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The Ban Irish Fur Farms Campaign reaches 10,000 letters!
Senator Dan Boyle received letters to ban fur factory farming on behalf of the Green Party. This is 10,000 more letters voicing the support to end this industry in Ireland.
Article 2.

A Shock of Reality.
French TV have broadcast a show that is part reality TV show and part experiment. It involves unsuspecting contestants giving an electric shock to a person strapped to a chair. The voltage rises each time till it rises to 460V. Only 19% of the contestants refuse. What does this say about the things we do to non human animals?
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3 Court Cases, 3 Vindications. Part 1
3 Court Cases, 3 Vindications. Robert Ševcik has had been arrested and dragged through the courts 3 times when he was educating the public about animal exploitation and in particular the fur trade outside of Barnardo Furriers. He broke no laws and each time he has walked free.
Article 5.

ALiberation now on facebook!
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Article 6.

Upcoming events

Fur Free Event.
Every Saturday afternoon, from 2pm.
Information Table on the Fur Industry and Veganism.
Beside the Molly Malone statue, Dublin 2.

Stop Greyhound Racing Event.
Shelbourne Greyhound Track.
Every Thursday and Saturday.
7.10pm till 8.10pm.

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This hares last moments are spasms. He was kidnapped from the wild where he lived his life and placed into an alien environment so he could be used as bait for 2 greyhounds. This happens each year at coursing tracks up and down the country. Why do we value other animals so little? Hare coursing is a rights

When Robert was approached by Sgt Lynch, the Sergeant told Robert he didn’t ask for permission to photograph. In court however, Sgt Lynch ignores this and sticks to the line that he hopes will convict Robert. This is that he had allegedly received a complaint from Marie Corbett that Robert had screamed into her face. The Sgt claims he went over to Robert and allegedly

The Sgt. also said that Marie Corbett had identified Robert and the Sgt. then walked over to Robert before arresting him. Robert however had filmed these two together and also filmed the Sgt. leave and walk away from Robert. Marie Corbett swore she saw the Sgt. go over and talk to Robert. Robert’s camera says differently. Robert had recorded this interaction between Marie Corbett and Sgt Lynch and this showed the Sgt. walk away from Robert not towards him.

On that day Robert was pulled to the ground by 3 Gardai, handcuffed, arrested and hauled down to Pearse St Garda station. Sergeant Eamon Lynch, badge no. B8, claims that Robert failed to identify himself under 2 different laws. Two separate laws to do essentially the same thing.

This was not the first time this has happened to Robert at this demonstration (see links attached at bottom of article). When the hearing that followed from this arrest appeared in court, the charges were dismissed, just like all of the other times.
The court case that followed this arrest involved 7 days in court over 15 months before it was concluded on the 3rd of February 2010. It has been noted by many how an arrest, court dates and general harassment is used as a way to discourage activists from campaigning.

When Robert was arrested once more, his rights were again systematically stripped from him. Not only was his freedom taken from him; not only was his dignity stolen in a public spectacle for all to see as Gardai kneed him into the pavement, but Sgt. Lynch also deprived Robert of access to a 600 metre diametre area of Dublin City Centre for nearly 6 months.

Filmed like any game show, with a host, an audience, stage, film crew, lights and of course the contestants, the one difference is that it is more experiment than show. The person who is believed to be receiving shocks is in fact an actor. The purpose is to see how far the people who believe they are giving shocks will go.

The show was inspired by the Stanley Milgram experiments in

Just like the French show “Le jeu de la mort” (The Game of Death), the people involved in the Milgram Experiment were directed to give electric shocks to another person, progressively increasing the shock level until they reached 450V.
In Milgram’s experiment the result was that 65% of the people would continue giving shocks. On the French TV show, this figure rises to 81%.

This broke the search warrant on many occasions. For example, the Austrian courts say that search warrants must name the wanted objects and give the occupants the chance to give them over. A house search must also have concrete suspicions of illegal activity.

Four Animal organizations had their offices and storehouses raided. These organisations were brought to a standstill. One organization, the Verein Gegen Tierfabriken (VGT), had 10 years of work gathering information about animal exploitation taken despite the leading prosecutor saying that the VGT are accused of nothing. The Austrian police

The horses and cattle are also viewed as a means to an end. A human end. These animals are not valued as having worth to themselves but instead are valued according to what benefit they can give humans or their property owners. For example, the horses who were seized from the O’Dwyers were more than likely “retrained” for other human uses.

The IHWT, who was responsible for rehoming most of the horses, talks openly about the “reschooling” of the horses for other human benefits. The

This is the backdrop that we expect justice for non human animals. Unlike human cases of rights violations, the courts do not recognize non human animals as rights holders. Our society views the O’Dwyers as members of our society but views the horses and cattle as a “thing” to be ridden or eaten. Why would there ever be justice?

On Simon O’Dwyer’s farms the unfortunate animals were found starved, neglected, injured and dead.

Is this justice at work? No and for a number of reasons but predominantly because the rights of these animals are ignored and they are instead seen as property. This is highlighted below but first we will see what happened on the O’Dwyer farms and when.

This was the second time that Simon O’Dwyer was convicted under Animal Welfare laws for animal cruelty and failure to remove bodies of dead animals. In the first case Simon O’Dwyer was fined €22,500 and given a 4 month suspended prison sentence which was to be invoked if he reoffended. This sentence was passed on the 4th of October 2007. His son who was also

28 horses were found starving and neglected along with the dead bodies of a further 4 horses on the 23rd of December 2006 on lands rented by the O’Dwyers. On this day and the next 3 days more horses were killed by the attending Veterinary Surgeon when the horses were unable to move from the ground. The surviving horses were then taken into care by the Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT).

Recent undercover footage (Click on left list to view each fur factory farm) released from inside Finnish fur factory farms have revealed once more the reality of animals exploited for their fur. This investigation was carried out by the animal advocacy groups Oikeutta Eläimille and Animal Defenders International (ADI) in over 7 months in 2009.

Over 1500 pictures and 7 hours of video footage taken on 30 fur factory farms captured the existence foxes and minks are forced to endure for this repressive industry. Foxes and minks are also exploited on Irish fur factory farms.

The fur industry is built upon animal exploitation and upon ignoring their crucial rights and crucial interests. Nobody needs to wear the skin of an animal to live except the animal who was born with this skin.

Please send a letter to the Finnish Ambassador to Ireland (Sample letter) and the Irish Minister of Agriculture (Sample letter) demanding a ban to the fur trade in their respective countries. Details are on the sample letters. Please see the video footage and report from the undercover Finnish investigation. (See links).