News About Animals - April 28, 2011

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

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

April 28, 2011   IDA Applauds Historic McClatchy Newspapers Chimpanzee Series   IDA applauds the three-part "Special Report" on chimpanzee experimentation by McClatchy Newspapers investigative reporter Chris Adams, which has been featured in newspapers nationwide. The series is almost certainly the most in-depth reporting about chimpanzee experimentation ever published, and is based on thousands of pages of chimpanzee medical records obtained by IDA in a groundbreaking Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It has exposed the profound mental and physical anguish that chimpanzees endure in labs. Click here to read more and see what you can do to help end experiments on chimpanzees. Water For Elephants Educational Outreach A Huge Success  On April 22, IDA activists in at least 45 cities in 21 states distributed thousands of colorful postcards and sent a clear message to Water for Elephants moviegoers: the circus cruelty depicted in this Depression-era film is not a thing of the past. Public response to our message was so favorable that many IDA members decided to return to the theaters to leaflet more shows and educate even more people about the unnatural, deprived lives of animals in the circus. After learning that these animals are torn from their mothers and subjected to violent training, chained, caged, and brutalized into performing tricks, many who saw the film wanted to get more involved in ending the use of animals in circuses. Thanks to all the dedicated people who braved nasty weather – including tornado warnings – to inform the public that life has not improved for animals in today’s circuses, and to avoid circuses that use wild animals. You truly made a difference. There are more events planned as the movie opens around the world. With your help, we will put an end to circus cruelty forever! Thanks For Taking Part In World Week For Animals In Labs! Thank you to everyone who spoke out for animals in labs last week – whether in a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or a newspaper, or a demonstration. If you haven't already, please click these links to send a letter to the NIH, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Congress. We had a great turnout this year, with dozens of events in Europe, Canada, and over 20 U.S. cities covered by radio, TV, and print media. Photos and descriptions of these events will be posted on our website as we receive them. Please send us any photos, videos, or stories and we will commemorate your event on our site, inspiring others to act. Keep fighting the good fight in 2011! We are winning! And please click here to donate to our efforts to get animals out of laboratories! Tell D.A. To Investigate "Angel's Gate Animal Hospice" In New York Our friends at PETA have uncovered shocking evidence of apparent cruelty at "Angel's Gate Animal Hospice" in Delhi, New York, where well-meaning but unknowing guardians pay for their companion animals to "live out their days in peace, dignity and love." According to the Times Union newspaper in Albany, New York, "...PETA claims its investigator, who posed as a volunteer at the shelter for three weeks late last year, found that the rehabilitation center failed to properly treat animals in deteriorating health, intentionally denied the creatures water and shelter and left carcasses of dead pets out among living for days." Angel's Gate still houses 185 cats, 103 dogs, 10 birds and three horses. Click here to read more and to send an e-mail to the District Attorney. IDA-Africa - Helping Chimpanzees Every Day IDA doesn't only help chimpanzees in laboratories. We're also in Cameroon, Africa, working hands-on to help chimpanzees in their own habitats. Did you know that IDA-Africa has it's own eNews? Click here to read the latest edition and learn all about the Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center!      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.

nonprofit software