News About Animals - November 18, 2011

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Click here to view this online at our website. November 18, 2011   Tell Congress: Save Over 300 Million Tax Dollars By Ending Chimpanzee Experimentation The U.S. Congress has created a 12-member "Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction" to create a plan by November 23 to reduce U.S. debt by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years. There are many areas of spending on which the 6 Republicans and 6 Democrats will not agree. However, because so much wasteful spending also needlessly harms animals, this gives the animal protection community an enormous opportunity to suggest budget cuts the committee can easily agree on. Ending chimpanzee experimentation would save over $300 million.  The emerging scientific, ethical and political consensus is clear: as Scientific American, perhaps the most prestigious general interest science magazine in the world, so aptly said, "[T]he time has come to end biomedical experimentation on chimpanzees." Please send a fax to the committee to give them the opportunity to make that consensus a reality while saving U.S. taxpayers $300 million. The fax will automatically be sent to your own U.S. Senators and Representative also. Giving Thanks Veg Style With Colleen Patrick-Goudreau IDA welcomes celebrated vegan cookbook author Colleen Patrick-Goudreau as a guest blogger to share some incredibly delicious ideas for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday. Colleen explains how compassion and tradition can harmonize this holiday. In fact, eating a vegan feast for Thanksgiving is more consistent with what this holiday is about: creating community, connection, gratitude, and compassion. We can't think of a better way to do that than preparing food that causes as little harm as possible to animals, our health and the earth. Check out Colleen's blog and scrumptious recipes and have a wonderful, compassionate holiday. Foods That Are Toxic To Animals Quite a few common human foods can make our animal companions very ill, and many are even deadly. We all know that they love to get into everything they can (this is their job, after all), so be sure they don't have access to the foods, beverages, cleaners, chemicals, and other products that will harm them. Click here for a list! Arlin, A Barbados Sheep Rescued By IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary From the Hope Animal Sanctuary blog: "Our friend Arlin, animal control officer (ACO) for Winona, Mississippi, went the extra mile to see his namesake safely delivered into our hands. The four-hoofed Arlin escaped the trailer he was being transported in and was captured and delivered to the Sell Barn. Technically, the Sell Barn had no claim on him, but it wouldn't agree to his release without payment. The asking price was $150. Our buddy raised the bounty, and we picked up the newly freed Arlin." Click here to read more about Arlin, and the other new arrivals at IDA's Hope Animal Sanctuary. Coming Soon, Fur Free Friday Fur Free Friday is the most widely-attended annual demonstration in the animal protection movement. Always occurring outside fur-selling retailers on the day after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Fur Free Friday has become an institution for animal advocacy. Don't miss your opportunity to join with thousands of other activists worldwide for this international day of action. Click here to see how you can get involved.     Help animals with every check you write. Order IDA Message Checks.       Need a tax deduction? Donate your car, truck, boat, or motorcycle to IDA. Click for more info.     "Go Vegan and no body gets hurt" shirt, men's and women's sizes.     You can help feral cats. 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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