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FARM Update 2008-05 Saving Lives... One Bite at a Time - June 5, 2008 Table of Contents AR2008 Extended Discount Expires June 10 FARM Demands Freedom for Activists Letters from FARM Raise Public Awareness Meatout Mondays Boasts 15,000 Subscribers Other News of Farmed Animal Liberation AR2008 Extended Discount Expires June 10 The discounted $120 registration for the Animal Rights 2008 National Conference has been extended for FARM members until June 10th. To register at this amazing price, visit our AR2008 Conference website, to learn about the different features of this important national event, then proceed to the registration page. Here are the latest exciting developments: The program schedule has been posted The complete list of speakers and selected speaker bios have been posted Heather Mills will be accepting our Celebrity Animal Advocate Award The Lodging, Travel, and Discussion Boards have been posted Some of the AR2007 plenary presentations have been posted on YouTube The Conference will be held on August 14-18 at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, a

Washington DC suburb. The hotel offers offers excellent meeting facilities, deeply discounted rooms, and a free shuttle service to the Metro transit system and National Airport. This is our most attractive venue since we started hosting the national animal rights conferences in 1981. The building has lots of sunlight, and we have the entire conference level. It adjoins a small lake and a botanical preserve with running trails. Please register now and request a free pack of colorful promo cards to distribute at local veg & animal events. FARM Demands Freedom for Austrian Activists On May 21st, ten Austrian animal rights activists were arrested and are being held without charges or evidence. Seven of the activists, including President of the Austrian Association Against Animal Factories Professor Martin Balluch, are on a prolonged hunger strike. On June 4th, in

solidarity with groups around the world, FARM conducted a protest at the Austrian embassy in Washington. Other protests were held in Berlin, Bern, Boston, Hamburg, Helsinki, Leipzig, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Stockholm. View the full report with photos and find out what you can do to help. Letters from FARM Raise Public Awareness FARM’s letter-writing campaign serves to keep veganism in

public consciousness. This year, we’ve already published nearly 600 letters to the editor on 9 timely topics in nearly 200 newspapers. The topics included new year resolutions, Martin Luther King, lent, USDA meat recall, Meatout, Earth Day, world hunger, factory farming, and Oprah going vegan. Letters to the editor are the second most read section of the newspaper after the front page. They are a most effective vehicle for bringing our message to millions of middle Americans that we don't reach in other ways. To learn more about Letters from FARM, visit our website. Meatout Mondays Boasts 15,000 Subscribers Circulation of FARM’s free, colorful weekly e-mail newsletter has been growing by leaps and bounds. Each issue delivers a delicious vegan recipe, product or book review, health news, and an inspirational message. It's a fun, informative resource for longtime vegans and newcomers alike. Subscribing your friends, associates, and relatives is an effective way to improve their health, reduce meat consumption and save animals from suffering and death. Our mailing service confirms their interest before starting their free subscription. Check out a recent issue, then sign up your friends, associates, relatives. Other News Oprah Winfrey decided to go vegan for 21 days for both ethical and health reasons and encouraged others to join her. Her announcement created a massive media buzz, raising awareness about the benefits of veganism to millions. She maintains a daily blog of her diet, commenting on delicious vegan food and providing recipes. According to the American Dietetic Association, 11 percent of girls ages 13 - 17 identify themselves as vegetarian or vegan - the fastest growing segment of the vegetarian population. That compares favorably with 7 percent of adult females who don't eat meat. Last month, the prestigious Pew Charitable Trusts and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health concluded that factory farming takes a big toll on human health and the environment, undermines rural economic stability, and fails to provide humane treatment of livestock. Capping a two-year study, with agriculture industry participation, the report calls for phase-out of all intensive confinement of farmed animals. Some of FARM's Favorite Links FARM Heroes Here we feature key supporters of FARM and the animal rights movement. Doug Moss is the founder/publisher of E/Environmental Magazine. In 1980, he co-founded the now defunct Animals Agenda, for many years the animal rights movement's main publication. He has been a devoted supporter of FARM and his magazine is a co-sponsor of the AR2008 National Conference. Becky

Robinson is the President of Alley Cat Allies and has worked in the animal protection field for 23 years. For more than a decade, Alley Cat Allies has advocated Trap-Neuter-Return - the most humane and effective method to reduce feral cat populations. Becky speaks at AR2008. About FARM FARM (Farm Animals Rights Movement) is a national nonprofit 501©(3)

public-interest group advocating veganism and animal rights. FARM is supported by donations from caring people like you. Your donations support our work directly because we raise our own funds and our overhead is less than 5%. We operate from the nation's capital through a national network of grass-roots activists. Caring Gifts For T-shirts, books, and other fun stuff, visit FARM Store. "Friends" T-shirt-$12 Vegan Planet -$20 "Six Arguments for a Greener Diet"- $12 Button "Bite Global Warming" - $2 www.FARMUSA.org | 10101 Ashburton Lane | Bethesda, MD 20817 infog To or change your profile,