April 20, 2008--20 APRL volunteers tabled at Earth Day in Balboa Park, San Diego, and passed out over 4,000 flyers on the benefits of a plant based diet. Click here to see pictures!
April 10, 2008--The California Secretary of State has officially certified the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act for the November Ballot after receiving 800,000 signatures statewide! San Diego volunteers led by APRL gathered 96,000 of these signatures! A prop number will be assigned in June.
March 10, 2008--The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted APRL's emergency motion to allow the City of San Diego to erect a rope barrier to protect pregnant and nursing harbor seals, and a seal harasser was indicted for sending death threats to APRL staff who reported marine mammal harassment to federal authorities. Read the San Diego Union Tribune story here.
January 8, 2008--The San Diego City Council unanimously passed a resolution commending APRL for exposing the cruelty of "foie gras" and encouraged San Diegans to boycott this dish.
Oct. 5, 2007--We are working with the Humane Society
of the United States, Farm Sanctuary and other groups to mobilize
thousands of volunteers in California to get an item on the
Nov. 2008 ballot to ban veal crates, battery cages, and gestation
crates on factory farms. Go to www.humanecalifornia.org
for more info!
May 31, 2007--APRL is urging the City of San Diego to not poison squirrels in city parks in the future after exposing this issue on the news. Please write to the Mayor and ask that the city use more humane methods than poison to control squirrels!
May 26, 2007--Click here for pictures of our Casino Night fundraiser! Please support our many fine sponsors who donated food, beverages and items for the raffle and silent auction!
Feb. 2007--We have been holding protests in Chicago to call attention to the sale of illegal foie gras.
December 2006--APRL presented testimony and a video to the San Diego City Council on our proposed ordinance to ban the sale of foie gras without waiting until 2012 for the statewide law to go into effect. The hearing received coverage from KPBS, Fox6 and ABC-10.
