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Australian band All India Radio offers contest to help circus elephants

Born Free USA united with API and Australian rock band All India Radio have teamed up to spread the word about our work on behalf of circus elephants in the U.S.

All India Radio has given Born Free USA united with API rights to distribute the artistically haunting video to their newest single “Persist,” which documents the tragic death of Topsy, a circus elephant publicly electrocuted at Coney Island in 1903.

To win a free copy of All India Radio’s newest album Fall, enter our contest here.

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Keepsakes Etc Welcomed to Consumers for a Fur Free Society

We applaud Keepsakes Etc for its compassionate decision to put its no-fur commitment in writing as part of Consumers for a Fur Free Society. We urge animal advocates to show their appreciation today.

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H.R. 5534 Bear Protection Act of 2007

Purpose: Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend the protections of that law to bears that are illegally killed for the trade in bear gallbladders.

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Missouri tiger maulings illustrate need for legislation banning dangerous wild animals in private hands

Springfield, MO — Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA), a national animal advocacy organization, is calling on the Missouri legislature to ban the keeping of inherently dangerous wild animals as “pets” after two separate incidents in as many days involving tigers. In the first, a tiger escaped his enclosure and mauled a volunteer at Wesa-A-Geh-Ya, a roadside zoo in Warrenton that has previously been under investigation for improper care of animals and public safety concerns. And, on Monday, a 16-year-old employee at Predator World in Branson, which has also been under investigation by authorities, was attacked by three tigers.

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Challenge is to make lions' lives worth living

Breeding and keeping lions in captivity may be fun for zoo visitors, but it’s not real conservation. Real conservation is aimed at addressing the persecution and threats facing lions in the wild. Lion habitat and prey are declining, hundreds of lions are killed each year for sport by western hunters and still others are killed for meat and body parts. In the last three decades alone, the continent-wide population of lions across Africa has declined by an alarming 70 percent. It is up to us to make sure that lions are protected in the wild as our top priority. How sad it would be to someday realize that lions are gone from Kenya, but are alive and caged in South Carolina.

Challenge is to make lions' lives worth living
Adam Robert
Senior Vice President for Born Free USA united with API
Letter to the Editor
The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC)

 

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