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Celebrating 18 years of helping animals By Peter Fricker, June 26, 2021 After 18 years as VHS’s Projects and Communications Director, Peter Fricker retired in June. Here, he reflects on the changes and challenges during those years for VHS and for the animals it works to help. To be honest, I had a lot to […]
Image by cristty from Pixabay Article by Christopher Guly June 7, 2021 Our laws lag far behind the US and UK. First of two parts on the fight in Parliament for animal cruelty reform. For Elisabeth Ormandy, the turning point came in a laboratory as an undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh. She was helping to run […]
Image by 👀 Mabel Amber, who will one day from Pixabay Article by Christopher Guly June 8, 2021 What has Canada’s Parliament done lately for the welfare of animals? In 2019, it passed a bill that banned animal fighting, defined bestiality in the Criminal Code as “any contact for a sexual purpose with an animal,” and prohibited the hacking off […]
Today, June 29th, is John Pranger’s birthday. Sadly, he passed away on Dec. 2, 2020. When that happened, ADAV lost a dear friend, communications director and webmaster. His writings on the flawed science of vivisection (animal experimentation) and its attendant harms provided an awaking for many of us lucky enough to be mentored by this […]
Image by Jan den Ouden from Pixabay Article by Maxwell Rabb June 10, 2021 This week, Israel passed a total ban on fur sales, making it the first country in the world to do so. While more and more countries have been implementing fur farming restrictions, this is the first time a country has prohibited fur from being sold or traded. The ban will be […]
Image by RitaE from Pixabay A new interview on CNN explored the impact of meat production on the environment and public health Article by Jemima Webber 13th June 2021 Multinational news-based television channel CNN recently aired a segment called ‘How Meat Is Making the Planet Sick’. The program discussed the public health and climate risks associated with meat production. CNN has more than […]
Sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Sciences (CCS), the International Network for Humane Education (InterNICHE) and Progressive Non-Animal Research Society (PNARS) Deadline: Oct. 11, 2021 For High School and Undergraduate Students Submission: A research paper identifying existing human-based approaches in medical or other science-based research and explaining where human-based methods may be of equal value […]
Image above by Uwe Baumann from Pixabay Saturday Art Sale: Proceeds to the Animals! 1390 Fernwood Cres, North Vancouver June 12th, 10 am – 2 pm Please contact: adavsocietyofbc@gmail.com or phone/text 604-787-7315 See poster below for more details.