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Please help animals by taking action on some of the important campaigns below:
Act now to protect arctic wildlife
Alaska's northern coast is home to many beautiful wildlife species: bowhead whales, beluga whales, seals, walruses, polar bears, marine birds and terrestrial mammals, to name a few. Unfortunately, these animals and their habitat are currently being threatened by the many negative effects of oil and gas exploration.
Four proposed alternatives recently outlined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will cause negative impacts, such as noise exposure, ship traffic and potential oil spills, on arctic wildlife. The only humane and responsible alternative to oil and gas exploration is a “No Action” alternative, which would fully protect wildlife – particularly marine mammals – in the Arctic.
Please sign this petition, urging the Director of NOAA’s NMFS – Office of Protected Resources to adopt a “No Action” alternative and, thereby, protect arctic animals and their habitat from oil and gas exploration.
Image © USFWS Alaska/Flickr CC 3.0
Make a difference for millions of egg-laying hens
© Ryan Rodrick Beiler
One of the worst industrial farming abuses is the confinement of hens to barren battery cages, where hens are crammed together with little room to move - let alone flap their wings. Congress is currently considering ground-breaking, bi-partisan legislation that will vastly improve the welfare of egg-laying hens in the U.S.
Take action now to help improve the lives of millions of hens.
If passed, the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 (HR 3798) will:
1) ban barren battery cages;
2) give hens nearly double the amount of space they currently have;
3) provide space and enrichments for nesting and perching, so that birds have more opportunity to engage in and express natural behaviors; and
4) require labeling on egg cartons about how the birds were raised (e.g. egg cartons would be labeled as “from caged hens,” “from cage-free hens,” etc.) enabling consumers to choose higher-welfare, cage-free eggs.
Please take action today and urge Congress to support this critical legislation for farm animal welfare.
Image © istockphoto.com/Ryan Rodrick Beiler
Support a better future for farm animals
Right now, the United Nations is preparing for the 2012 Conference on Sustainable Development - the most significant event of our time, discussing the future of the planet. Please help WSPA ensure that farm animals are on the agenda at next year’s event.
When animals are well-cared for, we all feel the benefits. Did you know that animal-friendly farming has an important role to play in protecting our health, precious natural resources and farmers’ livelihoods? Women in rural India can attest to this: thousands have been empowered to put healthy food on the table and earn extra income thanks to humane farming methods of rearing chickens in their backyards. Will Harris, farmer and owner of White Oak Pastures, is also a strong believer in animal-friendly farming: his switch to a grass-fed system for beef cattle has brought major benefits to the local economy, environment and consumers.
If we can convince co-chairs Dr. John W. Ashe and Mr. Sook Kim, that animal-friendly farming is better for animals, people and the planet, we can influence the UN’s 2012 Conference and save billions of animals from life-long suffering.
Global preparation for the conference starts now. Please act today.
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