easyVegan Link Sanctuary, 2008-07-23

July 23rd, 2008 8:36 pm by Kelly G.

Action Alerts

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Tell Congress: Reject Endless War and a Torture Cover-Up
President Bush and Attorney General Mukasey have a plan to make the entire globe — including the United States itself — a “battlefield” where the president decides who will be locked up forever. The legislation Mukasey is pushing would also subvert the Constitution, authorize indefinite detention, and permanently conceal the Bush administration’s systemic torture and abuse of detainees.

Ecological Internet / The Climate Ark: Biofuels to Turn Kenya’s Rich Tana Delta Wetlands into Ecological Wasteland
Let the Kenyan government know destroying ecosystems for toxic sugar monocultures is unethical, and ask them to please follow their own environmental laws, and permanently cancel the project.

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Protect America’s Waters–Support the Clean Water Restoration Act
For over 35 years, the Clean Water Act has protected America’s waterways from unfettered pollution and destruction. However, recent Supreme Court decisions and administrative fiats are pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to rollback the regulations designed to protect our nation’s wetlands, ponds, lakes and streams.

Campaign Updates

Dogs Deserve Better (DDB): Tammy Sneath Grimes legally changes name to Tamira Ci Thayne
Tammy S. Grimes, an animal activist, artist, and founder of Dogs Deserve Better, has legally changed her name to Tamira Ci Thayne, which roughly translates in its Czech, Welsh, and Gaelic heritage to “Peaceful Dog Warrior”.

Voiceless: the fund for animals: Chickens Cry Foul!
Voiceless commends Jamie Oliver for lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding the factory farming of chickens in his program Jamie’s Fowl Dinners, which aired on 23 July on Channel 10.

Newsletters

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): This Green Life, May 2008
THE HOTEL MODEL – On car-sharing.

New American Dream: New Dream News: Issue No. 46, July 23, 2008
Art Auction and Climate Actions for New Dreamers

No Kill Advocacy Center: The No Kill Advocate, Issue 4 2008 (.pdf)
National no kill conference; A Shelter Director’s Story of Redemption & Betrayal.; and more

Vegan Outreach: E-Newsletter, July 23, 2008
Last 8 Days to Double Donation

VegCooking.com: Recipe of the Week, July 23, 2008
Fragrant French Onion Soup

Petitions

Preserve the Tongass National Forest for Future Generations

Save Pucallpa river dolphin from captivity

Establish Federal Legislation to End the Use of Gassing Chambers as a Means of Euthanasia

Roicy Duhon Animal Shelter [Lafayette Parish]

Get a Dog Park in Gaylord Michigan

Stop the Shooting of Stray Dogs in Penang, Malaysia!

Upcoming Events

Rainforest Action Network (RAN): Stick it to Palm Oil August 13
On August 13, put pressure on companies that sell products containing rainforest destruction in the form of palm oil, and get them to join us in putting pressure on agribusiness giants ADM, Bunge and Cargill, the ABCs of rainforest destruction.

Miscellaneous

Green is the New Red: Woman Sentenced to 2 Years for Rescuing Dog, “Terrorists” Rescue More Animals in Retaliation
Again I ask: just who are the “terraists” here?

Super Weed: Guide to Surviving High-Risk Activism
Freebies at pattrice’s place!

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