Toronto Pig Save and Save Movement Newsletter: Vigils & Vegan Events

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THE SAVE MOVEMENT AROUND THE WORLD

IN THIS ISSUE

OUR WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
VIGILS & EVENTS
CLIMATE SAVE MOVEMENT
OTHER SAVE CAMPAIGNS: Lily The Mother Goat
BEARING WITNESS AROUND THE WORLD

Toronto Pig Save's News Update

Dear friends,

Don’t turn away. Join us! Bear witness at our weekly vigils. (Please scroll down for vigil schedule.)

Toronto Pig Save's Emergency Pig Vigil in Extreme Cold

In the extreme bitter cold, pigs will freeze to death and suffer from frostbite, pneumonia and extreme hypothermia. In past vigils, we have witnessed pigs turning purple from the cold. Our Emergency Pig Vigil in Extreme Cold on January 31 was covered by:
* Plant Based News: Emergency Pig Vigil Due To 'Risk Of Freezing To Death'
Toronto Pig Save's co-founder and organizer Anita Krajnc said: "Freezing to death in transport is a major systemic issue. People can help and stop supporting animal suffering by going vegan and plant-based now."
* CTV News: Activists calling for people to go vegan and boycott bacon.

* Jane Unchained: Polar Vortex Means Torture for Pigs, Cows, Chickens Driven to Slaughter!

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At Toronto Cow Save's Anti-Dairy Vigil on February 1, cows arrive in -19 degree C weather with windchill at Ryding-Regency "Meat" Packers:

Élise Desaulniers, author of Cash Cow, bears witness:

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Manitoba Animal Save held a Protest Against Animal Transport in Extreme Weather at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
The protest was covered by Global News: FB video

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VIGIL SCHEDULE
Weekly vigils and outreach with Toronto-area Saves

Toronto Pig Save has a firm commitment to hold at least three vigils or other vegan outreach events per week. We currently hold a Pig Save vigil in Burlington together with Cow Save, Fish Save and Chicken Save vigils in Toronto, as well as Fur Animal Save events in the colder months. We encourage everyone

to attend a vigil. The more people who attend, the harder it is for society to ignore our protests of the abhorrent exploitation and cruelty to animals. Attending vigils is a daunting, traumatic, but empowering experience. Please join us. Scroll down for vigil schedule.

• Friday, February 4, 10:30 am – 12 pm: KW Animal Save Monthly Pig Vigil
RSVP: event page

• Monday, February 4, 7-8:30 pm: Brampton Chicken Save Vigil and Outreach
RSVP: event page

• Tuesday, February 5, 9:30 am - 11:30 am: Toronto Cow Save vigil for the Cows and Lambs at St. Helen’s 'Meat' Packers slaughter plant at 1 Glen Scarlett Road
RSVP: event page

• Wednesday, February 6, 7:30 - 9:30 am: Toronto Pig Save's Weekly Vigil in Burlington in front of Fearmans 'Pork' Inc. slaughter plant at the corner of Harvester and Appleby Line (right by the Appleby GO train station).
RSVP: event page

• Sunday, February 24, 10 am - 12 pm: Toronto Pig Save Monthly Sunday Vigil for the Pigs in front of Fearmans 'Pork' Inc. slaughter plant at the corner of Harvester and Appleby Line (right by the Appleby GO train station).
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)
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For more information or to help and volunteer, please contact torontopigsave@gmail.com
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Climate Save Movement

Climate Save Movement's core message is: Help save the planet by going vegan and becoming active. The climate change crisis is upon us,

and we must urgently rise to mitigate and reverse it. The great news is that there are new Climate Save groups being formed all around the world!

Please welcome our 12 new chapters:

Asia
Amman Climate Save. Find them on Facebook.
Koh Samui Climate Save (Thailand). Find them on Facebook.
Palestine Climate Save. Find them on Facebook.

Europe
Cambridge Climate Save (UK). Find them on Facebook.
La Spezia Climate Save (Italy). Find them on Facebook.
Gran Canaria Climate Save (Spain). Find them on Facebook.

Latin America
Climate Save Chile. Find them on Facebook.
Lima Climate Save. Find them on Facebook.
Santiago Climate Save. Find them on Facebook.
Valparaíso Climate Save. Find them on Facebook.

North America
Moscow, ID Climate Save. Find them on Facebook.
San Francisco Climate Save. Find them on Facebook.

Amazon deforestation, already rising, may spike under Bolsonaro
Amazon deforestation is set to increase with Bolsonaro's plans to further develop the Amazon for animal agriculture and mining purposes. He has already rolled back protections for Brazil's Indigenous people and appointed climate change deniers and agricultural lobbyists to key ministerial positions.

Vegan Valentine's Day action for Amazon rainforest
Be the Amazon rainforest’s Valentine. Show your love to Mother Earth this Valentine’s Day by joining a day of acton around the world against Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro's plans to destroy the Amazon rainforest. The Climate Save Movement and

coalition partners are organizing global actions at more than 25 Brazilian embassies and consulates around the world and at the UN building in NYC on February 14, 2019.
Global action: February 14. RSVP: event page
Toronto action: February 14, 11:30 am – 1 pm. RSVP: event page

Local actions:
Amman Climate Save, Barcelona Climate Save, Climate Save Belgium, Buenos Aires Climate Save, Climate Save Chile, Climate Save Italia (Rome), Climate Save Nederland, Climate Save Norway, Palestine Climate Save, Climate Save Portugal (Lisbon), Climate Save Slovenia, Essex Climate Save (London Embassy protest), Israel Animal Save, Istanbul Climate Save, Los Angeles Climate Save, Melbourne Climate Save, New York City Climate Save, North Carolina Climate Save, Stockton Climate Save, San Francisco Climate Save, Toronto Climate Save, Washington DC Climate Save.

Take Action!! Start your own Climate Save group! Visit thesavemovement.org or email us at savemovementinfo@gmail.com to get started.

Please help by signing our petition. We're over 7,000 signatures:
Stop Bolsonaro from destroying the Amazon!

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Lily the Mother Goat
Hi, I'm Lily the Mother Goat. Please follow/like my Instagram and Facebook pages.

I'm all love, and how couldn't I be? I found my forever home. May all goats be as lucky.

Bearing Witness Around the World

If you would like to bear witness but don't have Save vigils near you, consider starting a group. Email us at savemovementinfo@gmail.com

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ASIA

JORDAN

Welcome Amman Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

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PALESTINE

Welcome Palestine Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

AUSTRALIA

Sydney Save Animals in Laboratories held their monthly vigil against animal experimentation at RPA hospital. They report: "We had great attendance, despite the rain, at another successful vigil at RPA, Sydney. We had some great conversations again. This vigil was part of a collaboration with The Save Movement Australia and Animal Justice Project with the Lifeline Campaign Australia."

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EUROPE

CZECH REPUBLIC

Mirovice Duck Save held their first vigil on February 1 at the Vodňany slaughter plant. No trucks came, but the vigil was covered by local news: In honour of animals

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ESTONIA

Watch: Rakvere Animal Save bore witness to the pigs on January 29.

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FRANCE

Sète Animal Save held a vigil at the port for the animal victims of live export. The local news was there to cover the event - includes video: Animal activists protest live export

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GERMANY

Rostock Animal Save said goodbye to the bulls and cows at their February 1 vigil outside the Danish Crown slaughter plant in Teterow.

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ITALY

Welcome La Spezia Fish Save. Find them on Facebook.

Their first event is set for February 20: event page

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PORTUGAL

Aveiro Animal Save held their first vigil on January 24. They report:
"Our first vigil went really well 💚 35 amazing activists joined us to bear witness to dozens of pigs and cows arriving at the slaughterhouse. Two trucks stopped and we spent some time with 2 cows and many pigs. Thanks to everyone for all the support."

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SLOVENIA

Welcome Ljubljana Chicken Save. Find them on Facebook.

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SPAIN

Welcome Coruña Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

Christina and Adnan, Save organizers in Spain, talk about their organizing tours, wich have had great success in creating new groups:
"The journey through Spain has been amazing. We have met very compassionate, altruistic and cooperative people along the way. It is amazing to see the movement

grow exponentially, and to see how loving and caring the individuals behind this growth are. We are now at 30 groups in Spain. This and the fact that we are seeing people from so many different backgrounds and stories coming together in front of the slaugtherhouses, is impressive to say the least."

The Save Movement is in the news: Nace el movimiento animalista “Lugo Animal Save”

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SWITZERLAND

Oensingen Animal Save held their first vigil on January 28 at the Bell Switzerland slaughter plant: "No matter what, we will keep reminding that there is no excuse for what is being done to these innocent individuals🐖🐂"

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UNITED KINGDOM

Dundee Animal Save's Lifeline outreach event received news coverage:
Dundee animal activists stage protest at meat-eaters treating dogs better than pigs

Halifax Animal Save bore witness to the chickens about to be killed at Medina "Poultry" slaughter plant. Watch:

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LATIN AMERICA

PANAMA

David Animal Save report from their January 27 vigil:
"The pictures are of despair, loss of hope and life, loss of freedom and of so much fear and pain. Not ONE human can truly be free until we have attained freedom for ALL animals!"

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PERU

Lima Animal Save report from their January 27 vigil at the San Pedro slaughter plant:
"The day will come when at every slaughterhouse in the world there will be people waiting for the animals to arrive to ask for their forgiveness for what we have done to them. Speciesism's days are numbered."

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NORTH AMERICA

UNITED STATES

In New York City, The Save Movement aims to have 100 chapters, including one at each live market. NYC Save Movement organizers have started an organizing tour for the NYC 100 Save Chapters project. You can follow their progress on these pages: Save Organizing Tour, NYC Save Movement, NYC Save Movement Tour.

Please watch: Highlights of this month's NYC Save Organizing Tour (Brooklyn).

Lansing Animal Save, Windsor-Detroit Farm Animal Save and Grand Rapids Farm Animal Save held a vigil at this slaughter plant recently, and activists were interviewed for this article:
Coldwater pork company says hog transporters risked animal safety in cold weather
As many as 300 pigs may have frozen to death in the polar vortex at this one pig slaughterhouse in Coldwater, Michigan. The best way to help is to share and spread veganism and animal rights now. Please help!

Brooke Elizabeth reports from Fort Wayne Animal Save's February 1 vigil for the pigs at Indiana Packers slaughter plant:
"19 degrees F, crammed into the cold back of a truck. Terrified of what may be next for them. We see you. We're sorry. We're trying."

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Donate Today!

Please consider becoming a Pig Saver, join Toronto Pig Save's Monthly Donor program or give a special, one-time gift.

Toronto Pig Save started in December 2010, with a promise to the pigs of doing a minimum of three vigils and vegan outreach events each week, all year round. We bear witness as a community of pigs, cows, chickens and other farmed animal victims in slaughterhouse trucks. The animals want us to be present and, with the most pleading eyes, ask for our help when we see them through the portholes of transport trucks. Just as if we were in those horrid trucks, we would want the whole community to be there fighting for our freedom, liberation, rights, and equality. In a way, we are there. All life is one and, “when (wo)men wish to harm others, they really do evil to themselves,” Leo Tolstoy said in his animal rights story “Esarhaddon, King of Assyria”. It’s our positive duty and obligation to act in the present to try to stop the most egregious injustices before us.

"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 her who suffers, and try to help her.” – Leo Tolstoy

In seven years, The Save Movement has grown to over 600 Save groups in 65 countries around the world. Our dream is to have regular vigils at every slaughter plant worldwide. We regularly give seed money to new Save groups and require funds for literature, posters, subway ad campaigns (iVegan.ca) and vegan outreach events.

Make animal liberation your priority in life! Think of 10 kind things you can do each day and encourage your friends to do the same! Join us and participate in our weekly vigils, start a Save group in your community, and be a regular donor.

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