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Action For Animals is a local, grassroots, nonprofit 501(c)3 group based in Austin, Texas. Our sole purpose is to defend and protect the rights and lives of non-human animals. Thank you for visiting our website! We hope you'll join us in our work. Please sign up today, then bookmark this page and visit often to learn how you can help with upcoming events and campaigns.
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This Sunday: Vegan Bakesale for Haiti
- vegangrrl
- January 23, 2010
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Join fellow Austinites in a vegan bakesale benefit for the people of Haiti on Sunday, January 24 from 12-4PM at Ten Thousand Villages (1317 South Congress). Consider bringing some baked vegan goods or buying some from the table! All proceeds will go to Food for Life Global (FFL), the world's largest nonprofit vegan food relief organization. According to news reports, the Haiti earthquake killed over 111,000 people and left 609,000 people homeless. The U.N. reports...
Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH)
- Timothy
- January 16, 2010
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It looks like the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) will be working on the ground to help the animals in Haiti. They have developed the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) to assist in the response efforts, and all animal welfare organizations are invited to join ARCH and direct their financial support to the coalition. Their teams will be working out of a mobile clinic...
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Pen Still Kicks Sword's Butt
- eksatx
- January 13, 2010
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Chris and I hosted a Letter-To-The-Editor-Writing-Party yesterday evening and I'd like to think it was a smashing success. We filled up on tasty vegan treats, learned about how (and why) to write effective letters, and applied what we learned to writing letters of our own. Check out some photos here. I want to thank everybody who joined us, especially Ernest for presenting the letter-writing workshop. I hope everybody learned something, has a better understanding of...
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I Just Adopted A New Dog From The Shelter
- DaveBrett
- January 12, 2010
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She is a three year old Chihuahua. I've named her Spunky The Monkey. Her motto is "If you've got a face, I want to kiss it!"
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Pressure Rises To Stop Antibiotics In Agriculture
- eksatx
- January 03, 2010
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An Associated Press article with this headline appeared in The Statesman last week (read the article). It appears to be catching fire. I typed the headline verbatim into Google and it returned an astonishing 539,000 results -- everyone from major outlets (ABC, CBS, et al) to tiny blogs is carrying the story. Of course, little in this article is news to our readers (we have known about the devastating consequences of antibiotics in agriculture for a...
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