Ethical Voice for Animals - Bunny Huggers
54 Manor Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7EH
Web: http://www.ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk 
30th July

Fortnightly update going out to over 1625 subscribers

Last week we were at the Big Tent festival – thanks to all the people who participated in the valuable vegan outreach. Susan, who manned a stall for the first time, tells us what she thought of it: “I was quite nervous about the idea of being on a stall at an event but as it turned out I had nothing to worry about, especially with Shane there to keep me right. Once we had located the tent and got our table set out it was just a case of being a friendly face and chatting to passers-by who expressed an interest. Some people seemed to be happy just to browse the leaflets so we were only really talking to people who looked like they wanted to engage in conversation. It is definitely something that I would be happy to do again should the opportunity arise.” Thank you Susan!

John, who also attended the festival, informs us that despite the higher environmental ethos at the festival, the catering for vegans was disappointing. Though we hear that vegan haggis and lovely vegan muffins kept the troops going! Unfortunately, there was open roasting of animals – and a queue for deer meat. There is still lot of work to be done on outreach as to what 'ethical' really means - to begin with, lets not make the mistake of equating organic meat with ethical. 'Happy meat', quite simply, does not exist. There is nothing ‘ethical’ about an animal being murdered for its flesh.

In the next couple of weeks, we are off to Aberdeen to meet the lovely people up there who’ve been holding stalls and leafletting over the last few months! If you are interested in participating in local action in Aberdeen, then come along to Café 52 on the 7th August. You won’t be committing yourself to anything, but we can test the waters together and see what happens! Also a call-out for people in Fife – its all about getting together locally, so please get in touch. Email varda@greenfork.org.uk

Finally, today we salute Catherine Sinclair (died 6th Aug, 1864). Sinclair funded the first street fountain at the west end of Princes Street, Edinburgh for not just men but horses and dogs too! First of its kind, the Sinclair Fountain is still in existence, now on the walkway beside Gosford Place, Leith. One of the stones bears an inscription - "Water is not for man alone..."
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Dates for your Diary
http://www.ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/events.php
Send us your events to be listed here info@ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk

The Green Fork
Aberdeen: Meetup: 7 August, 2pm Café 52

Animal Rights Film Series: The Bigger Picture
The Forest, 8pm
6 Sep: Earthlings
11 Oct: Skin Trade (TBC)

Stalls
Please spare a couple of hours to help man a stall and get active for animals!
Edinburgh: Every Saturday, 1pm, meet at Peace and Justice Center.

Demos:
31 Jul: Campaign Against Real-Fur Sporrans
14 Aug: Campaign Against Real-Fur Sporrans
28 Aug: Campaign Against Real-Fur Sporrans

Leafleting Actions:
Email info@ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk
Edinburgh: Every other Monday, 7pm Neighborhood drops. We’d be happy to come to your area and organize one – get in touch
Edinburgh: Various events, get in touch!
Stirling: 19th September, Albert Halls, Albert Place

Check out your local area here http://scottishweddingdirectory.co.uk/index/wedding-fairs-regions and drop us an email and we'd help you get organised with other people and materials!

Next Meeting:
3rd August Hendersons, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, 7pm .
Drinks and EVA meeting. Email info@ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk if you are coming
Come along if you are interested in participating in our campaign-planning or simply meeting like-minded folk.

More events here http://www.ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/events.php
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The Green Fork: British meat and dairy is destroying rainforests: Huge swathes of rainforest are being destroyed every year to grow animal feed for British factory farms, according to new research. http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/articles.php?id=57725&lang=en
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Heart-warming story of Lauder Lass - a beautiful mare in the Scottish Borders who has suffered much abuse and now needs your help. The mare, abused and destined for slaughter, has been rescued and is now under care and rehabilitation - if you can help with costs and donate some money for food, bedding and vet bills, please get in touch with Caroline at hoovespawsandhands@tiscali.co.uk More here http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/shownotice.php?articleid=107
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Poisonings of birds of prey 'highest for two decades: Dozens of birds of prey were killed across Scotland in 2009 during the worst year in two decades for incidents of illegal poisoning, a report shows. http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/shownotice.php?articleid=103
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A £500 a bottle super-strong ale is to be sold inside the bodies of dead animals. Whatever next? BrewDog claim all the ‘animals died of natural causes’ - we’ve heard that before. Animals are not commodities; We cant be specieist, and we cant do to animals what we wouldn’t to humans. More details and info on how to complain here http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/shownotice.php?articleid=106
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Although hunting was (somewhat) banned in 2004, the hunters are trying their best with the Tories to make it legal again. There's an Early Day Motion (EDM) supporting the Hunting Act (see http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=41032&SESSION=905)  Please ask your MP to sign the EDM - you can do this here through a few quick clicks http://www.vote4animals.org.uk/search.htm
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Ban on beak trimming postponed: The Government have accepted the advice of The Farm Animal Welfare Council, an independent advisory body, that a complete ban on beak trimming of laying hens should not be introduced from 1 January 2011 (as is currently in legislation), but should be deferred. See http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2010-07-22a.8353.h&s=animal#g8353.r0
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Viva has teamed up with Ecotricity (also supported by the Co-op bank and Lush), If you sign up to Ecotricity, they'll donate £20 to Viva! on your behalf. More here http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/landing/?partner=VIVA
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If you are planning your holiday, here's holiday flat in Spain - only for veggies! More here http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/articles.php?id=57496&lang=en
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And to finish on a positive note: Spain's Catalonia bans bullfighting. Cheers broke out in the local 135-seat legislature on Wednesday after the speaker announced the ban had passed by a vote 68 to 55 with nine abstentions. http://www.ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/articles.php?id=57942&lang=en
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To the animals we pledge, we hear your cries and we are coming,

See you tomorrow,

Eva

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