Arthur Rabbit & Chicken Save’s Vigil and Bearing Witness

Please join us as we bear witness to the rabbits, chickens, Cornish hens, Pheasant, Quail, Squab, Duck, Goose, Muscovy Duck, and Guinea Fowl slaughtered daily at Abate Packers Ltd. Abate Packers Ltd. is located on Highway 6th North in Arthur, Ontario and they are a major distributor for King Cole Duck, D&D Poultry, Nipissing game farms and Andrade. These small animals NEED our voices, our documentation, our presence, and our determination for change.

If you have any questions or if you are nervous about attending a vigil for the first time and would like to talk to someone about your fears or concerns please use the message feature to contact us. Please share this event, ‘invite’ Facebook users and bring family and friends with you. The more people we have, the more of an impact we can make. But, big or small turnout, an impact will be made.

TIME:
11:00-3:00pm to enable people from far away the ability to attend. If you are able to provide transportation, please utilize this page to create discussion about carpooling.

WHAT TO BRING:
Bring signs if you’d like (loving and peaceful messages only please) your camera, and your HEART. Please be sure to bring water to hydrate yourself as we will be in the sun for a few hours. Light snacks will be provided.

PLEASE NOTE:
We are a love-based group who believe that we can achieve more through compassion than through force. Violence, drugs, or negativity are not welcome at vigils. This includes anger vocalized to truck drivers. Although we are all angry at the trucks and what they are doing, we gather to show empathy for the animals, spread compassion, and raise awareness. Bearing Witness in a farming town can be very different than in the city. However, we have the opportunity to reach the hearts of many and the opportunity to interact with a great deal of traffic ♥

“When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to him who suffers, and try to help him.” -Leo Tolstoy