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Repost By @dolphin_project: "Taiji: Blue Cove Day. All dolphin hunting boats have returned. 2015-12-09. 9:35am. #tweet4dolphins #dolphinproject" (via #RapidRepost @AppsKottage)

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Repost By @rob___banks: "This is why I'm so outraged about the fur industry. This is why I confront those who walk around in the furs of my Animal brothers and sisters. ALWAYS speak up. Graphic content #fur #furlove #animals #animalsofig #animalrights #cats #catsofig #dogs #dogsofig #fox #bunny #equality #equalrights #fashion #fashionweek #fashiondesigner #cute #sweet #love #ugly #gross #nyc #china #asia #canada #america #vegan #vegansofig #govegan #style check out some other pages @jane_doe7x @tefiano @vegan_of_doom @go_vegan_or_go_fuckoff @veganstrongwarrior @linda.veganheart" (via #RapidRepost @AppsKottage)

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Endangered animals just took over the ‪#‎Vatican‬ with an urgent message: We must act now to protect them! ‪#‎StartWith1Thing & watch the projections here >> racingextinction.com #OurCommonHome #RacingExtinction Repost from @racingextinction

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Repost By @shut.down.captivity: "The above video shows Kalia nursing from Kasatka (estimated around 3-5 years old). Her behaviour profile states that she was still nursing at the age of 6, only 3 years before being impregnated. The bottom video shows Kohana nursing from her already pregnant mother Takara at 3 years old. They were separated around a year later. These calves are much older than the age they supposedly stop nursing at (according to SeaWorld's estimates). SeaWorld claims that: 'Most killer whale calves...nurse for about a year, but may continue to nurse occasionally for as long as two years. This corresponds with observations in the wild.' In fact wild observations have found a much different time frame to SeaWorld's claims. Research has found that calves as old as 3 are still nutritionally dependant on their mothers and that calves can nurse until they're 5, sometimes even longer. Additionally research has found that an orca should still be considered a calf up to 10 years of age. SeaWorld claims that calves stop nursing at less than two years old and thus essentially stop being calves at this age. This way if SeaWorld chooses to separate the calf from its mother at 2 years they can still legally claim that (at least by their definition) they 'do not separate mothers and calves'. On the contrary, SeaWorld has frequently separated several calves at various ages. They have even taken calves from their mothers who were still classed as 'calves' by their own definition. Katerina*, Skyla, and Keet were all separated at around two years. Keet was found to still have milk in his mouth when he was separated from his mother. SeaWorld's definition of a 'calf' also ignores the other vital role mother and calf relationships carry out, socialisation. An orca calf needs its mother to teach it how to communicate effectively with other orcas, to manage conflict in a healthy manner, and to learn social rules such as not to engage in direct incest. Without this vital input calves can become socially abnormal which may cause them to be unusually aggressive (as with the Loro Parque orcas), engage in incest (Katina and Taku), or become socially isolated

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Tag your friends & join us for a historic projection event LIVE from The Vatican >> click the link in our bio to watch NOW! #RacingExtinction #FiatLux #OurCommonHome Repost from @racingextinction

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@Regrann from @slapinator2: @Regrann from @pawz.of.love - Pulled from the ocean to be sold as food, two sea turtles in Papua New Guinea faced almost certain death. But thanks to one man's compassion, they found their way home instead. For fewer than 40 U.S. dollars, Arron Culling and a co-worker were able to buy the turtles' freedom, later sharing photos of the impromptu rescue operation on social media. "[F]ound these at the local market," Culling wrote on Facebook on Thursday, "got them for 50 bucks drove 5km up the road and let them go." These aren't the first turtles the men have set free, either. According to Culling, him and his co-worker have bought and released about 10. Although six of the world's seven sea turtle species are classified as endangered or vulnerable, marine turtle fishing remains legal in much of the world. This includes Papua New Guinea, Australia and Mexico, where coastal communities harvest turtles for their meat and shells. By one recent estimate, over 42,000 sea turtles are legally killed each year, although hundreds of thousands more are thought to die after getting caught in the nets of commercial fishermen targeting other animals. To learn more about how to protect these wonderful creatures, visit the Sea Turtle Conservancy's website. #pawzoflovenewsstories #Regrann - via #Regrann Repost from @vox_silentii

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Join us in 35 minutes to experience this historic public art projection on St. Peter's Basilica via LIVE stream >> racingextinction.com #FiatLux #OurCommonHome #RacingExtinction 🐟 Repost from @racingextinction

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By November 2015, the price had dropped to $1,100, the study found. “I am hugely encouraged by this, but I am also very wary because I know how these things can drift with the pendulum of concern,” said Iain Douglas-Hamilton, one of the world’s most renowned elephant conservationists and founder of Save the Elephants. “What we are seeing by and large is that the uncontrolled killing of elephants is continuing in most of Africa, although there are some bright spots.” Douglas-Hamilton said he believed Xi’s pledge to ban the domestic trade in ivory – made in conjunction with President Obama last September -- had been crucially important in driving down demand. While he said he was excited by the leadership being shown by China and the United States, he added it was “really vital” that Xi’s promise is put into law as soon as possible. “We understand some ivory had been bought by speculators who may have been counting on the elephant being severely diminished or even going extinct, so they would be sitting on a pile of ivory they could profit from,” he said. “If President Xi has said all of this is going to be illegal anyway, suddenly they may have taken a very bad risk.” The report’s authors, Lucy Vigne and Esmond Martin, said they had not seen a single item of ivory changing hands during weeks of fact-finding in eight Chinese cities. Carvers and vendors complained that an economic slowdown – coupled with an anti-corruption campaign that has reduced the sales of all luxury goods – had hit the ivory trade hard, they said. An intricately carved ivory item has been both a status symbol and a popular gift to grease the wheels of business, but changing attitudes and the crackdown on corruption may have undercut that source of demand. Campaigns led by WildAid, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the African Wildlife Foundation and Save the Elephants, supported by Chinese state media and private companies, and fronted by local celebrities like basketball star Yao Ming, appear to have had a major impact. SOURCE - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/12/08/lifeline-for-elephants-ivory-price-halves-in-china-after-xi-pledges-ban/ RP @dp4k.m

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3 hours to go! Watch this historic public art projection on St. Peter's Basilica LIVE at 1pm EST >> racingextinction.com #FiatLux #OurCommonHome #RacingExtinction Repost from @racingextinction

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Repost By @vox_silentii: "@Regrann from @rod_veg_yves" (via #RapidRepost @AppsKottage)

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They will always be there for us.... Repost from @vox_silentii

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Repost By @discoversharks: "Follow @shizzyswildcatrescue They are raising funds to purchase land and build a sanctuary for abused and neglected animals such as big cats, smaller wild cats, wolves, bears, and many other animals who desperately need a home! Follow them👍 @shizzyswildcatrescue video by @sharkaddicts2" (via #RapidRepost @AppsKottage)

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No empty bowls! Please donate unopened dry or wet dog & cat food this holiday season ✨❤️💚 Where: @miamiveterinary & @the.dog.bar When: Now until Dec 31st #NoEmptyBowls #AdoptDontShop #ProtectAnimalsWorldwide #joinPAW #Miami @miamianimalserv Repost from @simoneboinay

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@Regrann from @4leglv - Amber Canavan is spending a month in jail. Her crime? Entering a foie gras facility, where tens of thousands of ducks are intensively confined and force fed through metal pipes, and rescuing two of them. We still live in a world where people who commit the abuses are victims and those who expose them are criminals,” said Ms. Canavan. “I don’t want to go to jail, but my time there will be a cakewalk compared to what animals are forced to endure in foie gras factories.” In 2011, Ms. Canavan and another activist whose identity she has protected paid a late night visit to Hudson Valley Foie Gras in upstate New York, the largest foie gras producer in the United States. While there, she documented the “deplorable” conditions in which the ducks are kept. The footage she captured was used in a foie gras exposé produced by the Animal Protection and Rescue League and narrated by actress Wendy Malick. February, the NY Times published a lengthy story about the incident, which linked to the video and informed readers about the “force feeding” required to produce this “controversial” dish. “I take comfort in the fact the NY Times article and the footage that I took have helped to expose the atrocities being committed against these animals,” said Ms. Canavan. #Regrann Repost from @cattitude62

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If your children truly understood what they were eating I bet they would choose to be Vegan. #vegan #veganism #govegan Repost from @namaste_vegan