A US-based anti-Israeli settlement action group is stepping up its efforts to strip the Jewish National Fund of its on-going charitable status, saying the JNF is conducting "anything but charitable" work on Palestinian land. The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation says it works to end US support for Israel's 46-year occupation of West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem and upholds equal rights for all.

When people who have been professionally trained in a line of work begin to question and speak out against the ethics and morals of the work they are doing it is time to sit up and take notice.

In a move that could end the commercial captivity of Orca killer whales a California congressmen has introduced a law to make it illegal to keep orcas in captivity. If approved the new law will make it illegal to "hold in captivity, or use, a wild-caught or captive-bred orca for performance or entertainment purposes".

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