10 Steps to Becoming an Animal Activist

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Here are 10 steps that can start you on your way to becoming an activist for the

animals! Positive action erases negative emotion.

 

(from http://start.enviroweb.org/winter98/10_steps.html)

 

1. Embrace the vegan way of life. It's better for your health and for the

planet. You will also be ending your participation in any animal killing (see

PETA's pamphlet on The Realities of Animal-Based Agriculture, excerpted from

Diet for a New America by John Robbins.

 

2. Join START and/or an animal rights group like PETA. These organizations will

help you to build knowledge and confidence. They also provide a wealth of

information on current issues and opportunities for active involvement.

 

3. Do not buy from or support companies and people who are known animal users

and killers. Read product labels and be certain that they have not been tested

on animals and that they do not contain animal byproducts (see PETA's Caring

Consumer Guide or NAVS Personal Care for People Who Care). The internet, as well

as many books, can help you with this.

 

4. Write letters to companies, restaurants, charitable organizations, government

officials, churches, friends, and family members urging them to stop animal

abuse, animal experimentation, and killing. Focus on a key issue (eg, Proctor &

Gamble, factory farming, or puppy mills).

 

5. Let the media hear your voice. Write letters and speak up to radio stations,

newspapers, and TV stations whenever you hear of animal rights being denied

and/or glorified.

 

6. Put an animal rights message on your answering machine, voice mail, or screen

saver on your computer at work (there are many you can download off the

internet).

 

7. Wear buttons and t-shirts, and use bumper stickers to spread the word and to

get great conversations started.

 

8. Get informed. Read animal rights books and other literature that will better

inform you on how to get involved, be effective, and find out what is really

going on behind closed doors, as well as right out in the open. The internet is

also a great resource for all kinds of animal rights information.

 

9. Leafleting is a great way to spread the word. Focus on an important issue and

hand out leaflets in front of a busy location, like the post office on a

Saturday, or in front of a known animal testing lab during business hours, or

place them on car windshields in a parking lot during church or at the movies.

Also stick brochures in outgoing bills/mail.

 

10. Fundraising and donations support your local animal rights group and maybe a

national group of your choice. Your donations, no matter what size, keep their

work for the animals going strong. You may also want to hold garage sales or

craft sales to raise money for the benefit of a group or activity that you feel

is important to the animals.

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