Shark fin operation on Hong Kong rooftop angers activists - Rough Cuts

IFAW 'Say NO to ivory trade' TV spot

TURTLE Song (Trailer)

Florida, Guess Who's Voting?

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." ~ George Jean Nathan. This is Florida after all, and we've seen plenty of elections where just hundreds of votes can make the difference between progress and more of the same. (h/t Bill Simmon)

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THIS CRUEL AND INGNORANT PERSON REPRESENTS "POISON IN THE WELL" OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY... THE ETHICAL BANKRUPTCY THAT IS PLAGUEING OUR NATION.

GET YOUR VOTE OUT!

HELP PUT AN END TO THESE MONSTERS!

Sexual Abuse of Animals is Animal Cruelty - Sign the Petition | Change.org

Sexual Abuse of Animals is Animal Cruelty - Sign the Petition Change.org

Targeting: Kathleen Rice (Nassau County District Attorney)

Started by: Stephanie Feldstein

In New York, tenants awoke to their landlord sexually abusing his dog. A veterinary exam revealed signs of trauma, including injuries to the dog's legs consistent with being restrained. The dog was taken into the care of shelter, and the landlord, Mitchell Marsicano was arrested.

Marsicano was charged with burglary and sexual misconduct. He could face up to 15 years in prison for the first charge and one year for the second.

The penalty for unlawfully entering a home that he owns is 15x stronger than violating a dog.

In a statement responding to this case, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said, "It's unimaginable to think that anyone could carry out such unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence on a defenseless animal."

Then why wasn't Marsicano also charged with animal cruelty? Aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony in New York, is defined as conduct which "is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner."

Bestiality should qualify as "depraved."

The reason bestiality needs its own laws is because sex with animals is sexual abuse, but it doesn't always result in visible physical suffering, and there's no way for an animal to testify to their emotional trauma, so it can be difficult to apply standard animal cruelty laws in some cases.

New York is ahead of the many states without laws addressing the sexual abuse of animals. But bestiality laws should be used to strengthen animal cruelty laws, not replace them, and, in this case, there were physical signs of trauma.

Ask the district attorney to make sure criminals like Marsicano are punished to the full extent of the law.

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PETITION: Stop killing of brown bears in Bosnia & Herzegovina

Targeting: Dr. Radivoje Bratic (Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede RS)
Started by: NOA Denmark

According to the info from the press agency, SRNA's website, the text announces the commercial hunting of brown bear, one of the rarest species in the country and the European region. Allegedely, because of the damage the bear make on buildings and lifestock. The bears are usually hunted from hunting stands where the animals are lured by a bait and then viciously killed. These bears are only guilty of being alive and they are worth more dead. http://www.drustvonoa.org/

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Carrabelle man arrested after shooting protected Florida black bear |

GENE K STRICKLAND (DOB 08/23/51)
FRANKLIN CO. CARRABELLE, FLORIDA

(CAPTAIN?) GENE K FRANKLIN IS A MONSTER!


Carrabelle man arrested after shooting black bear carrabelle, lanark, shooting - News - The News Herald

LANARK VILLAGE — A Franklin County man was arrested Oct. 22 and charged with killing a black bear after a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigator saw him shoot the animal with a bow and arrow.

Black bears are classified as a threatened species in Florida and are fully protected, an FWC news release said. There is no open season for the taking of bears.

Gene Strickland, 59, a dock builder and fishing guide from Carrabelle, was charged with one count of killing a black bear — a felony — and taken to the Franklin County Jail, according to FWC Investigator Eric Johnston. Strickland’s bow and arrow were seized as evidence.

Johnston said the 175-pound female bear was running about 50 feet from Strickland’s tree stand.
The bear was shot on private property near the St. James Golf Course at Lanark Village. Strickland is one of several hunters who hunt the property, the release said.


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Carrabelle man shoots bear, is immediately arrested Oct 27, 2010 ... Gene Strickland,59, a dock builder and fishing guide from Carrabelle, was charged with one count of killing a black bear – a felony – and ...www.wjhg.com/.../Carrabelle_man_shoots_bear_is_immediately_arrested__105902333.html


Carrabelle man arrested after shooting black bear carrabelle ... Oct 27, 2010 ... Gene Strickland, 59, a dock builder and fishing guide from Carrabelle, was charged with one count of killing a black bear — a felony — and ...www.newsherald.com/news/carrabelle-88103-lanark-shooting.html


Lanark Village, FL (AP) -

A Florida Panhandle man has been arrested after a wildlife investigator allegedly saw him shoot and kill a black bear with a bow and arrow.

Gene Strickland of Carrabelle was charged Oct. 22 with one count of killing a black bear.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the 175-pound female bear was shot on private property near the St. James Golf Course at Lanark Village. Stickland is allegedly one of several people who hunt on the property.

Black bears are a threatened species in Florida and are fully protected. A woman who answered the phone at Strickland's home declined to comment. (RITA STRICKLAND?)


FWC Release --
A Franklin County man was arrested Oct. 22 and charged with killing a black bear after a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigator saw him shoot the animal with a bow and arrow.

Black bears are classified as a threatened species in Florida and are fully protected. There is no open season for the taking of bears.

Gene Strickland (DOB 08/23/51), a dock builder and fishing guide from Carrabelle, was charged with one count of killing a black bear – a felony – and taken to the Franklin County Jail, according to FWC Investigator Eric Johnston. Strickland’s bow and arrow were seized as evidence.

Johnston said the 175-pound female bear ran by, only 50 feet from Strickland’s tree stand.
The bear was shot on private property near the St. James Golf Course at Lanark Village. Strickland is one of several hunters who hunt the property.

GENE K STRICKLAND KNEW THAT THE FLORIDA BLACK BEAR IS A PROTECTED SPECIES.

GENE K STRICKLAND KNEW THAT THE DEFENSELESS LITTLE FEMALE BLACK BEAR IS FULLY PROTECTED BY STATE LAW

GENE K STRICKLAND BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED THE LITTLE FEMALE BLACK BEAR EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS TRYING TO RUN AWAY.

GENE K STRICKLAND IS FULLY AWARE THAT THE FLORIDA BLACK BEAR IS A SPECIES UNDER THE THREAT OF EXTINCTION (DUE TO HUMAN ENCROACHMENT AND ILLEGAL POACHING/HUNTING).

GENE K STRICKLAND IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF PERSON THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE A LEGAL "RIGHT" (STATE LICENSE) TO KILL ANIMALS!!!

                               
GENE K STRICKLAND IS AN ANIMAL TERRORIST... A MONSTER... A DARK AND DINGY STAIN UPON HUMANITY!!!

BELOW IS GENE K STRICKLAND'S (CAPTAIN?) BUSINESS PROFILE: THIS CRUEL BASTARD IS A CHARTER BOAT CAPTAIN AND FISHING GUIDE? OMG! IMAGINE HOW HORRIBLE HE IS TO MARINE WILDLIFE!

Gene K. Strickland, LLC Company Profile - Located in Carrabelle ... Incorporated by Gene K Strickland, Rita J Strickland, Gene K. Strickland, LLC is located at 2610 Oak St Carrabelle, FL 32322. Gene K. Strickland, LLC was ...www.corporationwiki.com/.../Carrabelle/gene-k-strickland-llc-3761234.aspx

Fishing near Carrabelle, FL - goby.com Captain Gene K. Strickland Fishing Florida's Forgotten Coast Area: Aucilla River to Carrabelle to St. Joe Bay, Dog Island Reef, St. Marks National Wildlife ...www.goby.com/fishing--near--carrabelle-fl -

Fishing Guides And Charters near Carrabelle, FL - goby.com Captain Gene K. Strickland Fishing Florida's Forgotten Coast Area: Aucilla ...www.goby.com/fishing-guides-and-charters--near--carrabelle-fl - Cached

Big Bend Fishing Guides Directory Captain Gene K. Strickland Fishing Florida's Forgotten Coast Waterhawk Area: Aucilla River to Carrabelle to St. Joe Bay, Dog Island Reef, St. Marks National ...
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St. George Island Red drum fly fishing For license and guide service information, contact Captain Gene K. Strickland at 850 697-9523 or email to: Waterhawk1@aol.com. ...
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Fishing near Carrabelle, FL - goby.com Captain Gene K. Strickland Fishing Florida's Forgotten Coast Area: Aucilla River to Carrabelle to St. Joe Bay, Dog Island Reef, St. Marks National Wildlife ...
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I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND HOPEFULLY A SEVERE FELONY SENTENCING!) THIS BASTARD NEEDS TO BE AN EXAMPLE... FLORIDA AND THE REST OF THE DEEP SOUTH) IS A BREEDING GROUND FOR HATE.

IF WE DO NOT LEARN TO CARE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND FOR ALL OF THE CREATURES WE SHARE IT WITH, WE WILL NEVER LEARN TO CARE ABOUT EACHOTHER.

STARTING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, ACTS OF HORRIFIC ANIMAL CRUELTY SUCH AS THIS CAN NOT BE TOLERATED IN A "CIVILIZED" SOCIETY. ANIMAL ABUSE AND ACTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ANYWHERE AND THE CRIMES AGAINST NATURE CAN NOT GO UNPUNISHED OR IN THE END... WE ALL, WILL SUFFER. HORRIFIC AND BARBARIC ACTS OF TERROR AGAINST ANY SENTIENT BEING THAT GOES UNPUNISHED, DEGRADES OUR HUMANITY... WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN (HUMANE).


THE LAWS PROTECTING ANIMALS AGAINST CRUELTY AND ABUSE (BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL) NEED TO BE MORE VIGOROUSLY ENFORCED. THE PENALTIES NEED TO BE STRONGER. THERE IS NOTHING MORALLY OR SPIRITUALLY  POSITIVE OR ENLIGHTENING ABOUT PURPOSELY CAUSING HARM TO ANY LIVING SENTIENT BEING. THERE CAN BE NO ETHICAL JUSTIFICATION TO CAUSING THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF THE HELPLESS.