Animal Advocacy This Weekend: Elephants and Bake Sales

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-06-18 13:48:00 UTC
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- This Saturday, June 20, is the first annual International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos, sponsored by In Defense of Animals. Please check to see what demonstrations and events may be taking place in your area: Find an Event. (See also IDA's "Top 10 Reasons to Fight for Animals in Zoos" and the org's main Help Elephants section.) Explains IDA,

This day of outreach and action will bring attention to the tragic effects of keeping elephants in small, impoverished zoo pens where they suffer and die prematurely.

The newest scientific studies document what IDA has been saying all along: zoo conditions and practices have a profound effect on the lives of elephants, drastically shortening their life spans. Simply put, the earth’s largest land mammals just don’t belong in zoos, where lack of space and unnatural conditions lead to a range of problems, including painful foot disease and arthritis, the leading reasons for euthanizing elephants in captivity.

- The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale (June 20-28) kicks off this weekend too! I wrote about this in more detail in May ("Food Activism: Veg Fund and Vegan Bake Sale"), and my pal Gary Loewenthal, the tireless organizer of this event (and the blogger at Animal Writings and one of the founders of Compassion for Animals), recently guest posted at the Veg Blog, providing more information and updates. Check here to see if one of the 75 (at last count) bake sales is happening near you!

Photo courtesy of In Defense of Animals

[Unrelated note: I'm putting off the promised second Animals in the Blogs roundup 'til this weekend.]

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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