Help Stop the Use of Live Dogs as Shark Bait
I have just came upon this horrible story, though a facebook group. Behind the cut explains all the details, and links to a petition and the group on facebook.
PLEASE READ AND SIGN THE PETITION.
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Innocent stray dogs are being skewered alive and being dragged behind boats as shark bait. Help us sign a letter to the French government to ask for an end to this inhumane practice in Reunion Island (French-controlled). We are asking the government to make sure this never happens again. You can WATCH THE VIDEO that shows the poor dog being rescued -- see below. Here is the petition:
http://tinyurl.com/SaveDogs
Here's how YOU CAN HELP:
1. Invite all of your friends to this group and ask them to do the same - you can do that here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34948192471#/groups/edit.php?members&gid=34948192471
2. Sign the petition if you haven't done so already: http://tinyurl.com/SaveDogs
3. Add the application to send along to your friends to sign: http://apps.facebook.com/savesharkpups
Here is a piece of the National Geographic article:
"Live and dead dogs and cats are being used as shark bait by amateur fishers on the French-controlled island of Réunion, according to animal-welfare organizations and local authorities.
The small volcanic island off Africa's east coast is bursting with stray dogs-upward of 150,000, says Reha Hutin, president of the Paris-based Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis (the Thirty Million Friends Foundation).
Hutin sent a film crew to Réunion this summer to obtain proof that live animals were being used as shark bait. The goal was to expose the practice on the animal rights group's weekly television show.
It didn't take long for the film crew to find three separate cases, she said.
A videotape and photographs show the dogs with multiple hooks sunk deep into their paws and snouts."
Also, here's a page that some friends passed along for everyone that cares about animal cruelty:
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/pages/Protest-Animal-Cruelty/25318382082
PLEASE READ AND SIGN THE PETITION.
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Innocent stray dogs are being skewered alive and being dragged behind boats as shark bait. Help us sign a letter to the French government to ask for an end to this inhumane practice in Reunion Island (French-controlled). We are asking the government to make sure this never happens again. You can WATCH THE VIDEO that shows the poor dog being rescued -- see below. Here is the petition:
http://tinyurl.com/SaveDogs
Here's how YOU CAN HELP:
1. Invite all of your friends to this group and ask them to do the same - you can do that here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34948192471#/groups/edit.php?members&gid=34948192471
2. Sign the petition if you haven't done so already: http://tinyurl.com/SaveDogs
3. Add the application to send along to your friends to sign: http://apps.facebook.com/savesharkpups
Here is a piece of the National Geographic article:
"Live and dead dogs and cats are being used as shark bait by amateur fishers on the French-controlled island of Réunion, according to animal-welfare organizations and local authorities.
The small volcanic island off Africa's east coast is bursting with stray dogs-upward of 150,000, says Reha Hutin, president of the Paris-based Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis (the Thirty Million Friends Foundation).
Hutin sent a film crew to Réunion this summer to obtain proof that live animals were being used as shark bait. The goal was to expose the practice on the animal rights group's weekly television show.
It didn't take long for the film crew to find three separate cases, she said.
A videotape and photographs show the dogs with multiple hooks sunk deep into their paws and snouts."
Also, here's a page that some friends passed along for everyone that cares about animal cruelty:
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/pages/Protest-Animal-Cruelty/25318382082
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