Fur Free Auckland – Two Weeks, Two Arrests

excellent work!...again ,maybe the coppers should do what they are paid to do ..chase real criminals!

Yea it would be nice to hear an AAA demo report about a good conversation had with a passerby or something.

I think the question about passers by was a fair question.....
During the short time I took part in this rally there were two serious conversations with passers by. Both these people knew nothing about furr being sold in shops - they assumed it was all artificial, and they had no idea about any cruelty to animals in obtaining their furr. I know this is pretty dim but then most people simply DO NOT THINK about it and DON"T WANT to think - so these rallies help to create awareness as well as hopefully stoping the sale of fur in shops.

The ironic thing was most of those females protesting had more fur on their legs than the store did inside.

It beats me why anyone continuous to celebrate this type of action since it achieves nothing. Nothing is achieved because animals are still been killed for their fur, leather and meat all around the world.

as good bit of networking woulf be working with people in the countries in which this happens.

good tactics would be targetting the factory farming and animal abuse industry in new zealand, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries that supports it, legally, financially and morally.

Fur is a problem, the local issues are intensive dairy, caged egg production, sow crates, genetic engineering and vivisection and so on...

"What have hairy legs got to do with anything? Look up the definition of irony hunny"

Well they are protesting against fur while at the same time promoting it by having forests growing on their legs.

Looks like Police oppression though, 3 cops vs 20 protestors.

If people who care give up because progress appears slow, nothing ever changes. Society has always been resistant to change, suck it up and keep going if any difference is to be made in the long run. There are lots of groups working in different ways, and it all contributes.

It is true that in NZ there are many other industries which may be considered more prevalent, but anyone who stands up for those who cannot defend themselves deserves commendation, whatever industry is being targetted. And consultation with the countries who produce fur does happen, however little attention will be paid to any calls to end an industry as long as it continues to be profittable. Therefore encouraging a fur-free NZ is positive and practical.

FREE ELIANA!!

raising awareness doesn't achieve much. that's why some think all what the ar movement does is wank.

i think it does wank, wank, wank because they are keeping their money in the bank.

Good work guys with the protests, but gotta agree, less of the "AAA vs Cops" ego stuff, keep it about the issue!

All for a fur free Auckland,
fur is for wankers.

Disgusting behaviour from the police. This is ridiculous.

But well done, AAA; I hope you're successful with your campaign.

It is because SAFE are so bloody useless and now with the AAA going on holiday http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/75233/index.php it looks like there will be less action by the ar movement.

I think animal exploitation far outweighs human suffering ,many AR ppl are also active in human rights

WTF? No wonder the animal rights cause isn't respected with weird comments like the one directly above.

With the AAA out of action for a while and SAFE being its usual inactive self i.e. they haven't protested lately it appears that ALF and Open Rescue will be our animal kins only hope.

Direct Action works!

Safe is ghastly since it isn’t a real animal rights group since it doesn’t measure its success by how many demos/protests it holds or how many animals it saves from exploitation. Instead it measures its success by the increase of sales of its magazine and merchandise and the growth of its income from subscriptions and donations. Thus, this group is a capitalist BUSINESS - NOT what it makes out itself to be! Of course, Safe’s management will try to persuade you otherwise but since it practices nepotism and treats staff poorly by paying them wages way in the low income bracket, while they get higher salaries. All what this shows is that they are unitarist despots. This is just more proof that Safe is a capitalist venture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_relations

http://www.employment.org.nz/R&L,%20chp%201%20(notes).pdf

Direct action saves animals from exploitation!

Nice to see Safe’s own material being used against them.

Direct action saves real life!

I lost respect for SAFE when I visited its head office in Christchurch. I saw that it is situated across the road from Verkerks, which is a butcher shop, and two doors away from a Subway outlet. (Anyone can see the butchers shop from SAFE’s front door or main windows.) It could easily arrange for protest rally’s to be stationed in front of these stores, at least on a weekly bases, but SAFE is far too lazy even for this basic action. Why? Is it because SAFE has been hijacked by a Dutch family that makes shrewd business decisions i.e. do not upset the neighbours or the public or else it would affect SAFE’s income? Anyhow, it was because of this that I am no long part of SAFE and I have been taking positive proactive action for animal rights as part of the Auckland Animal Action activities for a while now.