Posts tagged ‘Animals’
"Hot oven, hot car…It’s the same thing"
Los Angeles Authorities have a new campaign, get rid of the hot dogs around LA. Prosecutors unveiled a new campaign Thursday to remind pet owners that it’s a crime to leave animals unattended in hot vehicles. A poster depicts a dog named Bilby sitting in a pan in an open oven. The poster reads: “Hot oven, hot car . . . It’s the same thing.”
Deborah Knaan, Deputy District Attorney for the department’s animal cruelty case coordinators, says that you should leave your pet at home when it’s hot out. She goes on to say that studies show that if it is 85 degrees outside, the temperature could rise up to 102 degrees inside a car within 10 minutes. Even healthy dogs can last only a short time before suffering brain damage or death.
When I first read the snippet I thought to myself that it seemed a bit like common sense. Then I remembered this. It reminded me that even the seasoned animal lover needs a refresher about animal safety every now and then.
via latimes.com
We're taking our compassion to the streets!
KD at Farm Sanctuary, NY
I’m pleased to announce that YDV is going to participate in Farm Sanctuary’s 2009 Walk for Farm Animals! We’re joining thousands of compassionate folks all across the country who will be raising awareness about the realities of factory farming. It’s our goal to generate much needed funds for Farm Sanctuary’s extremely important rescue, education, and advocacy work. Wanna join us?
There are tons of Walks already planned all over the country. You can check to see if there is a walk scheduled in your area by going to walkforfarmanimals.org. If you don’t see a walk in your area (and you want one, you know you do) coordinate one! Farm Sanctuary is looking for volunteers to coordinate Walks nationwide. For more information, contact the national Walk coordinator at walk (at) farmsanctuary.org or 607-583-2225 ext 283.
KD and DiMaggio the Goat = LOVE
Can’t walk or coordinate? Please consider donating to support the cause. With your help, the 2009 Walk could be the most successful yet, sending a powerful message of change and hope. And it’s time for a powerful message, don’t you think? We do!
That’s why we are asking you to consider sponsoring our Walk for Farm Animals. Myself (KD) and my partner, C. Angle, will be participating in the Cleveland, Ohio walk on October 3, 2009. We would be extremely honored and pleased if you would consider a donation. To make it easy as shelling peas, we’ve set up a donation page at FirstGiving, which you can go to by clicking here. Please remember, no gift is too small or large. Any amount would be greatly appreciated not only by YDV (thankyouthankyouthankyou), but by the animals that the funds directly assist.
YDV will be covering the event from start to finish. We’ll be tweeting our progress during the walk, and after a presentation by Amy Hatkoff, who just published a book about farm animals. We can’t wait to share our compassionate experience with you.
Iris the cow living at Farm Sanctuary
Whether you walk, donate or coordinate, you’ll make a big difference in the lives of farm animals. And that, my vegan friends, is super swell.
Thank you for considering a donation to our 2009 Walk for Farm Animals. We can’t say thank you enough.
For our FirstGiving page (where you can donate/sponsor our Walk), please click here.
For more information about Farm Sanctuary, please click here.
Dogs on the dinner plate…
Trying to explain to people that there is no difference between killing this animal or that, for food or for “sport,” can sometimes be excruciatingly frustrating.
Who deserves the priority of living – cows, dogs, coyotes? Well, we have to kill the cows because steak tastes good, and we have to kill the coyotes so they don’t kill the cows; but we certainly can’t kill dogs! If they have their own department store for food, fun, and fashion, we certainly can’t kill them.
Lee Won-bok understands the challenges of changing peoples minds. We meet Lee Won-bok in a LA Times article. He is a 45-year old animal rights activist who stages graphic photo displays to protest the use of dogs for food. The images show dogs kept in cages, hanged and butchered, and the meat that is prepared for market. Won-bok knows the images are hard to look at, and that is precisely his point. He wants to show the “harsh treatment of an animal that many South Koreans now view as companions, not cuisine.”
Koreans have eaten dogs for centuries and, for years foreign advocates have protested the practice. But the Koreans dismissed these protests as “unwanted opinions of outsiders.” Now that the country has adopted more of the Western culture, there are more “pet” owners than ever. And Won-bok wants people to know what is going on with the dogs.
“People don’t comprehend the suffering these dogs endure…they may vaguely realize that people still eat dogs. But they need to know what happens to the animals.”
And, he remains optimistic saying, “South Koreans (are starting to) question their cultural traditions.” But not all South Koreans.
The cuisine remains popular among some government officials. Cham Lee, known to enjoy dog dishes, is director of the Korean Tourism Organization. Ironically, he also raises Korean Jindo dogs as companion animals. Lee even had a private wine and dog-tasting seminar, deciding that dog goes best with a light Shiraz or Riesling. Lee was criticized for the tasting.
Lee had this to say, “Parisians can eat horse meat because France is considered high culture. But South Korea gets no such pass. Westerners eat one type of animal and tell the world they can’t eat another. I say, if you eat animals, you eat animals.”
And, I’d have to agree with him on that one point (and one point only). If you eat animals, you eat animals – it doesn’t matter which species you choose. We must stop placing animals into moral categories and making excuses for the human palate. All sentient life deserves better.
Won-bok has pledged to campaign for the dogs, exposing the cruel conditions the dogs endure, until dog-eating ends in his country.
via latimes.com