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Mar 10, 2010, Vegetarian Savouries Recipes

Vegetarian Savouries Recipes

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Mar 10, 2010, Curried Rice and Tomatoes Recipe

How to make Curried Rice and Tomatoes

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Mar 10, 2010, Macaroni Cheese Recipe

How to make Macaroni Cheese

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Feb 20, 2010, Say 'No' to the Proposed Postponement of the 2012 Battery Cage Ban‏

The EU Agricultural Council is meeting on Monday, 22 February, to discuss a proposed delay to the EU-wide 2012 battery cage ban. Poland is seeking to postpone the ban until 2017. This is catastrophic news for hens who are forced to endure hellish conditions in battery cages on farms. PETA is urging Jim Fitzpatrick, Defra Minister of State (who is responsible animal welfare), to stand up and oppose Poland's proposal .

Each year in the EU, approximately 300 million hens are crammed into filthy wire-mesh battery cages that are stacked tier upon tier in huge warehouses. Several birds are crowded into each cage, packed so tightly together that they are unable to spread even one wing. The birds suffer crippling leg injuries from standing on wire-cage floors 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until they are killed.

The ban will not end all cages for egg-laying hens, because it allows the replacement of existing cages with "enriched cages" which have a little more space and more "facilities" for hens to pursue some natural behaviour. It will end some of the very worst abuses, however.

The UK government has previously stated that it will oppose any postponement of the ban, and we must ensure that it sticks to that position. Worryingly, though, there is a suggestion that the UK may support a new provision that effectively allows some EU countries to keep cages so long as they do not export their eggs to countries which have implemented the ban. This may protect businesses, but it won't protect the tens of millions of caged hens who would continue to endure appalling suffering in countries that don't fully implement the ban.

What You Can DoSend an e-mail to Jim Fitzpatrick , urging him to oppose the extension of a ban – not for business or economic reasons, but for the European hens who will be forced to endure five more years of torture should the proposal go through.

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Feb 20, 2010, Help close down the international fur trade Part 1

The fur trade is one of the cruellest industries on earth. Every year, millions of individual animals, including rabbits, minks, foxes and even cats and dogs, are mercilessly killed and skinned – often whilst they are still conscious – for an item of clothing!

There is no excuse for wearing fur. With so many luxurious fur alternatives on the market and so many top-end designers and high street shops using high-tech modern fabrics, there is no reason why a single animal should be confined to a cage on a fur farm and slaughtered for the skin on his or her back.

And yet some uncaring designers and fashion houses continue to use fur in their collections.

Thankfully, fur farming is banned in the UK, but its sale is still permitted on your high street! You can help fight against fatal fashion today by making a generous donation to support our work.Winter is approaching fast, so now is the time to take a stand against the cruel fur industry.

We have obtained many hours of undercover video footage – you can watch some of it for yourself on our website of what really takes place on fur farms.

The designers and fashion houses that continue to sell fur spend thousands of pounds on advertising and PR to try to convince you that the animals they turn into coats and fur trim are treated well and have a good life.

Don't believe them. Here is the terrible reality:

• Animals languish in barren metal cages with barely enough room to move around for almost their entire lives.

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Feb 20, 2010, Help close down the international fur trade Part 2

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• They go insane from boredom, and many bite and chew at their own flesh. Undercover investigators found an animal who had gnawed his own limb down the very bone.

• Some animals who are kept together in cages fight and jostle for space, and sometimes only one survives. Cannibalism is not uncommon.

• To prevent damaging the valuable fur, the farm workers will kill the animals by poisoning them, breaking their necks or using anal electrocution.

Please support our work today. With your help, we can continue to fight against the abuse of animals and end the vile fur trade by educating consumers in Britain and around the world.

We have a dedicated staff and an arsenal of tried and tested tactics – but in order to step up our vital campaign, we urgently need your help today.

We have already turned countless consumers, designers and retailers away from using or buying fur by lifting the lid on the inherent cruelty of the fur trade. Through our use of unique, high-profile street demonstrations and celebrity ad campaigns such as "Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin" featuring Jamelia and by encouraging kind supporters like you to visit our website and take actions for animals, we are changing the fashion industry and the lives of animals everywhere.

PETA is leading the worldwide fight against fur. Here is what The Observer had to say about us: "PETA is the only true political power influencing the fashion industry".

More and more caring people are being alerted to the senselessness of animal abuse and the joys of compassionate living thanks to your support of PETA.

On behalf of all animals, especially those confined and killed for their skins in all parts of the world, thank you.

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Jan 23, 2010, Vegetable Pie Recipe

How to make Vegetable Pie

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Jan 23, 2010, More than 26,000 seized animals need your help (Part 2)

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* More than 12,000 baby turtles languished in cardboard boxes for weeks in the facility's warehouse and were deprived of food, water, space, humidity, heat, and ventilation. In just one day, 657 turtles were recorded in the facility's "daily dead log."

This is only a glimpse of what PETA's investigator witnessed during his months inside this hellish animal warehouse. While we can't reveal every detail of this important investigation as legal proceedings unfold, you can see many of our findings in our recent blog post.

Shortly before the new year, local authorities, accompanied by animal protection organizations and experts brought in by PETA, served a civil seizure warrant to take into protective custody the more than 26,000 animals housed by USGE at that time. Officials found hundreds of dead and dying animals—including nearly 300 barely alive, starved, and dehydrated iguanas inside shipping bags and crates—lying amid the decaying, even liquefied remains of others.

We continue to work to ensure that those responsible for the suffering of these animals are held accountable. But for the tens of thousands of animals who have survived the terrible stress of being captured in the wild, thrown into containers too small to stretch or move in, and neglected at USGE, a new struggle is just beginning.

The work that still needs to be done to give these rescued animals the basic care that has long been denied them is extensive and costly. In the short time since the seizure, we've already seen more than $61,000 in food, housing, and transportation costs. We estimate conservatively that it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide these animals with the care and permanent placement that they need.

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Jan 23, 2010, More than 26,000 seized animals need your help (Part 1)

For more than seven months, a PETA investigator worked undercover inside U.S. Global Exotics (USGE), a major player in the pet trade. USGE buys and sells hundreds of thousands of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids from all around the world, many of whom are eventually sold to large pet store chains PETCO and PetSmart—stores that we have campaigned against and even won major concessions from over the years.

The extent of the cruelty and neglect that our investigator documented in this massive and filthy animal warehouse was mind-boggling. Tens of thousands of animals— including ring-tailed lemurs, wallabies, sloths, hedgehogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, prairie dogs, squirrels, ferrets, snakes, turtles, and tortoises—were dumped into severely crowded and filthy boxes, bins, troughs, and even soda bottles and left there, often without food and water, basic care, or minimal veterinary attention for their life-threatening injuries. The following are a handful of examples that we documented of the daily, systemic mistreatment of animals:

* Scared hamsters were crammed by the thousands into litter pans, unable to move for fear of being attacked by other distressed hamsters. These cruel conditions resulted in rampant cannibalism, horrific wounds and infections, and a daily death toll. Faulty watering-system nozzles routinely flooded bins, drowning the animals trapped inside.

* Delicate green tree frogs were kept inside plastic soda bottles. Denied food and water, the frogs sometimes remained inside these bottles for weeks at a time until they were either sold or died—whichever came first.

* A young hedgehog (pictured here) who was one of hundreds of little "pocket pets" at the facility was denied basic medical attention after his front leg was nearly severed. Many animals—including a spotted squirrel whose neck was torn in half —were dumped into a chest freezer to die slowly.

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Jan 23, 2010, Help Haiti's Animals

The suffering in Haiti is tremendous. Fortunately, aid for people is now flowing into the country. But what about the animals? Humane Society International (HSI) is on the ground to help.

Just after 6 p.m. last night, I crossed the border into Haiti -- despite a flat tire, an overheated engine, and two aftershocks -- and am seeing firsthand the total devastation left behind in the wake of last week's earthquake. Tent cities everywhere are teeming with tens of thousands of people now homeless. Mountains of rubble are all that remain of homes and buildings. And everyone is terrified of being crushed during the tremors that still rock the country.

And amid all this human suffering, there's something else: Animals are suffering, too.

The entire nation is overwhelmed by a lack of basic necessities -- adequate food, water, shelter, and medicine. Thankfully, it appears humanitarian aid is reaching the people affected by this disaster.

But the conditions for animals are still deteriorating. In our short time here, I've seen cattle wandering through fields and stray dogs by the roads. With food and water in short supply, it is only a matter of time before these animals -- especially the injured -- come under threat of dehydration, starvation, and disease.

Our team of responders from Humane Society International and Veterinary Care & Human Services, Caribbean Project (VCHS) is now in Port-au-Prince, providing emergency care and treatment to the animal survivors and assessing conditions to help stabilize the situation for them.

We are working around the clock to mobilize more teams of responders, to obtain and ship food and supplies, and to coordinate with authorities and other organizations in Haiti. We are doing everything we can to provide immediate support to the animals who survived this disaster as well as develop ongoing institutional support for Haiti's animals and their human care-givers in the future.

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Jan 13, 2010, Colcanon Recipe

How to make Colcanon

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Jan 13, 2010, Tomato Pie Recipe

How to make Tomato Pie

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Jan 13, 2010, Sweetcorn Fritters Recipe

How to make Sweetcorn Fritters

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Jan 8, 2010, Stuffed Spanish Onions with Brown Sauce Recipe

How to make Stuffed Spanish Onions with Brown Sauce

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Jan 8, 2010, Spinach Dumplings Recipe

How to make Spinach Dumplings

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Dec 31, 2009, Savoury Tartlets Recipe

How to make Savoury Tartlets

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Dec 31, 2009, Savoury Pie Recipe

How to make a Savoury Pie

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Dec 26, 2009, Savoury Fritters Recipe

How to make Savoury Fritters

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Dec 26, 2009, Queens Apple and Onion Pie Recipe

How to make Queens Apple and Onion Pie

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Dec 23, 2009, Potato and Tomato Pie Recipe

How to make Potato and Tomato Pie

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Dec 23, 2009, Onion Turnover Recipe

How to make Onion Turnover

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Dec 23, 2009, Stop China from introducing bullfighting!

The Chinese government plans to introduce bullfighting in the country.

A Spanish matador is already in charge of operations, with a shipment of bulls and cows for breeding planned for as soon as January.

The construction of a bull ring is also due to start in the New Year and be complete by October. We need to act now!

China may want to support Spanish culture, but would only promote a cruel past time that the vast majority of Europeans abhor and that most Spaniards have no interest in.

STOP THIS EXPORT OF CRUELTY! Join the League, Animal and CAS International and send an email to the Chinese President by clicking the 'more info' link and urge him to stop these plans.

Bullfighting is bad enough where it is, we can’t allow it to start in other countries.

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Dec 20, 2009, Onion Tart Recipe

How to make Onion Tart

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Dec 20, 2009, Mushroom Turnovers Recipe

How to make Mushroom Turnovers

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Dec 18, 2009, Barley Soup Recipe

How to make Barley Soup

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Dec 18, 2009, Mushroom Tart and Gravy Recipe

How to make Mushroom Tart and Gravy

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Dec 18, 2009, Mushroom Tartlets Recipe

How to make Mushroom Tartlets

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Dec 15, 2009, Save Kenya's Wild Lions - Help Ban Deadly Neurotoxin

It's horrifying. Right now, a poison made by a U.S. company – a product that the Environmental Protection Agency says is too toxic to be used in America – is threatening the extinction of the majestic African lion.

If we don't do something soon, these great cats could vanish from one of their last remaining homes in the wild.

Take action now – and help save the planet's few remaining wild African lions

Just a handful of carbofuran – a deadly neurotoxin that is banned in the U.S. – can kill an entire pride of lions. Sadly, this awful poison is still sold in stores (and widely used) across Kenya and East Africa.

Just 50 years ago, it is estimated that nearly a half a million lions could be found in Africa. Now lion experts say that as few as 16,000 remain a staggering decline of more than 95%. In Kenya, home to world-famous wild lions, the story is especially sad.

The Kenya Wildlife Service estimates that fewer than 2,000 of these majestic great cats now remain in Kenya – down from an estimated 35,000 that made their home in the country just 50 years ago. According to the agency, one hundred lions are killed each year – many by carbofuran.

If Kenya's lions continue their precipitous decline, there will not be a single wild lion left in the country in 20 years.

To address this crisis, our friends at Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund have been asked by some of Africa's leading conservationists to intervene. Defenders helped to ban carbofuran in the United States. < >Now, they need your help to convince Kenya's prime minister to get tough on carbofuran use in his country.

At least seventy-six lions have been confirmed killed by carbofuran, with many more deaths left unreported. And while it is a crime in Kenya to use this deadly poison to kill lions, very few have ever been arrested for poisoning a lion with carbofuran.

Please sign the petition and urge Kenya's Prime Minister to ban carbofuran – and take concrete action to protect these endangered great cats. Then, please take a moment to share this petition with 5 friends and family who love these wild, majestic cats as much as you do.

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