PROTECTING PEOPLE and ANIMALS:
LIFEFORCE SAVES SNIFFY!

[Lifeforce founder, Peter Hamilton, holds Sniffy after rescuing him from Rick Gibson who had planned to crush him outside the Vancouver Library. See link below to photos]

On January 6th, 1990, LIFEFORCE, the ecology organization which abhors violence against people and animals, diffused a potentially violent situation by confiscating a crushing device which Vancouver "artist" Rick Gibson had planned to use to crush Sniffy the rat and other animals.

As soon as Gibson sent out a press release on December 27, 1989, LIFEFORCE founder Peter Hamilton stated that "Sniffy will be rescued" and "If Gibson plans to drop a 25 kg.(approximately 50 lbs) brick on a living animal, then he'll have to drop a brick on me! "

[Gibson and his crushing device which LIFEFORCE members confiscated in order to save Sniffy and to protect people from indecent, violent acts. See link below to photos]

Rick Gibson's intention, in the name of art, was to rent a moving van, place a homemade crushing device inside the van, drive to the Vancouver Library and proceed to kill Sniffy.

Lifeforce had developed two plans to stop Gibson. (Plan B was to have Lifeforce volunteers at the site to form two protective circles----one around Sniffy and the other around Gibson—to keep them both safe.)

Plan A was implemented at approximately 10:25 am, Saturday, January 6th, when four Lifeforce members confiscated the device which Gibson intended to use to crush Sniffy to death. The device was obtained outside Gibson's house in a peaceful manner and Gibson was informed that Lifeforce intended to protect him and Sniffy from a potentially volatile situation.

Even though Gibson did not have Sniffy (he was at another house), we hoped that our act would obtain a reprieve for Sniffy and allow a cooling-off period until more rational thought could prevail.

Thankfully, our plan deterred Gibson. He arrived at 1:00 pm by foot and announced to a crowd of approximately 250 people that he had returned Sniffy to the pet store; only 20 members of the crowd were Lifeforce volunteers there to protect Gibson, Sniffy and the public from any abuse. (When we later learned that some hostile people had chased Gibson and threatened him, we were appalled and disgusted.)

Lifeforce then went to the pet store, purchased Sniffy for $3.99 and took him to a two-story retirement "rat home" which a Lifeforce volunteer provided so that he can live out his natural life in peace.

Peter Hamilton
Founding Director
Lifeforce Foundation
Phone: 604-649-5258
Email: lifeforcesociety@hotmail.com
Visit our Web Site: www.lifeforcefoundation.org