End to Westmoreland County parks geese hunts urged again
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
September 10, 2009
Article detailing VFA's opposition to the continuing Canada goose hunts that take place at Indian Lake Park and other Westmoreland County parks.

Toast Restaurant Commits to Stop Selling Foie Gras
Pittsburgh Indymedia
May 24, 2009
Our announcement on the latest victory in the Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign, Toast! Kitchen & Wine Bar, which has given a signed commitment to no longer sell foie gras.

Voices For Animals Fur Protest Wrapup
Rustbelt Radio
January 26, 2009
Audio recording of coverage of our fur protest outside Macy's Department store on January 24th (at 15:30 of the January 26th show)

Law may have been broken with goose hunt, official says
Post Gazette
January 15, 2009
Article announcing the USDA's finding that the Bradys Run Park goose hunts and all hunts that take place in a public park where waterfowl are possibly fed by park visitors, were likely illegal, due to federally prohibited indirect baiting

Goose hunt at Bradys Run sparks controversy
Post Gazette
January 8, 2009
Article concerning VFA's and Coalition to Prevent the Destruction of Canada Geese's legal challenge of the Bradys Run goose hunts on the grounds that indirect baiting of the geese took place.

Palin Greeted by Protestors in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Channel
October 10, 2008
Video coverage of the protest against Sarah Palin's visit to Pittsburgh, which features our Polar Bears Against Palin and the 'white bloc' prominently

Volunteers work to save waterfowl, inform about dangers of feeding
Post Gazette
July 7, 2008
Coverage of our clean-up action at South Side Riverfront Park and our efforts to educate people not to feed the geese

County To Use Non-Lethal Method To Control Geese
March 26, 2008
Report on agreement from county to resolve to use non-lethal methods with Canada geese after the fallout and outrage over the killing of the North Park geese in summer of 2007

Group seeks solution to geese problem in North Huntingdon
Pittsburgh Live
December 21, 2007
Article covering our vigil and protest of the North Huntingdon goose hunts

Animal activists hold vigil ahead of North Huntingdon goose hunts
Pittsburgh Live
December 10, 2007
Another article concerning our vigil and protest of the North Huntingdon goose hunts

Canada Goose Hunt Prompts Protests
December 10, 2007
Short piece on our protest against organized goose hunts in North Huntingdon

Group protests killing of geese at South Side park
Post Gazette
October 26, 2007
Coverage of our protest against the killing of Canada geese in the South Side

Group Protests In North Park Over Geese Killing
July 28, 2007
Print and video coverage of our clean-up action and vigil in North Park in protest of the slaughter of the North Park geese

Protesters give Allegheny parks director spine
Pittsburgh Live
July 28, 2007
Coverage of our action where we presented a model of a human spine to Andrew Baechle for going along with Onorato's decision to have the North Park geese killed

Decision on geese reluctant, says park director
Post Gazette
July 26, 2007
Article about the slaughter of the North Park geese and our protest against the slaughter.

Protesters show up at Onorato's church to decry geese killings
Post Gazette
July 23, 2007
Coverage of our demonstration we held outside Chief Executive Dan Onorato's church in protest of the slaughter of the North Park geese

Activists Speak Out Against Goose Harvest
July 22, 2007
Video footage and print article of our protest outside Dan Onorato's church against his order to kill the North Park geese

Protesters object to goose kill
Post Gazette
July 22, 2007
Video footage of interview with VFA member about the killing of the North Park geese

Federal agents euthanize 272 Canada geese in Allegheny County
Pittsburg Live
July 18, 2007
Report on the killing of the North Park geese

A wild goose chase ends in death for 272 birds
Post Gazette
July 17, 2007
Report on the killing of North Park geese and our prior agreement with the county that the geese wouldn't be killed

Pittsburgh's cat lovers scratch license idea
Pittsburgh Live
July 11, 2007
Article on a city council public hearing where our opposition to a proposed cat licensing ordinance is discussed

More humane handling of feral cats sought
Post Gazette
June 7, 2007
Article about our campaign in West Elizabeth to stop the roundup and killing of feral and stray cats by contracted animal control officer Ken Ferree

Animal rights group protests at McKeesport kennel
Pittsburgh Live
June 4, 2007
Short article covering our protest outside Ken Ferree's "kennel", in protest of his killing of cats and dogs and the proposed contract to round up and kill stray cats in West Elizabeth

Park officials 'goosed' into tackling fowl problem
May 30, 2007
Pine Creek Journal article about our efforts to save the geese living in North Park from slaughter

Animal Activist Try To Save North Park Geese
May 24, 2007
Short announcement of our meeting with Allegheny County Parks Department to save the North Park geese

Pittsburgh might speed up euthanizing strays
Pittsburgh Live
May 22, 2007
Article regarding the city's attempt to shorten the holding period for stray animals taken in by animal control and our efforts to stop it

Ahead of protest, Giant Eagle ends sale of foie gras
Pittsburgh Live
February 27, 2007
Article about the Giant Eagle victory in the Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign

Giant Eagle Drops Foie Gras; Animal Groups Claim Victory
The Pittsburgh Channel
February 27, 2007
Short write-up on Giant Eagle ending sale of foie gras

Voices for Animals protests Victoria's Secret's chainsaw massacre
October 18, 2006
VFA did a spoof on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre to draw attention to Victoria's Secret's paper policies.

Foie gras ruffles local chefs' feathers
Post Gazette
June 22, 2006
Article on accusations that VFA vandalized two big Burrito restaurants

Local Restaurant Chain Serves Up "Gourmet Cruelty"
April 4, 2006
A nice long article about the history of the foie gras campaign and big Burrito's sale of foie gras

Activists tell big Burrito: Have a Heart-Stop Selling Foie Gras!
February 14, 2006
Indymedia write-up about the actions taken against the big Burrito group over Valentines Day weekend

VFA renews campaign against big Burrito
February 13, 2006
Rustbelt Radio interview about VFA's protests against the big Burrito Group

Voices For Animals visits animal abusers on Superbowl Sunday
February 5, 2006
Article written about the demonstration held at the Uricchio home on Super Bowl Sunday to encourage them to stop selling foie gras at their restaurant La Foret

Activists Protest Outside Victoria's Secret in Shadyside
The Pittsburgh Channel
December 26, 2005
A short straight-forward article about the Christmas Victoria's Secret action

Non-random act of kindness
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
December 9, 2005
A small piece in The Morning File about Voices for Animals reuniting a cat named Minou with her guardian, after being rescued from Hurricane Katrina. It is the last article on the page, scroll all the way down.

Protestors try to expose Victoria's Dirty secret
Pittsburgh Live
August 19, 2005
Article on the national campaign against the deforestation carried out by Victoria's Secret and our campaign on the local level

Tournament in Pittsburgh at the Mellon Arena: Protestors Take to Tourney
Pittsburgh Live
July 31, 2005
An article on the Bassmaster Tournament which contains a small piece about our protest of the weigh-in (half-way down page)

Silent protesters visit national fishing tourney
July 31, 2005
An article in an Illinois Paper about our small banner protest on the morning of the Bassmaster take-off

Sport Fishing: bad for fish and other living things
July 28, 2005
A small piece we wrote on Indymedia regarding the cruelty involved in sport fishing

Protest Planned at Conneaut Lake Park
Pitsburgh Live
May 5, 2005
Short article regarding our plan to launch a campaign against Conneaut Lake Park's planned captive big cat exhibit

Activists Demand: Spare the Rod, Spoil the Bass
August 4, 2005
Coverage of our protest of the weigh-in of the National Bassmaster

Goose bumped off another menu
Pittsburgh Live
February 24, 2005
Article about our Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign victory at Le Pommier

Foie Gras Victories Mount
February 16, 2005
Short report on three foie gras campaign victories, including one on Voices for Animals

Tenth Pittsburgh Restaurant Ditches Foie Gras
February 13, 2005
Announcement about our 10th victory of the Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign, Le Pommier

Animal Enslavement is not Entertainment
The New People
December 2004
(Article starts on page 3)

Looks like turkey, sounds like turkey
Pittsburgh Live
November 21, 2004
Small article covering a Thanksgiving feed-in we held where we passed out free Tofurky deli style sandwiches to the public in Squirrel Hill

Hunger Strike Against the Circus
The Tartan
November 8, 2004
CMU’s student paper covers our 3 day hunger strike against the cruelty of Ringling Brothers Circus, where each hunger striker represented an individual animal who died due to Ringling’s mistreatment and negligence.

Voices for Animals' Halloween Foie Gras Protest
November 1, 2004
An article we wrote on Indymedia covering our first protest at Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign target Laforet, where in the spirit of Halloween we carved pumpkins to spell out NO FOIE GRAS. The article has some great pictures of the jack-o-lanterns.

Restaurants, legislators say Au Revoir to Foie Gras
The Tartan
September 13, 2004
An overview of the cruelty of foie gras production and some of the successes of our Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign written by a VFA member

Bikki Drops Foie Gras
August 17, 2004
In local news headlines, VFA's foie gras campaign victory at Bikki is announced with text of the statement Bikki's owner gave VFA

Foie gras-free Pittsburgh' effort targets restaurants
Pittsburgh.bizjournals.com
April 16, 2004
Article in Pittsburgh Business Times about the beginning of the Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign

VAL protests the Bash
The Pitt News
April 6, 2004
Pitt's student paper covers a Voices for Animal Liberation protest (Voices for animals former name) against the Bigelow Bash's use of captive wildlife for student photo shoots.

Sitting in cages, students protest testing
Pitt News
October 30, 2003
Coverage of our demonstration for National Primate Liberation Week to bring attention to Pitt's cruel experimentation on primates by sitting inside public cages outside the William Pitt Union

VAL World Farm Animal day events
Pitt News
October 2, 2003
A VFA editorial about the significance of World Farm Animals Day and the importance of choosing a vegetarian diet to prevent animal suffering

Hunters kill geese at five Westmoreland parks, Activists attempt to frighten fowl
Post Gazette
September 3, 2003
A report on our efforts to sabotage a goose hunt taking place at Twin Lakes Park in Westmoreland County against tame, hand-fed geese

Duck hunts go smoothly at parks
Pittsburgh Live
September 3, 2003
Another article about the Westmoreland County goose hunt and our attempt to intervene and save the geese

Farm offers sanctuary to hens
Pittsburgh Live
August 5, 2003
Report on Oohmahnee Farm's rescue of over 1000 egg-laying hens from an egg-producing factory farm that VFA was involved with