Ethical Voice for Animals - Bunny Huggers
54 Manor Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7EH
Web: http://www.ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk 
21st May

Fortnightly update going out to over 1625 subscribers

Dear Supporters and Friends,

Its been 2 years since we’ve been campaigning against real-fur sporrans. A traditional Scottish industry which has been using fur unchallenged! Protests, demos, stalls, talks, discussions, leafleting, neighborhood drops, postcards, petitions – for the last two years we’ve been campaigning tirelessly – and we have 100% fur-free retailers and makers as a testimonial to our success – www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk/furfree.php

From tomorrow, 22nd May the week of action against begins. Activists in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow and Inverness – will be out on the streets, taking action to help put an end to real-fur sporrans. Will you join us for a couple of hours to help leaflet or you can send an email to those who still sell and make real-fur sporrans here – www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk/emailsporran.php  A big thanks to all the activists and supporters out there who’ve been involved in the campaign over the last two years – we celebrate this with you! http://www.ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/shownotice.php?articleid=84

We are also stepping up on the neighborhood drops – would you join us? We’d be happy to come to your area and organize one – give us a shout! We’d have leaflets and materials, just drop us an email with a place and a time that suits you – lets do this together. Email johnmciver.eva@gmail.com 

Finally, our first Green Fork workshop and meetup group launches in the Borders on the 5th June – World Environment Day. More info here and details on how to book a free place here http://www.ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/shownotice.php?articleid=83
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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 Workshop
Email info@greenfork.org.uk to book a place
Borders: 5 Jun: Tweedbank Community Centre. 12noon-2pm.
Dundee: 19 Jun: Central Library 12noon-2pm.

Animal Rights Film Series: The Bigger Picture
The Forest, 8pm
14 Jun: Meat the Truth
26 Jul: Food Inc
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. Email allisonspeers@hotmail.com to help.

Demos:
Email allisonspeers@hotmail.com
22-28 May: Week of action against Real-Fur Sporrans
19 Jun: Campaign Against Real-Fur Sporrans
3 Jul: Campaign Against Real-Fur Sporrans
17 Jul: Campaign Against Real-Fur Sporrans
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
Edinburgh: Every other Saturday, 12.30pm Farmer’s Market, Castle Street (email to confirm!)
Edinburgh: Various events, get in touch!
Inverness: 18th June, Drumossie Hotel.
Glasgow: 20th June, Paul McCartney Gig
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:
25th May 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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Join us on facebook to support and read all the news and alerts as they come in! http://www.facebook.com/pages/EVA-For-Animal-Rights/344836721189
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New MPs' position on the Hunting Act: The League Against Cruel Sports has published an analysis of the new House of Commons and its members position on repeal of the Hunting Act. http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/shownotice.php?articleid=81
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New environment Bill avoids animal rights issues: We hear from Advocates that proposals for the new Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill, show that the Scottish Government has dropped key changes which would have benefitted animal rights http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/shownotice.php?articleid=82
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'Green' Eggs and Ham? The Myth of Sustainable Meat and the Danger of the Local. Shifting from beef to vegetables for even a single day a week would in fact be more helpful in reducing greenhouse gases than shifting the entirety of one’s diet to exclusively locally produced sources. http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/articles.php?id=55619&lang=en
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Vegetarian BBQ Options for Summer: For those of us who are increasingly concerned about how animals are routinely abused on factory farms, there's an abundance of hearty, delicious vegetarian foods ready to throw on the grill. http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/articles.php?id=23854&lang=en
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New breeding beaver pair released in Scotland: A new breeding pair of beavers has been released into the wild in Scotland as part of a five-year reintroduction trial http://ethicalvoiceforanimals.org.uk/shownotice.php?articleid=80
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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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