News About Animals - April 14, 2011

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April 14, 2011   World Week For Animals In Laboratories Starts Saturday! April 16 - 24 is World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL). IDA asks that you please contact the heads of government-funded animal research in both the United States and Canada, asking them to reduce and eliminate the use of animals in experiments. Last week we gave you a sample letter to send to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. If you haven't yet sent that letter, you can do so by clicking here. This week we ask you to please use this link to send a message to Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) President Alain Beaudet. Ask him to initiate a concrete plan for reducing the number of animals in labs each year. For this year's WWAIL, Canadian activists will be demonstrating at the CIHR headquarters - show your support by sending this e-mail right now! Other dedicated activists are hosting plays and movie screenings, trying to stop construction on a new animal lab, and protesting at research institutions around the world. Check the 2011 WWAIL events page to see what's happening near you. And consider writing a letter to the editor or staging your own event. Click here for event ideas and sample letters. Save Bunnies -  Please Send An Easter Card To Blake Nordstrom Please send an Easter card featuring bunny rabbits to Nordstrom President Blake Nordstrom and politely ask him to stop selling fur products, including fur from dead bunnies. Pick out a really cute bunny card, write your own personal thoughts about Nordstrom stores selling fur, and mail to: Blake Nordstrom, President, Nordstrom Corporate Offices, 1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98101. And if you have an extra bunny card, send it to Nordstrom Customer Relations at the same address. IDA Urges St. Louis Zoo To End Elephant Program Calling the St. Louis Zoo "a breeding ground for suffering," IDA is urging the zoo to end its elephant program following the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the Asian elephant Donna. This zoo has a history of elephant suffering that includes foot disease and arthritis, birth complications, stereotypic behavior, and infectious diseases. Click here to read our news release. Cesar Chavez Parade And More Springtime Vegan Outreach IDA headquarters staff in California have been busy with vegan education and outreach in the San Francisco Bay Area. On April 9 we marched in the annual Cesar Chavez Parade in the San Francisco Mission District. On April 11, we celebrated the one year anniversary of the San Francisco VegDay Resolution signed by the Board of Supervisors with a vegan feed-in offering free Tofurky sandwiches to San Franciscans. Click here to read more and see photos. Hard Times For Horses - A Hope Animal Sanctuary Story From the blog of Doll Stanley, director of IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary: "The plight of horses is worsening. Some blame the economy; others say banning horse slaughter in the U.S. meant "owners" who couldn't sell their horses let them starve. I say it's both selfishness and ignorance. Horses are being overbred just like other companion animals. Those who think they can make a buck breed and then find out there are no buyers ... the glut of horses means you can buy a horse for $50, or get one from someone who wants to "unload." It's cool to have a horse and to tell folks you have a horse. Horses are like "trophy brides": they express status ... how many of these people are caught up in a whim with no thought of how to actually care for horses?" Click here to read the rest of Doll's blog, and to add your own thoughts.      Help animals with every check you write - order IDA Message Checks.     Need a tax deduction? Donate your car, truck, boat, or motorcycle to IDA. Click for more info.   "Go Vegan and no body gets hurt" shirt, men's and women's sizes, only $16.     Support IDA with custom greeting cards from CardsDirect!     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.

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