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URGENT: Stop Horrific Hog Bagging Events in Texas

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Freedom Farms

WATCH: Wonderful Moos! Cows Are Safe Forever at Our New California Sanctuary

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Justice for Animals

WATCH: After Being Nearly Starved to Death, Sophia is Finally Home

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Hope Animal Sanctuary

After Being Dumped, Sad Puppies Get Rescued & Treated for Mange

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Wild and Free

Massacre of Birds by Wildlife Services Imminent in Tennessee

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Justice for Animals

MEDIA RELEASE: Outrage Mounting Over Shooting of Impounded Dogs in Mississippi

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MEDIA RELEASE: Coyote Missing: Justice For Rocky Campaign Intensifies

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Stop the Out of Control Bureau of Land Management

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Keep Elephants in Africa Where They Belong

Urge Foster City to Dump Goose-Killing Plan This Year Too

The Council of Foster City votes to approve its cruel goose-killing plan on February 21. Urge them to remove depredation from the current plan.

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Surfside Beach Allows Goose Abusers to Get Away with Murder

Animal activists urge officials to enforce federal migratory bird laws and protect geese from abuse and vehicle strikes in Surfside Beach, South Carolina.

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California Residents: Urgent! Last Chance to Save Foster City Geese Doomed for Execution

Urge Congresswoman Jackie Speier and your legislators to influence the Council of Foster City and pardon 100 geese and goslings for pooping in public.

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WATCH: Stop the USDA's War on Geese!

The USDA is waging a war against Canada geese! Stop them from killing 26K geese in 2022 like the agency reported in 2021.

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An Epidemic of Goose Killing for Convenience

Stop the USDA’s war on Canada geese before July 4! Help to protect geese, not grass.

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Victory: Bloomsburg Goose-Killing Contract Scrapped for 2022 & 2023

The USDA and Bloomsburg Town Council scrapped their goose-killing contract for 2022 and 2023, thanks to In Defense of Animals and Pennsylvania goose activists.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Protestors Oppose Goose and Gosling Massacre in Foster City

In Defense of Animals and dozens of outraged Foster City residents descended upon city hall on June 16 to protest the Council of Foster City’s plan to brutally kill…

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Foster City, California: Second Protest to Let the Geese Live

Second protest urging the Council of Foster City to cancel plans to kill 100 Canada geese because of goose poop.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Water Testing Exonerates Bloomsburg Geese at Risk of Being Killed

In Defense of Animals and Save the Geese Bloomsburg have presented the results of independent water quality testing to the Bloomsburg Town Council exonerating at-risk…

Canada geese, geese, Pennsylvania

MEDIA RELEASE: Cassata Organization Charged with Gander Slander for Massacre of Baby Geese

The National Goose Protection Coalition has issued a citation for Gander Slander to the Cassata Organization for its cruelty, after the ruthless massacre of an untold…

Canada geese, geese, New York

Save Bloomsburg’s Geese from Gas Chambers

Urge the Bloomsburg Town Council to remove lethal options from its cruel plan to kill Canada geese and to conduct professional water quality tests.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Citizens Protest Planned Killing of Geese and Goslings in Bloomsburg

In Defense of Animals, Save the Geese Bloomsburg, and outraged Bloomsburg residents protested Bloomsburg Town Council’s plan to brutally kill 40 Canada geese and…

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MEDIA RELEASE: Protestors Oppose Goose and Gosling Massacre Planned in Foster City

In Defense of Animals and dozens of outraged Foster City residents protested the Council of Foster City’s plan to brutally kill 323 Canada geese and goslings.

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Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania: Protest to Let the Geese Live

Protest to urge the Bloomsburg Town Council to cancel its plans to kill Canada geese because of goose poop on May 22.

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Foster City, California: Protest to Let the Geese Live

Protest to urge Councilmembers to cancel their plans to kill Canada Geese because of goose poop during the Foster City Council meeting on May 17.

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Wildlife Services 2021 Report Reveals Millions of Animal Deaths

1.76 million wild animals were brutally killed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services in 2021 with $86.8 million in government funds.

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Foster City Plans to Kill Geese Without Mercy

Foster City Councilmembers plan to kill Canada geese and goslings because of their poop despite non-lethal options to foster coexistence with wild animals.

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MEDIA RELEASE: In Defense of Animals Grants First Ever Golden Goose Award to LION

In Defense of Animals’ National Goose Protection Coalition is honored to grant its first-ever Golden Goose Humane Community Award to Long Island Orchestrating for…

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MEDIA RELEASE: Triple Gander Slander Citations Issued to Urbana-Champaign for Goose Slaughter

In Defense of Animals' National Goose Protection Coalition has issued three Gander Slander citations to the Beringer Commons HOA, the City of Urbana, and Champaign…

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MEDIA RELEASE: Citizens Protest Plan to Kill Swans in Genoa Township, Urge Governor to Act

In Defense of Animals and outraged residents protested the proposed ruthless massacre of swans and cygnets by the Genoa Township Board of Trustees in Michigan.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Mauston Charged with Gander Slander for Slaughter of 124 Geese and Goslings

The National Goose Protection Coalition has issued a citation for Gander Slander to the city of Mauston, Wisconsin, for using taxpayer money to cruelly kill 124…

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VICTORY! Canada Goose Goes Fur-Free!

Canada Goose has now taken a huge leap forward by pledging to ban all fur!

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Goose & Gosling Gassing Planned This Summer in Madison, Wisconsin

Canada geese in Madison, WI, are in danger of goose cruelty and abuse. Tell Madison Parks not to gas goslings this summer and try nonlethal strategies.

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Stop Mauston, Wisconsin’s Cruel Goose Killing Spree

The City of Mauston, Wisconsin, plans to kill its resident geese based on myths about their behavior. Tell the city to give nonlethal options a chance.

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