tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37845999763175028332024-02-20T10:37:23.057-08:00Living in Harmony with the Other SpeciesHow can seven billion people live so that other species may simply live? This new blog site will focus on practical, real world ways we can truly be Earth stewards.Nan Sea Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948083907433191342noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784599976317502833.post-21076230208532798442011-05-21T00:03:00.000-07:002012-11-25T07:13:42.779-08:00Be Effective, Get Political to Help Animals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/animalrightsart"></a><b>Three excellent animal legislative organizations in California:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;">• <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNvY2lhbGNvbXBhc3Npb25pbmxlZ2lzbGF0aW9uLm9yZw==">Social Compassion in Legislation</a> •</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> <a href="http://aldf.org/">Animal Legal Defense Fund</a> </b></span><b>•<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnBhd3BhYy5vcmc="><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;">PawPAC</span></a></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b> </b><br />
<b>California's Political Action Committee for Animals</b></div>
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<span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </b></span><span class="apple-style-span">Being an effective Earth and/or animal advocate demands more time intensive activism than signing petitions.</span><span class="apple-style-span"> Ask yourself,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"Do I really want to help animals, or just feel good because I sign petitions online?"</i><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span">The video above has a similar message to a lecture given at the <b><a href="http://www.solfest.org/html/speakers.html">SolFest 2007</a></b>, by a pioneer in solar energy, </span><span class="boldPurple"><b><a href="http://www.seia.org/cs/news_detail?pressrelease.id=652">Rhone Resch</a></b>, </span><span class="apple-style-span">who was able to achieve <i>real</i> change by being politically effective. He explained that petitions are ignored by decision makers such as congress people and their staffs, (unless the petitions are part of a strategically timed and planned massive email campaign.) However </span><span class="apple-style-span"><i>your</i> congressperson</span><span class="apple-style-span"> will pay attention to hand written letters. Just like most people, if a congressperson receives a handwritten letter, as opposed to an email, the letter will have a far greater impact. Emails are so easy to send <i>and</i> ignore.</span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b>Check out this article:</b> </span><b><a href="http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp">Ineffectiveness of Online Petitions</a></b>: <span class="apple-style-span">Online petitions can be a tool to learn about issues. If you care enough to sign a petition,</span><span class="apple-style-span"> consider writing letters to key decision makers. </span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span">Spread the message with letters to the editor. To find all newspaper's contact information, check out this site:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFsbG5ld3NwYXBlcnMuY29tLw==">www.allnewspapers.com</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>Check out Bruce Friedrich's video Effective Advocacy:</b></span></span></div>
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</b></span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>The following information is from:</b></span><br />
<span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1498789930&sk=wall">Alana Stevenson</a></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> an animal behaviorist and author of:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br />
</b></span><a href="http://www.alanastevenson.com/"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>The Right Way the First Time, Teaching Your Dog Kindly and Humanely</b></span></a><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>To really be effective do the following:</b></span></span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br />
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</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• Check out</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.nifaa.org/manual.html"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>NIFAA, the National Institute for Animal Advocacy</b></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Read "Get Political for Animals" available there.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br />
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</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• Check out</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.worldanimal.net/"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>World Animal Net (WAN) Web Site</b></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>Introduction to Animal Protection Law Resources</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">This section of the WAN Web Site contains information on animal protection legislation at regional, national and international level. It includes useful references to books and resources, contacts, and links to Web Sites of interest. It was compiled primarily to assist animal protection societies seeking to play a role in the introduction or improvement of animal protection laws, or who want to utilize existing animal protection laws to further their work. Our hope is that it will provide a good overview of existing legislation, including an indication of available 'models', and point the way forward for those seeking a more in-depth analysis.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br />
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</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• Go to</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vYW5pbWFsbGF3Y29hbGl0aW9uLmNvbS9iaWxscw=="><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>Animal law coalition bills</b></span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">This site is not up to date on most bills. Go to "pending bills," click on your state, see a link to the bills and click on that, see what is going on. Read the info and find the contact person. Contact them to get involved. If a contact person is not there: look up the bill and find the sponsors (who are legislators). Call their offices and ask what you can do to help. You can meet with state legislators. You can talk to state legislators.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• Call, fax, write, email, in that order.</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span">There are so many things lame about online petitions. There are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><i>many</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">ways to educate and be effective. The opposition does not circulate online petitions. They meet with legislators and are in the courts. People who believe online petitions are effective are misguided. Yes, that's what I said. Get effective for animals. Learn to be more effective. Anybody who is effective, or political will tell you online petitions are useless. You can educate people and give them something effective to do. I could go on. I have. I have written articles on this. There is a reason there are few animal protection laws folks and a small group of individuals seem to rule the powers that be when it comes to animal protection and cruelty. Animal people are ineffective, they are politically lame, they're too afraid to make phone calls or do their homework and the organizations make 100's of millions/year and pass little to zero laws. Enough is said. You can figure it out on your own if you want help. Sources are out there. Learn to be more effective. There are ways. Many ways. There are ways to change things for animals, <i>not</i> by signing online petitions. <i>make</i> a phone call.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br />
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</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• Stop just mingling and converting the converted.</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span">Do your homework. Find a CEO. Find the headquarters. Find the right people to contact. Have people make phone calls and do more. Start by reading and do a little thinking. It is not a matter of 'agree' or 'disagree'…it' s a fact. Petitions are ineffective unless there is a coordinated campaign and it's 'extra' because somebody or a few people are doing the 'effective' stuff. Ask anybody in politics. Ask any big business. People in corporations, who abuse animals, in business, in governments could give a fig that people online are saying they don't like such and such policy. The animal people and animal movement has more people and they are by far the least effective out of the bunch… there' s a reason. But somehow people are attached to being ineffective. So they will keep signing and circulating online petitions, floating around to nowhere, not helping animals. Meanwhile down the street there is a city or court hearing on an animal issue or hunting issue that all the opposition/ breeders, hunters/circus trainers are attending and where are the animal people creating policy. A lot of policies are open to the public to decide on…animal people seldom attend. They don't know how. Most petitions do not have contact people or emails. And I would say, don't even bother with petition.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• Look up the contact people, that is what google is for. Look up CEO's, Managers, Corporate Headquarters etc. Find the fax, phone numbers of the relevant people and then call, then FAX and write.</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span">And there has to be an 'action.' A petition to 'China' to stop eating cats is not at all effective. I have seen petitions that are over 10 years old circulating (prime ministers long obsolete). I have emailed creators of petitions (anyone can 'create' one) to ask when is this petition going to be delivered and who is going to deliver it…there is no answer. I have seen 'action' form letters to ban youtube videos on animal cruelty being sent to the president and address of MA. Representatives? Literally? My state representative has absolutely no say what goes on on youtube. I emailed the woman and asked why is she telling people to do this (which makes animal people really look like idiots) We are trying to pass a MA animal protection bill and need to be intelligent to legislators. And she emailed back…she didn't know what to do, so she thought she'd do 'something.' I immediately looked up the CEO's and corporate heads as well as publicity agents etc. for youtube and their headquarters. Found emails, phone numbers and faxes. And that's who the 'campaign' should have targeted.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br />
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</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• There needs to be 'target' of action with sound bites (you need this with bills too):</b></span> points to make, and there needs to be a course of action:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><i>"If such and such does or does not happen…this will happen"</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">or</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><i>"Please implement or enact this policy and add a formal statement advocating such"</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br />
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</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• People, including those you campaign against need to know what to do or what you will do</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">(Endless phone calls, name smearing (you don't have to 'tell them'). So many different courses of action depending on the issue.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br />
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</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>• And large organizations send out petitions to gain more members and monetary donations.</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 0in none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span">It's that simple. A way to pretend action is being done. The 'petition' is not doing the action, nor are 'electronic' signatures that are benign, least of all 'threatening,' it's people working in the trenches, meeting with lobbyists and legislators, and picking up the phone. If 1000 people, instead of signing their name, called 'x' individuals, their phones would be tied up.</span><br />
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