(Fwd) Viva!USA Alerts 4/25/03

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P.O. Box 4398, Davis, CA 95617

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Viva! Alerts 4/25/03

1. Update on SB 233 and media coverage

2. Updates on Pig & Vegan Earth Day Events

3. Request That Chipotle Make Pinto Beans Vegetarian

 

1. SB 233 - Withdrawn!

 

Thanks to all of you who wrote letters and made calls regarding California

Senate Bill

233 that would have made legal, the sale of kangaroo crocodile and alligator

skins in the

state of California. The bill was not heard on Earth Day and has instead been

withdrawn

by the author. The analysis provided by the Senate Natural Resources Committee

reported that there were no letters in support of this bill and they had

received many in

opposition. Their conclusion was that there was no reason to change the current

law!

They cited many of our arguments on behalf of the kangaroos!

We will find out today if thebill is dead this session, but even if it is there

is

noguarantee it may not beattempted again next session. We will keep you

posted. A few newspapers covered the story:

Sacramento News & Review:

http://www.newsreview.com/issues/sacto/2003-04-17/bites.asp San Diego Paper

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20030423-9999_1n23kangaroo.html

 

Daily Breeze.com

http://www.dailybreeze.com/content/news/nmkangaroos22.html

 

For more information on the campaign to save the kangaroos please see:

http://www.vivausa.org/Campaigns/Kangaroo/adidas.htm

www.savethekangaroo.com

 

To order our leaflets against Adidas or our roo packet send a message to:

roos.

 

2. Pig & Vegan Earth Day events!

 

Thanks to all of you whoorganized events on behalf of thepigs around Easter!

Based on

the photos we have seen it seems many of you werevery creative andeveryone was

able to reach a lot of people - even those buyingwere interested in at least

hearing us

out and that is so important!

The vegan ice cream outreach events for Earth Day seem to havegone

incredibly well. At Lincoln High Schoolactivists handed out120 samples

andthe reaction wascompletely positive and inNew Mexico students and

professors were lined up to get their hands on a cone! They were able to

distribute a lot of literature and the feedback was amazing. The same thing

happened when students activists did the event in Gainesville, FL. Activists in

Tacoma went out to share the frozen delights with classmates. Photos can be

seen at: http://kalistongue.com/pages/soyicecream/ Good luck to those whose

events were delayed and we do still have some

slots open for the July events!

 

Thanks again to the following organizations or participating:

Animal Activists of Alachua (Gainesville, FL); Animal Rights Club Lincoln

HighSchool (San Jose); Alabama Animal Rights Fellowship (Tuscaloosa, AL);

PAW (Boulder, CO); SeTA (Portland); Animal Outreach of Kansas (Lawrence,

KS); Animal Protection of New Mexico (Albuquerque,NM); Fort Worth

Vegetarian Society (Fort Worth, TX); In Solidarity with Animals (Houston, TX);

United Animal Rights Coalition (Salt Lake City, UT); student activists at the

University of Pennsylvania, University of Pugent Sound, and activists in

Boston. To orderourleaflets for pigs orcows ondairiessend details

toorders.

3. Request That Chipotle Make Pinto Beans Vegetarian

What better way to help increase veganism, then by making it more

convenient?

Viva!USA is joining withCompassion Over Killing, Vegan Outreach, Mercy for

Animals, SARA, Eco-Animal Allies, Freedom for Animals, UARC, and PETA

to help make this happen.

With more than 200 Chipotle locations in the United States, the fast-

foodMexican chain is becoming a major player in the national

restaurant scene. Specializing in burritos, Chipotle’s black beans are

vegetarian. Unfortunately, the pinto beans are cooked with bacon.

Few customers—if any at all—would stop buying Chipotle’s burritos if the

pintobeans were vegetarian, yet taking out the lone animal ingredient in the

beans would make the chain more attractive to millions of Americans who avoid

pork for ethical, health, and religious reasons.

 

Since Chipotle sells thousands, if not tens of thousands of burritos daily,

removing the bacon from its pinto beans could do just as much--if not more-

good as getting some number of individuals to stop eating bacon. And the best

part is that it takes virtually no effort on our part, so we have very little

investment with a potentially high payoff.

 

Please politely let Chipotle know that vegetarians and others who avoid pork

would love to have more options when they visit the hundreds of Chipotle

locations across the country.

 

Politely call or e-mail Chipotle and ask them to take the bacon out of the

beans!

 

jstupp

303-595-4000

 

To help Viva! continue to mail materials to activists and print more campaign

materials

please consider donating to us at: www.JustGive.org or Independent Givers of

America

at https://www.givedirect.org/give/givefrm.asp?Action=FE & FEDID=171 & CID=4703

 

 

 

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