Archive for the ‘Animal Rights’ Category

Maple Farm Sanctuary’s Farm Fest This Weekend – June 5 [Event]

This Sunday, June 5, Maple Farm is having their annual Farm Fest. Come out to Mendon to meet the animals who they’ve rescued from factory farms. There’ll be food, music, and tours of the farm. See the flyer below. Mendon is only a 20 minute drive from Worcester so you have no excuse for missing [...]

May 31, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, Events  One Comment

Calves Rescued from Dairy and Veal Farm [Video]

A new video by Mercy for Animals and The Gentle Barn tells the story of how they rescued a handful of calves from E6 Cattle in Texas. News about factory farming is usually pretty grim stuff, so its refreshing to see this uplifting video. Mercy for Animal’s recent investigation of E6 Cattle in Texas found [...]

May 16, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Animal Rights  No Comments

Mercy For Animals Uncovers Horrific Calf Abuses at E6 Cattle in Texas

Mercy For Animals just released a new video investigation into a Texas company that raises calves for dairy farms. This should go without saying, but the video depicts violence and is very disturbing. It’s tough to watch videos like this, but as Paul McCartney says, “if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian”. E6 [...]

May 3, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Animal Rights, News  No Comments

Northeast Animal Liberation Festival this weekend in Troy, NY [Event]

This Saturday in Troy, NY the Sanctuary for Independent Media will be hosting the Northeast Animal Liberation Festival, featuring a vegan BBQ, a screening of Bold Native, and a Q&A with Peter Young. From the their website: Date & Time:В Saturday, May 7, 2011 -В 6pmВ -В 10pm Admission:В by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low-income) 6 PM Vegan potluck BBQ [...]

May 2, 2011   Posted in: Animal Rights, Events  No Comments

Green Is The New Red by Will Potter, Book Signing at Worcester VegFest [New Book]

A new book from the Will Potter, the author of the Green Is the New Red blog, is due out next month. As a part of his book release tour, Potter will be presenting at the upcoming Worcester VegFest. Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist based in Washington, D.C., who focuses on “eco-terrorism,” the [...]

March 8, 2011   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Worcester VegFest 2011  No Comments

MARC Worcester Fur Protest- Dec 2010 (Photos)

(previous post: http://vegworcester.com/2010/12/03/join-the-marc-fur-protest-in-worcester-this-sunday)

December 6, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach  No Comments

Join the MARC Fur Protest in Worcester this Sunday

(previous fur-protest photos by jackie) There is a chill in the air this holiday season, and it’s not just from the wintery weather! Did you know that more than 50 million animals are killed each year to produce fur products? Aside from the ugly horror of fur coats, there are fur scarves, hats, fur-lined boots [...]

December 3, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

VegWorcester members join with MARC for Ringling Circus Protest 2010

Animal cruelty issues are a local topic this week with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus returning to Worcester over the weekend (and heading to Springfield and Boston throughout this week.) Several VegWorcester members joined up with Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition (MARC) to protest the DCU Center event this past Saturday and bring light [...]

October 11, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach  No Comments

Circus Protests this Weekend in Worcester

The Ringling Brothers circus has now arrived in Worcester, but their reputation for animal cruelty has long preceded them. This morning Ringling marched the elephants down Front St to have lunch on the Common. Animal rights activist groups are planning protests for many of the Massachusetts shows. Ringling Bros has a long history of abusing [...]

October 7, 2010   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events  One Comment

City ordinance causes tension with shelter

By Chris Warren (of Food Not Bombs) Worcester Animal Rescue League is threatening to stop accepting dogs from Worcester if they pass new restrictive ordinances targeting Pit bulls. Being a Pit bull fan myself I consider this a very bold but necessary move by the Animal Rescue League. WhileВ  I recognize it will hurt stray [...]

July 25, 2010   Posted in: Animal Rights, News  2 Comments