The following letter to the editor was published in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle October 8th: Relay for Life sponsors “delicious chicken BBQ.” Another Chance Pet Rescue hosts a “Chicken BBQ Fundraiser.” The list of groups and organizations that support…
LTE: Ban Barbaric Businesses
The following letter to the editor was published in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle October 6, 2014: Ringling Brothers Circus is coming to Rochester at the end of the month. Both dog fighting and animal circuses abuse animals for profit…
Gandhi Institute Chooses Hydroponics
The M. K. Gandhi Institute of Nonviolence announced in February 2014 that they were planning to participate in an aquaponics program to help students from the aquaponics program at the School of Industry transition into the community. Fish would have…
Memorial Day Peace Parade
ARAUNY participated for the first time in Metro Justice’s Peace Parade, which follows the traditional Memorial Day parade in downtown Rochester, NY. We carried images of some of the kinds of animals used in the military: dogs, goats, seals, dolphins,…
League of Humane Voters
PLEASE JOIN US! Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate NY will host a talk on the League of Humane Voters (LOHV) on 5/10/2014. LOHV is a non-partisan organization which works to enact animal-friendly legislation (see link below). Our guest speakers will…
REPORT: 2/22/14 ARAUNY YellowWall Vigil re Squirrel Slam, Holley NY
2/22/14 Saturday was a sunny 40 degree day, with wind gusts up to 50mph! Fifteen activists joined ARAUNY’s YellowWall Vigil … still, silent, peaceful, holding bright yellow homemade signs to honor squirrels, massacred just up the road in Holley that…