Action Alerts

Animal Person: Irish SPCA’s Bizarre Fundraiser
As Mary reports, the Irish Society for the PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS is holding a DOG SLEDDING RACE as a fundraiser. Please contact the ISPCA and tell them that dog sledding is inherently cruel, particularly under the conditions they’re advertising on the event page (“Sledding over 200 kilometres from our base camp into the wilds of the most northern European country of Norway, this event proves the ultimate challenge for many participants. With temperatures falling as low as -30C the bond between man and dog becomes essential…”). You can find additional information and talking points at www.helpsleddogs.org.

Defenders of Wildlife: Help Ensure a Lasting Future for Wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies
“In March 2008, the Bush/Cheney Administration eliminated Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies. For months, wolves were slaughtered… until Defenders of Wildlife and our conservation allies prevailed in court and restored federal protections for these magnificent animals. In its final hours in power, the outgoing Bush/Cheney Administration attempted to once again remove wolves from the list of federally protected species. President Barack Obama has temporarily suspended the Bush/Cheney wolf proposal, and now we need your help to encourage federal officials to adopt a more responsible wolf management plan in its place.”

Kelly’s note: If you choose to use Defenders’ sample letter, please delete the “ranchers, hunters” in the following sentence: “I also hope that you will work with conservationists, states, ranchers and other interested parties to craft a science-based, responsible and balanced federal management strategy that will benefit wolves, ranchers, hunters, Northern Rockies residents and all Americans who care deeply about wildlife conservation.” I could not care less about helping ranchers and hunters.

Kinship Circle: UPDATE: Obama’s Freeze May Give Gray Wolves Reprieve; Plus: Sign-On To Letter To Abolish “Lethal” Wildlife Services
“On 1/14/09, an Interior Department rule under the Bush Administration removed gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains regions from the federal endangered species list. : ‘Within hours of Obama’s inauguration, his administration froze last-minute Bush administration regulations before they could take effect. Among them was an Interior Department proposal to remove gray wolves from Endangered Species protections in much of the northern Rocky Mountains…’”

NARAL: Thanks, President Obama!
“Just days into Obama’s presidency, he took swift and decisive action to end the global gag rule. The repeal of the global gag rule means that health clinics in developing countries will again be able to offer the world’s poorest women access to much needed reproductive-health services, from birth control to prenatal care.”

National Partnership for Women & Families: Urge President Obama to to reverse this ill-conceived HHS regulation
“At long last, the Bush Administration’s global gag rule was rescinded today by President Obama. This is a huge victory for women’s reproductive health, and we applaud President Obama for ending an eight-year policy that denied contraception for women in some of the world’s poorest nations. [...] In December, the Bush Administration issued a dangerous and misguided “conscience” regulation that jeopardizes access to birth control and other medically necessary health care services and information, dealing another blow to women’s right to make their own informed health care decisions. The new HHS regulation makes it easier for health care providers to withhold information and services to patients, if the providers have moral or religious objections.”

Planned Parenthood: President Obama: Thank you for overturning the global gag rule!
“The global gag rule was a threat to the health of millions of women. Clinics have closed, contraceptive supplies have dwindled, and women were left without basic and critical health care services. As a result, there were more unwanted pregnancies and more unsafe abortions. Today, one woman dies every minute of every day due to pregnancy-related causes, including unsafe abortion, and over 200 million women in developing countries who wish to delay or end childbearing lack access to modern contraceptives. By overturning the global gag rule, President Obama has taken a tremendous first step toward promoting women’s health around the world.”

Population Connection: President Obama Rescinds Global Gag Rule!
“We are thrilled to announce that only moments ago, President Barack Obama rescinded the notorious Global Gag Rule. As of today, the US government will be able to restore funding to dedicated and experienced family planning groups around the world—many of whom were forced to scale back their services or cease operations altogether under the strictures imposed by the previous administration. Today’s action by our new president is the first step in restoring America’s image around the world as a leader in reproductive health and family planning, and it signals a sharp break with the policies of his predecessor. However, this act alone will not solve the problems associated with a rapidly growing population: resource insecurity, social instability, and maternal and child death. To confront these and other problems, the US must commit to a return to real investment in international family planning.”

The Wilderness Society: The new Administration is listening – ask President Obama to protect wilderness!
“Wilderness clears our air, filters our water, provides home and sanctuary to wildlife, including threatened and endangered species, and is a significant buffer for species facing the effects of global warming. For those reasons, it is important that the new administration make protecting wilderness central to its environmental, global warming and energy policies. There are several steps the Obama administration can take to immediately protect wilderness areas and right some of the wrongs of the past administration.”

Petitions

Tell PETA that nice families do adopt Pit Bulls!

Make Animal Cruelty A Felony In Idaho

Vet Clinic #1 is killing stray and unattended dogs in Tbilisi Georgia

‘Round the Interwebz

PETA Prime: Speaking Your Dog’s Language

Science Daily: Mouse Trap? Immunologist Calls For More Research On Humans, Not Mice

Vegan Soapbox: Getting Our Priorities Straight

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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