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From Animals Australia March 29th 2005
Many of you will have already seen the eye-catching hard-hitting savebabe.com billboards which went up in Sydney Melbourne, Brisbane,Adelaide and Perth during the last two weeks. These billboards which question whether customers 'Still feel like bacon?' on viewing the graphic photo showing the confinement endured by breeding sows, will be up for at least the next month. I have attached a low resolution image of the billboard for you to view. However you can see them in their full 6 metre x 3 metre versions at many locations in Australian capital cities. *Animals Australia has been receiving a terrific response to the billboards with more and more people becoming aware and expressing concern about the lives endured by pigs in factory farms. It has again been reinforced that when consumers are informed they are horrified, both by the suffering of these animals and that they have been unwittingly supporting the practices of this industry by purchasing cruelly-produced products. This has shown us the importance of the savebabe.com campaign and in informing and empowering people to realise that they can make this world a kinder and more compassionate place for animals and all, simply through the choices that they make as individuals. The intensive pig industry believes that Australians don't prioritise the welfare of animals in this country to the extent where they will avoid products known to be cruelly produced. There is only one way to prove them wrong in their assessment of us as individuals and as a nation. Spreading the message of savebabe.com to all corners of the country is crucial to create change. We can't do this without your help, so please contact us for leaflets or cd's so that you always have needed information on hand. You never know when the opportunity will arise to inform others and head them to our savebabe.com website to assess this industry from themselves. Of equal importance is for all those who care to flood the two major retailers of factory farmed pork, bacon and ham products - Woolworths and Coles - with their views. With a combined 80% market share of sales these giant companies can influence and educate consumers to purchase healthy, environmentally friendly products in which no animal has suffered – whilst demanding an end to the cruel factory farming of animals. Currently, both Coles and Woolworths (called Safeway in Victoria) on being contacted by concerned consumers are advising customers to contact Australian Pork Limited (APL) which represents pig producers. Initially their response had been to defend supplying products from factory farms by stating that they complied with the industry code of practice. However, when further challenged by the knowledge that this code allows and endorses cruel practices, they are now seeking to deflect community concerns to APL. However, it is important that we do not accept this deflection of their responsibility. The fact remains that as the major purchasers of factory farmed products Woolworths and Coles are both accepting the current standards that cause such suffering and are underpinning the ongoing viability of the intensive pig industry which uses these practices. It is important that both parties continue to hear this message from concerned members of the community. You can help enormously by either emailing or writing to Coles and Woolworths politely stating the above; the responsibility that they as retailers have and that by continuing to be the major purchasers of factory farmed pork products their firms are supporting animal cruelty. Coles can be contacted by email through the 'contact us' function at their website www.coles.com.au. Alternately letters can be sent to Ms Judy Beugelaar, National Manager Customer Relations, PO Box 480 Glen Iris, Victoria 3146. Woolworths can be contacted by email through the 'contact us' function at their website www.woolworths.com.au. Alternatively letters can be sent to Mr Michael Luscombe, Director of Supermarkets, Locked Bag No 11, Fairfield, NSW 2165. Please write these emails or send these letters. Every one received is counted and logged. The image of retailers in this competitive age is of crucial importance to them. It is not enough for them to state that they have environmental and welfare friendly policies - consumers need to see evidence of this. As always - thank you for your continued support. Every person acting in support of this campaign whether informing those around them in their lives or in the broader community is helping us to provide the crucial voice that these animals so desperately need. Savebabe.com! For the animals, Glenys Glenys Oogjes Executive Director Animals Australia |
