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Brampton Chicken Save & Earthling Ed Special Vigil
Brampton Chicken Save is proud to have Earthling Ed join us for an afternoon on July 11th! Earthling Ed is a world-renown animal advocate, valiantly giving talks, changing minds and bearing witness. As part of his Ontario tour, he will be joining us for a special chicken vigil outside of Maple Lodge in Brampton.
1:00 – 4:00 PM on Wednesday, July 11th. (for updates check event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/704427189727852/?active_tab=about)
8301 Winston Churchill Blvd., L6Y0A2
Please join us outside Maple Lodge – the largest chicken slaughterhouse in North America. We will be bearing witness to just a few of the 500,000+ chickens killed per day, as well as reaching out to commuters.
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PARKING: The farmer that owns the plot of land across from the slaughterhouse has given us permission to use the strip of grass along the road. However, as a lot of people will likely show up we do encourage you to carpool as to not use up much of the space, and save on gas & pollution. We will play it by ear as the event goes on. Please use the comments in this event page to arrange carpooling if you’d like to.
WHAT/WHO TO WEAR/BRING: We do have signs, but we expect to run out. You are encouraged to get creative and bring what you make so long as it’s love-based, thought-provoking and productive. Please bring appropriate clothing for the weather. It’s meant to be very sunny, so consider UV protection and shade for your skin.
Children are very much welcome and are encouraged to show off their love for the animals to ensure that people know the future generation will carry out justice for all sentient beings. Relatives, friends, colleagues — anyone you’d like to bring to show why you care is welcome. Veganism is not a requirement, it’s a goal.
MAPLE LODGE INFORMATION:
This is a perfect opportunity to see expose how industrialized this cruelty is and to shine a light on the more than half a million deaths per day.
The bulk of these deaths are the thirty-eight-day-old babies. They are not old enough to be considered adults, just the product of decades of selectively breeding for debilitatingly accelerated growth. Each truck carries 10,000 of these babies and they’re brought in around the clock.
The rest of these deaths are former egg-laying hens. Maple Lodge is the only slaughterhouse in this area of North America allowed to kill egg-layers. Maple Lodge acquires these hens for free as they are considered a waste product by farmers and hatcheries all across Ontario, and as far as New York, Pennsylvannia and Ohio.
WHY BEAR WITNESS TO CHICKENS?
Chickens are loving creatures, with the same capacity for pain and love as the rest of the animal kingdom. There is a misconception that we aim to dissipate in that some believe chickens are incapable of emotion, or that there is a difference between hen companions and slaughtered chicks. They’re all one in the same. The only difference being the happy ones living a cozy life in backyards or sanctuaries were given the opportunity to flourish as an individual and show off who they are. We want to make the connection for people, and show them it is WHO they were eating, and not WHAT is on their plate.
WHAT IS BRAMPTON CHICKEN SAVE?
Brampton Chicken Save is part of the worldwide network known as The Save Movement. Through purely love-based activism, we aim to open up minds and expose the suffering of these animals whom are denied individualism in the name of tradition and maintaining the long debunked logical fallacy that animal products are a necessary and healthy part of life.
https://www.bramptonchickensave.org/
WHAT IS THE SAVE MOVEMENT?
The Save Movement does not condone any harassment, vandalism, ill-temperedness or vitriol towards any slaughterhouse employees or law enforcement. We maintain an image of good will as to not sully the message of non-violence for the sake of personal vendettas. We ask that you curb your anger and use that effort towards telling the animals’ stories to the world to normalize living vegan and to force the connection.
WHAT IS THE END GOAL?
We don’t want a more ‘humane’ slaughter to take place. We want to make animal agriculture a chapter in history books pertaining to civil rights. It will take a long time, but with you fighting for them, their voices are louder than ever, and the movement is growing day by day. If your effort can translate into even one changed mind, it’s worth it. We are the raindrops hitting the asphalt from this increasingly heavy cloud just before the torrential downpour. There’s a storm brewing, and you’re the drop that breaks the tension and starts it.