From: ARAN
Subject: Fur Farming in Ireland
September 1, 2010
Hi Sheila,
Victories don't come as fast
as we'd like in our movement, but in Ireland, ARAN has got some encouraging
news that I know you'll welcome.
We recently celebrated a
long awaited 'victory' for animals with an outright ban on the Ward Union
carted stag hunt, that involves the chasing of a terrified, helpless stag,
with a pack of dogs. This 'victory' did not go down without a determined
fight. ARAN and our vociferous supporters campaigned hard every step of the
way to ensure this historic legislation passed, and it did!
ARAN is now gearing up for our next potential 'victory'. In the coming
weeks, Irish government are due back to work. ARAN wants to ensure the
proposed fur farming in Ireland ban becomes law, and phased out by 2012 as
agreed (or sooner!). This progressive legislation will have a thundering
snowball effect across the globe in the international campaign to rid the
world of these disgusting, cruel, farms. Ireland's potential ban will
encourage the campaign in Sweden, where work is underway to bring in a
national ban there too. Other countries are now counting on us in Ireland to
ensure this proposed ban becomes law.
I am writing to you for
some help. At ARAN, we have set ourselves a special fundraising challenge
this month to raise vital funds to ensure we take on our next battle to push
forward this proposed legislation, and it won't go down without a fight from
those involved in this exploitive industry. ARAN's plan will involve press
campaigns, a national demonstration during a possible 'vote', nationwide
action, leaflet distribution, school education. But there's more, we are so
confident that our movement here will get the fur farming ban through, we
are already planning to re-launch our nationwide 'Stop Circus Suffering in
Ireland' campaign with even more vigour, which until now was hugely
successful until our efforts were directed to the Ward Union hunt ban.
I know that over the coming months and near future we'll begin working
on local council motions to ban animal act circuses. We already have been
successful with supporting motions in Cork and Fingal Council to outlaw
animal act circuses, and I want you to know we have the circus industry
worried here in Ireland. ARAN's aim is to bring that small, but exploitive
industry to its knees, just like they have done to helpless animals they
torn from the wild, and that's why we desperately need your help with a
donation to push all this progressive work through.
Fundraising is wasting so much of our time, and not something we like doing,
but I realize ARAN's work is quiet impressive considering our size, it's
often money that stops us from going further. Will you please help get these
exciting and potential 'victories' for those poor animals through? No one
gets paid at ARAN, we are all volunteers. We ensure every donation is spent
wisely.
Our record of helping animals, I am sure
you'll agree, is unique here in Ireland. Send ARAN as generous a donation as
you can to ensure we get back out on the streets over the coming weeks and
months to fight for those animals living in hell right now. I want to bring
you some exciting news on the fur farming ban and more, but I feel we'll
need to prepare for action in the coming weeks and I hope you'll stand by us
in Ireland, and support these exciting and potential 'victories'. Together,
I know we can make a big difference to the lives of so many animals who are
counting on you and I to be their most fearless defender. I am sure the
animal abusing industries would want you to say no to our appeal or even
just ignore it ' it's silence that keeps all their nasty trades alive.
Will you help? Donate online
www.paypal.ie using our email address
arancampaigns@eircom.net with a credit card, or mail a check made
payable to ARAN and send c/o John Carmody, ARAN, 120 Vale Avenue, Carew
Park, Limerick, Ireland. Your donation will be used instantly to fund our
planned campaigns. I will ensure that you are fully briefed of all ARAN's
work throughout, so you'll know how your donation is being put to work for
animals.
Thank you for all you do to help animals in need,
John Carmody
