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What to Do Today

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Here are some recommendations for self-education on MLK Day. . . . → Read More: What to Do Today

The MLK Day Vegan Challenge

VINE Sanctuary challenges vegans to spend MLK Day educating themselves about past and ongoing anti-racist struggles, and we challenge vegan and animal liberation organizations to encourage their own followers to do the same. Plan now, so you will be ready on the day itself! . . . → Read More: The MLK Day Vegan Challenge

Yerkes 8 Update: Public Comments Needed Now!

Eight chimpanzees need you to tell the Fish and Wildlife Service not to issue a permit allowing them to be exported to a zoo. Take action today! . . . → Read More: Yerkes 8 Update: Public Comments Needed Now!

Duck Bills

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Ask any child (or adult) to draw or imitate a duck, and the first thing they will sketch or mime will be that distinctive bill. But most people don’t realize that, in addition to shaping those characteristic quacks, duck bills are responsible for remarkable feats of perception.

The sensitive tips of duck bills include both . . . → Read More: Duck Bills

The Curious Case of the Doubly Endangered Chimps

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Chimps held captive at a research lab associated with a US college have gained protection under the Endangered Species Act but now face a new threat in the college’s threat to ship them to a zoo in the UK. Read on to learn what you can do to help bring those chimps to a sanctuary . . . → Read More: The Curious Case of the Doubly Endangered Chimps

Can You Spare a Jump-Start for the Sanctuary?

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VINE Sanctuary calls on its friends in the blogosphere to spread the word about its campaign to buy a new pickup truck. Here’s your chance to help a farmed animal sanctuary buy a vital piece of equipment that will be used for years to come. . . . → Read More: Can You Spare a Jump-Start for the Sanctuary?

Let’s Make Some Mugs

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VINE Sanctuary needs you to help us make vegan and animal rights events more “green.” . . . → Read More: Let’s Make Some Mugs

Here We Go Again (Kaporos 2014 Action Alert)

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Yesterday, one activist was arrested for rescuing chickens who otherwise would have died of exposure in a crate on a street corner in Brooklyn. Another activist documented the deaths of hundreds of chickens, presumably from dehydration due to sitting in crates in the sun without access to water.

Birds stacked in crates on a . . . → Read More: Here We Go Again (Kaporos 2014 Action Alert)

10 Ways You Can Support the Sanctuary (without Writing a Check)

You don’t have to be rich, or even solvent, to help VINE raise the funds to keep the sanctuary going. Here are 10 ways you can help us keep everybody fed, housed, and healthy while maintaining the sanctuary buildings and grounds. . . . → Read More: 10 Ways You Can Support the Sanctuary (without Writing a Check)

A Thanksgiving Message from Mama T

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DIY Thanksgiving activism for animals! Download, print, and distribute this brochure wherever “happy meat” is sold. . . . → Read More: A Thanksgiving Message from Mama T