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Animal Defenders International (ADI) has just announced that the Greek government has voted to ban all circuses with any animals. Greece is the first European country to ban all circuses with animals. They join Bolivia as the second nation with this type of legislation. Other European countries have bans on the use of exotic animals in circuses, however. ADI now believes that the United Kingdom may be next in line to ban the use of...

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The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is in the news for deciding to not fund Planned Parenthood, then reversing that decision. Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), wrote a great piece on HuffingtonPost.com on another reason to not support the Komen Race for the Cure: they fund animal testing. Here's here piece: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ingrid-newkirk/komen-animal-testing_b_1253803.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=1267869,b=facebook Here's part of what she wrote on how animal testing can be harmful: "...Taxol,...

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Will Potter. That's a name all of us should know. Will is the author of Green Is the New Red: An Insiders Account of a Social Movement Under Siege. In this book, he explains how the animal rights movement and the environmental movements became targets of government surveillance and repression after 9/11. This book is so good that it was named a best book of 2011 by Kirkus Review. Will was motivated to write this book after...

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Here's really great news: Paul Watson of Sea Shepard, is declaring that the seal hunting industry in Canada is dead. Why? Last year, the hunt only amounted to $1,000,000. The Canadian government set the seal quota at 400,000 but only 38,000 seals were killed. The U.S, Europe and Russia have banned import of seal products which dried up the market. So confident is Watson that the seal hunt is dead in Canada that he has...

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Last week we shared a news item with you about meat consumption dropping in the U.S. Now, we are happy to report that milk consumption has dramatically decreased, as well. Here's what the U.S. Department of Agriculture says, "...USDA statistics reveal that the average per-capita consumption of cow’s milk fell from 24.3 galons per person in 1994 to 20.8 gallons per person in 2008." That's a drop of about 20% in 14 years! That's amazing news...

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Many vegetarian-curious or vegan-curious or new vegans/vegetarians often don't know where to look for information on their new lifestyle. Here's NoMeatAthlete.com to help point you in the right direction. In this great article they cover: nutrition sports and fitness cooking how-to recipes groceries shopping travel entertainment and education And no, you don't have to be an athlete to find this info useful. http://www.nomeatathlete.com/50-vegetarian-resources/ Have questions? Leave them in the comments field and we'll answer them....

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More great coverage for veganism in TheAtlantic.com by someone who lives in San Marcos and eats at Casa de Luz. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/the-evidence-for-a-vegan-diet/251498/#.TxelG-C6op0.twitter

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Many vegans do not eat honey. I'm one of them. I do not want to cause any harm to bees that might result from harvesting the honey from their homes. So, I choose to err on the side of caution by not buying it or eating it. Here's a great article explaining my choice but it adds something else I hadn't thought of. Many of you may have heard of Colony Collapse Disorder, a sickness/illness...

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Hi Everyone. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day, we're sharing one of his quotes: "Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.” Martin Luther King Jr's son, Dexter, followed his father's philosophy and is now a vegan. Coretta, Dr. King's wife, was...

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