Confined California calves need your help--Free Baby Mendes!

October 2, 2007

Hello Bay Area activists,

We need your help. As you know, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is committed to

protecting the lives of animals everywhere. But you may not know that we have

filed a lawsuit against Mendes Calf Ranch for its violation of California

animal cruelty laws.

The ranch is a facility that dairy producers use to house and raise newborn

calves while their mothers are milked. The babies are taken soon after birth

and shipped away to live in Mendes's cramped, filthy crates with barely enough

room to move.

Day after day, these calves live by themselves in crates so small they can't

even turn around or lie down naturally. They must contort their bodies even to

stand in the small space, which is often covered with their own excrement.

(Video footage, provided by East Bay Animal Advocates, at:

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While our lawsuit to stop this cruel practice is pending in court, there is

more we can do for these animals right now. We need to reach Mendes through the

people they're most likely to listen to: their clients.

Major dairy producers Land O'Lakes and Challenge Dairy get their milk from

calves confined at Mendes Calf Ranch. It's time to let dairy corporations know

that these practices are unnecessary — and unacceptable.

We're launching the Free Baby Mendes campaign to mobilize consumers and animal

lovers to sign on to a letter we'll deliver to Land O'Lakes and Challenge

Dairy. We hope that you can help us spread the word.

Please sign on to the letter and spread the word to your friends. If you've got

a MySpace or Facebook page, blog, or other website, please consider posting

some information about the campaign. Information can be found at

www.FreeBabyMendes.com. Also available are Free Baby Mendes banners for your

Together, we can make a difference for these cows—as we work to make sure that

animal cruelty laws are taken seriously. Thank you for all you do for animals.

Sincerely,

April Nockleby

Animal Legal Defense Fund

170 East Cotati Avenue, Cotati, CA 94931

Phone: (707) 795-2533 • Fax: (707) 795-7280

E-mail: info • Web: www.aldf.org

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