East Bay Animal Advocates December 20, 2006 E-News

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East Bay Animal Advocates December 20, 2006 E-News

 

Spread Holiday Cheer to Cruel Lunardi's This Friday and Saturday!

 

'Tis The Season to End Battery-Cage Cruelty at Lunardi's! On

Friday, December 22nd, join EBAA for a National Call-In to

Lunardi’s Supermarket, Inc. Call (650) 588-7507 and urge the

company to stop selling battery-cage eggs. On Saturday, December

23rd, EBAA will launch its weekly outreach campaign efforts at

Lunardi's Supermarket. Show your support for animals this

Saturday by attending the event at Noon at Lunardi's Supermarket

(345 Railroad Avenue) in Danville.

 

Get involved this week:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/20/18339131.php

 

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Advocate Focus: Njeri Sims

 

Njeri Sims, who recently developed EBAA’s new Foster Compassion

television commercial, has been an active member of the animal

rights community for the past two years. After being vegetarian

for almost half her life, she one day stumbled upon “Meet Your

Meet” at a Goldfinger show and decided to go vegan. She is

currently finishing up her last semester at the Academy of Art

University in San Francisco. She has recently discovered video

blogging, or vlogging, and uses her blog to help spread the

message about animal rights through video. Though she

specializes in film and video editing, she can often be found

behind the camera at a protest or two documenting the movement.

She has worked on several short films with many different

directors in the Bay Area. She was also recently a semi-finalist

in the, Film Your Issue (FYI) film contest for her film

entitled, “Animal Liberation”. When Njeri’s not videotaping a

protest, or editing for a great director, she enjoys taking

pictures, walking dogs, cooking, skateboarding (badly), and

sleeping, when she can find the time.

 

Learn more about Njeri's wonderful work:

http://www.njerisims.net

 

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Boss Hog: America's top pork producer churns out a sea of waste

 

Smithfield Foods, the largest and most profitable pork processor

in the world, killed 27 million hogs last year. That's a number

worth considering. A slaughter-weight hog is fifty percent

heavier than a person. The logistical challenge of processing

that many pigs each year is roughly equivalent to butchering and

boxing the entire human populations of New York, Los Angeles,

Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego,

Dallas, San Jose, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, San

Francisco, Columbus, Austin, Memphis, Baltimore, Fort Worth,

Charlotte, El Paso, Milwaukee, Seattle, Boston, Denver,

Louisville, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Las Vegas, Portland,

Oklahoma City and Tucson.

 

Read 'The Rolling Stone' feature:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12840743/porks_dirty_secret_the_natio\

ns_top_hog_producer_is_also_one_of_americas_worst_polluters

 

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P.O. Box 1406

Martinez, CA 94553

(925) 487-4419

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