Breaking News!!!! Center for Biological Diversity.. Wyoming has declared WAR on our Wolves. Please join the Center of Biological Diversity Predator Defense Fund... We are THEIR VOICE AT ALL COSTS WITHOUT OUR WOLVES OUR ECOSYSTEM WILL NOT SURVIVE AND WILL BE IN TOTAL CHAOS. All predator animals are very essential to the life of our ecosystem and our wolves especially. They are a very social animal and any death within their pack can and will shatter the family and can leave pups abandoned. If we continue to allow Wyoming to go rogue and allow trophy hunters to hunt for minimum monies, what other states will join the ban to exterminate all wolves and their young. EXTINCT IS FOREVER... WE AS A UNIT CAN STOP THIS USELESS SLAUGHTER!!!! Mahalo

Hi Tia, Thirty-three gray wolves have already been killed during hunting season in Wyoming — in addition to another 25 slaughtered across the state where wolves are considered "predatory animals." It's heartbreaking. Wolves are highly social, with deep bonds within packs. Each death shatters a wolf family, breaks up a breeding pair or orphans a litter of pups. The hunt continues — the state will allow 44 wolves to be gunned down this year in the "trophy hunting" zone alone. That's more packs devastated, more pups left on their own. In September 2014, a federal court ruling prompted by a lawsuit filed by the Center and allies restored federal protections to wolves in Wyoming. But earlier this year, that court victory was overturned and now the state has taken over wolf management. Ignoring science, Wyoming has declared open season on wolves. A dozen wolves were killed in the first 40 hours after the ban on hunting was lifted Oct. 1. Instead of being used as target practice for trophy hunters, gray wolves need to be protected and allowed to raise their families. And it's not just in Wyoming that wolves are in the crosshairs. Both Idaho and Montana have wolf-hunting seasons — in Montana it costs just $19 for a license to kill wolves. The job of wolf recovery is far from over. Today wolves eke out a living in less than 10 percent of their historic range. Without protection they may be hunted to extinction.                            No one fights harder to save wolves than the Center. We're the only group in the country battling to save every single U.S. wolf population. We know how to win in the courts and in the halls of power — but we can't stop the killing without you. Join our efforts to end the war on wolves by Joining the Center's Predator Defense Fund. For the wild,

Kierán Suckling Executive Director Center for Biological Diversi

Breaking News......... I have received an Action Alert to view the globally the most recent documentary GOD'S IN SHACKLES.... Please view and take the time to share this amazing documentary. These are heartless and inhumane actions against one of our Endangered Species our Elephants.. This is an expolitation above anything I have ever seen or witnessed. Please please take the action needed and stop wearing blinders, pull your hands away from your eyes and see the facts of the severe abuse this amazing species endures in captivity and the dark side of the festivals in India.. We are their voice, we are the only ones that have the ability to stop these atrosocities to all animals and our Wild and Endangered Species held in captivity...

ACTION ALERT Dear Tia, PETA invites you to watch the globally acclaimed, United Nations nominated documentary Gods In Shackles for free during a special screening starting today- October 25 through October 31. Produced and directed by the award winning journalist and filmmaker Sangita Iyer, Gods in Shackles reveals the dark side of India’s glamourous cultural festivals that exploit temple elephants for profit behind the veil of culture and religion. To watch, click on this exclusive link. And using this special link, 20% of all merchandise proceeds will go to PETA. See how elephants are taken from their homes in Indian forests to be used as props at festivals and tourist traps. Torn away from their families as babies, they are isolated and viciously beaten to break their spirits. They are so malnourished, neglected, and abused that they become emaciated, their trunks may become paralyzed, they may go blind, and the flesh on their legs is almost always cut open, bleeding, and raw from heavy chains. These majestic animals were once captured and sold into our entertainment industry for circuses, zoos, and elephant rides. They are the ones being forced to breed the next generation of captive elephant performers in the U.S. In this tourist fueled industry, awareness is vitally important to protect and preserve Asian Elephants-who are an endangered species. After watching the documentary, please spread the word about Gods In Shackles on social media, and forward this email to your friends and family. For all animals. Sincerely yours, John Di Leonardo, M.S. Assistant Manager, Animals in Entertainment People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Breaking... Tony the Tiger dead.. ALDF did all they could to remove Tony from this hell and the cell he was confined to for most of his life. Roadside Zoos need to be shut down and owners should prosecuted for keeping wild animals in JAIL cells, giving them no ability to roam and refusing to feed them nourshing food and the proper food to sustain life. He lived in Hell for many years, and ALDF had many courtroom battles. He is free now and I am sure he knows how much he was loved by all anima advocates andl caregivers and definitely by the whole team at Animal Legal Defense Fund. They have updated their newsletter and there are many new battles happening all in the name of ANIMAL JUSTICE... Bravo Stephen and your team in continuing to battle for Animal Rights and prosecuting the offenders to the fullest extent of the LAW!!!!!

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Rest in Peace, Tony the Tiger Mourning Tony On Monday, Oct. 16 we received the devastating news that Tony the tiger had died. We are mourning Tony, and we are fighting to prevent the Tiger Truck Stop from getting another tiger. Setting Our Sights on Iowa’s Ag-Gag Law This month we filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s Ag-Gag law, which criminalizes undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses, effectively silencing advocates and ensuring that animal cruelty goes unreported. Animal Legal Defense Fund-lead coalitions have successfully sued to overturn Ag-Gag laws in Idaho and Utah—Iowa’s law is next. Taking Another Puppy Mill to Court This month we continue our fight against puppy mills with a lawsuit to shut down California Carolina Dogs for illegally operating a puppy mill. It doesn’t take a lawyer to see that treating animals like cash crops is wrong, but it does take a good team of lawyers to get a puppy mill shut down. Learn more about this new lawsuit. Speak Out and Save! In honor of Speak Out for Farmed Animals Week, the amazing plant-based food pioneers at Beyond Meat are offering a special coupon. So enjoy a delicious plant-based meal while you take action for farmed animals. For the animals, Stephen Wells Executive Director

Breaking Newsletter Animal Legal Defense Fund... September news from ALDF, is asking everyone to take action and comment to the USDA to stop the continued licensing of abusers of animals and their welfare. It is time to overhaul this program for the better and to have very strict regulations and to ensure that every license issued to rescue facilties, pet stores and other animal welfare centers are in total compliance of the law. This will definitely put animal welfare front and center and all animals will be protected until finding their forever homes. Please take action and take repsonsibility for another life, we are all Angels of Kindness and we are here to save and protect. Big WINS for ALDF against the the US Wildlife Services who indiscriminantly go ROGUE and use their service for slaughtering Endangered Species, from wolves to bears, including their offspring. All wildlife is at RISK and we are losing the most important part of life in keeping our ecosystems in balance. Please read all their news in full including their continued efforts in protecting the Endangered Species Act and their efforts to hold responsible all people who hold hostage in inadequate housing, neglect and abuse an Endangered Species. Their mounting lawsuits against certain pet stores and puppy mills will never cease and they will continue to fight tirelessly until all animals are safe. Mahalo and I hope everyone shares... BRAVO to all the attorney's with ALDF who put animals FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is in charge of granting Animal Welfare Act (AWA) licenses, and the program needs an overhaul. The current licensing procedure makes it incredibly easy for facilities that are violating the AWA to remain licensed, leaving animals in danger. The USDA is considering changes to its licensing promise, and it just opened a comment period to collect public opinion. Now is the time for you to weigh in on the issue and urge the USDA to take its responsibility seriously to make sure that all facilities granted an AWA license are in compliance with the law. Take action today! In early August, a judge found in favor of a coalition of wildlife protection groups including the Animal Legal Defense Fund in our challenge to a California county’s contract renewal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services. We have a long history of challenging Wildlife Services, and this decision is big a win for wildlife in Monterey County, and an important warning to other counties that contract with the federal killing agency. Learn more about how Wildlife Services uses our tax dollars to fund an indiscriminant and cruel assault on wildlife. In 2015, we filed a lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act against Sam Haynes Jr. and Dixie Landin’ amusement park, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for holding Candy the Chimpanzee in inadequate conditions in a virtually barren concrete cage by herself for more than 40 years. Tragically, Candy died in April before we were able to win her release to a sanctuary, and the case has been dismissed. We are deeply saddened by Candy’s death, but will continue to fight in her memory for other abused and exploited captive wild animals. Chimpanzees like Candy deserve the right to flourish in their natural environments, free from human-imposed suffering; the Animal Legal Defense Fund will continue to fight for legal recognitions of that right. By making a memorial gift in Candy’s honor, you will help us fight on for Candy. The Animal Legal Defense Fund has mounted a national class action lawsuit against Petland stores. Our suit alleges that the national pet store chain engaged in a scheme to sell sick puppy mill puppies to consumers based on fraudulent health guarantees, in violation of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act. We filed on behalf of a class of consumers victimized by predatory business practices of charging premium prices for puppies Petland has “guaranteed” to be healthy, when the store knows full well it is selling puppies, including “puppy-mill” sourced puppies, prone to illnesses and other defects. A puppy mill is a commercial dog-breeding facility that produces puppies as quickly as possible, without consideration of the care of the animals. Read more about how and why we are challenging Petland. As always, thank you for supporting the work we do! If you want to get more up to the minute news and information on our cases, please follow us on Facebook and Twitter. For the animals, Stephen E. Wells Executive Director

Breaking News, IFAW.. International Fund for Animal Welfare.... I bet many do not know who IFAW and their continuing fight to save all animals and their habitat throughout the world. Founded in 1969 by Brian Davies, an animal activist with a beautiful heart and soul submerged himself in saving animals in crisis and from extreme barbaric actions against them. IFAW started when Brian Davies and a group of citizens came together to stop Canada and other countries from commercial seal hunts slaughtering hundreds of baby seals. Stopping the seal hunts became his passion and since their inception more than 40 years ago, IFAW has become the most effective International Organization in saving Wildlife, Endangered Species (their habitats) dogs, cats, and birds in crisis. They have many landmark findings such as in their report "Wanted...Dead or Alive"where they found online Wildlife Trade of live animals, their parts and products being available for sale in more than 16 countries. and more. Just recently through their help and a panel of legal teams, the International Court of Justice found the the Japan's commercial Whale Hunt in the southern seas, illegal and against International Law. Their rescues expand globally in more than 40 countries. They work with partnering organizations and groups to continue to implement their mission in saving and protecting all species of animals, including all marine life and their habitats. Azzedine Downes is the President and CEO for IFAW and is responsible for the strategic vision that will guide IFAW contribution to uphold conservation and animal welfare worldwide... Their vision... to ensure that all species of animals must be respected, as well as their habitats and all species will be protected and saved from extinction by continuing to influence policy and practices at the international level, as well as nationally... Their vision is our vision.. Every species of animal, and marine life was created with purpose..they are all a very intrinsic part in keeping our ecosystems balanced and healthy.. The video in their newsletter is well worth watching as now our ELEPHANTS face EXTINCTION as more than 20,000 are slaughtered every year. please share and I hope you do take the time to read their news reports.. and DEFINITELY WATCH THE VIDEO...Bravo to IFAW.. Mahalo nui loa

Watch our new video to see how our tenBoma project is protecting elephants.

Teaming up to end poaching

Can we put an end to poaching? It won’t be easy to counteract the criminals who profit from this deadly trade. But our tenBoma program is part of the solution. The goal of tenBoma is to stop poachers before they kill. We use reporting gathered from communities, wildlife rangers, and police to predict – and prevent – a poacher’s next strike. tenBoma is endorsed by INTERPOL, and more than 70 wildlife service intelligence and investigations officers in Kenya have been trained and equipped. In tenBoma covered areas, we’ve seen a 43% reduction in poaching – and a 15% increase in the elephant population. By protecting adult elephants, we also protect their young calves. This short video shows the impact of tenBoma. Watch the video now IFAW and GRI’s Elephant Orphanage Project (EOP) in Zambia provides a healing place for Njanji and other young elephants, some of whom lost their parents to poachers. I hope you’ll take a moment to see how tenBoma is helping in the fight against poaching and how that makes a difference for baby elephants. See Njanji’s story Each year, 20,000 elephants are killed for their ivory – that’s one every 26 minutes. Our mission is to bring this number down to zero … until there are no more orphaned elephants. Can we put an end to poaching? We must. Thank you, Azzedine Downes IFAW President P.S. This new video does a great job showing how the tenBoma project can benefit adult and baby elephants.

Newsletter Humane Society International.. Humane Society International has been rescuing puppies, dogs and cats from the meat farms of South Korea, China and the Philippines. These rescues are very demanding and take expert planning to be able to rescue as many animals as possible. With their latest operation in Korea, HSI has helped rescue more than 770 dogs from dog meat farms. Many of the breeds are Cocker Spaniels, English Spaniels, Jindo, Pyrennes, Beagles and Mastiffs. More than 30 million dogs are brutally killed each year, primarily in Asia, for the global dog meat trade. They are also waging campaigns in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos and other Asian nations to stop the trade.. Putting an end to the dog meat trade, which can include cats at times, has been an overwhelming heart breaking experience, but filled with joy that each animal will know love and kindness in their new forever homes in the U.S. Humane Society International places many of the rescued dogs in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Oklahoma and Washington D.C. Please continue to support Humane Society International and all of their efforts in saving all dogs from the brutal slaughter of the dog meat trade. Mahalo

What do these three dogs have in common? They were rescued from dog meat farms in South Korea because of compassionate people like you. It’s remarkable to see the transformation of these dogs both physically and mentally. Sophie was rescued along with 149 other dogs suffering in the worst way. She is now enjoying a life of never wondering when her next meal will be—and dinnertime is her most treasured time of the day. Everyone she meets is shocked with just how high she can jump to get snacks! This is Shadow. She was rescued in the dead of winter when she endured the freezing cold day after day. Today, she enjoys the warmth of her very own home with the love of her family and two feline siblings, Jimmy and Peggy. Scooter was just a young puppy when we rescued him. His cage mate, Sophie, was the only companion he’d ever known...until now! Today, he enjoys playing with his Mr. Hedgehog toy and he stays busy with his four canine brothers and sisters: Lolly, Merlin, Digby and Micheal. On behalf of these three new beginnings, thank you for standing with us and fighting cruelty worldwide. Sincerely, Adam Parascandola Director of Animal Protection and Crisis Response Humane Society International

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE DID IT... From sad news last week to this.. THE UDALL-GRAHAM AMENDMENT HAS PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my GOODNESS, this is the most awesome news ever ... does one realize that without everyone voicing their opinion, signing the petitions and definitely calling, face booking and emailing their Representatives, we would have had no chance to change this outcome... Miracles happen everyday and we must always do our do diligence for all animals.. from our horses, to our dogs, cats, wildlife and all of our Endangered Species. If we do not make our voices heard, who then? We must take action over all costs do what is right... "NO LIFE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER AND ALL LIFE WAS CREATED WITH PURPOSE.. Please share this awesome news and please follow the link and SAY A BIG MAHALO TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN SAVING AND PROTECTING OUR HORSES!!!!!!

Good Afternoon Tia, We have very exciting news! As you know, we had a disappointing vote in the House just last week, but the Senate Appropriations Committee adopted the Udall-Graham Amendment on Thursday morning to keep horse slaughter plants out of our country. The Amendment passed by voice vote with very little vocal opposition.  The actions you took for horses made a real difference, and now is the time to thank the senators who cosponsored this crucial amendment. Although this is encouraging news, horses aren’t out of the woods yet. The House and Senate must now reconcile these disparate decisions. We will keep you updated at each step of this process and let you know when it’s time for you to weigh in with your legislators again. Please hang in there with us as we face the next few months of working to keep this protection in the final bill. Until then, if you are a constituent of one of the senators listed below, please call him or her at the phone number provided to express your gratitude. You can simply say “Thank you for your leadership on the Udall-Graham Amendment, and for working to keep our American horses safe from slaughter.”  After you place your call, visit www.senate.gov, find your senator’s contact form and send a follow-up email with the same message of thanks. Lindsey Graham (SC) - (202) 224-5972 Tom Udall (NM) - (202) 224-6621 Dianne Feinstein (CA) - (202) 224-3841 Susan Collins (ME) - (202) 224-2523 Jeanne Shaheen (NH) - (202) 224-2841 Chris Coons (DE) - (202) 224-5042 If your senators are not a cosponsor, please still reach out and ask them to help ensure no tax dollars are used for horse slaughter. Legislators often influence each other’s choices and your Senator could be just one conversation away from swaying a key member’s decision! Your efforts are truly invaluable. Thanks so much for your continuing outreach to your members of Congress to ensure this grisly industry is kept out of the U.S. Please let us know if you have any questions. We’re always here to help. Talk to you soon, Audrey Tamez Kathryn Kopanke Geoff Horsfield