Action Alerts

ACORN: Sheriff Joe is at it again
“Sheriff Joe is at it again. This week he raided a Phoenix, Arizona painting company — detaining eight painters and tearing apart their families. This raid, just days after the Department of Justice launched an investigation into his abuses, is more proof of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contempt for the citizens of Maricopa County and the rule of law. Fortunately, there’s one person who can put an end to these inhumane raids. Secretary Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security can suspend Arpaio’s 287g agreement that allows him to enforce Federal immigration laws.”

Best Friends: Discrimination in the Military?
“An animal welfare organization is calling on the U.S. military to reverse a wholesale ban on certain breeds of dogs which is tearing apart families and their dogs at bases across the country. Best Friends Animal Society is adamantly opposed to wholesale profiling of any breed of dog and is urging Americans to get involved.” (See also: BSL & the U.S. Military.)

Common Cause: Demand your Senators make bailout accountability the law!
“The TARP Reform and Accountability Act would require bailout recipients to provide information about how taxpayer money is used, helping to ensure bailout funds are used as they were intended: to stimulate the economy and help struggling Americans. The bill passed through the House in January, but months later it still has not been introduced in the Senate, and the longer it stalls, the more likely it becomes that we will face another AIG-like instance of bailout fund misuse.”

Dogs Deserve Better (DDB): Pennsylvania’s Wall of Shame: Chained Dogs Still Waiting for a Law
“Pennsylvania dog advocates are on our 3rd year fighting for a law limiting chaining in Pennsylvania. Rep. Scavello has sent out the memo asking for co-sponsors of the new tethering bill, so far there are 30 sponsors, up from last year. We will let you know ASAP when the bill is introduced and a number is assigned. This year, as part of a much larger push to get this bill through to a law, we have created a Pennsylvania Wall of Shame: Chained Dogs Still Waiting for a Law. This Wall features photos of chained dogs in every county who are still out there living chained today, still waiting for help, and still waiting for YOU. If you can get us photos of chained dogs in your Pennsylvania county, please e-mail them to us at photos [at] dogsdeservebetter.org with the county location. Ask your local Rep to get behind this bill.”

Farm Sanctuary: Pigs Eating Pigs. Is That Funny to You?
“Boost Mobile has recently aired a commercial that is as offensive as it is disturbing. The commercial depicts two pigs sitting at a table in a restaurant eating a large, pink ham. One pig speaks to the camera and says, “I like a nice ham. You think that’s wrong? We’re just enjoying the flavors of a fallen friend.” You can watch the full “Pigs, Unwronged” commercial here. For whatever reason, Boost Mobile finds humor in the idea of pigs being eaten, and eating each other. As any compassionate person can understand, this image is grossly negative and demands a response from us.”

Free Press: New Networks Must Be Neutral
“Just as Washington is deciding to spend billions of dollars to connect Americans to a fast, accessible and open Internet, phone and cable company lobbyists are swooping in to change the rules, scrap the Net Neutrality requirements and stamp out consumer choice. Please fill out the form below to sign the petition and we will deliver your comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.”

Greenpeace: Become a Sustainable Seafood Activist!
“Collectively, supermarkets sell a massive amount of seafood and consequently can influence if the products they sell contribute to over-fishing, pirate fishing and destructive fish farming. Greenpeace needs your help monitoring supermarket seafood policies and practices. The sustainable seafood toolkit will provide you with what you need to survey your local supermarket and report to Greenpeace on whether they support healthy oceans. The information you gather will be used to update our supermarket scorecard and will let supermarkets know Greenpeace has its eye on them.”

The Peace Team: No, Former Vice President Cheney Was NOT A Law Unto Himself
“Remember when former Vice President used to claim that he constituted a peculiar fourth branch of government unto himself, claiming executive privilege as part of the executive branch, while with the next breath refusing to obey executive branch record keeping laws? Now we beginning to find out what that fourth branch of government actually was . . . his own private worldwide assassination ring. Somehow we don’t recall the U.S. Constitution providing for such a fourth co-equal branch of our government. [...] Is there no level of treason outrageous enough to get one of the other two branches of government to confront these crimes against the Constitution? The justice department must immediately appoint a special prosecutor. Failing that, Congress must launch its own investigation, as called for by the always heroic Dennis Kucinich, to get to the bottom of this.”

The Wilderness Society: Protect Marine Mammals – Say No to Arctic Ocean Drilling!
“Undoing Bush-era policies is going to take some time, but this is one that needs to be addressed right away. Drilling in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska would threaten marine mammals who make the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas their homes – and the local cultures that depend on them for their very way of life.”

Campaign Updates

Compassion Over Killing (COK): CAMPAIGN VICTORY: BOCA to Stop Using Eggs by End of 2009!
“In February 2009, Compassion Over Killing teamed up with Mercy For Animals and the Animal Protection & Rescue League as well as compassionate consumers everywhere to urge BOCA to stop using eggs in its products. We’re excited to announce that less than two months after BOCAEggFacts.com was launched, the company announced that it is indeed going to stop using eggs! [...] Please contact the company to thank them for making this compassionate decision!”

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): Albany Medical Center’s trauma training course to stop using live pigs
“Your efforts to help animals have paid off. In November we asked you to help end the cruel and unnecessary use of live pigs in Albany Medical Center’s trauma training course. More than 4,000 of you took action—and the medical center listened! Yesterday, Albany Medical Center informed PCRM that it will use only simulators in its Advanced Trauma Life Support course. This means that every trauma training course in New York state is now animal-free! [...] While more than 90 percent of United States and Canadian facilities no longer use animals for Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training, MeritCare Medical Center in Fargo continues to use live pigs for its course, despite the availability of nonanimal alternatives like the TraumaMan System from Simulab. The hospital’s next ATLS course is scheduled for April 27.”

Contests

Caring Consumer: Win an Eyeliner Set From Urban Decay Cosmetics
“Fill out the form below by March 31, and you may be one of five lucky winners to win an Urban Decay eyeliner set. Winners will be announced by April 6. Enter now!”

PETA2: Free Stuff Friday: ‘Club Soda, Not Seals’ T-Shirt
“We want everyone to take a stand and urge Canada to put an end to this brutality. You can help show your support with our new ‘Club Soda, Not Seals’ t-shirt. This week, we’re giving away three of them! To enter for your chance to win, just comment below with what you think of Canada’s vicious seal slaughter. Entries must be received by March 27th and the three people with the most powerful comments will be chosen and notified by March 30th.”

Teach Kind: Enter to Win an Animal Rights Starter Library for Your Classroom!
“The animal rights starter library will help your students to better appreciate, respect, and empathize with animals. The kit includes 50 Awesome Ways Kids Can Help Animals, Making Kind Choices, One Can Make a Difference, and an annual subscription to PETA’s Animal Times. You can read these books to your students, make them available in your school library, or have your students read them as a class. [...] Just fill out the form below by March 31 to enter, and we will let you know if you’re a winner by April 6.”

Newsletters

American Rivers: The Current, March 2009
“Victory for Past Endangered River Comes on Eve of 2009 Endangered Rivers List Release”

ASPCA: eNews, March 20, 2009
“Puppy Poisoned by Popular Plant”

Best Friends: eNews, March 19, 2009
“It’s All About Happy Endings”

Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Earth Online, No. 452, March 19, 2009
“Plant, Bats, Snails, and Turtles Get Help”

Compassion Over Killing (COK): Compassionate Action, March 19, 2009
“Campaign Victory!”

Earthjustice: e.Brief, March 2009
“Whales Dying Over Tuna”

In Defense of Animals (IDA): eNews, March 19, 2009
“News & Features”

Orangutan Outreach: Spring 2009 Newsletter
“Emergency Medical Appeal – Malaria has hit the Nyaru Menteng Clinic with devastating results for the Orangutans”

World Wildlife Fund (WWF): eNewsletter, March 2009
“8 Days Until the Earth ‘Goes Dark’”

Petitions

Feds confirm abuse of monkeys at ONPRC

STOP the Trophy Hunting of Bears

México Verde (Green Mexico): Gray Whales

Stop Mega Yacht Marina in Victoria Harbour

AGAINST THE KILLING OF THE DOGS OF SCICLI

‘Round the Interwebz

American Humane Association (AHA): Foreclosure Pets Grant

Audubon: For the Birds? A Climate Change Quiz.

HSUS: See the winning Spay Day pet photos!

The Sierra Club: Sneak Peak at our NEW Green Tips Site!

Upcoming Events

The Great American Meatout – Friday, March 20, 2009
“On (or around) March 20 — the first day of spring — thousands of caring people in all 50 U.S. states and two dozen other countries get active to host educational Meatout events. Activities include colorful festivals, lectures, public dinners, feed-ins, cooking demos, food samplings, leafleting, information tables and more.”

Farm Sanctuary Spring Auction 2009 – Friday, March 20 through Thursday, March 31
“Farm Sanctuary needs your help now more than ever to care for the animals at our sanctuaries, continue our campaigns and promote compassion. Every gift you make matters for suffering farm animals. We are working hard to raise funds for our 2009 budget and we need your help! Right now, you can help Farm Sanctuary help farm animals and also get a wonderful gift for yourself or a loved one at the same time through our charitybuzz auction.”

Earth Hour 2009 – Saturday, March 28, 2009
“Mark your calendar and plan to join millions of people around the world in turning off the lights at 8:30 p.m., March 28, 2009, for one hour—Earth Hour—to raise awareness and take action to fight climate change. U.S. activists: Turn your action into something even bigger! Push your federal and state elected officials to shut off their lights and to take strong action to fight climate change.”

Animal Aid: Horse Racing Awareness Week, Sunday, March 29 through Saturday, April 4, 2009
“Horse Racing Awareness Week takes place in the seven days leading up to the Grand National meeting in Aintree – a notoriously hazardous three-day event that has killed 35 horses over the last decade. Runners face unique problems in the flagship race, including the proximity of a large, noisy crowd; the number of animals taking part; and the nature of the fences. Most years there are fatalities. Animal Aid is calling for this punishing, brutal event to be banned. Please read on to find out how you can help raise awareness and aid our campaign.”

American Humane Association (AHA): Every Day Is Tag Day – Saturday, April 4, 2009
“The American Humane Association celebrates every day as Tag Day to encourage all pet owners to tag or microchip their companion animals. Pet care is more than providing food, water and shelter. Pet care also includes tagging your pet. According to the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy, about 1 million dogs and half a million cats are taken into U.S. animal shelters as strays each year. Sadly, only 15 percent of those dogs and 2 percent of those cats are reunited with their owners.”

Animal Care Expo 2009 – Monday, April 6 through Thursday, April 9, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV
“This year, The Humane Society of the United States is offering the best Animal Care Expo to date. We’ve joined forces with the National Conference on Animals in Disasters, and we welcome emergency managers and responders to the best conference experience in the animal protection and emergency services fields. At Animal Care Expo 2009, you’ll find more of our renowned educational workshops and networking opportunities. And Expo will again have all your favorite features, like the Meet and Greet, the Brain Bank, and more!”

Amnesty International: Demand Accountability for Torture and Abuse Now! Congressional In-District Lobby Weeks, Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 17, 2009
Obama’s latest move on detainees reveals an administration unwilling to change Bush counter-terrorism policies. Register today to meet with your Senators and Representatives during the weeks of April 6 – 17. This past weekend we got a deeply troubling glimpse into the heart of the Obama administration’s counter-terrorism policies. On Friday, in a symbolic break with the past, the Obama administration announced it would drop the term “enemy combatant” – only to argue in the same breath that the administration has the legal authority to hold detainees indefinitely, without charge. We’re beginning to fear the worst: that the Obama administration will hold onto the failed counter-terrorism policies of the Bush administration. Such a move would solidify and make indefinite detention and other Bush policies the new norm in America. Our most powerful antidote to these cancerous counter-terrorism policies is a full investigation that includes holding those responsible accountable. While your Members of Congress are at home during the April recess, meet with them and push them for an independent investigation.”

In Defense of Animals (IDA): World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL) – Saturday, April 18 through Sunday, April 26
“Please join In Defense of Animals during World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL), April 18-26, to speak out against the abhorrent use of animals in testing and research. With a new administration and a serious financial crisis at hand, it is more important than ever that we use this week to call attention to the outdated and unnecessary biomedical experiments that continue to claim the lives of millions of animals each year. This year, there is more hope than ever, as technology moves us beyond antiquated animal experiments and government reports, agencies and scientists have begun to acknowledge not only the need to move away from animal research, but also the flaws in the National Institutes of Health’s grant-funding system.”

Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF): Party Animals, Party to end puppy mills – Sunday, April 19, 2009
“The Humane Society Legislative Fund is excited to announce that our next round of Party Animals house parties will be Sunday, April 19, and will focus on putting an end to puppy mills.”

Earth Day – Wednesday, April 22, 2009
“Earth Day 2009, April 22, will mark the beginning of the Green Generation Campaign! This two-year initiative will culminate with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010. With negotiations for a new global climate agreement coming up in December, Earth Day 2009 must be a day of action and civic participation, to defend the Green Generation’s core principles. Under the umbrella of the Green Generation, thousands of events are currently being planned in schools, communities, villages, towns and cities around the world. As in 2008, on April 19th Earth Day Network will celebrate Earth Day on the National Mall in Washington, DC, plus large-scale volunteer events in ten other US cities in partnership with Green Apple Festival. Our partners in Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Beijing, and Manila, among others, are planning large events where everyone can participate. Find an event or activity near you!”

WorldFest – Saturday, May 16, 2009 in Woodland Ave. Park in Encino, California
“The WorldFest 2009 Earth Day Festival will be held on Saturday, May 16th, 2009, from 10 am to 6:30 pm, at the beautiful outdoor setting of Woodley Park in Encino, CA. We will welcome our attendees to a magnificent day filled with entertainment, education and enlightenment. The combination of great music, empowering speakers, environmental, humanitarian and animal welfare non-profits, kid’s activities and an delicious food court make for an earth-friendly experience that is sure to be inspiring and enjoyable for all.”

Farm Sanctuary: California Country Hoe Down, Saturday, May 16 & Sunday, May 17, 2009 in Orland, CA
“Farm Sanctuary’s barn doors are swinging wide open for two days of good old-fashioned fun and festivities during our annual Country Hoe Down. Spend a rejuvenating weekend in the countryside with likeminded individuals and our lovable rescued farm animals during this one-of-a-kind conference. [...] The conference costs $45 per person and $20 for children and includes the catered dinner and barn dance. Free, rustic camping is available at the California Shelter on Saturday night only, and hotel accommodations are only a short drive from the sanctuary.”

Veggie Pride Parade – Sunday, May 17, 2009 in New York City
“Please join UPC President Karen Davis, Parade creator Pamela Rice, and other animal rights activists for the Second Annual Veggie Pride Parade in New York City. Last year’s Parade was a huge success. The 2008 Parade was covered by The New York Times and many other media outlets in NYC and around the country. This year’s Parade will be even Bigger and Better! Procession starts at Noon – lineup 11 a.m. – in the Old Meat District in Greenwich Village where Little West 12th St., Gansevoort St., Greenwich St. & 9th Ave. converge. Endpoint for the Parade this year is Union Square Park (north end).”

Their Lives, Our Voices 2009 – Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference, Friday, June 12 through Sunday, June 14, 2009 in Minneapolis, MN
“Their Lives, Our Voices gathers activists from around the country for an inclusive, high-quality, hands-on conference focused on empowering advocates in their efforts to help farmed animals. This event is accessible to all animal advocates, showcasing diverse topics and perspectives within our movement. Networking and attendee participation are vital to TLOV’s success, so please come and help make our second annual TLOV conference an exceptional event. TLOV is hosted by Compassionate Action for Animals. The conference starts in the evening of Friday, June 12, and continues through Sunday, June 14. The conference venue is the Hubert H. Humphrey Conference Center in Minneapolis, MN.”

National Pigeon Day – Saturday, June 13, 2009 in New York City
“The New York Bird Club cordially invites you to participate in the Second Annual National Pigeon Day Celebration on Saturday, June 13th from Noon to 4 p.m. on Pilgrim Hill in Central Park in New York City. This event is a celebration of pigeons and a time to give thanks to pigeons for the joy they bring us each day of the year – their sweet faces, cooing voices and majestic waddle lift our spirits amid the bustle of city life.”

Let It Live – Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28 in Portland, Oregon
“The 2009 Let Live Conference is officially set for June 26th-28th in Portland, Oregon and registration is open NOW. To offset the cost of the conference, we kindly request a donation of $15 for registration. However, for early birds who register by May 1st, the suggested donation is only $10! So register early and help us provide you with a bigger and badder animal rights conference.”

Taking Action for Animals – Friday, July 24 through Monday, July 27, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia
“The fifth annual Taking Action for Animals conference will be held July 24-27, 2009, in Arlington, Virginia. Learn how to plan effective campaigns, walk the halls of Congress to lobby your federal legislators on animal protection issues, and hear from speakers such as HSUS president and CEO Wayne Pacelle, comedian and author Carol Leifer, and Colorado State University professor and bioethicist Dr. Bernard Rollin.”

Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, Saturday, September 19, 2009
“Save the date for this year’s Cleanup on September 19, 2009. Official registration doesn’t open until June, so we’ve created a special save the date invitation to remind you why this is so important (you can print it or use it for your computer background). If you don’t currently receive email communications from Ocean Conservancy, you can also sign up for the email list, and we’ll let you know when you can officially register (as well as other easy things you can do to help protect the ocean).”

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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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