LIFEFORCE ANNUAL REPORT2009

BC FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION WITH ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
Lifeforce sent an email to the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Association to ask if they still have their no animal experiments policy.
The BCPFFA stated that they do not fund any vivisection. However, Lifeforce has found that the Head of their Burn & Wound Healing
Research Laboratory had conducted experiments on rats and rabbits with others.
In the early 90s the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Foundation stated that they will not provide any more funding to Dr. Charles
Snelling. Dr. Snelling was putting rats in boiling water to test various combinations of creams which were already being used forhuman patients. The BCPFFF also told the International Association of Fire Fighters Burn Foundation that your contributions “not be
used to fund research grants that required the use of animals.
The experiments, that have been reported by Dr. Aziz Ghahary and colleagues, includes rats, mice and rabbits. In one experiment“full-thickness wounds were infected with Staphylococcus aureus on the dorsal skin surface of New Zealand White rabbit ...” Eight
6mm wounds were made on each rabbit. A “specialized wound cover attached to a tether and swivel” was used to deliver the gas
treatment for 8 hours per day.
Lifeforce’s request to Dr. Ghahary for his position on continued collaboration with vivisectors was not answered. His first lettersupported vivisection and that is not consistent with BCPFF Fund policy.

CANADIAN MILITARY EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALSThe Canadian Forces Trauma Training Centre West is at the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). In their “Special Skills Lab” medical
procedures are practised using animals when non-animal alternatives are available. Pigs have their throats cut, stomachs slashedand are stabbed with needles before being killed. In Trauma Unit experiments pigs were bled to induce haemorrhagic shock,surgical trauma and hypothermia.

ICORD AT VGH
Instead of admitting that animal models have failed and should be stopped,
one of the stated purposes of ICORD is:“Development of more accurate experimental spine/spinal cord injury
paradigm. ICORD will develop novel animal models of SCI (spinal cord
injury)...”. With modern technology and non-animal alternatives this is truly astep backwards.
ICORD head, John Steeves, has experimented on Canada Geese captured from
Stanley Park in the 80s. Lifeforce campaigned against it and no further permits
were issued by the Canadian Wildlife Service.
One of thousands of kittens tortured and killed in spinal cord
Lifeforce provided information to a principle ICORD donor – the Blusson
injury experiments.
family – about the scientific fraud of vivisection.

What You Can Do!
The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) has failed to adhere to their claimed mandate called the “3Rs” – Replacement,
Refinement and Reduction of experiments on animals.
Tell them to stop the horrific burn/wound experiments, the military training/experiments withanimals and spinal cord experiments on animals because viable non-animal methods areavailable. Email/Write Dr. Clement Gauthier, CCAC Executive Director:cgauthier@ccac.ca or CCAC,
1510-130 Albert St., Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4WORLD WEEK AGAINST VIVISECTION POSTER-Vivisection
Lifeforce has created anti-vivisection posters that we hope people will pass on and post in strategic
locations. Additional information about experiments on animals is available in our Better Living,
Image Library, and Posters sections of the website. You can download the World Week Against
Vivisection Poster from our posters page (on www.lifeforcefoundation.org) or request that copies
are mailed to you.

Lifeforce Better Living Campaigns:
GROW VEGGIES NOT CHICKEN EGGS
Lifeforce sent the following to City Council in Vancouver. We also sent similar information to Councillors in Halifax.
“Lifeforce is a Vancouver-based ecology organization that looks at the interrelationship of human, animal and environmental issues.
When trying to resolve problems one must take into consideration the long term impacts on all life.
For over a decade we have opposed any “city farming” plans that involve animals. We hope that Vancouver will not allow the
keeping of poultry or any other livestock because it would result in major health and animal welfare issues. Please find the attached
in which we outline the many reasons why we oppose farming chickens in Vancouver and other cities.
As part of Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Team we should be promoting eating healthy veggies not chicken products. We must
decrease, not increase, the number of animals presently being raised and consumed in order to protect people’s health, stop animal
cruelty and to reduce Global Warming. Backyard chickens are not a just and sustainable food system – it would be part of the crisis
not the solution.”

EAT HEALTHY ADVICE TO POLITICIANS
Lifeforce sent the following information to Mayors and Councillors throughout the BC Lower
Mainland: Re: Eat Healthy and Protect People, Animals and the Environment
The Vancouver-based ecology organization, Lifeforce, is asking you to promote eating healthy bysupplying more vegetarian and vegan items on menus in your public facilities. Trying to use “green” dairy and meat products does
not protect people, animals and the environment.
You can reduce the animal suffering, health hazards, and Greehouse Warming by promoting eating non-dairy and non-meatproducts - a vegan diet. The intensive production of animals for dairy and meat contribute to 18% of Global Warming as comparedto the more publicized transportation issue that is a 13% factor. We must reduce and phase out the 60 billion animals who are killed
every year worldwide.
Lifeforce acknowledges your good intentions to help animals. As stated in this letter you can do a lot more can be done by justeating a lot less meat. It is scientifically proven that meat is a risk factor for many diseases such as cancer, heart, and diabetes. These
illnesses are the most frequent cause for illnesses and death in humans. This represents a growing financial burden for health careservice.
There is a wonderful selection of vegetarian/vegan products on the market. The more we get off the shelf and into government run
facilities the more likelihood there will be time to reduce Global Warming.
(Note: Since this letter was written a new study has revealed that the factory farming of animals may contribute to 51% of Global
Warming.)

WILL TIM HORTON’S AND WENDY’S GO VEGAN?
Lifeforce has resurrected campaigns that demand food chains provide healthy vegetarian and veganmeals. While some chains have added veggie burgers etc. to their menus companies such as Tim
Hortin’s and Wendy provide no such options. Lifeforce has contacted the companies and will provide
updates.

MILK NOT SO DELICIOUS
The Dairy Industry is releasing misleading ads such as Island Farms “Every Drop Delicious” and “Great
Canadian Moo” (June 3, 2009 – urging people to press a Moo button to show their support of dairy
industry as “A Source of Pride”).
These campaigns ignore the plight of animals used for dairy products and the associated human healthhazards. BC's Island Farms parent company is Agropur based in Quebec. Quebec has had the highest
bacteria and somatic cell counts in their milk.
Facts about the animal cruelty and human/animal health problems proves that milk is NOT SO
delicious. It is a source of shame not pride! The campaign brochure is available on our web site.

PLEA TO PRIME MINISTER AND WIFE
Lifeforce, has sent a letter to Canada’s Prime Minster Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen, to ask them to stop cruel practices on
Canadian farms. As stated on the PM’s web site, the Harpers participate in a Foster Program for cats and dogs in Ontario. Lifeforce
hopes that their compassion to protect abandoned animals will extend to animals on farms that are routinely abused.
“There are anti-cruelty laws against confining and chaining dogs so the meat and dairy industries must be stopped from confining
and chaining calves and pigs for months and longer ,” stated Peter Hamilton, Lifeforce Founding Director, ”I was shocked to see theway animals are mistreated on farms in BC and the rest of Canada. Other countries are phasing out these barbaric practises andCanada must follow. Hopefully Canada will take the lead by stopping all cruelty and mandating outdoor pasturing.”

Lifeforce urged them to press the Federal Government to implement legislation re:
1. Calves: Ban chaining, veal crates and restrictive huts practises.
2. Pigs: Ban chaining, gestation crates and farrowing crates.
3. Chickens: Ban battery cages.
4. Provide all animals with large clean indoor areas with access to large outdoor areas where
they are free to run and socialize with others of their kind.
5. Require that all animals be given the basic freedoms to freely lie down, stand up, run, fully
extend their limbs and turn around.

Lifeforce Investigations
FRASER VALLEY AUCTIONS
Lifeforce’s year-long 2008 investigation of Fraser Valley Auctions (FVA) in BC found mistreatment of animals and major health issues.
Gerry Ritz, Federal Minister of Agriculture and former livestock owner responded by saying:
1. The main responsibility is under the BCSPCA. So where were they?
2. They claimed that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspected the Saturday auction. However, they were not present.
3. CFIA cannot comment on actions taken, such as notices of non-compliance, penalties or fines, at FVA. However, we heard that
there were numerous notices issued.
In addition, Ritz said “Pet food is not a regulated commodity in Canada...” Only imports are regulated so the sick animals that are
unfit for human consumption are used in Canadian pet food.

PETTING ZOOS: PARKS BOARD PHOTO WAS IRRESPONSIBLE
The Vancouver Parks Board web site photo of a baby kissing a goat is irresponsible and athreat to the safe health of kids visiting petting zoos. THEY MUST NOT BE ENCOURAGEDTO KISS THE ANIMALS! The Parks Board agreed that kids shouldn’t be kissing animals andpulled the photo from their web site that promoted the 2009 Easter event at the Stanley
Park Farmyard.
Lifeforce has investigated Petting Zoo operations in Metro Vancouver and the Lower
Mainland. Petting zoos are hotbeds of serious pathogens, including E. coli and salmonellabacteria. Numerous children have been severely sickened as a result of visiting animal
displays, and some have even died. Those who come in contact with E. coli can develop
bloody diarrhea, anemia, chronic kidney failure, or neurological impairments such as
seizures or strokes. The pens where children play can be soaked with urine and remains offeces that are not picked up by broom/shovels.
Animals are continuously harassed and even sick animals may be on display. Problems
included a lamb with a broken leg, a dying chick and kids petting animals covered with
Lifeforce sent our 55-page report
feces (from a sick goat with diarrhoea). At the end of the season some operators send the“Petting Zoos: A Silent Epidemic?” toanimals to auction for food slaughter.
politicians and responsible agencies.”
During Lifeforce’s investigations we found that there are only guidelines not regulations for
Petting Zoos . These guidelines are often not adhered to and there is a lack of enforcement. When advised of problems HealthInspection agencies can only recommend improvements.
During an Easter 2008 Lifeforce investigation of the Stanley Park Farmyard we were shocked to see seven bunnies treated likeprops in a 20” x 40” (approx.) window display. It is not only cruel to keep them in such a small space with kids banging on thewindows but it also promotes the purchase of such animals at Easter. After Easter when the novelty wears off they are often
disposed of by such practises as illegal dumping in public parks. Lifeforce also advised the Parks Board that this petting zoo did nothave proper signs advising the public of health hazards and adequate hand wash stations. All of the findings and complaints to theCity of Vancouver can be found on our web site.

TRAVELLING PETTING ZOO, PONY RIDES AND CAR DEALERS
The “Family Day” at North Shore Auto Mall (BC) included a petting zoo. We sent information to the sponsor and the city to stop thecycle of cruelty to animals perpetuated by businesses that profit and/or exploit animals. At the end of the usefulness of the animals
most are taken to auction and sold for food slaughter. In 2008 the District stopped a petting zoo scheduled to be at their “BlueridgeDays” event but the City has said that their bylaw does not ban travelling petting zoos. Lifeforce is challenging that decision.

VANCOUVER AQUARIUM - PORPOISE SENTENCED TO LIFE
The Harbour Porpoise, Daisy, was moved to the Vancouver Aquarium and will spend the rest of her life in an aquarium prison if she
survives. This inhumane move will also open the door for the captivity of other Harbour Porpoises as a new aquarium attraction.
It was apparent from the beginning that the Aquarium had no intention to release her. They were teaching her to perform tricks notrehabilitating her for release. Instead of being rewarded with freedom for her struggle to survive, she is being punished by being
forced to be an aquarium circus performer. The greatest threat to porpoises is the human predators exploiting them as a first North
American show.
Lifeforce volunteered to help with the rehab and release. We were there monitoring her progress (it wasn't self proclaimed caring
aquarium people giving us the photos of Daisy's plight). The relief of boredom did not include the rehab steps such as providing live
fish then a sea pen! They claimed that she would be exposed to predators if released. Well all wild porpoises are threatened but
would choose freedom over captivity. And we don't stop releasing harbour seals because they too could be attacked. The greatest
predator threats are the aquarium industry that exploits wildlife! They don't give them every chance at freedom to perpetuate thiscruel, barbaric entertainment business!
Our new Rehab 101 video shows what must not be done when rehabilitating wildlife. The examples were discovered over theyears at the Vancouver Aquarium.

VANCOUVER AQUARIUM – BELUGA BIRTH
The birth of a beluga in June 2009 did not provide the mom and baby with peace and quiet. As any pregnant person could relate to,the belugas should be given peace and quiet. The Vancouver Aquarium should not have told hundreds of people to go there andgawk at them from a few metres away. That is stressful and cruel.
Then, imagine spending your entire life in a bathroom. That’s a fair comparison for belugas imprisoned in
an aquarium pool and deprived of ocean freedom. Then add to that cruelty that they will be swimmingaround and around and around in toxic feces and urine. It’s very sad that another beluga has beensentenced to life in a toilet bowl.
The Aquarium eventually added a live video hook up so people can watch from the Aquarium theatre.
But millions of people worldwide watch wildlife at home. This has been done with eagles and otherwildlife living freely in the wild. The same ethical considerations should be extended to captive dolphins.
They were dangling the birth in front of the public to pay and see. That is irresponsible.

Video - Belugas: Far From HomeThe Vancouver based ecology organization, Lifeforce, has a new video entitled "Belugas: Far From
Home" in order to raise public awareness of the plight of belugas in captivity. The original music waswritten by Lifeforce’s Peter Hamilton. Lifeforce hopes to counteract the pro-captivity propaganda by amulti-million dollar entertainment industry that will seek to capitalize on births and imprisonment. The
video shows the natural lives and freedoms of belugas that cannot be provided for in captivity. Beingborn in captivity is a life sentence and is tantamount to locking a child in a room for their entire life.

THE VAN AQUA CIRCUS
During a 2009 Lifeforce investigation of the Vancouver Aquarium we found several large,
painful wounds on a Steller Sea Lion being used in experiments conducted by researchers
at University of British Columbia. The wounds may be caused by harnesses strapped tothem. Inquiries to the Vancouver Aquarium and UBC were not answered.
The City of Vancouver banned exotic animal acts in circuses but this aquatic circus
continues. In the wild sea lions don’t stand on their flippers and they don’t wave at
people. They certainly don’t kiss people – a dangerous public message. In the wild belugas
don’t spit and wave at people. They certainly don’t let people put their arms down theirthroats. And in the wild Pacific white-sided dolphins do not jump into the air, tail walkand shake their heads on cue for dead food because they are hungry. They certainly do
not jump onto stages.
Read “Circus? Or Conservation?” and “Aqua Circus”. View “ Sea Lion – Freedom NOT
Captivity” and “Dolphins – Freedom NOT Captivity” on our web site.

PleaseEmailthe
VancouverParks
Commissioners(pbcomment@vancouver.ca) and the Mayor and Councillors(mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca) to tell them:
The Show Must Not Go On! Stop the $120 million Aquarium Expansionthat Means More Animals and More Destruction of Stanley Park GreenSpace. The Aquarium doesn’t have the money to build by the 2010 WinterOlympics as they stated so the previous Parks Board’s approval should benull and void.

VANCOUVER AQUARIUM DOLPHIN DEATH – MAY 2009
In May 2009 the Pacific White-sided dolphin, named Laverne, died. She was imported from Japan. Japan is infamous for theirdolphin fishery in which dolphins are slaughtered for food and some are sold to aquariums throughout the world.
At least 35 dolphins have now died at the Vancouver Aquarium since 1964. They must stop the suffering. They must stop the
imprisonment.

Lifeforce Marine life Programs
HARBOUR SEALS
As part of a Department of Fisheries and Oceans response team Lifeforce continues to respond to wildlife
problems in both the BC Lower Mainland and Point Roberts, WA. Lifeforce has been conducting marine
wildlife and other animal rescue work since 1981. This season we spent many hours keeping people and dogs
away from seals resting on the beach. The seals, dogs and people could get bitten. And some people still do
not understand that seals will rest on beaches – it doesn’t mean that they are are in need of help.

BOAT HARRASSMENT: “STOP ORCA CRUELTY”
Lifeforce has been using our “undercover black and white boat” to photograph pleasure and commercial boaters that are harassing
orcas. Numerous violations of whale watching guideline and legislation were reported to US and Canadian agencies in our campaign
to prove that more enforcement is needed to protect endangered orcas. Some of our photos led to fines being laid against a
Canadian whale watch company.
Lifeforce prepared a report entitled “Contact: In Pursuit of Orcas” to lobby government to provide more funding for enforcement by
the responsible government agencies.

Whale Watch Operators Association members are some of the worst violators of guidelines. The photo above shows one Board Member driving
into a group of orcas and following within 100 meters.

NEW REGULATIONS ON BOATS HARASSING ORCAS
Get up close with orcas or else those companies who harass them will go broke? That’s what companies are saying! Financial profits
must not take priority over stopping orca cruelty! The innocent orcas can only try to avoid all the boats all day long.
Lifeforce’s Peter Hamilton has studied the behaviour and travel patterns of orcas for 15 years. Some of that work was done under a
DFO research permit. It is a fact that boat traffic has a negative impact on the lifestyles of orcas. Industry people want to hide behind
any gap in “science” when it just makes common sense to respect orcas. Let Them Be!
For 15 years the Lifeforce’s Boater Awareness Program has advised boaters of the rules and,most importantly, respect when operating in the vicinity of endangered orcas. We foundthat the pleasure boaters usually say they are just doing what the companies are doing
because they thought at they knew what to do. When not watched by government
enforcement agencies whale watch companies get too close and block the path ways.
More enforcement is needed so existing and any improved laws are adhered to. Lifeforce
urges all to email US Commerce Gary Locke to increase orca protection by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife (Email TheSec@doc.gov). In Canada contact Minister Shea
(Email Shea.G@parl.gc.ca).
The US NOAA Fisheries has started a Public Comment regarding new laws to restrict boat
traffic. Their web site is www.noaa.gov . Comments can be sent to orca.plan@noaa.gov up
to January 15, 2010. See the Lifeorce recommendation on our web site under, “Stop! Orca
Cruelty!”

ORCA AWARENESS MONTH
In Washington state June is “Orca Awareness Month”. The SouthernCommunity of Resident J, K & L pods were designated as Endangered in
November 2005 under the US Endangered Species Act and also in
Canada. All three pods are found in Southern BC and WA waters fromapproximately June to November.

WHALE ENTANGLEMENT
Lifeforce Founder has invented methods to keep orcas away from oil
spills and has been looking at ways to prevent whale entanglement by
lobster trap lines. We have contacted Canada’s Department of Fisheries
and Ocean. Lifeforce is looking at methods to reduce the threat towhales getting entangled with vertical lines.

Wildlife AbuseGV ZOO VIDEO AND REPORT A ZOO IS A ZOO
Lifeforce conducted several investigations of the Greater Vancouver Zoo. We found many appalling conditions for animals that haveresulted in psychological abuses. This includes abnormal pacing back and forth, bar licking and bar biting. In addition to the animals'
suffering there are human safety issues. Visitors are not protected from all threats of animal bites and zoonotic diseases. A
comprehensive report has been completed. We show some of the lone animals and the inhumane lockups. It is also revealed thatnearly 300 Fallow Deer were sold to game farms for venison and products such as aphrodisiacs. "A Zoo Is A Zoo" video focuses on
the abnormal, stereotypical behaviours of a tiger, coyote and camel.

STOP SKI RESORT ZOOS – GROUSE AND FROMME MOUNTAIN EXPERIMENTThe BC Liberal plan to give the Grouse Mountain ski resort $400,000 for experimental bear rehab has been stopped. The District will
not provide 50+ acres. There were numerous reasons stated by bear experts why the government must not fund this experiment on
Grouse Mountain. From public safety issues to animal welfare abuses this Ski Resort Zoo business must be stopped.
Bears are presently being rehabilitated and released by existing BC organizations – not the Grouse Mountain zoo vet Ken
Macquisten who keeps bears and wolves in captivity on Grouse and a bear in captivity at their Kicking Horse resort. Bears do nothave to be trained to be wild in a “bear high school” – it is their innate behaviour. And there is no need to exploit bears to study any
captive den behaviours because such studies have already been conducted. The reputations of these proponents with financial
motives are tainted with zoo abuses (Vancouver Game Farm), movie industry cruelty (got one lone polar bear cub from Sweden),creating ski resort zoos (Grouse and Kicking Horse) and previous plans to imprison pandas and other wildlife.
Politicians and the public should support the existing rehab facilities in BC - the ones who are truly the bear protectors!

SEA OTTER SLAUGHTER
The Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council in British Columbia wants to kill at least 20 sea otters every year for “ceremonial” purposes.
Permitting a sea otter slaughter is not only cruel but opens the door to the killing of other marine mammals such as whales.
In Canada sea otters are listed as of special concern but the exact numbers aren’t known. They haven’t fully recovered. There areless than 3500 in BC. They have only repopulated 25% to 33% of historic territory over many decades. The impacts of fishing, boat
strikes and other causes of death are also undetermined.
The Nuu-Chah-Nulth is targeting a population of approximately 2000 in their territory. This population is at risk of extinction from an
oil spill, pollution, disease, fishing, boat strikes and human threats which now includes a potlatch fur trade. Approximately 3000 sea
otters alone died during the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in 1989.
Sea Otters maintain a balance and prevent “sea urchin barrens”- the destruction of kelp forests that provides habitat for a diversityof marine life including threatened fish stocks. So every sea otter matters for their survival and their protection of natural
ecosystems.
You can help stop the slaughter of precious sea otters by writing to:
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea – AND Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council c/o cliff.atleo@nuuchahnulth.org

CITY OF ST. CATHERINES HALT BEAVER TRAPPINGIn February 2009 we got some great news about the Lifeforce response to a newspaper article re: beaver trapping in St.
Catherines, Ontario. The trapping has been stopped. Here's the response from the Mayor:
Mr. Hamilton,
Thank you for your email -- sent through the City's website -- regarding the issue of beaver trapping in St. Catherines.
Councillors were initially unaware of the trapping. Once it was brought to Council's attention they asked that further
trapping be stopped and that staff investigate other means of resolving the concerns caused by the beaver. Oncecompleted, the report will be brought to council for consideration.
Best regards,
Brian McMullan
Mayor

SENATOR NANCY RUTH – GOOSE GRAM
In response to Senator Nancy Ruth’s call to kill
Canada Geese, that she says are fowling her
property in cottage country and Toronto, Lifeforce
sent the attached comedic GOOSE GRAM to her
and others.
To: Senator Nancy Ruth(less?)
From: Canada Geese Everywhere
Re: Hey Nancy what happened to living in peacewith nature? You and others have enjoyedcottage life and the presence of wildlife foryears. Or were you shooting those bothersome
squirrels, chipmunks and other nature’s
creatures? We can’t be blamed if hunters bred us
with domestic geese so they would have year
round hunting of our families by stopping our
migration. We won’t get you sick – simply don’t eat our feces and stop those recreational boats from dumping their excrement inour homes. We made this heart shape for you - please don’t eat us.
No response from her but I was shocked to receive an email from Senator Larry Campbell (former Vancouver Mayor) saying “Inkeeping with the name of your organization why don't you get a life.”
One would think that a person in his position would have an open mind and take into consideration all facts regarding such a life anddeath issue. We asked Senator Campbell to explain. Does he think killing wildlife is the answer to problems created by humans?

More Exploitation
LIL BRITCHES RODEO
OPEN LETTER
March 29, 2009
To: Chilliwack Mayor and Council; Langley Mayor and Council
Cc: Surrey Mayor and Council
From: Peter Hamilton, Lifeforce Foundation
Re: Please Protect Children and the Beasts /Young Children Injured at Lil’ Britches Rodeos
It was very disturbing to see little kids injured and crying at Lil’ Britches Rodeos that are held in your cities. Kids that looked as young
as 6 or 7 years old were encouraged by parents and rodeo promoters to get thejob done. Obvious injuries – pain and suffering – were nervously laughed at by theparents and crowds. Many of the kids were not having a good time.
Parents must signed releases and waivers from liability for injuries and death. Why
would someone subject a young child to potential serious and fatal harm? It’s kindof like the hockey parent mind set where violence erupts between parents andkids because the parents want their kid to be the next multi-million dollar star.
Please go to the following link to see a video, “Bless the Beasts and the Children”
in which children are seen being injured.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a134cMZ5_fo
Lifeforce urges you to stop this abuse of children and restrict the participant age
limit to teens. There is certainly no reason for kids any younger to be trained to
be in rodeos. At an older age, when they are more physically and mentally
prepared, they will be more likely to decide for themselves. In many cases, taking
such young children is tantamount to brainwashing and coercion.

PIG AND DUCK RACES
During the 2008 Abbotsford Agri-Fair in British Columbia Lifeforce found that the pigs and ducks in Richard’s Racing Pigs show wereinhumanely confined for long periods. Later we urged the owner, who was selling this business, to donate the trailer and equipment
for recycling and reuse for humane purposes such as animal rescue work. However, he sold the business and it was running at the2009 Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. The new owners were not present at the Abbotsford Agri-Fair.

EVENTS
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped staff the Lifeforce educational displays at the July 4th
event and the Arts and Music Festival in Point Roberts, WA. Special thanks to Beverly Mar
who created a beautiful needle point orca pillow and to Leroy Carlson for his
artistic driftwood flower holder. The artwork were the prizes in our raffle. Also, Anne Carlson
created a variety of lovely craftwork.
See you all next year.

WILDLIFE REPORTS
This year, we posted on our website regular reports of our work on the waterand the numerous wildlife species that we encounter. You can see beautiful
wildlife photography of animals living freely in the wild. Lifeforce supports
freedom not animal prisons.
You can also view a photo "walk through" of our displays in the Orca
Center, Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts.

Where to shop ethically and cruelty free

KARMAVORE VEGAN SHOP
For those that haven't heard the great news, the lower mainland now has it's very own all vegan store! Located in Historic
Sapperton, New Westminster. Karmavore Vegan Shop offers a many great vegan products, ranging from vegan animalcompanion food, to footwear and clothing, to people food and treats, including vegan cheese varieties, marshmallows, soy
whipping cream, and more! Karmavore also donates 10% of profits to animal related charities, including the Lifeforce
Foundation! Don't live in the area? Not a problem. Karmavore also has a full online store
Karmavore Vegan Shop Inc.
Located in Historic Sapperton
468 East Columbia Street
New Westminster, BC V3L 3X5
T. 604.630.8656 | info@karmavore.ca | www.karmavore.ca
Hours | Tue-Fri Noon-7pm | Sat-Sun Noon-5pm
There are directions and more info here:
https://www.karmavore.ca/contact.php

You can also buy Wildlife Photography by Peter Hamilton, books and more on the Lifeforce
website - www.lifeforcefoundation.org

Dear Supporter:
I hope this finds you well and in good spirits to address the many problems that people, animal and the environment arefacing.
You would have received some of this campaign information throughout the year. This is a summary of that work andthe updates. We will continue to send you ECONEWS mailings in 2010.
Lifeforce has been very, very busy. We try to continue our volunteer work with only an annual budget of approximately$10,000.

I hope you will give your moral and financial support to help us continue thisimportant work. Lifeforce has been hit hard in these tough economic times –donations are scarce. I would greatly appreciate your help.
Peter Hamilton
Lifeforce Founding Director(604)649-5258
lifeforcesociety@hotmail.com

Lifeforce Peter Hamilton at an art
show exhibiting his photographsthat depict vivisection atrocities.
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ABOUT LIFEFORCE
Lifeforce is a non-profit Vancouver based ecology organization that was formed in 1981 to raise
public awareness of the interrelationship between people, animals, and the environment. We
promote animal rights and ecological responsibility. In order to develop a non-violent society wemust extend our circle of compassion to include all sentient creatures with whom we share thisplanet. We are based in Canada but our work has no boundaries.
Lifeforce has been registered as a non-profit organization under the Society Act of BC since 1981.
Your memberships, donations and bequests help us continue our important work

Lifeforce, Box 3117, Vancouver, BC V6B 3X6 - Lifeforce, Box 121, Pt. Roberts, WA 98281-0121
Phone: (604) 649-5258 - Email: lifeforcesociety@hotmail.com - Web Site: www.lifeforcefoundation.org
Lifeforce is a Non-profit Society Registered Under the Society Act of British Columbia - Registration #S-16467