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Welcome to the Brighton Animal
Action website
Here you will find the
latest news and information on our
campaigns as well as
diary dates and our
contact details so you can also get involved.
This website
is being revamped and updated very soon. If you want to join our meetings
they are now on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7pm at the Cowley Club,
London Road, Brighton
HEN
RESCUE
From 14th - 19th July
members of Brighton Animal Action and other helpers successfully rescued
over 9,500 hens who were destined for slaughter.
These so-called "end
of lay" birds made their way to loving homes around the country.
We worked solidly
throughout the 6 days, catching and boxing up the hens and handing them
over to their new carers.
Brighton Animal Action
would like to thank everyone who made this rescue possible - by
taking hens, donating money and boxes and driving around the country to
deliver hens to their new homes
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About 100 people attended
the rally in Preston Park, Brighton on 22nd September. We were
blessed with wonderful weather so people had time to browse the stalls
from the various campaigns.
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There were speeches
from
Caroline Lucas MEP and
prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion,
John Curtin, long time
animal rights activist and campaigner,
Mel Broughton from the SPEAK
campaign in Oxford,
Andy from Campaign Whale,
Colleen McDuling, medical
scientist and animal behaviourist
as well as Sue and Maz from
Brighton Animal Action
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After the rally we set off
through Brighton's busy streets down to the Palace Pier and then across to
the Sealife Centre where 80+ people took part in a very vocal
demonstration.
From there it was back to
the Cowley Club for lovely vegan food and a film show.
Many thanks to Darren Collis
for providing the DVD, laptop, screen and projector for his presentation
of Sea Shepherd activities and also Mel for bringing the Felix film
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Dublin City
Council has recently banned 11 breeds of dog (including
Rottweilers, Bull Terriers and German Shepherds) from all their
properties,
including houses, flats and estates. Existing tenants are being given a
chance to rehome their animals, but if alternative accommodation can't be
found, then the dogs will be destroyed. It also seems likely that these
breeds will be banned from public parks - which means dog owners living in
private accommodation will also be affected.
A petition to reverse the decision has been organised by Irish lobbying
group ANVIL (Animals Need a Voice in Legislation). So please sign the
petition today by clicking this petition link ...
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?anvil999
and please pass this email onto everyone you know
who cares about dogs.
To find out more about this injustice, you can visit our DoggySnaps
forum here.
As we all know, it's a small minority of irresponsible owners that give
breeds a bad name - to punish an entire breed and all its owners is simply
ridiculous. We are urging Dublin City Council to punish "deeds not
breeds."
Whilst you may not live in Ireland, breed-specific legislation is
becoming more commonplace all over the world, so please help us to send a
signal to legislators everywhere that dog lovers will unite to oppose
ill-informed, cruel laws which punish innocent dogs and their owners.
On behalf of everyone at ANVIL and Dogs Trust, thank you for your
invaluable support.
 
3,500
CHICKENS SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER (well 3,499 to be precise!)
Click
here for full report;
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LAMB UPDATE
In May around 20 lambs
were destined for slaughter, Towerhill Stables needed to raise money
fast to save them. Once again the kindness of the animal rights
community prevailed: From Fiona Oakes at Towerhill
Stables: Thanks to
everyone who has pledged a donation for this appeal - we now have the
funds in place to get all of them ! This is great news. We still need to
pay for their veterinary treatment and the fencing of the field they
will go into, so if you are able to help with the campaign we would be
very grateful. The plan is that they will arrive on 2nd June, so if you
are coming to the Open Day, you will be able to meet them ! (lets hope
the weather improves!).
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GOOD NEWS
- RODEO CANCELLED
Source:
Antirodeo.org.
The Copenhagen rodeo is cancelled! About every animal lover
in Denmark protested against it and the media
coverage was impressive. People from all over the world
also protested with the Danish authorities and organizers.
In today's statement on their website
http://www.copenhagenrodeo.dk/Default.aspx?ID=74
, the organizer said, that they had to
cancel the event. Thank you to everyone involved,
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THE SECRET PLANS TO TURN US ALL
VEGETARIAN - FROM EVENING STANDARD 29/05/2007
Secret plans to encourage the nation to give up
eating meat are being examined by the Government.
A leaked e-mail expresses sympathy for the
environmental benefits of a mass switch to a vegan diet - a strict form
of vegetarianism which bans milk, dairy products and fish.
For full article
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NATIONAL EXTREMISM TACTICAL COORDINATION UNIT WATCH (NECTU)
UPDATE OUT NOW
 27/05/07
In the
latest update of NETCU Watch articles include:
* An activist's experience of the current wave
of repression being dealt out by police
against animal rights demonstrators on the streets of the UK.
* A senior police officer's fears about the
spread of CCTV cameras who believes the
situation is leading to "an Orwellian situation".
* Recent documented articles from Arkangel on
police corruption in Oxford and the SHAC fight
back after the recent raids on activists.
* Stop and Quiz! Take the 'Are you an animal
rights extremist?' quiz to find out if you are
involved in the supposed shady and criminal world of real life people
who really care about animals, other humans
and the environment. You may be surprised at
your involvement!
NW:
Keeping an eye on the state that wants to keep you down and keep your
mouth shut!'
http://www.vivisection.info/netcu_watch/
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NEW
REPORT EXPOSES GREYHOUND DEATHS
More than 7,000 racing dogs are being killed each
year after becoming unwanted by their owners, claims a new report.
Animal welfare groups hope the alarming toll will spark the
Government into regulating a sport that generates £2.9 billion in
betting each year. A six-month inquiry
by the Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare (APGAW) has
shown at least 13,478 greyhounds bred for racing are considered
"surplus" to the industry in England and Wales each year.
For full report
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SPEAK CAMPAIGN - MONTHLY DEMOS
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
SPEAK have
begun holding monthly demos against the Oxford Lab. The understanding
now is that the lab is likely to open sometime towards the end of the
summer - HOWEVER the university do not have the funding to secure it
once it is open. Therefore they can open it but provided people keep
attending the demos and costing them money in security they wont be able
to run it. They can't ban everyone from the Centre of Oxford!
CHARGES AGAINST SPEAK CAMPAIGNERS DROPPED - AGAIN!
All 14
SPEAK Supporters who were charged with various
public order offences have today (30th May) been
acquitted by Justice Wright at Bicester Magistrates
Court. SPEAK defendants
were barred for an entire year from entering a
city in their own country as they waited for
the case against them to move to trial. The
charges against the 14 SPEAK supporters arose
from a legal demonstration held at the Oxford
University Encaenia ceremony on June 21st 2006
which saw five SPEAK supporters arrested on
the day and a further eleven arrested at their
home addresses in the following weeks.
The 4 week trial that began on the 30th April has
highlighted a deliberate and sinister policy by Thames
Valley Police (TVP) to intimidate and harass legal
campaigners who support SPEAK. It has also exposed a
close relationship between TVP and Oxford University:
Police in cahoots with Oxford University
(shortened version from Arkangel article)
Documents
that have been disclosed at the trial of the
SPEAK 16 have highlighted a sinister
relationship that exists between law enforcement officers in Oxford and
Oxford University... The sixteen
defendants were served via their respective
legal representatives with a transcript of a dictaphone tape
recording which a serving Thames Valley Police (TVP) officer had
recorded on the day of the Encaenia Ceremony.
What makes this tape remarkable was the
content of the conversations which took place between TVP officers,
including senior ranking officers, after the arrests of the
defendants had taken place...
it is clear that the officers heard on
the tape had no idea the dictaphone was still
active.. In the transcript the officers talk
about the need to: "incite people with a
double buggy" (prams) to go through the protestors
so: "that they can't get
through", they then go on to talk about how this
would allow them to impose public order conditions. Probably most
disturbing parts of the transcript are where officers refer to a
leading SPEAK organiser saying that they need
to "persecute him" and "Wage a dirty war".
What is also disturbing about the tape is the attitude police
officers take towards female members of the public. Officers
refer to passing members of the public who are
female as "Bitches". The transcripts also
clearly reveal that Thames Valley police have played an active part
in trying to create the conditions in which a draconian High
Court injunction can be implemented against
SPEAK.
Click
here for full article
http://www.arkangelweb.org/international/uk/20070514oxfordpolicecorruption.php
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