I was updating the Ompelukerho site, and in search of the monthly changing link I get to choose, I surfed to Animalia, and the petitions listed there. I chose something else to link, but I did sign 2 petitions I had not signed before.

The first goes to the French government, and pleas that they stop using a cruel trap when catching birds. The trap has some food between two stones, and then the bird comes to eat it, a third stone falls on the bird. Many birds are not dead immediately, but suffer a long time before dying. The petition is in German and French.

The second one is against bear 'farms' in China, Korea and Vietnam. The bears are kept and systematically farmed for their bile, which is believed to be healthy for humans. Therefore bears are kept in mini-sized cages and the bile collected from living bears - a very bad experience for the bears.

Please take a moment to sign them.