WSPA Enews: Bears, farm animals, dogs, auction

Having trouble viewing this email? Go here to view it in a web browser. About WSPA | Make a Donation | Contact Us | Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend     IN THIS ISSUE: Incredible news: Two more bears have been freed! Help farm animals and get Farmified One year later — Collars Not Cruelty Beautiful things with a positive impact Animal-friendly shopping Mooooove over traditional gifts... Incredible news: Two more bears have been freed! Last month, we celebrated the rescue of Zilla, Rene and Sihu who were freed from a life of bear baiting and now, we have more incredible news to share! Two more bears, Robin, meaning "love," and Yarrow, meaning "healing," are safe from the bating ring after being surrendered by their owners. After being handed over to our local partners, the Bioresource Research Centre (BRC), Robin and Yarrow had their nose ring and ropes removed, and their wounds carefully cleaned. Thanks to WSPA supporters, these bears have joined the 16 other residents of the WSPA-funded Balkasar Sanctuary where they will have nutritious food, veterinary care and lush grass enclosures to explore. Read more about the two rescued bears >> See photos of their rescue and release into the Sanctuary grounds >> Help farm animals and get Farmified Since we launched our report, What's On Your Plate? The Hidden Costs of Industrial Animal Agriculture in Canada, in April we have been busy spreading the word about the importance of humane farming. Thanks to your letter writing efforts, we have been able to meet with more than 50 policymakers to discuss ways to improve the lives of animals in Canada. We need your help again. Take our pledge to make more humane choices when you shop and eat — then because of your commitment to help animals, you can Farmify your face and join WSPA's global barnyard. You can make the world a better place for animals every day and help WSPA continue to show food businesses and policymakers that Canadians care about where their food comes from. Caring about the lives of farm animals is a choice we all can make. Take the pledge now! One year later — Collars Not Cruelty One year on in our global campaign and we are proving that compassion works — protecting dogs, safeguarding communities and stopping rabies. With your support, we have been able to save dogs from unnecessary and brutal deaths due to people's fear of rabies. Since the launch of the Collars Not Cruelty campaign last year, we have been working with partners in Bangladesh to vaccinate 20,000 dogs, giving them a bright red collar so the community knows these dogs are safe; preventing them from being killed and protecting everyone from rabies. To mark the one-year anniversary of this campaign, we are proud to announce a partnership with the Bangladesh government on a national action plan to stamp out rabies across that country and end the unnecessary killing of dogs because of rabies for good. We are also rolling out vaccination programs in the Philippines and Indonesia in partnership with the Global Alliance for Rabies Control. Learn more about Collars Not Cruelty, see how you can get involved and hear a special message from celebrity supporter Ricky Gervais! Beautiful things with a positive impact We have prepared 10 exclusive Live Beautiful for Animals bags that will be auctioned off on eBay from November 5 to 9. The bags themselves have been generously donated by MATT & NAT as part of their "live beautifully" philosophy and are filled with incredible items to help you live beautiful for animals: A signed copy of Victor Watkins' Bear Sanctuary book A signed copy of Missy Marston's book The Love Monster David's Tea signed by supermodel and WSPA Canada Ambassador Liisa Winkler A signed photo of celebrity supporter Leona Lewis A free pass to the winter Woofstock festival A Modern Dog magazine subscription for a year Visit wspa.ca during the week of November 5 to participate. All proceeds support WSPA's work to protect animals around the world. Animal-friendly shopping Showing your love of animals when you shop can be tricky. Avoiding products tested on animals or from inhumane sources can be an ongoing struggle. Meet Ethical Ocean, the social boutique that makes it easy to discover and buy products that reflect your values. From shoes and lipstick, to soccer balls and omega-3 supplements, they have hundreds and hundreds of compassionate products that let you shop better, eat better and make a difference for animal welfare. Join today and gain access to products that reflect your love and respect for animals — welcome to a new way of doing good every time you shop. Mooooove over traditional gifts... Let's face it — most of us don't need more clutter, so why not buy unique and meaningful gifts. Every gift purchased helps WSPA change the lives of animals for the better. From the unnecessary long distance transportation of farm animals to the awful truth about high intensity farming, your gift will help us end this inhumane treatment. Visit Really Wild Gifts and buy gifts worth giving.   Josey Kitson Executive Director WSPA Canada   This message was sent by: World Society for the Protection of Animals 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 Call us: 1-800-363-9772 Email us: wspa@wspa.ca

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Take the pledge to support animal-friendly farming!

Having trouble viewing this email? Go here to view it in a web browser. About WSPA | Make a Donation | Contact Us | Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend     Take the pledge to support animal-friendly farming! Be kinder to farm animals and help WSPA show food businesses and policymakers that Canadians care about where their food comes from. Take our pledge to make more humane choices when you shop and eat — then because of your commitment to help animals, you can Farmify your face and join WSPA's global barnyard. As you know, most farm animals spend their lives crammed into tiny pens, cages or crates inside windowless barns. They are fed unnatural diets, antibiotics and suffer painful mutilations so they can be kept at huge numbers on factory farms. But there is hope and animal-friendly farming has benefits for all of us. Choosing to eat food from humane and sustainable farms means less negative impact on the environment, safer food for you, more support for local farmers. Caring about the lives of farm animals is a choice we all can make. Take the pledge and watch our video. To say thank you for helping animals, you can Farmify your face. Why not make it your profile pic to help spread the word!   Josey Kitson Executive Director WSPA Canada     This message was sent by: World Society for the Protection of Animals 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 Call us: 1-800-363-9772 Email us: wspa@wspa.ca

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Seven bears crying out for you.

Having trouble viewing this email? View as a web page Dear Activelid'S Links, Bear baiting in the ‘ring of pain’ is a cruel and illegal spectacle that’s staged for profit and entertainment. The bears are tethered with a rope and hard iron ring. They are attacked by dog, after dog, after dog. They have no one to save them. No one except you, WSPA and our Operation Bear Rescue partners in Pakistan. With your help, seven bears could be rescued this year, taken to the WSPA-funded sanctuary, never to suffer baiting again.   It’s taken years of patient work, often undercover, to identify the seven bears targeted for priority rescue this year. But now, time is running out. After years of mistreatment, bears used for baiting often go blind or die.   You can see the bears for yourself on a short video featuring bear expert, Dr. Fakhar-i-Abbas. I must warn you, there are a few seconds of actual bear baiting footage that are very upsetting to see. If you can’t bring yourself to watch the video, you can help stop the suffering of the seven bears with a donation.    Your gift will help save the bears from being baited to dog after dog and bring them safely to the sanctuary. Please help now. It costs $479 to save one bear from the trauma of bear baiting in Pakistan. If $479 is too much to give right now, you could still help save a traumatized bear. • $38 could help bring a bear safely to the sanctuary. • $57 could help give her emergency veterinary treatment when she arrives at the sanctuary’s clinic. • $76 could help pay for food during her two weeks of intensive care. If you are committed to bears, please join our Animal Rescue Team. A gift of $20 a month could help save defenceless animals, forced into blood sports and other money-making cruelties, from lives of pain and suffering. You could give a bear a long and happy life. The Balkasar sanctuary is home to 17 bears like Lala. She was rescued last year, and even though her nose is severely damaged, she is well and very happy with her new life. After a life in the ‘ring of pain’, bears like Lala have good food, veterinary care and room to roam over seven hectares of the most natural bear habitat that we could find. To read Lala’s story CLICK HERE. WSPA and five Operation Bear Rescue teams are the only people in the world fighting to save bears from this illegal blood sport. We must hurry. Please give now. Yours sincerely, Josey Kitson Executive Director, Canada P.S. The seven bears targeted for priority rescue this year are crying out for you. Please hurry and give now before one, two or all of these bears go blind or die - visit www.wspa.ca/bearrescue.             About WSPA  |  Contact us  |  Privacy Policy  |  Visit our website at www.wspa.ca

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