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Peta.org
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 800,000 members, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. Founded in 1980, PETA is dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals. PETA operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. |
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Farmsanctuary.org
From an organization of three, Farm Sanctuary has grown to over 100,000 members, with farm animal shelters in New York and California. Farm Sanctuary’s mission encompasses not only the rescue and refuge of abused and neglected farm animals, but also numerous campaign, education, development, legal, and legislative efforts on behalf of farm animals. |
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AnimalAcres.org
The Peaceable Kingdom Sanctuary is directed by Lorri (Bauston) Houston, who started the country's first shelter for farmed animals in 1986 as the Co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, Inc. Considered the "pioneer" of the farmed animal sanctuary movement, she has directly rescued and provided lifelong care for over 5,000 animals rescued from factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses. |
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AnimalPlace.org
Animal Place, founded in 1989, is a nonprofit sanctuary for abused and discarded farmed animals. Rescued individuals and indigenous wildlife share 60 acres of forest, meadow, pasture, hills and small lake. |
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Veganaction.com
Vegan Action is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the animals, environment, and human health by educating the public about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle and encouraging the spread of vegan food options through our public outreach campaigns. |
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Hsus.org
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the nations largest animal-protection organization. The HSUS was founded to promote the humane treatment of animals and to foster respect, understanding, and compassion for all creatures. Today their message of care and protection embraces not only the animal kingdom but also the earth and its environment. To achieve their goals, The HSUS works through legal, educational, legislative, and investigative means. |
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| Favorite documentary: |
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Earthlings
The most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the correlation between humankind, nature, and animals and human economic interests. Narrated by Academy Award Nominated Actor Joaquin Phoenix. Now available on DVD. |
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| Favorite online (Flash) animation everybody should see: |
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Themeatrix.com
The Meatrix is a Flash animation that spoofs the popular Matrix movies. But instead of Keanu Reaves, the Meatrix stars a young pig, Leo, who lives on a pleasant family farm... or so he thinks. Leo is approached by a wise and mysterious cow, Moopheus, who shows Leo the truth about modern farming -- the truth about the Meatrix |
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| I love to eat at the following Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurant in Southern California: |
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Nativefoods.com
Native Foods currently has vegetarian restaurants in Westwood, Palm Springs, Palm Desert and Costa Mesa. You can also purchase their cooking book, which I highly recommend! |
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Realfooddaily.com
Real Food Daily has three locations to serve you, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, and Beverly Hills. The Beverly Hills restaurant has a Kosher certification. |
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Followyourheart.com
Follow Your Heart Café has one location right next to their store in Canoga Park. |
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Check for vegan/vegetarian restaurants in your area:
Happycow.net
Vegdining.com
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My favorite vegan cookies: |
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uncleeddiesvegancookies.com
Vegan Cookies, baked by Uncle Eddie and the kids in loving admiration of mother's everywhere. Baked without any animal products (no dairy, no eggs, no honey etc.)...
Uncle Eddie's Cookies are a Labour of Love. |
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Other great links: |
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VegPeople.com
VegPeople is a privately owned, non-profit, ad-free website. They are anonline community message board consisting of like-minded individuals exploring the world of veg*nism. There are many forums within the site for all kinds of discussion on all kinds of topics. Members come to learn, educate, or just chat and get to know people. |
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Madcowboy.com
The plain truth from the cattle rancher who won’t eat meat! |
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Vegsource.com
VegSource offers the most up to date health & diet information possible, and encourages the many good reasons for a plant-based diet.. They provide 24-hour-a-day support via discussion boards, live chats, & e-mail. |
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Vegnews.com
VegNews is America’s premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine. |
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Vegweb.com
Vegweb.com has over 6,000 vegan recipes online. |
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Dawnwatch.com
The DawnWatch website is a base for the news alerts. It is a place you can look to for pointers on various topics. Each news alert will cite a story or article that concerns animals (sometimes a story on health or nutrition) and provide an email link to the media source. |
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Veggieroommate.com
Free roommate matching for vegetarians, vegans and raw foodists in the U.S.
and Canada. |
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Veganporn.com
Where's the porn? There isn't any. Vegan Porn is a site with news and information for the veggie friendly. |
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Vegforlife.org
A comprehensive information and networking site, filled with hundreds of resources, recipes and tips to help you on your veg journey. |
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GoVegan.net
Sarah Kramer is the co-author of How It All Vegan! and The Garden of Vegan and La Dolce Vegan. She lives in Victoria, BC with her husband, where she manages a tattoo shop in addition to creating her vegan masterpieces and maintaining her popular website. |
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Vegan Shopping:
Vegbay.com
Free online auction for the Veg/Green/Animal Rights communities.. |
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