PIGGY GOES TO MARKETS!
SAFE is back in full swing with stalls in the Auckland area starting at the Otara market. Focused on the LovePigs campaign the stall encountered a mixed reaction with some folks thinking that the stall was offering live pigs for sale!
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01 October 2008
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EMILY B AT SAFE!
Having just completed filming Prime Mover (due out 2009), award-winning actor and SAFE supporter Emily Barclay was back for a short trip last week catching up with friends and family, and of course, SAFE!
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01 October 2008
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INSPIRATIONAL, SUSTAINABLE SCTIVISM
Veteran campaigner and coordinator of the Vegetarian Society in Christchurch, Yolanda Soryl, gave an inspiring and informative talk in Auckland last week on sustainable activism. Yolanda presented a perspective on the animal advocacy movement in New Zealand that spanned twenty years.
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15 September 2008
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FACEBOOK
No sooner had Marina Strbac joined SAFE’s Facebook page was she encouraging her friends to do the same. “I just joined the group on Facebook and invited all my friends to join, so fingers crossed that they do,” says Marina. SAFE’s page doubled within a week! Marina has some advice for helping the Facebook network grow.
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15 September 2008
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CIRCUS DEMO IN AUCKLAND
Despite driving rain SAFE was out in force last weekend demonstrating outside the Loritz Circus in Mangere on behalf of Jumbo, the circus elephant. SAFE campaigners from Auckland were undeterred from highlighting the plight of Jumbo to passing motorists and those attending the circus.
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18 August 2008
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BEAGLE RESEARCH IN NEW ZEALAND
After lodging a complaint to the Minister of Agriculture, Jim Anderton, in September 2007 about the unnecessary use of animals in research SAFE has finally received a response. SAFE made the complaint following comments by animal researcher Alan Goldenthal who runs New Zealand's leading companion animal breeding and research facility. Goldenthal publicly admitted that numerous New Zealand research protocols were either redundant, complementary, or sequential to studies being performed elsewhere. He seriously questioned the effectiveness of New Zealand's Animal Ethics Committees (AECs).
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18 August 2008
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ETHICS AND GOOD TASTE IN ACTION
Ethics and good taste were in alignment in Auckland’s SAFE office last week. Three successful women shared tips on how to run a vegan business and spoke of their personal experiences and the reasons they considered doing such a crazy thing.
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03 August 2008
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BUDDING ANIMAL ADVOCATES
In the midst of the storm that lashed Canterbury last week a small but determined group of budding animal advocates attended a presentation on ‘Effective Animal Advocacy.' SAFE's education officer, Nichola Kriek, presented a talk themed around understanding the basics of animal rights philosophy, the importance of consistency and how animal advocacy can become part of your everyday life.
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03 August 2008
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SAFE GETS FLEECED!
SAFE received the ‘warm fuzzies’ from Victoria University students Jon, Laura and Stacey, who organised the second annual Polar Fleece Day at The San Francisco Bathhouse in Wellington last month. SAFE was the nominated recipient of the proceeds of this year’s annual dress-up-in-polar-fleece fundraising event, which raised over $500.
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21 July 2008
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REPORT REVEALS INCREASED SUFFERING
The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) has released its latest annual report on animal experimentation in New Zealand. The 2007 report reveals that 246,667 animals were used in experiments, down from 318,489 the previous year. The reduction in numbers, while welcome news, is overshadowed by a huge increase in animals subject to very severe suffering.
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21 July 2008
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