There has been some much-neededprogress with the Harb Seal Bill, calling for an end to the commercial sealslaughter. This year is the third year it’s been introduced by seal supporterSenator Mac Harb, and for the first time it’s been passed in the first round,and debate on the issue will be permitted. In all the past efforts, it hasn’teven made it far enough that the Senate would even discuss theissue! Senator Mac Harb posted this onTwitter today: Some senatorscomplained , the past 2 days,thousands of emails,jamming their computer,provingseals voices are being heard,loud and clear. ( https://twitter.com/#!/mharb20/status/198018785779793920) This is a critical time to writeletters to Senators, and encourage them to consider the bill, and support a banof the commercial seal slaughter. Let’s fill their inboxes with emails aboutseals so they have NO DOUBT where Canadians stand on thismatter. Here is the complete list ofCanadian Senators: http://sen.parl.gc.ca/portal/canada-senators-e.htm Below is a…
Friends of Animals, Sarah Kramer and the Victoria Vegan Fest volunteers would like to thank all who came out to…
(Note: also posted on the main Friends of Animals blog.) Once again, theseal slaughter has begun on the East…
Speaking Up For Greater Victoria DeerAdvocating for Human Management, not Deer ManagementGreater Victoria Deer Advocates, Victoria, British Columbia(On Facebook: http://facebook.com/groups/133471023429190/)…
CRD Meeting: To Form a ‘Deer Management Committee’? On Wednesday, February 22nd, I attended the CRD (Capital Regional District) meeting…
The following piece is from Movement Watch by Lee Hall, in the Winter 2011-12 issue of ActionLine, the Friends of…
Season’s greetings! It’s hard to miss that the holiday season is upon us, and we’ve got some fun activities happening…
The Fur Free Downtown Dash is quickly approaching! It’s a fun, activist-oriented scavenger hunt type of event hosted in downtown…
The 2nd Annual Save-A-Turkey Trot was held on Saturday, October 2nd, and despite the threat of rain, it turned out…
I’m pleased to introduce Friends of Animals supporters Diana and Paul, who are offering vegan cooking classes, and they are…
