Just a reminder that the Party Animals house parties will be on
Sunday, 10/8.  This is an excellent opportunity to spread the word
about Prop 204 in Arizona, in addition to other important animal
protection issues!!!

Host a House Party for Animals!!
On Sunday, October 8, 2006—with less than a month to go before the
critical midterm elections—the Humane Society Legislative Fund will
hold our next house party event: Win for Animals in 2006! Win for
Animals parties are a unique opportunity to spread the word in your
community about important animal protection issues on the ballot in
November and how you can be a voice for the animals at the ballot
box-especially right here in Arizona with Prop 204!!!

All parties can dial in to the nationwide conference call and hear
from advocates working to pass state and federal initiatives to
advance animal protection issues. It won't be a party without you, so
sign up now!  Please click on the link below for more information.

http://www.partylaunch.com/partyanimals/

Attend a very special screening of the new film: BEYOND CLOSED DOORS I hope you
will be able to join us for the premiere of "Beyond Closed Doors," exploring the
current scientific, ethical and political forces shaping farm animal welfare in
our country.  Special guests will be in attendance, including Sheriff Joe
Arpaio!

6:45 PM on Saturday, October 14th
Arizona Science Center in Phoenix
LIMITED ADMISSION.

Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. Contact Hugh Dorigo for
tickets: info@... or 480-620-5322


Unlike many documentaries on animal treatment, BEYOND CLOSED DOORS (BCD) is not
horrifying to watch. Instead, Sandgrain Films has taken a comprehensive look at
the correlation between science, ethics, and the politics of farm animal
treatment. Two years in the making, BCD is a powerful, informative, and
thought-provoking film that relies on contrast and comparison of agricultural
practices around the world, to make a case for the ethical and humane treatment
of farm animals.

Interviews with scientists, veterinarians, farmers, professionals, welfare
groups and consumers, illuminate important issues rarely covered in the
mainstream media. To see a list of the professionals featured in the film, visit
http://sandgrainfilms.com

Using Arizona's current debate over Proposition 204 as an example of the
dividing forces at work, the documentary paints a vivid picture of the conflict
between the PR machines that feed the fears of all involved.

Even though the subject is grave, the one hour documentary leaves viewers with a
renewed sense of hope and the feeling that much positive change can and will be
accomplished for our society by citizens concerned about the future. The film
ends with a reminder that animal welfare is not a partisan issue but truly a
moral and ethical challenge, which deserves our attention as a nation.

Remember:  Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. Contact Hugh Dorigo
for tickets: info@... or 480-620-5322

National Call in Days for Horse Slaughter Vote- October 25th!!

More than one month ago, the U.S. House voted to ban horse slaughter.  Now we
must turn our focus to passing the same bill in the Senate.

Take immediate action:
Call your two U.S. Senators today:  Dial Senator Kyl at 202-224-4521 and Senator
McCain at 202-224-2235 and ask them to "please co-sponsor S.1915 the American
Horse Slaughter Prevention Act and protect horses from slaughter."

Spread the word: One phone call is not enough.  We need hundreds.  Tell your
friends, family, and coworkers to call their Senators today.

TWO NATIONAL CALL-IN DAYS: October 25 (Wednesday) and November 13
(Monday) are national call-in days for horses.  Call this week, call
next week, and call the following week.   Let's keep up the pressure!

****Correction- We inadvertently included Senator McCain in the list
of Senators to call.  He is already a co-sponsor of S.1915, and should
be thanked for his support.  You can contact him at 202-224-2235.

More than one month ago, the U.S. House voted to ban horse slaughter.
Now we must turn our focus to passing the same bill in the Senate.

Take immediate action:
Call your U.S. Senators today: Dial Senator Kyl at 202-224-4521 and
ask him to "please co-sponsor S.1915 the American Horse Slaughter
Prevention Act and protect horses from slaughter."

Spread the word: One phone call is not enough. We need hundreds. Tell your
friends, family, and coworkers to call their Senators today.

TWO NATIONAL CALL-IN DAYS: October 25 (Wednesday) and November 13
(Monday) are national call-in days for horses. Call this week, call
next week, and call the following week. Let's keep up the pressure!

Help Stop Animal Cruelty!
Vote YES on Prop 204

• It is cruel and inhumane to confine calves and pigs in crates so
small they can't even turn around and extend their limbs.

• Even animals raised for food deserve humane treatment.

• It was never an Arizona tradition to intensively confine pigs or
calves in two-foot wide cages, and Prop 204 will help protect
Arizona's family farming heritage.

• Prop 204 is supported by The Arizona Republic, Arizona Daily Star,
East Valley Tribune, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, radio legend Paul Harvey,
the Arizona Humane Society, the Humane Society of the United States,
National Catholic Rural Life Conference, and the National
Environmental Trust.

• Visit www.Yes204.com for more information!
Watch the video: http://tinyurl.com/pxm44


Please help spread the word to stop cruelty to animals!
Send this email to everyone in your address book.

And don't forget to VOTE YES on Prop 204 this November 7th

A message from Arizonans for Humane Farms:

Please join us on Election Night for an informal gathering as we wait
for the election results!

When:

Tuesday, November 7th

8:00 p.m. - Midnight

Where:

Hilton Garden Inn - Phoenix Airport – (University & I-10)
University Meeting Room
3422 E Elwood St.
Phoenix, AZ  85040
602-470-0500

What:
Please join us to celebrate all of our hard work to ban the cruel
confinement of pigs and calves in Arizona.  Watch the results of the
election come in with us, in what we hope will be our landslide
VICTORY party!

A cash bar will be available.  Please grab a bite to eat before you
get there, since we will not be serving food.  (We spent all of our
money on TV ads!!)

A special thank you to all the volunteers who donated money to the
campaign and to those who have put countless hours of work into the
campaign to give pigs and calves in our state the most basic
protection from cruelty.  We never could have come this far without
your dedication and compassion!

If you are interested in staying the night at the hotel, we have
discounted room rates available under "Arizonans for Humane Farms".
Rooms are selling out fast, so make your reservations now.  602-453-
9900

Check out the events this weekend in the valley.  This a a huge
shopping weekend and a great opportunity to spread the word about fur,
Covance, and the Canadian seal hunt.  Hope you can attend one of these events
for the animals!


Fur Free Friday Demo- Friday, 11/24-Scottsdale
The day after Thanksgiving is touted as the biggest shopping day of
the year, but animal advocates know it as "Fur-Free Friday" a day to
remind consumers to leave all fur and fur-trimmed products off their
holiday shopping list.  Please join on Friday.
What: Fur-Free Friday demonstration
When: Friday, November 24, at 12:00 noon
Where: Burberry, located at 7014 East Camelback Road, Scottsdale.
Posters and leaflets will be provided, so just bring yourself and
anyone you can recruit to join you.
For information about animals exploited for their skins see
BloodyBurberry.com and FurIsDead.com


Covance Demo Friday, 11/24- Chandler
When- Friday, 11/25- 10am-1pm
Chandler Fashion Center Mall- Chandler blvd and the 101 freeway
Call 602-412-8088 with any questions.


Red Lobster Demo- Saturday, 11/25 - Peoria
What: Protest of Red Lobster because they indirectly support the seal
slaughter in Canada
When: Saturday, November 25th at 3:30 p.m
Where: Red Lobster at 7921 W. Bell Road in Peoria
For information on why we boycott Canadian seafood to help the seals
visit http://www.hsus.org/protect_seals.html
Just show up! We'll have all the supplies you need. But if you have
your own please bring them too. The holiday season is about giving -
and the animals need YOU to give a small amount of time for them!

Please take a moment to read the following alert from the HSUS and then make one
quick call to help save horses.

****************************************
The Humane Society of the United States
Action Alert
December 5, 2006
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/US_2006_horsecallinday_4/w37358w49tt786k?sou\
rce=gabax5%
****************************************

NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY FOR HORSES IS TODAY! PLEASE CALL THE U.S. SENATE NOW!

As the U.S. Senate returns to work in Washington today, it is time to make your
voices heard so that American horses will be saved from slaughter once and for
all.

Here's what you can do to help:

1. Make the call Dec. 5. Call Sen. Jon Kyl at 202-224-4521 or call the
Congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121. If you're not sure what to say, try
this: "I am a constituent and I am calling to ask that the Senator immediately
protect our horses from slaughter and cosponsor S. 1915, the American Horse
Slaughter Prevention Act. I am very concerned about American horses and I don't
want them slaughtered."

2. Let us know you called. Follow up your phone calls by letting us know you
called to support the end of horse slaughter in the United States. Click here to
help push the Call-In Day counter into the tens of thousands by letting us know
you called: 
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/US_2006_horsecallinday_4/w37358w49tt786k?sou\
rce=gabax5%

Help tens of thousands of Americans reach the Senate by telling everyone you
know to call their Senators today! 
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/US_2006_horsecallinday_4/forward/w37358w49tt\
786k?source=gabax5%

Your calls will not only make a difference, they will help make history. Help us
end horse slaughter in the United States forever.

Sincerely,

Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. Check our home page this afternoon (1 p.m. EST) for exclusive new video of
the HSUS investigation into the horrors of the hidden horse slaughter industry
in this country and just over the borders in Canada and Mexico:
http://www.hsus.org/

****************************************
Copyright (c) 2006 The Humane Society of the United States
(HSUS). All Rights Reserved.
The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037
humanesociety@... | 202-452-1100 | www.hsus.org

****************************************

Please see details below for the Covance Rally scheduled this week at the final
City Council meeting of the year. Visit www.stopcovance.com for more
information.

Stop Covance Rally
Thursday, Dec 14th
4:30pm - 7:00pm
Location: Park across from City Hall
Arizona Ave between Boston & Buffalo St

This is a VERY IMPORTANT city hall rally to focus on the threat
Covance poses to the community and the deception and
back-door-politics of the Chandler Mayor and City Council did getting
them here and supporting them . Any and every one who is concerned
about their health and safety is encouraged to come. The rally will
start at @5pm but we will meet early at 4:30 at the park across the
street then walk over as a group to the city hall. If you can't make
it @4:30 we will still be out there until 7pm as the city council
meeting is immediately following the rally so please still come. There
will be STOP COVANCE T-shirts available to wear for $5 each and STOP
COVANCE bumper stickers for $3 each. There will be only two sizes for
the T-shirts..large and extra large to wear over your clothes.

All signs should be focused on the Mayor and City Council and
Family/Environment issues.

Please forward this notice to anyone that would be interested in
attending. Feel free to send/post this to any other email/online
groups, sites, blogs, etc where people will see. Also feel free to
make into a flyer and pass out to the public. We want this rally very
well publicized! SO SPREAD THE WORD!

Help spread the word about KFC cruelty!  Join other activists to pass
out leaflets at tomorrow's Fiesta Bowl Parade.

December 30, 2006
9:30am - 11:00am (Leafleting ends as the parade begins at 11am)
Meet Cody on the North-East corner of Central and Camelback to pick
up leaflets.  You can contact Cody directly at cody2478@...

PETA is asking KFC to eliminate the worst abuses that chickens suffer
on the factory farms and in the slaughterhouses of its suppliers,
including live scalding, life-long crippling, and painful debeaking.
The more than 850 million chickens killed each year for KFC are
tortured in ways that would result in felony cruelty-to-animals
charges if cats or dogs were the victims, but KFC still refuses to
make changes.  As the leader in the chicken industry, KFC has a
responsibility to ensure that the chickens raised for its buckets are
protected from the worst cruelties.  Visit
http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com for more info.

Some people will start claiming their spots at 6am, so if you have
your own leaflets, head out early!  The Fiesta Bowl Parade is
Arizona's largest single-day spectator event.  More than 400,000
people will line the streets of central Phoenix to enjoy the parade.
The Fiesta Bowl Parade is free to attend.

The parade will begin on Central Avenue, just north of Montebello
Avenue.  It will travel south to Camelback Road, then east to 7th
Street, and then south again to the finish just south of Minnezona
Avenue.

There are no specific parking designations for the Fiesta Bowl
Parade. If you are lucky enough to find a spot on the street, take
it. Otherwise, there will be parking lots charging in locations all
along the parade route.  Make sure you park on the side of the parade
route that you want to leave from--it may be difficult getting around
the parade route for several hours after it begins.

The following info is forwarded from meatisdead@... about an
upcoming leafleting opportunity.  Join Bill and others to help
educate the public about the dangers of dairy products:


The Milk Mafia is coming to Phoenix and doing a kickoff for their
new "Think about Your Drink" campaign.   I.e. get more people to
drink cow secretions instead of coca cola.  Phoenix City Hall, 10:00-
11:00 am or so, Monday Jan 8, 2007.

I would also like people to Think About their Drinks, but obviously
come to different conclusions than the Dairy Dorks would
prefer...please join me to spread the word.  We would especially like
to see some ladies join us since the campaign is aimed at women (see
below).  See you Monday Morning.  Maybe you can't fight City Hall,
but you can oppose the Cow Boyz and Girlz at City Hall.

Note also that it is aimed at media, and they are calling for middle-
class-casual dress.  Wear anything you like (except leather) but I
don't want to look like a bunch of goths and granolas or weirdos in
bloody cow costumes opposing a bunch of Stepford Wives.

Spread this message wherever you like.  Get on the MOOOve.  Campaign
against CowPain!  Email meatisdead@... if you can come!

Here is the press release/ want ad  about the campaign where they are
trying to hire local roadies (which I got from Craigslist).



"got milk? event launch staff needed!
Reply to: gigs-251157324@...
Date: 2006-12-19, 12:04PM MST

The reason I am writing is to inform you of a small launch event
taking place in January for the 2007 got milk? tour called "Think
About Your Drink". The program encourages women to stop before they
sit down to a meal and choose milk over a soda, a soft drink or
coffee.

This Launch Event for "Think About Your Drink" is taking place on
January 8th from 10am-11am (staff times from 8:30am-12:00pm) at the
City Hall in downtown Phoenix. The event is strictly aimed at media,
so we do not envision a huge crowd of consumers. Staff pay is
$12/hour and we will pay you for a minimum of 4 hours. The setup and
breakdown is extremely minimal, as we have several signs, 2 tables, a
media backdrop and some milk samples to distribute.

Dress attire is khaki pants and comfortable sneakers. A shirt will be
distributed onsite.

If you are interested and available, please let me know ASAP. Hiring
is on a first come, first serve basis. Hope to hear back from you
soon and I will provide additional information at that time.

Thank you!
Lauren Covino – West Regional Marketing Manager"

The Got Milk event will be taking place at 11am at the State Capitol
Lobby.  The address is 1700 W. Washington St.  Folks are urged to meet
up around 10:15am at the Wesley Bolin Plaza on the east side of the
Capitol by the Worker's Memorial.

Come to help spread the word about the dangers of dairy products.
Email meatisdead@... if you can come!

The Humane Society of the United States is pleased to announce the
launch of a powerful new advocacy tool: our new bird flu video,
available at http://birdflubook.org/g.php?id=6

The video features Michael Greger, MD, author of Bird Flu: A Virus of
Our Own Hatching and director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture
for The HSUS.

It offers a concise overview of the relationship between factory
farming and bird flu, including:

* How factory farms may have led to the emergence of H5N1.
* The connection between the 1918 flu pandemic and the threat we face
today.
* How moving away from factory farms may rob the virus of
opportunities to jeopardize the lives of millions of people.

Please take a look at the four-minute video and pass it on to your
family and friends! The entire book is available for free online at
http://www.BirdFluBook.org

Please join us for a free lecture on a powerful new approach to
preventing, controlling, and reversing diabetes. Pioneering nutrition
researcher Neal Barnard, M.D., will share findings from his latest
published studies, showing that a low-fat vegan diet can help many
patients cut their blood sugars, improve their insulin sensitivity,
and reduce, if not eliminate, their medications.

6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007

Burton Barr Central Library
1221 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Chef Jason Wyrick, executive chef of the Vegan Culinary Experience
(www.veganculinaryexperience.com) will prepare some examples of the
types of foods recommended in Dr. Barnard's program.

Admission: Free and open to the public. Call Jill Eckart at 202-686-
2210, ext. 337, with any questions.

AZVegan.com <http://azvegan.com/>  is proud to introduce three new ways
to take action, here and now, for the animals!  We are focusing on three
specific areas where you can take action any day of the week, working
around your own schedule!  If you are interested in participating in any
of these projects, please email us right away ( projects@...
<mailto:projects@...>  ) to let us know which projects you would
like to work on!  We are happy to provide you with materials and
guidance for all of these projects.

AZVegan Restaurant Outreach:   We will be reaching out to local
restaurants to encourage more animal-friendly menus.  Requesting more
vegan options, removing items such as veal and foie gras from the menu,
etc.  We will provide tips on the best ways to reach out to restaurants
near you and give you materials that you can pass on to them.

AZVegan Leafleting:  Leafleting is one of the most effective ways to
reach out to the public.  We want to create an army of people leafleting
in Arizona!  We will provide information on locations and events, and
will either provide materials or will direct you to where you can get
them for free.  If you want, we will try to pair you up with others in
your area when possible.

AZVegan Writers:  If you have a way with words, we need you!  We will
provide you with topics, talking points, and contact info.  You send the
emails and/or letters from the comfort of your own home!  This is a
GREAT project for people who can't/don't get out much.  (This is
separate from AZVegan Voices which meets in person to write letters and
will be resuming monthly meetings soon.)

I am also happy to announce that Kelly Cooney and Dawn Ratcliffe have
joined me to make AZVegan a more effective tool for our activist
community!  They are both amazing activists and have already been
working their tails off to help out on AZVegan projects.  They will be
working with me to send out activist alerts to the three new project
groups.





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The nation's largest pork producer, Smithfield Corporation, has just
agreed to phase out the use of gestation crates!!  (Smithfield's produces 15.6
million hogs annually and its clients include McDonald's and Wal-Mart.)  This is
a tremendous step forward in the humane treatment of farm animals!  Arizona
activists played an important role by passing Prop 204 and showing industry that
the public demands the humane treatment of farm animals.  The
following is a press release sent out by the Humane Society of the
United States:


The Humane Society of the United States Praises Smithfield Move to
End Confinement of Pigs in Gestation Crates

Nation's Largest Animal Protection Organization Calls the Change
a "Monumental Advance" for Animal Welfare

WASHINGTON (January 25, 2007) — Calling the company's
announcement "perhaps the most monumental advance for animal welfare
in history of modern American agribusiness," The Humane Society of
the United States (HSUS) today praised Smithfield Corporation, the
nation's largest pork producer, for announcing it has agreed to phase
out the confinement of pigs in gestation crates over the next
decade.  The decision comes after voters in Arizona and Florida – in
ballot initiatives spearheaded by The HSUS – approved measures to
outlaw the crates. The Arizona measure, Proposition 204, was approved
in November by 62 percent of voters, in spite of a vigorous campaign
by industry to defeat it.

"This is an earthquake in the pig industry," stated Wayne Pacelle,
president and CEO of The HSUS. "Gestation crates are one of the most
inhumane confinement systems used in modern agribusiness, and this
decision is a signal by the industry leader that these crates have no
place in the future of American agriculture. The Humane Society of
the United States calls on the other major pork producers to follow
Smithfield 's lead, and rid the industry of this extraordinarily
inhumane confinement system."

Gestation crates are two-foot by seven-foot metal cages that house
breeding pigs. The sows have a gestation period of four months, and
are in the crates for nearly their entire pregnancy. After giving
birth, they are re-impregnated and placed back in the crates,
enduring perhaps 8 or 10 successive pregnancies in the crates before
the animals are reproductively "spent." The crates are so restrictive
that the animals can't even turn around for months on end.  Pigs
confined in gestation crates suffer both leg and joint problems along
with psychosis resulting from extreme boredom and frustration.

Confinement in gestation crates is so abusive that the entire
European Union is phasing out the practice, with a total ban taking
effect in 2013. Numerous American animal scientists also oppose these
cruel crates. Farm animal expert Dr. Temple Grandin
states, "Gestation crates for pigs are a real problem...Basically,
you're asking a sow to live in an airline seat...I think it's
something that needs to be phased out."

Under Smithfield 's plan, breeding sows will instead be housed in
group pens in which they have some freedom of movement and the
ability to socialize.

C. Larry Pope, Smithfield Foods CEO stated in a press release, "While
this will be a significant financial commitment for our company over
the next 10 years, we believe it's the right thing to do."

Florida citizens voted to prohibit gestation crate confinement in
2002, and the Arizona measure was approved in 2006. The HSUS has been
considering replicating these campaigns in other states in the 2008
elections.


The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest
animal protection organization with nearly 10 million members and
constituents. The HSUS is a mainstream voice for animals, with active
programs in companion animals, disaster preparedness and response,
wildlife and habitat protection, marine mammals, animals in research,
equine protection, and farm animal welfare. The HSUS protects all
animals through education, investigation, litigation, legislation,
advocacy and field work. The nonprofit organization is based in
Washington and has field representatives and offices across the
country. On the web at www.humanesociety.org .

This is an outstanding article in today's Arizona Republic highlighting the
recent 204 victory and the effect it is having nationwide.


Arizona voters truly made difference

In the Chinese zodiac, 2007 is the Year of the Pig, which is
remarkably appropriate.

America's largest pork producer has announced it will no longer
confine pregnant pigs in crates so small the animal cannot turn
around. You probably remember these "gestation stalls." Use of such
cruel and inhumane enclosures was banned in Arizona when voters
approved Proposition 204 this past November.

There was quite a campaign to discredit the proposition and
characterize it as the product of vegans gone wild.

The hog industry, opponents of the ban claimed, would go out of
business if they couldn't use gestation crates.

But voters didn't buy that. The vote wasn't even close. Sixty-two
percent said to ban the crates.

Before the campaign, most people didn't even know about how factory-
farmed animals live. When they were made aware of what was going on,
people wanted it stopped. Arizonans recognize the responsibility that
comes from having power over other living things.

Arizona was the second state to ban confining pregnant animals to
these tiny stalls. Florida did it in 2002. The Humane Society of the
United States was considering taking the campaign to other states.

The pork industry was paying attention.

In announcing a 10-year phase-out of gestation stalls, C. Larry Pope,
chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods Inc., said, "Working with
our customers, who have made their views known on the issue of
gestation stalls, we are pleased to be taking this precedent-setting
step." Customers told them "they feel group housing is a more animal-
friendly form of sow housing," he said.

Smithfield doesn't have a hog-raising facility in Arizona, but the
Virginia-based company owns 187 sow farms in eight states.

Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, said
Arizona's vote was a "major factor" in the Smithfield decision.

Of course it was. Industry responds to public pressure, and the
public's feeling on this issue was clearly stated.

This makes speaking up look like a remarkably appropriate thing to
do.

ADLA Legislative Alert: Bill Could Overturn Prop 204 in Five Years

State lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow the
Legislature to overturn Prop 204 (Humane Farms Initiative), despite
the fact that voters overwhelmingly approved the measure.

SCR 1015, referenda and initiatives; legislative restrictions
(C.Gray, Allen, Bee, Burns, Flake) authorizes the Legislature to
repeal, amend, or supersede an initiative five years after voter
approval.

To access bill text and details go to:
http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=scr1015

Remember Last Session?
In 2006 lawmakers tried to pass a measure targeting the Humane Farms
Initiative. The fact that Prop 204 has now been voted into law
apparently isn't going to prevent legislators from again trying to
kill it.

Background
In 1998 voters passed Prop 105, a Constitutional amendment which
forbids the Legislature from repealing initiatives passed by voters.
SCR 1015 would amend Prop 105 to allow lawmakers to revoke or amend
initiatives five years after the election.  If SCR 1015 passes it
would appear on the 2008 ballot.

Why This Bill is So Dangerous
If this bill passes, the Legislature could overturn Prop 204, the
Humane Farm Law, in five years – before the law even takes effect.
And since the bill as written is retroactive, lawmakers could also
repeal the citizens' initiatives that banned trapping and
cockfighting.


WHAT YOU CAN DO
This bill will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday,
February 5.  Please contact committee members and urge them to Vote
NO on SCR 1015.  If you volunteered on Prop 204 or other initiatives,
let them know.  If your Senator is a committee member, let him or her
know that you are a voter in their district.

Chuck Gray        602.926.5288     cgray@...
Ron Gould          602.926.4138     rgould@...
Ken Cheuvront   602.926.5325     kcheuvront@...
Albert Hale          602.926.4323     ahale@...
Karen Johnson   602.926.3160     kjohnson@...
Richard Miranda 602.926.5911     rmiranda@...
Jim Waring         602.926.4916     jwaring@...

Thank you for forwarding any responses you receive to
legislative@...


Thanks for your help!
Animal Defense League of Arizona
www.adlaz.org

ADLA Legislative Update: SCR 1015 Killed in Committee!

SCR 1015, the measure that could have overturned Prop 204 is dead.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3 -2-2 against the bill.

Thanks for all your calls and emails to legislators on SCR 1015 -
they made a huge difference!

As you know SCR 1015, referenda and initiatives; legislative
restrictions (C.Gray, Allen, Bee, Burns, Flake) would have authorized
the Legislature to repeal, amend, or supersede an initiative five
years after voter approval.

Voting NO:   Senators Cheuvront, Gould, and Waring
Voting YES:  Senators Gray and Johnso
Not Voting (Absent):  Senators Hale and Miranda

Please thank Senators Cheuvront, Gould and Waring for supporting our
voting rights by voting NO on SCR 1015.

Ron Gould          602.926.4138     rgould@...
Ken Cheuvront   602.926.5325     kcheuvront@...
Jim Waring         602.926.4916     jwaring@...


Please forward any responses you receive to legislative@...

And again, we greatly appreciate all your efforts to stop this
dangerous legislation.

Register Now for Animal Care Expo 2007!
May 9-12, 2007 in Dallas, Texas
Online registration now available!

Animal Care Expo 2007
May 9-12, 2007
Hyatt Regency Dallas

Register Now!
Join us in Dallas this May for more of the excellent educational
workshops and networking that Animal Care Expo is known for.  Expo
will again have all your favorite features, like the Meet and Greet,
the Brain Bank, and more!

Animal Care Expo features workshops on topics that are important to
you, such as:
• Animal Behavior
• Fund-Raising
• Volunteer Programs
• Community Outreach
• Field Services
• Humane Education
• Shelter Health
• ...and much more!
Register today and find all the Animal Care Expo details you need at
www.AnimalSheltering.org/expo

Register early and save more than 25%!
Register by March 30 and pay the early registration fee of $150 for
Shelter Partners, $175 for non-Shelter Partners, and $150 for
international attendees.  Your registration must be postmarked or
received via fax or online by midnight March 30.   (After March 30,
registration is $200 for Shelter Partners, $225 for non-Shelter
Partners, and $200 for international attendees.)

The Humane Society of the United States • 2100 L Street, NW •
Washington, DC 20037 • 202-452-1100 • www.AnimalSheltering.org/expo •
info@...

________________________________________
Copyright © 2007 The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). All
Rights Reserved.

Please Attend a Demonstration to Help the Dogs, Cats, and Other
Animals Killed for Their Fur in China

When:
Saturday 2/17 & Sunday, 2/18, 2007
12:00 noon until 3:00 pm

Where:
Chinese Cultural Center
668 N. 44th Street (Just south McDowell and 202 freeway)
Phoenix, AZ

For more information,
Contact:    Debra Grossman, ddgrossman@..., 602-809-5608 or Bill
Schramm, meatisdead@...

Your presence is urgently needed at a forthcoming peaceful
demonstration to protest the horrific, unspeakable treatment of dogs,
cats and other wild species in China, the largest exporter of fur in
the world.

Undercover footage, as seen on Larry King Live (CNN) in December of
2005, documented animals being slammed against the ground or being
bashed with clubs.  Some animals are skinned alive and thrown onto a
pile of other dead and dying animals where they continue to live for
up to 30 minutes. See link below for transcripts of Larry's show:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/11/lkl.01.html

Also, let us not forget the recent massacre of over 50,000 dogs in
China as a solution to a rabies outbreak.  See this link for
information:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-08-01-china-dogs_x.htm

It is imperative that we send a message around the world.  The press
mainly cares about the number of participants at protests, so please
attend and bring your friends.  Banners, posters and leaflets will be
provided. Please keep your companion animal on a leash.  Dog
sanitation will be monitored.  Nearby street parking is available.

Please visit http://www.furkills.org for more information.

Compassion Over Killing and Vegan Outreach have created an easy-to-
fill-out form to ask Morningstar Farms to stop using eggs. If you have
30 seconds, please submit a comment at:

http://www.morningstar-egg-facts.com/


Please contact Morningstar Farms and politely request that they remove
eggs from their products.

Behind the vast majority of every "incredible edible" egg sold in
grocery stores today is a hen so intensively confined inside a wire
battery cage, she can barely even move.  With just 67 square inches of
space in which to live, she can't even flap her wings, let alone build
a nest, perch, dust bathe, or perform many other natural behaviors.

Please take 30 seconds to help these suffering animals!  Thanks!

This is not in our area, but it is always great to voice your opinion
to help animals!


Do you think hunting should be allowed on Sunday?   Please vote NO

http://bangordailynews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=146985&zoneid=500

Here's another online poll that just takes a few seconds.  Just
another opportunity to speak out on behalf of the animals.  (Poll is
on the left side of the page.)


What do you make of PETA's criticism of K-State for allowing fans to
throw chickens on the floor during the KU game?

Vote:  I support PETA -- chicken-throwing is intolerable!

http://www.themercury.com/News/article.aspx?articleId=af350169a5634e0d8cee65050a\
30b29d

(If you can't click on the link above, copy and past the entire link
into the address line.)

The Sierra Club is hosting a Lobby Day at the Arizona Capitol.
Although the main focus of this day is the environment, it is a
great opportunity for animal activists to get involved and learn
more about the legislative process.  Take this opportunity to get
more active for both the environment and the animals!


Environmental Day at the Arizona Legislature

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
9:00 a.m. to Noon
on the House Lawn at the Arizona Capitol
1700 W. Washington, Phoenix

Now, more than ever, Arizona's environment needs your voice. We need
more people speaking up for clean air, clean water, renewable energy
resources and protection of important wildlife habitat.

If you are interested in learning more about the Arizona
Legislature, meeting legislators, and advocating for environmental
protection, please join us for this fun and informative morning.  If
you represent an organization, we also would like to invite you to
have a table at the event to display your organization's materials.
Please plan to be set up by 8:30 a.m. and to display through the
lunch hour if possible.

The program will begin at 9:00 a.m. and run until around Noon and
will focus on Arizona's Growth.  Please let us know if your group
plans to have a table and whether or not you need anything (like a
table or chairs).  Also, please consider making appointments with
your legislators that day.  It is a great opportunity for them to
hear from you.  If the timing works, we will try to have our group
introduced from the Floor of the House or Senate. Light snacks and
drinks will be provided.

Even if you can come for only one or two hours, we hope you will
participate.  It does, you do, make a difference.  To RSVP, contact
Sandy Bahr at (602) 253-8633 or sandy.bahr@...

This alert was sent by Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine.  Please take action TODAY.  You can leave a message for
your representative tonight - the briefing is tomorrow.



Please call your representative and senators today and urge them to
attend a briefing on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). If
you recall, this bill passed last November and was signed into law in
December.

The briefing will discuss issues of free speech and how the AETA now
sets the stage for the criminalization of peaceful forms of advocacy
undertaken by citizens and organizations seeking change. The briefing
is organized by the Equal Justice Alliance and the Office of Rep. Tom
Lantos of California. Speaking will be Heidi Boghosian, executive
director of the National Lawyers Guild; Odette Wilkens, executive
director of Equal Justice Alliance; Will Potter, freelance
journalist; and possibly Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. The briefing
will take place on Wednesday, March 21, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in room
2255 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Please, call your representative and senators today. Then, send a
follow-up e-mail.

Forward this e-mail to your family and friends. Thank you, again, for
urging your representative and senators to attend this important
meeting. Feel free to contact Kyle Ash, Legislative Coordinator for
PCRM at kash@... if you have any questions.

This is great news!!!  Please take a moment to thank Wolfgang Puck
at: contactus@... .  You can read more details at:
http://tinyurl.com/384rwq . Below is today's New York Times story:

*

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/dining/22puck.html

March 22, 2007
Celebrity Chef Announces Strict Animal-Welfare Policy
By KIM SEVERSON

Wolfgang Puck, the Los Angeles chef whose culinary empire ranges from
celebrity dinners at Spago to a line of canned soups, said yesterday
that he would use eggs and meat only from animals raised under strict
humane standards.

With the announcement, Mr. Puck has joined a small group of top chefs
around the country who refuse to serve foie gras, the fattened liver
of ducks and geese. But Mr. Puck, working with the Humane Society of
the United States, has taken his interest in animal welfare beyond
ducks.

He has directed his three companies, which together fed more than 10
million people in 2006, to buy eggs only from chickens not confined
to small cages. Veal and pork will come from farms where animals are
not confined in crates, and poultry meat will be bought from farmers
using animal welfare standards higher than those put forth by the
nation's largest chicken and turkey producers. Mr. Puck has also
vowed to use only seafood whose harvest does not endanger the
environment or deplete stocks.

"We decided about three months ago to be really much more socially
responsible," he said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. "We
feel the quality of the food is better, and our conscience feels
better."

Many chefs at high-end restaurants, some smaller food-service chains
and grocery chains like Whole Foods have refused to buy meat and eggs
unless animals are raised under certain conditions. In 2000,
McDonald's became the first American food company to impose minimum
animal-welfare standards, like increasing cage size, on its egg
producers. But Mr. Puck's program goes much further than most
corporate animal-welfare policies, and he is the flashiest culinary
name yet to join with animal rights groups in the movement to change
farming practices.

Mr. Puck's ventures include 14 fine-dining restaurants mostly on the
West Coast. The flagship is Spago in Los Angeles, which helped him
become the nation's first celebrity chef. He also runs more than 80
Gourmet Express restaurants, many of which are in airports, and sells
frozen pizza, soups, kitchen cookware and cookbooks. Mr. Puck
estimated his companies' value at $360 million.

Since 2002, at least one animal-rights activist group has tried to
persuade Mr. Puck to stop using foie gras from ducks that are force
fed extra amounts of grain to fatten their livers and veal from
calves chained to small crates and fed a liquid diet to keep their
flesh white and tender.

The group, Farm Sanctuary, protested in front of Spago and started a
Web site called wolfgangpuckcruelty.org, which has since been taken
down. Mr. Puck dismissed those efforts and said he decided to make
the change as a result of a few trips to large-scale farms,
discussions with the Humane Society and a desire to mark his 25 years
in the business with something more significant than the kinds of big
parties he is used to holding for the Oscars.

"I have been telling people we have to stand for something for the
next 25 years," he said. "It's time for us to make a statement and a
time for us to see how we treat what we eat."

Mr. Puck said prices would increase only a few percentage points on
some items.

As many as 98 percent of eggs come from chickens kept in banks of
small cages to facilitate mass production, said Diane Storey, a
spokeswoman for United Egg, which represents most major egg
producers. She and Richard Lobb, a spokesman for the National Chicken
Council, which represents major producers of chickens for meat, said
their groups had science-based animal welfare certification programs
that used humane and ethical guidelines.

"We applaud the fact that he sells a whole lot of chickens," Mr. Lobb
said. "But we think our program is very progressive and he should
look at ours before he goes off with the Humane Society."

Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

From The Humane Society of the United States:

Time to Give Animal Fighting the Knock-Out Punch

Early next week, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate
are expected to vote on the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement
Act to crack down on illegal dogfighting, cockfighting, and hog-dog
fighting. We need your Representative and Senators to hear from you
today!

TAKE ACTION
Please take a moment to call your three federal legislators right
away. Let them know it's high time for Congress to pass this anti-
crime law and establish felony penalties for cruel animal fighting.

Arizona Senators
Senator Jon Kyl: (202) 224-4521
Senator John McCain: (202) 224-2235

You can find your federal Representative at:
https://community.hsus.org/humane/leg-lookup/search.html

Calling your federal legislators is easy. A staff person will take
your message and pass it along to your legislator. All you have to
say is:

"Hello, my name is [your name] and I am a constituent from [your
town]. I strongly support the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement
Act (H.R. 137/S. 261). I respectfully urge [legislator's name] to
support this critical piece of legislation and finally get it enacted
to fight back against the underground animal fighting industry. Thank
you."

We need everyone who cares about ending animal fighting to take
action, so please tell your friends and family how they can help.

The House bill has 304 cosponsors and the Senate bill has 36
cosponsors. Committees in both chambers have approved this
legislation, and versions of it have already passed over the years.
But it's not yet gotten over the finish line -- let's get the job
done now!

Thank you for your time and continued commitment to ending animal
fighting.

Join one of three parties already scheduled in Arizona, 
http://www.party2win.com/partyanimals/findparty/index.cfm  or host your
own!

Sunday, April 1st

Each year, the Canadian government allows hundreds of thousands of
defenseless baby seals to be cruelly clubbed and shot to death for
their fur. Help the Humane Society Legislative Fund send a message to
the Canadian fishing industry and the governments of Canada and the
United States to end the seal hunt.

Join a nationwide conference call with HSUS President & CEO Wayne
Pacelle, HSUS's Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues Rebecca
Aldworth, singer and animal advocate Nellie McKay and other special
guests will link the parties together and give advocates a chance to
learn how they can join the campaign to protect seals.

Don't miss out! Check out the parties in Arizona and become a party
animal by hosting or attending a Protect Seals party on April 1, and
help raise much-needed funds for the HSLF's education and lobbying
campaigns to end the seal hunt

More info:  http://www.party2win.com/partyanimals/index.cfm

Alert sent by a concerned viewer:  "I was catching the news today
from 11am-Noon - Channel 3 (AZ Family) has a cooking segment at the
end of the broadcast each day.   Today - I witnessed something I
couldn't believe - I'm sick to my stomach.   They were cooking "live"
lobsters on a very hot grill and the lobsters were struggling,
twisting and turning trying to get away.  They died before my eyes.
I have never seen anything like it - I'm calling the restaurant and
Channel 3 expressing my outrage - you might want to do the same."

From another viewer:  "it shows a lobster that the chef said was
split in half off camera. The lobster is moving a little and the
reporter jokingly remarks that it `sure is fresh'.  The chef places
the cut in half lobster on the grill, and it starts moving around
like it's trying to get off the grill, moving its legs, tail, and
tentacles.  Eventually it stops.  Although it would seem that cutting
the lobster in half would kill it immediately and so what we saw were
nerve reactions, it seemed to be moving around more than mildly
twitching."

Please contact the restaurant and Channel 3 to express your
disappointment!

Methode Bistro
6204 N Scottsdale Rd
Paradise Valley
480-998-8220.
Restaurant's website: www.methodebistro.net/home.aspx
The chef's name is Matt McLinn:  matt@...
AZ Family feedback site
http://www.azfamily.com/customerservice/HelpCenter.do

For additional information on lobsters and their ability to feel
pain, please visit:  http://www.lobsterlib.com