UARC News and Events >> 30 October 2005

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Hi Everyone,

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

  * Demonstration Against Fur
  * Halloween Potluck
  * Calendar of Events
  * In the News

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### DEMONSTRATION AGAINST FUR ###

  Where:  The intersection of 100 S. and 500 W. (inside the Gateway mall)
   When:  Every Saturday from 12:30 pm until 1:30 pm

NOTE:  Yesterday's protest was called off due to rainy weather.  If rain or snow is falling at or up to 12:30, we'll not be there, as neither will shoppers most likely.

As the cold weather approaches, retailers are unfortunately going to be rampimg up the sale of fur.  Items such as fur trim and full length fur coats are the products of a cruel and barbaric industry, and need to be opposed by humane people at every turn.  In an effort to educate the stop this atrocity, UARC is holding a weekly demonstration at the downtown Gateway mall.

While we will be demonstrating in general to all the holiday & winter shoppers, we will begin by targetting the J. Crew line which recently began selling fur in it's line of clothing (for more details about this, visit http://www.jcruel.com).  Please dress according to the weather.  Signs and leaflets will be provided.


### HALLOWEEN POTLUCK ###

The Utah Zombie Rights Coalition will be taking a break from our fight for equality for zombies and undead creatures to have a little scream of a social.  Our monthly potluck dinner will be held on October 30th at the residence of not-dead-yet Leici "Inara" Hendrix and Ben "Jayne" Warden at 1012 S. 800 E..  Meet a bit before the witching hour at 7:00 PM for a night of screams.  Come dressed in your finest rags, bags, and whatever else you'll be wearing on All Hallows Eve.

Bring the most revolting, creepy and crawly vegan mash you can concoct.  Please RSVP to Eric "Simon" Waters at ewaters at uarc.com or 560-8238 with what dish you'll be bringing.  We have one desert and one entree RSVP'ed so far.


### CALENDAR OF EVENTS ###

Sunday, 30th (today)
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- 7:00 PM - UARC Halloween Potluck (see above)

Monday, 31st
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 All Hallows Eve!

Saturday, 5th
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- 12:30 PM - Fur protest at the Gateway (see above)


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

Wednesday
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* Horse slaughter may remain legal
  http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_3155316
WASHINGTON - A ban on slaughtering horses that won initial approval in the House and Senate seemed in jeopardy on Wednesday as Republicans acknowledged they may kill the proposal. ...

Saturday
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* Tahoe's burglar bear shot dead in the act
  http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_3163360
  Destructive: The bear was blamed for up to $1 million in damage to about 100 homes
RENO, Nev. - A hungry black bear that broke into about 100 Sierra Nevada vacation homes and caused up to $1 million in damage was shot and killed by a caretaker while exiting a home at Lake Tahoe. ...

Sunday
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* Bringing home the bison
  Antelope Island's annual event brings cowboys back to round 'em up
  http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3166040
ANTELOPE ISLAND - Antelope Island was home to a dying breed this week - the Western cowboy.
  While careful wildlife management at the state park has preserved now-thriving populations of bighorn sheep, elk, deer, bobcats, coyotes, birds and American bison, a change in the 19th annual Great Bison Roundup program also inspired hundreds of horsemen and women to abandon modern conveniences in exchange for an authentic experience on the range. ...

* Disabled girl's aid dog barred from her school
  http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_3166053
WASHINGTON - Sarah Garvin and her dog, Satin, are a team. When Sarah, 15, a special-education student, goes to the doctor, Satin goes, too. At Sarah's therapeutic horseback-riding class, Satin waits outside the ring. During Sarah's elementary school years, the dog accompanied her to class several days a week, and the principal even introduced the 60-pound black Labrador retriever mix as ''our new staff member.'' ...

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