Dear All

Dear All,

Welcome to the latest edition of the ACE e-newsletter!

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Global Boycott Procter & Gamble (P&G) Day XI [ www.uncaged.co.uk/pgday.htm ]

If you have not already done so, please register your participation in this year's annual Global Boycott P&G Day on 19th May 2007. Everyone can get involved - from the armchair activist to the experienced campaigner.

Please find a Guide to the many different activities you can do to join this, the largest Day of Action of its type in the world, at:
www.uncaged.co.uk/pgpamphlet.doc. We are offering a FREE CAMPAIGN PACK of 2 A2 posters, 100 leaflets, 50 wallet cards, 25 carrier bags and 8 petitions to all participants in the Day of Action, although donations towards material and postage would be a massive help. Plus, materials will soon be available to download from www.boycottpandg.co.uk.

Street Collections / Information Stalls
Can you co-ordinate or help with an Uncaged street collection/stall in your town, or one nearby? We have booked street collections/stalls across the UK for our active supporters (see below). Please drop me a line as soon as possible at max@uncaged.co.uk if you can help with or co-ordinate any of them. We will provide all the permits, tabards, tins, leaflets, posters, petitions, and advice you will need.

2007 Street Collections
Aberdeen Sat. 4 August & Fri. 21 December
Abergavenny Sat. 28 July & Sat. 1 September
Aldershot Sat. 26 October TBC
Amersham Sat. 14 July & Sat. 25 August
Ashford Sat. 1 September TBC
Ashington Sat. 18 August TBC
Barnstaple Sat. 2 June & Sat. 4 August & Sat. 8 September & Sat. 8 December (12-3pm)
Basildon Sat. 11 August & Sat. 15 December
Berkhamsted Sat. 16 June
Bideford Sat. 18 August & Sat. 6 October
Bishop Auckland Sat. 18 August
Bishop's Stortford Sat. 9 June & Sat. 25 August
Bognor Regis Sat. 22 September
Bolton Sat. 4 August
Bootle Sat. 10 November
Bracknell Sat. 28 July
Bradford Sat. 2 June
Brentwood Sat. 13 October
Bridgwater Sat. 22 September
Bridport Sat. 9 June
Brighton Sat. 4 August (2pm-6pm)
Bristol Sat. 30 June & Sat. 25 August
Burgess Hill Sat. 7 July
Burnley Sat. 2 June
Bury Sat. 29 September TBC
Camberley Fri. 8 June
Cambridge Sat. 11 August
Canterbury Sat. 6 October
Cardiff Sat. 13 October (no stall)
Carlisle Sat. 11 August
Carmarthen Sat. 29 July TBC
Chatham Sat. 30 June & Fri. 12 October
Cheltenham Fri. 21 September
Chester Sat. 22 September TBC
Chester-le-Street Sat. 30 June & Sat. 1 September
Chorley Sat. 22 September
Coventry Sat. 13 October TBC
Crewe Sat. 4 August
Doncaster Fri. 1 June
Dorchester Sat. 14 July
Dundee Fri. 3 August & Sat. 25 August
Durham Sat. 11 August
Eastbourne Sat. 6 October
Edinburgh Mon. 30 July - Sat. 4 August (inclusive)
Epsom Sat. 1 September
Exeter Sat. 18 August
Fareham Sat. 7 July
Farnborough Sat. 8 September TBC
Folkestone Sat. 22 September
Glastonbury Sat. 6 October
Gloucester Sat. 20 October TBC
Hanley Sat. 14 July & Sat. 11 August & Sat. 29 September
Hastings Sat. 7 June & Sat. 29 September TBC
Haywards Heath Fri. 28 September
Hemel Hempstead Sat. 18 August
High Wycombe Fri. 14 September
Hove Sat. 1 September (2pm-6pm)
Huddersfield Sat. 4 August & Sat. 24 November
Ilkeston Sat. 25 August
Ipswich Sat. 28 July & Sat. 25 August & Sat. 29 September & Sat. 22 December (10-4pm) TBC
Keighley Sat. 1 September
Kendal Sat. 19 May
King's Lynn Sat. 9 June & Sat. 22 September & Sat. 15 December
Lancaster Sat. 11 August
Leeds Sat. 27 October
Leicester Sat. 22 September TBC
Lincoln Sat. 4 August
Liverpool Sat. 19 May
Llandudno Sat. 25 August TBC
Loughborough Sat. 13 October
Lowestoft Sat. 9 June & 29 September
Maidenhead Sat. 4 August & Sat. 13 October
Manchester Sat. 11 August TBC
Monmouth Sat. 9 June & Sat. 6 October
Nantwich Sat. 2 June
Neath Sat. 14 October
Newbury Sat. 16 June & Sat. 18 August & Sat. 13 October
Newcastle-under-Lyme Sat. 9 June
Norwich TBC
Nottingham Sat. 23 June
Plymouth Sat. 25 August
Pontefract Fri. 17 August
Portsmouth Sat. 25 August
Preston Sat. 25 August
Ramsgate & Margate 13-19 August, inclusive, TBC
Reading Sat. 29 September
Redbourne Sat. 25 August
Rhyl Sat. 8 September
Ripley Sat. 17 November
Rochdale Sat. 25 August & Sat. 6 October
Salisbury Sat. 8 September TBC
Scarborough Sat. 25 August & Sat. 6 October
Sheffield Sat. 2 June & Sat. 21 July & Sat. 1 September & Sat. 13 October & Sat. 15 December
Skipton Sat. 7 July
Slough Sat. 26 May
Solihull Sat. 15 December
Southampton Sat. 22 September TBC
Southend Sat. 1 September
Southport Sat. 26 May
St. Helens Sat. 25 August
Stamford Sat. 28 July TBC
Stevenage Sat. 22 September
Stockport Sat. 6 October TBC
Stockton-on-Tees Sat. 9 June TBC
Sunderland Sat. 8 September
Swansea Sat. 18 August TBC
Swindon Sat. 19 May
Taunton Sat. 16 June
Tenterden Sat. 27 October TBC
Tiverton Sat. 25 August & Sat. 22 September
Tonbridge Sat. 6 October
Torquay Sat. 7 July
Tring Sat. 14 July
Tunbridge Wells Sat. 22 September
Wakefield Fri. 7 September
Ware Tues. 24 July & Tues. 25 September
Warrington Sat. 13 October TBC
Wells Sat. 2 June
Welwyn Garden City Sat. 22 September TBC
West Bridgford Sat. 28 July
Weston-super-Mare Sat. 14 July & Sat. 4 August & Sat. 29 September
Weymouth Sat. 16 June & Sat. 18 August & Sat. 29 September
Wheathampstead Sat. 15 September
Whitby Sat. 30 June & Sat. 1 September
Widnes Sat. 7 July & Sat. 15 September
Windsor Sat. 25 August & Sat. 15 December
Woking Sat. 24 November
Wrexham Sat. 4 August
Yeovil Sat. 6 October
York Sat. 25 August & Sat. 29 September & Sat. 22 December

Many thanks for your support - I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours for animals' rights
Max Newton
Campaigns Co-ordinator
Uncaged Campaigns, 9 Bailey Lane, Sheffield S1 4EG
Tel: ++44 (0) 114 272 2220
max@uncaged.co.uk
www.uncaged.co.uk & www.boycottpandg.co.uk & www.vote4animals.org.uk & www.xenodiaries.org

Keep Whales and Dolphins Out of Captivity!

Captive Animals' Protection Society patron Mike Hancock MP (Lib Dem, Portsmouth South), has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM 1342, Keeping of Cetaceans in Captivity) calling on the government to introduce legislation prohibiting the keeping of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in captivity.

While the last dolphinarium in the UK closed down in 1993, there is nothing to prevent a new one setting up if a company were able to meet existing guidelines. Recent events have highlighted the possibility of a UK establishment considering keeping cetaceans in captivity. In particular, it was announced in March 2007 that Blackpool Zoo has been purchased by Spanish-based company Parques Reunidos which operates dolphinariums in Spain, France and Argentina. Other companies with UK establishments have overseas sections that keep captive cetaceans.

This of course is of great concern and for over a year, questions have been raised within DEFRA (Department of Environment) and its advisory body, the Zoos Forum, regarding current legislation in the UK relating to captive cetacean establishments. This follows an inquiry from an individual interested in establishing a marine park in England to keep whales and dolphins.

Campaigners and NGOs concerned with animal protection, including the Captive Animals' Protection Society (CAPS), Marine Connection and Cetacea Defence have long highlighted the cruelty of keeping cetaceans in captivity and continued captures from the wild to supply these facilities. Their life in captivity has been likened to living in a hall of mirrors which restricts their sonar communication and particularly cruel due to their nature as intelligent social animals, used to ranging vast areas in the wild. The message is clear - animals are not here for our entertainment.

The closure of the last dolphinarium came about due to the introduction of UK regulations on captive cetacean facilities which existing facilities could not meet and concerted efforts by anti-captivity campaigners. Organisations such as CAPS, Marine Connection and Cetacea Defence have worked hard to discourage tourists from visiting such places on overseas holidays, including the dangerous and scientifically-unsound swimming with dolphins programmes.

CAPS, Marine Connection and Cetacea Defence believe that legislation clearly prohibiting the keeping of cetaceans in captivity within the UK needs to be introduced as a matter of urgency in order to prevent such facilities being established.

How You Can Help:

Please ask your MP to sign EDM 1342, Keeping of Cetaceans in Captivity

To check if your MP has signed the EDM, go to
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=33117&SESSION=885

If you do not know who your MP is, go to
http://www.upmystreet.com/commons/l/

You can also send an e-mail direct to your MP from this website

If you would prefer to send a letter to your MP by post, all MPs can be contacted at: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

If your MP has already signed the EDM, write and thank them for their support

Tell others about this EDM and how they can contact their MP

Support the campaign to keep cetaceans out of captivity. See the following for more info on how you can help:
http://www.marineconnection.org/campaigns/captivity.html
http://www.captiveanimals.org/aquarium/index.htm
http://www.cetaceadefence.org/

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD)
5/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices
303 Cheung Sha Wan Road; Kowloon
24-hour interactive hotline: 852-2708-8885, to speak to operator your call will be transferred to "1823 Citizen's Easy Link"
fax: 852-2311-3731; email: mailbox@afcd.gov.hk
SOURCE URL: http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/contactus/contactus.html

KEY FIGURES:
Mrs. Stella HUNG, JP, Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
Mr. LAU Sin Pang, JP, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
Mr. LIU Kwei Kin, Agriculture Branch, Assistant Director
Dr. Anthony James, Chairman, Animal Welfare Advisory Group - To advise the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation on matters concerning animal welfare

Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Headquarters
44/F Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong
fax: 2869 0169; email: enquiries@fehd.gov.hk
Web complaint/query form: http://www.fehd.gov.hk/comments/qform2.html
SOURCE URL: http://www.fehd.gov.hk/comments/contact_us.html

Mr. York Chow, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Bureau 19/F, Murray Building; Garden Road, Hong Kong
ph: (852) 29738284, (852) 21892748
fax: (852) 25413352, (852) 28400467
email: enquiry@hwfb.gov.hk
SOURCE URL: http://www.hwfb.gov.hk/en/contact_us/enquiry/

New Territories North Animal Management Centre
13 Jockey Club Road; Sheung Shui, N.T.
SOURCE URL:
http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/quarantine/qua_awc/qua_awc_ac/qua_awc_ac_dog/qua_awc_ac_dog.html

Mr. So Ying Kiu, Chairman
Hong Kong Livestock Industry Association, No. 5, G/F., Pau Cheung Square, Yuen Long; New Territories
ph: (852) 2474 3630; fax: (852) 2442 1695

Hong Kong Government Secretariat (Policy Bureaux)
Chief Secretary for Administration's Office: cso@cso.gov.hk

Hong Kong Tourism Commission: tcenq@edlb.gov.hk

Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing: bjohksar@bjo-hksarg.org.cn

CHINESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
His Excellency, Hu Jintao
President of the People's Republic of China
9 Xihuang-Chenggen Beijie, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
email: info@cppcc.gov.cn, info@china.org.cn

Chinese Government's Official Web Portal: english@mail.gov.cn
National Government: govonline@chinascape.cn.net
Supreme People's Procuratorate of China: webmaster@spp.gov.cn
Xinhua News Agency: xhszbs@xinhuanet.com

China Internet Information Centre [authorised government portal site to China]
24 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, China
ph: 86-10-68996217; fax: 86-10-68997796
email: wandi@china.org.cn, webmaster@china.org.cn
web email feedback: http://service.china.org.cn/link/wcm/comments_e
SOURCE URL: http://www.china.org.cn/english/index.htm

The National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China
Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's
Congress of the People's Republic of China
No. 23, Xijiaominxiang, Xicheng District, Beijing 100805, The People's Republic of China
email: english@npc.gov.cn
SOURCE URL: http://www.npc.gov.cn/zgrdw/english/home/contactUs.jsp

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Of The People's Republic Of China
Mr. Li Zhaoxing, Minister of Foreign Affairs
No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100701
ph: 86-10-65961114; email: webmaster@mfa.gov.cn
SOURCE URL: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/

Ministry of Agriculture, People's Republic of China: webmaster@agri.gov.cn
Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China: zxc@szhealth.gov.cn, manage@chsi.moh.gov.cn, manage@moh.gov.cn
SOURCE URL: http://www.moh.gov.cn/

China National Tourism Administration
9A Jianguomennei Ave., Beijing 100740, China
ph: (0086-10) 65201114; fax: (0086-10) 65122096
email: xhzhang@cnta.gov.cn, webmaster@cnta.gov.cn
website: http://www.cnta.com

CHINA NATIONAL TOURIST OFFICES IN OTHER COUNTRIES:
http://www.cnta.gov.cn/lyen/contact/contact.htm

CHINESE EMBASSIES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Write to the embassy in your country only.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
website: http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/
Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong
2300 Connecticut Ave., N.W.; Washington D.C. 20008
ph: +202-328-2500/01/02; fax: +202-588-0046
email: CHINAEMBASSY_US@FMPRC.GOV.CN
UNITED KINGDOM
website: http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/
Ambassador Zha Peixin
49-51 Portland Place London W1B 1JL
ph: +44-20-72994049
CANADA
website: http://ca.china-embassy.org/eng/
Ambassador Lu Shumin
515 St. Patrick Street; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, KIN 5H3
P.O. Box 8935 New Terminal, Alta Vista, Ottawa, Canada
ph: +1-613-7893506, 7899586; fax: +1-613-7891911, 7891414
email: chinaemb_ca@mfa.gov.cn
AUSTRALIA
website: http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/
Ambassador Fu Ying
15, Coronation Dr., Yarralumla, A.C.T. 2600; Canberra, Australia
ph: +61-2-62734780; fax: +61-2-62734878, 62735189
email: chinaemb_au@mfa.gov.cn
If your country is not listed above, try:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/embassy_list.htm
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/default.htm

BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES
Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee
Chateau De Vidy, Case Postale 356, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
fax: +41-21-621-6216; email: jacques.rogge@ioc.olympic.org
Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)
267 Bei Si Huan Zhong Lu; Haidian District; Beijing 100083, China
ph: (86.10) 66 69 91 85; fax: (86.10) 66 69 92 29
email: 2008@beijing-olympic.org.cn
General Office: mishubu@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Project Management: zongti@beijing-olympic.org.cn
International Relations: international@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Sports: sports@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Media & Communications: xuanchuan@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Construction & Environment: guihua@beijing-olympic.org.cn, environment@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Marketing: marketing@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Technology: technology@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Legal Affairs: legal@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Games Services: gamesservices@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Audit & Supervision: jiancha@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Human Resources: renshi@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Finance: caiwu@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Culture & Ceremonies: wenhua@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Media Operations: mediaoperations@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Venue Management: VEM@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Transport: transport@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Olympic Torch Relay Centre: OTR@beijing-olympic.org.cn
Accreditation: accreditation@beijing-olympic.org.cn

SAMPLE LETTER
Sample letters are prepared to give you ample background on an issue. Try to change some words, pare down letters, and make them your own.

Honourable Government Officials:

As news of Hong Kong's mass pig extermination travels the globe, the public is outraged by accounts of shrieking animals left to die on floors soaked in blood and brain matter. In the government's rush to phase-out pig farming licenses, it has ordered the massacre of 40,000 or more breeder pigs.

Authorities assured farmers their surrendered pigs would be "humanely destroyed."

Instead, the government hopes to meet its year-end deadline with gunshot-style killing inside the New Territories North Animal Management Centre of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD). As described in press reports, "A shooter with ear-shields on, holding a Remington shotgun, was standing on a concrete platform three feet high above the pigs. 'Bang!' Another pig fell to the ground. Although shot in the head, the pig was still struggling hard, rolling from side to side with the pain. The shooter did not give him a follow-up shot." Some pigs agonize for five or more minutes before succumbing to their wounds. Animals shudder in the corner of the killing room, forced to watch the shooter hook his next pig. This constitutes needless torment. In fact, the daily massacres are so inhumane officials have outsourced killers to replace government veterinarians who refused to participate.

Once again, I respectfully ask Chinese officials to make enforceable animal protection laws a priority before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The mass killing of pigs without electric stunning violates China's "Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Ordinance," which stipulates an animal must not be "tortured or terrified." Fully alert, bullet-riddled pigs are clearly "tortured and terrified." Food and Environmental Department (FEHD) slaughterhouse regulations call for pigs to never endure unnecessary pain.

Photos and eyewitness descriptions show these pigs do not experience instantaneous death. This is hardly an "internationally accepted method of euthanizing pigs." It is morally and legally reprehensible.

If this brutal extermination of pigs continues, it will irreversibly shame China and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. What China saves in cheap, crude kill methods -- it loses in revenue from Chinese tourism and products. I stand firm in my boycott of Chinese travel and goods until authorities implement significant reforms for pigs, dogs, cats, bears and all animals.

Thank you for accepting my comments on this matter of international concern.

Sincerely,

Not many people realise that Greenpeace, the World Bank and WWF all have very similar rainforest protection strategies, arguing for decades that "certified sustainable logging" of ancient rainforests is possible and desirable. These groups obstinately cling to advocating for industrial ancient rainforest logging for various institutional reasons despite decades of near universal failure of such policy to approach ecological sustainability or just social equity. They appear immune to new ecological science which indicates that selective logging dramatically diminishes ancient rainforests, while releasing carbon and limiting future carbon storage.

I am devastated that WWF and Greenpeace in particular have become a major part of the reason the world's last great rainforests are being logged. But we bright green grassroots forest conservationists know remaining large, intact rainforests such as those found in the Congo Basin must remain intact to achieve global ecological sustainability, and have no choice but to confront the ancient forest logging apologists and get them to commit to ending ancient rainforest logging.

This is quite possibly the most important rainforest alert ever in my 16 year history of rainforest campaigning. The facts are irrefutable - please take action and forward widely or the world's ancient rainforest wildernesses will either be lost or turned into tree plantations.

http://www.rainforestportal.org/alerts/send.asp?id=congo

Designer Giorgio Armani recently announced that he is not using fur in his collections, with one big exception: RABBIT FUR. This means MILLIONS of rabbits will suffer and die every year so that they can be made into jackets, hats, glove linings, etc.

Rabbits in factory farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages, where they are exposed to all weather conditions. They often go without adequate shelter, clean water, and veterinary care, and they are denied the opportunity to engage in even the most basic, natural behaviours, such as stretching their legs and burrowing.

Fur farmers use the cheapest methods available to kill rabbits, including hitting them on their heads with heavy objects and breaking their necks. These crude killing methods aren't always effective, and sometimes animals "wake up" while they are being skinned.

Rabbits are intelligent, clean animals with unique personalities. They are individuals with feelings, families, and friendships. They are more than just scraps of skin to be sewn onto collars and cuffs. You all know this about rabbits. Now it's time to educate Armani. Besides pointing out the needless suffering of rabbits raised and slaughtered for fur, you may also wish to tell him that according to the American Pet Products Manufacturer' s Association, rabbits are the third most popular companion animal in the US. They are also third in Great Britain and are very popular in Japan. You also may mention how many rabbit organizations there are in your locale. In the metro Washington, DC area alone, there are 17 rabbit rescues and shelters that are involved with rescuing and rehoming rabbits. To a business minded person this equals SALES LOST and the point should not be lost on Armani.

Armani is aware of the conditions in rabbit mills and farms, yet he continues to use rabbit fur. What he is probably not aware of is how great rabbits are. Please write to Armani and politely urge him to stop using all fur in his designs:

George Kolasa, Senior Vice President, Communications
Giorgio Armani Corporation
114 Fifth Ave., 17th Fl. New York, NY 10011
212-366-9720
212-366-1685 (fax)
gkolasa@giorgioarmani.com

For more information about the barbarous fur trade, visit www.rabbitwise.org, click on RABBIT ADVOCATE, and then on "Anti-Fur."

RAISE A RUCKUS (politely) FOR THE RABBITS!

Pakistan airlines have been flying beagle dogs from Marshall Farms in America through JFK airport to suffer and die in British labs. Pakistan Airlines flew 64 dogs that ended up at HLS last year, and are flying dogs that are going to B & K, UK lab animal suppliers.

There is no excuse for this disgusting, evil trade. Imagine those dogs, frightened and confused, in the hold of an aeroplane, then being trucked in the hell of HLS, never to see the light of day ever again.

Please contact Pakistan Airlines and ask them to make the decision to stop their involvement in this disgusting trade, and please organise demonstrations at their offices worldwide to protest at their involvement with the dealers in death.

Free Phone Numbers
UK: 0800-587-1023
USA/Canada: 1-800-578-6786
France: 0800-90-5350

Management
Tariq.Kirmani@piac.com.pk - Chairman and Chief Executive
Tariq.Farooq@piac.com.pk - Senior Vice President
Nadeem.Ikram@piac.com.pk - Senior Vice President
Shahnawaz.Rehman@piac.com.pk - Senior Vice President

Locations

Worldwide Locations:
http://www.piac.com.pk/PIA_PolicynTerms/pia-Contactus.asp#BO

UK
PIA,
44 Dover Street, London W1S 4DB
Tel: 0207-290-3602/0207-290-3603
Fax: 0207-499-3300 Cargo Tel: 0208-759-5580
Cargo Fax: 0208-759-2862 One Martineau Place Suite 6, 3rd Floor, 44 - 80 Corporation Street, Birmingham.
Tel: 0121-236-3667/236-2876
Fax: 0121-236-4909 Unit 1,Broadgate House, Manor Row, Bradford, BD1 4NL.England.
Tel: 01274 731705 / 731801 / 731804
Fax: 01274 725095 43 / 46 Baldwin Street, Bristol, BSI 1PN
Tel: 01179-272788
Fax: 01179-290874
30 Gordon St. Glasgow G1 3PU
Tel: 0141-221-9936 Fax: 0141-221-9937
28-32 Fountain Street, Manchester, M2 2BE
Tel: 0161-839-7506 / 0161-839-7505
Fax: 0161-839-7507

Austria
377D Hilton Centre, Landstrasse Hauptrasse, Vienna, 1030 Austria
Tel: 7144101
Fax: 714410114

Belgium
16 / 17 Mont Des Arts 1000, Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 32 2 5115777/5116142
Fax: 3225-5022155

France
90 Champs Elyseed 75008 Paris
Tel: 01 56 59 22 60 Fax: 01 56 59 22 99 Cargo Tel: 01 48 16 1793 Cargo
Fax: 01 48 16 5249 4 Rue des Voyelles, 95 Rolssy CDG Cedex, Paris, France Cargo
Tel: 4816-1397 Cargo Fax: 4816-1398

Germany
Graf Adolf Street, 2140212, Dusseldorf, Germany
Tel: 0049-211-370361/211-370362
Fax: 382477
AM Hauptbahnhof, 60329 Frankfurt-Am-Main, Germany
Tel: 069-273901-23 / 273901-24 / 273901-25 / 26 Fax: 069-252703
Cargo Tel: 069-69024281 Franchzentrum (Room 4430), 60549 Frankfurt, Germany
Tel: 069-69024281 Fax: 069-6941101

Italy
Andrea-doria-12, Milan-20124
Tel: 02-66719272 Fax: 02-66711021
Via Barberini 29 - 00187, Rome, Italy
Tel: 6/42012142
Fax: 6/4885057
Cargo Tel: 6/65954242

Norway
Haakon Vii GT 5B 0161 Oslo
Tel: 0047 22833616 / 0047 22833617
Fax: 0047 22833618

Russia
Dimitrovskoye Shosse -27, Hotel Molodyozhny, 7th Floor, Moscow
Tel: 459-7829232 (Multilines)
Fax: 459-9774277
West-Line International,
Dimitrovskoye Shosse -27, Hotel Molodyozhny, 7th Floor, Moscow
Tel: 095-7829232/242
Fax: 095-9774277

Spain
Gran Via 88-Edif, Espana, Grp 3F1 7th, Office 5, 28013, Madrid, Spain
Tel: 341-548-2239 Fax: 341-559-2547 Cargo Tel: 31454/32881

Sweden
PIA,
Normalmstorg 1, 4TR, S-111 46 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: 08-6797115-7 Fax: 08-6115855

Pope Benedict XVI has been seen wearing a red velvet hat trimmed with white ermine fur, known as "camauro". The hat was commonly worn by popes in the medieval period to keep their heads warm for outdoor events during the colder winter months. For special occasions, a red velvet, ermine-trimmed cape - called a mozzetta, was worn. The last pope to have worn the traditional fur-trimmed papal hat in public was Pope John XXIII.

On special occasions, such as official audiences with heads of state, Pope Benedict also wears a red cape trimmed with white fur. His Holiness, the Pope, may not be aware that fur bearing animals are skinned alive for fur. By signing this petition, you will be asking His Holiness, the Pope, not to wear real fur. There are "faux" fur of excellent quality that may be used for his official outfit without cruelty that goes beyond human decency. Or he may choose not to wear fur at all. Such cruelty free garments will be most appropriate for his Holiness to represent the teachings of Jesus Christ which are based on compassion towards all living beings.

Once informed, His Holiness will surely agree that animals are God's creatures and deserve to be treated with compassion, the most sacred dogma of Christ's teachings. You may also write to him and ask him with your own words to please stop wearing fur. This would be a signal to the Catholic churches around the world to reflect and preserve the sanctity of all God's creatures.

To learn about the fur bearing animals' suffering, please access the documentary below by the EAST International and The Swiss Animal Protection Agency. The images on this link can be very upsetting to many, so please be aware:
VIDEO: http://www.animal-protection.net/furtrade/movie.htm
REPORT: http://www.animal-protection.net/furtrade/report_fur_china.pdf
TO WRITE A LETTER, AND EMAILS: http://www.antifursociety.org/POPEvsFUR.html

Thank you,

THE ANTI-FUR SOCIETY
www.antifursociety.org

Speak out against IAMS/Procter & Gamble (P&G) sponsorship of 'National Pet Month'

National Pet Month (www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk) is a charity that claims to support 'responsible pet ownership'. So, Uncaged asks, why is this year's event is sponsored by Iams/P&G?!?

Iams' own stated policy allows them to incarcerate dogs and cats in laboratory conditions for unlimited periods and cause them harm in experiments; animals suffer psychological and physical harm in such conditions. Furthermore Iams kill other species of animals in pet food research.

It should also be noted that Iams & Eukanuba are Procter & Gamble brands. Any Iams/Eukanuba purchases support and fund poisoning tests on animals for the sake of new cosmetics, toiletries and household products, in addition to the animal cruelty directly associated with Iams. There is a growing Global Boycott of Procter & Gamble in protest at such cruel and unnecessary tests. By accepting sponsorship from Iams/Eukanuba and P&G, National Pet Month is effectively endorsing such animal abuse.

Is National Pet Month really a commercial promotion masquerading as an animal welfare initiative in order to fool unsuspecting animal lovers? It is hard to reconcile a 'responsible' attitude to animals in the home with P&G's treatment of them for testing purposes.

The theme of National Pet Month centres on what 'Love is...' for animals. Love is... not promoting a company that poisons and kills animals for the sake of whiter whites or younger-looking skin. All animals - not just 'pets' - deserve respect.

COMPLAIN to National Pet Month at info@nationalpetmonth.org.uk

More information at www.uncaged.co.uk/pg.htm

Brighton SeaLife Centre have sent a solicitors letter to Brighton Animal Rights campaigners as a result of their successful, on going campaign against the Centre. The letter claims that Brighton SeaLife Centre takes great care to guarantee the welfare and well being of the animals in it's care. Also, not only do they comply with all legal and regulatory requirements relating to the care of animals at the Centre, but their efforts in this regard go beyond that, to include extensive conservation and educational work.

They say AR's have chosen to ignore these facts and have targeted the Centre with a damaging and potentially defamatory campaign which is disproportionate and unwarranted.

Further, they say that in recent weeks AR's have escalated their campaign to the point where they present a risk to the safety of the public, it's staff and the animals at the Centre. They have threatened that should the action continue, then AR's are put on notice that the SLC intends to seek recompense for any loss or damage suffered as a result of AR's activities.

This has been a very successful campaign which has seen plans to build outdoor pools containing seals and otters withdrawn, even after planning permission was granted.

Undercover investigations have revealed blatant disregard for animal welfare. Children have been photographed touching the rays, encouraging them to break the surface of the water. This is totally unnatural behaviour. Although there are signs asking people to not touch the rays, people who do so are not challenged. Why are the animals in "touch pools"? Why are the tanks open ?

Before Christmas photographs were taken of 3 Rays which had injuries to their tails and 1 to it's body. The SLC claim this is due to them biting each other during the mating season. Mysteriously, the next time the investigator visited the Centre, there was only 1 injured Ray, what had become of the others?

The same investigator witnessed a crab struggling to right itself for an hour before a teenage member of staff could be bothered to assist it. A catfish which is kept in a tank so small it can't even turn around. Numerous visitors comment on this. Common shore crabs being handled almost continuously. SLC members of staff acknowledged that this is stressful for the crabs. Children banging on the sides of the tanks, this frequent behaviour went unchallenged by the staff. Poor staffing levels result in some areas being unsupervised, leaving animals in a vulnerable state.

A high number of visitors to the centre are in fact foreign, all signage and information in the SLC is in English. We do not believe that the SeaLife Centre is taking great care to guarantee the welfare of animals in it's care. In fact we believe that their Zoo licence should not be renewed, as the building which houses the animals is a totally unsuitable environment in which to keep animals.

You may be interested to know that even though this letter is from the SeaLife Centre, they are in fact owned by the Merlin Entertainments Group, which is controlled by the Blackstone Group and The Tussauds Group. This brings together some of the biggest brand names in the global theme park and attractions market.

The combined Merlin Entertainments Group is the world's second biggest visitor attractions operator after Disney. Their portfolio consists of; Legoland, London Dungeon, The London Eye, Madam Tussauds, Chessington World of Adventure, Thorpe Park, Cineworld Cinemas (the chain operates 72 cinemas in the UK), Universal Studios and Universal's Islands of Adventure, theme parks located in Florida and Orlando and much, much more.

The Blackstone Group which, with 2 other private equity firms, are currently involved in a multi billion pound takeover of Sainsbury's.

How come they don't invest some money into improving the conditions for the animals in the underground water zoo called Brighton Sealife Centre.

We believe that everything we have said and published is true and substantiated. We stand by our commitment to bring to the public's attention the unacceptable conditions which exist for animals kept in the SeaLife Centre.

Our response to this threat is BRING IT ON !

Please join our weekly demonstrations outside the SeaLife Centre, Sunday's 1-3pm

Earthwatch Lecture: Managing the Marine Environment.

7.00pm, Wednesday 6th June, at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7.

Speakers:
Dr. David Smith, Coral Reef Research Unit, University of Essex &
Dr. Marcos Santos, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Two talks about Earthwatch research into vulnerable marine ecosystems, one on the threats posed to Seychelles coral reefs, the other on Brazil’s lesser known dolphins, particularly impacted by tourism. Free, but ticket only

For tickets & more information, please contact Earthwatch on (01865) 318856; events@earthwatch.org.uk
www.earthwatch.org/europe/events.html

WORLD ANIMAL DAY – 4th OCTOBER 2007 – WHERE WILL YOU BE?

Please help us make this year the best yet.
Show the animals you care and be part of something special.

It’s wonderful that since the official World Animal Day website was launched in 2003, the number of events taking place throughout the world to heighten public awareness of animal issues has increased year upon year. The aim of the World Animal Day website is to ensure the trend continues by encouraging everybody interested in animals throughout the world to use this special day to commemorate their love and respect for animals and celebrate our special relationship with the animal kingdom.

As you work within the animal welfare sphere in the UK, we are calling on you to help build the ‘World Animal Day’ initiative in order to unite the movement throughout the world. You can make a start by visiting www.worldanimalday.org.uk now. You'll find loads of ideas to inspire you and everything you need to help you organise a successful World Animal Day event. And I mean ‘everything you need’ – it’s all there waiting for you! Many of the ideas are relatively easy to organise, however if you feel like being a bit more adventurous, you will also find ideas that require a little more time and effort - but with a few helpers on board anything is possible!

Don't forget the website features an event listing facility to provide free publicity to any group or individual who is doing something special connected with animals on or around 4th October.

Please help us spread the word by forwarding this alert to anyone you know who might be interested in getting involved. You can also help support World Animal Day by including information in a newsletter (logo available in ‘Resources’) and/or by creating a website link (full instructions for a number of different styles of link are available in ‘Resources’.

We look forward to hearing from you very soon and wish you continued success in your work to help the animals.

Show you care this World Animal Day – Get Involved

WORLD ANIMAL DAY
Naturewatch, 14 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 6AA
Telephone: 01242 252871
e-mail: info@worldanimalday.org.uk
Website: www.worldanimalday.org.uk

Many thanks for your continued support. Our e-newsletters can now also be viewed on-line at www.anthony-dacko.net, Anthony puts them in the 'Latest News' section of his excellent site.

Until next time...

For the animals.....ACE