SO Many Animals' Lives Are in Our Hands
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SO MANY ANIMALS’ LIVES ARE IN OUR HANDS Please help us protect them, now and into the future www.networkforanimals.org Would you please consider making a legacy to Network for Animals, the organisation I have the privilege to lead and which you so generously support. I strongly believe, however, that it would be helpful to your decision making if you knew more about me. British born, I emigrated to Canada when I was twenty and became deeplyinvolved in animal welfare issues, first as a volunteer, then as an employee of the New Brunswick SPCA. This led to government officials asking me to observe Canada’s annual white-coat baby seal hunt and tell them how it could be made humane. Shocked at what I witnessed, as seal after seal was skinned alive, I reported that it could never, ever be made humane, that it should be banned and the fishermen involved found other work. The rejection of my advice launched me on a personal crusade against cruelty that has shaped my life. I had no choice! In the legacy pack accompanying this, I attempt to give you a very, very brief synopsis of what I have done in the past with the help of good, kind people just like you (the best of the best) and what I hope to achieve in the years to come. First and foremost, I want to see Network for Animals and its passionate and dedicated staff provided with the resources to fuel their own crusades against cruelty in the years ahead. A critical component of future funding must come from legacies from devoted animal lovers like you and my wife Gloria and I. With the means to do the job, Network for Animals campaigners will fight hard to end the violence suffered by so many sentient creatures at the hands of truly awful people. And they will succeed. You see, my core philosophy is to never give up once I take on an issue no matter how long it takes to succeed - and that is also the core philosophy of Network for Animals campaigners. If quitting is not an option, ultimately we grind our opponents down. Sometimes it can take decades to prevail, the successful fight to end the whitecoat hunt, for example, took seventeen years, so you can understand how vital it is for you to consider a gift that will help animals far into the future. A legacy to Network for Animals (a non-profit entity) will enable this fine organisation to include vigorous political lobbying in its many faceted campaign armoury. And more often than not this is critical for success. But I must write that your estate will not benefit from the more favourable tax regime that a gift to a registered charity provides.If this is a concern, you can direct your legacy to Network for Animals Charitable Trust (Registered in England and Wales, charity number1142700). Your gift will be sequestered in an account operated strictly in accordance with the guidelines of the Charity Commission with respect to participation by charities in political activities. Either way, your gift will enable us to continue reaching out with caring hands to terrified and desperate animals in the years ahead. To proceed with making a legacy you will need the services of a solicitor. Ifyou need help in locating one or need financial assistance to pay for one, please contact me by letter or phone. You know, my partnership with so many decent, kind people like you hasbeen the key to everything I have achieved. Without people like you at my sidenothing is possible - with you at my side everything is possible. We are a team! Yours very truly, Brian Davies Like you, a devoted friend and protector of animals www.networkforanimals.org SO MANY ANIMALS’ lIVES ARE IN OUR HANDS Please help Network for Animals protect them now and for generations to come, with a legacy in your Will. VAYA, RESCUED FROM THE HELL ON EARTH OF A FILIPINO DOG SLAUGHTERHOUSE WITH THE HELP OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, AND NOW IN A GOOD HOME I AM DETERMINED TO WIPE OUT THE SLAUGHTER OF DOGS FOR THE DINNER TABLE IN THE PHILIPPINES, AS IS EVERYONE AT NETWORK FOR ANIMALS Seizing dogs enroute to slaughterhouses is a Here is what these dogs would have endured if we had key element in our strategy. It will help your not rescued them from a fate worse than death... understanding of this strategy if I describe a seizure. Housed in a strong wire cage at a slaughterhouse they It took place at night with our vehicle in hot pursuit would be provided with no food or water. When a customer arrived, a screaming, struggling dog would be slammed of a lorry transporting dogs destined for the absolute on top of the cage and its throat cut. Blood from the dying hell on earth of an illegal dog slaughterhouse... animal would drench the dogs below as they moaned and trembled in terror. This would be repeated over hours and After a long and dangerous chase, the Network for Animals perhaps days. I am filled with anger as I write this and long team, together with local police, stop the truck. The driver is for the day when I won’t need to be. arrested and our team rush to help the animals inside. This successful seizure was possible through donations As the truck doors are opened they are engulfed in a wave from caring people like you - and more will be done of blistering heat and see a heartbreaking sight. Eighty dogs through your legacy. crammed into one cage with their muzzles and legs bound and the living and dead intertwined. The living are untangled from the dead, their ties cut and then they are given water. Some are too weak and shocked to stand. They are mostly street dogs and many are old and sick while others suffer from the diseases of life on the street. Within the Philippines, a difficult place at best to find suitable new homes, many are gently put to sleep. No more suffering for them. Imperial House, 2a Heigham Road, East Ham, London E6 2JG Registered company number 3285050 | Telephone: 020 8471 7666 www.networkforanimals.org ANOTHER DOG RESCUED FROM THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE OUR EFFORT FOR THE DOGS IS MULTI-FACETED AND WE EXPLORE EVERY AVENUE IN THE SEARCH FOR SUCCESS Network for Animals in partnership with local Here is what your legacy will help me do in the future... animal protection organisations plays a leading role in the campaign to end this evil business in PROSECUTE more dog meat traders and press for even harsher penalties which up to half a million defenceless dogs are more dogs from a fate worse than death cruelly slaughtered and consumed annually. RESCUE CLOSE more slaughterhouses and Educating the public about animal welfare and health live animal markets risks associated with consuming dog meat (such as rabies RAID more illegal dog meat restaurants transmission) is an important activity that we believe will encourage individuals to not eat dogs. COMPEL police agencies to take this issue more seriously We persuade the media to cover the issue, distribute the judicial system to move ahead educational leaflets, give presentations to veterinarians, PRESSURE more vigorously with trials schools and civic groups, reaching millions of Filipinos with our message. EXPAND our educational outreach & media coverage I need to grow our vital education programme by organising CONTINUE our close working relationship with workshops for public officials so they can better understand the British Embassy in Manila animal welfare issues - I want to train local veterinarians in ENCOURAGE more British Members for Parliament new spay and neuter techniques - I want to sponsor new to take up this issue research into the connection between rabies and dog meat consumption – I want to teach employees at municipal dog The above is a Network for Animals winning strategy that pounds how to properly care for their charges. needs your support to succeed. Imperial House, 2a Heigham Road, East Ham, London E6 2JG Registered company number 3285050 | Telephone: 020 8471 7666 www.networkforanimals.org YOU ARE BY MY SIDE AS WE WORK WITH TEAM BADGER TO PROTECT ENGLAND’S BADGERS Despite solid scientific evidence that culling badgers would do little if anything to deal with bovine TB and Here is what we did and with your legacy what we indeed might result in a greater spread of this disease, can continue to do and even expand on... in 2012 the Government announced a pilot badger cull – Along with other animal welfare organisations in large areas of Somerset & Gloucestershire. we lobbied MPs of all parties and helped direct over 150,000 on-line petitions to the Government We joined like-minded groups in vehement opposition to asking for a Commons debate on culling badgers. this massacre that would involve shooting at night and could A debate was held and the ensuing vote was (probably would) result in many wounded animals escaping overwhelmingly against culling. and dying after much suffering. – Helped promote the issue across various media to As with Philippine dogs, we will never abandon the badgers. gain public support for the badgers. While the 2012 cull was cancelled, a significant proportion – Assisted badger groups by helping pay the legal of the farming community will continue to press for culls in fees resulting from court challenges to the cull as the future. The threat to these animals is substantial and long well as the costs of pilot vaccination programmes to lasting and they need all the help we can give them.