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		<title>Letters Needed: Mt Doug Pumpkins Attract Wildlife to Dangerous Roadside</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re asking Victoria residents who care about wildlife to write Saanich Council about the pumpkins that have been left along the Mt. Doug Parkway the last few years. While they may seem quaint and innocent enough, they&#8217;re actually attractants, which draw in a number of species to this busy roadway. Small rodents like rats or [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Does Anyone Go Vegan After Being Yelled At?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2014 06:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Does Anyone Go Vegan After Being Yelled At?Considering Why We Need To Be More Mindful With How We Protest Last weekend, Vancouver-based activists from Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and new Victoria group The Critical Cat (formerly The Raging Kucing) allied for a number of actions, including a protest of the downtown restaurant &#8216;pig&#8217;. You can view the [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Victoria Election 2014: Help Make the Carriage Horses an Issue</title>
		<link>https://thevictoriavegan.ca/blog/victoria-election-2014-help-make-the-carriage-horses-an-issue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Please help make it clear to candidates this is an election issue for you, and you&#8217;re interested in their position so you can make an informed choice at the polls on November 15th. You can simply ask: &#8220;What is your position on the horse-drawn carriages?&#8221; or ask for more specifics. Please take a minute to [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vancouver Aquarium Demonstrates its Corrupt Values</title>
		<link>https://thevictoriavegan.ca/blog/vancouver-aquarium-demonstrates-its-corrupt-values/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Now that I&#8217;m in Vancouver (just for a couple years &#8211; yuck, I miss Victoria!), I&#8217;m involving myself in some of the local activism. A current urgency is the dealings with the Vancouver Aquarium. They have plans to expand their facility, and opposition has increased significantly since the release of the documentary Blackfish, campaigns and [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Media Release &#038; Action: Accident Renews Call for Horse Carriage Ban</title>
		<link>https://thevictoriavegan.ca/blog/media-release-action-accident-renews-call-for-horse-carriage-ban/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2014 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Credit: CHEK News footage. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAccidentRenews Call for Horse Carriage Ban Victoria, BC &#8211; May 23,2014 &#8211; After confirmed reports of a carriage horse throwing andinjuring its driver and colliding with two cars and a motorcycle thisevening, local activist group Carriage-Free Victoria is renewing their call oncouncil to ban this industry. Victoria-based animal activist DaveShishkoff has [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catching Up: Victoria Screening of The Ghosts in Our Machine</title>
		<link>https://thevictoriavegan.ca/blog/catching-up-victoria-screening-of-the-ghosts-in-our-machine/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back on April 23rd, I participated in the Open Cinema &#8216;Connecting The Docs&#8217; feature screening of Canadian documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine, which tracks photographer Jo-Anne McArthur as she investigates a fur farm, livestock farms, and animal laboratories and the animals used in these exploitative industries. The event itself had a big social media [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oak Bay &#038; CRD Deer Updates</title>
		<link>https://thevictoriavegan.ca/blog/oak-bay-crd-deer-updates/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, the Oak Bay News published a letter from Nils Jensen &#38; the Oak Bay Council on the deer. (Original PDF can be found here, a bit better formatting, from the City of Oak Bay website.) It&#8217;s great they&#8217;re increasing feeding fines and allowing taller fences (there was a 6&#8242; height restriction, which [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5th Annual World Wide Vegan Bake Sale Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saturday, April 26th was the 5th year we&#8217;ve participated in the World Wide Vegan Bake Sale Day event, which is a grass roots international initiative encouraging vegan bake sales around the world to raise funds for vegan and animal activism. The Victoria Vegan Fest was our fundraiser target once again, and if you&#8217;re not familiar it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bryan Adams: Killing Seals Wrong, but Rodeo Okay?</title>
		<link>https://thevictoriavegan.ca/blog/bryan-adams-killing-seals-wrong-but-rodeo-okay/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello readers! Earlier today I spotted this tweet from Lori, an article on Bryan Adams, who&#8217;s sometimes described as vegan, playing at the Calgary Stampede. #calgarystampede #AnimalCruelty @bryanadams so disappointed 🙁 #notvegan— Lori Wheeler (@lorijwheeler) April 25, 2014     Disappointing to say the least, the rodeo is a monstrous event, torturing hundreds of animals [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oak Bay Deer Booklet Distribution!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  UPDATE: 2nd distribution session on Saturday, March 1st from 12-4pm &#8211; come to our table in front of Oak Bay City Hall to get booklets, and select your neighborhood for dropping booklets in mailboxes &#8211; we need bodies to complete this project! NEW FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/events/248398695332897/ Photos: from our first session in February, [...]]]></description>
		
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