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Happy International Respect for Chickens Day!

Mon, 04 May 2009 21:24:00 GMT

INTERNATIONAL RESPECT FOR CHICKENS DAY Today, May 4th, is International Respect for Chickens Day! Established in 2005 by United Poultry Concerns, this special day is intended to educate people about how intelligent and affectionate chickens are, as well as how much they suffer in the egg and meat industries. (Yes, even the organic and free range ones: <a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/organic">http://liberationbc.org/issues/organic</a>.) "Over the years, people who once thought they would never care about a chicken have changed their minds after learning about the terrible suffering endured by these birds and after meeting some happy chickens who escaped to live in our sanctuary," says UPC President Karen Davis. What are you doing to celebrate chickens? Here are a few ideas! * Still eating chickens or their eggs? Go without for a day, or even better, check out this collection of free veggie starter kits: <a href="http://liberationbc.org/resources#veggie">http://liberationbc.org/resources#veggie</a> * Check out this free copy of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, by UPC President Karen Davis: <a href="http://www.upc-online.org/Prison%20Chickens%20Poisoned%20Eggs.pdf">http://www.upc-online.org/Prison%20Chickens%20Poisoned%20Eggs.pdf</a> * Learn about the surprising secrets of chicken intelligence: <a href="http://www.chickenindustry.com/cfi/intelligence/">http://www.chickenindustry.com/cfi/intelligence/</a> * Send a Chicken Day e-card to a friend who doesn't know about chickens: <a href="http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showthumbs.pl?q1=emay_intrespectchickensday&log=%27">http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showthumbs.pl?q1=emay_intrespectchickensday&log=%27</a> * Donate to United Poultry Concerns: <a href="http://www.upc-online.org/donate.htm">http://www.upc-online.org/donate.htm</a> ==================== REMEMBER MOTHER COWS ON MOTHER'S DAY Mother's Day comes up on Sunday, May 10th, and while we're honouring our own moms, it's important that we remember that human mothers aren't the only ones who dote on their babies! Mother cows are very devoted to their calves, and often form lifelong relationships with them. Of course, the cows in the dairy industry are usually separated from their babies within hours or days so that humans can drink their milk. They never see them again. (<a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/dairy">http://liberationbc.org/issues/dairy</a>) The calves, meanwhile, are either raised for veal or killed outright. If they're female, they may be kept to replace their mothers. Please check out this fine poster from Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary, and remember that Milk Comes from a Grieving Mother: <a href="http://www.animalperson.net/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/02/dairyad.jpg">http://www.animalperson.net/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/02/dairyad.jpg</a> ===================== HELP BEARS IN VICTORIA TOMORROW Do you live in Victoria? The Humane Society International is holding two important events tomorrow to help the bears of the Great Bear Rainforest, who are victims of trophy-hunting: <a href="https://community.hsus.org/campaign/canada_bc_bears">https://community.hsus.org/campaign/canada_bc_bears</a> Bear Memorial When: Tuesday, May 5, 2 to 3 p.m. Where: Outside the Parliament Buildings, Belleville Street, Downtown Victoria, Inner Harbour Please bring teddy bears, poems about bears, or anything bear-related to build a memorial in support of the bears shot for trophy in the Great Bear Rainforest. Concert to Save the Bears featuring ART (Art Response Team) When: Tuesday, May 5, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Where: Herman

Just a Reminder: Earth Day Events This Week

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:20:00 GMT

EARTH DAY LEAFLETTING AND CUPCAKE GIVEAWAY Join Liberation BC, Earthsave, and the Vancouver Humane Society to spread the word about the devastating impact of meat, eggs, and dairy on our environment (<a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/environment">http://liberationbc.org/issues/environment</a>) as part of a campaign to promote a "meat-free Earth Day." Campaign launch: When: Wednesday, April 15th, 12-1 PM Where: Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson St. side) We will be giving out information outside of the Art Gallery on Robson Street on April 15th, from noon until 1pm. Volunteers are needed to help hold signs and hand out literature. Rush hour leafleting: When: Thursday-Tuesday, April 16, 17, 20, & 21, 4:30-6 PM Where: various locations Volunteers are needed to help hand out literature during the evening rush hour at various locations around the city. This will be easy and friendly leafleting in small groups. Earth Day Leafletting and Food Give-Away!: When: Wednesday, April 22nd, 12-2 PM Where: Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson St. side) On Earth Day (April 22nd) we will be giving out food! Come join us from noon until 2pm in front of the Art Gallery on Robson Street to help inform passersby about the environmental benefits of a meat-free diet, and give out delicious vegan goodies! For info, contact <a href="mailto:glenn@liberationbc.org">glenn@liberationbc.org</a>. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CANDLELIGHT VIGIL for Lab Animals When: Friday, April 24th, starting at 7 PM Where: Robson & Howe (by the UBC Bookstore) The AD-AV Society of BC is holding a candlelight vigil for laboratory animals, and they need your help: Please meet us...at 7p.m., where we will be leafleting until dusk: then we will make a slow march along Burrard Street to St. Paul's Hospital for a 2 hour silent candlelight vigil... Contact John at <a href="mailto:prangerjohn@yahoo.ca">prangerjohn@yahoo.ca</a> or Anne at <a href="mailto:shamrockstudio@shaw.ca">shamrockstudio@shaw.ca</a> Many people don't realize that animal testing is a major industry in Canada, with 250,000,000 dogs, cats, birds, mice, rats, and others dying annually--an average of one every 16 seconds. Here in British Columbia, millions of animals suffer at UBC, SFU, BC Children's Hospital, VGH, St. Paul's Hospital, and the ICORD Centre. In our advanced technological age, animal testing has been rendered suprisingly unnecessary and may even be holding us back. As Dr. Richard Klausner, of the National Cancer Institute has said, "The history of cancer research has been the history of curing cancer in the mouse. We have cured mice of cancer for decades and it simply didn

Saturday bear event location changed & Earth Week!

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT

What are you doing for Earth Day? Plus: help bears!

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:25:00 GMT

HELP BC BEARS Are you registered to run or walk in the Vancouver Sun Run? Want to help Humane Society International save bears while you do it? Contact <a href="mailto:joannechang@live.com">joannechang@live.com</a> to find out how you can join "Team Grizzly"! Spring trophy hunting season is well underway and we need you to help raise awareness about this important issue. This is your opportunity to give voice to the bears being killed out of sight in the remote regions of BC: <a href="http://www.hsicanada.ca/wildlife/grizzly_bears/great_bear_rainforest.html">http://www.hsicanada.ca/wildlife/grizzly_bears/great_bear_rainforest.html</a> The trophy hunting of bears is continuing only because the provincial government refuses to end this atrocity. As a British Columbian, it is critical now

Volunteers Needed: Animal-Friendly Easter & Earth Day!

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:44:00 GMT

<table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border: 2px solid #777; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: 'Helvetica', sans-serif;"> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #777"><a href="http://liberationbc.com" style="border: 0"><img src="http://liberationbc.com/files/email-header.gif" alt="Liberation BC" style="border: 0; margin-top: 0px;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="padding: 36px 48px; ">   Contents <a href="#easter" rel="nofollow">Fun Cruelty-Free Easter Demo</a> <a href="#earth" rel="nofollow">Vegan on Earth Day--Call for Volunteers</a> <a href="#interview" rel="nofollow">LibBC Interview</a> <a href="#minutes" rel="nofollow">Got Five Minutes to Help Animals?</a> <a href="http://liberationbc.org/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://liberationbc.com/files/donate-button.gif" alt="Donate" style="border: 0pt none ; margin-top: 24px;" /></a> <h2><a name="easter"></a>Fun Cruelty-Free Event for Easter!</h2> <h2><img hspace="12" border="0" align="left" vspace="14" style="width: 199px; height: 187px;" alt="" src="http://liberationbc.org/files/crueltyfree03-08.jpg" /></h2>               When: Saturday, April 11th, 2-4 PM, with dinner afterwards Where: Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Street side) Come out and join us for our cruelty-free leafletting event!  In honour of the Easter Bunny, we're going to be spreading the word about animal testing.  Everyone is encouraged to wear Easter-themed outfits (pink or white shirts, bunny costumes, etc). We'll supply the bunny ears! We will be handing out <a href="http://www.aavs.org/shoppingGuide.php">Compassionate Shopping Guides</a>, <a href="http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_order.asp">Cruelty-Free Shopping Guides</a>, and <a href="http://www.peta.org.uk/pdfs/m2-bunnyhoneysticker.jpg">Be a Bunny's Honey</a> stickers. Last year we gave out about 800 Cruelty-Free Shopping Guides and just as many stickers!   <hr /> <h2><a name="earth"></a> Volunteers Needed!  A Meat-Free Earth Day!<img hspace="12" height="128" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="14" src="http://liberationbc.org/files/image_space007.jpg" alt="" /></h2> Join Liberation BC, Earthsave, and the Vancouver Humane Society to spread the word about the <a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/environment">devastating impact of meat, eggs, and dairy on our environment</a> as part of a campaign to promote a "meat-free Earth Day." <h3>Campaign launch:</h3> <div style="margin-left: 24px;">When: Wednesday, April 15th, 12-1 PM Where: Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson St. side) We will be giving out information outside of the Art Gallery on Robson Street on April 15th, from noon until 1pm. Volunteers are needed to help hold signs and hand out literature. </div> <h3>Rush hour leafleting:</h3> <div style="margin-left: 24px;">When: Thursday-Tuesday, April 16, 17, 20, & 21, 4:30-6 PM Where: various locations Volunteers are needed to help hand out literature during the evening rush hour at various locations around the city. This will be easy and friendly leafleting in small groups. </div> <h3>Earth Day Leafletting and Food Give-Away!:</h3> <div style="margin-left: 24px;">When: Wednesday, April 22nd, 12-2 PM Where: Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson St. side)  On Earth Day (April 22nd) we will be giving out food! Come join us from noon until 2pm in front of the Art Gallery on Robson Street to help inform passersby about the environmental benefits of a meat-free diet, and give out delicious vegan goodies! </div> For info, contact <a href="http://us.mc395.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=glenn@liberationbc.org" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:glenn@liberationbc.org" rel="nofollow">glenn@liberationbc.org</a>. <hr /> <h2><a name="interview"></a>Liberation BC Interview</h2> Who is Liberation BC?  What are we about?  Learn more about us and how you can get involved by watching this two-minute interview with <a href="http://www.veggieworld.org.uk/">Veggieworld.org.uk</a>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMbspwnGGY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMbspwnGGY</a> <hr />   <a name="minutes"></a><img hspace="12" height="149" align="middle" width="500" vspace="14" alt="" src="http://liberationbc.org/files/5actions-header.png" /> <h3>Here are 5 easy five-minute actions to help animals!</h3> <img hspace="12" height="56" align="left" width="55" alt="" src="http://liberationbc.org/files/5minutes1(1).jpg" /> Before you dye those Easter eggs this year, remember the chickens who laid them, whether they are <a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/organic">free-range and organic</a> or <a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/eggs">not</a>.  So why not opt for some fun, animal-friendly alternatives?  Farm Sanctuary has two links for you: <a href="http://www.vegforlife.org/eats_eggfreeeaster.html">An Egg-Free Easter</a> and <a href="http://farmsanctuary.typepad.com/making_hay/2009/04/peep-up.html">Dyed Chicks? Peep Up!</a>   <img hspace="12" height="56" align="left" width="55" alt="" src="http://liberationbc.org/files/5minutes2.JPG" />  Passover starts on Thursday, April 9th--will you be the only vegetarian or vegan at the Seder?  It might seem a little daunting at first, since, as Jasmin Singer says, "...few holidays are as centered around food as much as Passover."  Check out <a href="http://farmsanctuary.typepad.com/making_hay/2009/04/passover-without-sacrifice.html">Passover without Sacrifice</a>, full of information and recipes for a delicious, veganized--but still traditional--Seder plate.   <img hspace="12" height="56" align="left" width="55" alt="" src="http://liberationbc.org/files/5minutes3.JPG" />  If you've spent any time on Robson Street lately, you may have noticed the big anti-seal hunt poster in the window of LUSH Cosmetics.  That's right--they've started a <a href="http://www.lush.com/saveourseals/">"Save Our Seals" campaign!</a>  Support them by adding your name to the LUSH petition, already almost 10,000 signatures strong: <a href="http://www.lush.com/saveourseals/petition/">http://www.lush.com/saveourseals/petition/</a> And check out their fun "Baby Seal" soap and Charity Cream while you're there!   <img hspace="12" height="56" align="left" width="55" alt="" src="http://liberationbc.org/files/5minutes4(1).jpg" />   Great news: Israel is considering <a href="http://www.antifurcoalition.org/nitzan-horowitz-bill">a ban on the production and sale of fur</a>!  Do you support the idea of a fur-free Israel?  Contact Israeli Knesset Member Nitzan Horowitz with <a href="http://www.antifurcoalition.org/support-bill-int.html">this easy form</a> and let him know.   <img hspace="12" height="56" align="left" width="55" alt="" src="http://liberationbc.org/files/5minutes5.JPG" /> Please!  No more fur at the Bay!  Add your name to the petition: <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/please-no-more-fur-at-the-bay">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/please-no-more-fur-at-the-bay</a>     <hr />  P.S. <a href="http://liberationbc.org/donate">Your donations </a>help animals! Liberation BC is an all-volunteer organization, and your donations help to pay for printing costs, the website's bandwidth. We would like to invite you to become <a href="http://liberationbc.org/join">an official member of Liberation BC</a>. For $15 per year you can join and support the work of Vancouver's most active animal rights group. As an all volunteer-run organization, all help is needed and appreciated. You'll also get a cool button exclusive to members! For more information about who we are and what we stand for, read our <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://liberationbc.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/liberationbc/132887269030/">mission statement</a>. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" width="540" style="font-size: 80%; padding: 12px;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="text-align: center; background-color: #ddd; padding: 16px 0;"><a href="http://liberationbc.com/credits" style="color: #aaaaaa; text-decoration: none;">Site Credits</a></td> </tr> </table>

PETA anti-seal hunt events & helping BC bears

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:02:00 GMT

PETA Anti-Seal Hunt Events We just found out that PETA is holding two events this Wednesday and Thursday. Sorry for the short notice! Pre-Demo Dinner When: Wednesday, April 1, 7p.m. Where: Bo Kong Restaurant, 3068 Main St., Vancouver and "Seal Crawl" Demo When: Thursday, April 2, 12:45 - 2 p.m. Where: 2010 Countdown Clock (Hornby & Georgia, near the Vancouver Art Gallery) Posters and leaflets will be provided, so just bring yourself and anyone you can recruit to join you. Please contact Sarah Gawricki at <a href="mailto:SarahG@peta.org">SarahG@peta.org</a> or 757-962-8397 to RSVP or for more information. When replying, do not forget to mention the demonstration that you wish to attend. In addition, please e-mail her ASAP if you are interested in being one of PETA's "bloody seals" for this demonstration

LibBC article at Granville Online: Backyard Chickens

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:47:00 GMT

Seal Hunt Demo, Cruelty-Free Easter & Earth Day

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:54:00 GMT

CANADIAN SEAL HUNT DEMONSTRATION When: THIS Friday, March 27, 12 noon Where: Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Street side) This month, about 275,000 harp seals--95% of them between 12 days and 3 months old--will be slaughtered. CATCA is organizing the annual protest against the seal hunt this year, and Liberation BC will be there! Come on out for an hour or two at noon on March 27th and help the seals! All signs and information will be provided, but feel free to bring anything or anyone you like! The government has done a good job of obscuring facts about the seal hunt. Did you know that there are no native people involved in the hunt, and that harp seals are not responsible for the depletion of cod stocks? Learn more here: <a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/seal_hunt">http://liberationbc.org/issues/seal_hunt</a> . ---------------------------------------- FUN CRUELTY-FREE EVENT FOR EASTER When: Saturday, April 11th, 2-4 PM, with dinner afterwards Where: Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Street side) Come out and join us for our cruelty-free leafletting event! In honour of the Easter Bunny, we're going to be spreading the word about animal testing. Everyone is encouraged to wear Easter-themed outfits (pink or white shirts, bunny costumes, etc). We'll supply the bunny ears! We will be handing out Compassionate Shopping Guides (<a href="http://www.aavs.org/shoppingGuide.php">http://www.aavs.org/shoppingGuide.php</a>), Cruelty-Free Shopping Guides (<a href="http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_order.asp">http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_order.asp</a>), and Be a Bunny's Honey stickers. Last year we gave out about 800 Cruelty-Free Shopping Guides and just as many stickers! ---------------------------------------- "GO VEGAN" FOR EARTH DAY Earth Day is April 22nd, and we are joining up with Earthsave and the Vancouver Humane Society for a big project! We need volunteers to help with the following activities: * planning for the event (main event to be held on April 15th, with smaller events for the week leading up to Earth Day) * leafletting info about how animal agriculture affects the environment. (<a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/environment">http://liberationbc.org/issues/environment</a>) During the week leading up to April 22nd there will be rush-hour leafleting at several locations around town * sign and banner-making * anyone interested in helping with the production of a video to be released on the day before Earth Day compiling many different people who say why they are going to eat vegan--either on Earth Day or all the time--to help the environment! In order to make this event a big success, we need several people who are committed to helping out! Please contact <a href="mailto:glenn@liberationbc.org">glenn@liberationbc.org</a> for more information or if you are interested in helping--ASAP!! ----------------------------------------- HOP FOR RABBITS WITH VRRA When: April 4th, noon to 4 PM Where: Picnic site in Ceperley Meadow, Stanley Park (off Beach Ave - very close to 2nd beach in Stanley Park). Parking lot adjacent. From Vancouver Rabbit Rescue & Advocacy (<a href="http://www.vrra.org/">http://www.vrra.org/</a>): "An educational and fund raising event, "Hop for Rabbits" aims to discourage the purchase of rabbits as Easter gifts, draw attention to rabbit dumping, and encourage bylaws that prevent the sale of unneutered/unspayed rabbits in pet stores. We also hope to raise funds for all the rabbits under our care - sheltering and daily care, vet care, fostering, and long-term care for our unadoptable buns." There will be educational tables, treats and beverages, and face-painting, as well as a short walk through Stanley Park from 1 to 1:30. Learn more here about this fun family event and help bunnies: <a href="http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=3512">http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=3512</a> ------------------------------------------- Here are 5 easy five-minute actions to help animals! 1. DID YOU KNOW that sport hunting of grizzly bears is allowed in BC's Great Bear Rainforest? Now First Nations people, conservationists and animal protection organizations are joining forces to speak out against this travesty (<a href="http://www.hsicanada.ca/wildlife/grizzly_bears/great_bear_rainforest.html">http://www.hsicanada.ca/wildlife/grizzly_bears/great_bear_rainforest.html</a>) "It is appalling to think that even grizzly bears

Help Spread the Word About "Meat Out"!

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:51:00 GMT

Your comments needed! "Eat Less Meat" in 24!!

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:28:00 GMT

LIBBC LETTER TO VANCOUVER'S "GREENEST CITY" ACTION TEAM We've been covered in 24 Hours Vancouver, and director Glenn Gaetz is on the front page of Thursday's paper! Check it out at <a href="http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2009/03/12/8716376-sun.html">http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2009/03/12/8716376-sun.html</a> and send your comments to <a href="mailto:feedback@24hrs.ca!">feedback@24hrs.ca!</a> Would YOU eat less meat if it meant saving the planet? Liberation BC has written a letter (check it out here: <a href="http://liberationbc.org/campaigns/gcat_letter">http://liberationbc.org/campaigns/gcat_letter</a>) to Vancouver's Greenest City Action Team, and Humane Society International, Vancouver Humane Society, Earthsave, and the Lifeforce Foundation signed on to add their support! We are asking that as part of the Action Team's initiative to make Vancouver a more environmentally-friendly city, they encourage residents to reduce their consumption of animal products. Plus, read the article on the Georgia Straight blog here: <a href="http://www.straight.com/article-205447/vancouver-should-cut-meat-consumption-planet-animal-rights-groups">http://www.straight.com/article-205447/vancouver-should-cut-meat-consumption-planet-animal-rights-groups</a> ------------------------------------------------- LES AMIS DU FROMAGE These "Friends of Cheese" are certainly no friends to ducks and geese. You may remember that last fall, les Amis du Fromage told us that they were selling out their current stock of foie gras and had no plans to bring it back. It was back, though, and only a month later. Well, les Amis has proved that they couldn't possibly care less about ducks. Les Amis sources their foie gras from Elevages Perigord, where undercover investigations revealed such cruelties as workers tearing the heads of live ducks off, kicking, throwing, and punching the birds, and the suffocation and crushing of live ducklings, among other abuses. (<a href="http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/quebec+foie+gras+investigation/index.en.html">http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/quebec+foie+gras+investigation/index.en.html</a>) We can almost assume that not only does this treatment not concern them, but that they actually approve of it: they have increased their stock of foie gras! Contact them and let them know that foie gras is inexcusably cruel: Les Amis du Fromage, Vancouver Telephone: 604-732-4218 Fax: 604-736-0460 Toll Free Telephone: 1-877-676-1166 Email: <a href="mailto:secondavenue@buycheese.com">secondavenue@buycheese.com</a> and Les Amis du Fromage, West Vancouver Telephone: 604-925-4218 Fax: 604-736-0460 ------------------------------------------------- THE BAY "DOESN'T CARE" ABOUT ANIMALS The International Day of Action against the Bay went great, with animal rights groups all across the country organizing demonstrations! Here in Vancouver, our devoted activists--that means you!--were there with videos that showed what really goes into a fur coat, and we handed out over 600 leaflets to concerned passersby! The Bay is becoming pretty upset by all the phone calls that their fur coats buyer, Carolyn Isaman (905-595-7124), has received, and has informed us to tell people to stop calling her because they don't care about fur animals being vaginally or anally electrocuted. (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBRo4oSHjl4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBRo4oSHjl4</a>) --------------------------------------------------- CANADIAN SEAL HUNT DEMONSTRATION When: Friday, March 27, 12 noon Where: Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Street side) This month, about 275,000 harp seals--95% of them between 12 days and 3 months old--will be slaughtered. CATCA is organizing the annual protest against the seal hunt this year, and Liberation BC will be there! Come on out for an hour or two at noon on March 27th and help the seals! All signs and information will be provided, but feel free to bring anything or anyone you like! The government has done a good job of obscuring facts about the seal hunt. Did you know that there are no native people involved in the hunt, and that harp seals are not responsible for the depletion of cod stocks? Learn more here: <a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/seal_hunt">http://liberationbc.org/issues/seal_hunt</a> and save the date! --------------------------------------------------- Here are 5 easy five-minute actions to help animals! 1. Target animals aren't the only ones who suffer when hunters set traps. Read this story in the Province about Sula, a beloved family dog who was forced to chew her own leg off to escape a leghold trap: Sula's was a horrific injury, but it's one the veterinarian who amputated her rotting leg has seen before. Dr. Jackie Enns said she often sees suspicious cuts or broken bones or other mysterious injuries in pets at her clinic and believes leghold traps did the damage. Read the rest here: <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/Technology/story.html?id=1313193">http://www.theprovince.com/Technology/story.html?id=1313193</a> You can thank the Province for covering this story at <a href="mailto:provletters@theprovince.com!">provletters@theprovince.com!</a> 2. The University of British Columbia is conducting a short online survey to learn more about the public's opinions on animal testing. If you're interested in taking the survey, click here: <a href="http://www.yourviews.ubc.ca/en/animalsinresearch">http://www.yourviews.ubc.ca/en/animalsinresearch</a> Learn more about vivisection at our page: <a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/vivisection">http://liberationbc.org/issues/vivisection</a> 3. By now, everyone is aware that animal agriculture is the biggest contributor to climate change (<a href="http://veg.ca/content/view/133/111/">http://veg.ca/content/view/133/111/</a>), but did you know that organic animal agriculture (<a href="http://liberationbc.org/issues/organic">http://liberationbc.org/issues/organic</a>) is no better? "Even if all farms and methods, organic or otherwise, were optimized to reduce their effects on the climate, Foodwatch concludes that the principal approach to making agriculture more climate-friendly would require a drastic reduction in beef production." Read the rest at Der Spiegel Online: <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,574754,00.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,574754,00.html</a> 4. James Hamilton of Lifeforce (<a href="http://www.lifeforcefoundation.org/">http://www.lifeforcefoundation.org/</a>) has written an article in the Georgia Straight about corruption in the Vancouver Aquarium: While the aquarium jumped onto the

Anti-Fur Demo & Spring Living Fair--Saturday!

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:44:00 GMT

This is just a quick reminder...there are two Liberation BC events this Saturday and you're invited! First: NATIONWIDE ANTI-FUR PROTEST AT THE BAY When: This Saturday, March 7th, 1 PM-3 PM Where: The Bay, The Bay at Granville St. & Georgia St. Liberation BC is taking part in a big, nationwide demonstration against the Bay and its pro-fur, anti-animal ways! This means that only will Vancouver be protesting, but Victoria, Ottawa, Montr