In two earlier postings we’ve commented on the proposed pet bylaw updates that the City of Victoria has been looking into. Sadly, despite several emails since late July to Councilor Thornton-Joe (who’s heading the project), we hadn’t heard back. Well, until 6pm last night, an hour and a half before I had to be at City Hall to speak on the matter. The Councilor finally got back to me, after six months, and dozens of emails and phone messages. She apologized, but it’s still very disappointing. It turns out that the proposed bylaws have been filtered down significantly since the initial proposal, here’s the latest draft (thank you to Chantelle from the Greater Victoria Animal Crusaders for providing this). At the meeting last night, all were passed, and two additional amendments were added, including mandatory spaying of all cats sold in the Victoria area. Fortunately, the earlier proposed limits to…
Last Friday I received an email from the Cornucopia Institute advocating organic egg production, and criticizing factory farm eggs for…
A Friends of Animals letter was published this week in Monday Magazine, in response to this rather disturbing-to-read piece: http://mondaymag.com/articles/entry/letters-december-9/…
Being World Vegan Month, Friends of Animals in Victoria organized several activities to celebrate and promote veganism, and we got…
November 1st was World Vegan Day, happy belated World Vegan Day! =) It’s been 66 years now since the term…
Below is a joint letter from FoA and Lawyers in Defense of Animals, Inc. (LIDA) commenting on pet restrictions in…
Friends of Animals is proud to offer a Vegan Buddy program for Victoria. If you’re a new vegan and are…
The first annual Save-A-Turkey Trot was a success, and fun had by all! Last Sunday was a bit of a…
Thankfully, the ordeal with the UVic rabbits has been peacefully resolved, and at this very moment rabbits are being spayed…
Letters to the editor are great way for communicating ideas and messages, here are two recent ones. The first comments…