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HOOKED SHARK BITES FISHERMAN POSING FOR PICTURE 09/08/2008

Angler Stephen Perkins, 52, got more than he bargained for when he hauled the fish on board his boat "Serenity" off Lundy Island, Devon. As he was preparing to unhook the fish, she sank her teeth into his wrist leaving him needing re-constructive surgery. She has earned him an unlikely place in history as the first documented case of a man being bitten by a Blue Shark off British waters.

FLUSHING LIVE GOLDFISH ILLEGAL IN SWITZERLAND 09/08/2008

New animal protection legislation which specifies in great detail how animals are to be treated has come into force in Switzerland. Under the new law live goldfish cannot be flushed - they must be knocked out and then killed first. The law also bans catch-and-release fishing and live fish bait. Many types of animal kept in captivity in zoos, circuses, and as domestic companion animals now need to be kept with at least one companion of their own species.

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09/08/2008 New Link of the Week
09/08/2008 New Quote of the Week
09/04/2008 A Minute for Animals in Transport
09/03/2008 From Prison to the Austrian Parliament
09/03/2008 Live Animals Transport gallery
09/02/2008 Petition "Handle with Care"
09/01/2008 Who is Responsible for the Suffering of Cows?
09/01/2008 Cows Are Leaving for Bosnia and Herzegovina
09/01/2008 New link Animal Friends in Bosnia and Herzegovina
09/01/2008 New Book of the Month
08/31/2008 Updates of towns that supported microchipping of all dogs
08/31/2008 New Link of the Week
08/31/2008 New Quote of the Week
08/29/2008 Tragedy of Cows at Croatian-Bosnian Border
08/29/2008 Reaction Pregnant Cows at Croatian-Bosnian Border
08/29/2008 Updates in Calendar of Activities
08/27/2008 Spaying/Neutering is Necessary to Save Lives
08/26/2008 Action and photos Blind Because of Profit?
08/25/2008 New Link of the Week
08/25/2008 New Quote of the Week
08/22/2008 New link Sheila Harper
08/22/2008 Biohrana Mirta on the list of Stores
08/22/2008 Weleda on the Croatian White List
08/21/2008 New link AAP
08/21/2008 Updates in the section Info stalls
08/20/2008 Updates of towns that supported microchipping of all dogs
08/19/2008 New issue of AnimaList newsletter
08/18/2008 Updates of towns that supported microchipping of all dogs
08/17/2008 New Quote of the Week
08/17/2008 New Link of the Week
08/13/2008 Veggie tastings in Rijeka, Pula, and Porec
08/13/2008 New link End EU Animal Tests
08/11/2008 New Link of the Week
08/11/2008 New Quote of the Week
08/10/2008 New link zdravaishrana.info
08/08/2008 Animal Friends Goes on YouTube
08/08/2008 Updates in Calendar of Activities
08/08/2008 New links Plavi kriz, Mijau, Zadar Animal Shelter
08/08/2008 New link Drustvo za zastitu zivotinja Mali Losinj
08/08/2008 New links Spirit, Sapica, Sapa, Lea, Spas
08/08/2008 New links Grundrecht Leben, Vegetus.org, Lunjo i Maza
08/07/2008 "The Livestock Industry and the Climate" Report
08/07/2008 Updates in Calendar of Activities
08/04/2008 New dates of info stalls in Split
08/04/2008 Reaction Neglect of Animals on Krizovljan Grad Farm
08/04/2008 New Quote of the Week
08/04/2008 New Link of the Week
08/02/2008 Updates in the section How You Can Help
08/01/2008 New Book of the Month
08/01/2008 Updates in Calendar of Activities
07/29/2008 Updates of towns that supported microchipping of all dogs
07/28/2008 New Link of the Week
07/28/2008 New Quote of the Week
07/28/2008 New AnimaList newsletter
07/27/2008 New link vegan.ch
07/25/2008 Reaction Keep "the Drowner" Away From Animals

Quote of the Week

... the basis of my vegetarianism is not physical, but moral. If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death. That is the basis of my vegetarianism. I would love to think that all of us who called ourselves vegetarians should have that basis. There were thousands of meat-eaters who did not stay meat-eaters. There must be a definite reason for our making that change in our lives, for our adopting habits and customs different from society, even though sometimes that change may offend those nearest and dearest to us. Not for the world should you sacrifice a moral principle. Therefore the only basis for having a vegetarian society and proclaiming a vegetarian principle is, and must be, a moral one.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Book of the Month

Book of the Month - Charles Patterson: Eternal Treblinka Eternal Treblinka by Charles Patterson
"In Eternal Treblinka we are presented for the first time with extensive evidence of the profoundly troubling connections between animal exploitation in the United States and Hitler's Final Solution." - from the Foreword by Lucy Rosen Kaplan, Esq.
"Charles Patterson's book will go a long way towards righting the terrible wrongs that human beings, throughout history, have perpetrated on non-human animals. I urge you to read it and think deeply about its important message." - Dr. Jane Goodall