Posted here on behalf of a friend:

It is one year today since veteran animal rights activist Gari Allen
of Coventry Animal Alliance died, aged just 43. Gari had been
involved in the movement for 25 years, and was still very active on
demos, stalls, meetings etc. He is without doubt the one person that
we could say attended more events than anyone else we know!! Coach
trips to events will never be the same again. He could almost
invariably be seen at big marches shaking a tin raising money for
Green Meadow Animal Sanctuary and selling purple lapel ribbons out of
a bucket. In his home town of Coventry, he was heavily involved in
cat rescue, trapping & neutering etc. When Gari died on 18th June
2006, the animals lost one of their greatest friends. Read an
obituary to Gari, written by John Curtin, here
http://www.arkangelweb.org/features/20060706gari.php

GARI ALLEN REMEMBRANCE

Sat 30th June - Sun 1st July

Details taken from http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=925

A memorial event for a great friend of the animals, veteran AR
activist Gari Allen of Coventry Animal Alliance, will be held at
Friend Farmed Animal Rescue near Tonbridge in Kent.
http://www.friendsanimalrescue.org.uk/

The event is intended specifically to remember Gari and his work for
the animals. There will be the laying of a specially engraved hand
picked welsh slate from Gari's favourite holiday location, at 4pm on
Saturday, followed by food and a party, with practical sanctuary work
on Sunday.

Friends are urged to offer support - please get in touch to get
involved in any way, or add to the activities proposed, for example
by bringing fruit trees for the orchard - the rescue's pigs will
thank you!

For further details call 01926 335826.

Coventry Animal Alliance