Pig Vigil at Conestoga Meat Packers

Please join us as we bear witness to the pigs at Conestoga Meat Packers. The lives of 24,000+ pigs are ended at this slaughterhouse just outside of Kitchener every week. These pigs NEED our voices, our documentation, and our determination for change.

If you have any questions or if you are nervous about attending a vigil and would like to talk to someone about your fears or concerns please use the message feature (on Facebook) to contact us. Please share this event, ‘invite’ Facebook users and bring family and friends with you.

TIME:
6-6:45 —> Traffic-engagement at the corner of Fountain Street and Menno Street – we will provide signs, but feel free to make your own love-based sign to bring. Park on the side of the road. Please be mindful of staying on the sidewalk.

6:45-7:30 —> Vigil at Conestoga Meat Packers Slaughterhouse
Drive to 313 Menno Street, Woolwich, Ontario. Park on LONSDALE Road. To avoid getting a ticket, park about 100m past the slaughterhouse, behind the sign that says no parking.

POST VIGIL:
We will gather after the vigil for debriefing and support. Depending on the preferences of attendees, we will go to a park, restaurant or cafe.

WHAT TO BRING:
Bring signs if you’d like (loving and peaceful messages only please) your camera, and your HEART.

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.

“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