Leeds Animal Protection

20/08/2022

We believe the Government should take much more decisive action to accelerate the replacement of outdated animal experiments with cutting-edge, human relevant techniques.

And the Conservative Party leadership contest is a vital opportunity to make sure our next Prime Minister understands this urgent need.

30 scientists in the field of human relevant research have already written an open letter to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. This explained how New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), such as organ-on-a-chip and artificial intelligence, can benefit public health and the economy. They called for the candidates to take decisive action to support human relevant science, such as providing practical support for scientists and appointing a dedicated minister.

Join them by using a quick and easy tool by Animal Free Research UK to add your voice to this important call. It only takes a few seconds:
https://secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/111265/action/1?

The Government should take much more decisive action to accelerate the replacement of outdated animal experiments with cutting-edge, human relevant techniques. I wrote to my MP to ask them to take decisive action to modernise medical research. Please join me.

01/01/2020

01/01/2020

The Badsworth Hunt was filmed chasing a fox across the venue for Leeds Festival, before going on to kill a rescue kitten. 😢

Bits of fur were all that was left of a cat named Tiger when he lost his life on Christmas Eve, it's claimed.

25/11/2019

Earlier this month a fox was chased across the Yorkshire countryside by the Badsworth & Bramham Moor Hunt, before being torn apart in the jaws of hunting hounds. 🦊

Will you sign the petition calling for Aberford Parish Council to no longer host the hunt's boxing day parade? 👉 www.bit.ly/2siUQHl

11/11/2019

Routine heather burning will be ended on Yorkshire Water's moors under new rules to protect peatland, enhance water quality and boost wildlife. 🔥💧👏

www.stoptheshoot.com/2019/11/11/yorkshire-water-commended-for-tightening-up-grouse-shooting-rules/

11/11/2019

Yorkshire Water tightens up the rules on grouse shooting following public pressure — thank you! 👏

Campaigning organisations Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors and the League Against Cruel Sports have welcomed a commitment from Yorkshire Water to change the way it manages its land.Instead of a…

11/10/2019

North Yorkshire Police has issued an appeal for information after a buzzard was found shot near Sherburn in Elmet.

Please share.

https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/buzzard-shot-dead-in-north-yorkshire-2/

20/09/2019

York Council has condemned whale hunters TYR being hosted at the York Barbican in February. 👏🐋

The Leader of the Council, Keith Aspden, has written to the council venue contractor to inform that it does not support the band – whose members participated in and promote the whale hunt on the Faroe Islands – playing on its property.

Thank you to everyone who contacted York Council. Will York Barbican now pull the plug on the whale hunters?

15/09/2019

URGENT ACTION - WHALE HUNTERS NOT WELCOME IN YORKSHIRE

A group of whale hunters who actively participate in the pilot whale slaughter on the Faroe Islands are set to headline a music festival at York Barbican on 20 February.

The venue is owned by City of York Council. Please send a polite email to the venue and the council leadership asking for the whale hunters to be dropped from the show.

The same venue is also hosting an oceans film festival, which is a great way to inspire people to protect marine line - something hosting whale hunters goes directly against.

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EMAIL ADDRESSES:

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SAMPLE LETTER:

Dear Councillors,

I write to celebrate the City of York Council-owned Barbican hosting an ocean film festival later this month.

There is little more powerful than seeing, through film, the mesmerising marine life and ecosystems which our oceans host. The film festival will no doubt leave many empowered to protect the world’s oceans – not least the waters close to home in Yorkshire, where visiting dolphins and whales leave those lucky enough to see them with a powerful experience.

I feel, however, that this valuable work is undermined by the York Barbican hosting the band ‘TYR’ during the ‘Jorvik Takeover’ in February.

The venue may not have been aware when booking TYR that band members actively take part in and publicly-endorse the barbaric pilot whale hunt on the Faroese Islands.

During the hunts, known as the ‘grindadrap’, these gentle sea creatures are herded by fleets of boats onto the island’s shores, where awaiting participants drive knives and lances into the whales’ bodies. What’s more, many of the whales take a long period to die from these painful injuries, with some suffocating from choking on their own blood.

The whale hunt, which takes the lives of hundreds of these intelligent creatures annually, has caused a global outcry from those who want to see cetaceans given the protection they so desperately need and deserve.

Surely, as a responsible and environmentally-focused council, York Council will ensure that TYR are removed from its venue’s list because of the involvement of the band and its members in this brutal whale slaughter?

I look forward to your response.

21/08/2019

Grouse shooting did not go ahead on Yorkshire Water's land at Haworth Moor today! 🍾🎉

Thank you to everybody who telephoned Yorkshire Water and joined our moorland monitoring team — wildlife has good friends. 👏

19/08/2019

Urgent! A grouse shoot is set to be held on Yorkshire Water land at Haworth Moor on Wednesday.

Please pick up the phone to ask the company to cancel the shoot.

📞 01274 691111 (Option '3')

16/08/2019

Wildlife persecution underpins grouse shooting across Yorkshire.

Over 55,000 people since the 'Glorious' Twelfth have called on the government to call time on the killing.

Please add your name and share:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266770