Great news!
Since 2009, the annual Celebrity Dim Sum fundraiser to support the AIDS Vancouver Asian Community Outreach Project has taken place at Sun Sui Wah Restaurant. The 6th annual event was scheduled to take place at Sun Sui Wah again this year until recently when the venue was changed to Floata Restaurant which publicly denounced shark fin earlier this year, removing it from their menu. Many of the celebrities taking part are local journalists who have been covering the shark fin campaign in the Vancouver area. This Saturday instead of hosting this prestigious event, Sun Sui Wah will have shark fin activists at their front door asking their customers to support restaurants that don’t have endangered species on the menu.
Please join us for an additional shark fin demo this week on
Saturday October 5th, 11-2 pm, 3888 Main St.
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‘Canada Goose’ fur trim at Alpine Start Outfitters
We have been speaking with the buyer at Alpine Start this week about their sale of cruel coyote fur trimmed Canada Goose jackets and they have been surprisingly open to discussing the industry and the animal cruelty involved in the production of fur.
“I have spent a few hours studying the websites you have forwarded to me and have also shared the information with the company owners. We are currently approaching Canada Goose to better understand their fur sourcing in regards to animal cruelty. While we are waiting to hear from CG, we have decided to take down the Canada Goose signage on our wall and they will be replaced by other brands as soon as we have the replacement visuals. For Alpine Start, the purchasing of fur ruffed parkas for FW 2014 will be reduced. The percentage of reduction will be determined based on Canada Goose’s answers and their measures to prevent (or to reduce) animal cruelty… I understand any sourcing of fur, down, leather, and meat products will have inherent cruelty inflicted on the subjected animals. Lastly, I ‘d like to know if your organization has approached the law makers to ban the use of steel traps in Canada. Personally, I am horrified by the photos attached in your previous email.”
At this point we need to keep the pressure on Alpine Start, we will not back down until they agree to adopt a fur free policy. If they decide to continue selling fur our weekly protests will start this month.
Please feel free to contact them more than once.
service@alpinestart.com
1-604-876-2555
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REMINDER
If you have not contacted Grouse Mountain regarding their sale of cruel fur trimmed products please ask their retail manager Mark O’Quinn to adopt a fur free policy.
604-998-4380
moquinn@grousemountain.com
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Provincial shark fin campaign open meeting
Are you interested in taking part in the campaign to ban the sale and trade of shark fins in British Columbia? We need activists all across the province to set up a face to face meeting with their MLA to discuss why they should support a provincial shark fin ban.
On Monday October 7th at NOON we are meeting at Chau Veggie Express (5052 Victoria Drive) to discuss what needs to be addressed when meeting with your MLA.
If you cannot attend but you are interested in setting up a meeting with your MLA please contact us.
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ALSO please check out these upcoming talks in Vancouver organized by Victoria activists.
“It is with great enthusiasm that we are announcing the 2013 speaking tour for anthropologist, unschooler, and anarchist Layla AbdelRahim. Layla will be touring with her new book Wild Children – Domesticated Dreams through various communities in the Cascadian Bioregion.
We are still booking dates. If you wish to organize a speaking engagement with Layla in your community please get in contact: prideandunity@hotmail.com
Saturday October 12, Spartacus Books
Vancouver BC, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
The Ingrained Premises of Injustice in the Unknowledge Sold as Education
Sunday October 13, 7pm, Purple Thistle
Vancouver BC, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
The Insidious and Resilient Narratives of Domestication: Pitfalls to Watch for in Autonomous Learning Zones.
To order copies of Wild Children Domesticated Dreams
http://fernwoodpublishing.ca/Wild-Children-Domesticated-Dreams/
Please visit Layla’s Website (where you may find many of her writings online)
http://layla.miltsov.org/
The Wikipedia entry about Layla Abdel Rahim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_AbdelRahim”
Vancouver Animal Defense League
The Roaring Butterfly 