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The
Humane League of Philadelphia - 2008 Annual Report Summary
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of our 2008 Year in Review
No Battery Cages Campaign
Convinced the University of Pennsylvania and the Catholic Archdiocesan
School System (representing 21 secondary schools throughout the greater
Philadelphia area) to go fully cage-free. Convinced Immaculata University
to switch the majority of its egg purchases to cage-free, and convinced
St. Joe's University and West Chester University to begin reducing their
purchase of battery cage eggs. These changes will greatly reduce the suffering
of thousands of hens.
No Foie Gras
Campaign
Convinced 20 Philadelphia-area restaurants to remove foie gras from their
menu. This cruel dish is made by force-feeding ducks and geese and has
now been removed from over 50 area restaurants over the past three years
as a result of our No Foie Gras campaign.
Vegan Leafletting
Directly handed 210,000 booklets on factory farming and vegetarianism
to college and high school students as well as the general public, using
literature supplied by Vegan
Outreach.
Animal Rescue
Directly rescued over 225 farm, laboratory, and companion animals including
hens, geese, rats, dogs, cats, and other animals, which are all now in
sanctuaries or loving homes.
Websites Launched
Launched two comprehensive online guides to veg-friendly restaurants and
grocery stores, VegPA.net
and VegNJ.com, in conjunction
with Mercy for
Animals.
Veg Starter
Kit Distribution
Distributed 45,000 Vegetarian Starter Kits from our starter kit newsstands,
at tables, and through the mail.
Online Pro-Veg
Advertising
Generated tens of thousands of visits to ChooseVeg.com and views of the
impactful Meet Your Meat video through purchasing online ads and through
targeted MySpace outreach.
Greater Philadelphia
Area Veg Eating Guide
Distributed over 10,000 print copies of our guide to veg-friendly restaurants
and grocery stores throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area.
Humane Education
Conducted presentations in over 20 classrooms across the region on the
problems of factory farming and the ethical issues of food production.
Compassion In Fashion
Launched our Compassion
In Fasion outreach campaign in conjunction with Playboy Model Daniela
V, drawing mainstream TV and print news attention and distributing thousands
of pieces of literature.
Media
Our message of compassion for animals was featured in cover stories in
the Philadelphia Inquirer, Southwest Philly Review, and Daily News weekend
section, as well as in numerous other publications in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey and through radio and television appearances.
Television
Programming
Produced a series of vegan cooking programs which will be aired on public
televsion (MiND TV) throughout the Philadelphia region in 2009.
Events
Held over 200 outreach events including leafletings, tablings, demonstrations,
speaking events and veg socials.
