Animal rights campaigners demand milk is called ‘bovine mammary secretions’ in row with standards officials
It follows DEFRA guidance advising non-dairy brands to clarify terms on labels
Trading Standards Officials should brand milk ‘bovine mammary secretions’ if they want to be honest about labelling in their overzealous crackdown on non-dairy products, the world’s largest animal rights organisation has said.
Guidance commissioned by the Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recommended that non-dairy brands avoid using the terms ‘yoghurt-style’ or ‘cheddar-type’, as well as describing almond and oat milk as ‘mylk’ to avoid confusing customers.
WAV Comment – I think we are intelligent enough to be able to not get too confused and clearly distinguish that Almond and Oat milk does not come from abused cows !!!
But now the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have recommended the Whitehall department go one further in striving for accuracy and brand dairy milk as ‘bovine mammary secretions’.
Banksy is an English artist who’s true, real identity is unknown to most.
He is a British icon.
He produces amazing artworks, often on buildings, garages, anything anywhere type attitude; and these artworks ‘just appear’ anywhere overnight for people to enjoy.
Here in New York he does his bit for live animal transport; the ‘Sirens of the lambs’.
This is very typical Banksy:
Going, going, gone:
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Banksy has been secretly assembling his own Disneyland-inspired creation in this West Country seaside town, and it’s not exactly the happiest place on Earth. Dismaland, which opens to the public Saturday and sits on the 2.5 acre site of the Tropicana lido, is the shadowy artist’s first “bemusement park,” and it’s packed full of subversive artworks.
I had this through the other day (9/8) from the Conservative Animal Welfare Group; the Conservatives currently being in government here in the UK.
When Boris was the Prime Minister; he appeared to be pushing forward more on animal welfare issues; probably because he was also being driven by wife Carrie; an activist in her own right.
Since Rishi ousted Boris and became PM himself, there has been no real movement on both animal welfare or environmental issues. See below.
The 52 signatories to the letter, dated July 28, include Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace UK, the National Trust, RPSCA and RSPB. They say they represent 20 million people.
After referencing recent wildfires across the globe, and flash flooding in India, they write that the environment “remains a central concern for voters” and there is “no public mandate for a delay”.
The letter concludes: “We will not stand by whilst politicians use the environment as a political football.
Now the CAWF are banging out mails as follows below. Personally I have been fighting for a live export bn for 35 years. In my view, the Conservatives have never had, and currently do not have, any real idea of what a big vote winner both positive animal welfare and environmental action can be; see the poll results in the CAWF actions below. Yet still, right now, both issues appear to have been put on the back burner by the current Rishi government,
How long does tis go on ? – I personally predict that in the next General Election, which will probably be within the next 12 months, the Conservatives are due to be annihilated by other parties who claim to be better at animal and environmental issues. I don’t really have faith in any of them; they all make false promises to get votes and when elected into power on those issues, the British public are just given a kick in the teeth. I have over 60 years experience of being bullshitted to and being kicked in the teeth by past and current governments. The big problem is that in reality, there does not appear to be any UK political party which acts for animals, and will act for animals and the environment in the future. Now I read from the CAWF of their policy recommendations for the Conservative Party to adopt in their next Manifesto.
They say; We have been disappointed by moves to drop the long-promised Consultation on animal welfare labelling, and the discontinuation of the Kept Animals Bill (which included an end to live exports for fattening and slaughter). While we remain supportive of the Government’s approach to deliver these measures through alternative legislative vehicles, we fear not all of these can become law before the next General Election.
The Kept Animals Bill was already working its way through Parliament; this would have included a ban on the live export of animals for both slaughter and further fattening. Along with New Zealand, the UK would have been pivotal in halting live animal exports. Now. Rishi has done a U turn and scrapped the entire Bill.
I can do U turns as well; and steering well clear of Conservative Manifesto bullshit for the next General election will be at least one of the. They have betrayed so amny of us, the voting public; maybe soon it will be time for revenge !
From the CAWF:
Dear Friend,
We hope you are enjoying a relaxing summer. From briefing officials at 10 Downing Street, to launching our new report on perceptions of farm animal welfare, it’s certainly been a busy few months since our last update in April.
With a General Election now on the horizon, CAWF launched its 2024 Manifesto ‘Leading the Way for Animals’ in July which set out key policy recommendations for the Conservative Party to adopt in their next Manifesto. This coincided with some brand new polling we commissioned through Opinium, which showed two thirds of people (64%) would feel more positively about a political party if they included a strong commitment to animal protection.
Last month we also launched a new report ‘Farm Animal Welfare in the UK: What Does the British Public Want?’ which reveals the significant gap between what the British public demands as citizens and consumers, and the realities of what they receive via standard UK farming industry methods of production and practices.
Meanwhile last week our Co-Founder Chris Platt delivered a speech at the 2023 Animal and Vegan Advocacy (AVA) Summit in Los Angeles, United States. We were delighted with this opportunity to expand our international presence and advise other countries on building genuine, Conservative animal welfare advocacy.
Of course, all of this has taken place against the backdrop of major legislative changes on animal welfare. We have been disappointed by moves to drop the long-promised Consultation on animal welfare labelling, and the discontinuation of the Kept Animals Bill (which included an end to live exports for fattening and slaughter). While we remain supportive of the Government’s approach to deliver these measures through alternative legislative vehicles, we fear not all of these can become law before the next General Election.We are calling for a specific Government-led Bill on live exports, to ensure this vital policy and key Manifesto commitment for farmed animals is honoured.
We are also urging our supporters to ask their local MP to write to the Prime Minister and ensure time is set aside for a Government Live Exports Bill.
Read on for more information about all of this and much more. We hope you have a restful summer, and look forward to continuing to keep you up to date with our latest work.
Thank you for your support and best wishes,
Chris and Lorraine Platt Co-Founders
Finally, on a lighter cringe note, I guess he should have should have stuck to guitar
At least he got a clap. How do they all sit there with such straight faces ? – I would be howling with laughter !
Lithuanian animal protection organisation, and colleagues of Respect for Animals in the Fur Free Alliance, “Tušti narvai” today publishes shocking footage that reveals the cruel reality for animals killed for their fur. The new undercover investigation into fur farms in Lithuania reveals animals punched, thrown, and suffocated in gas chambers, and for the first time includes clear footage from inside a killing box.
WARNING – Footage showing the reality of life and death on fur farms.
Printed trays imitating a gingham fabric that evokes French tradition and Sunday picnics: this is the packaging frequently used in supermarkets to market horse meat.
But behind the packaging, we are far from the French art of living. Most of the time, the meat marketed comes from the New World, including Argentina, Canada and Uruguay.
Several surveys conducted since 2021 by Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund Zürich (AWF/TSB) with the support of Welfarm have shed light on the conditions of horse slaughter in Uruguay.
Beaten, emaciated, injured, sometimes seriously, left without care in the pastures, horses slaughtered in Uruguay are regularly kept in slaughterhouses in deplorable conditions before being killed: lack of water, food, care, access to shade and shelter against bad weather….
Hidden abuses during the audits of European inspectors, whose visits are always announced in advance, found AWF / TSB: animals present in good physical condition, distribution of fodder …
The latest survey of the association proves the ineffectiveness of these audits to detect the real conditions of detention of horses on a daily basis:
These animals are not bred for human consumption: they can be culled draft horses, mares from blood farms, racehorses too old for competition, etc.
In France, a lucrative market for SNVC
Société Normande de Viandes et Courtages (SAS SNVC), based in Toutainville, Eure, markets horse meat from the Clay slaughterhouse, imported by the meat import-export company P. Harinordoquy & fils, based in Bordeaux. However, the Clay slaughterhouse and the two French companies are all owned by French entrepreneur Yon Harinordoquy. The Harinordoquy Group therefore controls the entire sector, from slaughter in Uruguay to the plate of the French consumer.
AWF/TSB’s Uruguay survey was conducted in the country’s three slaughterhouses approved by the European Union: Sarel, El Amanecer and… Clay, the slaughterhouse owned by the Harinordoquy Group. SNCV, which markets horse meat from that slaughterhouse in France, can therefore only be aware of the conditions of detention and slaughter of horses on the Uruguayan site.
Welfarm is calling on the European level to ban imports of horse meat from states that do not respect high standards of animal protection in slaughterhouses.
Several media, such as Libération, Loopsider or Vakita have already taken up this subject today. To allow us to continue to disseminate these surveys in France and to challenge professionals and political decision-makers, you can support us with a tax-free donation.
VATICAN CITY, July 28 (Reuters) – A group of animal rights activists gathered near the Vatican on Friday dressed in red capes and fake horns to urge Pope Francis to denounce what they see as the barbaric practice of bullfighting.
The corrida, in which the animal usually ends up killed by a sword thrust by a matador in shining costume, is seen by supporters as an age-old tradition to be preserved, but condemned by critics as a cruel ritual.
“Catholic Church: Silence is Violence! Denounce bullfighting,” read a banner held up by the activists near the ancient Roman Castel Sant’Angelo fortress on the banks of the River Tiber, in view of St Peter’s Basilica.
Since bullfighting events “are often held in honour of Catholic saints or during holy Christian celebrations, the Catholic Church can and must help end this abuse by publicly condemning bull torture in the name of religion,” animal rights group PETA said in a statement.
“We are asking the pontiff, the pope, as the representative of the Roman Catholic Church, to publicly condemn, to denounce the torture that is done on bulls in the corrida,” Patrizia Re, a spokesperson for PETA Italy, told Reuters.
The Vatican’s press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In 1567, Pope Pius V did outlaw bullfighting, calling the practice “alien from Christian piety and charity” and “better suited to demons rather than men”, but his ban eventually lapsed.
Reporting by Antonio Denti Writing by Alvise Armellini Editing by Peter Graff
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