Action Required
Uproar in Turkey Over Slain Stray Dogs
Hundreds of street dogs were found at a dump in Ankara, the capital of Turkey.
Turkish authorities are violating laws to prevent cruelty against animals, with
abuses against stray dogs. Recently, hundreds of dead dogs in a garbage dump in
Ankara's Mamak district were discovered. Animal rights campaigners allege the
dogs were poisoned or shot dead by teams of municipal workers whose job is to
curb the city's large population of strays.
Under an animal rights law adopted in 2004, municipalities are to gather strays
and neuter and inoculate them against rabies. They can then either tag them and
set them loose or place them in government-run shelters; however, instead they
just kill them on the streets.
Unfortunately, those who are fortunate enough to make it to government shelters
do not live a life of luxury either. They are either treated badly, or not fed
enough. They are subjected to diseases - lack of nutrition and they eventually
die in those shelters. Government is not spending enough to look after these
animals.
Act now and ask the P.M of Turkey to make sure the animal rights laws is
practiced in Turkey properly!
send him an email now: rte@akparti.org.tr
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Action Required
Attention,
All Fur-Wearers
Help
Stop the Cruel
Seal Hunt
This year, the
Canadian
government has
given the
go-ahead to
hunters to
bludgeon to
death more than
300,000 baby
harp
seals—that's
more than
one-third of all
those born. This
is one of the
biggest seal
hunts in the
country in
decades.
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PETA supporter
Anna Nicole
Smith says, “The
sealing industry
says that it is
killing more
seals because of
an increase in
demand for fur—all
fur. Anyone who
buys a mink or
fox fur coat or
a jacket trimmed
in fur bears
responsibility
for creating an
environment of
demand for the
furs of these
baby seals—who
are often
skinned while
they are still
conscious.”
The whole world
reacts with
horror to the
image of ice
floes bloodied
with the
carcasses of
baby seals whose
skins have been
ripped from
their backs.
Seals, foxes,
raccoons,
wolves, and
minks are all
wonderful
animals who wake
up in the
morning, ready
to enjoy a new
day, only to
have their lives
end in a pool of
blood, thanks to
the paid
promotion of
their skins.
If you were
to witness the
hunt in
Newfoundland,
you would see
firsthand
hundreds of
thousands of
baby seals, too
young even to
know how to swim
away, having
their heads
bashed in or
being shot
pointblank. You
would witness a
scene much like
the one reported
last year in
The Washington
Post: "[A]
seal appearing
to gasp for air,
blood running
from its nose as
it lies on an
ice floe. Not
far away, a
sealer sharpens
his knife blade.
The seal seems
to be thrashing
as its fur is
sliced from its
torso." Or like
this one
reported in the
Christian
Science Monitor:
"The few
terrified
survivors, left
to crawl through
the carnage. The
shouted
obscenities and
threats from the
sealers, gunfire
cracking
ominously in the
distance. The
pitiful cries of
the pups; the
repellent thuds
of clubs raining
down on soft
skulls. Sealers'
laughter echoing
across the ice
floes." You may
even hear the
seal killers
"utter a
sarcastic
'welcome aboard'
as they throw
the skins on
their 65-foot
boat," as
The New York
Times
reported last
April. Maybe
this year, the
images of the
ice floes
bloodied with
carcasses will
do the trick to
persuade you to
give up furs
forever.
You can't
take back the
suffering that
went into your
coat or the
lining of your
gloves or the
collar on your
jacket. But if
the images of
mother seals
watching their
babies being
killed just a
few feet away
from them move
you to reject
the violence—and
shame—of fur,
you can donate
your fur and
fur-trimmed
coats to PETA
for use in our
educational
campaigns and
demonstrations
against the
bloody fur
trade. Please,
pledge right now
to shun fur once
and for all.
Get
Active to Stop
the Bloody Seal
Kill
- Don't
buy or wear
ANY fur.
- Write or
call your
Canadian
ambassador
(The List to
Canadian
Embassies is
below) to
ask for a
call to halt
the
commercial
seal hunt
immediately:
Canadian Embassies
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