Toronto Pig Save and Save Movement Newsletter Issue #215: Vigils & Vegan Events

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THE SAVE MOVEMENT AROUND THE WORLD

May 12, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE:

OUR WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
VIGILS & EVENTS
HEALTH SAVE MOVEMENT
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.)

Save continues to grow all over the world! We now have 664 Animal Save groups in 71 countries listed on our website. We also have 112 Climate Save groups in 39 countries and 29 Health Save groups in 19 countries.

At Brampton Chicken Save's vigil on May 6, they filmed these hens huddling between transport cages as the truck arrived. "They had to fight for their lives and watch their sisters fall off the back of the truck as it sped down the highway for 8+ hours. How were these girls outside of the crates on an open truck in transit?"

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CP24 News: The Supreme Court of Canada to hear food recall class action by Mr. Sub franchisees against Maple Leaf "Foods"
"The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case on whether a distributor is responsible for a franchisee's losses during a food recall. The top court has granted an application for leave to appeal by a class-action lawsuit representing Mr. Submarine Inc. franchisees against Maple Leaf Foods Inc. and Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc."
Wikipedia has more info in this article that quotes the Government of Canada's "Report of the Independent Investigator into the 2008 Listeriosis outbreak": "The 2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak was a widespread outbreak of listeriosis in Canada linked to cold cuts from a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto, Ontario. There were 57 total confirmed cases, resulting in 22 deaths.
Please join us as we fight Maple Leaf's plans to expand with a new monster slaughter plant in London. Join Toronto Chicken Save, London Chicken Save and Stop Maple Leaf Violence.

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Help Us Bring BeFairBeVegan to Toronto! Almost 100 donations so far. Thanks for all the kind support!!! We are at $11,606 (23%). Please donate and share the BeFairBeVEgan Toronto campaign.

We have very exciting news! With your help, we can bring BeFairBeVegan to Toronto! BFBV is a high-profile advertising campaign that presents to the consuming public the end of all animal use as the prerequisite for a fair and just society. Unlike many animal advocacy campaigns, BFBV’s central message is that veganism is a matter of fundamental justice, not a matter of convenience or personal choice.
Toronto is now poised to become the

eighth city to host BeFairBeVegan’s provocative billboards, challenging both residents and summer visitors to consider the consequences of using products that involve animal exploitation. Please check out these artists impressions below of how the campaign will look. With 2019 being hailed as “the year of the vegan,” this is the perfect time to bring BeFairBeVegan’s powerful vegan message to Canada’s most populous city.

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Winnipeg Chicken Save report from their vigil on May 4 outside the Dunn-Rite Foods slaughter plant: "Dunn-Rite 'Food' is responsible for the murder of over 300,000 baby chickens each week. We have a moral responsibility to stand against violence and to speak out for animals."

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Watch: Bearing witness creates activists. After bearing witness, young vegans at a Toronto Cow Save vigil explain why they feel obligated to speak up for animals. Behind them, you can see a truck full of cows going in to their deaths.

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Vancouver Chicken Save bore witness to this wrenching sight on a transport truck: "Her neck was twisted and was like that the whole time we were with her. See see you. We love you. We’re sorry. We’re trying."

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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.

• Monday, May 13, 6:30 pm – 8 pm: Brampton Chicken Save Evening Vigil and Outreach, 8301 Winston Churchill Blvd
RSVP: event page

• Tuesday, May 14, 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, May 15, 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

• Thursday, May 16, 7 - 10 pm, Toronto Chicken Save Vigil, Maple Leaf "Foods" Inc., 100 Ethel Ave, Toronto
RSVP: event page

• Monday, May 20, 10 am - 12 pm: Toronto Pig Save's Victoria Day 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

• Monday, June 3, 4:30 pm & 6 pm: KW Animal Save Outreach and Vigil
RSVP: event page

• Friday, June 14, 9 am – 11 am: Toronto Pig Save's Stop Live Transport: International Awareness Day Vigil, Fearmans Pork, 821 Appleby Line, Burlington, Ontario
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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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.

Health Save Movement's Vegan Ramadan

Peace 🙏
Ramadan is a good time for moving towards a more conscious and positive lifestyle - to quit smoking cigarettes and other habits that affect us and our surroundings with negative effects, for example. There have been cases of

people who end up in the hospital because of the habits of eating while breaking the fast (large meals containing high fat that comes from the animal or their bodily secretions)
Is there a healthier way to fast?
More at the event page.

Watch as Buenos Aires Health Save take to the streets to bring a message of peace and goodwill and give away clothing and good food. They do these walks as a regular program of outreach.

Salerno Health Save and Salerno Climate Save organized a beach clean-up and picnic on April 28 in Paestum, where they offered vegan food to people to show how delicious, nutritious and ethical it is.

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Climate Save Movement

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 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 new chapters:
Asia
Izmir Climate Save (Turkey). Find them on Facebook.
Europe
Climate Save Bosnia. Find them on Facebook and Instagram.
Porto Climate Save (Portugal). Find them on Facebook and Instagram.
Latin America
Ica Climate Save (Peru). Find them on Facebook.
North America
Austin Climate Save (USA). Find them on Facebook and Instagram.

The Independent: MPs make history by passing Commons motion to declare ‘environment and climate change emergency’
Motion makes the UK parliament the first in the world to declare an “environment and climate emergency.” "The symbolic move – recognising the urgency needed to combat the climate crisis – follows a wave of protests launched by the Extinction Rebellion strikers in recent weeks."

Soon after, this happened: Ireland becomes second country in the world after UK to declare 'climate emergency'
"Things will deteriorate very rapidly unless we move very swiftly and the window of opportunity to do that is fast closing," warns climate action minister Richard Bruton.

We can hope that specific measures beyond a symbolic vote will be taken to address the climate crisis.

Como Climate Save (Italy) held a protest In Defense of the Planet on May 9 in the public square. "If we know that eating animal products has an impact on the climate, the environment and implies the suffering of animals, the question is: why do we do it?"

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

Please help by signing our petition. Let's get to 15,000 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.

Watch this. What fun!
Love animals, don't eat them ♥

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

CHINA

Hong Kong Pig Save bore witness outside the Tsuen Wan abattoir on May 5. The pigs are packed in so tightly. Please watch.

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INDIA

Welcome Gonda Animal Save. Find them on Facebook.

Please watch and share Pune Animal Save's video about what the dairy industry does to mothers and babies: "If people have any compassion and sense of justice left in them, they will ditch dairy after seeing this."

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PHILIPPINES

Metro Manila Animal Save's work was featured in this article by popular website Rappler.com, which has an audience in the millions!

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TAIWAN

Taipei Animal Save report from their May 4 vigil for he pigs: "Sorry... the only thing we can do is share your stories and hope that more people will see, then understand. We are trying. We are working hard."

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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

AUSTRALIA

Melbourne Chicken Rescue and Melbourne Chicken Save report from their May 4 event, International Respect for Chickens Day - A Tribute & Leafleting: "A big thank you to those of you who attended the tribute and outreach today outside La Ionica slaughterhouse. Despite the weather we were still able to make a positive impact to the public! And pay our respect to the millions of chickens who lives are cruelly taken. The display was amazing! Thank you for bringing along flowers. ❤️"

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EUROPE

Over 100 hundred activists from various countries took over a pig farm in Boxtel, Netherlands on May 13. They are part of the Meat The Victims series of animal rights events.
Dutch Review: Animal activists arrested protesting pig farm in Boxtel

Please watch: live video from inside the farm from activist Shivonne of group Activism on the Road, which supports Save Movement, Anonymous for the Voiceless and DxE groups.

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FRANCE

Lille Animal Save held a vigil and protest at the gallodrome (cockfighting ring) on May 5. They report: "Hoping that the action will have positive repercussions for the birds ❤️"

Please watch Paris Animal Save's video, "A Tearful goodbye."

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GERMANY

Leipzig/Halle Animal Save collaborated with animal rights group Die tierbefreier_innen Leipzig to host a protest on May 1 at the Galopprennbahn Scheibenholz horse racetrack.

The protest was covered in detail by the local media:
Student-Leipzig: Animals are not sports equipment

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ITALY

At Palermo Animal Save's first vigil, a life was saved! They report: "The vigil ended with this sweet creature coming home with us. We entered the slaughterhouse and we came out with him. We will tell you the story soon but in the meantime we show his little cute face. Welcome, Salvo!"

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SERBIA

Novi Sad Animal Save held a vigil and outreach for the pigs on May 10 at the Matijević slaughter plant.

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SWEDEN

Animal Save Skaraborg report from their May 3 vigil at the Skövde slaughter plant: "One by one, in an endless, sad stream, the animals came in the trucks. One by one they entered and faced death, defenseless and innocent. No grace exists in the slaughterhouse."

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UNITED KINGDOM

Please watch this detailed report by North East Animal Save from their May 8 vigil at Linden "Foods" slaughter plant.

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LATIN AMERICA

ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires Chicken Save report from their weekly vigil on May 3 outside the Cresta Roja slaughter plant: "A look sometimes says more than a long explanation. Animals are NOT food. Join us. The other animals need us."

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CHILE

Save Movement Santiago report from their April vigil for the chickens at the

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COSTA RICA

Save Movement Costa Rica held a protest on May 4 outside the Dos Pinos dairy store, the first of a campaign against the dairy industry.

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NORTH AMERICA

MEXICO

Cuernavaca Animal Save held their first vigil on May 5, for pigs and bulls. Please watch as they bear witness outside the municipal slaughter plant.

Save Movement Mérida is now Mérida MX Animal Save. They held a vigil for pigs on May 7 at the municipal slaughter plant.

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UNITED STATES

Please watch: Fort Wayne Animal Save held a Peaceful Pig Vigil at Indiana Packers slaughter plant on April 19. Indiana Packers is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, a large multinational trading company with ties to the Mitsubishi industrial conglomerate.

Please watch Grand Rapids Farmed Animal Save's video from their Earth Day Vigil for Turkeys: "Turkeys are not commodities. 💔"

Nashville Animal Save bore witness to the chickens arriving to their deaths at Tyson "Foods" on May 3. They report: "6 trucks in an hour 💔 Scared, confused, hungry and exhausted. Tossed around and given no regard. These are actual babies, being driven to their deaths."

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Veganuary is great for anyone to get started.

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 8 years, The Save Movement has grown to over 660 Save groups in 71 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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