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Last updated July 02, 2009

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Sign The Farm Sanctuary "Truth Behind Labels" Petition Today!
Cramped crates aren’t natural living conditions for calves and sows. Cows and pigs need fresh air, sunlight and open space to engage in natural behaviors such as grazing and rooting for food, taking mud baths, and raising their young. Trotting through a field and stretching one’s legs are natural too, aren’t they?

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently allowed companies to slap a “naturally raised” label on meat and meat products that
come from animals whose upbringing was far from natural. Raising animals in intensive confinement on factory farms, with no access to sunshine or fresh air is that natural? We say no! Furthermore, such a label misleads the public and exploits consumer trust in advertising and packaging claims and in government regulation of agriculture.

Let the USDA know you won’t stand for such deceptive claims. Tell them their “naturally raised” label is not natural!

Sign the petition, today!

 

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Help Farm Sanctuary Save Sheep from Cruel and Unnecessary Training Exercises
This week Massachusetts General Hospital killed live sheep in a trauma training course, despite the fact that more than 90 percent of such courses in the nation rely exclusively on human-based simulators rather than live animals. Continuing to use sheep in this way is both outmoded and cruel.

Send a quick and easy letter to the Hospital’s course director urging her to commit to using only non-animal methods in future trauma training courses.







 

bullet Ask NDSU To Stop Killing Pigs For Training Courses
April was a cruel month for pigs. At North Dakota State University, live pigs were unlawfully killed after they were subjected to the trauma of confinement and experimentation. But you can end this unnecessary cruelty. Join PCRM in asking the university to end animal use in its Advanced Trauma Life Support course taught by instructors from MeritCare Hospital.

On April 15, PCRM sent a letter to the chair of the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) requesting that NDSU stop its use of animals in its trauma training course. In the letter, PCRM medical adviser John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., wrote that the Animal Welfare Act mandates the consideration of nonanimal alternatives when they can minimize pain.

But at NDSU, misleading and outdated evidence about alternative nonanimal technologies and animal-based training was used to justify animal use in the IACUC protocol for the course.

Please ask NDSU to stop using animals in its trauma training course today.


 

bullet Help To End The Use Of Chimps In Research
A nine-month-long undercover investigation by The HSUS has exposed the mistreatment of nearly 300 chimpanzees and other primates at the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana. These chimps, living lives of deprivation and misery, are among the more than 1,000 chimps languishing in laboratories across the United States. Chimps, our closet genetic relative, are complex, social, and long-lived creatures. Many chimps currently warehoused in research facilities have lived for decades behind bars. Especially heartbreaking are stories of the 26 elder chimps at NIRC, who were taken from their mothers in the wild.

The Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326) has just been re-introduced in Congress. This legislation aims to end invasive research on the chimpanzees remaining in laboratories, retire the approximately 500 federally-owned chimpanzees to permanent sanctuary (including the elder chimps at NIRC), and make the recent decision by the National Center for Research Resources (part of the National Institutes of Health) to stop funding the breeding of federally-owned chimpanzees permanent.

Please make a brief, polite phone call to urge your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor The Great Ape Protection Act. Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 or click here to look up your Representative and the Capitol office phone number.

After you make your call, fill in and submit the form to automatically send a message to your U.S. Representative. Your legislators receive a lot of email, so it is important to personalize the subject line and text below to make your message stand out and have a greater impact.

 

Check out the latest additions....................

bullet 4th of July Bike 'n' Vegan BBQ Fest at GREEN!!
Looking for something to do on the 4th? How about a 4th of July Bike 'n' Vegan BBQ Fest at GREEN from 2 until 9PM! Ride your bike there and get a discount on the fixin's!

Your choice of vegan hot dogs, hamburgers, brats or BBQ tofu to be served with homemade potato salad, roasted garlic corn cobblet and baked beans! Top it off with an organic soda and a red, white and blue shortcake!

This musical event is free and the delicious food is at fantastic prices:
$6.00 for BBQ plate ($5.00 if you ride your bike in)
$2.00 soda
$3.00 cake

Event Includes-
Fixed gear bike demo
Fixed gear bike raffle
Sweet raffles to benefit Circle L Ranch
Animal Adoptions
Discounts galore at Acme Prints

Live bands, including-
Slack Babbath
Necronauts
Skinwalkers
Hooves
The Black River Bandit
Hug of War

Proceeds go to Dr. Deborah Wilson's Circle L Ranch Animal Rescue and Sanctuary. Come enjoy the live music and the compassionate cuisine and support Circle L Ranch in the process!

To learn more about Circle L Ranch, go to www.circlel.org

WHERE:
GREEN Restaurant
2240 N Scottsdale Rd
Tempe, AZ 85281
480 941-9003
-located on Scottsdale Road, just north of McKellips (west side of Scottsdale Road)

WHEN:
Saturday, 4th of July
2pm-9pm

This fundraiser event brought to you by:
-Acme Prints
-Kore Bikes
-High School Football Records
-Circle L Ranch Animal Rescue & Sanctuary
-Green Restaurant

 
bullet 2009 Veggie Awards- Vote Today For Your Veg Favorites!!

 
bullet Join Us For Vegan Voices!
Our monthly Vegan Voices meeting is going to be July 11th (moved back one week due to the holiday).  More details on topic, etc soon!

Vegan Voices
Saturday, July 11th
11:30am-1pm
Green Vegetarian Restaurant

Please RSVP so we can save you a seat!

http://www.greenvegetarian.com/location.htm

Vegan Voices is an opportunity to write letters on local and national issues affecting animals.

AZVegan will provide a topic, background information, and contact info on the issues. We will have a short discussion about the topic and then write letters on the issues. Handwritten letters have been said to carry more weight than emails or printed letters which can be mass produced. Handwritten letters show that an issue is important enough to you that you're willing to sit down and write a letter about it.

Bring stamps and your favorite pen! We'll provide the stationary, dictionary, and the issues. Please email azvegan@gmail.com with any questions.

 
bullet Animal Defense League of Arizona's Quarterly Public Meeting
Focus:
Our meeting will focus on Spay Neuter resources & programs available to the public (both Low-Cost & No-Cost programs).  We will have a presentation on feral/ “free-roaming” cats and how we can assist the publics need and concerns through our TNR (Trap Neuter Return) Program.  We will update on results of our spay/neuter efforts throughout Maricopa County and the state.  Over 2100 feral/free-roaming cat’s spayed/neutered since March!   We will also be updating on the current wildlife issues & legislation regarding animal bills.

What: Animal Defense League of Arizona’s Quarterly Public Meeting

When: July 26th, Sunday

Time: 2:30p-4:30p

Where:
Glendale Public Library
5959 W. Brown St
Glendale, AZ

 
bullet Register Now for Taking Action for Animals 2009!
Registration is now open for Taking Action for Animals 2009 -- the largest national conference for the animal protection movement. Join us for the best TAFA conference to date, where you'll find more of our renowned educational workshops and networking opportunities. The fifth annual Taking Action for Animals conference will be held July 24-27, 2009, in Arlington, Virginia.

At just $140, TAFA is the best value of any national conference in the field of animal protection. Unlike other conferences that charge you extra for every meal, the TAFA registration cost includes two lunches, a banquet dinner, food and drinks at a welcome reception, and other snacks between workshops. In these trying economic times, you won't find a better value for your money than TAFA.

Plan now to join advocates from around the globe for this unparalleled opportunity to brush up on the basics, learn about the latest cutting-edge campaigns, and attend dynamic workshops that will help you improve your work for animals. Get more bang for your buck by registering now and taking advantage of lower early registration rates. Registration includes:

* Plenary sessions
* Training workshops
* A Lobby Day on Capitol Hill
* An exciting exhibit hall featuring vendors and non-profit organizations
* A banquet dinner
* Two lunches
* A welcome reception
* Invaluable opportunities for networking with colleagues, mentors, and fellow advocates

More than 1,000 people attended the 2008 conference. Don't miss this chance to get more involved!  Visit www.takingactionforanimals.org  often for program updates and registration information.

Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City (map). Low group room rates are available for conference attendees. For reservations call the hotel's reservation department at 703-418-1234 or Hyatt Central Reservations at 800-233-1234 and mention Taking Action for Animals (group code TAFA).

Transportation: Hyatt Regency Crystal City offers complimentary shuttle service to/from both Reagan National Airport and the Crystal City metro station.

 
bullet Animal Rights 2009 Annual National Conference-July 16th-20th in Los Angeles!
Animal Rights 2009 is a forum for sharing knowledge, reporting on progress, discussing strategies and tactics, networking, and "recharging our batteries."
-World’s largest and oldest animal rights conference
-100 sessions, including plenaries, workshops, raps, reports
-90 speakers from 60 animal protection groups in 9 countries
-Sessions on personal skills, activism, organizing, outreach

Register today at http://www.arconference.org/registration.htm

 
bullet Plan To Attend This Year's 2009 Farm Sanctuary Fundraiser Dinner/Silent Auction and Walk for Farm Animals!
Preparations are underway for this year's event!  There are many new changes this year.  We are so excited to announce our new location in Mesa, Inside The Bungalow.  The owners have generously donated the facility for our use and we think it will be a perfect venue for our event. 

Mark your calendars today and plan to attend the event on Friday, October 9th, 7-10pm.  This year's party will include dinner catered by Green Vegetarian restaurant, Silent Auction, and much more!  Parking is free and the facility is wonderful!  Keep checking back for updates as we get closer to the date! 

Please be sure to also plan to attend this year's Walk for Farm Animals.  It will be held on Saturday, October 17th at Margaret T. Hance Park in downtown Phoenix.  Registration will begin at 9am and the Walk begins at 10am.  Hope to see you there!  Register today at http://www.walkforfarmanimals.org/2009_locations.htm
 

 


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