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Seven puppies died last week on an American Airlines flight from Tulsa to Chicago apparently due to exposure to high temperature. The airline has a policy to not accept live animals as cargo if temperatures are expected to rise above 29 degrees. It was 30 degrees in Tulsa before 7 AM that day and yet the puppies were accepted. I’m glad I didn’t fly American but Japan Airlines when I came to live in Japan: I had two cats in tow, Luisa and Mercedes, both five at that time, and we took the long journey Mexico - Los Angeles - Osaka - Sapporo. My cats stayed in Osaka in quarantine for three weeks to be exact, and were then sent here to Hokkaido, again by JAL. I used to be a frequent flier on American Airlines and accumulated tens of thousands of miles for which I was rewarded with several free airplane tickets. However, I’ll probably never fly American again. The incident involving seven dead puppies is just the latest in a string of unfavorable events that sheds light on the airline’s unprofessionalism. In my personal case as a frequent flier I was only 10.000 miles short of a free overseas ticket when my miles were deleted due to expiration - without any notification whatsoever. They gave me the option of having my miles reactivated through making expensive purchases with partner companies but after making numbers I realized that was just another deceitful technique because it is actually cheaper to buy a regular ticket. There was an article in TIME magazine last month titled “10 reasons why we hate airlines” and I very much agree. I’ve had my share of frustration with American Airlines and I’m not even speaking of Delta, the way they deceive passengers is hair-raising and the internet is full of it-happened-to-me stories. The one thing that works in their favor are the incredibly low fares but if you consider all the frustration and wasted time trying to figure out their misleading policies it’s not worth it.

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This is the eve of the Vancouver Winter Olympics and I bet you are as excited as I am to see fierce competition, glamour and glory for the next two weeks. Canada has the reputation of being one of the most progressive countries in the world, with a social system as developed as Scandinavia’s and open-minded people who welcome change as long as it’s for the better. I’ve never heard anyone say “I don’t like Canada”, or Canadians for that matter, and that’s why the following fact puzzles me even more: In a country with a reputation as clean as Canada’s, how is it possible that tens of thousands of baby seals are beaten to death every year? In the largest slaughter of marine mammals on Earth those baby seals are brutally killed while their mothers watch helplessly. They are then skinned on the spot, their little bodies left on the ice, and their fur made into coats, purses or trimmings. The seal bloodbath starts right after the Olympics. Click here to read more.

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Several bullhooks are slammed into the baby elephants’ skin simultaneaously to make them obey
Have you ever wondered how elephants are made to perform tricks like doing handstands, sitting on chairs, or standing on their hind legs? This is how it happens: Baby elephants are pulled from their mothers while still nursing, restrained by four legs on a concrete floor in a dark barn without windows for up to 23 hours a day to break their spirits. It may take up to six months before the curious, active baby elephants stop struggling against the chains. They are then captured rodeo-style, roped around all four legs, chained by their necks and introduced to the bullhook (see picture). This is called “initial training”. After that follows the “full-fledged training” where they are beaten with bullhooks by several trainers at a time, wrestled to the ground, tortured with electroshocks for several hours every day. The baby elephants scream and struggle throughout the entire training session. The biggest circus of this kind is Ringling Bros. and a court trial against them is scheduled to begin in February. People all over the globe are increasingly becoming aware of what Ringling Bros. is doing to animals and their European tour last November and December was in big trouble. Their German tour was canceled completely thanks to thousands of protests, and so was their performance in Valencia, Spain. Their performances in Madrid and Zaragoza, Spain, were held amidst heavy protests. Watch the slideshow on how Ringling Bros. torture animals.

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Fur-Free and Fabulous - that’s the slogan of PETA’s latest anti-fur campaign. The poster features talkshow superstar Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama, singer Carrie Underwood and top model Tyra Banks, all of whom have declared that they do not use fur. The fur industry is one of the cruelest in the world, with animals being skinned alive, beaten, drowned, and so on. Not only do they suffer painful deaths, they also have to endure miserable lives. Ranch-raised foxes are kept in cages only 2.5 feet square (minks in cages 1-foot-by-3-feet), with up to four animals per cage. Wild animals can languish in traps for days. Up to 1 out of every 4 trapped animals escapes by chewing off his or her own feet, only to die later from blood loss, fever, gangrene, or predation. Every year, thousands of dogs, cats, raptors, and other so-called “trash” animals are crippled or killed by traps. To kill the animals without damaging their fur, trappers usually strangle, beat, or stomp them to death. Animals on fur farms may be gassed, electrocuted, poisoned with strychnine, or have their necks snapped. These methods are not 100 percent effective and some animals “wake up” while being skinned. Watch the video.

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These are images of animals that have been used to test a variety of products. Look for yourself and if you agree that this is inacceptable, go to The Caring Consumer and choose your products carefully. I swore off animal tested goods a long time ago and I am very happy with my decision.

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Christmas time is a time to give and animals are among the neediest beings because they cannot help themselves. Christmas time, in many parts of the world, is also an extremely cold season with snow and chilly winds. However, many dog owners do not provide sufficient shelter from the elements. Why don’t you be a Christmas Angel for a cold and lonely dog and provide an urgently needed doghouse? Like the song says, the greatest gift is the one you give.

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I must have been the Body Shop’s best customer - until I found out that it had been sold to L’Oreal. What’s completely incomprehensible is that the Body Shop stands for everything that L’Oreal doesn’t, or at least it used to. Anita Roddick, founder of TBS, sold the work of her life - a worldwide cosmetics company based on natural ingredients and promoting fair trade and abolishment of animal testing - to one of the biggest animal testers in the industry, for 1.145 billion US-dollars. She died the following year of a rare disease. I guess the guilt killed her. Life is fair, and greed is the root of all evil. Anyway, I’ve switched to more trustworthy brands like L’Occitane and just bought a face moisturizer based on rice. It even smells like rice! If you have trouble finding a face cream for oily skin in Japan then you’re not alone. L’Occitane rice-based moisturizer, however, works well for shine-control and prevents skin from breaking out. Nice product although it doesn’t last long: I just bought it and it’s already half empty … or still half full, gotta be positive, lol.

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This photo was taken in the back room of a Petland store in Akron, Ohio, and posted on Facebook by Elizabeth Carlisle, who can be seen grinning as she holds two dead, soaking-wet rabbits by the scruff of the neck—rabbits she just drowned while on Petland’s time clock. On Carlisle’s Facebook page, she confirmed a friend’s guess that she had drowned these two rabbits and wrote, “[T]he manager took the pic for me. [S]he reminded me that there were people outside as [I] was swearing at them to just hurry up and die but then she was so kind as to take this picture.”

These horrific deaths followed what was apparently an equally horrifying life for these rabbits. Other comments Carlisle posted made it clear that the rabbits were drowned after sustaining agonizing injuries when they were allowed to “attack and eat each other.” The rabbits suffered from “deep wounds all over,” “an eye missing,” what Petland staff “suspected was a broken jaw,” and paralysis from the waist down—injuries that would not have occurred had these animals been provided with proper care and supervision.

Undercover investigations have revealed time and time again that companies that breed and sell animals are concerned about profits, not animals’ well-being. We are urging Petland to think long and hard about what this incident makes clear: The company has no business selling any animals.

To prevent future incidents like this one, please, never buy from pet stores and urge Petland at the very least to stop selling rabbits.

Click here to take action against Petland.

Original article: The PETA Files.

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The granddaughter of Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara fights in her own revolution - for vegetarianism. “PETA’s work for animals was one of the reasons why I went vegetarian,” Lydia said. “Moreover, this lifestyle has become a true revolution that is attracting more people and is an alternative that is healthier for the planet and for humankind.” In the campaign which will first be released in Argentina - Che’s birthplace - Lydia sports a bandoleer of carrots, army pants and a red beret, and she’s blessed with the good looks of her grandfather, including that fierce expression in her eyes!

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Kitty Paradise!
I ordered this toy from the US and my cats are NUTS about it! It is an electric mouse running under a nylon cover at various speeds. Luisa, Atomo and Zafiro sit around the yellow cover as if they were waiting in front of a mousehole, attacking everytime the mouse comes near. This keeps them occupied for hours and they never seem to get tired of it. Great toy I must say! On another note, Zafiro had his post-surgery checkup today and all is well, thank God and thanks to the excellent veterinarians at Ishiyamadori Veterinary Clinic. Nice surprise, today’s consultation was free of charge, and I got free cat food on top of that! By the way, I find Ishiyamadori Clinic’s consultation fee generally more competitive than other veterinary clinics’. To give you an example, I paid 8000 yen for Zafiro’s surgery (neutering), the blood test was 4000 yen though and that added up to 12,000 but that’s still a lot lower than the 20,000 that many clinics charge. What’s costly are the drugs - prescription medicine and vaccines, and that’s the same with any veterinary clinic.

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