• Challenged and spoke out to the media against Brady's Run and Westmoreland County goose hunts
• Protested Shrine Circus, in which a VFA volunteer obtained video evidence of circus animal abuse, as well as provided over a thousand leaflets with a presence of every showing as well as a main protest.
• In continuing efforts to abolish the promotion of animals in entertainment, VFA launched a campaign against Giant Eagle's annual Shrine Circus sponsorship and held 3 related protests complete with our own self-designed "Giant Evil" campaign signs and banner, as well as passed out hundreds of our Giant Evil leaflets, educating people about Giant Eagle's evil connection with circus animal abuse.
• With the help of simply two extremely generous donors in benefit of World Farm Animal Day, VFA placed four newspaper boxes throughout the city and kept them stocked with vegetarian starter kits for the public.
• Experienced yet another Foie Gras Free Pittsburgh Campaign Victory! Upon VFA sending letters and video footage to Toast! Restaurant as well as adamant phone negotiations to educate the managers about the inherent cruelty of foie gras production, VFA's Foie Gras Free Pledge was ultimately signed, making Toast our latest local victory in our Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign!
• Launched a fur campaign and protested two major department stores, Macy's and Saks, against their sale of fur, as well as passed out hundreds of leaflets educating the public about the cruel reality of fur and fur trim production.
• Had hard working volunteers present from the investigation of Tiger Ranch to the rescued cats' ongoing care and adoptions, collected and delivered donations for the rescued cats, as well as received media attention for exposing the humane law officers' involvement in their continuous clearance of this wretched local slow-kill sanctuary.
• Tabled at several events, including Meat Out with information on factory farming and going vegan, as well as an Animal Adoption and Care Fair.
• In the area of animal rescue alone, VFA volunteers have:

- Rescued, provided immediate foster and veterinary care, and adopted out a terrier and kitten, both dumped at a workplace

- Located a lost Irish Setter, arranged overnight stay, and reunited him with his guardians.

- Rescued an emaciated and unaltered male lab with porcupine quills embedded into his snout and running loose during a snowstorm, provided veterinary care and a foster home for the dog until he was recently adopted to a loving home.

- Engaged in various Trap-Neuter-Return projects in order to spay and neuter feral cat colonies, ending the cycle of death and suffering caused by overpopulation.

-  Located a gosling with a large and severely embedded fishing hook, captured and provided transport for them to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, who was able to remove the fishing hook and release the gosling

• Kept you updated about all this and more in our LynX e-newsletters!

• Most recently, VFA volunteers have taken on the projects of a mum and eight kittens from three various litters, provided medical attention, and while mum and a male have already been spayed and neutered, the seven young ladies will grow fast and we will very soon need funding for their spay surgeries. The 9 beautiful new adoptables are viewable at VFA's Petfinder.

It is with your help only that VFA can continue to help animals in need and accomplish even more of our goals. We have great plans for the fall season right through the new year, but we won't get far without your support! Please remember that VFA is an all-volunteer organization, so every dollar you send goes directly to the actions, campaigns, and rescues that we do. Local animals are helped with the money you donate. Each demonstration we organize requires some amount of money, and because crises are so unpredictable, we need to have funds available in the case that animals are in dire need of help.
Please support us in this effort with a donation of $20, $50, $100, or whatever you can afford. Your donations go a long way in our work to make Pittsburgh a livable city for all - humans and animals.

Checks can be made out to Voices For Animals and sent to:

Voices for Animals of Western Pennsylvania
Post Office Box 2751
Pittsburgh, PA 15230

Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity!

For The Animals & The Earth
Voices for Animals of Western Pennsylvania