Posted in Animal Rights, Veganism, tagged animal activism, animal advocacy, animal rights conference, pattrice jones on July 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So, I still have a lot more to say about the Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference I attended last month, “Their Lives, Our Voices“. I have all these notes I took during the speeches and in the workshops just staring at me waiting to be written. The guilt! Okay, guilt is a [...]
Posted in Veganism, tagged animal activism, Veganism on June 30, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Last Wednesday night marked the inaugural meeting of a new group I’ve joined, a Minneapolis Vegan Women’s Club. For right now it’s a relatively small group of women who have been active in Compassionate Action for Animals in some way or another. There are about 10 of us, and our first meeting consisted [...]
Posted in Animal Rights, Veganism, tagged decisions, animal advocacy, animal rights conference, animal activism, make a difference, Animal Rights, Veganism on June 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I promised I would tell you more about The Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference at the University of Minnesota that took place from June 6th-8th. It’s time to make good on that promise.
I’d like to talk a little bit more about some of the things Colleen Patrick-Goudreau discussed in her “Being a Joyful Vegan” speech, and [...]
Posted in Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Veganism, tagged 21 day vegan cleanse, animal activism, animal advocacy, Animal Protection Organizations, Animal Rights, animal rights conference, Factory Farming, Oprah on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
OPRAH’S (VEGAN) CLEANSE
I’m happy to report that it looks like Oprah is still doing her 3 week vegan cleanse. She didn’t blog about it for a couple days (what on earth could be more important?!), but she’s been pretty good the last few days. In Monday’s blog this week, she said this:
I’ve had no cravings [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animal activism, Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, animals in science, chimpanzees, famous quotes, get involved, legislation, make a difference, pictures on May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are like us.” Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are not like us.” Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction.
~Charles R. Magel
Did you know that the United [...]
Posted in Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Farmed Animals, tagged decisions, animal activism, empty cages, Tom Regan, companion animals on April 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lately I’ve been thinking about how differently I viewed the world only 2 years ago. I have always, always loved my dog and my cat and other people’s pets and therefore considered myself an animal lover, but at the same time, I never really thought much about farmed animals. I ate them [...]
Posted in Animal Rights, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal activism, animal advocacy, animal rights conference, carol adams, events, gene baur, paul shapiro, pictures on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am so excited about an upcoming animal advocacy event scheduled to take place here in the Twin Cities from June 6 - June 8. It’s called Their Lives, Our Voices:
Their Lives, Our Voices 2008 seeks to bring together individuals from across the region for a hands-on, high-quality conference focused on helping animals. Our [...]
