The website for World Farm Animals Day (October 2, 2000)
has just been revised to reflect this year's tie-in with the general
elections and is ready for action. The theme is "Putting Animals In
Politics" & "Elect for Farm Animals."
Click on http://www.farmusa.org/wfad/wfad-index.html for
information or an Action Kit.
The key recommended activities are:
1) Sending questionnaires to Congressional, state, and
local candidates for public office requesting their position on
mistreatment of farm animals, subsidies for agribusiness, environmental
and public health threats by factory farms, and availability of vegan
food in schools
2) Arranging vigils in front of state capitols and other
government and political buildings to raise the awareness of public
officials and their constituents to the tragedy of farmed animals.
Be sure to register your action(s), even if your plans
are incomplete. This will enable us to publicize your event(s) to local
activists and the media and to send you additional information, banners,
posters, photos, and other useful items for your event(s). You can do it
on our web site at:
http://www.farmusa.org/wfad/wfad-index.html
by e-mail at: wfad@farmusa.org
or by phone at: 1-888-FARM-USA
Last Thursday, we sent out 1,250 Action Kits explaining
all this in great details and providing sample questionnaires, petition
sign-up sheets, media letters, and handouts. We are recruiting hundreds
more activists in all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries, launching
a national media and advertising blitz, soliciting proclamations from
governors and mayors, and sending a questionnaire to candidates for
national public office. We are looking to the greatest observance ever!
World Farm Animals Day is the one day a year when every
person cursed with a conscience and awareness is honor-bound to express
his/her outrage at the tragedy of farmed animals and demand drastic
reforms.
Go on to Poem: JAWS
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