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Thousands of bears are experiencing great suffering and

exploitation through bear baiting and the bear bile industry.They are living in inhumane conditions and enduring some of themost extreme forms of cruelty faced by any wild animal today.

This holiday, please consider purchasing a Really Wild Giftand help WSPA move one step closer to a world in which wildanimals are protected – not used, abused, farmed or sold.

Give Comfort. Care. Respect. Sanctuary.

reallywildgifts.ca

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CONTENTSIN EVERY ISSUE

4 From the Executive Director5 Headlines8 Making a world of difference

for dogs

FEATURES

7 You can help end thebear bile industry

10 A letter home from ourDisaster Response team

12 How you can make a differencefor hens today

Comment vous pouvez améliorerla vie des poules pondeuses

14 WSPA opens a new chapter16 Day in the life of a WSPA vet

Editor: Elizabeth Sharpe

Contributors: Josey Kitson, Kirsty McFadden,Michaela Miller and Elizabeth Sharpe

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ying cage-free means better hen health, safer eggsd stronger rural communities.

nadian support of Collars Not Cruelty means healthygs and communities around the world.

can only truly thrive when animals and their wellbeingrotected.

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ACT LOCAL, BE GLOBAL

I know that looking at the tough challenges our world is facingright now, it can seem impossible to make a positive impact.But I want to tell you that making small changes, that considerthe welfare of animals, will make more of an impact than you canimagine. I am inspired everyday by WSPA supporters who aremaking a difference. You are proving that every action matters –large or small. Here are some examples…

Intensive farming – An increasing number of people acrossCanada are choosing to buy cage-free eggs ( page 12 ) and arepaying attention to how their food is produced. Consumerssupporting humane agriculture can also have a positive impact onour ecosystems and the livelihoods of rural farmers.

Protecting our wildlife – On page 7 you’ll see how Canadians areimproving the lives of bears in Asia through the Barefoot for Bearscampaign; adding our voices of support to the compassionate localpeople taking a stand against the bear bile industry.

Preventing disease – On page 8 you’ll see how dog lovers in

Canada have helped save dogs around the world, stopping themfrom being killed and protecting everyone from rabies, through ourCollars Not Cruelty campaign.

Food security and development – In a letter home to Canada(page 10 ) Scott Cantin on our Disaster Response team showsus that the lives of animals and people are linked and consideringanimals means a better world for all of us.

On page 14 and throughout the magazine, you’ll see howCanadians are moving the world to protect animals. Joiningtogether we can make maximum impact both at home and aroundthe globe.

I hope you enjoy this issue of WSPA News. Looking through it, Ihope you feel both proud of what you’ve already accomplished foranimals and are inspired to do even more. Without your support,generous donations and advocacy, nothing would be possible.

Josey KitsonExecutive Director, WSPA Canada

To truly transform the world for animals we need to change how we think and act righthere at home. Simple decisions everyday can make a world of difference.

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See amazing moments that can only becaptured on video at wspa.ca/youtube

Become a fan of WSPA or add us as oneof your causes at wspa.ca/facebook

Follow us for up-to-the-minute news at wspa.ca/twitter

READ ABOUT WSPA’s latestachievementsfor animalsby visitingwspa.ca

TEACHING RESPECTFOR ANIMALSPREVENTS VIOLENCE Thanks to your donations and support, WSPA has been able to

work together with the government of the state of Puebla and thlocal organization, Fundacion Dejando Huella to implement aneducational project that brought animal welfare concepts to ove27,000 Mexican children.

The project aims to teach children that all forms of life deserverespect and compassion and that applying these values in everylife is vital to achieving a culture of peace in Puebla and Mexic

SPICY SOLUTION FOR SAVING ELEPHANTSPiles of dried chillies, old engine oil, ropes and squares of clothare the newest tools in animal welfare for the people living arouthe Mikumi National Park in Tanzania. They are part of a uniquWSPA project aimed to protect straying elephants from beinginjured or killed.Due to deforestation, elephants and local villagers have beenforced to live closer together and tensions rise when elephantstrample and damage crops. Local people use the materials tocreate strong smelling “fences” that run around their land. Thisproject has been so successful that farmers have been able togrow crops to support their families and extra food to sell at thelocal market. Elephants are safer too, no longer at risk of beingkilled by villagers desperate to protect their livelihoods.

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WSPA RECOMMENDEDFOR HIGHER LEVEL OFCONSULTATIVE STATUS AT

THE UNRecently, the United Nations recommended a new, higher level of

consultative status for WSPA: General consultative status. This isvery exciting and means that WSPA would be the rst and onlyinternational animal welfare organization with such a status at theUN. At this level, we join the ranks of esteemed organizations likOxfam, Save the Children International, WWF and MédecinsSans Frontières.

This exciting development shows how important animal welfare iin solving the world’s biggest challenges.

THANK YOUFrom helping farm animals in Canada nd a betterlife to preventing the suffering of animals and peoplcaught in disasters to protecting our precious wildlifyour generosity has made a difference in the lives ofthousands of animals. On behalf of all these animalsthank you!

UPDATE:WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?IN ACTION

Last year, when we released theWhat’s On Your

Plate? report you took action to help us tell decisionmakers about the negative impacts of intensive farmingon animals, people and the planet. This year, thanksto your support and letter writing, we went back toOttawa to meet with politicians and policymakersabout the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria (includingsuperbugs) on farms.

There is still time to show your support and learn howto help. Visitwspa.ca/food for more information andto watch our video.

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You don’t have to bear it.Go barefoot and help end the bear bile industry

Thousands of bears are being held captive in bear bile facilities across

Asia, suffering in cruel conditions right now — but you can help.

The bear factsSince the 1980s, bears have been kept in captivity insome Asian countries (Vietnam, Korea, China, Laos andMyanmar) in order to extract their bile for sale. Thoughtby some to cure hangovers, help treat liver and heartdisease and even cancer, bear bile is now also added

to non-medical products like energy drinks, toothpasteand shampoo. Many cheaper and equally effective herbalalternatives exist.

Working to end thisunbearable practice

WSPA is working inpartnership with Asiangovernments to makethe extraction, saleand export of bear bileillegal. We are teamingup with local partners

to mobilize a growing number of people across Asia join the global movement to end the bear bile industWe are also working with practitioners and consumetraditional medicines to promote alternatives to bear

Put your paws up

We believe the bear bile industry must end and weneed you to help make it happen. More than 110,000compassionate Vietnamese citizens have pledged nevto use bear bile products and we want to show themthat Canadians are standing behind them insupport, encouraging even more people to jointhe movement away from this cruel practice. Visitwspa.ca/bearbile to see how.

Make a gift: Already, through yourdonations and the help of our local

partner in Vietnam, we have been able

to reduce the number of bears caught

in the bear bile industry there by almost50% (from 4,500 in 2005 to 2,300

in 2013) . Your gift can help end the

bear bile industry for good.

Bear bileis unnecessary.

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Making a worldof difference –for dogs

Your support of our Collars Not Crueltycampaign is helping us show governmentsthat widespread mass dog vaccinationis the only effective way to control rabiesin dogs and protect communities fromthis preventable disease. Here are justsome of the achievements that you havemade possible…

MEXICO ANDDOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The state of Puebla, Mexico, has controlledrabies through vaccination for many yearsresulting in the region being human rabies-freefor 10 years and dog rabies- free for four. Wetook the Director of the National Rabies Control

Centre from the Dominican Republic to seethe work in action and are supporting him toimplement dog vaccination drives in his country.

We are developing a strong relationship with the Pan American Health Organization, the world’s oldestinternational public health agency. They have championedmass vaccination throughout Latin America for the past30 years. Last year they publicly recognized our role inpromoting humane strategies to save dogs.

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We hope that millions of dogs will be savedthrough our new agreement with the World

Veterinary Association to promote massdog vaccination campaigns. Its support andinuence, along with that of the OIE (the WorldOrganization for Animal Health), is invaluable toour Collars Not Cruelty campaign.

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Very soon, a vaccinationprogram will begin in

Zanzibar. We hopeour success there willencourage other Africannations to use dogvaccination programsto save dogs andprevent rabies. Z

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Our work against culling with our partnerthe Blue Paw Trust in Colombo has beensuch a great success that we have sharedit with 11 other governments. Your supportfunded a project to convince those authoritiesto stop cruel mass culls and allow us to rundog vaccination and public education

programs instead.SRI LANKA

BANGLADESH An incredible 49,000 dogs across NorthernBangladesh have been vaccinated againstrabies thanks to your support of ourCollarsNot Cruelty campaign. We are offeringtechnical advice about running vaccinationprograms in other parts of Bangladesh too.

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Your support of our 2010-2011 mass dogvaccination program saved thousands of dogsand has been so effective at preventing rabiesin humans and dogs that the government ofBali and the FAO of the United Nations areworking together to continue work there.

BALI

The China Animal DiseaseControl Centre (CADC) is workingwith us on a pilot vaccinationproject that will save manythousands of dogs. We hope itwill inspire the government to rollout a humane approach to rabiescontrol across China. C

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“W hy animals”? I hear that question a lotfrom people who want to know whywe work in disasters to help animals.

People are naturally curious about our work but somethink that by focusing on animals in disasters, we’resomehow unconcerned with people.

Something I’ve seen rsthand since joining WSPA’s Asia-Pacic Disaster Response team in May 2012

Canadian Scott Cantin is a member of WSPA’s Disaster Response team. Stationed farfrom home and journeying into the middle of some of the most severe natural disasterson the planet, Scott documents WSPA’s work protecting animals and the people thatdepend on them. Here he shares a few stories about the important role animals play indisaster relief and recovery…

is that communities affected by disasters likeearthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis are often placeswhere people’s lives and livelihoods are completely tieto their animals’ wellbeing.

In places like Mongolia, India, Myanmar and theSolomon Islands, I’ve met people who live on thethinnest razor edge of vulnerability where changingweather or a severe event can push them over the

EXCLUSIVE: A letter home to Canada from Disaster Response teammember Scott Cantin.

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So, I think when you go help a community like this, youneed to help the animals and the people who depend onthem and vice versa. Tellingly, no one in the villages whwe help ever asks, “Why animals?”

When I was a kid growing up in Montreal, my dad gaveme a book on animals and inscribed it with: “Remembeto always take care of them.” WSPA has given me thechance to be part of a team doing this across Asia-PaciI’m so honoured to do this work.

And, it is thanks to you, our supporters that we can bethere when animals and the people who rely on them neus most.

Thank you!

Scott CantinDisaster Communications ManagerWSPA Asia-Pacic

A young boy tends to his sheep in Myanmar

Scott lming after the tsunami in theSolomon Islands

Gyaneshwar and his buffalo

edge. People like Gyaneshwar, a twelve-year old boyliving through a drought in Maharashtra State in India.He’d been living in a cattle camp for months when Imet him, far from his parents and home to care for hisanimals as they struggled to survive.

Khin Myint Oo, from the Arrewaddy Delta region ofMyanmar told me a terrifying story of clinging all night to

a coconut tree while Cyclone Nargis ripped through hervillage in 2008. When the winds passed, she describedhorrifying scenes of destruction and death and sharedthat after having lost all her animals, she was leftwithout any income to rebuild her life.We’ve heard stories from animal owners and rescue teamsthat often people will not evacuate to safety unless theiranimals are taken care of. These bonds are more thansimply economic and more than a pet/owner relationship.

See more of Scott’s reports from the eldby visiting our Animals in Disasters blog atanimalsindisasters.typepad.com

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Déchiffrez les emballagesOn sait qu’il peut s’avérer compliqué de choisir lesbons œufs, car il existe des douzaines de façons deles décrire ou de les étiqueter. Pour vous aider à fairele meilleur choix, pour vous et pour les poules, nousavons conçu ce guide pratique sur l’étiquetage. Visitezchoosecagefree.org/fr pour voir ce guide sur votrecellulaire directement au magasin.

Don’t just wing itWe know that choosing the right eggs can becomplicated and there are dozens of ways todescribe and label them. To help you make the best

choice for you and for hens we createdthis handy label guide. Check outchoosecagefree.org to view it onyour mobile while you shop.

It’s in a hen’s nature to lay her eggs in a nest,perch, scratch and strut about — but cagesdon’t allow hens to do this. Choose cage-free eggs to promote the humane treatment andproper care of hens. It’s something easy we canall do to make a big difference.

La poule pond dans un nid, se perche,picore et se promène, c’est sa nature – maisen cage, c’est impossible. En optant pourdes œufs de poules en liberté, on favorise letraitement éthique des poules. C’est facile à faireet on peut tous faire une grosse différence.

CHOOSECAGE-FREE EGGS and make a difference for

Canadian hens today!

CHOISISSEZ DES ŒUFSPRODUITS EN LIBERTÉet faites la différence pour lespoules canadiennes aujourd’hui!

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Need more reasons to give a cluck about hens?Check out the facts to learn more about our featheredfriends and why it’s so important that you choosecage-free eggs.

More than Facebook friends. Chickens formcomplex social systems and like hanging out withtheir peers.

A unique family tree. Chickens are the closestliving relative to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Sweet dreams! Chickens experience REM (rapideye movement) sleep, which enables them to dream.

Spreading their wings. Hens can y – highenough to get into a tree or over a fence.

Make it a double helix. In 2004, a chicken wasthe rst bird to have its genome sequenced.

Head of the class. A chicken understands that anobject, when taken away or hidden, continues to exist.

This is beyond the mental capacity of small children.

Besoin d’autres raisons pour justier votre choix? Apprenez-en davantage sur nos amies à plumeset pourquoi il est si important de choisir les œufsen liberté.

Meilleures amies que dans Facebook. Lespoules forment un tissu social complexe et aiment passerdu temps entre amies.

Une généalogie unique. La poule est la plusproche cousine du tyrannosaure.

Les rêves. Les poules traversent une période desommeil paradoxal, ce qui leur permet de rêver (surementà un champ rempli d’insectes!)

Le déploiement. La poule vole – et assez haut pour

monter à un arbre ou survoler une clôture.

Une double hélice avec ça? En 2004, la poule aété le premier oiseau dont le génome a été séquencé.

Première de classe. Lorsqu’on enlève ou qu’oncache un objet, la poule comprend qu’il continue d’exister.C’est au-delà des capacités mentales des petits enfants.

Facts about the ock Des faits à propos des poules

Guided’achatdes œufs

Be a hero for hens VisitChoosecagefree.org and take ourcage-free pledge to start making a difference

for hens right away. Once there, you can alsond out ways to get your friends, family andfavourite restaurants and grocery stores to join the ock as well! Visit today!

Devenez pionnier de la liberté Visitez choosecagefree.org/fr et signez l’engagement« Œufs en liberté » pour faire une différence dèsaujourd’hui. Dans notre site, vous trouverez aussi desfaçons d’inviter vos amis, vos épiceries et restaurantspréférés à faire aussi partie de la différence! Visitez-nousaujourd’hui même!

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Corporate partnersbring usone step closer!WSPA Canada is an ofcial charity participant atthis year’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.On October 20 th , our supporters will walk and run onbehalf of animal welfare as they participate inthe 5K, half marathon or full marathon.

Our goal is to raise $15,000 to help protect animalsfrom cruelty worldwide.

There are a number of extraordinary people supportingus! Almost 50 WSPA runners will be participating onrace day and our group of enthusiastic volunteers willbe stationed along the course, cheering them on.

Additionally, WSPA is proud to announce that we havereceived $4,500 in corporate gifts! Pictured here,Kay Marks, Supporter Development Manager, acceptsa cheque from Dario De Cicco, Account Executive, at

The DATA Group of Companies.

We are thrilled to introduce WSPA’s very rst student society at DalhousieUniversity in Halifax. The Dalhousie WSPA Chapter will be helping us addrthe world’s most challenging animal welfare issues. The student group willwork hard to bring about lasting change for animals by:

• Educating students and creating effective change on campus – working hard to educate and inspire fellow students to act and makechanges within our community and around the world.

• Creating a strong and effective WSPA campaigning force – assisting WSPA with national advocacy and supporting our vision oa world where animal welfare matters and animal cruelty has ended.

• Fundraising in support of WSPA – raising funds to support the manyWSPA campaigns around the globe.

On behalf of the entire WSPA staff, special thanks go out to our rst studentPresident, Scott Harbinson and his hard working team for helping us kickoff the WSPA University Chapters initiative! We look forward to an incredibpartnership this school year.

Introducing the Dalhousie WSPA Chapte

Many thanks go out to our inspiringrunners, seless volunteers andgenerous donors. After race day, checkout our photos at wspa.ca/facebook

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Visit www.wspa.ca/donate to make an online donation

Text RESCUE to 30333 to donate $5 from your mobile phone

Call 1 800 363 9772 to donate by phone

The work described in this magazine would not be possible without the nancial supportof individuals who, like you, are passionate about animals. Strengthen your support forWSPA today and help stop the needless suffering of animals around the world.Donate to WSPA today. Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more.

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Day in the lifeof Dr Sergio VazquezFlash oods struck Buenos Aires and La Plata in

Argentina this April and left thousands of animalsstranded. Sergio Vazquez was part of the WSPA teamsent in to help. Here he shares one of his days…

Morning of the third day. Yesterday I visited affected communities with a local vet whohelped me sort out food distribution centres. My job is to assess the impact of the oodson the animals and nd ways to improve their chances of survival.

I meet teams from local NGOs dedicated to animal welfare. There will be 20 peopleworking in La Plata today – vets, veterinary students and volunteers.

After a brieng, we divide into teams and travel to our assigned areas with food andmedicines. The local people are happy to see us and bring us their animals that need help.

For the next ve hours we work quickly. Flood waters carry diseases that makeanimals (and people) very sick. We give all the working horses, dogs and catsvaccinations to treat and protect them.

We hear about a mare named Luna who is badly injured after escaping from a gangthat planned to kill her for food. Luna has been stabbed near her heart. We act

quickly to help her. Volunteers transport her to the veterinary hospital and we agreeto fund the treatments she will need to recover.

It’s sundown and time to journey back to Buenos Aires. We have done so much toimprove the lives of animals and local people.

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