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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.

                

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

                      

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.

LEGAL LIBERATION REPORT

3,500 CHICKENS SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER (well 3,499 to be precise!) Click here for full report;

Latest news

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!).

GOOD NEWS - RODEO CANCELLED

 

Source: Antirodeo.orgThe 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, who says demos don't work?

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 click here

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/ (contributions to the site always welcomed - anonymity respected)

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 click here

 

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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