Animal Defenders of Yuma now on Myspace!

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http://groups.myspace.com/yumaanimals

ADY joins 2007 "Make Mine Chocolate!" campaign for second year

The Make Mine Chocolate campaign to dissuade the "gifting" of live rabbits during the Easter season has been kicked off. ADY has joined the campaign.
From the Make Mine Chocolate! website:

Each year, unwanted, former Easter rabbits fill local rabbit rescues and humane societies. The goal of the “Make Mine Chocolate!™” campaign is to break the cycle of acquisition and relinquishment by educating the public about the responsibilities involved in keeping a companion rabbit before a rabbit is brought home.

Make Mine Chocolate!

HSUS's First Strike coming to Yuma

On Tuesday, Feb. 27th, at 7 PM in the AWC theatre, Arnold Baer, Director of Field Services for the Humane Society of the United States, will be in town to give a presentation about the HSUS's First Strike program. The HSUS defines the goal of their First Strike campaign as the following: "to raise public and professional awareness about the connection between animal cruelty and human violence and to help communities identify some of the origins of violence, predict its patterns, and prevent its escalation."

Animal abuse is often not taken as seriously as human violence, and as such is more likely to not be hidden from public view or knowledge by the perpetrators. As a community, it is our responsibility to recongnize the connection between animal and human violence and to act on the animal abuse we see. During this public presentation, Baer will discuss how an awareness of the connection can help law enforcement, educators, social service workers, and government officials combat violent crime.