March 2009
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New York Considers Ban on Exotic Animals in...
New York City may be on the verge of outlawing the use of exotic animals for entertainment purposes, a move which would effect zoos and circuses most of all. The law would essentially end the operation of the notorious Barnum and Bailey Circus in New York City.
The proposal put forth by the city counsel of New York is the second major blow to the Barnum and Bailey Circus in recent months. The...
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Week of Action: Final Day!
Commitment: 2 min
Impact: Help end cruelty to animals EVERYWHERE!
Backgound: Each one of us has the power to make a difference for the approximately 10 billion farm animals slaughtered in the U.S. every year. Our individual powers are maximized even more when we work together on organized campaigns. That’s where Farm Sanctuary’s Advocacy Campaign Team (ACT) comes in, and we need...
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Week of Action: Day 6
Commitment: 1 min
Impact: Stop sick and injured animals from being made into food.
Background: The USDA closed a loophole and banned downed cattle from being slaughtered and entering the human food supply. While this step is a milestone in efforts to protect those animals too sick and injured to walk, or even stand, protections need to be expanded to all species. Help continue this momentum.
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Week of Action: Day 5
Commitment: 1 min
Impact: End the cruel practice of horse drawn carriage in NYC.
Background: If you’re not already familiar with the cruelty and danger of the horse-drawn carriage industry, please watch this short clip from the new documentary Blinders, and we know that you’ll want to take action to ensure that this abusive industry is finally abolished.
Every year, the list of...
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Week of Action: Day 4
Commitment: 1 min
Impact: Help end the online sale of dog fur.
Background: Despite knowing that the fur industry is violent and bloody, Google continues to allow advertisements for fur, including dog fur on Chinese Web sites. The fur cuffs, collars, and coats advertised on Google come from animals who spend their short, miserable lives in cramped, filthy cages until they are slaughtered,...
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Week of Action: Day 3
Commitment: 1 min
Impact: Save the lives of millions of baby seals!
Background: Every year, hundreds of thousands of seals are killed for their skin in the most horrific ways imaginable. Seals stand no chance against club-wielding trappers who are after their fur, and they must look on as fellow pups are bludgeoned to death before meeting the same bloody fate.
These seals, many of whom are...
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Week of Action: Day 2
Commitment: 1 min
Impact: End the cruel practice of tail-docking in California in which cows have their tails cut off without the aid of anesthetic.
Background: Tail-docking of cows in the dairy industry — the partial amputation of up to two-thirds of the tail — is a procedure typically performed without anesthetic and is accomplished by the application of a tight, rubber ring...
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Week of Action: Day 1
Commitment: 1 min
Impact: Save the lives of hundreds of dogs
Background: Horrific torture videos have surfaced that show live dogs who scream in pain while being stabbed and killed during combat-training exercises conducted by soldiers in the Bolivian military. The hearts are cut out, the blood is smeared on the faces of the soldiers and they are forced to eat the raw flesh.
Action: Tell...
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Week of Action
Starting tomorrow, The Informed Vegan will be hosting the “Week of Action.” This event will run for seven days and offer the opportunity to spend at least one minute a day making a difference in the lives of animals and our environment.
Please take the time to check back everyday for new ways to help save lives. The planet will thank you.
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VICTORY! BOCA to Stop Using Eggs.
Veg food giant BOCA has agreed to to stop using eggs in ALL of their products! The company agreed that by the end of 2009 their food will be egg-free. This is a huge precedent setting victory for animal rights. Millions of animals will escape torture and soon the other veg food corporations will have to stop using eggs as well.
Big thanks to Compassion Over Killing for spearheading this...
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Will You Be One of a Billion Survivors?
Scientists warn that current global warming trends could reduce the world population to less than ONE BILLION! Warming, flooding, and other natural disasters caused by human ignorance will reduce the earth’s natural resources so much that that all 6 billion of us won’t be able to survive.
By now everyone should know that vegans and vegetarians require less resources to survive so if...
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VeganThis!
VEGANTHIS
I’ve been wanting to post this link for a while now. It’s a great looking site that is almost guaranteed to convince you to go vegan if you haven’t already.
Check it out!
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Do You Have a Minute?
The hunters are coming and YOU can help save his life.
Go to ProtectSeals.org and take one minute to send a message to EU and Canadian officials to help convince them that the seal slaughter is cruel and pointless.
Check out the Action ToolKit for all sorts of quick and easy ways to save over 300,000 lives.
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“I was vegan for a while up until recently. Then I started eating people. Only...”
– Chris Hannah, lead singer of Propagandhi
2/12/09 — Highline Ballroom
(via hereblog)
I’ve had this exact same thought so I thought this quote was soooooo perfect. To all those who think that they are helping the planet or practicing ethical consumption when the buy “free range”...
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EU Bans Animal Testing for Cosmetics!
As of March 11th 2009, the EU has banned cruel experimentation on animals for the production of cosmetics. Not only will testing on animals for cosmetics be illegal, products that were tested on animals in countries outside of the EU will not be legal to sell within the union.
This is truly a massive victory for animal rights. Millions of animals in Europe will be spared the horrible...
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Weekly Vegan Reader.
Here’s the latest headlines from around the web.
- JC Penney goes fur free!
-Truth in advertising laws may kill got milk campaign.
-Pig farms grow flesh eating bacteria.
-Colbert interviews Animal Liberation author, Peter Singer.
-ACTION ALERT! Today is the International Day of Action against the seal slaughter.
And as always, something to keep you smiling.
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Friday Vegan Spotlight: Daniela Sea
Daniela Sea is the star of The L Word, one of the most popular shows on television and she’s also a VEGAN! Daniela has a huge following of vegan and non-vegan fans who are pretty obsessed with her and I can see why.
Daniela is a vocal advocate for animals. She speaks out for the protection of all animals and has even been in a few PETA ads. When you look at Daniela, it is easy to tell...
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Ungar Furs Protests Make Progress.
Those in favor of the cruelty perpetrated by the fur industry, have made a desperate plea to help save Ungar Furs in Portland, OR. Fliers have been posted on the streets near the furrier that call for the citizens of Portland that oppose the sale of fur to be treated as “terrorists.” The fliers cite (presumably in their defense) the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act which legally...
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Coconut Kills Animal Abuser.
Karma strikes again. A man that had been abusing monkeys and forcing them to perform has been beaten to death in Thailand. The perpetrator, a small monkey named Brother Kwan.
Brother Kwan was refused rest and beaten on a regular basis by his “trainer” until one day he just had enough and snapped. The man was killed when Brother Kwan struck him on the head with a coconut. A fear...
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A License to Kill.
A rare white deer has been discovered in Scotland and hunters are clamoring to be the first to kill it. Hundreds of hunters are participating in a bidding war to over the “right” to kill the majestic animal. The auction is expected to reach over $8,000.
Advocates for Animals spokesman Ross Minett gave statement recently:
“Most people will be disgusted by the thought that...
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Celebs Star in "Stolen for Fashion."
Ricky Gervais and Pink have teamed up with PETA to bring you a disturbing and funny video against fur. In my opinion, this is one of PETA’s most brilliant videos yet. I’d love to see this popping up all over the web and on TV. Please REPOST and EMBED this video. Let’s help end the cruelty of the fur industry.
“Stolen for Fashion”—Learn More at PETA.org.
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Death on a Factory Farm
HBO is set to air their acclaimed documentary, Death on a Factory Farm on March 16. You can bet that millions of people will tune in and catch their first glimpse of what life for farm animals is REALLY like. I challenge anyone who is not a vegetarian to watch this documentary with an open mind. I posted a clip from the film below.
Be sure and check out the website for more clips and...
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Weekly Vegan Reader.
Here’s this weeks headlines from around the web. Enjoy!
- Zoo refuses to cover ditch and elephant dies.
- Mark Bittman appears on Colbert.
- Vegan singer Morrissey releases new album (that actually rocks!)
- The future of slaughterhouses…robots.
- Factory farmers fear the activist.
- Sea lions to be killed on the Columbia.
- 5 reasons republicans should care about the...
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Activist May Become Mayor.
I wish I lived in New York. The Green Party in New York City has nominated activist Rev. Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping for mayor. Rev. Billy is the leader of a successful band of artists/activists in New York City that encourage sustainable living, reduced consumption, and protest the privatization of public space.
Billy’s most famous protests involved going into Victoria’s...
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Friday Vegan Spotlight: Saul Williams
Saul Williams is an actor, poet, musician, and dedicated vegan. Before he sold his music to sweatshop kings Nike, Saul made the choice to distance himself from the horrors of factory farming by changing the way he ate.
Last fall, Saul made a heartfelt plea to fans encouraging them to look inside themselves and develop compassion in the kitchen. The plea included this statement:
Everyday, our...
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Oregon Drops Pit Bull Ban.
Thanks to everyone who contacted Oregon legislators about the legislation to ban/euthanize pit bulls in Oregon. It feels good when the people in government actually listen.
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Being Veg is Part of The Beatles History.
Liverpool Hope University announced recently that it will be the first university in the world to offer a Masters degree in The Beatles. The program will offer a look at the cultural and historical context of the Beatles’ music in order to better understand why, after 40-years, the band’s music still holds such an important place in our hearts.
The program will also focus on who...
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If You Love Your Children...
..then GO VEGAN! Audubon Magazine has a great article where the author recounts the many reasons that eating less/no meat can help save the planet and the lives of your children. Take a look if you have a minute.
Here’s one of my favorite parts:
“Simply put, raising beef, pigs, sheep, chicken, and eggs is very, very energy intensive. More than half of all the grains grown in...
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Can the Hip-Hop Cow Save France?
Image by Paul James
The french are trying to make farming cool. It seems that young people in France have shied away from becoming farmers because of the intense back breaking labor that the job requires and the country’s unemplyment rate has risen to 21 percent. Perhaps their new ad campaign can help save the economy by convincing young people to leave Paris and go work on farms.
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Weekly Vegan Reader.
Here are some of the best animals rights headlines from around the web.
- BOCA may be phasing out eggs.
- Oregon debates euthanizing/banning pit bulls.
- Slaughterhouses avoid inspection, as long as they pay up.
- Octopus floods CA aquarium.
- Obamas set example and get a shelter dog.
- Activists arrested under AETA for free speech.
- Rome bans horse drawn carriages (only on weekdays).
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