A Frog A Dog and One Less Fight Goin' On-Prevention of Cruelty Month Day Twenty Two...it was too good to pass up this title and besides, there's a couple of things I wanted to highlight on this 29th day of April...one more day for my focus on the Prevention of Animal Cruelty.
So, to the animals!
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC):
A Frog...
You don't need to kiss a frog to help save it. Just one click will do it.
Today, April 29, is Save the Frogs Day[gosh, is THIS why Kate and William chose this day to get married??], and we're joining with our environmental partners to protect frogs from one of the biggest threats to their survival.
Please ask the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely-used weed killer called atrazine that is threatening frog populations.
Frogs are especially sensitive to chemicals in their surrounding environment. Their numbers have been plummeting around the world, and one of the major causes is the widespread use of pesticides like atrazine.
Atrazine is the pesticide most commonly found in all U.S. waters. In agricultural areas, as much as 75% of all waterways contain some level of atrazine.
Please click for frogs right now and tell the EPA to ban the use of atrazine.
A dog...(actually 41)
The ASPCA is in rural Virginia this week after helping authorities remove 41 dogs, 13 of them puppies, from an alleged dog fighting ring run by gang members.
On April 20*, nine responders from the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response (FIR) Team arrived on a Nathalie, Virginia, property to help federal and local authorities remove 32 Pit Bulls and nine Beagles-many bearing scars consistent with dog fighting-as well as process evidence and transport the animals to a new location.
While conducting a yearlong drug and firearm investigation of known gang members, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discovered that its targets were also allegedly involved in dog fighting. An agent contacted the ASPCA for help.
*April 20th was my birthday...what a PRESENT!!!
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