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Animal News Nov/Dec 2013 Alliance For Animals and the Environment Animal News Nov/Dec 2013 We are most appreciative of Tex Tubb’s and Eldorado Take Top Honors the businesses who con- But everyone agrees that all the chilis at AFAE’s 10th Annual Chili Cook Off tributed to the Raffle at our were prize-worthy! Thank you to restaurants, businesses, and volunteers. Chili Cook Off Ale Asylum Ann Shaffer Anshen Veterinary Acupuncture Asia Voigt Banzo of Madison Boulders Climbing Gym Milwaukee Brewers Burnie's Rock Shop Carol Smolinski Chicago Diner Judges Tom and Cheryl Breuer, Rob Tamara Russell for Liliana's Restaurant with chili by Starbuck, and Joy Cardin Community Car chef Dave Heide; Ayoub Oubel for Bunkey's Cafe; (Jon Hines pictured on page 2) Dog Den LLC Patrick Patterson Owner/GM Tex Tubb's Taco Ear Wax Record Shop Palace; and chef Taylor Anderson for Eldorado Grill East West Healing Arts Institute Escapade Salon Judges’ Choice Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Madison 1st Place - Tex Tubb’s Taco Palace Glass Nickel Pizza 2nd Place - Bunky’s Cafe and Great Dane Pub Eldorado Grill (tied) Gymfinity Children's Activity Center Harbor Athletic Club Heartland Farm Sanctuary Peoples’ Choice Herbivore Clothing 1st Place - Eldorado Grill Ian's Pizza 2nd Place - Liliana’s Imperial Garden 3rd Place - Bunky’s Cafe Kae Taylor Lake Geneva Canopy Tours Bakery divas Kristi Chijimatsu, Christie Lord, and Becky Koechell Mad Cat Pet Supply Mimosa Books and Gifts Manna Cafe Mother Fool's Coffeehouse Not Just Cats - Etsy Noodles and Co Nutzy Mutz and Crazy Catz Performing Animal Welfare Society P.F. Changs Restaurant Weary Traveler Monty’s Blue Plate Freehouse Thai Noodles Diner Toos Detective Agency To Your Door Veterinary Vegan Essentials Volunteers Laura Riel and David with AFAE board member Gina Stuessy Wild Birds Unlimited Woodman's Market Volunteers Wines for Humanity thanked on Please Support These the back Businesses! Sunprint Cafe on page! Green Owl Cafe the Square Meet Simply Vegan Writer Marina Drake AnimalNews A newsletter from The Simply Vegan newsletter goes out twice a month to its subscribers. Our new editor, The Alliance For Animals and Marina Drake, has done a fabulous job of collecting a wealth of timely information about veganism and passing it on to our members in her own friendly style. We asked the Environment P.O. Box 1632 Marina a few questions about her and her work for animals. Madison, WI 53701 Tell us when you went vegan and How do you like doing the newsletter? 608.257.6333 why? Having the chance to do what I love, I grew up in Omaha, Nebraska with cats, writing and sharing great recipes and Websites horses, and other animals. There you information with others is challenging allanimals.org saw cows everywhere. The more I and fun. Simply Vegan is an opportunity madisonvegan.com allanimalsblog.org learned about how cows were raised and for which I’m very grateful, and I think simplyvegan.net slaughtered - everything the public I’m the luckiest person on earth! uwnotinourname.org doesn’t see - the more certain I was that I didn't want to con- How long have you Facebook tribute to that been an advocate facebook.com/afamadison process. Like many for animals? facebook.com/simplyvegan1 people, I had been Animal advocacy raised to think of for me began in Executive Directors veganism as childhood with Lynn Pauly and Rick Bogle “extreme.” It was companion animal Board of Directors really my mother’s rescue, awareness Jim Arts, Secretary founding of an ani- of wildlife issues, Julie Grosso mal rights and res- and writing an Leslie Hamilton, Treasurer cue group and going angry letter to a Betsy Munro vegan that inspired teen magazine Megan Ryan, Vice President me to try going Marina with Monkey Bar Gym owner (and about fur. I was also Gina Stuessy vegan more than 20 judge of AFAE Chili Cook Off) Jon Hinds. involved in cat res- Charlie Talbert, President years ago. I went cue for many years. completely vegan about 10 years ago. Simply Vegan Newsletter About the time my mom encouraged me Marina Drake to go vegan, I came across a newsletter What has been hard/easy about someone left in a doctor’s office about Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter! switching to a vegan diet? Frances Moore Lappe’s book, Diet for a Receive action alerts, tips, and Fat cravings and a love of convenience Small Planet. The more I learned, the news via e-mail. Sign up online at foods! I grew up eating meat every day more I realized how much farmed ani- allanimals.org with lots of dairy products, and I won- mals need our help. About 10 years ago, dered how I could ever give up cheese. I I started to get more involved with once heard someone say, “I couldn't AFAE, immersing myself in Madison’s give up cheese, so I gave up animal animal rights community, serving on the cruelty instead.” That says it all in a nut- Companion Animal Committee and then Join Simply Vegan and receive shell. Whenever I think of what on the Board, leafleting, tabling and recipes and information for vegans “farmed” animals endure, the suffering, helping with events. and vegan-curious. confinement, and slaughter, being vegan Go to simplyvegan.net. feels comparatively easy. There are so What are your hopes for the Simply Form is on the left side bar. many tasty and convenient vegan foods Vegan newsletter? available now, and it’s so easy to find If people share the Simply Vegan Are you receiving duplicates of good recipes and nutritional information newsletter (and MadisonVegan.com) AnimalNews or would you prefer that, for me, being vegan has been more with their friends, we can continue to not to receive our newsletter? of an adventure than anything else. The spread the word. I look forward to shar- Please let us know! Email us at fact that my husband Steve loves to ing information about delicious vegan [email protected] cook gourmet vegan food helps, too! (Continued on page 2) AnimalNews 2 Nov/Dec 2013 From Lynn and Rick Sign Erected in Memory of Killed Cows You may already have heard that we It was Thursday afternoon, November Highway E, where the accident had have resigned our roles as Executive 7. I was working at my day job when occurred. We had the sign up in rela- Directors of AFAE. I received an email from a friend at tively short order without incident and PETA. He wanted to know whether took a number of photos. We have been working full time on AFAE could pick up a sign they had behalf of animals since 1997 and as made commemorating the cows who When I was home again and looking E x e c u t i v e were killed when a cattle truck over- at the images on my computer, the Directors of turned near Madison on memorial seemed to be Alliance For the way to a slaughter- missing something; I Animals since house in Green Bay, thought it needed flow- 2008. We’ve buy some fence posts, ers. So back I went, this spoken in ven- and any needed hard- time alone, with a few ues around the ware and tools, and bunches of flowers from country, written erect the sign - all the grocery store. I took literally reams of letters on behalf of before Monday. We some more pictures. animals, met with politicians and law emailed back and forth makers, and organized protests and a bit, and after running On October 16, the driv- some extraordinary events. down an Alliance er of a double-decker member with a pick- cattle truck lost control Some of our efforts contributed to vic- up, I wrote back saying and rolled the truck with tories, while others failed, but we never that we would do our 32 cows inside. Some misunderstood how difficult it is to get best. were killed in the crash, others were others to listen when speaking for those injured and shot dead at the scene of who have no voice, who are routinely I had to work at my day job again on the accident. One commenter on the hurt and killed, and whose use is so vig- Friday, but on Saturday, after inter- Channel 3000 website said that they orously defended by local, state, and viewing two candidates for the AFAE had seen two accidents like this before federal governments and by those who Executive Director position, board and noted that there were “animals make a living hurting and killing them. president Charlie Talbert and I drove screaming in pain, going into shock, across town in his truck and picked up broken legs with bones sticking out. We wish to thank the many members of the sign. We stopped at a hardware The smell of blood everywhere.” our Board of Directors who we’ve store and bought the posts and a few worked with over the years for their nuts and bolts. All the survivors were loaded into inspiration and support. We also thank another truck and taken to slaughter. you, our members, our awesome volun- The next morning, Steve Drake, No other media outlet covered the teers, and supporters, for your generos- Charlie, and I squeezed into Charlie’s story. ity and kind words of encouragement truck with our tools and headed out to Rick Bogle during our tenure. You are the Alliance! the intersection of Highway 151 and Marina Drake (Continued from page 2) food, as well as about vegan clothing, products, books, and to get involved to promote plant-based eating.
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