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PETA Makes It Quick and Easy to Help Donkeys
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Help Get Leather Gloves Removed From Earthquake Bags!
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URGENT: Urge Ohio City to Cancel Cruel ‘Goldfish Swim’!
PETA has just learned that on Sunday (August 11), the Parks and Recreation Department of the city of Springdale, Ohio, apparently plans to host a “goldfish swim,” during which approximately 1,000 goldfish will be poured into a community swimming pool, where children will scramble to grab them in hopes of taking them home. Being dumped into a pool filled with frantic children would obviously be a horrific ordeal for these tiny animals, who view nearly everything as a predator—and exposure to even trace amounts of chlorine can cause them to experience respiratory distress. Furthermore, because fish can transmit bacteria such as E. coli, such events pose a risk to the children, too. These animals need your help now!
Please urge Springdale’s Parks and Recreation Department and the city’s mayor to cancel this cruel event—then, forward this alert to everyone you know.
Polite comments can be sent to the following individuals:
Greg Karle
Director
Springdale Parks and Recreation Department
GoPlay@springdale.org
513-346-3910
The Honorable Doyle Webster
Mayor of Springdale
DWebster@springdale.org
513-346-5700
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Speak Out Against Live-Animal Exhibits at Planned New Jersey Mall!
Upon hearing that developers of American Dream Meadowlands, a future mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, were planning to install permanent bird and rabbit enclosures, PETA expressed numerous concerns and implored them to rethink such an irresponsible feature. The development company declared that it hadn’t officially chosen to move forward with this plan but remained vague regarding when that decision might be made. However, the mall is scheduled to open in October and there’s zero time for hesitation—now, your voice is desperately needed!
Subjected to a constant barrage of strange noises and activity as well as hordes of people ogling and trying to interact with them, animals confined to exhibits—no matter how spacious or luxurious their captors declare them to be—remain prisoners dependent upon artificial sources of shelter and sustenance and entirely deprived of any semblance of the existence that they would have had in nature. Rabbits and exotic birds, in particular, are sensitive, intelligent animals who, when held captive, require specialized, individualized attention from dedicated and properly educated caregivers capable of meeting a staggering multitude of complex needs. This is hardly a feasible scenario for animals confined en masse to a mall exhibit. Furthermore, captive species pose a definitive risk to public health, as they can transmit numerous diseases to humans, such as cryptosporidiosis, Pasteurella multocida, and ringworm.
Please join PETA in urging American Dream Meadowlands developers to scrap plans to exhibit animals—then, share this alert with everyone you know.
Please send polite comments to the following individuals:
Don Ghermezian
President
American Dream
Don.Ghermezian@americandream.com
Nader Ghermezian
Chair
Triple Five Group
Nader.Ghermezian@triplefive.com
David Ghermezian
CEO
Triple Five Group
David.Ghermezian@triplefive.com
Thank you for speaking up for animals!
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