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AR meeting notes on making a VEGAN WORLD
RECEIVED FROM SAVOA
Activists Share Anti-Agriculture Agenda at Conferences
August 16, 2010 - Animal agriculture was under attack at the Animal Rights 2010 Conference and the Humane Society of the United States-hosted Taking Action for Animals, two of the nation's largest animal rights events. Both meetings were held in Washington , D.C. during July 2010.
AR 2010 and TAFA brought together more than 1,000 activists to discuss the political strategy of the animal rights movement. Speakers at both conferences provided participants with tactics to target the animal agriculture industry through demonstrations, litigation, and ballot initiative campaigns. Animal activist leaders taught attendees how to utilize social media tools to fundraise and share videos from undercover operations.
While HSUS launched TAFA in 2005 in an attempt to distance itself from the violent tactics embraced by many attendees of the AR 2010 conference, the core messaging and highly emotional images used to promote veganism at both events was eerily similar.
Both conferences encouraged attendees to prey on the fears of the unknowing public by spreading misinformation about the way today's farmers and ranchers care for their animals. As evidence of the animal rights movement's focus on animal agriculture, some of TAFA's most popular sessions included "Advocating for Animals in Congress" and "Building a Better Future for Farm Animals." AR 2010 workshops included "Understanding the Mentality of Meat," "Conducting Investigations," and "Marketing Our Message."
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Key Quotes from AR 2010 and TAFA Speakers:
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"We should distinguish our message from less meat, because what we want is no meat." - Carrie Packwood Freeman, Activist and Professor at Georgia State University . AR 2010
"Owning animals is the equivalent of slavery." - Hope Bohanec, In Defense of Animals. _AR 2010
"I have no problem with breaking and entering, destroying labs, burning buildings, and busting open cages." - Camille Hankins, Win Animals Rights and spokesperson for Animal Liberation Front. AR 2010
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"The point at which society moves towards our views is a point where we are significantly closer to the vegan world that we are all working toward." - Bruce Friedrich, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. AR 2010
"The dog they walked last night is no different than the pig they ate for breakfast."
- Jerry Cesak, Radio Personality and Proponent of HSUS' 'Yes on Prop 2' Campaign. TAFA
"Any state with an initiative process is on our radar." - Jennifer Hillman, Humane Society of the United States . TAFA
"I dream of a vegan world - that's where I want everything to go." - Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary. TAFA
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