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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.30,0:00:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Anita Krajnc, it’s A-N-I-T-A\NKrajnc K-R-A-J-N-C,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.48,0:00:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I co-founded Toronto Pig Save.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.98,0:00:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can one person make a difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.90,0:00:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With everything wrong in this world,\Nwhat hope does one person have for creating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.93,0:00:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change? Well do you see all those people down\Nthere? They’re there because of one person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.93,0:00:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anita. This is her story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.92,0:00:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi it’s Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome\Nto another vegan nugget. There’s a lot in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.74,0:00:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our world that needs changing. As individuals\Nour tendency is to think we alone can’t
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.13,0:00:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make an impact. When faced with injustice,\Nthere are those of us who exclaim, “someone
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.88,0:00:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should do something about this!” in exasperated\Ndisbelief and indignation. We don’t consider
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.62,0:01:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could be that someone. Maybe we feel\Ntoo intimidated, uneducated, uncertain of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.01,0:01:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what action to take. Or we think that since\Nwe can’t fix it all immediately on our own
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.89,0:01:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we might as well not try.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.66,0:01:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there are those who see injustice and\Nexclaim, “I should do something about this.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.16,0:01:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And despite their own misgivings and uncertainties,\Ndespite their seeming powerlessness against
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.66,0:01:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the astronomical odds, they do something incredible.\NThey try.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.93,0:01:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last week I had the honor of meeting such\Nan individual: Anita Krajnc, the co-founder
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.57,0:01:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Toronto Pig Save. I was attending a 24\Nhour vigil for pigs, cows, and chickens at
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.18,0:01:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Toronto area slaughterhouses organized by\NToronto Pig Save, now running five years strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.20,0:01:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see my experience and the incredible power\Nof what Anita has created firsthand, please
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.81,0:01:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see this video, which is also linked below.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.01,0:02:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share with you the genesis of this\NToronto Pig Save in Anita’s own words. Captions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.17,0:02:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are available if the background noise makes\Nit difficult to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.04,0:02:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live near a slaughterhouse since 2006 and\NI knew somebody should do a protest or something
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.32,0:02:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I adopted a dog, Mr. Bean, who’s\Nhere at the vigil today, I walked with him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.52,0:02:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyday on Lake Shore. And during rush hour\Ntraffic we would see 7 or 8 trucks in the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.85,0:02:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,morning. And at the time I was reading Leo\NTolstoy and Gandhi and Ramakrishna and Vivekananda,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.06,0:02:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they all took action when there was injustice\Nin their communities. So when I saw all these
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.17,0:02:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trucks, it was like “I have to take action.”\NIt was almost five years ago—it was December 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.35,0:02:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then in July, 2011, we made a commitment\Nto do three vigils a week every single week
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.76,0:02:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the year, and we’ve kept that promise.\NI made that promise to the pigs when I first
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.66,0:02:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bore witness and I saw them in the truck looking\Nat me, pleading for their lives and I said
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.72,0:02:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“we will do a minimum of three vigils a\Nweek.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.16,0:02:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the days after the vigil, Anita sent me\Nsome writings from Leo Tolstoy which she says
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.91,0:03:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encompass the approach of the Save Movement,\Nwith one quote in particular encapsulating
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.83,0:03:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gravity of their work:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.43,0:03:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“When the suffering of another creature\Ncauses you to feel pain, do not submit to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.93,0:03:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the initial desire to flee from the suffering\None, but on the contrary, come closer, as
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.79,0:03:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close as you can to him [/her] who suffers,\Nand try to help him[/her].”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.65,0:03:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this this what Anita has done. She’s\Ncome closer time and time again. And others
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.20,0:03:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.06,0:03:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From my perspective, everyone has a duty to\Nbear witness. I actually think it's a duty
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.37,0:03:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all of us have, and in life there's a\Nchoice when you see someone suffering you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.38,0:03:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either look the other way or you come closer,\Nas close as you can to try to help. And if
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.89,0:03:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all did that we wouldn’t have genocide.\NWe wouldn’t have animal abuse. We wouldn’t
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.60,0:03:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have suffering, because we would build a community\Nwhere if there is suffering we all come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.15,0:04:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we come close to help those who are suffering.\NSo, that’s what we’re about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.57,0:04:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starting on those morning walks with her companion\NMr. Bean, Anita’s decision to take action
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.21,0:04:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has blossomed into the greater Save Movement,\Na now international movement of activists
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.88,0:04:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming together to bear witness to the massacre\Nof animals all over the world and bring attention
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.54,0:04:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and validation to their experience. Still,\NAnita pushes forward for greater change.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.20,0:04:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, we recognize that we're doing a very\Npartial form of bearing witness, because we’re
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.32,0:04:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helping a little bit, but we’re not fully\Nbearing witness. We’re not actually actually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.81,0:04:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving the pigs before us, and that creates\Na lot of pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.70,0:04:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In China they actually stopped trucks and\Nrescue all the animals and liberate them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.41,0:04:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s the right thing to do and we\Nrecognize that. And so it’s very painful
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.10,0:04:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it’s partial, but it’s better\Nto be here than not to be here. And eventually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.09,0:04:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our goal is to just liberate all animals,\Nbecause if it was you in the truck you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.74,0:04:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as has happened in the past in genocides,\Nyou wouldn’t just want people to say “I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.57,0:04:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorry” and to give you a little bit of water,\Nalthough that's good and that’s compassionate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.70,0:04:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.94,0:05:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anita and the now hundreds standing with her,\Nwatch the trucks pass into the slaughterhouses
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.41,0:05:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time and time again. The site of them exiting,\Nempty of the life that was there just moments
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.100,0:05:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ago, is just as, if not more heartbreaking.\NBut Anita resolutely looks towards the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.54,0:05:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we’re moving that way—we’re always\Nupping the ante. Now we’re stopping trucks.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.91,0:05:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn’t do that for, like, the first four\Nyears of our group. Now we’re stopping the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.47,0:05:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trucks. So every time, we’re just exerting\Nour power. People have more power than they
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.39,0:05:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think. If we exert our power, especially as\Na community, in terms of community organizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.09,0:05:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can actually change a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.12,0:05:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anita’s passion and belief in the power\Ngrassroots activism is inspiring and the worldwide
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.72,0:05:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growth of the Save Movement is a concrete\Ntestament to the power one person can have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.13,0:05:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they choose to come closer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.15,0:05:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the last 24 hour chicken vigil, Toronto\NPig Save activists were able to liberate a
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.34,0:06:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chicken names Mercy from Maple Leaf Poultry\Nand earlier, a lamb named Meadow from Newmarket
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.28,0:06:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meat Packers. Both now live free at local\Nfarm animal sanctuaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.01,0:06:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think you can’t make a difference,\Nif you think holding vigil isn’t effective
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.45,0:06:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,activism, if you think giving water to pigs\Non their way to slaughter, running alongside
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.48,0:06:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trucks full of cows in an effort to document\Ntheir experience, and standing in the way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.05,0:06:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of semis carrying 5-10,000 chickens to their\Ndeaths isn’t going to change anything, I’d
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.69,0:06:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask you to visit Mercy and Meadow and ask\Nthem if it's made a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.16,0:06:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s very easy for people on the outside\Nto criticize what activists do, or what we’re
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.36,0:06:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attempting to achieve, because it can seem\Nso insurmountable for us to overcome all the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.07,0:06:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evil in this world and make an impact as individuals.\NIt’s very easy to be disheartened. But if
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.70,0:07:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all just say “I’m one person. I can’t\Ndo anything,” nothing is going to be accomplished.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.37,0:07:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because we can’t fix everything right\Nnow and just because we can’t do everything
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.47,0:07:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perfectly and we can’t make a vegan world\Ntomorrow doesn’t diminish the value of doing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.93,0:07:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything we can in this momemt.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.19,0:07:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what Anita has done. She has looked\Ninto the faces of our food industry, made
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.22,0:07:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them a promise on that morning walk, and now\Nthousands stand beside her. Each and every
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.52,0:07:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of us has the ability to affect change.\NYou have the power to affect change. It just
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.05,0:07:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes a decision to act. A decision to not\Nlook away. A decision to come closer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.54,0:07:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never doubt the power you have, and the even\Ngreater power we have when we come together
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.98,0:07:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a grassroots level. Stop waiting for someone\Nto do something and be that someone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.53,0:08:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that hearing Anita’s story has shown\Nyou the impact one person, and one dog, can
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.09,0:08:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have. You don’t have to be perfect. You\Ndon’t have to be certain. You just have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.45,0:08:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try. The animals don’t need us to be strong,\Nthey need us to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.06,0:08:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a personal note, though I work virtually\Nevery hour of every day on Bite Size Vegan
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.63,0:08:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and am consistently immersed in the realities\Nof what we put animals through, I was deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.55,0:08:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and profoundly moved by my experience with\NToronto Pig Save. Those of us who are already
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.77,0:08:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vegan need to remember that we are not beyond\Nneeding to reaffirm our own connection, and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.17,0:08:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we too must bear witness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.57,0:08:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For more information about Toronto Pig Save\Nand the greater Save Movement, please see
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.02,0:08:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blog post for this video and the links\Nbelow in the video description.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.68,0:08:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All my thanks to Anita, Toronto Pig Save,\Nand all of the activists who are out there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting to make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.86,0:08:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you’d like to see more videos like this\Nhighlighting activists out there creating
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.14,0:08:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change, give this video a thumbs up and please\Nshare it around to inspire others to take
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.72,0:09:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,action. If you want to help support Bite Size\NVegan, check out either of the support links
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.09,0:09:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the video description below or click on\Nthe Nugget Army icon or the link in the sidebar.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.56,0:09:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s also a support link below for Toronto\NPig Save. Now go live vegan, make a difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.16,0:09:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I’ll see you soon.