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Putting Animals on the Agenda of the Christian Church Inside This Issue 95 Spring 2017 Price £2 (free to members) animalwa ch PUTTING ANIMALS ON THE AGENDA OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH INSIDE THIS ISSUE TURKISH ANIMAL GROUP DR HAWDEN TRUST ASWA COMMITTEE ELECTIONS ASWA.ORG.UK | 1 IN THIS ISSUE A WARM WELCOME 3 THE CHURCH AND ANIMAL WELFARE 5 7 TURKISH ANIMAL GROUP 7 ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES 8 DR HAWDEN TRUST 10 8 SECOND ANIMAL FRIENDLY CHURCH AWARD GIVEN 13 ASWA COMMITTEE ELECTIONS 15 10 Sunday 11 June Sunday 8 October DORIS’ DIARY Animal Blessing Service, Animal Welfare Sunday Craigiebuckler Church Hall, Hello! My name is Doris, and I Springfield Road, Aberdeen, 3pm. ASWA Annual Service, St Peter’s am a Border Leicester ewe with Church, Nottingham, 10.45am. The preacher will be the very large ears! I was rescued by Sunday 23 to Revd Jennifer Brown, Science ASWA secretary Sam Chandler, as Wednesday 26 July Missioner in the Churn Benefice, I had outlived my usefulness as a Oxford Centre for Animal Oxford Diocese, ASWA breeding ewe. Ethics Annual Summer School, committee member and editor of St Stephen’s House, Oxford. Animalwatch. Below are some great events ewe This year’s topic is the ethics of may enjoy! fur. For more information visit http://www.oxfordanimalethics. Sunday 12 November Friday 17 March com/2016/09/call-papers- ASWA Remembrance Service at A public lecture by Prof David summer-school-2017/ the Animals’ War Memorial, Park Clough, The sentience of non-human Lane, London, 3pm. animals: scientific & theological considerations, St Andrew’s Church, East Hagbourne, nr Didcot, 7.30pm. For further details of events, FREE ENTRY, refreshments provided. please visit the website: For more information visit http://www. www.aswa.org.uk sciencemissioner.org.uk/calendar/ Saturday 18 March SARX Creature Conference, Oasis Auditorium, London. Tickets cost £65 and can be booked by visiting http://sarx.org.uk/events/creature- conference/ Sunday 30 April Animal Blessing Service, Christ Church, Malling Road, Snodland, Kent, 5pm. Saturday 20 May ASWA AGM, St Michael’s Church, 4 Chester Square, London, SW1W 9HH, 11am. Speaker Ashley Leiman OBE, Director of the Orangutan Foundation. 2 | ASWA.ORG.UK HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANIMALWATCH Welcome to Animalwatch. In this issue we focus on the positive steps being made for animal welfare, and the need for hope. We have an article from Dr Brett Cochrane of the Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT), who spoke at the ASWA 2016 AGM, on the work that the DHT do in developing replacements for the use of animals in medical research. Also in this issue is a piece by ASWA Chair, Revd Dr Helen Hall, on the place of animal welfare in the Christian faith, and a report on an animal rescue organisation in Turkey. Information about those standing for positions on ASWA’s executive committee, and about the change in membership fees agreed at the last AGM is also available in this issue. We hope that you enjoy keeping up-to-date with news and information on our website. Do check regularly for resources and information about upcoming events. Please do make a note of the dates in Doris’ Diary – especially the AGM in May. We hope to see you there. Please send any items for consideration for Animalwatch to Revd Jennifer Brown, Editor, PO Box 7193, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8GT. Email is even better – [email protected]. Please note that, owing to space restrictions, it may not be possible to print all contributions, and that letters and other contributions may be edited for length. Jennifer Brown, Editor The deadline for the Summer magazine is Monday 22nd May 2017. ASWA ONCE AGAIN EXHIBITS AT CHRISTMAS FAYRE ASWA is a regular exhibitor at the talks and demonstrations all day, Please do try to come next year and if Animal Aid Christmas Fayre and from challenging lectures to cookery you would like to help with our stand 2016 was no exception. demonstrations. It’s a great place to please contact the Secretary. buy unusual gifts and to learn about Animal Aid exposes and campaigns Keith Cottrell so many different charities engaged peacefully against all animal abuse, in our passion for animal welfare. and promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. It is doing great work. The low entrance fee of just £2 and the location in Kensington ASWA takes a stand every year near Town Hall, which is very close to the lecture hall and during the day the Underground, means there is a engages in conversation with well constant flow of people all day, of over a hundred people. Some buy every age and belief. our products, many take copies of literature and several express interest Over 1,500 visitors spend probably in joining. It is always a very enjoyable on average around two hours walking experience. around and enjoying themselves in a great atmosphere. As a bonus, This is probably the largest animal ASWA is the only Christian witness welfare gathering in the UK, with which means we have some great over a hundred stands, a number of conversations, with many being vegan caterers offering a surprising amazed that the Church has any range of tasty food and a series of interest in animal welfare. Fiona Latham, Reigate, Surrey Patricia Tysome, Cheam, Surrey A Warm Welcome Karen Lawrence, Cromer, Norfolk to our new members. Hilary Vivian, Holsworthy, Devon Pamela Lawrence, Magham Down, Diana Witts, Long Melford, Suffolk We look forward to hearing East Sussex Alexandra Zemba, Kingston, Ontario, from you. Robin Midwinter, Neasden, London Canada Rose Mitchell, Upper Rissington, To all our new members we extend Fr Desmond Banister, SSC Gloucestershire a warm welcome and, along with North Hillingdon, Middlesex Jeanette Pearson, Alnwick, our existing members, we would Morgan Buckner, Evere, Belgium Northumberland ask that you encourage others who share your concern for animal Marie Dunaway, Tufnell Park, London Hazel Ramsay, Wiveliscombe, Somerset welfare to join. Introductory leaflets Carole Hough, Milton Keynes, Rosa Rusch, Gerstetten, Germany are available from the Secretary. Buckinghamshire Sue Simpson, Amberstone, Karen James, Eastham, Wirral East Sussex ASWA.ORG.UK | 3 GOOD NEWS Recognition for animals in war Animals who have given their lives in war are finally being recognised for their service and sacrifice. In November 2016, the Royal Navy held their first ever service to honour the horses killed in war. Although we should lament the fact that we humans force animals to take part and die in war, the fact that services are officially recognising the role that animals play and the fact that their lives are also worthy of remembrance is to be welcomed. would be a great help if those of you who have not yet sent in the money NEWS & NOTICES collected could do so soon. Please do not send cash through the post. Don’t forget, you an ASWA logo, literature to give out Instead, count up what you have can follow ASWA on and a disposable money box for any collected and send us a cheque for Twitter – aswanews donations. This is a great way to raise the equivalent amount. funds for ASWA, to tell people about the work that we do, and to remind You can also keep up with what’s new others that God cares about all of his via our website – www.aswa.org.uk. creatures. For further information, TALKING POINT Check the web site for the latest please contact the ASWA Secretary Rights for non-human persons? resources. or ASWA Committee Member Janet Murphy (07793-748634). In January, the BBC reported that the Change to ASWA membership European Parliament issued a report fees ASWA Annual Service that included, among other things, the possibility that robots may need From January 2017, the annual fee This year’s annual service will be held at St Peter’s Church, Nottingham on to be given the status of ‘non-human for ASWA membership is £20. This persons’. Given that robots are not increase was unanimously agreed at Sunday 8th October, 10.45am. The preacher will be ASWA committee alive and can be designed and built the 2016 AGM, and will help ASWA so that they do not experience pain continue its work of raising awareness member and editor of Animalwatch, the Revd Jennifer Brown. or fear, while non-human animals of animal issues and promoting are living, sentient creatures who animal welfare as a Christian concern. ASWA Local groups experience both physical sensation Animal-friendly Church awards Don’t forget that there are ASWA local and emotions, should we not first be discussing their personhood? Is your church animal friendly? ASWA groups in different areas. sponsors the Animal-friendly Church • There is an Ecumenical group, the award to recognise those churches Three Counties Animal Welfare that take animal welfare seriously as Prayer Group, who meet for a ASWA SPEAKERS part of their ministry and mission. service at Gloucester Cathedral. The Churches can apply at any time and contact for the ecumenical group AVAILABLE those meeting the necessary criteria is the Revd Helen Hall (01633- If you have a group or service that will be awarded animal-friendly 677775 or helen.hall123@ would welcome an ASWA speaker, we church status. Information is available ntlworld.com). would love to hear from you! We often on the website or from the Secretary. travel a fair distance so please call to • The Revd David Austin has recently discuss it. We usually bring a stall and started an ASWA prayer group literature and always liaise with our in the Norwich area. If anyone hosts to ensure the talk is appropriate is interested in joining, David’s for their particular audience. Keep the contact details are 01603 469112 invitations rolling in! or [email protected].
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