UARC News and Events >> 30 July 06

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Hi Everyone,

Here is some news of the goings on in the Utah Animal Rights Coalition. In This E-Mail:

  * Calendar of Events
  * In the News

Thanks to Chloe for helping pass out leaflets at Thursday nights Gallivan Center event!

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### CALENDAR OF EVENTS ###
  ( UARC lists other groups' events in our calendar as a service to the community, for solidarity with others fighting for animal liberation.  PETA, VFS, ARM and Ching Farm are not affiliated with UARC. )


Monday, 30th
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- 7:00 PM - Monthly UARC meeting at The Bridge


Thursday, 3rd
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- 9:45 PM - Gallivan Center leafletting on 200 South and 50 West


### IN THE NEWS ###

Tuesday
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* West wilderness bills clear House, head to Senate
  http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4091840
WASHINGTON - The House approved a series of bills Monday to protect national forest land in the West, including the designation of new wilderness areas in three Western states.
  The bills would create nearly 670,000 acres of new wilderness and protect 47 miles of wild and scenic rivers in California, Idaho and Oregon, as well as ban drilling in northern New Mexico's Valle Vidal. The House also passed legislation to establish National Heritage Areas in several states, including New Mexico, Utah and Nevada. ...

* Feds deny Wyoming effort to delist wolves
  http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_4091841
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied a Wyoming petition seeking to remove the gray wolf population in the northern Rocky Mountains from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. The state promised a legal challenge.
  Meanwhile, Gov. Jim Risch of Idaho, where there are more than 600 wolves and where a wolf management plan has already won federal approval, said the predators have become ''a nuisance - and then some'' and renewed his call for prompt delisting. ...

* Protect pets from heatstroke
  http://www.sltrib.com/healthscience/ci_4091247
With the recent death of Utah Highway Patrol dog Reggie, the Humane Society of Utah is urging pet owners to follow guidelines to keep their pets safe from heat stroke. ...


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That's it for this week.  Thanks for reading!