Invite me to live with you. Fly ✈️ me over. Then kill my dad and shoot me when I eat. That's what's happening to Colorado's 𝘾𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙒𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨. Tell Colorado Gov. Polis to stop the killing: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Thank you, @speciesunite.bsky.social‬ for hanging in there with me through multiple trial delays. I hope you and your readers enjoy the resulting article, despite there being no justice yet for #RYDER www.speciesunite.com/news-stories...

Lawyers swear to uphold the #Constitution as the bedrock of democracy Thursday, May 1st, we reaffirm our values as #lawyers, before our colleagues, before the #courts surrounding Foley Park, and before Hon. Wan who will administer our #oath No one is above the law lawdayofaction.org #LawDayofAction

To comply with #Colorado voters and Prop. 114, CPW will capture 15 British Columbian gray #wolves and ✈️ them to CO. BC wolves will provide genetic diversity to Colorado’s #wolf population of 9 adults. Exact release date/spot is secret, as hunters illegally shot alpha ♂️ 2309, who died leaving 4 cubs.

Dane Countys Judge Lanford just appointed a special prosecutor to investigate #𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨 biomedical facility in Wisconsin. This, following 6 witnesses and harrowing employee Oct 23rd testimony of eye surgeries and de-barking procedures by non-veterinarians without painkillers. tinyurl.com/Ridglan

Missed it this March? Here's your chance to repent! 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 join this 🆓 1-day online screening of CHRISTSPIRACY at Noon, 4:00PM or 8:00PM ET. 3 Sunday showtimes followed by Q&A with filmmakers Kip Anderson & Kameron Waters. Register: gathr.com/e/e9c22ef2

𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 for our 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟓𝐭𝐡 Zoom webinar, featuring #DXE's Almira Tanner and Cassie King. They compare 2 California ballot box measures-- both banning CAFOs. 🗳️ Berkeley passed Measure DD. Sonoma trounced Measure J. What happened? Register, join them and find out ➡️ winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

55% of #Coloradans rejected Prop 127-- a ballot 🗳️ measure to protect #cougars & #bobcats from #trophy #hunters 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨? Mark Surls of 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 joins 5 other campaign leads to discuss money, media, messaging and how we 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦. Register➡️ winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

55% of #Coloradans rejected Prop 127-- a ballot 🗳️ measure to protect #cougars & #bobcats from #trophy #hunters 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨? Mark Surls of 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 joins 5 other campaign leads to discuss money, media, messaging and how we 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦. Register➡️ winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

26 states have 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻-𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀/referenda. If citizens have an idea, propose a law and collect enough signatures, their idea can be placed on next #election's ballot for everyone to consider. Your state isn't listed? No worries! Cities & counties have ballot box initiatives too. 🧵1/3

A citizen-ballot initiative or referendum can be a great tool for #progressive citizens to bypass a regressive legislature. E.g. Arizonans saved #abortion Nov. 5th via a ballot initiative: Prop. 139. And we've all heard of California's Prop. 12, right? 🧵2/3

How might we use ballot box initiatives to advance #AnimalRights? 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟓𝐭𝐡, 𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐧 - 𝟏:𝟎𝟎𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐓, join 6 ballot box #campaign leads from 4 states as they discuss what worked, what didn't, if they were blindsided/outspent and what they'll improve next time. winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com 🧵3/3

What if #AnimalRights activists went all out: proposed a full ban on killing #animals? That's David Michelson's goal via IP28 🗳️ Join David-- and 5 other ballot-initiative Campaign Leads-- as he describes the idealism driving him and creating a slaughter-free #Oregon. winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

84% of Coloradans supported #wolf reintroduction in Aug. 2019. But by election day, wolf reintroduction squeaked by with only 50.9% 🗳️ What caused public support to drop 30%? Prof. Niemiec details how hunter/rancher lobbies changed public opinion in the home stretch: tinyurl.com/dwindling-su...

When #HSUS launched 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟐 the 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘗𝘌𝘛𝘈 and 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 condemned it as 'too modest'. But Josh Balk defied naysayers; and 63% of California's voters agreed. 🗳️ 6 years later, was Prop 12 an overall 👍 or 👎? Were there unforeseen benefits? What do you think?

What do we do now? How do we pivot to advance animal rights in this political climate? 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐧-𝟏:𝟎𝟎𝐏𝐌 𝐄𝐓, join 7 seasoned activist-campaigners in a webinar discussion on pros and cons of ballot box initiatives in advancing animal rights. 🆓 Register: winning-by-ballot.eventbrite.com

The #Wildlife Passage bill is on @GovKathyHochul's desk. Wildlife corridors over #NewYork 's busy highways will save human and animal lives, create construction jobs... maybe even lower car insurance! Plus, it's federally-funded. Please ☎️ 518-474-8390 and urge her to sign A.4243B/S.4198B into law.

While Judge Lanford's considers whether or not to appoint a Special Prosecutor, let's take a look inside 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 and the #beagle rescue that started it all... fb.watch/vZVmaKip4U/

How are all my Animal People feeling about the election 🗳️ results and cabinet picks? Happy? Neutral? Sad? Let me know in the comments, below.

🕊️ Hey, New Yorkers! You found a stunned, glass-collision survivor? Put him/her in a paper bag and rush them to the wildbirdfund.org on 565 Columbus Ave. (betwn 87th & 88th Streets). Open 8:00AM - 8:00PM and absolutely FREE.