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The
official ANIMAL RIGHTS ONLINE newsletter
Publisher ~ EnglandGal@aol.com
Issue #
07/02/00
Editor ~ JJswans@aol.com
Journalists ~ Park StRanger@aol.com
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MRivera008@aol.com
~ SavingLife@aol.com
THE EIGHT ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE ARE:
1 ~ If I Ate Poultry, I'd Get the
"Chicken Runs" by Park StRanger@aol.com
2 ~ Fourth of July Pet Safety by DogAdvocat@aol.com
3 ~ A Whale of a Story by Park StRanger@aol.com
4 ~ Homeopathic Flea and Insect Repellents
5 ~ Menu Helpers For Vegetarian Moms-to-be
6 ~ David Brower Youth Awards
7 ~ Epitaph To A Dog
8 ~ Quote To Remember
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If I Ate Poultry, I'd Get the
"Chicken Runs"
by Park StRanger@aol.com
Some
vegetarian groups like VIVA! (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals) and
the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine believe that the new animated
movie "Chicken Run" will cause a lot of people to go
vegetarian. The movie features claymation chickens trying to escape from
a prison camp poultry farm.
Dr. Neal Barnard, president of PCRM, thinks that the backlash against chicken
will be similar to what happened to pork sales after the movie "Babe"
was released. PCRM has a banner link at their site which reads "Seen
Chicken Run? Ready to Switch to a Vegetarian Diet?" The link
leads to a PCRM article about the health risks of consuming chicken.
Physicians Committee for
Responsible Medicine
http://pcrm.org/
And
in England, VIVA! has produced a short commercial featuring a chicken in a
battery cage called "Chicken Can't Run" to be shown at selected
London theaters before screenings of "Chicken Run."
I hope the movie does change a few eating habits, that it makes a lot of kids
turn up their noses at fried bird for a while, but it makes me wonder how cute
talking pigs and animated lumps of clay can have more influence in an hour and
a half than all the years we VegActivists have been writing and talking about
health risks and animal suffering. Go figure.
Maybe we in the movement should be making movies. There are plenty of
pro-AR Hollywood stars that would probably work cheap doing the voices.
But I read that "Chicken Run" cost 40 million to make. Maybe we
should start small, I have a camcorder and some sock puppets.
"South Pork" -- a story about some cute but vulgar piglets who don't
want you to bring home the bacon.
Naw, never mind.
Seriously (semiseriously said, tongue in beak), if any of our non-vegetarian
readers see "Chicken Run" and it makes you want to stop eating animal
products, write us with any questions you may have about Veganism and we will
be glad to take you under our wing.
In a bizarre piece of irony, Burger King has a promotional tie-in with
"Chicken Run" and is offering two whoppers for 2 dollars. Their
ads show cartoon chickens urging people to ''Save the Chickens - Eat a
Whopper.'' I drove by a Burger King today and noticed that right beside
that poster in their window was another poster promoting their spicy chicken
sandwich. Huh?
The restaurant chain Chick-fil-A just announced plans to sue Burger King for
copyright infringement. Chick-fil-A claims that BK's ad is stolen from
it's own ad campaign showing cows with signs that say "Eat Mor
Chikin." We certainly hope that these two animal exploiters waste a
lot of money in the courts on this trivial lawsuit.
Hey!!! Burger King and Chick-fil-A,
Animal Rights Online has a new slogan....
"Save the Cows AND the Chickens, Go Vegan"
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Fourth of July Pet Safety
by DogAdvocat@aol.com
Independence Day is one of the most fearsome
times of the year for dogs and cats. Not only are the noises terrifying,
but there are also people who either through sadistic behavior or sheer
thoughtlessness, sometimes brought on by over-consumption of alcohol, will
attach firecrackers to animals, or even just try show the dog or cat how
exciting fireworks can be. Either way, this can cause pets to dart out in
front of cars, bite those that are terrifying them (risking animal control
impound), or run without knowing where it is going or how to get back.
So, the best way to protect pets, whether it be your own or your neighbors, is
to keep them indoors, preferably in an interior room, not near windows or glass
doors. Play a radio or television loud enough to help drown out the sound
of firecrackers. It can be helpful to play both radio and television at
the time, as the alternated sounds cover outside sounds even better.
If need be, your veterinarian can supply you with tranquilizers for your dog or
cat, but ask now, because all your vets other clients may be asking too.
Don't count on tranquilizers to do the job without other measures.
Frequently dogs will be so terrified if left outside that it seems they were
never medicated at all -- then after it is all over, the tranquilizer finally
works, and works strongly.
Many pet guardians stay home with their dogs and cats on the fourth just to
make sure they are safe and feel more secure. If that is your choice,
make sure you don't make your pet more phobic by encouraging their fear.
Petting and assuring your pet that all is well can be seen as praise for the
fear they are showing. It's important to act as normal as possible.
Thinking about how you would feel if suddenly a war broke out with bombs and
grenades may help you to empathize with your pet. Also, if you see a
stray cat or dog that looks in need of a temporary shelter, please be very
cautious about being bit out of sheer fear, but if you can do it safely, please
let them have a place to stay until the fourth is over.
Animal Rights Online wishes a happy and peaceful Fourth of July to all of our
subscribers and their companion animals.
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A Whale of a Story
by Park StRanger@aol.com
The 2000 meeting of the International Whaling
Commission starts tomorrow, July 3, in Australia. Animal Rights Online
will be monitoring the developments of this meeting and reporting and
commenting to you, our AR friends. For the very first time the opening
meetings of the IWC will allow television coverage, so tune in to CNN, and
other television news media, for coverage.
Australia is expected to call for a greater whale protected area, a whale
sanctuary in the South Pacific, while Japan is expected to request that their
illegal commercial whaling is recognized as legitimate.
Ever since the ban on commercial whaling in the late 1980s, Japan has used a
loophole in the International Whaling Commission regulations to continue
fishing for whales, calling it Scientific Research. Their so-called
Scientific Research supplies Japanese Sushi bars with meat from 500 Minke
whales every year. It has been determined that Japan is also catching
endangered species of whales.
This year Japan wishes to expand their whale catch and to make it legitimate,
by the IWC regulations, for Japan to catch great whale species such as the
greys and sperm whales.
Japan uses several arguments that seem to be only lame excuses for making money
for their whaling industry. It doesn't matter if the species are
endangered or not, Japan seems only to be concerned about making money from
killing whales.
They call it their cultural heritage to catch whales. So Kung Fu-king
what.
It is cultural tradition that Godzilla kicks ass in Tokyo. South Carolina
calls it their (stupid) Southern Cultural Heritage tradition to display the
Confederate Flag. It offends a certain group of people to display memories of
slavery.
It offends a certain group of us who are against animal slavery, to continue to
slaughter marine sentient beings for profit.
Japan, we are offended by your actions. Stop It Now
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Homeopathic Flea and Insect
Repellents
You can use his formula for any critter -- mosquitoes, flies,
aphids, ants, etc. However, I would recommend that if you don't want to kill
these critters (which I don't recommend if you don't have to) you can buy at a
pharmacy:
Ant: Formica Rufa
Mosquito: Culex
Head Lice: Pediculus Capitis
Flea: Pulex Irritans
Honey Bee: Apis Mellifica
Wasp: Vespa Crabro
Tick: Gotta make this one by hand You can also order these from:
Hahnemann
Pharmacy, Albany, CA at: 1-510-527-3003, and use a
6X potency.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS 'BY HAND' HERE'S WHAT YOU DO:
Catch 3-6 fleas -- smash 'em up real good -- put them in 1/2 cup water (in a
bottle), cap it and shake in the palm of your hand hard (hopefully a container
with a cork or cap on it when you do this :-)) 100 times. Stop.
Strain it through muslin into another container because you don't want bits of
the body or anything in any of your other bottles.
Then, take 1 teaspoon of it (don't bring a body of a flea with it) into another
1/2 cup of water (clean glass), cap it and shake it 100 times in the palm of
your hand. Stop.
Then, take 1 teaspoon out of it, and put into another 1/2 cup/glass of water.
Cap it and shake it 100 times. Stop.
Then, take 1 teaspoon out of it, put into another 1/2 cup/glass of water. Cap
it and shake it 100 times. Write on a label: FLEAS 4X and put it on the
container -- keep it tightly capped and in your refrigerator.
Then, get a spray bottle -- pint or quart size. Fill with water. Put one
teaspoon of this last bottle into it. Gently shake it. Then, spray it on animal
3 times a day for 2 days and watch the fleas leave town!
Be sure to do this OUTSIDE or fleas will jump off in your home!
If you have fleas in carpet, you can spray this directly on it (lightly -- you
don't have to soak anything). Do it 3 days in a row.
If you run out of your 4X potentized fleas, you can always make more.
IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT THE REMEDY PRE-MADE: 1. Put 6 tablets in quart of water and
gently shake until tablets are dissolved.
2. Put one pint of water into a spray bottle. Spray the area that is affected
OR spray the area where you want to keep them from entering or moving across.
3. Example: if you have fleas in your carpet -- spray your carpet. If they are
on the dog, spray the dog (or cat or whomever). If you have ticks around, spray
it on your clothes before going out -- but ALWAYS check yourself for ticks upon
your return.
http://www.listservice.net/wellpet/pest.htm
The above website explains the concept thoroughly and gives instructions for
making your own. However, Pulex 6x can be purchased easily at any homeopathic
pharmacy.
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Menu Helpers For Vegetarian
Moms-to-be
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/06/20/veggie.moms.wmd/index.html
"The following tips [in the website above]
can help you plan your meals. They are provided by Michael Klaper, M.D.,
director of the Institute of Nutrition Education and Research in Manhattan
Beach, Calif., and author of the book "Pregnancy, Children, and the Vegan
Diet," and Virginia Messina, a registered dietician (R.D.) and co-author
with Kenneth Burke, R.D., of the 1997 American Dietetics Association position
paper on vegetarian diets."
Source: allen
schubert <alathome@clark.net>
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David Brower Youth Awards
The David Brower Youth Awards are for student
activists between the ages of 13 to 22 and is presented by the Earth Island
Institute. For more information about the award, check out http://www.earthisland.org/bya/index.htm
Deadline for application is August 4, 2000.
~~Patrick Kwan
The Brower Youth Awards recognize the outstanding and innovative leadership
efforts of youth across the country that are working on environmental
conservation, preservation, and restoration. The cash prizes are intended to
assist the recipients in their future environmental work. There are no
restrictions on the use of the award, and the recipients are generally
encouraged to use the prize to assist in their own education or to further
their environmental work. Six awards are presented each year. The recipients
receive:
* A $3,000 cash prize
* A trip to the awards ceremony in San Francisco, CA for the
recipient and
one chaperone
* An award trophy and certificate
* Local and national media coverage
Projects Conservation, Preservation, Restoration
The Brower Youth Awards recognize the outstanding and innovative leadership
efforts of youth across the country that are working on environmental
conservation, preservation and restoration.
"...Whatever you do in life, make sure to include CPR for the Earth. The
Earth is a living, throbbing organism. It needs
CPR-Conservation-Preservation-Restoration-on a regular basis." (David R.
Brower)
Conservation: "Conserving our natural resources does not mean using them
up less quickly. We can relearn conservation by reading the earth, observing
that in Nature, nothing is wasted, and everything is made ready for the next
user." (David R. Brower)
Projects in conservation work to eliminate or decrease our use of natural
resources. Here are some examples of conservation projects:
* A project that plays a substantial role in organizing a local
community to
pass a mass transportation initiative
* A project that reduces energy use by planting trees, vines, and
shrubs to
shade school campus air conditioners and buildings
Preservation: "Aldo Leopold reminded us that the first rule of intelligent
tinkering is to save all the parts. Preserving life on earth means saving all
those things we can never replace, like species and cultures."(David R.
Brower)
Projects in preservation work to protect ecosystems or parts of
ecosystems. Here are some examples of
preservation projects:
* A project that secures protected nesting area for an endangered
song bird
* A project that plays a substantial role in blocking development
of wetlands
via ongoing peaceful civil disobedience (sits-ins,
demonstrations, street
theater)
Restoration: "Restoration means putting the Earth's life-support systems
back in working order in a way that allows us to rediscover our own place in
the natural order." (David R. Brower)
Projects in restoration work to reestablish the healthy functioning of
ecosystems or parts of ecosystems. Here are some examples of restoration
projects:
* A project that reclaims an abandoned lot, creates an organic
garden and
installs an eco-center
* A project that cleans up a critical half-mile of creek and
plants native
species along the banks
The Selection Process
Youth from 13 to 22 years old who have led environmental projects are invited
to apply for the Brower Youth Awards. Applications are due August 4th, 2000. A
Selection Committee, comprised of youth and adults who work closely with youth,
reviews the applications. The members of the Selection Committee are based
across the United States and come from a variety of disciplines including
activism, academics and government. The Selection Committee will nominate ten
finalists. From the finalists, the Steering Committee chooses the award
recipients.
Eligibility
The Brower Youth Awards recognize the outstanding and innovative leadership
efforts of youth across the country that are working on environmental
conservation, preservation, and restoration.
"People my age should count on checking out reasonably soon, but our young
people are going to have to live on this planet quite a bit longer, so we're depending
on them to shape us up before it's too late." (David R. Brower)
To be eligible for a year 2000 Brower Youth Award, you and your project need to
meet the following guidelines:
* You live in the United States, the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico.
* You are between 13 and 22 years old by August 4, 2000.
* If you are 17 or younger, you are enrolled in school (public, private
or
home school).
* If you are 17 or younger, your parent or legal guardian will sign your
application.
* Your project is associated with a school, group, club, or
organization.
* You played the major leadership role in organizing and implementing
the
project. You can think of this like making a film.
Many people contribute
to the film, but one person is recognized as the
director -- the person with
the vision, the motivation, and the leadership
skills to get the film
completed.
*Your project fits into one or more of conservation, preservation, or
restoration.
*Your project is developed, substantially implemented, and is showing
results
by August 4, 2000.
Important Dates
Applications due: August 4, 2000 (postmarked August 4, 2000)
Recipients notified: September 15, 2000
Awards ceremony: October 14, 2000 (in San Francisco, CA)
The Application
You can get an application by:
* Calling us with your name and address at (415) 788-3666, x144
* E-mailing us with your name and address at bya@earthisland.org
Source:
"Diana Artemis" <artemisd123@hotmail.com>
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Epitaph To A Dog
Near this spot are deposited the remains
of one who possessed beauty without vanity,
strength without ferocity,
and all the virtues of man without his vices
This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery
if inscribed over human ashes,
is but a just tribute to the memory of
BOATSWAIN, A DOG
who was born at Newfoundland
MAY, 1803
And died at Newstead Abbey
NOV. 18, 1808
-Lord Byron
Contributed by: RAJC@prodigy.net (Richard Corsano)
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Quotes To Remember
"...It is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a
program of one
creature (which He has made) using another living creature for
purposes
of experimentation. There must be other less cruel ways of
obtaining
knowledge."
-Adlai Stevenson,
1900-1965
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