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PART 1: KC UPDATES / JAN - MARCH 2008
1. Hallmark Meat Exec Admits Downed Cows Enter Food Supply
2. Juvenile Arrested In Edna’s Disappearance Found Guilty
3. Dog Attacked With Drill Gun - Updated
4. Canada’s New Rules For “Humane Seal Hunt” (oxymoron of the year?)
5. Mississippi Legislators Snub Buddy’s Law
6. Puerto Rico Faces Suit Over Roundup/Kill of Animals
7. Official Investigation Of Puppy Killer Is Underway, Marines Say
8. In Shadow Of Vick Case, Virginia Toughens Dogfighting Laws
9. Landmark Crate Ban On Way To Nov. 2008 Calif. Ballot
10. Los Angeles: Spay-Neuter Proposal Becomes Law
11. South Africa To Resume Elephant Culling After 13 Years
12. Three U.S. Agencies Aim To End Animal Testing
13. Animals Lose A True Friend With Congressman Lantos’ Death

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14. Tammy Grimes To Appeal Unjust Sentence In Doogie Case
15. Companies Prosecuted In Poisoned Pet Food Recall
16. Report Calls For Prosecution Of Pet-Killing Dogcatcher
17. Judge To Bush Admin: You Can’t Exempt Navy In Sonar!
18. FDA OKs Food Sales From Animal Clones
19. NIH Tells UCONN Primate Experimenter To Return $65K
20. Dr. Anteneh Roba Earns Circle Of Compassion Award
21. USA: Killing Dogs In Training Of Doctors To End
22. SF Zoo Attack Victim Admits Taunting Tiger
23. Premarin Maker Wyeth Faces Over 5,300 Lawsuits
24. Denny’s Stop Sponsorship Of Ringling Bros. Circus
25. Boys Sentenced In Toby’s Brutal Death
26. The Dogs That Vick Hurt

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Here’s the video, in case ya missed it:

I thought it went swimmingly, with nary a boo to be heard. I mean, I know Dr. Colbert’s crowd is fairly liberal, but even most libs poo-poo vegetarianism.

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UPDATE, 1/19/08:

Just read on Green Is The New Red that the two captured Sea Shepherd crew members have been released, relatively unharmed.

Here’s Will with the details:

Two anti-whaling activists that have been held hostage by Japanese whalers were released today, after the Australian government intervened. […]

Benjamin Potts, 28, and Giles Lane, 35, were transferred to an Australian vessel, the Oceanic Viking. According to a statement (and the video above), they were roughed up a bit when they boarded but otherwise weren’t harmed.

Gabriel Gonzalez, a spokesman for The Institute of Cetacean Research in Tokyo (the whalers, gotta love the misleading name) told The Telegraph that the two were initially tied up because they might have been carrying bombs or weapons.

“This is a terrorist organisation, let us be clear of that, and if they respond with aggressive tactics, who knows what might happen,” he said.

So let’s get this all straight. Two activists board a ship, with a letter of intent, because the whalers refused to respond to radio communications. Whalers rough them up, tie them up, and then Yasuaki Sasaki, the captain, makes a series of demands, including activists must stop filming the whalers’ activities and not come within 10 nautical miles of the whaling ship.

But the anti-whaling advocates are the terrorists?

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Date: Jan 2, 2008 11:45 PM
Subject: IDA eNews: 01-02-08

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News

Escaped Tiger at SF Zoo Kills One, Injures Two, Before Being Shot Dead
Around 5:00 p.m. on Christmas Day, a 350-pound Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped from her outdoor enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, then killed 17-year-old Carlos Sousa, Jr. and severely wounded two young companions. IDA calls for closure of zoo’s tiger exhibit, transfer of remaining tigers to sanctuary, ban on public feeding of large cats, and increased USDA oversight of zoos.

IDA’s January 2008 Guardian of the Month - Lacey Conner
From rescue to advocacy, VH-1’s Rock of Love “bad girl” does good for animals. “I tried to use the show as a platform to shine a light on issues relating to animals”

22 Pit Bulls Seized in Louisiana Dogfighting Case
Urge fire department to fire man facing dogfighting charges for second time. Caddo Animal Services officers who raided the Shreveport home of firefighter Eric Mosley on December 18th seized 22 pit bulls and equipment used to train dogs for fighting.

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Action Alerts

Center for Biological Diversity: Oppose Aerial Herbicide Spraying on Public Lands

The Center for Food Safety: House to Vote on Farm Bill - Take Action Today!

DawnWatch: CNN’s Paula Zahn to cover dogfighting, Thursday 7/26/07

DawnWatch: Dan Mathews “Committed” summer tour — July-August 2007

DawnWatch tip: NBC Nightly news on calls for bullfighting bans 7/23/07

DawnWatch: Extraordinary coverage and commentary from NPR’s Scott Simon, Weekend Edition Saturday, 7/21/07

DawnWatch: Newsday piece on runaway steer and vegetarianism 7/22/07

Defenders of Wildlife: We Can End Aerial Gunning of Wolves: Sign the Petition Today!

Earthjustice: Adopt the Sky

Earthjustice: Restore Balance on Our Public Lands!

Environmental Defense: Tell Congress to Support Conservation Friendly Farming

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): The “Fairness in Farm and Food Policy” amendment to the 2007 Farm Bill

Campaign Updates, Press Releases, etc.

The Animal Welfare Institute: “Barbaric, Barbaric, Barbaric!” / Vick Dog Fighting Charges Symptomatic of a Larger Problem

Carnivals

Carnival of the Green #87 (July 23 @ Hippy Shopper)

Newsletters

Earthjustice e-Brief: July 2007

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW): Animal Update Online: July 2007

Sierra Club Insider: July 24, 2007

Petitions

Felony indictment for dog fighting in Georgia

Please help stop brutal murders of dogs in Chernihiv!

The animal welfare in Romania - Street cleansing with poison - Braila 2007

Stop Animal Cruelty Now!

SAY NO TO JAPANESE SCHOOLCHILDREN VIEWING WHALES BEING BUTCHERED

I am not a nugget!

Fight Against Asthma by Adopting the Sky!

Pledge to Live a One Planet Life!

Tim Horton’s - Making the Cups Recyclable!!!

Is God Green?

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Here’s the TOC from IDA’s 7-18-07 newsletter.

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IDA Action Alerts

Help Ban Research on Chimpanzees in the U.S.; Sign IDA’s petition urging Congress to end cruel experiments on humankind’s closest genetic relatives

Alaska Zoo Board Delay is a Death Sentence for Maggie; “Take Action” to urge that ailing elephant be sent to a sanctuary

Tell Denny’s Not to Promote Ringling Bros. Circus; Let CEO know that animal abuse is not family entertainment

Campaign News & Updates

International Day for Korean Dogs and Cats is Next Week; Attend or organize an event and contact the Korean consulate on July 25th

IDA Demands that Six Flags Stop Lying about Elephant Program; Legal action aims to force Vallejo amusement park to stop lying about elephant abuse

Memorial Fund Established to Help Chained Dogs; Dietrich and Eva von Haugwitz Fund to Unchain Dogs honors animal lovers, helps neglected dogs

An archive of past IDA eNews newsletters is available here.

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1. Europe’s Last Dancing Bears Sheltered After Years of Abuse
2. Tragic Update: Dog Cull In Chongqing
3. Progress In Battle To End The Farra do Boi
4. Man Who Throws Puppy On Grill Gets 3 Years In Prison
5. Coca-Cola Pulls Funding For Animal Tests!
6. Healthy Pets Act Passes State Assembly
7. $45 Million Damage For Menu Foods
8. Texas-Sized Victory For Horses
9. Actress and Animal Advocate Gretchen Wyler Dies at 75
10. U.S. Stops Breeding Chimps For Research
11. Grimes Wins Award For Her Art Honoring Dog She Saved
12. Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act Signed Into Law
13. Horse Slaughter Bills Move Forward In Congress
14. High School Rodeo Loses National Sponsor!

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Here’s the TOC from IDA’s 6-06-07 newsletter.

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IDA Action Alerts

Help Make Your Community a Guardian City in 2007; Learn how to start a Guardian campaign in your community

Undercover Slaughterhouse Investigation Exposes Cruelty; Urge USDA to protect chickens and turkeys under the federal Humane Slaughter Act

Polls Show Strong Support for Banning Foie Gras; IDA and RSPCA call on consumers and lawmakers to reject deadly “delicacy”

Campaign News & Updates

Alaska Zoo Announces Decision to Relocate Maggie the Elephant; IDA Urges Move to Sanctuary; Not Another Zoo

IDA’s Guardian of the Month for June - Jan McHugh-Smith; New SF/SPCA President helped Boulder, Colo. become first guardian city

IDA-India Seeks Justice for 17 Dogs Burned to Death; Complaint triggers official inquiry by Animal Welfare Board of India

An archive of past IDA eNews newsletters is available here.

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Date: Jun 3, 2007 8:51 PM
Subject: DawnWatch: NY Times book reviews on pet grief and Doris Day’s animal rights - 6/3/07

The Sunday, June 3, New York Times Book Review has two reviews of interest to animal advocates. Critically acclaimed indie musician and animal rights activist Nellie McKay has written a review of a Doris Day biography and has focused on Day’s animal advocacy. The Book Review section also includes a review of “Dog Years, a Memoir” by Mark Doty, in which he explores his grief at the loss of his pets.

McKay’s article on Tom Santopietro’s “Considering Doris Day” is headed “Eternal Sunshine.” (p 50)

McKay discusses the Doris Day phenomena, then writes:

“Her pictures feature meat diets, carriage rides, careers in the cattle industry; they depict chicken-truck accidents as hilarious. In ‘Do Not Disturb,’ she saves a fox but sports a fur. Day is an inexhaustible animal advocate today, but these plotlines dismay because, as Tom Santopietro notes in ‘Considering Doris Day,’ ’she functioned as a role model through whom thousands of women worldwide lived vicariously.’ Day herself has mentioned projects she refused or changes she insisted on: she declined the role of Mrs. Robinson in ‘The Graduate’ (finding it exploitative) and had vulgarities removed from ‘Lover Come Back.’ She demanded proper care and feeding of the animals involved in the Alfred Hitchcock film ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much,’ which was shot partly in Morocco.

“What Day refuses to tolerate is relevant because while her performances were a product of their era, sales of her albums seem to double or triple with each passing year, and DVDs of her movies are increasingly popular. She may not have pursued a political image, but her effect is more intimate, and more powerful, than that of many politicians. A testament to this power is that the organizations founded in her name have attracted more than 180,000 members, continuing to draw attention to the issue of animal rights, which has been called the most progressive cause of our time.

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Date: Jun 1, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Farm Sanctuary’s E-News & Action Alert 06/01/07

Tell Congress Not to Subsidize Cruelty

The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, which is made up of legislators notoriously indebted to the factory farming industry, recently proposed a $12 million subsidy to the veal industry as part of the Farm Bill. This is an outrageous betrayal of animal welfare and humane values, and it must be challenged. Read more.

Farm Animal of the Month: Boris

Left to die in a rendering truck filled with feces and decomposing animal remains, Boris beat the odds and made it out alive. Now, after nearly eight years at our California Shelter, the handsome drake has put the past behind him, fully enjoying all the perks sanctuary life has to offer! Read more.

Activist of the Month: Michael Walsh

From hosting vegan cookie parties and coordinating food booths for Farm Sanctuary events to taking part in community outreach activities and sponsoring rescued animals at the New York Shelter, longtime vegan and animal activist Michael Walsh is a shining example of how small changes in our own lives can inspire huge changes for farm animals. Read Michael’s story, and be inspired to take every opportunity to improve the lot of suffering farm animals!

Leave a Legacy of Compassion for Farm Animals

By including Farm Sanctuary in your estate plans you can ensure that farm animals are protected from cruelty for years to come. Members who have made a bequest to Farm Sanctuary through their will, life insurance policy or other planned gift are recognized as part of the Legacy Society. We hope you will consider making this important commitment and leaving a legacy of compassion. For more information, please click here or call 607-583-2225 ext. 237.

Calling all Poets

Farm Sanctuary is looking to incorporate farm animal poems in new humane education materials for children. Contact Carol. mailto:nyc [at] farmsanctuary.org

In the News

GO FAUX for Low-Cal, Low-Fat Eating
Newsday - May 29, 2007

U.S. on Mad Cow: Don’t Test All Cattle
Centre Daily - May 29, 2007

In the Store

Gandhi Quote T-shirt

About Farm Sanctuary

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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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Here’s the TOC from IDA’s 5-30-07 newsletter.

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

IDA Action Alerts

Alaska Zoo Report Admits Inability to Care for Maggie the Elephant; “Take Action” to urge Zoo Board to transfer her to a sanctuary

Help Protect Animal Habitats along Caribbean Coastline; Urge Puerto Rico’s Senate to designate area as a nature reserve

New Books About Animals Entertain and Educate; Authors donate proceeds to IDA and other animal protection organizations

Campaign News & Updates

IDA Reissues Call to End Chimpanzee Research; Urges permanent ban on chimpanzee research in honor of Jane Goodall

Animal Rights Champion Gretchen Wyler Passes Away; Broadway, film, and TV actress brought animal issues into the mainstream

Discounted Registration for AR 2007 Ends Soon; Get your tickets now for the movement’s premiere conference

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From: DawnWatch - news [at] dawnwatch.com
Date: May 30, 2007 2:11 PM
Subject: DawnWatch: Gretchen Wyler obituaries 5/28 - 5/30/07

The Wednesday, May 30 New York Times and London Independent both have obituaries honoring the incomparable Gretchen Wyler, founder of the Genesis Awards (see tinyurl.com/2db48s) and beloved mentor to many of us. The Los Angeles Times obit ran on Monday. I will paste the beautiful Independent write-up in full below, and also the Los Angeles Times obituary, which focused the most on her animal protection work. And I will provide a link to the New York Times piece, which includes a delightful photo.

Here is the Independent piece:

The Independent (London)
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

GRETCHEN WYLER; Overnight star on Broadway

Tom Vallance

The musical star Gretchen Wyler achieved overnight success in 1955 when she was promoted from understudy to featured player shortly before the Cole Porter musical Silk Stockings opened on Broadway, going on to stop the show. She subsequently played star parts in other musicals, but generally as a replacement for performers such as Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera, who first created the roles. “I don’t really admit to this,” she said, “but other people say, ‘Poor Gretchen, it never really happened.’”

The daughter of a petroleum engineer, she was born Gretchen Patricia Winneche in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1932, and had her first dancing lesson at the age of three. She made her theatrical début in 1950 as part of the ballet ensemble with the St Louis Municipal Opera company. Later the same year she moved to New York where she was cast in the chorus of Frank Loesser’s Where’s Charley?, a musical version of Charley’s Aunt starring Ray Bolger. “I was the baby in that show,” she said, and I loved Ray Bolger - I used to stand in the wings every night and watch him. He even gave me my name. He said if I was going to stay in the theatre - and I was - I needed to have a name for the marquee. “What do you think about Gretchen Wyler?” I couldn’t believe it. The great Ray Bolger giving me a name.

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