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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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IMPORTANT: This site is moving
- fletcherism
- August 31, 2010
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Everyone, this is very important- the AFAA site is moving to a new server. What this means is that if you log in to this site using the normal name, actionforanimalsaustin.org, everything you post and/or upload (as of and including August 31st) will be lost when the change is made. Everything we had put on this site up through August 30th has been saved and moved to the new server, so you don't have to...
This Didn't Have to Happen: Bear Mauls Caretaker
- ernest
- August 22, 2010
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MSNBC reports that a 24-year-old man in Columbus, Ohio, was mauled after he let out a bear for feeding at an exotic animal collector's home. So many things went wrong here. OHIO allows people to "collect" wild and dangerous animals like bears. OHIO allows contact between wild animals at exhibits and humans. Indeed, the collector of this bear allowed people to wrestle his bears until animal rights groups complained and had his exhibitors license revoked....
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Negativity
- twoveganboys
- August 20, 2010
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We have a blog that people read for recipes, feeding kids and what not. I posted about our protest of the circus yesterday and I recieved so many kind words and emails regarding our battle to help the circus animals. Today, I recived our first negative comment from a guy who supposedly works with elephants. He left his email address so I looked the guy up on Facebook. He does work with elephants but it...
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Afterparty for leafleting crew on Friday at Vegan Yacht
- fletcherism
- August 16, 2010
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UPDATE: Unfortunately we've had to postpone the first stop on the Tour of Vegan Trailers. The new date of September 3rd is tentative (frankly, I just did it to put in a future date so I could keep the event on Facebook), but we'll let everyone know what the real date is soon. When we have that date, we invite everyone to come to the Vegan Yacht to celebrate all the hard work at the Ringling Circus....
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Ask Austin Mayor and Council Members to Stop Abuse in Circuses
- ernest
- August 05, 2010
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As part of our current campaign against Ringling Bros Circus, we are asking you to call Austin's mayor and city council members today to ask them to help stop animal abuse in circuses. This important step will only take 30-60 seconds to complete. Below is a sample dialogue you can use when making your calls followed by each city council member's name, phone number and email address. Emails are acceptable. You will be speaking to a council aide...
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