Age and activism

Please read this article by talented and passionate Marla Rose. My personal note: I think a lot of us have the idea of an activist being a young, unhappy, or somehow unadapted person to society, the typical young hippies, and troublemakers. I grew up as a “regular," content middle class person, but as I aged and discovered many of the social injustices that I was not aware of, like animal agriculture; I found out that middle-aged people like me, working professionals, homemakers, specialists, and plenty of ‘regular” every-day people who are over 40 years old are eager to change the world. I became a vegan for justice for animals and our planet at age 44, and an animal rights activist at age 45. The link again The Turn of a Phase: How Middle Aged (and Older) People are Redefining Aging  and Activism, by Marla Rose.

Del Mar Racetrack Kills Horses

This was a good weekend!
I got to protest #DelMar racetrack, where horses beaten & abused,
and killed for $$$. See my dear vegan activists friends.
Have great vegan meals (Jimbo's & Plantpower Fast food in Encinitas.
And read books & magazines + tv.
If you don't think Horse Racing is cruel, read this article:
www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/the-ugly-truth-about-horse-racing/284594/

Protest at Del Mar Racetrack August 19, 2017

I, Chicken and Vegan Outreach at Balboa Park

Today was a great day! #VeganOutreach #IChicken #PETA #BalboaPark
I got to work with my dear friend Ellen for the animals
we leafleted hundreds of materials
Vegan Outreach Compassionate Choices,
Vegan Starter Kits from PETA
Truth or Drought leaflets (which I proudly designed)
SeaWorld information (anti-captivity anti-SeaWorld)
and FARM's You Have Been Lied To (please read these leaflets the have the most complete information on all the natural resources used for every animal we eat, it is very eye-opening to see this!)
People were kind and receptive today!

Me and Ellen at Balboa Park, our favorite place for vegan outreach

At the park were also our friends from PETA
with the exhibit "I, Chicken"
a fantastic virtual reality experience and lets you
see how chickens are taken from an open field
into a cage, and eventually a conveyor where
they will be killed.
The video is cartoon-like and is not gory at all,
there is no blood or violent images, so it's apt for children.
PETA did a great job, read more about it.

The I, Chicken team traveled from Los Angeles to educate about chickens and animal suffering

My dear friend Izabela, vegan, activists and music fan, we saw Morrissey together! #MozArmy

Christopher Locke, author of Persimmon Takes on Humanity

Brian, Mexican American super cool vegan activist and girl watching I, Chicken

People were really interested on the experience and understood how chickens felt in cages and conveyor belts

No more captive breeding for orcas at SeaWorld

#SeaWorld #NoBreeding #CaptivityKills
Yesterday (10/8/15) the California Coastal Commission
had a 10 hour meeting with SeaWorld, pro-SeaWorld public
and concerned animals rights activists.
SeaWorld was asking approval to build a bigger tank
for the orcas held captive in San Diego, project Blue World
this apparently sounds like a good thing for the orcas.
But what SeaWorld really wanted was to get this bigger tank
full with MORE orcas, that they will get by keep on breeding
the orcas they already captured or bred before...

After 10 long hours of the CCC listening to both sides,
hundreds of testimonies from scientists and concerned public
for the welfare of the orcas, the CCC decided to Yes to the project
but with a major 'catch' (amendment):
SeaWorld can build their bigger tank, but will NOT be allowed
to house more than the 11 orcas already living in SeaWorld San Diego
nor they will be able to breed them or to bring orcas from other parks!

California Tells SeaWorld to Stop Breeding Killer Whales

This is a victory for orcas, since this will stop the artificial insemination
program, they way orcas are bred in SW, and won't allow more
of these majestic animals to be born to miserable conditions
and to spend their entire lives in tanks.

More news here

Pleases sign this important petition:
Let’s End the Captivity of Orcas in California! http://tak.pt/i/klx0v6Hp

I wasn't able to attend the meeting in Long Beach because of work
but many of my dear friends animals rights activists were there!
And lovely Pamela Anderson, great animal rights activist & vegan

Hundreds of compassionate activists speaking for the end of captivity for orcas at SW

Pamela Anderson and Ellen Ericksen (organizes SW protests in SD) other activists before the meeting

Genesis, this girl fights for animals since she was 5 years old! Read her story.

Martha Sullivan, great activist in San Diego and friend

Joseph Moreno, another kid that knows compassion from an early age.

Animals used for entertainment

As my mom's friend said:
I've taken to the streets! To speak for animal abuse.
Most of these protests were against animals used for entertainment.
Circuses, zoos, aquariums, dog fighting, hunting, fishing, horse racing, bullfighting… all of these practices keep animals in captivity and use them against their will for human entertainment. People take part, considering them fun, entertaining, artistic or cultural, but none justify the forcing of animals into confinement, to suffer and die, for our benefit. Read more www.animalequality.net/entertainment
Here some of the protests and outreach I joined during July 2015.

Protest at Circus Ramos, where they keep animals in terrible conditions, animals are not ours to use them for entertainment. San Marcos, CA.

Del Mar Death Track, Del Mar Racing Horses, 5 horses have died in 2 weeks in 2015. Del Mar, CA.

Vegan Outreach at Comi-Con 2015, it was a lot of fun and we gave away 4,000 leaflets to help people switch their diet. San Diego, CA.

Protest at SeaWorld, where whales, dolphins, sea lions, penguins are kept to be used for entertainment. San Diego, CA.

Activism

Today, a year ago, I went to my 1st protest,

I became an animal rights activist

at the bacon festival,

I am so thankful for all the

wonderful compassionate people

I have met in 1 year,

and all have learned about animals

and how terribly we treat them.

As we asked the people today at the bacon festival,

please just make an informed

decision for all your choices,

learn how animals are treated for food,

for clothing, for entertainment,

and make the right choice for them,

for you, and this planet,

always cause the least amount of suffering.

And remember what activism is about

Always do something

Do not follow the masses or what is convenient

Nor what you have been told to do

Search for the truth

Learn how things really work

And DO something to leave this planet

A better place than you found it!