Fwd: Victory for Elephants in Santa Ana, Calif.!

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From: PETA <newsmanager@peta.org>
Date: December 16, 2011 9:59:08 PM CST
Subject: Victory for Elephants in Santa Ana, Calif.!
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Dear Cindy, I'm thrilled to share some exciting news with you. Thanks to all of you who took part in our more than yearlong campaign, the city of Santa Ana, Calif., has just announced that it will no longer offer elephant rides. This means that the Santa Ana Zoo will stop supporting the miserable treatment of elephants who spend much of their lives chained by two legs, barely able to take a single step forward or backward, and are dominated and controlled by bullhooks—barbaric training devices that resemble a fireplace poker. These can be seen in video footage from Animal Defenders International (ADI) that shows trainers from Have Trunk Will Travel, the company that rented the elephants to the zoo for rides, repeatedly beating and shocking elephants in order to teach them "who's boss" and intimidate them into giving rides or performing tricks. Elephants are highly intelligent, social, and curious animals who deserve better than being forced to plod along in circles all day while being prodded by a bullhook for people's amusement. In addition to actions by our supporters, celebrities, including Charo and Switched at Birth star Constance Marie, and other animal protection groups, including ADI and the Animal Protection and Rescue League, joined the effort to end the elephant rides at the Santa Ana Zoo.  Please take a moment to send a brief e-mail to Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and Gerardo Mouet, the executive director of the city's Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency, to thank the city for making the compassionate decision to end the elephant rides—and please be sure to ask Mr. Mouet to make the same decision for the Orange County Fair in his capacity as a member of the Orange County Fair Board. Thank you for speaking up for animals. Sincerely, Tracy Reiman Executive Vice President People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Fwd: A Historic Day for Chimpanzees!

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From: PETA <newsmanager@peta.org>
Date: December 15, 2011 8:55:52 PM CST
Subject: A Historic Day for Chimpanzees!
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Dear Cindy, It is a historic day for chimpanzees, and we need your help to keep up the momentum! After decades of advocating, organizing, demonstrating, and agitating in behalf of chimpanzees, we are closer than ever to ending experimentation on our closest living relatives. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)—which is the primary funder of chimpanzee experiments in the U.S.—has just announced that it is accepting the conclusion of a highly anticipated report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The report, for which PETA provided testimony and other input, concludes that "most current use of chimpanzees for biomedical research is unnecessary." NIH director Dr. Francis Collins stated that effective immediately, NIH is suspending all new funding for experiments on chimpanzees! The agency will be convening a working group to carefully evaluate the experiments that are currently being conducted on chimpanzees, and it is expected that half of the chimpanzee experiments currently underway may be stopped! Moreover, while the working group deliberates, chimpanzees who are currently not being used in experiments or are in a state of unofficial retirement will not be used for experimentation. This includes the nearly 200 Alamogordo chimpanzees, whose sad fate compelled scientists, elected officials, and other public figures to take action. They are now safe! The IOM report—and NIH's response—is the first step toward ending all experimentation on these remarkable animals. However, it's more important than ever that you contact your legislator now  and ask him or her to support the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, which would outright ban all use of chimpanzees in laboratories and retire the more than 600 federally owned chimpanzees to sanctuaries. Thank you for your continued advocacy in behalf of all animals and for your support of PETA. Sincerely, Kathy Guillermo Vice President Laboratory Investigations Department People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Click to update your e-mail preferences or to unsubscribe. This e-mail was sent by PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510 USA.

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Fw: Victory: University of Michigan Drops Cruel Cat Lab!

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Subject: Victory: University of Michigan Drops Cruel Cat Lab!
Sent: Dec 9, 2011 4:38 PM

Dear Cindy, I have very exciting news to share about one of our campaigns to end university animal experimentation. After more than a year of pressure from PETA and over 100,000 people—including students, alumni, and Michigan natives Iggy Pop and Lily Tomlin—wrote letters and led protests, the University of Michigan (U-M) has announced that it has replaced the use of cats in its Survival Flight training course for nurses with modern and superior human simulators. This means that cats will no longer have hard plastic tubes repeatedly forced down their delicate windpipes before being killed. U-M's announcement comes just one day after PETA released an exposé on how the school was buying lost, stolen, and homeless cats from a notorious animal dealer and revealed that school officials had lied to the public about the fate of the cats used in the course. PETA will continue to urge U-M to end its trauma training laboratory that uses pigs and fully align its training curriculum with the guidance of medical experts and professional organizations that endorse the use of simulators as complete replacements for these cruel and archaic animal laboratories. In the meantime, please take a moment of your time to urge St. Louis Children's Hospital to follow in the footsteps of U-M and end the hospital's use of animals for intubation training as well. Thank you again for helping cats abused in laboratories and making this victory possible. Sincerely, Justin Goodman, M.A. Associate Director Laboratory Investigations Department People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Click to update your e-mail preferences or to unsubscribe. Please do not respond to this e-mail. Instead, click here to contact PETA. This e-mail was sent by PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510 USA.  

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