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
HEALTH 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.)

Save Movement vigils in Los Angeles made the front page of one of the world's top newspapers!

Please read this L.A. Times front page article by Gustavo Arellano and photographer Rob Gauthier about Animal Alliance Network and Los Angeles Animal Save vigils, which are held on Wednesdays and Sunday nights, respectively. It's an incredible, emotive article in favour of bearing witness and ending the violence:
As pigs await slaughter at Farmer John, strangers offer water, love and comfort to the doomed

“It’s a sad reality check. This is your bacon here, scared.”

- Angelica Gonzalez

Metro UK also published a great article about Animal Alliance Network and Los Angeles Animal Save vigils, held on Wednesdays:

Animal rights group gives pigs water and massages as they arrive at slaughterhouse to die
Eder Lopez, who helps organize the Wednesday vigils, tries to put himself in the pigs’ place: “When you see these trucks come in, just imagine yourself in them,” he said. “Would you want someone to comfort you, even if just two minutes?”

L.A. Times readers express support for the vigils:
If you eat meat, you need to go to a slaughterhouse vigil for pigs in Vernon

Please watch: Jane UnChained interviews Moby outside the Farmer John slaughter plant during the March 10 vigil.

Please watch: Jane UnChained's interviews Animal Alliance Network, Los Angeles Animal Save's Amy Jean Davis and The Save Movement's co-founder Anita Krajnc.

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Please watch and share Ditch Dairy SAVE lives' video "Dairy is scary." Wonder why so many people are turning their backs on dairy? Here's the dairy industry in 90 seconds. Ditch dairy and go vegan.

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Saturday, March 30 is World Day for the End of Fishing. What a great opportunity for all of The Save Movement to educate the public about why fishing is harmful to fish, other sea life, and the habitable planet itself. Save groups will be holding actions for sea life.

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Manitoba Animal Save and Winnipeg Chicken Save held a Protest Against New Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Animal Transport Regulations at the Legislature.

The protest was covered by the local CTV station.

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Toronto Cow Save report from their March 5 vigil at St. Helen's "Meat" Packers slaughter plant: "Each week new people join our vigil who leave with the commitment to live vegan and get active to help the animals. Join us next week, help us to continue to build a mass movement! Bring someone with you!"

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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 that helps build community and a support network of like-minded activists. Please join us. Scroll down for vigil schedule.

• Tuesday, March 12, 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, March 13, 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, March 31, 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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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!

Climate Save Movement now has 85 chapters. Please welcome our new chapters:
Europe
Stoke Climate Save (UK). Find them on Facebook.
Wittenberg Climate Save (Germany). Find them on Facebook.
Latin America
Bogotá Climate Save (Colombia). Find them on Facebook and Instagram.
Mar del Plata Climate Save (Argentina). Find them on Facebook and Instagram.
North America
Las Vegas Climate Save (USA). Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

Global Strike For Future
The Climate Save Movement is supporting and joining the March 15th Global Climate Strike For Future! Inspired by Greta Thunberg, thousands of students across the globe have started striking regularly, demanding that governments take action. The message is clear from the youth of the world. We must not continue jeopardizing their future and immediately reduce

our greenhouse gas emissions caused by our reliance on fossil fuels and animal agriculture. Governments around the world need to implement policies that will transform the fossil fuel industry to renewables and move animal agriculture toward a sustainable plant-based industry. Individually the biggest impact everyone can have is to stop consuming animal products and go vegan.

Please join a local action or if there aren't any planned, consider starting one yourself or contacting The Climate Save Movement to assist in setting one up. Global Map of events: https://www.fridaysforfuture.org/events/map
These are the local actions that Climate Save Movement groups are participating in or organizing: Listing of events
Bologna Climate Save, Climate Save Belgium, Climate Save Ottawa, Climate Save Switzerland, Como Climate Save, Faenza Animal Save, Frosinone Climate Save, Gran Canaria Climate Save, Kitchener-Waterloo Climate Save, Las Vegas Climate Save, La Spezia Climate Save, London Ontario Climate Save, Melbourne Climate Save, Milano Climate Save, New York Climate Save Movement 1 and 2, Savona Climate Save, Salerno Climate Save, Torino Climate Save, Toronto 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. Let's get to 10,000 signatures!
Stop Bolsonaro from destroying the Amazon!

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Health Save Movement

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.

Please welcome our new chapters:
Africa
Morocco Health Save. Find them on Facebook.
Asia
Beirut Health Save (Lebanon). Find them on Facebook.
Mumbai Health Save (India). Find them on Facebook.
Palestine Health Save. Find them on Facebook.
Saudi Health Save. Find them on Facebook.
Europe
Aosta Health Save (Italy). Find them on Facebook.
Mantova Health Save (Italy). Find them on Facebook.
Málaga Health Save (Spain). Find them on Facebook.
Latin America
San Jose Health Save (Costa Rica). Find them on Facebook.
North America
Augusta GA Health Save (USA). Find them on Facebook.

Health Benefits of Vegan Diet and Food Myths Debunked
Dr. Julie Chan, ND, R.AC., naturopathic doctor, explains how a vegan diet improves health and reverses disease.

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

If only everyone had the patience of a momma goat. Mothers will do anything for their babies.

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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AFRICA

MOROCCO

Welcome Morocco Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

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ASIA

CHINA

Shanghai Animal Save report from their visit to a slaughter plant: "In the afternoon there was no one in the slaughter house except two doorkeepers. They were uninterested and paid no attention to us, so we went inside. The pigs were locked in small chambers waiting to be killed at midnight💔"

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INDIA

Save Movement activists are on a Save Organizing Tour of India. The tour is bearing fruit as new groups are being formed.

Welcome Surat Animal Save. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

They report from their first vigil: "We saved 9 lives at Surat Animal Save's first vigil 💙 Why are they pink and orange? In the egg industry male chicks are useless by-products. Most of the time they are killed straight away after birth by grinding or suffocating. In India they are often colored to attract buyers -- people buy them for children to use as toys after which they are killed for meat. Also farmers buy male chicks and raise them for 12 weeks before slaughtering them."

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SAUDI ARABIA

Welcome Saudi Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

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THAILAND

Please welcome four new groups in Thailand!

Chiang Mai Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

Chiang Rai Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

Koh Phangan Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

Koh Samui Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

AUSTRALIA

Save Movement activists are on a Save Organizing Tour of Australia. New groups are being formed there as well.

Welcome Albury Animal Save. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

They held their first vigil on March 6 at the Wodonga Abbatoir. They report: "Spreading some peace and love for the darlings who were about to be murdered today at Wodonga Abbatoir.⁣ Vigils are so important for the animals and we endeavour to host them regularly moving forward."

Welcome Coffs Harbour Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

Welcome Geelong Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

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NEW ZEALAND

Auckland Animal Save held a vigil for the chickens killed at the Aetna slaughter plant on March 7. "Together we will tell the stories of these sentient beings. They will not be forgotten."

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EUROPE

CROATIA

Welcome Raša Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

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DENMARK

Welcome Copenhagen Fish Save. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

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FRANCE

Welcome Lille Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

They held their first outreach event on March 5 outside the Roubaix bird slaughter plant.

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GERMANY

Berlin Animal Save bore witness to the pigs arriving to their deaths at the VION Perleberg slaughter plant on March 1. They report: "...between 25-30 trucks crammed with stressed, hungry and thirsty sentient beings arriving here everyday. Think about this giant number and join one of the next vigils to face the reality."

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NORWAY

Welcome Tønsberg Animal Save. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.
Their first vigil is set for March 28: event page

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SPAIN

Welcome Donosti Animal Save. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

Welcome Terrassa Animal Save. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

Granollers Rabbit Save held a vigil at the Manel Marin rabbit slaughter plant. Watch: they were able to save a life!

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SWEDEN

Helsingborg Fish Save held a protest to support sea animals' right to live at the Knutpunkten Station on March 2.

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THE NETHERLANDS

IJsselstein Pig Save held a vigil on March 6 at the Westfort Vleesproducten slaughter plant, which claims to offer "sustainable meat" and "the world's most modern facilities." This video shows that the pigs suffer the same injustice seen at any other slaughter plant.

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UNITED KINGDOM

Please watch: Steven Coole reports from Northamptonshire Chicken Save's vigil at Avara "Foods" Ltd. slaughter plant on February 27. "I briefly witnessed the sordid, stinking reality for chickens as they are transported to the 'processing plant.' The video is from four separate trucks delivering the chickens while we bore witness."

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LATIN AMERICA

A new Save Latino Tour 2019 has started! The Save Movement Latin America is on a Save Latino Tour of Colombia to open new groups and offer support to existing groups. We will visit the following cities: Guarne, Manizales, Pereira, Ibagué, Bogota, Ubaté, Tunja, Cartagena, Barranquilla and Medellin. At the same time, they will be holding informative talks and actions that will include community organizing, street activism, organization of vigils and events, and joint work for animal liberation.

COLOMBIA

Colombia is already seeing new groups being born.

Welcome Rionegro Animal Save. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

Welcome Guarne Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

They held their first vigil on March 6. They report: "Today we bore witness to hundreds of animals, some went by crying silently, others asking for help shouting with their eyes, with eyes full of terror and anguish. Today a part of us died with them. Do not look away, they need you there, accompanying them."

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PERU

Welcome Cusco Animal Save. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

They held their first vigil on March 9 at the Granja K'ayra slaughter plant. Please watch.

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NORTH AMERICA

UNITED STATES

Welcome New Orleans Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

Please watch: Louisville Pig Save report from their February 24 vigil: "We were able to bear witness to 12 trucks at our pig vigil in downtown Louisville. This is perhaps the first and last time these young pigs, 6-8 months of age, were able to get fresh air and sunlight."

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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 630 Save groups in 69 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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