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Appeal to supermarkets by
poverty NGO:
'ltake uB llterate shoppers'
Wldllte ln confllct
with farmed animaq
Unt we rccognze thal ourenvtronmenta probems Yet slales .olh'no sho ofa sh'fi . olr Clllure tsei
from clm.le change 10 deforesl.lon lo species oss .re 'l
wl resolve the dne p.oblems iacl.a huma.rlv
driven by lnsusla fabe habls we wl nol be abe lo sove
n the preface 10 the reporl. Wordwatch nsltules
presdent Chnslopher Flavin says As lhe world
slrlggles lo re.over tom lhe most serous g oba
"The sustainability econohiccrsrs s nce lhe Great DepressD. we have an
unprecedented opporlunty to lurn away lrom
consumersm ln the end the human rnsl n.t for s!frva
more.hallenging mlstlrumph overlhe !r.je lo conslme at any cosl'
AnlmalVolc.: R6v6€nd Gidi, th6 lhal $€ b€liev€ ulat oul happinoss consumff apalhsld that
$\CC has €centy published a 104- and success depends on whal we 'rpholdslh€
affuonl bins€ habils but d€ni€s
page d@urenl eniided Climat eal, wear, oM and us. We arc pod a d@nl si.ndard ol living. li is
Ch.ngo: A Chall.ngo to tho lrapp3d in lh€ logic ol consumerism ironic iiat some of us have only
Churcho. ln South Atrlca. lt is a whicn aFays emphasls€s vttEl w€ l€cenuy €joic€d in hs momenl
compelling assessment of the lack W6 are €minded daily of our when we could swilch on a lisht bulb
6hall6n94 re fac6 and how io b6gin untu[illod n6ds ' pulting forthend m6 in our n hom6.
lo rcsdE lhem. What @mpdled ihe Cdsumedsm at the hean of Cuhure. Now w€ arc told !o switch it ofi-
SACC lo prcduc€ lhls docom€nl? Cllmats change is oflen s€en as a
AnimslVoic.: Th6 S,{CC d@uhenl Eurcpoan, wnib, niddle dass
Sly.bul.la Gldl: The eadh and allits also refeB to lhe €gular @n@m and p@ple are deply
inhabitanis - human and non-human consumprion of animal producls' as angorod and ombinar€d by lho
- als cunsndy facing an pan of lhas culture ol consumsism.
unp€cedenred ecological cdsis, Would ,ou ag€e lhat the cultural lnjuslice is not suslainable.
b.inging us lo the bnnk ol mass exp6cl.tion lo eat moat every day
sufiedng and dsslruclion ior many. has givon ris€ io the missry of billions
Th€ c'isis ls humaninduced, c€us€d ofanimals who spend lheir lav€s ln
by lh6 asrc-induslial€conomic iactory f6rms and di€ wilhoul sver
omplex and lhe culturc ol having @n the sun, soil
d exercised any of their
Animal Volce: So wh€r€ do we slad
io iry and eclit the quagmirc rele SiyabuLla Gida:
The most impoftant human endeavour is the striving lor morality in our aclions.
Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it, Only morality in our
actlons can glve beauty and dlgnhy ao fe. Albert Einstein.
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ape Town environmentalist and
lawyer Comec Culllnan has
dtalled a Univetsal Declatation of lhe Righls
ofMot er Eadh for discussion at the Peopleb
World on Climate Change anc! Ihe Righb of
Molhet Earlh cfnfercnce, held by th€ Paesident of
Bolivia in Cochabamba in Bolivia between 19 and
22 Ap'il2O1O. *+$.ffipi:,
ln tems of the d€fr Declaration, a fundamental
cultural shiff must take place - away from an
anthropocentdc (p€ople centred) perspeclive of the
world, towards an eco-centric per6pective.
To take part, please conlact Li6i llallinaon at it$:$n$***
lisi@oreencounsel.co.za
Europe-wide ban on
battery cages is on track
.-.due to come into force on 1 January 2012
oland had askedforlhe banlo be delened lor five yea6 unli 1January2017 arguing lhat twould lead toa shortage
However,lhe EU Cou.clofAgnculure MinisteB ru ed on 22 February 2010lhal lhe ban would go ahead as planned.
Slrenuous lobbying byCompassion in Wo d Faming headquaners n lhe UKand lls padneE throughoul the EU has
achieved the Eu.ope wide phase{ut of eggs from convenl ona batlery €ges The phase out period began n I 999,
giv.9 banery egg farmeB 13 years to change lhei. poduclion systems.
'When Po and anempted lo delay lhe ban, we ra lied oor supporlers and lhe EU Colnc I of Agricllture MinisteB wee
deluoed by 10 214 obtectionslo Polands requesl, sald Compassions CEO Philip Lymbe.y.
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ln less than two years time, one of rhe cruelest methods ot tarm ing ever invented the barren battery cage
- willbe bann€d throughout Europe. Sadly,lorthe 23 million layinq hens trapped in battery cages in South
Africa,Ihere is slillno end in sighrlorlheir living nighlmare.
Are battery eggs Halaal or Haraam? see pase 1s
Only free range eggs to be served at the 2012 London Olympic Games
But, its not enough, says Jenny Jones
The lp-coming London Olympicsand Paralympics should be
an inspiraton to youngsters to take up spon and ead heathy lFA tio!]d
Ives.'Yel suOAeslslhe Green Parly's Jenny Jo.es. itwil end up
ttll tbe
being a lestivalofsporl and mostlyjlnk f@d
cu,! becode . !6t1eal
Wr ting in Food Magazines 1glh February 2010 issue, Jones, whowas
formerly cha rpeGon of lhe adv sory body lo the city of London on lood
matlers, sad heallhy physi@laclivily could be achieved onlyifil
was iueled by heallhy nulrtious lood
loth last lood Atdt
'He.e ieslhe appaling mismalch between lhe 2012 sponsoE l4cDotield's and @ca-
McDonald s and Coca-Cola and other tasl food and drink
@mpanies (which conlinue)to peDetuate lhe perueBe link
belweeo fasl food and d nkand sponing achievemenl, she said
Animal Voice asked Angus Mclntosh to explain eat nsecls and Orassand sfalch
open cow pais There are 19
what motivated his move back home... varielies of grasses and legumes
planted herelorrhem The F 6l law
of Nature is one oldiveF ty and ihis
Here we interview him on his farm between is whal ourfam ls al about The
conventona and so-€led free
Somerset West and Stellenbosch in the Western Cape. range larmers leed behxee.3 and
3 25 kgs of qra n for every kloof
A.imal Voic.: Tel uswhal nol vated wid ife ihal has retLrned snakes .hcken flesh We have doubed the
you lo ! prooi your f6mily irom your raplors gerbils. roo kavcara€|. you ieed conversion rato because ollhe
upmarkel home n Batlersea, near vadely of iood available lo our
London.lo relum lo SoLthAlrica to chlckens as wellas the tactthatwe
become a sma l-scale iarmer Animalvoice Sorhs E theluture ol lel our ch ckens be chickensThey
chcken production would you say? sleep at nightand doing theday ear
A.gus Mclnrosh: lt sladed ofw th .rrss rnd nre.rs This mc.ns wc
our green archtect. He lhen Angus Mchlosh: Yes Th s 6 far leed only 1 5 kgslorevery klo ol
inrrodlced me lo Avice Hindmarch more than tree rarqe. rhs is pasl!rc
who lhen intoduced fre lo reaed.hcken and eggs This is
pernacullure and b odynam cs Then biodynamrc rarm ng where our Animal Voice Letslaktora
rcad fhe Onnivote s Dilenma by animals beneit irom each olherand momenl aboot somelh ng less
MichaelPollan The basic thes s of the .nd benelits fion a I ollhem. OLr pleasanl Your abafion is righl here
lhs book is lhat mosl people pul lhetr chckens be (hey brole6 orlayers -
trust . supermarkets to ieed lhem
not know ng or caring aboLt how lhe r
lood s produced. That book pul me
on a palh to takinq responsibiily ior
"-,*??"1#;i';+go
ons of
Ln3""ffi ure
our lasl rssue, hveslock fatmer Joseph Sleyn gave his slde ofthe story. Now AnimalVoice asks
I nPehus de Wet to throw fudher lghl on lhis dark issue. Mr de Wet is Chairman ofthe livestock
Ia and Gafte lndustry's wa(ng grcup on Damage causng Annals.
This organisation includes represenialives ofthe Nalional Woal Growers Association of South Afica,
lhe Red Meal Producers Organisatlon, the SA Mohair Growers Associalion, and Wildlife Ranchers of
Sorlh Afflca. He is also President ofthe Naronal tvool Growers Association and Chairman ofthe
lnternalonal Waol Textile Organisation's Forum on Environnent and Animal Welfarc that sits in
Brussels.
llwe do have predators nlhisarea We calghta lynx lhal had become animals planls and the eadh thal we
and wh ewe takethe extra very bold and was running ofw th rarm lwanllhe best relalo.shp I
precauton ofkraalng the sheep and our po!ltry wasconcerned thatlhe can have and this nterconnectonis
callle al nghl we also breed sheepwere also al risk Everyo.e what stab izesand nunures a. agro
specfca ly for the ab lily of molhers ecological iarm ng approach.
lo prolecl lhe r ofl sping
Well, lcould have taken rhal opton On the olher hand f w,Pview
A fasc nating characlerislic ot bll we ma.aged to trap her afd farm ng as an exchange ofcom-
many ndigenous breeds s rhat the r have herdarled and reocated ai no mod I es.lhen wewl beexploltalve
wldness is nol bred outolthem Our of our natlr6 resource base and
Zuru sheep are aggressve molh€rs lreat olrfam ivestock and oredators
and we encourage ths trail ll is thLnk that being a larmer.lor me, as souless commodities tt
somelh ng yo! wanllo plrposeflly s 1o live n a relalronsh pwth the
breed iorwth sheep given lher
potenlial v! .erabi lly totacka. ynx ',rdi:
,fa, i-
We have EnAlsh Bll lerersand
Canrne afrcanls onlhe larm and the
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sheeplake no nonsense lve seen
rhe sheep band togelher and
col eclively thump lhe dogs. We have
a ram who s gefe@ly friendly bul I
yoL louch h sewes he charaes at
voL and fyou arentlookino outior
him yoLllland up on Ihe groLnd The
Ngunican e abo have this very
protectNe tral We k€ep a 10m
dislafce irom lhe cowswhen they
have calved The daqs darenl go
anywhere fear lhem or lhe r ca ves
SA slaughter statistics
Chlcken is Soulh Alrica s tavourile neat. but pork @nsumplion has increased sharply by 59% over lhe lasl decade,
a@rding to Landbou.com slaughter srarisrics for sA rhat:sh
.2.9 nillion eltle are slaughiered lor bef annually
.5.8 million sheepand goals a re sla ug hlered forlamb, molton and goat meat annoally
st.!pec ar zand3F.!it
lirlLc ..nfus.d. Th. .hi.k.n .n ny
l:F is Cifferent lo the.hi.ken5 I
lully 3r.un in .i2., I fe.l a.
dealinq wrih
ar.;11 quir. rik.. aba.k by hci
very Large and .versize.l leqs. M!
. o, l" o: ",)1"
been s--lectively b.,-d ove.
Bella has been !lLh !s io...e *eek. Frien.ls are risibl,i horririe.l a..j ncved
'I l" g, . - clb _ a .hi.k, uh. w!uIrl .:itl be
I am.fraic for
rbe Frogn.si5 is ..1 g.od. r.re.es5 is a huge
risk.s t.€ rei.r:,t
her resr. I.,.Li.e
!n.ier the re:gh: .f her b..ly, a..i needs lo sit
She sad lh6l lradilronalcusloms associaled wrlhAmazulu cullu.e.lo whrch she he.seltbelonged. had recently been
pushed inlolhe spolliqhl sparkfg a lonq overdue debale of lhe meanng ofcuture in conlemporary Soulh Airica'
Praclices slch as lobola poygamy a.d the ritla bare ha.ded saughlerofa bu had been singed out forcenslre
andthewords tsmycuture had .creas .o y come to be accepted as a eO I male response toqlestions prob.g lhe
acceptabilty ol such cLstoms
Mazibuko said she be eved there coud be nojLst icalon in keeping n place cLstoms whch violate gender equaity
and denyour hLmanily as a p€ople'
She po nled oul lhal durng lhe iurore lasl year slround ng lhe revivalollhe Ngun rilla ol bare-handed bll-kiling.
S!ndayTmes columnisl. Fred Khlmalo. had branded lhe clslom reprehe.sbeand declaredr 'Aircan c!l(ure? Nol in my
'Fred Khumao a.qued lhal as wilh lhe crle pracliceofb! lighling n Spain oriox hul ng in lhe Uniled Kinqdom
aboul which simiardebales rage on in those counkes lhedefe.sveresonloc!lureinordertollslifydatedcustoms
in the name of CULTURE
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,4bove Dr Rahman aso mel l,4r Fand Sayed Editoroi Musim Vews Sad Rahman: n vsrtng SouthAirica myrole sto
Ie llslam c eaders about how we have deviated away from the scrplures We lrave forqotlen thal cag ng an animas s a
srn n lsam Or Rahman was nterv ewed by Mr Sayed and qave a powerpornt presenlanon on the effecls offaclory
rarm n! o. clnale change He was also we comed al lhe Mosque rnAthlone ror Frday prayers where more lha.1500
Second Nature lf caging an animal is a sin,
by Jonathan Balcombe according to lslamic scliptures,
does this ftean that 98% of the
Books4change.co.za eggs stocked by Pick n Pay,
is ofie.ing lh€€ €adsB s
fro€ hard-cov€r copy of Shoprit€/Checkers and Spar are HAMAM?
Oear R6.der6,
lnn.r llc! ol.nlm.l.. We we€ pivll€g€d io havo DrAbdul Rahman visil ldamic
Published by Macmillan and hol ofi ihe pdnling loadeB in Cape To1l/ll ln March. He left us in no doubt lslamic
pr6s, S..ond Naturo inviles Eade6 inlo ihe scrDtwes brbid tt'e €glng of an animl Egarding it as 'sin' lo
aw€soms lnn€r livss of animals, €fioctlvsly giving do so- He added ihel h€ b€ll€v€d lh6c rculd be a wodd-wide
lhs human ped€8ral a sbong shek€ ln li6 procsss. ban on bstury c€g6s wllhln th€ non f6{t years.
As one ol the rcdd s leadinq scientisls on
animal bshaviow and s€nri€nce, BalcD.nb€ matss AE editod ol Anlud Voie. I rill now atA lhe Pesidenl ol lh6
lhis app€alon bohaf of lhe many cflaraclsls in his !tudh Judlosr counc {oi1 684.4.600) and 0!|6r r6ad€l! in h€
book 'To.hc6 to Ect mindtully and Mu€llm commur{y to comm€it on whelher €ggs hld hy h€rls ln
@passjonalely lw6d our animal @unlerparls baltery @ges should be @nsidered Halaal o. Haraam.
is lo b€ awars ol lh€ cons€qu€ncas of what w€
buy and wfiat we €at \ryh€nsv€r ws pu.chase lrlh€y €re Haraam, ws willask Muslim cuslon€B lo join hands
softlhing, w€ arc effoclively t€lling the wilh Compassion in Wodd Faminglo c€ll, onc€ again, for a ban
nEnufactuEr of the prcduct lo do it 6gain.' on the* ctuelly-prcduced eggs.
Says Am.lla iluld.r, CEO of Books4change:
'The n.$ thr€€ read€E of Aninal Vort€ lo s€nd m€ What about facloryJ€in€d brcil€r chiclcne whos€ bodi€s lell a
slory ol abuse with bruases and ammonia buns? A€ tney
lhoir answs lo h€ question bolou will locoivo a
Haraam too? And what about lhe libe from Angora rabbirs, such
@py ol Se@nd Nalu€ fre. To enier, d€* as thos€ fealu€d on p€gs 13. Would lhs w€adng of clolhing
ansrer lhe foll ing question:
conlaining angora rabblt hairalso b€'sin'?
Ihs tNod Animal com€s lrom lll€ Lalin rcd There a.e many queslions lo be asked.
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