Wednesdays 6:00 PM (EST)
Cooking with Sonia
Meet SOR's own vegan
chef, Sonia Swartz. Try
her recipes at home!
Low cost spay and neuter for cats.
Click here for more information.
Get off of that
couch and do
something!  
SOR's got 'em!  Yep, a
list of groups dedicated
to helping animals.  So
why are you still sitting
there? Get off your big
fat spud and start
changing the world!
Click here for the list.
Second Opinion Radio
Exploring the connection between profit, politics and the exploitation of animals.
Foie gras is made
from the engorged
livers of ducks and
geese. This holiday
season, join thousands
in fighting this
horrendous industry.
Read more...
FurKills.org
Sled Dog Action
Coalition

At least 142 dogs have
been run to death or
have died from other
causes in the Iditarod.
There is no official
count of dog deaths
available for the race's
early years.

Learn the truth about
the Iditarod.
Click here.
Second Opinion Radio welcomed back Jon Camp, director of
outreach for Vegan Outreach!

Thanks to Jon for stopping by the show to give an update on his
recent 9-week tour of college campuses in the southeast. Jon and
local helpers have given out thousands of pamphlets about the
inherent cruelty of factory farming and how changing to a vegan diet
is healthier and more compassionate.
Click here to learn more about
Vegan Outreach and get a FREE starter kit!
Jon at work handing out information
from Vegan Outreach
SOR Guest:   FILMMAKER Karol Orzechowski

Maximum Tolerated Dose is the first feature-length documentary by Decipher Films. The film
charts the lives of both humans and non-humans who have experienced animal testing first-hand.
With the hauntingly honest testimony of scientists and lab technicians who’s ethics demanded they
choose a different path, and the simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of animals
who have seen both sides of the cage, MTD aims to re-invigorate the debate about animal testing by
bringing these rarely-heard perspectives to the fore.

MORE AT: http://maximumtolerateddose.org/
URGENT ALERT:
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) has illegally issued a permit to allow
Clay Logan, owner of Clay's Corner in Brasstown, North Carolina, to exploit a wild opossum on New
Year's Eve at his annual "Opossum Drop" by suspending the animal in a barren plexiglass box
above a raucous New Year's Eve crowd during a near-constant barrage of loud music, gunfire, and
fireworks for the amusement of the revelers.

When PETA alerted NCWRC officials that Logan did not possess and was not legally eligible for the
permit required to hold opossums captive in North Carolina, they hurriedly invented a new type of
permit to allow Logan to keep the animal for the event, blatantly ignoring North Carolina laws
designed to protect these shy animals (who would avoid human contact at any cost!) from cruel
treatment. A captivity license or permit is required to possess wild opossums in North Carolina, and
neither can be issued for the purpose of holding an animal for amusement. By issuing this sham of
a permit, the NCWRC has given its stamp of approval to the "Opossum Drop" and its inherent
cruelty. Your voice is needed now!

Please politely urge NCWRC officials to revoke the illegally issued permit for this cruel event.
There's no reason to tolerate blatant cruelty to animals, and humane alternatives (e.g., toy or
animatonic opossums) exist. Please direct comments to:

Click here for more information!

Please write/call:

Governor's Office:
(800) 662-7952 or (919) 733-2391

Daron Barnes
Wildlife Permit Supervisor
919-707-0062

Gordon Myers
Executive Director
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
919-707-0151
gordon.myers@ncwildlife.org

Dale  Caveny Jr.
Colonel, Enforcement Division
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
dale.caveny@ncwildlife.org

David T. Cobb
Chief, Wildlife Management Division
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
david.cobb@ncwildlife.org
URGENT ALERT!
Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian, Erwin Vermeulen was recently arrested in Taiji for trying to
photograph dolphins being transferred from holding pens. This is the second year of the Cove
Guardian Campaign to bring global attention to the capture and slaughter of dolphins. You can
help Erwin by calling your local Japanese consulate and asking them to free Erwin and to stop the
dolphin slaughter. Please continue to make calls into Monday.

Erwin has been supportive of animal rights events in Atlanta as well. He is an amazing activist and
defender of animals. Please call for Erwin.

Consulate General of Japan
One Alliance Center, Suite 1600
3500 Lenox Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
Call Mr.Terry Bell, Economic Affairs
Direct line: 404-926-3019
Mr. Bell is the person who relays these calls to the Japanese government. He will be out of the
office till January 4, but says he checks the messages and will relay the calls.

Also, please continue to make calls and send e-mail, letters and sign petitions to Free Erwin
Vermeulen. Please call and write the Ministry of Foreign Affaris in Japan:
The contact is as follows:
Kasumigaseki 2-2-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8919 Japan
Tel: +81 (0) 3-3580-3311

For more information on how you can help Sea Shepherd click here! Or, visit:
seashepherd.org.