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Next month we descend on New Zealand’s art deco capital city and turn up the volume. In a good way though. SAFE is staging a free outdoor family concert and walk for the animals. It will be huge! It will be magnificent! You must come. The city’s seaside deco pavilion will offer a picturesque setting for a gorgeous afternoon relaxing on the grass by the sea. You will also get to enjoy some fabulous New Zealand singer-songwriters. Of course SAFE isn’t putting on such a large-scale music event without good reason. It is for the animals. Specifically, to highlight the plight of animals used for research within laboratories around New Zealand.

Dubbed The Big Paws Out! this event will encourage the local community to support the campaign to save beagles and other animals from cruel experiments. And local residents should be concerned because Napier and the Manawatu region have become home to the largest companion animal breeding and research facilities in the Southern Hemisphere.



It is appalling to think of any animal being used for animal research but it is even more repugnant to consider cats, dogs, rabbits and horses restrained and vulnerable on a cutting-room floor. We must object. The Valley Animal Research Centre is currently breeding hundreds of beagles. We don’t know what type of tests these beagles will undergo. What we do know is that VARC is already conducting privately funded toxicity research on beagles and has admitted they are prepared to undertake lethal experiments when necessary. We must all object.

If you live close to Napier please join me in what will be an excellent day. Help us positively empower the local community to take action against animal experiments. We have a terrific line-up of talented musicians, food stalls, giveaways and the local council has even made a special concession to allow dogs to join in on the fun so bring your pup along. Hope to see you there!
Anthony Terry
Director





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FREE CONCERT IN NAPIER
The Big Paws Out! is set to attract several thousand concert-goers to celebrate our relationship with animals from 2pm on Saturday 19 April at the Soundshell in Napier. The free outdoor family concert features four awesome New Zealand musicians who have all donated their time in support of SAFE. More. . .

WALK FOR THE ANIMALS
Before the Napier concert is the Compassionate Steps Walk for the animals from 1pm at the Soundshell. The short walk serves to highlight our positive relationship with animals and to demonstrate our opposition to animals being used for animal experiments. More. . .

WILDFOODS FESTIVAL
SAFE organised another very successful vegan food stall at the 2008 Wildfoods Festival in Hokitika. Meaty Vegan Gonads (deep-fried battered soy sausages and soy balls) were on the menu again and all 700 items sold out well before the end of the day! Christchurch SAFE volunteers were joined by our fantastic Greymouth crew to make and sell the tasty vegan challenge to hungry festival-goers. More. . .

CHICKEN RUN!
In a possible world first, astronomy student and SAFE volunteer David Klein put the case for a battery egg-free Canterbury University by racing up eleven flights of stairs during the university’s annual Library Tower Race. More. . .


PIGGY PAINTING AUCTION
We have a happy art buyer! Tanya Cacciopoli of Hastings closed the bidding successfully acquiring the hand-painted piggy artwork by Otago artist Rua de Reus. Rua donated the painting to SAFE in support of the LovePigs campaign and has promised to offer another painting in a few months so watch this space! Thanks Rua.

INSPIRATIONAL TEAM VEGAN
SAFE was represented by staff members Amanda Sorrenson and Eliot Pryor in Team Vegan’s first ever Round the Bays run in Auckland recently. Wearing distinctive green racing tops to stand out among about 70,000 others, Team Vegan tore up the track and had a great time doing it. More. . .

WHANGAREI POTLUCK
Come and meet like-minded people and hear how you can help animals on Saturday 29th March at 1pm. Contact Cathy for more information: 09 432 0714.

HAWKE’S BAY SAFE MEETING
Hawke’s Bay volunteers (new people welcome) are invited to a SAFE meeting on Sunday 30th March at 4pm. More. . .

CHRISTCHURCH VOLUNTEER MEETING
At this meeting our fantastic volunteer Sarah will talk about her experiences interning at PETA in the US and her animal rights activism in the UK. New people welcome. More. . .

WELLINGTON’S NOT-DOG SIZZLES!
SAFE Wellington’s latest Not-Dog vegetarian sausage sizzle was at the Newtown Festival last month, which organiser Alison Wilson reports was very successful. “We sold out of sausages by early afternoon! Our Love Pigs not Pork bags were a hit once again and we made $830 for SAFE.” More. . .

  

25 MARCH 2008 #45



Planting trees is a great way to help out mother earth so this week SAFE is giving away a gift that will last a lifetime. The friendly folk at NZ Trees Please have one delightful package of native flax waiting to be delivered to a lucky SAFE supporter!!

NZ Trees Please baby native and culinary trees are packaged with care in boxes made from plantation pine, thus not depleting native forests. The boxes can also be recycled to become planter boxes. Visit their website to check out their range of tremendous trees that make ideal gifts!

To enter simply email us your name and delivery address, and soon you could have your own little flaxy friend!

Congratulations to Bev Pownall for winning the ladies gift pack from Deviate.

PROOF READER WANTED
SAFE seeks an experienced proof reader to assist with proofing and editing SAFE’s fortnightly bulletins, media releases and other external communications. It is likely to require an average of 10 hours a month volunteering when and where necessary via email. If you have the necessary skills and can assist please email Anthony at anthony@safe.org.nz


SNEAK-PEAK AT THE SHOP!
Ssshh ... can you keep a secret? SAFE’s Cruelty Free Shop now has a new range of fun and funky Secret Society of Vegans men’s and women’s fabulous apparel. More ...

FILM NIGHT
The next film screening in Auckland will be at the Tea Culture café located upstairs at 208 K Road from 7pm on Wednesday, 2 April. The film will be The Year of the Dog. For further details email Eliot at eliot@safe.org.nz