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The actresses talk about how important vegetarianism is for going green!<br><br> Watch the Access Hollywood coverage of Heather Mills at the <a href="http://video.accesshollywood.com/player/?id=257489" target="_blank">New York launch</a>! </a><br><br> View other clips of Heather Mills, John Schneider, Captain Paul Watson, Hal Sparks, Rory Freedman and others from the <a href="nybooklaunch.php">New York Launch</a>! </a> </p> </div> <div class="section" id="section3"> <strong>Farm Sanctuary</strong><br> <p>As Karen Dawn celebrates her new book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals" and gears up to receive the Outstanding Activist for Farm Animals Award at our May 2008 Gala for Farm Animals, we caught up with her to chat briefly about the book, her connection with Farm Sanctuary and, of course, vegan fashion!</p> <a href="docs/KarenDawn_Spring08.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="/images/farm-sanctuary-photo.jpg" border="0"></a> <p><a href="docs/KarenDawn_Spring08.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for the full article (adobe pdf)</a></p> </div> <div class="section" id="section4"> <strong>Veg News Magazine - Party Animal </strong><br> The following article is printed in the April 2008 of Veg News Magazine. To learn more about that fun magazine, and subscribe, go to <a href="http://www.VegNews.com" target="_blank">www.VegNews.com</a>. <p><img src="images/vegnews-clip.gif" width="600" height="294"></p> <p><a href="vegnews.php">Click here for the full article</a></p> </div> <div class="section" id="section5"> <strong>STARRED REVIEW: <br />Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals </strong><br> Karen Dawn. Harper, $19.95 paper (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-135185-3 <p>Animal rights activist Dawn is familiar to readers of her memorable opinion pieces for the Washington Post as well as her daily e-newsletter DawnWatch, but her first book should gain her a wider audience. This is a cogent and thoroughly researched overview of all the major issues in animal rights, past and present, She defines animal rights &#8220;more loosely than some would like,&#8221; focusing on the general movement to advance the interest of animals and &#8220;discourage the use of animals as objects of commerce.&#8221; Her goal is &#8220;to tell you everything you wanted to know about animal rights&#8212;but were afraid to get into a fight about&#8212;and to let you weigh that information against your own values,&#8221; and she succeeds admirably. Often supplying hilarious but pointed illustrations and quotes from well-known animal lovers such as Bill Maher and Natalie Portman, she illuminates the use of animals as pets, entertainment, food, in scientific testing and the &#8220;Green&#8221; movement. This has the potential to become a big hit for a general reading audience that wants to know what the fuss is about animal rights, as well as the many college students at the forefront of animal rights activism.<br> </p> </div> <div class="section" id="section6"> <p><strong>Library Journal Reviews - January 15, 2008</strong><br> BYLINE: Melody Ballard<br> SECTION: REVIEWS; Science and Technology; Pg. 128 </p> <p>Los Angeles-based animal-rights activist Dawn's opinion pieces have been published in the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times; she is presently the author of the daily e-newsletter DawnWatch (www.DawnWatch.com ). Sensitive and informative, her first book, while encompassing all aspects of animal rights, focuses on animal exploitation. Dawn's view is not only uniquely free of overt sensationalism but factual. She covers cultural differences, historical practices, and a balance of divergent views on the ways animals are raised and used. Sections include &quot;Slaves to Love-Pets,&quot; &quot;All the World's a Cage-Animal Entertainment,&quot; &quot;Zoos-It's No Jungle in There,&quot; &quot;Fashion Victims,&quot; &quot;Deconstructing Dinner,&quot; and &quot;Animal Anonymous-On Animal Testing.&quot; Dawn manages, despite the seriousness of the subject matter, to intersperse bits of humor throughout, primarily through cartoons. A riveting text you'll be sure to want to read; highly recommended for public libraries and other libraries with collections focusing on animal rights.-Melody Ballard, Pima Cty. P.L., Tucson, AZ</p> </div> <div class="section" id="section7"> <p><strong>Booklist</strong><br> BYLINE: Nancy <span class="style2">Bent</span></p> <p>A fun book about the animal-rights movement? Dawn, an activist and author (online and print), has produced an easily digested, sound-bite-laden primer to all sides and gradations of the crusade for animal rights. In short, easy sections, Dawn works through all of the arenas in which animals are used or exploited as well as the differences in philosophy within the movement itself. She covers essential topics, such as the owning of pets (in the chapter &#8220;Slaves to Love&#8221;), and doesn&#8217;t stop with the more numerous dogs and cats but also questions keeping birds, fish, and reptiles in cages. She also acknowledges the positive sides of pet keeping, using the abandonment of pets by aid workers and the consequent stress on their owners as an example. The author takes a similarly nuanced look at zoos and circuses, the fashion industry, animals as food, and animal testing, finishing with a look at the similarities and differences between<br> environmentalists and animal activists with examples of animal activism in action. Well illustrated with numerous drawings and cartoons. An excellent introduction.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="section8"> <strong>Best Friends Magazine - Dawning Awareness. Animal rights for a new generation.</strong><br> The following interview is printed in the <a href="bestfriends.php">March/April issue of Best Friends magazine</a>. Learn more about that wonderful organization, which took in and is transforming the Vick dogs who were tagged &quot;unadoptable&quot; at <a href="http://www.BestFriends.org" target="_blank">www.BestFriends.org</a>.</p> <!-- <p><img src="images/bestfriends-clip.gif" width="600" height="388"></p> --> <p><a href="bestfriends.php"><img src="/images/bestfriends-photo.jpg" width="484" height="378" border="0"></a></p> <p><a href="bestfriends.php">Click here for full article</a></p> </div> <div class="section" id="section9"> <p><strong>Washington Post</strong> <br /> SECTION: SUNDAY SOURCE; Pg. N08 <br />BYLINE: Adriana Leshko <br /> <br /> BASIC STORY: <br /> The author, a charismatic activist, weighs in with a witty and well-researched primer on "everything you wanted to know about animal rights but were afraid to get into a fight about." <br /> <br /> SAMPLE GRAB: <br /> "The compassion shutdown switch that allows us to chew pieces of veal while blocking out thoughts of baby calves alone in crates is the same switch that guides us to change TV channels away from news of children starving in Darfur." <br /> <br /> WHAT YOU'LL LOVE: <br /> Despite the gravity of the subject, Dawn is mercifully un-didactic throughout, cutting grim facts with whimsical cartoons, celebrity cameos and feel-good stories. <br /> <br /> WHAT YOU WON'T: <br /> Let's face it: A die-hard (and, man, do these animals ever) Darwinian is not going to buy the book or its arguments, no matter how compelling the reasoning and how soft the sell. <br /> <br /> GRADE: A-</p> </div> <div class="section" id="section10"> <p><strong>Washington Post</strong> <br /> Animal Advocate Envisions a Vegetarian World <br />Sunday, August 17, 2008 by Dan Zak <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403135.html" target="_new"><img src="/images/wp-article-shot-sm.jpg" align="right" border="0"></a> &quot;I should've eaten my ham sandwich before picking up Karen Dawn's "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals." After reading her description of how the deli meat got to my Tupperware container, I put off lunch until late in the afternoon. But I was so hungry I <i>had</i> to eat the sandwich at some point. With each bite into the ham, I heard the shrieking of pigs in my head. </p> <p> &quot;When will the pigs stop screaming, Karen Dawn? When? </p> <p>&quot;When the world converts to vegetarianism, she writes in the book. This will happen eventually. She's not militant about this point. She's logical. She's levelheaded. She's funny. That's why her message is so... darn... persuasive.&quot; </p> <p><strong><a href="wapo.pdf">Download the full article here</a> or read the rest on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403135.html" target="_new">the Washington Post website</a></strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> var my_glider = new Glider('my-glider', {duration:0.5}); </script> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="images/f.gif" width="990" height="126"></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>