easyVegan Link Sanctuary, 2009-01-22
January 22nd, 2009 7:06 pm by Kelly G.Action Alerts
Born Free USA: Please Help Billy the Elephant Move to a Sanctuary; Please Attend Rescheduled L.A. City Council Meetings
“We urgently need your help to close down the Los Angeles Zoo elephant exhibit and send its lone elephant, Billy, to a sanctuary. We are hopeful that we can free him from his lonely existence — please don’t let him down! With information provided by Born Free USA CEO Will Travers and others, L.A. City Council member Tony Cardenas has presented a motion to halt the L.A. Zoo’s $42 million elephant exhibit renovation. Despite its mammoth price tag and expense to taxpayers, we believe it still will not provide the space nor quality of environment elephants need, and that elephants will continue to suffer and die unnecessarily at the zoo.”
DawnWatch: “The Cove,” film on dolphin slaughter, covered in Salon 1/22/08
“The Cove, a new film about the annual dolphin slaughter in Japan, got a lot of buzz at Sundance this year and is getting some great press. Andrew O’Hehir’s blog about Indie film, “Beyond the Multiplex,” in the online magazine Salon, currently features “The Cove” in a piece headed “Who Killed Flipper?”"
Farm Sanctuary: NYS: One massive cattle operation stopped, 600 more factory farms to watch.
“New Yorker’s can celebrate the recent announcement that Bion Environmental Technologies has suspended its unpopular plan to build an180,000-head beef cattle finishing operation in St. Lawrence County. This factory farm would be a nightmare for animals and the local community, and no amount of industry spin could convince the public otherwise. While Bion’s plans are on hold indefinitely, animal advocates can focus our efforts on the rest of New York’s approximately 600 factory farms, 80% of which are dairy operations.”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Urge Canadian Officials to Help Sled Dog Survivors, Allegedly in Dire Shape!
“Recently, the bodies of several sled dogs were found frozen to the ground in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada. These dogs, reportedly belonging to Tuktoyaktuk resident Randall Pokiak, had been tethered without access to shelter in temperatures below 0ºF. Three additional dogs were found still alive, also tethered without access to shelter and in bad shape. [...] Please call, fax, and e-mail Tuktoyaktuk officials and urge them help the three surviving dogs immediately before they fall prey to the deadly cold.”
PETA India: Undercover Investigation Reveals Horrors in India’s Dairy Industry
“PETA India’s recent undercover investigation of several dairy farms revealed shocking cruelty to cows and buffaloes. Tabelas – animal factories with no provisions for health care or animal welfare – are steadily replacing small family farms. By signing the pledge below to stop consuming dairy products – and encouraging your friends and family members to do so as well – you will be sending a powerful message that the cruel treatment of animals is unacceptable.”
Newsletters
American Rivers: The Current, January 2009
“The Current: Flow into 2009 with American Rivers”
Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Earth Online, No. 444, January 22, 2009
“Endangered Earth: Bad Bush Moves Halted, Defied; Fish Swims Toward Justice”
Earthjustice: eBrief, January 2009
“Obama’s First Act: Saving Wolves”
In Defense of Animals (IDA): IDA eNews, January 22, 2009
News & Features
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Weekly eNews, January 22, 2009
“PETA E-News: Ask NFL to Scan Michael Vick’s Brain”
Petitions
Economic Crisis Leaves Pets Hungry Too
‘Round the Interwebz
Berman Exposed (“Richard Berman has been a regular front man for business and industry in campaigns against consumer safety and environmental groups.”)
Zanesville (OH) Times Recorder: Like Bush, Obama disables our privacy
Upcoming Events
World Day for Meat Abolition, January 31, 2008
“World Day for the Abolition of Meat is intended as a means of promoting the idea of abolishing the murder of animals for meat. Worldwide six million sentient beings are killed for their meat every hour! That figure doesn’t even count the fish and other sea animals, which of course are included in the demand for the abolition of meat. Meat consumption causes more suffering and death than any other human activity and is completely unnecessary.”
Dogs Deserve Better (DDB): Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week, February 7-14, 2009
“Join us February 7-14th for Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week. OUR GOAL in our 7th Season is to SEND OUT 12,500 VALENTINES TO CHAINED or PENNED DOGS. We are striving to raise awareness for chained and penned dogs in a positive way…by delivering Valentines, a brochure and a treat coupon to dogs living outside all over the U.S. and into other countries where we have representation, such as Canada and Australia. Here’s what you can do: 1) Make Valentines; 2) Mail Coupons for Free or Reduced Cost Treats or Dogfood; 3. Send addresses for Chained or Penned Dogs.”
Animal Aid: End Primate Experiments – Day of Action, Saturday, February 28, 2009
“After 20 years, the EU law that governs animal testing across Europe and the UK is being revised. European Directive 86/609 EEC, which applies to animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes, is the legal template on which all EU member states base their national laws. In the UK, the relevant law is the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.Sadly, this Directive does not include an independent enquiry into the scientific reliability of animal experiments, nor does it offer a total ban – something to which Animal Aid is committed unequivocally.”
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About
The easyVegan Link Sanctuary is a near-daily roundup of animal and environmental advocacy action alerts, campaign updates, carnivals, contests, newsletters, petitions, upcoming events and miscellaneous resources.
While my primary focus is non-human animals and the environment in which they live, I will cover human rights issues as well, especially as they relate to animal and environmental welfare. (For example, while reproductive rights is typically seen as a feminist or women’s issue, the growing global human population does have environmental consequences. In this vein, access to family planning resources has a tangible impact on the environment – an environment we share with non-human animals.)
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 above. I’ve tried my best to identify and name any speciesism, sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, sizeism, etc. which may appear in the resources above; 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.
If you’d like to get on the above organizations’ e-mail lists, I’ve compiled a full list of all my resources on the Get Active! page.
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