Ringling, the Cruelest Show on - Meetupfiles.meetup.com/3766652/FVA-Newsletter-2015Qtr1.pdfRingling, the Cruelest Show on ... Ed DeMieri Samantha Demmi Heather Doherty Shawn Dworkin

Florida Voices for Animals, Inc. PO Box 17523 Tampa FL 33682 www.FloridaVoicesForAnimals.org [email protected]

727-656-8368 Jan/Feb/Mar 2015

Florida Voices for Animals Will Protest against

Ringling, the Cruelest Show on Earth

. Ringling claims to be the Greatest Show on Earth, but like all businesses which exploit animals for profit, this is really the “Cruelest Show on Earth.” Will the public learn anything from lions and tigers jumping through hoops of fire? Will they learn anything from elephants pirouetting around a stool on one front leg while wearing a tutu? Bullhooks are considered weapons. You can’t carry it around with you in everyday life, yet, it is allowed for the circus handlers and trainers to use against the elephants. They are hit behind their sensitive ears and behind their knees. Look for the scars. Elephants are acquired in Africa where the mother elephants are typically shot and the baby elephant is abducted, transported to the US and then undergoes months of torture and pain in order to comply with the trainers commands. They break the spirit of the animal as well as its heart. It had never trusted humans before and it certainly never will. Another method they use to acquire elephants is to breed them in captivity. Being born into slavery and forced to perform stupid human tricks for the rest of their lives, is certainly no life at all. All this so that Ringling can perpetuate the myth that they actually care for the animals, but in reality, they only care about making money. If they truly treated these wild animals with love, respect and rewarding training techniques, we would not hear repeatedly about an animal running amok seeking revenge upon its handlers and trainers, then being shot to death by the police. In November 2011, Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, had to pay the largest settlement of its kind in U.S. history―$270,000―for violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) dating back to 2007. Please check the FVA Meetup Calendar and the one at the back page for all of the Ringling protests and join us in speaking up for the voiceless.

Photo courtesy of EmptyAllCages.com

Photo courtesy of PETA

Photo courtesy of Jackie Grimes

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Thanks! FVA would like to express its appreciation to all of these wonderful volunteers:

Circus McGurkis Tom Bird Marie Galbraith Thomas Girouard Diane Koon

FVA’s BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Myriam Parham—President Diane Koon—Vice President/Secretary

Marie Galbraith —Treasurer Trevor Chin

Suzanne House Isabelle Tassi

Kim Gronemeyer

NEWSLETTER STAFF

Trevor Chin—Publisher Justine McCoy-—Editor

Myriam Parham— Editor Tanya Smith—Editor

BOARD ADVISORS Hussein Mourtada Susannah Sherman

Bob Shepherd Tom Bird

Mindi Lasley—Legal Counsel

LAIKA (www.laikamagazine.com) is a magazine. You could say it’s a quarterly vegan lifestyle magazine. Or you could say it is simply a clear assertion that a full, vibrant, exciting, interesting and satisfying life can be had — without ever having to inflict harm on another. This is not a hypothetical notion. This is the reality. And LAIKA MAGAZINE is a reflection of this undeniable reality. It is the place where compassion and innovation intersect. Ground-breaking thinkers and doers, visionary fashion and beauty, inventive food, transformative travel experiences, stories of courageous activists and the animals they defend — are all told with uncompromising dedication and presented in a visually dynamic way. It is new and yet also familiar… familiar, because it shows what we’ve known about ourselves all along: our capacity for kindness is infinite. Thank you for being a part of this journey.

Founder/ Creative & Editorial Director: Julie Gueraseva

ThanksVegan Lori Alvarez Ted Andresen Kelsey Bahr Kristen Baker Louise Batterman Pamela Bickett Brooke Bielon Tom Bird Maria Bott Katherine Boylan Chris Cargo Trevor Chin Carissa Crippen Deb Del Sole Ed DeMieri Samantha Demmi Heather Doherty Shawn Dworkin Anna Egelfeld Jacqueline Egelfeld Jennifer Egelfeld Jerry Egelfeld Patty Foley Marie Galbraith Vanessa Garcia Joseph Gerardo Phil Gilmore Kimberly Gronemeyer Paul Halpern Chris Heil Rafael Hernandez Suzanne House Jim Janolek Bruce Jennings Rebecca Joy Charlie Kelly Sue Kelly Gay Kendall Diane Koon Michelle LaFleur Garett Lentz

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Terese Locash Joseph Lorenz Tom Lyons Eliza Majka Patricia Massari Jean McCalvey Ken McCalvey Susan McClung Meghan McManus Sonal Mehta David Mora Hussein Mourtada Gail Nelson Tucker Northrup Robert Nye Leslie Pandolfo Myriam Parham Indiku Pathirage Lillian Rickert Lisa Robinson Dustin Rudolph Noah Sanchez Bob Shepherd Samantha Sherman Sarah Sherman Spencer Sherman Susannah Sherman Spring Smith Susan Stanley Susan Stephans Jen Studer Pam Swain Thomas Sydnor Meredith Tenouri Nadia Tenouri Tom Thompson Dave Urschel Courtney West Michelle Winarsky Joan Zacharias

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Mackenzie Elliott Paul Finfera Fran Frere Marie Galbraith Joseph Gerardi Carissa Giblin Tom Girouard Tyler Nicole Marc Golas Ashley Goodwin Shawna Green Jackie Grimes Kim Gronemeyer Catherine Heim Jessi Hill Tyler Hill Suzanne House Sue Huesken Tim Huesken JoJo Hulett Jim Janolek Alisa Judy Jamie Kahn Loukas Kamelaris Christina Kassin-Austin Sasha Keighobadi Continued on Page 5

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Florida Voices for Animals

Have-A-Heart Dinner and Silent Auction

Annual Fundraiser

Featuring

Ellen Jaffe Jones

Ellen Jaffe Jones is a U.S. consumer, health and fitness journalist and author. She is an accomplished athlete and the author of Eat Vegan on $4 a Day--A Game Plan for the Budget Conscious Cook, published in 2011. Her book, "The Kitchen Divided-Vegan Recipes for the Semi-Vegan Household" was published in summer 2013. Her third book, “Paleo Vegan” was due to her running and fitness friends embracing the paleo fad. As a former 2-time Emmy-winning TV investigative/consumer reporter/anchor for 18 years in Des Moines, Miami and St. Louis, she wrote her book after her mom, aunt and both sisters got breast cancer. Figuring out how to avoid family genes and medical history became the investigative reporting job of her life. Ellen does book signings and cooking demonstrations at major food and vegetarian festivals in the US and abroad, as well as other smaller venues. She writes columns for The Anna Maria Island Sun and Running Journal." She is a sought after trainer, coach and popular speaker for radio, TV and at conferences on how to eat well and stay fit on a budget. She recently won PETA’s Sexiest > 50 Vegan award. She also .just recently won 6 gold medals in everything from 50 to 1500 meters at the FL Senior Games, (after placing in 79 5K or longer races in the past 8 years "just" on plants).

Sunday Feb 22nd, 2015 4:30-8pm Trang Viet Cuisine 1524 E Fowler Ave, Tampa FL 33612 $26 in advance;$35 at door; $16 students and kids(6-12); Free for kids 5 and under

Have-A-Heart Annual Dinner

RSVP today by (1) mailing this form and a check payable to Florida Voices for Animals, PO Box 17523, Tampa, FL 33682, (2) calling 727-656-8368 or (3) by paying via Pay Pal using the Donate button at www.FloridaVoicesForAnimals.org Name ______________________________________________________ Phone ___________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ Email ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________ No of Guests _____ All Proceeds benefit FVA

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Hi! I wanted to let you know we had a GREAT time at the Tampa Bay Veg Fest as an exhibitor this year! We loved our location and our neighbors. The atmosphere was high energy, great music, great food, lots of sweet feathery & furry friends too! We would love to be your doTERRA vendor again next year if that is a possibility. Thank you! Melissa Krueger ===================================================================================== To FVA volunteers A million thank yous for the 5th Annual Veg Fest. It was beyond words wonderful, and all of the hours of behind-the scenes work were evident in this magnificent event. It would be impressive to just have music; or to just have booths; or to just have food; or to just have speakers... but the professionalism and skill of putting all of this together each year is (almost) beyond words. The food was wonderful. The music delightful. The speakers inspirational. The booths were all informative and enlightening. Although I could not personally make myself view the video in the Pay Per View (PPV) booth, what I did focus on were the faces of those who were watching, and hearing their comments like: "That does it for eggs!". Just those transitions alone will hopefully make all of the work of the FVA volunteers worthwhile. For many of us who must live our lives among not-so-sympathetic others, seeing and feeling the energy of so many devoted animal people was awesome. My favorite folks were the three who represented three generations of being vegan with the middle (generation) being a vegan body builder. Coming close to that were the four vegan friends, each one with stories of how and why they had become vegans (and friends) as children. In addition to all of the hours of work that we all don't get to see, it was just wonderful to see all of the volunteers coming together the day of the event to donate their time to save animals. I read so many stories of people not being kind to each other, so it was so teriffic watching volunteers helping each other: relieving friends when they looked tired, bringing them food or water, helping with tents, etc.. I heard a young lady talking about all the thousands that she would have at various ages, (as in, by age 20, I will have 800, but by age 25, I will have 3000) and so on up to her million. I had thought that she was talking about money, but what she was figuring out was... if she could convince others to go vegan (and how if they, in turn, convince still others) just how many animals she will have saved as she goes through her life. The Tampa Bay Veg Fest keeps up our spirits as we go forth in a too-often uncaring world, encouraging us to keep on encouraging others (like that young lady!) I hope that it is not too soon to wish that there will be a 2015 Tampa Bay 6th Veg Fest and I look forward to helping out in any way that I can. Thank you all! Jayn Meinhardt, Cincinnati, OH

Tampa Bay Veg Fest Review

Photo by Charlie Kelley

Very special Thanks to the Clean Machine team, Geoff and Vanessa Palmer, for their Thanksgiving Promotion which benefitted FVA. They will establish a longer promotion, January through March 2015, to help raise more funds for FVA. Their bodybuilding products are: Cell Block 80 (for Testosterone), Clean BCAA and Plant Protein Powder. Contact Info: www.cleanmachineonline.com 855-293-5772 [email protected]

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Charlie Kelly Sue Kelly Mariana King Diane Koon Amabel Latorre-Rodriguez Demetria Laousis Chris Lichfoldt Daniel Lopez Delfina Lopez Santo Lozada Tom Lyons Joyce McCarthy Susan McClung Patricia Massari Jayn Meinhardt Eden Mendoza Sonal Mehta Colleen Mulcahey Amber Parham Bill Parham Myriam Parham Asia Patrick Deja Patrick Angel Pickett James Plummer Bernard Ramos Arturo Rebellon Jordan Rimert Lisa Robinton Matthew Rowlson Roberta Schiff Samantha Sherman Spencer Sherman Susannah Sherman Amber Simpson Hannah Smith Shelby Smith Teri Smith Sara Snader Ebony Stevens Pamela Swaim Isabelle Tassi Frank Tedesco Tiffany Thapar Avalon Theisen Cathy Unruh Justine Villarreal Chris Wikfors Monique Winstead Tara Woodard Jessica Young Joan Zacharias

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Please make sure to support our VegFest exhibitors: Abby’s Health & Nutrition Animal Coalition of Tampa Animalluvr’s Dream Rescue Arbonne Beauty+Health+Nature Blissful Soul Wellness Clean Machine Compassion Co Courteous Canine, Inc. DogSmith of Tampa CUTCO Cutlery Dalmatian Rescue of Tampa Bay Darlynn’s Darlins A Sanctuary Delicious Surprise,LLC doTERRA Eat Like You Give a Damn Earth Island Institute/EcoJoia Earth Orgins Market Elizabeth's Animal Rescue & Sanctuary Equestrian Inc. Horse Rescue Farm Sanctuary Florida Community of Mindfulness Florida Parrot Rescue Foods Alive Free Lovin’ Foodery Furever Yours Pet Rescue and Placement Services Get Waisted GMO-Free Tampa Bay Gone Bananas Green Gorilla Company Green Party Of Florida Halleujah Acres Lifestyle Jai Ho Pure Veg JAVA Planet Kaleisia Tea Kindred Spirits Sanctuary Kona Ice Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida Inc Lemon Bar Loved To Pieces Jewelry Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant LUSH cosmetics Mangia Gourmet Fresh and Healthy Maximized Living Miss Vi’s Cook Up Mouna’s Delicacies Natures Pet Loss Nutrition S'Mart Winter Park Soap Company Pet First Aid and CPR Plant Based Gourmets Pursue A Healthy You Queen of Sheba

Rasemont Gardens LLC Raw Doreen Rollin’ Oats – Market & Cafe’ Rugaz Rescue Inc Save the Chimps Sea Shepherd Silverback Peace Group Stand up for Animals Swami Juice Sweetwater Organic Community Farm Taco Bus Tampa Bay Cycle Tampa Bay House Rabbit Rescue Tampa Bay Humane Society Tampa Bay Organics Tree Zen Two Seeds in a Pod Vegan Outreach Velo Champ Cycle Sport Vida De Café Whatever Pops We Care for Paws

Chef AJ Cooking Demo

Pay-Per-View

Photo by Charlie Kelly

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Vegan Whole Baked Pumpkin with Vegan

Custard

Ingredients Whole small pie pumpkin (circle cut in the top, seeds and pulp removed) Brazil nut milk (1/4 cup nuts 32 oz water, blend) Coconut milk (1/4 cup coconut, 16 oz water, blend) Raisins Cinnamon Nutmeg Pumpkin pie spice Oat bran (for a thickener) Quick barley (also a thickener) Brown sugar or other sweetener if desired Preparation Mix all ingredients, pour into pumpkin bake 60 to 90 minutes on 350 degrees Fahrenheit Enjoy hot! Allyson Burnett

Basil Eggplant Garlic Fennel Tomato Baked Pasta-Free Lasagna

Ingredients 2 large eggplant 6 large very ripe beefsteak tomatoes, washed and sliced 1/2 inch thick 2 huge bunches washed, de-stemmed fresh sweet basil 4 large cloves of garlic chopped fine or minced 1/2 fresh fennel bulb chopped fine or minced 2 stalks fennel leaves chopped fine or minced Extra virgin olive oil to coat pan and between layers Sliced fresh mushrooms (washed) Italian seasoning Dried fennel seeds Extra virgin olive oil Sliced vegan mozzarella (if desired) Preparation Wash and slice eggplant 1/2 inch thick Salt eggplant and let sit in colander 30 minutes Wash salt off eggplant thoroughly Dry eggplant on paper towels Coat bottom and sides of deep lasagna pan with olive oil Layer 1/2 of the total amount of each ingredient: Eggplant Sliced beefsteak tomatoes Garlic Fennel bulb Fennel leaves Basil Sprinkle heavily with Italian seasoning Sprinkle with fennel seeds Drizzle olive oil over top layer of these ingredients Layer mozzarella after each set of ingredients is complete (2 layers total) Repeat with the second half of the ingredients, same order, ending with either olive oil or mozzarella Bake at 450 until tender but not mushy (approximately 45 minutes) Allyson Burnett

Desserts at ThanksVegan (Notice Trevor’s rack of Vegan Chocolate Pies in the background)

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GOOD NEWS ☺ Loving Hut, 1905 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa, 813-977-7888, will give FVA members a 10% discount you present them with a newsletter with your label showing your expiration date above your name. Also on Meatout-Mondays, anyone can get 10% off. For those who get the newsletter online, you should just tell them that because you can’t produce a label. FVA is working on sending out membership cards soon. ============ ☺ GoodSearch.com: If you sign up to use GoodSearch instead of Google for your internet searches, you can help raise money for FVA. For each search, you will raise a penny for FVA. ============ ☺ Smile.Amazon.com: If you sign up at Smile.Amazon, you can choose FVA to be the charity that benefits from your purchases. ============ ☺ FreeKibble.com: If you sign up at FreeKibble to play its trivia every day, you can help feed cats and dogs. ============ ☺ TheAnimalRescueSite.com: If you sign up at The Animal Rescue Site, you can simply click every day to help feed rescued animals. They also sell lots of cool animal-themed stuff. If you like purple, then you’ll have tons of items which are purple. ============ ☺ PETA reports the following major companies: MasterCard, Visa, Ford, Sears, Lucky Brand, General Mills, and online deal sites such as Gilt Groupe, Travelzoo, AnyCodes.com, and Certifikid— left out animal-based acts from their promotions. ============ ☺ Animal Help Now, ahnow.org, is compiling a national database for 24/7 animal emergency contacts. Based on your location, you are presented with one or more of the following: Nearest Vets, Animal Abuse or Neglect, Animal Issue Involving Human Safety, Pet or Farmed Animal Issue, Wildlife Issue, Disasters. Contact them if your org would like to be listed.

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TBA Vegan Take Out Mingle 6pm-9pm , Natural Detox Nutrition Shoppe/Vegan Take Out, 4202 E Busch Blvd, Tampa FL 33617, 813-983-1628 Tampa, FL Unwind after a hard work week. Enjoy music, board & card games, karaoke, speakers, vegan food and drink available for purchase, free wireless internet and door prizes (7:30pm). Get your Vegan Take Out so that you don’t have to cook for a few days.

1/1 (Thu) 6p-7:30p; 1/2 (Fri) 6p-7:30p; 1/3 (Sat) 5:30p-7:30p; 1/4 (Sun) 1p-3p - Ringling Circus Demo, Amalie Arena, 401 Channelside Dr. Tampa, FL 33602 Between S Morgan St and S Jefferson St. Circus = Animal Slavery. Signs will be provided. You can bring your own sign, also.

1/3, 2/7, 3/7 (Sat) - Vegan T-Shirt Wearing Day 1/3, 2/7, 3/7 (Sat) - Loving Hut Vegan Buffet 1130am-9pm , 1905 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa FL 33612, 813-977-7888 This is posted on our Meetup Calendar, so if you haven’t signed up for our meetup, go to www.meetup.com, search for Florida Voices for Animals, then sign up. Loving Hut’s website is http://www.lovinghut.us/tampa_01/

1/10 2/21, 3/14 (Sat) - Lotus Vegetarian Vegan Meetup Buffet, 5pm-9pm, 6575 Park Blvd, Pinellas Park, FL Enjoy an all-vegan buffet at Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant for only $11.99 (beverage not included.) This buffet takes place every 3 weeks. You can even take a survey to help choose the menu! http://www.lotusvegetarianrestaurant.com/

1/10, 2/14, 3/14 (Sat) - Trang Vegan Meetup Buffet, 5:30pm-7pm, Trang Viet Cuisine, 1524 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33612 Multi-entrée, soup appetizer, carrot cake dessert and iced tea for $14 (tax & tip included).

2/9 (Mon) - Will Tuttle Talk, 6pm-7pm, Loving Hut, 1905 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa FL 33612, 813-977-7888

2/22 (Sun) - FVA Have-A-Heart Fundraising Dinner & Silent Auction, 4:30-8pm, Trang Viet Cuisine, 1524 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL $26 in advance or $35 at the door. Guest Speaker: Ellen Jaffe Jones. You can use PayPal at www.floridavoicesforanimals.org or mail a check to FVA.

1/25, 2/22, 3/29 (Sun) - Café Hey Vegan Brunch, 11am-2pm, 1540 N. Franklin St (Behind Oceanic Market) Tampa, FL Come to Café Hey (near downtown Tampa) the last Sunday of every month for a delicious vegan brunch. 813-221-5150 http://cafehey.com/ 3/13 (Fri) - PCRM Fundraising Dinner at Sublime, 5-6:30pm, 1431 N Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale, FL $125 . Guest Speaker: Dr Neal Barnard. This VIP event includes cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction, dinner reservations. Capacity: 80 spaces, approx. 20 left. Use FVA Meetup Calendar link to reserve your space. Contact: Anne Marie Vastano at 202-717-8662 or [email protected].