Norwich Saving Animals From Exploitation ( S. A. F. E. )
Archive - July 2002
* National anti-hunt tour . . . Click here for full details and how you can help this important campaign. The tour is scheduled to hit Norwich on Friday, 6th September!
* New international alert . . . Click here to discover the shocking truth about Chinese animal cruelty. (Read the Sunday Mirror article). (Return to this page by clicking the 'back' button on your browser bar).
* New local alert . . . Fur is making a comeback in Norwich, but not in the way you might think!
Please be on the lookout for fluffy ornaments and toys sold in the city's shops. Home Express in Castle Mall (Level 1) definitely has these items on sale. Items noted on Wednesday, 10th July were fluffy 'curled up cats' and 'twin owls'. Other types of fluffy ornaments were also on display. A label affixed to the underside of each ornament states that the item is made from rabbit/goat fur and is a by-product of the food industry. We believe this to be completely untrue. Rabbits are being bred especially for their fur and suffer miserable lives penned in tiny cages in huge sheds often without light, before meeting their final deaths when their necks are callously broken. Many rabbits are skinned alive! This is factory farming at its worst! Please complain to the manager of any store known to be selling these highly exploitative goods. For further information on this cruel practise, please visit CAFT's website.
Download a sample letter and send to a store near you that sells these so called 'ornaments'.
* Trafalgar Square Pigeons under threat from 'Red Ken' . . . The RSPCA supports culling of the famous birds too . . . Click here to read more.
* The Countryside Alliance gets militant! . . . Read the Eastern Daily Press article of 16 July 2002. (Return to this page by clicking the 'back' button on your browser bar).
* Live Exports start again . . . Read the report from Farmed Animal Action. Sign the on-line petition.
* Proposed hedgehog cull in the Western Isles . . . Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) are planning a major cull of hedgehogs on the Hebridean islands of North and South Uist. There are around 5000 hedgehogs on the islands and SNH believe they are behind a significant decline in waders as they eat the birds' eggs. We do not believe a cull of the animals is necessary as alternative methods of control are available, such as transporting to the mainland and sterilisation to reduce reproduction.
Please take the time to write a suitable letter of protest and send it to the following address:
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society, Hedgehog House, Dhustone, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 3PL
The BHPS will forward your letter on to the appropriate authority in Scotland.
* Great News! Uncaged Campaigns front man, Dan Lyons has successfully been awarded Legal Aid to fight Imutran/Novartis in the notorious 'Diaries of Despair' Xenotransplantation case . . .
Read Uncaged Campaigns detailed report. See also the 'Diaries of Despair' site and please do sign the on-line petition for a judicial enquiry into vivisection. (Return to this page by clicking the 'back' button on your browser bar).
* Boycott Proctor and Gamble who refuse to cease testing their products on animals . . .
Please sign the on-line petition. (Return to this page by clicking the 'back' button on your browser bar).
* "Eternal Treblinka" . . . Click here to order this inspiring new book which exposes the stark similarities between the wartime death camps and the way we treat animals today. An essential read!
* New petition against animal experiments . . . Please sign the online Dr Hadwen Trust petition. (Return to this page by clicking the 'back' button on your browser bar).
* BUAV have tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) . . . Read their report and please, please encourage your MP to sign it! ............ Can't find your MP? .............. Don't know who he/she is? ............... Then click here to locate any MP in the UK!
* VIVA! End Factory Farming March - London - Saturday, 13th July . . . Read our report of the day's events.
* Girton Primate Lab . . . Blair U-Turn? Read the Cambridge Evening News article which appeared on the front page on Friday, 27th July, the day of the SHAC National in Cambridge! Good timin' eh? (Return to this page by clicking the 'back' button on your browser bar).
* Wolf and cow skin rugs on sale . . . Please read the message received on 29 July.
* The shocking facts about Premarin and why you should not use it . . . Read PETA's report received by us on Wednesday, 31 July by e-mail.
* Megaphones available at unbelievable prices . . . Get yours now! Only £7.95 each plus P&P.
* HLS customer GlaxoSmithKline in possible merger with US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly . . . Read the EDP report. (Return to this page by clicking the 'back' button on your browser bar).
* Fancy a job caring for animals with HLS? Click here for an unmissable opportunity at the Occold labs! You'll have to hurry though - this amazing offer closes on 9th August! (Return to this page by clicking the 'back' button on your browser bar).
