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BraveBirds Times Online
25 November 2006
Online newsletter of the Eastern Shore Sanctuary & Education Center
Murderers in the Woods
Every morning, we go out at sunrise to open the coops and feed the
birds. While we do use an alarm clock, the real wake-up call comes from
the roosters who sleep high up in the trees at the sanctuary. Crowing
boisterously, they let us know: It's time to get up! If we are even a
few minutes late, discontented clucking and caterwauling from within
the coops greets us as we approach their doors. Like the birds in the
trees, these chickens want to be free!
This morning, the wake-up call was gunfire. "White-tailed deer firearms
season" starts at 1/2 hour before sunrise on the Saturday after
Thanksgiving and that was precisely the moment that we heard the first
booming bang. For the next two weeks, men in combat fatigues carrying
automatic weapons will be roaming the woods of our neighborhood on foot
and in four-wheelers. They were already out with bows and muzzle-loaded
guns earlier this year and will be out with those weapons again, but
the two weeks of firearms season are always the worst.
The unpredictable blasts start before sunrise and end after sunset.
Sometimes they sound very near. Each retort is startling and brings the
thought: Who was he aiming at? Who is dead or running bloodily through
the underbrush? How many hearts are pounding with terror? If this is
hard for us, we wonder what it's like to live in a war zone.
For the animals, the whole world is a war zone.
Holiday Reading
In "honor" of Thanksgiving, sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones offers a
new essay: "Contesting the Conquest of the Senses." This short but
thought-provoking piece examines the links between the attitudes of the
Pilgrims and Conquistadors towards homosexuality and their legacies
such as factory farming and global warming. Read it online at:
http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14124/index.php
Also available is Michael Greger's important new book, Bird Flu, which
traces the animal origins of most of the infectious diseases that
plague us and shows that factory farming is the reason for the
dangerous upsurge in what are known as emerging infectious diseases.
The book also provides a wealth of practical information about the
likely pandemic of the latest deadly strain of avian influenza. While
the subject matter is grim, the book is written in the lively style
that will be familiar to anyone who has heard Michael speak. Make sure
that your local library has a copy of this important book!
Visit the Bird Flu book website to buy the book or read it online:
http://www.BirdFluBook.org
Recent Local Events
The Eastern Shore Sanctuary joined with the Vegetarian Student
Association at nearby Salisbury University to sponsor a free vegan
pre-Thansksgiving feast for the community. Our fabulous sanctuary
helper, Christopher Wood, did all of the shopping and cooking. The
Unitarian Universalists of Salisbury kindly allowed us the use of their
kitchen and fellowship area for the event. The event stretched from 5
to 9 so that people could come when it was convenient for them.
Attendees included students and a wide range of community members, all
of whom received free recipes and literature, including vegetarian
starter kits. The sweet potato pie was delicious!
Earlier in the month, Sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones gave a lecture
entitled "Save the World: Go Vegan" at Salisbury University as part of
the Veg Day festivities staged by the VSA. The talk traced the local
and global environmental, economic, and ethical impact of the intensive
poultry production that dominates our region.
Recent & Upcoming Talks & Conferences
Earlier this month, Sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones gave two talks
at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, an afternoon workshop on
coalition building and an evening lecture on the connections between
the exploitation of animals and the subjugation of women. The talks
were sponsored by the campus feminist organization and funded by the
student government.
Last month, pattrice attended and spoke at a unique conference on the
intersection between domestic violence and animal abuse. Sponsored by
both animal advocacy organizations and the local domestic violence
shelter, the conference was held on the campus of Syracuse University.
Vera House, in Syracuse, is one of the few domestic violence shelters
in the country to offer a comprehensive fostering program into which
battered women may place their companion animals while they are at the
shelter. One of the coordinators of that program, Elisa Morales, shared
her story at the conference, telling of her successful attempt to be
the first person in New York State to have companion animals included
in an order of protection from her abusive husband. Humane educator
Carol Moon also spoke at the conference, describing Farm Sanctuary's
way of teaching children about compassion. Conference organizer Amber
Coon is to be congratulated for bringing together diverse voices for a
lively and informative event.
Also likely to be lively is the upcoming United Poultry Concerns Forum
on the subject of "Inadmissible Comparisons." This conference will
tackle the complex and emotional issues that arise when comparisons are
made between varieties of suffering and exploitation, whether these be
different kinds of atrocities committed by people against each other or
atrocities committed by people against animals. In addition to
Sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones, confirmed speakers include UPC
President Karen Davis and authors Carol Adams, Charles Patterson, and
Roberta Kalechofsky.
Sanctuary Update
The sanctuary has recently welcomed a small group of former fighting
roosters from Florida as well as a large group of "broiler" hens and
roosters who were abandoned after being ill-used in a Yom Kippur ritual
in Brooklyn. Volunteers transported the birds to us after they cleared
the health tests required for interstate travel. All but one of the
former fighting roosters have been integrated into the flocks and the
last one is ready to be integrated any day now. The young "broilers"
have burst out of the yard assigned to them and are happily roaming
around what used to be our front yard. (Thanks to helper Christopher
Wood for putting up the fencing to make their foraging forays safe!)
Other than eating us out of house and home, they are doing fine. As
always, donations toward the support of these birds are always
appreciated.
Eastern Shore Sanctuary & Education Center
13981 Reading Ferry
Princess Anne, MD 21853 USA
410-651-4934
http://www.bravebirds.org
Donations may be mailed to the address above.
Debit/credit card donations may be made through PayPal via our website.
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<center><bold>BraveBirds Times Online
25 November 2006
</bold></center><bold>
</bold><center><italic>Online newsletter of the Eastern Shore
Sanctuary & Education Center
</italic><bold>Murderers in the Woods
</bold></center>Every morning, we go out at sunrise to open the coops
and feed the birds. While we do use an alarm clock, the real wake-up
call comes from the roosters who sleep high up in the trees at the
sanctuary. Crowing boisterously, they let us know: It's time to get
up! If we are even a few minutes late, discontented clucking and
caterwauling from within the coops greets us as we approach their
doors. Like the birds in the trees, these chickens want to be free!
This morning, the wake-up call was gunfire. "White-tailed deer
firearms season" starts at 1/2 hour before sunrise on the Saturday
after Thanksgiving and that was precisely the moment that we heard the
first booming bang. For the next two weeks, men in combat fatigues
carrying automatic weapons will be roaming the woods of our
neighborhood on foot and in four-wheelers. They were already out with
bows and muzzle-loaded guns earlier this year and will be out with
those weapons again, but the two weeks of firearms season are always
the worst.
The unpredictable blasts start before sunrise and end after sunset.
Sometimes they sound very near. Each retort is startling and brings
the thought: Who was he aiming at? Who is dead or running bloodily
through the underbrush? How many hearts are pounding with terror? If
this is hard for us, we wonder what it's like to live in a war zone.
For the animals, the whole world is a war zone.
<center><bold>Holiday Reading
</bold></center>In "honor" of Thanksgiving, sanctuary cofounder
pattrice jones offers a new essay: "Contesting the Conquest of the
Senses." This short but thought-provoking piece examines the links
between the attitudes of the Pilgrims and Conquistadors towards
homosexuality and their legacies such as factory farming and global
warming. Read it online at:
<color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14124/index.php</color>
Also available is Michael Greger's important new book, Bird Flu, which
traces the animal origins of most of the infectious diseases that
plague us and shows that factory farming is the reason for the
dangerous upsurge in what are known as emerging infectious diseases.
The book also provides a wealth of practical information about the
likely pandemic of the latest deadly strain of avian influenza. While
the subject matter is grim, the book is written in the lively style
that will be familiar to anyone who has heard Michael speak. Make sure
that your local library has a copy of this important book!
Visit the Bird Flu book website to buy the book or read it online:
<color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>http://www.BirdFluBook.org</color>
<center><bold>Recent Local Events
</bold></center>The Eastern Shore Sanctuary joined with the Vegetarian
Student Association at nearby Salisbury University to sponsor a free
vegan pre-Thansksgiving feast for the community. Our fabulous
sanctuary helper, Christopher Wood, did all of the shopping and
cooking. The Unitarian Universalists of Salisbury kindly allowed us
the use of their kitchen and fellowship area for the event. The event
stretched from 5 to 9 so that people could come when it was convenient
for them. Attendees included students and a wide range of community
members, all of whom received free recipes and literature, including
vegetarian starter kits. The sweet potato pie was delicious!
Earlier in the month, Sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones gave a
lecture entitled "Save the World: Go Vegan" at Salisbury University as
part of the Veg Day festivities staged by the VSA. The talk traced the
local and global environmental, economic, and ethical impact of the
intensive poultry production that dominates our region.
<center><bold>Recent & Upcoming Talks & Conferences
</bold></center>Earlier this month, Sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones
gave two talks at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, an afternoon
workshop on coalition building and an evening lecture on the
connections between the exploitation of animals and the subjugation of
women. The talks were sponsored by the campus feminist organization
and funded by the student government.
Last month, pattrice attended and spoke at a unique conference on the
intersection between domestic violence and animal abuse. Sponsored by
both animal advocacy organizations and the local domestic violence
shelter, the conference was held on the campus of Syracuse University.
Vera House, in Syracuse, is one of the few domestic violence shelters
in the country to offer a comprehensive fostering program into which
battered women may place their companion animals while they are at the
shelter. One of the coordinators of that program, Elisa Morales,
shared her story at the conference, telling of her successful attempt
to be the first person in New York State to have companion animals
included in an order of protection from her abusive husband. Humane
educator Carol Moon also spoke at the conference, describing Farm
Sanctuary's way of teaching children about compassion. Conference
organizer Amber Coon is to be congratulated for bringing together
diverse voices for a lively and informative event.
Also likely to be lively is the upcoming United Poultry Concerns Forum
on the subject of "Inadmissible Comparisons." This conference will
tackle the complex and emotional issues that arise when comparisons
are made between varieties of suffering and exploitation, whether
these be different kinds of atrocities committed by people against
each other or atrocities committed by people against animals. In
addition to Sanctuary cofounder pattrice jones, confirmed speakers
include UPC President Karen Davis and authors Carol Adams, Charles
Patterson, and Roberta Kalechofsky.
<center><bold>Sanctuary Update
</bold></center>The sanctuary has recently welcomed a small group of
former fighting roosters from Florida as well as a large group of
"broiler" hens and roosters who were abandoned after being ill-used in
a Yom Kippur ritual in Brooklyn. Volunteers transported the birds to
us after they cleared the health tests required for interstate travel.
All but one of the former fighting roosters have been integrated into
the flocks and the last one is ready to be integrated any day now. The
young "broilers" have burst out of the yard assigned to them and are
happily roaming around what used to be our front yard. (Thanks to
helper Christopher Wood for putting up the fencing to make their
foraging forays safe!) Other than eating us out of house and home,
they are doing fine. As always, donations toward the support of these
birds are always appreciated.
<center><bold>Eastern Shore Sanctuary & Education Center
</bold>13981 Reading Ferry
Princess Anne, MD 21853 USA
410-651-4934
<color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>http://www.bravebirds.org</color>
<italic>Donations may be mailed to the address above.
Debit/credit card donations may be made through PayPal via our website.</italic></center>
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