Hey again Martians,

I’ll try to condense this as much as possible, in a sort of newsletter fashion.

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1.) ANWR talk highlights
2.) Possible factory farm tour
3.) Exotic animal sanctuary donations
4.) Upcoming events
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1.) Hey Julianne,

Mint asked me to report about this to you “The boss” haha. So, the talk from Chad Kister was amazing and scary at the same time. Apparently, he hiked through the arctic three times and each time he saw more and more the devastating effects that oil drilling was doing to the area and animal populations there. Towards the end of his talk he encouraged us to protest, write to senators/government because he wants legislation against oil drilling on Obama’s desk on January 20th. He also reminded us that easiest way to reduce emissions was to go vegetarian.

So naturally this started a discussion, where Mint was the first to point out the
benefits of eating vegetarian and then another man who spoke up (who was really cool), spoke out against CAFOs, supporting Mint’s original thread. We were able to get his contact info after the presentation; John Klein and his email ; john@eccscm.org there is a website too; http://nocafos.org/ . He offered to give us a tour of the factory farms in Michigan, if we were interested. I think that would be a great event for MARS to do.

Some stats/facts I thought that were interesting from the talk were;
-If we keep using fossil fuels at the same rate as we do now, an estimated 2 billion people will die because of emission related problems.
-Many animals that make their life in the arctic are dwindling in their populations
because of the increased temperatures and the melting of the ice in the arctic.

Let me know if you need more information/details,
Natalie Estrada
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2.) I’ve contacted John Klein about possibly having MARS take a tour CAFOs a.k.a. factory
farms, in Michigan.. I will keep you all posted about what he says
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3.) EMU is having a food-drive for animal magic exotic animal sanctuary. If you would like to donate any of the following items, please give me a call at 231-492-4212 and we can arrange for pick-up/ drop-off times and locations. Please see below
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Feeding of primates and exotics can get really expensive so
we thought doing a foodraiser would be the best thing.

Animal Magic is a no-kill shelter for exotic and illegal animals
located in Belleville. You may already know them, but they are new to
me.

http://www.iwantanimalmagic.com/Rescue.html

We are collecting animal food donations from December 1 to December
13. People can drop off that the VISION OFFICE on the Second floor of
the EMU Student Center. http://www.emich.edu/maps/

Animal Magic compliled their Xmas list and here it is:

FOOD ITEMS
Canned vegetables and fruits (corn is a favorite of almost everything!)
Granola Bars/Fruit Bars (Our Lemurs, bush babies and kinkajous love these)
Nuts of any kind
Rabbit pellets (for tortoise bedding and porcupine & cavy food)
Alfalfa (Rabbits, Patagonian cavies, Chinchillas, pot-bellied pigs)
Dry pasta
Dry cereal (Cheerios, Bite-Sized Shredded Wheat, Fruit Loops, Corn
Pops- our primates go “ape” over these!)
Bird seed (large hook-bill, small hook-bill, dove)
Sweet potatoes (wallabies, two-toed sloths, prehensile tailed
porcupines, giant African crested porcupines, woodchuck, African Rock
Hyrax, Hairy armadillo)
Idaho, Russett or Michigan potatoes (giant African crested porcupines,
Patagonian cavies, pot-bellied pigs)
Carrots
Apples
Leafy Greens
Whole wheat bread (wallabies)
Any other kinds of bread (all the rodents, raccoons, opossums, birds, etc.)

NON-FOOD ITEMS
Blankets
Paper towels (we go through a ton!)
Wet wipes
Garbage bags. 30 & 33 gallon. The strongest ones.
Steel wool soap pads
Bird toys for large hookbills (Amazons, Macaws & Cockatoos)
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4.) Some upcoming events:

-Students for Animal Rights at EMU is having
a vegan potluck this Sunday, Nov 23, at 4pm.
The location is Cornell Courts (EMU Student
Housing), Building F, Apt. 100. Cournell Courts
is on Meyhew, off of Oakwood, just north of
Washtenaw, on the EMU Main Campus.
Call 313-485-7011 if you get lost.

-‘Earthlings’ I am in the process of scheduling the DANA auditorium after Thanksgiving for a showing

-Possible volunteering at SASHA/GLRS or the Humane Society of Huron Valley (carpool)

-We will also be bringing Peter Young, an animal rights activist convicted for freeing animals from fur farms, to speak next semester

Here’s some info about him:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEuBaGc1M-Y.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Daniel_Young.