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End Animal Suffering Worldwide - Sign the Petition for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare!

Target: Your Government Leader
Sponsored by: World Society for the Protection of Animals

Every day millions of animals are born into lives of unspeakable suffering. Every day millions more suffer terrible deaths. All animals should be able to live their lives free from misery. But they struggle in a world that is often indifferent.

The road toward better animal welfare is through cooperation, information and a strong international commitment. Urge the United Nations to adopt a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare! The declaration would have a real, long-term impact on the welfare of billions of animals worldwide.

Note: your signature will be one more toward the goal of 10 million signatures on the "Animals Matter to Me" petition, making it the most ambitious global initiative on animal welfare that has ever been attempted!

deadline: 10-19-2008
goal: 200,000

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Dear [Government Decision Maker],

I am writing to urge you to support the adoption of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare by the United Nations.

Billions of animals around the world are affected by humans, and rely on people to treat them with compassion. But sadly, in many countries there is little national and no international protection for animals.

An international agreement on welfare standards should become a key goal for the animal welfare movement in the 21st century. The first step toward achieving this end would be to secure a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at the United Nations.

A Universal Declaration by the UN would:

- Recognize animals as sentient beings, capable of suffering and experiencing pain
- Recognize that animal welfare is an issue of importance as a part of the social development of nations
- Act as a catalyst for better animal welfare provisions worldwide

By supporting a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at the United Nations, you can help put a stop to the cruelty that billions of animals suffer every single day.

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Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “End Animal Suffering Worldwide - Sign the Petition for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare!” petition!

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9:54 am PDT, Jul 15, Jackie Rose, West Virginia

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9:54 am PDT, Jul 15, Laurel Hays, Illinois

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9:51 am PDT, Jul 15, Philip Parker, California

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9:41 am PDT, Jul 15, Melody Perry, Florida

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9:38 am PDT, Jul 15, Diana Heilman, Florida

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9:36 am PDT, Jul 15, Joseph Levine, California
Societies that have no difficulty abusing animals usually have little difficulty abusing the part of their populace that appear to be animals to them.

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9:24 am PDT, Jul 15, BENNIE WOODARD, Florida

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9:23 am PDT, Jul 15, Onno Bulk, Florida

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9:18 am PDT, Jul 15, Tina McRorie, California

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9:16 am PDT, Jul 15, Maria Dogadina, Russian Federation

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9:05 am PDT, Jul 15, Mike Schliter jr, Michigan

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9:03 am PDT, Jul 15, Tammy McFall, New York

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8:59 am PDT, Jul 15, Anna Lavrenova, Russian Federation

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8:55 am PDT, Jul 15, Anna Troy, Russian Federation

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8:54 am PDT, Jul 15, Laurie Dunn, Massachusetts

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8:53 am PDT, Jul 15, Linda m Somma, Massachusetts

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8:51 am PDT, Jul 15, Tony Franklin, Arkansas

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8:50 am PDT, Jul 15, Anna Long, Rhode Island

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8:50 am PDT, Jul 15, Patricia Yager Delagrange, California

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8:46 am PDT, Jul 15, Name not displayed, Texas

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8:42 am PDT, Jul 15, Name not displayed, California
I strongly support a Universal Declaration by the UN for Animal Welfare. We cannot have a civilized world without it.

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8:33 am PDT, Jul 15, Laurelee Kovacs-Szabo, Washington

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8:33 am PDT, Jul 15, Jennifer Harris, Maryland

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8:30 am PDT, Jul 15, Steven Jones, Mississippi
I am a serious animal lover, I have 7 animals of my own that I take extremely good care of, I also feed 5 stray animals an have for years, I think its a shame that, people are allowed to mistreat animals the way they do an get away with, there should be harsher punishment for guilty individuals from the very first, there should be very strict guidelines, on the slaughter of animals for food consumption, this is awful the way animals are treat for food industries, everyone turns thier heads an pretends they dont see or hear anything, that makes them as guilty as the people committing the crimes, please do something about it. Thank you

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8:33 am PDT, Jul 15, Janene Roussell, North Carolina

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8:25 am PDT, Jul 15, Delinda Hess-sump, Arkansas

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8:22 am PDT, Jul 15, Arline Fernandez, California

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8:18 am PDT, Jul 15, Melissa Bean, Florida

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8:13 am PDT, Jul 15, Jean Hanff, Missouri

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8:10 am PDT, Jul 15, Lisa Young, California

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8:04 am PDT, Jul 15, Rene Marie Peoples, Pennsylvania

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8:04 am PDT, Jul 15, Mark Chase, Arizona
Would we expose our human babies to this needless suffering? Oh wait! we do that now with no planned parenthhood! Human babies and animal babies should be planned! Period! Loved and nurtured, not procreated to just exist in the cesspools that we call cities... For God's Sake! No excuses!

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7:55 am PDT, Jul 15, Jill Chenicek, Nevada

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7:46 am PDT, Jul 15, Virginia Ferrari, Virginia

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7:34 am PDT, Jul 15, Linda Herrick, California

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7:34 am PDT, Jul 15, Jennifer Daneault, New York

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7:35 am PDT, Jul 15, Seemi Siddiqui, Illinois

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7:33 am PDT, Jul 15, Rebecca Cox, Texas

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7:30 am PDT, Jul 15, Lacey Bundschuh, New Jersey
Animals are like children to so many people, so let me ask you this. Would you do this for your children?

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7:30 am PDT, Jul 15, Amiee McMahon, Ohio
Animals are God's creation and should be treated as such!

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7:26 am PDT, Jul 15, Stephanie Rider, Oregon

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7:25 am PDT, Jul 15, Pamela Miller, West Virginia

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7:16 am PDT, Jul 15, Pat Gallagher, Missouri

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7:12 am PDT, Jul 15, Stan Laura, Cyprus

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6:15 pm PDT, Jul 14, Scott Rasmussen, Utah

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5:17 pm PDT, Jul 14, Christofer Nicodemus, California

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10:57 am PDT, Jul 14, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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9:24 am PDT, Jul 14, Sergei Fjodorov, Estonia

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9:06 am PDT, Jul 14, Chelsea VG, New York
Humans are animals too, and we need to take care of our brothers and sisters.

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