Animal Person

MAY 9, 2009

My self-appointed job in this blog is to think critically about how our human lives intersect with those of sentient nonhumans, in action and thought. Yesterday I received an e-mail alert from the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) regarding " a coin operated game that uses live lobsters at the Royal Palm Ale House in Royal Palm Beach.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A little over a half-hour in length, Birders (not to be confused with another Netflix release, Birders: The Central Park Effect or the The Birders , a documentary about Colombian birds and birding) is a film of quiet advocacy that says a lot visually and through the words of its passionate participants.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2009

We support two ocean protection organizations: People for Puget Sound (local) and the Ocean Conservancy. I was reading Ocean Conservancy's magazine today. For the past couple of issues I've read, it has had a "sustainable seafood recipe."

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

To insure that those places continue to exist, birders should lead the way on education and advocacy regarding the Refuge System. To maintain and improve these treasured public lands, birders should take the lead on public education and advocacy for the Refuge System. The reason is twofold, size and mission.

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Critter News

JANUARY 11, 2009

Here's a group I've never heard of. I found a link to them on ANIMAL's blog (ANIMAL is a Portuguese animal rights group.) These scientists are NOT an animal rights group. They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2024

Michoacán California Spotted Towhees have remained a single species in spite of my several years of advocacy, from the platform of 10,000 Birds, for their long-overdue split. My National Geographic Field Guide suggests that they soon may be split into two separate species. Please let it be so. When will I get justice?

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. Tags: advocacy. We received an email about a new book being released by Lantern Books. It's called "Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change."

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

No amount of advocacy for environmental or animal welfare issues advocacy can make up for his support of Palin/McCain. What a complete and utter whore (and no, I'm not talking about the bible thumping wingnut from Alaska). I guess he likes putting lipstick on pitbulls.

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Critter News

JANUARY 20, 2012

Animal advocacy groups have been lobbying for this for a while. Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories. Excellent news! Thank you Air Canada!

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Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

Humane Society University is the first institution in the nation to offer bachelor degree programs in animal studies and the first in the world to offer a bachelor's degree in animal policy and advocacy. The degrees are designed to educate students to qualify them for employment with one of the more than 17,000 U.S.

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Critter News

APRIL 18, 2009

Tags: activism feral cats donations advocacy nonprofits.

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Critter News

JANUARY 2, 2011

Grey2K is a greyhound advocacy group. Here is the link to the video showing kennel conditions. They had professional investigators there last summer.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Standing is often an issue in environmental lawsuits and advocacy groups have learned how to meet these requirements, sometimes including named individuals. The group and its members typically allege that they observe birds or run birding companies or have a mission to protect and preserve birds, so the standing requirement is satisfied.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 11, 2010

If I'm speaking with an atheist I might use my personal thought process in my vegan advocacy, but if someone wants to believe there is a god, and that belief is helpful to them, and they're not hurting anyone because of that belief, I have no problem with that. But in my vegan advocacy that's the perfect place to begin (or end).

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Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

The advocacy component of old speciesism isn't the campaign to end that exploitation, however. In contrast to old-speciesist and new-speciesist advocacy, nonspeciesist advocacy advances the goal of emancipating all sentient beings from human abuse. Instead, it is the campaign to modify it.

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Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

With more than 2 million members across the globe, PETA is the largest animal advocacy group and comparable in size to the human rights organization, Amnesty International. First, note that now PeTA is an "animal advocacy group." But that's not the telling item. We're "weighing the impact," and the "tactics have worked," right?

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Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2011

Two bills introduced in the Nebraska Legislature are drawing fire from the largest animal advocacy organization in the world. From the Lexington Clipper-Herald. click here for the full article. Newcomer to the Legislature Sen.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

She’s had an enduring love for animals and nature, but it wasn’t until she volunteered at a wildlife hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area that her passion for photography merged with her environmental advocacy. Her images and words appear in various publications and educational materials.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2017

With this latest research in hand, advocacy organizations can work to reduce rice-related threats to Bobolinks wintering in South America. Rice farmers may use pesticides, or other methods to prevent the birds from eating their crops, further hastening the decline of the species. Bobolink photo courtesy of R.M. Jensen/ The Condor.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Meanwhile, animal welfare and consumer advocacy groups in Washington are urging the US to look into options outside the global trade body for resolving the trade row.

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Critter News

JULY 6, 2009

The two parties settled in a lawsuit filed by the advocacy group four years ago after the group were unable to obtain information they requested. The settlement will now be submitted to the federal district court for the District of Columbia for final approval.

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Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2011

Vegan education/advocacy for animals is easiest for me when I know my audience. I was going in a different direction with this post when I read Deb's " Effective Images in Advocacy: Do We Know What Works? Of course, those people, who are often the "spiritual" ones, are particularly frustrating to deal with. this morning.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center online to send an email to your U.S. This means that when you prepare your income taxes, money you spent on pet care that year would count as non-taxable income—and you can deduct up to $3,500 per year! Please help us support the HAPPY Act, H.R. What You Can Do.

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Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2009

The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA by Norm Phelps came out in 2007. Worth a look.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Here’s hoping his tenure as president is long and fruitful and that the ABA continues with its excellent social media presence, wonderful print publications, and advocacy for birds and birders. This interview was conducted over email. What is the proper way of addressing you? Your eminence? Grand Poobah? El presidente?

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Proceeds from the show will be used to further Up For Pups animal advocacy efforts. Through multimedia storytelling and aerial acrobatics set to Milano’s music, Don’t Kill Bill raises awareness about puppy mills and encourages people to get involved with rescue organizations.

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Critter News

AUGUST 27, 2009

Is a vegan's efforts at advocacy worth more than a vegetarian's or even a meat eater's if they happen to agree on the same issue? This may take time and maybe lifetimes to build up to that tipping point, but we have to use everyone and every resource we can. I do think that there is a real elitism in the movement, however.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 31, 2009

Here is information about an upcoming conference.

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Animal Person

JUNE 16, 2010

This compilation is particularly important for people who believe in God and whose advocacy has religion or faith or spirituality as a component. Or, open to change, he can take the message in the ensuing pages to heart, let it shift his mind and stir his soul, and thus begin, right now, his advance toward freedom for all species (7)."

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Animal Person

JUNE 6, 2009

Showing people what goes on at "free-range" farms, for me, has always been a powerful part of my vegan advocacy efforts because that's always the fall-back position of the person I'm speaking with. (As There's a donate button on the homepage of AnimalEquality right at the bottom of the "Pig Farms" panel.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 14, 2017

Again, plenty of tools exist to help you automate the process, and once you identify your corporate champions, gamification and advocacy programs are perfect fits to be run within a community. Multiple sources say customer advocacy increases roughly 16% when complaints are addressed.

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SalesFuel

AUGUST 16, 2024

And when consumers love a brand, they tend to spread the word Customer advocacy: Think about how often you look through reviews before making a purchase. These benefits include, but aren’t limited to: Enhanced loyalty and retention: Your client makes far more sales to repeat customers than new ones.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2009

Though the health argument isn't ironclad and I wouldn't want to make it the center of my advocacy, I have to remember who the messenger is here and what the context is. After all, how many of us stopped eating animals, and then realized food is just one piece of the puzzle?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

If you might wish to thank Utne for helping inform about the land-grant-university (LGU) meat problem and ask them to do more on it, send a brief note to editor@utne.com or Editors, Utne Reader, 12 North 12th Street, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55403 -- or ring them up at 612-338-5040 (editors actually answer the phone, but don't take advantage!).

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

See Campaigns page at www.RPAforAll.org. RPA's position statement opposing violence and other antisocial behavior in association with animal advocacy is available at www.RPAforAll.org or by request. Donations to RPA are tax deductible as allowed by law and may be made at the above address or www.RPAforAll.org.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 23, 2017

Define the difference between brand advocacy and social selling. Does that require some brand advocacy? They must become brand advocates and champions while also serving as thought leaders in their communities. Here are five straightforward tips to help power up your brand's social selling strategy. Developing relationships.

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