WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION
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July/juillet 2015
Important step closer to ending the bear bile industry / Un important pas de franchi vers la fin de l’industrie de la bile d’ours
Because of your support we are closer than ever to putting an end to the cruel bear bile industry in South Korea. With our partners, Green Korea United, we have sterilized over 90% of the captive bear population — with a goal of 98% by this time next year.
This is a landmark step that will stop more bears from being born into a lifetime of suffering.
We aim to make bear bile farming illegal and with your help, we won’t stop until we end this cruel practice for good.
As our way to say thank you from the bears you protect all over the world, check out this adorable photo gallery!
Grâce à votre appui, nous entrevoyons la fin pour l’industrie de la bile d’ours en Corée du Sud. Avec nos partenaires de Green Korea United, nous avons fait stériliser plus de 90 % des ours en captivité, avec l’objectif d’atteindre les 98 % l’an prochain à pareille date.
C’est une étape décisive qui empêchera la naissance d’autres ours voués à toute une vie de souffrance.
Nous visons à faire interdire les fermes de bile d’ours, et avec votre aide, nous y mettrons tous les efforts jusqu’à l’abolition de cette pratique cruelle.
Pour vous remercier, de la part des ours que vous protégez partout au monde, nous vous offrons cette adorable galerie de photos!
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You showed your stripes for tigers / Les tigres vous ont fait rugir
You did it! Your generous participation in ourmatching campaign this week made it a roaring success. Thank you for helping us protect animals around the world in honour of World Tiger Day.
Vous avez réussi! Votre généreuse participation à notre campagne de don jumelé (en anglais seulement) cette semaine a produit un succès rugissant! Merci d’avoir contribué à protéger les animaux sauvages partout au monde pour la Journée internationale du tigre.
Image: iStock. by Getty Images |
New partnership to stop illegal trade / Nouveau partenariat contre le trafic d’animaux
With our partners Freeland, we can do more to stop the dangerous wildlife trade in South East Asia. Find out how.
Avec notre partenaire Freeland, nous irons encore plus loin pour démanteler cette industrie en Asie du Sud-Est. Découvrez comment. |
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eCards for all occasions / Cartes virtuelles pour toutes les occasions
Can’t celebrate a special occasion in person?Send one of our eCards to friends and family. They are a delightful surprise any time of the year!
Vous ne pouvez être présent à une occasion?Offrez nos cartes virtuelles à un proche. Elles leur feront une belle surprise, peu importe le temps de l’année!
Image: World Animal Protection / Andrew Morgan |
You won $25,000 for animals / Vous avez fait gagner 25 000 $ aux animaux
We are thrilled to report that thanks to all your voting and sharing Laura Wright won the So Delicious Celebrity Shake Off. That means $25,000 for animals. Thank you!
Bravo! Vous avez voté et partagé le concours de « So Delicious », et c’est Laura Wright qui a remporté. C’est donc une somme de 25 000 $ qui ira aux animaux. Un grand merci! |
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| Thank you again for joining us to move the world to protect animals.
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
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| Dear Bellanger,
We urgently need your help to protect animals around the world from the immense cruelty and suffering they experience day after day.
As we told you, a generous donor has agreed to match your gifts up to $25,000 and we’re almost there! Just imagine – $50,000 could feed 45 orangutans for a year at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation’s Badak Kecil island, funded in part by World Animal Protection…or could fund our investigations team to uncover the cruelty of animals in tourism entertainment…like the tigers we told you about yesterday.
Will you double your impact and help protect even more animals?
Act now! There’s only 24 more hours to go before this generous offer expires.
 World Animal Protection believes that big cats like these should be left in the wild and not used as photo props for tourists’ experiences. iStock. by Getty Images
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Sincerely,
Josey Kitson
Executive Director
World Animal Protection Canada |
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 A tiger cub kept on a chain is used as a prop for photographs with tourists at an attraction in Bangkok, Thailand. |
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Dear Bellanger,We have some incredible news to share… in honour of World Tiger Day a generous donor has agreed to match your gifts up to $25,000!As one of our dedicated supporters, I know that you agree that wild animals belong in the wild. But sadly, with an estimated 3,000 tigers remaining in the wild the opportunity to see them in their own environment becomes more and more challenging. And the desire to get up close and even touch one is strong. Unbelievably, unknowing tourists will pay to have their picture taken with an adult tiger or to feed a baby tiger, thinking that no harm has come to that animal. But this is no life for these regal creatures. Chained to a platform, unable to roam. Living in a barren concrete pit. Torn from their mother and dressed in costumes. These beautiful, majestic animals suffer immensely. They don’t deserve this. But there is hope.$20 donation becomes $40 and a $50 donation becomes $100!But hurry this offer will expire at 8AM on Friday…Help us reach our goal and protect animals around the world from cruelty and suffering.
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Sincerely,
Josey Kitson
Executive Director
World Animal Protection Canada |
| PS – please give generously over the next 48 hours and remember to share this with family and friends so they can double their impact too! |
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…for months on end I stand still, in a metal cage not much bigger than I am. I can’t turn around ever and every time I try to lie down on the concrete floor my weak legs get caught and twisted between the bars. I’m fed just enough to keep me productive and alive but I’m always hungry. I smell my waste all day making it hard to breathe. I stand still, and it feels like forever…
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This is a research farm rearing pigs intensively. It includes sows in stalls and piglets in slatted floor pens. All pigs are kept in completely barren pens. |
This has to stop. There is another way. Will you help end the suffering of sows like 78113? Please donate now.
High welfare group housing or ultimately free-range farming is the solution. Sows in high welfare group housing have freedom of movement, sleep on straw beds, can forage, socialize and eat and drink freely. In free-range systems, these intelligent animals are able to exercise, socialize, forage, explore, wallow, feel the sunshine and breathe fresh air.
This is the better life for sows. Your donation could help World Animal Protection transform the lives of animals in some of the biggest pork producing countries in the world. Our ground breaking work with food companies will dramatically improve the lives of animals, promote higher welfare farming alternatives and rally positive change for farmed animals globally.
Your donation is making a difference for farm animals here in Canada and around the globe.
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Sincerely,
Josey Kitson
Executive Director
World Animal Protection Canada |
| PS Your gift will ensure we can continue to protect animals, including sows kept in high intensity farming. |
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July 2015
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Just one more day left to win $25,000 to protect animals
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 We are very close to winning a big donation from So Delicious Dairy Free. They are running a contest asking celebrity bloggers to make their best summer smoothie. Whoever gets the most votes wins a $25,000 donation to the charity of their choice. Laura Wright from “First Mess” is representing us! If she wins, we win.Voting is just a click. Imagine how many animals you can save with that simple action! |
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Right now we are in the lead but we need you to make sure we win $25,000 for animals.
Voting closes at 11:59 PM on Friday July 3!
It’s such an easy way to help so many animals.
Thank you and happy voting!
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director
World Animal Protection |
PS: Don’t forget to ask your friends and family to vote. You can learn more about the contest,VOTE and see Laura’s recipe.
This message was sent by:
World Animal Protection
90 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3
Call us: 1-800-363-9772
Email us: info@worldanimalprotection.ca
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Rescuers untangle a gray whale from ghost gear off the coast of California. World Animal Protection’s Sea Change campaign aims to reduce the discarded fishing nets and lobster pots that entangle marine animals. Bob Talbot / Marine Photobank |
Dear Bellanger,
By now you received my email about the danger that lurks in our oceans. Like you, I was outraged that seals, dolphins, whales and other animals are suffering cruel deaths caused by “ghost” fishing gear.
In my last email, you read how long it can take for a whale trapped in ghost fishing gear to die. Can you imagine how scared and desperate they must feel, unable to free themselves of the pain?
Bellanger, I know that you feel as I do that marine animals – like all the animals we care about – have a right to live without suffering. If you’ve already given a gift, thank you for your support. If not, please make a donation now.
Together, we can give whales and other animals a life free from suffering.
Your gift of $25, $50, $100 or more can help us reduce and prevent ghost gear from ending up in our oceans in the first place, remove and recover ghost gear from our oceans, and rescueanimals caught in ghost gear, allowing them to return to the wild.
Don’t let another minute go by without taking action to save the lives of these defenceless animals – please give as generously as you can.
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Sincerely,
Lynn Kavanagh
Campaign Manager, Oceans and Wildlife
World Animal Protection Canada |
PS Donate now in honour of the millions of animals suffering because of lost and discarded fishing gear. Your gift is needed to help give marine animals, and animals around the world, a life free from suffering. Donate now
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June/juin 2015
Help tackle ghost gear to save animals / Ensemble pour sauver les animaux de la pêche fantôme
Millions of marine animals are caught and killed by lost and discarded fishing gear, or ghost gear, every year. But through our new Sea Change campaign, we can protect these animals from harm.
We can save 1 million marine animals by 2018, but we can’t do it alone.
We need your voice to spread the word. Watch and share this short video. Together we can create cleaner, safer oceans for our precious sea life.
Chaque année, des millions d’animaux marins sont piégés dans les engins de pêche à la dérive, et en meurent. Mais grâce à notre nouvelle campagne Changements en profondeur, nous pouvons les protéger.
Avec votre aide, 1 million d’animaux marins peuvent être sauvés d’ici 2018.
Aidez-nous : faites passer le mot! Visionnez et partager cette courte vidéo. Ensemble nous laisserons à notre précieuse faune marine des océans plus propres et sécuritaires.
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See how you saved animals in Nepal / Les animaux que vous avez sauvés au Népal
Because of you, 20,000 animals were helped in the aftermath of the earthquakes. Explore this Facebook album for amazing photos and stories.
Grâce à vous, 20 000 animaux ont été sauvés après deux séismes consécutifs. Explorez notre album Facebook: des photos et des histoires touchantes. |
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Have you played our new game? / Vous avez essayé notre nouveau jeu?
Become a dolphin and dodge the most common types of ghost gear. Play now to learn more and find out how to help.
Vous êtes un dauphin et vous devez éviter les engins de pêche les plus courants. Jouez pour en savoir plus et découvrir comment nous aider. (en anglais seulement) |
Paddington finds sanctuary / Paddington au sanctuaire
Read about how the newest, and one of the youngest, residents at our Romanian bear sanctuary is enjoying his new home.
Découvrez la joie de vivre du plus jeune résident, depuis son arrivée à notre sanctuaire d’ours en Roumanie. |
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Lace up for animals! / À vos souliers de course pour les animaux!
Pledge to raise $250 to protect animals and use our free promo code to register for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
Engagez-vous à recueillir 250$ pour protéger les animaux et obtenez notre code promotionnel pour vous inscrire au marathon Toronto Waterfront Banque Scotia. (en anglais seulement) |
Are you on Instagram? / Vous êtes sur Instagram?
Follow us for amazing animal moments and behind the scenes access to our work.
Suivez-nous pour découvrir notre travail en coulisse et des moments précieux avec les animaux. |
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| Thank you again for joining us to move the world to protect animals.Sincerely, |
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
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June 2015
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Your vote could mean $25,000 to protect animals
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We need your help to win a big donation from So Delicious Dairy Free. This company is running a contest asking celebrity bloggers to make their best summer smoothie. Whoever gets the most votes wins a $25,000 donation to the charity of their choice. Just imagine how many animals we can save together!The amazing Laura Wright from the popular “First Mess” blog picked us! If she wins, we win.But to win, we need you to vote.You can make sure we win $25,000 for animals.It’s a simple click that will make a huge difference for animals. How great is that?Thank you and happy voting!
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director
World Animal Protection |
PS: Don’t forget to ask your friends and family to vote. You can learn more about the contest,VOTE and see Laura’s recipe. |
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This message was sent by:
World Animal Protection
90 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3
Call us: 1-800-363-9772
Email us: info@worldanimalprotection.ca |
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Celebrate Father’s Day! |
| You still have time to honour your Dad this Father’s Day and support his love of animals. For just $15, send one of our five unique eCards and celebrate your unbreakable bond.
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 Dear Bellanger,Dad has always been there for you in your times of need. This Father’s Day, give dad a unique gift that honours him and expresses his love of animals globally. There’s no better way to show your appreciation for the man who has taught you to make good decisions, then by giving a truly meaningful gift.Your gift can help save the lives of 50 stray dogs by providing rabies vaccines. Each dog gets a red collar so the community knows he is safe protecting him from rabies and from being killed due to people’s fear of outbreaks.Dad will be proud to receive our special e-card letting him know a gift made in his honour is keeping vulnerable animals safe. What better way to celebrate! |
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| Click here to view our full list of Father’s Day gifts and eCards. |
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With Father’s Day one week away we know you’ve got shopping on the brain. This year, start a new Father’s Day tradition by giving gifts that celebrate your everyday hero.Let dad know you’ve vaccinated 50 dogs in honour of his protector spirit. Vaccinated dogs get a red collar —a highly visible sign that they can’t transmit rabies and should not be killed.This Father’s Day celebrate your unbreakable bond with dad by helping to give dogs a brighter and rabies-free future. Honour the man who has taught you to make good decisions by giving a meaningful gift.Click here to view our full list of Father’s Day gifts and eCards. |
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Sea Change – June 2015
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Play and watch to help marine animals
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| Our oceans are amazing, mainly because of the billions of animals that call these ecosystems home. But these animals need your help. Millions of animals including dolphins, whales, seals and turtles are caught and killed by lost and discarded fishing gear — or ghost gear — every year.Most people are aware of the hazards caused by plastic and garbage in our oceans, but ghost gear is actually one of the biggest threats to animals. We need your help to spread the word.Play our first ever online game Ghost Gear Dodge to learn more about the issue and how you can help. Share it with your friends and family. |
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Through our new Sea Change campaign, we can save 1 million marine animals by 2018. But we can’t do it alone. We need your voice to spread the word and show that Canadians care. Together we can work with companies and other partners to prevent ghost gear from entering the oceans, remove the gear that’s there and rescue animals that become entangled.Watch and share a short video we created about how together we can create cleaner, safer oceans for our precious sea life. |
Thank you for all you do to help animals.
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
P.S. If you would like to do more, you can donate now to help marine animals! |
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This message was sent by:
World Animal Protection
90 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3
Call us: 1-800-363-9772
Email us: info@worldanimalprotection.ca |
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| As our valued supporter we would like to offer you free registration to this year’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. The race is recognized as one of the most prestigious in the world alongside the Boston, Chicago and New York marathon series. Join our community of dedicated and compassionate animal lovers to run the marathon, half-marathon or run or walk the 5k and help protect animals.On October 18th, the Marathon will host over 6,000 participants, many raising money for causes they believe in. By running and fundraising for World Animal Protection, you will help fund our life-saving disaster response work, make lives better for farm animals, protect our precious wildlife and much more. It’s a great day for all involved as power walkers and slow runners will start at Toronto’s beautiful lakeshore and finish in the heart of downtown at City Hall. So join us and lace up for animals today. |
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| Sign up to fundraise for World Animal Protection and donate $25 to your page to receive a free World Animal Protection dri-fit t-shirt. Set a personal goal of $250 and show family and friends you are committed to protecting innocent animals around the world. |
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May/mai 2015
No one could have known/Personne n’aurait pu le prévoir
The second earthquake to hit Nepal in just 2 weeks was a devastating reminder that our work to save animals is never done when it comes to disasters.
Now more than ever, animals and the people who depend on them are looking to the rest of the world for help. They simply cannot recover alone. Our team has returned to Nepal to survey the damage and provide care and treatment to animals in need.
We are counting on your continued support to replenish our disaster relief fund. We don’t know when the next disaster will strike, but we know that because of you, we’ll be ready to help animals.
Le deuxième séisme à ébranler le Népal en 2 semaines est brutalement venu nous rappeler que notre travail pour sauver les animaux n’est jamais terminé.
Aujourd’hui plus que jamais, les animaux et ceux qui en dépendent se tournent vers le reste du monde pour recevoir de l’aide. Ils ne pourront tout simplement pas s’en sortir seuls. Notre équipe est retournée au Népal pour constater l’étendue des dommages et pour soigner et traiter les animaux dans le besoin.
Nous comptons sur votre aide pour regarnir notre fonds d’intervention d’urgence : nous ne savons jamais quand une catastrophe se produira, mais nous savons que grâce à vous, nous serons toujours prêts à intervenir.
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Lace up for animals! / À vos souliers de course pour les animaux!
Free registration before July 23rd. Be the first to donate $25 to your page to get a World Animal Protection t-shirt.
Inscription gratuite avant le 23 juillet. Soyez le premier à verser 25$ sur votre propre page et obtenez un t-shirt de Protection mondiale des animaux. |
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Thank you again for joining us to move the world to protect animals.Sincerely,
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
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May/mai 2015
No one could have known/Personne n’aurait pu le prévoir
The second earthquake to hit Nepal in just 2 weeks was a devastating reminder that our work to save animals is never done when it comes to disasters.
Now more than ever, animals and the people who depend on them are looking to the rest of the world for help. They simply cannot recover alone. Our team has returned to Nepal to survey the damage and provide care and treatment to animals in need.
We are counting on your continued support to replenish our disaster relief fund. We don’t know when the next disaster will strike, but we know that because of you, we’ll be ready to help animals.
Le deuxième séisme à ébranler le Népal en 2 semaines est brutalement venu nous rappeler que notre travail pour sauver les animaux n’est jamais terminé.
Aujourd’hui plus que jamais, les animaux et ceux qui en dépendent se tournent vers le reste du monde pour recevoir de l’aide. Ils ne pourront tout simplement pas s’en sortir seuls. Notre équipe est retournée au Népal pour constater l’étendue des dommages et pour soigner et traiter les animaux dans le besoin.
Nous comptons sur votre aide pour regarnir notre fonds d’intervention d’urgence : nous ne savons jamais quand une catastrophe se produira, mais nous savons que grâce à vous, nous serons toujours prêts à intervenir.
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Lace up for animals! / À vos souliers de course pour les animaux!
Free registration before July 23rd. Be the first to donate $25 to your page to get a World Animal Protection t-shirt.
Inscription gratuite avant le 23 juillet. Soyez le premier à verser 25$ sur votre propre page et obtenez un t-shirt de Protection mondiale des animaux. |
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Thank you again for joining us to move the world to protect animals.Sincerely,
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
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Animals in Disasters – May 2015
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Are there more disasters affecting animals than ever?
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| You’re right. The intensity and severity of the natural disasters we’ve seen already this year feels more frequent than ever before. Earthquakes, volcanoes, storms and floods have put millions of animals at risk. Thanks to your support, we can be there to help them. Will you help them again?Share your voice and make sure animals are protected. Together we can convince the Canadian government to help animals by directing more funding to protecting them during disasters. Download, print, sign and share the petition now!Earlier this month in Nepal, we saw a harsh reminder of the devastation disasters can cause to those most vulnerable. Earthquakes, storms and floods knock down more than just buildings. They wipe out crops, destroy homes and endanger the lives of people and animals alike.
By signing and sharing this petition we can help save the lives of animals and many of the world’s poorest people who depend on them for their livelihoods.
Your support makes a world of a difference.
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
P.S. Find out more about how signing this petition will help by visiting our How-to page. |
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This message was sent by:
World Animal Protection
90 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3
Call us: 1-800-363-9772
Email us: info@worldanimalprotection.ca |
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Still looking for a unique gift to honour your Mother today?
It’s fast and easy to give a World Animal Gift! With just a few clicks, she’ll receive your customized ecard celebrating your love for her and her love for animals. And just think, your act of love will have an impact on animal lives that can last a lifetime.
When you purchase a World Animal Gift or send one of our eCards, you didn’t procrastinate, you just saved the best for last! |
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| More than 30 animal welfare gifts are at your fingertips right now! Each one comes with an uplifting e-card you can send to your gift recipient right away.It’s a wonderful, meaningful way to say “Happy Mother’s Day!” while doing a world of good for animals who need your help..Click here to browse our full gift guide, or choose from our featured Mother’s Day selection! |
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Celebrate Mother’s Day! |
| The bond between a baby elephant and its mother is among the closest of any animal on earth. This Mother’s Day, give a gift to help keep baby elephants out of the tourism trade, and with their mothers where they belong!
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This Mother’s Day, as you prepare to brunch with your mom, partner or the special women in your life stand up for the feathered ladies who produce your eggs.Whenever we buy eggs or any product made with eggs we’re making a choice about the kind of food we want to serve at our table, as well as the kind of world we want to live in.All across North America in typical large-scale farming the natural behaviours that hens want and need to display are prevented because they are confined to small wire cages.Show the ladies in your life some love this Mother’s Day and help free hens from tiny cages. By choosing this gift, you help World Animal Protection give four feathered friends better, healthier lives.Click here to let 4 chickens roam, or choose from our featured Mother’s Day selection! |
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 A dog sits in front of a mound of rubble of collapsed houses after Saturday’s earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal April 27, 2015 REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar |
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| Dear Bellanger,By now you’ve heard about the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake and deadly aftershocks that have rocked Nepal. Like me, I’m sure you find yourself wondering “who’s helping the animals?” as you grieve for the loss of human life.I’m relieved to report that World Animal Protection’s team of specialist vets has been deployed to Kathmandu, Nepal to help animals who have been injured, abandoned and left without shelter in the aftermath of the earthquake.We know that animals suffer during a disaster in the same ways that humans do. I need your help urgently to ensure that animals receive food, water and veterinary treatments to help ease their pain.Please donate now to our disaster relief fund. Don’t let animals become the forgotten victims of disasters.
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Thank you on behalf of the animals and the people who are relying on them during this tragic time.
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Sincerely,
Josey Kitson
Executive Director
World Animal Protection Canada |
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 Street dogs take shade in the ruins of a temple in Kathmandu. World Animal Protection/Florian Witulski. |
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Dear Bellanger,
The stories coming from Nepal are devastating. Our Disaster Response Team is working day and night to save the lives of animals who are suffering, hungry and without homes. The animals in Kathmandu are desperate but in the Kavre District – the worst affected area of Nepal the animal suffering is overwhelming. |
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Akash Maheshwari our Disaster Veterinary Officer reported just yesterday that dogs are sleeping in ruins of their former homes. Livestock are without shelter and many need emergency treatment. The team, along with the Nepali vets who have generously volunteered their time are overwhelmed by the need. We can’t protect animals alone.
Without your support our veterinarians can’t continue to save the lives of animals caught in disasters. Please give generously to our Disaster Relief Fund.
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Your donation will mean the world to an animal in need.
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Sincerely,
Josey Kitson
Executive Director
World Animal Protection Canada |
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April/avril 2015
We are in Nepal to save animals/Nous sommes au Népal pour sauver des animaux
A team of our specialist vets have deployed to Kathmandu, Nepal to help animals who have been injured, abandoned and left without shelter following the earthquake that hit just a few days ago. We know that animals are in dire need and we will be there to provide food, water and veterinary treatment to stop their suffering and to help rebuild the lives of those caught in this catastrophe.
Get up to the minute news of our work to save these animals and see how you can help support our ongoing efforts to protect animals caught in disasters.
Nous avons déployé une équipe de vétérinaires spécialistes à Katmandou, pour soigner les animaux blessés, abandonnés ou sans refuge depuis que le séisme a secoué le Népal, il y a quelques jours. Les animaux ont désespérément besoin d’aide, et nous allons leur distribuer des vivres, de l’eau et des soins vétérinaires pour faire cesser leur souffrance; nous allons aussi aider les communautés à se relever de cette tragédie.
Voyez à la minute près comment nous sauvons ces animaux et comment vous pouvez contribuer à nos interventions courantes auprès des animaux en zone sinistrée.
Image: REUTERS / Navesh Chitrakar |
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Recycling nets for marine life/Recyclage de filets pour la faune marine
Read about this British Columbia man’s innovative answer to helping marine animals and the oceans they call home.
Découvrez la solution qu’un homme en Colombie-Britannique a trouvée pour aider les animaux marins et les océans qui les abritent. |
Thank you for saving the two bears in Sochi/Merci! Vous avez sauvé les deux ours de Sotchi!
After 130,000 people took action the bears have been moved to a shelter in Moscow that is able to provide veterinary care and will be a much better home.
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to find out more.
130 000 personnes se sont mobilisées. Résultat : les ours ont été transférés à un refuge de Moscou pouvant leur offrir des soins vétérinaires et un meilleur foyer.
Suivez-nous sur Facebook et Twitter pour en savoir davantage. |
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Lend a hand / Un coup de main s’il vous plait
Help our long standing supporter Leonore Loft, reach her Sharing Dance goal of $4,000.Sponsor her today!
Aidez Leonore Loft, une sympathisante de longue date, à atteindre son objectif de 4000 $ au Sharing Dance. Parrainez-la aujourd’hui! |
Our website gets a facelift / Notre site web fait peau neuve
Notice something different about our website? We want to share more stories and bring you even closer to the animals you are helping. Go on,share a page or two with your friends and show them what they’re missing!
Vous avez remarqué quelque chose dans notre site web? Nous avons fait le grand ménage, et l’information est plus facile à repérer. Allez,partagez une page ou deux avec vos amis, qu’ils voient ce qu’ils manquent! |
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| Thank you again for joining us to move the world to protect animals.Sincerely, |
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
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Sincerely,
Josey Kitson
Executive Director |
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Dear Bellanger,
It’s difficult for me to write this email. When I heard about what’s happening in so called “dog shelters” around the world from World Animal Protection Project manager and veterinarian Dr. Daniel C. Ventura, I was outraged.
Right now stray dogs are trembling in fear and howling in agony because of cruel dog population management practices. They are being shot, gassed and poisoned. Dr. Ventura shared with me the story of a small puppy who survived the gas chamber in a shelter in the Philippines. In shock and shaking violently, the puppy was grabbed and thrust back into the chamber only to be gassed again. I had to ask Dr. Ventura to stop as he described the sound of his agonizing howls. I kept picturing my own dogs. I felt sick.
What happened to this puppy is horrible and it’s repeated all around the world. But you can make the world a better, safer place for all dogs. You can help stop their pain, just like you would do for any animal.
There are solutions, dogs don’t have to suffer. World Animal Protection is a leader in developing and implementing dog population management programs that will save the lives of millions of dogs around the world. With your support today we can reach our goal to improve the lives of 50 million dogs across 25 countries.
Your gift of $25, $50, or $100 or more can help us promote dog population management practices that don’t harm dogs like: education, sterilization, vaccination, registration and identification.
Don’t let another minute go by without taking action to save the lives of these defenceless animals – please give as generously as you can. |
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Sincerely ,
Josey Kitson
Executive Director
World Animal Protection Canada |
| PS Donate now in honour of the millions of stray dogs cruelly killed…Your gift will help to end these horrible practices and stop animals around the world from suffering.
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Rescued moments from death
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Dear Bellanger,
I would like to tell you the story of Pam, a six month old puppy that we saved from certain death on Epi Island as part of our life-saving response to Cyclone Pam. Lying on the grass, labouring with each breath, I’ve never seen an animal that close to death. It was heartbreaking.
Dehydrated, malnourished and barely able to lift her head, I wasn’t sure that Pam would make it. Our vets went to work immediately – determined to save her life. After injecting her with glucose and hand-feeding her water with a syringe, we could slowly see the life returning to her eyes. |
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You helped save Pam – thousands more animals still need your help!Without you, we simply would not be able to help dogs like Pam or any other animal in critical need. But, we still need your help to protect animals in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam and in other disasters around the world. Please donate now.Thanks to our generous supporters, Pam made it through the night and was sitting upright and wagging her tail the next morning. We visited Pam twice since and worked with her owner to help him continue caring for her. I hope that you will take a few minutes to watch our video of Pam’s story and see how your support can make the difference in the life of an animal in crisis.
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Sincerely,
Scott Cantin
Disaster Management Team
World Animal Protection |
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Spring into action today!
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Is there a spring in your step?
It’s been a long winter. Everyone is looking forward to getting outside and enjoying the sunshine. Sadly, some chicks and hens never get to feel the warm sun on their feathers or get to walk through the grass looking for bugs.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. World Animal Protection advocates for a world where farm animals are free to stand up, turn around and stretch their limbs and even go outside. What a wonderful world that would be!
Bring sunshine into everyone’s life with a World Animal Gift or an eCard. With just one click you can protect animals and honour the animal lover in your life.
Happy Spring! |
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| View our special selection of items picked to celebrate the season. Each gift purchase comes with an eCard for you to send to your gift recipient. Or simply send an eCard and help make someone’s day a little brighter!Give a World Animal Gift today—a thoughtful way to celebrate the spirit of the season. |
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Spring is in the air!
It’s that time of the year, when we shed our winter coats and open our doors and windows to let the sunshine in. And for some farm animals, it’s time to throw open the barn doors and graze in the fresh air after months in hay-filled barns. But, they are the lucky ones. Billions of hens remain confined to cages and they sadly will never get to feel warm sunlight or a fresh spring breeze.
But you can help unlatch cages for hens.
Whether you are celebrating Easter next week or simply enjoying the welcomed warmer weather, World Animal Gifts are a great way to mark the occasion. Your gift will bring joy and hope to egg-laying hens across Canada, who are kept in cramped cages. Let’s make the world a better place for the people and animals you love. |
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| View our special selection of items picked to celebrate the season. Each gift purchase comes with an eCard for you to send to your gift recipient. Or simply send an eCard and help make someone’s day a little brighter!Give a World Animal Gift today—a thoughtful way to celebrate the spirit of the season. |
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March/mars 2015
Vanuatu’s animals need you / Les animaux du Vanuatu ont besoin de vous
We’re nearing the end of March, which means food is running out for both people and animals in Vanuatu. Cyclone Pam’s devastating effects are still being fully assessed and addressed by our disaster management team as they make their way across the archipelago. But we are sure about one thing: animals desperately need your help. Please give to secure critical medicine and veterinary supplies, food and shelter for all the animals affected by this disaster.
Nous nous approchons à la fin du mois, ce qui veut dire que la nourriture commence à être à court autant pour les personnes que les animaux au Vanuatu. Notre équipe de gestion des catastrophes mesure encore l’étendu des dommages par le cyclone Pam sur l’archipel et les meilleures solutions. Les animaux ont besoin de votre aide. Donnez pour fournir les médecines, soins vétérinaires, nourriture et abri pour tous les animaux touchés par le cyclone.
Image: UNICEF/NYHQ2015-0435/UNICEF Pacific |
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Ask us anything! / Demandez-nous!
Have you ever wondered what moves our global disaster response team to do such daring work?Email us by April 2nd and we’ll post their video responses.
Vous vous êtes déjà demandé pourquoi notre équipe de gestion des catastrophes a choisi un travail si audacieux ? Posez-nous toutes vos questions d’ici le 2 avril et nous partagerons les réponses par vidéo (en anglais seulement). |
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Tune in / Branchez-vous
Watch CP24’s Animal House Calls on Tuesday, April 14th, at 7:00 pm when members of our disaster management team will be featured.
Dans l’émission Animal House Calls de CP24 du mardi, 14 avril, à 19h00 vous entendrez de notre équipe de gestion des catastrophes. |
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Thank you again for joining us to move the world to protect animals.Sincerely,
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
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Urgent: food supplies are critically low
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Dear Bellanger,
Our emergency rescue teams are on the ground in Vanuatu protecting animals after the destruction of Cyclone Pam. Hundreds of thousands of animals have been impacted by the storm and I hope I can count on you to help them. With winds reaching 250 km/hour, the cluster of 80 islands that make up the nation of Vanuatu suffered “unprecedented damages”…the full extent of which we still don’t know.
I’m proud to say that World Animal Protection is the first International animal welfare organization in Vanuatu, helping the many animals who are hungry, injured and without shelter. We’re cooperating with the National Disaster Management Office, working alongside International Humanitarian agencies, local veterinarians and animal groups. Our priority is providing immediate veterinary care, shelter, food and clean water.
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Steven Clegg, Disaster Response Team Leader, is in Vanuatu feeding dogs in the city of Port Vila. Here he visits with the Pelam family and one of their dogs “Snoopy”
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Urgent funding is needed
Local government officials are saying that food for both people and animals will run out before the end of March. We must act now to help animals in distress.
As one of our valued supporters, I’m hoping that you can you make an urgent emergency gift and help ensure that food doesn’t run out for animals caught in this devastating disaster?
Whether it’s farm animals or family pets these communities depend on their animals.
- $45 will provide live-saving feed for 5 farm animals for a week
- $85 will provide critical first-aid for 6 animals
- $144 will provide emergency medical treatment for 4 animals
By making an emergency gift today, you will be protecting animals and the people who rely on them to survive.
Thank you once again for coming to the rescue of these vulnerable animals.
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Josey Kitson
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| P.S. Every moment counts for these animals… please give today.Please note that all funds raised for this appeal will support animals affected by this disaster. If the funds raised exceed World Animal Protection’s needs, your gift will go to our Disaster Management work. |
Taken on March 15 in Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu
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Dear Bellanger,
I urgently need your help.
On Friday, March 13th at 7pm local time what is being described as a “once in a lifetime” storm Cyclone Pam – made landfall on the South Pacific Island of Vanuatu leaving devastation in its wake. Over an estimated 100,000 people have been affected, struggling to find shelter, food and water.
And as you know these events are catastrophic for the animals as well. We are already hearing initial reports through the United Nations of unprecedented damage to the country’s farm animal sector indicating that “small livestock, including chickens and pigs have been killed, and pens and shelters destroyed.”
“Animals are important to the people in Vanuatu like everywhere else. They love their pets and more than most places, depend on livestock for transportation, economic and food security. We are focused on helping animals with urgent needs as well as protecting entire communities.” — Steven Clegg, Disaster Response Team Leader, Asia Pacific
Please, can you donate now and help animals caught in this devastating disaster?
Our disaster response team is on its way to Vanuatu to assess the damage and help the animals that have been injured or left without shelter, access to clean water or food. We anticipate that pets will need veterinary care, shelter and food. Most local farms would not have been prepared to handle a disaster of this magnitude. Working with local veterinarians and agriculture officials will be important to help the animals with the greatest need.
By making a gift today, you will be helping animals caught in the path of destruction and will allow our team to act quickly to bring immediate relief to animals in crisis.
I will be sending updates once our team hits the ground…any amount you could give today will help our efforts.
Thank you for standing with the animals in times of disaster.
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director, Canada |
p.s. Please note that all funds raised for this appeal will support animals affected by this disaster. If the funds raised exceed World Animal Protection’s needs, your gift will go to our Disaster Management work. |
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 Help save the Sochi bears
Dear Bellanger,
Imagine being kept in cruel captivity your entire life. Living in a filthy, cramped cage, littered with garbage and treated as entertainment for patrons of the restaurant you live behind…even forced to drink beer. Instead of grass and earth beneath their paws, home is a barren concrete bunker behind a steel fence. This has been the plight of two bears in Sochi, Russia.
World Animal Protection has stepped in to respond to a desperate appeal to save these two bears, named Pascha and Misha, but we need your help.
Please sign and share the petition to free the two defenceless bears. Over 25,000 supporters around the globe have already signed the petition – add your voice today! |
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Pasha and Misha’s story is not unique. Since 2005, 89 bears have been given new lives at the Romanian Bear Sanctuary. Please donate now and help us to rescue and care for bears and end years of cruelty and suffering.
- $32 could feed two bears for a week
- $64 could provide both bears the essential vet care they will need upon arriving at the sanctuary
- $108 would provide 4 months of maintenance to freshwater pools, allowing these bears to swim and play for the first time.
We are so grateful for all you do for the animals without you, we would not be able to act quickly to rescue animals in need.
And thank you for taking action today to help give these animals a chance of a better life.
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February/février 2015
A petition for animals and people/Une pétition pour les animaux et les gens
No matter where in the world disasters strike, people will risk their lives to protect their animals. In developing countries 1 billion of the world’s poor depend on animals for their food and livelihoods. We need your help to tell Canada’s government that protecting animals in disasters saves lives and livelihoods, helps communities recover quicker and increases the effectiveness of Canada’s aid.Download and share the petition now.
Peu importe où ils se trouvent dans le monde, les gens risquent leur vies pour protéger les animaux dans les catastrophes. Dans les pays en développement, un milliard parmi les plus démunis dépendent des animaux d’élevage pour se nourrir et subsister. Aidez-nous à dire au gouvernent du Canada qu’en protégeant les animaux lors des catastrophes, on réduit la souffrance animale en plus de sauver des vies et des emplois, ce qui maximise l’efficacité de l’aide canadienne. Télécharger et partager la pétition maintenant.
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Shake up your support/Un appui artistique
Dance and help Move the World for Animals. JoinSharing Dance and become part of the movement!
Aidez-nous à inspirer le monde à protéger les animaux par la danse. Prenez part à Sharing Dance ! |
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Thank you again for joining us to move the world to protect animals.Sincerely,
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Josey Kitson
Executive Director / Directrice générale
World Animal Protection / Protection mondiale des animaux |
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Dear Bellanger,
Imagine, throwing a ball to an adorable, playful dolphin. The dolphin brings back your ball and then you harpoon it! Dreadfully, this is what is happening to the Boto dolphin or ‘Amazon pink river dolphin’ as it is fondly described because of its pink skin. Their tender dolphin flesh is used for baiting Piracatinga, an abundant species of scavenger catfish. This has to stop. By giving now you can help save the boto dolphins from being tortured and killed each year.
During one of these brutal hunts, a single dolphin, or even an entire family of dolphins, are attracted with playful balls, caught with nets and pierced by harpoons to immobilize them. But instead of being killed right away, the fatally injured dolphin is tied by its tail to a submerged tree until the next fishing trip.
For hours, and even days, the wounded and terrified dolphin struggles to free itself from its tether before it gives up or is crudely butchered.
And the worst part? The demand for Piracatinga fish is growing, which puts boto dolphins at an even higher risk for torture. But your gift today can help save boto dolphins by givingWorld Animal Protection the necessary resources to be a #BotoWatchdog.
With your help, we can gain support by revealing this cruelty to communities who consume Piractinga and convince governments to stop its commercialization.
Thank you for your generous support.
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Josey Kitson
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P.S. These supremely intelligent and charismatic creatures are suffering extremely cruel deaths. Please show your support for protecting the boto dolphin.
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George Hamilton is head over heels for World Animal Protection
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Don’t let the name fool you. George Hamilton is World Animal Protection’s fuzzy-earned spokesdog and faithful companion to TV personality, Aliya-Jasmine Sovani and CFL star Mike Bradwell. And he wants you to celebrate your love for animals by giving in a truly heartwarming way to the ones you hold most dear!
As a rescue pup, George Hamilton knows a little something about protecting dogs from suffering and needless death. And he knows that a World Animal Gift won’t just share the love – it will actually help save so many of George’s furry friends.
As a World Animal Protection supporter, George Hamilton already thinks you’re pawsitively lovely. It’s not too late to send a gift that will make your beloved’s heart skip a beat.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Valentine’s Day gifts that show the power of love
It’s time to celebrate love! Now you can honour it in a very special way—by giving World Animal Gifts to your sweetheart and your friends. Heartfelt, powerful, and meaningful, World Animal Gifts make the world a better place for the people and animals you love. With every gift purchased, you help animals escape or avoid suffering and live better lives. There is no better way to show you care! |
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| Follow your heart and see the difference you can make. For the love of dogs, bears and boto dolphins, choose a featured Valentine’s Day gift and you will save and protect these precious animals from suffering, illness, or needless death. To browse our e-valentine’s gift guide of animal-loving items, click here. Each purchase comes with an e-card for you to send to your gift recipient.Share the joy and the love! Give World Animal Gifts—a moving way to give from your heart in the finest Valentine’s Day spirit. |
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