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PUBLIC SEES THROUGH ANIMAL RIGHTS ANTICS
Jun 9, 2006
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PUBLIC SEES THROUGH ANIMAL RIGHTS ANTICS

June 7 - Australian rural industry groups have warned extreme animal rights activists that the public is finally seeing through their antics.

Referring to a recent UK survey, executive director of the Cattle Council of Australia, David Inall, says the British public is seeing through the tactics of extremists and their cheap tricks.

The survey, published in Britain's Daily Telegraph, reveals public revulsion at the extreme tactics of animal rights activists is damaging their cause.

It follows the jailing of four animal rights activists for the 'granny theft' - the grave robbing of the deceased mother-in-law of a farmer supplying animals for research.

Public debate on extremist activity has been so intense in the UK that British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has made the unprecedented move of signing his name to a petition in favour of medical research on animals, and authoring an opinion piece in favour of this research.

"In Australia we view animal rights activities against agriculture as very serious and destructive, but they are an extreme minority with an agenda to stop the farming of all animals," Mr Inall says.

"We applaud Mr Blair for standing up for British industries, just as we expect our politicians to stand up for Australian farmers."

Recently the Australian Farmers' Fighting Fund announced the successful conclusion of a South Australian egg farmer's long running legal battle against Animal Liberation SA over a raid of his farm in August 2000.

"Millions of farmers work hard to provide the public with food and clothing, and these activists who are hell-bent on shutting down farming should take note of what is happening in the UK - the public is seeing through the facade," Mr Inall says.

Source: www.farmonline.com.au
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