I have been sitting on this story for the past few days but other stories kept on scooping it up however today Oprah did a little feature on it so I decided to make this a post about good news regarding animals so "here now the news!"
On April 28th The Utleys, of Rochester, had set up an outdoor display Saturday at a flea market in Waterford Township, 25 miles northwest of Detroit. Tinker Bell their long haired chihuahua was standing on their platform trailer when she was swept away by a 70 mph gust of wind. Dorothy (ha, just like the Wizard of Oz) and her husband Lavern went crazy trying to catch her but Tinker Bell flew away like a fairy.
The Utleys were of course devastated as Tinker Bell was their little baby. They looked for her nearby and when they couldn't find her dozens of strangers volunteered their time to look for Tinker Bell.
It was two days later when Dorothy and Lavern Utley credit a pet psychic for guiding them on Monday to a wooded area nearly a mile from where 8-month-old Tinker Bell had been last seen. The brown long-haired dog was dirty and hungry but otherwise OK. Tinker Bell answered her owner's call and went wild upon seeing them.
The PPP loves a happy ending they could relate to as I am only 8 lbs myself!
Our second animal story involves a story we have been closely following which is the slaughter of seals in Canada. The commercial seal hunt season is coming to a close. Thanks to all who tool action and sent their message loud and clear. Here are the some of the victories regarding the matter:
-The HSUS Canadian seafood boycott continues to gain ground -- more than 5,000 businesses and more than 600,000 individuals have pledged not to buy Canadian seafood until the seal hunt ends for good. The fishing industry is losing money, and prices for seal skins have crashed to $15 (CAD) -- an 86 percent drop from 2006. Most fishermen aren't bothering to leave home to join the hunt, and tens of thousands of seals have been spared.
-For the first time, Canadians have proposed legislation to support an end to the hunt, and we've found a true champion for seals in the government. Senator Mac Harb introduced the historic bill in the Canadian senate last month after returning from his visit to the ice floes.
-The HSUS community dug deep to help seals and met The Giant Steps Foundation's matching gift challenge to raise $500,000 in just a few weeks. That means a total of $1 million dollars will immediately go toward stopping the hunt before it starts next spring.
-Russia made headlines worldwide when it announced that it would ban the killing of seals less than a year old this year, effectively ending one of the biggest kills of harp seals in the world. Yuriy Trutnev, Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, called the seal slaughter "bloody," and remarked that the killing of defenseless animals can't be deemed a "hunt."
So hopefully by next year as the European Union votes on this matter to end the slaughter we will see the end of this massacre for good. And it was all do to you who helped us animals who have no voice for ourselves!
Chow for now!
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