Polar bears will not survive without action to tackle climate change
Polar bears will not survive without action to tackle climate change and save their rapidly disappearing Arctic habitat, conservationists have warned
WWF, the conservation charity, said that the five countries which are home to the polar bear must commit to action on global warming to save the animal, which is reliant on the sea ice
Recent analysis by the US Geological Survey and World Conservation Union found that two-thirds of the 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in the world could be lost in the next 50 years as warming temperatures melt the ice
But WWF said an agreement signed in 1973 by the five Arctic states - Canada, Russia, the US, Greenland/Denmark and Norway - commits them to saving protecting the bear and its habitat
While the original deal focused on threats from hunting that had decimated populations, WWF's polar bear co-ordinator Geoff York said polar bears could not now be protected without addressing climate change
"Without the sea ice habitat, the polar bear will not survive in the long term..."
"...There are other threats, such as oil and gas drilling, shipping and toxins, but they pale in comparison to climate change and the loss of the sea ice," he continued
Next week the five nations which are party to the 1973 Agreement for the Conservation of Polar Bears and Their Habitats will meet in Norway for the first formal meeting in more than 25 years
Mr York said delegates must agree to push their countries to commit to urgent and effective action to cut the greenhouse gas emissions which cause climate change
"Anything less would be an abdication of the responsibilities of these nations under the polar bear agreement," he said
WWF wants the representatives of the five polar bear nations to formally call for urgent global action on climate change and to show strong leadership in attempts to achieve a new international deal on cutting emissions in Copenhagen in December
He said while the polar bear was important, tackling climate change was about much more than one species - and that human survival could also be at risk without action
PETA Killed 97 Percent of ‘Companion Animals’ in 2006, According to VDACS
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Death toll up to 17,400; overdue report describes PETA's deadliest year ever
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An official report from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia government agency's deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption in 2006. During that year, the well-known animal rights group managed to find adoptive homes for just 12 pets. The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is calling on PETA to either end its hypocritical angel-of-death program, or stop its senseless condemnation of Americans who believe it's perfectly ethical to use animals for food, clothing, and critical medical research.
Not counting animals PETA held only temporarily in its spay-neuter program, the organization took in 3,061 "companion animals" in 2006, of which it killed 2,981. According to Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the state was just 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA killed 97.4 percent of the animals it took in. The organization filed its 2006 report this month, nine months after the VDACS deadline of March 31, 2007.
"Pet lovers should be outraged," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. "There are thousands of worthwhile animal shelters that deserve Americans' support. PETA is not one of them."
In courtroom testimony last year, a PETA manager acknowledged that her organization maintains a large walk-in freezer for storing dead animals, and that PETA contracts with a Virginia cremation service to dispose of the bodies. In that trial, two PETA employees were convicted of dumping dead animals in a rural North Carolina trash dumpster.
Today in Southampton County, Virginia, another PETA employee will face felony charges in a dog-napping case. Andrea Florence Benoit Harris was arrested in late 2006 for allegedly abducting a hunting dog and attempting to transport it to PETA's Norfolk headquarters.
"PETA raised over $30 million last year," Martosko added, "and it's using that money to kill the only flesh-and-blood animals its employees actually see. The scale of PETA's hypocrisy is simply staggering."
To speak with a spokesman contact Tim Miller at 202-463-7112.
Shambala – by the Roar Foundation
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It looks like a quality preserve but it says in the tour it has the animals in cages. Makes you wonder how often they are caged up. Also the website is outdated but very informative.
Perched on the edge of the Mojave Desert, forty miles northeast of Los Angeles, California, Shambala is a surprising paradise and the only wild animal preserve of its kind in the United States. Since 1972, this unique eighty acre wildlife habitat has provided a haven for endangered exotic big cats. Currently, almost seventy animals live at Shambala, including African lions, Siberian and Bengal tigers, leopards, servals, mountain lions, bobcats, a lynx, and a Florida panther.
Most of these animals were born in captivity, with many of them being orphans or cast-offs from circuses, zoos and private owners who could no longer care for them. None of them has ever been in the wild. All depend upon humans for their needs. With expert veterinary care, carefully planned diets and constant attention by a dedicated staff of professionals, Shambala provides a dignified life for these precious wild animals.
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