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Obama Chooses REI Executive to Lead Interior Dept.

The New York Timesi

By JOHN M. BRODER

WASHINGTON - President Obama has selected Sally Jewell, the chief executive of Recreational Equipment Inc., to lead the Interior Department, White House officials said Wednesday.

Halt Coastal Alaska Oil and Gas Prospecting:

Public Comments Filed by Friends of Animals for Polar Bears and Pacific Walruses

Washington, DC "“ Friends of Animals, joined in the effort by WildEarth Guardians, submitted public comments this week challenging a regulation proposed by the Interior Department's Fish & Wildlife Service that would permit oil companies to harm marine mammals near Alaska's coast.

New Jersey Alert Legislative Alert for Deer & Forests

New Jersey's deer and state forests are in peril due to two pieces of legislation currently pending in the New Jersey Senate & Assembly. Your prompt calls are needed to protect both the deer and their habitat, the forest, from this grotesque legislative attack led by New Jersey Senator Bob Smith (D-17).

Help Shape the Future of the National Wildlife Refuge System: Deadline -- Friday, April 22

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for our input-and it's crucial that animal advocates weigh in on the future of our National Wildlife Refuge System. The National Wildlife Refuge System, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, contains more than 150 million acres-with the stated intent to "conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants."

Hands Around the Lake

Saturday, March 26th, 12:30pm, Prospect Park Lake, Brooklyn NY
-- Enter at Vanderbilt Street & Prospect Park SW

Call Off the Slaughter & Harassment of Canada Geese

How to Say No to Chemical Soup:

For Immediate Release: 12 May 2010
Contact: Parker Lewis in San Francisco or Dustin Rhodes in Washington, DC parker@friendsofanimals.org; dustin@friendsofanimals.org
Website: www.friendsofanimals.org
Phone: 925.451.3866

Friends of Animals to the President's Cancer Panel

FoA Tells Environmental Leaders - Put Your Carbon Credits Where Your Mouth is - Urges leaders to make a New Year's resolution to "Go Vegan" for the planet

Darien, CT "“ A prominent international animal advocacy organization sent a strong message to environmental leaders on Friday: "Put your carbon credits where your mouth is."

Friends of Animals believes that addressing animal agriculture, a significant contributor to global warming, is long overdue. As leaders in Copenhagen have been scrambling to come up with solutions to our climate crisis, most are contributing to it through their diets.

Friends of Animals Urges Obama to Consider All Causes of Climate Change

For Immediate Release: 03 December 2009

Washington, D.C. "“ Friends of Animals, an international advocacy organization founded in 1957, is urging President Obama and other world leaders meeting in Copenhagen next week to consider all causes of global warming. This includes animal agriculture and the consumption of animal flesh, milk and eggs.

Spare the Deer; Don't Spoil Valley Forge Park!

Event facts: Join Friends of Animals and CARE on Saturday, 1 August and Saturday, 22 August 2009, 2:30-5:30 p.m. at Valley Forge Park, Pennsylvania, lower Welcome Center Parking Lot (common 1st A area), to oppose a plan to massacre the deer. The Park plans to kill 80% of them. We say: Let The Deer Be. For more about our message, click below to read the full alert.

For Immediate Release: 30 July 2009

Friends of Animals "“ Pennsylvania Chapter Contacts:

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