easyVegan Link Sanctuary, 2008-12-08
December 8th, 2008 8:19 pm by Kelly G.Action Alerts
Animal Person: On the NYC Humane Education Resolution and “Radical Moves”
There will be a vote and conference about the Humane Education resolution by the NYC Council on Dec. 16th. There is a law that “requires instruction on the humane care and treatment of animals, [but it] is unknown to most educators.” Resolution 497 would help schools comply and hopefully bring funding.
Communities for Clean Ports: Don’t Let the Bush Administration Roll Back Crucial Policies
The Clean Trucks Program at the Port of Los Angeles, which began on October 1st 2008 is one of the most innovative, sweeping clean-air and anti-global warming models in our nation. Now, the Bush Administration, in its final days in office, is blocking the Clean Trucks Program and is once again placing special interests above public interest. Please tell your Congressional representatives to take a stand for public health, a green economy, and the environment by telling the Bush Administration to leave the Clean Trucks Program alone.
DawnWatch: Factory farm pollution is major news all week 11/29 — 12/5/08
This year, with the push to pass California’s groundbreaking Proposition 2, there has been much focus, in the animal advocacy world and in the media, on the treatment of animals on factory farms. This past week, there has been a heavy media focus on what factory farms, and the livestock industry in general, do to our environment.
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA): Short-sighted Energy Development puts Parks in Danger.
The Bureau of Land Management has launched a sneak attack against the national parks in Utah. Without consulting the National Park Service, BLM has opened thousands of acres to energy development near or directly adjacent to Arches, Canyonlands National Parks and Dinosaur National Monument. This development would forever change the landscape of these iconic western parks while increasing pollution. The front steps of our national parks are no place for energy development. Write Kempthorne TODAY and urge him to put a stop to the BLM land sale!
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Urge Britney Spears to Give Exotic Animals a Break
Prior to the release of Britney Spears’s music video “Circus,” in which elephants and lions are forced to perform humiliating and unnatural tricks, PETA fired off a letter to her manager urging her to leave animals out of her videos and live performances. Since this isn’t the first time that Britney Spears has exploited exotic animals to promote herself, we must urge her to stop supporting an industry based on cruelty and violence to animals.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Ask Obama for Policy to Reduce Animal Suffering
With a historic election behind us, PETA is hoping that President-elect Barack Obama is looking toward the future and considering ways to make animal welfare a part of the “21st century government” that he has promised to create. We have a few suggestions about where his administration can start: with our nation’s food policy as well as the way that our nation deals with risks from toxic chemicals. Please join us in asking President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team to create two interagency councils to direct programs on our food and toxicology policy. The formation of a National Food Policy Council and a National Toxicology Council will reduce waste, protect human health and the environment, reduce animal suffering, and save money.
Newsletters
Orangutan Outreach: 2008 Holiday Newsletter
Inka Finds Sanctuary at Nyaru Menteng, Adoption Updates & more
Petitions
Stop Bush’s Last Minute Attacks on the Environment
Short-Sighted Oil and Gas Development Puts Our National Parks at Risk
Please don’t buy reindeer meat from IKEA
Ask Santa’s Enchanted Forest to STOP Animal Acts!
TELL MARS TO STOP TESTING ON ANIMALS!
Tell “Slaughterhouse” Stenholm He is WRONG!!
Upcoming Events
Farm Sanctuary: Online Holiday Auction, December 2-16 2008
Consider doing your Holiday Shopping ONLINE where you can bid now on fantastic items like: A Yoga Class with Russell Simmons; Backstage Tickets to see Shawn Colvin; Lunch with the Legendary Alice Walker ; or a 1-Week Stay at the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach! Not only will you find the most unique gifts for your loved ones, you will be 100% supporting the animals of Farm Sanctuary! Please consider bidding on one of these unique items now.
Snow Leopard Trust: Online Art Auction, December 4-13, 2008
The Snow Leopard Trust’s first online art auction has started! Our artist partners: painters, photographers, sculptors and more contributed their unique works to help us raise funds and awareness this holiday season. The auction will end at midnight PST on December 13th, so be sure to get your bids in before it’s too late. Browse the amazing artwork for sale at www.snowleopardauction.org, and don’t forget to tell friends to make their bids too!
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.
Post Punk Kitchen: 4 Course Dinner For The Doggies – Fri 12/12
It’s on again! Join us at Sweetpea Bakery for a 4 course dinner to benefit Portland’s Family Dogs New Life Shelter, an non-profit no-kill dog shelter for, but not limited to, pups who are at risk of going to doggy heaven before their time.
The Humane League of Philadelphia: Holiday Party 2008, Saturday, December 13, 2008
Our biggest event of the year is on the way in just one month, and YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT! This year our annual holiday party will feature keynote talks from Bruce Friedrich (VP, PETA) and Heidi Prescott (VP, Humane Society of the US) on how to be a more effective voice for animals. Our special guests in attendance will also include Sarah Speed (PA Director, HSUS); Alka Chandra (Senior Researcher, PETA); Sen. Roy Afflerbach (Director, Humane PA PAC); Stu Bykofsky and Vance Lehmkuhl (Daily News); Rob Teti (Director, Chenoa Manor) and more! This fun, festive, and inspiring event will be taking place on the evening of Saturday December 13 at the Ethical Society Building in Center City Philadelphia.
Born Free USA: National Bird Day, January 5, 2009
Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute in coordination with the Avian Welfare Coalition (AWC) is calling on activists around the U.S. to take action on behalf of captive birds by drawing attention to the exploitation of other countries’ native birds by the U.S. pet industry on January 5 — National Bird Day.
Miscellaneous
Glenn Greenwald: Gen. Hayden and the claimed irrelevance of presidential appointments
Glenn Greenwald: A Democratic insider’s call for a new presidential secrecy power
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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!
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