Action Alerts

Aasian karhutarhaus: HELP RESCUE CAGED MOON BEARS
Please sign this petition to be sent to the Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean Governments

DawnWatch: NY Times Magazine on pet food animal testing 9/2/07
“They Eat What We Are”

DawnWatch: Solomon Islands lifts dolphin export ban — International Herald Tribune 9/2/07
“Plan to export dolphins raising activists’ anger; Solomon Islands has little else to sell”

Environmental Defense (ED): Take Action to Support Transportation Solutions
You can earn “transformation points” for your state while helping decrease your pollution and carbon emissions by taking our Transportation Solutions and Personal Action Pledges.

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Protect Orcas from Global Warming!
Congress needs to act now and reduce global warming pollution and ensure that wildlife such as orcas are protected from global warming!

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Action Alerts

American Freedom Campaign: Encourage the presidential candidates to sign the American Freedom Pledge
I pledge to fight to protect and defend the Constitution from assault by any President.

Animal Welfare Institute (AWI): Pro-Animal Bills Pending in U.S. Congress: Please Visit Your Legislators
Pet Safety Protection Act, American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act & Dog Fighting Prohibition Act

Consumer’s Union: Don’t lick Elmo!
Urge your members of Congress to ensure that the products and food that end up on our shelves are safe.

Earthjustice: Stop the Owl Extinction Plan: Political Interference Puts Birds, Forests, and Science At Risk
Please take action to tell the Fish and Wildlife Service by August 24 not to bow to the timber industry while our nation’s forests, rivers, and wildlife pay the price.

Ecological Internet / Climate Ark: Jet-Setting Leonardo DiCaprio the Convenient Environmentalist
Growth in aviation threatens the Planet, celebrities flying in private jets are no friend to the environment, and shared climate sacrifice means the super-rich must swear off jet-setting ways.

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Action Alerts

Audubon: Final Push for Renewable Electricity
Please ask your Representative to support the Udall-Platts amendment

Center for Biological Diversity: Keep Mercenary Training Camp Out of San Diego Backcountry!
Blackwater has proposed establishing a military training camp in eastern San Diego County

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS): Help Pass the Dog Fighting Prohibition Act
Urge your reps to co-sponsor and support passage of S. 1880/H.R. 3219, the Dog Fighting Prohibition Act, and any legislation to crack down on dogfighting

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Urge USDA to Move Maggie to Sanctuary Before Winter
The Alaska Zoo Board Has Made Its Decision to Move Maggie; Please help make it happen before winter–write the USDA

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Survival of Wolves in Northern Rockies Jeopardized
“Take Action” by Aug. 6 to protect them from hunters

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Thank California retirement community for sparing deer
California Retirement Community Chooses to Spare Deer; Thank The Villages for using humane methods to manage wildlife

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The May 2007 issue of Compassion Over Killing’s magazine Compassionate Action is now available online.

Contents include…

* May Is “National Egg Month”: Help Eggspose the Truth

* Article: Vegan Goes Upscale

* Mom-Friendly Menu for Mother’s Day

You can read the whole newsletter here, and view an archive of past newsletters here.

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The April 2007 issue of Compassion Over Killing’s magazine Compassionate Action is now available online.

Contents include…

1. COK Launches 2007 MTV Commercial Campaign!

2. Update: 10th Edition of our D.C.-Metro Dining Guide is Now Available

3. COK in Satya Magazine: Restaurant Outreach: Spreading Compassion—One Menu at a Time

You can read the whole newsletter here, and view an archive of past newsletters here.

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The March 2007, issue of Compassion Over Killing’s magazine Compassionate Action is now available online.

Contents include…

1. COK in the News: Egg Industry Comes Under Fire Again

2. Watch Our New Video: Easter Eggsposed (embedded below…)

3. New at COK: Egg Carton Flyer!

4. COK’s Viewer Choice Reminder: Voting Ends March 23!

You can read the whole newsletter here, and view an archive of past newsletters here.

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UPDATE, 3/14/07, via Compassion Over Killing:

Help End Animal Cruelty: Ask Morningstar Farms® to Stop Using Eggs!

Compassion Over Killing and Vegan Outreach are teaming up with compassionate people everywhere to ask Morningstar Farms® to stop using eggs in its product line.

Morningstar Farms®, which is owned by the Kellogg® company, is currently purchasing eggs produced by hens confined inside barren wire battery cages. Battery caged hens are typically provided with a meager 67 square inches of space in which to live—that’s less than the size of one sheet of notebook paper. These birds are so intensively confined for their entire lives that they are denied their natural inclinations to spread their wings, perch, preen, or even walk.

Morningstar Farms® has long been a leader in supplying delicious vegetarian foods to a growing market. Let them know that the market also wants them to remove their support from the cruel battery egg industry. Please encourage them to join with companies like Gardenburger®, which last year announced it has taken eggs out of all its products except for one private-sourced item.

Take action today by submitting your comments online!

Please also call Kellogg®’s customer feedback hotline:

1-800-962-1413.

Hours (Eastern Standard Time):

* Mon. – Thurs.: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
* Friday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

1. Say: “Representative.”
2. Press 2 for product information
3. Press 1 for general inquiries

It is crucial that Morningstar Farms® hear from consumers like you—please forward this message widely! Thank you for helping make a difference for egg-laying hens.

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After getting a few emails regarding the Morningstar Farms action alert from United Poultry Concerns (UPC) that I posted a few days ago, I went poking around the Compassion Over Killing-sponsored website www.morningstar-egg-facts.com, which eventually led me to www.eggindustry.com. The Taking Action section offers suggestions to help you go egg-free, including the following petition:

Lend your voice to the animals by pledging to not buy eggs from caged hens*.

More than 275 million egg-laying hens are currently suffering in wire battery cages in the United States today. This archaic and inherently cruel system of confinement has been outlawed in many European countries, and barren battery cages are being phased out of the entire European Union by 2012. No such legislative advancements, however, exist in the U.S.—yet.

The hens need your voice! Consumers who don’t want to support the very worst abuse of the egg industry can speak out for egg-laying hens by refusing to buy egg from caged birds and help set the stage for a nationwide move away from battery cage egg production.

Go lend your Jane Hancock, and then visit the action center for additional ways to spread the veganism. Also, be sure to check out www.morningstar-egg-facts.com for more info on Morningstar Farms and their use of eggs in their vegetarian patties.

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The Winter/Spring 2007, Issue 20 issue of Compassion Over Killing’s magazine Compassionate Action is now available online.

Contents include…

* COK Launches Hard-Boiled Truth Ad Campaign
* New COK Investigation inside a North Carolina Turkey Hatchery
* COK Petitions FDA to Mandate Truth in Labeling on Egg Cartons
* COK Update: USDA Starts Regulating Farmed Animal Transport on Trucks
* MTV Commercial Campaign Goes National
* COK Talks with Dr. Michael Greger
* 2006: A Year in Review
* Compassionate Cuisine from the COK Kitchen
* COK Marketplace

Read the whole thing here.

Also, be sure to vote for your favorite pro-vegetarian ad; the winner will run on MTV beginning in April 2007.

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Via Compassion Over Killing:

Demand Truth in Labeling on Egg Cartons

In September 2006, COK co-filed a federal rule-making petition calling upon the Food and Drug Administration to mandate labels on egg cartons clearly identifying how those eggs were produced (i.e., “Eggs from Caged Hens”). The egg industry is fighting this effort tooth and nail, begging the question: What do they have to hide? The obvious answer is: quite a lot.

More than 95% of eggs produced in the U.S. come from birds confined in wire battery cages so restrictive, they can barely even move—a practice that most consumers oppose. The use of animal welfare claims on egg cartons, however, is not federally regulated, and enabling the industry to indiscriminately use phrases such as “animal friendly” or images of hens roaming around outside, even if those eggs came from battery-caged birds. You can help protect hens and consumers by submitting comments in support of this petition.

Please tell the FDA today that you support this petition!

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