A n i m a l W r i t e s © sm
The
official ANIMAL RIGHTS ONLINE newsletter
Publisher ~ EnglandGal@aol.com
Issue # 08/26/01
Editor
~ JJswans@aol.com
Journalists ~ Park StRanger@aol.com
~ MichelleRivera1@aol.com
~ sbest1@elp.rr.com
THE SIX ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE ARE:
1 ~ Biblical Quotes
2 ~ Vegetarian School Lunch
3 ~ Student Essay and Art Contest
4 ~ No More Homeless Pets Conference
5 ~ I Am The Cat
6 ~ Memorable Quote
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Biblical Quotes
Source: Anonymous
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Acts 15: Do not eat the meat of strangled animals.
* Acts 18: 18 The private vow Paul took, many Biblical scholars believe,
is the Nazarite vow which included besides hair cutting.. abstention from
animal flesh. This Nazarite diet is described in Numbers. This is the vow that
Samson with his great strength took.
* Corinthians l: 8,12-13 (Paul) If meat makes my brother stumble I shall
never again eat meat.
* Daniel l: Daniel was put in prison by Nebuchadnezzar. He ate only pulses
(beans) for 10 days while others ate flesh. Nebuchadnezzar noticed that he
fared better than the others. Maynard Clark (vrc@tiac.net) and Frank
Hoffman (Veg-Christian@all-creatures.org) make the point that since all
food, not just meat, was sacrificed by Babylonians to idols, idols were not a
factor in their abstention from animal flesh.
* Deuteronomy 5: Thou Shalt Not Kill (later versions than the King James
translate this as Thou Shalt Not Murder)
* Exodus 20: 13 Thou Shalt Not Kill brought down the mountain
literally Lo Tirtzach.. (this is nonkilling, not nonmurder). The Biblical
command "Thou Shalt Not KIll" which J J Price cites as a reason to
change diet.. is not asterisked "to include humans only". The
Biblical command "Thou Shalt Not Steal" which Kathy Kurtz cites can
be related to not purloining the eggs from chickens nor the milk from mother
cows whose calves are then butchered for veal.
* Exodus 16: 31 The desert manna was like coriander seed. (Given by Reginal
Cherry, MD who promotes vegan diet on Trinity Broadcast Net Exodus: The
Israelites did not want the manna that God had provided.. instead they wanted
the flesh of quails.
* Ezekiel 3 and 4: My body has never been defiled by animal flesh.
* Genesis 1:29: Behold I have given you herb yielding seed. To you it
shall be for meat.
* Genesis 1: 12 describes the perfection of a world covered with fruit and nut
trees, grape vines and berry bushes
* Genesis 2: 4-6 There were no violent storms in the tree covered earth.
The trees were watered by mist.
* Genesis 6: Noah was commanded by God to provide vegetarian food in the ark
for people and animals. (The lions drank the milk of cows.)
* Genesis 9: 4-5 Flesh shall ye not eat. And surely your blood I will
require at the hands of beasts.
* Hosea 2:28: I will make for you that day a covenant with the wild animals. I
will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land. I will make you lie
down in safety.
* Isaiah: Isaiah is the prophet who more than any other forecasts the birth of
Jesus. He is also the prophet with the most references to nonviolence and
universal respect for life. Jesus quotes Isaiah's "I delight not in your
blood sacrifices" as He drives the animal killers out of the temple. Jesus
refers to the vegetarian Isaiah more than to any other.
* Isaiah: 1: 11: I delight not in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he
goats (whereas Isaiah 66 involves not eating pigs.. and Isaiah 65
involves not eating any living thing) (In some Bible translations the word
'blood' has been removed.) (In others it is "I delight not in thy blood
sacrifices.")
* Isaiah 42: He shall break not the bruised reed.
* Isaiah 59: We moan sadly like doves.
* Isaiah 65: The wolf shall lie down with the lamb.. they shall not hurt nor
destroy in all my holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of
the Lord. Many other passages of Isaiah speak of noneating of animals.
Isaiah 66: 3 He who slays an ox is as he that slays a man. (Another
translation: He who kills a bull is as he who kills a man.)
* Isaiah 66: 17: The slain of the Lord shall be many.. they behind the tree
eating swine's flesh.. shall be consumed together. (There are dozens of
references to vineyards, fruit trees, and fruitarian diet in Isaiah
alone.) Samson's Nazarite vow included eating nothing dead, letting his
hair grow and other injunctions. He violated this vow not only with Delilah but
in eating honey from a hive within the ribs of a desert lion carcass. He then
lost his strength.
* Jesus: Whatsoever you have done to these the least of My brethren you have
done unto Me. (Is the least of His brethren.. the birds, the insects, and the
plants?)
The Aramaic Bible (the language Jesus spoke): Zachariah is told even before the
birth of John the Baptist that John is the Spirit of Elijah and that he will
forsake flesh foods. (Thank you Josh) For information write
chochmah36@yahoo.com
* Jesus: Come, I shall make you fishers of humankind (and not of fishes).
* Jesus: Ye are whited sepulchres. This is interpreted to mean those with
concern for externals.. while their thoughts are not holy, those who actions
show hypocrisy as well. However sarcophagus comes from sarx (flesh) and phagus
(eater).. sarcophagus is not only a coffin but a flesheater.
* Job 5: You will be in league with the stones of the field and the beasts of
the field shall be at peace with you.
* Job 12: 8 Speak to the earth and she will teach thee (of patience,
humility, forgiveness, universal nurturing)
* Joel 1: The land mourns the destruction of her plants.
* John the Baptist: The Ebionites taught that John the Baptist was
vegetarian. For further information write Pastor Mike Shaw mshaw@gtn.net
* John: 3rd Letter of John to Gaius: I pray good health for you.
* John: 6: 63 It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing.
* Judges 13: (re Samson) (The breaking of the Nazarite vow {taken by Jesus,
John the Baptist, Paul} was the cause of Samson's downfall) (Besides abstention
from haircutting, the vow of the Nazarites involved abstention from meat. Paul
felt his vow was private. Others were public.) (Some think that involvement
with killing is the touching of death and therefore the touching of a dead
thing.)
* Leviticus 3: 17 commands to eat no animal fat or animal blood. Many
Jewish vegetarians believe it is impossible to drain the blood out of all the
tiny capillaries of the animal, and that therefore there is no such thing as
kosher flesh. (Write schwartz@postbox.cuny.csi.edu)
* Leviticus 11: prohibits the eating of the flesh of rabbits, pigs, shellfish
such as lobsters, clams, shrimp, crabs, hawks, seagulls, camels, chameleons,
flying insects with 4 legs in certain cases, heron, bat, hoopoe, vulture,
stork, cormorant, ibis, marsh hen, pelican, owl, mole, rat, mouse, lizard,
gecko, snail, cud chewers, cloven hoofed (the cow was observed trying to cleave
her hoof to make her safe), eagle, metire, osprey, falcon, ostrich, kite,
raven, rock badger, etc. The reasons include prevention of food poisoning.
E.g., pigs and shellfish will eat the waste of other creatures (coprophagy).
* Leviticus 17:10 I will set my face against them that eat blood.
Leviticus commands that no dead animal be touched. How is it possible to rend
the flesh of an animal with human teeth in the consumption of meat and not
touch the animal?
* Leviticus: Just as Jesus erases Levitical law and prevents the capital
punishment of the adulterous woman (the man was not brought). He also erases
Levitical animal sacrifice law with the Law of Love
* Luke 15: is about the 100th lamb. Dr. Bates gave a sermon on this passage on
Sept 13th. Are not all lambs His? Does He not want all His lambs protected?
* Luke 15: 16 The Prodigal son.. the word for what the son ate when
away from his family was keration.. a word for the carob bean or the fruit of
the locust tree.. this was fed to the poor and to pigs ... this "St
John's Bread" was fruit and not meat. Historically the poor have been more
vegetarian than the rich. It was said that King Henry 8th's gout came to a rich
man for the poor could not eat enough meat to have gout.
* Malachi l: You have defiled my altars.
* Malachi 4: They shall grow fat like calves in stalls. (While this is intended
as a blessing, it is a reminder of veal calves imprisoned their entire lives in
stalls, unable to turn around.)
* Mark: The Gospel of Mark makes it clear that when Jesus spoke of what defiles
a person, he was speaking of critical words.
* Matthew 4:19 Come I will make you fishers of men (no longer fishers of
fishes).
* Matthew: 5:7 Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
* Matthew 12: 7 Jesus quotes Isaiah more than anyone else.
* Jesus quotes Isaiah's "I desire mercy not sacrifice" and
"break not the bruised reed".
* Matthew 12: 11 Which of you having a sheep (ox) in a ditch will not rescue it
on the Sabbath?
* Matthew 16: 15 The Moody Bible Institute has the translation in a mail out
plaque: Go ye therefore and preach to all creation. (Other translations
say 'the world'). Anthony, revered as a saint in the Catholic Church, preached
to the fishes when humans would not listen.
* Matthew 19: 6 What God hath joined together let no man put
asunder. This is Jesus' comment about marriage.. but God has also
soldered together animals.. and does not want them sundered.
* Matthew 21: Jesus overturns the tables where doves are being sold for sacrifice..
and says 'my house is a house of prayer.. you have made it a den of
plunderers'. The Greek word used is lestes.. which is more correctly
translated plunderer or butcher than thief. (The author of Jesus of
Nazareth King of the Jews mentions that before Passover as many as 40,000
animals were hanging upside down bleeding to death.. and that the temple floor
was awash in blood.)
* Matthew 23: 27 Jesus says some are like whited sepulchres (sacrcophagi. (Sepulchre from the interlinear Greek
Testament sarcophagus) (sarc flesh phagy eat: flesheaters) Therefore Jesus said
'They are whited flesh eaters' Why whited? Concern with exterior paint
and not the interior cleanliness of the temple. What happens to the body when
one eats animals? It says George Bernard Shaw, friend of General Booth of the
Salvation Army, becomes a grave of those animals.
Jesus states in this passage that the sepulchre are full of dead bones.
* Matthew 23: 25 It is interesting that most translations of the Bible
speak of these sarcophagi as being full of dead men's bones whereas the actual
Greek is 'gemousin osteon nekron' which means 'full of dead bones'.
* Matthew 25:40 "Whatsoever ye have done to these the least of My
brethren, ye have done unto Me." Are not animals more handicapped than
human beings?
* Methusaleh: This longest lived (969 years) of Biblical heroes was like
all pre flooders (antedeluvians) vegetarian. (Jeremiah: The Lord offends the
mind to reveal the heart) (*Some say that Elijah was the longest lived because
he ascended to heaven without death and, says Jesus, is John The Baptist).
* Paul (1 Corin 8: 7-13) Meat commends us not to God.. if meateating
offend my brother.. I will eat no flesh while the earth stands.
* Paul in Corinthians 6: Your body is a temple of Holy Spirit.
* Proverbs 12:10: The righteous man is concerned for his beast.
* Proverbs 23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge
themselves on meat.
* Proverbs 31: 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb (voiceless)
* Psalm 10: In the secret places he murders the innocent.
* Psalm 11: The wicked bend their bow. They make ready their arrow upon the
string. (Biblical vegetarians include Adam 930 years {we are not given Eve's
age} Seth 912 years Enoch 905 years
Canaan 910 years Jacob 962 years Enoch 2 and Methusaleh 969 years)
* Psalm 50: Eat not the flesh of bulls nor the blood of goats.
* Psalms: 104: 16-18: The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly.
* Psalm 148: Praise the Lord from the deep, you sea monsters (for all God's
creation, not just human beings, do praise).
* Revelation 5: All creatures sing the praises of God.. is the gist of a
Revelation 5 passage. If animals can sing God's praises, do they have souls and
a right to life?
* Revelation: 7: 3 Hurt not the earth neither the sea nor the trees.
* Revelation 9:4 The 5th angel.. says that no living growing tree being
or grass be harmed.
* Revelation 11: 2 Olive trees are before the throne of God. (The
rest of the passage is on their not being harmed.)
* Rev: 11: 18 (Angels) shall harm those who destroy the earth.
* Revelation 16: The 2nd bowl poured by the angel turns the seas to blood. (The
red tide is the name given to pfiesteria which kills fish with the pollution
pouring out from Eastern seaboard factory farms.)
* Revelation 22: as quoted by Dr. Reginald Cherry, MD of TBN: The leaves
of the trees are for the healing of nations (both as herbs and as environmental
protectors)
* Revelation 22: The tree of life grows by the river of life. (In the context
it is seen that it is a fruit tree.) Revelation's sign of the beast might
be the sign of the slain beast, the sign advertising places where slain beasts
are sold. Revelation's prophecy of a blood red moon might be related to the red
tides which are causing environmental destruction.
* Romans 8: If your meat eating offends your brother abstain from it.
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Vegetarian School Lunch
from humane2000@yahoo.com
A
resolution to provide vegetarian lunch alternatives in schools was passed by
the Hawaii State Senate without opposition this week. The resolution
encourages state agencies "to develop nutritionally sound menu plans that
will provide optional vegetarian school lunches in such a way that all students
will be assured nutritionally balanced diets, regardless of their food
preferences and avoidances."
The full text of the resolution follows:
Text of SCR 151:
Report Title: Vegan School Lunches (to be changed to "Vegetarian School
Lunches")
THE SENATE
S.C.R. NO. 151
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001
STATE OF HAWAII SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE
DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, AND EDUCATION, AND THE HAWAII SCHOOL FOOD
SERVICE TO DEVELOP NUTRITIONALLY SOUND MENU PLANS THAT WILL PROVIDE OPTIONAL
(to be changed to "alternate") VEGETARIAN SCHOOL LUNCHES.
WHEREAS, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Cancer Society, the
American Dietetic Association, the American Heart Association, and the National
Institutes of Health now recommend that there be greater emphasis in the
American diet on fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; and
WHEREAS, all the essential organic nutrients in the human diet are synthesized
by plants and microorganisms; and
WHEREAS, fruits and vegetables promote good health because they contain
fiber and essential nutrients, including vitamins and minerals; they are
low in fat and calories, containing no cholesterol; and they also contain
phytochemicals that may provide additional protection to reduce the risk of cancer
and heart disease; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health is striving to increase public awareness of
the importance of eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day
for better health; and
WHEREAS, increased consumption of locally grown fruits and vegetables promotes
a sustainable environment; and
WHEREAS, a significant minority of Hawaii school children either identify
themselves as vegetarian or vegan (use no animal products at all), or come from
vegetarian or vegan families; and
WHEREAS, these children are at a disadvantage if no vegetarian school lunch
meals are offered in their respective schools; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-First Legislature of the State of
Hawaii, Regular Session of 2001, the House of Representatives concurring, that
state agencies, including the Department of Health, Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Education, and the Hawaii School Food Service are encouraged
to develop nutritionally sound menu plans that will provide optional vegetarian
school lunches in such a way that all students will be assured nutritionally
balanced diets, regardless of their food preferences and avoidances; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Hawaii School Food Service is
requested to report to the Legislature by September 1, 2002 on programs made
to offer optional vegetarian school lunches; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be
transmitted to the Director of Health, the Chairperson of the Board of
Agriculture, the Chairperson of the Board of Education, the Superintendent of
Education, and the Director of the Hawaii School Food Service.
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Student Essay and Art Contest!
from unitedanimalnations@prodigy.net
"FREEDOM FOR
PHYLLIS:
CHIMPANZEE LEAVES RESEARCH LAB AFTER 34 YEARS IN A CAGE!"
United
Animal Nations, an animal advocacy group headquartered in Sacramento,
California, is asking students to describe in words or pictures their ideas
about Phyllis' first day of freedom for our 2001 Student Essay and Art
Contest. Phyllis is one of 21 Air Force chimpanzees released from the
Coulston Foundation research laboratory to the Center for Captive Chimpanzee
Care sanctuary in Florida. UAN is sponsoring Phyllis' retirement at the
sanctuary.
Students can submit either essays or artwork depicting Phyllis' transition to
the sanctuary after 34 years in a research laboratory. Essays should be
300 words or less and artwork can include drawings, paintings, collages or any
other medium selected by the student. The winner will receive a $50 prize
as well as a special "chimpanzee" gift.
For more information about Phyllis and the Air Force Chimpanzees, visit the UAN
website at www.uan.org/campaigns/phyllisfund.html or the Center of Captive
Chimpanzee Care site at www.savethechimps.org.
Contest Deadline: October 15, 2001
Age Limit: 12 Years and Under
Submit entries to: United Animal Nations
PO Box 188890, Sacramento, CA 95818
Tel: (916) 429-2457 * Fax: (916) 429-2457
Website: www.uan.org
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No More Homeless Pets
Conference
from Bonney Brown - bonney@bestfriends.org
presented and sponsored by Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
hosted by Pet Shelter Network
October
26 - 28, 2001
Seattle, WA
Radisson Hotel, Seattle Airport
Join us for this landmark gathering of experts from across the country as we
explore strategies to develop no-kill communities.
You’ll hear from people who are creating life-saving changes for the animals in
their own neighborhoods, cities, or states, and you’ll learn how to help launch
a No More Homeless Pets program in your community.
-- Details --
You can get the details on the conference on our website at:
http://www.bestfriends.org/nmhp/seattlefrm.htm
including a form to print out to register.
The text of the conference brochure also follows below in this message (same as
what you'll find on the website).
Or to request a printed brochure (or several to share with others) e-mail:
dee@bestfriends.org
-- Who should attend? --
Whether you’re an animal care professional or an individual who cares about
animals you won’t want to miss this unique opportunity.
You’ll get practical information, inspiration and advice from nationally
recognized speakers including . . .
* Mike Arms, President, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
* Richard Avanzino, President, Maddie’s Fund, Alameda, CA
* Francis Battista, Director of Animal Care, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
* Ed Boks, Director, Maricopa County Animal Care and Control, Phoenix, AZ
* Bonney Brown, Communications Director, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
* Gregory Castle, President, No More Homeless Pets in Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
* Julie Castle, Program Director, No More Homeless Pets in Utah, Salt Lake
City, UT
* Paula Fasseas, Founder and Chair, PAWS Chicago, Chicago, IL
* Peter Marsh, Founder, Solutions to Overpopulation of Pets, Concord, NH
* Karen Medicus, Executive Director, Humane Society/SPCA Austin/Travis County,
Austin, TX
* Susan Michaels, Co-Founder, Pasado’s Safe Haven, Sultan, WA
* Michael Mountain, President, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
* Becky Robinson, National Director, Alley Cat Allies, Washington, DC
* Dennis Stearns, Co-Chair, No More Homeless Pets in Guilford County,
Greensboro, NC
* Nathan Winograd, Executive Director, Tompkins County SPCA, Ithaca, NY
-- Conference Schedule --
October 26, Friday
7:00 – 8:30 PM Welcome Reception – Check-in
October 27, Saturday
7:30 – 8:30 AM – Check-in and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 AM – Opening remarks – Michael Mountain
8:45 – 12:00 Panel Discussions: Explore the strategies of the people who have
created the nation’s most successful No More Homeless Pets Programs.
Moderators: Michael Mountain and Bonney Brown
8:45 – 10:15 AM Bringing the Community Together
Developing cooperative community-wide campaigns. Reaching out to work
successfully with larger and smaller organizations. Winning over naysayers and
overcoming obstacles. Managing unexpected developments. Getting the attention
of the community and cultivating support.
Panelists: Ed Boks, Gregory Castle, Peter Marsh, Karen Medicus, Dennis Stearns,
Nathan Winograd
10:30 AM – 12:00 NOON Key Challenges and Programs that Meet Them
Defining the key issues for your community and creating programs to meet them.
Changing attitudes and working with prevailing attitudes to change behavior.
Strategies that have increased adoptions and neuters and help keep animals in
homes. Getting the message out to the public. Programs to help save feral cats’
lives.
Panelists: Mike Arms, Richard Avanzino, Francis Battista, Julie Castle,
Paula Fasseas, Becky Robinson
12:00 – 1:15 PM – Lunch
Tour the Pasado’s Safe Haven mobile spay/neuter unit
1:15 – 2:30 PM Workshop Session I (Three workshops to run concurrently.)
Coalition Building Basics – Ed Boks and Gregory Castle
The Road to No Kill: Lessons from One Organization’s Journey – Karen Medicus
Creating Community-wide Adoption Events – Francis Battista, Julie Castle, Paula
Fasseas
2:45 – 4:00 PM Workshop Session II
Marketing Shelter Animals – Mike Arms
Feral Cats: Selling Your Community on a Humane Solution – Becky Robinson
Public Money for the Animals? New Hampshire’s Success Story – Peter Marsh
4:15 – 5:30 PM Workshop Session III
It Takes a Community: Energizing the Public to Save Lives - Nathan
Winograd
The Zen of Leadership: Taking a Leadership Role in Your Community –
Francis
Battista, Dennis Stearns
Opening a Spay/Neuter Clinic: Are You Ready? Julie Castle, Paula Fasseas,
Susan Michaels
6:30 – 8:00 PM Optional Networking Dinner: Meet with speakers and other
attendees who share your special interests.
October 28, Sunday
8:00 – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
The Most Important Questions: Those are your questions, of course.
The panelists will help you put it all together with a full and frank
discussion of the critical questions and issues that you will face in creating
a local No More Homeless Pets program. This two-part session will cover the
specific questions that you submit for discussion.
Moderators: Michael Mountain and Bonney Brown
8:30 – 10:15 AM “Yes, But in Our Community . . .” How you can make it work –
even where you live!
Panelists: Francis Battista, Ed Boks, Gregory Castle, Peter Marsh, Karen
Medicus, Becky Robinson
10:30 AM – 12:00 NOON Is Anybody Listening? How to make sure your message is
reaching people.
Panelists: Mike Arms, Julie Castle, Paula Fasseas, Dennis Stearns, Nathan
Winograd
12:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch (Sponsored by Maddie’s Fund)
Maddie’s Fund Basics – Maddie’s Fund President, Richard Avanzino, will talk
about the foundation’s philosophy, priorities and application process, followed
by a question and answer session.
To register for the event, use the form below
-- About Best Friends --
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the nation’s largest refuge for abused and
abandoned animals, is home to over 1,800 cats, dogs and other domestic animals.
Best Friends offers adoption and foster care programs, low-cost spay/neuter,
wildlife rehabilitation, educational programs, sponsors a national network of
animal lovers, and publishes Best Friends magazine. The mission of Best
Friends is to help bring about a time when there will be No More Homeless Pets
in the United States. For more information visit our website at:
www.bestfriends.org
-- Event Location & Lodging --
Radisson Hotel, Seattle Airport, 17001 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, WA
Reservations: 1-800-333-3333 Hotel direct phone: 206-244-6000
Room rates are $ 99. per night when you mention Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
at the time of making the reservation. (Special room rates expire 9/25/01)
Transportation: The hotel is located near Seattle-Tacoma Airport. Once you
arrive at the airport, call the hotel for the courtesy van.
Questions? Contact: Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Kanab, UT 84741-5000
Phone: 435-644-2001 X129, Fax: 435-644-2078, E-mail: info@bestfriends.org
Refunds: by written request only, MUST be received by October 18, 2001.
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Registration fee: $125 per person before September 26. $150 per person
September 27 – October 18. Includes two vegetarian lunches, two continental
breakfasts, the welcome reception, the panel discussion sessions and workshops.
Optional Networking Dinner Saturday (vegetarian): $25 per person.
Registration must be received by October 18. Confirmation and directions will
be sent upon receipt of your registration fee.
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I Am The Cat
by DRAGONGYRL@aol.com
In Egypt they worshipped me....
I am the Cat.
Because I bend not to the will of Man
they call me a mystery.
When I catch and play with a mouse,
they call me cruel.
Yet they take animals to keep
In parks and zoos, that they may gape at them.
Nay, more, they persecute their own human creatures;
They shoot, they hang, they torture them,
Yet dare to call me cruel.
Could they but see themselves
As I, the Cat, see them,
Bereft of all freedom,
Who follow in the ruts others made
Long Ages gone!
Who have rings in their noses,
Yet know it not.
They hate me, the Cat.
Because, forsooth, I do not love them.
Do they love me?
They think all animals are made for their pleasure,
To be their slaves.
And, while I kill only for my own needs,
They kill for pleasure, power and gold,
And then pretend to a superiority!
Why should I love them?
I, the Cat, whose ancestors
Proudly trod the jungle,
Not one ever tamed by man.
Ah, do they know
That the same immortal hand
That gave them breath, gave breath to me?
But I alone am free--
I am the Cat.
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Memorable Quote
"How do we know that we have a right to kill creatures that we are
so
little above, as dogs, for our curiosity or even for some use to
us?
~
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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