Florida Voices for Animals, Inc.

PO Box 17523
www.floridavoicesforanimals.org
Tampa FL 33682 fvaonline@yahoo.com
727-656-8368 October/November/December 2009

www.WorldGoVeganWeek.com
The 4th annual World GO VEGAN Week is a celebration of
compassion and a time to take action for animals, the environ-
ment and everyone’s well-being. We encourage people to use this
week to educate their community about the vegan lifestyle as a
compassionate, sustainable, and healthy way of eating and living.
Promoting veganism through outreach events and the media, we
know that our annual World GO VEGAN Week is helping make
the word "vegan" a household word, universally recognized as
meaning love and compassion for all living beings.
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Thanks! National Primate Liberation Week

• Grand Hamptons Fresh Market - Bake Sale/Tabling: Bruce
Caldwell, Kris Dotson, Shirley Litton, Leslie Pandolfo, Mindi Lasley is organizing leaflet-
Myriam and Amber Parham, Walter Phan, Susannah and ing and demonstrations on behalf
Spencer Sherman, and special thanks to Joan Zacharias for of FVA in honor of National Pri-
organizing the event. mate Liberation Week, which is
• Christian Vegetarian Association Leafleting: Bruce Calwell, October 17th through October
Diane Koon, and Leslie Pandolfo
24th. Most of the leafleting and
• John Moyer for collecting 10 pledges for the HSUS Puppy
Friendly Pet Stores program.
demonstrations will be at USF since they have primates
• The Little Cats Rescue Volunteer Day: Jodi Chemes, Kim they use for testing. Mindi is hoping to get some volunteers
Gronemeyer, Nina Perino, and Margie Stafford. together so we can do at least one day during the week
• Wildlife Haven Volunteer Day: Dina Athanassie, Bruce when most students are around. Mindi would also like to do
Caldwell, Donald Dwyer, Diane Koon, John Moyer, Les- a day on either the weekend of the 17th or the weekend of
lie Pandolfo, and Nina Perino. the 24th. Please contact Mindi at mindibeth@gmail.com
• Annual Dog Wash Fundraiser: Maria Bott, Marie and let her know if you’re interested in helping, and if so,
Galbraith, Suzanne House, Sonal Mehta, John Moyer, what days and times you’d be available to assist with leaf-
Myriam and Amber Parham, Susannah and Spencer leting and demonstrations.
Sherman, Dean Stanford, Ed, Poppy, and Shirley.
• Pet Store Demo's: Andrea Barlow, Nikki Benoit, Belinda
Blease, Diane Koon, John Moyer, Nina Perino and Frank Anti Foie Gras Campaign
Tedesco FVA has started an “Anti Foie Gras Campaign” in the
• Veg-Shopping Tour Guide Training: Special THANK YOU to Tampa Bay area. A successful one has already been started
Myriam Parham for her expertise! Christina Arasmo, in the Sarasota area. We are asking chefs of certain restau-
Nikki Benoit, Maria Bott, Jodi Chemes, Diane Koon, rants to remove foie gras from their menus.
Marie Galbriath, Kim Gronemyer, Sonal Mehta, John
Moyer, Susannah Sherman, Amber Simpson, and Dean
For more information on how you can help through phone
Stanford
• Petition drives for PCRM's Healthy School Lunch campaign: calls, letter writing and demonstrating please visit
Dina Athanassie, Nikki Benoit, Aaron Sun Camacho, Jodi www.FloridaVoicesforAnimals.org/
Chemes, Kim Gronemyer, Baby J, Loukas Kamelans, AntiFoieGrasCampaign or contact Diane Koon at 813-926-
Diane Koon, Shirley Litton, Iliana Malcom, Sonal Mehta, 1940.
Leslie Pandolfo, Susanna Sherman, Amber Simpson,
Dean Stanford, Isabelle Tassi, and Frank Tedesco For more information on Foie
• Food Inc. Leafleting: Dina Athanassie, Nikki Benoit, Maria Gras please visit:
Bott, Aaron Sun Camacho, Jodi Chemes, Marie www.apri.org/foiegras.html
Galbraith, Kim Gronemyer, Diane Koon, Shirley Litton, www.banfoiegras.org
Iliana Malcom, Sonal Mehta, John Moyer, Leslie Pan-
www.goveg.com/feat/foie
dolfo, Susanna Sherman, Dean Stanford, Isabelle Tassi,
and Frank Tedesco
• Warped Tour Leafleting: Nikki Benoit, Loukas Kamelans,
Ann Niebch, Dorian Niebch, Theresa Rodriguez, Amber
Simpson, and Dean Stanford
• Special thanks to our great friends with Vegan Outreach [Vic
Sjodin], The Humane League of Baltimore [Kate St. John
and Aaron Ross] and The Humane League of Philadelphia
[Nick Cooney] for touring the country following the Warped
Tour, raising awareness among progressive attendees.
• Christian Concert leafleting: Loukas Kamelans, Brian Pat-
rick, Theresa Rodriguez, and Amber Simpson
• KFC Demo: Alvaro Torres, Jen Torres, Luke Torres, She-
lagh Inglesby, and Tom of St. Pete for Peace
• Hillsborough County Animal Services Budget Hearing #2:
Nikki Benoit, John Moyer, Wendy Taylor, and Mark Tay-
lor
• Largo City Commission Meeting - circus regulations: Nikki
Benoit and Wendy Thomas
• Leafleting for Vegan Outreach: Lana Smithson for leafleting
and tabling during her time this summer in Maine
• Donations: Chase Foundation Volunteer Grant Program
$1000 thanks to Trevor Chin, Christian Vegetarian Asso-
ciation $76.50; Julie Hanan - MeetUp dues Vegan Playgroup - August 29th Lake Lettuce Park
• Memberships: Sue Clark and Candy Jones-Guggino Carmine and Brennan Hinkofer-Cino, Heather and Mayzie
Velez, Anna and Jacqueline Egelfeld, Spencer Sherman,
Myriam Parham, Aura and Grace Kinney, Susannah Sherman,
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Welcome New Board Member: Maria Bott This group will serve as a starting point to make a difference
I was so excited the day I joined the Royal one life at a time. Whether it be dogs, cats, farm animals,
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- wildlife, each and every animal deserves kindness from hu-
mals. I was only eight years old! Abuse and man hands. We can make a difference, if you would like to
neglect of animals wasn’t tolerated in the Eng- participate in forwarding emails in reference to animals in
lish village where I was raised. Unfortunately need, becoming part of a foster network program, volunteer-
the kind of people who enjoyed fox hunting ing at events or just to discuss animal welfare issues, please
and hare coursing did not live in our village. join!

In 1986 I moved to the US and experienced some dramatic National Feral Cat Day
cultural differences. I had never heard of greens being
cooked with bacon fat or of peas floating in butter. It amazes October 16th is National Feral Cat
me that with the research and medical facts available today, Day (NFCD) and your opportunity to
households and restaurants in America are still cooking that help protect and improve the lives of
way. cats around the county.
Today I am a Life Coach and Fitness Specialist practicing in
We know how much you care about cats and want to help
Tampa. I still firmly believe that the vegan way is the only
protect them. Now you can celebrate NFCD by reaching out
way to glowing health, a sustainable environment, and a
to others with the message that feral cats are healthy and
peaceful world. Florida Voices for Animals renews my hope
happy outdoors and that Trap-Neuter-Return improves cats'
and faith that someday humanity as a whole will evolve. I
lives. Get involved and show your support for stray and feral
envision a time when cruelty, neglect, and the abuse of any
cats by distributing educational materials or hosting local
form of life, will be unacceptable everywhere on the planet.
events like workshops, fundraisers, or special neuter clinic
days. Read a list of events and activities ideas at
Sixty Percent of Adults Can't Digest Milk Properly www.alleycat.org.
Excerpt from USA Today:
Got milk? If you do, take a moment to With your help, we can truly make a difference in cats’
ponder the true oddness of being able to lives. You can be their voice on National Feral Cat Day and
drink milk after you're a baby. all year round.
No other species but humans do, and most humans can't ei-
ther. ... First off, most people who have bad reactions to FVA on Public Access Cable
milk aren't actually allergic to it, in that it's not their immune
system that's responding to the milk. We're Not Meant to Our Special Topics Show features information about factory
Consume It. Cow Milk is for Baby Cows. farming and other animal issues.
Instead, people who are lactose intolerant can't digest the
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Being able to digest milk is so strange that scientists say we
shouldn't really call lactose intolerance a disease, because
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that presumes it's abnormal. Instead, they call it lactase per- tionally (LIVE Fridays at 10:00pm) at www.tbcn.org . Click on
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tinue to drink milk.

Read the entire article at www.usatoday.com/tech/ Board of Directors Elections

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Attention all active paid members. If you are a
Brooksville is Progressing Too paid member and have attended at least 6 FVA activities in
the past year you are eligible to participate in our annual
A new animal rights group is forming in Brooksville. If you election process. Please let us know if you meet this criteria
are in the area and would like to be more involved, please and we will make sure you receive a ballot to be counted at
visit www.meetup.com/Brooksvilles-All-His-Creatures- our annual election/membership meeting. Details including
Meetup-Group. location, date & time will be in our next newsletter.
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Animal Legislation
Please visit the Humane Society web-
site at www.hsus.org/legislation_laws
for more information on these and
other current legislation.
The 111th Congress is now in session, and we're at an un-
precedented point in history regarding animal protection leg-
islation. HSUS is looking forward to working with the new
Administration and the 111th Congress. Here's a look at
some issues they will be focusing on this year. Be sure to
make your voice heard in support of these bills.
Senator Bill Nelson: 202-224-5274 or District 407-872-7161
Senator Mel Martinez: 202-224-3041 or Toll Free: 866-630-
7106 Visit https://community.hsus.org/humane/leg-
lookup/search.html to find your Representative or to email
our Senators.
Horse Slaughter (H.R. 503/S.727)
The Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act
would finally end the suffering endured by more than
100,000 horses each year who are hauled across the country
and into Mexico and Canada, to be cruelly slaughtered for
human consumption in foreign markets. Tell your legislators
to support this legislation to stop horse slaughter.
Puppy Mills
Puppy mills are cruel, factory-style breeding businesses that
produce puppies in large numbers and sell them to unsus-
pecting consumers. We need Congress to crack down on
these mass dog-breeding facilities and require businesses
that sell puppies online and in pet stores to meet welfare
standards.
Fur Labeling (H.R. 2480/S. 1076)
The Truth in Fur Labeling Act would protect consumers by
bringing much-needed accuracy and full disclosure to fur
labeling laws. Recent tests by The HSUS showed that ani-
mal fur is frequently unlabeled, mislabeled or marked as
faux. We hope the 111th Congress will pass legislation to
require truth-in-labeling for all fur products so that consum-
ers can make informed choices.
Antibiotic Resistance (H.R. 1549/S. 619)
The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act we hand collected 1,042 signatures throughout Tampa Bay
would phase out the routine non-therapeutic use of antibiot- and countless electronic ones.
ics in farm animals -- a common practice to promote growth
and compensate for overcrowded, stressful, unsanitary con- Their grand total as of Sept 10th is 101,000! Yes, that’s
ditions on factory farms -- in order to maintain the effective- right, we helped them cross the finish line. Give yourself a
ness of antibiotics for treating sick people and animals.
Ape Protection (H.R. 1326)
Approximately 1,200 chimpanzees are languishing in labo-
ratories across the United States. We need Congress to phase Here's a link for all their news coverage
out the use of chimpanzees in invasive research and retire
the estimated 500 federally-owned chimpanzees to perma-
nent sanctuary. Tell your legislators to support this legisla-
tion to help chimpanzees.
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Downed Animals
To require humane euthanasia and condemnation of
livestock too sick or injured to walk at slaughter plants,
auctions, and other facilities, and to prohibit USDA
certification of meat from those animals for human
consumption.
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Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food
Excerpt from TIME Magazine:
Somewhere in Iowa, a pig is being raised in a confined pen,
packed in so tightly with other swine that their curly tails
have been chopped off so they won't bite one another. To
prevent him from getting sick in such close quarters, he is
dosed with antibiotics. The waste produced by the pig and
his thousands of pen mates on the factory farm where they
live goes into manure lagoons that blanket neighboring com-
munities with air pollution and a stomach churning stench.
He's fed on American corn that was grown with the help of
government subsidies and millions of tons of chemical fertil-
izer. When the pig is slaughtered, at about 5 months of age,
he'll become sausage or bacon that will sell cheap, feeding
an American addiction to meat that has contributed to an
obesity epidemic currently afflicting more than 2/3 of the
population. And when the rains come, the excess fertilizer
that coaxed so much corn from the ground will be washed
into the Mississippi River and down into the Gulf of Mex-
ico, where it will help kill fish for miles and miles around.
That's the state of your bacon — circa 2009.
Read the entire article at www.time.com/time/health/
article/0,8599,1917458,00.html
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Healthy School Lunches Reaches Petition Goal!
Many of you know about PCRM's
initiative to urge congress for
healthier options in our school
lunch program [to include vegan
and vegetarian options, as well as
non-dairy beverage options]
www.healthyschoollunches.org/
wyntergrace/index.cfm
They set their petition drive goal at 100,000 signatures, great
leverage when speaking with committee members during the
revision of the Child Nutrition Act. Thanks to many of you
pat on the back.....go ahead! Anytime anyone says these
little efforts don't matter, you have yet another example of
how much they do.
www.healthyschoollunches.org/news/index.cfm
Nikki Benoit
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Positive Feedback
While wearing my VEGAN shirt in the airport I
had 2 great encounters. First, a woman ap-
proached me to announce she just went veg
thanks to Kathy Freston's book. Second, the man I sat with
on the plane exclaimed "Oh you're vegan. Of course! You
have a very healthy presence.” ~ Nikki Benoit
Help Nudge Dunkin' Donuts Towards Com-
passion
We're happy to support Compassion Over Killing's (COK)
Dunkin' Cruelty Campaign, to urge Dunkin' Donuts to offer
vegan menu items. They've already had some success, con-
vincing about 10 stores in Washington DC, Baltimore, and
Chicago to offer soy milk with their coffee. Call Dunkin'
Donuts: 800-859-5339 or send a Letter to the CEO: Dunkin
Brands, Attn: Nigel Travis, 130 Royall St., Canton, MA
02021.
Please tell the company you want it to stop using eggs and
dairy in its donuts and offer vegan menu items to meet the
growing demand for more healthful and humane foods.
Featured Member
Amber Simpson is a Florida native
born and raised in Lakeland and
now resides in Plant City with her
boyfriend of 3 years Loukas Kam-
elaris, 6 rescued cats, and a fish.
Coming from a southern family where fried chicken and
vegetables soaked in animal fat as a staple of every meal,
she is the only vegan in the bunch, making for little support
of her compassionate lifestyle. This made it extremely hard
when she started transitioning into a vegetarian lifestyle at
age 16. "I don't eat things that I want to pet" is what she told
people when they questioned her flesh-free plate.
In 2008 with the help of Nikki Benoit, Jodi Chemes, and
FVA, Amber and Loukas became more educated on animal
issues and decided to become vegan and get active for the
animals. Amber states "Leafleting, tabling, protests, or
whatever... I love it all! If I'm available, rain or shine, I'll be
there until the end."
One of her favorite ways to spread the word of "peace, love,
and compassion for all beings" is through her love of vegan
baking and cooking. She even started a monthly Vegan Pot-
luck in Tampa to help teach others how to make compas-
sionate choices. "Coming from a southern family, I was
taught that the fastest way to a persons heart is through
their stomach."
Since childhood, Amber could always be found watching
and caring for stray cats. "There's something about all fe-
lines that has always fascinated me." This love for felines
has followed her into adulthood where she has dedicated
most of her time to the TNR Program for feral cats. Her ef-
forts have paid off with the sterilization of over 300 cats in
FVA
Green Bean Casserole
1 large can French cut green beans
1 canister vegan French fried onions
1 1/2 cups soy milk
1 cube veggie bouillon
2-3 tablespoons corn starch (or potato starch) mixed with 2-
3 tablespoons cold water to use as a thickener
1/2 medium onion, diced
1 carrot, diced
3/4 cup chopped mushrooms (button, crimini, portabella...)
1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon each of garlic, salt, pepper, basil, oregano,
sage, marjoram, thyme,
Any other hearty herbs of your liking
Heat soy milk and veggie bouillon in a saucepan, stirring until
bouillon cube disintegrates. Do not boil or scald the soy milk.
Just heat it. Sauté onions, carrots, and mushrooms in the veggie
oil in a skillet. Add salt, pepper, and herbs and spices.
Mix the starch and water well, and pour into the soymilk/
bouillon. Stir well, because this will coagulate pretty quickly.
Quickly add the can of green beans, the sautéed veggies, and
about half of your French fried onions. Stir well.
Pour the mixture into a casserole dish or pan and top with re-
maining French fried onions. Bake in oven at about 350 degrees
for 10-15 minutes, until the onions begin to brown. Remove.
Eat. Enjoy.
Makes: 4-6 servings, Preparation time: 10 minutes, Cooking
time: 20 minutes
Recipe from VegWeb.com
the past 7 months. She is also a member of St. Francis Soci-
ety Animal Rescue where she volunteers with fostering, bot-
tle feeding orphan kittens, transporting animals, and fund-
raisers.
"For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction, so
choose your actions wisely. Even the smallest changes can
yield big results. If not you, then who? If not now, then
when?"
Animal Awareness Night on WEDU
Sunday 10/11
The Witness answers the question – “How does a construc-
tion contractor from a tough Brooklyn neighborhood be-
come an impassioned animal advocate?” Then watch a spe-
cial episode of Up Close with Cathy Unruh devoted to pro-
tecting black cats.
The Witness at 10pm and Up Close with Cathy Unruh:
Black Cat Rescue at 11:30pm.
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GOOD NEWS FVA’s BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Myriam Parham

☺Victory for the Greyhounds - VP of Youth Outreach: Jodi Chemes
Dog Racing Ends in New Hampshire! This June, the last VP of Media Relations: John Moyer
two remaining dog tracks in New Secretary: Suzanne House
Hampshire announced that they are end- Treasurer: Marie Galbraith
ing greyhound racing, effective immedi- Diane Koon
ately. Under a new law passed as part of Maria Bott
the state budget, the tracks will be able
NEWSLETTER STAFF
to continue simulcast gambling without
Publisher: Karin Kreutzer
live racing. www.grey2kusa.org/action/state.html Editors: Lana Smithson
Myriam Parham
☺Huge Animal Hospital Network Bans Cos- Nikki Benoit
metic Tail Docking, Ear Cropping, De-barking
BOARD ADVISORS
This August; Banfield, the nation's largest veterinary prac-
Trevor Chin
tice with 730 hospitals and 2,000 Dean Stanford
veterinarians, including many in Lana Smithson
PetSmart stores, announced it Karin Kreutzer
will stop performing cosmetic tail Mindi Lasley
docking, ear cropping, or devocali-
zation (de-barking) of dogs. We
applaud Banfield's humane move,
tempered only by the question
"what took you so long?"

☺Breed-Specific Legislation Defeated

Because of efforts to oppose breed-specific legislation in
Florida, two bills that would have lifted the current ban on
breed-specific legislation for local governments (House Bill
189 and Senate Bill 922) died in committee. Targeting cer-
tain breeds simply does not work. Studies have shown that
it is not certain breeds that are dangerous, but unfavorable
situations that create dangerous dogs
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“I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race,

in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely
as the savage tribes have left off eating each other.”
~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854 2009 Dog Wash Fundraiser
………………………….. Spencer Sherman, Dean Stanford, and John Moyer
See calendar for rescheduled date!
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10/24 (Sat) – SPCA Pet Walk 8:30am- 11/14 (Sat) – Tampa Vegan Meetup Din-
1pm. N Shore Park, St. Pete. Volunteers ner 5pm-7:30pm. (see 10/10 date for de-
needed. Contact Dean dstan- tails)
ford@gmail.com
11/14 (Sat) – Fall Adoption Expo Tabling
10/24 (Sat) – Circus McGurkis 9am-4pm. Event 10am. Fl. State Fairgrounds. Volun-
Lake Vista Park. Volunteers needed. Con- teers needed. Contact Dean dstan-
=============================== tact Nikki nikki.benoit@gmail ford@gmail.com
St. Pete's KFC Demos: 6300 9th St N, St.
Petersburg, FL 33702 on the 1st Sat of 10/24 (Sat) – 4th Annual Central Veg
11/27 (Fri) – Fur Free Friday Demo
every month at 5 pm, ALWAYS contact Fest 10am-6pm. www.cfvegfest.org 10am - 12pm. Outside Saks Fifth Ave.
727-656-8368 or nikki.benoit@gmail.com Loch Haven Park, Orlando. Volunteers Westshore Plaza, Tampa. Contact Dean
to confirm. needed. Contact veganjodi@gmail.com.
dstanford@gmail.com
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10/03 (Sat) – Little Cat’s Rescue Fund- 10/24 (Sat) – Annual Dog and Car Wash
raiser Dinner 5:30pm. The Groves Club- - rescheduled due to rain. 11am-3pm 11/28 (Sat) – Wildlife Haven Help. Vol-
house. 7937 Shaddock Pl. Land O Lakes Rollin Oats 1021 North MacDill Ave, unteers needed. Contact vegan-
34637 Tickets $20. Barbara Brekke 813- Tampa. jodi@gmail.com.
412-3714 or Fran Russo 813-996-6944. ===============================
10/31 (Sat) – ACT (Animal Coalition for 12/12 (Sat) – Tampa Vegan Meetup Din-
10/03 (Sat) – Walk For Farm Animals Tampa) Stride For Strays 9am. Al Lopez ner 5pm-7:30pm. (see 10/10 date for de-
www.walkforfarmanimals.org to register. Park, Tampa. Volunteers needed. Contact tails)
9am. North Straub Park, St. Pete. Contact Dean dstanford@gmail.com
Mindi tampa@walkforfarmanimals.org 12/26 (Sat) – Wildlife Haven Help. Vol-
10/31 (Sat) – Wildlife Haven Help. Vol- unteers needed. Contact vegan-
10/10 (Sat) – Tampa Vegan Meetup Din- unteers needed. Contact vegan- jodi@gmail.com.
ner 5pm-7:30pm. Trang Viet Cuisine 1524 jodi@gmail.com. ===============================
E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33612 813-979- =============================== Please continually visit the following web-
1464 ~ RSVP with Michelle 813-365-0317 11/07 (Sat) – Vegan Playgroup 3pm- sites' calendars for updates and additions to
5pm. Location to be determined. Contact this calendar of events:
10/11 (Sun) – Victoria Moran (author) mparham2@tampabay.rr.com or www.meetup.com/TampaAnimalRights
speaking at Unity Church in Clearwater . susannahs@verizon.net www.FloridaVoicesForAnimals.org
Contact Leddy@unityofclearwater.org www.VegTampaBay.com