RMAD Weekly Announcement - January 30 , 2005
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Rocky Mountain Animal Defense express our gratitude to Dan Landes and the Watercourse crew for hosting RMAD's second annual Dining Out Day.
We thank Dan Hanley for putting his time and heart into the effort, and we thank the volunteers and supporters who made this fundraiser a tremendous success.
The event raised more than $2000 to support RMAD's efforts on behalf of our animal friends.
Another Prairie Dog Issue for Boulder City Council
Next Tuesday, Feb. 2, the Boulder City Council will discuss and potentially decide what to about some prairie dogs whom many North Boulder residents would like poisoned so they don't have to look at an 'unsightly' prairie dog barrier in their new $12 million park.
At the 1/18 council meeting, at which Council finalized its prairie dog ordinance, most of the public comment prior to the ordinance discussion involved complaints about the prairie dogs and the barrier the city planned to build to keep the prairie dogs out of Foothills Community Park.
These residents have been extremely vocal on this issue, while animal advocates have been focusing on getting the wildlife ordinance passed. Now it's time for us to speak up about this colony. Council needs to hear:
- There IS community support for the barrier
- Barriers can work and this would make a wonderful model project
- The Council did the right thing by restricting prairie dog poisoning
- It would be horribly wrong for the city to begin poisoning
Please attend the Boulder City Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 2, and speak during the public hearing for this agenda item (sometime after 7 p.m.). Sign up on a blue slip to speak.
Or write to council at council@ci.boulder.co.us.
Contact Jill Bielawski (jillb@rmad.org) or Lindsey Sterling Krank (lindseypdc@yahoo.com) for more information.
Business Opportunity
From our Friend Dave Hatch, please contact him if you're interested:
RMAD folks (and others; feel free to cross-post),
I'd like to find a person or couple for an interesting business/career situation. I have a beautiful house up in Indian Hills (near Evergreen) and would like to make it into a socially-conscious (incl vegan) special events/ retreat center. I need a person or couple to live on-site, set up a special events business and then manage it. One person could handle the job I think, though obviously two could make it easier than one. Without going into too much detail, the person/people need to be really socially conscious, have a solid business background, be exceptionally good at working with people and be very well-organized. Special events experience would obviously be a plus as well.
The pay will be negotiable but would include getting to live in a home with views to die for and the chance to make the world a better place. The only downside (though its a plus for many) is that it's not in a neighborhood, per se, so it's probably not the right situation for someone with kids. I'd live there myself and do this, but (a) my 6 yr old would be unhappy living there, and (b) I've got too much other stuff going on.
Let me know. Write back and I'll give you more info and send you some pictures. I'd like to get this whole gig going sooner rather than later. March would be a good time to start, for example. Feel free to pass this on to someone you know who would love to do something like this.
Thanks,
David Hatch
hatch9698@comcast.net
p.s. Trust me on the 'views to die for'. It's quite remarkable.
RMAD Events:
The RMAD Calendar (http://rmad.org/calendar.html) is full of great events coming up and all summer long! Work parties, fairs, meetings, and more. These events are great ways to get involved with RMAD and helping animals in the Rocky Mountain Region.
Companion Animals Volunteer Meeting
Volunteers interested in helping with the RMAD companion animal compaigns, please come to the meeting on February 5, 2005; 11:00 am, Front Range Community College, room L-167.
Please contact Jennifer R. Bailey (jenniferb@rmad.org) for more information.
Come march in celebration of WildlifeKillers.com's
official launch! Activists will make their way down
the Pearl St Mall spreading the word about who is
killing Colorado's wildlife. The Fox will join us
again and we'll have posters for everyone.
Date: February 12, 2005
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Meeting time: 10:45 a.m.
Location: Boulder Public Library parking lot
(Broadway and Arapahoe, across from Wild Oats)
Requested attire: Camouflage
Look for our ad in the Colorado Daily starting monday!
This section lists events that might be of interest to local Animal Rights
supporters. These events may or may not include RMAD people but they are
not sponsored or presented by RMAD. Please contact the people listed below
for more information.
RMAD friend and world-renowned biologist Marc Bekoff will present a slide-show and talk about a new book he's edited, 'Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior'.
Boulder Bookstore on Wednesday, Feb 3, 7:30PM.
Please see the Boulder Camera article for more details.
Friday, February 4, 7:00-8:30pm;
The Commons at the Boulder Cooperative Market
1904 Pearl Street · Boulder
Join RMAD's Matt Bear for what should be a very interesting and educational talk:
"Why Vegetarian? For the People. For the Planet. For the Animals."
A one-hour presentation on the reasons for being vegetarian/vegan followed by discussion, meet and greet.
Of course there will be yummy treats at the talk!
Matt Bear is founder of NonviolenceRevolution.org and National Endowment for the Animals. He is also a long-time RMAD member and activist.
(From Matt Bear, please contact him for more info)
Hello!
Do you want to become the most effective communicator for your cause that you possibly can? We all do! Whether it's talking to your co-workers, your family, outreach opportunities, the general public, the media, small groups or large groups, we want to help you break free from fear and speak the truth with clarity and conviction.
We have room for 2 more participants and will start another group if need be. This is FREE to members of Rocky Mountain Animal Defense as a project of National Endowment for the Animals. Be an important part of the Nonviolence Revolution. Join us and Speak Up!
Next SpeakUp!
Monday February 7, 2005
7pm-9pm
CU Campus, Boulder
More info at http://www.TruthSayers.com.
RSVP to mattbear@neaforever.org (only if you'd like to attend).
Thank you!
matt :)
Matt Bear, Director
National Endowment for the Animals
"Helping those who help the animals."
http://www.NEAforever.org
mattbear@NEAforever.org
Stopping Cancer Before It Starts:
Cancer Proofing Your Body with Plant Superfoods
http://www.drgreger.org/talks.html#cancer
When: Saturday, 2 April 2005, 1 PM
Where: Vitamin Cottage, 12612 West Alameda Parkway
Lakewood, Colorado
Questions: 303-449-4422, leave a message for Ann Swissdorf
or e-mail her at anns@rmad.org
Ongoing:
Other RMAD Efforts
RMAD is involved with many other local Animal Rights and wildlife issues. To learn more about some of our other efforts, please check out these websites:
- RMAD Health Site - A website devoted to recipes and other vegan information
- prairiedogs.org - A website devoted to information on prairie dogs
- Prairie Dog Coalition - RMAD is a major supporter and partner with the Prairie Dog Coalition
ECO-ISP - Please Sign Up!
EcoISP is an award-winning Internet service that costs less than AOL, MSN, or Earthlink. Even better, EcoISP donates 50% of your subscription profits to RMAD each and every month!
Take only a short minute to join EcoISP and you'll personally help RMAD stop wildlife poisonings, farm animal suffering, and domestic animal abuse. Go to http://www.ecoisp.com/rmad and learn how you can make a difference.
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