Action for Animals Austin

Last Fall I took a social documentary class at UT for my Radio-TV-Film major. For the class I made a film about Austin's animal shelter, Town Lake Animal Center, and Austin Pets Alive!, an animal rescue group working toward making Austin a no-kill city.  My film has been selected as one of 33 films and PSAs out of 234 submissions worldwide to screen at the Lights. Camera. Help. Nonprofit Film Festival here in Austin. The...

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  I'm glad to report that there's another Animal Advisory Commission meeting this week and the topic of banning the retail sale of pets is on the agenda. I hope that some of us will be able to make it out to the meeting to show support for the ban!  Here's info from the forwarded email I got: The proposed ordinance prohibiting pet stores in Austin from selling puppies and kittens from commercial breeders (puppy/kitten...

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Hey everyone, As many of you know already, a couple of my friends - Becca and Zoja, are opening up a new vegan food trailer - Iggi's Texatarian (named after Becca's dog Iggi) I know many of you have tried Becca's cooking before and you know that it's gonna be great! So they're just getting started and need a place to store it while they work on the inside of it. We ended up finding...

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  Only about a year ago did I hear about the group, Austin Pets Alive!. They've been around for awhile know but this past year the group has made TREMENDOUS strides for animals in Austin and since them my involvement and excitement with them has been growing and growing.  What Austin Pets Alive does is take animals that are on the kill list at the city shelter, place them in foster homes, treat them for...

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  In support of World Week for Animals in Labs (www.wail.com) which happened last week April 17-24, Action for Animals has set up a free and confidential call number. Anyone who has information about animal experiments being conducted in any University of Texas facility is encouraged to call this number and leave an anonymous message to report cases of abuse or general information about the experiments that are being conducted.  One of the most frustrating...

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There's another Daily Texan article about the Liberation Project, but on this one there are a lot of really negative comments. If you have a chance, please comment on this article in response to all of the negative comments!   http://www.dailytexanonline.com/opinion/the-firing-line-11-02-09-1.2046575   Kelly

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Last week, Saca (the UT animal rights group) and Peta2 hosted an educational animal rights exhibit on campus. It went over really great! The display consisted of 10 five foot panels that showed pictures and explained how many oppressions that have happened against humans are very similiar to the oppressions we committ against animals.So many people were stopping, looking at each panel, taking leaflets, buttons, stickers, and asking us how to become vegetarian. Many people...

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This Friday, the 23rd, the UT animal rights organization, Students Against Cruelty to Animals, will be having a fundraising dinner. We will be serving a delicious vegan meal for $5 at the House of Commons Co-op starting at 6:30. So come on by and grab some dinner!All money that we receive will go to Thanksgiving outreach this November. We will be handing out free mini thanksgiving dinners to people on campus in an effort to...

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