State of the Oceans

The Barbi Twins
www.latalkradio.com April 23, 2014

Shane and Sia Barbi and Rescue Kitten

The Barbi twins, Shane Barbi and Sia Barbi, were famous celebrity pin-up-cover girls of the 90's, that had record breaking calendars, two sold out Playboys and popular branding and merchandise around the world, including their images on Russian stamps. They are now renowned animal activist correspondents and media spokeswomen.

The Barbi Twins are the Animal Editors of the #1 green magazine, "Origin Magazine" (Issue15) and they interview numerous iconic celebrities, like their animal pals Bo Derek and Willie Nelson.

The twins are also health authors of two best selling books. Their latest book, "The Eco Anti Diet Book", teaches people how to incorporate a raw vegan plant diet into everyone's regime and lifestyle.

Lately, the Barbi Twins are also lauded for their famous pet detective work in helping catch the infamous, alleged kitten killer turned cannibal murderer.

The twins were producers of a documentary and of the critically acclaimed film, "Your Mommy Kills Animals", and were featured in many other animal documentaries, including "Saving America's Horses", "Skin Trade" and TV shows, such as Morgan Spurlock's FX "30 Days-Animal Activism".

The Barbi Twins claim that they were the first at being "famous for nothing" and put their 7.5 minutes of infamy each toward animal rights. Famous for Something, Indeed: The Barbi Twins Take Tangible Action for Animal Rights

They grew up in a show-biz family and were featured in their own "Barbi Twins: E! True Hollywood Story". The twins were also featured in a "48 Hours" special about their first book, "Dying to Be Healthy", focusing on their struggles with eating disorders.

What the twins want to bring to the radio show is their bipartisan view on conservation and animal rights. They coined themselves "Green Tea Baggers", claiming the animals are the real 99%-ers, the true victims.

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Speak Up! Enacting Change on Behalf of Animals By Sia and Shane Barbi

Original Interview: OriginMagazine.com  1/27/2015

Shane and Sia Barbi and Rescue Dog

Sia Barbi: Shane, want to tell people who the heck we are?

Shane Barbi: You and I got our seven-and-a-half minutes of fame each as Playboy’s celebrities, which we use for an additional sixteenth minute of fame as vegan authors and to lobby for animal rights.

Sia: What do you say to those who criticize us for only promoting animal causes when the world is in such turmoil with violence?

Shane: It’s a perfect time to talk about animal issues and causes that everyone can help with instead of being a hopeless victim. It’s about being proactive, setting an example of showing the greatest humanity to the smallest, most vulnerable victims: the animals.

For example, we’ve become so desensitized to think it’s normal to kill our companion animals in kill shelters. We kill three to four million a year. That’s only one percent of our population, so why do we feel the need to kill healthy companion animals? As animal rights activists, we have the duty to fight for the animal to live, not die. Animal activists claim they’re “biocentrics,” so who are we to pick who should live and who should die?

Sia: Most people say that they don’t like feeling helpless when it comes to protecting animals. What do you say to those people?

Shane: People underestimate the power we have to make real change for animals; it’s with our vote. Representatives may not care about animals, but they care about our vote and that is our leverage. And it’s like you always say, Sia, “Martin Luther King said you can’t change the heart, but you can stop the heartless with laws.”

Sia: I do always say that. So can you be more specific on how to go about helping animals with just our vote? Shane: Most animals have some kind of protection bill. The ESA, or Endangered Species Act, protects all endangered animals, but the government lifts the ESA, enacting loopholes or amendments to these bills for their own interest.

For example, the wild horses have a protection bill called The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This bill was amended several times to get rid of the horses so that the land could be used for government business. The most recent amendment was The Burns Rider in 2004 by Senator Harry Reid, who tried again to amend it in 2005. Government wrote loopholes claiming wild horses are “feral” or “pests” to the land. They also claim wild horses are overpopulating, by putting out false reports that mares are having three to four foals a year, which is impossible. Horses take up less than one percent of the land and are continuing to zero out in population. Outside agencies are hired by the BLM to do false impact studies that favor government businesses.

Sia: What about the horse-slaughter bill in general? It’s not just about the wild horses. Is horse slaughter legal?

Shane: Currently, there is an annual temporary ban on horse slaughter, through defunding USDA inspections, of horse-slaughter plants. However, horse slaughter has and will always be legal until we pass the anti-horse-slaughter bill, named the SAFE [Safeguard American Food Exports] Act. This federally bans horse slaughter permanently and stops transport to other countries for slaughter. The anti-horse-slaughter bill was introduced in 2001 and has been sitting in Congress without passing because most people don’t know about it. The slaughter of wild and domesticated horses is a big business that the government wastes taxes on for overseas profit.

Read Complete Article:  OriginMagazine.com

Hero Dogs Of War Discarded As 'Surplus Equipment' After Service

Article by The Barbi Twins on thedodo.com
thedodo.com March 13, 2015


Until 2000, military working dogs (MWDs) were discarded, warehoused or euthanized at the end of their service. There was no law allowing for their adoption and retirement. However, that changed when President Clinton signed a bill, known as "Robby's Law," to facilitate the adoption of retired MWDs. Since that time, countless families and retired dogs have been united, but there is still much more to do. While retired military dogs are now available for adoption, some fail to enter the system simply because of their location overseas. It makes sense for the military to take responsibility by bringing MWDs back to the US at the completion of their tour, but they're not. Retired MWDs are reclassified as "surplus equipment" and discarded if there is no immediate home.

We worked with the top D.C. lobbyist from Animal Welfare Institute, Chris Heyde, to end horse slaughter in 2011. A couple of years ago, we worked with him on the Canine Members of the Armed Forces Act, sponsored by Representative Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC), in the House, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in the Senate. That would have done several important things, including requiring the military to return MWDs to the US upon completion of their service overseas, so they could enter the adoption program at Texas' Lackland Air Force Base.

While the Canine Members of the Armed Forces Act was blocked in 2013, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, which authorized — but doesn't require, as originally intended — the secretaries of the various military services to transfer the dogs back to Lackland Air Force Base or another location for adoption. This provision would be for any MWD who is to be retired and for whom "no suitable adoption is available at the military facility where the dog is located." This kind of language is needed to ensure that the military returns MWDs to the U.S. where homes are available. The bill also authorizes, (but again, does not require), the Secretary of Defense to create a program with funds from the public to provide veterinary care to retired MWDs.

While these steps are important, they fall far short of ensuring that the US military upholds its duty to honor these national canine heroes by requiring them to return them safely to the US, and caring for them as they age. Several basic tasks that the US government should do for every single veteran, no matter how many legs and/or tails they might have.


#K9VeteransDay is today, Mar. 13, so let's make our canine veterans lucky and "leave no man or dog behind." Demand that our representatives #BringHomeOurDogs from overseas. They fought for us, just like all our veteran heroes did.

Original Article:  thedodo.com

From Killer Looks to No-Kill to Nabbing a Kitten Killer: The Barbi Twins Connect the Dots to Save Animals

Joan K. Smith Become a fan
Philadelphia-based cultural critic, editor, and artist
www.HuffingtonPost.com
HP article posted: 08/29/2014 6:07 pm EDT Updated: 10/29/2014 5:59 am EDT

What do stray cats and the ocean have to do with each other?

Quite a bit in the current work of Shane and Sia Barbi, better known as the Barbi Twins. The blockbuster Playboy cover models and vegan book authors who are now highly respected - and unabashedly outspoken -- animal activists have long used their celebrity as a highly effective platform to incite change, awareness, and action. Since I first wrote about them in 2012, their activism has ramped-up to a new level: To be a unifying force for animal rights issues and organizations, finding common ground and establishing a stronger base of nonpartisan power to address all the causes related to human treatment of animals.

Shane and Sia Barbi - The Barbi Twins and Rescue Dog

They'd long admired the work of Captain Paul Watson (of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Whale Wars fame), and this April they joined forces with him for a weekly radio show on LA Talk Radio called "State of the Oceans" ("because our existence begins with oceans," explains Shane). The weekly guests, recruited by Shane and Sia, comprise a who's-who of well-known animal rights leaders and celebrity activists.

As Shane describes their roster: "We want to be the United Nations of animal rights." By bringing together so many big organizations with different interests for the first time ever, "we want to get out a mainstream bipartisan message that resonates," says Shane, "The focus should be on principles ahead of partisan differences. We need to stop making animals a political issue. "

Among their guests on the radio show have been Gene Baur of Farm Sanctuary; Scott Beckstead of the Humane Society of the U.S; Chris DeRose of Last Chance for Animals; reality show star and animal activist Joanna Krupa; the family of Willie Nelson; Michael Budkie of SAEN/Stop Animal Exploitation Now; Nathan Runkle of Mercy for Animals; Dr. Naomi Rose of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI); Alison Eastwood, daughter of Clint and founder of the Eastwood Ranch Foundation; Dr. Jenny Conrad of The Paw Project , and the movie of the same name; comedian and activist Elayne Boosler; the cast of the movie Blackfish; and activist, animal rights attorney, and filmmaker Shannon Keith of Beagle Freedom Project and ARME (Animal Rescue Media Education); and veteran animal lobbyist Chris Heyde of the AWI.

Read Complete Article:  www.HuffingtonPost.com

5 Reasons Kill 'Shelters' Don't Work

By the Barbi Twins
On Dodo.com September 18, 2014

There's nothing closer to people than their companion pets. We're responsible for their very existence. Yet there's nothing more betraying to a dog or cat's loyalty than for them to end up at a pound to be killed in return for their unconditional love. We've been brainwashed that "killing is saving" so we kill healthy adoptable pets if there are "too many." We've never stepped outside the cage to ask what's "too many pets?" Nor do we think of alternative ways to find homes for pets without killing.

For example, there are 4.2 million people living in Los Angeles and 45,000 shelter pets killed there per year. That's only one percent of the population. Similarly, there are 316.1 million people that live in the U.S. and three to four million pets killed in pounds nationwide; that's also a little over one percent of the population. So why kill pets when we could think about housing them? Why are we the only country that has kill pounds?

Pounds don't work because:

1. They're run by the health department. Their catch and kill technique is an easy and quick way to keep cities disease-free. 
2. Pounds manage themselves. They don't have to answer to anyone so no one enforces laws like spay/neuter laws. 
3. Killing doesn't lower the number of pets, instead it opens a window for puppy mills, kitten mills, pet shops, and internet backyard breeders. 
4. Pounds aren't "shelters"; they're a place to throw away a pet. If they never existed, people would think twice about getting a pet. 
5. Laws protect pounds so that they don't have to disclose facts. Like this one: there's a 50 to 99 percent chance of the animal being killed.  In most pounds we've volunteered at, pets are dragged to the "bump room" unsedated, and killed with a heart stick. This isn't "humane euthanasia." 

Our goal is to make shelters no-kill or to privatize them. Let's tell our local representatives that the cities would save taxes and lower pet numbers by having:

• Free spay/neuter clinics like humane free clinics using third and fourth year veterinarian students. For every tax dollar we'd spend on spay/neuter, we'd save $10 on housing, killing and disposing of pets. 
• City dog trainers, since in my years of volunteering I've seen that most dogs are surrendered to pounds because they're untrained. 
• TNR programs for feral cats to be trapped/neutered and the returned back to a cat colony, since 75 to 80 percent of pound killings are cats.

Let's stop the broken cycle of killing and promote volunteer-based no-kill rescues. Let's rewire the brain to a "pro-live" movement and find new, creative ways to help homeless animals. Animal rights activists should fight for the animals' right to live, not the right to kill them.

How To Solve The Wild Horse 'Problem'

By the Barbi Twins
On Dodo.com September 18, 2014

The wild horses are federally protected by the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and graze on tax paid land. This bill was later amended to rid the horses so the land could be used for government business. In 2004, an amendment called the Burn Rider Act allowed round-ups to rid them. Their loopholes for these amendments are usually false claims, like wild horses are "feral" and basically a pest on the land, despite recent news that fossils of horses were found in Wyoming, making horses more native than most animals in America.

The BLM also claims wild horses were overpopulating, when in fact they take less than one percent of the land and gradually the herds are getting smaller. It is actually cattle that takes up most of the land (90 percent), and which are not native to the environment. Cattle and horses have always co-existed. But now the BLM wants all the land cleared, including the cattle, so they told ranchers to sue them in order to legally cull horse herds from the land, letting horse advocates blame the ranchers.

Indeed, in the BLM's own words, there is ten times more land available than needed per animal. Still, as of August, the BLM predicts "excess" horses will eat grass and cause weeds to grow on federal land. The BLM contracts two agencies to get "scientific" data on the horses. Since both agencies list their priority as using federal land for profitable government business, their research is biased against the horses.

The first agency, USGS Fort Collins Science Center (FORT) is paid by many government agencies and policymaking groups to generate evidence to back the client's desired policy. FORT does wild horse population and fertility control studies for the BLM. These studies are used to say it is right to get rid of wild animals in order to expand profitable government businesses, like solar and wind power.

The other agency, the USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) says it “provid[es] wildlife damage management assistance to protect agriculture, natural resources, property and health and safety," meaning the BLM pays APHIS to show them how to get rid of wild horses. There is no direct public control of APHIS, and no clear mention of their role on BLM web pages on horse roundups.

The only way to stop this is not to complain to the BLM, who was a part of the deal and just taking orders, but instead to complain to your elected representatives that were part of the legislation that made it possible to get rid of our federally protected wild horses. Congressional reps may not like animals, but they need your vote. Tell them to use our taxes to protect our horses, not try to get rid of them. And stop all horses, domestic and wild horses from horse slaughter.

Sadly, horse slaughter has and will always be legal until we pass the anti horse slaughter bill, named this year the Safeguard Act (read it here). This bans horse slaughter permanently, as well as the transport to other countries for horse slaughter. It's been sitting in Congress for 11 years without passing, because most people don't know about it. There are temporary bans on horse slaughter. For example, this year we have an annual ban that cuts USDA funding to inspect horse slaughter plants. The slaughter of wild and domesticated horses is a big business that the government wastes taxes for overseas profit. If this bill passed, it would be almost impossible to get rid of the wild horses in large amounts from slaughters' kill buyers.

#Justice4Mustangs

Read Original Article:  On Dodo.com

June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month

In a new cat comic strip, Sia and Shane Barbi play heroines who help stop pet pound killings by secretly trapping and fixing stray cats and adopting them!

June is “Adopt a Shelter Cat” month! For more info on how to adopt, go the Stray Cat Alliance website!

EXTRA TV.com  Celebrity News

Happy Earth Day!

Shane and Sia Wish you a Happy Earth Day!

From Shane and Sia Barbi, The Barbi Twins

As seen on extratv.com

Happy Easter Eat Vegan Chocolate!

Models Shane and Sia Barbi are wishing fans a Happy Easter… and reminding everyone to eat vegan chocolate (it is dairy free)!

For information, go to LCAnimal.org and follow the Barbi Twins on Twitter @Barbi_Twins.

EXTRA TV.com  Celebrity News

Barbi Twins Dogumentary - The Fight to Save Lennox and Stop Breed Discrimination

Meet Lennox, example and inspiration for the 'dog'umentary called "I Have a Dream."  Lennox was a loveable family member. Lennox's only offense is being a mix-breed dog that too closely resembles a pit bull (and he's not a pit bull).  Lennox's friends and supporters put up a two year battle to try to save his life but Belfast city council wanted him destroyed because he was deemed "dangerous"... for breed alone!  The Barbi Twins and others are tired of breed prejudice.

As seen on ExtraTV.com

http://www.extratv.com/2012/07/10/the-barbi-twins-present-their-first-dogumentary/

The Hunt for Killer: Suspect Luca Magnotta Cannibal Killer

The Investigation Into

Canadian Cannibal Killer Suspect Luka Magnotta

Clear Evidence of Where Animal Cruelty Can Lead

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Animal rights groups alerted police of Magnotta's alleged kitten killing videos, Sun News, Jenny Yuen, QMI AgencyQMI Agency, Jun 9, 2012

Animal rights groups alerted police of Magnotta, London Free Press, Jenny Yuen, QMI Agency, Jun 9, 2012

Animal rights groups alerted police of Magnotta, Vancouver.24hrs.ca Jenny Yuen, QMI Agency, Jun 9, 2012

Barbi Twins are naturals: Warmington, Toronto Sun, Jun 5, 2012

"The legendary Barbi Twins, who once graced the pages
of Playboy, spearheaded the movement to track down a
person posting on line videos of killing kittens..."

• Alleged porn star killer's violent past, HLNtv.com, Jane Valez-Mitchell, interview with Sia Barbi, Richard Dool, Jun 4, 2012

• Alleged porn star killer's violent past, CNN.com, Jane Valez-Mitchell, HLN interview with Sia Barbi, Jun 4, 2012
• Jane Velez-Mitchell on Luka Magnotta with the Barbi Twins, YouTube.com, CNN, Jane Valez-Mitchell, HLN, Jun 4, 2012
• Luka Magnotta copycat being hunted by Barbi Twins, Examiner.com, Bonnie Snider, Jun 2, 2012
• Luka Magnotta copycat being hunted by Barbi Twins, Topix.com, Jun 2, 2012
• Could Luka Magnotta now be the new Ken to the Ken and Barbie killers? , Examiner.com, Dena Stapleton, Jun 1, 2012
• Luka Magnotta:  The Cat's Eye to Evil, Examiner.com, Dena Stapleton, Jan 13, 2011
• Sadistic Killer Identified, Care 2, Animal Abuse, Jan 11, 2011
• Rescue Inkl is searching for the killer of two vacuum kittens, Examiner, Dena Stapleton, Dec 28, 2010 
• Playboy Twins Get Political, Politico, Patrick Gavin, November 17, 2010
• Valentine, a cat shot in the head with a dart, Examiner, Dena Stapleton, Feb 24, 2010

 Ken Wahl Offers Golden Globe to Catch Kitten Killer:

Ken Wahl is standing up for "Tiny Tim", Examiner, Dena Stapleton, Feb 4, 2010

Retired Actor Ken Wahl Offers Golden Globe for Info on Cat Abuser, People (Pets), Jan 22, 2010

Ken Wahl and his reward for Timothy the cat, Examiner, Dena Stapleton, Jan 21, 2010

 

 

Alleged porn star killer's violent past - cnn.com

Luka Magnotta, accused of murdering and dismembering an ex-lover, had a violent past.

Jane Valez-Mitchell, HLN interview with Sia Barbi, 6/4/2012



Watch video here: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/06/04/exp-jvm-magnotta-animal.hln

Barbi Twins: Bunnies Rescuing Bunnies - ExtraTV

During the Easter Holidays the Barbi Twins, along with LA Animal Services continued their rescue efforts by getting the word out that the cute little bunnies that are purchased for Easter are not Toys - they are a responsibility and need to be adopted for life.  Remember it may be after Easter holidays but the bunnies are still cute and still need love.

The Barbi Twins' Easter Message: Adopt a Bunny!

Original article: http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2012/04/the_barbi_twins_easter_message_adopt_a_bunny.php#ixzz1reDfolDM

visit www.LAAnimalServices.com

Help Save Captain Paul Watson!

By the Barbi Twins

GlobalGrind.com May 18, 2012

Every animal activist and environmentalist knows vegan Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, but others may know him as the most famous Captain in the world from his TV show “Whale Wars” and as one of the founders of Greenpeace. He is mostly known for confronting illegal poachers of whales and other mammals. My sister and I are fortunate to know him as a humble, wise, protective, down to earth guy that happens to be the most famous environmentalist and animal activist in the world, dedicated mostly to marine conservation.

Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was arrested Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Frankfurt Germany.

Sea Shepherd said Watson is accused of violating ships’ traffic during the filming of a documentary in 2002. The group said the incident took place in Guatemalan waters, when Sea Shepherd encountered an illegal shark finning operation run by a Costa Rican ship, the Varadero.

Sea Shepherd said it told the Varadero’s crew to stop and head to port to be prosecuted. The crew accused Sea Shepherd of trying to kill them. However, on the contrary, the video proves to be good evidence that this is not true. In actuality, Sea Shepherd uncovered illegal shark fining activities. These ridiculous charges need to be dropped, and Costa Rica needs to stand behind Sea Shepherd in protecting brutal, illegal poaching of sharks and other sea life!

Captain Paul Watson waits in jail and is moments away from possibly being extradited to Costa Rica, which will not be good. Paul Watson’s freedom is at the mercy of the Honorable Minister of Justice and the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs. 

My sister and I, as strong Sea Shepherd supporters, are calling on every animal and conservation activist or anyone that supports freedom of speech, to help Captain Paul Watson by contacting the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to ask them to stop this unfair “political” extradition!

Please call, email, and fax the following Ministers:

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Federal Minister of Justice

Deutscher Bundestag


Platz der Republik

11011 Berlin

Telephone 030 – 227 751 62


Fax 030 – 227 764 02


E-Mail: sabine.leutheusser-schnarrenberger@bundestag.de

Federal Ministry of Justice

Mohrenstrasse

37
10117 Berlin

Germany

Telephone: +49 (030) 18 580-0

Telefax: +49 (030) 18 580-9525

Dr. Guido Westerwelle – Minister of Foreign Affairs

FDP-Bundestagsfraktion

Platz der Republik 1
11011

Berlin

Tel.: 030 / 22771636

Fax: 030 / 22776562

E-Mail: guido.westerwelle@bundestag.de

This decision affects all animal and environmental activists, and could set precedence in the activist world. We need to support and stand behind Captain Paul Watson who has done no crime, and defends the defenseless by exposing and confronting corruption or illegal activities.

Please support Paul Watson with 3 simple steps

1. *Write and call the above Ministers.
2. Share and post instructions, info & updates about Paul Watson’s arrest and donate to his legal fund   http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/sea-shepherd-news.html
3. Change your Facebook profile status or photo in support of Paul Watson and help trend the tweet #FreePaulWatson and information on who to call and write to help Captain Paul Watson

Barbi Twins: Famous for… Equine Advocacy - National Geographic

The Barbi twins and I agree to disagree on a lot of issues, but I certainly commend them for doing their homework.   They vehemently oppose horse slaughter on the grounds that horses weren’t bred for human consumption.  I did not ask them to comment on zoo animal consumption of horse meat, but I pretty much know where they stand.

The Barbi twins assert that “horses were bred and domesticated to be companion animals like a dog or cat. They also served as working animals on farms, and provided transport for people. They also risked their lives in wartime.”


Read the rest of the article:  http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/03/02/barbi-twins-famous-for-equine-advocacy/

Barbi Twins: Ken and Barbis Ask Your Help for Animal Shelters - ExtraTV

Animal activists Ken Wahl and wife Shane Barbi, along with sister, Sia Barbi, are spokespersons for Stray Cat Alliance (SCA) - and are against the Hayden Law Repeal.

 

Read more: http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2012/02/ken_and_barbis_ask_your_help_for_animal_shelters.php#ixzz1o7NoG8sv

Barbi Twins and Elayne Boosler - "Help Stop Repeal of Hayden Law" - Sign Petition Please!

Barbi Twins and Elayne Boosler combine efforts to help Stray Cat Alliance's petition against the repeal of the Hayden Law which was written to protect shelter animals.

Elayne, Shane and Sia - The "Triplets"
Elayne Boosler and the Barbi Twins

Elayne:    "Then came the "Hayden Law." SB 1785, named for its sponsor, California State Sen. Tom Hayden, became a life saver for adoptable shelter animals, and a humane and valued partner to animal rescuers and owners. It made animal shelters more accountable. It gave the public longer to find their lost animals before they were killed. It mandated more "work friendly" hours to the public for going to the shelters. It was so good, after a few years it expanded to offer owner-surrendered animals the same amount of time (four to six business days) to stay alive for adoption and rescue instead of being instantly killed.

Better and better, right? And now, worse. Gov. Jerry Brown wants to repeal the Hayden Law. Everything comes down to money, but even here, the math is wrong"

Read Elayne's post in its entirety in the Huffington Post:   Barbis, Boosler vs. Brown & Board of Extermination

Sign the petition:  Don't Repeal Hayden

Visit www.StrayCatAlliance.org for more information about their fight to stop the repeal of the Hayden Law.

Visit our friend Elayne Boosler's official website at  www.elayneboosler.com and her animal rescue organization website at www.tailsofjoy.net

Barbi Twins Speak Out Against Hayden Law Repeal: Doom for Shelter Pets

We are spokespersons for Stray Cat Alliance (SCA), against the Hayden Law Repeal.

Governor  Jerry Brown wants to revoke the Hayden Law for shelter pets in California which currently gives 4-6 days to allow owners to find their lost pets, injured animals to relieve donated medical attention or for fostering or adoption opportunity.   Gov. Jerry Brown wants to cut funds off by eliminating the wait period and killing the pets within only a 72 hour waiting period. This will create mass killings at shelters. THIS IS NOT AN OPTION! Killing has only opened the window for breeders, creating more discarded pets that are dumped at shelters.

As SCA points out, it actually saves money to implement a spay/neuter program.  For instance, to house, euthanize and dispose a pet, it's $250, whereas to simply fix the pet, it is less than $50.

Jerry Brown's solution is not only unethical and uncompassionate, it also won't solve the problem of pet population.  Killing never has been an answer, just an excuse for breeders to continue to over-breed.

It is far cheaper and more cost effective to implement a spay/neuter program.
Petition to urge Gov Jerry Brown to reconsider the Hayden Law Repeal.


http://scapetitions.org/dont-repeal-hayden-petition

Atlantic City Steel Pier cancels its planned diving horse shows

Add one more victory for animals to the list!

Recently, we shared the news that Atlantic City Steel Pier planned to reopen the diving horse shows that were part of the pier from the 1920′s through the 70′s. Owner Anthony Catanoso planned for the events to be part of the big additions going into the location this year and to host the first shows Memorial Day Weekend.

Barbi Twins Valentine Day Wish - Save the Horses - ExtraTV

Barbi Twins Valentine's Day Message: Save the Horses!
ExtraTV, Stars Give Back, Feb 14, 2012

The Barbi Twins ask you to:  SHOW YOUR HEART - DON'T TAKE A HORSE'S HEART!