News About Animals - September 8, 2011

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September 8, 2011   Help Chimpanzees In Laboratories The United States is one of the last countries to experiment on chimpanzees. A decade ago, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, New Zealand and others began banning great ape experimentation. Modern, more humane, and far more effective methods have been developed. Please click here to read about some of the chimpanzees IDA is working to help today. You can help them too. Promote Vegan Pizza For World Go Vegan Week World Go Vegan Week (October 24 - 31) is a celebration of compassion and a time to take action for animals, the environment, world hunger, and everyone's well-being. This year is going to be extra special … and extra cheesy! Please go to your local pizza shop and ask if they would offer a vegan pizza for the week of World Go Vegan Week. We are partnering with Daiya cheese, and they have offered to provide a free vegan cheese sample for the pizza shop to try. We will provide you with a letter and tips on how to approach the pizzerias. Remember, all it takes is one person to make a major difference in changing everyday restaurants into vegan-friendly havens. Click here to learn more. To help spread the vegan pizza love in your community, contact Hope: hope@idausa.org, 415-448-0058 or 707-540-1760. Actress Mariana Tosca Narrates New Great Ape Protection Video The Great Ape Protection & Cost Savings Act (GAPCSA, H.R. 1513/S.810) is bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) that will permanently end invasive research on chimpanzees and great apes and will retire them to sanctuary. Click here to watch the video (only 3 minutes) and share it with your friends - then click here to send a letter to Congress. IDA Transports 119 Rescued Animals From Mississippi To Colorado For Adoption A rescue transport coordinated by IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary in Mississippi reached Ft. Lupton, Colorado Tuesday with 119 homeless animals available for adoption - 113 dogs and 6 cats. IDA has partnered with Every Creature Counts (ECC) in Colorado for three years to relocate animals from the Mississippi region, where there are low adoption rates, to an area where spay/neuter programs and policies have reduced the euthanasia of shelter animals and increased adoption rates. The director of IDA’s Hope Animal Sanctuary, Doll Stanley, who drove the transport vehicle, said: “There’s little hope for adoption of the animals we rescue in Mississippi. People who want animals don’t have to adopt, they just take in the animals who wander to their homes. Many municipalities and counties have no animal shelter, spay/neuter programs are just emerging, and people abandon their animals instead of getting them spayed or neutered.” This transport cost IDA and our partners nearly $5,000. The cost of rescue, care, medicines, vaccines, and medical procedures for these animals, while greatly reduced by Veterinary Associates of Grenada, Mississippi and offset by Mississippi State University’s student surgery program, has cost IDA and partners an average of $500 per animal, or $60,000. Please click here to support the life-saving work of IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary. Ride To The Light Bike Ride In Oregon To Benefit IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary The third annual Ride to the Light is a 100 mile bike ride in Oregon to benefit Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, Out To Pasture Sanctuary, and IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary. The ride is on September 24, 2011. You don't need to bike or even be near Oregon to help! Visit the pledge page and pledge a few bucks for these heroic bikers for animals.   Guardian and many other buttons, only $1.     Get your commuter mugs today! Actual commuting not required.     Lots of new IDA shirts for ladies, men, kids, even dogs!     Support IDA with custom greeting cards from CardsDirect!    Click to view IDA's exclusive Four Star Charity Navigator ranking. 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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