Action Alerts

Farm Sanctuary: Tell the USDA to Include Animal Welfare in Its Proposed Organic Standards
Recently, the USDA published a complex rule amending standards for the treatment of animals raised at organic livestock and dairy facilities. Unsurprisingly, factory farms with organic certification are now taking issue with the rule and plan to fight it.

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Tell Nordstrom: “Fur Just Doesn’t Belong Here”
Nordstrom is a fourth generation family business that has a solid customer service reputation, and a name that evokes a sense of responsibility and success. Why then does the Nordstrom Family continue to sully its reputation with ties to the fur industry?

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Tell President-elect Obama to make clean energy a top priority
President-elect Obama has promised to make clean energy and climate change top priorities as his administration tackles our economic challenges. Tell President-elect Obama that you expect him to fulfill that promise.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): URGENT: Urge Virginia Beach Public Schools to Be Humane!
PETA was recently contacted by a number of distraught Virginia Beach residents who have learned that cruel glue traps are being used to trap mice in the city’s 96 schools and offices. PETA caseworkers have asked school officials to remove all glue traps from their buildings and campuses immediately and instead explore humane alternatives. While we understand that the school district might be looking into the matter further, we have not received confirmation that the glue traps are being pulled in the meantime.

Contests

Born Free USA: Born Free USA launches eco-friendly fur-free fashion competition
This week (December 8, 2008), Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA) and leading environmental publication, E Magazine, launched “fffashion,” the fur-free fashion design competition. Independent designers are invited to enter their fur-free fashion designs for cash prizes and the chance to be featured in an ad in the September/October issue of E Magazine. Additional support for fffashion comes from UsTrendy, an innovative fashion company which aims to modernize the fashion process, which will help spread the word about the contest to independent designers.

Wired.com Photo Contest: Animals
This week we want to see your best animal photo. Whether they be furry, feathery or freaky, we want to see what the animal kingdom has to offer. Use the Reddit widget below to submit your best animal photo and vote for your favorite among the other submissions. The 10 highest-ranked photos will appear in a gallery on the Wired.com homepage. (h/t, Animal Person)

Newsletters

American Rivers: The Current, December 2008
Endangered Rivers See Progress, Still Face Challenges

Born Free USA: eNews, December 11, 2008
Born Free USA launches eco-friendly fur-free fashion competition

Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Earth Online, No. 438, December 11, 2008
Endangered Earth: Condors Get Boost, Grand Canyon in Distress

Farm Sanctuary: eNews, December 11, 2008
Farm Sanctuary News: Create Change for Farm Animals

In Defense of Animals (IDA): IDA eNews, December 11, 2008
News & Features

Petitions

Stop The Acorn Woodpecker killing at Rossmoor

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.

The Gentle Barn: Winter Wonderland, Sunday, December 14, 2008
On December 14th from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. we are hosting our second annual Winter Wonderland, complete with real snow for sledding, hot apple cider, live music, delicious food, an xmas tree to decorate, candles to light, and a silent auction where you can purchase all your holiday gifts. Adults get in for a $20 donation and children, ages 12 and under, get in for a $10 donation.

In Defense of Animals (IDA): The 1st Annual Nationwide “Adopt, Don’t Shop!” Day, December 20, 2008
The Saturday before Christmas is the biggest puppy-buying day of the year. This year, In Defense of Animals is teaming up with activists in dozens of cities around the country to educate the public about the horrors of pet factories (puppy mills) and encourage people to adopt a homeless animal from a shelter or rescue group instead of buying one from a pet store.

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

Vegan Bits: Gift Ideas

Your Daily Click-Through Reminders

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.

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