Introducing The MFA Blog

Stay up-to-date on the latest Mercy For Animals news, event reviews, campaign roundups, and other not-to-be-missed timely animal rights and vegetarian news with the newly launched MFA Blog.

Check it out at www.MFABlog.org.

Top 10 Ways to Take Action to Help Animals

We each hold enormous power in ending animal cruelty – a new online MFA resource arms you with the top 10 actions you can take to get started.

Whether a lone activist, or the head of a community organization, the list gives practical tips, ideas, and resources to fit every skill set, location, and schedule.

Filled with helpful links to additional information and resources, the list will help put your compassion into action with advice on answering frequently asked questions, writing letters to newspapers and elected officials, holding video screenings, promoting animal rights online, conducting outreach events, and "veganizing" your school and community.

Click here to start taking action on behalf of animals.

Get Inspired: Watch the New "I Am MFA" Video

In our new video titled "I Am Mercy For Animals," a diverse group of animal advocates gives a united voice to the founding ethics that drive the organization.

From veterinarians to librarians, teachers to students, mothers to dietitians, the hopeful video puts a face on the organization and a powerful chorus of voices that share the beliefs and values that inspire MFA's campaigns.

Click here to watch the powerful new video.

Upcoming Animal Rights Conferences

This summer is serving up a sizzling schedule of must-attend animal rights conferences from coast to coast.

A golden opportunity for networking, skill building, cruelty-free shopping, and learning, these conferences offer something for the veteran activist and newbie alike.

The conference line-up includes the nation's oldest and most established Animal Rights National Conference in Los Angeles - featuring over 80 of the animal protection movement's most inspiring speakers – and the more intimate grassroots "Their Lives, Our Voices" and "Let Live" conferences, featuring a diverse assortment of workshops covering every sector of the animal protection movement.

Be sure to stop by the MFA exhibit and drop in to hear MFA's Executive Director, Nathan Runkle, speak at each of these important events.

Their Lives, Our Voices – Minneapolis, MN - June 12-14

Let Live NW Animal Rights Conference – Portland, OR – June 26-28

Animal Rights 2009 National Conference – Los Angeles, CA – July 16-20

Taking Action for Animals Conference – Arlington, VA – July 24-27

Shop at TheVegetarianSite.com this May and Support MFA!

Through the end of May, TheVegetarianSite.com, an all-vegan online store, is generously donating 10 percent of all sales to Mercy For Animals!

Choose from a wide variety of animal-friendly items including leather-free footwear & accessories, cruelty-free personal care products, discounted books, videos, groceries, and an assortment of gift baskets!

Visit TheVegetarianSite.com.

In the Vegan Kitchen: New Baking Without Eggs Video

Vegan baking whiz, Sangeeta Kumar, host of MFA's popular ChooseVegBlog.com, has just released a new video outlining easy and healthy vegan substitutes for baking without eggs.

See how common household ingredients such as bananas, tofu, flax seeds, and other foods can be used as alternatives to eggs in cookies, cakes, muffins, and other baked good recipes.

Click here to learn how to turn your kitchen into an egg-free zone.

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