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Extinction Rebellion, XR Youth US at New York Fashion Week, 11 Hours in County, Maryland at No. 7, Willie Geist, LeBron James, The I Promise School, FDA & the NIH...much more!


On The Rampage w/ Don Lichterman likes how Mike Bloomberg has hired a narcissism expert, along with a comedian to counter Trump, about how Bloomberg should introduce a criminal justice plan to counter what he has gone through in last week couple with the Bernie sanders hysteria, is the way for the Democratic Party to win. Also about '11 Hours in County' and quitting partying...


How the senate passed a bill limiting the POTUS ability to use military...lol...how Maryland Terp's Men's Hoop Team climbs again in AP Poll, No. 1 Baylor, No. 3 Kansas top AP poll before showdown on Saturday, how Willie Geist seems cool, the 2020 NFL free agency, that LeBron James Is Giving 193 Students a Free Ride to College at the The I Promise School and how they will also receive a year of free housing and meal plans. Candidatyes asked by frostPaw, 'How will you address the extinction crisis?'


Extinction Rebellion, XR Youth US, protested outside of a New York Fashion Week venue in New York City over the weekend. Animal testing violations have been recently uncovered at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has introduced a new policy that will allow animals who survive experimentation in their laboratories to be saved rather than killed and simply discarded when testing has been completed. And, Hercules, Leo, Binah, Kennedy, Ray, Danner, Jacob, Oscar and Kivuli, all male former research chimps are given the chance to go outdoors in a forest for the first time!


And, how we are not able to get to the Animal Welfare Report, Rescue TV, the Recipe of the Week, the vending Lot's top sellers from last week, the Elephant in the Room and to go to the blog to read more...Plus, so much more n today's Podcast!

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Stop The Killing of 272+ Elephants

On Friday, Feb. 7, our Founder & President, Senator Raymond J. Lesniak recited the following keynote speech in Washington D.C., outside of the Embassy of Botswana Good afternoon, I’m Raymond Lesniak, the former New Jersey State Senator who sponsored New Jersey’s laws banning transactions in ivory and rhino horns, banning the importation of trophies of endangered species and their transportation through our state, and banning the exploitation and cruelty of using wild animals in circuses in our state.

Today, I want to remind everyone that God put elephants on earth long before us humans and, if anything, we’re encroaching on their territory, not visa versa. To Botswana President Masisi, I say and pray that you put an end to your love affair with the Safari Club and the auctioning off of 272 permits lined with the blood of elephants in your country. While we’re here in our nation’s capital, we also call upon Congress to ban the importation of trophies of endangered species into the United States and to join with civilized countries across the globe to restore all African elephants to Appendix 1 of the multilateral treaty, CITES, to protect endangered animals and plants and follow New Jersey’s lead and ban transactions in ivory and rhino horns.

All killing for entertainment is contrary to God’s Will. It brings out the worst in human beings. Simply put, it is cruel and inhumane. As Pope Francis has stated, “Our indifference or cruelty towards fellow creatures of this world sooner or later affects the treatment we mete out to other human beings. We have only one heart, and the same wretchedness which leads us to mistreat an animal will not be long in showing itself in our relationships with other people. Every act of cruelty towards any creature is ‘contrary to human dignity.” Continue to read on...


February brings longer days, warming weather, and moments of quiet reflection. We often get caught up in the excitement of our newest members to the herd at the ECCC, but this month we wanted to give you updates on longtime residents Raju and Asha. Your support helps us provide long-term care for elephants like these two. Thank you!


GENTLE GIANT RAJU

In his 5 years with us, Raju’s health has improved gradually as he continues his healing journey. Winter brings an abundance of spinach and cabbage to his healthy diet, but he'll be excited to get his favorite mangoes and jackfruit once the weather warms. Read more about Raju


ASHA EMBODIES "REFUSE TO RIDE"

Asha was a riding elephant at the Amer Fort, in Jaipur. She knew nothing of freedom until Wildlife SOS rescued her in 2015. Asha embodies the critical importance of the Refuse to Ride campaign. These days Asha is inseparable from her best friend Suzy.


Asha has strong matriarchal tendencies and is fiercely protective of blind, elderly Suzy.


New flooring for the Eles!

Because of you, our incredibly generous supporters, we have been able to install rubber flooring in the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital. We have been looking forward to this day with bated breath because this means a ton of comfort for the elephants. Read more


Van Devi, meaning “queen of the Jungle,” has a difficult but important role. She is the matriarch of a herd of 19 wild elephants that have independently relocated to a rural area in India where people are not accustomed to having elephants as neighbors. Something drove them away from their ancestral land and they have tried to make a home for themselves in a foreign landscape.

A GPS tracking collar helps monitor Van Devi's herd in the wild to reduce conflict.

In their search for food and water, the herd damaged crops of local villagers and the conflict that arose sadly resulted in deaths of both humans and elephants. For a while the local people demanded the elephants be ‘gone.’ This spelled doom for the elephants, as they would all likely be captured or killed.

Luckily, Wildlife SOS was asked to help, and with your support, we gladly offered assistance in finding solutions for these elephants to remain wild and free. We initially put a GPS collar on Van Devi and then worked with the local communities to understand how to avoid conflict.

Since we began this project in Chattisgarh, India, in partnership with the Forest Department conflicts have diminished, and the outcry to eliminate the elephants has been reduced. So far, the campaign to protect this wild extended family has been a success, but we have a lot more we can do.


Today we are asking if you will help to continue the work to support the “Jungle Queen’s” herd. Your gift today will help keep this program running to both protect the elephants and work with the villagers.

When we look at Van Devi and her herd, we can’t help but think of all the elephants at our sanctuary that we care for every day. Raju, Asha and Suzy were all born in the wild and then captured and exploited. Sadly, we can never return the elephants that already live with us back to the wild, but we can protect Van Devi and her large free-roaming family.


Elephant in The Room

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Our companies are known for creating products that enhance people's lives.  Through Sunset Corporation of America and its companies, we’re equally dedicated to improving lives.  Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.

Our companies are known for creating products that enhance people's lives.  Through Sunset Corporation of America and its companies, we’re equally dedicated to improving lives.   Our commitment extends to helping local communities, fostering better educational systems, supporting the arts and culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and improving the environment, animal welfare, wildlife issues and encouraging employee volunteerism.


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Late last year Action for Dolphins joined hundreds of people outside Marineland Antibes to protest the rumoured transfer of their four orcas to China.

The protest was organised by One Voice and Groupe Anti-Captivite. The enormous crowd drew national media attention and following the protest Marineland put out an official statement saying they would NOT be moving their orcas in 2020. This is a big win for the orcas, and for everyone who joined the protest. Transfers are traumatising for the animals, which are kept in small dark boxes for hours on end.📷Action for Dolphins standing with protesters outside Marineland Antibes.Despite the good news, we are worried Marineland Antibes might consider moving their orcas next year. And even if the orcas stay in their current tanks, they face a lifetime of misery performing circus tricks in daily shows. That’s why AFD is working on a campaign to end the cruel cycle of captivity in France. Can you help, and support the movement to stop more orcas being bred into tiny tanks in the name of entertainment?Please click here to help fight orca captivityTo start with, AFD has written to Marineland asking them to do the right thing and retire their orcas and dolphins to a sanctuary. We’ll be in touch soon to give you an update with what comes next. But in the meantime, thank you for being part of the solution to this cruel and out-dated practice.


Another endangered orca is presumed dead. Mega, as he was known, was the father of many of the population's young orcas. His loss brings the number of orcas in the Pacific Northwest down to just 72. Please help the Wildlife and Wild Places Defense Fund. Your help is needed if we're going to keep these orcas from going extinct. Three other orcas were presumed dead last summer, and every death makes the orcas' future more uncertain. That's why we're ramping up our battle for them this year. To ensure more orcas don't starve, we'll be fighting for removal of dams along the lower Snake River. Breaching these dams will help the salmon population grow, which in turn will help keep orcas alive. This latest fight builds on our legal work to reduce the harm done by Pacific salmon fisheries and to protect these orcas from underwater noises that interfere with their ability to communicate and find food. Hope for the species remains: A calf born last year was recently seen alive. Because of the high mortality rates of newborns, making it past the first year is a critical milestone. We can't let orcas disappear on our watch. So we're fighting on all fronts to save them. Every hour of every day we lose one species to extinction. The planet is becoming lonelier as plants and animals disappear. West Coast orcas are among the most endangered mammals on the planet, and they need our help now. This is urgent, vital work — so please, give today to the Wildlife and Wild Places Defense Fund.


Mega, also known as L41, is a vital member of the critically endangered Southern Resident orca clan, and he is nowhere to be found. Last time observers spotted Mega, he was frighteningly thin. Now, experts fear he is dead.


Only 72 Southern Resident orcas remain. These orcas are starving to death, and each and every loss is truly devastating. That’s why we need your help, Don, to power our urgent efforts to rescue Southern Resident orcas from extinction.


Suit to Take On Oil and Gas Threat to Cook Inlet's Belugas

New government data reveal a dramatic decline in Alaska's endangered belugas, down to just 279 animals in Cook Inlet. That's why the Center for Biological Diversity and allies have notified the Trump administration we intend to sue over its approval of oil exploration in the white whales' home. The feds relied on higher beluga numbers in 2019 when giving the green light to Hilcorp Alaska to harm these whales (and other animals) as it expands oil and gas operations in the inlet. Our notice says the company must consider the new, smaller numbers and much steeper rate of decline. "The Trump administration needs to stop handing out permits for the fossil fuel industry to blast, pile drive, and drill in Cook Inlet," said the Center's Julie Teel Simmonds. "These animals are hanging on by a thread. We have to protect them and give them some peace." Read more in the Anchorage Daily News and consider making a gift supporting our work to protect belugas and other wildlife from oil and gas exploration.


Center Op-ed: How to Help Washington's Whales and Salmon

The endangered West Coast population of orcas is down to as few as 72 individuals. One of the main threats to their existence is the decline of the salmon they eat. That's why, writes Center attorney Sophia Ressler in a new op-ed, Washington's lawmakers must implement common-sense measures to protect salmon populations. One way to do that? End destructive hobby gold mining in salmon-spawning rivers and streams. Read the op-ed.





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