The Houston Animal Rights Team is an all-volunteer, grass-roots organization that has been working to save animals in Houston and around the world since 1983.

To get involved with HART, simply contact us, or come to one of our events, or join our mailing list accessible via Yahoogroups.


Houston Animal Rights Team
PO Box 53928
Houston, Texas 77052

832-380-HART

mail@houstonanimalrights.com














PAST EVENTS:

PAST EVENTS











JOIN PETA PROTEST AGAINST RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS ON OPENING DAY

MORE DAYS ADDED:
- Saturday, July 10, 2:30 p.m.
(likely another at 6:30pm too)
- Wednesday, July 14, 6:30 p.m.
- Saturday, July 17, 11:30 a.m.

Community-wide protest with PETA.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will lead the protest against circus animal cruelty when Ringling Bros. Circus comes to Houston. Join PETA's Action Team on opening day, Wednesday, July 7 at 6:30 PM outside Reliant Stadium. The protest will focus on abuse toward baby elephants in the circus.
All Houston area activists are encouraged to attend and speak out against animal cruelty to educate the public about what goes on inside Ringling's training center. PETA has obtained footage of baby elephants separated from their mothers and abused. Signs and materials will be provided including PETA's newest flyer. Activists should meet at the corner of Kirby at Murworth Drives.
To learn more about circus animal cruelty, visit www.RinglingBeatsAnimals.com

outside Reliant Stadium
Intersection of Kirby and Murworth
Houston, TX 77054
Jul 7 Wed 6:30 PM

Lolita Orca Whale Film Screeing 15 May 2010



Rynn Berry Event this 21 April 2010



March 17  WED  6:30 pm First Meeting of Black Vegan Group 
There will be a first meeting of the newly formed, Black Vegan Group,
March 17th at 6:30 pm, gathering in The SHAPE Administrative Center 3903 Almeda, Houston, TX 77004. SHAPE is an acronym for Self-Help for African People through Education.  The goal of the Black Vegan Group is to raise vegan awareness in the black and minority communities. This group is not exclusive to vegans or blacks. However, it is the focus of the group. All are welcome! Please feel free to bring any refreshments you will like to share. It is not mandatory to bring anything but greatly appreciated. I look forward to seeing you there. For more information please call Nateisha at 713-835-1316.
March 18  THU  6:30 pm Grassroots Organizing for the Animals with HART 
Come to find out what you can do to speak up for the animals!  Houston Animal Rights Team (HART)  will have an open meeting Thursday,
March 18  at 6:30pm gathering in the newest vegan restaurant in Houston, TIKURS. Chef Tikur   specializes in bringing the Cajun/Creole flavors of New Orleans to vegan food. TIKURS operates Tue/Thu out of the same restaurant space as THE VEGAN CAFE  located inside the SHAPE Family Center at 3815 Live Oak,  Houston, TX, 77004. The restaurant will be serving food until 7pm for those who would like to eat before the meeting. Recommended early arrival  from 6 pm onward to dine, then meeting begins at 7.  Newcomers with  new ideas are encouraged to attend. Bring your suggestions and come out to help raise awareness for the animals!   Topics may include... World Week for Lab Animal Liberation,  EARTH DAY etc. Please visit www.houstonanimalrights.com  and call (832) 380-HART.

March 20 SAT 9 am-noon
 Farmers Market and Vegan Buffet at Sunshine's
Sunshine's Sunfired Foods All-You-Can-Eat  Buffet and Farmer's Market this Saturday! Vegan BBQ, Baked Potato w/Chopped Veggies, BBQ Corn, Vegan BBQ Chickn, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw and lots more!  Sunshine's Health Food Store, 4915 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX 77021

March 20 SAT 12 noon - 3 pm Vegan Society of PEACE Annual MEATOUT 
The Vegan Society of PEACE will host their annual MEATOUT event on Saturday,
March 20 in Houston!  It is also their 6th Year Anniversary Celebration!  Come out for a Vegan Picnic in the Park at Memorial Park South Picnic Loop from 12:00 Noon- 3:00 PM.  Enjoy free veggie dogs (while they last!), free vegan product and food samples and plenty of free literature.  Bring a vegan dish to share and keep the picnic earth-friendly by bringing your own re-usable picnic-ware.  There will be outdoor games and door prizes. Open to the public and all ages are welcome!  Dogs are also welcome with leashes. Look for the Society of PEACE banners.

March 23 TUE 11:45 am-1 pm Animal Law Section Discussion "Animal Experimentation" with PCRMThe Animal Law Society of South Texas College of Law and the Houston Bar Association Animal Law Section jointly present 'Animal Experimentation: The Current State of Affairs'.  This event will feature Dr. John J. Pippin, MD, senior medical & research advisor for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), who will discuss the ethical reasons to ban animal experimentation and the many animal-free alternatives that exist. The public is welcome to attend this free educational event. Begins promptly at 11:45 AM at the South Texas College of Law, 1602 San Jacinto, Room 314, Houston, TX 77002.  Bring along your own vegan lunch. Contact Christina for details. 





RODEO PARADE LEAFLETTING
27 February 2010
downtown Houston
call for details- we will meet and hand out leaflets along the parade route


ANTI-RODEO DEMONSTRATION
27 February 2010 - 2:00pm
meet at the corner of Kirby and I-610
Come and join us in bearing witness to the cruelty of all the animals that suffer at and because of the rodeo- the calves in the calf roping, and especially all those individuals that end up being eaten.

more details to come - do something!- join us!

check out our anti-rodeo website





Feb 27 SAT 9 AM/ 2PM
Protest the Cruelty of the Houston Rodeo with H.A.R.T.
Join the Houston Animal Rights Team (HART) in protesting the cruel tradition and violent bloodsport of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Learn more at HoustonRodeo.org. First RODEO PROTEST will be Saturday, Feb 27, 2 PM at Kirby and 610 Loop, with leafleting earlier during the Rodeo Parade, arrive 9 AM. New activists are encouraged to attend and share ideas and energy to help animals for 2010. Turn your compassion into action for the animals in Houston! Use one of our signs or bring your own. "Rodeo Reality" hand-outs may be individually downloaded and printed from www.sharkonline.org To participate please contact mail@houstonanimalrights.com phone (832) 380-4278/ (832) 380-HART and visit www.houstonanimalrights.com

Feb 27 SAT 7 pm
Culture Night at SHAPE Community Center
Everyone is welcome to Culture Night this Saturday beginning 7pm located at The SHAPE Community Center on 3815 Live Oak. There will be vegan food made by The Vegan Cafe and Tikur's, spoken word (poetry), and documentaries. Contact info for this event is (832) 884-1539. S.H.A.P.E. is an acronym representing Self Help for African People through Education.

Feb 28 SUN 12:30 pm
Bay Area Vegetarian Potluck and Film Screening
The Vegetarian Society of the Bay Area is holding their monthly meeting & potluck luncheon on Sunday, February 28th. The event will begin at 12:30 pm with door prizes, a short film screening on a related topic, as well as a book review. This group meets once a month at the Unity Church of the Bay Area in League City and the public is welcome to attend. Please remember to bring a vegan dish to share at the potluck! For more information, contact Sandy 281-332-8154.

Feb 28 SUN 3 pm
Vegan Culinary Classes Through Leisure Learning Unlimited
VEGAN ORGANIC 101 Arguably the healthiest way to eat. Learn to cook with fresh, pure, unadulterated food. Get the most out of the nutrients and savor the wonderful flavors. Learn to make a savory tart, an elegant bisque, salads with dressings, and even cookies. Enjoy one smoothie and learn to make many others. A "hands-on" class. Taught by Staci Davis of Radical Eats, SUN Feb 28th 3-7pm, location near 59/Fondren. For details contact Leisure Learning Unlimited or call (713) 529-4414

BARC HELP DESK
This major step for BARC needs volunteers willing to help the public find solutions for their unwanted or lost animals. If you would like to be a part of this life-saving operation at B.A.R.C., please contact: Lydia Caldwell: Lydia4barc@yahoo.com or James Oxford: hapi4pets@gmail.com


 


PROTEST NASA'S RETURN TO MONKEY EXPERIMENTS Scientists at NASA want to blast up to 28 squirrel monkeys with a massive dose of gamma rays in order to "simulate" the space radiation that they would be exposed to if they were humans on a three-year mission to Mars. The monkeys will then spend the rest of their lives forced to perform a host of "behavioral tasks" to assess how the radiation affected their brains.

Please join PETA in urging NASA to terminate its plans to conduct radiation experiments using monkeys.

What: Protest against NASA's experiments on monkeys

When: Thursday, January 28, 12 noon

Where: Johnson Space Center, southeast intersection of Space Center and Bay Area boulevards, Houston

This demonstration will include a visual aspect, with people sitting in cages. If you would like to volunteer to be in a cage—or if you want more information about the demonstration or would like to RSVP—please contact David Shirk at 206-818-0773 or DavidShirk@peta.org. All materials will be provided.



more information
PETA's action alert



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JANUARY OPEN HART ORGANIZING MEETING
 
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 6:30pm

location:Houston Institute for Culture
(same location as last two months), 708 Telephone Rd, Houston, 77023

If we can't get this space, we will meet at Bohemeos next door. Look for the HART banner in either case.

We'll discuss organizing around the Houston Rodeo for one thing. Check out the HART anti-rodeo website:houstonrodeo.org.



11 January 2010 - Banner/sign making meeting for MLK parade

19 January 2010 - We will march in the MLK parade- all are welcome!

 (We did not march in the parade, but we did help distribute 'Why Vegan' flyers to the crowd)..

ACTION ALERT - JOIN ANIMAL ACTIVISTS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE ACTION:

Click here for all the details

This action was a huge success. Let's hope we warmed the heart of the man who owns this facility, who says he is an animal person, to find the energy and resources to keep his animals in better shape than the way we found them.







DECEMBER OPEN HART ORGANIZING MEETING
 
Thursday, December 17th 2009, 6:30pm

location:theCanvas, 708 Telephone Rd, Houston, 77023


The Houston Animal Rights Team, HART will be having an open meeting to discuss plans for leafleting of vegan outreach materials from the Christian Vegetarian Association on the eve of Christmas. We'll also be screening a 26 minute short film produced by the CVA designed to promote veganism to the spiritual community. Please visit www.houstonanimalrights.com call HART at (832) 380-4278 or send an email to mail@houstonanimalrights.com for details. Newcomers welcome, HART Meeting Thursday, Dec 17th 6:30 PM at The CANVAS 708 Telephone Rd, Houston, 77023. FREE







FLYERING AT THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE
 
Thursday, November 26th 2009,

location:downtown Houston - call 832-380-HART to join us


Join us in handing out flyers about the annual slaughter of millions of Turkeys and other sentient creatures around this time of the year. This is a yearly event, and is always one of the better opportunties to ask people to think about the totally needless cruelty we inflict on animals.

Everyone is welcome. To get involved, call us at 832-380-HART- even during the event-, or send us an email at mail@houstonanimalrights.com. Or, just join other grass-roots animal activists of Why Vegans and flyers about the intelligence of Turkeys. We will gather at 8 AM (an hour before parade starts, to reach the gathering audience) at the intersection of TEXAS and CRAWFORD in downtown Houston.











HART Leafleting at the Uptown Holiday Lighting Ceremony
 
Thursday, November 26th 2009




Join us for another chance to reach a large audience- a yearly tradition. Holiday music and concessions will begin at 4 p.m. Santa lights the Boulevard and fireworks extravaganza at 7 p.m. WHERE Uptown Houston On Post Oak Boulevard, between San Felipe and Westheimer. To get involved, call us at 832-380-HART- even during the event-, or send us an email at mail@houstonanimalrights.com.







OTHER EVENTS ON THANKSGIVING
 
Thursday, November 26th 2009


  • Loving Hut vegan restaurant 2825 S. Kirkwood will be open for VEGAN Thanksgiving Feast call for directions (281) 531-8882
  • Free Vegetarian Potluck at SUPER HAPPY FUNLAND 3801 Polk St "Happy Veggie Day" with dinner music by Rusted Shut, vegan performance art, and more, call (713) 880-2100
  • VISIT THE ANIMALS while enjoying VEGAN Thanksgiving Potluck at SARA ANIMAL SANCTUARY located in Seguin, TX call (830) 401-0280








FUR-FREE FRIDAY
 
Friday, November 27th 2009

10 am - noon
Stand in protest of the needless death of animals made into fur coats, outside Neiman Marcus, at 2600 Post Oak Blvd in The Galleria. Find nearby parking and join us between 10 am and noon. Bring your own anti-fur sign if you like, or hold one of ours. To get involved, call us at 832-380-HART- even during the event-, or send us an email at mail@houstonanimalrights.com.

NEXT HART MEETING: OPEN TO EVERYONE
 
Thursday, November 19th 2009, 7pm-9pm

theCanvas
708 Telephone Rd.
Houston, TX 77023
click here for a map


November 19 - Houston Animal Rights Team (HART) will have an open meeting Thursday, November 19 at 7 PM at The CANVAS, 708 Telephone Road / 77023. Newcomers are very welcome! The Houston Animal Rights Team is an all volunteer, grass-roots organization working to raise awareness to end cruelty to animals since 1983. Please join us to plan leafleting and compassionate outreach events for the annual Fur-Free Friday demonstration and vegan outreach distribution during the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

We will be screening the short 10 minute movie, "A Life Connected" which talks about all of the good reasons to choose vegetarian.

Radical Eats will be providing vegan snacks!

To get involved, please call us at 832-380-HART, or send us an email at mail@houstonanimalrights.com.


PROTEST CIRCUS CRUELTY SUNDAY 8 AUGUST 2009 at 11:30am
 
Please join the Houston Animal Rights Team, this Sunday, Aug 9 at 11:30 AM in a protest of the cruel treatment of animals during this last weekend of the circus. Join area activists in sharing free literature outside Butler Stadium 13755 S. Main St, Houston, TX 77035 as UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS makes their last "spectacle of abusement" before forcing the animals to travel to Birmingham, Alabama as the abuse continues. (Protest time Sunday 11:30 AM) Please call Houston Animals Right Team at (832) 380-HART for details.

 
 
Fur-Free Friday Protest
November 28th, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
 
Neiman Marcus-Galleria
(Post Oak entrance between Westheimer & W. Alabama)
 
 
 
TAKE ACTION FOR ANIMALS!
NOVEMBER 28, 2008 IS FUR FREE FRIDAY
 
The start of the holiday shopping season is also the start of the fur-free season. Animal advocates across the country will spread the word about the animal suffering behind fur and fur trim, and encourage shoppers to make humane choices.
 
Your reminder to consumers that animals need their fur more than we do will help reduce the numbers of animals suffering and dying for fur!
 
Please come out & join with Houston Animal Rights Team, Society of PEACE, Vegan World Radio, & In Solidarity With Animals members in protesting the use of fur by humans.  We'll be targeting Neiman Carcass (Marcus) again for their refusal to take fur products off of their racks.
 
Feel free to bring your own poster & leaflets or use ours.
 
Join us!

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HART at Houston's International Festival,
26-27 April 2008

Look for the HART booth at iFest 2008! Sign up for our mailing list for a chance to win a t-shirt; drawings every hour from noon until 7pm both days!



Tune in to Vegan World Radio every Wednesday at 10pm-11pm CST on KPFT 90.1 FM Houston & 89.5 Galveston. Listen to all past shows via the website.




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