From the Vancouver Island Vegetarian Association:http://www.islandveg.com/liberate/

Animal Rights Activities in Victoria
Dave Shishkoff is the West Coast Director for ARK II (based in Toronto) and is one of the main organizers of animal rights activites in Victoria.

Upcoming events for 2003, click here to contact us, ask a question, or let us know you're going to join the event!:

TBA! Most likely will be handing out leaflets at Famous Players on Sunday May 11th, send a note if you're interested in joining us.

May 17th, 12noon, Downtown Carriage Horses - meet us at Belleville and Menzies to disuade tourists from supporting this cruel 'attraction', letting them know how hard it is for their hooves, breathing in polluted air forced to pull tourists in the heat, cold or rain. Horses and traffic don't mix! We'll provide signs and leaflets.
Some recent activites:

Famous Players - here is the campaign page, including pictures. We've been leafletting outside, March 29th and April 6th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 27th and May 4th, with more dates to come! We're protesting Famous Players because of the Papa's Furs ads they've been promoting. Click here to view a PDF (44k) of the leaflet to find out who you can write to. Contact us to get more info.

McDonald's - April 16th three activists held signs and handed out leaflets for two hours outside the McDonald's downtown.

Meatout 2003 - On March 20th we were tabling all day and a benefit show, check out the report and pics!

It's A Good Thing Animals Don't Care About Fashion! - Feb 15th - The theme for this years Anti-Fur demonstration, click here for more info and photos.

Give A Cluck demo, January 11th, 2003, outside the (former) KFC location downtown Victoria, over 576 million chickens are raised and killed for food in Canada each year. A second KFC demo was organized by Holly Fraser from PETA on April 10th.

World Farm Animals Day, Oct 20th 2002, demo outside McDonald's in downtown Victoria

If you'd like more information about Animal Rights in Victoria, or would like to get involved, please fill out the the form on the Contact Page. Thanks!

"Activism is my rent for living on this planet." - Alice Walker