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URGENT: Help Close A Dog Meat Farm in South Korea

The Humane Society team has arrived in Goyang. South Korea today. They want to shut down the seventh dog meat farm and rescue 55 dogs. They need our help to do it. Please if you can give any amount, help by donating here: HELP US FIGHT THE DOG MEAT TRADE "In South Korea, as many as 2 million dogs a year are slaughtered and eaten....

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Update 2: Stop Congress from harming Alaska's wildlife

"This indiscriminate war that the state of Alaska has on bears is just wiping the populations out and that's gonna end up putting the entire balance of nature out of whack." - Jim Stratton, National Park Conservation Association.  The H.J. Resolution 69 ( ans now it's companion resolution, S.J.Res.18), which was authored by Alaska’s Representative Don Young, was voted in Congress on the 17th...

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Urgent: Famine in East Africa

Famine has hit East Africa, with four countries: Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeast Nigeria at risk of starvation. The UN chief Stephen O'Brien has said that the world is already facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the end of the Second World War, with almost 130 million people in 33 countries in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection. 'In north-eastern Nigeria,...

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Update: Urgent Help Needed for Dogs in Dubrovnik

There are some good news regarding the homeless dogs in Dubrovnik. :) Lionsgate, the company that is making the movie "Robin Hood" has contacted Network for Animals and told them that they didn't know about the situation with the dogs. They have promised to donate 20,000 Kuna ($2,800) to help the dogs, who are currently huddled in open shelters in the freezing cold...

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Urgent Help Needed for Dogs in Dubrovnik

In Dubrovnik, a city in Croatia, all of the stray dogs have been transported in a shelter on the mountainside of the city. The streets have been cleared so the movie "Robin Hood" directed by Leonardo DiCaprio can be shot. "More than 300 Dubrovnik street dogs are huddled on a windswept mountainside, shunned by the city and cared for by a few brave...

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Ecosia

Ecosia is a social business that was founded by Christian Kroll, Ecosia's CEO. Christian studied business administration in Nuremberg and decided to travel the world for some inspiration on a business model with a positive social impact. While staying in Argentina he learned a lot about reforestation projects in the Atlantic Rainforest in Argentina and Brazil and also read Thomas L. Friedman’s book...

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