Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 24 - February '96Back to list of articles in this issue

Animal Rights

Imports of live cattle from Canada are believed to be starting at Avonmouth Port, Bristol.

The International Whaling Commission are meeting in Aberdeen between June 24th - 29th. Protests are planned, as the moratorium on commercial whaling may be overturned in the next 2 years.

On the 10th of January, three more Hunt Sabs were acquitted of aggravated trespass under the Criminal Justice Act at Leicester Court. This legislation has proven totally ineffective at stopping anti-hunt protests.