The online version of Earthsave's fantastic Vegetarian Directory for Metro Vancouver. You can also download a PDF of the print edition or get the free iPhone app.

Loving Hut Express makes some of the most mouthwatering sandwiches, burgers, fries, and onion rings that you've ever tasted!

HappyCow was created in 1997 as a public service to assist travelers and people everywhere find vegan, vegetarian, and healthy food.

The best vegan pizza you've ever tasted is right here in Vancouver!  They have a wide variety of delicious pizzas (including gluten-free) as well as lasagna, donair, and spaghetti.

On the air since 2009, the Animal Voices Radio Show airs every Friday at noon on Vancouver Co-op Radio (100.5 FM) and features Vancouver-area updates, as well as interviews with prominent and knowledgeable people in the animal rights movement. 

Since 1944, The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals (also known as Fur-Bearer Defenders) has been working to end the commercial fur trade.

Lifeforce is a non-profit Vancouver based ecology organization that was formed in 1981 to raise public awareness of the interrelationship between people, animals, and the environment. We promote animal rights and ecological responsibility.

" We work on both a national and local level, promoting a vegan lifestyle as the most effective way people can help animals, the environment, and improve their personal health."

The Small Animal Rescue Society of BC is a registered society run by volunteers. Our primary focus is to rescue and rehome small animals in need. Neglected, injured and abandoned animals are our main priority.

"Wake is an awareness initiative that seeks to educate people about the importance of sharks, rays and tunas to our planet’s fragile ocean ecosystem."

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA) is a no-kill, non-profit, registered charity dedicated to the rescue of cats in the Lower Mainland.

Delicious, animal-friendly fare from Compassion Over Killing.

Named "Cookbook of the Year" by VegNews, vegan cupcakes is the perfect book for beginner bakers wanting to learn the basics as well as the accomplished home baker who wants to expand his or her repertoire.

Tanya Halvorson of Dazey Dog Photography is a talented member of Vancouver's animal rights community who takes some of the most beautiful animal photos out there. "[Animals] are amazing to photograph, to capture the fun, the joy, the happiness...I am happiest when I am surrounded by them, covered in mud with my camera in my hand knowing I have captured exactly who they are because they are all so different."  

Karen Moe has developed a shooting method that she has named a ‘Technique of Empathy’ where, through conversation, memory and humor, Karen is able to capture feelings that animate a deeper sense of her clients’ expressions and posture. She donates 5% all shooting fees to different local animal protection organizations. During special events, Karen Moe Photography raises the donation to 10%.

Vegan and eco-friendly handbags.

"NEUAURA is committed to bringing uncompromising fashion footwear to animal-friendly consumers. Our purpose is to provide fun and exciting quality footwear that does not involve unnecessary harm to animals and to the environment."

Pangea makes it easier for people to "follow a vegan lifestyle by offering the widest variety of quality vegan products all in one place. We're the one-stop vegan shop!"

The Vegan Collection is an online vegan clothing, shoe and accessories company based out of Los Angeles that is committed to providing cruelty free products at reasonable prices.

 One of the best podcasts out there for learning more about going vegan or vegetarian. Beyond the podcast, the website is loaded with recipes, links, and articles.

This website from the creators of the documentary Ghosts in Our Machine provides tips, advice, and community for those hoping to reduce their consumption of animals. From food and fashion to entertainment, product testing and research, the Ghosts are the animals used as commodities for our consumer goods. To be ”Ghost-Free” is to practice a vegan lifestyle. 

Factory farming is an attitude that regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit. In animal agriculture, this attitude has led to institutionalized animal cruelty, massive environmental destruction and resource depletion, and animal and human health risks.

"People for Pigeons is concerned with the protection and preservation of humankind's oldest domestic bird, the gentle and loyal pigeon. We support pro-pigeonism, strive to eliminate pigeon persecution and prejudice and promote their positive portrayal in society."

"Cage-Free / Free-Range hens come from the same hatcheries that battery hens come from.  All of their brothers are killed by suffocation or being ground up alive, and the girls themselves endure the same bodily manipulations and mutilations, and they all ultimately end up at the same slaughterhouses when their 'production' declines."

"Labels such as 'Cage Free', 'Free Range',  'Humane Certified',  'Grass Fed', 'Organic', and 'Local' make it seem like those who are willing to pay a higher price can enjoy eggs, dairy, and meat from small-scale 'humane' farms that treat animals with compassion and respect. But is the public being misled?"

"I don't know how they experienced their arrival at the sanctuary – that moment when the van doors opened and the light of day filled their eyes for the first time in their lives – but I know that, for one breathless moment, when we first looked at the 100 souls safely tucked inside, we didn't see the tangled mess of soiled feathers, the open sores, the broken bones, the chopped off beaks, the mocked lives."

 Dedicated to ending the use of animals in medical research.

The global clearinghouse for information on alternatives to animal testing.

Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.

SHARK battles tirelessly against bullfighting, pigeon shoots, turkey shoots, canned hunts (and all hunting), rodeos, circuses, zoos, and marine parks... any issue that involves violation of the innate rights of living creatures.

"South America is being taken over by a handful of companies in the soy business that are destroying ecologically sensitive areas and pushing people from their ancestral land."

Information from the Toronto Vegetarian Association on the environmental impacts of animal agriculture.

"People go hungry because much of arable land is used to grow feed grain for animals...in the U.S., 157 million tons of cereals, legumes and vegetable protein – all suitable for human consumption – is fed to livestock to produce just 28 million tons of animal protein in the form of meat."

"'If people have paid money for 5,000 animals, fewer than 200 will actually get there-I can bet on it. This is cynical exploitation of animals and poor people,' Mrs. Gandhi alleged. 'Basically [livestock gift schemes] are a fundraising mechanism.'"

"Communities have been fighting uphill battles against companies who want to take advantage of lax environmental laws. Consumers, meanwhile, can end up with meat loaded with antibiotic-resistant bacteria from thousands of miles away."

Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a nonprofit organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.

Rob Bigwood is one of the top Professional Arm Wrestlers in the Northeast and is currently ranked eighth in the United States in the 242 lb. division. He has won over 40 state tournaments covering the entire country, as well as the a left-handed World Championship in 2006.

Some women stop being vegan when they become pregnant, because either they or their doctors think a vegan cannot have a healthy pregnancy. On the contrary, as long as pregnant women, infants, and children are getting a reliable source of vitamin B12, they typically thrive on a vegan diet.

"Teenage vegetarians are often faced with pressures -- pressures from parents concerned about their health, and pressures from within to continue on the path they have chosen."