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5th International Animal Rights Day (IARD)
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| Area | Vigil Details | Contact * |
| South Yorkshire | University of Sheffield, Firth Court site, 4.30pm to 7pm (animal experiments take place at the University) | Max Newton, Uncaged Campaigns, 0114 272 2220, email |
| Cheshire | Stockport | John Brown, 0161 431 3783 |
| Derbyshire | Safepharm (vivisection
facility), Shardlow, Derbyshire, off the A6, 4.30 onwards |
Sandra Barker, Derbyshire Animal Welfare Network (DAWN), 01773 823 788, email |
| Leicestershire | Harlan UK (animal testing facility), Belton nr. Loughborough, 2pm to 6pm | Cathy, Loughborough Animal Concern, 01509 415 024, email |
| Coventry | Vigil at McDonalds (TBC) | Coventry Against Live Exports (CALEX) 01384 828 68 |
| Warwickshire | Department of Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA - responsible for draconian culling of cattle and badgers etc) offices in Stratford | Helen Turner, Worcestershire Animal Rights Coalition, 01684 540 239, email |
| Cambridgeshire | Cambridge University Downing St. site (animal experiments take place at the University, and there are plans for a new primate testing facility: www.x-cape.org.uk) | Joan Court, Animal Rights Cambridge, 01223 311 828 |
| Cambridgeshire | Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS - Europe's largest contract animal testing facility) | David Smailes |
| Hertfordshire | TBC | Anne Duvall, Dacorum Animal Rights Group, 01442 872 217 |
| Berkshire | Boutique shop selling fur shop in Slough town centre | Sam, email |
| Kent | Pfizer (animal testing company) in Sandwich, from 4.30 till 7.30 pm. | Phone 01843 821132 or email |
| London | National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR - sponsors/promotes vivisection) building, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, NW7. From 6.30pm. Mill Hill East is nearest tube station; No. 240 bus stops right outside | Chrissie Davison-Tosh, Mill Hill Anti-Vivisection Alliance, 020 8203 2325 / 07767 471111, email |
| Surrey | Guildford Cathedral | Maureen Burden |
| Hampshire | Protest in Winchester city centre on Saturday 7th December | Marjorie Pooley, Winchester Animal Concern, 01962 773673 |
| Hampshire | Vigil at Wickham animal testing facility (TBC) | Helen Nelson, Fareham & Gosport Animal Rights Group, 01705 588516 |
| Staffordshire | Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, 6pm to 8pm | Vicky Gerrard, Stoke Animal Rights Group, email |
| Herefordshire | Vigil at Sequani (animal testing facility - previously known as Toxicol, then Quintiles) in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Located on the left hand side of the road just a few hundred yards from the train station. Good bus links from Herefod and Worcester, etc. From 4.30 onwards | Stop Sequani Animal Testing (SSAT), 01684 569244 or 01432 851970 |
| Scotland Dundee | Meet at Boots Corner, pitch to depend on weather (Pelle's leather shop in High Street; if it's raining we'll go to the Wellgate front entrance), 5pm to 7pm | Katherine Purlow, Tayside Animal Rights, email |
| Wales Carmarthenshire | Vigil opposite McDonalds, Troste, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, 7pm to 9pm | Christine Heeley, Welsh Alliance Against Animal Abuse (WAAAA), 01554 821 299 |
INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS
| Area | Vigil Details | Contact * |
| Mexico | Plaza de toros Mexico, Mexico City (Mexico's largest bull-ring) Friday 13th from 5pm to 8pm | Dr Yolanda Alaniz, email |
| Nigeria | Vigil for the 4 gorillas recently exported to Malaysia | Emmanuel Eyoh, Nigeria Animal Welfare Foundation & Nigeria Vegetarian Society, email |
| Netherlands | Vigil/protest at The Hague (the Dutch Government is hostile to animal issues, eg. pro-furfarming, branding of horses for export, pro-hunting, funds vivisection and meat industry), 3pm to 7pm | Werkgroep IARD, email |
| USA | Vigils/protests throughout the US at Environmental Protection Agency sites in Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington DC and Seattle (on the 13th). (EPA - mandates more chemical poisoning on animals than any other government agency here; recently instituted 4 new rounds of animal tests that promise to kill hundreds of thousands of animals; refused to incorporate non-animal tests for skin corrositivity that have already been implemented throughout Europe.) For details of times etc. in all cities contact Barbara Stagno at bstagno@idausa.org. See also the IDA website | Barbara Stagno, In Defense of Animals (IDA), email |
| Italy | Protests on Sat 7th December at Morini (breeder of animals for vivisection) | Marina Berati, email |
| Czech Republic | Outside largest fur shop in Prague | Martin Hlavka, Svoboda Zvirat (Freedom for Animals), email |
* If no contact details are shown contact Uncaged.
Related links:
- The International Animal Rights Day
- Review of the 6th International Animal Rights Day (2003)
- Review of the 5th International Animal Rights Day (2002)
- Review of the 4th International Animal Rights Day (2001)
- Review of the 3rd International Animal Rights Day (2000)
- Review of the 2nd International Animal Rights Day (1999)
- The Universal Declaration of Animal Rights
- Sign the Universal Declaration of Animal Rights (UDAR)
- The organisations that have already signed the UDAR
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