Bear Cubs Taken From Mothers, Forced Into Stressful Photo Ops for Tourists?!

Take action for vulnerable bear cubs exploited in the tourism industry. Tell Yellowstone Bear World that bears are not photo props!

Join the Action Team Pledge to Go Vegan Donate Now HOW PETA IS HELPING DOGS AND CATS TRAPPED OUTSIDE IN COLD WEATHER. Listen Now! 🎧 Featured Yellowstone Bear World: Stop Using Vulnerable Cubs for Stressful Photo Ops! While Yellowstone National Park is home to large populations of wild bears, Yellowstone Bear World breeds bears, holds them captive, and forces the cubs to take part in cruel public encounters. TAKE ACTION FOR BEARS Baby Cows Torn Away From Their Mothers and Hens' Eggs Stolen for Little Debbie's Snacks Family-owned Little Debbie has exploited and destroyed the families of countless generations of cows and hens for its dairy- and egg-laden cakes, cookies, and brownies. More and more companies are offering vegan treats that are sweet for humans and other animals—urge Little Debbie to join them! CONTACT LITTLE DEBBIE URGENT: Dogs Need Your Help to Survive By now, you've likely heard about the dangerously cold weather that's hitting much of the country. But what you won't see on the news are the many "outside dogs" confined to lonely backyards with no protection from the deadly freeze occurring right now. Please give right now to help a cold "outside dog." YES, I WILL HELP! PETA Supporters Took Action for Django the Monkey, and It Worked … Again! After hearing from PETA and our members and supporters, Juniper Village at Mount Joy has canceled an event featuring Django the monkey, originally scheduled for this Valentine's Day. And last year, after hearing from nearly 100,000 members and supporters, the "Dickens of a Christmas" event skipped this cruel monkey act. Keep taking action on alerts in PETA's action center, and let's win even more victories for animals! TAKE ACTION—SAVE LIVES Super Bowl LIII Is Almost Here—Get Your Plates and Taste Buds Ready! PETA has got you covered for your Super Bowl LIII party, whether you want to munch on vegan wings or want to impress your friends with vegan corn dogs, 7-layer dip, sliders, and more. Then, get into game-day spirit by seeing which NFL players are plant-powered and by sharing their inspiring ads, which prove that everyone wins when we go vegan. MUST-TRY GAME-DAY DISHES Coyotes Caught in Steel Traps That Cut to the Bone for Fur-Trimmed Jackets Outdoor retailer Paragon Sports sells products from animal-abusing retailer Canada Goose, even though superior functional and sustainable faux fur exists. Urge the company to join the hundreds of designers and retailers that have kept up with current trends and refuse to sell items that use fur from animals. TELL THE COMPANY TO DITCH FUR How PETA's Community Animal Project Made a Difference for Coco, Crystal, and Others Each day, our fieldworkers drive for hours to check on animals such as Crystal, who was suffering from a massive infected wound caused by a too-small collar. Or Coco—who had only a flimsy plastic doghouse that was falling apart. PETA's Community Animal Project provides dogs like her with sturdy doghouses, straw bedding, toys, food, water buckets, flea and tick prevention and deworming medicine, transportation to and from sterilization appointments, and much-needed attention and affection. SEE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS R.I.P.—Kayla Becomes 42nd Orca to Die on SeaWorld's Watch The dead bodies at SeaWorld are stacking up. When will it finally put animals' lives ahead of profits? TAKE ACTION FOR ORCAS 'This Is Us' Star Faithe Herman Is Working to End the Dissection of Cats, Pigs, and Other Animals Each year, 10 million animals are killed and dissected in classrooms across the nation. Learn how they end up on the dissection table, and join Faithe Herman in taking action by demanding humane alternatives. HELP END DISSECTION Reportedly, Dog Howled After Experimental Surgery and Pigs Were Injured and Killed at WashU Experimenters at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) have racked up two dozen animal-welfare violations in just one year while conducting their pointless experiments on animals. This cruelty needs to end immediately. CALL ON WASHU TO INVESTIGATE Urgent Action Needed Help Lonely Gorilla: Tell The Gorilla Foundation to Let Ndume Go Home Urge Texas Community to Halt Deer Massacre Help Stop Animals From Suffering in Indian Circuses PETA's Top 10 Action Alerts for Animals This Month This Week’s Episode: Episode #53: How PETA Is Helping Dogs and Cats Trapped Outside in Cold Weather. Listen Now! Listen Now TOP PICKS FROM PETA CATALOG Animal/Human Liberation Unisex T-Shirt Valentine's Day Vegan Chocolate Box Recycled Firehose Vegan Belt This e-mail was sent to: sajanram.shrestha@blogger.com Manage Your E-Mail Subscriptions | Unsubscribe From All E-Mail 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. Rabbit Image: ©iStock.com / jt1971

                                                           

Millions of displaced Syrians hit by harsh winter weather

The Refugee Brief, 31 January

By Kristy Siegfried @klsiegfried   | 31 January, 2019 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Millions of displaced Syrians hit by harsh winter weather. Snowfall and heavy rain have destroyed shelters and forced tens of thousands of Syrians to move while millions are braving freezing temperatures in tents or damaged buildings with no heating, said UN relief chief Mark Lowcock in a briefing to the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Lowcock said that among those facing difficult winter conditions were three million civilians in Idlib, an opposition-held enclave in the country’s northwest. He noted that January had seen an increase in fighting between non-State armed groups in Idlib and reiterated the importance of sustaining a nonmilitarized buffer zone in place since last September. Local rescue workers reported that at least 12 people were killed by shelling in the town of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib earlier this week. Rescue ship docks in Catania. The Sea-Watch 3 docked in the Sicilian port of Catania on Thursday after 11 days at sea with 47 rescued refugees and migrants, including 15 unaccompanied minors. The ship had been moored off the coast of Sicily for several days while it waited for a safe port. Seven European countries, including Italy, broke the deadlock by agreeing to accept some of the passengers. In a statement on Wednesday, Sea Watch, the German NGO that operates the ship, said the long wait had taken a toll on those on board. “Some people have stopped eating, shrink into themselves, others become emotionally unstable,” said Frank Dörner, the ship’s doctor. WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR Mass graves found in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. A preliminary UN investigation into a massacre reportedly carried out in western DRC last month has revealed that at least 565 civilians were killed during inter-ethnic clashes between the Banunu and Batende communities in Yumbi. The UN mission in the country, MONUSCO, said on Wednesday that an investigative team had found 59 burial sites in two of the towns that came under attack. Hundreds of houses, schools, churches and health centres were also looted and destroyed. An estimated 16,000 people fled to neighbouring Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville, according to UNHCR. Nonstop Dutch church service to protect refugees ends. The Bethel Church in the Hague ended a nonstop 96-day long service on Wednesday afternoon after its organizers received confirmation that a family of Armenian asylum-seekers sheltering inside would no longer face immediate deportation. Dutch law prohibits authorities from entering a church while a service is underway. The Dutch ruling coalition announced on Tuesday that many children whose asylum applications had previously been rejected would have their cases reviewed and that a large number are expected to become eligible for residency permits. Dutch media reported that about 700 children and their families will be affected, including the Tamrazyan family sheltering at the church. Some have lived in the Netherlands for a decade or more. Creating legal pathways for Venezuelans in Latin America. The latest policy brief from the Migration Policy Institute explores the various approaches governments in Latin America have used to help ensure that people arriving from Venezuela have a legal status . Most have opted to use existing visa categories or temporary regularization programmes that have shortcomings in terms of their coverage and the access to public services they allow. The brief argues that, with Venezuelan arrivals expected to continue in 2019 and returns unlikely in the short-term, policymakers need to look beyond the immediate humanitarian crisis and start planning for the long term. The Atlantic reports on Colombia’s efforts to document more than a million Venezuelans. Manus Island refugee wins Australian literary prize. Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish Iranian refugee who has been confined to Manus Island for the past six years as part of Australia’s offshore asylum system, won two literary prizes worth $125,000 today for his book, No Friend But the Mountains. Organizers of the Victorian Literary Award made an exception to allow Boochani to enter despite him not being a permanent resident or citizen. The book, which is a record of his time on Manus Island, first won the non-fiction category before going on to win the prize for literature. His translator, Omid Tofighian, accepted the prize on Boochani’s behalf. GET INSPIRED Nineteen-year-old Maya Ghazal dreams of becoming the first female Syrian refugee pilot and has already earned a place studying aviation engineering at Brunel University. In this talk she gave at a TEDx event in Geneva last month, she offers five steps for better understanding refugees and investing in their potential. DID YOU KNOW? At least 136 people died along land routes at Europe’s borders or within Europe last year, up from 75 deaths recorded in 2017.

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