Pam Leavy, tundraleap@msn.com • sheilamahon22@yahoo.com • Brenda Shoss, kinshipcircle@accessus.net

It's bigger than the puppy, bless his precious soul. The mass outrage over the YouTube video depicting Marine David Motari tossing a puppy to his death...has unearthed OTHER incidents of soldiers torturing animals [SEE BELOW]. Please write your elected officials in Congress and Dept. of Defense leaders, asking them to overhaul policy on animals in war zones.

Soldiers taunt & kill crippled dog in Iraq
www.liveleak.com/view?i=6445f9fdd7 • www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=6244&aid=19

US Soldier shoots dog with M203 training round
www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a5ee2d6eb • www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=6703&aid=19

Dog Shot In The Ass
This video has been removed. Stills extracted from video are here: www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/2007_10.html#anchor6

Soldiers detonate an insurgent IED that has been set inside the carcass of a dog
www.liveleak.com/view?i=122_1176242731

Lions Fed Donkeys In Iraqi Zoo, US Soldiers Film, Laugh & Jeer
www.evtv1.com/showcomm.aspx?itemnum=6407&aid=19

US Soldiers Shoot A Shepherd's Flock In Iraq
www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=11017&aid=19
www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23317978-5006003,00.html

Soldier Tosses Puppy Over Cliff To His Death
www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/43462/9fb16ab3/us_soldaat_gooit_puppy.html

• Insert and enforce an anti-cruelty clause in the Universal Code of Military Justice.
• Investigate all animal cruelty crimes and take prompt punitive action.
• Utilize non-lethal vaccination to cope with rabies concerns in Iraq or other countries.
• Implement an adoption system that lets soldiers bring vetted pets back to the U.S. with them.

WEB COMMENT FORMS: www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html • www.defenselink.mil/faq/questions.aspx

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / PUBLIC CONTACT: ph: +1 703-428-0711 +1
MORE DEPT. OF DEFENSE LEADERS, ADDRESSES: www.defenselink.mil/faq/pis/dod_addresses.html

Dr. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense; 1000 Defense Pentagon; Washington, DC 20301-1000

Gordon R. England, Deputy Secretary of Defense
1010 Defense Pentagon; Washington, DC 20301-1010

U.S. ARMY EMAILS: www.army.mil/contactus/
U.S. NAVY WEB MAIL: www.navy.mil/submit/contacts.asp
U.S. AIR FORCE WEB MAIL: www.afoutreach.af.mil/main/contactus.asp
U.S. MARINES: robert.milstead@usmc.mil, comrel@hqmc.usmc.mil

To identify your federal legislators and find contact info, try:
Congress.org - www.Congress.org
USA Senate - www.senate.gov
USA House of Representatives - www.house.gov
Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES:
Carl Levin (D-MI), Chair: levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
269 Russell Office Building, U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510-2202
ph: 202-224-6221; fax 202-224-1388
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY): clinton.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm
John McCain (R-AZ), Ranking Member: mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
REST OF SENTATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED FORCES CONTACTS:
www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=ctc&commcode=sarmed_services

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES:
Ike Skelton (D-MO), Chairman: www.house.gov/skelton/zipauth.htm
2206 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2504
ph: 202-225-2876; fax: 202-225-2695
Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Ranking Member: www.house.gov/writerep/
REST OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED FORCES CONTACTS:
www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=ctc&commcode=harmed_services

• 3/4/08: The Marine Who Tossed The Puppy
• 1/19/07: Latest Casualty: Soldiers Torment Crippled Dog In Iraq
• American Soldier Shoots Yet Another Poor Dog In Iraq?

AntiFurSociety@msn.com • Rita Fazio, r.e.fazio@worldnet.att.net • Rosa Mertens, mertens.rosa@skynet.be

THIS IS THE PHOTO OF THE CRIMINAL...and the sadistic mutilation of cats he flaunts.
www.metroflog.com/aru6/profile • www.metroflog.com/aru6 (Links to his profile/photos appear to have been shut down.)
Age: 16 / Sex: Male / Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Lives in: Barcelona, Spain / Member since: March 28, 2007

AntiFurSociety@msn.com — The police in Spain should be contacted by as many people as possible to track him down and put him behind bars. He is dangerous, and no one knows just how cats or other pets he's done this to. It is one of the worst case of animal atrocity I've seen. There is one other cat abuser, an aspiring politician, but this is another case. This young man lives in Spain (I guess in Madrid, his profile says Barcelona ) and posted plenty of pictures of cats he tortured to death. He has been reported to the police, though nobody knows what will happen yet. Martina will let me know if she finds out more details.

r.e.fazio@worldnet.att.net — This person is very sick...so whoever is contacting him is NOT helping the animals. Threaten him, make him angry and more animals will pay for it, probably in a more violent, sadistic manner! Considering that we heard from him awhile back, this person has been at this for a long time. There must be a place where animals are missing or people are finding the mutilated corpses of these poor animals! There is a very good chance that he has moved on to humans...children. It would serve the authorities well, if they are actually looking for him, to look at unsolved crimes involving children/missing children. If they don't find him, sooner or later, they will get reports of missing children.

MADRID POLICE ph: 915282747
MORE MADRID POLICE CONTACTS: https://www.policia.es/bit/index.htm

If someone lives in Spain or speaks Spanish, please make a call and leave a message on their website (go to 'Contactar' and you'll see several email addresses): https://www.policia.es/bit/index.htm

Write to these authorities. English is fine unless you know CORRECT Spanish:
embespca@mail.mae.es, embespmx@correo.mae.es, info@spainun.org, embespbr@correo.mae.es, consejeria.uk@correo.mec.es, conspbos@mail.mae.es, consulado.buenosaires@correo.mae.es, delitos.tecnologicos@policia.es, seprona@guardiacivil.org, sugerencias@guardiacivil.org

Diana Hartig, dhartig@arcor.de

READ FULL STORY: Cats are out as Beijing starts to preen itself
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3427996.ece
2/25/08: Animal welfare activists in Beijing are up in arms over a decision by the city government to clear the capital of its stray cats as part of a sweeping Olympic facelift.

No one knows exactly how many homeless cats roam the city's streets and alleys but the Capital Animal Welfare Association says 160,000 to 200,000 animals at the very minimum are at risk from the new campaign.

Strays are already being caught and transported to a holding pen in the suburban county of Changping. Animal welfare activists described seeing the cats crowded together in cages the size of a microwave oven. They estimated almost 90 per cent of the animals were clearly diseased and many had been neutered with rudimentary surgery that had led to infections. The order states that strays still unclaimed after 14 days will be "dealt with."

Qin Xiaona, head of the animal welfare association, told The Times: "This is nothing less than torture..." The drive was announced by the city's agricultural bureau director at a recent meeting of the municipal parliament. He ordered all stray cats must be caught and taken off the streets before the end of June to ensure the city looks its best for the two-week-long Olympic games starting on August 8...

Mrs. Qin said her group had offered to work with government...to ensure the city's cats were handled in a humane manner, but their proposals had been ignored. "I have a question for the International Olympic Committee and the athletes: Do they feel that they can take part comfortably in the Olympics if the price of the games is the lives of so many animals?"

Beijing Olympics
mishubu@beijing2008.cn, international@beijing2008.cn, marketing@beijing2008.cn, xuanchuan@beijing2008.cn

Olympics General
secretariat@eurolympic.org, odepa@oem.com.mx, info@ocasia.org, info@acnolympic.org, acnoa@camnet.cm, onoc@onoc.org.fj, coa@coa.ad, boa@boa.org.uk, nocsmr@cons.sm, office@noc.fi, office@oeoc.at, armnoc@arminco.com, info@olympic.be, office@okscg.org.yu, cnosf@cnosf.org, office@dosb.de, info@sok.se, international.affairs@noc-nsf.nl, segreteria@coni.it

Chinese Embassies
chinaemb_de@mfa.gov.cn, chinaconsul_ham_de@mfa.gov.cn, chinaconsul_mu_de@mfa.gov.cn, chinacmb_at@mfa.gov.cn, bangongshi@skynet.be, chinaemb_it@mfa.gov.cn, chinaemb_uk@mfa.gov.cn, china-embassy@bluewin.ch

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MORE CHINESE & OLYMPICS AUTHORITIES:
See Kinship Circle's 2007 letter campaign. Use for CONTACT INFO ONLY.
The sample letter itself addresses a past dog cull. kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1655&seriesfirst=true

Forwarded From: meriem, sb299871@skynet.be
Original Message: Irish Council Against Blood Sports, info@banbloodsports.com

3/7/08, info@banbloodsports.com — Irish Council Against Blood Sports welcomes Minister John Gormley's decision to refuse a licence for the hunting of hares with packs of dogs during March. We now call on the Minister to introduce a yearround ban on this cruel blood sport.

Up to the end of February, hunters are free to terrorise and kill hares with packs of beagles, with no licence required, despite the fact hares are a highly protected species in Ireland. There are 129 harrier packs, which hunt hares and foxes, while there are 22 registered beagle packs hunting hares.

Hare hunting on foot with packs of dogs is a low profile blood sport, with enthusiasts claiming that what they do is "harmless," but hares do die horrendous deaths by being ripped apart by packs of dogs, after being terrorised and chased to exhaustion...

A Dublin motorist described this sickening scene: "A hare came running down the road. I didn't realise what was happening for a moment until a pack of hounds appeared from round the corner. I got out of the car to try and do something but the hounds had caught up with the hare and totally demolished it. All that was left was a tiny piece of fur blowing in the breeze."

Minister John Gormley
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Custom House, Dublin 1
ph: 01 888 2403; fax: 01 878 8640
email: minister@environ.ie

Dear Minister Gormley,

I wish to thank you for refusing a licence for hare hunting during March. This commendable move will go some way towards protecting our precious and unique hare species from persecution.

Minister, as you are aware, hares continue to be cruelly abused at other times of the year by groups involved in hare coursing and hare hunting. This despite the fact that the Irish Hare is a protected species and an important part of our wildlife heritage.

Your decision to refuse the March licence is very much welcomed by the majority who want hunting and coursing banned. We all hope that this will prove to be just the first step towards affording hares the full protection they deserve.

Thank you, Minister.
Yours sincerely,

New York Bird Club, bestbirdclub@yahoo.com
www.peopleforpigeons.com • www.pigeonpolitics.com

Legislation has been introduced in both the Pennsylvania House and Senate. H.B. 2130 and S.B. 1150 would ban killing animals launched from box traps or tied in place. This animal cruelty bill would effectively halt pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania and would prohibit events like the recent live turkey shoot. The Humane Society needs your help calling voters registered in Pennsylvania to encourage them to call their state representatives.

The bill is being voted on in committee on March 18. If it gets a majority vote, then it will go before the full legislature for a vote. Humane Society says there is a good chance that it will be voted into law. If it does not get a majority vote, it will continue to languish in committees.

TO HELP CALL PA VOTERS, CONTACT: Casey, 301-721-6407
She'll give you a list of HSUS members in PA to call this week and a script.

AUTOMATED LETTER CAMPAIGN: Pennsylvania, Stop Caged Animal Shoots
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/PA_2007_live_animal_trap_shoots

MORE INFO ABOUT THIS BLOOD SPORT: www.hsus.org/hunt/campaigns/contests/pennsylvania_pigeon_shoots.html

Win Animal Rights: centcom@war-online.org • war-online.org

Write to key executives responsible for supporting Huntingdon Life Sciences by remaining their customer. HLS is a contract research lab hired by large pharmaceuticals (among other clients) to test their drugs on animals.

Dr. Arun Nadiga
Novartis Investor Relations
608 Fifth Ave.; New York, NY 10020
ph: 1-212-830-2444; email: arun.nadiga@novartis.com

James D. Robinson III, Chairman - Board of Directors
Bristol-Myers Squibb
345 Park Ave.; New York, NY 10154
ph: 212-546-4000; email: james.robinson@bms.com

Ron Sargent, Chairman and CEO
Staples
500 Staples Drive; Framingham, MA 01702
ph: 1-508-253-5000, toll-free: 1-800-378-2753
email: ron.sargent@staples.com

(You must modify letter so it names and addresses companies listed above if you use this letter!)
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_library/letter.asp?LetterID=1654&seriesfirst=

Roberta Slagle, bobbislagle@sbcglobal.net

About 500 dogs had already been killed by Friday, according to Dr. Riyaz Ahmad, the Srinagar health officer who first revealed the plan to poison the city's nearly 100,000 stray dogs with strychnine... Nawaz gave no reasons for the change in plans but animal-rights activists had vowed to go to court to try to stop the slaughter, calling it inhumane and a violation of a law banning cruelty to animals...

Meriem, sb299871@skynet.be
alleycatallies@alleycat.org • www.alleycat.org

The future looks brighter for the cats of Cape May, N.J. For weeks, Alley Cat Allies has been working to stop a misguided plan that would have led to the trapping and killing of many of Cape May's outdoor cats...

And our efforts paid off. The city of Cape May, N.J. promised to protect the lives of local outdoor cats by continuing the city's Trap-Neuter-Return program... I believe the City Council's intentions are good but it is very likely the city will need assistance to carry out what it has promised.

Under the plan passed by the city, any cats who live near shorebird nests are either moved 1,000 feet from the area or humanely contained. Any outdoor cats who might not yet be neutered and vaccinated by the city will be included in the long-running Trap-Neuter-Return program. Volunteer caregivers may continue to care for the cats. Alley Cat Allies will work with the City Council and monitor the situation to ensure the cats are kept safe. For the Cats, Becky Robinson, President

Win Animal Rights: centcom@war-online.org • war-online.org

while dodging flash grenades thrown by armed Japanese Coast Guard Officers, but they are also fine. We have notified their families to assure them of their safety. At one point while I was on the phone with the ship, I could hear flash grenades exploding in rapid succession in the background. It was surreal.

The last I heard from Paul, the seas were getting rougher and the Nisshin Maru had fled due north. We have just posted photos and video on our website, including footage of Paul prying the bullet out of his Kevlar vest. Stay tuned for more, but in the meantime, I want to assure you that Paul is OK. We are all extremely grateful for this fact and counting our blessings that he was wearing Kevlar and an anti-poaching badge.

Press release: www.seashepherd.org/news/media_080307_1.html
Video: www.seashepherd.org/migaloo/video.html
Photos: www.seashepherd.org/migaloo/photos.html

Warm regards, Kim McCoy, Executive Director
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
P.O. Box 2616; Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Phone: 1.360.370.5650; Fax: 1.360.370.5651
kim@seashepherd.org • www.seashepherd.org

Diana Hartig, dhartig@arcor.de • Rosa Mertens, mertens.rosa@skynet.be

To: seprona@guardiacivil.org

Señoras, Señores,
estas fotos nos han sido transmitidas por la Asociación Protectora de dol Animales de Talavera, Aptdo de Correos 523, 46600 Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). apata.talavera@hotmail.com; tel. 671 87 78 35
Os ruego de ponerse en contacto con la asociación para persiguir y castigar este sadico maltrato de animales. Gracias por su atención.

Atentamente

####################

Senores,
Fuimos informado de este maltrato desde la Asociacion de Protectora de los Animales de Talavera, Aptdo de Correos 523, 46600 Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). apata.talavera@hotmail.com; tel. 671 87 78 35
Se dice que las mismas fotos se podian ver en youtube presentadas como una proeza pero que eso no es mas sino que un maltrato que se debe castigar. Despues lo somos algunos ciudadanos europeos sosteniendo la denuncia con la dicha asociacion

Que eso, por favor, lo sea castigado. Os rogamos de ponerse en contacto con la asociación para persiguir y castigar este sadico maltrato de animales.

Atentamente

Margaret Morin, dogs_good@yahoo.com

About 500 dogs had already been killed by Friday, according to Dr. Riyaz Ahmad, the Srinagar health officer who first revealed the plan to poison the city's nearly 100,000 stray dogs with strychnine... Nawaz gave no reasons for the change in plans but animal-rights activists had vowed to go to court to try to stop the slaughter, calling it inhumane and a violation of a law banning cruelty to animals...

IN FACT, the treatment would be administered at the very same SPOKANE REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT facility where the decision to kill Chico was made by Dr. Larry Jecha. Post-exposure vaccines are readily available — and SRHD could pass on the savings to the three individuals who were bitten. Did ANYONE ask the three individuals if they were willing to go this route? Did ANYONE explain the FACT to them?

The CDC (Center for Disease Control) has only three studies which pertain to quarantine periods to definitively rule-out rabies... The animals are: dogs, cats and ferrets. The quarantine period is 10 days. This is because if an animal transmits rabies through a bite, the disease has traveled to its salivary glands (oral) and the virus is 'shedding' via the saliva into the bite wound. Usually within 72 hours the disease has ravaged the brain of the 'biter' and the animal dies. CDC has determined that mammals; dogs, cats and ferrets, will die within 10 days if they bit while rabid.

IF Chico bit while rabid, he would have exhibited symptoms within the 10 days he was held at Spokanimal, this can be medically and scientifically extrapolated simply because he is a mammal, of similar size as a small to medium dog, and the rabies virus progresses the same in mammals. Of course, Chico exhibited no such symptoms.

"I've spent all day speaking with health officials and other bureaucrats, pointing out the scientific flaws as well as the procedural flaws in the decision to kill Chico, the cynomolgus monkey. I even offered to pay all the costs of rabies prophylaxis for the three human beings who were bitten in addition to costs of transporting Chico to our Sanctuary.

It all fell on deaf ears. Chico was killed late in the afternoon..."

Nedim C. Buyukmihci, V.M.D.
Co-director, Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary
Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute
email: ned@bornfreeusa.org • www.api4primates.org/

Express your personal disappointment in Spokane's lack of interest and willingness to make an informed decision. The Mayor's Office and the Health Department received a reported FLOODING of phone calls, yet, they made a decision to ignore the public's outcry. The SPOKANE REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT receives FEDERAL FUNDING — your tax dollars.

Mayor Mary Verner, City of Spokane
808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.; Spokane, WA 99201
ph: 509-625-6250 • email: mverner@spokanecity.org, mayor@spokanecity.org
CONTACT CITY COUNCIL: www.spokanecity.org/government/citycouncil/
website: www.spokanecity.org/government/

Spokane Regional Health District
1101 W. College Ave; Spokane, WA 99201
ph: 509-324-1500 • email: CKaatz@spokanecounty.org
website: www.srhd.org/

Miguel Moutinho | ANIMAL, miguel.moutinho@animal.org.pt • www.animal.org.pt/

Write to the President of the Republic of Portugal urging him to officially support and promote the establishment and enactment of the proposals and objectives outlined by ANIMAL in the "Manifesto ANIMAL - Guiding Proposal for a Portuguese Animal Protection Code" to forward and consolidate the legislative protection of animals in Portugal as an important national project.

President of the Portuguese Republic
Palácio de Belém
Calçada da Ajuda, nº 11
1349-022 Lisboa, Portugal
fax: (00 351) 21 361 05 70, (00 351) 21 361 46 11, (00 351) 21 361 46 12 • email: belem@presidencia.pt

COPY (Cc) EMAILED COMMENTS TO: Manifesto ANIMAL campaign email - info@manifestoanimal.org

miguel.moutinho@animal.org.pt
To His Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic...