Anti-Vivisection Conference Protests in Auckland
Animal Rights activists will be descending on Auckland to protest against a conference promoting animal experimentation.
ANZCCART (the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching) is the main
pro-vivisection lobby group in Australasia. This year their annual conference will be held in Auckland from Sunday June
29th to Tuesday July 1st at the Ellerslie Events Centre, 100 Ascot Avenue, Greenlane, Auckland.
Over 300,000 animals are used in vivisection each year in New Zealand. Organisations including the National Anti
Vivisection Campaign (NAVC), Animal Rights Legal Advocacy Network (ARLAN), Save the Beagles Campaign and the Auckland
Animal Rights Collective (AARC) are coming together to organise actions and events to highlight the plight of these
animals used and abused in the name of science.
TIMETABLE OF EVENTS AND ACTIONS:
LIBERATE 08 - animal rights benefit shows
Friday June 27th - R18 show at The Kings Arms Featuring.... Hellatosis Shitripper Blackout Army of Darkness Brick vs
Face
From 8.00pm
Saturday June 28th - all ages show at Ellen Melville Hall Featuring... Cry Wolf Strangers Brick vs Face Army of Darkness
Antagonist Tourettes
From 5pm
$10 on the door each night. All proceeds to go to outreach and animal rescue. Come along and make your voice heard for
the animals!
Public meeting & short film screening - Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Animal Experimentation in New Zealand WHEN: Saturday 28th June, 7pm
WHERE: Grey Lynn Community Centre
Animal experimentation in New Zealand is regulated by Section 6 of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 entitled 'The Use of
Animals in Research,Testing and Teaching'. This section exempts persons who experiment on live animals from all the
other requirements of the Animal Welfare Act. Most importantly, it exempts animal researchers who experiment on live
animals from being prosecuted for animal cruelty.
Of the 300,000live animals are experimented on each year in New Zealand,approximately 17, 000 of those are subject to
very severe suffering. Is this ethically acceptable in our society?
Hear speakers from the National Anti Vivisection Campaign (NAVC), Save the Beagles Campaign and the Animal Rights Legal
Advocacy Network (ARLAN) discuss the veil of secrecy surrounding animal experimentation in New Zealand.
Also short film screening: Wasted Lives.
This film makes a powerful moral and scientific case against animal experiments. It unravels the science question -
making plain that animal experiments produce data that can't be reliably applied across the species.
Information stalls on site. Tea, coffee and vegan cake provided. When: Saturday 28th June Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm Where:
Grey Lynn Community Centre: 510 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn
Email nzarinfo@gmail.com for more information about this event.
Rally at opening of ANZCCART conference WHEN: Sunday 29th June, 1pm WHERE: Ellerslie Event Centre, 100 Ascot Avenue,
Greenlane, Auckland.
Meet outside the conference venue at 1pm to hear anti-vivisection speakers and to protest against the unethical and
unnecessary use of animals in scientific experimentation in New Zealand. Come along and bring your friends! This is your
chance to speak out for the thousands of animals in vivisection labs in New Zealand (and for the millions across the
world) that cannot speak for themselves!
Protests on Monday 30th June and Tuesday 1st July
On Monday and Tuesday, we will be holding a range of protests aimed at disrupting the ANZCCART conference, as well as
raising awareness about the plight of animals maimed, tortured and killed every year in New Zealand animal testing
laboratories.
Monday 30th June: 7.00am: Morning protest as people go in to conference
6.45pm: Protest the conference dinner!
Tuesday 1st July (last day of ANZCCART): 12 mid-day: lunchtime protest, give the vivisectors the send off they deserve!
We will be meeting before each protest at 100 Ascott Ave, Greenlane, Auckland.
We want these protests to be as visible and loud as possible so please bring: Placards, Drums, Noise-Makers, Banners
etc.
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