Your 5 Minute Activist Links for March 18, 2008

** PETA **
Every year in Canada, hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals are mercilessly slaughtered for their skins, and we want you to help get this cruel practice banned by signing PETA's seal petition.
Add your name to the petition urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to end Canada's cruel seal hunt.

** NRDC **
We must halt the brutal killing of Yellowstone’s buffalo by the National Park Service and Montana’s Department of Livestock. It is unconscionable that more than 1,000 buffalo from America’s last wild, free-roaming herd have been sent to the slaughterhouse this winter. Tell the National Park Service to be the guardian of our country’s wild bison.


** Food and Water Watch **
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule that would let factory farms get out of reporting their releases of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and other toxic air pollutants caused by the breakdown of animal manure in massive lagoons. We have a right to know what toxic chemicals we're being exposed to.

** AVAAZ **
After decades of repression under Chinese rule, the Tibetan people's frustrations have burst onto the streets in protests and riots. With the spotlight of the upcoming Olympic Games now on China, Tibetans are crying out to the world for change.
Sign the Petition and tell the Chinese government to respect Tibetans demand for change.

Your 5 Minute Activist Links for March 10, 2008

** Defenders of Wildlife **
The elusive pacific fisher is a member of the weasel family, an excellent climber, one of the rarest and most vulnerable creatures in the entire western half of the United States… and one of 280 imperiled species awaiting Endangered Species Act protections.
Take action now to ensure that fishers get the help they need. Urge your U.S. Representative to support needed funding for federal programs to protect threatened and endangered wildlife.

** The Wilderness Society **
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is moving to hand over 110,000 acres in the pristine Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas exploration. In addition, they plan to transfer 97,000 acres of subsurface mineral rights to Doyon, Ltd, a for-profit corporation hoping to profit from oil and gas development in the refuge.
Take action today to protect this wildlife habitat!

** People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals **
Once again, defying international opposition and all standards of human decency, the Canadian government is sanctioning the mass killing of helpless baby harp seals.
Sign PETA's worldwide petition to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper demanding an end to the slaughter of seals!