The easyVegan Weekend Activist, No. 4
May 22nd, 2009 5:28 pm by Kelly G.Action Alerts: Animal & Environmental Advocacy
Alaska Wilderness League: Tell Congress: The Tongass needs conservation, not clearcutting. [Tiny violin alert! - Should you choose to use the sample letter, please edit for speciesism.]
Animal Legal Defense Fund on Change-dot-org: First Strike and You’re Out for Animal Abusers
Center for Biological Diversity: Help Protect Sage Grouse in the Bodie Hills
Change-dot-org: Sign Please to Tell Greenwood Village Not To Kill Coyotes!
Corporate Accountability International: Vote now on the worst corporation of 2009!
DawnWatch: Today Show covers Ringling cruelty case 5/20/09
DawnWatch: Rat and mouse protection on Wall Street Journal front page 5/16/09
DawnWatch: Isthmus front page on primate research — heartrending story 5/15/09
Earthjustice: An Historic Opportunity for Northwest Salmon [Tiny violin alert! - Should you choose to use the sample letter, please edit for speciesism.]
Farm Sanctuary: Help Farm Sanctuary Save Sheep from Cruel and Unnecessary Training Exercises
Farm Sanctuary: Don’t All Egg-Laying Hens Deserve to Stretch Their Wings? [California's AB 1437]
In Defense of Animals (IDA): Stop Navy From Killing Whales And Dolphins Off California Coast
In Defense of Animals (IDA): Tell Austrian Government – Release Animal Rights Activists
Kinship Circle: 5/19/09: Trophy Hunters To Prey On Delisted Wolves
Kinship Circle: 5/15/09: Shot In The Dark – Australia’s Kangaroo Massacre
National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Ask the EPA to Acknowledge the Truth
PETA: Tell Hong Kong’s dragon-i Club to Let Birds Fly Free!
PETA: Tell Sprint Nextel Corporation to Stop Exploiting Chimpanzees!
PETA: Tell MillerCoors to Stop Supporting Cruel Animal Experiments
PETA: URGENT: Tell Federal Women’s Prison in Minnesota to Stop Using Glue Traps! [For talking points, please see this series of articles I wrote about alternatives to lethal methods of mouse "control."]
PETA: Urge Egypt’s Prime Minister to Stop Cruel Pig Cull [I prefer the WSPA's campaign and comments; see below.]
PETA: Tell Pier 1 Imports to Stop Exploiting Elephants!
PETA: Ask New Zealand to Uphold the Ban on Live-Sheep Export!
Public Citizen: Tell Congress: Corporate Influence Undermines Climate Change Bill
The Sierra Club: Tell Congress to Revitalize the Economy and Our Public Lands
Sierra Club Canada: Speak up for B.E.A.R.S. in Alberta!
True Majority: What happened to Obama’s energy plan?
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): Urge the Administration to Actively Support Climate Legislation
The Wilderness Society: Tell Congress you want action on global warming
The Wilderness Society: Tell BLM no more public lands for the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel!
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA): Stop the planned Egyptian pig cull!
Action Alerts: Human Rights
AVAAZ-dot-org: Free Aung San Suu Kyi!
Amnesty International: Tell the truth about torture through an independent commission
CARE on Change-dot-org: Take Action to Prevent Child Marriage
Common Cause: Tell Congress to stop earmarks for campaign cash
CREDO Action: Hold KBR/Halliburton War Profiteers Accountable
Grassroots Equality Network: Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Moms Rising: Urge Your Congresspeople to Protect Kids from BPA!
New Hampshire Freedom to Marry: Marriage Petition
The Peace Team: A Special Prosecutor Is Who Needs To See The New Torture Pictures
Presente-dot-org: Demand Governor Rendell Speak Out About Luis Ramirez’s Death
Public Citizen: Write Congress: End Forced Arbitration
Campaign Updates
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) & Wayne Pacelle: What’s Next for Michael Vick?
Carnivals
Carnival of the Green #180 @ Ethical Superstore
Contests
Groovy Vegetarian: Book Giveaway: Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World (Deadline: May 26, 2009)
The PETA Files: ‘Win It’ Wednesday: Vegan Chocolate Bars (Deadline: June 3, 2009)
PETA2: Free Stuff Friday: Bettie Page Gift Certificate! (Deadline: May 29, 2009)
PETA2: Win an Earth Crisis Merch Pack! (Deadline: June 2, 2009)
PETA2: Mark Ronson’s Anti-Fur Ad and Giveaway! (Deadline: June 3, 2009)
PETA2: Sugar Hooker Guitar Giveaway! (Deadline: June 22, 2009)
Vegan Soapbox: One Lucky Reader Wins ‘Ani’s Raw Food Desserts’ (Deadline: May 30, 3009)
Newsletters
Best Friends: eNews, May 22, 2009 – Springtime Sparkle
Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC): Dissent Is Patriotic, May 2009, Vol. 8, No. 5
Earthjustice: May 2009 e.Brief – Why We Sue: Video of Hurt Baby Bison
In Defense of Animals (IDA): eNews, May 21, 2009
The Sierra Club: Club Currents, May 19, 2009: Volume VII, #20 – Could Toxic Trailers Lead to Cancer?
Vegan Outreach: E-Newsletter, May 20, 2009
Vegetarian Resource Group: VRG-NEWS, Volume 13, Issue 2, May 2009
Petitions: Animal & Environmental Advocacy
Join the Movement to Protect Feral Cats
Reduce the Military’s Carbon Bootprint!
Penguins and Seals Rejoice – South Africa Approves Marine Sanctuary!
Mandatory cooling and heating for K-9 in Police Vehicles
Healthy Dalmatian Euthanized [Lancaster, California County Shelter]
Demand an Independent and Publicly Transparent Investigation into Abuse Allegations at LA Co Animal
Nationwide Ban on Gassing in Shelters
Coca-Cola, Stop Harming and Killing Animals
Ask Cheyenne Frontier Days To Ban Cruel Steer Busting
Tell Candymaker Mars Inc. to Drop Deadly Animal Tests!
Support PAW! We Can Save Our Wolves! [H.R. 3663, Protect America's Wildlife Act]
SAVE THE MAJESTIC CANADA GOOSE [Oakland County, Michigan]
Stop the abuse of Irish Greyhounds and Racing Dogs.
Please HELP to Save Teghut Forest [Armenia]
Petitions: Human Rights
Ensure Health Coverage for All Children in America
For Mother’s Day, Get Critical Aid to New Mothers Worldwide
‘Round the Interwebs
ACLU’s Blog of Rights: Obama Can’t Fix the Military Commissions
Animal Person: On Mainstreaming Veganism
Stephanie @ Animal Rights @ Change-dot-org: How Many Endangered Species Do You Know Nothing About?
Stephanie @ Animal Rights @ Change-dot-org: Are You Boycotting Procter & Gamble Yet? Time to Start
The PETA Files: Saturday Morning TV Turns Violent
the photo book projects: How to Lose Your Best Friend
Vegan Soapbox: Euthanasia: Dogs And Pigs
Upcoming Events
National Pigeon Day – Saturday, June 13, 2009 in New York City
Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale – Saturday, June 20 through Sunday, June 28, 2009
Let It Live – Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28 in Portland, Oregon
Dogs Deserve Better (DDB): Chain Off 2009, Saturday, June 27 through Sunday, July 12, 2009
Taking Action for Animals – Friday, July 24 through Monday, July 27, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, Saturday, September 19, 2009
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About
“The easyVegan Weekend Activist” is a weekly roundup of animal and environmental advocacy action alerts, campaign updates, carnivals, contests, newsletters, petitions, upcoming events and miscellaneous resources, posted every weekend at easyvegan.info. Follow the links provided in order to learn more and take action!
For the time being, the weekly newsletter-esque format will replace the near-daily link roundups I previously posted under the title “easyVegan Link Sanctuary.” Hopefully, this condensed, once-weekly “newsletter” will free up some time so that I can perform more meaningful blogging. If you have any questions or comments about the new format, please drop me a line in the comments section!
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!
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