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Furry valentines across the country will be party to all sorts of romantic evenings at home this February 14—are you prepared to keep your pet safe? Two common holiday hazards to stay alert to are chocolate and lilies, warn our poison control experts. In the week prior to Valentine's Day 2008, cases involving chocolate ingestion increased by 7… read more

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FROM DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE (DEFENDERS DOT ORG) Black-tailed prairie dogs are in trouble. And that could spell disaster for the health of America’s grasslands. After decades of decline due to disease, habitat destruction and poisonings, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is considering protections for black-tailed prairie dogs. But federal off… read more

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Anti-Fur Demos To Target Nordstrom Please join IDA and the International Anti-Fur Coalition for worldwide outreach targeting the cruel, barbaric and unnecessary fur trade. Events are scheduled in Brazil, Canada, France, Ireland, Israel, Uruguay, Venezuela, and the U.S. with more events to be registered soon. During the week leading up to, and in… read more

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From IDA USA (dot org) One of President Barack Obama’s first presidential acts was to issue a memo to federal agencies on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). President Obama’s new directive regarding the FOIA will indeed, as the L.A. Times put it, give “new life” to FOIA. In stark contrast to the Bush years, President Obama has direct… read more

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Check out NRDC (dot org) to take a few seconds and send a message to save polar bears. -------------------------------------------- After eight years of suffering under the Bush Administration's "polluters-first" policies, the polar bear is now hurtling headlong toward extinction. It's up to the Obama Administration to slam on the brakes, put … read more