Animal Recovery Mission

I just watched a great piece on ESPN about horse slaughter. Horse slaughter was instrumental in me going vegetarian. My girlfriend was working on a project for school about horse slaughter and wanted me to watch a video that she couldn’t handle watching. After watching the video in horror, I started getting linked to other slaughter house footage and was on my way to a life style change and ultimately veganism and animal activism.


Richard Couto, aka “Kudo” was a volunteer/member of the SPCA in Florida. He was eventually elected to the Board of Directors. He was influential in shedding light on the horse slaughters taking place in his state. He adopted a rescued former racing horse, and went on to form the Animal Recovery Mission, ARM. His story is very inspiring and exposes a black market operation filled with mafia thugs, murderers, and animal abusers. Many of these horses are former racing horses.

Check out Kudo’s amazing story by clicking on this link and watching the 10 min show.

LINK TO THE VIDEO ON ESPN E:60

Also, support his great organization by clicking on this link to view his site.


animalrecoverymission.org

Please do not support any exploitation of animals including horse racing.

Help Put An End To The Cruel Ivory Trade

Do we really need to kill one of the most amazing and beautiful animals on the planet for jewelry? Really, aren’t we exploiting elephants enough in zoos and circuses? Please click on the link and sign this petition to tell the European Union to oppose any further international ivory trade.

CLICK HERE TO SAVE ELEPHANTS

Cruelty Free Kicks

I love hearing about companies that make “cruelty free” shoes. Leather is completely unnecessary to use anymore. We have developed great man made materials that are better.


I just found out about a great new company in Detroit that has some leather free shoes that are super unique (all limited editions) and look sweet. They also have a great selection of T-shirts. Check em’ out.

jimmykicks.com

HELP ROSIE

Rosie was separated from her mother as a child. She was taken to a research lab in San Antonio and subjected to abusive experiments. She finally found a little peace when she was taken to a primate facility. Now they want her back. She has given enough. She is old, diseased, and has permanent injuries both mentally and physically.

Please join me in telling the National Institute of Health (NIH) to remove her and 13 other chimpanzees from the lab and take them to a primate facility.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION

If you need some motivation, please watch the video below. It should inspire you to sign this petition, shop cruelty free and do more for animals. It is very graphic, but it is important to see. If you cannot stand to watch it, imagine if you were forced to live it like these animals. Vivisection is a terrible and unnecessary form of abuse.

Another Reason To Boycott Seafood

Everyone loves turtles. What’s not to love about a turtle? It’s like a little old grandpa slowly buzzing around doing his thing. They have a sense of wisdom in their eyes and history in their wrinkled skin. The species is over 200 million years old! They have survived everything. The only thing that stands to kill off this amazing species is humans.


People don’t realize that every time you eat seafood, you are killing turtles. A major cause of death for sea turtles is getting caught in fishing nets and long line fishing hooks. They are pulled under water and drowned.

Please boycott seafood and check out Oceana to learn more or to donate to help turtles.

Save Baby Seals

As an activist, sometimes it is overwhelming when you recognize the work that needs to be done. However, it is always inspiring when a victory is possible. I believe that we will see a day, at least in this country, where people will not wear fur.


For this to happen, we must continue to fight hard and boycott whenever we can. Boycotts are the best way to send a message. Join me in pledging with the Humane Society to boycott seafood and send a message to Canada that the seal slaughter needs to end.

The hunt is ridiculous. The Canadian fishing industry kills baby seals in the “off-season” for a very small amount of money just because of the fishing lull. If you boycott seafood, you send a message to the industry by forcing them to lose money.

Click here to add your name to the boycott

Help Protect Buffalo

Secretary Salazar is using your tax dollars to harass and kill Yellowstone buffalo. Why cant people just let animals be? Stop interfering and stop thinking you can control everything. Please join me in sending a message to Secretary Salazar encouraging him to stop the unnecessary killing of these animals. (You can also view a video of what is going on in this link. )

SIGN PETITION

Great Website and Blog

Check out this website that is run by Laurie Thomas. It has a lot of really eye opening information about the similarities between humans and gorillas. It is full of information and answers to a lot of your questions about living healthy on a plant based diet.

gorillaprotein.com

Also be sure to check out her blog. It has great information, facts, statistics, recipes, lots of great links and even humor

http://www.wheredogorillasgettheirprotein.blogspot.com/

FREE VEGETARIAN STARTER KIT

Get healthy, lose weight, save animals, save yourself, look good, eat good, live good, and feel good about it. Go Vegan. I did it. Alicia Silverstone did it. Andre 3000 did it. Joaquin Phoenix did it. Tobey Maguire did it. You can too. CLICK HERE FOR A FREE VEGETARIAN STARTER KIT

This CHANGED my life

Simply put…..this changed my life. Not in a, “I found a great new yogurt” kind of way but in a “holy shit!” kind of way. Please set aside 90 minutes and have your life changed.

Thanks to Nation Earth and Joaquin Phoenix.

http://www.earthlings.com/

Vegan Fast Food?!?!!?

I did not expect this. I have to admit, it would be pretty cool.


Two executives, formerly of McCruelty (AKA McDonalds), are opening a fast food style restaurant with vegan options. They hope to open hundreds of them across the nation.

I don’t know if they are trying to get some good karma after years of killing animals and fattening kids or just recognizing the financial potential of a nation that finally might be becoming more health conscious. Either way, if its vegan, I will support it.

Click Here To Read More

SHELTER CATS SAVED FROM CRUELTY!!

It’s been awhile since I posted. I am still settling after a long move. I will be posting on a regular basis again now.


I want to share a victory story. I frequently post petitions and links to email people/companies about stopping cruel animal testing. It’s nice to post stories of success. After a week of PETA supporters emailing and calling, PCMC in Salt Lake City, Utah has decided to NOT engage in cruel tests on shelter cats.

It’s sad that things like this are even considered. It is nice when it gets stopped. Think about the cats that were about to have hard plastic tubes repeatedly forced down their throats. Thanks to the people who signed the petitions and made the phone calls. These things work. We need to speak for those that cannot speak for themselves.

Doctor Discussing Plant-Based Diet

I posted awhile ago about Bill Clinton going vegan. The doctor who introduced President Clinton to the diet to reverse his heart disease was Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. MD.


Dr. Esselstyn was recently interviewed by Radio New Zealand about the diet and the health benefits of plant-based nutrition.

Here is a link to hear the 40 minute interview in its entirety. Radio Interview

GO VEGAN IN 2011

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has issued a FREE online program to help you kick start 2011 with a healthy vegan diet. The program gives you guidance, daily vegan tips, menu plans, and insight form celebrities and physicians. It all starts this Monday, January 3^rd!!

CLICK HERE TO START