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SAFE words Who would believe voluntary organisations would be worth the time, energy and money to infiltrate and spy on? Obviously big corporations profiteering from exploiting animals and the environment thought so. For almost two years two shrewd and devious ‘human watchdogs’ gained the trust and friendship of those within the top ranks of several environmental and animal rights organisations. They were paid to spy and disclose secret information to their employer, a private investigation company called Thompson and Clark Investigations (TCI). That was of course until they got exposed a few weeks ago. It was a bold and underhand strategy that has stunned advocacy organisations across the nation. While it has been revealed Solid Energy, a state-owed enterprise, had contracted TCI to spy on peace and environmental groups, a more compelling question for us is who has engaged TCI to spy on the animal rights community? SAFE may have some ‘telltales’ within its ranks but that wouldn’t concern me. We have nothing to hide and the manner in which we operate offers little information that would be detrimental to our campaign strategies. What does worry me is if people who volunteer within such organisations become paranoid and distrusting of those around them. It can turn an organisation septic and dysfunctional. Perhaps this is the plan of the likes of Solid Energy. Infighting is often the biggest threat to many voluntary groups and what better way to get things simmering than to plant an infiltrator. We must overcome this positively and remain open to those who share the common goal of animal liberation and peace. Anthony Terry
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Within hours of receiving the new SAFE education programme Animals & Us teachers around the country were emailing and
phoning in with congratulations and praise. Margaret Black of Melville High School was the first and certainly not the last
to offer her thanks: 'Just emailing to let you know how impressed I am by the resource I received today, 'Battery
Hen Farming in New Zealand.' What an incredible resource! So much work and all linked to the curriculum'.
To mark international Boycott Procter & Gamble Day SAFE volunteers around the country staged actions to help
highlight P&G's shameful animal testing record. In Auckland, volunteers stood along Queen Street holding a 30-metre
'clothesline of shame' exposing P&G's 'dirty laundry' that included products, boycott banners and posters.
