Animal News & Alerts (9/18/2009)

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NEXT SALDF MEETING:

This Thursday, 9/24 from 12-1 in the animal law suite. We enjoyed meeting you all, and we’ll see you at our next meeting!

QUICK ACTION ITEMS

-Help Elephants in Confinement:

http://www.care2.com/news/member/525884267/1251433

-Protect Wildlife:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/5243/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1437

http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25224

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1555&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr002=9h9keym0n2.app225a

-Support Shark Conservation Act:

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/sharkconservationact?rk=y12bEi7aOu7PW

-Encourage criminal prosecution for pet abuse:

http://ida.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=7361.0&printer_friendly=1

NEW EVENTS

-9/18-9/20, Portland: In Defense of Animals (IDA) will be educating circus-goers at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus about the cruelty of forcing wild animals to perform and the reality of the circus. Ringling was forced into federal court recently to defend themselves against charges of violating the Endangered Species Act for beating and chaining elephants.

   IDA will be hosting peaceful education outreach at each of Ringling’s eightshows, continuing through Sunday September 20th. They are also looking for videographers to document the elephant walk when Ringling walks their elephants from the train to the arena, and then back again after the last performance.

Demonstration times:

Friday, Sept 18th, 6:00 pm

Saturday, Sept 19th, 10:00 am, 2:00 pm, and 6:00 pm Sunday, Sept 20th, 10:00 am,and 2:00 pm

Email megan.lemire@gmail.com if interested in participating (If anyone is trained to be a legal observer already, that could also be useful)

-9/19, Portland: VegFest http://www.nwveg.org/ (we’ll be there tabling, so stop

by!)

-9/26, Portland: Ride to the Light bike ride to benefit animal sanctuaries:

http://www.firstgiving.com/ridetothelight

-10/2, Seattle: Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest Benefit:

http://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/eCommerce/Product.asp?ievent=289292&ProductID=713507&tr=y&enString=mmRQQSWTOrIVLgMXKkL1LhP1IkLMKWRKRXQUPsN2LgI0KlP3KyE&auid=5287168

-10/16-10/18: Lewis & Clark Law Animal Law Conference: www.alawconference.org (free to L&C students). If you can host visiting students, email njcalta@gmail.com

-10/21, Portland: Powell’s Books (7:30pm) - Alicia Silverstone speaking on vegan diets/her book: http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9781605296449

VICTORIES

Fulfilling a court order, the U.S. FIsh & Wildlife Service put the Great Lakes wolf back on the endangered species list on Thursday (the court order to return Rocky Mountains populations could be issued any day now):

http://www.startribune.com/local/59471102.html

NEWS

-Mich. House approves farm animal care standards:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1237070.html

-Animal protection bills await Gov. Schwarzenegger’s signature following the close of state legislative session:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/09/pedro-nava-animal-bills-responsible-breeder-act-dogfighting-puppy-mill.html

STUDENT PROJECTS

-Interested in International Wildlife Law & Policy? Help us research African elephant ivory regulations for an international animal welfare organization with 15 locations in D.C.& around the world. Contact tzuardo@lclark.edu if interested (Pro Bono hours available)

-Interested in becoming an official Legal Observer for animal-related protests?

Contact tzuardo@lclark.edu (training in September/October).

-Humane Education Ambassador Reader (HEAR) Program: Interested in helping the community through a literacy program that helps children develop compassion and empathy for animals?  Email saldf@lclark.edu for more information.

-Pet Resuscitation Kits: Help Lewis & Clark SALDF staff all the local fire departments with resuscitation kits. Email saldf@lclark.edu for more information.

-Puppy Friendly Pet Store SWAT Team:  HSUS has launched a Puppy Friendly Pet Store initiative and is looking for folks who would be interested in working with them to reach out to pet stores (e.g., any non-chain retailer that sells pet supplies and that don’t sell puppies). If you are interested in signing up, please contact the Puppy Mills campaign at stoppuppymills@hsus.org to get started