UK Indymedia - UK Animal Liberation Newswire Archive

Cruelty-Free Xmas Fair, Sat 18 Dec in Kings Heath, Birmingham

01-12-2010 15:38

On Saturday 18th December, the Cruelty-Free Xmas Fair in Kings Heath, Birmingham offers the chance to stock up on a wide range of cruelty-free products(list of 23 stalls below), watch mouthwatering cookery demos, enjoy fantastic vegan food including lots of free samples, listen to inspirational speakers (details below), relax with a free yoga session & much, much more...!!

Free entry, all welcome.

http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/kingsheath10.html

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Wickham animal labs GUILTY of gross animal abuse

30-11-2010 19:28

After an undercover investigation by the BUAV last year and a truely pathetic investigation by the government (the report has been delayed for months due to "the need to assess the impact on the community" apparently!!) Wickham labs has been found guilty of breaching it's animal testing licence.

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Buttermarket in Hereford selling real fur - Please take action

29-11-2010 13:14

The Buttermarket in Hereford are selling real rabbit fur cat toys, please contact the local manager for market fairs and street trading with complaints stating that these items are morally offensive (there is a bye law regarding Hereford market that prohibits the sale of morally offensive items).

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Dogshocking Vivisector whose animal torture used by military to develop human to

28-11-2010 19:46

Martin Seligman shocked dogs at the University of Pennsylvania. His work
was used to develop torture techniques at the CIA. He is the 2nd president of the
APA to have worked with the CIA in torture techniques for detainees.
Now he has been given a 31 million dollar contract by the US military.

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Wrexham Public Reject Badger Cull

28-11-2010 12:19

Braving near freezing temperatures on Saturday (27th November), town centre shoppers in Wrexham showed overwhelming opposition to the badger cull proposed by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG). For the second time this month, hundreds of people in Wrexham signed letters of objection in response to the WAG’s consultation on their proposed cull of badgers in Pembrokeshire. Saturday’s event was one of over 500 taking place all over Wales and England during a “National Day of Action for Badgers” organised by national campaign group Viva! (1) reflecting the overwhelming revulsion at the idea of mass killing of a legally protected animal.

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Friend Not Food Campaign - Sheffield report

27-11-2010 14:26

As the meat trade prepares for its annual frenzy of eviscerating millions of turkeys, Nottingham's Veggies crew rolled into Sheffield on November 25th, 2010, with Animal Aid's Friend or Food campaign.

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Anti repression demos 10th December

26-11-2010 09:45

Demonstrations so far organised for Human Rights Day 10th December 2010

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Dutch AR Crackdown gahers ace

24-11-2010 10:55

On 24 and 25 November 2010, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations organises an international conference on animal rights extremism in the Netherlands.

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EDF Energy slammed for cruelty to Hinkley badgers

23-11-2010 11:51

Pressure group warns of future safety risks at nuclear power plant

Energy giant EDF Energy has been blasted for breaching conservation guidelines and forcing a colony of badgers off land earmarked for controversial new nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point in north Somerset. Environmentalists warn that future corner-cutting could put lives at risk if construction of the two new reactors gets the green light.

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Improve the UK Animal Rights Feed

23-11-2010 00:06

The UK animal rights feed has been running since early September and has been going very well

The feed collects news from various websites, twitter accounts, blogs, indymedia (animal lib) and the animal rights calender (see bottom of article for full list).

This information is filtered and combined into a single RSS feed which is automatically updated every half hour and made available to anyone who wants too keep up with news on animal rights across the UK.

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A.L.F. activist faces 30 years

19-11-2010 16:45

In court Thursday, Walter Bond pleads guilty to burning down a Denver sheepskin dealer

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Man’s best friend is now man’s best snack!

18-11-2010 03:25

Animal Aid Friend or Food Tour extended to Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield & Leicester.

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Anti-Fur Week - London Actions Round-Up

18-11-2010 02:55

Anti-Fur week in style!

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Tory Party Demo in Malvern.

14-11-2010 19:22

Protest Friday 19th November at 6.30pm, Malvern College...

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Brighton Hunt Sabs Benefits

14-11-2010 18:19

Upcoming hunt sab benefits at the Cowley Club in Brighton

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Canadian furmongers delay Israeli ban on fur

14-11-2010 02:19

Israeli legislation wrote in an exception for the fur hats worn
by Orthodox Rabbis (the Pope's ermine has also become an issue)
... essentially it is Canadian fursellers delaying the passage of the
bill which would make Israel the world's first country to ban fur.

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Government Scraps Several Animal 'Welfare' Laws in Favour of Big Business

13-11-2010 15:40

The Con-Dem Government has scraped several animal welfare laws put in place by the previous government to protect animals in captivity – proving that the Tories aren't just the enemy of the working class, but the animals too!

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Stop the Primate Trade: Hit Amerijet's Agents

11-11-2010 18:04

"Yeah! Well, he was fine before I got hold of him and dosed him. So, yeah, I'd say I had something to do with him dying!"
- HLS Animal technician bragging about puncturing a primate's lung during dosing

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Italy, Germany Slovenia France Ban Bayer's Bee-killing Insecticides

11-11-2010 10:15

(While the US government pretends no one knows what is causing
bee deaths and hides behind obfuscating terms such as 'colony collapse disorder', Italy, Germany, France and Slovenia have taken action.against Bayer. Monsanto's Roundup,
Dow, DuPont, Union Carbide and all insecticides have negative impact on the
world's bees.

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California Research Facility Requests Monkeys For Vivisection

10-11-2010 21:55

letter from animal researcher in California requesting monkeys for vivisection