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Victories, setbacks, progress for animals



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June - August 2010: UPDATES WIN! Gray Wolves Are Once Again Protected U.S. House Passes Crush Video Bill WIN! Spain's Catalonia Region Bans Bullfights WIN! Commercial Whaling Is A No-Go Quality Egg Is Guilty Of Cruelty… READ MORE Back to top January - May 2010: UPDATES • WIN! No Horse Slaughter In Missouri, For Now • WIN! First Ever Statewide Ban On Devocalization • Brindi’s Life Is Spared, But Can’t Go Home Yet • Karley’s Killer Gets 90 Days Weekend Jail Time • Texas Tech Torture Ends For Cats... READ MORE Back to top UPDATES: Missouri Horse Kill Bill • Legislators Target Activists...For Campaign To Stop Missouri Horse Slaughter Bill • MISSOURI - Stop Horse Slaughter Bill In Your State • National Press Runs Story About MO Legislators • Harrassing Kinship Circle... READ MORE Back to top 2009 CAMPAIGN UPDATES October - December 2009: UPDATES • India's Dancing Bears Are Freed From Torture • Kitty Cooker Gets 2 Year Jail Term • Tel Aviv Takes Horses Off The Streets • California Cities Say "No" To Cruel Declawing • San Diego: The Seals Can Stay... READ MORE Back to top July - September 2009: UPDATES • L.A. Zoo Elephant Display Hits Legal Obstacle • Gates Of Hell Close For Nepal Monkeys! • No Money = No Huntingdon Life Sciences • University Of Minnesota Ends Animal Lab • Big Blow For Kangaroo Meat Trade... READ MORE Back to top 7/30/09: Welcome Back Michael Vick? On July 20, 2009, Michael Vick completed a 23-month sentence for crimes linked with a dog-fighting ring. In the legal sense, Michael Vick repaid his debt to society... READ MORE Back to top April - June 2009: UPDATES • Pig Abusers Get 1-2 Year Probation • Michigan Pound Gives R&R Research The Boot • Main Is 6th State To Ban Cruel Crates • CA Sealers Lose Biggest Customer - EUROPE! • Pet Food Poisoners Face Jail... READ MORE Back to top Louder Please... For Animals! • Help Us Network For Animals • Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, LinkedIn... • Easy Stuff You Can Do On KC's Social Sites READ MORE Back to top January - March 2009: UPDATES • Win! No More Fur For Urban Outfitters • Partial Seal Hunt Ban Is Passed In Russia • Obama Bans Downer Cows • U of Michigan Lab To Use Simulators Only! • UK's SHAC 7 Go To Jail. Deja Vu... READ MORE Back to top		October - December 2008: UPDATES • Donna Karan Announces Fur-Free 2009 Lines • Dragged Pit Bull Is Healing And Adoptable • Obama Picks: The Good & The Not So Good • Hero's Plan To Save Wild Horses Progresses • California Prop 2 Passes... READ MORE Back to top December 2008: Bush Exit Strategy • Hack Job: Endangered Species Act Stripped • Factory Farms Don't Have To Report Poop • FWS Turns It's Back On Polar Bears • Just Kidding About Animal Antibiotics Ban • Drill Baby, Drill... READ MORE Back to top August - October 2008: UPDATES • Iraq Pup Ratchet On Way Home To US! • Louisiana Dogfight Thugs Cleared Of Charges • After AETA: Another Law To Silence Activists • Who Dumped HLS Animal Killers Lately? • Calif. Bans Slaughter Of Downers... READ MORE Back to top 9/27/08: Palin's Pro-Death Platform • Sarah Palin: The Cliff Notes • Sarah Palin: No Friend To Wolves • Sarah Palin's Family Album Photos... READ MORE Back to top April - June 2008: UPDATES • Ex-Hallmark Worker's Downer Case Proceeds • Vick Dogfight Referee Jailed + Leo Has His Day • Cavel Ends Effort To Reopen Horse Kill Plant • Lawsuit Against Ringling Finally Moves To Trial • Good News For Sheep... READ MORE Back to top January - March 2008: UPDATES • Hallmark Meat Exec Admits Downers In Food • Canada's New Rules For "Humane Seal Hunt" • Marine Investigation Of Puppy Killer Underway • NIH Makes UCONN Experimenter Return $65K • L.A. Spay/Neuter Law Passes... READ MORE Back to top 1/17/08: Who Speaks for Animals? • Hillary Rodham Clinton • Barak Obama • John McCain... READ MORE Back to top







		2007 CAMPAIGN UPDATES October - December 2007: UPDATES • Japan Scraps Humpback Whale Hunt • SHARK Busts Superbowl Of Rodeo • 23 Months For Vick + Dogs Spared • NY Medical College Drops Dog Lab • Stu Safe, But Not Free... READ MORE Back to top 12/6/07: Strength In Numbers... • Help Kinship Circle Grow! • Know someone who cares about animals? • Lists, blogs, boards... READ MORE Back to top June - September 2007: UPDATES • End To Primate Testing In Europe? • SLU Phases Out Pig Lab • SHAC 7 Prisoner Darius Fullmer Free 9/28! • Foie Gras Maker Eludes Cruelty Charges • LA Ends Cockfighting, Sort Of... READ MORE Back to top 8/2/07: The Michael Vick Dogfighting Files • Ask NFL To Release Vick Without Pay • Offenders, Victims, Protestors • Polls, Petitions, Feedback • Vick Sponsors: Going, Going, Gone • Vick Files: Timeline In Cruelty... READ MORE Back to top April - June 2007: UPDATES • Europe's Last Dancing Bears • Tragic: Chongqing Dog Cull • Progress To End Farra do Boi • Coca-Cola Pulls Funding For Animal Tests • Breeding Research Chimps... READ MORE Back to top 4/25/07: Pet Food Saga Hall Of Shame • Latest Death Toll • 2 Ways YOU Can Take Action • (Duh) Recall Expands To Human Foods • Product Recall Lists And Info • Goodbye Precious Babies... READ MORE Back to top 4/14/07: PET FOOD RECALL: News, Action • Bookmark Blogs, Sites With Updated Info • To Make Reports And Follow Government News • Support Congressional Inquiry On Toxic Food • Goodbye Sweet Sam... READ MORE Back to top 4/12/07: Animal Fight Bill On Prez's Desk After years urging elected officials to pass the Animal Fighting Prohibition Act, your dedication paid off. On 4/10/07, the U.S. Senate approved a bill that installs felony penalties... READ MORE Back to top 4/2/07: TOXIC FOOD - Updates And Action • To Make Report + Get New Information • Good Advice • Some Retailers Not Pulling Recalled Food • What's In A Can Of Pet Food? Alternative Feeding • Action In Menu Foods Recall... READ MORE Back to top January - March 2007: UPDATES • Court Declares Horse Slaughter Illegal • BETA: Back From Beirut War Trenches • Burger King Shifts Policy • Japanese Whaling Fleet Returns in Disgrace • Wolfgang Puck: No Cruel Cuisine... READ MORE Back to top New Orleans: Between Hope & Despair From February 16-22, 2007, Kinship Circle traveled to New Orleans to aid Katrina-affected animals. Along with roaming animals, we found a story at most addresses on our route... READ MORE Back to top

		2006 CAMPAIGN UPDATES October - December 2006: UPDATES • In Memoriam: Virgil Butler • Barcelona To Be Left Without Bullfights • Chinese President Hu Jintao Halts Dog Cull • Welfare For Animals Global (WAG)... READ MORE Back to top 12/8/06: AETA UPDATE / Hope For Repeal? • Prez Signs Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act • Keep Fighting: A Message From Chris DeRose • Equal Justice Alliance AETA Strategy • McGovern Pledges To Overturn... READ MORE Back to top 11/16/06: Questions & Rumors: AETA Questions and rumors are circulating about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). I hope you find this information useful, as animal advocacy and social justice orgs regroup... READ MORE Back to top 11/13/06: Done Deal? AETA Passes • View From The Hill • House Passes AETA: No Discussion Or Dissent • National Lawyers Guild Opposes AETA • HSUS Statement Against AETA... READ MORE Back to top August - October 2006: UPDATES • SHAC 7: 1 Inside + 5 To Begin Prison Mid-Nov. • Arrested Tammy Grimes Visits One Happy Dog! • 17,000 Mink Liberated in Spain • Bush Signs Pet Evacuation Act... READ MORE Back to top 9/12/06: JAILED - SHAC 7 / Tammy Grimes • 3 Animal Activists Sentenced To Federal Prison • Saving Big Business At Expense of Free Speech • Jailed For Rescuing Dying Dog... READ MORE Back to top May - July 2006: UPDATES • Pain Ends For Dancing Bears • USDA Cites UConn Monkey Mutilating Studies • LA Pet Evacuation Bill Now Law... READ MORE Back to top January - April 2006: UPDATES • 2006 NOLA Emergency Plan • Huntingdon Life Sciences Update • NY Dog Killer Gets Maximum 2 Years In Jail • Sponsors Dump Celebrity Circus TV Show • Reprieve For Orangutans... READ MORE Back to top