ARC In Action meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month
from 10 to 11 am. at our office at 2615 E. Franklin Ave. in Minneapolis.
Everyone is welcome - you don't have to be a member to attend.
Circle
of Compassion (ARC blog)
ARC
on MySpace
Chicken
Run Rescue
fast & furless
vegan boutique
If an animal's life is in immediate danger, please call 911. Read this
section for more information.
If you can no longer keep your companion animal and need to find a home
for him or her, please read the information in this section.
Responsible Giving
The Charities
Review Council is an independent organization dedicated to empowering
people in making informed giving decisions. The Council's standard "Use
of Funds" recommends that charities spend at least 70% of their
total annual expenses on their stated programs, and not more than 30%
on administration and fundraising combined.
According to information on the Charities Review Council web site, the Animal Rights Coalition more than meets this guideline:
3-Year Average Charity Expenses
81.4% Programs
18.5% Other = (16.1% management + 2.4% fundraising )
Become an ARC Member Today
To become a member, please download, fill out, and mail our membership
form.
Your
membership dues are tax deductible and entitle you to receive ARC's bi-annual
newsletter. New members also receive a one-year subscription to VegNews
magazine and the monthly Vegnewsletter
e-newsletter. Since beginning publication in 2000, VegNews has become
the most talked about vegetarian magazine. VegNews offers its more than
180,000 readers up-to-date information on living a compassionate and healthy
lifestyle with such features as:
• The latest vegetarian news
• Intriguing interviews
• Travel tales
• Food & health
• Celebrity buzz
• Delicious vegan recipes
• Vegetarian city guides... from Los Angeles to Paris
• The hottest new veg products
• Global event calendars
• Practical advice
• Fabulous vegan weddings
and much, much more!
VegNews is printed on 75% post-consumer, recycled paper from New Leaf Paper. The stock they have chosen has been called an "environmental homerun" and is the best in the industry.
Pound
seizure is the sale of cats and dogs from a pound or shelter to research
labs. Only two states, Minnesota and Utah, still have laws requiring that
publicly funded pounds and shelters turn over unclaimed animals for research.
The ultimate fate of these former companion animals is death. But before they die, they may suffer greatly. Visit Minnesota's Shame and Ban Pound Seizure to find out more.
Petting
zoos at malls and fairs allow children to feed, ride, or have their pictures
taken with the animals. Children who visit petting zoos often bring home
much more than their parents bargained for as petting zoos are notorious
for infecting children with potentially lethal bacteria such as E.
coli and salmonella. Click here
for a fact sheet with more details on petting zoos.
Hearing
a lot about violence in schools? You can do something to help: Cut out
dissection! Every year, millions of animals are killed and shipped off
to schools, where young people are given scalpels and told to slice up
the animals’ bodies. What does dissection teach? Not much, except
that it’s OK to chop up animals.
Contact ARC for advice on how to object to dissection at your school. Or call the toll-free Dissection Hotline for information and support for students, parents and teachers who object to dissection.
