown accustomed to seeing her outside the Big Top. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11222129.htm _____ PETA courts shareholders CNN - USA NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), citing recent Securities and Exchange Commission rulings, said Wednesday that the ... <http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/23/news/fortune500/peta_secwin/> _____ PETA against egg consumption on Easter Hindustan Times - India People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Wednesday protested against egg consumption saying the egg laying hens are kept in pathetic conditions. .... <http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1291341,000600010004.htm> _____ PETA Vs. Pita New York Jewish Week - New York,NY,USA After waging a recent war on kosher slaughterhouses, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, has taken on a new target ... <http://www.thejewishweek.com/bottom/specialcontent.php3?artid=900> _____ RUSSIAN circus to perform in India Times of India - India .... the court's lifting the stay, the Animal Welfare Board of India and the ... audience, urging them to boycott circuses and to create awareness about animal rights. " . ... <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1060027.cms> _____ US aid worker in Sudan shot in face Seattle Times - USA .... Animal-rights groups say many animals are clubbed, skinned alive and die in ... Indians from its prisons yesterday in a goodwill gesture toward neighboring India. ... <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002216472_wdig23.html> _____ NO roars, only eerie silence in Sariska Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India .... of India's tiger conservation programme launched in 1973, are big on the wildlife tourism map. While the circumstances vary from park to park, animal rights ... <http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050324/asp/nation/story_4531112.asp> ___ HAVE an eggless Easter: PETA Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India .... ‘‘We are associating our campaign with Easter to help spread our message across the country,'' said Mitali Parekh, project coordinator for PETA India. ... <http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=122351> _____ RUSSIAN circus to perform in India Times of India - India .... At an exclusive to Times News Network, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India chief Anuradha Sawhney said, the claims were false. .... <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1060027.cms> ____ GAME show host endows animal rights law course Chicago Tribune (subscription) - USA .... Law school students should expect to deal with an animal law issue as some point in their careers, law school dean David Van Zandt said. .... <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050322barker,1,6193597.story?coll=\ chi-news-hed> _____ GREATNESS OF NATION AND ITS MORAL PROGRESS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED- M.K GANDHI. STOP HUMAN AND ANIMAL SUFFERING - GO VEGAN I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do. Helen Keller 1880 - 1968 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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