WASHINGTON - People who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats have a higher risk of several types of cancer, including lung cancer and colorectal cancer, U.S. researchers reported....

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May your Thanksgiving be most delightful!

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The Bush/Cheney Administration has announced two proposals to jumpstart the killing of hundreds of wolves in the Yellowstone area and elsewhere in the Northern Rockies.

The Deadline is the 6th of August!

Please click the following link to support those wolves.

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By Nick Cooney 

In case you hadn’t heard, FBI Deputy Assistant Director John Lewis has identified the number one domestic terrorist threat to the U.S. and it’s not radical Muslims. Or right-wing paramilitary types. Or gun-toting pro-lifers. Nope, guess again. It’s animal rights and environmental activists who have never hurt or killed a single person in the U.S. in their 25-year history. 

What they have done is cause millions of dollars in damages and even more in lost profits to the logging, construction, SUV, pharmaceutical, and fur industries—all of which (with the exception of the fur industry) are major lobbying powers in Congress. 

Among the many opportunistic post-9/11 agendas pursued by the outgoing Republican majority is a drastic increase in funds, per- sonnel, and judicial leeway granted to law enforcement agencies like the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) for pursuing grassroots animal rights activists. Some cases in point: in 2002, over 100 FBI agents investigated a single animal rights group, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA (SHAC-USA). PATRIOT Act- sanctioned wiretaps of phones and emails of animal activists have become commonplace, as have airport detentions on both domestic and international flights for members of non-profits like Hugs For Puppies and Student Organization for Animal Rights chapters. FBI employees and FBI-backed investigators have engaged in romantic and sexual relationships with activists to try to pry information out of them. Raids on the homes of activists by armed JTTF agents are also a regular occurrence. In November 2006 seven individuals in Santa Monica, California had their homes ransacked by government agents for the “crime” of attending a peaceful demonstration against the POM Juice Company, which funds animal tests. One of these individuals was former child star Pam Ferdin, the voice of Lucy in the classic Peanuts television show. Lucy getting her house raided by the JTTF? It’s enough to make even Snoopy cry. 

But not enough, apparently, for the federal government. In a much-touted case, six volunteers with SHAC-USA were each sentenced in September 2006 to up to six years in federal prison for operating a website and newsletter and organizing protests at the homes of pharmaceutical executives. On November 27, 2006 President Bush signed into law the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), a bill which labels as terrorists those who engage in sit-ins, civil disobedience, trespass, or any other crime in the name of animal rights. 

To be clear, this bill is not aimed at squeaky clean groups like the Humane Society or even at the controversial People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)— both of which have the financial and legal resources to take on spurious charges. AETA, and the corresponding crackdown, is aimed at grassroots animal activists who lend their weekends and occasional evenings towards speaking out against cruelty to animals. Most have little money, no legal experience, and often belong to informal volunteer organizations. 

The nature of the Bush administration’s war on grassroots animal activists bears similarities to that of the war in Iraq. The first is the use of loaded language and fear- mongering to create an easy to loathe enemy. Iraq was part of an “axis of evil” and supposedly had weapons of mass destruction it planned to use against the U.S. Animal activists are “domestic terrorists” out to end scientific research and attack anyone with a piece of meat on their plate. Second is the violation of the civil liberties of a now-marginalized group. Third, the war against this perceived terror threat is being waged even though a majority of Americans don’t see a need for it and don’t want to pay for it. Ask a dozen people on the street to list their top ten safety concerns and you can be sure “animal rights activists” won’t be making it onto any of those lists. They probably wouldn’t even crack the top 100. 

The final similarity is that the bottom line is corporate profit. The industries targeted by animal activists are wealthy, influential, and, apparently, very vulnerable. Take, for instance, Huntingdon Life Sciences (HL, a major contract animal testing laboratory based in New Jersey and targeted by animal rights groups like SHAC USA after undercover exposes showed a worker punching four-month-old puppies in the face. Focused protest pressure in the U.S. and abroad has left HLS $100 million in debt, kicked off of every stock exchange in the world, and forced to sell all of its property just to stay afloat. Major pharmaceutical companies like Roche, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, and others have been targeted by activists for contracting experiments at Hunting- don; many have responded by cutting their financial support for HLS. 

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This message from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is Simple and True!

Yet so many still do not understand that which is Simple and True.

 "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

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I look at many aspects of my life as if it is the Ultimate Adventure Game. Any fun game that you play has challenges. If the game didn't have challenges... it wouldn't be a game, and we would quickly become bored.

So whenever challenges arise... I try to look for the solutions which is how I score in my game

Life Can Be An Adventure - Why Not Make It One!

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Trouble with links or images? Want to share this message? Use this link:
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April 23, 2007

Shut Down Horse Slaughter Plants for Good

Dear steven,

This week will be a make-or-break time in Congress for horses.

Thanks to our work in two federal courts, the last three horse slaughter plants in the United States, all foreign owned, have been shut down for now. But we are not in the clear just yet. In order to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States, and to prohibit horses from being exported for slaughter, where they face longer transports and an even more grisly death, Congress must enact permanent protections for horses. Starting on Tuesday morning, April 24, we need everyone who cares about ending horse slaughter to call Congress as part of our National Call-In Day.

Thank you for taking action to save horses. We have made tremendous progress, and thousands of horses have already been saved from slaughter. But we need to finish the job and shutter this barbaric business for good.

Sincerely,




Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. You can help spread the word about the National Call-In Day on Tuesday. Click here to download a flyer (PDF) to pass out to your friends and colleagues.

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The following link will take you to an article that includes some of the benefits of becoming a vegetarian

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Most who help animals support other causes as well...so you may want to look at this list to make sure before you donate to a charity that the charity is not using any of the money for animal research.

Please spread this information around so that those charities who support animal testing may stop hurting animals and utilize other options.

The following charity information has been obtained from BUAV and for more information you can visit their site at www.buav.org

• Action Medical Research (formerly Action Research)

• Alzheimer's Society

• Animal Health Trust

• Arthritis Research Campaign

• Association for International Cancer Research

• Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)

• Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH)

• Ataxia

• Bardhan Research and Education Trust of Rotherham Ltd

• Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research

• Brain Research Trust

• Breakthrough Breast Cancer

• Breast Cancer Campaign (BCC)

• British Diabetic Association (formerly Diabetes UK)

• British Heart Foundation

• British Liver Trust

• British Lung Foundation (BLF)

• British Neurological Research Trust

• The British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society (BRPS)

• Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood (CLIC)

• CFS Research Foundation (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

• Children with Leukaemia

• Children Nationwide Medical Research Fund

• Cystic Fibrosis Trust

• DebRA (Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association)

• Defeating Deafness (Hearing Research Trust)

• Digestive Disorders Foundation

• Epilepsy Research Foundation (ERF)

• Fight for Sight

• Help the Aged (holds & administers Research Into Ageing as a Special Trust)

• International Spinal Research Trust

• IRIS - Fund for Prevention of Blindness

• Leukaemia Research Fund

• Marie Curie Cancer Care

• Marie Curie Research Institute (part of Marie Curie Cancer Care)

• ME Association

• Meningitis Research Foundation

• Meningitis Trust (formerly National Meningitis Trust)

• Migraine Trust

• Motor Neurone Disease Association

• Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (MS Society)

• Muscular Dystrophy Campaign

• National Asthma Campaign

• National Kidney Research Fund

• Nuffield Foundation

• Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK

• REMEDI

• Research into Ageing (held & administered by Help The Aged as a Special Trust)

• Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)

• Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

• Tenovus The Cancer Charity

• Tommy's Campaign

• Wellcome Trust

• Wessex Medical Trust (HOPE)

• Wishbone Trust

• World Cancer Research Fund

• Yorkshire Cancer Research

• Action on Addiction

• Age Concern

• The Aids Foundation and Research Trust (AVERT)

• Alcohol Concern

• ARISE - The Scoliosis Research Trust

• The Arthritic Association

• Big C Appeal

• Brain Damage Research Trust

• Breast Cancer Care

• British Allergy Foundation

• British Colostomy Association

• British Deaf Association

• British Homeopathic Association (BHA)

• British Polio Fellowship

• Cancerlink (part of Macmillan Cancer Relief)

• Caring Cancer Trust

• Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Research (CEDAR)

• The Children's Chronic Arthritis Association (CCAA)

• Children's Kidney Trust

• Children's Research International

• Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research

• The Dyslexia Institute

• Eating Disorders Association

• Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre Exeter (FORCE Cancer Charity)

• Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)

• Greater London Fund for the Blind

• Healing Hands Network (HHN)

• Hearing Concern

• The Humane Research Trust

• The IBS Appeal (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

• Liver Cancer Appeal

• Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research

• Macmillan Cancer Relief (Cancerlink is part of Macmillan Cancer Relief)

• Menopausal Helpline Ltd

• Mental Health Foundation

• Migraine Action Association

• MIND - The Mental Health Charity

• National Blind Childrens Society (NBSC)

• The National Schizophrenia Fellowship

• National Society for Research into Allergy

• The Natural Medicines Society (NMS)

• Nutritional Cancer Therapy Trust

• Pain Relief Foundation

• The Pat Seed Appeal Fund

• QUEST Cancer Research

• Restricted Growth Association

• Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (formal name of Sight Savers International)

• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

• Sargent Cancer Care for Children

• The Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain

• Sight Savers International (working name of Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind)

• Teenage Cancer Trust

• York Against Cancer

• Action for ME

• Alstrom Syndrome UK

• The Anthony Nolan Trust (Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust)

• Arthritis Care

• The Back-Up Trust

• Bath Cancer Research

• British Vascular Foundation

• Cardiomyopathy Association

• Cerebra - Foundation for the Brain Injured Infant (CEREBRA)

• CLIMB (Research Trust for Metabolic Diseases in Children)

• The Coeliac Society

• Coronary Prevention Group

• Depression Alliance

• Epilepsy Action (British Epilepsy Association)

• Epilepsy Action Scotland (Epilepsy Association of Scotland)

• The Haemophilia Society

• INSPIRE Foundation (Integrated Spinal Rehabilitation Foundation)

• LEPRA (British Empire Leprosy Relief Association)

• Little Foundation

• The Leukaemia Care Society

• National Autistic Society

• National Eczema Society

• National Endometriosis Society

• Pre-Eclampsia Society (PETS)

• Primary Immunodeficiency Association

• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association (PSP)

• Prostate Cancer Charity

• The Psoriasis Association

• Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

• Sight Saver Appeal

• The Stroke Association

• Terrence Higgins Trust (merged with London Lighthouse)

• Tyneside Leukaemia Research Association (TLRA)

• Action Cancer

• Action for Blind People

• The Allergy Research Foundation (ARF)

• Alzheimer's Research Trust

• Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society (A-T Society)

• The Aviation Health Institute

• Backcare National Back Pain Association

• Barnwood House Trust

• Blackie Foundation Trust

• Brain and Spine Foundation (formerly British Brain and Spine Foundation)

• Breast Cancer Relief

• British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine

• British Institute for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC)

• British Kidney Patient Association

• The British Trust for the Myelin Project

• Brittle Bone Society

• Cancer Prevention Research Trust

• Cancer Treatment and Research Trust

• Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland

• Children's Leukaemia Society

• Children's Liver Disease Foundation

• Chronic Disease Research Foundation

• Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Research Trust (CGD)

• Coronary Artery Disease Research Association (CORDA)

• Crusaid

• Diabetes Research and Education Centre Trust (DIRECT)

• Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation

• East Grinstead Medical Research Trust

• EMF Biological Research Trust

• Foundation For The Study of Infant Deaths

• Gastrointestinal Surgery Trust

• Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

• Gynaecology Cancer Research Fund

• Health Aid (UK)

• Heart and Stroke Trust Endeavour (HASTE)

• Huntingdon's Disease Association

• I CAN - Invalid Childrens Aid

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Foundation UK)

• Liver Research Trust

• Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

• Mason Medical Research Foundation

• Medecins Sans Frontieres (UK) (MSFUK)

• Mencap (Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children)

• Menopausal Research and Info Service

• Myasthenia Gravis Association

• National Association for Colitis & Crohn's Disease (NACC)

• National Autistic Society

• National Eye Research centre

• National Heart Research Fund

• National Osteoporosis Society

• National Society for Epilepsy

• Neurocare (1997) Charitable Trust Neurocare

• Neuro-Disability Research Trust

• Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Association

• Northern Ireland Leukaemia Research Fund

• North West Cancer Research Fund (NWCRF)

• Prader Willi Syndrome Association

• Restoration of Appearance & Function Trust (RAFT)

• Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD) (formerly Royal Society in Aid of Deaf People)

• RSAS Age Care (formerly Royal Surgical Aid Society)

• SANE

• Scope

• Sense - The National Deafblind & Rubella Association (Sense)

• The Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases

• St Mark's Research Foundation

• Tuberous Sclerosis Association

• Ulster Cancer Foundation

• Wellbeing

• William Harvey Research Foundation (formerly William Harvey Research Institute)

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