Do you support cramming animals into crates so small they can't turn around, lie down comfortably, or walk for their entire lives? Walmart does. In fact, pork sold in Walmart stores comes from factory farms where pregnant pigs spend their miserable lives locked in narrow gestation crates barely larger than their own bodies—unable to engage in basic behaviors and denied all mental stimulation.

Following a Mercy For Animals undercover investigation exposing shocking animal abuse at a major Walmart pork supplier, we are now calling on the world's largest retailer to require its suppliers to phase out inherently cruel gestation crates. Join Mercy For Animals in Springfield for an eye-catching protest outside a Walmart store. Protestors will be joined by a 10-foot-tall, inflatable pig, covered in bloody sores and crammed inside a tiny gestation crate.

Signs, banners, and leaflets will be provided. Media is expected at the event, so please dress professionally. Encourage your friends and family to join you at this peaceful protest. And, before attending, please be sure to sign MFA's petition urging Walmart executives to phase out gestation crates, and then share the petition and undercover video with others. For more details about the campaign, visit WalmartCruelty.com.

For additional details about the event, please email Jeni Haines, national campaign coordinator, or call 916-934-9460.

Where: Outside Walmart at 1105 Boston Rd. (on public sidewalk off Boston Rd.), Springfield, MA
When: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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Join Mercy For Animals at our table at Boston Vegetarian Food Festival 2013! This festival brings together exhibitors of vegetarian natural foods from all across the country, offering free food samples and "show special" discounts. The festival also provides a welcoming environment where anyone can explore a wide variety of delicious, healthy, and readily available vegetarian foods that are also animal-friendly and environmentally conscious.

There will also be great opportunities to talk directly to food producers, see and taste their latest vegetarian products, and offer them feedback, as well as find out more about their plans for the future. Attendees can learn from speakers who are top national experts on health and nutrition, and presenters who inspire compassion for animals and respect for the environment. Award-winning chefs and cookbook authors will demonstrate their recipes and offer free samples of their tasty cuisine.

The longest-running event of its kind in the country, the festival is a fantastic resource for vegetarians and vegans, and for anyone wishing to include a greater variety of healthy and delicious plant-based foods in their diets. MFA will offer free Vegetarian Starter Kits and other helpful resources on transitioning to a healthy and compassionate, plant-based diet.

Volunteers are needed to staff the MFA table from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for this incredible event. Full-day or half-day shifts are preferred.

To volunteer for this event, please email Mikael Nielsen, eastern outreach coordinator, or call 773-971-3895.

Where: Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont St., Boston, MA
When: Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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Join Mercy For Animals at our table at Boston Vegetarian Food Festival 2013! This festival brings together exhibitors of vegetarian natural foods from all across the country, offering free food samples and "show special" discounts. The festival also provides a welcoming environment where anyone can explore a wide variety of delicious, healthy, and readily available vegetarian foods that are also animal-friendly and environmentally conscious.

There will also be great opportunities to talk directly to food producers, see and taste their latest vegetarian products, and offer them feedback, as well as find out more about their plans for the future. Attendees can learn from speakers who are top national experts on health and nutrition, and presenters who inspire compassion for animals and respect for the environment. Award-winning chefs and cookbook authors will demonstrate their recipes and offer free samples of their tasty cuisine.

The longest-running event of its kind in the country, the festival is a fantastic resource for vegetarians and vegans, and for anyone wishing to include a greater variety of healthy and delicious plant-based foods in their diets. MFA will offer free Vegetarian Starter Kits and other helpful resources on transitioning to a healthy and compassionate, plant-based diet.

Volunteers are needed to staff the MFA table from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for this incredible event. Full-day or half-day shifts are preferred.

To volunteer for this event, please email Mikael Nielsen, eastern outreach coordinator, or call 773-971-3895.

Where: Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont St., Boston, MA
When: Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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