easyVegan Link Sanctuary, 2008-11-06
November 6th, 2008 5:18 pm by Kelly G.About
The easyVegan Link Sanctuary is a near-daily roundup of animal and environmental advocacy news, action alerts, carnivals, events and resources. This link roundup is meant as a jumping-off point for you, the reader, to take further action and learn more about the issues presented here. I link, you decide!
If you have a link you’d like included, please drop me a line at easyvegan [at] gmail.com – or leave it in the comments! Feedback is also appreciated, particularly as it relates to the links included below. I’ve tried my best to identify and name any speciesism, sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, sizeism, etc. which may appear in the resources below; if, however, I’ve overlooked something, please leave a note in the comments. It’s not my desire to fight one form of oppression by engaging in another.
Action Alerts
CREDO Action: Host an End of Bush Party
Thanks for your interest in hosting a End of Bush Party. We know there are lots of CREDO members & activists ready to come together and celebrate the end of the Bush era. We want to help — so that’s why, if your event has online signups from ten or more email addresses, CREDO will reimburse up to $100 of your party expenses.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Tell the EPA to keep toxic perchlorate out of our drinking water
The EPA has decided not to regulate perchlorate levels in drinking water, even though this toxic chemical poses dangerous risks to pregnant women and infants. Tell the EPA to keep perchlorate out of our drinking water before the November 10th comment deadline.
The Sierra Club: Protect the Gray Wolf
Just weeks after abandoning its disastrous delisting of gray wolves in the Rocky Mountains, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced new plans to take them off the endangered species list! Less than a month remains to submit comments urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to slow down and act in the best interests of these wild creatures, which is to keep them on the endangered species list.
Campaign Updates
In Defense of Animals (IDA): Fur Free Friday 2008 Update
Make plans to act for fur-bearing animals on November 28; Fur Free Friday, the world’s largest and oldest anti-fur demonstration, takes place the day after Thanksgiving every year. Join IDA and activists throughout the world as we urge shoppers to never buy fur, stores to stop selling fur, and media fashion writers to reveal the truth behind fur.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): Grey’s Anatomy Doctors Trained on Live Animals
Last Thursday night’s episode of the television hit Grey’s Anatomy featured a subplot in which live pigs were stabbed, and then interns and residents were told to treat the injured animals as part of a trauma training exercise. (Note: No real pigs were used in the filming of the episode.) Nancy Heigl, PCRM supporter and the mother of actress Katherine Heigl, who plays Dr. Izzie Stevens on the show, contacted us when the story line was being developed because the actress was disturbed by the subplot. PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., and PCRM senior medical and research adviser John Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., both had extensive conversations with the producers of the show about the overwhelming trend in medical education to use simulators instead of animals in medical education.
Contests
PETA: Win a Vegan Body-Care Pack From Jason Natural!
Fill out the form below by December 1, and you might win a variety of new fragrance-free products from Jason Natural, including shampoo, conditioner, lotion, body wash, and facial cleanser and cream. Since all these products are cruelty-free, you can just relax and enjoy them. We will let you know by December 8 if you’ve won.
Vegan Bits: Your Thanksgiving Recipes
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we thought it might be fun for all of us to share our favorite recipes. So, send us your favorite vegan Thanksgiving recipe(s). We’ll compile the recipes that look most interesting to us and include a link back to your site as well.
Newsletters
American Humane Association (AHA): eNewsletter, November 2008
Tips for a humane holiday season
Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Earth Online, No. 433, November 6, 2008
Endangered Earth: Buckwheat’s Future Looking Up, Power Line Looked Down On
Compassion Over Killing (COK): Compassionate Action, November 6, 2008
eNews: Historic Election Gives Hope to Farmed Animals!
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): eNews, November 6, 2008
PETA E-News: Win a Tofurky in Time for Thanksgiving!
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): PCRM Online, November 2008
PCRM Online, November 2008: Meet PCRM’s New Expert in Animal Trauma, Sir Anthony Hopkins Asks Spike TV to Donate $25,000 to The Cancer Project, and More
The Sierra Club: Club Currents, Volume VI, #137, Nov 4, 2008
Get Out There and Vote!
VegCooking.com: Recipe of the Week, November 5, 2008
Poached Pears With Raspberry Coulis
Petitions
Cheney: Don’t Block Ocean Habitat Protection Plan!
Investigate BLMs Wild Horse & Burro Program NOW!
MAKE TEXAS NEUTER ALL DOGS AND CATS
BAN Canada’s Annual Seal Slaughter
The Circus is NO Place for Animals (Ontario)
Corfu Animal Rescue Establishment (Greece)
Stop the shut down of Mother’s Heart NGO (Kolkata, India)
Upcoming Events
Best Friends Animal Society: Lint Roller Party, November 13, 2008
Thursday • November 13, 2008 • The Hollywood Palladium • 6215 Sunset Blvd • Hollywood CA 90028
Fur Free Friday, November 28, 2008
Autumn is here, and “fashionistas” everywhere are buying, selling, or writing about fall wardrobes. Don’t forget an essential day in the fall “fashion season” – Fur Free Friday! Join us again this year as we urge shoppers to never buy fur, stores to stop selling fur, and media fashion writers to reveal the truth behind fur.
Amnesty International’s 2008 Global Write-a-thon, December 5 – 14, 2008
In the days surrounding International Human Rights Day on December 10, tens of thousands of caring people around the world will take part in the world’s largest letter writing event. Please join this worldwide effort. Be a part of the Global Write-a-thon. During last year’s Global Write-a-thon, people in more than 30 countries sent over 150,000 letters, postcards and emails on behalf of prisoners of conscience, human rights defenders, and others at risk. At least three of the prisoners were freed because of your support.
Miscellaneous
Audubon: Election Results Bring Conservation Opportunity and Need for Action
Defenders of Wildlife: A Special Message from Rodger Schlickeisen: 2008 Election Wrap-Up
Earthjustice: Looking Forward: Our Priorities During The New Administration
Farm Sanctuary: November 4, 2008: SUCCESS ON PROP 2!
Friends of Animals (FoA): New Political Times, Breathing Space for Animal Rights
Green for All: HOORAY! Now let’s help Obama govern. Here’s how.
Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF): Historic Election Yields Big Victories for Animals!
League of Conservation Voters (LCV): 2008 election results page
National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Historic National Victory for People and Wildlife!
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): California Proposition 2: We Did It
Support Lauren: A Reluctant, Humble Plea
Support Lauren: New Blog From Lauren: “My Latest – LATE Blog”
Vegan Soapbox: If The Obamas Don’t Go Vegan, Maybe Their Puppy Will
Wayne Pacelle: Further Reflections (on the 2008 elections)
Wayne Pacelle: The People Have Spoken: YES! on Prop 2
Yes! On Prop 2: Prop 2 Passes!
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November 7th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Because the estimates are now up to 10 million dogs and cats are killed every year and dumped into the lanfill. Why haven’t any of you thought about the damage you are doing to the United States. Theres e-coli coming from the landfills from the 10 million dogs and cats that all of you have poisoned. When do you think the drug used to kill those animals will show up in your drinking and bath water. What are you doing you have no compassion for the human race. I hope the EPA hauls all of you to jail.. Talk to the PEOPLE who are in the hospital because of your actions. We are talking about e-coli poisoning the water, poisoning people.