News From Around the World

• "Abraham Lincoln -- Animal Rights Activist or just a Decent Human Being?" - Examiner.com, by Mary Bushnell
• "The Consummate Animal Rights Reference" - The Huffington Post, by Donna Albergotti
• "Animal Rights: in the Words of DaVinci" - Examiner.com, by Adam Kochanowicz
• "Appropriate Planned Vegetarian Diets Are Healthful, May Help in Disease Prevention and Treatment, Says American Dietetic Association (in updated statement)" - EatRight.org, ADA Press Release
• "Go Vegetarian for a Healthier Life" - TheMedGuru.com, by Neharika Sabharwal
• "New Film Offers Troubling View of US Food Industry" - The Daily News Online, by Ann Levin (Associated Press)
• "Costa Rica is World's Greenest, Happiest Country" - The Guardian, by Ashley Seager
• "Go Forth and Advocate" - The Huffington Post, by Michael Markarian

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National & International Events

• The North American Vegetarian Society "Vegetarian Summerfest 2009" - July 8-12, 2009 (Johnstown, PA)
• Dr. McDougall's "Vegan Costa Rica Adventure" - July 8-15 (Costa Rica)
• The 2009 International "Minding Animals" Academic & Community Conference on Animals & Society - July 13-18, 2009 (Newcastle, Australia)
• Animal Rights 2009 National Conference - July 16-20, 2009 (Los Angeles, CA)
• The Humane Society of the United States "Taking Action for Animals" Conference - July 24-27, 2009 (Arlington, VA)
• Animal Acres "2009 Gala for Farm Animals" - September 5, 2009 (Acton, CA)
• Compassion Over Killing's DC VegFest - September 12, 2009 (Washington, DC)
• Farm Sanctuary's 2009 "Walk For Farm Animals" - October 2009 (Select cities in North America)
• San Francisco Vegetarian Society's 10th Annual "World Veg Festival Weekend" - October 3-4, 2009 (San Francisco, CA)
• Washington DC Green Festival - October 10-11, 2009 (Washington, DC)
• 8th Annual VegSource "Healthy Lifestyle Expo" - October 16-18, 2009 (Woodland Hills, CA) 
• 14th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival - October 31 - November 1, 2009 (Boston, MA)
  

Action Alerts

• Ask your Congressional Representative and Senators to extend the ban on torture to include Animals used in military trauma-training exercises! (From People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - PETA.com) Thousands of live animals are shot, stabbed, dismembered, burned, and poisoned every year in Department of Defense (DoD) training exercises designed to train medics and infantry in how to treat various human battlefield injuries. Sign PETA's online form asking President Obama to issue an executive order requiring the DoD to replace animals with non-animal methods.
• Join international animal welfare organizations in urging China to ban the live skinning of cats & dogs for meat and fur (From StopLiveSkinning.wordpress.com) Millions of cats and dogs in China are bred in inhumane conditions and sold to markets for their meat, or skinned (sometimes not completely unconscious) for their fur. The methods at which these animals are slaughtered are cruel and must be stopped immediately. Many international animal welfare organizations and humane societies have joined together in protest against the live skinning of animals for fur.  Sign the online petition urging China to ban this barbaric industry.
  
  

Informative Links & Resources

• Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach
• COK's "National Veggie Dog Month" 
• Freecycle
• New Dawn Montana Farm Animal Sanctuary 
• Friends of Animals
• That's Why We Don't Eat Animals 
• PETA's Circuses.com 
• VeggieThing.com
• PanGarden Studio: the Art of Chris McCasland
• Banyan Foods Tofu Company 
• Vegan Society
• "Peaceable Kingdom: the Journey Home" (movie preview) 
• "Food, Inc." (the movie)
• "Chew On This: Reasons to Become a Vegetarian" (video)

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