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Did you know that some environmental and conservation groups use people’s donations to support—and even promote—poisoning animals to test pesticides and other chemicals already known to be toxic?
Several groups, including the World Wildlife Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Defense, are directly responsible for the creation of the most massive animal-testing programs in history.
These cruel programs, including the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) notorious Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) and its high production volume (HPV) chemical-testing program, have crippled the development and acceptance of reliable non-animal test methods. As the two-year moratorium on some HPV chemical testing ends, and with 20,000 animals already having been killed, millions more are slated to die.
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Ask the EPA to extend the HPV chemical moratorium until it makes good on its promise to spend half a million dollars developing non-animal tests and follows the basic animal protection measures detailed in its October 1999 agreement with PETA.
The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Fax: 202-501-1450
E-Mail: Whitman.christine@epamail.epa.gov
See MeanGreenies.com for details and addresses for the "Green Meanies."
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 When he’s not playing defense for the New York Giants, Michael Strahan loves his “home team”: his dogs Tasha, Katie, and Stella, who star with him in PETA’s new TV spot aimed at protecting dogs left outside in the cold. Being chained up like a bicycle is one of the cruelest of fates for a dog—imagine the loneliness these social pack animals feel. |
 Talk show host Ricki Lake “took five” to remind fans that dogs left outside during scorching summer months can suffer from thirst, dehydration and heatstroke. In PETA’s ad, she asks viewers, “Hey, where’s the dog? If she’s part of the family, why isn’t she inside with everybody else?”
Ask your local TV stations to run these public service announcements. Contact PETA’s Audio-Visual Department to request a copy.
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DOT Yields to Country Singer
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 The Department of Transportation (DOT) finally shifted into gear when it received a letter from country legend Willie Nelson asking it to ditch cruel skin-corrosivity experiments, in which hazardous chemicals are poured directly onto animals’ raw skin and left there for up to two weeks—all without pain relief. After reading Willie’s letter, the DOT set a policy prohibiting animal tests where they’re not legally required, pledging to use non-animal Corrositex—it’s faster, cheaper, and more reliable and doesn’t burn animals. |
Scott Hamilton and Marv Levy Want to Buck the Rodeo From the Winter Games
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 After learning that the 2002 Olympic Committee had planned a rodeo, Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Marv Levy teamed up to urge the committee to cancel the “intentionally violent acts against animals that violate the true American spirit of compassion.” Animals in rodeos are forced to display “wild” behavior by the infliction of pain—straps tightly cinched around their groins, electric shocks, and twisted tails. Hamilton wrote to the committee president, pointing out that “calves routinely suffer severe injuries including internal bleeding, severed windpipes, and broken necks.”
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Please urge the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee to cancel the rodeo. Let them know that true athleticism doesn’t involve abusing unwilling participants. Write to:
Salt Lake Organizing Committee
Mitt Romney
299 S. Main St., Ste. 1300
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
E-Mail: media.relations@saltlake2002.com
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Director Terry Zwigoff “Stars” in PETA’s First Annual Animal Film Festival
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 What’s the prize for the lucky person who submits the film or video that best illustrates PETA’s credo, “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on or use for entertainment”? To be featured on PETA TV and fly free to San Francisco for a one-on-one dinner with acclaimed indie director Terry Zwigoff (Crumb and Ghost World)! For details, see PETATV.com.
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PETATV.com is not just a Web site, it’s a TV station—with new video content daily and features like exclusive celebrity interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of PETA star photo shoots, commercials banned from mainstream TV and footage of PETA stunts.
“If you’re looking for the lowdown on big-time abuse under the big top, Pamela Anderson’s latest pleather outfit or the virtues of a veggies-only diet, PETATV.com covers all the hot topics,” says PETA TV producer Christine Hrul. “Day or night, Web surfers can turn on their compassion by tuning in to PETA TV.”
Visit PETATV.com and sign up to receive a weekly PETA TV guide via e-mail.
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eNews is PETA’s newest creation, delivering animal rights information straight to your e-mail inbox. Sign up at PETA.org to receive special PETA Mall offers, tasty vegan recipes, “Ask Carla” advice, action alerts and investigation videos once a week or every month.
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 With the help of caring members, PETA alleviates the suffering of countless animals. Among our recent successes, we:
• convinced the chief of police in Briel, Ohio, to stop the Sterling & Reid Bros. Circus from coming to town
• pressured General Motors to stop using Avitrol, a hazardous pesticide, to poison birds
• convinced Walgreens to stop selling AquaBabies, a knickknack consisting of a live fish or frog inside a tiny plastic box
• persuaded the Bristol Centre Mall in Southbury, Connecticut, to ban R.W. Commerford & Sons traveling petting zoo from ever returning to the mall
• pressured Illinois authorities to investigate Heat, a Chicago restaurant that was serving fish and lobsters still alive on patrons’ plates (Heat stopped this illegal practice)
 • persuaded Formula One racing star Jenson Button to ditch his passion for foie gras, made from force-fed ducks and geese
• convinced the Maryland National Guard to cancel a survival skills training exercise in which reservists would have strangled and bludgeoned chickens with sticks, stones and their bare hands
• secured assurances from Nike, Cole Haan, Kenneth Cole, Spiegel, Gucci, Esprit, Reebok, TJX and VF Corporation that these companies will not purchase Indian leather until animal protection laws are enforced
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Please ask the Bank of America to switch to a cruelty-free charity or earmark donations only for non-animal research.
Write to:
Kenneth D. Lewis
Chair, CEO, and President
Bank of America
NC1-007-56-01
100 N. Tryon St.
Charlotte, NC 28255
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Money isn’t all Kmart and Publix shoppers will save now that the stores have shelved their contributions to animal tests. Publix and Kmart, the March of Dimes’ number one supporter for 17 straight years, has agreed to earmark all future donations to the 
March of Dimes for education programs only.
experiments, which have included sewing cats’ eyes shut and force-feeding pregnant rats and newborn opossums alcohol, nicotine and cocaine.
