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Since the Handle with Care campaign was launched, the world is waking up to the unnecessary cruelty of transporting animals over long distances for slaughter. Please act now to support a ban on live cattle exports from Belém, one of Brazil's busiest ports in the state of Pará. Horrifying conditions on the three-week journey to Lebanon cause many animals to die from heat stroke, trauma and respiratory disease. Let's tell Brazil - and the world - that this cruelty won't be tolerated. Take action now >>
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 | | An emergency veterinary team from WSPA is on stand-by in Thailand awaiting entry authority to cyclone struck Myanmar to assess and relieve the suffering of thousands of animals that human survivors depend on for food and their livelihoods. | |  | | A performing dolphin called Sharky has died during a live stunt show at Discovery Cove, in Orlando, Florida, owned by brewery and theme park operator Anheuser-Busch. | |  | | Norwegian whalers yesterday made the first kill of the season: a calf. Though the majority of Norwegians are against the cruelty inflicted by whaling, Norwegian whalers are set to kill 1,052 whales in the hunts that started on Wednesday morning. | |  | | In 2007, artist Guillermo Vargas showed an emaciated live dog in a Nicaraguan gallery. This year, when Vargas was invited to compete in an art show in Honduras, WSPA and member society the Honduras Association for the Protection of Animals and their Environment (AHPRA) acted to ensure this cruelty could not be repeated by any artist. | |  | | A public protest met the start of Catalonia's bullfighting season, which signals the slaughter of over a hundred bulls each year. Anti-bullfighting organizations took to the Barcelona streets in April to campaign against cruelty. Will you sign up to support them? | | | | | | |
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