News About Animals - December 23, 2010

Click here to view this message on-line in your web browser.

IDA Home  |   Action Center Home  |   Donate  |   Sign Up!  |   Tell a Friend

December 23, 2010   Return To "The Cove" - Taiji, Japan Dolphin Update IDA’s Kim Flaherty just returned from a nightmarish visit to Taiji, Japan, where she witnessed dolphin slaughters just like those depicted in the Oscar-winning film The Cove: “Standing atop a promontory in Taiji, Japan, I’m enduring an agonizing wait to see if today will bring another merciless slaughter of dolphins. I’ve been in Taiji for four days now and have witnessed over 60 dolphins lose their lives at the hands of the Taiji fishermen. On November 29, a large pod of more than 50 spotted dolphins were killed, while a pod of 10 Risso’s dolphins were destroyed the following day.” Click here to read the rest of Kim’s blog from Japan. Help Utah's Vanishing Wild Horses Please speak up for wild horses living in southern Utah. Every ten years or so, BLM districts revise their local Resource Management Plans (RMPs), which set management strategies for public lands. This is when the agency allocates resources for privately-held farm animals, wild horses, burros, and wildlife, and sets “appropriate” management levels for wild horses and burros. Utah’s public lands have historically been managed to maximize grazing for private interests. More than three million acres of designated wild horse habitat have been “zeroed out" over the past four decades, with just 2.1 million acres remaining. It’s time to protect Utah’s wild horses. The deadline for comments is December 27, 2010, so please click here to send a quick e-mail today. Big Fur Victory - Now Help Us Achieve Another! Earlier this year, we asked you to contact California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, urging him to sign a bill requiring honest labeling of fur garments. The Governor vetoed that widely supported bill, but now the U.S. Congress has stepped in and resolved the issue - The Truth in Fur Labeling Act, signed by President Obama last week, will require all items containing real animal fur to be labeled. Now consumers will finally be able to make informed decisions and avoid real fur! Let's keep up that momentum by supporting activists in Israel who are close to completely banning the fur trade in their country. Click here to send an e-mail to the two members of Israel's Knesset (parliament) who can make that ban a reality! Donate Your Car Or Any Other Vehicle To IDA - We Do The Work, You Get The Tax Deduction Your beloved car just isn’t the same anymore. It stalls, leaks, backfires, clunks, or may have even seized up. Yet you can’t let go. But your car has done everything it’s been asked and now there is something beautiful you can do for it as a sweet sendoff. Donate it to your favorite organization, IDA! Donating your old vehicle will directly save animals’ lives and ensure that the vital work of IDA continues. Proceeds from your used car, boat, RV, van, truck, or motorcycle benefit animals around the world. Your donated vehicle, a tax-deductible contribution, does not need to be registered or even in running condition. We will arrange to have the vehicle picked up or towed from almost anywhere. Imagine not having to immerse yourself in making a trade or a sale or having expensive repairs done. Isn’t it time you said goodbye and, simultaneously, help so many animals? For more information, call Sage at 415-448-0048, ext. 218 or click here. Holiday Safety Tips For Companion Animals Holidays are filled with safety challenges for companion animals who share our lives. While all holidays present their own unique dangers for animals, Christmas requires all responsible guardians to pay attention to a variety of potentially hazardous situations. Click here to see the most common Christmas dangers that you need to be aware of. And please help IDA keep more animals safe by buying IDA merchandise. IDA has partnered with the socially responsible Ecojoia to bring you sophisticated eco-friendly merchandise that make perfect holiday gifts. All clothing is 100% organic cotton with earth-friendly printing, and 25-50% of the sale price directly benefits IDA’s campaigns to help animals. Click here to check out IDA's Ecojoia store!   Last chance to double your donation in 2010. Click here today and your gift will be matched by an anonymous IDA supporter!   Support IDA with custom holiday cards from CardsDirect!      Go Vegan And No Body Gets Hurt shirt, only $16, only from IDA!   Order Puppy School by NCIS actor and author David Dayan Fisher, and IDA gets 50 %!   Spill-proof commuter mugs, a bargain at $12!   This message was sent to sweetygirl2002@uol.com.br In Defense of Animals, located in San Rafael, Calif., is an international animal protection organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals by protecting their rights and welfare. IDA's efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi, Mumbai, India, and Cameroon, Africa. In Defense of Animals is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We welcome your feedback and appreciate your donations. Please join today! All donations to IDA are tax-deductible. In Defense of Animals 3010 Kerner, San Rafael, CA 94901 Tel. (415) 448-0048 Fax (415) 454-1031 idainfo@idausa.org To unsubscribe, please click here.

nonprofit software