Get active for animals!

October 21:  Lunardi's Store Demonstration

At 3 PM, join EBAA in Danville to urge Lunardi's Supermarket to ban the
sale of battery eggs at its stores. EBAA will be gathering signatures
for the Humane California Campaign. To participate, email
volunteer@....

October 28:  Lunardi's Store Demonstration

At 11 AM, join EBAA in Walnut Creek to urge Lunardi's Supermarket to ban
the sale of battery eggs at its stores. EBAA will be gathering
signatures for the Humane California Campaign. To participate, email
volunteer@....

More information online at www.EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org.

Christine Morrissey
East Bay Animal Advocates
P.O. Box 1406
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 487-4419
Christine@...
Online at www.EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org

http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/columnists/valerie_schultz/story/253108.html

Hello friends,
As you probably all know, the petitions for the ballot initiative to outlaw some
of the cruelest practices on farms have arrived, and signature-gathering is now
in full swing! (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please visit
www.humanecalifornia.org!)

There are so many great events around the Bay Area that you all plan or attend,
and I am writing to request that you--yes, YOU!--make sure that there are
signatures gathered at each event you attend. By this I mean that someone (the
organizer, preferably, would take responsibility for it, but it doesn't have to
be) would take responsibility for having petitions at the potlucks, protests,
letter-writing parties, book clubs, vegan food parties, and any other such
event. Perhaps everyone at the event will have already signed, but maybe not! If
someone were to bring extra petitions as well, that would be a fantastic way to
distribute petitions to people who may not have gathered them otherwise or might
not even know about the initiative. It would only take about 30 seconds to
announce and less than that per person who will sign--and then you can go back
to your letter writing, book club, or party! Do you accept my request?!

Everyone gathering a few signatures here and there totally adds up and also
means there is less of a need for people to gather hundreds or thousands of
signatures. All of us gathering signatures are volunteers, and it would be
fantastic to have people already organizing events featuring attendees who are
compassionate to animals would volunteer to gather there!

If you would like to order petitions, please visit www.humanecalifornia.org and
enter your information in our volunteer section. We will make sure to get
petitions out to you promptly.

Finally, we will soon be having a local Bay Area email list specificially for
the campaign. Our database is being modified to facilitate this, but I will
invite you all to join that list and will refrain from regular posts to these
lists at that time.

Thank you for all the good you all do,
Nora

Nora Kramer
Bay Area Coordinator
Californians for Humane Farms
www.HumaneCalifornia.org <mailto:nora@...>



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Hello good people!

We in California are lucky to be able to be part of one of the most significant
campaigns to help animals that the animal protection movement has ever engaged
in. By outlawing battery cages, gestation crates, and veal crates in California,
not only will we protect 20 million animals each year from tremendous suffering
daily in conditions where they cannot even turn around, we will also continue
and strengthen the national movement against the worst abuses on factory farms!
Years from now, I am confident we will look back on this campaign as a catalyst
for huge reforms in the way animals on farms are treated around the country.

As you all know, we are gathering a tremendous number of signatures for this
effort and need 650,000 before we're through. In order to save money for the
second phase of the campaign--commercials and outreach--we are gathering
signatures as an all-volunteer effort and need as many people as possible to
gather as much as possible. But we also have other needs. These are great ways
for you to help if you don't want to do public signature gathering or if you are
not a registered CA voter (and therefore can't gather signatures without
partnering with someone who is)--or if you *are* gathering signatures and want
to do more!

Every Tuesday and Wednesday evening for the next several months, we will be
having a work party in our office in downtown San Francisco from 5:30-9pm. We
need help making packets, sorting petitions, writing mailing labels, stamping
and sealing envelopes, phonebanking volunteers, researching events, and more!
We'll always have some yummy food too! (Feel free to bring some:)

COME TO OUR WORK PARTY TONIGHT OR TOMORROW NIGHT! This is also a great chance to
pick up materials, to meet other great people, and to learn more about the
campaign.

If you would like to come tonight or tomorrow, please email me and I will let
you know our address and the phone number to call when you get here. We are in a
secure building with a secure elevator, so we are protecting this privacy as
well. We are very near public transportation, by Union Square.

There are also other ways to volunteer. They include:
-Researching good events and locations to gather signatures. Some ideas include
festivals, dog parks, health food stores, malls, outside concerts, etc.
-Compiling info in a user-friendly way in a yahoo calendar or google
spreadhseet.
-Requesting donations of food for our work parties or gift certificates as
rewards for our 1000 Club volunteers (people who gather 1000 signatures during
the campaign).
-Publicizing the campaign. (I can email you a flier you can print up and
distribute everywhere about it, or mail you flyers if you know you can
distribute them.)
-Finding or creating opportunities for us to speak or promote the campaign in
different venues, such as at your workplace, an organization you volunteer with,
etc.
-Coordinating and scheduling other volunteers to gather signatures.
-Telling everyone you know about the campaign! Try to get others who care about
animals to collect signatures or volunteer in the ways listed here.
-Providing free photocopying service.
-Donating money, which you can do through our website at
www.humanecalifornia.org <http://www.humanecalifornia.org> .

Thanks to all of you for caring about animals!

Please let me know if you can come tonight or tomorrow!

Nora


Nora Kramer
Bay Area Coordinator
Californians for Humane Farms
www.HumaneCalifornia.org <http://www.humanecalifornia.org/>
415-722-0952 <mailto:nora@...>



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Please join members and friends of the Sacramento Vegetarian Society at
the annual Vegan Thanksgiving Potluck, starting at 5:30 p.m. (on the
holiday itself, Thursday the 22nd) at the Southside Park Cohousing
Community, Fifth and T streets. Members are free, nonmembers are asked
to pay $6 apiece, children 10 and younger are free. Please RSVP by Nov.
18 by filling out the form available on the home page of SVS:
www.sacramentovegetariansociety.org. If you have questions, call Reed
Parsell at (916) 448-6217.

Dear friends,

Please join us for our next volunteer workday, held in conjunction with East
Bay Animal Advocates (http://www.eastbayanimaladvocates.org/) and Bay Area
Vegetarians (http://bayareaveg.org).

We have selected the second Saturday of every month as volunteer days here
and we are hoping for good turnouts. We would love to have animal lovers
from throughout the Bay Area and San Joaquin valley join us!

Our next volunteer date is Saturday, November 10, 2007, from 10:00-2:00.

Harvest Home was formed to aid homeless and abused domestic and farmed
animals in the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Joaquin valley. We assist
local humane societies and rescue groups with animals-primarily farmed
animals-who, due to their breed, their health, or their personality, cannot
be adopted into permanent homes.

To rsvp and find out more about this event, please email
Karen@..., go to www.harvesthomeanimal.org or call
209-465-2985.

http://www.care2.com/news/member/736437017/532174

Hello good people!
Below is an email Californians for Humane Farms sent out yesterday to the
members in our database, and I wanted to keep othr local activists posted. This
is a campaign that I believe has huge potential to make a difference for
animals, and I hope many of you who have not thus far gathered any signatures or
been involved will do so. Learn more or sign up to volunteer at 
www.humanecalifornia.org. Please also visit
http://www.animalblawg.com/wordpress/index.php?s=friedrich
<https://webmail.hsus.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.animalblawg.com/w\
ordpress/index.php?s=friedrich>  by Bruce Friedrich and
http://www.veganoutreach.org/articles/welfareandliberation.html by Vegan
Outreach to learn more about the importance of this campaign.
Nora

Hello Bay Area volunteers!

Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and commitment to this campaign to outlaw
some of the cruelest practices on farms-gestation crates, veal crates, and
battery cages-all of which are so cruel that they have been outlawed in the
European Union. We have such a great opportunity to further the momentum
building to reduce the suffering of animals on farms, and the best way we can do
that is by gathering as many signatures as possible these next 4 months! We need
more of you out gathering--and this is just the weekend to get started! Read
on....

In this email:

-GET TRAINED AND CONNECTED!

-ONE OF OUR BEST SIGNATURE-GATHERING OPPORTUNITIES: Sign up to gather signatures
at The Green Festival!

-LET'S HAVE SOME FUN! Meet-up tomorrow and Thanksgiving plans

- TIP, RULE, and FAQ of the week

-GET TRAINED AND CONNECTED!

One of the biggest barriers to people getting out gathering signatures, as far
as we can tell, is people feeling nervous about approaching strangers (or even
friends) to ask them to sign. WHAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR YOU? Please email
your response to nora@... <mailto:nora@...> .

We are offering training this weekend at the Green Festival in San Francisco.
(See more about the Green Festival, below.) There is a planned training Saturday
morning at 9:30 with Nora Kramer outside the entrance, or, if you cannot be
there for the training, call 415-710-7351 any time during the festival and we
will have someone come find and train you. If you can't be at the Green Festival
but would like training, let your coordinator know or call us at our office:
415-772-0952.

We are also offering training by phone-doing role plays, answering questions you
may have, etc.-over the phone at our San Francisco office. Just call
415-772-0952. Leave us a message if we miss you, and we'll call you back within
the next business day.

Another great way to get trained is to work closely with your coordinator and
other volunteers. If you signed up to gather signatures publicly (rather than
just asking your friends and family) you should be hearing from these
coordinators weekly; if you haven't, please email her, or you can email our Bay
Area coordinator, Nora Kramer, at nora@...
<mailto:nora@...> .  Below, you'll find the most updated list
of our Bay Area volunteer coordinators. Remember that these people are
volunteers themselves and have taken on a big (unpaid) job! Please be responsive
to them and offer to help! Please also join the yahoogroup for your area! Email
your coordinator to be added to that list.

Alameda: Nikki Woelk; nikki@... <mailto:nikki@...>

Contra Costa: Shani Campbell; humanecalifornia@...
<mailto:humanecalifornia@...>

Marin: Kate Danaher; katedanaher@...
<mailto:katedanaher@...>

San Francisco: Laura Beck; lhbeck@... <mailto:lhbeck@...>

San Mateo: Rebecca Cary; rebcary@... <mailto:rebcary@...>

Santa Clara: Lauren Ornelas; ltornelas@... <mailto:ltornelas@...>

Santa Cruz: Sarah Eryavec; sarah@...
<mailto:sarah@...>



-SIGN UP FOR THE GREEN FESTIVAL!

The Green Festival is one of our best signature-gathering opportunities during
the course of the campaign. We want to have at least 5 people scheduled at all
times all weekend; we will have several people out front, as well as people at
various booths inside. This is a fantastic place to gather, especially if you've
never done it before, since most people will be very supportive and since there
will be many other volunteers and opportunities to get trained.

Click on the google spreadsheet for San Francisco at

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=psGh8jHGEXV0KRVcfDhLdJQ
<http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=psGh8jHGEXV0KRVcfDhLdJQ>

and click on 11/5-11/12 to see what times are most needed that work for you.
Send an email to Laura at lhbeck@... <mailto:lhbeck@...>  to sign up
for a shift-or more than one shift! Learn more about the Green Festival,
including location details, at
http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/view/626/281/
<http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/view/626/281/>  .

Special thanks to In Defense of Animals for allowing signature-gathering at
their booth all weekend!

- LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!

Signature-gathering can be fun, but it can also be hard work. We want all our
volunteers to have FUN-and we want to have fun, too! We're going to be planning
semi-regular social events for volunteers to meet, connect with other
volunteers, tell funny stories about mean people they talked to while gathering,
and just get to know each other better.

Please join us for the first of these TONIGHT--Thursday (sorry for the short
notice--this was planned organically, and this was the time those people could
make it) at 8:00pm in San Francisco! We'll be at The Orbit Room
http://www.sfstation.com/orbit-room-cafe-a892
<http://www.sfstation.com/orbit-room-cafe-a892>  , a bar located at 1900 Market
St. It's just a few blocks away from, and about equidistant between, the Castro
St. and Van Ness MUNI stations, and about half a mile from 16th St. BART. Call
415-710-7351 if you need. Note that you must be 21, and that The Orbit Room only
accepts cash. Get directions at: http://tinyurl.com/2cruf3
<http://tinyurl.com/2cruf3> .

We're also planning a Thanksgiving celebration for volunteers on November 18,
the Sunday before Thanksgiving. This will be another opportunity to get to know
other volunteers and to trade signature-gathering tips! Please email
nora@... <mailto:nora@...>  if you are
interested in finding out more about this.

-TIP, RULE, and FAQ of the week

Tip of the Week: Keep it short (unlike this email)! Ask the people you approach
something like, "Will you sign a petition to help animals? We're trying to
require that animals have enough room to turn around and lie down. Will you sign
to get this on the ballot?" The longer you take to actually ask the person, or
the more time you explain things, the fewer people you can actually ask and
therefore the fewer signatures you'll get. Give more details if they ask for
them, but if they really want a lot of info, give them a flyer and direct them
to our website www.humanecalifornia.org <http://www.humanecalifornia.org/> 
(which is on the flyer you should all have received).

RULE OF THE WEEK: Don't write anywhere on the petition except for those places
that are required. Notes on the top or bottom or sides could invalidate entire
petitions!

FAQ OF THE WEEK:

Q: If someone is moving or has moved recently, which address should they write
down?

A: People should write the address that they are registered at as of the day
they sign your petition.

Thank you to all of you for your dedication to animals!

Please contact us at 415-772-0952 if there is anything we can do to support you
in gathering signatures!

Nora Kramer and Karin Olsson

Bay Area Coordinators

Californians for Humane Farms



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http://www.cancerproject.org/media/newsletter/fall07/food_policy.php

Good day,

Help out at Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary in Stockton this Saturday,
December 8 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Please bring a cardboard box for
the bunnies!

Saturday's Farm Agenda:

• Dust the chickens
• Build play structures for the rabbits
• Clean out the goat barn

To participate, please send an email to
volunteer@... by Friday, December 7 at 3:00 PM.
You will receive driving directions in the email response. Please wear
comfortable shoes and warm clothing. We will provide tofu dogs and
drinks for everyone.

See you at the farm,
Christine

Hello Valley Veg Members!

I'd like to give you a rundown of Vegan Outreach's Adopt a College
(AAC) activities for this semester, Fall of 2007, that took place in
the Sacramento Area.

Vegan Outreach hired me, Brian Grupe, this semester to be the
Sacramento Outreach Coordinator.  I visited 40 schools in and around
the Sacramento area and handed out 11,815 booklets (Even if you like
meat and Why Vegan?). I also handed out 1,930 booklets at concerts and
other non-AAC events such as the Sacramento Warped Tour. Volunteer
Eric Paul also did notable work in the Sacramento area, handing out
1,688 booklets at 6 schools.

Victor Tsou and Miranda Robbins, affectionately known as Team Oakland,
visited schools in Sacramento and surrounding areas this semester too.
  Victor handed out 47,818 booklets at 80 schools, including schools in
WA, OR, UT, MT and ID.  Miranda Robbins, the newly hired Bay Area
Correspondent for Vegan Outreach, handed out 27,917 booklets at 52
schools this semester.

See below for a list of schools leafleted in the Sacramento area in
the last 6 months.

You can see what's been done all over CA here:
http://www.veganhealth.org/colleges/CA

This semester, Vegan Outreach volunteers and employees handed out
406,270 at 449 schools and counting as the final numbers from the end
of the semester continue to be added. Details are here:
http://www.veganhealth.org/colleges/semtotals

To get involved check out: http://www.veganhealth.org/colleges/howto

Thank you to everyone who donated to make this work possible. It is
your donations that allow booklets to be printed, so please remember
to think of Vegan Outreach this holiday season!
http://www.veganoutreach.org/about/donate.html

Happy Holidays!
Brian Grupe
brian@...
www.veganoutreach.org

Total number of schools: 42
Total number of booklets handed directly to students: 24,750

American River College in Sacramento
	 Wed 10/17/2007 Grupe, Brian 485 EIYLM
	  Fri 09/14/2007 Rattenbury, Susan 700 EIYLM

Arcata High School in Arcata
	 Mon 11/05/2007 Grupe, Brian 105 EIYLM

Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks
	 Fri 11/09/2007 Grupe, Brian 67 EIYLM
	 Fri 11/09/2007 Anonymous 67 EIYLM

Butte College in Oroville
	 Mon 11/19/2007 Grupe, Brian 406 EIYLM
	 Mon 11/19/2007 Paul, Eric 406 EIYLM

California State University - Chico in Chico
	 Mon 11/26/2007 Paul, Eric 928 EIYLM
	 Mon 11/26/2007 Grupe, Brian 927 EIYLM

California State University - Sacramento in Sacramento
	 Wed 12/12/2007 Grupe, Brian 252 EIYLM
	 Wed 11/21/2007 Grupe, Brian 731 EIYLM
	 Tue 11/13/2007 Grupe, Brian 247 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/26/2007 Rattenbury, Susan 50 WV 525 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/26/2007 Grupe, Brian 50 WV 525 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/19/2007 Grupe, Brian 124 EIYLM
	 Tue 09/04/2007 Grupe, Brian 150 EIYLM
	 Tue 09/04/2007 Norris, Jack VO 200 EIYLM
	 Tue 09/04/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 700 WV 1200 EIYLM
	 Thu 08/16/2007 Grupe, Brian 70 EIYLM

College of the Redwoods - Eureka Campus in Eureka
	 Tue 11/06/2007 Grupe, Brian 345 EIYLM

Cosumnes River College in Sacramento
	 Thu 10/18/2007 Rattenbury, Susan 300 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/26/2007 Rattenbury, Susan 600 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/26/2007 Grupe, Brian 600 EIYLM

Edison High School in Stockton
	 Wed 11/28/2007 Robbins, Miranda 23 WV
	 Wed 11/28/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 23 WV
	 Thu 09/13/2007 Robbins, Miranda 138 EIYLM
	 Thu 09/13/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 138 EIYLM

Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove
	 Wed 10/31/2007 Grupe, Brian 104 EIYLM

Florin High School in Sacramento
	 Fri 11/16/2007 Grupe, Brian 23 WV 90 EIYLM

Folsom Lake College in Folsom
	 Wed 09/19/2007 Grupe, Brian 166 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/19/2007 Anonymous 25 EIYLM

Franklin High School in Elk Grove
	 Fri 09/21/2007 Grupe, Brian 111 WV

High Tech Institute in Sacramento
	 Wed 12/05/2007 Grupe, Brian 9 EIYLM

Humboldt State University in Arcato
	 Mon 11/05/2007 Grupe, Brian 647 EIYLM

Laguana Creek High School in Elk Grove
	 Wed 08/29/2007 Grupe, Brian 100 EIYLM

Larsson High School in Stockton
	 Thu 11/08/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 9 EIYLM
	 Thu 11/08/2007 Robbins, Miranda 9 EIYLM

Lincoln High School in Stockton
	 Thu 11/08/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 19 EIYLM
	 Thu 11/08/2007 Robbins, Miranda 19 EIYLM

Lodi High School in Lodi
	 Mon 12/10/2007 Grupe, Brian 98 EIYLM

McClatchy High School in Sacramento
	 Wed 11/28/2007 Grupe, Brian 175 EIYLM

Merced College in Merced
	 Mon 12/10/2007 Grupe, Brian 195 EIYLM

Mesa Verde High School in Citrus Heights
	 Fri 11/30/2007 Paul, Eric 29 EIYLM
	 Fri 11/30/2007 Grupe, Brian 29 EIYLM

Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove
	 Fri 09/14/2007 Grupe, Brian 95 WV

Rio Americano High School in Sacramento
	 Wed 10/17/2007 Grupe, Brian 100 WV

River City High School in West Sacramento
	 Wed 12/12/2007 Grupe, Brian 98 EIYLM

Rocklin High School in Rocklin
	 Fri 10/26/2007 Anonymous 40 WV
	 Fri 10/26/2007 Paul, Eric 72 WV
	 Fri 10/26/2007 Grupe, Brian 71 WV

Sacramento City College in Sacramento
	 Wed 12/05/2007 Grupe, Brian 100 EIYLM
	 Thu 10/18/2007 Markee, Charlotte 400 EIYLM
	 Thu 10/18/2007 Rattenbury, Susan 400 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/12/2007 Rattenbury, Susan 550 EIYLM 10 NONVO

San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton
	 Mon 12/03/2007 Rhoades, Amanda 500 EIYLM
	 Mon 12/03/2007 Grupe, Brian 500 EIYLM
	 Thu 11/08/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 750 EIYLM
	 Thu 11/08/2007 Robbins, Miranda 750 EIYLM
	 Thu 09/13/2007 Robbins, Miranda 670 EIYLM
	 Thu 09/13/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 670 EIYLM

Shasta College in Redding
	 Mon 10/29/2007 Grupe, Brian 294 EIYLM

Shasta High School in Redding
	 Mon 10/29/2007 Grupe, Brian 30 WV

Sheldon High School in Sacramento
	 Mon 08/27/2007 Grupe, Brian 96 EIYLM

Sierra College in Rocklin
	 Fri 10/26/2007 Grupe, Brian 11 WV
	 Wed 09/12/2007 Rattenbury, Susan 450 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/12/2007 Lucas, Kristin 280 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/12/2007 Grupe, Brian 50 WV 350 EIYLM
	 Wed 09/12/2007 Paul, Eric 200 EIYLM

Stagg High School in Stockton
	 Thu 11/08/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 100 EIYLM
	 Thu 11/08/2007 Robbins, Miranda 100 EIYLM

University of California - Davis in Davis
	 Wed 11/28/2007 Grupe, Brian 725 EIYLM
	 Wed 11/28/2007 Markee, Charlotte 550 EIYLM
	 Mon 10/22/2007 Grupe, Brian 600 EIYLM
	 Thu 09/27/2007 Rattenbury, Susan 1000 EIYLM

University of California - Merced in Merced
	 Mon 12/10/2007 Grupe, Brian 155 EIYLM

University of the Pacific in Stockton
	 Wed 10/31/2007 Grupe, Brian 430 EIYLM
	 Thu 09/13/2007 Robbins, Miranda 11 EIYLM
	 Thu 09/13/2007 Tsou, Victor VO 11 EIYLM

University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento
	 Wed 12/05/2007 Grupe, Brian 10 EIYLM

University Prepatory in Redding
	 Mon 10/29/2007 Grupe, Brian 29 WV

Valley High School in Sacramento
	 Wed 12/05/2007 Grupe, Brian 97 EIYLM

West Campus High School in Sacramento
	 Wed 12/12/2007 Grupe, Brian 50 EIYLM

Woodcreek High School in Roseville
	 Fri 11/30/2007 Paul, Eric 53 EIYLM
	 Fri 11/30/2007 Grupe, Brian 53 EIYLM

Yuba Community College in Marysville
	 Wed 10/24/2007 Grupe, Brian 300 EIYLM

Wall Street Journal article on Vegan Athletes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120122116182915297.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-27-animal-activists_N.htm

http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080131/Lives/801310\
474/1047/Lives

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-spay2feb02,0,4464427.story

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/05/SPG6URQ3V.DTL

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=23085

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation/20080318_ap_sealionsatoredamse\
ntencedtodeath.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004289050_websealions17.html?sy\
ndication=rss

Hey everyone,

I'm SO excited to announce that our victory party for getting the historic
Californians for Humane Farms (  www.humanecalifornia.org
<http://www.humanecalifornia.org>  ) initiative on the ballot will be happening
on Saturday, April 5, from 7-9:30 pm at the San Francisco SPCA!

There is good parking there, and it is not far from 16th St. Mission BART (you
can also take the 22 bus there from BART). The address is 250 Florida
St.www.sfspca.org
<https://webmail.hsus.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sfspca.org>

Already have plans for that night? I respectfully request that you change them!

The party will be held in the lobby of Maddie's Center, which will be a perfect
spot for people to get to meet one another, to nosh on yummy food, drink great
donated wine, and celebrate and be celebrated for the AMAZING accomplishments of
so many activists!

You and your friends and family are welcome whether you/they were active with
the campaign or not!

If you would like to help with setup, cleanup, preparing/donating food, drinks,
or the planning and prep for the party, please let me know!

Nora



Interested in taking action online to help animals? Then join our online
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--- In animalconnectiontx@yahoogroups.com, "Jill N." <flogthebog@...>
wrote:

*****Please forward to all sympathetic lists******

The first sea lion has been killed off the coast of
Oregon. Please help us call tomorrow (Friday) and
Monday and demand a stop to the sea lion trapping,
killing and transfer to zoos and Sea World. For
background info, see the link at the bottom of this
email.

NOTE ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC!

Friday
9:00am - 11:00am
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service NW Regional
Office: 206-526-6150

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife Director's Office:
503-947-6044

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Governor Kulongoski: 503.378.4582


Monday
9:00am - 11:00am
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service NW Regional
Office: 206-526-6150

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife Director's Office:
503-947-6044

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Governor Kulongoski: 503.378.4582

For more info:
http://publish.portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/04/374873.shtml

Please note that although an injunction is in place to
stop this program, a sea lion was trapped,
anesthetized and euthanised this week.



A U.N. report from just this past November found that a full 18% of
global warming emissions come from raising chickens, turkeys, pigs,
and other animals for food. That's about 40% more than all the cars,
trucks, airplanes, and all other forms of transport combined (13%).
It's also more than all the homes and offices in the world put
together (8%).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/taking-global-warming-per_b_74497.ht\
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--- End forwarded message ---

A stray, possibly feral, cat just had kittens in the garage of a
friend who is definitely not a cat person. Does anyone know anything
about feline rescue options locally for removing the very skittish mom
and kittens to a more welcoming place (and eventually get the mother
cat spayed)? Or can you recommend who would know? I'm willing to help
out financially, but I don't have the means (e.g., car) of actually
moving the cat(s). My friend lives in a high-crime neighborhood and is
afraid to leave the garage door open for the mother cat and risk being
burglarized, but of course she doesn't want to keep the mother away
from the kittens.

- Mary

http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=8286742&ClientType=Printable