While it is too early to tell whether this year's Calgary Stampede will result in any animal deaths, activists are already protesting outside Stampede grounds, urging the public to boycott the corporations that sponsor the 10-day event, which begins today.
They have cause. Since 1986, 59 animals at the Calgary Stampede have died or been euthanized. Of that number, 51 have been horses.
Between February 23 and 24, 2012, Animal Place and Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary co-ordinated the largest farm animal rescue in California history. More than 4,400 hens were pulled from A&L Poultry in Turlock, California after the owner left the hens without food for more than two weeks.
More than 3,200 of those hens arrived to Animal Place's two sanctuaries in Grass Valley and Vacaville. This video shows the reality of egg farms across the country.
If you would like to help these hens, visit www.animalplace.org or simply reduce or eliminate eggs from your diet.
Animal Equality has carried out a ground-breaking two-month undercover investigation on a "Quality Assured" (Red Tractor) farm in Britain. Over 200 hours of footage and recorded conversations, and more 300 photos provide a shocking insight into the British pig industry and demonstrate that regardless of whether a farm is labelled as "Quality Assured" there exists pain, suffering and exploitation on a huge scale.
London animal advocates gear up for Beyond the Myth. A powerful and emotionally charged film that aims to educate the public as well as underscore the ineffectiveness and harmful impact of breed specific laws. Libby Sherrill, the filmmaker and former producer for Home and Garden Television (HGTV), first decided to tackle the film as a grad student at the University of Tennessee. Three years later, her theme has been honed to reveal the perils of breed-specific legislation as carried out in three cities that ban pit bull-type dogs: Denver, Miami, and Cincinnati along with San Francisco, which requires the animals to be spayed and neutered.
Discover the true meaning of Christmas with Toronto Pig Save this Christmas Day. TPS Choir sings adapted Christmas Carols at Quality Meat Packers' unloading area at 677 Wellington St. West on Sunday, December 25, 2011.
For more information, please visit: www.torontopigsave.org
Video production: Anita Krajnc for rabbletv (Anita is also a member and co-founder of Toronto Pig Save)
* Please note there is some swearing in this video.
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