It's anti fur demo season.
Friday 15th January 2010
Nottingham Fur Demo

12.30 at Vintage, 139 Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham, Notts, NG1 1EE
[Map at  http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=NG1+1EE]

Followed by Flannels, 34/36 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham, NG1 2GQ
and/or Cache, 42 Pelham Street, Nottingham, NG1 2EG

Details from  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1505

... and again the following Friday 22nd.

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Friday to Monday
Veggies are providing vegan catering to the Peace News Gathering which
is on all weekend in and around the Sumac Centre
About 50 people to feed 3-time a day plus people's kitchen meal at
6.30 Saturday.
Anyone welcome to pop along and pitch in at any time.
More at  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1442

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A new campaign has been launched at AstraZenica animal testing labs in
Loughborough, who are associated with the notorious Huntingdon Life
Sciences, and HLS equipment suppliers, ThermoFisher Scientific,
including a demo this Saturday. For further demos, watch this space.
More at  http://www.shac.net/news/2010/january/13.html or from
 loughboroughanimalaction@hotmail.co.uk

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Sunday 17th - Brinsley Animal Rescue Workday

Brinsley Animal Rescue is a not for profit sanctuary dedicated to
caring for animals. Our primary mission is to relieve the suffering of
animals and birds. Many of the animals that come to us are simply
’surplus to requirements’ from the meat, dairy and egg industry.
Because such animals are deemed unprofitable then it is our aim to
take them on and find them loving homes in which they can enjoy the
retirement they deserve.

Nottm AR has regular work days here - fence building, staining, aviary
building, mucking out, rabbit run building and the usual shit!
Transport from Sumac at 1pm.

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Monday 18th - Derby Hunt Saboteurs Benefit
7.30pm at The Old Bell, 51 Sadler Gate, Little Chester, Derby, DE1 3NQ
Transport from Nottingham.
Details at  http://de-de.facebook.com/event.php?eid=268837529782&ref=share

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Thursday 21st - Brinsley Animal Rescue work Day
Transport approx 6.30pm from City Centre - call Danny 07593 375270.
Details from  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1562

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Friday 22nd - Nottingham Greyhound Stadium Demo
Details from  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1535

Nottingham Animal Rights have to educate people about the suffering of
racing dogs, leafleting at Nottingham Greyhound Stadium, from 6.30pm.
If you live in or near the East Midlands area and would like to help,
please confirm: e-mail  livewire1212@hotmail.com.

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Thursday 28th - Nottingham Animal Rights Networking at Broadway
Details from  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=112

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B&K Universal - Blood on their Hands Rally
Saturday 30th January 2010

Bantin and Kingman Universal are one of the few remaining firms in the
UK who are commercial breeders of animals for experimentation. Based
in the coastal village of Grimston, East Yorkshire, B&K breed beagle
dogs and rodents, but can obtain primates for customers. Activists
from the north will descend upon B&K Universal in Grimston and rally
against the blood and MURDER they cause as suppliers of HLS & Sequani
labs and the M.O.D.
Transport from Nottingham with Veggies.

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Advance Notice:

Friday 12th to Sunday 14th March
National Animal Rights Spring Gathering

We are hosting this in Nottingham and are likely to be needing more
offers of beds or floorspace to accommodate the 100+ people expected.
If you can help, please get in touch. Also does anyone know where
chairs might be borrowed or hired?

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At some time we may again protest against the use of animals in cruel
and unscientific experiments at Nottingham University's Medical
School.

Is anyone able to provide more recent information, following this from
Animal Aid's 2006 Mad Science Award

University of Nottingham where rats' screams of pain were recorded

In a collaborative behaviour study with the University of Ireland,
male rats were injected with formalin - a toxic chemical that causes
considerable and lasting pain. They were then put inside a perspex
chamber that administered repeated electric shocks to their feet. A
microphone was placed above the chamber to record the rats' cries of
pain, communicated in ultrasound.

(from  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=53)