Florida Voices for Animals, Inc. PO Box 17523 Tampa FL 33682 www.FloridaVoicesForAnimals.org fvaonline@yahoo.com

727-656-8368 Oct/Nov/Dec 2016

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FVA’s BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Myriam Parham—President

Diane Koon—Vice President/Secretary Marie Galbraith —Treasurer

Trevor Chin

Suzanne House Isabelle Tassi

Kim Gronemeyer

Ellen Jaffe Jones

Demetria Laousis

NEWSLETTER STAFF

Trevor Chin—Publisher Myriam Parham— Editor

Justine McCoy—Editor

BOARD ADVISORS

Hussein Mourtada

Susannah Sherman

Bob Shepherd

Tom Bird

Mindi Lasley—Legal Counsel

Tampa Bay Veg Fest!

MEOW NOW! is looking for volunteers

MEOW NOW! provides Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate and Return (TNVR) to Pinellas county feral cats. In May, dedicated trapper volunteers successfully TNVR’ed 94 cats, bringing the year to date total to 380 cats. Keep in mind their 2016 goal is 1,500. MEOW NOW!’s surgery partners are: SPCA Tampa Bay, Humane Society Pinellas, Operation SNIP, Humane Society Tampa Bay and Animal Coalition of Tampa. Cathy Unruh, author of Taming Me, Memoir of a

Clever Island Cat, Show Host of WEDU’s “Up Close

With Cathy Unruh”, is the President of MEOW NOW! She extends a personal invitation to anyone who would like to get involved with MEOW NOW! If you’d like to help out or donate, please visit the website http://meownowfl.org and click on Volunteer or

Donate. Phone is 727-203-5255

The 2016 Tampa Bay Veg Fest is coming soon! The

organizers from Florida Voices for Animals are excited

to be presenting this one-of-a-kind event here in the

Tampa Bay area. (Please see page 1 for details) When

you arrive, make your first stop our Veg Fest Central

booth located near the children’s playground. There you

will find entertainment and program schedules and a map

of food and vendor booths. FVA Veg Fest t-shirts and

other logo items such as FVA grocery bags, FVA car

sunshades and FVA license plate frames will also be

available.

The Veg Fest Raffle booth located next to Veg Fest

Central, has many fabulous gifts donated by generous

sponsors. Just a few of the sponsors include: Chipotle,

Tofurky, Sweet Earth, Happy Herbivore, LUX Wine

Tasting, Uptons, Mojo Records, Duckweed, 360

Bungalow, Aveda, and Calico Dragon Bags. All

proceeds from the raffle will go to a non-profit animal

sanctuary.

There will be many opportunities for taking photos at

Veg Fest and we hope you will post yours on our

Facebook page and our Instagram page using the hashtag

#tbvegfest. A unique photo op can be found at the

Veggie Kid’s Zone, where you can have your photo

taken in an interactive frame. When you show your

pictures at the Veg Fest Central booth, you will receive

10 % off any purchase made at Veg Fest including VF

logo t-shirts!

This is the 7th year of the Tampa Bay Veg Fest, and it

gets bigger and better each fall! There will be more

entertainment, exhibitors and vendors, as well as

additional free food samples, and delicious vegan food

for sale by area restaurants. Mark your calendar for

November 12, from 10 am to 5 pm!

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Planning for death and dying is something most people put off thinking about: “It’s not for me. I can’t possibly ever, ever die. It’s not my karma. I’m too young. I drive carefully. I give to my local church so I’m in good graces….” The list is infinite. While many of us like to think we’re immortal, it is important that you have a plan in place in the unlikely event of your death. Who will agree to look after your companion animals? If he/she would be unable do it, who would be the back-up person? Will you leave enough money for their care? A majority of Americans will die without a written will. Even if you have a will, it will be subject to probate, proving it is authentic and valid. Typical probate costs can be $3,000 or more, plus 3% of the estate. A revocable trust allows your assets to go to your beneficiaries upon your death according to your wishes, without going through probate. You can create a revocable trust using two easy-to-use software programs. Two of them are: Suze Orman www.suzeormanwillandtrust.com and Nolo Trustmaker www.nolo.com Having a plan in place will bring you peace of mind, and provide guidance for friends and family members you leave behind. When making your end-of-life decisions, please keep Florida Voices for Animals (FVA) in mind as a beneficiary.

Your Bequest Can Help Animals

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Since I was a teenager, I realized the needless cruelty of keeping whales confined concrete swimming pools. I would speak to friends & family about how intelligent and self-aware whales are, and also about the greed and unkindness of SeaWorld keeping them for profit in an unnatural world. It was not until three years ago when I moved to Florida to live that I started doing something pro-active for these beautiful, huge, majestic creatures. I attended my first SeaWorld, Orlando protest with a home made sign and instantly met fellow compassionate, intelligent people on the same wavelength as myself, who wanted an end to the nonsense of whales in captivity. I saw Orlando veterinarian Randall Cannon driving around the entrance of SeaWorld in his video truck playing excerpts from the movie 'Blackfish' , urging people not enter SeaWorld where Orcas are kept confined. I knew in that moment I could use my collection of unusual cars to promote the Orcas cause. Over the last three years my Dodge Viper, Lamborghini Murcielago & Bentley have all received Blackfish graphics & signage telling people it is cruel, inhumane & antiquated to keep whales in swimming pools. However my daily driver has seen the most miles travelled. An ex-police interceptor Crown Victoria

complete with graphics & a fiber glass Orca inside a cage on the roof is known amongst my friends as the 'Orcamobile'. I have driven the Orcamobile from my home in Hudson, Florida up to the March for

Marineland, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada where Orca Kiska is held in solitary. I have also attended protests at Miami Seaquarium where Orca Lolita captured off the Washington coast in 1970 is held as a solitary Orca in north America`s smallest swimming pool. Her companion Orca Hugo committed suicide in 1980 by ramming his head against the concrete walls of the swimming pool at Miami Seaquarium. This year I drove the Orcamobile across America 7788 miles to the SuperPod event on San Juan Island off the coast of Washington state for a huge meet up. There were talks and work shops for scientists, marine biologists and regular people all wanting an end to whale captivity. This epic trip took me a month to drive. As the Orcamobile does not go very fast with an Orca on the roof, I was passed by thousands of vehicles who saw and read my message which is simply common sense & kindness - 'END WHALE CAPTIVITY.' Jan Pettifor

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Victory for Greyhounds!

Seminole County Board of Commissioners approved the Greyhound Protection Act on August 9, 2016. It takes effect on March 1, 2017, and will: • Ensure that greyhound injuries at Sanford Orlando Kennel Club are reported to the public • Require greyhound trainers to provide information on the fate of greyhounds that leave the track. • Eliminate a special interest loophole that exempts racing greyhounds from County animal licensing and

inspection laws. This is the direct result of an all-volunteer grassroots campaign that collected signatures from more than 14,000 local voters.

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FVA’s new T-Shirt available

You can now order your FVA T-Shirt from www.floridavoicesforanimals.org

Click Donate button and indicate

how many of what type and size T-

shirts you’re paying for. Suggested donations: Female T-Shirt $15 Unisex T-Shirt $15 Shipping is a flat $5

Wear your Tahiti Blue FVA T-shirt around town, at FVA tabling vents, demos and be noticed! Note: Female T-Shirt is V-Neck

California: First State to Ban Breeding of Captive Orcas!

In mid-September 2016, California became the first state to ban the breeding of captive orcas. This new law will protect future generations from the deprivation, stress, and frustration of being trapped inside a tiny concrete tank. Thanks to the dedication of Assembly member Richard Bloom, who introduced the California Orca Protection Act, state legislators and the public became aware of how orcas suffer, are forced to perform silly tricks, and die prematurely in captivity. Gov. Jerry Brown signed this important bill into law. The California Orca Protection Act prevents marine parks in California from breeding orcas for captivity. It also ensures that SeaWorld can't back out from stopping its deplorable orca-breeding program. SeaWorld's CEO admitted the company stopped breeding orcas because "the data and trends showed it was either a SeaWorld without whales or a world without SeaWorld" FVA is committed to get a similar bill passed in Florida. We encourage every person who wants to be a champion for animals to attend protests in Florida. A Sea World Demo in Orlando takes place most Sundays 10a-12p (see FVA Meetup) Bring friends, carpool, and make your voices heard! Until all the tanks are empty!

In Florida, with few exceptions it is unlawful to release within a 24 hour period 10 or more balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air. Doing so can incur a $250 fine. If you are planning a balloon release for a special occasion, please realize this can have deadly consequences for the environment and animals.

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GOOD NEWS ☺ Aug 2016: South Florida Vegan Fest! Very first Vegan Fest in South Florida in Plantation. Evelisse Capo, PharmD, Speaker: Eriyah Flynn, Veggie Love Truck, Peace a Pie, Clean Machine, Speaker: Sally Sanders, S.A.E.N,

The New Vegan Restaurant, Vegan Publishers, South Florida Vegan Educational Group, The Vegan Pod, Compassionate Farming, VeganShift.Org, Dr Michael Klaper, Greenwave Café are a few notables at this historic event. ============================================================================ ☺ Sep 2016: Animal Abuse Registry in Hillsborough County! Ken Hagan, County Commissioner, District 5, announced the Board approved the registry with an effective date of November 1st. ============================================================================ ☺ Sep 2016: SHARK has shut down the live pigeon shoot fundraiser held by US Senator Jim Inhofe! Quartz Mountain Lodge in Lone Wolf, OK. Once Steve launched the Angel drone, the shooting of birds stopped. Almost immediately vehicles started leaving. A trickle quickly became a flood, as was video documented. This included the person who supplied the pigeons. He left with many still living birds in his vehicle. The entire pigeon shoot was over. ============================================================================ ☺ Sep 2016: Norway says No to Wild Animal Circuses. After a decade of campaigning, Animal Defenders International (ADI) and its Stop Circus Suffering partner NOAH, were successful. Under the new regulations, circuses will be prevented from using most wild animal species in their acts. Norway joins more than 30 countries like Greece, Portugal, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, taking action to stop circus suffering. ============================================================================ ☺ Sep 2016: Animaland Zoo shut down for good! Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) sued the roadside zoo for violating the Endangered Species Act and state wildlife laws. In the face of the lawsuit, Animaland settled with ALDF and shut down. The zoo had operated for 17 years. The animals are now living at Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, a Texas sanctuary where they’ll have the freedom they need. ============================================================================ ☺ Sep 2016: FREE African American Vegan Starter Guide by Tracye McQuirter, MPH Download .pdf at http://africanamericanveganstarterguide.com/

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Every Tue & Thu at 10:30am –WUSF Ch 16.3, Christina Cooks cooking show with Christina Pirello Every Wed at 10am –WMNF 88.5FM, Talking Animals radio show with Duncan Strauss Every Fri at 11am—WUSF Ch 16.1, Jazzy Vegetarian cooking show with Laura Theodore Check out the Vegan Myth Busters radio show hosted by Ellen Jaffe Jones and Jack McMillan anytime by visiting https://www.facebook.com/groups/1667198786868267/ 10/1, 11/5, 12/3 (Sat) - Loving Hut Vegan Buffet 11am-9pm (Meetup at 6:30pm), 1905 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa FL 33612, 813-977-7888 This is posted on our Meetup Calendar, so if you haven’t signed up for our meetup, go to www.meetup.com, search for Florida Voices for Animals, then sign up. Loving Hut’s website is http://www.lovinghut.us/

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10/15, 11/19, 12/17 (Sat) - Lotus Vegan Meetup Buffet, 11am-9pm (Meetup at 6pm), , 6575 Park Blvd, Pinellas Park, FL Enjoy an all-vegan buffet at Lotus Vegan Restaurant (beverage not included.) This buffet takes place 3rd Saturday of the month. 10/22 (Sat) - FVA Tabling at Central FL Veg Fest, Orlando Festival Park, 2911 E. Robinson Street, Orlando. More details at http://www.cfvegfest.org/ FVA needs volunteers to staff this table. If interested, please RSVP on the FVA Meetup Calendar or call 727-656-8368. 11/12 (Sat) – FVA Tampa Bay Veg Fest, 10am-5pm, Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park, 601 Old Water St, Tampa, FL Free to the public. More details at http://tampabayvegfest.org FVA needs many volunteers to staff this event. If interested, please RSVP on the FVA Meetup Calendar or call 727-656-8368.

11/24 (Thu) – FVA ThanksVegan Potluck Feast, 1:30pm-5:30pm, held at Unitarian Universalist Church, 11400 Morris Bridge Road, Tampa. $7 with vegan dish, $20 without. More details at http://www.floridavoicesforanimals.org/

thanksvegan. FVA needs many volunteers to staff this event. If interested, please RSVP on the FVA Meetup Calendar, or call 727-656-8368, or e-mail thanksvegan@gmail.com. 11/25 (Fri) – FVA Fur-Free Friday Demo, 10am-12pm, International Plaza, 2223 N Westshore Blvd, Tampa Come join FVA to voice your concern that fur is totally cruel and unnecessary.