Body of Animal Rights Campaigners

Veganism

Veganism.com

This is a large, informative animal rights FAQ. Answers many common questions about animal rights, factory farming, dietary needs, vegetarianism, and veganism.

Why Vegan

Vegan Outreach's information on animal rights, and reasons why to go vegan. The information is very detailed, and presents a logical argument. The pamphlet version is distributed by BARC on-campus. They also have health information.

Wikipedia: Veganism

Wikipedia: Factory Farming is a publicly written and editable article that shows opinions of both propents and opponents of factory farming.

National Groups

Compassion Over Killing

From their website, "COK is a nonprofit animal advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Working to end animal abuse, COK focuses on cruelty to animals in agriculture and promotes vegetarian eating as a way to build a kinder world for all of us, both human and nonhuman."

Farm Sanctuary

From their website, "In 1986, Gene and Lorri Bauston found a living sheep abandoned on a stockyard 'deadpile.' They rescued the sheep, named her Hilda, and created Farm Sanctuary. Within ten years, Farm Sanctuary became the nation’s largest farm animal rescue and protection organization."

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

From their website, "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 850,000 members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. Founded in 1980, PETA is dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals. PETA operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment."

Local Groups

Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF)

From their website, "We are an organization founded on the principle that animals have the right to live their lives free of exploitation, abuse and harm inflicted upon them by society. We reach out to the public through demonstrations, letters to the editor, paid advertising, and personal appearances by our spokespersons on radio, television, and in school classrooms. We also promote animals' rights through meetings with, and letter-writing campaigns directed at, industry and community decision-makers. We publish a quarterly newsletter to keep our members informed about current campaigns and how they can become involved."

Vegetarians of Central Florida (VegCF)

From their website, "Vegetarians of Central Florida (VegCF) was founded in fall 2003. The goal of VegCF is to encourage and support vegetarians and vegans in Central Florida. We are vegetarians for human health, human rights, animal rights, environmental, simple living, spiritual, religious, and cultural reasons. We welcome non-vegetarians, who we like to consider potential vegetarians. We hold regular events, such as restaurant visits, picnics, potlucks, outdoor activities, and humane education. We hope that you will get to know us and join VegCF!"

Orlando Animal Rights Alliance (OARA)

From their website, "The Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit group of committed activists centered in Orlando, Fl. We come from all walks of life; we are students, teachers, parents, and citizens, but most importantly we are animal lovers! We strive to give a voice to those who have none, to make life more bearable to those that human kind has chosen to enslave, and to give peace and meaning to all life on this planet. We believe that animals are not ours- to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or otherwise exploit. If you agree with our philosophy, please, join us!"

College Groups

Animal Activists of Alachua

From the website of this very successful campus group at UF, "Animal Activists of Alachua is a not-for-profit student/community organization devoted to increasing public awareness of the unnecessary suffering experienced by non-human animals at the hands of humans, and what we can do to make it stop. AAA supports education regarding all the implications of our dietary choices: health, environmental, economic and humane."

Progressive Council

Our umbrella organization of united leaders that speak up for our rights and shout out against injustices. Here we are brought together with our fellow forward thinking friends to socialize and work to publicize for a better tomorrow.

Free the Planet

Our friends from Free the Planet, an environmental organization at UCF share our precious Earth and our campus with us, also understanding that we share a common cause for earth and its inhabitants without a voice and deserve more.

Animal Sanctuaries

Journey's End Animal Sanctuary

Journey's End Animal Sanctuary provides lifetime care and shelter for dogs, cats, horses and birds that have been abused, neglected or have special needs. Rather than emphasizing adoption, Journey's End provides a homelike setting where animals can enjoy the remainder of their lives in a comfortable, loving atmosphere.

Magazines

IMPACT Press

IMPACT press is a nonprofit, quarterly, socio-political magazine that features aggressive journalism, biting commentary and a healthy dose of satire. It's run in Orlando, and gets shipped world-wide.

Veg News

From their website, "You won't want to miss a single issue of this inspiring, resourceful, and information-filled publication. Each edition is packed with vegetarian news, events, recipes, book reviews, the best veg products, travel tales, interviews, celebrity buzz, and much more.

Vegetarian Times

From their website, "Vegetarian Times delivers all the information readers need to live a more healthful lifestyle. Every month the magazine provides a variety of delicious meat-free recipes as well as cooking tips and entertaining suggestions. Also found in its pages is comprehensive coverage of the latest research on alternative health, fitness, nutrition and supplements."

Online Stores

Vegan Essentials

Huge selection of message wear, non-leather shoes, makeup, specialty foods, and much more. Monthly mailing list subscriber discounts!

Vegan Unlimited

A very large selection of specialty items. Updated often. Vegan shoes, cosmetics, bags, chocolate, belts, wallets.

Vegetarian Shoes

The most stylish shoes you can find. All vegetarian leather (no animals harmed). Some of these shoes are available at Vegan Essentials.

Fun

Free Range Graphics

They're produced many creative and entertaining Flash Activism videos, including The Meatrix and Grocery Store Wars. Check them out, and if you like them, send links to your friends and family!

Veggie Date

Looking for a like-minded significant other? Having trouble finding someone to go to Garden Cafe with every week? Try this Vegetarian Singles Dating Service to meet a fellow Adventist, Buddhist, Bahai, Taoist, Hindu, rawfoodist, or vegan in your area! Other such websites include: VegWeb Personals, Green Singles, Vegetarian Passions, Veggie Connection, and Veggie Love. Good luck!

Vegan Porn

"News and information for vegans who get it." A message board based website in which to shoot the breeze about anything you feel is worth mentioning. Has some very interesting articles, shirts, and ideas. Note: this is not an actual porn site, just a clever name.

Recipes

Veg Web

The largest veg recipe database that we know about, and it's 100% free! Each recipe has ratings and comments by the people who've tried it. An excellent resource!

The Post Punk Kitchen

"Vegetarian cooking and vegan baking with no attitude." Rock your tastebuds by browsing by main ingredient or course/dish. Or just browse alphabetically!

The Vegan Chef

"Vegan Recipes by Beverly Lynn Bennett." Another great site for lots of recipes. If you're looking for dishes that remind you of Grandma's kitchen, this is it! Be prepared to hunt for some unusual ingredients (like phyllo dough).

Veg Source

"Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes, Articles, Health Resource." Got some questions that strict recipes just won't answer? Like, what's the taste difference in sweetened and unsweetened soy milk? Head over to Veg Source for bulletins pertaining to vegan foods answered by peers and experts.

COK's Recipes

Compassion Over Killing's recipes include photos that will make your mouth water. If you're the type that needs to see the food before you try to cook it, this is the website for you.