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VIVA! EMAIL NEWS ALERT: June 2008
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Viva! 8 York Court, Wilder Street, Bristol BS2 8QH, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 944 1000 Email: info@... Web: www.viva.org.uk www.factoryfarming.org.uk www.savethekangaroo.com www.timetogoveggie.com
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In this Viva! City:
Stop the Cull!: National Rally for the Badgers The Incredible Veggie Roadshow in Nottingham
Job Vacancy: Freelance Web Designer/Developer
More Urgent Action for the Badgers!
It is crunch time for both English and Welsh badgers. Battle lines are being drawn at Westminster and it is vital we all lend our support to stop this needless slaughter of wildlife going ahead. Recently, Lord Krebs – who called for the original ‘cull’ of badgers in the UK – has said that we should be looking at other methods of controlling the disease (something we and other wildlife groups have said all along). He also made a very bleak warning, saying that a badger ‘cull’ across the UK could cost the lives of at least 170,000 animals. That is more than half the population. Badger ‘culling’ will not control bTB – and could make it worse – yet incredibly it is still seriously being considered by government and pushed for by farmers.
Viva! is forging ahead with our fight for badgers – as well as highlighting the real reason they are under threat: the meat and dairy industries.
Celebrities such as Wendy Turner-Webster, Joanna Lumley, Jenny Seagrove, Benjamin Zephaniah and Twiggy have all thrown their support behind the campaign. Read what they have to say here.
Viva! Rally for the Badgers: Cardiff, Saturday, June 28 2008 1pm outside the Welsh Assembly Building (Debating Rooms) (then 2-4pm at the Future Inn Cardiff Bay)
Hundreds of people are expected at this Saturday’s peaceful rally and photo call to call on the Welsh Assembly to make a U-turn over their decision to allow a trial ‘cull’ of badgers in Wales. Join us! Find out more here and read our media release.
Contact Hilary Benn:
A decision is “imminent” on badger ‘culling’ in England. Hilary Benn (the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) will be deciding. If you haven’t already written to him please do! This may be our last chance to stop the wholesale slaughter of English badgers. Please write today and get everyone you to know to write as well. Click here for a sample email.
Get Active for Badgers: we have plenty more quick and easy ideas on how to get involved in the fight to protect our wildlife – including door-dropping free leaflets (a brilliant way to alert others and get them involved!). Find out more here.
Find out More: read our fully referenced fact sheet that blows out the water the claims that ‘culling’ badgers could in anyway help eradicate bTB, and find out why veganism is the ultimate solution.
First of the Summer Wine
Here come the summer months that bring those long-awaited holidays, weddings and rain or shine picnics, so why not get your corkscrews out and celebrate with a bottle of cruelty-free bubbly? If the fizzy stuff isn’t your thing, delight in a glass of chilled organic rose or a tipple of delicious fruit wine. The Viva! Wine Club now offers over 300 vegan and mostly organic wines, beers, spirits and cordials and placing an order has never been easier! Simply order your beverages online at http://www.viva.org.uk/wineshop/ or request a complete wine catalogue from us on 0117 944 1000. If choosing wines has never been your forte, ask us about the special ‘summer’ introductory wine offer of £56.00 for a case of 12 bottles (12 red, 12 white or mixed case, including delivery).
The Incredible Veggie Roadshow is coming to Nottingham
Just a last minute mention for Viva!’s Incredible Veggie Roadshow which will be rolling into Nottingham on Saturday, July 5, 2008.
A brilliant free family day out, there will be cookery demonstrations, talks, veggie stalls, competitions, cruelty-free fashion, beauty products, vegan food products, books, information and campaign news. And free nutritional advice will be available all day.
Everyone entering our questionnaire on the day will be entered into a prize draw to win a three course dinner for two kindly donated by The Alley Café/Bar (Cannon Court, Longrow West, Nottingham NG1 6JE www.alleycafe.co.uk).
Viva! and Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation Freelance Web Designer/Developer Approx. 10 hours per week
Are you vegetarian or vegan and committed to helping create a veggie world? Then Britain’s leading campaigning vegetarian/vegan organisation, Viva!, and its sister organisation the health charity The Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation (VVF), have an exciting position for you.
To be fully responsible for the layout, visual appearance and usability of the Viva! and Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation (VVF) websites, ensuring that brand continuity is maintained throughout.
The job will be on a freelance basis, with approx.
10 core hours per week. You will be required to work some of these hours at
our busy Bristol HQ. Pay is in the region of £8 to £10 per hour, depending on
experience. Click here
for more details and to apply.
Can you help with battery hen rescue?
In a couple of weeks time a battery egg production unit in Brighton is clearing thousands of birds. Local animal rescue agencies have one week to take as many as possible.
West Yorkshire animal welfare / rights groups are joining forces to get as many as they can safe and loving new homes. These chicks could live for another eight or so years and will probably continue to lay eggs for the next five or six.
If you cannot take any, Brighton Animal Action need boxes (of a similar size to pet carriers), tape, hay, and may need drivers to collect and distribute some of the birds.
Please call Vick or Chris on 01924 374295 with offers of help.
Bradford AR Group – meet on the fourth Thursday of every month at the CVS Offices, 19-25 Sunbridge Rd, Bradford city centre, from 7.30pm. Contact Susan May, smo14j6481@....
Other Links and Events
Sunday, July 6, 10am-4pm Frome Green Fair Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BE Family event where you can enjoy all things green. As well as stalls (Viva! will be there) there will also be live music, children's craft area and an all day cafe. For details visit www.fromefestival.co.uk.
Sunday July 20, 11am-4pm Freshfields Open Day and Fun Dog Show See www.freshfieldsrescue.org.uk for details.
Sunday July 27 – August 2 38th IVU World Vegetarian Congress The Kulturpalast, Dresden, Germany Special centenary event - programme of events to be finalised. For details visit www.ivu.org/congress/2008 or email Chief Organiser Hildegund Scholvien at hscholvien@....
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Your Viva!City
This email alert reaches thousands of people but we’d like your help to make it even better. At the moment we have just one list of addresses which means that we have to send the same email to everyone. From time to time we’d like to let people know about things happening in their area or get in contact with our younger supporters but we don’t want to fill everyone else’s mailboxes with information that isn’t relevant to them. What we’d like to do is compile email lists separated into different regions so that if we do have something we’d like to tell people in Scotland or Yorkshire about, we can send them the information without bothering anyone else.
The simplest way for us to identify which area you live in is to know your postcode and so we’d be grateful if you could take a minute to fill in our online questionnaire. We’d also really like to know your age if you’re under 18 – you can fill in your date of birth on the form. You won’t receive any postal mailings (unless you want them and fill in your other details) and the information will be used only to sort your email addresses. You don’t even have to give us your name if you don’t want to.
As ever, if you would like any more information about any of our campaigns, check out our website www.viva.org.uk or get in touch with us directly – contact details at the top of this email. Please don’t click “reply”, however – your email won’t be seen at that address.
Thanks again for all your support.
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