A n i m
a l W r i t e s © sm
The official ANIMAL RIGHTS ONLINE newsletter
Publisher ~ EnglandGal@aol.com
Issue #
06/25/00
Editor
~ JJswans@aol.com
Journalists ~ PrkStRangr@aol.com
~ MRivera008@aol.com
~ SavingLife@aol.com
THE ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE ARE:
1 ~ Animal Rights Online International
2 ~ Milk Hurts
3 ~ The Animal Advocacy Movement
4 ~ Shark Fin Ban is Signed by Governor in Hawaii
5 ~ Job Opportunity
6 ~ Demonstration Advisory
7 ~ For a Little Boy Who Cried Over a Bird (Poem)
8 ~ Quote To Remember
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Animal Rights Online
International
When
one begins to think that activists are in the minority and that we just aren't
reaching enough people, it is nice to take solace in the knowledge that more
and more people are joining us all the time. EnglandGal recently made a
list of our subscribers around the world, and we would like to share with you
the countries that Animal Writes and Alert for Action! as well as our website
listings and book reviews go out to:
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, England,
Germany, Greece, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, South Africa, Scotland,
Singapore, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA
We are happy to be joining hands across the globe
with activists concerned about animal rights, animal welfare, and vegetarianism
!!!
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Milk Hurts
Are you a compassionate milk-drinking
vegetarian? If so, you will be responsible for the slaughter of at least
three animals.
The average American consumes the equivalent of 29.2 ounces each day of milk
and dairy products which adds up to a total yearly consumption of 666 pounds
per American.
Each year, the average cow produces 20,500 pounds of milk. According to
the U.S. Almanac, an American born today is expected to live for 77
years. In his/her lifetime, he/she will consume 51,282 pounds of
milk. Assume that half of all calves are male and half are female.
The male calf becomes veal. The female grows to become another
milk-producing cow.
Therefore, the average American, through milk consumption, will be responsible
for the life and death of two+ dairy cows and one baby bull.
Forget for a moment that a cow's body fluids contain virus, pus, bacteria,
powerful growth hormones, allergenic proteins, saturated fat, cholesterol,
antibiotics, and dioxins. None of those things are good for your
body. Your milk consumption is also dangerous for the mother cow and her
children. The slaughterhouse stun gun is painful. The knife cuts
through the animal's throat, and the animal's pain is horribly real. You,
the cheese eater, are responsible for her death.
Two cows, one baby. You steal her body fluids, and must be held
accountable for her death and the death of her child.
Source: Robert
Cohen <notmilkman@notmilk.com>
The NOTMILK
Homepage! (MILK is a bad-news substance!)
http://www.notmilk.com/
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The Animal Advocacy Movement
When we turn down a visit to the circus because
elephants are forced to balance on balls, and whips are cracked to make tigers
leap through flaming hoops, or once-proud horses are made to look ridiculous as
they dance wearing plumage stolen from ostriches;
When we say "No!" to eating the charred corpses of chickens, turkeys,
ducks, cows, calves, pigs, and sheep, or refuse to let our bodies be
compromised by the consumption of eggs, milk, and cheese because they are the
"hidden" products of the slaughterhouse;
When we dispute scientists' self-appointed privilege of seizing every animal
imaginable to use as a tool for research, deliberately inflicting pain and
suffering without any sincere and meaningful regard for their victims'
psychological and physical well-being;
When we challenge the legal status of animals as property, which gives license
to unlimited numbers of heinous acts of cruelty by individuals and legitimizes
the institutionalized commercial exploitation of animals everywhere;
When we affirm that animals are sentient individuals with their own inherent
rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;
This is when we become the leadership of the animal advocacy movement.
WE ALL LEAD THE ANIMAL ADVOCACY MOVEMENT
Every time we speak up for animal liberation and speak out against cruelty, we
are leaders of the animal advocacy movement. Every time we act for
animals we become their representatives, and everyone will judge our commitment
to animals and the sincerity of our convictions based upon our actions, behavior,
language, and appearance.
Every time we act as cruelty-free consumers or as vegetarians, or better still,
as vegans, we are leaders of the animal advocacy movement. Every time we
act for animals by demonstrating outside a restaurant, rescuing a stray dog
from traffic, writing a letter to the newspaper, visiting an elected
representative, participating in a state ballot initiative, reading a book
about animal rights, making a donation to an organization, watching a video,
and volunteering at the local shelter, we show leadership for the
animals.
As leaders of a social justice movement that champions the rights of those who
cannot speak for themselves, we have a particularly heavy responsibility.
This duty is singularly burdensome when we remember the individuality of the
billions of animals abused, exploited, neglected, and killed by members of our
species.
THE CHALLENGE OF LEADERSHIP
We need to foster a movement-wide collective leadership that embraces
grassroots, national, and international action; effectively utilizes the
different strategic advantages of direct action and working within the legal
and political establishment; and mobilizes public opinion through creative use
of the mainstream media, academia, the church, and other public institutions
that constitute society.
As the movements' leadership, we ultimately bear the responsibility of success
and failure in our efforts to free animals from human oppression. This is
why it is so important for us to learn how to accommodate any differences we
may have on ideology, strategy, and tactics.
The animal advocacy movement is a complex and diverse community of individuals
and organizations that share a vision of a cruelty-free society but come from
different starting points and different directions. The true test of
movement in leadership is to let our diversity be our strength and to not
invest our future successes in any one ideology; organization, or individual.
THE LAST WORD
Let us celebrate each and every one of our individual efforts to break free
from a society that is largely blind to animal exploitation. Let us
acknowledge our efforts to come out of the closet of cruelty and make a new
world that humans and animals can enjoy equally.
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Shark Fin Ban is Signed by
Governor in Hawaii
Today
[Thursday, June 22, 2000] Governor Benjamin Cayetano signed a bill banning
shark finning -- cutting off a shark's fin and throwing it back into the
ocean. The House Bill 1947 will prohibit the landing of any shark fins in
the state of Hawaii unless the shark is landed whole.
According to the Bill, "No person shall knowingly harvest shark fins from
the territorial waters of the State, or land shark fins in the State, unless
the fins were taken from a shark landed whole in the State."
The legislation also applies to vessels registered in the State that are
fishing outside Hawaii's territorial waters (three miles from the shore).
However, foreign vessels will be allowed to have shark fins on board their
vessels when using ports in Hawaii, but are prohibited from unloading or
shipping fins through the State.
We are very pleased that the Hawaii legislature, and now the Governor, are
ending shark finning in Hawaiian waters despite the well-funded lobbying
efforts of those who profit from shark finning. In the end, science and sound
management prevailed.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds of shark fins are shipped through Hawaii each
year -- more than any other state in the U.S. However, the state of
Hawaii has now shown that it is truly concerned about its marine resources and
is taking action to prevent this wasteful practice that that has decimated
shark populations in other parts of the US and worldwide. Shark fins are the
principal ingredient in shark fin soup, an Asian delicacy that can sell for
$100 a bowl.
Shark finning has been banned in U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters since
1993, but the practice has skyrocketed in recent years in the Western
Pacific. From 1991 to 1998, the number
of sharks killed solely for their fins increased by an alarming 2500 percent in
waters off Hawaii.
Despite widespread concern among the public, conservation groups, government
officials, fishermen and scientists, the Western Pacific regional fishery
management council has repeatedly refused to ban the practice. Representatives
from the Department of Commerce (the agency ultimately responsible for U.S.
fishing policy) have testified in support of anti-finning action by Congress.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to ban shark finning
nationwide two weeks ago with a landslide vote of 390 to 1. The bill is now
pending consideration in the U.S. Senate. The fate of the legislation in the
Senate is uncertain because key Senate committee members have not declared
their positions and Congress is operating under an abbreviated schedule.
This is a clear message to the US Congress that the people of Hawaii support
measures to end the wasteful practice of shark finning. The U.S. Senate should
move quickly to pass a nationwide shark finning ban that covers all U.S.
waters.
Source:
victoriajoy@webtv.net (Victoria Mireles)
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Job Opportunity
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
5100 Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Suite 404; Washington, DC 20016
Job Title:
Media Relations Assistant
Listing Date: 06/14/2000
Job Level: Entry Level Type of Job:
Job Location: Washington, DC, USA
Job Description:
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is looking for a full-time
media relations assistant for its Washington, D.C. office. We need someone with
great computer, phone, writing, and organizational skills. Salary depends on
experience.
Please send your resume and writing samples ASAP to: Ms. Simon Chaitowitz,
PCRM 5100 Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Suite 404 Washington, D.C. 20016 For more
information about PCRM, please visit our web site at http://www.pcrm.org.
Email: pcrm@pcrm.org
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Demonstration Advisory
I am writing for help in organizing a demo on
July 14th against the Bank of New York for their continued support of
Huntingdon Life Sciences. The Bank of New York acts as a corporate broker
holding 62 million shares on behalf on other companies. We are calling for a
National Day of Action Against The Bank of New York on July 14th and that's
where you come in. We would like to do numerous demonstrations outside of
various offices and branches of the company and we need YOUR help!
If you could help out with a demonstration in your area. PLEASE get in touch to
see if a Bank of New York branch is near you:
BNY
http://www.bankofny.com/DomDB/branchlocator/brloc.nsf/SelectStateCounty?OpenAgent
fighting for the animals inside HLS,
Joe
For more information of the campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences visit
http://www.shac.net
For more information on the campaign against the Bank of New York visit:
http://www.bankofnykills.com
To Get involved/Help out with the campaign:
Stop Huntington Life Sciences(SHAC)
P.O. Box 22310
Philadelphia, PA 19110
(856)627-1657-Phone
(856) 627-1978-Fax
beavoice@juno.com
www.shac.net
www.bankofnykills.com
CLOSE HUNTINGTON LIFE SCIENCES DOWN!
Source:
Xvegunxkidx@aol.com
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For A Little Boy Who Cried Over
A Bird
by Guila Manchester
Because you cared,
The world's a little better.
Although the hurt
was hard to understand.
Perhaps inside
the little bird had sickness
It's death was quick;
It may have been God's plan.
Don't be ashamed to care
as you grow older.
God sees the sparrow fall,
as you and I.
It's right to care
what happens to His creatures,
and when you care enough,
it's right to cry.
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Quote To Remember
"In studying the traits and dispositions of the so-called lower animals,
and
contrasting them with man's, I find the result humiliating to me.
~
Mark Twain
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