EVENTS
Next Animals Count Events meeting, 14 November
Animals Count will hold its next meeting in London on 14 November from 3-5pm. For more details or if you are interested in attending, please contact us
Next Animals Count London meeting, 2 December
Animals Count London will meet on 2 December from 6.30-8pm. For more details or if you are interested in attending, please contact us
Protest against cruelty to animals, Dublin, Ireland, 6 December
Animals Count Leader Jasmijn de Boo and spokesperson veterinarian Andrew Knight will be speaking at a rally to protest against cruetly to animals in Dublin, Ireland on 6 December from 1.30pm. For more information please see Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN).
Animals Count stall at the Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre, 6 December
Animals Count will be represented at the famous Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre on 6 December at the Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX from 10am.
Day Conference: Animal(s) Matter(s): the Future of Critical Animal Studies, Liverpool, 23 April 2010
Animals Count Leader Jasmijn de Boo will be speaking at a conference at the University of Liverpool on 23 April 2010, which is sponsored by the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, the Society for Applied Philosophy, the Mind Association and the Department of Philosophy at Liverpool.
Speakers include:
- Alistair Currie (PETA) Gauging, Changing and Mobilising Public Opinion: Challenges for AR Advocates
- Prof Celia Deane-Drummond (Chester & CAFOD) Taking leave of the animal: transhumanity as transanimality
- Jasmijn de Boo (Animals Count) Animal protection on hold in conservative UK
- Prof Robert Garner (Leicester) In Defence of Sentiency: A Critique of One Version of Animal Rights
- Dr Simon James (Durham) Animal Minds and the Demand for Evidence
- Dr Dan Lyons (Uncaged Campaigns) Advancing animal protection: Strategic action in an adverse structural context
- Dr Karen Morgan (Cardiff) Ethical veganism and animal rights: learning from feminist research and activism
- Dr Anat Pick (UEL) Creaturely Ethics: Beyond the Discourse of Rights
- Dr Richard Twine (Lancaster) Putting the ‘critical’ in Critical Animal Studies. What does it mean?
- Dr Richard White (Sheffield Hallam) Building Alliances between academic and activist communities
Cost (including lunch and refreshments): £40 (waged); £30 (students and unwaged), payable to University of Liverpool.
Please contact Prof. Clark if you would wish to attend.
Further information from Stephen R.L.Clark, Dept of Philosophy, University of Liverpool, 7 Abercromby Square, Liverpool L69 7WY. Email: Stephen R.L. Clark.
Get involved
If you would like to get involved in Animals Count, e.g. by raising much needed funds, staffing stalls, writing letters to the editor, distributing leaflets, etc. or if you would like to invite a speaker from Animals Count for an event, please contact us. We look forward to meeting you.
Keep checking back with us for updates.
CAMPAIGNS
Animals Count supports ban on betting on racing greyhounds
On 30th April Defra opened a consultation on the welfare of racing greyhounds regulations 2010. In collaboration with animal protection groups and individuals, Animals Count will engage in the consultation, which is open until 22 July 2009. Animals Count supports the 'Racing Dog Protection Act' (RDPA) initiative which calls on the government to ban betting on racing animals.
4 July, 2009
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Past events
On 1st June, EastEnders actor Nicholas Ball got the ball rolling for Animals Count. He joined Jasmijn de Boo and Richard Deboo on a trip to Towerhill Stables Animal Sanctuary in Essex where he witnessed cows and goats going to the polling station rather than the milking station.
On 24th May we launched our manifesto in High Beach, Loughton, Essex, where Animals Count President and veterinarian Andrew Knight provided free dog consultations. This was received very well by the public. A short video clip is on the Elections web page.
On 9th May we officially presented our election campaign and manifesto to our members at our second Party Conference in London. The members were moved by the election video clip and pledged their active support for the coming weeks.
On 2-3 May three fit vegans successfully climbed the three highest peaks in Wales, England and Scotland in 23h and 25 mins despite arctic conditions on Ben Nevis in Scotland, complete darkness and fog on Scafell Pike and lack of a non-climbing driver. Congratulations and many thanks!