How far are you prepared to go to help animals?

Posted on 19 August 2010

As I read of 30 brave and aspiring activists in Wietze near Hannover, Europe, squatting on a piece of land to prevent the construction of a large chicken slaughter house which would have been responsible for the death of 2.5 million chickens per week, I ask myself how far would I go to help farm animals?

These guys were great, they ensured they were not easily evicted by building a tripod, and chained concrete barrels around themselves. While squatting, they drummed, ran vegan workshops on cooking, animal rights and others. They received vegan food from the locals and managed to stand their ground. The owners of the land and police were gobsmacked as they had no legal right to evict them. I am unable to find out what happened with the squat, if anyone can read German or knows please let us know. For some great pictures of the ‘chicken squat’ please visit http://antiindustryfarm.blogsport.de/fotos/

There are many brave activists out there who go out on a limb for animals, and although we do our bit by being vegan does it stop there? Would you squat for the chickens?

Questions kindly posed by Lesleigh Harnwell

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