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100 protestors needed at Racetrack this Saturday, October 25

2008-10-22T21:15:22Z

The following invitation to attend a horce racing protest this coming Saturday comes activist Nicole Matthews. Transport and food are provided.
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We have an opportunity to make changes for horses used for racing that will change their lives. We are truly at a turning point as we’ve seen some dramatic changes already being made after the very public death of Eight Belles at the Kentucky Derby earlier this year. But there are more reforms still needed. Your participation will go a long way toward helping at this critical time.

The protest will take place at the Santa Anita Park and Racetrack next Saturday, October 25 at 9:00 AM. at the entrance by the intersection of Huntington and Holly Ave in Arcadia.

Our goal is to have at least 100 protestors. We are providing buses to help get people there cheaply and quickly and we’ll offer delicious breakfast sandwiches on the bus. We will be meeting for the bus at the PETA LA office at 2898 Rowena Ave in Silver Lake The bus will begin loading at 8:00 AM and depart at 8:15 AM sharp. There is some parking in the lot of the PETA office and more on the street though you may have to walk a couple of blocks. Please RSVP for a seat on the bus.

If you would like to drive, parking is available at the nearby Westfield Shoppingtown Mall or the Arcadia Community Center at 240 West Huntington Dr. Our demonstration is at the intersection of Huntington and Holly Ave. so you may have to walk a bit.

Please RSVP and direct questions to Nicole at NicoleM@peta.org or call her at 269-908-0050.

Thank you!

Nicole Matthews
Campaigner
International Grassroots Campaigns
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

269-908-0050
NicoleM@peta.org

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Date: Wed Oct 22 21:15:22 2008

Hoe-down and Book Party -- Thanking the Monkey readings at both 5-3/4-08

2008-05-03T00:35:31Z

Angelenos, this is a fun animal weekend in the city for animal folks!

For those who want to get down with the animals, we have the Animal Acres Hoedown on Saturday, May 3. It is in Acton, just 45 minutes from downtown LA.
I will be speaking and reading from Thanking the Monkey, the lovely Rory Freedman, co-author of Skinny Bitch, will be speaking and presenting her new book, "Skinny Bitch in the Kitch." Author Ethan Smith and Animal Acres founder Lorri Bauston will speak. And actress Jorja Fox is a special guest. If you have never been to Animal Acres and hung out with the cows and pigs, and my favorites, the turkeys, you must come. Learn more at www.animalacres.org/events.html

In the evening, I will be on the Wayne Resnick show on KFI. I will be in studio at 6pm. I believe the show takes callers, and it would be wonderful to hear some of your animal friendly voices.

Then Sunday, at 4pm, it's the Los Angeles launch of Thanking the Monkey!

I will paste our release about it below.
I know some of you are going to the "Stand Up for Animals" comedy event for the wonderful Voice for the Animals group on Sunday night (http://www.vftafoundation.org/ ) which is why our Palisades party ends at 6pm. Make an afternoon and night of it!

THANKING THE MONKEY BOOK RELEASE PARTY:
Animal friendly actors will join Karen Dawn and read from her new book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals." They include CSI�s Jorja Fox, Bones star Emily Deschanel, Esai Morales and Charlotte Ross of NYPD Blue, Michael Nouri from The OC (and Flashdance), Girlfriends star Persia White, and the L Word�s Daniela Sea. And�while Pacific Palisades is known for dolphins, this Palisades party red carpet will be graced by Hannah Mermaid, in full mermaid tail, reading with her dear friend the lovely Isabel Lucas from Transformers II, about the fate of our ocean Earthmates.

There will be loads of champagne and yummy vegan snacks.

When: Sunday, May 4, 4-6 p.m.

Where: Mick�s � a brand new organic garden caf�, attached to The Cottage Consignment Store at 859 Swarthmore Ave., across from CVS, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Please check out www.ThankingtheMonkey.com to learn more about this fabulous new book, see the celeb-studded promo video, and read the rock star endorsements and fine literary reviews. Then RSVP for the book party!

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Date: Sat May 3 00:35:31 2008

DawnWatch LA: "Going vegetarian, against the grain" in LA Times 2/18/08

2008-02-18T19:22:28Z

Angelenos,
While the meat recall is the story of the day, about which I will be sending out a full alert shortly, I wanted to make sure locals saw the following piece from today's paper -- the perfect opportunity to sing the praises of plant-based diets. Please seize it!
The Los Angeles Times takes letters at letters@latimes.com
Always include your full name, address and telephone number.
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Los Angeles Times
February 18, 2008 Monday
Home Edition

MY TURN;
Going vegetarian, against the grain

Brad Dickson, Special to The Times

HEALTH; Part F; Pg. 9

Five years ago I made the most difficult, painful decision of my life. I converted from a carnivore to a vegetarian.

A bit of back story. I moved to L.A. in 1992 after growing up in Nebraska, where beef is sacrosanct. Enough Nebraskans are consumed with meat that gristle is classified as a vegetable. They eat pork rinds for dessert. To succumb to "mad cow" disease is considered a natural death. There's a steakhouse in Omaha that serves a 32-ounce noontime T-Bone. In pre-meal rituals, restaurant diners swallow enormous cheese- and lard-laden bovine hunks half their body weight and call them "appetizers."

Let me put it this way: There's one Whole Foods store in all of Nebraska, and when I'm back, I never have trouble finding a parking spot.

It wasn't easy telling my Cornhusker relatives, several of whom still farm, that I'd gone vegetarian. They'd have been less disgusted if I had joined the Taliban.

Even now when I'm visiting, my mother speaks to relatives in hushed tones. "You know he's a vegetarian." (Said with the same inflection as the word "communist" in the '50s.)

The vegetarian contempt is rooted in the fact that at one time eastern Nebraska was proud home to the Omaha stockyards, second only to Chicago as the nation's largest. Many locals come from families that earn their livelihoods from meatpacking and related activities. Omaha Steaks employs thousands. If enough Americans turn vegetarian, there will be an ill wind blowing across the local economy. You wanna talk recession. . . .

Thus the decision to stop eating meat wasn't easy. I made the switch after I read several books by cardiologist Dr. Dean Ornish and took to heart his argument that vegetarianism wards off coronary artery disease, an illness that runs in my family. I have avoided statins out of my natural bias toward holistic health practices. Already a runner and on-and-off health fanatic, I embraced a dietary sea change that led me to permanently just say no to beef.

The good news is that, according to some experts, by going vegetarian I'm adding years to my life. The bad news is five years later I still miss meat so much I sometimes park outside Sizzler and watch people leaving with their doggy bags, tempted to swap my car for half a gnawed-on chicken-fried steak.

But mostly I have an overall feeling of well-being. My running times have improved since I'm essentially doing carbo loading every day. I wake up clear-headed and feeling like I'm 15 years old, and that's not bad -- to feel 15, only with some money in the bank and a rudimentary knowledge of how the world works.

To paraphrase Thomas Wolfe, I just don't go home often. But when I do, I'm greeted by some wonderfully warm, ingratiating people who think that gristle is a vegetable.
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Brad Dickson is a former writer for "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and co-author of "Race You to the Fountain of Youth."
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Date: Mon Feb 18 19:22:28 2008

LCA and Best Friends invite you to Posh puppy protest Saturday, 1/19/08

2008-01-18T11:35:19Z

Angelenos,
The following email, about the protest tomorrow, Saturday January 19, comes from activist Carole Davis. It includes a link to the Best Friends alert/invitation, which has all the information you need.
And you can watch a video of the first fun and successful protest on youtube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyZdkCi-JzQ
Here's Carole's alert:
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Here we go again!

This Sat. 2 Shifts: 11-2 and 2-5
Posh Puppy, Roxbury and Wilshire in Beverly Hills.
Bring your well behaved dogs, bottled water and whatever other party favors you like. Let's have fun, it's working!

Let's roll.
Read the invite on Best Friends network:
http://www.network.bestfriends.org/News/22123.html

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Date: Fri Jan 18 11:35:19 2008

Los Angeles -- Vegan Supper Club at 2nd Street Jazz, downtown, Sunday 1/20/08

2008-01-15T12:23:00Z

Angelenos,
I pass on the following from Tal Ronnen. This Sunday is Vegan Supper Club night. If you have never tasted Tal's cooking (he cooks often at Madeleine Bistro), boy are you in for a treat! See you there I hope!
Karen
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Hi friends, Sorry for the late notice and hope you all had a great holiday season. We to see you at our next supper club! Our last two dinners sold out as we only have 40 seats. Hope you can share this email with your family and friends who might enjoy this evening of vegan food and live jazz. We will be offering a 3 coarse version as well as our regular four courses this time around.

Warm Regards,
Tal

Make your reservations now for an exclusive four-course gourmet vegan experience at 2nd Street
Jazz in Downtown Los Angeles. Guest Chef Tal Ronnen will bring contemporary vegan cuisine to 2nd
Street Jazz on the third Sunday of every month featuring a pre-fix menu that includes optional
wine pairings with each course and the best local live Jazz.

Menu for Sunday the 20th

-- Crispy �Carne� Ravioli with Habanero Mango Hollandaise and Pineapple Salsa
-- Quinoa, Avocado and Sweet Potato Timbale with Roasted Tomatillo Dressing
-- Blackened Portobello Fillets, Smoked Black Beans and Slow Cooked Collard Greens
-- Sweet Corn Cakes

Please make your reservations at http://cart.2ndstjazz.com/

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Date: Tue Jan 15 12:23:00 2008

DawnWatch Los Angeles: Front page LA Times on animal cause philanthropy 12/19/07

2007-12-19T16:08:59Z

Angelenos:
Today's Los Angeles Times front page story on philanthropy for animal causes is sure to inspire letters from, as the article notes, "those who believe that charity dollars should go to humans, not critters." So please make sure there are plenty of letters discussing the importance of animal activism. Patty Shenker's comment, at the end of the article, about animals being generally off the radar, provides a good jump off point.

The Los Angeles Times takes letters at letters@latimes.com
Include your full name, address and phone number.

Here's the article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-animalmoney19dec19,1,7562129.story

December 19, 2007 Wednesday

L.A.'s deep pockets give creatures comfort;
In elegant environs, a special breed of the wealthy raises millions for animal causes.

Carla Hall, Times Staff Writer
Part A; Pg. 1

The elephant researcher stood in the living room of the sleekly modern Pacific Palisades home perched high on a hill. Slides of an African preserve flashed by on a screen.

Elephants "are so social, so communicative, so intelligent," said Joyce Poole, who has dedicated her life to documenting and protecting pachyderms.

It is a task that takes money, and the admiring audience was ready to help.

"I'd like to put up $25,000," businessman Gil Michaels said. His condition: The rest of the room had to match that amount in total donations.

There were a few small offers, then a long pause. The hostess, standing in the back of her living room, filled the void.

"I'll match the rest of his donation," Patty Shenker said.

The living room erupted in applause. The elephant researcher burst into tears.

"You don't know how hard it is to raise money," she said.

Poole had tapped into a cadre of Los Angeles residents with deep pockets and an equally deep, unabashed concern for animals. Across the area, in hilltop homes and elegant hotels, people open their checkbooks to protect a vast array of creatures -- cows and chickens, elephants and marine mammals, feral cats and pit bulls.

It is difficult to quantify the amount of money given in Los Angeles -- or nationwide -- to the myriad animal welfare and conservation causes. Philanthropy watchers said Americans gave $295 billion in cash donations to U.S. charities last year. About 2% of all giving goes to animal causes, estimates Merritt Clifton, editor of the Animal People newspaper and the annual Watchdog Report on Animal Protection Charities.

In the last 12 months, well-moneyed Angelenos have raised millions for animals at a series of parties and dinners where fine wine, vegan nibbles and, sometimes, cocktail attire are the order of the day.

Michaels spent more than $50,000 in September at a gala for Farm Sanctuary, which investigates and works to stop cruelty toward animals in factory farms and runs two sanctuaries.

"I've been doing this for 25 years," he said. "I've been fighting animal cruelty in all its disgusting forms."

Michaels estimates that he has donated more than $30 million to animal-related causes over the years.

"Animals have no voice," said Michaels, who lives in the Hollywood Hills with two dogs and stables horses in Ventura County. "They are helpless."

Just a year ago, Shenker pledged $100,000 toward a retirement fund for Ruby, a female African elephant that the Los Angeles Zoo was considering retiring to PAWS, a nonprofit animal sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif. (Ruby was moved there this past spring.)

Shenker put up the money after retired game show host Bob Barker -- the dean of West Coast animal benefactors -- announced that he would match donations for Ruby's costly care, dollar for dollar, up to $350,000.

Some donors are so immersed in the cause that they maintain a vegetarian or vegan diet. They generally have a gaggle of their own pets, proudly immortalized in digital photos on their Blackberries and I-phones and almost always rescued from shelters. In this community, it would be sinful to buy a designer dog from a breeder when municipal shelters nationwide euthanize 2 million to 3 million unwanted dogs and cats each year.

Few of those donors are part of the outspoken ranks of the animal welfare activists and advocates who attend zoo commission meetings, confront politicians and trade impassioned missives on the Internet. Most activists don't have the money.

There are exceptions. In addition to her financial support, Shenker goes to Los Angeles City Council meetings and protests, as well as firing off letters.

Cheri Shankar estimates that she and her husband, Naren Shankar, an executive producer of the original "CSI" TV show, gave $75,000 last year to animal causes. Meanwhile, she lobbies for changes in the city's shelter system, goes to meetings -- and persuaded her husband to do an episode this season involving the evils of dog fighting. (It recently aired.)

Paul Watson, the charismatic founder of the ocean and marine wildlife protection group known as Sea Shepherd, has captivated Hollywood celebrities, animal welfare activists and ocean conservationists with his aggressive tactics aimed at, among other things, halting illegal whaling ships and fur seal hunters.

It seemed natural, when the group held its first $500-a-plate vegan fundraiser in October, that the venue would be an elegantly appointed tent near the Santa Monica Pier. Producer Bob Yari's company, which hopes to do a film on Watson, donated $150,000 to underwrite the event.

"Probably 25% of our contributions are from Los Angeles," Watson said. "The only other place that even approaches it is all of Australia."

At the Farm Sanctuary gala this fall, men in tuxedos and women in slinky dresses sipped cocktails in the buttery light of the Beverly Hills Hotel as they perused items up for silent auction -- a week at an Aruba resort, a two-week gym membership and paintings of farm animals, including one of a Madonna cradling two piglets.

In the ballroom where guests dined, giant screens on either side of the stage flashed photos of the farm animals that reside at the group's sanctuaries. The hotel's chefs consulted with a gourmet vegan restaurant in New York to create the menu.

James Costa, a Boston philanthropist who helped underwrite the event, could have been at Oprah Winfrey's fundraiser in Montecito for presidential candidate Barack Obama the same day. He chose the Farm Sanctuary event.

"Come on, you people with money," Costa said, as if addressing the skeptics he knows exist. "You don't have to be ashamed. We're a good organization. We're not crazies. We want animals to have a better life."

The gala raised $250,000, said Gene Baur, who heads the group.

Spending on animal rights issues still invites criticism from those who believe that charity dollars should go to humans, not critters.

"Sometimes you feel like you have to defend yourself," Cheri Shankar said. "I'm not a misanthrope. There's just a deficiency when it comes to dealing with all the animal abuse and killing. And it may be easier to solve this problem than to solve world hunger."

Sam Simon, one of the creators of "The Simpsons" TV show, says he gives millions each year to his own eponymous foundation that offers spay/neuter services to low-income pet owners in Los Angeles and trains rescue dogs to help the hearing-impaired.

"Our mission statement is to improve the lives of people by saving the lives of animals," Simon said. "If your dog needs an operation and you can't afford it, I feel I'm helping you both."

Simon was host of a fund-raiser at his Pacific Palisades home several months ago for PETA's public awareness campaign against the breeding of dogs and cats. He contributed $150,000 -- matching $150,000 raised at the fundraiser. (Michaels gave an additional $100,000.)

Increasingly though, funding animal groups is seen as a mainstream undertaking.

"Our entire estate is going to three animal charities," said stockbroker David Selig, 43, as he and his wife, Molly Ballentine, who works in advertising and is 44, attended a party in November for entertainment industry folks to mingle with Wayne Pacelle, the head of the Humane Society of the United States. The couple said they decided not to have children.

"Quite frankly I'd rather be on the couch with Molly and my six dogs than people," Selig said.

Barker estimates that he has given between $40 million and $50 million to animal welfare causes over the 30 years he has been involved.

In addition to funding his own foundation, which facilitates spay/neuter clinics and services, he also has set up $1-million endowments in seven law schools for the study of animal law. UCLA, Stanford, and Harvard are among them.

"It's a rare person who becomes aware of animal cruelty who doesn't want to help on some level," said Barker, who just turned 84 and now has one dog and two rabbits.

Few donors are more well known for their prolific giving than Shenker.

"She's the foundation of all animal welfare groups," said Judie Mancuso, the activist force behind the spay/neuter bill campaign to which Shenker has contributed.

In addition to cash -- she estimates she may have contributed $250,000 to various causes this year -- Shenker, who owns commercial real estate, lends land to two shelter groups for almost nothing.

Her own house is populated with numerous rescue cats and dogs.

At 56, she has been a vegan for more than three decades -- and won't allow a burger joint in any of her buildings.

"When I hear people say, 'How could you help animals when so many people need help?' that just spurs me on to do more," Shenker said, "because it just shows they're so off the radar."

carla.hall@latimes.com
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Date: Wed Dec 19 16:08:59 2007

Acclaimed parrot book party! Sunday, Dec 16 1--4

2007-12-15T18:41:54Z

Angelenos,
Mira Tweti, a wonderful writer whose work I came to know from a stunning piece she wrote for the Los Angeles Times Magazine on the plight of captive parrots, has a children's book coming out. "Here There and Everywhere' tells the story of a parrot named Screeeeeeeet." The story deals with difficult issues in a manner entertaining to people of all ages. It is beautifully illustrated by Lisa Brady. The book has been passionately endorsed by Jane Goodall and others.

Tomorrow, Sunday December 16, is the book launch party, at Santa Monica's famous Bergamot Station art center. And we're all invited!

You can learn more about the book and the party, and read some of the endorsements, at
http://www.parrotpress.org/Welcome.html

Please forward this to all your animal loving friends.

Here are the basic party details from Mira Tweti:
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Here, There and Everywhere
Launch Party for Kids and Grownups

The first parrot welfare children's book lauded "a masterpiece," by Dr. Jane Goodall will have readings by
-- Multi- Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor extraordinaire Beau Bridges
-- Grammy-nominated Hip Hop artist, poetess, humanist, and activist, Mystic
and more to be announced...

Author and award-winning animal welfare journalist, Mira Tweti, will introduce the founders of two local parrot rescues Rose Levine, of Parrots First, Daniel Hill, of The Lily Sanctuary.
They will bring some parrots in their care and talk about their work caring for unwanted birds.

Tweti and illustrator, Lisa Brady, will be sign first edition copies of Here, There and Everywhere hot off the press and in time to buy as a meaningful and beautiful holiday present that benefits avian and animal welfare with each sale!

Two original works by Brady are being donated for silent auction to benefit Parrots First and The Lily Sanctuary

Help Us Heal the World - One Parrot at a Time!

Sunday, December 16, 1-4 p.m.

Frank Pictures Gallery
Bergamot Station, A-5
2525 Michigan Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-828-0211

For more information email miratweti@parrotpress.org or call 310-574-0911
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See you there!

Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn

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Date: Sat Dec 15 18:41:54 2007

Turkey Celebration at Animal Acres 11/17/07

2007-11-11T20:45:58Z

Angelenos:
The following invitation from Animal Acres is great for everybody, but an absolute must for anybody who has never had the pleasure of meeting a turkey.
If you who haven't alreaady read or heard it, you might enjoy reading or listening to the tale of my first turkey meeting, with Olivia, at Poplar Springs. It is on line at
http://www.dawnwatch.com/oped-radio-November23-2006.htm
I have met some of her "sisters" at our local sanctuary, Animal Acres, and had similarly lovely experiences. I highly recommend you take this opportunity to add some joyous turkey interactions to your Thanksgiving holiday season.
Here is the invitation from Animal Acres:
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Thankful Turkeys Celebration

Animal Acres Farmed Animal Sanctuary - Los Angeles, California Saturday, November 17th Noon � 4pm Special Guests, Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner & More!

Registration deadline is November 13th

This year, join your feathered friends at Animal Acres for a unique holiday Thanksgiving celebration. Gather with fellow veg pilgrims, special guests, and our feathered guests of honor (the sanctuary turkeys!) to help spread the message of compassion for ALL.

The festivities will start at noon with farm tours of the sanctuary and time to meet the sanctuary cows, pigs, chickens, and other animals, while hearing about their heartwarming rescue stories.

At 1:30 pm we will gather for our "Feed the Turkey" Ceremony where it's the turkeys turn to enjoy salad, pumpkin pie and stuffed squash! After our feathered friends are full and happy, the rest of us will enjoy a mouth-watering vegan Thanksgiving dinner catered by the ONE WORLD Restaurant (http://www.oneworldveggie.com/ <http://www.oneworldveggie.com/> ). The menu includes their famous One World Veggie Turkey and Classic Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes and Mushroom Gravy, Hearty Autumn Vegetables, Cranberry Sauce, and Homemade Pumpkin Pie.

Closing the ceremony, Animal Acres President Lorri Bauston, and other animal advocates will speak about the need to protect ALL animals from cruelty and neglect.

Tickets must be reserved by Tuesday, November 13th. Tickets are $35 for adults and $25 for children (age 3 to 12) Children 3 and under are free. Seated is limited and early reservations are recommended (last year's Thanksgiving celebration sold out!)

Please visit http://animalacres.org/events.html <http://animalacres.org/events.html> to purchase your ticket(s) online, or call us at 661 269 5404.

Thankful Turkey Celebration Program:

Noon - 1:30 PM: Shelter Tours

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Feed the Turkeys Ceremony 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Dinner 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Presentations

Animal Acres is a Los Angeles farmed animal sanctuary and compassionate living center directed by Farm Sanctuary co-founder Lorri Bauston. Thank you for your support.

ANIMAL ACRES

5200 Escondido Canyon Road Acton, CA 93510

Phone: 661.269.5404 Fax: 661.269.0194

Email: info@animalacres.org

Website: www.animalacres.org
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Date: Sun Nov 11 20:45:58 2007

Los Angeles animal advocates CA ballot initiative meeting -- Friday 11/9/07

2007-11-08T19:50:29Z

Angelenos,
The following comes from wonderful activist Jane-Velez-Mitchell, who many of us know from activism circles, and others know from news shows she has hosted -- most recently and frequently, Nancy Grace. She has opened her home tomorrow night, Friday November 9, for another Los Angeles meeting for those who wish to get involved in helping with the upcoming California ballot initiative, but who haven't yet attended a meeting. She lives in Marina Del Ray, so I look forward to seeing all the Westside animal advocates there!

http://www.artivists.org/

Here is the note from Jane:
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I am inviting you over to the beach on Friday, November 9th from 7p.m. - 10p.m. and have some fabulous vegan food and drinks, mingle with fellow animal lovers and join in a fun gathering with a very important purpose. Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society of the U.S. will be the featured guest, along with Gene Baur, President of Farm Sanctuary and Michael Markarian, The Humane Society's Executive Vice-President.

Californians for Humane Farms has launched the most important ballot initiative project ever to get an initiative on the 2008 ballot to ban pig gestation crates, veal crates and battery cages in California. This would radically improve the lives of tens of millions of pigs and calves and hens!!!!! Please come to sign up. I went out signature gathering with Jane (Garrison) and Bettina and we had such fun. You can form groups to gather signatures together and make it social. So come over... and bring a friend or two who loves animals!! Together we can make this happen!!!

BE THERE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 7-10 P.M. @ 20 IRONSIDES STREET #11, MARINA DEL REY 90292 (at beach- 9 blocks South of Washington Blvd).
If you can't find parking, park on the beach lot at Washington Blvd. @ the Venice Pier and look for the "Silver Toyota Prius shuttle" (or call 310 306-0530) and we'll send it over.

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Date: Thu Nov 8 19:50:29 2007

Animal Acres Gala, Saturday 8/25/07

2007-08-17T20:47:03Z

Angelenos,
The Animal Acres gala is coming up a week from Saturday, on August 25. Wonderful actorvist Jorja Fox from CSI is hosting. While this evening is also a gala for the benefit of farm animals, it is hardly a carbon copy of the September 8 Farm Sanctuary gala -- it will have its own unique style. Instead of a swanky hotel ballroom, this gala is at the Animal Acres Sanctuary, so you can visit with the animals you are benefiting! And while the on line invitation tells us, "The Gala is a Black-tie Affair -- Suggested Attire: Tuxedos or Suits and Gowns or Dresses" it also suggests "Please wear what you are most comfortable in" and "The dinner will be served in the sanctuary rose garden � low heels or flat dress shoes are recommended due to the grass." Sounds like folks should dress up or down but get ready to party.

The online invitation is at:http://www.animalacres.org/events/gala_2007.html
It includes a nice list of celeb supporters and committee members, some of whom will be at the gala -- though we aren't sure which ones just yet. But Jorja and Jorja -- the CSI star and the lovely pig named after her will definitely will be there to greet you.
Animal Acres is a lovely little sanctuary not far from Los Angeles -- always a great place to visit and hang out with the animals, gala or no gala.

Here is the latest gala alert from Animal Acres:
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Animal Acres Gala Tickets � Last Call!

Join Gala Chairperson Jorja Fox and other celebrities and special friends for an enchanting evening for farm animals.

It�s last call to purchase tickets for the Animal Acres Gala on August 25th. The Gala will be held at the sanctuary�s beautiful hacienda-style ranch, just 40 minutes from Hollywood.

The festivities begin with a �Cowtail Party� where celebrity hosts, award recipients, and Gala guests meet and mingle with the sanctuary �guests of honor� � the sanctuary cows, pigs, turkeys, chickens, and other animals! Guests will then gather for a gourmet vegan dinner in the sanctuary rose garden, followed by an awards ceremony and entertainment.

This is THE event for people who want to help create and build a Los Angeles farm animal sanctuary. Your support will help Animal Acres raise the funding it needs to provide feed, housing, and veterinary care for the sanctuary animals for the coming year.

Please help keep the L.A. farm animal sanctuary�s doors open for many more suffering farm animals by attending this important event. Tickets are just $150 per person. Please click here to purchase your ticket(s) today � the reservation deadline for tickets is August 20th. For further information, please visit: www.animalacres.org or call 661-269-5404.
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Date: Fri Aug 17 20:47:03 2007

DawnWatch LA: Search for walk coordinator for Farm Sanctuary 10/2/07 -- In honor of Cliff Kaminsky

2007-07-24T12:29:09Z

Hi there Angelenos:
Many of us knew and loved Cliff Kaminsky, whose 34th birthday was yesterday, July 23. Cliff is very much with us in spirit though we lost his sweet presence a couple of years ago to a rock-climbing accident. I hear often from his mother, who has taken up the baton and now devotes herself almost full time to animal rights work. Indeed, Cliff was an extraordinarily giving and energetic activist who left a beautiful legacy.

One of the many projects Cliff handled was the coordination of Los Angeles's Farm Sanctuary annual walk for the animals. This year, Farm Sanctuary is so far without a Los Angeles coordinator. In Cliff's honor I send this alert out to my Los Angeles list hoping one of you will step up and take on this beautiful and fun project.

Here is the Farm Sanctuary request:
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2007 Walk for Farm Animals
Needs YOU!

Join with Farm Sanctuary this fall to educate people in your community about factory farming by coordinating a Walk for Farm Animals.

The Walk for Farm Animals is a critical outreach and fundraising event that presents a fun and positive way to get active for farm animals. Dozens of Walks are held throughout the country around the week of Oct. 2 in honor of World Farm Animals Day. Educating the public through this national event puts farm animal issues in the spotlight and raises funds for farm animal rescue and protection campaigns. Each new Walk means more farm animals saved.

We are in need of a coordinator for the Los Angeles area. Help us show the country how much LA cares about farm animals. If you are able to organize the LA Walk or would like more information, please email walk@farmsanctuary.org or call 607-583-2225 ext. 283 or visit www.walkforfarmanimals.org.
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Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn

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Date: Tue Jul 24 12:29:09 2007