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textWoodlands Deli (Kentfield, Marin) to stop selling Foie Gras by JimBob & Jim Geraghty
Good News!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 2:37pm PST
textThis Week's Bay Area Events by In Defense of Animals
Here are this week's events in the Bay Area. We hope you will be able to attend one or more of them....
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 5:58pm PST
textMarriage Celebrations all over California Tonight by MECA
The SF Superior Court ruled that that the state's exclusion of same-sex couples from civil marriage is unconstitutional. Take Action Tonight in Your Local Community to Celebrate this Historic Marriage Decision!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 3:28pm PST
textQuestioning Nativism: Info for Letters to Protect Exotic Deer In Point Reyes by Kate Danaher
QUESTIONING NATIVISM: INFORMATION FOR LETTERS TO PROTECT EXOTIC DEER IN POINT REYES FROM BEING HARMED...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 9:56am PST
textMPJC Animal Rights Committee Meeting Wed. 3/23 by Kate Danaher
The next Marin Peace & Justice Coalition Animal Rights Committee meeting will be...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 9:40am PST
textGE-Free Sonoma/Economic Costs of Bio-Contamination by GE Free Sonoma
We have an incredible opportunity to "just say no" to GMO (genetically modified) crop pollution in our precious Sonoma County ecosystem and farmland. Still, the challenges are notable, and it will take our effort to make that possible. Here's a new release highlighting the potential costs from GMO crops in this county....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:50pm PST
textIn Defense of Animals News by Mat Thomas
IDA would like to thank everyone who has generously donated money to the tsunami disaster relief fund for animals. The massive tsunami that devastated Asia five weeks ago has so far claimed at least 175,000 human lives and untold numbers of animals. The disaster's aftermath has also left millions homeless and destitute. Rescue organizations are desperately trying to help those in the most deeply impacted areas who have no food or shelter, including animals whose guardians were killed or...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 2:12pm PST
textTake Action on Non-Native Deer in Marin by Marin Humane Society
Many visitors to the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County have been lucky enough to glimpse the beautiful white fallow deer and spotted axis deer who have resided in the park for more than half a century....
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 4:37pm PST
text3/4 in San Rafael: Next Generation Peace Rally and March by Next Generation
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey joins activists from Next Generation and city workers, taxpayers, students and teachers for a creative rally challenging President Bush's proposed 2006 budget and demanding funding for our communities and not for war. The rally is followed by a march to several downtown locations. San Rafael City Hall, 1400 Fifth St., San Rafael....
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 4:54pm PST
textclosing of Sonoma Saveurs celebrated! by paris
Although drizzly at times....nothing could rain on this parade! The closing of the foie gras entrenched restaurant Sonoma Saveurs was cause for activists to come from far and wide to celebrate!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 3:10pm PST
text3/2: Roy Bourgeois to speak at Sonoma State by Soc. Dept
Founder of SOA Watch, Father Roy Bourgeois, will speak at Sonoma State University, March 2 at 7:00 pm in the Commons....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 8:00pm PST
textCelebrate the closure of foie gras specialist Sonoma Saveurs by In Defense of Animals
We are pleased to report that Sonoma Saveurs, the Sonoma restaurant co-owned and operated by Guillermo and Junny Gonzalez, owners of Sonoma Foie Gras, has closed. The closure of the restaurant will spare the lives of thousands of ducks each year....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 4:18pm PST
imageVallejo and Benicia: Organize Now to Stop School Closings!
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Regional Organizing Drive to Stop Educational Cuts! Oakland Education Association President Ben Visnick to join Benicia and Vallejo Teachers, Staff, Parents and Workers in an Open Forum to Save Our Schools...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 4:07pm PST
textA Fun and Unusual Way to Help Animals (SaveABunny) by Marcy Schaaf
Pooking for a fun way to help animals right here in your community, we are looking for compassionate and reliable volunteers to help at SaveABunny, our nonprofit rabbit rescue group. We are located in Mill Valley, not far form SF or East Bay....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 7:36pm PST
textSonoma Saveurs foie gras shop closes by GraceAnn Walden
one more down......
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 4:02pm PST
text2/14 at Sonoma State: Volunteers Needed to Mobilize Gay Activism by Inappropriate Society
On February 14th, 12:00 P.M. at Sonoma State University, the "Inappropriate" Society, a student club, will be hosting an event intended to challenge the pervasive societal taboos related to public display of affection in general, and particularly related to those who are discriminated and silenced in this regard....
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 12:09am PST
textPark Service wants to eliminate exotic deer at Point Reyes by karen dawn
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
textRohnert Park police shoot and kill man after car and foot chase by San Jose Mercury News
Friday night's incident was the second officer-involved shooting this year for police in Rohnert Park, a city of 40,000 people about 50 miles north of San Francisco....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 6:02pm PST
textMarin Humane Society Article: Multi-Issue Opportunity for Letter Writing by Jennifer Upshaw
Humane Society rare mix of advocacy, enforcement...
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 7:56pm PST
textIn Defense of Animals news by IDA
You may recall that several weeks ago, we asked you to urge Stonewall Kitchen - a gourmet and specialty foods retailer - to stop selling foie gras. I am delighted to report that Stonewall Kitchen has made the humane decision to remove this "delicacy" (in reality, the enlarged liver of a sick duck) from its catalog and Website. Stonewall said in a letter to IDA that the decision was "due to the response we got from your organization and other valued consumers." So thanks to...
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 5:08pm PST
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