Action for Animals Austin

It is one thing to think advocacy.  It is another to show up and do advocacy.  I am still beyond touched by our visit yesterday to Sunny Day Farms outside San Antonio.  What a beautiful, well run facility!  Every hands on experience energizes me and makes me want to do more for the animals.  Seeing these majestic creatures living the peaceful life they were meant to live at Sunny Day Farms is beyond words. I...

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Just read this great article about West Hollywood banning the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores...yay for my home state getting something right!  I wanted to share this in the spirit of what Action for Animals is constantly working towards.  Once we have legislature behind us setting positive precedents like this as well as making the public aware of what they're REALLY supporting when they buy from a pet store, we have some...

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The reason we got involved in animal advocacy is because something about the animals' plight touched our hearts, drew our tears and/or evoked our anger.  However, to be an effective advocate, we must channel those tears and rage in a calm, collected manner in order to reach as many people as possible.  No one wants to deal with a deranged lunatic in their face!  In order for us not to inadvertently slip into high intensity...

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