A picture was posted today on the page "Podgoricki vremeplov" on Facebook of a dog that was tied with a rope around his neck, a stone on the other end and thrown in the sea. The Government of Tivat has yet to react on this matter and the person that did it is still unknown. Please urge the Municipality of Tivat to find...

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The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, also known as Myanmar or Burma is a sovereign state in the region of Southeast Asia. It was considered a pariah state, while it was under the rule of a military junta from 1962 to 2011. The generals who ran the country suppressed almost all dissent. They had the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi under...

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The home of the Hooded Grebes, the remote lakes of the Patagonian wilderness, adjacent to the Santa Cruz River in Argentina, is now in danger because the government wants to build dams, a deal that was made between China and Argentina. The Nestor Kirchner-Jorge Cepernic dams represent 1,310 megawatts of hydroelectric capacity and produce an average of 5,171 gigawatt hours of energy, around...

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The Mexican Gray Wolf (Also called Lobo) is one of the most endangered mammals in North America. But, there is still a chance to help these animals and save them from extinction. All of the living Mexican gray wolves are descendants of the last breeding survivors of the government’s lethal program, just seven wolves. On the last count, there were 113 wolves in...

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"Wolves are a critical keystone species in a healthy ecosystem. A keystone species is often, but not always, a predator - like the wolf. Outnumbered greatly by their prey, predators can control the distribution, population, and behavior of large numbers of prey species. By altering prey movements, browsing patterns, and foraging behavior (predation risk effects), wolves have an indirect effect on plant and...

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In the last few years the demand for donkey skin has increased exponentially.  China is the biggest importer and now Australia is in the talks to make a deal with China to put donkeys on the live export list and ship them for slaughter. Donkey skin is dried and ground up to make a gelatine-based substance called ‘ejiao’. Ejiaoa is a traditional Chinese...

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West Papua is a province of Indonesia. It was once a Dutch colony, but it was invaded in 1963 by Indonesia. Indonesia craved access to West Papua’s vast natural resources including Grasberg, a mountain which has since become the world’s largest goldmine. For over 50 years the people of West Papua have been suffering under the occupation of the Indonesian government. It is...

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Sierra Club has created a petition urging the United States Forest Service to stop the building of The Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is set to carry high-pressure fracked gas across the Appalachian Trail, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Jefferson National Forest. "From explosions to landslides, to slashing through our wild forests and ruining back country hikes, this pipeline could bring unprecedented changes to our Appalachian...

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Wilson’s Wild Animal Park, a roadside zoo in Winchester, Virginia has various animals: lions, buffaloes, reptiles, bears etc. And they are all suffering! The bears there are confined to a concrete-floored cage, left without water, which is bad anytime, but especially dangerous during summer and the hot weather. They bears were seen panting. One bear was eating water- and urine-soaked food, and another repeatedly...

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The general election in UK was held on June 8. One of the important questions that the political parties were deciding on is whether to support an ivory trading ban or not. This would follow bans by China, the US and other important ivory trading countries to end domestic trades in ivory by the end of 2017. The Conservative party has initially decided...

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A lot has happened since I posted an update regarding this action. I apologize for that, I will try to be more frequent with the updates. I think this campaign is very important and that it can help animals in Indonesia. To remind ourselves, it all started with P Holmes, who has created a petition regarding the malnourished bears in the Bandung Zoo,...

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Good news from Dubrovnik. :) Mato Frankovic has won the election and is the new Mayor of Dubrovnik. This is indeed good news for the dogs in Dubrovnik, because Mato has promised to build a no kill shelter for them. Mato immediately sent food for the dogs upon taking the office. His first meeting was with members of Network For Animals, where he...

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The government of China announced in December 2016 that it intended to stop all ivory trading by the end of 2017. And China is sticking to its promise and shutting down ivory processing factories, in accordance with their self-imposed March 2017 deadline. It seemed like the UK was also planning to ban all ivory trade. But now, it looks like the Conservatives have...

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The dogs in Dubrovnik still need our help! There are currently 360 dogs at the Zarcovica Animal Shelter, on the mountainside outside Dubrovnik in Croatia, where they are cared for by Sandra Sambrailo. "Sandra Sambrailo told us with tears in her eyes that after 14 years of living alone on a mountainside that is freezing cold and wet in winter and baking hot in summer,...

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Real Dog Rescue is a newly founded organization, based in New York. Their mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home dogs by providing safe shelter through foster homes, medical care by a superior veterinary staff, and behavioral training with the help of a volunteer base. Their goal is also to educate and emulate the best animal welfare practices, not just locally, but also...

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