Southern California Vegetarians

Fun & Easy Ways to Help Animals

 

Organize an outing to visit an animal sanctuary…

http://www.ecostation.org · http://www.animalacres.org/ · http://www.gentlebarn.org

 

How cruelty-free is your morning routine? Take the quiz and find out!

http://www.peta2.com/takecharge/pdf/CFcosmeticsquiz.pdf

 

Say “No, thanks!” to plastic bags!

http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/news/display.php?id=1245

 

Skip the meat every Monday with your friends and family…

http://www.meatoutmondays.org/index.php

 

Volunteer to take care of the animals at a shelter…

http://amandafoundation.org/

 

Bring vegan cookies to parties…

http://www.uncleeddiesvegancookies.com/

 

Invite a humane education speaker to your church, temple, or synagogue…

http://www.speakonline.org/states_cities.html#California

 

Contact your government officials and ask what they are doing to help animals…

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

 

Put on a fundraising party for your favorite animal cause…

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080216154538AAPdxLC&show=7

 

Don’t buy a puppy or kitten from a pet store – adopt from the shelter or a rescue group!

http://www.bestfriends.org/theanimals/pdfs/allpets/adoptdontbuy.pdf

 

Boycott the circus – animals are not ours for entertainment!

http://www.circuses.com/

 

Suggest animal rights as a topic for your children’s homework and projects…

http://192.220.128.96/homework/sochc.html

 

Put pics, banners, videos, and links on your MySpace and Facebook profiles…

http://www.peta2.com/TAKECHARGE/t-banner.asp?c=11

 

Report animal abuse!

http://www.laanimalservices.com/about_actf.htm

 

Cut the plastic six-pack holders for soda cans, so birds don’t get strangled…

http://www.theraptortrust.org/the-birds/preventing-injuries/litter

 

Make sure that all of your cats and dogs are spayed/neutered!

http://www.muttshack.org/MuttShack_Spay_Neuter_CA.htm

 

Choose an alternative activity instead of dissection…

http://www.navs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ain_edu_objecting_main

 

Order a free vegetarian starter kit…

http://www.vegkit.org/

 

Write a poem about how animals are treated in our society…

http://www.vegetarianteen.com/poetry.shtml

 

Contact fast food companies and ask for vegan options on the menu…

http://www.vegetarian-restaurants.net/OtherInfo/FastFoodRest.htm

 

Join the Healthy School Lunch Campaign to get more vegetarian options into school cafeterias…

http://www.healthyschoollunches.org/index.html

 

Buy clothes that didn’t come from animals…

http://www.peta.org/living/clothingguide-intro.asp

 

Plan a Gentle Thanksgiving…

http://www.gentlethanksgiving.org

 

Make a poster for Earth Day about how farmed animals increase global warming…

http://www.coolyourdiet.org/

 

Eat at a vegetarian restaurant…

http://www.happycow.net/

 

Feed vegan food to homeless people…

http://www.foodnotbombs.net/

 

Request free animal rights flyers and leave them in public places like libraries, bookstores, cafes, laundromats – anywhere it’s legal to leave flyers…

http://www.peta.org/actioncenter//contact.asp

 

Host a vegan food tasting party…

http://vegweb.com/

 

Wear t-shirts, buttons, and stickers with positive messages about animals…

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/animal+rights

 

Vote for the Human Farm Bill to keep farmed animals out of cages…

www.humanecalifornia.org

 

Attend a vegan social event!

http://socalveg.org

 

Thanks for helping animals!

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