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1. Sallie & Ellie: Closer To Forever, But Not Quite There Source: Kelly Jenkins  9/26/09, SUMMARY: In June, we reported that Kinship Circle member Kelly Jenkins — a former New Orleans resident and coordinator for Animal Rescue new Orleans (ARNO) who now lives as an attorney in Georgia — had taken two rescued pit bulls under her wing. The extraordinary part of the tale began with Officer Bruce Petitt, who found the skeletal dogs tied to a tree by a 4-foot logging chain while on patrol in Wadley, Georgia. A litter of dead puppies lay just out of reach. "They died because Ellie couldn't get to her babies," Petitt said. Wadley is a town with no animal control, shelters or history of animal abuse prosecution. Petitt set out to change the latter... UPDATE: At present, Kelly fosters Sallie while arranging her flight to her pledged foster mom with All For Dogs Rescue of Central Oregon. Kelly's sister in Atlanta cares for Ellie. The girls still need forever homes! HELP FLY SALLIE TO OREGON: www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-09-26.0293064357 POTENTIAL ADOPTERS OF SALLIE AND/OR ELLIE: Contact Kelly Jenkins: jenkins.kelly@gmail.com KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: • 7/09 FRIENDS OF KINSHIP CIRCLE: Help Sallie And Ellie Find Their Forever 2. L.A. Zoo Elephant Exhibit Hits Legal Obstacle SOURCE: Appellate Court Delivers Blow To L.A. Zoo 9/24/09, SUMMARY: A 2nd District Court of Appeals decision will send a taxpayer lawsuit against the Los Angeles Zoo and its controversial $42 million elephant exhibit back to court for a full trial. A panel of three justices reversed the Superior Court's dismissal of a suit filed in 2007 by lawyer David Casselman on behalf of actor Robert Culp and real estate agent Aaron Leider to stop the display of elephants at the L.A. Zoo. The suit alleged ongoing illegal, damaging and wasteful actions by the zoo, including construction of an exhibit that won’t provide the large spaces elephants need for health and well-being, perpetuating captivity-caused foot and joint diseases that kill elephants prematurely, and abusive handling. In their decision, the justices concluded, in part, that the "physical characteristics" of an elephant's enclosure may constitute "abusive behavior" under California state law... KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: • 3/12/07 JAN-MAR 2007 UPDATES: Ruby Finally Wins Reprieve From L.A. Zoo • 11/3/06: Ruby's Abbreviated Life In The Los Angeles Zoo • 9/5/06: Captive Elephants Belong In The Natural World • 6/16/06: Gita's Death Sparks Cry To Close L.A. Zoo Exhibit • 6/10/06 MAY-JUL UPDATES: Elephant Gita Dies Inside L.A. Zoo Exhibit 3. One San Francisco Live-Market Vendor Is shut Down SOURCE: Animal Abuse at San Francisco Farmers' Markets  Animals for sale are wrenched from cages by their feet or wings. Cries of distress are heard from holding trucks. Packed in tiny, stacked cages without water, they bake in the sun for hours or days. PHOTO SOURCE, lgbtcompassion.org 9/24/09, SUMMARY: New Longs Live Poultry at Good Hope Baptist Church shut down for zoning law violations! Good Hope Baptist Church is in a residential zone, where commercial activities are prohibited by law. The City has instructed the church to "cease and desist" its unlawful activities. We will continue to monitor these parties to ensure that violations do not continue, and prevent New Longs from setting up elsewhere. IF YOU ARE A SAN FRANCISCO AREA RESIDENT, FIGHT BACK: • 9/27/09: San Francisco - If you don't speak for them, who will? KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: • 9/10/09: San Francisco - Take Political Action Against Live Markets • 7/21/09: Cruelty For Sale At San Francisco Live Animal Market Back to top 4. Shark Finning Ban In Palau May Have Ripple Effect SOURCE: Palau to Ban Shark Fishing
9/24/09 SUMMARY: Palau, an island nation in the Western Pacific, is banning fishing for shark in its waters, Matt Rand, director of the Pew Environment Group's shark conservation program, said. Conservation experts with Pew, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, have been working with Palau on the ban, described as a first. It will apply to waters about the size of Texas that are home to scores of shark species, Mr. Rand said...and added that he expected other countries would follow Palau's lead on the issue. ACTION - BAN SHARK FINNING ALTOGETHER: • 9/11/09: Mutilated Sharks - Fin Soup's Main Ingredient Back to top 5. HLS Can't Buy Its Way Out Of This Court Order! SOURCE: IDA Wins Landmark FOIA Victory in Federal Court  9/18/09 SUMMARY: After a seven-year court fight involving the federal Freedom of Information Act , a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to disclose 1,017 pages of records from an investigation of toxicology lab Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) to In Defense of Animals. "These records will shed light on the USDA's failure to enforce the Animal Welfare Act," said IDA Research Director Eric Kleiman. "Why did the USDA, later joined by HLS, fight so hard to prevent the public from seeing these records? We'll know within the 60 days ordered by the Court." The records include test results, notes of observations of primates used in toxicology testing, Animal Care and Use Committee minutes as well as necropsy reports and requests for veterinary care from six studies. IDA filed the lawsuit in 2002 against the USDA, but later HLS "intervened" and also became a defendant. At trial, the USDA did not produce a single witness; HLS had two. These records, obtained by the USDA during its investigation of the lab, formed the basis of the USDA's formal complaint against HLS, alleging multiple and grave violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The charges included multiple counts of failing to provide adequate veterinary care and inadequate research oversight... READ THE DISTRICT COURT OPINION: https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2002cv0557-121 ACTION - TELL TOP CUSTOMERS TO GIVE HLS THE BOOT! • 8/4/09: Target - HLS Top Customers AstraZeneca & GlaxoSmithKline KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: • Bear Witness: Inside Huntingdon Life Sciences, 2005 • Inside/Out: Diary Of Madness 6. Cop Whose Dog Fried In His Squad Car Sues Officials SOURCE: Chandler police officer in K-9 death suing Arpaio
KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: • 9/10/08 AUG-OCT UPDATES: Police Sgt. Acquitted In Dog's Death In Locked Car • 10/24/07 OCT-DEC UPDATES: Trial For Sergeant Who Let Dog Die In Patrol Car • 9/30/07: Bandit Died Waiting In Officer's Scorching Car 7. Hunters Open Fire On Gray Wolves SOURCE: Campaign to Save America's Wolves
8. HLS: Pain Doubles For Dogs As Overall Testing Drops SOURCE: Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), Michael A. Budkie
9/8/09, SUMMARY: Federal reports reveal that Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) use of dogs in painful experiments without anesthesia has more than doubled, even though their overall experimental business has dropped. 2008: 77 dogs were force-fed toxic substances with side effects causing substantial pain, without anesthesia. At least 5 dogs were so injured by toxic substances, they had to be killed. 2007: Only 30 dogs were used in experiments involving unrelieved pain. Yet these same reports show that activist campaigns against HLS have been effective. Government reports filed by the company disclose a one-year drop of 34% in animal use at the New Jersey laboratory. 2008: Animal use plummeted to 1415, a drop of over 1/3. 2007: Animal use was 2143 regulated animals (excludes rats, mice...) "Clearly animal activists are having a major impact," said Michael A. Budkie, A.H.T., executive director, SAEN. "Anytime you see a 1/3 drop in business in one year something is very wrong." USDA reports are available upon request from SAEN. 9. University Of Minnesota Ends A Live Animal Lab 9/3/09, SUMMARY: University of Minnesota plans to stop using live animals to teach emergency medicine to doctors in training. The Medical School will switch to high-tech simulations. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine alleged the University was violating the federal Animal Welfare Act. A letter from the head of emergency medicine, Dr. Joseph Clinton, says the University will eliminate their use by the end of the year. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says more than 95% of U.S. medical schools now use human simulations instead of live animals. ACTION - TELL THESE MED SCHOOLS TO GET ANIMALS OUT Of LABS: 10. 'The Cove' Wins Brief Reprieve For Taiji Dolphins 
SUMMARY: It seemed like a miracle. When Ric O'Barry, 69, star of "The Cove" and former "Flipper" TV series dolphin trainer, returned to Taiji, Japan for the start of the annual dolphin massacre, "there were no killers in sight," he said. Had The Cove, an art-house film focusing on a cove in Taiji where thousands of dolphins are butchered alive, spurred a no-show for this year's hunt? At the very least, the film's international buzz saved several dozen dolphins from slaughter on 9/1/09... 9/9/09, THE HUNT BEGINS 8 DAYS LATER WITH A "NO SLAUGHTER" TWIST? Richard O'Barry knew that the halt on this year's dolphin hunt was too good to be true. Eight days later than usual, this year's killing began at Taiji with about 50 pilot whales and 100 bottlenose dolphins driven into the cove... Taiji's fisherman plan to catch about 2,400 dolphins this season, as well as pilot whales, neither of which are protected by the International Whaling Commission's ban on whaling. Upwards of 22,000 dolphins, porpoises, pilot whales and false killer whales are taken each hunting season... 11. It's Official: Gates Of Hell Close For Nepal Monkeys
KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 12. Michael Vick: Out Of Jail And On The Field
I have never heard Michael Vick talk much about the dogs. Or what went through his head as he helped drown, hang, electrocute and bludgeon them. Is he "sorry" about the dog gasping for air while drowned? I wonder if he regrets a dog's last look just before electrocution... READ MORE FIGHT WITH THE FACTS. DOWNLOAD THESE FACT SHEETS: KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 13. Girls Who Roasted A Live Kitten Are Sentenced
8/13/09, A 14 YEAR OLD KiTTEN KiLLER IS SENTENCED: The 14-year-old accomplice of Cheyenne Cherry pleaded guilty to burglary and animal cruelty after killing a kitten in a 500-degree oven during an attempted burglary 5/6/09. Cherry and the younger girl ransacked Valerie Hernandez's apartment and trapped her kitten, Tiger Lilly, inside an activated oven. The New York City Law Dept. says the youth will spend 18 months in juvenile jail... KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 14. Fur Fashion-Maker Escada Files For Bankruptcy 15. U.S. Postal Service To Ban Animal Fighting Ads 8/7/09 SUMMARY: The U.S. Postal Service announced that it plans to prohibit shipment of publications that contain advertisements for fighting animals or the knives and gaffs affixed to the birds' legs during fights, consistent with the latest amendments to the federal Animal Welfare Act. One such publication, The Feathered Warrior based in De Queen, Ark., recently announced that it has ceased operations after a century in publication. This comes on the heels of a federal court ruling ordering the Postal Service to reexamine its policies concerning the shipment of animal fighting materials. That ruling was issued in response to an HSUS lawsuit filed in 2007, that claimed the Postal Service's acceptance of certain cockfighting magazines for shipment via USPS violated the Animal Welfare Act... KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 16. San Diego Seals Are Safe, For Now
KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES: 17. No Money = No Huntingdon Life Sciences 7/19/09 SUMMARY: The pressure on customers of Huntingdon Life Sciences seems to be working. Within the last 12 months, HLS loses two major customer contracts. Their share price plummets by 75%, from just under $40 to around $8. This drop is due, in part, to global campaigning against Huntingdon’s shareholder base and customers. WHO ARE THE REAL TERRORISTS? DOWNLOAD THE FACTS: 18. U.S. House Passes R.O.A.M. Bill For Wild Horses SOURCE: U.S. House Passes Bill to Save Wild Horses & Burros!
19. Big Blow For Australia Kangaroo Meat Trade
7/9/09, SUMMARY: Russia has banned all kangaroo meat from import into the country. The news is a massive blow to the Australian kangaroo harvesting industry as Russia takes up to 70% of supply. The kangaroo meat industry contributes up to $270 million to the Australian economy per year and employs over 4000 people. Project officer with the Queensland Macropod and Wild Game Harvesters Association, Tom Garrett says its because of food safety concerns. Mr. Garrett says the ban come in on the 1st of August this year and it will see the price of kangaroo meat become worthless. 20. Why is The Obama Admin Animal/Eco Unfriendly? SOURCE: Environment Groups Find Less Support on Court SUMMARY: The Supreme Court heard five environmental law cases and environmental groups lost every time. It was, said Richard J. Lazarus, a director of the Supreme Court Institute at Georgetown University Law Center, "the worst term ever" for environmental interests. THE SUPREME COURT: • Allowed Navy exercises using sonar that threatens whales off California; • Limited the liability of companies partly responsible for toxic spills; • Made it harder to challenge Forest Service regulations and easier to dump mining waste into an Alaskan lake; • Let EPA use cost-benefit analysis to decide how much marine life may be killed by cooling structures at power plants...    GET COOL STUFF & SUPPORT KINSHIP CIRCLE! 
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