The Animal Save Movement is growing around the world!
We have 909 chapters in three branches: Animal Save: 693 groups in 70 countries Climate Save: 187 groups in 49 countries Health Save: 29 groups in 12 countries
Thank you for supporting Toronto Pig Save!
Toronto Pig Save held a 5-HOUR Vigil on Family Day against Bill 156, the proposed Ag-Gag law. Watch: protesters stop the truck so they can bear witness.
Canadians are speaking out against the Ford Government’s Bill 156. Check out stopbill156.com to sign the petition, learn more and get involved in stopping this outrageous bill which would effectively ban bearing witness in Ontario!
Manitoba Animal Save joined Steinbach Animal Save on February 22 for the Manitoba Day Of Action - End Dog Sledding Cruelty protest outside the Festival du Voyageur in Winnipeg. This festival celebrates Canada's fur-trading past. They report: "This was a Canada-wide protest against the commercial dog sled industry. Festival du Voyageur did not hold a dog sledding this year but have in the past. Dog sledding is a brutal industry that exploits a husky's adapted drive of sled pulling and pack mentality, motivated by profit. No animal deserves to be abused in such a way; especially because we like the way they look.
These dogs are no different that the ones that are members of your family."
VIGIL SCHEDULE Weekly vigils and outreach with Toronto-area Saves
Toronto Pig Save has a firm commitment to hold at least three vigils per week for pigs, cows and chickens. Everyone is welcome. The more people attending, the greater the impact. Vigils may be traumatic, but they are also an empowering experience.
• Wednesday, February 26, 8:30 – 10:30 am: Toronto Pig Save Weekly Vigil for the Pigs at Fearmans "Pork"
• Tuesday, March 3, 9:30 am – 12 pm:Toronto Cow Save weekly vigil for the Cows and Lambs at St. Helen’s 'Meat' Packers slaughter plant at 1 Glen Scarlett Road.
• Saturday, March 21, 12 pm – 3 pm: Toronto Climate Save's Planet V$ Cargill Global Day of Action against Cargill RSVP:event page
• Sunday, March 22, 9 - 11 am: Toronto Pig Save Weekend Vigil for the Pigs RSVP:event page
• Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10 am – 2 pm: Toronto Pig Save Women's March RSVP:event page
Leo Tolstoy defines the duty to bear witness as: "When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to him who suffers, and try to help him."
(from A Calendar of Wisdom) -------------------------- For more information or to help and volunteer, please contacttorontopigsave@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube & Vimeo.
We believe 2020 and this coming decade is decisive in determining our prospects for planetary survival. By tackling animal agriculture we can reduce methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas which has a short life span in the atmosphere. Its half life is 8 years compared to CO2 which is 100 years. The Climate Save Movement is building a grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis by ending animal agriculture, reforesting the Earth and phasing out fossil fuels. Help save the planet by going vegan and promoting vegan #FoodSystemChangeNow! The climate crisis is upon us. We must rise up to mitigate and reverse it.
Cargill is destroying the planet. Our demand is that Cargill urgently switch to a plant-based food company.
#PlanetVsCargill
March 21, worldwide RSVP:event page
Animal agriculture is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions and the leading source of ocean dead zones, deforestation, mass species extinctions, and excessive water use. The Climate Save Movement’s mission is to end animal agriculture and to reforest the Earth. Join our Planet V$ Cargill campaign to protest this ecocide and bring about the urgent plant based revolution. Animal, Climate and Health Save Movements are organizing a global day of action against Cargill which will take place on March 21!
Health Save Movement aims to show how veganism can prevent and reverse diseases related to animal products consumption, enhance food justice, and decrease spending on the health crisis.
U.S. News: Many Americans Lack Knowledge, Not Desire, to Eat Plant-Based Diets
While this article focuses on the USA, the same need for education is likely to be true elsewhere. Along with a lack of information, other barriers to eating more plant-based foods include perceived cost, taste and accessibility, according to the survey findings from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the Earth Day Network.
Farm Sanctuary: Joaquin Phoenix Rescues Mother Cow and Newborn Calf Day after Academy Awards Win
A day after winning the Academy Award for Best Actor—and subsequently making a headlining acceptance speech in which he spoke to the plight of mother cows and their babies used in animal agriculture—Joaquin Phoenix helped to liberate a cow and her newborn calf from a Los Angeles slaughterhouse and bring them to Farm Sanctuary. Thanks to the work of Los Angeles Animal Save, who secured their release, they will live out the rest of their lives in peace. Phoenix named the mother Liberty and her daughter Indigo.
If you would like to bear witness but don't have Save vigils near you, consider starting a group. Email us at start@animalsavemovement.org to get started.
ASIA
INDIA
Surat Animal Save held an Awareness Outreach event on February 16. They report: "We got a huge response from the public and two people turned vegan on the spot."
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SRI LANKA
Vegetarian Visits SLAUGHTERHOUSE (Then Goes Vegan): At an animal vigil with Colombo Animal Save, a vegetarian journalist visits a slaughterhouse and then goes vegan directly after.
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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA
Wollongong Animal Save joined Animal Justice Party for a protest against the Stardust Circus on February 21. Animal Justice Party Member of Parliament Emma Hurst was in attendance to denounce the exploitation of animals by the circus.
Vienna Animal Save held a Valentine's Day vigil at the Grandits slaughter plant. Please watch.
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DENMARK
Jylland Animal Save bore witness to the pigs arriving to their deaths at the Danish Crown - Horsens slaughter plant on February 5.
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FRANCE
Paris Animal Save report from their February 21 vigil: "We were present for the arrival of animals at the International Agricultural Fair. We managed to show the sheep and cows held in trucks and to highlight the oppression they suffer."
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GERMANY
Bielefeld Animal Save held a vigil on February 15 outside the Tönies Fleisch slaughter plant.
Swansea Animal Save joined Vegan Actions Wales for a protest/vigil at the Haverfordwest abattoir on February 18. They report: "We attended a vigil at Haverfordwest today with a wonderful team. Thank you each and every one of you for peacefully protesting with us. What a vile place this was. These innocent animals did not want to die. There is no such thing as humane slaughter! You cannot humanely kill someone who doesn’t want to die."
Ubaté Animal Save's video asks us to know the truth behind dairy. Please watch.
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NORTH AMERICA
MEXICO
Please watch: Mérida MX Animal Save bore witness to the pigs on February 22 at the municipal slaughter plant.
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UNITED STATES
Brooklyn-Queens Animal Save report from their February 22 Vigil in Honor of Courage: "Thank you all these beautiful people that came out in solidarity with Courage, the bull who escaped this slaughterhouse 3 years ago and ran terrified through the streets of Queens only to be shot and killed by NYPD. Today we remember him and all the others like him, the ones who couldn’t escape and the ones that still languish behind these doors. We’ll keep showing up for you."
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"Thank you all so much for coming out to Greeley to bear witness to the pain and suffering experienced by innocent cows on their way to an unnecessary slaughter. We held signs, chalked messages of hope and sung songs for the cows. They feel our love and we have witnessed them comforting each other."
"Thanking all of the brave activists who stood in unity revealing the truth behind the walls of Hempstead Live Poultry in Hempstead, Long Island. As always, we come with love in our hearts and share that love with those awaiting their untimely death."
