Anti-Fur Activist Arrested for Exercising Right to Protest

Proof of animal abuse?

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Well done for organizing the protest.I hope you win the case.

Go Rochelle, go! It's great that you guys know the law better than the police!

is it really worth going through the courts to prove a point and stroke an ego?

Hippies? Fur? What are you some sort of 60s throwback? Get into the 21st century why don't you.

You are in any case quite wrong. An animal's life means as much to him as your does to you, so why should "rights" be only restricted to Homo sapiens?

If it were not for the actions of a few humans prepared to stick up for what they believe and back the weak and vulnerable then I would also hope for the extinction of the human species.

Phil

out of sight ,out of mind,doesnt happen,cant empathise,go to work ,come home,turn on the tube,its all about me!!
we are small,we are slowly growing,we refuse to remain silent,the day will come!

The older cops hate having to deal with this kind of thing. That's why they send the young dumb ones to bully the good people.
That policewoman's face in the last photo says it all really...

Certainly I can provide references. The article on cheating behaviour in crows can be found on http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19426091.700-the-scheming-min.... Basically it presents evidence that crows (long considered particularly intelligent birds) show advanced cognitive theories of mind long suspsected to be attainable only by adult humans, and then by humans and other apes, namely

1. Distinguishing between individuals
2. Making judgements as to which individuals can be trusted, based on past behaviour or on whether they are close to them (ie partners). This trust may or may not be rational but hey, doesn't love also make us blind
3. Understanding what another individual can see
4. Bluffing in order to trick another individual
5. Basing how well they trust others on their own personalities. Thief birds are most suspicious and generally better able to detect thieving in others (it takes a thief to catch a thief).
6. Remembering which individuals know what

MS Dawkins pioneered "willingness to work" experiments on animals, whereby the animals could "tell" her how much they wanted something based on how much work they were prepared to do to get it. Ian Duncan continued this kind of work on hens, and found that hens are hedonists, seeking pleasure for its own sake. They will work hard for a dustbath even if they have just had one, showing that the preference is not just an instictive one for a way of getting rid of parasites. Hens will also make their own nest even if they are provided with one already made, showing the possess something like a work ethic or maybe pride in crafting something themselves.

Jeffrery Masson wrote "the emotional life of animals" and "the pig who sang to the moon", based on observations of animal behaviour, strongly indicating the presence of emotions such as grief and joy as well as less complex feelings such as fear.

Compassion in world farming (www.ciwf.org.uk) ran a seminar on animal sentience, and more should be available on their website.

This should present enough evidence that animals have complex lives, are hedonistic, self aware and value their own lives.

Dolphins and chimps also show true altruism towards strangers (for chimps see www.newscientist.com -latest issue). A pod of dolphins near Whangarei even risked their own lives to save humans. The fact dolphins don't always behave that way is more evidence for their similarity to humans, not less. They are not compelled to save humans by some pre-programmed evolutionary mechanism, but freely choose to do so - or not. Just as we may choose to save someone else, campaign for animals, humans or the environment - or not.

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