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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Subject: Gustav: Harder Hit SE Louisiana Needs Help

KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters — Communicating during disasters to mobilize volunteers, supplies, and other resources for animal victims.

9/6/08: Gustav – Harder Hit SE Louisiana Needs Help
Kinship Circle Is not directly coordinating volunteers for this effort.
See VOLUNTEER CONTACTS below.

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1. Volunteers, Food, Money Needed For Left-Behind Animals

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Reply To:
Wendy Guidry – 985-373-5937, mrjames1 [at] earthlink.net

LT PHOTO: 8/30/08, Evacuation Route: Feral Cat Consortium rescues this small lost black dog.

RT PHOTO: Houma, LA: Feeding starving kittens and cats.

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Action Alerts

American Rivers: Thank the EPA for Dumping the [Yazoo] Pumps Once and For All!
I am thrilled to report that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Clean Water Act veto for the Yazoo Pumps, putting an end to this outrageously destructive project once and for all. This historic victory would not have been possible without your help in speaking out against this project. I hope you will help us again and thank the EPA for its historic and environmentally responsible decision.

Born Free USA / Animal Protection Institute (API): Urge Retailers to go Fur Free! – Sign the International Petition Today
Fur used in fashion is innately cruel. The unfortunate animals involved in fur fashion are either factory “farmed” or trapped and then killed, only to end up as a bit of trim or other so-called fashion item. We need you to do your part and work with us at Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute to put an end to this senseless and brutal practice.

DawnWatch: Ecorazzi covers Thanking the Monkey and new promo video 9/2/08
This morning I did the tough stuff — now I get to do the fun stuff. Those of you who are interested in pop culture and also in animals and the environment need to know about the fabulous Ecorazzi site! This week, because Thanking the Monkey is so colorful and celebrity laden, Ecorazzi published an interview with me.

Earthjustice: Tell Congress to Extend the Renewable Energy Tax Credit
The clean energy tax credit will expire at the end of this year. Please — urge Congress to extend it. For decades, oil and other dirty energy sources have enjoyed subsidies that give them an unfair edge over renewable energy. The current tax credit for renewable energy generation helps level the playing field a bit, giving clean energy sources a fighting chance to become a more significant alternative to dirty energy.

Pacific Environment: Demand real energy security solutions!
With only five months left in office, the Bush Administration is pushing to ram a new 5-year offshore drilling plan through Minerals Management Service (MMS) that would put large coastal areas in the hands of oil companies and aggressively expand current drilling. Expert after expert has said we can’t drill our way to energy independence. Tell the MMS today to stop new oil drilling and demand real energy solutions!

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Action Alerts

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): I Am a Constitution Voter
The ACLU has come up with a powerful way to make it clear that, for millions of voters all across America, there is nothing more important than protecting the Constitution. Sign the ACLU’s “I Am a Constitution Voter” pledge and get your free bumper sticker now.

Audubon: Save Our Seas: Protect Sensitive Ecosystems from Drilling
The Bush Administration has just initiated a new oil and gas development plan to “accelerate an offshore exploration and development program.” Tens of millions of federal lands and waters are already open to oil and gas leasing, with millions of acres under lease and awaiting exploration. There is no need to sacrifice new, sensitive, and important marine and coastal ecosystems.

DawnWatch: Palin provides vital opportunities for animal friendly letters 9/4/08
But in the current election we have an unusual media opportunity to make the animals’ voices heard. While most of the population are not vegetarian and may not rate animal issues at the top of their agenda, numerous polls have shown that the vast majority of Americans do care about kindness to animals. They back animal welfare and environmental protection laws and are against egregious cruelty. Sarah Palin has so far shown a level of hostility to animal interests that is well outside the norm. Her presence on the ticket therefore gives us the chance to let it be known that such a stance matters, and that to most people, both Democrat and Republican, it is a negative.

Defenders of Wildlife: Reject the Bush/Cheney Offshore Oil Scheme
The Bush/Cheney Administration has launched an all-out push to line our coasts with oil rigs that would pollute our waters, threaten dolphins and other marine wildlife and wreck coastal economies. According to federal energy officials, such drilling will have “no significant” impact on prices at the gas pump. But it would have significant impacts for dolphins, sea turtles and other marine wildlife that needs healthy ocean ecosystems to survive.

Democrats.com: No Stolen Election 2008
Democrats.com was born at the August 2000 Democratic convention in Los Angeles where Al Gore was nominated for President. That November, Karl Rove and Florida’s Secretary of State Katherine Harris stole the election. While the theft was in progress, we organized “Count Every Vote” protests all across the country, helped the Congressional Black Caucus formally object to the counting of Florida’s stolen electors (a scene made famous in “Fahrenheit 9/11″), and protested George Bush’s inauguration in Washington DC. Please help our friends at the Secretary of State Project stop Republicans from stealing the 2008 election.

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UPDATE, 9/4/08:

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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Subject: UPDATE/ SUPPLIES FOR ANIMAL FLOOD VICTIMS IN DENHAM SPRINGS, LA

KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters — Communicating during disasters to mobilize volunteers, supplies, and other resources for animal victims.

9/4/08: UPDATE: Supplies & Volunteers Needed In Denham Springs, LA
Kinship Circle Is Coordinating Volunteers For MuttShack

Even if you cannot travel to Louisiana right now, you can help Denham Springs animals by sending supplies and/or monetary donations.

SUPPLY NEEDS:

MEDICAL/VETERINARY
– 5-in1 vaccines for cats
– Bordetella vaccines
– Feline leukemia vaccines
– 5-in-1 for dogs
– Flagyl for diahrrea
– Albon for coccidia
– Revolution or Frontline

– 100 large crates
– Air-float tarps, 10 x 10
– Bowls, collars

FOR VOLUNTEERS / SHELTER
– Mosquito repellant
– D batteries
– Generators
– Fuel
– Fans
– Ponchos, rubber boots
– Building supplies, lumber…

SHIP SUPPLIES TO:
Denham Springs Animal Shelter
600 Bowman Street / Denham Springs, LA 70726

TELL KINSHIP CIRCLE WHAT YOU ARE SHIPPING:
kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net

URGENT – DUCK (FLAT-BOTTOM) BOAT NEEDED:
IF YOU CAN SECURE A BOAT OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN, CONTACT MARY KARR: 206-947-3374

MONETARY DONATIONS:

MAIL HOME DEPOT OR SAM’S CLUB CARDS TO:
MuttShack Animal Rescue
730 Orleans Street, 2nd Floor
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

DONATE ONLINE: www.muttshack.org/donate.htm

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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:42 AM
Subject: ARNO Needs Help At Gustav-Damaged Shelter

KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters — Communicating during disasters to mobilize volunteers, supplies, and other resources for animal victims.

9/3/08: ARNO Needs Help At Gustav-Damaged Shelter
CONTACT ARNO DIRECTLY.
Kinship Circle is not coordinating volunteers for ARNO.

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ARNO NEEDS WAREHOUSE/SHELTER VOLUNTEERS TO:
– Supplement our warehouse/shelter staff for animal care and cleaning.
– Set-up and care for evacuated dogs who’ll return from Shreveport shelter.

Just show up at 271 Plauche Street if you can help!
Animal Rescue New Orleans
271 Plauche St. * Jefferson, Louisiana 70123
Cross street: Edwards (off of Jefferson Highway)
ARNO main line: 504-571-1900 (unknown if currently operational)
ARNO Shelter Director/Rescue Coordinator: 504-913-2328

Take I-10 East to Clearview. Go south on Clearview.
Travel awhile… Make a right on to Jefferson Highway (west).
(This turn is past Airline Highway 61. You’ll see a McDonalds with blown-out sign).
From Jefferson, turn right on to Edwards.
Take the second left on to Plauche St. not court.
Follow Plauche around. We are halfway up on the left side, 271.
Orange sign on front door: “Animal Rescue New Orleans”

ARNO NEEDS DONATIONS AND WAREHOUSE SPACE

Gustav caused roughly $15,000 to $25,000 in damages.

DONATE ONLINE: www.animalrescueneworleans.org/donate.html

DONATAE BY MAIL: Animal Rescue New Orleans
1219 Coliseum Street * New Orleans, LA 70130

We need warehouse space, near the Elmwood Business Park area, to store food.
Most of our former warehouse must now house animals until we rebuild. Do you know a big donor or someone willing to help?
CONTACT: Robin Beaulieu – ARNewOrleans [at] aol.com | 504-913-2328

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From: Kinship Circle – kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Subject: Volunteers On Standby For Gustav, Hannah, Ike, Josephine…

KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters — Communicating during disasters to mobilize volunteers, supplies, and other resources for animal victims.

9/3/08: Volunteers On Standby For Gustav, Hannah, Ike, Josephine
Kinship Circle Is Coordinating Volunteers For MuttShack

TO BE ON VOLUNTEER RESERVE TEAMS, FOLLOW DIRECTIONS BELOW.

**You will not be on file with Kinship Circle to deploy for MuttShack — unless you submit all required information.

PHOTOS: Brenda Shoss works at the Union Station Parish Pickup Point in New Orleans, to help evacuate pets with their people pre-Gustav. 8/31/08, photo credit: Kinship Circle

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—– Original Message —–
From: No Kill Advocacy Center
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 5:48 PM
Subject: The No Kill Movement Today

A Call for Essays!

THE NO KILL MOVEMENT TODAY

What has changed for our movement? What have we discovered? What do we still have to accomplish? In other words, where is the No Kill Movement today?

The No Kill Advocacy Center is teaming up with The No Kill Nation in calling for essays about where the movement is today. All entries (subject to conditions below) will receive a free personally signed copy of Redemption, the book which has been called “a passionate advocacy for ending the killing of homeless dogs and cats in shelters.” The most thoughtful essay will receive two free registrations to the No Kill Conference in Washington D.C. (nokillconference.org). Winning entries will be published in The No Kill Advocate.

In September, the book Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and The No Kill Revolution in America celebrated its one year anniversary in release. Redemption is being called “powerful and inspirational,” “ground-breaking,” and “a must read for anyone who cares about animals.” Nominated as the Best Book by the Dog Writers Association of America and winner of a Silver Medal from the Independent Publishers Association, the book shatters the notion that killing animals in U.S. shelters is an act of kindness.

The book has not only helped shift the national debate about killing, but also played a direct role in helping to transform communities. A rescuer in Washington received this from the shelter manager she gave a copy of Redemption:

She just called to say that [she] has read the book and has had a 180 degree turn around. She told [us] that she now sees they have all been brain washed. The book is going to make the rounds of the staff. The personal goal of the manager is no dogs [killed] due to space this year.

After reading Redemption, Porter County (Indiana) commissioners and advocates succeeded in getting the 20-year shelter director of the county’s animal control shelter in Valparaiso and almost all of the staff removed from their positions. What was once a shelter that killed the vast majority of dogs and cats, sold live animals to a research facility on the side, and even cruelly killed the animals has been No Kill since a new team took over. During a recent visit, dogs were playing outside, were being walked by volunteers, kittens were being bottle fed, adopters were coming through the shelter in droves, the place was clean, and the animals had enrichment items to play with and soft blankets to sleep on.

As Redemption celebrates its first anniversary, Tompkins County enters its seventh No Kill year, Charlottesville enters its third, and new communities like those in Reno, NV and Valparaiso, IN enter the No Kill club. Other communities—in Montana, Michigan, and elsewhere—have also embraced No Kill, and many others are aggressively moving in that direction. No Kill is on the agenda of local governments nationwide as advocates in communities as diverse as King County (Seattle), WA and Indianapolis, IN are using Redemption and the model it advocates to force changes in the practices of local shelters.

In honor of the one year Anniversary, the author has donated copies of Redemption to The No Kill Nation to give away. And we are joining in by offering two free registrations to the No Kill Conference in Washington D.C.

The No Kill Nation is sponsoring a call for essays/blogs entitled “The No Kill Movement Today”: What has changed for our movement? What have we discovered? What do we still have to accomplish? In other words, where is the No Kill movement today?

All submissions (of at least one page) received by October 1, 2008 will receive a free personally autographed signed copy of Redemption (while supplies last). The most thoughtful essay will receive two free registrations to the No Kill Conference in Washington D.C. (nokillconference.org).

For more information or to join, visit www.thenokillnation.com or click here.

www.nokilladvocacycenter.org

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Tagged: animals animal rights animal welfare action alerts No Kill Advocacy Center The No Kill Nation animal adoption animal rescue dog canine cat feline pet companion animal no kill contest events conference Copyright 2007 Nathan J. Winograd Copyright 2008 Nathan J. Winograd Nathan J. Winograd book essays

I’m been a bad, busy blogger lately, and for that I apologize. Between the DNC, the RNC, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the hovering hurricane Gustav (and Hannah and Ike and Josephine), and the seemingly neverending rise in police repression and brutality, I am burnt. out. So I went on a bit of a staycation last week, and took in some local sights that I’ve been wanting to for awhile (staycation photos galore!).

Anyway, I thought I’d share this awesome ad campaign from Animals Australia. The series depicts photos of “mouth-watering” (*gag*) meat dishes along with their recipes. Instead of twelve ounces of pork and a cup of red wine vinegar, however, AA’s recipes call for gestation crates and animal cruelty.

I love the juxtaposition of beautiful gourmet food photography and graphic descriptions of factory farming practices. At first glance, the layout looks as though it might be straight out of a meat-worshipping cookbook a la Anthony Bourdain. But once the reader leans in closer, wham! Truth in advertising, baby. Genius.

As an added bonus, the ads are perfect for some stealth activism. Simply print out a few (hundred?) copies and insert them in the animal-unfriendly cookbooks in your local Barnes & Noble store. Or, heck, a friend or relative’s own cookbook collection, if you want to be doubly snarky.

The rest of the series is after the jump. (Click through to each pic’s Flickr page to read the full text.)

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Action Alerts

Common Cause: No More Abramoffs
Who can forget Jack Abramoff? The former Washington lobbyist, currently serving a prison term for his role in a fraudulent Florida casino boat deal, is set to be sentenced tomorrow on charges of conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion. Abramoff’s sentencing reminds us what can happen when wealthy donors and special interests wield too much power in our political system. Let’s make sure that our elected officials put the public interest ahead of the big-money interests by supporting a system of Fair Elections.

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Stop Alaska’s Aerial Hunting Program – From Spreading To Yellowstone!
Alaska voters recently defeated a ballot initiative that would have ended the state’s brutal aerial hunting program. As we prepare for another bloody aerial hunting season in Alaska, we must increase our efforts to pass the PAW Act – to bring an end to Alaska’s aerial hunting program, and prevent programs like it from spreading to places like the Greater Yellowstone region.

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Urge San Francisco Board of Supervisors To Help Animals At SF Zoo
San Francisco is faced with an exciting opportunity – to make the city-owned zoo a model institution for animal welfare and to teach respect and compassion for all. San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly has introduced an ordinance that addresses longstanding animal welfare problems at the San Francisco Zoo and transforms it into a world-class facility that will make all citizens proud.

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Does Our United States Army Really Need To Shoot Live Pigs?
On July 18 the U.S. Army 25th Garrison Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii conducted a training program for soldiers that consisted of shooting live, anesthetized pigs with high-powered M16A2 and M4 rifles, claiming that this cruel exercise was carried out to prepare combat medics to deal with battlefield injuries.

Ocean Conservancy: Oppose changes that would weaken the Endangered Species Act
North Atlantic right whales are among the most endangered whales found in US waters. The Endangered Species Act plays an important role in protecting these few remaining whales, but this landmark law is under attack. Tell your elected officials to do what they can to stop the departments of Commerce and Interior from making such a drastic change.

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Action Alerts

CREDO Action: This is America. We don’t jail journalists here.
Jailing journalists is unacceptable in a democracy. But that’s exactly what is happening at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Award winning journalist and host of “Democracy Now” Amy Goodman was arrested by St. Paul police while covering a protest outside the Republican National Convention. Though clearly identified as press, Goodman was charged with “obstruction of a legal process and interference with a ‘peace officer.’” Two of her producers were arrested for “suspicion of felony riot.”

Ecological Internet / Climate Ark: inal Push Needed to Stop Australia’s Tasmanian Ancient Forest Pulp Mill
Gunns of Australia’s controversial plans to build a huge pulp mill to make disposable consumer items largely from clearfelling ancients forests is close to failing, let us together make a final decisive push to warn off potential investors and environmental approvals and achieve its permanent withdrawal.

Farm Sanctuary: Help Seal the Loophole for Downed Cattle and Urge Protection for Other Farm Animals. Send Your Comments to the USDA Today!
On August 27, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule on the “Disposition of Downer Cattle,” and the agency is now seeking your input. Please send in your comments today, supporting the USDA’s proposed rule that all downed cattle – including those who become downed after inspection – be banned from slaughter.

Free Press: Stop the Arrests of Journalists. Sign the Letter.
Police in St. Paul arrested several journalists yesterday, including Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and an AP photographer as they were covering protests of the Republican National Convention. And earlier this weekend, police raided a meeting of the video journalists’ group I-Witness with firearms drawn to arrest independent media, bloggers and videomakers. Fill out the form below to demand that press intimidation cease immediately and that all charges be dropped.

Greenpeace: Don’t gamble on offshore oil
Record high gas prices have been making headlines for the past few months, and some politicians and corporations are taking advantage of the dire situation by organizing a push to lift a 27-year moratorium on drilling for oil along our coastlines. The Minerals Management Service is accepting public comments on its new 5-year drilling plan that would open up more of our coasts to oil drilling. Voice your opinion today and help lead the charge for real solutions, like renewable energy, instead of false solutions that will threaten this country’s coasts with oil spills and contribute to global warming.

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