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Planning a vacation to the American West this summer? How about boycotting the State of Montana in protest of their intended slaughter of 300 wild bison, including many small nursing calves, in the next few days.

The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) has set up a bison trap near the West Yellowstone airport, on state land and they intend to begin capturing approximately 300 wild buffalo, including tiny newborns and their whole families, beginning Thursday, May 31.

Call to Action: Boycott State of Montana this summer... by D. Grant Haynes.

World Week for Animals in Laboratories ( WWAIL ) is an annual event designed to expose the plight of animals used for testing and research. WWAIL seeks to arouse concern for animals in laboratories as well as educate the public about the scientific, moral, and economic objections to animal experimentation, also known as vivisection. WWAIL 2007 will be observed during the week of April 22-28.

Full Announcement: UCLA vivisection protest by Jan

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa promised to make LA a NoKill City. He hired Ed Boks as the new General Manager. In his first year Boks has failed to reduce the euthanasia rate. Fewer animals made it out alive, fewer were adopted. What went wrong? And what is the Mayor going to do about it?

Full story: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa doesn't Keep Campaign Promise to Animals by Ann Angeleno

Grassroots activists have won yet again, as the POM juice company issued a public statement yesterday that they would never test on animals again. This is very significant since POM has spent millions of dollars on animal experiments in the past 10 years, including inducing erectile disfunction and depriving oxygen to animals' brains. Hats are off to L.A. area activists for their successful campaign against POM!).

Full story: VICTORY! Pom to stop animal tests by Anonymous

In the past two years there has been a resurgence in the number of bed bug infestations in North America. Bed bug city has maps showing the extent of the plague, with the situation being worst with some of the heaviest infestations spreading in the Western Coastal regions of the United States which has a climate the most favorable to year round bed bug travelling (they are killed in winter should they be found outside the warm comfort of a nest in someone's bedroom, which inhibits their ability to travel in some regions of the country).

Full story:SleepTight by Brent Herbert