tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34101422024-03-08T08:07:45.011-08:00End Animal Cruelty NowInternet-based activist group for PETA supporters in the state of Nebraska.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-932630112003-04-25T14:24:00.000-07:002003-04-25T14:49:33.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Nebraska Becomes 41st State to Declare Animal Cruelty a Felony</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana">Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns recently signed into law a bill that makes intentionally torturing or mutilating an animal, or conducting a cockfight or dogfight, a felony. The legislation also makes neglect or abandonment of an animal a Class I misdemeanor and requires employees of government-run child and adult protection and animal control agencies to report suspected abandonment, neglect and mistreatment of animals. "I can't imagine anyone being against something like that," said State Senator Ray Aguilar (D-Grand Island). Conducting a cockfight is legal only in Louisiana and New Mexico, and dogfights are prohibited throughout the United States.<BR><BR>State Sen. <a href="http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/senators/district11.htm">Ernie Chambers</a>, who is a champion of animal welfare, introduced the original legislative bill. State Sens. <a href="mailto:phartnett@unicam.state.ne.us">Paul Hartnett</a>, <a href="mailto:mprice@unicam.state.ne.us">Marian Price</a>, <a href="mailto:estuhr@unicam.state.ne.us">Elaine Stuhr</a> and <a href="mailto:dbyars@unicam.state.ne.us">Dennis Byars</a> introduced and/or co-sponsored correlating animal cruelty legislation that was merged into the final bill. They deserve credit for LB273, this session's often overlooked but welcome and compassionate law making animal cruelty a felony in Nebraska <B>(send them a thank-you email by clicking their names, Sen. Chambers only receives snail mail)</B>.<BR><BR>Another bill recently signed by Governor Johanns mandates spaying or neutering all cats and dogs adopted from shelters within 30 days, and requires pet shops to be licensed and provide written information about spaying and neutering to customers.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-923670892003-04-10T09:07:00.000-07:002003-04-10T18:22:10.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">PETA to hold demonstration at Lincoln KFC</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana">PETA will be holding a demonstration in Lincoln on April 23rd as part of our international campaign against KFC. The demonstration will be from noon to 1pm, at the 1210 South Street location. We need supporters like you to come out and make it a showing. To learn more about the campaign, please visit <a href="http://www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com">www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com</a>, and to get more details on the event, email <a href="mailto:neta@meatismurder.net">neta@meatismurder.net</a>.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-923669992003-04-10T09:05:00.000-07:002003-04-10T09:05:11.076-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana"><a href="http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/update/stories/03_regular/agriculture/lb233s_mar31-apr4.htm">Animal facility licensing expansion moves</a></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana">Senators advanced a bill April 2 that would require animal control facilities and animal shelters to be licensed by the state Department of Agriculture.<BR><BR>Under current law, only commercial breeders and dealers and boarding kennels are required to be licensed. LB 233, sponsored by Lincoln Sen. Marian Price, also would increase the licensing fee from $100, as is current law, to $150 and allow the director of the department to increase the fee up to $200 without the approval of the Legislature as long as a public hearing is held on the increase.<BR><BR>The bill was advanced to final reading by a voice vote.<BR><BR><B>Please call or email Senator Price and thank her for her efforts to rid our state of puppy mills and for her continuing work to advance the status of animals in Nebraska. Senator Price can be reached at (402) 471-2610, or you can email her at <a href="mailto:mprice@unicam.state.ne.us">mprice@unicam.state.ne.us</a>.</B></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-898503122003-02-27T10:10:00.000-08:002003-03-04T08:14:36.000-08:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Marian Price pushes for advancement of LB233</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana">More than 20 senators already have picked their priority bills, and <a target=_top href="http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/senators/district26.htm">Lincoln Sen. Marian Price</a> was first in line with a measure (<a target=_top href="http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/PDF/INTRO_LB233.pdf">LB233</a>) that would maintain the state's new inspection program for commercial pet-breeding facilities. Price, who generally focuses on education and health-related issues, picked protecting pets as her priority bill because the inspection program that helps keep puppy mills out of the state was in jeopardy. Within six minutes Wednesday morning, the measure, which establishes higher fees to pay for the inspection program, gained first-round approval and was on its way to becoming law.<BR><BR>Price's measure increases the pet breeder licensing fee from $100 to $150 and adds humane societies and animal shelters to the list of places that must be licensed. It raises enough money, about $62,000 to $65,000 a year, to pay for continuing the state inspection program. "My putting a priority on this shows its importance," Price said. Before the licensing and inspection program was put in place, Nebraska was one of five states that had the reputation of having a number of illegal puppy mills. "Now we have lost that reputation," Price said. And she wants to keep it that way.<BR><BR><B>Please call or email Senator Price and thank her for her efforts to rid our state of puppy mills and for her continuing work to advance the status of animals in Nebraska. Senator Price can be reached at (402) 471-2610, or you can email her at <a href="mailto:mprice@unicam.state.ne.us">mprice@unicam.state.ne.us</a>.</B></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-845459772002-11-14T14:23:00.000-08:002002-11-14T15:15:48.000-08:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">OMAHA ACTIVISTS: Your Help Urgently Needed</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana">As you may have heard, a bear recently escaped from Kipling’s Animal Refuge in Omaha. It is not uncommon for exotic animals to escape from backyard menageries masquerading as rescue facilities or sanctuaries, as the enclosures for the animals are often unsafe and inadequate. This bear was recaptured before the animal or any humans were injured. Such is not the case in many other instances; bears kept in substandard captive situations have attacked and seriously injured, even killed, several people.<BR><BR>It appears as if the operator of Kipling’s Animal Refuge keeps this bear (and possibly other animals) without the required permit to do so. Please send a letter or e-mail to the Wildlife Division Administrator of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to ask that the facility be inspected and, if animals are being kept illegally, that the operator be charged and prosecuted appropriately. Letters and e-mails should be polite and brief:<BR><B>Jim Douglas
<br />Wildlife Division Administrator
<br />Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
<br />2200 N. 33rd St.
<br />Lincoln, NE 68503
<br /><a href="mailto:jdouglas@ngpc.state.ne.us">jdouglas@ngpc.state.ne.us</a></B><BR><BR>Because Nebraska's state law regulating the private ownership of wild animals contains loopholes and may not be adequately enforced, it is important that Omaha enact an outright ban on the possession of exotic and dangerous animals. We have asked the Omaha City Council to help ensure that other potentially deadly incidents don’t occur by passing such a ban. We need your help. The council needs to know that local residents understand the dangers that keeping exotic animals poses and recognize that animals suffer when stuck in a cage and deprived of everything that is natural to them.<BR><BR>Exotic animals like primates, big cats, reptiles, and bears are often acquired on a whim by individuals with little or no knowledge of their care. As a result, the animals often end up suffering from malnutrition, an unsuitable environment, loneliness, mutilation, and the stress of confinement. Many animals are discarded after their novelty wears thin and may end up as curiosity displays in roadside or traveling “attractions,” set lose in the naïve hope that they will be able to fend for themselves, sent to hunting ranches or laboratories, or “recycled” back into the pet trade.<BR><BR>Please tell the city council members that this is no life for any animal and that many states and localities already prohibit the private possession of exotic animals due to the safety risks these animals pose to humans. Point out that many bears, big cats, reptiles, primates and other dangerous animals have bitten, scratched, attacked and mauled their handlers or bystanders and that many people, including children, have been killed by exotic animals. Zoonosis, or animal to human disease transmission, is also a serious problem associated with exotic animals. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.wildlifepimps.com/">www.wildlifepimps.com</a>.<BR><BR>Please call, write, or better yet, set up an appointment with the city council member that represents your district. You can find names and district locations of, and contact information for, each city council member at <a href="http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/departments/city_council/default.htm">http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/departments/city_council/default.htm</a>.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-838762842002-11-01T07:19:00.000-08:002002-11-01T13:18:31.000-08:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">HAPPY WORLD VEGAN DAY!</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><a href="http://www.vegansociety.com/">The Vegan Society</a> is sponsoring <a href="http://www.worldveganday.org/html/index.php">World Vegan Day 2002</a> today, November 1. Celebrate your veganism, or give veganism a whirl for the first time today. It really isn't as difficult as you might think, and the rewards are certainly worth it. Try a vegan <a href="http://www.bocaburger.com/">Boca burger</a> at Village Inn or Denny's, take a long lunch for some curried tofu at Maggie's in the Haymarket... The Coffeehouse in Lincoln is even serving totally vegan "cheesecake" that, let me tell you, is to LIVE for (the Coffeehouse also has a stack of going vegan guides from the Vegan Society, go pick one up for free!). Or make your own vegan delights from one of <a href="http://www.veganmania.com/">these</a> <a href="http://vegan-food.net/">fantastic</a> <a href="http://www.vrg.org/recipes/">recipe</a> <a href="http://www.veganchef.com/">sites</a>. Spread the word (and the hummous)! Happy Vegan Day!</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-829927582002-10-14T19:12:00.000-07:002002-10-14T19:12:18.490-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Signatures Needed to Help Stop Smuggling of Indonesian Birds</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana">Indonesia is blessed with some of the most spectacular birds on Earth, especially perhaps its parrots, lories, cockatoos, and birds of paradise. Unfortunately, their beauty makes them frequent targets for smugglers. Wild-caught birds are cruelly treated and frequently die during capture or shipping. Birds are trapped with gum, their frail necks are clamped by rough branches, their feathers are forcibly torn out to prevent them from flying—a painful, terribly distressing torment—and they are confined to tiny wire cages or plastic bags. The initial stress of losing their freedom and being restricted to a cage kills many wild-caught birds. Of those who survive that, half go on to die of starvation, suffocation, dehydration, or disease prior to export, most often to large importing countries in Europe and Asia. Not only is this trade torturous for most endangered parrots, it is the primary cause of dramatic declines in populations in the wild.<BR><BR>We can make a difference! Put an end to their suffering by signing an online petition to Indonesia’s President Megawati Soekarno Putri, urging her to end the illegal trapping of birds and ban their export. We have very little time. We need at least 5,000 signatures by year’s end, when all signatures will be delivered to President Megawati Soekarno Putri and the minister of the Forestry Department.<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana"><a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/cockatoo/petition.html">click here to sign the petition</a><BR><a href="http://www.indonesian-parrot-project.org/">click here for more information</a></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-821210832002-09-25T17:44:00.000-07:002002-09-25T20:47:30.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Gubernatorial Candidate Stormy Dean Opposes Nebraska's Large Pig Farms</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana">The Sierra Club has endorsed Stormy Dean's candidacy for governor. Dean announced Tuesday he has received the environmental organization's support and said he shares the Sierra Club's concerns about giant hog farms in Nebraska. "Massive hog farms not only pollute valuable groundwater, but they also threaten ... the quality of life for residents in rural towns," the Democratic nominee said. "Quality of life is more important to the survival of rural economies than are the few additional jobs offered by large hog lots," he said.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-821207112002-09-25T17:35:00.000-07:002002-09-25T17:35:09.003-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana"><a href="http://www.nehumanesociety.org/">Nebraska Humane Society</a> offers reward for information on dead horse</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR><a href="http://www.hsus.org./">The Humane Society of the United States</a> is offering a $2,000 reward for information on who killed and mutilated a horse in northeast Nebraska. The 8-year-old quarter horse was found Sept. 11 by its owner, Dan McCarthy of rural Jackson in Dakota County. "The killing and deliberate dismemberment of this horse is very disturbing. You don't have to be Freud to realize that the person who did this has some very serious problems," said Arnold Baer, interim director of the national Humane Society's Midwest regional office. The person responsible is a threat to other animals, Baer said. The Humane Society of the United States routinely offers $2,000 to $2,500 awards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for animal cruelty, said spokeswoman Kate Luse. The <a href="http://www.siouxlandhumanesociety.org/">Siouxland Humane Society</a> and concerned citizens also have matched the national organization's reward to offer a total of $4,000 to help solve the Nebraska horse death. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the <a href="http://www.sscdc.net/county/dcsher.htm">Dakota County Sheriff's Office</a>.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-821204592002-09-25T17:28:00.000-07:002002-09-25T17:34:37.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Help Stop the Trade in Exotic Animals on the Web</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>Exotic animals like monkeys, tigers, and dangerous reptiles are almost as easy to acquire on the Internet as a trinket off eBay or an appliance through a newspaper ad. One Web site, Wild Animal World, operated by Randy Davies, advertises animals ranging from capuchin monkeys to chimpanzees to lions to kinkajous. Because the Internet is virtually unregulated, it is a medium to which many animal dealers are flocking.<BR><BR>As the court commission surely knows, the life that so-called “exotic pets” lead is far removed from that which they would experience in their natural habitat. Big cats, primates, and reptiles, for example, are not domestic animals, and their instincts remain very much intact in captivity. A life in a backyard, basement, or garage cage cannot even begin to meet these animals’ instinctual needs and desires, such as seeking a mate, raising young, hunting, basking in the sun, and resolving territorial disputes. Even simple but essential pleasures, like freedom of movement and the ability to socialize with others of their own kind, are often denied them altogether. Many exotic animals kept as pets develop psychotic behaviors resulting from a life of confinement, such as self-mutilation, head-bobbing, pacing, and coprophagia, or (playing with and eating excrement). For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.wildlifepimps.com/">www.wildlifepimps.com</a>.<BR><BR>Most of these animals end up being shuffled from one facility or home to the next and often end up being sold to laboratories, where they undergo painful and invasive tests, or are forced to live in horrendous conditions in roadside zoos or curiosity displays. In fact, Davies aided in getting two squirrel monkeys, who were destined to live in a glass enclosure, to a bar in Hawaii. One of the monkeys, who was only 3 months old, died during shipment. Click here to learn how to help the monkey stuck in this bar.<BR><BR>Please ask Qwest Communications, which hosts Wild Animal World at two different locations, to drop the sites and set a policy against hosting sites that are used to sell animals:<B><BR>Richard C. Notebaert, Chair and CEO<BR>Qwest Communications International, Inc.<BR>1801 California St.<BR>Denver, CO 80202<BR>Tel.: 800-899-7780<BR>Fax: 303-992-1724</B></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-809421432002-08-30T19:13:00.000-07:002002-09-06T18:12:11.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Ban Interstate Shipment of Big Cats and Bears as Pets</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>In July 2002, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.-7th) introduced H.R. 5226, the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to ban interstate commerce of lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, and bears for the pet trade. H.R. 5226 will help curtail the practice of keeping these large, dangerous animals as “pets” by private owners. More often than not, owners are unequipped to deal with the demands of caring for them, and the animals typically end up neglected and suffering terribly. Many states have laws prohibiting the private ownership of large, exotic animals as pets, but no such federal law currently exists. As a result, the wild exotic pet trade is burgeoning at an alarming rate; an estimated 5,000 tigers are currently in private hands in the U.S., more than are thought to exist in the wild. As these numbers grow, so will the risks of related injuries and deaths—both human and animal.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Please call:</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>Sen. Chuck Hagel at (202) 224-4224<BR>Sen. Ben Nelson at (202) 224-6551<BR>Rep. Doug Bereuter at (202) 225-4806</B>
<br /><BR>Ask to speak with the staffer who deals with animal legislation. If he or she is not available, please leave a detailed and polite message.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-796945042002-08-01T10:06:00.000-07:002002-08-01T10:15:01.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Can you help?</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>NETA received the following email recently, with no updates on the situation. In case this hasn't been settled yet, please read on, and <a href="mailto:NETA@MeatIsMurder.net">email us</a> if you can help.<BR><BR><I>"I have volunteered to find a home for a high school Swedish exchange student interested in volunteering with an animal rights group. She would be arriving in mid-late August. She is also a vegetarian. I am sorry to say I live in a big livestock production area and no one will give her a second thought. We are really in a crunch as I need to find a family by August 1 for her. Thank you for your help in this matter."</I></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-776295782002-06-11T16:22:00.000-07:002002-06-12T20:54:58.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Dog shot with arrow dies,<BR>man charged with animal abuse</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>The dog found wandering on a city street in Council Bluffs, Iowa, after being shot with an arrow has died. The Labrador retreiver mix was shot in the rectal area with an arrow, which entered at an angle and emerged from a back leg. The dog suffered a seizure as Steven Underwood of Council Bluffs went to the Stohbehm Veterinary Clinic to visit his companion after being informed of the incident. After surgery at the clinic, the dog was able to walk, but clinic staff members said an infection likely caused the seizure. Animal Control Officer Galen Barrett said an officer followed a trail of blood near where the dog was discovered that led to Dandi S. Haven's home in Council Bluffs. Haven was charged Friday with animal abuse, an aggravated misdemeanor. He faces up to two years in prison and $2,000 in fines and is scheduled to appear in Pottawattamie County District Court on <B>June 26</B>.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Please write to:</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>Chief Judge, Charles L. Smith, III: District 4<BR>227 S. 6th St.<BR>PO Box 476<BR>Council Bluffs, IA 51502<BR>or call (712)328-5604<BR><BR></B>Ask for the maximum penalty allowed by law for Haven's atrocities. Remind Chief Judge Smith of the relationship between violence against animals and violence against humans (<a href="http://www.peta.org/mc/facts/fsc24.html">more information here</a>). You may send letters to <a href="http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/judges/district/d4.asp">all the judges of District 4</a> at the above address. Be aggressive, but, as usual, please be polite.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-776295622002-06-11T16:21:00.000-07:002002-06-11T16:21:17.900-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">If we don't do it, who will?</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>According to former Congressperson Billy Evan (D-Ga.), "Legislators estimate that 10 letters from constituents represent the concerns of 10,000 citizens. Anybody who will take the time to write is voicing the fears and desires of thousands more." For a guide to writing letters (to the Editor, to your congressional representative, to your local restaurant...), <a href="http://www.peta.org/alert/guide.html">click here</a>. Don't forget, letters require a 37 cent stamp starting June 30, 2002.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-756101372002-04-19T21:23:00.000-07:002002-06-11T15:03:32.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">URGENT: Legislative Alert</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>For his parting shot to a career marked with controversial deeds and politically incorrect advocacy, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) has inserted language into the Senate Farm Bill that would permanently exclude the billions of birds, rats, and mice used in painful experiments from receiving even minimal protections under the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The bill, including Sen. Helms’ amendment, currently under consideration by Senate and House conferees, has sent shivers down even moderate animal protectionists’ spines.<BR><BR>Birds, rats, and mice make up 95 percent of the animals used in research, yet they were somehow left out of the AWA when it was signed into law in 1966. Technically, this should never have been so, as the act covers any “live or dead dog, cat, nonhuman primate, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, or any other warm-blooded animal, which is being used, or is intended for use for research, teaching, testing, experimentation, or exhibition purposes.” The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), recognizing its limited budget and interest in such matters, long interpreted the act to exclude any protections for birds, rats, and mice. For more than 30 years, animal welfare and rights advocates have been working to end this arbitrary exclusion. Their efforts looked set to pay off, despite innumerable twists and turns, until Sen. Helms made his move.<BR><BR><a href="http://peta.org/feat/carolina/">click here to read the full report</a><BR><a href="http://commondreams.org/headlines02/0419-07.htm">click here to read the Washington Post article on PETA's action</a><BR><BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=RED SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">UPDATE:</FONT><FONT COLOR=000000 SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">On May 8, 2002, Congress passed the Farm Bill (H.R. 2646).<BR>Senator Chuck Hagel was our only Nay.<BR><a href="http://hagel.senate.gov/email/contact.html">click here to thank Senator Hagel</a><BR><BR>To express your disappointment (no angry letters, please -<BR>polite letters carry more weight),<BR><a href="http://bennelson.senate.gov/email.html">send an email to Senator Nelson</a><BR><a href="http://www.house.gov/bereuter/contact.htm">and a letter to Congressman Bereuter.</a><BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=RED SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">Please be sure to mention this issue specifically.</B></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-753758212002-04-13T19:39:00.000-07:002002-04-13T21:14:46.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">Thank you for visiting the <b>Nebraskans for the Ethical Treatment of Animals</b> website. We are a newly formed local chapter of <a href="http://peta.org/">People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)</a> in Lincoln, Nebraska, and we have a lot of work in "beef country" ahead of us. If you're interested in defending the rights and lives of animals, no matter what stage of cruelty-free living you are in (you don't even have to be vegetarian, though you should try my vegan harvest stew...), and are in the Lincoln, NE, area, please email us at <a href="mailto:neta@MeatIsMurder.net">neta@MeatIsMurder.net</a> for information on how you can help. We are still planning our first meeting, so respond now and put in your two cents!</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-753756222002-04-13T19:31:00.000-07:002002-04-19T21:16:23.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">URGENT: Legislative Alert</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR><B>Stop Massive Wildlife Slaughter by the EPA</B><BR>Wild animals in the U.S. need the government to protect them, not force toxic chemicals down their throats. Yet this is exactly what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to do as part of its "endocrine disruptor screening program." Last month, the EPA unveiled plans to kill as many as 20,000 birds, plus thousands of other animals, just to develop a new series of chemical-poisoning tests in wildlife. If these cruel tests are not abandoned, their use will spell hideous suffering and death for tens of millions of wild animals.<BR><BR>When Congress told the EPA to develop a screening program to identify chemicals that may affect the endocrine (hormonal) system, it specifically called for chemicals to be screened for health effects in humans. The six wildlife-poisoning tests that the EPA is now proposing have nothing to do with studying human health effects. In addition, the EPA admits that it will never be able to establish the relevance of these tests to other wildlife species, even though the EPA is specifically required to use only "appropriate validated test methods" (which includes establishing their relevance to the species of interest) in its endocrine program.<BR><BR><a href="http://peta.org/alert/automation/AlertItem.asp?id=399">click here to read the full report</a>, then<BR><a href="http://bennelson.senate.gov/email.html">click here to send a polite email to Senator Nelson</a><BR><a href="http://hagel.senate.gov/email/contact.html">click here to send a polite email to Senator Hagel</a><BR><a href="http://www.house.gov/bereuter/contact.htm">click here for contact information on Congressman Bereuter</a></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-751746182002-04-08T13:08:00.000-07:002002-04-08T13:17:04.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">suggested reading</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR><A HREF="http://petacatalog.com/peta/product.asp?dept%5Fid=8&pf%5Fid=BK390"><IMG SRC="http://www.peta.org/mall/books/anlib.gif" BORDER=NONE ALIGN=LEFT></A><BR><BR><BR><BR><b>Animal Liberation</b> by Peter Singer<BR>Referred to as the animal rights "bible," this book includes in-depth explanations of factory farming, animal experimentation, vegetarianism, and animal rights philosophy. If you read only one animal rights book, it has to be this one.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-751516202002-04-07T21:07:00.000-07:002002-04-08T12:48:23.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana"> email mailing list</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>to join the mailing list, please visit our Yahoo! Group at:<BR><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/endanimalcruelty/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/endanimalcruelty/</a>.</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-113185652002-03-31T13:55:00.000-08:002002-04-07T21:08:03.000-07:00<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=993300 FACE="Verdana">Thank Burger King for Giving Vegetarians Something to Cheer About: Veggie Burgers!</FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR=000000 FACE="Verdana"><BR>On March 18, Burger King launched the BK Veggie, an all-vegetable patty in all 8,500 of its U.S. restaurants. Burger King is the first fast-food chain to introduce a veggie burger in all its outlets nationwide. This is a HUGE step forward for animal rights and a massive boon to vegetarianism. Burger King has just become the most widespread source of vegetarian food in the country. Help encourage this by writing a brief, polite letter. <a href="http://www.peta.org/alert/automation/AlertItem.asp?id=380">Click here</a> for the full press relsease and Burker King Headquarters correspondence information. <a href="http://switchboard.com/bin/cgidir.dll?MEM=1&FUNC=FORMATSEARCH&LNK=3%3A155&C=&L=burger+king&T=lincoln&s=ne&Search.x=0&Search.y=0">Click here</a> for local Burker King addresses and phone numbers.<BR><I>Warning: It has been reported that Burker King is NOT cooking the veggie burgers on a separate grill, so ask to have yours microwaved.</I></FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410142.post-110853952002-03-24T19:45:00.000-08:002002-03-30T21:07:02.000-08:00<FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">email NETA at: <a href="mailto:neta@MeatIsMurder.net">neta@MeatIsMurder.net</a>!</FONT>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com