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The '''Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition''', or '''MARC''', is a [[nonprofit]] volunteer-run [[animal rights]] organization based in [[Massachusetts]]. MARC is the largest and most active animal rights group in Massachusetts and operates as a tax exempt [[501(c)(3)]] corporation<ref>http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/corpsearch/CorpSearchEntityList.asp?ReadFromDB=True&UpdateAllowed=</ref> with over 1300 members of all ages and backgrounds <ref>[http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/MARC_list/ MARC_list : Welcome to MARC!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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The '''Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition''' ('''MARC''') is a non-profit volunteer-run [[animal rights]] organization based in [[Massachusetts]], United States. MARC is the largest and most active animal rights group in Massachusetts and operates as a tax exempt [[501(c)(3)]] corporation<ref>http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/corpsearch/CorpSearchEntityList.asp?ReadFromDB=True&UpdateAllowed=</ref> with over 2500 members of all ages and backgrounds<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/MARC_list/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713202618/http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/MARC_list/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |title=MARC_list : Welcome to MARC! |publisher=Pets.groups.yahoo.com |date=October 10, 2003 |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref>


MARC's activities include protests and leafletting, public educational outreach, tabling, talks, letter and phone campaigns, letters to editors, face-to-face meetings, media interviews, conferences, walks and marches, and legislative action. MARC has held hundreds of public events in Massachusetts to raise awareness of animal suffering.
MARC's activities include protests and leafleting, public educational outreach, tabling, talks, letter and phone campaigns, letters to editors, face-to-face meetings, media interviews, conferences, walks and marches, and legislative action. MARC has held hundreds of public events in Massachusetts to raise awareness of animal suffering.


MARC targets a broad range of animal rights causes, including [[animal testing]] and experimentation, animals in entertainment, [[veganism]], wildlife protection, and the rights of all animals.
MARC targets a broad range of animal rights causes, including [[animal testing]] and experimentation, animals in entertainment, [[veganism]], wildlife protection, and the rights of all animals.


MARC's campaigns in Massachusetts have been cited in numerous local papers and have included vivisection<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=507449 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Fearing Clashes, WJH Ups Security��<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.stopthebiolab.org/endorsements.php Stop The Bioterror Lab - People And Organizations Against The Biolab<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.all-creatures.org/wlalw/events-participants-2007.html Events in 2007 - Events in Support of World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, wildlife<ref>[http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1049504 Animal fans blast crass menagerie - BostonHerald.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/11/in_braintree_activists_protest_goose_hunt_on_golf_course In Braintree, activists protest goose hunt on golf course - The Boston Globe<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/10/18/News/Turkeys.Ruffle.Brookline.Residents.Feathers-3041168.shtml Turkeys ruffle Brookline residents' feathers - News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, farm animals, <ref>[http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1049504 Animal fans blast crass menagerie - BostonHerald.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/01/30/News/Animal.Rights.Group.Protests.BuSponsored.Event-2685598.shtml Animal rights group protests BU-sponsored event - News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.meatout.org/events/mevents02.htm Meatout 2008 Events<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://allston02134.blogspot.com/2007/02/animal-rights-activists-protest-at.html Allston Brighton Community Blog: Animal rights activists protest at Kentucky Fried Chicken<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, cruelty-free living <ref>[http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_063120427?keyword=topstory%2Bpage=0 Clothing with a conscience Dressing 'cruelty-free' doesn't have to mean sacrificing style - EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://www.bostonveg.org/foodfest/sponsors.html Boston Vegetarian Food Festival Sponsors<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> animals in entertainment, <ref>[http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=1368&id=47188 Bill would outlaw hooks used on elephants<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2005/11/16/News/Mass-Considers.Exotic.Animal.Ban-1059353.shtml Mass. considers exotic animal ban - News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, and companion animals.
MARC's campaigns in Massachusetts have been cited in numerous local papers and have included opposition to vivisection;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=507449 |title=The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Fearing Clashes, WJH Ups Security |publisher=Thecrimson.com |date=April 29, 2005 |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stopthebiolab.org/endorsements.php |title=Stop The Bioterror Lab – People And Organizations Against The Biolab |publisher=Stopthebiolab.org |accessdate=November 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210174229/http://www.stopthebiolab.org/endorsements.php |archive-date=February 10, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.all-creatures.org/wlalw/events-participants-2007.html |title=Events in 2007 – Events in Support of World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week |publisher=All-creatures.org |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref> advocacy for wildlife,<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|last=Staff |first=Herald |url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1049504 |title=Animal fans blast crass menagerie |newspaper=Boston Herald |publisher=News.bostonherald.com |date=December 8, 2007 |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/11/in_braintree_activists_protest_goose_hunt_on_golf_course |title=In Braintree, activists protest goose hunt on golf course – The Boston Globe |work=Boston Globe |date=December 11, 2005 |accessdate=November 29, 2011|last1=Jan |first1=Tracy }}</ref><ref>[http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/10/18/News/Turkeys.Ruffle.Brookline.Residents.Feathers-3041168.shtml Turkeys ruffle Brookline residents' feathers – News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801220609/http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/10/18/News/Turkeys.Ruffle.Brookline.Residents.Feathers-3041168.shtml |date=August 1, 2012 }}</ref> farmed animals,<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/01/30/News/Animal.Rights.Group.Protests.BuSponsored.Event-2685598.shtml Animal rights group protests BU-sponsored event – News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801220632/http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/01/30/News/Animal.Rights.Group.Protests.BuSponsored.Event-2685598.shtml |date=August 1, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meatout.org/events/mevents02.htm |title=Meatout 2008 Events |publisher=Meatout.org |accessdate=November 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127193815/http://www.meatout.org/events/mevents02.htm |archive-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mattison |first=Harry |url=http://allston02134.blogspot.com/2007/02/animal-rights-activists-protest-at.html |title=Allston Brighton Community Blog: Animal rights activists protest at Kentucky Fried Chicken |publisher=Allston02134.blogspot.com |date=February 22, 2007 |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref> and cruelty-free living;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eagletribune.com/pulife/local_story_063120427?keyword=topstory%2Bpage=0 |title=Clothing with a conscience Dressing 'cruelty-free' doesn't have to mean sacrificing style – EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA |publisher=Eagletribune.com |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonveg.org/foodfest/sponsors.html |title=Boston Vegetarian Food Festival Sponsors |publisher=Bostonveg.org |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref> and advocacy for animals exploited in entertainment<ref>{{cite web|last=Kantor |first=Ira |url=http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=1368&id=47188 |title=Bill would outlaw hooks used on elephants |publisher=Bu.edu |date=October 18, 2007 |accessdate=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2005/11/16/News/Mass-Considers.Exotic.Animal.Ban-1059353.shtml Mass. considers exotic animal ban – News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801220641/http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2005/11/16/News/Mass-Considers.Exotic.Animal.Ban-1059353.shtml |date=August 1, 2012 }}</ref> and companion animals.


== References ==
==See also==
*[[List of animal rights groups]]
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==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.massanimalrights.org/ Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition]


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* [https://massanimalcoalition.org/ Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition]
* {{cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/07/protest_targets_horse_carriages/ | title=Protest targets horse carriages | publisher=[http://www.boston.com Boston Globe] | date=December 7, 2008 | accessdate=December 5, 2011 | author=Collette, Matt| newspaper=Boston.com }}


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The Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition (MARC) is a non-profit volunteer-run animal rights organization based in Massachusetts, United States. MARC is the largest and most active animal rights group in Massachusetts and operates as a tax exempt 501(c)(3) corporation[1] with over 2500 members of all ages and backgrounds[2]

MARC's activities include protests and leafleting, public educational outreach, tabling, talks, letter and phone campaigns, letters to editors, face-to-face meetings, media interviews, conferences, walks and marches, and legislative action. MARC has held hundreds of public events in Massachusetts to raise awareness of animal suffering.

MARC targets a broad range of animal rights causes, including animal testing and experimentation, animals in entertainment, veganism, wildlife protection, and the rights of all animals.

MARC's campaigns in Massachusetts have been cited in numerous local papers and have included opposition to vivisection;[3][4][5] advocacy for wildlife,[6][7][8] farmed animals,[6][9][10][11] and cruelty-free living;[12][13] and advocacy for animals exploited in entertainment[14][15] and companion animals.

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References

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  1. ^ http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/corpsearch/CorpSearchEntityList.asp?ReadFromDB=True&UpdateAllowed=
  2. ^ "MARC_list : Welcome to MARC!". Pets.groups.yahoo.com. October 10, 2003. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  3. ^ "The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Fearing Clashes, WJH Ups Security". Thecrimson.com. April 29, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "Stop The Bioterror Lab – People And Organizations Against The Biolab". Stopthebiolab.org. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "Events in 2007 – Events in Support of World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week". All-creatures.org. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Staff, Herald (December 8, 2007). "Animal fans blast crass menagerie". Boston Herald. News.bostonherald.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  7. ^ Jan, Tracy (December 11, 2005). "In Braintree, activists protest goose hunt on golf course – The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  8. ^ Turkeys ruffle Brookline residents' feathers – News Archived August 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Animal rights group protests BU-sponsored event – News Archived August 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Meatout 2008 Events". Meatout.org. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  11. ^ Mattison, Harry (February 22, 2007). "Allston Brighton Community Blog: Animal rights activists protest at Kentucky Fried Chicken". Allston02134.blogspot.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  12. ^ "Clothing with a conscience Dressing 'cruelty-free' doesn't have to mean sacrificing style – EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA". Eagletribune.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  13. ^ "Boston Vegetarian Food Festival Sponsors". Bostonveg.org. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  14. ^ Kantor, Ira (October 18, 2007). "Bill would outlaw hooks used on elephants". Bu.edu. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  15. ^ Mass. considers exotic animal ban – News Archived August 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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