I cut this for East Bay Animal Advocates! Enjoy!

PLEASE REPOST!!!!!!

Recently, two California activists were arrested after a raid on their home by the Los Angeles Police Department. Laura Lungarelli & Kevin Olliff have been in the custody of the LAPD since Thursday evening. They were expecting arraignment yesterday (Monday) but it has been postponed and they have been sent to housing facilities in the area. Little is known about the situation. Only that they are facing serious charges (Second Degree Felony Burglary) with bail set at $100,000 and $165,000 respectively. The charges are not activist related but as Peter Young suggested “We can always expect there is a political vendetta behind non-political charges of activists, and that we can never fully draw the line between what is an “activist related charge” and what is not when long standing AR activists are charged with non-AR charges. Lets not forget the charges against Rod Coronado for possession of eagle feathers, the 18 month sentence for a UT activist for giving incorrect information on a firearm purchase application, and my multi-count felony indictment in 2005 for possession of a fake ID.”

One thing that can be certain, is that jail is an awful situation to be in. We cannot be sure how long they will be in these locations, but it would be both helpful and wise to write them today, in an effort to show they are being supported by their friends, loved ones, and community at large.

Laura (Maura) Lungarelli (She was accidentally booked as Maura)
#1167062
PO Box 86164
Terminal Annex
Los Angeles, CA 90086-0164

Kevin Olliff
#1167029
PO Box 86164
Terminal Annex
Los Angeles, CA 90086-0164

PLEASE REPOST!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!
Sincerely,
Friends of Laura & Kevin

Two LA animal rights activists are currently in jail after a raid of their Pasadena home. The charges do not appear to be activist related, but they are serious. We can always expect there is a political vendetta behind non-political charges of activists, and that we can never fully draw the line between what is an “activist related charge” and what is not when long standing AR activists are charged with non-AR charges. Lets not forget the charges against Rod Coronado for possession of eagle feathers, the 18 month sentence for a UT activist for giving incorrect information on a firearm purchase application, and my multi-count felony indictment in 2005 for possession of a fake ID.

Please support these two activists facing serious felony charges in the following two ways:

1) Laura Lungarelli is being denied vegan food. Please call the jail and ask they provide her with vegan food immediately. She is being mistakenly held under the name “Maura Lungarelli”, it should be mentioned her name is Laura but that she is being held under “Maura”:

Laura/Maura Lungarelli
LAPD Valley Jail
818.374.9645
877.275.5273

2) Kevin Olliff is soon to be transferred to LA County’s Twin Towers facility. This is known by many as the worst jail in the country. Until we know his food situation, please send him books. Jail is psychological torture without them.

Books must be sent from a bookstore or publisher to the following address:
Kevin Olliff
1167029
PO Box 86164
Terminal Annex
Los Angeles CA 90086

Kevin Olliff is soon to be transferred to LA County’s Twin Towers facility. This is known by many as the worst jail in the country. Until we know his food situation, please send him books. Jail is psychological torture without them.

Books must be sent from a bookstore or publisher to the following address:
Kevin Olliff
1167029
PO Box 86164
Terminal Annex
Los Angeles CA 90086

Hello everyone! East Bay Animal Advocates just posted my article on the newly named blog “Ruffled Feathers“. The blog was named by Ian Ross one of our Board of Directors! Enjoy:

Whether it’s a chained dog in your neighbor’s back yard, a dairy cow with swollen utters, a protest to stop animal cruelty, or a hen who only wants to spread her wings. Animal rights media is extremely important to the animal rights movement, and far too often over looked by the mainstream media.

Who needs the mainstream meat-dia in the world we live in today! We have every form of getting our voices heard, from web pages to video blogs the information is out there.

Making animal rights media is easy. Making interesting and engaging animals rights media is the tricky part. A good thing to keep in mind is what you want to make of your story. Do you want it to be, censored or uncensored, biased or unbiased. And where oh where should you put it to get it seen by people outside the animal rights community? And the even more gripping question is, how can any compassionate human being desensitize themselves to the violence and torture?

When making a media for animals it’s crucial to be as uncensored as humanly possible. The more we censor the lives of these constantly tortured animals, the more we lean to the direction of: “Happy cows come from California.”, and “Always natural. Always fresh.”, or everyone’s favorite, “Milk, does a body good.”. On television there may be some feathers raised for such uncensored material, and in that case by all means censor, because it’s better to be seen censored than to not be seen at all. But on the Internet all bets are off. Even if the viewer clicks off the minute they see cruelty, the significant point is they see it, and the more it’s out there the more they will have no choice but to look.

Starting a video blog, posting on Indy Media, uploading to You Tube and myspace, are all great ways to impact people that wouldn’t normally be in your community. And love it or hate it, but You Tube and myspace are here to stay and probably the best way to be seen by people outside of any activist world.

As far as desensitizing yourself to the cruelty and torture you will be seeing on a daily basest, well… This is different for different people, some are never able to completely desensitize from these images, and others just pretend to be. Remember being effected by this cruelty is what makes us fight for what’s right, so don’t be afraid to shed a few tears, just remember after you wipe your eyes clear get back up and keep working. The animals will never stop dieing if we stop working to help them.
-Njeri Sims, EBAA Interactive Media Director

Hello friends,
Uber is a puppy that has stolen my heart and I feel I must personal help to raise the money for her leg surgery. If we don’t raise the $4,000 for Uber’s surgery by February Uber WILL loose her leg! This is crazy because the shelter that took her in should be paying for this but they are just too fucking cheep to “single out” anyone dog.

I’m asking everyone who reads this to go to Uber’s website (www.films4animals.com/uber) and myspace (www.myspace.com/save_uber) RIGHT NOW! And at the very least read her story, and at the very most donate $5.00 for her surgery.

There was much doubt in everyone’s mind that anyone would care about Uber or her leg! Please help me prove them wrong, because we all know animal rights activists can do anything!

Thanks you,

Njeri