UARC News and Events >> 20 November 05

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Hi Everyone,

Here is some news of the goings on in the Utah Animal Rights Coalition. In This E-Mail:

  * Fur Free Friday
  * Calendar of Events
  * In the News

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### FUR FREE FRIDAY ###

As you may know, the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year.  It's also Fur Free Friday, a day of activism against the horrific fur trade which kills over 50 million animals a year for their fur.

Please join UARC in protesting against J. Crew in the Gateway Mall on Friday from 11 am until 4 pm.  There will be hot chocolate and food to keep us going through the day.  We will be meeting at the intersection of 100 South and Rio Grande Street (450 W.) in front of J. Crew.

To learn more about J. Crew's involvement in the fur trade, please visit http://www.jcruel.com/.


### CALENDAR OF EVENTS ###

Monday, 21st (tomorrow)
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- 7:00 PM - Steering meeting at The Bridge (512 W. 200 S.).  All are welcome; paying members have voting privileges.


Wednesday, 23rd
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- 4:00 PM - Leafletting at the airport to reach out to Holiday travelers with a simple message: Give Turkeys a Break this Thanksgiving.  Call David at 918-4336 for more details or to get involved.


Thursday, 24th
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Thanksgiving.  Hope you have a happy holiday, and please encourage your family and friends to give thanks to turkeys by not eating them.


Friday, 25th
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- 11:00 AM -> 4:00 PM - Fur Free Friday (see above)


Saturday, 26th
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- 12:30 PM - Fur protest at the Gateway, at the intersection of 100 S. and 500 W.


### IN THE NEWS ###
  For more, visit http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Animal_Rights/

Monday
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* New reserve will give bison place to roam
  Idea is also to draw tourists to grassland of north-central Montana
  http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635161180,00.html
BILLINGS, Mont. \u2014 When conservationists Curt Freese and Sean Gerrity look out on the rolling prairies of north-central Montana, they see grasslands largely unchanged by time \u2014 a haven for hundreds of birds and wildlife and the perfect place, they believe, for bison to roam again.
  "Our vision is not a small herd on a few acres but to create that exciting, visual image that really gets people's hearts beating fast: 'Wow, look at those bison!' " said Freese, Northern Great Plains Program director for the World Wildlife Fund. ...


Wednesday
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* With Yellowstone population thriving, federal officials move to end protection
  http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_3221253
HELENA, Mont. - The Yellowstone grizzly bear, one of the first and most controversial animals to be protected by the Endangered Species Act, is fully recovered, and it is time to remove the stringent safeguards it has had for nearly three decades, federal officials said Tuesday.
  The number of bears has gone from a low of between 200 and 300 in the 1970s to more than 600 in the wild landscape that has Yellowstone National Park at its core. ...


Friday
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* Plan to control prairie dogs includes poison, shooting
  http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3229619
LINCOLN, Neb. - A new plan to manage prairie dogs on federal land in northwestern Nebraska and central and southwestern South Dakota that includes more liberal use of poisons could be in use by the end of the month.
  Ranchers say their property has been invaded by prairie dogs from Nebraska's Oglala and South Dakota's Buffalo Gap and Fort Pierre national grasslands. Prairie dogs can destroy grazing on private land and federal grasslands that ranchers lease for their cattle. ...


Saturday
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* Saving salmon likely to drive up electricity costs
  http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3233077
PORTLAND, Ore. - Electricity rates would increase along with the risk of power failures next year in the Northwest if recommendations in a lawsuit are followed to aid juvenile salmon migration to the ocean, according to a new study.
  The analysis by the Northwest Power Council estimates the increased cost could range from $125 million to $560 million in 2006. ...


Sunday
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* Poultry from banned nations still sneaks past U.S. borders
  http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_3235782
WASHINGTON - Chinese-grown poultry, banned in the United States out of fear of spreading diseases, is nonetheless reaching markets and restaurants in the United States after escaping detection at borders. ...


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That's it for this week.  Thanks for reading!