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Officials have revealed that animal rights advocates in Canada are urging the public to speak up when they see animal neglect, following the seizure of 38 abused horses in New Brunswick.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported on Friday that the seizure of the horses by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has shocked animal lovers into raising funds for veterinary bills and to provide other support for the animals, 26 of which have been placed in foster homes.

It has been reported that organizers of Toronto's International Medical Marijuana Expo say they want to attract people tired of taking pharmaceutical drugs with adverse side-effects.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has reported on Friday that Marco Renda, organizer of this weekend's Expo said: "We're not trying to promote: 'Come down to the convention center and get stoned.' This isn't what it's all about. This is about educating yourself on the benefits of cannabis as medicine."

It has been reported that eleven Cuban human-rights activists freed from jail want Spain to recognize their struggle by giving them Spanish citizenship.

It has been reported that the activists, from a group of more than identified 50 political prisoners in Cuba, arrived in Spain this week and immediately began campaigning for rights of citizenship as they did not wish to be considered as asylum seekers or immigrants.

Police officials have said that a woman shot two intruders breaking into her Tulsa, Okla., home killing one and critically wounding another.

The Tulsa World reported on Friday that Thursday's alleged home invasion, in which the woman shot Darreon Carter, 18, and Daniel Holman, 23, was Tulsa's second such incident in as many days.

The woman, whose name was not reported, was walking back to her Brighton Park apartment about 3:50 a. m. after going to a fast-food restaurant when Carter and Holman allegedly forced their way inside, demanding money, said Police Capt. Travis Yates.

Authorities have revealed that hundreds of Southern California firefighters were battling three blazes Friday that scorched more than 1,500 acres in a 10-square-mile area.

The (Riverside, Calif.) Press-Enterprise has reported that the wildfires, all ignited by lightning on Thursday in Riverside County, about 160 miles southeast of Los Angeles, were not growing. Only the smallest, the 70-acre Saddle Fire, was more than 50 percent contained by Friday morning,

According to the media reports, British Premier David Cameron's battle with social networking site Facebook over a page that glorified a dead killer has prompted a debate on free speech on the Internet.