Ottawa Veg²!

Katherine and Michael share their experience seeing the Dalai Lama on the message board.
Kyle also saw the Dalai Lama and wrote about it in his blog (see above link also).

Feel free to post on the message board yourselves.

If you like to follow local animal news, you may know that the Wild Bird Care Center is in need of funding. Since we've already seen the closing of Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre, we'd like this one kept open.
A member of our community, Katherine, was glad to report back that her recent fundraiser at work raised $268 for the Wild Bird Care Center.
Congratulations and thank you ! Let's keep the positive energy flowing and let's make a difference!
For more ways to help the WBCC, see their Support Us page.
If you shop at Canadian Tire, they gladly accept Canadian Tire money. If you shop at Zellers or The Bay, you can put points on their HBC rewards card when you make purchases.

Check out the new MESSAGE BOARD where you can post articles/news, initiate discussions, ask questions, or just have some fun getting to know other local veg*ns.

Michael, Katherine, Kyle, Cynthia, Draven, Ginger. Len and vaalea were also there.

Pictures from the Wednesday protest!!

"I do not care to contradict you," said the Yellow Hen, with dignity, "but I have an idea I know more about chickens than human beings do."

"Pshaw!" replied Aunt Em. "I've raised chickens for nearly forty years, Billina, and I know you've got to starve 'em to make 'em lay lots of eggs, and stuff 'em if you want good broilers."

"Broilers!" exclaimed Billina, in horror. "Broil my chickens!"

"Why, that's what they're for, ain't it?" asked Aunt Em, astonished.

"No, Aunt, not in Oz," said Dorothy. "People do not eat chickens here. You see, Billina was the first hen that was ever seen in this country, and I brought her here myself. Everybody liked her an' respected her, so the Oz people wouldn't any more eat her chickens than they would eat Billina."

"Well, I declare," gasped Aunt Em. "How about the eggs?"

"Oh, if we have more eggs than we want to hatch, we allow people to eat them," said Billina. "Indeed, I am very glad the Oz folks like our eggs, for otherwise they would spoil."

"This certainly is a queer country," sighed Aunt Em.


From The Emerald City of Oz, by L. Frank Baum

Dan, Kyle, Dan, Len, Natalie, Cynthia, Alex.