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Welcome to In Defense of Animals' e-newsletter. Each week we will update you and other dedicated activists on IDA campaign developments. In each issue, you will find a "What you can do" section that will empower you to fight against animal suffering.

We are very excited to provide our members with the latest developments in our campaigns. I hope you will find our weekly e-newsletter effective and useful in your efforts to help animals. I welcome your comments, suggestions and feedback on how we can make this project more effective. Please do not hesitate to write me at mike@idausa.org.

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Past issues and topics

Vol. 3, No. 44, December 29, 2004

  1. "Law Halts Exhibits of Captive Elephants" Reports Chicago Tribune
  2. IDA's PSAs and Print Ads Pack Powerful Punch
  3. On the Move? Take IDA With You
  4. Help Our Nation's Wild Horses

Vol. 3, No. 43, December 23, 2004

  1. Another Elephant Dies Before Her Time at the Los Angeles Zoo 
  2. One Hundred Buffalo Saved While Others Will Be Hunted 
  3. IDA Spotlights Cruelty of French Foie Gras Industry
  4. Subscribe Your Family and Friends to Meatout Mondays
  5. January 2005 Guardian of the Month: Nancy Furstinger
  6. Have a Heart and Spare the Animals: Help Make This a Fur-Free Holiday

Vol. 3, No. 42, December 15, 2004

  1. Tell the FDA to Outlaw Forced Molting of Chickens
  2. New Legislation Seeks to Ban Foie Gras Production in Massachusetts 
  3. Help Air IDA's Powerful New PSA Featuring Champion Vegan Bodybuilder
  4. IDA's Elephant Task Force Needs You!
  5. Join IDA's Volunteer Writing Group

Vol. 3, No. 40, December 01, 2004

  1. IDA Speaks Up for Detroit Elephants the Day Before Thanksgiving
  2. Activists Nationwide Urge Shoppers to Go Fur Free 
  3. IDA Travels to the Galapagos Islands to Implement Sterilization Project
  4. Help Protect Alaska's Animals From Aerial Hunting 

Vol. 3, No. 39, November 24, 2004

  1. Animal Guardian Day/IDA's Animal Guardian of the Month 
  2. AZA Denies Detroit Zoo Elephants Sanctuary 
  3. Get Active for Animals This Fur Free Friday 
  4. Urge New Jersey Officials to Call Off Bear Hunt IDA News, Successes, and Highlights 

Vol. 3, No. 38, November 17, 2004

  1. Get Active for Animals This Fur Free Friday
  2. Hurley's Goes Foie Gras Free
  3. IDA Guardian James Cromwell Speaks Out Against Gestation Crates
  4. IDA-Africa Holiday Cards--Get Yours While There's Still Time
  5. Sowing Seeds Humane Education Workshop
  6. Kind Cooking with Compassionate Cooks

Vol. 3, No. 37, November 10, 2004

  1. Victory for Ducks and Geese!
  2. IDA Joins International Day of Protest Against Japan's Dolphin Slaughter
  3. Cruelty Revealed at Perdue Chicken Plant
  4. Urge the USDA to Include Birds in the Animal Welfare Act
  5. Man Who Torched Dogs' Ears Gets Maximum Sentence 

Vol. 3, No. 36, November 04, 2004

  1. Help Fur Bearing Animals This Fur Free Friday
  2. Barclay Prime Makes a “Prime” Anti-Foie Gras Target
  3. IDA's Guardian Awards: Stars Come Out for Animals
  4. University of California San Francisco Denies USDA Abuse Claims
  5. Educating for Animal

Vol. 3, No. 35, October 27, 2004

  1. Urge U of I to Cancel Bow Hunt
  2. Protect the Animals on Election Day: State Ballot Initiatives
  3. Animal Circuses Banned from Santa Ana, Calif.
  4. Members of IDA and APRL Protest New York Eatery
  5. Federal Courts Uphold Activist's Free Speech Rights
  6. IDA and FVA Protest AALAS Meeting

Vol. 3, No. 34, October 20, 2004

  1. Lincoln Park Zoo Elephant Dies
  2. IDA and APRIL Kick Off Foie Gras Campaign in NYC
  3. myths. meat. media
  4. Feral Cat Summit Update
  5. The Doggone Fun Run Was a Success!
  6. Animal Fighting Bill Introduced in Senate
  7. Meat Free Zone

Vol. 3, No. 33, October 13, 2004

  1. Get Active for Animals This Fur Free Friday
  2. Ringling Donates to Key Lawmakers Who Defeat Proposed Anti-Circus Bill
  3. Korea's MAF Announces Amendment for the Animal Protection Law 
  4. Higgins Restaurant Drops Foie Gras
  5. Howard Lyman, The Mad Cowboy, Rides Again in Portland
  6. Students: Please Attend the Liberation Now Conference

Vol. 3, No. 32, October 6, 2004

  1. Giant Dog Protests Dog and Cat Torture in Korea
  2. On the Move? Take IDA With You 
  3. Don’t Miss IDA’s Guardian Awards 
  4. Urge Prosecution of Wisconsin Man for Starving Animals
  5. Norwegian Tourism: Killing Baby Seals
  6. Tell Ann Taylor Animal Cruelty is Not Fashionable

Vol. 3, No. 31, September 29, 2004

  1. Mississippi Man Convicted of Starving Dogs 
  2. Become involved in National Primate Liberation Week 
  3. Help Ensure the Protection of Birds, Rats, and Mice through AWA Regulations
  4. IDA and APRL Dish Up the Truth Behind Foie Gras
  5. International Fashion Chain Goes Fur Free Just Days Ahead of International Protests
  6. Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times 

Vol. 3, No. 31, September 22, 2004

  1. IDA Co-sponsors World Farm Animals Day
  2. UCSF Charges Spark National Debate on Vivisection
  3. IDA Condemns AZA Decision on Detroit Zoo Elephants
  4. Acclaimed California Restaurant Bans Foie Gras from Menu
  5. UK Bans Fox Hunting with Dogs
  6. Man Will Serve Time for Killing Puppy Under Nebraska’s New Law
  7. Youth Crime Watch of America Features Young Animal Guardians

Vol. 3, No. 30, September 15, 2004

  1. IDA Investigation Leads to Criminal Charges Against World's Largest Supplier of Animals to Labs  
  2. IDA Files Suit Against the NIH
  3. USDA Files Charges Against UCSF
  4. Join IDA’s Foie Gras Campaign
  5. AZA Threatens to Pull SF Zoo’s Accreditation
  6. Burlington Bans Exotic Animals in Circuses!
  7. Guardian Awards Move to Paramount

Vol. 3, No. 29, September 8, 2004

  1. Meat-Eaters Soak Up the World's Water 
  2. Tell a Friend About E-news 
  3. Support the Puppy Protection Act
  4. Detroit Zoo Told It Can't Send Elephants to Sanctuary
  5. Animal Rights Groups Plan Peaceable Kingdom Screening to Counter Casuistry
  6. Please Attend the Second Annual Guardian Awards

Vol. 3, No. 28, September 1, 2004

  1. Is Your Vehicle Vegan? 
  2. Students: Please Attend the Liberation Now Conference
  3. Urge California Governor to Sign Foie Gras Bill
  4. Announcing www.VegePets.info
  5. Give Rodeo the Boot
  6. Wield Your Pens for Animals!
  7. Anti-Declawing Bill Needs Governor's Signature

Vol. 3, No. 27, August 25, 2004

  1. Humane Education for a Humane World
  2. Bill to Ban Declawing Passes Senate, Moves to Governor
  3. Protect Whales Against the Navy's Use of Dangerous Sonar
  4. Chattel Wins Artivist Award
  5. Burlington to Consider Banning Exotic Animals in Circuses
  6. Get Fur-ious About Fur
  7. KQED No Longer Making Underwriting Announcements for Ringling

Vol. 3, No. 26, August 18, 2004

  1. IDA Offers Reward in Cat Mutilation Case
  2. Foie Gras Campaign Update
  3. Greece Dog Poisoning Update
  4. AFK Protests in Notorious Moran Market
  5. IDA Co-Sponsors Natural Pet Fair and Adopt-a-thon
  6. St. Louis Announces an End to Gassing at Shelters

Vol. 3, No. 25, August 11, 2004

  1. NW IDA Takes on KFC
  2. St. Louis Recognizes Guardian Language
  3. Help Keep Chimp Act Out of Wilmington
  4. Urge KQED to End Sponsorship of Ringling Bros. Circus
  5. Run For Their Lives: Join Team IDA
  6. Activists Around the Globe Dog Greece
  7. Project Hope Gives Hope to Animals

Vol. 3, No. 24, August 4, 2004

  1. IDA and APRL Join to Fight Foie Gras
  2. Primate PSAs Pack Powerful Punch
  3. IDA Offers Reward for Arrest of Cat Killer
  4. Ear Cropping Ban Is under Attack
  5. Peaceable Kingdom Premieres in San Francisco
  6. Your Help is Needed to Protect California's Wildlife
  7. Join IDA's President's Circle

Vol. 3, No. 23, July 28, 2004

  1. Urge NY Governor to Ban on Exotic Animal "Ownership"
  2. Ringling Lion Dies in Boxcar
  3. Save the Date for IDA's Second Annual Guardian Awards!
  4. Massachusetts Students Closer to Dissection Choice Policy
  5. Urge the USDA to "Retire" 16 Elephants to True Sanctuaries
  6. IDA Presents the National Feral Cat Summit
  7. IDA-Africa Brings Its Message to the East Coast
  8. Get Fit For Animals with Team IDA

Vol. 3, No. 22, July 21, 2004

  1. UK Government Announces Groundbreaking Animal Welfare Laws
  2. Help Wanted: Volunteer for Animals
  3. IDA Speaks Up For Animals
  4. Horses Get Their "Hay" Day
  5. Animal Freedom Korea Demonstrates Against Dog Meat
  6. Give Greece's Stray Dogs a Sporting Chance

Vol. 3, No. 21, July 14, 2004

  1. Dozens of Families Turn Away From Carson & Barnes Circus
  2. San Francisco Activists Protest Korean Consulate
  3. End Primate Research Tour Update
  4. Announcing the Second Annual Guardian Awards!
  5. Help Ban Declawing of Wild and Exotic Cats in California
  6. Chattel to Air on PBS in San Francisco
  7. Music To Save Dogs By: A Successful Benefit for IDA
  8. Sponsor a Project Hope Resident This Summer

Vol. 3, No. 20, July 7, 2004

  1. End Primate Research Tour Update
  2. Windsor Becomes the Latest City to Adopt Guardianship Language
  3. Denver Seeks to Ban Animal Acts
  4. Help Ban Ear Cropping in California
  5. Governor Schwarzenegger Backs Off Shelter Repeal
  6. Kangaroos Have Something to Jump About: Bill to Allow the Sale of Kangaroo Skins Fails
  7. Attend One of Many Summer Conferences for Animals

Vol. 3, No. 19, June 24, 2004

  1. San Francisco Zoo Elephants Prepare to Pack Their Trunks!
  2. Urgent: One More Way to Save America’s Horses from Slaughter
  3. IDA Helps Fund Successful Galapagos Island Mission
  4. Downed Animal Bill Misleading

Vol. 3, No. 18, June 16, 2004

  1. Help End Primate Torture: Tour Update
  2. IDA’s First Animal Guardian Day Opens Minds and Hearts
  3. Help Support IDA-Africa’s Important Work
  4. IDA Protests Korea’s Cruel Treatment of Animals
  5. Six Flags Urged to Close Animal Exhibits in Wake of Elephant Goring

Vol. 3, No. 17, June 3, 2004

  1. Austria Passes Groundbreaking Animal Rights Law
  2. Help End Primate Torture: Tour Update
  3. Letters Needed to Support Research Alternatives Program
  4. Loving Tributes
  5. Letters Needed Now: Support Ban on Declawing Wild
  6. Update on San Francisco Zoo Elephants

Vol. 3, No. 16, May 24, 2004

  1. IDA Holds Human and Animal Rights Forum with Dennis Kucinich
  2. IDA Calls on Palo Alto, CA, Police Dept to Reevaluate Its Shoot-to-Kill Policy
  3. Foie Gras Bill Passes California Senate!
  4. Detroit Zoo Voluntarily Sends Elephants to Sanctuary; SF Zoo May Be Forced to Do the Same
  5. Give the Gift of a Lifetime

Vol. 3, No. 15, May 14, 2004

  1. SF Zoo Elephant Update
  2. Announcing the "Tour to End Primate Research"
  3. Another City Recognizes Animal Guardians!
  4. Team IDA Participates in the Marin Human Race
  5. P&ampG Global Day is Fast Approaching
  6. Program Now Online for AR 2004 Conference
  7. Help "Animal Rights Radio" Get on the Air
  8. New and Improved Secure, Online Donations
  9. Jacky the Chimpanzee Recovers from Surgery

Vol. 3, No. 14, May 4, 2004

  1. Foie Gras Ban in California Squeaks By
  2. Help Free the CU 34
  3. AARP Supports Dog Breeding for Profit
  4. NY Animal Guardian Day is May 23rd!
  5. Wield Your Pens for Animals
  6. Don't Miss AR 2004
  7. Air VegVideo in Your Community!

Vol. 3, No. 12, April 15, 2004

  1. Campaign Update: Petland Closes in St. Louis
  2. World Week for Animals In Labs Is Next Week!
  3. Momentum Continues to Grow for Elephants at SF Zoo
  4. Barcelona Votes to Ban Bullfighting
  5. Volunteer to Help the Animals in Your Community
  6. Don't Miss the Animal Rights 2004 Conference

Vol. 3, No. 11, April 1, 2004

  1. Visit IDA’s New Foie Gras Website
  2. Reminder: IDA PSA Publicizes the Exotic Bird Trade
  3. World Week for Animals in Laboratories - Join Today!
  4. Efforts to Stop Bullfighting in Barcelona
  5. New York State Senate Passes Healthy School Lunch Resolution
  6. Downed Animal Ban Under Attack by Agribusiness
  7. The City of Glendale to Trap and Kill Coyotes
  8. Cats on the Couch

Vol. 3, No. 10, March 24, 2004

  1. Announcing a New PSA! Jane Goodall Advocates for Primates in Research
  2. Peaceable Kingdom Is a Hit
  3. Update on Korean Dog Campaign
  4. Rescued Ark "Sanctuary" Animals Finally Find Happy Ending
  5. Support Legislation to Ban Force-Feeding of Birds for Foie Gras
  6. IDA Exposes "Intellectual Fraud" of NIH-Funded Researcher

Vol. 3, No. 9, March 15, 2004

  1. Please Help Save the Elephants at the SF Zoo!
  2. To The Beat of Flying Hooves and the Wag of Happy Tails
  3. Help End The Canadian Seal Hunt
  4. Plan an Event for the Great American Meatout!
  5. IDA's Monthly Giving Program

Vol. 3, No. 8, March 1, 2004

  1. Precedent-Setting Ruling Recognizes Animals’ Value
  2. Visit Our Fantastic New Website for The Ultimate Challenge In Defense of Animals
  3. Bill Introduced to Help Bison in Yellowstone
  4. Legislation to Protect Exotic Animals Gains Momentum
  5. Media Tips For Activists

Vol. 3, No. 7, February 23, 2004

  1. Another “Guardian” City
  2. World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL) 2004
  3. Miracle Dog Raises Awareness About Overpopulation
  4. Chronic Wasting Disease work in CO
  5. CBS Evening News on Animal Issues
  6. IDA Job Opening

Vol. 3, No. 6, February 17, 2004

  1. IDA Helps Get Moratorium Declared on Killing Cats at The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  2. Sight Restored to Blind Chimpanzee at IDA –Africa’s Sanaga-Yong
  3. Monkeys being held for ransom by the University of Colorado
  4. Un-fur-gettable anti-fur comic strips
  5. Efforts Expanding to End the Cruelty of Foie Gras

Vol. 3, No. 5, February 7, 2004

  1. SATYA Magazine Asks “What’s In A Word”?
  2. Update on California’s Anti-Declaw Bill
  3. Fantastic New Anti-Fur Materials Now Available!
  4. New Public Service Announcement Publicizes the Exotic Bird Trade
  5. Join IDA’s Action Center

Vol 3, No. 4, January 28, 2004

  1. USDA Accepting Comments on Downed-Animal Ban
  2. National Crime Prevention Conference Addresses Animal Abuse
  3. Educate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton about the Cruelty of Fur
  4. Remeber to sign-up for Team IDA!
  5. You're Invited to IDA's Arizona Brunch
  6. Visit IDA's Online Resources

Vol 3, No. 3, January 22, 2004

  1. Pulitzer Prize-Winner Praises IDA, ALDF, and PCRM
  2. Place Anti-Fur Ads in Your Community
  3. Help Korean Dogs
  4. Mall Walkers Share Message of Compassion
  5. 15-Year-Old Pushes Ban on Animals in Circuses
  6. Utilize IDA's Fact Sheets Online

Vol 3, No. 2, January 12, 2004

  1. Celebrate Martin Luther King Holiday with Art, Film, Essay Contest
  2. Mad Cow Remains in the News
  3. IAMS Dumped By Major Animal Shelter
  4. Ask Miss New Hampshire Program to Stop Supporting Trapping for Animals
  5. Push for Prosecution of New York “Tiger Man”

Vol 3, No. 1, January 5, 2004

  1. "Fufanu" Flash Movie Educates People About Fur Trim
  2. A Victory for the Animals - Captive Wildlife Safety Act
  3. Another Victory for Animals! USDA Announces Ban on Using “Downer” Cows for Human Food
  4. Bill Introduced to Prohibit Shooting of Animal Companions as "Euthanasia"
  5. California Cat Sanctuary Closing; Cats In Need
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