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All-Creatures.org Newsletter - July 30, 2025

From the Desk of the Executive Director

We Are All Missionaries

We are not just faith-based ethical vegans. We are missionaries. We have been placed—purposefully by our loving Creator—within our communities not to blend in, but to help transform them. Ethical veganism is not a fringe ideal; it is the natural fulfillment of our highest spiritual callings: mercy, justice, peace, and love for all God’s creation. When those of us who are faith-based speak up gently but firmly in our churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and circles of prayer, we are living out a sacred call to restore the integrity of our faith traditions and to restore God's abundant love.

We live in a time when violence is woven into nearly every thread of daily life—deforestation, species extinction, factory farms poisoning our waters and soil, food systems and product consumerism that treat life as disposable. Ethical veganism is not simply a dietary or buying choice or political stance—it is the antidote. It is the moral (secular) AND spiritual (faith-based) resistance to a culture of domination and death. It brings us back to our covenant with God, with creation, and with one another. When we practice and preach compassionate living, we offer our world an embodied vision of the Peaceable Kingdom foretold in Isaiah. And remember, every missionary has felt completely alone at some point – and wondered what the heck they were doing. Be courageous – do it anyway! Through your life, your kindness, and your faith, you are helping usher in a world where God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven—a world of peace for all beings.

Kindness ~ Tams

Over 50? Consider joining SARACA Senior Animal Rights Advocates Collaborative Alliance!

Or contribute with a Planned Giving Option

Good News for Animals

• Interpol Red Notice Cancelled!!
• Interpol Red Notice Removal Receives International Attention
• Respect for Fish Day
• The Historical Roots and Philosophical Advocacy of Plant-Based Diets in the Middle East

Action Alerts

• Tell Sephora: There’s Nothing Beautiful About Cruelty
• End Horrific Birthing Shows at the Minnesota State Fair
• Dogs Clamped, Poisoned & Shot for World Cup in Morocco
• End Animal Testing (U.S. Residents)
• Animal Testing is Torture
• Tell Elon Musk to Stop His Cruel Animal Experiments!
• More alerts...

Stories, Poetry, Prose, Art

• Truth Tankas 2
• You were never mine to own
• Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis)

Thought-provoking Articles

• Leather’s Environmental Lie
• Are There Animal Ingredients in Your Art Supplies?
• Pet Owners Are Not To Blame: RPA Founder & Director David Cantor on Pet Industries and Loving Nonhuman Animals
• Benefits of Vegan Diets: Insights from Leading Dieticians in the UAE
• Private cultivated-meat research can only take us so far

Religion / Spirituality and Animals

• The Peaceable Kingdom Hour
• Sermon - Putting Money Before God
• Stump The Pastor - Why is there no clear command in the New Testament to refrain from eating animal products?
• Tuesdays with Tams - Hierarchy of Worth – When Compassion Becomes Selective - July 29, 2025
• Compassion in Religion / Spirituality - Links
• Vegan Churches - Vegan Friendly Churches - Vegan Pastors
• Religious/Spiritual Compassion for Animals - Organization Links
• Christian Vegetarian Association July 16 Newsletter
• Closing Prayer July 26, 2025 V-Cop By Tams Nicholson
• Quotations from Tams Nicholson, Executive Director, All-Creatures.org

Recipes - Let No Animal Die That We May Live!

• Collard Greens Rice Casserole with Un-cheese Sauce
• Pizza Potatoes
• Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage Apples Raisins

• All-Creatures.org Live Stream Interviews
• Homo Ahimsa Awareness Week, July 27 - August 2
• Wednesday, July 30: Watch A Prayer for Compassion
• Thursday, July 31: Read from Homo Ahimsa, Sacred Sendoffs, Mainstreet Vegan, or Age Like a Yogi
• Friday, August 1: Participate in Respect for Fish Day
• Saturday, August 2: Teach a child how a mother cow’s milk is created for her baby (watch this 5 min. explainer video first)
• July 31, 1-2 pm EDT - Vegans Around the World - The Vegan Transformation: Dr. Angela Crawford
• August 9, 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET - Ahimsa Living Circle - online via Zoom
• September 4-7 - International Animal Rights Conference 2025 - Esch, Luxembourg - in person and online
• More events...