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From: Farm Sanctuary - info [at] farmsanctuary.org
Date: Jun 8, 2007 4:04 PM
Subject: Farm Sanctuary’s E-News & Action Alert 06/08/07

Tell Congress Not to Take Away Local Voting Rights!

The proposed 2007 Farm Bill contains a provision that will prohibit states and localities from voting against activities concerning public health, safety and morals. Subverting the most fundamental tenets of democratic process, this small provision known as Section 123 denies citizens the right to pass state or local laws on issues of humane treatment or food safety. Don’t let this outrageous and unconstitutional provision go unchallenged. Read more.

Piglet Takes Literal Leap of Faith, Lands at Farm Sanctuary’s New York Shelter

Socks the piglet got off to a rough start in life. At just a few months old, he was considered a “food animal”—but escaped that fate by wriggling out of a transport truck. But now, at our New York Shelter, the piglet is on the road to recovery—not the road to slaughter. He’s found a way to overcome the physical and emotional abuse that marks his past and has opened his heart to shelter staff and visitors. Read more.

Plan for an Event-Full Summer

From national conferences and spa getaways to cooking extravaganzas and international food festivals, vegetarian events and retreats are perfect for connecting with like-minded individuals, learning more about the joys and benefits of plant-based eating, and celebrating your compassionate lifestyle among friends. For a meaningful, inspiring, revitalizing, and educational vacation for you, your family and your friends, learn more about some of the popular summertime events coming your way!

Boston Baked Bonz

Boston Baked Bonz is a new company dedicated to dogs and the people who love them! Vegan dog treats are handmade with organic whole grains - baked fresh daily and sent right to your door. We offer a full line of gifts from local artisans that celebrate the bond between people and their dogs! As big supporters of Farm Sanctuary, every time you shop you help farm animals, too!

Use GoodSearch.com and Raise Funds for Farm Animals!

Make www.Goodsearch.com your home page or add a GoodSearch toolbar to your browser so that every time you search the Internet, you raise funds for Farm Sanctuary’s rescue and protection programs. If every member of our E-Mail News & Action Alerts used GoodSearch twice a day for a year, Farm Sanctuary would earn more than $73,000 for farm animals! To get started today, visit goodsearch.com and choose Farm Sanctuary as your designated charity.

In the News

Farm Sanctuary is hiring at our California Shelter!
View job listings.

Films that Fuel Movements in 9 Minutes or Less
The Indypendent - June 8, 2007

Many reasons to be a vegetarian
The Citizen - June 2, 2007

In the Store

Vegan Planet
400 irresistible recipes in this comprehensive guide that makes it easy to nourish your body as well as your taste buds!

About Farm Sanctuary

Photo via Chad Fust

Farm Sanctuary is the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. Since incorporating in 1986, we have worked to expose and stop cruel practices of the “food animal” industry through research and investigations, legal and legislative actions, public awareness projects, youth education, and direct rescue and refuge efforts. Our shelters in Watkins Glen, NY and Orland, CA provide lifelong care for hundreds of rescued animals, who have become ambassadors for farm animals everywhere by educating visitors about the realities of factory farming. For more information about Farm Sanctuary or our programs, please visit www.farmsanctuary.org or call 607-583-2225. To become a Farm Sanctuary member or to make a donation today using our secure online form, www.farmsanctuary.org/join/donate2.htm. For updates on previous action alerts, www.farmsanctuary.org/actionalerts/update.htm.

Please forward and distribute widely! Thank you
Farm Sanctuary, P.O. Box 150 Watkins Glen, NY 14891.

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For more, see Green Is the New Red and this summary at GreenScare.org. The second link contains info on court dates and contact info for prisoner support.

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From: DawnWatch - news [at] dawnwatch.com
Date: May 24, 2007 3:39 PM
Subject: DawnWatch: “My Brother The Terrorist” — Los Angeles Times 5/24/07

Novelist Caroline Paul comes from a family committed to activism. Her Baywatch-famous sister Alexandra was in “Who Killed the Electric Car,” hosts a TV talk-show on environmentalism, and comes out in support of numerous animal causes. In today’s (Thursday May 24) Los Angeles Times op-ed piece headed, “My brother, the ‘terrorist’” we learn that their brother, Jonathon “is considered one of the biggest domestic terrorists in the country.” Paul gives us some warm personal details about his past, and then writes, “most important, he has devoted his life to stopping animals’ suffering. To this end, he has broken the law. He crept into animal laboratories to free dogs. He dismantled corrals to release wild mustangs. He impersonated a fur buyer to film the treatment of minks. He put himself between whales and whalers despite warnings that his boat would be impounded and that he would be jailed. And nearly 10 years ago, he burned down a horse slaughterhouse in Redmond, Ore. It is for this final act that the U.S. government considers him among the ranks of Osama bin Laden, Eric Rudolph and Ramzi Ahmed Yousef.”

She continues:

“My brother, Jonathan Paul, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Eugene, Ore., to burning the Cavel West Slaughterhouse. He will find out on June 5 whether the judge considers his actions deserving of the ‘terrorism enhancement’ to his sentence sought by the government.”

Paul does not take arson lightly. She writes, “I was a San Francisco firefighter for 13 years. I was angry and dismayed that my brother chose arson as a route to stop animal suffering. But ‘a classic case of terrorism’?”

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Here’s the TOC from IDA’s 5-16-07 newsletter.

Click on the links to take action, or read the whole newsletter online.

IDA Action Alerts

Victory: Alaskan Beluga Whales to Be Protected; National Marine Fisheries Service proposes “endangered” status for species in Cook Inlet

Bison Slaughter Opponents Illegally Arrested in Yellowstone; Federal and State authorities violate Constitutionally-protected rights of observers on public lands

Connecticut Legislature Considers Bill to Ban Bullhooks; Ringling Bros. Circus threatens to boycott state if elephant-friendly bill passes

Campaign News & Updates

IDA Fights Portland Furrier’s Lawsuit; SLAPP suit seeks to silence animal advocates’ freedom of speech

Elephant Mother Rejects Calf at St. Louis Zoo; IDA calls for halt to elephant breeding in wake of latest zoo failure

South Pacific Nations Implement Widespread Ban on Fishing Trawlers; New agreement will protect one-quarter of Earth’s ocean floor from destructive nets

An archive of past IDA eNews newsletters is available here.

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] brick.net
Date: May 4, 2007 10:33 AM
Subject: KC DIGEST: IL Horse Slaughter, Spay/Neuter Law, Dogs Bound & Gagged + MORE

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5/4/07: Kinship Circle DIGEST - ALERTS FROM MEMBERS
IL Horse Slaughter, Spay/Neuter Law, Dogs Bound & Gagged + MORE

View recent KC Digest Newsletters, from activists worldwide: www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/

APRIL/EARLY-MAY 2007 KC DIGEST:

1. URGENT: Don’t Let Illinois Resume Horse Slaughter
2. Make Model Mandatory Spay/Neuter Law Reality
3. Forgotten Street Dogs Of India
4. Dogs Bound And Gagged, To Die In Philippines
5. Protest Greyhound Strangulation In Spain
6. Pigs Sentenced To 10 More Years Of Cruelty
7. Stop Aggressive (Illegal) NYC Pigeon Nettings
8. AETA: Civil Rights As A Casualty - 5/22/07 NYC Event
9. Ask UConn To End Primate Experiments, Permanently
10. Animal Acres Farmed Animal Sanctuary Internship Program
11. Fighting For Felix
12. PETITIONS & ONLINE CAMPAIGNS

Each DIGEST includes:

* NEWS and CALL-TO-ACTION, forwarded by Kinship Circle members.
* CONTACT INFO to reply directly to the activist who supplied the alert.
* Related KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS for more background information.
* Submissions are from KC members. Kinship Circle did not write/research alerts.
* Contact person who supplied alert — NOT KINSHIP CIRCLE.
* Send submissions for KC DIGEST to kinshipcircle [at] brick.net

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Via the American Civil Liberties Union:

The Third Annual Stand Up for Freedom Contest

If you’re between the ages of 17 and 29, we want you to produce a video PSA or a podcast about how the government is abusing its power. Make it funny, slam it, turn it into a documentary–this is your chance to make some noise about the news that bugs you. StandUp. Get creative.

Another great chance to harp on that whole AETA thing. Contest rules and additional details here.

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Please take a moment to sign this petition from the American Civil Liberties Union:

JOIN THE CALL TO RESTORE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

For almost seven years, George W. Bush has repeatedly violated the Constitution and stripped away the fundamental rights that define our country. Congress and the American people have let it happen.

The time has come to restore our America.

Add your voice to the ACLU’s Campaign to Restore Our Constitutional Rights. As part of this all-out effort we are bringing together people from across the nation for a Day of Action to demand the restoration of our rights and a return to the values embodied in the Constitution.

Start today by adding your name below. Your voice will be heard as we come together in Washington to demand change. Our petition will be hand-delivered to your members of Congress in Washington, D.C. during our day of action on June 26, 2007.

When you get to Question #2, “What’s the issue that matters most to you?”, be sure to drop in a snarky-but-serious line about AETA. Yeah, I’m still sore over that one.

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Via Free Press:

Stamp Out the Rate Hikes, Save Small and Independent Publishers

Postal regulators have accepted a proposal from media giant Time Warner that would stifle small and independent publishers in America. The plan unfairly burdens smaller publishers with higher postage rates while locking in special privileges for bigger media companies.

In establishing the U.S. postal system, the nation’s founders wanted to ensure that a diversity of viewpoints were available to “the whole mass of the people.” Time Warner’s rate increase reverses this egalitarian ideal and threatens the marketplace of ideas on which our democracy depends.

It’s time stand up for independent media. Demand that Congress step in to stop the unfair rate hikes. The deadline for comments to the Postal Service is fast approaching.

Sign the letter below to alert Congress and put the Postal Board of Governors on notice.

You can also grab some sample letters from Act for Change and the Feminist Majority Foundation / Ms. Magazine, and read more on The Nation and Common Dreams.

Finally, grab some swag and spread the word.

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From: Kinship Circle - info [at] kinshipcircle.org
Date: Mar 26, 2007 6:58 PM
Subject: KC DIGEST: Greek Tragedy, Cry From India, Dead Sled Dog + MORE

Kinship Circle Primary - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST AS WRITTEN

3/26/07: Kinship Circle DIGEST / ALERTS FROM MEMBERS
Greek Tragedy, Cry From India, Dead Sled Dog + MORE

View recent KC Digest Newsletters, from activists worldwide:
www.kinshipcircle.org/digest/

MARCH 2007 KC DIGEST:

1. A Black Sunday in Ancona
2. Clock Is Ticking In Two Nations - Lives At Stake
3. Cry For Help From India
4. Experts Needed To Save Lions In Croatia
5. New England Animal Rights Workshop - 4/14/07
6. Presentation - Fate of the Chicken: Tropical Forest to Factory Farm
7. First Written Declaration On EU-Wide Bullfighting Ban
8. Teacher Says Iditarod Musher Was Slugging, Kicking Dogs
9. Urge South Africa to ‘Cull’ Elephant Killing From Policy
10. Nearly 2 Years Since Rescue, We Return To Same Place
11. Urge Department Of Defense To Help Animals In Iraq
12. National Lawyer’s Guild Green Scare Hotline Number
13. PETITIONS TO SIGN

Each DIGEST includes:

* NEWS and CALL-TO-ACTION, submitted by Kinship Circle members.
* CONTACT INFO to reply directly to the activist who supplied the alert.
* Related KINSHIP CIRCLE LINKS for more background information.
* Submissions are from KC members and do NOT originate from Kinship Circle itself.
* If emails for letter recipients fail, contact person who supplied alert — NOT KINSHIP CIRCLE.
* Send submissions for KC DIGEST to kinshipcircle [at] brick.net
* Please “clean-up” submitted alerts, and do not send chain of forwarded messages.

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From: PCRM Legislative Coordinator Kyle Ash - kash [at] pcrm.org
Date: Mar 20, 2007 11:30 AM
Subject: Urgent: Call Congress Now About the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Please call your representative and senators today and urge them to attend a briefing on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). If you recall, this bill passed last November and was signed into law in December.

The briefing will discuss issues of free speech and how the AETA now sets the stage for the criminalization of peaceful forms of advocacy undertaken by citizens and organizations seeking change. The briefing is organized by the Equal Justice Alliance and the Office of Rep. Tom Lantos of California. Speaking will be Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild; Odette Wilkens, executive director of Equal Justice Alliance; Will Potter, freelance journalist; and possibly Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. The briefing will take place on Wednesday, March 21, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in room 2255 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Please, call your representative and senators today. Then, send a follow-up e-mail.

Forward this e-mail to your family and friends. Thank you, again, for urging your representative and senators to attend this important meeting. Feel free to contact me at kash [at] pcrm.org if you have any questions

Best regards,

Kyle Ash
Legislative Coordinator
kash [at] pcrm.org

Click here to read the text of S. 3880

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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
5100 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Ste. 400
Washington, DC 20016 Phone: 202-686-2210
E-mail: info [at] pcrm.org

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From: Kinship Circle - info [at] kinshipcircle.org
Date: Mar 20, 2007 3:33 PM
Subject: ACT TODAY/ Invite Congress To AETA Briefing On Hill

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Equal Justice Alliance Hosts AETA Briefing On The Hill
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 * 2:00 to 3:30pm

Do your elected officials know about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA)? Do they understand its negative impact on First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly?

1. Copy/paste flyer below into an email to: YOUR federal Representative and Senators.

2. Include a brief note about why you want AETA repealed. See talking point in press release below flyer.

3. For a HIGHER RESOLUTION copy of flyer to Congress, email: kinshipcircle [at] brick.net

4. DELETE ALL REFERENCES TO KINSHIP CIRCLE BEFORE SENDING FLYER/COMMENTS TO REP AND SENATORS. The message is from YOU, not Kinship Circle

To identify your federal legislators and find contact info, try:
Congress.org - www.Congress.org
USA Senate - www.senate.gov
USA House of Representatives - www.house.gov
Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121

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