Rescue dogs in 9/11

I have just arrived to the USA in late 2000

from hectic violent Mexico City which was MY city

but a man showed me a gun once and the city

was just getting impossible to live in...

San Diego appeared to me as a paradise beach city

quiet, calm, and for once, I worked just 2 blocks from

the apartment I was renting, very close to Balboa Park

I was very lucky and found a position as Creative Director

at the San Diego Blood Bank, at first, I didn't

appreciate the job... working at a non-profit

helping 'save lives', how arrogant I was...

but then it came the saddest morning of any September,

the TV was on while I was getting ready to go to work

the news this time, instead of cartoons, or and old b&w film...

I heard about a plane crash... nobody knew what happened

why a plane crashed into one of the twin towers?

and live I saw it... another plane crashed too!!

now, we know this is not an accident, is not a coincidence...

it is extreme violence and hate at its worst...

I ran to the Blood Bank, by the time I got there,

barely 20 minutes after the attack,

my boss at the community relations dept had issued

a press conference, calling all San Diego blood donors

to give blood in order to help the victims in New York City...

I will never forget the lines of donors surrounding the

building to help, for weeks, donor kept coming.
Strange how the worst in humanity,
woke up the best in humanity, strange twisted species we are

The San Diego Blood Bank was the 1st blood bank to

help the victims of NYC...

And today, I remember all those dogs what we barely saw

on TV or read about, the most selfless species and the closest

to us cruel humans, here this wonderful article and 

picture of real heroes, the ones that only get paid with a pet

a smile and love, selfless tender creatures
today I write and remember the rescue dogs of 9/11.

Bretagne, Last Known Living 9/11 Search & Rescue Dog Honored With Dream Day

I am sure she wasn't afraid, as dogs are pure love and will do anything to help!

Heroes on four legs, with fur and tails

Peace, peace love, love.
Never war, never murder.

Please humans stop killing each other.
Please stop eating the animals!

Let's all species of this planet unite and help each other.

Not kill and eat each other.

Donuts and LPs

Today is a good Friday!
I am going to Moncai vegan tonight
and will get donuts! 
[a vegan donut, because why have a cruel donut, when you can have a kind donut?]
And I will be buying the new Low LP Ones and Sixes
From a local record store Off The Record or M-Theory
[support your local records stores, they are disappearing!]

Low's new album: Ones and Sixes

'Sample' song: What Part of Me?

What part of me don't you know? What part of me don't you own?

Why have a cruel donut when you can have a vegan donut?! Thank you @moncaivegancafe #vegan #crueltyfree #donuts

A photo posted by Berenice Weber (@veg.b) on Jul 25, 2015 at 12:09pm PDT

Literary Gato Strikes Again: Morrissey

Herr Gato has a great taste in books!
He picks distinguished yet unusual authors
His latest choice is Morrissey's Autobiography.
A superb read where the iconic singer
and brilliant, compassionate man
writes with no rules and complete honesty,
as he lives his live: no chapters, no index,
strangely and deliciously long paragraphs
that begin making you want to cry, laugh by the 3rd sentence
 and cry again. As artful as his songs!

Morrissey protects and speaks for animals, Herr Gato knows it and thanks Moz.

As have chronicled before, Herr Gato has chosen authors
such as Kate Chopin and her book The Awakening
and legendary Paul Bowles and his Let It Come Down
Herr Gato gas gone as far as reaching Furry Nirvana
with Buddhism classic Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramhansa Yogananda.

Herr Gato likes feminists banned books, great!

Herr Gato loves dark bleak set in Morocco novel!

Reaching Nirvana, the furry way

Oh I love you my Herr Gato, who arrived from a dusty alley
to teach me with your superb literary choices,
yet no doubt, Morrissey's pick is the closest to my heart.

song song song

Life Without Buildings!
New Town!
Great band!
Great song!

Meat obsession, Milk obsession

"We are devastating our health, our planet...
with our suicidal obsession with animal protein."

"Animal agriculture, including dairy (and all dairy),
is destroying our planet."
Fight climate change, go vegan!

Del Mar Race Track is Death Track

Horse racing is a terrible and cruel industry.
Read the real story:
Horses used for racing weigh more than 1,000 pounds, yet they are supported by ankles the size of a human’s. In the U.S., horses are whipped and forced to run on tracks made of hard-packed dirt at speeds of more than 30 miles per hour while carrying people on their backs. They are pumped full of drugs intended to mask pain so that they keep running long after their stressed or injured bodies would tell them to stop. They are bought and sold to the highest bidder numerous times and carted from coast to coast, and half of them are eventually abandoned to slaughterhouses.
Please read more on this issue.

This past Sunday 3 activists and myself went to
 ‪#‎DelMarRaceTrack‬ to educate people
on the cruelty of this industry.

14 Horses Dead at Del Mar in 33 days of racing,
it was so hot there but the horses don't get a day off,
they run under the influence of drugs, beaten.
How is this a sport?

We have as many protests and outreach through
the racing season. Do you want to help?
Share the information on the cruelty of horse racing.
And do NOT participate on any events that involve
animal cruelty or using animals for entertainment!

"Horse being euthanize on the track. The curtain is erected so the spectators don't have to suffer"

A prior protest/outreach this month at Del Mar Race Track

Morrissey in San Diego / Meat is Murder

I finally saw live one of my favorite singers of all times!
Morrissey, who doesn't eat animals
who is against animal abuse
who is against human abuse
who is against policy brutality
and excesses of life, a truly compassionate
and highly original man from Manchester.
as he says:
"Nobody can be that hungry as to take away
the life of an animal who wants to live!"

More coming soon but for now
Meat Is Murder #MeatIsMurder
What Is Your Excuse Now? #GoVegan
 
this beautiful creature must die
a death for no reason
and death for no reason is MURDER
and the flesh you so fancifully fry
is not succulent, tasty or nice
it is death for no reason
and death for no reason is MURDER
 

what vegans eat

You eat deliciously, even a decadently, while being a vegan!
Animals and the planet don't have to suffer for our food.
You can find vegan food anywhere, even at a steak house
you can 'veganize' your food!

If you are in the San Diego area visit these wonderful restaurants
Native Foods, 3 locations in San Diego
www.nativefoods.com/locations/menus/13
The Loving Hut in El Cajon Blvd.
The Loving Hut in Mira Mesa Blvd. 
We have a lot of vegan restaurants in San Diego
check this list!

Vegan Pho, Vietnamese soup made with tofu instead of meat from the Zion market in Kearny Mesa

Avocado and veggie sandwich with Ezekiel 4:9 sprouted bread & Just Mayo

Chocolate vegan cupcake from Native Foods (3 locations in San Diego, all vegan all wonderful)

Spinach, blueberries, peaches and hemp seeds salad

Vegan chili frank, hot dog & chili beans with cashew cheese from The Loving Hut

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.

The patriotic thing to do

From Truth or Drought
Be FREE from cruelty to the animals,
to the planet and yourselves.
Happy Independence Day
Save Water, Eat Plants!