Every day, millions of animals are caged, beaten, electrocuted, transported thousands of miles without water, force-fed, mutilated without pain killers, slaughtered, skinned, trapped, and scalded. The horrors are endless and humanity seems to be infinitely imaginative in devising new methods of exploitation. Our goal is to end the suffering for animals, to be a voice speaking up for them when there are so many speaking out against them.

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West Restaurant is serving foie gras again
This week's foie gras outreach event

June 27, 7-9pm
West Restaurant, At 13th Avenue on the Granville Rise

Two months ago, the owner of West made an announcement in the Globe and Mail that they were voluntarily removing foie gras from their menus. It turns out that this was just a publicity stunt. Last week a customer notified Liberation BC that West is once again serving foie gras. Deceptively, they've just left it off the online menu to avoid conflicts with animal rights activists. We've gotten confirmation from various reliable sources that foie gras is indeed back on the menu.

We will be outside of West for this month's foie gras events. Please come join us on Friday evening. Please also keep calling and emailing to ask them to remove foie gras for good. When you call, they will tell you that they do not serve foie gras, and they will even go as far as to name other restaurants for you to call. They've shown themselves to have no integrity, so don't believe their lies.

West Restaurant
2881 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC V6H 3J4
At 13th Avenue on the Granville Rise

Voice: 604-738-8938
Fax: 604-738-5909
Email: info@westrestaurant.com

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Take Action:
Le Gavroche is telling lies about the foie gras that they serve

Liberation BC filed a formal complaint with the Better Business Bureau against Le Gavroche after this article appeared in Business in Vancouver. Le Gavroche owner Manny Ferreira has knowlingly misinformed the public by claiming that he serves foie gras from non-force fed ducks.

Liberation BC is asking for a public apology and for Mr. Ferreira to indicate on his menus that the foie gras he serves comes from force fed ducks.  An article in the Globe and Mail and a post in a National Post blog appeared this week regarding our complaint.  Please use this opportunity to keep the foie gras debate alive by writing to the editors at letters@nationalpost.com and letters@globeandmail.com.  And please keep the pressure on Le Gavroche by asking them to come clean and make a public apology about lying to consumers about their products.

Le Gavroche Restaurant Ltd.
1616 Alberni St.
Vancouver, BC
V6G 1A6

Tel: (604) 685-3924
Fax: (604) 669-1885
Email: manny@legavroche.ca
www.legavroche.ca

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The BC Dairy Foundation propaganda machine

The BC Dairy Foundation had their marketing team out today in downtown Vancouver to spread their puss filled propaganda (yes, milk is full of pus and blood) about the benefits of cows' milk by giving away bottles of liquid cancer. Study after study have shown that milk is not only bad for the animals it is bad for human health.  Milk is the catalyst for osteoperosis, cancers, allergies, obesity, and heart disease.  Please write a letter to the editors of any newspaper you see mentioning the BC Dairy Foundation's "Drink more milk" campaign.

For more information about milk please visit
http://www.liberationbc.com/issues/farmanimals#dairy
http://www.milksucks.com/index2.asp
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/dairy.html

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Pappas Furs Campaign

Every Saturday
1-3pm
Aberdeen Centre (4400 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond)

Note:

Pappas Furs is a Canadian furrier that specializes in clothing of the cruelest kind—enormous fur coats, wraps, and muffs made from the skins of suffering animals. How many animals are there in a standard full-length fur coat? Anywhere from 10 to 20 foxes, 18 to 20 lambs, or 130 to 200 chinchillas!

How can you help?

Come out to this Saturday's event and join other compassionate people in speaking out against this cruelty. These are friendly outreach events. All you need to bring is hope and a smile!

If you can't make it out to Richmond, you can still help by contacting Aberdeen Centre and politely telling them that you don’t want Pappas Furs in the mall!

Telephone: 604.270.1234  or  604.273.1234 ext 12
Email: info@aberdeencentre.com, leasing@aberdeencentre.com, promotion@aberdeencentre.com
Address:  Fairchild Developments Ltd., Suite 130,
4400 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond, BC, V6X 3R8

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Volunteers needed

Volunteers are needed for:

• Internet research
• Making telephone calls
• Tabling at the Vancouver Folk Festival (July 18-20)
• Tabling throughout the city on Saturdays

If you are interested in helping with any of these things, please email us at info@liberationbc.com or call 604-761-4162. Thanks!

If there's something else you'd like to do to help, please let us know. There are lots of opportunities to lend a hand.