Anti-Fur March

Fur season is fast approaching. Lets get out there and remind people why they should never buy fur!

What the protest will look like:
Wearing white protective suits with signs around neck reading ‘coyote’ ‘fox’ ‘mink’ ‘rabbit’ and holding a jar of fake blood labelled ‘FASHION’ in one hand and either a sign or fur trim in the other, activists will march down the street to the beat of drums chanting:

1. Coyote, fox, mink, rabbit… Skinned alive for your jacket.
2. Innocent animals killed for your vanity; It’s time to wake up and stop the insanity!
3. No more pain. No more lies… We know they’re skinning them alive..
4. Don’t be a murderer. Don’t buy fur. (repeat)

Activists will stop at a major fur store OR in the middle of an intersection and pour the fake blood over head (you can pour on body if you don’t want it on your head), and collapse on ground. While on the ground, we will play the sound of coyotes caught in leg-hold traps crying. The march will then continue with drumming and chanting, and we will stage a few more “die-ins” along the way.

Note: We are looking for fur trim and fur coats (fake or real) to use in this event. If you have one, please comment. White suits, signs & fake blood will be provided.

ABOUT DxE EVENTS
DxE’s organizers around the world build empowered networks for animal liberation. Based on the most innovative scholarship on social change and the recent successes of the animal rights movement in countries around the world, DxE’s model focuses on building the kindling for a true social movement to be set ablaze. We do this by: (1) supporting activists locally in speaking strongly for animals under our organizing principles – http://directactioneverywhere.com/organizing-principles/; and (2) connecting those activists with others worldwide to create empowered networks for change.

Animal rights activists in over 150 cities and 30 countries have united under the banner “It’s not Food. It’s Violence” since our campaign started in October 2013.

But we need your help to keep up the momentum. Join us at this event as we demand an end to atrocities against innocent animals.

SAFER SPACE POLICY – Full details here https://www.facebook.com/DXEToronto/notes

DxE has a Safer Space Policy to facilitate an immediate response to any oppressive actions by attendees of our official events. Oppressive actions include: Discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, size, class, ability, reproductive choice, sexuality, and gender identity; and, promoting disrespect or violence towards nonhuman animals. We strive to create a community that is safe and welcoming, and which prioritizes the needs of people who are typically marginalized by society.

All DxE Toronto events will be drug-and-alcohol-free due to safety concerns.

CONSENT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA:
DxE events are social media intensive. Photos and videos are regularly taken at actions, open meetings, and other activities. If you do not consent to appear in photos and videos, please let our media personnel know at the beginning of events. We will also remind attendants of this policy at each event.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
As settler animal rights/liberation activists uninvited to the traditional, ancestral, unceded and occupied territories of the First Nations and peoples, we acknowledge that we are unable to do animal advocacy work without using the resources from this land, and are often complicit in colonial systems that perpetuate violence against Indigenous Peoples. We must continue to learn and take responsibilities to help decolonize.