Lawsuit against four Igualdad Animal / Animal Equality activists for
chaining themselves at a slaughterhouse in protest for the
International Day of the Animals
Four activists from Igualdad Animal/Animal Equality have been sued by
the slaughterhouse in Leganés (Madrid) for a supposed crime of
coercion, for chaining themselves this past 4th of October, 2006 -International Day of the Animals - to the entrance of the
slaughterhouse, preventing in this way trucks with animals access to
the facility, while they held signs with phrases like "Vegetarianism
saves animals - Stop Speciesism," "Don't consume their exploitation,"
"Respect to the rest of the animals" and "Humans also are made of
meat," and yelled various slogans in defense of the animals. The
trial of the four Igualdad Animal/Animal Equality activists will take
place next Monday, March 19, at 11 a.m. in the court, Juzgado de
Instrucción N� 1 de Leganés (Madrid).
The activists are being charged for the crime of coercion, supposedly
for having exercised "violence" to impede the activity of the
slaughterhouse. The "violence" that this crime refers to would be
that of chaining themselves to the truck entrance as part of a
peaceful protest. Regrettably, the violence which the nonhuman
animals are victims of today, remains unquestioned and is considered
legal. Nonhuman animals are considered property of humans, resources
for our benefit whose interests are never justly taken into account,
on grounds of prejudice of specie - speciesism - similar to racism or
to sexism.
Hundreds of animals are murdered every hour in the countless
slaughterhouses outside the cities. In Spain alone, they kill more
than 38 million pigs, 700 million birds (chickens, hens, turkeys and
ducks), 71 million rabbits, 20 million lambs... individuals capable
of feeling, that have never had the opportunity to enjoy their life
and are subjected to all types suffering.
The weight of the suit imposed by the slaughterhouse and coming
trial, will not stop our protests: no slaughterhouse can keep us from
fighting against their activities, nor will it prevent us from
continuing to inform others about the injustice the rest of the
animals suffer.
Images of the protest at: http://www.igualdadanimal.org/image/tid/151
Contact:
Sharon Núñez | International spokesperson
Tel. (+34) 915 268 612 / (+34) 675 737 459
Email: sharonn@igualdadanimal.org
Website: http://www.igualdadanimal.org
