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Marine World Strikes Again
Please write letters to the editor if you can... Today's San Francisco Chronicle:...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 3:57pm PST
Celebrate Vegetarianism with Mayor Newsom Feb 9th
Don't miss the veg event of the year! Join Mayor Gavin Newsom, Julia Butterfly Hill, VegNews Magazine and Millennium Restaurant to celebrate the San Francisco winners of the 2004 VegNews Veggie Awards. The wine will be pouring, organic hors d'oeuvres abundant, soy lattes brewing, and the excitement astonishing as we honor the best of the best in the vegetarian industry....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 3:28pm PST
HRS bunny adoption and vegan luncheon, 2/12
The month of February is Adopt a Rabbit Month, and we’re also celebrating Valentine's Day. In honor of both occasions, House Rabbit Society is hosting a special Valentine Bunny Event on February 12th, from 12:00 to 4:00 at the Richmond Shelter....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 11:50am PST
LOCAL SHAC alert!
Urgent Action Alert
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Take A Quantum Leap At Shutting HLS:
Yet again animal rights activists have infiltrated the business
relationship between our favorite lab and an important affiliate(based RIGHT HERE!)...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 2:43pm PST
Perils of Fast-Growing Aquaculture Industry
There was a story on the front page of the Monday, January 24, Washington Post, headed "Fish Farming's Bounty Isn't Without Barbs." It discusses the environmental impact of aquaculture -- the factory farming of fish....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 1:54pm PST
Calling AR Activists to KPFA Board Meeting 1/29 @ 1PM in Berkeley
ANIMAL RIGHTS PROGRAMMING ON KPFA...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 1:41pm PST
Greyhounds front page in Florida and column following article in UK
The Monday, January 17 Independent, in the UK, ran a beautiful piece based on a memorial being organized, to take place on May 1, for a dog named Rusty. It is followed up in the Tuesday Independent with an op-ed discussing not just greyhound racing, but wider animal protection issues. And today (Tuesday 1/18) the Miami Herlad ran a front page story on the attempts to bring slot machines, and thereby many more patrons, to dog tracks....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 1:36pm PST
"The Cruelty Connection", A&E special presentation, 1/26/05
The connection between violence towards animals and violence towards people will be drawn tonight on TV in A&E special presentation....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 11:58am PST
Animal Rights Activists Persecuted by Furriers
Animal rights activists are being presecuted by furriers in Argentina. [solidarity needed]...
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 9:01pm PST
Corporate front group attacking PETA and others
Apparently PETA, and others, especially the others, are scaring Food Big Biz enough that the companies feel they have to counter-attack with a phony "consumers" group. Seems they have their sights narrowed down to Animal Rights activists, the "Food Police" cabal, and the "Green Fringe", but it's all a ruse to protect corporate profits and deny accountability....
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 2:32pm PST
Washington Post strong story on Chicago zoo death
On a day when we might have expected Washington papers to carry nothing but the inauguration, the Washington Post had a large page A3 story by Marc Kaufman headed, "Elephant's Death Renews Debate. Cold-Weather Zoos Called Harmful." (1/21/05)...
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 10:20am PST
Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network News
1) Josh Demmitt sentenced to 30 months imprisonment.
2) Support Fund set up for Rod Coronado.
3) Peter Schnell is free.
4) Support Stephen Marshall & Charles Jordon [in Oregon]
Four lots of American news...
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 3:26pm PST
we want animal rights radio on KPFA 94.1
a petition has been started to include an animal rights radio show on KPFA 94.1, the best radio station around the Bay Area...
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 2:13pm PST
positive reviews of new book "Making Kind Choices"
Ingrid Newkirk's book "You Can Save the Animals" has been near the top
of the DawnWatch recommended reading list for years. I will take this opportunity to announce with delight that she has a new book out called "Making Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth-
and Animal-Friendly Living." Sir Paul McCartney wrote the forward! Below
are brief reviews from the Sunday, January 9, Chicago Tribune, and Sunday, January 16, Washington Post:...
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 1:32pm PST
In Defense of Animals (IDA) News
Tips for winter health followed by several news items and things you can do for each:...
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 12:40am PST
End the Seal Hunt declares Canada's National Post
In its lead editorial, in the Wednesday January 19 edition, Canada's National Post has come out, forcefully, against the seal hunt....
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 12:09am PST
Christian vegetarian videos
Christian Vegetarian Association has materials available for broadcast on local public access television stations....
Posted: Sat, Jan 22, 2005 11:56pm PST