USC Animal Rights Association

Thanks for coming to our final meeting of the semester!

Thank you to everyone who attended the last cooking demo of the semester! Special thanks to Estee Trifman Raviv for sharing her knowledge about vegan nutrition and for teaching us how to make delicious recipes from her cookbook. Her Oy Vey Vegan Cookbook is available to purchase on Amazon.

Come celebrate all of our successes this semester at the LAST meeting tonight at 6:30-7:30 in WPH 103! FREE vegan dinner + dessert :D

Our SeaWorld Demo next to Tommy Trojan was very successful. We gave out all 50 "SeaWorld Sucks" t-shirts and engaged passerby in discussion about why they should boycott SeaWorld this summer.

SeaWorld recently ended its breeding program, but they've refused to release the 29 orcas left into sanctuaries. For the past 50 years these orcas, who swim up to 100 miles per day in the wild, have been held captive in tiny, concrete tanks the size of bathtubs (relative to their size). They're given anti-anxiety drugs to deal with the endless monotony of swimming in small circles and they break their teeth chewing on the metal bars and concrete sides of their tanks. This animal abuse is for the sake of human entertainment; the orcas are forced to perform tricks for tourists day in and day out.

By not going to SeaWorld this summer, their ticket sales will continue to plummet, and they'll be pressured to release the 29 orcas into sanctuaries. Eventually, SeaWorld will be forced to shutdown, just like the outdated Ringling Bros. Circus did earlier this year. For more information about SeaWorld please watch the documentary, Blackfish!

Thanks to everyone who visited our booth at ESA's Healthy Food Fair on Tuesday! :D

Thank you to everyone who attended the third cooking demo of the semester!
Here was the menu for the evening:
Appetizer: Hummus, Carrots + Chips
Main Course: Israeli Salad + Vegan Shawarma with Tzatziki and Beyond Meat Chicken Strips/Gardein Szechuan Beefless Strips + Tahini
Dessert: Fruity Sorbets

Here are the links to the recipes:
http://veganheaven.org/recipe/vegan-shawarma-with-tzatziki-and-seitan/
http://www.thevegancorner.com/israeli-salad/

The proceeds from this event will be donated to Jewish Veg.

Special thanks to USC Mishelanu for co-sponsoring the event.

A cuddly thanks to Shawn Simons, the headmistress of Kitty Bungalow-Charm School for Wayward Cats for holding an information session about the organization at our meeting before Spring Break. If you'd like to participate in a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) venture with Kitty Bungalow to help save the feral cats of Los Angeles, please comment below or dm us.

Come to our meeting tonight at 6:30-7:30 PM in WPH 103! The headmistress from Kitty Bungalow is coming to present about KB - California's only 100% feral cat rescue facility.

Woo Hoo!! Let's get USC to make the cut as well!

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