Category: News & Events

The following is a guest post by Jennifer Roussel of Arbed Rescue. The NCVA does not have any additional information about the puppies; please contact Arbed Rescue directly at arbedrescue@hotmail.com. Photos are of the actual puppies available for adoption.

This summer two beagles were abandoned on the side of the road near Cornwall, Ontario. Arbed Rescue, a registered charity, took the beagles in and a week later the female gave birth to a litter of six puppies.

Three of the puppies remain up for adoption: Corann (named after her mother, Cora), Marlo (known to his foster mother as Jack!) and Amalda – the smallest of the litter.

We are trying hard to find the right homes for these pups where they will be cherished and loved family pets with wonderful families who will walk them and play with them. To date, we have received applications from hunters and from people who want to keep these little guys outdoors – these are not suitable homes. Please help spread the word about these adorable puppies!

The parents of these beagle pups were smaller beagles, with the dad (Barsley) weighing 25 lbs and their mom, Cora, weighing even less. All the pups are tricolour and beautiful; they are very affectionate and love to be pet and held.

Marlo (aka Jack) is the only remaining male. He loves to play outside and like any puppy, is energetic and loves attention from people – he’s a real character! He tries to get ahead of the others to be close to his person.

Corann (called “Nell” by her foster family) will vie for your attention and loves to be picked up until you bring her outside – she loves being outdoors more than anything and investigates everything! Corann has mastered the “guilty face” already and is really adorable!

Amalda (known as “Abby” to her foster family) is very small and snuggly. She loves to be held and carried and to be with people all the time – she behaves like a lap dog and is extremely cuddly!

Anyone wishing to adopt one or more of these puppies or wanting information should contact arbedrescue@hotmail.com.

Since you’ll all have to eat healthily once you’ve heard Vesanto Melina’s talk on Monday, Oct 15th, we think you should spend this weekend indulging in junk food…all for a great cause, of course!

Head over to Global Pet Foods in Hintonburg this Sunday, October 14th to show your support for “Sit With Me”, a new dog rescue in Ottawa. There will be delicious baked (vegan ♥) treats, $10 pawdicures, art prints, collars and lots more!

Check out some of the awesome dogs your contributions will help – these guys are currently up for adoption too!

Finally, I (Erin) will be contributing baked goods – if you want to do the same, either bring your stuff to the venue on Sunday at 11am, or your can bring them to my house anytime before hand – I’m in Little Italy. Just email me at ncva.events@gmail.com so we can arrange a dropoff.

See you there!

Just a final reminder about tomorrow’s screening of Maximum Tolerated Dose:

What:  Maximum Tolerated Dose, a new documentary by Karol Orzechowski, 50% of proceeds to the Fauna Foundation Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

When: Thursday, September 20th, 2012. Doors open 6:15, Film 6:45; Q&A with director 8:30, drinks next door 9:00

Where: The Mayfair theatre, 1074 Bank St. Drinks afterwards at The Barley Mow, 1060 Bank St.

How: Tickets will be available at the door, but please purchase them online if you can, as 10 – 20% of the revenue from tickets sold at the door must be paid to the theatre – and we’d rather see it go to Fauna!

Why:

1) To benefit the Fauna Foundation, a world class chimpanzee sanctuary where ex-research chimps get a second chance at life

2) To get a new perspective on animal testing – as it’s seen through the eyes of former animal testers and animal survivors. 

3) To support the filmmakers who are working tirelessly to find new and more effective ways of informing the public about the plight of animals everywhere.

4) Cupcakes! “Cupcakes for Chimps” will be available for sale in the lobby for $3 each – all proceeds will go directly to the Fauna Foundation.

5) To meet the folks from the Fauna Foundation and chat with the film’s director Karol Orzechowski. Hear about the places he traveled and the people he met over the course of making the film.

Hope to see you there!

Following on the suggestions of a few of our beloved NCVA members, we’ve decided to host a pub night on September 20th,  following the screening of Maximum Tolerated Dose.

I’d thought of doing something like that before, but I kind of dismissed it because a) I didn’t think anyone would want to stay out that late on a “school night”; and b) None of the pubs near the Mayfair Theatre are particularly vegan-friendly.

The aforementioned members, however, insisted that the late start would be fine and that they’d be perfectly happy settling for beer and fries. What they did not want, they emphasized, was to watch a documentary on such a contentious and emotional subject as animal testing and then have to go home without getting to talk about it.

Good point, I thought. So we’re having a pub night!  So do come out for some fries, beer, and lively conversation about the film. Director Karol Orzechowski will hang out with us for a while too, ready to answer anyone’s questions.

Here are the details:

What: Beer and fries following the Maximum Tolerated Dose Screening
When: September 20th,  9 pm – ?
Where: The Barley Mow, 1060 Bank Street.

Oh, and for those who inquired about the vegan-ness of the popcorn at the Mayfair…my verdict is that it is vegan.

Here’s my train of evidence:

To the right is a shot of the ingredients on the popcorn salt – the only potentially non-vegan thing in the popcorn (assuming you don’t add butter of course). The “butter flavour” is suspicious. The stuff is called “savoral” and is from the Poppa Corn Corp.  An internet search reveals that “savoral” tends to refer to “Flavacol Popcorn Salt”.  A look at Poppa Corn Corp’s web site indicates that Flavacol is indeed what they sell.  A search for “Flavacol Vegan” uncovered the Red Hot Vegans site, which contains the following statement:  “Flavacol only lists artificial flavors on its packaging, and many online sources listed it as a vegan product, but I wanted to go one step further to solidify my investigative reporter status. I wrote to Gold Medal, the makers of Flavacol, and received this response: ‘The Flavacol popcorn seasoning salt is Vegan friendly – containing no animal and/or derivatives of animal products.'”

The NCVA has just launched its new Events Calendar. In addition to our own events, we’ll try to list other animal or veg-focused events in the Ottawa area. If you’d like your group’s event to included on the calendar, email the details to ncva.events@gmail.com.

As it turns out, there are a whole pile of events coming up.

September 8th is the deadline for amateur vegan chefs to take advantage of our offer to sponsor their participation in “Taboo Eats”  – we’ll pay your entry and your ingredients for the jurying step.

There are three events on September 9th:  we’ve got the bake sale in the Parkdale Market for the “Be Veg” bus ad campaign. They’re still looking for bakers, I think!

We’ve also got an open house at Notre Petite Ferme (Our Little Farm). Awesome because it’s a local organic veggie farm, awesomer still because the owners are vegan!

Finally, there’s the Wiggle Waggle Walk-a-thon at the Bruce Pit. For those whose skin is going to crawl when they see it’s sponsored by Iams, we hear you – hence the disclaimer on the calendar: “The appearance of third party events does not constitute endorsement by the NCVA or any of its board members or volunteers of the sponsors or the information and products associated with the event.” But we figure it’s for a good cause, so….

And of course don’t forget about Maximum Tolerated Dose on September 20th!

Anyway, here’s a screen shot of our new addition, so you can bask in its calendarly glory. Or better yet, click here to check out the real thing 🙂