Universities in the Meat Industry?!

There is little chance of progress toward humane treatment of nonhuman
animals – an end to animal use and ecosystem disruption – while many of our
largest and most popular, prestigious, and influential institutions – our
land-grant universities (LGUs) / colleges of agriculture – teach inhumane
practice and meat ideology.
They don’t abuse as many sensitive chickens, pigs, fish, turkeys, cattle,
and others as the rest of the industry they helped create. But they teach
people to, each year providing billions of dollars’ worth of public
relations, training, and research for meat and allied industries – dairy, fish,
eggs, feed, pharmaceuticals, and others.
LGUs teach false beliefs about animals, including humans, and misrepresent
animal rights. The “institutions of higher learning” we rely on for an
enlightened public!

So it is crucial that we inform boosters of those institutions! – in
addition to administrators and officials RPA has been educating for years. An
easy, enjoyable, convenient way to help: Spot LGU promotions on cars –
decals, magnets, stickers, license-plate frames – and give the gift of
knowledge: special RPA fliers on windshields!
LGU cars are abound! My state’s main LGU, Penn State, larger than many
cities, has the world’s largest alumni association. If I leave home with
fewer then five Penn State fliers in my pocket, I sometimes lack enough for
the parked Penn State cars I see. I saw several Iowa State cars (number-one
university serving the meat industry) in the small Iowa town where I spoke
this past fall. Same with Raleigh on my November visit to North Carolina
State.

Have RPA send you a supply of fliers for your state’s LGU!

Don’t leave home without LGU fliers!

When you travel, have us send you a supply for your destination state!

Tell RPA your leafleting tips so we can share them with other members and
friends!

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Last but far from least …

Heartfelt thanks to all who made late fall / early winter RPA’s best
donation season ever
– and to all who gave in recent weeks!

The struggle for unalienable equal basic autonomy and ecology rights of
all individual animals regardless of species is its own reward. But it costs
a little bit to carry it on. It is necessarily a long-term struggle,
with little short-term sign of progress, because few people yet understand
animal rights, its necessity for protecting nonhuman animals, or its potential
far-reaching benefits for humans. RPA works every day to change that.
Donations in any amount lend invaluable moral support!
Thanks and best wishes,
David Cantor
Founder & Director
Responsible Policies for Animals, Inc.
P.O. Box 891
Glenside, PA 19038
215-886-RPA1
RPA4all@aol.com
_www.RPAforAll.org_ (http://www.rpaforall.org/)
_www.ExpertsOfConscience.org_ (http://www.expertsofconscience.org/)
_www.EatForSports.org_ (http://www.eatforsports.org/)
Responsible Policies for Animals, Inc., a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit
organization, shows people how to establish responsible policies for
animals that are also responsible policies for people and ecosystems –
unalienable equal basic autonomy and ecology rights of all individual animals
regardless of species. Nonhuman animals have no rights; therefore, no meaningful
protection.
RPA’s 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign aims to end our land-grant
universities’ support of the meat industry -- see _www.RPAforAll.org_
(http://www.rpaforall.org/) and _www.ExpertsOfConscience.org_
(http://www.expertsofconscience.org/) .
RPA's This Land Is Their Land campaign aims to protect wildlife by ending
armed assaults and destructive land-use practices. See Campaigns page at
www.RPAforAll.org.
_Www.EatForSports.org_ (http://www.eatforsports.org/) provides facts and
sources promoting plants-only eating for humans. Like other animals, humans
should have a right not to have institutions impose harmful foods on
them.
RPA's formal statement opposing violence in the name of animal advocacy is
available at _www.RPAforAll.org_ (http://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 at _www.RPAforAll.org_ (http://www.rpaforall.org/) .

Artist Makes Fortune Painfully Tatooing Pigs

Click on title above to see another instance of animal exploitation and cruelty

(The guys tatoos suck. I think he is just using the pigs for practice while making $$$ off it too)

I feel a petition coming on to boycott this artist work

Maryland Launches State-wide Jr. Hunter Event

The shame of it all. Marylands STATE-WIDE "Jr. Turkey Hunt" where adults are encouraged to take a young hunter out on the Junior Turkey Hunt day. This one-day hunt allows licensed hunters aged 16 or younger to hunt wild turkeys when accompanied by an unarmed, licensed adult of at least 21 years of age.

Age 16 OR YOUNGER?!! Where do they draw the line? At what age can a young child be issued a licence to kill? After he (or she)is old enough to walk on its own and tote a gun, I guess. Sounds like there are no age restrictions, other than having to be UNDER 16.



http://www.ammoland.com/2010/03/29/spring-turkey-season-opens-with-junior-turkey-hunt-day/

Local Vet Facing Animal Cruelty Charges in Cat Killing

A local veterinarian is facing felony cruelty to animals for allegedly beating a cat to death.

Bay County Sheriff's investigators arrested 52-year-old Margaret Fowler Monday morning at her home on South Lagoon Drive. The alleged incident happened on March 1.

Authorities say one of Fowler's neighbors saw Fowler hitting what appeared to be a cat with a rubber mallet.

The neighbor claims Fowler then grabbed the cat by the tail, carried it to a privacy fence and laid it down. The neighbor says she walked over to the fence and discovered the cat belonged to her live-in boyfriend.

Animal Control officers arrived.

They say Fowler told them she noticed the cat was suffering from injuries it received after it was hit by a car. She claimed the cat dragged itself over to the fence and died.

The senior director of veterinary forensic sciences for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals performed an necropsy and found that the cat bled to death because it was beaten in the head and stomach with a round blunt object.

Fowler is the owner and operator of Acupuncture & Holistic Veterinary Service of Northwest Florida. She runs the business out of her South Lagoon home, right across the street from the alleged incident.

She also practices at several other veterinary clinics and animal attractions in Bay County.

Fowler is being held in the Bay County jail. She's due in court tomorrow for a bond hearing.

The cat's owner says he is horrified at what happened: "It takes a sick mind, just absolute twisted, sick mind to do something like this to a defenseless animal," said Spike Shipley. "I don't know how to describe it, I just, every day, I think about it."

Shipley says the cat's sister died under suspicious circumstances last Thanksgiving. He says he may turn that incident over to authorities.

Email Address: news@wjhg.com



http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/89468477.html

Monkey Farm Cruelty / Puerto Rico Just Says NO!

Click on title above to see vid

NYS Assembly Member a Friend to Animals / Proposes New Anti-Cruelty Legislation

Click on title above for vid from CNN

Another USDA Animal Welfare Failure

Click on title above to see vid of USDA sanctioned Exotic Animal Farm ( raid )