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canned hunting
The Magazine section of the Sunday, February 6, Washington Post has a lengthy fluff piece on canned hunting, headed "They Shoot Zebras, Don't They? These days, you don't have to go to the African veldt to hunt gazelle, kudu and zebra. Set your sights on Texas." (Page W21) It includes a couple of quotes from animal rights activists -- a couple of lines in a 4,300 piece on the sport....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:06pm PST
wild horses facing slaughter
The February 7 edition of Newsweek, (on stands till the afternoon of the 7th) has an article headed "A New Range War: A change in the law, and wild horses face slaughter." (Page 51.)...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:03pm PST
slaughterhouses ('They Die Piece by Piece')
The Sunday, February 6, New York Times has an editorial headed, "What Meat Means." It follows a January 25 article, headed "Human Rights Group Criticizes Meat Packing Industry." (You can read an abstract of the original article, or purchase it, on line at: http://tinyurl.com/4bxlh)...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:01pm PST
Ingrid Newkirk to do book-signing 7pm Feb 17th in SF
Ingrid Newkirk (PETA's co-founder and president) will be doing a (free!) book-signing and speaking engagement at San Francisco's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Books", which is located at 601 Van Ness Avenue on Friday February 17th at 7 PM....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 1:51pm PST
Elite Fundraiser on Feb. 19 for the Animals
You can help the animals of Oakland!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 11:04pm PST
Meatless Column
SF Bay Guardian piece, Dec. 29 - Jan. 4 2004, Vol. 39, No. 13...
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 2:58pm PST
Remembering Jill Phipps with Action!
The current HLS Supplier Week of Action provides a great opportunity to make
some calls or send some e-mails in rememberance of Jill's sacrifice....
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 1:30pm PST
Giant KFC Protest in SF 2/6/05 Video (video/quicktime 2.8MB)
short 48 seconds of quicktime video from PETA-led KFC demo...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 10:01pm PST
Sleeping Mother Bear & Cubs shot & Killed at Lake Tahoe, Ca.
On February 4th, 2005 a family of bears, a mother bear and her two baby cubs were shot and killed while they lay sleeping for the winter. This took place in Lake Tahoe, Ca....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 8:23pm PST
story on dog vivisection dealer in St. Louis
The Thursday, February 3, St Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) has a front page story headed, "Animal dealer pays record fine." It imparts loads of information about Class B dealers and the canine vivisection industry....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 7:12pm PST
Park Service wants to eliminate exotic deer at Point Reyes
The Friday, February 4, San Francisco Chronicle has a front page story headed, "Park Service wants to eliminate exotic deer at Point Reyes"...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 7:09pm PST
Feb 17, 7pm, Town Hall Meeting on Oakland Animal Shelter
The Oakland Animal Shelter has apparently not been a great place in the past, and the hiring of a new director is intended to cure that....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 7:04pm PST
Avian race anything but birdbrains, scientists find
This item kind of families nicely with the recent PETA KFC protests....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 12:07pm PST
28,000 Pledges in 28 Days: Wolf Advocates Take Alaska Boycott Drive to the Internet
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Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 10:51am PST
Giant KFC Protest in SF 2/6/05
Over 100 activists descended upon the KFC at Eddy and Polk in San Francisco Sunday February 5th for what normally would have been the noontime lunch rush. It was enough to cover all four corners of the intersection....
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 9:37pm PST
updates on BAV advocacy events
Just wanted to share the news about some changes in our advocacy event line-up effective February...
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 6:05pm PST
Join IDA This Saturday at Gopher Gardening
It's warm and sunny, the perfect weekend to join our monthly gardening event....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 5:53pm PST
Marin Humane Society Article: Multi-Issue Opportunity for Letter Writing
Humane Society rare mix of advocacy, enforcement...
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 7:56pm PST