News About Animals - January 6, 2011

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January 6, 2011   IDA Wishes You A Happy New Year! This past year was a difficult year financially for most of us, including In Defense of Animals. But we have made it to 2011, and IDA is looking forward to a great, victory-filled year for animals! Thank you so much for standing with IDA and our animal friends. We wish you and your families a wonderful new year, and sincerely thank you for your continuing support. Give your dog an extra belly rub from us! Rescues, Spays And Neuters Highlight 2010 At IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary Sustaining our Hope Animal Sanctuary in Mississippi through the current recession has been quite a challenge! Our partnership with Mississippi State University’s Mobile Spay & Neuter Team resulted in hundreds of animals spayed or neutered, given inoculations, wormed, heartworm tested, and cared for at Hope Animal Sanctuary, in foster homes, and shelters we partnered with. Our efforts resulted in about 1,000 adoptions in 2010. We reached out to regional shelters that had no spay/neuter program. By sharing our resources, animals who would have been euthanized are instead with loving guardians. In coming weeks, we'll be sharing with you many more stories about animals who have been saved at Hope Animal Sanctuary, thanks entirely to your support. We hope these stories will inspire you to remain on board! In the meantime, please visit the Hope Animal Sanctuary blog to read about some of our recent rescues, and feel free to join the conversation by posting your thoughts. Thrive On A Vegan Diet With The Vegan Mastery Program Did you make a New Year’s resolution to eat healthier or go vegetarian or vegan? Do you want to learn how to get the most nutrition from your food and whip up delicious meals in 10-30 minutes? Enrollment just opened for The Vegan Mastery Program. Created by The Vegetarian Health Institute, The Vegan Mastery Program is an online series of 50 lessons that will show you how to thrive on a plant-based diet. You will learn important health information and how to save money on healthy foods. In no time, you'll be mastering an abundance of recipes including vegan versions of your favorite comfort foods. This program features up-to-date information from some of the world’s leading vegan experts. This is the first time in seven months enrollment has been open, but it closes on January 13 and space is limited. By enrolling through this link, IDA will receive a portion of the proceeds, so not only does your health benefit, the animals do too! Questions? Contact Hope@idausa.org or 415-448-0048, or visit The Vegan Mastery Program website. And this week, for New Years, we're sharing one of IDA's favorite pizza recipes! Click here to see how to make an awesome and easy vegan stuffed crust pizza! Demand Justice For Rosie, Dog Shot Dead By Police In Des Moines, Washington Every year, over 1,200 dogs, most of whom are family companion animals, are shot by police in the United States. The vast majority of these incidents are unnecessary. The most recent was in Des Moines, Washington. On November 7, police shot and killed a dog named Rosie who got loose from her yard. Judging from news coverage on the case and reports from eyewitnesses, this killing appears unnecessary. City officials owe the community an investigation and an explanation for the police officers' actions. Please click here to read more and send an e-mail to city officials. Victory - President Obama Signs Law Banning Crush Videos Several times over the last two years, we asked you to contact President Obama and Congress to ban crush videos, which show animals being tortured and killed, often by women in stiletto heels, for the sexual titillation of internet viewers. You responded, sending thousands of letters. In December, President Obama signed H.R. 5566, outlawing the creation and distribution of crush videos. This was a surprisingly rapid response to April's Supreme Court decision in United States v. Stevens which struck down an earlier federal law for being overbroad. The Supreme Court's fear was that the prior law would have also applied to hunting and fishing videos. The new law ties the offense to obscenity, which is not protected by the First Amendment. Congratulations to our active IDA members who helped make this happen! Your letters and phone calls work!     Click to see how YOU helped save Sea Lions!       Vegan body builder Kenneth Williams models IDA's "Go Vegan And No Body Gets Hurt" t-shirt, available now for only $16 short sleeve or $19 long sleeve!   Order Puppy School by NCIS actor and author David Dayan Fisher, and IDA gets 50 %!     Support IDA with custom greeting cards from CardsDirect!  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. In Defense of Animals 3010 Kerner, San Rafael, CA 94901 Tel. (415) 448-0048 Fax (415) 454-1031 idainfo@idausa.org To unsubscribe, please click here.

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