News About Animals - November 18, 2010

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November 18, 2010   Recipes And Tips For A Vegan Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is the perfect opportunity to showcase how far veganism has come. Living a compassionate lifestyle doesn’t mean sacrificing beloved traditional holiday favorites. All over the United States, shopping carts are filling up with sweet potatoes, green beans, squashes, stuffing fixins, a variety of cranberry and pumpkin goodies and a vegan roast or two. Whether you call it Thanksgiving, Thanksliving or Thanksvegan, you’re in that countdown to the Super Bowl of food-related holidays! To make Thanksgiving easy for the novice vegan chef, IDA's Annie Judah-Shannon has put together some of her favorite recipes and tips. Click here to read more, and you'll be on your way to impressing even the pickiest of eaters! The Day After Thanksgiving - What Are Your Plans For Fur Free Friday? From Dublin to Dusseldorf, Johannesburg, Mar Del Plata, and Tel Aviv, and across the U.S. in cities like Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, Rochester and Beverly Hills, thousands of animal lovers are preparing to raise their voices for fur-bearing animals on November 26. Visit IDA's Fur Free Friday web site to see how you can participate in this grassroots movement and work to end the horrible fur trade. Check if there's an event in your area, or organize one yourself! Together we are creating positive momentum: last week, an activist in Ireland reported, “Fingal County Council passed our Motion to Ban the Import and Sale of Real Fur in their jurisdiction. The motion ... passed unanimously, gaining cross-party support. Many councillors also spoke highly of our efforts, and showed a lot of support for the issue. They then wrote a letter to the government, on our behalf, asking for a review of the current legislation.” In Israel, activists are working to convince a few legislator hold-outs to stop blocking anti-fur legislation which would make Israel the first fur-free nation in the world. This effort has some strong star-power behind it, with Pamala Anderson recently visiting Israel to promote the ban, joining the efforts of Brigitte Bardot, Paul McCartney, Chrissie Hynde, Alicia Silverstone, Leona Lewis and the Dalai Lama, who all support the ban. Please send a letter today showing your support of this bill. Send your letter to Minister Yakov Margi: yakovm@dat.gov.il, achifa@rabbinate.gov.il, ymargi@knesset.gov.il, Fax: +972 2- 5311308. Please also copy: MK Menachem Ben Eliezer Mozes: mmozes@knesset.gov.il, MK Haim Amsalem: eamsalem@knesset.gov.il. Our efforts to end the fur trade cannot be limited to one day each year. Please join IDA's effort to convince Nordstrom to go fur-free. Contact IDA's Fur Campaign Director Matt Rossell. Urge Release Of The Saylor Creek Wild Horses Back To Their Range  In August, the BLM rounded up the entire herd of 198 wild horses living in the Saylor Creek Herd Management Area in southern Idaho, after a wildfire burned a portion of their home range. Now the agency is taking public comments on a release plan. They propose returning fewer than 40 percent of the horses to the range. Meanwhile, grazing of privately-held animals will be allowed to continue at current levels, with 16 times more forage allocated to farmed animals than wild horses. Please click here by November 22 to tell the BLM to release all the Saylor Creek horses back to the range. Order Your Customized Holiday Cards From CardsDirect And Help Animals Since 1999, CardsDirect has been a leading retailer of business and consumer personalized holiday cards, photo cards, and occasion cards. CardsDirect has sold millions of cards to individuals and businesses including every company on the Fortune 100 list. If you purchase any of their 2,200 customizable cards through this link, IDA gets a nice percentage to help our animal friends! Kids Love Puppy School! Puppy School, by actor David Dayan Fisher, is the story of a little dog who wanted to make something of his life. He was laughed at and told to give up his dreams. Finding the courage, and with great determination, our little hero goes on an amazing adventure. Great holiday gift book for kids. IDA gets 50 percent of all sales! Fisher has acted in National Treasure, The Librarian, and 24. He now plays CIA agent Trent Kort on NCIS. "This story came to me in a dream," he said. Click here to read an excerpt and order!        'Tis the season for stocking up on anti-fur buttons.    Click here to learn about the South Korean dog meat markets.    Click to enter our Vegan Activist All Star contest.     Be A Guardian Tote Bag from EcoJoia. This message was sent to sweetygirl2002@uol.com.br In Defense of Animals, located in San Rafael, Calif., is an international animal protection organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals by protecting their rights and welfare. IDA's efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi, Mumbai, India, and Cameroon, Africa. In Defense of Animals is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We welcome your feedback and appreciate your donations. Please join today! All donations to IDA are tax-deductible. 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