Subject lease, do everything in your power to protect the seals in Scotland

I have just learned that the shooting and killing of seals is not only allowed in Scotland, your Government has been blocking moves to gives seals some legal protection.

I am shocked to learn that the new Marine Act will allow fish farmers and others to shoot pregnant seals and mother seals with dependent pups.

Your Government is condemning seals, including new born baby seals, to death and by refusing to stop this cruel and  unnecessary slaughter you are damaging the reputation of Scotland across the globe.

I urge you to outlaw the killing of seals and give seals and their marine environment proper legal protection. Please, do everything in your power to protect the seals.

Post to:  ERMA New Zealand, PO Box 131, Wellington 6140

Name of submitter: 

Your address: 

Email:  

Phone:  

I submit that this application should never have been accepted by ERMA and should be declined for the following reasons:  

1) The application is in direct contradiction of the findings of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification (RCGM) that recommended food-animals not be used as ‘bioreactors’.

2)  It is a breach of natural justice for ERMA to have accepted this application while the High Court decision finding flaws in the development application is still under appeal.

3) It is not reasonable for ERMA to expect me to make an assessment of the all-encompassing list of genetic elements requested by the applicant. Appendix II is a library download of Genetic stock strains, many of the strain numbers are undescribed and unknown, and not one protein that is being created is fully identified.  

4) This application does not allow me to understand what is being created in respect to the identity, modification or expression of the GM animal, how many proteins are going to be made or what they are.

5) It is not possible for me or scientists and experts in ethics to make submissions as ERMA has not required the applicant to specify what they are actually doing that is different from existing proteins and patented products.

6) It is wrong to put at risk New Zealand’s bio-security, or the economic value and public-benefit of the New Zealand Brand. Any risk of creating new diseases by experimenting outdoors on NZ animals threaten markets overseas, especially if animal waste, effluent and blood products contaminate land, water or air.

7)  I do not agree to the creation of deformities and suffering in animals in order to make ‘cheaper’ pharmaceuticals, when other production methods are available. Treating animals in this way is against my moral, ethical, spiritual, and religious values.  The Bioethics Council also called for an ethical review of such practices.

8) This application is so undefined and generic that I do not know how it will affect me or my family, lifestyle or my grandchildren.

I wish ERMA New Zealand to decline the application and restore public confidence.  

Whether it comes from minks, foxes, raccoons, chinchillas, beavers, rabbits, or lynx, fur looks best on its original owners.

Compassion is always in fashion, cruelty NEVER is.

I’m joining a video for your information.
http://www.tvanimal.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=43

Thanks for your valuable time and attention,

Sincerely,

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3) Subject : Please deny authorization to the introduction of bullfighting into China

To:

His Excellency Mr. Hu Jintao

President of the People's Republic of China

9 Xihuang-Chenggen Beijie

Beijing 100032

China

Copy to:

The Honourable Ministers of Education, Culture, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs and Tourism of the Chinese Government

The Honourable Ambassador of China for the European Affairs and Communities

The Honourable Ambassadors of China in the United Kingdom and Spain

The Honourable Beijing City Officials

Dear Mr. President,

According to recent newspaper articles (including EL MUNDO, 26 November 2009), Spanish bullfighting promoters, lead by bullfighter Manolo Sánchez, have signed an agreement with the Chinese Government and Beijing city officials to create a “ganadería” (a farm to breed bulls for bullfights in China) and a bullring in Huairo-Beijing.

The shipment of bulls to China is scheduled for January and the bullring is said to be built by October 2010 and inaugurated with the performance of two bullfights. From 2011, Manolo Sánchez intends to organise 16 bullfights a year in Beijing – four each month (in June, July, August and September of each year).

With this message, I join ANIMAL, from Portugal, CAS International, from The Netherlands, and the League Against Cruel Sports, from the United Kingdom, in calling on you to take all the necessary steps to prevent these or any other bullfighting promoters from staining China with this gruesome activity. There are many important, respectable and beautiful manifestations of the Spanish and European culture that China can host with success and be praised for – but the evil and nowadays ruinous business of bullfighting is not one of them. Your successful hosting of the Olympic Games demonstrates how well China can host decent, respectable events without the need for animal suffering.

Contrary to what the bullfighting industry may want you to believe, bullfighting is no longer an important part of the Spanish culture. It reflects only a very small, archaic and cruel part of it, and Spanish people no longer see it as a reflection of values and culture of the present day. Spain has changed tremendously, as all countries have and today the cruelty towards animals, particularly bullfighting, is heavily criticized within Spanish society. Indeed, more than sixty municipalities in Spain have banned bullfighting and declared themselves anti-bullfighting cities, as have others in Portugal and France – the remaining two states of the European Union where bullfighting takes place. The Spanish region of Catalonia is expected to ban bullfighting completely in early 2010.

Furthermore, bullfighting will not attract tourists to China. On the contrary, recent opinion polls have shown that Europeans are strongly opposed to bullfighting and stay distant from the blood sport. For example, 89 percent of British citizens would never visit a bullfight when on holiday (ComRes poll commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports, 2008).

Animal cruelty is a factor that influences the choices of tourists: people do not want to visit cities or countries where animals are not respected, so China would only lose tourists if bullfighting would be brought to your country – not the opposite.

Finally, the fall of the bullfighting industry is so strong and unavoidable, that this industry is seeking to export bullfighting to countries where such a cruel activity has never existed, in order to save this barbaric business from the extinction that it is facing in Europe and in Latin America.

Thanking you in advance for your attention, we look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Please contact Madeleine Pickens and OSU President Burns Hargis and thank them for sparing our primate friends from torture and death:

http://www.madeleinepickens.com/contact/

osupres@okstate.edu

Good job Madeline and Burns! Pickens is better known for her work on behalf of wild horses.

Unsurprisingly, the vivisection community has been unnerved by this. Paul Browne, of ProTest, commented on The Scientist:

http://www.beestjes.org/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1121:europarlementsleden-tegen-paardentransporten&catid=30:acties-eu&Itemid=54

See the link please

http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/monkey.html#abuse

Dear Madam,

Dear Sir,

 As you are certainly well aware of, every year more than 54 million animals are sacrificed in  all kind of experiments.  These animals are made to suffer and end up being killed. This is inhuman and cruel and it is absolutely necessary that all possible efforts are made to use methods that do not involve animals.

 As citizens of the EU we need your help to protect as much as possible of these animals and therefore we are urging you to sign the Written Declaration on the promotion  of alternatives to animal research and testing  53/2009 ,and help us convince your colleagues to do the same.

 We specifically demand that more money will be made available by the EU for scientific research into alternative testing methods to replace the cruel and inhumane testing currently performed upon animals. To make this possible, we must find 50%  of all European MP’s prepared to sign this Written Declaration 53/2009. If we fail to do so the issue will, again, be abandoned and be pushed ahead of us by a length of time. Time, we feel, we don’t have.

Name and country

4)

Subject : We are very disappointed, bad for tourism image

Nobody has signed

 http://www.beestjes.org/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1121:europarlementsleden-tegen-paardentransporten&catid=30:acties-eu&Itemid=54

http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/monkey.html#abuse

 http://www.beestjes.org/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1121:europarlementsleden-tegen-paardentransporten&catid=30:acties-eu&Itemid=54

http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/monkey.html#abuse

 only 3 members have signed

http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/monkey.html#abuse

 only 3 members have signed

Please read, cross-publish, link on your social networking sites, and/or forward this email far and wide….

http://biteclubkc.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/a-civil-action-against-moral-barbarians/

Regards,

Jason

A Civil Action Against Moral Barbarians….

Above: Preview of a potential winter scene from Death Park, formerly known as Shawnee Mission Park

Journal Entry by Jason Miller

12/7/09

Today Jason Miller and Bite Club of KC, acting pro se, filed a Temporary Restraining Order against Michael Meadors and the Johnson County Parks and Recreation District in the District Court of Johnson County to restrain “Defendants from carrying out a deer herd reduction in Shawnee Mission Park and adjacent park properties through the use of archers or by other lethal means.”

The Petition also stated, “Once presented with the facts, the Court will very likely grant a Permanent Injunction, prohibiting Michael Meadors and the Johnson County Parks and Recreation District from enabling the gratuitous slaughter of any additional deer in Shawnee Mission Park, or any public properties under their jurisdiction.”

The accompanying Affidavit cited 13 instances of unethical or illegal actions committed by the Defendants:

1. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks admitted that suppressors are illegal, yet the Defendants used them in the initial sharpshooting phase of the deer herd reduction in Shawnee Mission Park. See exhibits 1 and 2.

2. The Defendants used spotlighting in the initial sharpshooting phase of the deer herd reduction in Shawnee Mission Park, despite spotlighting being illegal in the state of Kansas.

3. The Defendants willfully altered the deer kill log table and failed to complete it properly. This represents another violation of Kansas law. See exhibit 3

4. The Defendants authorized and carried out the sharpshooting phase of the cull despite having established no Johnson County Parks and Recreation District policy addressing sharpshooting.

5. The Defendants conducted a grossly inaccurate and potentially fraudulent secondary deer census that was skewed in such a way that the resulting deer population count necessitated archers to kill more deer in Shawnee Mission Park.

6. The Defendants willfully misled the public to believe that lethal deer management was the only viable way of managing the deer overpopulation problem in Shawnee Mission Park.

7. The deer overpopulation problem came about due to the Defendants’ gross negligence and mismanagement.

8. The Defendants severely abused their power by ignoring public commentary at their meetings that was overwhelmingly in favor of managing the deer overpopulation problem through nonlethal means.

9. The Defendants rejected implementing a viable, cost-effective, comprehensive nonlethal deer management plan on the premise that fencing approximately 300 deer in a 40-60 acre preserve was equivalent to trapping wildlife, a gross distortion of intellect and language.

10. The Defendants blatantly lied to me, a taxpaying member of the community they serve, in response to my question to them as to whether or not they were enlisting the services of Anthony DeNicola and White Buffalo, Inc. See exhibit 4

11. The Defendants have authorized archers to use cross-bows and broad-head arrows, despite Section 2.1.5 of the Johnson County Code of Regulations for the Park and Recreation District prohibiting both “within the boundaries of any District Facility.” See exhibit 5

12. Based on video evidence gathered from a similar sharp shoot supervised and conducted by Anthony DeNicola and White Buffalo, the 313 deer killed in Shawnee Mission Park in early November most likely suffered immensely, despite DeNicola’s claim that the shooting of the 313 deer was carried out in the “was carried out in the most humane way possible.” See exhibits 6 and 7

13. After having killed 313 deer with sharpshooters, which reduced the population significantly enough that nonlethal means to manage the remaining deer would be highly effective, the Defendants are now preparing to kill more deer via bow hunting, a demonstrably cruel and ineffective method of killing deer. See exhibits 8 and 9

Exhibit 6: http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1579329.html

Exhibit 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sf2NSLhb4c

Exhibit 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QOuM6y0SbE&feature=PlayList&p=011428986603EE05&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=48

Exhibit 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgA1iD0dhvg

Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIjanhKqVC4  and go vegan. Do it for your health, for nonhuman animals and for the Earth!

To support or undertake animal rights and liberation activism in the Kansas City area, visit Bite Club of KC at http://biteclubkc.wordpress.com/ and email us at willpowerful@hotmail.com.

http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=122&ea.campaign.id=5161&ea.url.id=21132&ea.campaigner.email=N3LieEa7tpd926CIhgmQkn1xh7zNUdND&forwarded=true

Please contact your MP and urge them to sign Early Day Motion 79 which supports the Keep Cruelty History campaign and is strongly opposed to any attempt to repeal the Hunting Act.

The Keep Cruelty History campaign has received support from hundreds of parliamentary candidates now, but we must continue this work. With your help in urging your MP to sign EDM 79 we can raise more awareness of the campaign and show that the public does not want the Hunting Act to be repealed, but wants to Keep Cruelty History.

Please visit the Keep Cruelty History website to find out more about supporting our campaign.

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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”  Martin Luther King

Like all animals, cows and bulls value their lives and don’t want to die. Stories abound of cows who have gone to extraordinary lengths to fight for their lives. They are as diverse as cats, dogs, and people: Some are bright; others are slow learners. Some are bold and adventurous; others are shy and timid.
Some are friendly and considerate; others are bossy and devious.

They can be highly intelligent, moderately so, or slow to understand; friendly, considerate, aggressive, docile, inventive, dull, proud, or shy.
According to recent research, in addition to having distinct personalities, they are generally very intelligent animals who can remember things for a long time.
Animal behaviourists have found that cows interact in socially complex ways, developing friendships over time, sometimes holding grudges against cows who treat them badly, forming social hierarchies within their herds, and choosing leaders based upon intelligence.

They are emotionally complex as well and have the capacity to worry about the future.
They are intelligent and curious beings who enjoy solving problems and interacting with their environment.
They have long memories and are capable of learning lessons from each other, just as humans do.

We hope You will be able to prevent  this horror .

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This is for the attention of Mr. Vinay M Mundada

Director & Professor
Symbiosis Institute of Design,
Survey No. 231/3A-4,
Near PMC Water Tank,
Viman Nagar, Pune – 411014
Tel : (020) 26634546 / 47 / 48
Fax : (020) 26634549 
vinay@symbiosisdesign.ac.in  and Faculty:

 

 
 
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

This is a line to protest against the cruel and barbarous treatment meted out by your security guards to some poor, helpless and voiceless quadruped. 

Dogs have proved invaluable friends, companions, soldiers on the field of battle and even therapists in our human lives.  If a defenceless creature comes your way, treat it with compassion and kindness.  This is the only legal, ethical, moral and compassionate way to treat a voiceless creature that is at our mercy. 

Dear Friend,

The past two years have been amongst the hardest Blue Cross has had to face. Since the economy collapsed worldwide, we’ve struggled with a drop in donations and have not received any government grants either. And, as you may be aware, the Blue Cross is fortunate in having a group of professional who donate their time and effort on a purely honorary basis, thus ensuring that all money received by us goes directly into helping animals without any of it being eroded by administrative expenses.

Our newest ambulance is five years old and the oldest is thirteen! They cover vast distances and go up to Kanchipuram, Avadi, Maraimalainagar plus the whole of Greater Chennai.

Regards

S. Chinny Krishna

Chairman

Blue Cross of India

MEANS OF PAYMENT

Cheques and Demand Drafts

Crossed cheques and DDs drawn in favour of "Blue Cross of India" can be mailed to

Blue Cross of India

1, Eldams Road,

Chennai 600018

Bank Transfer

Blue Cross of India

S/B A/c. No. 419318361

Indian Bank, Guindy Branch,

Chennai 600 032, India

Contribution in Foreign Currency:

Blue Cross of India

S/B A/c. No. 419318316

Indian Bank, Guindy Branch,

Chennai 600 032, India

Swift Code: IDIBINBBGDY

Contributions from outside India:

http://bluecrossofindia.org/donation.html - Click on the PayPal link to donate online

Contributions from USA

www.krupa-usa.org – this is a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt charity started by Blue Cross supporters in USA to collect funds for animal projects in India.

 
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Another daily click

http://www.barkingmad.co.za/

This is simple... Please tell ten friends to each tell a further ten today!

This Site is having trouble getting enough people to click daily so they can meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes about 15 seconds to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals. This doesn't cost you anything.

Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.

Here's the web site! www.barkingmad.co.za Please pass it along to people you know.

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PETITIONS

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/5243/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1598
GIVE THE POLAR BEAR A FIGHTING CHANCE
(Deadline 12-16-2009)

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/make-animal-cruelty-illegal-in-ca

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/188/Stop-Animal-Cruelty-at-the-Champlain-Valley-Fair

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/130606462
Tell Walmart: Post Seafood Warnings!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/12/save-the-tigers
India

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/NO-DEED-NO-BREED

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-the-poisoning-of-street-dogs-in-turkey

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-baby-elephant-val-from-tim-frisco

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/Ban-Animals-in-Chime-Long-International-Circus-China

http://www.govegan.com.au/puppies/bawbaw-shire-council-letter.php
Rutland Manor Labradoodle Breeding and Research Centre 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/man-kills-puppy-misbehaving-before-steelers-game

http://www.gopetition.com.au/petitions/say-no-to-lion-poisoning.html

http://animalrights.change.org/actions/view/stop_wolf_hunting (for US only)

http://www.change.org/actions/view/eliminate_aerial_shooting_of_wildlife (for Us only)

http://www.change.org/actions/view/stop_farm_factory_animal_cruelty (for Us only)

http://animalwelfare.change.org/actions/view/phuket_zoo_must_improve_standards_or_close (for US only)

http://www.change.org/kinship_circle/actions/view/fishermen_must_stop_finning_and_killing_sharks_for_soup (for Us only)

http://www.change.org/kinship_circle/actions/view/men_who_set_a_pit_bull_on_fire_should_get_maximum_penalty (for Us only)

http://www.change.org/kinship_circle/actions/view/release_cancun_tigers_from_misery (for Us only)

http://animalrights.change.org/actions/view/stop_the_us_military_from_using_live_animals (for Us only)

http://www.change.org/actions/view/help_convince_birmingham_alabamas_mayor_change_is_needed_at_animal_control (for Us only)

LETTERS

1)
Subject : Save Australian Camels

Dear sir/madam,

I have learned that the Government plans to use helicopters to herd the camels about nine miles outside of town of Docker River, where they will be shot and their carcasses left to decay in the desert.

The plan to kill camels by helicopter is cruel and barbaric, the community could instead focus on setting up barriers to keep out the camels.

Lethal methods don't work to control camles or other wild-animal populations in the long run. As long as the areas of concern remain accessible to these animals, more will move in from surrounding areas.

I urge you to halt this inhumane program. I appeal to you to find an alternate solution to this issue, because killing animals don’t help to solve the problem.

Sincerely,

This young lion cub was found chained in a small wooden shed in Ethiopia...  Please help Born Free help her - read her full story below and help give her a brighter future...

Cranberry Bliss Balls

If you are looking for a delicious, ayurvedic alternative to holiday desserts laden with fat, processed flour, and sugar, try our recipe for bliss balls. Containing just a few ingredients, these bite-sized balls get their sweet flavor and satisfying richness from healthy nuts, dried fruit, and other natural ingredients.

Bliss balls require no cooking and are easy to make. They are ideal for potluck parties and holiday gifts – simply arrange on a pretty platter or tin, wrap in cellophane, and tie with a ribbon.   

Recipe makes 20 Bliss Balls

1 cup pine nuts
1 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup almonds

2 cups dried cranberries (or dried fruit of your choice)
2–3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ cup coconut flakes

Announcement: As of November 2009, Selfridges have stopped selling foie gras and have pledged not to replenish their stock.

PETA's two-year campaign to get Selfridges to drop foie gras from their shelves has ended in a victory, pushing forward our campaign to end the misery of ducks and geese who are force-fed. In a telephone call on 9 November to Sir Roger Moore – who has been our chief spokesperson on this issue – Selfridges confirmed that they have ended the sale of foie gras in their stores, promising not to stock this ugly stuff in the future.

This wonderful step forward could not have been possible without the support of compassionate celebrities, dedicated PETA members and volunteers, and others. We at PETA thank Sir Roger Moore for his commitment to the campaign from the outset to the conclusion, and we thank the multitude of activists who wore everything from duck costumes to dinner jackets (and even nothing at all!) in demonstrations outside Selfridges' stores in all types of weather.

More than 5,000 compassionate people sent e-mails to Selfridges executives via our website, and thousands made telephone calls and posted letters. People across the world learned about our campaign through television, newspaper articles and internet sources, including massively popular blogs.

While we celebrate, as we should, please remember that there are still millions of wonderful animals huddled together in pens or cages, destined to end up on someone's dinner plate or worn on someone's back. In their honor, please make a donation today to help PETA's vital work and produce more victories like this one.

Together, we and the animals will win! Thank you.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/26/Happy-Thanksgiving.aspx

Excerpts :

''...The two New York Times’ articles above provide a powerful commentaryabout health care “reform,” and the true power behind the US health care system in general. They document the level of influence, corruption, and conflict of interest that affects your health.

There should be no doubt about the power the drug industry wields in shaping the US health care system.

Big pharma has been the driving force behind conventional medicine, and the beneficiaries of exploding health care costs for well over a century, and there are no signs that the current health care reform will change any of this..."

"...Sir William Ossler, MD (1849-1919), one of the leading physicians at the turn of the twentieth century, and considered by many to be the founder of modern medicine, said that one of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine..."

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UTTERLY DISGUSTING CYNICAL SPEECH FROM A PRESIDENT !

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/obama-turkey-pardon-thank_n_369516.html

go and cover your face in shame, Barack Obama!!!!

 
Obama's full remarks:

Now, the National Turkey Federation has been bringing its finest turkeys to the White House for more than 50 years. I'm told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys. You can't fault them for that; that's a good-looking bird. (Laughter.) President Kennedy was even given a turkey with a sign around its neck that said, "Good Eatin', Mr. President." But he showed mercy and he said, "Let's keep him going." And 20 years ago this Thanksgiving, the first President Bush issued the first official presidential pardon for a turkey.

Today, I am pleased to announce that thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha -- because I was planning to eat this sucker -- (laughter) -- "Courage" will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate. Later today, he'll head to Disneyland, where he'll be grand marshal of tomorrow's parade. And just in case "Courage" can't fulfill his responsibilities, Walter brought along another turkey, "Carolina," as an alternate, the stand-in.

Now, later this afternoon, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I will take two of their less fortunate brethren to Martha's Table, an organization that does extraordinary work to help folks here in D.C. who need it the most. And I want to thank Jaindl's Turkey Farm in Orefield, Pennsylvania, for donating those dressed birds for dinner. So today, all told, I believe it's fair to say that we have saved or created four turkeys. (Laughter.)

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Pete the moose may be killed by Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife, even though he is in caring hands on private land. He only has until Dec 31st!

P.s. some texts in english about revendication of abolition of meat:

Antoine's blog:

http://meatabolition.blogspot. com
Booklet "Meat abolition" + article on the web :

http://www.cahiers- antispecistes. org/spip. php?article369
Some documents:

http://en.m- eat.org/wiki/ Main_Page
(it's the wiki of french abolitiongroup list)

Letter to associations

http://en.m- eat.org/wiki/ Letter1
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Be part of the international movement for the abolition of meat

Hello,

We are a group of forty people from different backgrounds who have been
working on a project for which we'd like your advice and support. The
project involves demanding the worldwide abolition of meat.

Meat causes more suffering and death than any other human activity.

Eating meat implies either a denial of animals' ability to suffer, or
simply indifference to their suffering. This denial and indifference are
reflected in the lack of consideration given to sentience in general,
both human and non-human. Meat-eating has a negative influence on
people's concern for animals in many other contexts.

The history of human slavery, and campaigns for its abolition in the
18th and 19th centuries, has convinced us of the need to formulate a
demand for the abolition of meat. This could take the form of a clear
political demand, worded in a way that makes it acceptable to as many
people as possible. Working together in a group online, we have agreed
to use the following wording:

Because meat production requires the killing of animals,
because their living conditions and slaughter cause many of them to
suffer,because sentient beings shouldn't be mistreated or killed unnecessarily,
therefore, farming, fishing and hunting animals for their flesh, as well
as selling and eating animal fleshshould be abolished.

This resolution is based on a widespread belief, common to most
countries, that sentient beings should neither be mistreated nor killed
without necessity. Logically,

* meat requires the killing and mistreatment of animals

* meat isn't necessary

therefore, meat should be abolished.

With your help we hope to launch this demand in 2008, the 60th
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man, which
abolished human slavery worldwide. We are hoping also that an
international movement will be created to carry the message so that our
goal is reached before the end of the century in some countries. This
will not mean the end of all animal exploitation, nor of speciesism, nor
of all animal suffering. However, it will be a real progress, and could
be a basis on which further progress can be achieved.

We would be very pleased if you would support our resolution, and help
us to publicize it.

We are planning an event to launch the project in Paris. Representatives
from all sections of the animal rights movement will be invited. They
will undertake to support the declaration for the abolition of meat, and
will be able to express their opinion on the best ways to popularize the
movement. Vegetarian personalities and the international media will also
attend the launch, which will take place in a Parisian location.

Each participant or group will choose their own way of promoting the
project, in the same way that the demand for the abolition of slavery
was supported by very different groups and individuals.

Communication between the interested parties to this project is
essential. Knowing each other's opinions and debating them enables the
different members of the movement to keep abreast of initiatives,
strategies, problems, and means, and if necessary to pool their efforts.

You are invited to join either the French discussion list:

http://fr.groups. yahoo.com/ group/abolitiong roup/or the international list (in English) :

http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/meatabolit ion/

We would be delighted if some of you were to open lists or forums in
other languages on the theme of the abolition of meat.

Looking forward to reading your questions and reactions, either on one
of the abovementioned lists, or at this address: contact@m-eat. org,

Yours sincerely,

French Committee for the launch of the movement for the abolition of meat

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  Help secure the hunting ban Posted by: "Greyhound Action" greyhoundaction@yahoo.co.uk   greyhoundaction
We've received the message below from the North West Hunt Saboteurs Association.
Please contact your local candidates, using the link provided.

We at Greyhound Action are no lovers of the Labour government, owing to their general failure to
protect animals and their vicious persecution of animal liberation activists.

We do, however, support the ban on hunting with dogs and would like to see it strengthened, extended
and much more rigorously enforced, with far harsher penalties (all the way up to life imprisonment for the worst
offenders).

Don't forget that it isn't just wild animals that are the victims of hunting. Thousands of dogs
(including greyhounds and lurchers used for coursing) are put to death every year when no longer
wanted by the hunters.

Please feel free to forward/crosspost/ circulate this message.

----- Original Message -----
From: North West Hunt Saboteurs Association
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:25 AM
Subject: Help secure the hunting ban

The 18th November marked the fifth anniversary of the Royal Assent of the 2004 Hunting Act.

It was a day on which this country made a clear statement that hunting with dogs had no place in
modern Britain.

But not everyone was pleased. There are those who've been lobbying for the ban's repeal since day
one. They think they're getting closer to their aim but you can help stop them in their tracks.

Click here -
http://www.taomail.co.uk/labour-emails/lnk/100158/1721/1721/2/450/206265/f920ecd41b992b96ab59a9673fcaf781/783/ -
to send a message to your local candidates, asking whether they support the return of this barbaric
practice

Those who want to see the return of the grotesque spectacle of hounds tearing foxes apart think that
they can do so despite opposition from the British people.

They know the public don't support using dogs to tear foxes apart - and they know that they can only
make progress by keeping quiet about their aims and lobbying behind the scenes.

Together we can expose their plans and bring public pressure to bear to stop this happening.

Thanks

Hilary

North West Hunt Saboteurs Association
PO Box 239
Manchester
M14 7XB

07960 038230
www.nwhsa.org. uk
info@nwhsa.org.uk
Blog - http://nwhsa.wordpress.com

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Gadhimai sacrfices (over 500.000 animals in 2 days by a drunken crowd) is a cause I will commit to because this bloodshed has got nothing to do with hinduism


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