Things are worse than ever--a mini-briefing

World-wide:

1. Africa--being poached to the eventual end for
ivory, exotic pets, food.

2. China, plus most of Asia--consuming/murdering and torturing animals
for
food, faux-medicinal products, fur-trade et al.

3. Thailand and Ceylon---esp. cruel to elephants--labor and sport

4. India---exploding population equals slow and insidious end to
animal life--
--cows are still ok, we assume.

5. Antarctica---less ice mass means more slow death for polar bears,
seals, and penguins.

6. Whaling is worse than ever, mostly by Japan, Norway and Canada but
they
are not alone.

7. South America--say goodbye to the 'Rain Forest'--real soon.
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The U.S.:

1. VIVISECTION is bigger than ever, (esp. in the DOD),
more chimps, cats and dogs, etc. Viv. is a huge growth industry
providing many jobs from Frankenstein to clean-up person.
And most other developed counties are just as guilty.

2. Exotic Pet Trade is thriving here--there are more birds in cages
than can be counted by an ordinary calculator. Ditto for snakes and
hundreds of others.

3. Breeeding Industry is gigantic:
a. Puppy Mills
b. Cat Mills
c. Toygers
d. Ligers
many, many more

4. Factory Fur-farming is bigger than ever
because Real Fur is back with a vengeance.

5. Factory-Farming of food animals has reached cruelty
levels unheard of not long ago.
a. Ostrich
b. Lhama
c. Alligator
d. This list is pretty much without end.

6. Habitat encroachment is a world-wide problem but is also very bad
here for thousands of species.

7. Circus animals still live the Hell on Earth.

8. Shelters house those who suffer the terror of life in a tiny cage--
--we are still just kidding when it comes to dog and cat
overpopulation.

Please add to this off-the-cuff list because it's anything but
complete.