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and help make a difference for animalsFounded in 1984, ARK II - The Animal Rights Kollective is a Toronto-based, grassroots animal advocacy organization.
ARK II organizes and hosts events in and around the Toronto area on a broad range of issues including: farmed animals; veganism; animals used for textiles, including leather, fur, and wool; animals used in laboratories; hunting and fishing; and companion animals, including strays and over-breeding.
Our Mission
ARK II seeks to promote and protect the rights of all animals and foster their individual liberties through direct action, political action and public awareness campaigns. We will strive to build a world where animal liberation and human liberation become one in a fabric of mutual respect, tolerance and compassion.
NEWS
TORONTO EVENTS:
Global Day of Action Against P&G
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Time: 12 pm - 1pm
Location:
Procter and Gamble (P&G)
4711 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M2N 6K8RSVP on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13162713068
This year marks, the 12th anniversary of Boycott P&G Day. We need your help as we strive to increase the pressure on P&G to change their cruel animal testing practices. The 11th anniversary of the Day of Action in 2007 saw over 140 Boycott P&G actions taking place all around the world.
In Canada alone, P&G's consumer products sales are over $2.9 billion. Millions of people use P&G products everyday unaware that the company still conducts lethal animal tests to develop new cosmetic & household products and chemical ingredients.
Yet polls reveal most consumers would switch to a cruelty-free company if only they had the necessary information. Everyone has a vital role to play in informing consumers about P&G's animal testing, and the hundreds of cruelty-free alternatives available.
Why Boycott P&G?
P&G spends millions of dollars to package itself as a responsible, caring company, and claims to be a leader in the development of alternatives to the use of animals in product testing.
The truth is that P&G could stop animal testing today without hindering anyone's safety. We urge everyone to boycott of P&G until the company abandons all unnecessary animal tests, including those carried out by Iams/Eukanuba.
Other P&G BRANDS that are TESTED ON ANIMALS include Cover Girl, Max Factor, Noxzema, Ohm, Olay, Camay, Ivory, Safeguard, Zest, Secret, Sure, Luvs, Pampers, Always, Pantene, Pringles, Folgers, Milstone Coffee, Sunny Delight, Torengos, Giorgio of Beverly Hills, Helmut Lang, Herve Leger, Hugo Boss, Old Spice, Bounty, Charmin, Puffs, Downy, Actonel, Duracell, Olay, Head & Shoulders, Wella, A Touch of Sun, Aussie, Balsam Color, Clairol, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Hydrience, Infusium 23, Lasting Color, Loving Care, Men's Choice, Natural Instincts, Nice 'n Easy, Pantene, Pert Plus, Physique, Ultress, Vidal Sassoon, Bounce, Cascade, Cheer, Comet, Dawn, Downy, Dreft, Dryel, Era, Febreze, Gain, Ivory, Ivory Snow, Joy, Mr. Clean, Swiffer, Tide, Gillette, Braun, DayQuil, Metamucil, NyQuil, Pepto-Bismol, PUR water filtration system, Sinex, Thermacare, Vicks, Crest, Fixodent, Gleem, Oral-B, Scope and Whitestrips.
We urge everyone to boycott P&G. Until it stops its animal cruelty, the letters P&G will stand for nothing but Pain & Greed.
SAMPLE LETTER: (from In Defense of Animals)
Tim Penner
President
Procter & Gamble Inc. Canada
Box 355, Stn A
Toronto, ON M5W 1Z5
Tel: 416-730-4711
Consumer relations: fax (416) 730-6006Dear Mr. Tim Penner,
People who care about their animals buy quality products because they think they are doing right for their companion animals.
Caring people would be shocked and horrified to learn that IAMS/Eukanuba, which claims to be a leader in the pet food industry, ruthlessly tests its products on dogs and cats in some of the cruelest ways imaginable. An investigation into one of Iams' contract labs found dogs who had gone insane from being confined to barren steel-and-cement cages, dogs who had been left on a paint-chipped floor after having their vocal chords severed and part of their leg muscles hacked out, and sick dogs and cats suffering in their cages, left to suffer without veterinary care.
Right now, animals are suffering endlessly in concrete cells with no exercise or stimulation just so that Iams can slap new claims onto its products and maintain its market share. All animals suffer in the same capacity. If you care about the health and happiness of companion animals, please don't support Iams until they end this unnecessary testing.
Signed
[Name]
[Address]
[Telephone]
PUBLIC OUTREACH SCHEDULE:
Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market
(at Urban Herbivore - 64 Oxford St.)Community - Culture - Ecology
Pedestrian-only streets - last Sunday of the month from May to October, 2008 from 1 - 7 pm (10pm on North Augusta)
May 25th: Spring! Grand Opening Celebration
June 29th: Fire! Summer Solstice SUNday
July 27th: Water! Streams of Consciousness
August 31st: Air! The Kensington Community Air Show
September 28th: Earth! Global Harvest Traditions
October 26th: Halloween! Honoring our Ancestors
ACTION ALERTS:
Urgent Action Needed to Stop Bill S-203
Did your MP vote for animals?
On April 9th, 189 MPs voted in favour of passing Bill S-203 despite strong opposition from every animal welfare group in the country. This weak and ineffective bill retains all of the loopholes in our century-old law, allowing most animal abusers to slip through the cracks unpunished. While the bill establishes stiffer penalties, it will not address the fact that less than 1% of animal cruelty investigations result in a conviction under the Criminal Code.
The Canadians for Effective Animal Cruelty Legislation campaign for effective federal legislation to protect animals is far from over. As a first step, we need to thank the MPs who voted against Bill S-203 and encourage them to work with us to achieve a better law. If your MP voted for Bill S-203, let them know how disappointed you are that they didn’t represent your views in Parliament.
Please visit the WSPA website and fill in the form below to find out whether your MP voted for or against Bill S-203 and send your letter now!
To view the status of the campaign and take action, please visit the following websites:
http://againstanimalcruelty.ca/
Help Stop the Largest Slaughter of Marine Mammals on Earth
With more than one million harp seals clubbed and shot to death for their fur over the last 4 years, Canada's commercial seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on earth. It is also the most brutal. With March 15 soon approaching, we are sending out this alert to remind activists to take time out to raise awareness about Canada's shameful seal hunt.
WRITE TO POLITICIANS: Send a letter, e-mail, or fax to your local politicians and the Canadian government to demand an end to this atrocious slaughter of seals. If you are able to, write often – remind those in a position to stop the Canadian seal hunt that they must do the right thing and put an end to the slaughter of harp and hood seals. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has the power to stop the hunt. Write to Minister Loyola Hearn, this is the ministry responsible for setting seal quotas and prosecuting violations of the Marine Mammal Regulations.
Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Canada
Constituency Tel (for Canadians): 613-992-4211
Fax: 613-941-6900
E-mail: pm@pm.gc.caThe Honorable Loyola Hearn, P.C., M.P.
House of Commons Minister, Fisheries and Oceans
Parliament Buildings,
Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Canada
Tel: 613-996-3085
Fax: 613-996-6988
E-mail: min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
E-Mail: Hearn.L@parl.gc.ca
Global Ban on Shark Finning
Many species of shark are facing a serious threat to their existence because of worldwide fishing trends and shark finning. Sharks are sought for their meat, fins and the oil in their livers, which is used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.
It is currently not illegal to sell shark fin soup or other shark products, unless the product is made from a protected species. Please visit the Shark Trust (UK) organization website for more information.
To obtain sample letter by e-mail, please contact us. You can also sign an online petition by clicking here.
We encourage people to see the newly released feature documentary film, Sharkwater which conveys the beauty and vulnerability of Sharks. DVD is available at the following link.
ANIMAL RIGHTS IN THE MEDIA
To listen to animal rights issues via the radio, tune in to Animal Voices
Tuesdays, 11am-noon (EST), CIUT 89.5 FM.
Visit the Animal Voices website for archived shows and more information
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Last modified on: May 9, 2008.
