Okay, so I promised I would tell you how the fur protest went. It was amazing! We had a great media turnout. Radio stations were talking about us all morning leading up to it. Rock 101 even made a morning hour jingle about what we would be doing :) I'm glad so much attention was paid, but hopefully it was for the cause not the nudity. Just to review, we were protesting Pappas Furs located in the Aberdeen Center in Richmond. 80% of furs come from China where there's no regulations in effect to protect the animals used. This means they can get away with cruelty in the industry. Sometimes domesticated animals are even stolen or picked up if lost and used for fur! The Canadian Fur Council tried to say after this protest in interviews with the press that we were misinformed or spreading propaganda and that the cases we were talking about as far as extreme cruelty, like animals being skinned alive or stomping techniques used in killing the animals to protect the valuable hide, were just that, extreme cases not representing the norm. But it doesn't take a lot of research to find out that's untrue.
So, do you're part! Don't wear fur, leather or wool. For more information about the cruelties inflicted as a result of these industries check out PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or Fur is Dead OR Liberation BC (the organization that put this particular protest together.)
And for more information on this particle protest and to read the article accompanying this picture, go to: The Richmond News
Also, it's not a bad idea for you to consider a vegan/vegetarian diet and contemplate what you can do to save helpless, defenseless animals from all kinds of abuse AND save the environment. GoVeg.com and again, PETA.org have a lot of information about how and why you should do your part.
