A worldwide protest to end meat consumption gained traction Saturday in 91大黄鸭鈥檚 downtown.
Dan Moskaluk is part of the organizing committee for the Okanagan鈥檚 first March to Close All Slaughterhouses. The march takes place in 16 countries and 37 cities around the world including in Vancouver
More than 50 participants marched holding signs that read 鈥淐lose all Slaughterhouses鈥� and 鈥淣o excuse for animal abuse鈥� at The Sails.
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鈥淲e want to get the message across that we want to see the closure of all slaughterhouses across the world. Now people say that鈥檚 quite the feat to happen. When you start to understand and start to learn we鈥檙e causing suffering and cruelty to animals by slaughtering them. Over the past few decades we鈥檝e been taught and told that eating animals for our health is necessary鈥� we don鈥檛 need to eat animals to lead a healthy life.鈥�
It鈥檚 also destroying the environment, he said.
鈥� With files from Matthew Abrey
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