On Labour Day (Monday Sept 5, 2011), Toronto Pig Save, TARVS and other compassionate groups held a veggie dog giveaway across from Quality Meat Packers’ pig slaughterhouse in Stanley Park at 700 Wellington Street West, Toronto. Chalk artist Jo Lalonde drew a stunning rendition of Trixie – a three-legged pig rescued by Susan Morris at Snooters Farm Animal Sanctuary in Uxbridge, Ontario. Toronto Pig Save along with other animal rights groups decided to take back the neighbourhood and show what is possible in a residential area overshadowed by the QMP pig slaughterhouse. TPS is promoting an alternative vision for the neighbourhood. In place of a pig slaughterhouse, TPS is advocating for a just transition for workers on Labour Day – safe, fulfilling, and meaningful jobs needed to support a food economy that is local, organic, and whole grain and plant based (that is, vegan). The program included chalk art, music, pig puppets, story telling, and face painting for kids: ? Jo Lalonde, chalk artist, will draw Trixie on sidewalk, Susan Morris’s adopted three-legged pig featured on the event poster chalkchick. wordpress. com ? Josh Wilkinson of Dream Awake 12-1pm myspace. com/?DreamAwakeMusic ? Caitlin Black will present a puppetry skit as well as dedicate a blue rose for the pig who tried to escape QMP this summer crumpled-caitlin. blogspot. com/? ? Videos presented by TARVS ? a vegan deserts table hosted by Nadia Fresolone of Omega Creations facebook. com/?pages/?Omega-Creations . . .

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