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!

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Support the “No Child Left Inside Act”
Are America’s children environmentally literate?

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): Make Sure the Senate Passes a Strong Farm Bill!
We need your help to make sure Congress passes a Farm Bill that is good for fish and wildlife! [Be sure to edit out the speciesist language if you use the sample letter provided by NWF!]

The Sierra Club: Save Teshekpuk Lake!
“A new plan from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released last month will open this wildlife-rich network of coastal lagoons, deep-water lakes and wet sedge grass to oil and gas drilling.”

The Wilderness Society: Withdraw faulty spotted owl recovery plan now!
The Bush Administration is trying to get away with a plan to roll back more than a decade of wildlife protections.

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS): Please Help Protect Endangered Great Cats and Rare Canines
Please send your member of Congress a message urging them to cosponsor the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act

Newsletters

Animals Australia e-update: September 2007
Damning Live Export Reports * Egypt’s First Animal Charity * You’re Invited!

Compassion Over Killing (COK): eNews, September 4, 2007
Nat’l Chicken Month, World Veg Fest, and more!

National Wildlife Federation (NWF): EnviroAction: September 2007
Orcas, Farms, Kids and Katrina

The Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #79: September 4, 2007
Sierra Club Currents — Save Teshekpuk Lake!

The Sierra Club: Club Insider: September 4, 2007
Our Guide to Green Beer

Petitions

Marcy on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

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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.

Kinship Circle: Animal Tests Lie. Urge ICCVAM To Do Its Job., 8/16/07
“I respectfully ask my elected representatives, ICCVAM, and its member agencies to intensify efforts to fund and validate non-animal research tools.”

Kinship Circle: LETTER/ Foie Gras For Sale On Amazon.com, 8/13/07
“If Amazon wants my business, it needs to cancel the sale of foie gras. Please make the responsible decision to remove all foie gras products from your website.”

United Poultry Concerns (UPC): 8/16/07: Contact the Rabbinical Council of America About Kapparot Using Chickens
Please write a respectful letter to the Rabbinical Council of America and ask them to advocate that kapparot be performed with money rather than chickens.

Newsletters

The Animals Voice eNewsletter, August 16, 2007
AnimalsVoice.com is the premiere online resource for animal rights and its defenders.

Compassion Over Killing (COK): Compassionate Action, August 16, 2007
COK’s eNews: Party at Java Green, vote for COK, and more!

Earthjustice: eBrief, August 2007
Drillers stopped dead in the water & more

United Animal Nations (UAN): eJournal: VOL. 3, NO. 7 – August 2007
Enter our scholarship contest, hurricane tips & more!

Petitions

No More Monkeys Imported for Cruel, False “Research”!

Express Your Outrage: Poisoning of Marin County Dogs

SHELTER FOR ZOO-ANIMALS WHO CANNOT BE REHOMED

Pitt bull rights

Tell California’s Elected Officials: Don’t Give Away California’s Water!

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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

Oceana: Tell Congress: Protect Our Sharks!
The threat of shark extinction in a number of species is very real, and its consequences could be potentially disastrous to the world’s oceans.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Sign the Statement Against Dogfighting
I join Russell Simmons, The Rev. Al Sharpton, and Ingrid Newkirk in supporting animal protection groups and law enforcement officials in their fight against dogfighting in our local communities.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Defend Animals From Environmental Defense
The environmental group Environmental Defense (ED), notorious for pushing animal testing, is once again calling for a massive animal testing program

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): CDW Exploits Chimpanzees for Marketing Gimmick
Ask that CDW pledge never to use chimpanzees in its advertisements again.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Tell Supervalu to Stop Abusing Animals!
Tell Supervalu’s executives to follow the lead of Whole Foods, Safeway, and others and start improving the lives and deaths of the animals killed for its stores and also to stop selling foie gras.

Save the Manatee Club: Ask Governor Crist to Appoint New FWC Commissioners
Ensure Balanced and Science-Based Leadership on Manatee Protection Issues

Trust for America’s Health: Urge Congress to Combat Obesity and Support Federal Nutrition Programs
Urge your Senator to act now to combat the obesity epidemic by supporting federal nutrition programs during the reauthorization of the Farm Bill

The Wilderness Society: House to Vote on Energy Reforms
Urge your representative to support energy reform bill H.R. 3221, especially the oil and gas management reform provisions; also ask your Representative to support an amendment from Representatives Tom Udall (D-NM 3rd) and Todd Plats (R-PA 19th)

Newsletters

The Animals Voice eNewsletter, August 2, 2007
AnimalsVoice.com is the premiere online resource for animal rights and its defenders

Campaign for America’s Wilderness: Your Wilderness, August 2007
The Campaign for America’s Wilderness is singularly focused on achieving lasting protection for threatened wild lands

Compassion Over Killing (COK): Compassionate Action: August 1, 2007
NBC4′s “Veggie Options,” Nat’l Veggie Hot Dog Day updates and op-ed, and more!

In Defense of Animals (IDA): eNews, 8-1-07
IDA Action Alerts, Campaign News & Updates

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Weekly eNews, August 2, 2007
Sign the Dogfighting Petition; Pleather Yourself Contest

Save the Manatee Club: Paddle Tales eNewsletter, August 2007
Every other month, you’ll get the scoop on current manatee news (plus great photos), meet a manatee from our Adopt-A-Manatee program, discover fun games or activities, learn about special offers and events, and more!

Vegan Outreach: E-Newsletter, Aug. 1, 2007
Notes from Vegan Outreach

Petitions

Professionals Against Foie Gras – Philadelphia

Tell the Senate to Support the Massachusetts Ocean Act!

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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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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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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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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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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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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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