This week has been really busy for campaigners in the north east.
From circus demos in Chester-le-street at the weekend, to stalls during the week, up to demos this weekend. Just a couple of weeks ago, we had fantastic news that Cruise, a shop we’ve campaigned against on and off over the years, have now signed a full fur-free policy. Having decided their original one only covered products they made themselves, they continued to sell fur-trimmed and full-length fur garments made by other brands. Now they’ve pledged to stop selling any garments using fur.
Then, just this morning we got some more great news that Barclays Global Investors have sold all their shares in Huntingdon Life Sciences. As the lab’s largest shareholder, this will have put more pressure on HLS once again and set an example to other companies. Our plan to have a day of Barclays demos has now changed into a day of research and planning for other events.
Over the week, especially during stalls, we’ve had an amazing response from the public and many leaflets have been given out to people – a lot are very interested in animal testing, a large proportion were students, and have taken leaflets about HLS, Proctor & Gamble (more on them in a minute) and information from the Safer Medicines Campaign group (formerly Europeans for Medical Progress). Compassionate Shopping Guides have been very popular too!
With Boycott P&G Day just 24 hours away, this is great. We should have a good turn-out to our demonstrations tomorrow in Newcastle and will hopefully see the same level of positivity from the public.
Campaigners at Bobby Roberts circus
