Action Alerts

American Rivers: Nominate a “Most Endangered River” Today
Does your river face an uncertain future? Will its fate be determined sometime in the coming year? Is there a critical action that may affect the river’s ability to thrive in the face of global warming? If so, nominate your river for the America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2009 Edition, to be released in April 2009.

Defenders of Wildlife: Tell the EPA to Stand Strong on the Carbofuran Ban!
Take action now to thank the Environmental Protection Agency for moving to eradicate carbofuran traces on our food — and urge agency officials to do everything they can to speed this process along to protect our families, our wildlife, and farm workers who are exposed to this toxic chemical.

Humane Society of the United States (HSUS): Tell the USDA To Close the Downer Loophole!
As a result of HSUS’s investigation at the Hallmark/Westland slaughter plant, followed by the largest ever meat recall in U.S. history, the USDA is finally considering closing a loophole in federal slaughter regulations that hurts downed cattle. If USDA’s proposal moves forward, cattle who are too sick or injured even to stand or walk will no longer be slaughtered for human food, so there will be no incentive to drag them with chains, shove them by forklift, shock them, blast them with high-pressure water hoses to simulate drowning, or otherwise torment downed cattle to try to get them on their feet.

National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA): Stop the Attack on the ESA!
A plan is in motion to gut the Endangered Species Act, our nation’s bedrock wildlife protection law. The Department of the Interior recently announced a proposal to strip the wildlife professionals of their authority to protect imperiled species— and leaving agencies which have little to no wildlife expertise to make decisions on the future of imperiled wildlife. This means that any agency from Transportation to Commerce could determine the future of already imperiled wildlife… and their interests may lie on the side of pro development and pro pollution. Conflict of interest? You bet. We can’t let them get away with this.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Tell Rabbi to Stop Abusing Chickens in Kapporos Ritual Sacrifices
From a distance, kapporos sites look like street festivals. But up close, they are horrifying makeshift slaughterhouses on public streets. This ritual, which is practiced primarily by Hasidic Jewish communities, involves the rough handling (waving chickens over one’s head) and slaughter of chickens in a sacrificial atonement ceremony prior to the holiday of Yom Kippur. [...] Please write to Rabbi Hecht, the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE), and representatives of Beis Din of Crown Heights—the kosher agency that certifies this kapporos operation—to demand that Rabbi Hecht no longer use live chickens for this ritual.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Urge Spiegelworld to Stop Using a Live Cat!
PETA has written to Spiegelworld general manager Anna Young about the company’s current production, Desir, which features a live cat who walks across a tightrope stretched high above the crowd. PETA asks the company to stop using live cats.

Public Campaign Action Fund: Be A Citizen Co-Sponsor
Reps. John Larson (D-Conn.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) have introduced the Fair Elections Now Act, companion legislation to the bill introduced in March 2007 in the Senate by Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.). Modeled on the successful systems in Maine, Arizona, and North Carolina, the bill will bring a Clean Elections modeled program for qualified congressional candidates. This historic moment means we now have bicameral bipartisan support for Fair Elections in Congress!

Contests

Alliance for Public Technology: Share Your Broadband Story
The Alliance for Public Technology is sponsoring a contest to demonstrate this fact and raise awareness of the benefits of advanced high-speed internet access and the way it is transforming the lives of real people in real ways. Their goal is to encourage the universal deployment and adoption of broadband in the United States. So share your story, and you could win $1,000 for first place, $500 for second or $250 for third. It’s easy, just explain how has broadband changed your life in 50 words or more.

Newsletters

Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #132, Sept 23, 2008
Green Jobs Day of Action

Vegan Outreach: E-Newsletter, Sept. 24, 2008
Urgent: Please Help Us Meet the Demand for Our Booklets!

VegCooking.com: Recipe of the Week, September 24, 2008
Orange French Toast

Vegetarian Resource Group: VRG-NEWS, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2008
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR; VEGETARIAN JOURNAL RESTAURANT POLL & more

Woodstock FAS: September 2008 Newsletter
Woodstock Sanctuary: Blessing & ThanksLiving

Petitions

Pets Against Sarah Palin!

NBC Universal television network is advocating the fur trade.

Upcoming Events

World Farm Animals Day Vigil – October 4, 2008
What: Candlelight Vigil
Where: Perdue Slaughter Plant, Salisbury, MD
When: Saturday October 4th, 4:00pm – 7:00pm

Miscellaneous

Smite Me!: “Animal Evacuations In A Post-Katrina World” (that’s my other blog, yo!)

Your Daily Click-Through Reminders

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