Rescued Dogs from Thyme and Sage Need Homes
Don't buy! Rescue! Open your home to a dog in need.

Please consider opening your home and adopting a dog from the Thyme and Sage rescue operation. Besides Dane County Humane Society, here is a list of other Wisconsin shelters housing the dogs. Contact the shelters directly to find out when dogs will be available. Read about the rescue here.

To see The Humane Society of the United States' slideshow of these rescued dogs, click here.

Shelter From The Storm (Madison, WI) Adams County Humane Society (Friendship, WI) Clark County Humane Society (Neillsville, WI) Dodge County Humane Society (Juneau, WI) Dunn County Humane Society (Menomonie, WI) Eau Claire County Humane Association (Eau Claire, WI) Fox Valley Humane Association (Appleton, WI) Green Lake Area Animal Shelter (Green Lake, WI) Humane Animal Welfare Society (Waukesha, WI) Coulee Region Humane Society (Onalaska, WI) Oshkosh Area Humane Society (Oshkosh, WI) Sheboygan County Humane Society (Sheboygan, WI) Washington County Humane Society (Slinger, WI) Humane Society of Waupaca County (Waupaca, WI) Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary (Marion, WI)

Please do not forget the billions of animals who are killed annually for their flesh and secretions. Read AFA director Lynn Pauly's (unpublished) letter to the editor here.

 

Madison's WISC-TV Calls for Immediate Ethics Oversight
UW primate research under scrutiny

WISC-TV Editorial Director Neil Heinen wonders who's in charge. So do we.

"The WISC Editorial Board has been studying the issue of conducting research experiments on monkeys and all I can tell you is we haven't reached a consensus yet. It is a complex issue and we've heard compelling arguments on both sides of it. We're still working on it.

In the meantime though, Rick Marolt who opposes the use of monkeys for research has made a case for changes in the oversight of primate research at the University of Wisconsin that we believe deserves immediate attention. Marolt wants an appropriate body to consider the ethical issues he believes are at stake. The problem is no one can give him a straight answer on what that appropriate body is. The head of the research oversight committee tells Marolt the faculty senate is in charge. Chancellor Biddy Martin tells him the oversight committee is in charge. It seems like nobody is in charge. And somebody should be.

We believe the UW does take these ethical issues seriously. But that effort must be public and open to question. An appropriate faculty group should investigate the matter and take a stand."

Watch Neil Heinen's editorial here.

 

What Can I Do to Help Animals?
Choose to go Dairy Free.

Cows used for milk have their babies taken from them shortly after birth. Just like humans, cows love their babies and want nothing but to cuddle with them, love them, and feed them with the milk intended for them alone.

When their babies are taken from them, mother cows bellow, they cry, they moan. Many continue to call for days and nights; some withdraw in silent grief.

See a Wisconsin dairy farm where the babies are not allowed to be with their mothers; instead are bottle fed, while their mothers get "milked" for human consumption.

There is every bit as much suffering and death in a glass of milk or a slice of cheese as there is in a steak. Animals exploited for dairy are treated as badly if not worse than those raised for meat, and they end up in the same slaughterhouse after which we consume their flesh anyway.

This summer make a commitment to go vegan. It's simple and it's the right thing to do. For more information visit our friends at GoVeganNow.com.

Or check out Adam Kochanowcz, the Omaha Vegan Examiner.

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Go Veg!

Meetup Madison Area Vegetarian Meetup Group invites you to meet and socialize with other vegetarians and vegans in the Madison area.

Watch Madison Cable TV Channel 95
"Animals Have Rights"

Monday Nights: 10:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Watch livestream online at www.wyou.org

Followed by IDA
Undercover TV, 11-11:30. 

On Monday nights, watch AFA's own Legal Beagle, Leslie Hamilton and Primate Freedom Project's singing activist, Rick Bogle as they discuss animal rights issues in the news.

 

No Raisin Bread for Your Companion Canine!

RAISINS and GRAPES Can Be Harmful to Dogs.

We All Need to Laugh
Cow Hell

America's Cow Hell License Plate Stickers
If you are sick and tired of promoting cruelty with the America's Dairyland slogan on your license plate, consider spreading the truth with AFA's America's Cow Hell stickers. $2.00 each.

Send your check to:
Alliance for Animals
P.O. Box 1632
Madison, WI 53701

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Rants and Raves

Rant!
Felony Charges Dismissed in Waupaca Deer Slaughter Case
Five cruelty to animals charges were DISMISSED against Robby Kuenzi, one of the three men accused of running over a herd of deer last winter with their snowmobiles. Read more.Rave!

PETA Asks for "America's Cow Hell" License Plate in Wisconsin
We thank People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for mentioning our sticker and for bringing to light the suffering of cows raised for their milk. Read the article here.

Rant!

Boycott Budget Bicycle!
If you're thinking about purchasing a new or used bicycle, please do not shop at Budget Bicycle. Owner Roger Charly swindled activists whom he had promised to sell a piece of rea lestate--between the UW's Primate Research Center and the Harry Harlow lab--for a handsome sum. He used his false promise to them to parlay a deal for $1,000,000 with the university. One who values dollors over innocent lives and endless horrific suffering is not to be trusted. Shop elsewhere, please.

Rave!
Soy Candles by Phebes: If you're someone who enjoys candles all year long, try these wonderful 100% soy wax candles, available online, with free shipping. Delicious scents, nice burning, and simply beautiful. Nice people too! Tell them AFA sent you!

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Since you opened this page...
31,231 chickens
454 turkeys
1,506 ducks
855 pigs
195 cattle
338 sheep
705 rabbits

...have been killed in the world by the meat, dairy and egg industries. This does not include the billions of fish and sea animals killed annually.

AFA Rock County Petland Protests

Please join us in showing Petland that we will not accept their ongoing animal cruelty and support of puppy mills!

Friday, July 3, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Petland is located in the Target plaza on Highway 14 & 26. We will be standing in the median in front of Fazoli's. We have plenty of signs! You're welcome to bring your own or use ours. For more info click here.

Recommended Websites

New! Alliance for Animals Blog

Alliance for Animals - Rock County - If you're in the Janesville area, be sure to check our chapter there!

Alliance for Animals Student Chapter: MATC's student chapter of Alliance for Animals.

Boycott Petland: Check here for protests and information.

VeganMadison.com: Lots of great stuff here for Madison vegans.

Animal Rights Coalition: Minneapolis based A.R. group

Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach