BlackRhinoceros: environmental activism. Action alerts on ecological biodiversity, animal rights, threatened and endangered species and safe food


	Take action on ecological biodiversity. In the left column: the promoting organizations' homepages; in the right: the Actions, with the date each was added or most recently verified. Animal rights Endangered species Preserving plantlife Safe food Actions in support of biodiversity falling into two or more of these subcategories Please tell us if you know of other Actions on biodiversity or if there are errors in any of the links on this page. Register to be automatically notified of all updates to this Biodiversity Actions page.
	Animal rights
	ASPCA		oppose new laws in California which would allow the slaughter of cottontail rabbits (Apr 7, 2004)
	Natural Resources Defense Council		tell the Alberta government to cancel the spring grizzly bear hunt (Mar 1, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask Ohio schools to stop using tigers as 'mascots' (Feb 27, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		end the suffering of dogs in the Iditarod (Feb 27, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		help end the suffering of an elephant in Los Angeles zoo (Feb 27, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		support a ban on the sale of 'Pocket Pets' and primates (Feb 27, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell TV producer that orangutans donÕt belong on a 'soap opera' (Feb 27, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask Canadian movie-theater chain to stop advertising fur (Feb 3, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask Discovery Channel to cancel feature on Riddle's pseudo-sanctuary (Feb 3, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		resist use and manufacture of cars with leather interiors (Feb 3, 2004)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell TV company to stop promoting fur products (Feb 3, 2004)
	PetitionOnline		stop the slaughter of dogs in Argentina for the sake of tourism (Dec 25, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		educate universities about big cats' needs (Nov 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell Palermo highway department to stop cruel beaver killings (Nov 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell US retailer PETCO to stop cruelty to animals (Nov 11, 2003)
	Stop the Circus Cruelty		change the law in the United States to ban the use of animals in circuses (Sep 11, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		help keep Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuges true refuges for wildlife (Aug 7, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		stop New York fur retailer from selling animals' skins (Aug 7, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		stop New York fur retailer from selling animals' skins (Aug 7, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		ask US legislators to support the Exotic Pets Bill (Aug 1, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		make sure New Jersey does not allow bear hunting (Jul 18, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		amend New York's hunting law (Jul 9, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		help protect elephants in the Philippines (Jul 9, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop 2,700 Canada Geese being slaughtered in New Jersey (Jul 9, 2003)
	ASPCA		ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the US (Jul 5, 2003)
	ASPCA		support US laws to prohibit keeping 'big cats' as 'pets' in the US (Jul 5, 2003)
	ASPCA		support US laws to protect bears on federal lands (Jul 5, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		boycott Anheuser-Busch products to protest their ties to cockfighting (Jul 1, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop cruel and unnecessary European Union chemical tests on animals (Jul 1, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop New Jersey Department of Agriculture legitimizing cruel factory farming (Jul 1, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		support a ban on the sale of 'pocket pets" and primates (Jul 1, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		explain to the producers of a 'reality TV' show why its interactions with animals are cruel and demeaning and must not air (Jun 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		prevent the use of animals in war and finding 'terrorists' (Jun 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		protest to US industrial giant GE on its inhumane treatment of animals in testing (Jun 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		save 20,000 pigs from death in Macedonia (Jun 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop Ferro Corporation from poisoning 2,100 animals (Jun 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop the slaughter of bulls in Spain at the barbaric Fiesta of San Juan in Coria (Jun 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop the slaughter of Canada Geese in Seattle (Jun 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop the trade in 'exotic' animals on the internet (Jun 21, 2003)
	Defenders of Wildlife		petition Alaska governor on slaughter of wolves (Jun 20, 2003)
	Pets and Animals in Distress		sign spay/neuter no-kill petition (Jun 17, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		support US congress bill banning interstate commerce in 'exotic pets' (Jun 10, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		support US federal legislation to ban bearbaiting (Jun 10, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		stop the slaughter of turkey vultures in Virginia (Jun 5, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask Wisconsin judge to remove goats from alleged abuser (Jun 3, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		insist that Puerto Rico poultry company stop its cruel acts (Jun 3, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop abuse of animals by Baltimore police (Jun 3, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask DuPont not to kill nearly 700 animals in cruel testing (May 20, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		close illegal monkey-breeding farm in Mazor, Israel (May 20, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		explain to Chinese Embassy that animals need and must not be killed in SARS panic (May 20, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		free police dogs kept in inhumane conditions in New South Wales, Australia (May 20, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		pressure US federal government to make animal welfare record and cases public (May 20, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop grant-aided slaughter of cats by Palmer Chiropractic (May 20, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell producer of US TV show that cruelty to orangutans for entertainment is not funny (May 20, 2003)
	Oceana		urge US lawmakers to stop overfishing of oceans (May 15, 2003)
	Audubon Society		tell the US Fish & Wildlife Service that their proposed slaughter of tens of thousands of double-crested cormorants is wrong (May 14, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		stop mass extermination of squirrels in Canada (Apr 30, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		support a California bill to ban the sale of unweaned baby parrots (Apr 30, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		protest Virginia's license plate endorsing fox hunting (Apr 26, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		support US federal bills to stop animal fighting (Apr 26, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell Florida housing complex Ocean View Towers to stop poisoning birds (Apr 26, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell MeadWestvaco not to kill 700 animals to 'test' its products (Apr 26, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell US manufacturer Pepsi not to use live animals in its promotional stunts (Apr 26, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask the James Beard Foundation to remove foie gras from its menu (Apr 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask US TV host not to offer slippers in mink gift bags (Apr 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		protest cruelty at Arkansas slaughterhouse (Apr 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop barbaric slaughter of seals off the east coast of Canada (Apr 21, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop US retailer, Whole Foods, selling foie gras (Apr 21, 2003)
	International Fund for Animal Welfare		protect the world's seal populations (Apr 16, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		stop 35 million mourning doves from being slaughtered as 'target practice' (Apr 16, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		advise Maya Angelou not to speak at college (Palmer Chiropractic University System) with a record of cruelty to animals (Apr 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		remind Virginia judge that cruelty to animals is a crime (Apr 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop mistreatment of animals in US retailer PETCO's stores (Apr 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop restaurants from selling foie gras (Apr 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell companies selling live fish as 'decorations' how cruel this is (Apr 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		tell the US congress to leave animals out of its illegal aggression against and occupation of Iraq (Apr 11, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		urge US legislators to support a bill to ban animal fighting for 'entertainment' and to strengthen the laws stopping associated trade (Apr 4, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		urge US legislators to support a bill to ban bear baiting (Apr 4, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		stop US gvt from killing rabbits in Florida (Mar 27, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		make abuse of animals a felony in Pennsylvania (Mar 25, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop the poisoning of more animals in Greece (Mar 25, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop the US Environmental Protection Agency retesting nearly 90,000 chemicals using animals, tens of millions of which will be killed (Mar 25, 2003)
	ASPCA		stop the sale of kangaroo, crocodile and alligator skins and body parts in California (Mar 20, 2003)
	ASPCA		stop the slaughter of doves in California (Mar 20, 2003)
	Environmental Justice Foundation		stop the farming and consumption of shrimps (Mar 13, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		hold the US National Zoo accountable for recent animal deaths (Mar 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop mass slaughter by USDA-Wildlife Services of black and turkey vultures in Virginia (Mar 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop support for the USA's EPAÕs notorious Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) - the largest animal-testing program of all time (Mar 11, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop the University of North Alabama's cruelty to lions (Mar 11, 2003)
	The Fund for Animals		support US legislation to stop the slaughter of horses for eating (Mar 7, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask Maryland Department of Agriculture to intervene to save hens trapped under fallen roofs in 'egg farm' (Mar 4, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		end the suffering of dogs in the Alaskan Iditarod (Mar 4, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		object to Nike's advertisement promoting dogfighting (Mar 4, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		prevent Medical College of Wisconsin from mutilating and killing dogs (Mar 4, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		stop cruelty to animals at Davidson College, North Carolina (Mar 4, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		support Canadian anti-cruelty Bill C-10(b) (Mar 4, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		ask legislators to support Bill C-10(b), which will improve animal cruelty legislation in Canada (Feb 22, 2003)
	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals		keep bullfights out of Guatemala (Feb 22, 2003)