Welcome to the Northern Animal Rights Coalition website!

NARC was set up to try and network between existing groups and individuals in the north of England. There used to be a lot of activity in the north – stalls, demonstrations, hunt sabs, etc. but this has declined in recent years. Now we would like to start up campaigns again around the northern counties and provide an easy way for people to get in touch with their local hunt sabs group, or people interested in doing demos at various targets, organising vegan promotion days or stalls and so on.

Our “Upcoming Events” page is regularly updated when we receive new information so keep an eye on that. Some things will also be posted on this main page so check it out often. If you have information about upcoming events or would like to start a campaign group, or just want info or advice, please contact us! If you would like to receive a newsletter or regular email updates, we’re sure we can sort those out for you.

Keep an eye on our “current targets” page as well. If you have any suggestions, send them this way!

Suggestions and comments greatly appreciated. Blue @ NARC

Animal Rights Meeting – Newcastle 11th Nov

Hey guys.

Details for the meeting are as follows:

Meet at The Monument at 5:45pm on Wednesday
Travel expenses can be paid back
Contact number if you’re turning up late or want more information is 07948 328651

We’ll be discussing recent and current campaigns and events and talking about what to do in the future. Other possible topics include national campaigns and legal workshops.

Please email narconline@hushmail.com back or call the number if you’d like to know more and please try to get along to the meeting. Forward this on to anyone you know who may be interested in getting involved or is already active and who will be in the area on the day.

Thanks guys!! Blue xx

Hunt Sabs Workshop

Think hunting is a thing of the past?

Think again!

Every week North West Hunt Sabs go out to stop illegal hunting and protect our wildlife.

On SATURDAY 31st OCTOBER, 1-3pm, we are holding a workshop on hunting and sabbing tactics.

Everybody welcome!

Hope to see you there! Next To Nowhere (Basement) 96 Bold Street, Liverpool (Snacks and drinks available from the cafe)

Contact Daz 07931 521 690 for more information

National Anti-Fur March (This Saturday!!)

Firstly, is anyone heading down to the march and going past Nottingham who can pick up some food/people??

Unfortunately, again, we don’t have enough people going down from the Newcastle/Sunderland/Durham area to put on any transport. Advice can be given re: getting down to London and space is available for people to stay for a few nights in London if anyone needs to crash there.

Email for more info, etc.

Hope to see you there!!

Animal Equality

www.animalequality.net

Animal Equality is an international organization dedicated to raising awareness of the suffering and deaths of nonhuman animals as victims of speciesism and working towards the abolition of animal use.

Nonhuman animals are regarded as property. They are victims of a mentality that considers them objects or tools that exist for human benefit. Whether for food, clothes, in laboratories or as entertainment, millions of nonhuman animals are confined, forced to suffer or killed due to species prejudice. Animal Equality exists solely to help challenge this prejudice and uses all its resources to combat it and promote an ethical lifestyle: veganism.

Sean Kirtley found “not guilty”!!

Sean Kirtley was raided and arrested in 2006 along with a number of other activists for being involved with the campaign against Sequani animal testing laboratory.

After an 18-week trial, he was found guilty under a section of a law brought in in 2005 (SOCPA – Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act). His crime?? He was the person running the website for the campaign against Sequani. The police believed he organised the (lawful) demonstrations against the lab! The judge (whose hobbies included hunting and shooting) sentenced him to 4.5 years.

He was always confident about his appeal and just a few days ago, the appeal judge overturned the guilty verdict and Sean was released.

For more information, check out http://supportsean.wordpress.com/about/

West Yorks AR Group Update

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/09/437991.html

Victory

From: Gateway to Hell Campaign

After a campaign that lasted for six years (2003-2009), the Nepal government has decided to definitely halt the breeding of monkeys in Nepal for biomedical research taking place in the USA. It shows that it pays to have patience and that the good forces sometimes do win in the end!

It has been a long ride for many of us, with countless ups and downs. In the meantime four of five Ministers came and went, high level bureaucrats changed postitions, and the population of captive monkeys increased significantly. As Manoj Gautam points out: ‘It shows what can be achieved when one person takes his responsibility serious.’ Kudos to Minister Dipak Bohara, and to everyone who has been involved in the Stop Monkey Business Campaign.

Around three hundred monkeys that were to be exported to the United States of America from this week will be able to find their food in
freedom, in their own country. A letter from the Ministry of Forestry for the immediate their immediate release will be send to Pravesh Man Shrestha, who has been breeding monkeys for the past five years.

Forestry Minister Deepak Bohra said, “We have decided not to allow the monkeys to be exported. He further added, “We will ask Pravesh Man to release the monkeys within a week.”

After consulting the Department Heads of the Ministry Minster Bohara came to conclusion that it was illegal to export the monkeys. As a first step toward exporting monkeys Shrestha had planned to export 25 of the 300 monkeys to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Center.

Shrestha was breeding the monkeys under the auspices of Nepal Biomedical Research Center. American citizens had also financially supported this venture. They have now landed in Kathmandu looking for compensation. Shrestha had paid twenty five thousand rupees per monkey as tax to the Department of National Park and Wildlife Protection to procure 200 monkeys per the Forest animal breeding and research program Working Guidelines, 2060.

“The law does not permit the export of any wild animals, thus, giving approval to export the monkeys would contravene the law,” said an Under Secretary of the Ministry. “The Ministry has come to the conclusion that the monkeys should be released to their natural environment.”

Red monkey [Rhesus monkeys] are listed in the Appendix 2 of the CITES Convention. CITES has banned the export of wildlife in this list.

Dr. Shirley McGreal, OBE, Chairwoman
International Primate Protection League
PO Box 766, Summerville, SC 29484, USA
Phone – 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988

E-mail – smcgreal@ippl.org
Web - www.ippl.org
Working to Protect All Primates Since 1973.

Demo TOMORROW in Newcastle!!

This Wednesday September 9th 2009 3:30pm we are demoing against Sanofi-Aventis at Newcastle’s monument (outside of Eldon Square). Sanofi-Aventis are in partnership with HLS and have various factories within the UK, which Newcastle is a part of.

Although Sanofi-Aventis have taken a court action against protesters outside of their buildings there is nothing stopping us within the public streets as this is a human right.

If you can attend we would appreciate other questions – email NewcastleAR@hotmail.com for further infomation and details.

If you can, bring HLS posters, or even home made posters / banners against Sanofi-Aventis.

West Yorks AR Group Launched

WEST YORKSHIRE ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP has now been formed to campaign locally against animal abuse in the area.

SO WHAT ARE WE ABOUT? As a group, we reject the idea that better welfare conditions will progress animal rights as they still rely up on using and abusing some form of living creature and are dedicated to an abolitionist stance on the issue.

DEMO’S AND VICTORIES::

Fur Shops :. We have already had one victory, with Best Vintage stopping their sale of real fur and a statement due to be issued in the next week from the business owner.

Huntingdon Life Sciences :. Demonstrations have also been held against BDO Stoy Hayward, a company (with offices in Leeds) who loaned Huntingdon Life Sciences $30 million.

Foie Gras :. There are no longer any restaurants, caterers or shops in the area who are willing to sell foie gras.

NEW CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED A new local campaign will be launched in the next week, so check our website regularly for details.

Fur Back In York!!

forwarded from YAFA:

Sadly Sarah Coggles in Low Petergate are selling fur and lots of it.

Demo times and dates will be annouced shortly, it is important that everybody attends, so please start making banners and make it to as many demos as possible.

Lets keep York a fur free city.