East Berks Animal Aid

East Berks Animal Aid were established over 10 years ago to campaign against companies in the area involved in the abuse / misuse of animals, and to support other groups in National and International campaigns.

We produce a Monthly Newsletter, do street stalls to raise awareness and collect signitures on petitions, and stalls at local fetes to raise money for campaigns and animal re-homing groups. Any help is always needed as we are only a small group.

Recent campaigns have included:
Premarin - A drug produced by Wyeth Ayerst who have their UK head office in Taplow (Nr. Slough), which is produced by taking the urine from pregnant mares, causing 75,000 foals a year to be produced. These are then sent off either to slaughter or to cruel rodeos etc. More info can be found at: this envirolink site
McDonalds - We have produced a leaflet, "McDonalds in their own words" which the text can be viewed here. The details in this leaflet were all taken from the McSpotlight pages, which document the libel case currently going on in the High Court in London. We recently picketted 2 local McDonalds including a Drive-Thru which had just opened, and handed out nearly 1000 leaflets in only a couple of hours.
Circuses - We picketted 'Chipperfields Circus' on their recent visit to the area and handed out several hundred leaflets, successfully informing several potential customers of the cruelty involved in circuses, persuading them not to go. Details of recent information about circuses can be found here. We have successfully persuaded several local councils to implement bans on animal based circuses.

East Berks Animal Aid can be contacted at:

P.O. Box 1507
Maidenhead
Berks
SL6 3YQ

Or via E-Mail to:
miggi@ukonline.co.uk

This page was last updated: Monday 9th August 1999