The War on Cruelty

Hey, Die Before I Wake here. I made this world, The War on Cruelty, for people who love animals and are sick of the abuse, neglect, fighting, etc. of innocent animals. Cruelty is not limited to the beating, starving, etc. of domestic animals. It also extends to the capture, harming, and murder of wild species, too, as well as destroying the only homes they've known.

Here, I will post my own, and club members' stories, drawings, poems, videos, slideshows, images, essays, songs, etc. pertaining to any way of animal mistreatment. I will also put up updates of specials on National Geographic, Animal Planet, etc., in case anyone's interested. I'll also soon have links and buttons up to sites where you can donate to help our furry, scaly, skin-covered, and feathered friends and their homes by either sponsoring, or by buying stuff from their shops.

I'll frequently be changing layouts, updating, and adding members, so message me if you want to join to submit things, or simply look for something good to watch on TV. Or, even to find inspiring videos, poems, etc. that you may wish to repost onto your own world!

Members

Things you as members can do:
1. Submit a story.
2. Enter contests when I'm not too lazy to have them. XP
3. Submit a photo of your pet. Send me a lovely link to a photo hosting place and I'll put it up.
4. Submit art, poems, songs, videos. Once again, PM them to me, or email them to me. The club email address is below the "lovely" banners.
5. Uhh..... Use the banners to advertise?

Banners and Buttons
Choose the URL of the type of banner/button you want. Click the preview link next to it to see it before you decide. Then, copy and paste the code into wordpad, notepad, or any other word document, take the spaces out from in between the brackets, and then copy and paste the image URL where it says to. Then, paste the completed code into your WORLD or other page.

[ CENTER ][ URL="http://www.theotaku.com/worlds/twoc" ][ IMG ]PASTE IMAGE URL CHOICE HERE[ /IMG ][ /URL ][ /CENTER ]

Cheetah: http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/die_before_i_wake/THEWARONCRUELTYBANNER1.gif Preview

Fox: http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/die_before_i_wake/Banner2.gif Preview

Kitten: http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/die_before_i_wake/CLUBBUTTON1.gif Preview

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Buy Anti-Cruelty Stuff

ASPCA Online Store

The Animal Rescue Site

Friends Of Animals

Other Cruelty-Free Things

Companies that don't test on animals (Global Action Network).

Vegan/Vegetarian Food List (Animal Liberation Front)

Humane Teen

Why We DON'T Support PETA As of 1/07/09, when I found out about these things. It was too late to delete the posts with the news stuff from PETA2.

PETA Kills Animals

Article - "Better DEAD Than Fed"

No Kill Now

Other Sites

Global Action Network

Animal Liberation Front

Pet-Abuse.com

The Humane Society of the United States

You have news/stories/art/poems/etc. you want posted?

If you're interested in submitting something, you can message one of the 3 posters for the world: Hyper Vampp Boi, XSexAndCandyX, or Die Before I Wake. If it's an article, news story, etc., it will be researched. If it is found to be false, like the Bansai Kitty site, it won't be posted, but if it's true, it will.

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Created By Die Before I Wake

October is...

... Adopt a Shelter Dog Month!

That's right, everyone. October is National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.

So, if you can, either go out yourself or get someone to go out and give one of those sweet, loveable dogs a forever home. They need them more than you can believe.

Spread the word!

4.5 Million Animals Saved From Testing Labs and other news

Z here. I finally started checking my email again. And I got this from the Humane Society International:

4.5 Million Animals Saved From Testing Labs
HSI today welcomed a response from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to a request for clarification regarding safety testing requirements under the EU’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) regulation, which promises to spare approximately 4.5 million animals from suffering and death in chemical-poisoning tests.
Click here to read the rest of this article.

Support for Farm Animals in India
Animal lovers from south India, including representatives from NGOs focused on animal protection, rural development, and the environment, were inspired to take action on behalf of farm animals through a workshop hosted by Humane Society International (HSI) and the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations (FIAPO) from August 29 to August 30 in Bangalore, India. Forty-six individuals turned out for this two-day educational and capacity building event, where attendees began planning collaborative efforts to advocate for farmed animals in their communities.
Click here to read the rest of this article.

Canadian Government Refuses to Stop Seal Hunt and Trading Cat and Dog Fur
Humane Society International/Canada strongly disputes statements contained in an internal memo to Agriculture Canada, released by Canadian Press yesterday. In it, government officials urge Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz not to follow the United States and European Union in banning cat and dog fur imports, arguing that such an action could undermine Canada's case against nations that have prohibited seal product trade.
Click here to read the rest of this article.

Note: The last article is, by no means, a negative stereotype against Canada and its citizens. Click to read the article and you will see that the director of Humane Society International/Canada speaks and says that most of Canada wants to stop it, just the government won't listen. So I don't want to hear about my page causing people to go bashing someone because of where they live, got it?

Happy Hug A Veggie Day!!!!

Well, it's here! International Hug a Vegetarian/Vegan Day!

I got 46 hugs today.

How many did the other veggies get?

ZOMG I'm so sorry!

I've just realized I haven't posted on here in months! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'M SORRY!

Sooooo, to try and cheer people up (pfft. Like you were sad anyway)....

This Friday, September 25th, is......

Don't forget to make a T-shirt/button/sign/jacket or just tell everyone you know!

VEGETARIAN/VEGANS UNITE! 8D

Michael Vick Apologises

What I Did Was Horrendous
Posted by: Michael Vick
COMMENTS

**GLOBAL GRIND EXCLUSIVE** I'm sorry. That's the place where I need to begin. My feeling of remorse. I ain't never written a blog before, so putting my thoughts down on paper is a challenge - however it's a challenge I must face. I can look a 250 pound linebacker in his eyes at the line of scrimmage and have no fear. But expressing myself when I know that there are millions of people who are so angry with me, and rightfully so, is a challenge unlike any other I have faced before.

What I did was horrendous. Awful. Inhumane. And I've no excuses for my actions. It makes my heart hurt now to think about what I've done. And I'm gonna be real honest, it took a while for me to get to this place.

Sitting in a prison cell didn't make me feel remorse. It was meeting so many animal lovers, speaking with them and looking them in their eyes. Staring at them. Looking so deep into their eyes that I began to feel their pain. Allowing that pain to enter into my body is when I started to understand how bad it really was. I have been trying hard to connect with people who feel this pain,because for my whole life I was disconnected from the suffering of animals. And you might say, "come on Mike, how could you do those things to those dogs?" And you're right...I
ask myself those questions every day. What kind of person does this? How does a human-being treat dogs or any animal with such pain and cruelty? And the hard part for me is the answer to these questions. Because the answer is ME. And I am trying so hard right now to become a better person, because who I was, I am ashamed of.

Cause see, my whole life has been numb. I was numb to the violence in my community...cause I saw it all the time, ever since I was a child. I mean, how does one grow up in a city that's nickname is Bad Newz? You can probably guess that from the jump, ya' know I've seen some bad things in my life. And football was the only way that I could escape. As a kid, I even used to go out fishing, and most of the times I wouldn't catch a darn thing, but just needed to get away from the chaos every once in a while. So, when the commissioner called my name as the #1 draft pick in the NFL - the first time a black quarterback had ever been chosen as the #1 pick, I thought my life was all good. But, what I didn't realize then, that I have begun to realize now, is that even though I had more money in my pocket, big cars and big houses, I was still numb. And when I say numb, I ain't talkin about not realizing the stuff that was going on around me, it was just like I was living life asleep. However, that is still no excuse for what I did. But let's not forget that there are still hundreds of thousands of young people growing in similar environments and seeing violence at a young age has severe consequences.

Now that I'm trying my best to wake up, I know I have a lot of work to do. And this isn't about trying to win a Super Bowl ring or a MVP trophy...this is about trying to save lives. I think back to when I use to play football and of course I use to see all those kids in the stands wearing #7 jerseys. And I would never want them to look up to the Michael Vick who did all of those terrible things to the dogs. I know where I need to do the most work is with all of the people around the world who continue to fight dogs. Let me be straight forward with y'all: What I did was wrong, and what you're doing is wrong. We must stop dog fighting, and I will do everything in my power to be a voice of someone who has finally woken up from the numbness, and knows just how bad it really is. My mission now is to be a source of service to save many animals. I am working very closely with The Humane Society and will be launching a new campaign shortly. If I had one hope in life, it would be that my actions will speak louder than my words. I know it will be hard to forgive me until you see my sincerity through my actions, but I promise you and I promise myself that that day will come.

Lastly, I accept this challenge, not of writing this blog, but of redeeming myself.

The Source

~Zeek

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