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Several animal rights groups have written the London 2012 organizers to try and persuade the director of the opening ceremony, Danny Boyle, to not use live animals.

The opening ceremony planned to use 100 farm animals in the show, but animal groups warn them they may face severe consequences.

Under the 2006 Animal Welfare Act, it is illegal to intentionally cause undue fear and distress to animals.

There are six groups in total agreement that the experience of being in the show would be "highly stressful and probably terrifying experience for them."

The groups are Animal Aid, Animal Defenders International, Captive Animals Protection Society, Compassion in World Farming, Peta and Viva.

They want Boyle to use puppets and animatronics.

The lead organizers of the Olympics said that they will be working closely with the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals to make sure the animals are "better looked after than the volunteers."

We bet it's too late at this point to just scrap the whole animal part.

Let's hope the show really conforms to all the animal laws or else Danny Boyle might have a whole lotta angry people to deal with.

[Image via Nikki Nelson/WENN.]

Tags: animal, animal rights, animals, danny boyle, director, farm, illegal, international, law, london, people, pet, peta, pets, protect, protection, show, terrifying

Everyone knows that too much sun exposure can be dangerous, even deadly — but did you know it can be just as bad for your pets??

Tags: animal, animals, beach, cute, danger, dangerous, fragrance, fun, fur, people, pet, pets, protect, protection, snow, sun, toxic, water

AWWWWWW!! Simply adorbs!

Howletts Wild Animal Park based out of Canterbury, England have welcomed a new member to their family of Grizzled Leaf Monkeys.

The baby, named Asmara, is the twentieth baby to

Tags: adorable, baby, captivity, danger, endangered, england, grizzled leaf monkey, monkey, monkeys, protect, wild

Not us personally but humans in general.

A new study has found that the Sumatran tigers are getting closer to extinction because of human activities.

The problem is mainly

Tags: animals, danger, deforestation, extinct, humans, protect, protection, sad, species, study, threatened, tiger, tigers, wild

Colbie Caillat, the multi-Grammy winning, platinum-selling artist is going to take a break from promoting her latest album, All of You, to help the animals!

No, she's not putting on a concert in the middle of the woods. She's going to perform at The Humane Society of the United States' 26th Genesis Awards on Saturday, March 24, 2012!

Colbie is a champion for

Tags: animals, awards, campaign, collie caillat, genesis awards, hsus, humane society, protect, puppy mills

Omg!

That's horrible!

A man whose duty was to protect the endangered animals has been arrested in connection with the killing and horn poaching of two rhinos.

At South Africa's Kruger National Park the worker was among four people who were arrested for the recent rhino poaching.

The parks department said that the ranger who was arrested is just one of the many park rangers who are currently striking for higher pay.

There animals literally may be extinct soon and since the beginning of 2012, 80 rhinos have already been poached!

This really needs to stop or else our children's children may never get the chance to see a real live rhino!!

Tags: africa, animals, arrested, endangered, extinct, horrible, killing, poaching, protect, rhino, south africa

Yao Ming is a big fan of animals and trying to protect them.

He spearheaded the campaign against shark finning alongside Richard Branson.

He has most recently spoken out against bear bile farming.

So Yao and

Tags: animals, asia, bear, bears, bile farm, farm, medicine, protect, rescue, sanctuary, yao ming