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Sequani demo

lynn Sawyer | 08.09.2008 13:10 | Stop Sequani Animal Testing | Animal Liberation | Repression


A brief summary of Saturdays events


Two hundred activists marched through Ledbury despite roads and railway tracks being badly flooded.
FIT were kept at bay by Fitwatch
Hundreds of leaflets were given out
Some locals went on the march and voiced support
There was an impromptu demo at Sequani clinical.
The Ledbury hunt was sabbed prior to the demo.
It was made clear to Sequani, police and government that imprisoning fellow activists for peaceful protest will not frighten off other activists from their duties towards animals or to the notion of a right to protest.
Afterwards.
A Foie Gras demo' took place in Worcester
A shift change at Cargill/Sun Valley, in Hereford (a chicken abbatoir which supplies Mc Donalds) was disrupted as security refused to let workers in and they drove around aimlessly for an hour.
The notorious Bobby Roberts Circus (due to start performances tommorrow night at Hereford race course) had their posters reaaranged.
There was another demo at the gates this morning
The police have conceded (in private to various activists) that we outwitted them despite being equal in number.

There were 5 arrests with the last arrestee taken home at 22.30.

In my humble opinion all those present did a good job. The paragons of virtue who have spread poison about activists involved in the day may of course wish to show everyone how "proper" animal rights activists should be campaigning and I for one look forward to being overshadowed by their sheer brilliance. As mere mortals those of us in this area will continue to do to the best of our (admittedly mediocre) ability to do what we feel is right using tactics we are morally comfortable with.


Lynn

lynn Sawyer
- e-mail: lynn@sawyer8749.freeserve.co.uk

Comments

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Well Done

08.09.2008 13:24

The day didnt quite go as planned

but in the end i say that it was a very effective gathering (and not just against Sequani)

Dave (Nottingham AR)
- Homepage: http://myspace.com/Nottinghamanimalrights


Top Notch

08.09.2008 13:37

Well done i did try to chase news of the action via the internet on the day, but found only a small release by the hereford times which seriously understated both numbers and activist actions.

Once again good job.

Courtenay Rogers


Excellent...

08.09.2008 14:13

For all those who complained about the Carnival, these actions would not have taken place if not for these activists being around on the day. Creative thinking by activists whilst all the coppers eyes were on us at the Carnival - well done!

Bobby Roberts


=]

08.09.2008 14:32

Overall a good day I think, and a vital action that shows that if the police try to oppress and stop actions they will be left in the dark and we will get the better of them.

When I first got involved in the movement people used to say that the enemy is the vivisector and not the policeman, but as far as I can see now the police are stopping us from getting to the goal of stopping the vivisector. Don't give the police anything, you don't give the vivisector anything!

Sequani Perkin up a bit?


More would come if billed as less militant

08.09.2008 15:31

I think the no organisers thing is a good idea but I think what put more people off attending is all the talk of 'everyone wear masks', eveyone wear black, etc. That's what put me off attending. The people who want to do that will. Wouldn't I be right to say, the more the better is always helpful on a demo.

Ted


Re: Ted

08.09.2008 17:12

The only reason people would have been deterred is because it's the first event of it's kind, so nobody is really sure what to expect and some will naturally feel uncomfortable about this. Now that the AR movement has learnt how an event with no organisers works, and how much more effective it is, I'm sure the numbers will be doubled, if not tripled for the next one.

In comparison (and absoloutely no offence to the SmashEDO campaign) the numbers were very impressive given that the first non-organised stand against the arms dealers in Brighton (EDO) only had 40 people turn up. More importantly though numbers increased over the years to 400. It took the quite a few events, but they got eventually got results, as now one of the factories has closed, with the other due to close pretty shortly I imagine.

People will realise they only have to get involved in what they feel comfortable with, and that more importantly it makes sense, otherwise they wouldn't be in the movement in the first place. Afterall, SSAT/SHAC support the ALF/animal rights prisoners, and both groups have overwhelming support from the AV movement, if not most of the support along with SPEAK. If people don't want to get involved directly with whats going on thats fine, but it doesn't mean they have to walk ayway as events unfold that (given happened over night) they would support anyway. Or at least the groups they support, are supportive of, so it's not that much different.

militant


Good to hear an honest appraisal

08.09.2008 18:18

It was good to hear an honest appraisal of the days events and that many of the animal exploiters in the area also receievd some attention. Too often it's claimed that AV protesters only care about vivisection, (a retarded thing to say I know), so it's good to hear.

To everyone involved,

Well Done


Where was the cubbing?

08.09.2008 18:33

Lynn/Anyone,

Can you please provide details of where the Ledbury hunt were caught cubbing on saturday? Could prove useful to know for next year.

Sab


sabbing

09.09.2008 09:16

A sab group who know the area and the local hunts very very well had planned a sab prior to attending the demo'. The meet was known about beforehand by the group who decided to make a day of it and were up and about very early indeed. An example to us all methinks
Lynn

lynn Sawyer
mail e-mail: lynn@sawyer8749.freeserve.co.uk


Pass info to LACS

09.09.2008 12:07

If you have any video of the cub hunting by Ledbury Hunt please send it to LACS so they can see about a prosecution. Ledbury will have a hard time explainign why they are training their hounds with foxes if they don't actually plan on hunting the foxes come November.

LACS supporter


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