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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] brick.net
Date: Jul 12, 2007 2:20 PM
Subject: They Outlived Katrina, But Face Desertion + MORE

KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER RELIEF - PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST

GULF COAST
7/12/07: They Outlived Katrina, But Face Desertion + MORE
PAST NEWSLETTERS: www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/default.html

IN THIS ALERT:

1. Cats Outlived Katrina, But Now Face Desertion
2. Only 2 Days Left To Vote For CAAWS
3. Can You Help A Once Loved Pet, Cast Out By Katrina?
4. PETITIONS To Sign, For Animals
5. Jefferson Parish Shelter Desperately Needs Volunteers
6. NOLA: Getting Back To “Normal?”
7. Louisiana’s Place On The Best Friends Network
8. Hola, NOLA! Tigger Returns Home

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w00t. Two weeks in a row. Must be on a roll or something.

This week’s pick was inspired by a recent post on Pandagon, wherein “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” was chosen as one of the three worst Beatles songs penned by John Lennon, My Retro Boyfriend ™. Naturally, I disagree. Wholeheartedly.

According to the song’s Wiki entry (everything has a Wiki entry nowadays, don’t it?),

This song mocks the actions of a young American named Richard A. Cooke III, known as Rik [sic] who was visiting his mother, Nancy Cooke de Herrera, at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh at the same time that the Beatles were staying with the Maharishi. […] According to Nancy’s life account, Beyond Gurus, the genesis of the song occurred when she, Rik, and several others, including native guides, set out upon elephants to hunt for a tiger (allegedly presented by their Indian guide as a traditional act). The pack of elephants was attacked by a tiger, which was shot by Rik. Rik was initially proud of his quick reaction and posed for a photograph with his prize. However, Rik’s reaction to the slaying was mixed, as he has not hunted since. Nancy claims that all present recognised the necessity of Rik’s action, but that John Lennon’s reaction was scornful and sarcastic, asking Rik: “But wouldn’t you call that slightly life-destructive?” The song was written by Lennon as mocking what he saw as Rik’s bravado and unenlightened attitude.

Lennon later told his version of the story in a Playboy interview, stating that: “[Bungalow Bill] was written about a guy in Maharishi’s meditation camp who took a short break to go shoot a few poor tigers, and then came back to commune with God. There used to be a character called Jungle Jim, and I combined him with Buffalo Bill. It’s sort of a teenage social-comment song and a bit of a joke.”

Swoon.

And I think this goes without saying, but…not an official Beatles vid. Love it nonetheless. Wonder if any of the actors are veg*n?

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If Home Depot is serious about protecting the environment, they must stop advertising on Fox — a network that consistently spreads misinformation about and denies the existence of global warming….

Sign the petition here.

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] brick.net
Date: Jul 7, 2007 8:11 PM
Subject: Alive But Homeless - Two Years Later
To: “14. KINSHIP CIRCLE Animal Disaster Relief List”

KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER RELIEF - PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST

GULF COAST + RELIEF GLOBAL
7/7/07: Alive But Homeless – Two Years Later
PAST NEWSLETTERS: www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/default.html

IN THIS ALERT:

1. A True Katrina Survivor Needs Your Help Now
2. KANSAS FLOODS: Rescue Operation Canceled
3. No Leniency For 5 Boys Who Set Fire To Dog
4. I Want To Live – Clip From CAAWS + Reminder To Vote
5. “Natural Ending” To Voucher Program In New Orleans?
6. Reactions To Voucher Shutdown In NOLA
7. Should States Require Pets To Be Spayed/Neutered?
8. The Cat Or The Rat? NOLA’S Nonstop Feeding Debate
9. Katrina Dog Gets Its Day In Court
10. Lakeview Cats Roaming
11. From ARNO: Yes, They Still Need Us

Kinship Circle will be OFFLINE from July 13 to July 30, while presenting/exhibiting at AR2007 in Los Angeles. Please hold personal messages during these dates. We apologize in advance for emails that may bounce as our mailbox overloads while away. This will be the LAST full-length disaster relief newsletter until August.

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So I’m sitting here, plugging away at my html and junk (my day job), and this song popped up in the music queue. So came my Brilliant Idea of the Week: Friday Veggie Vlogging. Every Friday weekend*, a new veggie-themed music vid. As a bonus, I’ll also take bets on how long this Brilliant Idea will last, and what will bring about its downfall - lack of time on my part, or lack of veggie-themed music vids on You Tube’s end?**

* The more wiggle room I give myself, the better. Remember the Friday Carnival Roundups of days past?

** Consider this a solicitation for suggestions!

(Crossposted from my veg blog. Just because.)

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By the by, the NY Times article that caught Stephen’s ire is available for viewing - for free (!) - here.

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From: Farm Sanctuary - info [at] farmsanctuary.org
Date: Jul 3, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: Behind the Mustache: Farm Sanctuary Investigates the Dairy Industry

Farm Sanctuary Investigation Shows Sad Truth About California’s Happy Cows

A Farm Sanctuary investigation has unearthed the reality of life on California’s industrialized dairy farms. Far from experiencing the happy existence marketers of California’s dairy products would like the public to believe, dairy cows live in filth on industrialized farms, where their basic needs are routinely ignored and their bodies are exploited for profit.

Farm Sanctuary has produced a video culled from footage taken during the investigation. Behind the Mustache: Farm Sanctuary Investigates the Dairy Industry provides documentation of the treatment of both milk-producing cows and their offspring, many of whom are hauled off to slaughter shortly after being born. The heartbreaking separation of one mother from her baby is shown in detail, as she chases the dairy farm worker who grabs her newborn, still wet from birth, by the back legs and drags him through the manure-caked pen.

More than 21 percent of the nation’s dairy supply comes from California, and, according to the the state’s Department of Food and Agriculture 2005 statistics, California is home to nearly 1.8 million milk-producing cows. The vast majority of these animals reside on intensive dairy farms, where, as our investigation shows, living conditions are abysmal.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEGw8iFbG5I

Please take the time to view this video [1] and send along to your friends, family and colleagues. If you haven’t already, please consider dairy alternatives. After all, a compassionate world begins with you!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEGw8iFbG5I

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Here’s the TOC from IDA’s 6-20-07 newsletter.

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

IDA Action Alerts

Federal Legislation Threatens State Animal Protection Laws; Urge your members of Congress to ensure Farm Bill preserves voters’ rights

Urge Veg Rockers Not to Perform at Brutal Rodeo; Tell Def Leppard and Bon Jovi that animal cruelty isn’t cool

Hurricane Season is Coming: Are You Prepared?; Keep yourself and your animal companions safe when disaster strikes

Campaign News & Updates

Exciting IDA-Africa Benefit: Born To Be Wild; Dr. Sheri Speede to tell chimpanzees’ stories at L.A. event in July

International Day for Korean Dogs and Cats - July 25; IDA to hold protests concurrent with events around the globe

New Online Video Documents Japanese Dolphin Slaughter; Save Japan Dolphins coalition spotlights both animal cruelty and health concerns [Note: video embedded below]

An archive of past IDA eNews newsletters is available here.

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I’ve actually gotten this very justification. In person. Like, for real. Cereal.

A certain relative of mine, who shall remain nameless (hey, the saucy FSM knows who s/he is!), actually thinks these legalized orgies of animal abuse are fun for all involved. Last I checked s/he also thought that Rush Limbaugh was totally teh cool, so…yeah.

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Via United Poultry Concerns:

Please Thank IRA GLASS for Promoting Veg Change

Yesterday we announced that media celebrity Ira Glass, host of the wildly popular Public Radio International’s This American Life aired on National Public Radio, and now on TV, appeared on Late Night with David Letterman Friday, April 20th where he told Letterman and millions of viewers that his visit to United Poultry Concerns’ chicken sanctuary inspired him to become a vegetarian.

Please thank Ira Glass for bringing this important message to the public. We are So Honored & So Grateful to Ira Glass!

Contact Ira Glass at:

Ira Glass
This American Life
153 West 27th Street, Suite 1104
New York, NY 10001
Email: ira [at] thislife.org, web [at] thislife.org
Website: www.thisamericanlife.org/About_Contact.aspx

After the flip: the original alert, as well as a video (via You Tube) of the appearance.

Karen Davis, Chicken Advocacy, Vegetarianism Discussed On David Letterman

Ira Glass appeared on Late Night with David Letterman Friday April 20th promoting the television version of his radio show This American Life. Since 1995, Ira Glass has been host of Public Radio International’s This American Life. For 16 years before that, he worked as a producer, editor, and reporter on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition.

At the midpoint of his conversation with Letterman, Glass described his encounter with Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns and the huge letter-writing campaign UPC mobilized several years ago. He commented with amazement on the overwhelming task of advocating for chickens in a world where their death is everywhere you look, an “Armageddon” as he described it.

He described UPC’s sanctuary in the midst of a large poultry production area, where “little escaping chickens” falling off trucks are brought to UPC’s sanctuary for safety, how he was invited to visit and upon meeting the chickens discovered they are indeed little individuals with personalities – “this one’s shy, that one’s outgoing.”

When he asked Letterman if he had ever met a chicken, Letterman quipped about meeting one on the end of his fork. He asked Glass if he had made dietary changes since then and Glass replied that he thought of those chickens every time he took a bite of chicken after that and that he has indeed become a vegetarian.

To view the segment on You Tube, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1TcL0wZ-pM

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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, 5/18/07, via Defenders of Wildlife:

Thank you for all your hard work over the past several months to save hundreds of wolves in the Greater Yellowstone area and the rest of the Northern Rockies.

All I can say is “wow.”

Last week marked the end of the public comment period on the Bush/Cheney Administration’s plan to eliminate vital Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the greater Yellowstone area and the Northern Rockies — a plan that could spark the worst wolf massacre to occur in the Lower 48 United States in decades.

Defenders asked for your help to save hundreds of wolves in Idaho and Wyoming from certain death, and you answered our call…

* More than 139,000 Defenders activists like you submitted written comments opposing the administration’s plan — generating more than half of all the comments submitted on the proposal.

* Hundreds of wildlife supporters from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Washington state showed up to bravely testify in person on behalf of common sense wolf management, outnumbering anti-wolf groups at almost every hearing.

* More than 69,000 people have viewed our YouTube video, making it one of the most viewed animal clips on that site.

* More than 8,000 dedicated supporters donated more than $386,000 in the last five months to fund our on-the-ground efforts to protect wolves, providing crucial support for public education, activist mobilization and work with local landowners to prevent unnecessary wolf and livestock loss.

The Fish and Wildlife Service will now consider the public comments on the Bush/Cheney Administration’s proposal to eliminate vital Endangered Species Act protections, with a decision on delisting expected within six months.

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UPDATE, 5/1/07, via Defenders of Wildlife:

We have just one week left to prevent the slaughter of hundreds of wolves in the Northern Rockies. Unless we stop them, federal officials could eliminate vital protections for these magnificent animals and spark the biggest wolf massacre in the lower 48 state to occur in decades.

Watch our video online, and then take action to oppose the Bush/Cheney Administration’s proposal to remove protections for wolves, which could lead to the slaughter of wolves in the greater Yellowstone area and the rest of the Northern Rockies.

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