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The following comes from the Humane Society International
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When: Wednesday, February 11th, 12-1 PM
Where: The Bay at Granville St. & Georgia St. (map)
February 11th is the National Day of Protest against fur in Canada, and Liberation BC will be celebrating with a big media event!
Haven’t come out to any events this year? Make this one your first! It’s super important and we really need your help!
Come on out at noon on Wednesday, February 11th. Do you wear clothes? That’s great! Feel like going naked? That’s even better! We need lots of folks willing to do both! (If you can make it—clothed or not—please contact Joanne at joanne@liberationbc.org for more info.)
Way back on September 20th, 50 of you fine people came out in the pouring rain to walk and raise money for Farm Sanctuary.
This week, we finally received the results of all your hard work! The Vancouver Walk for Farm Animals raised:
Great job, everyone!
If you raised enough money to become a member of Farm Sanctuary, you should be receiving your membership information in the mail soon!
Check out how all the other cities did, and look at all the great pictures here!
When: Saturday, February 14th, 6:30-8:30
Where: Cru, 1459 West Broadway (map)
Cru took foie gras off their regular menu, but for this special holiday, they’ve added it back on. Nothing says “romantic” to us like the burst stomachs, anal hemmorrhaging, and lacerated esophagi of foie gras production. (Not only that, but foie gras appears to be almost as bad for humans as it is for ducks! Seriously–check out the article!)
We’re going to be at Cru with signs and flyers to politely remind people that there’s nothing romantic about torturing innocent ducks! Come on out and make your Valentine’s Day a meaningful one!
1. If you already know what’s wrong with rodeo, you’ll understand why we were upset to discover that Matt Lauer, of NBC’s The Today Show, performed as a rodeo clown as part of his “scariest jobs” segment. Rodeo animals are continuously abused (check out more info and some videos), and it is irresponsible of NBC to glamourize the rodeo.
Learn more about the responses to the segment, or contact NBC:
Email: Today@NBCUNI.com, today@nbc.com, today@msnbc.com
Petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/PLZNBC-expose-Rodeo-Abuse
2. Top French chef, Albert Roux, seeks end to ‘cruel’ foie gras
“Frenchman Albert Roux, who has trained high-profile chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Martin Wishart and Andrew Fairlie, said the traditional method of producing foie gras, by force-feeding ducks and geese, should stop. More humane methods should be used that allow the animal to gorge themselves naturally, he said.”
Read more here.
3. Cheese–it’s grosser than you thought! (From MSNBC.com)
“Cheese makes some foodies jump up and down like little kids, but behind that heavenly taste and texture lies bacteria, mammal stomach lining and pure fat.
To ripen cheese and add flavor, bacterial strains are freely injected and smeared into the substance. But not all have been accounted for, a new study finds.”
Read the rest at MSNBC.com!
4. The Province has published a great opinion piece called End These Useless Experiments:
“…researchers and the underpinning industries of animal breeders and transporters, cage and equipment builders and food manufacturers have a financial interest in convincing you that all this cash goes only to research aimed at saving human lives. It does not.”
Read the rest here and let the Province know that you liked it at provletters@theprovince.com!
(And learn more about animal experimentation at our page!
5. This week, we’re asking you to speak out against the horrors of shark-finning again by calling a third establishment in the lower mainland: the Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant! Shark fin products are incredibly cruel and we owe it to the sharks to speak out against the industry!
Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant
3888 Main Street
Telephone: (604) 872-8822
Don’t know what to say? Try:
I am calling because I’ve heard that you sell shark fin. I oppose shark fin, and want to say that as long as you sell it, my friends and family and I will not patronize your establishment. Thank you.
Source: Liberation BC .
Last year, Liberation BC made a big splash at the Cloverdale Rodeo (see more here) and this Saturday, we took a trip to Abbotsford. We witnessed a great deal of abuse while there, including one calf who appeared to get poked in the eyes right before the chute opened to release him into the ring. A few calves were dragged by the neck after having been roped. Several were snapped up off the ground when they were roped before being body-slammed by a cowboy.
While the tough guys of the rodeo were busy lassoing frightened baby animals, 7 activists stormed the ring. Another 2 stood up in the stands with banners and a megaphone. After a few minutes, security dragged us out and police arrived to escort us from the fairgrounds. We weren’t able to get our own video footage of these events, but someone in the audience did, and he/she posted it on Youtube! Check it out here!
Photo from Wikipedia ; not the Abbotsford Rodeo.
Source: Liberation BC
Not many people know why rodeos and stampede are cruel. Please take some time to learn about the truths and share this with others. Watch the video below :
BuckTheRodeo.com
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