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Best pig ever, Patty. I would have preferred her shadow didn't ruin the composition so much, and I probably should have cropped the top a bit more, but whatever. Patty Rules!


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I won't be a doggy-downer on the actual American day of Thanksgiving. Just today. :) VEGAN TALK AHEAD YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ( Read more... )

I had a great time at ar 2009 and the veggie grill is LOVE TIMES INFINITY. I want to live there and be fed copious amounts of vegan grilled food.

Harry Potter was fab, though I felt it was really more of a setup for the 7th movie(s).

I also saw Knowing - do not want. Do not watch, either. You have been warned.

Um, well, that is it for now.

There's a war a-brewing in southern California between "animal rights advocates" and two coyotes.

Here's the deal: Feral cat advocates think that feral cats should be able to live in nature but be exempt from its rules. This means that if two coyotes decide to come along and eat a few of the invasive cats loitering on campus, then the coyotes must ( Read more... )

UC Davis is not a good spot to collect signatures. Between international students and no students, I should have spent my time sipping a soy mocha at Starbucks. Safeway was slightly better. I was able to get 50 signatures over two days (approximately 3 hours). If I can maintain that for the entire signature gathering process, I'll have convinced ( Read more... )

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Attend one of four campaign kick-off rallies across the state.

Kick-off rally, you ask? Yes! Animal protection groups in California will be working to get an initiative on the November 2008 ballot. The measure would ban the cruel confinement of veal calves, egg-laying hens and breeding sows. The measure would phase out the usage of battery cages for ( Read more... )

Spent another several hours at the yucky fighting rooster property last night. We caught around 30 hens and 12 chicks. I think that's all of them! The water and power has been turned off at the property site, so we left some water and food for any birds who we missed (but we didn't miss any!)

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Amidst all the Vick hoopla, another blood sport is getting the short end of the awareness stick - cockfighting.

In July, a major cockfighting ring was busted in Sacramento. Some 600 birds were discovered and 30-60 men, women and children were present at the fight. The facility served as a breeding operation and a fighting operation - most of the 600 ( Read more... )