[find press release added at bottom -t.]

For anyone who is coming to the protests on Friday, after the first demo at Sweden's Consulate Office, we will be going to a public meeting space where we will have lunch. You can either buy something to snack on or you can bring something from home ---- brown bag it ------after lunch, we will be doing another protest. Wear comfortable shoes as we will be walking.

Carriage Horse Protest - Sunday, 8/8 @ 2:00 PM
Int'l Solidarity Day - Sweden Fur Farms - Friday, 8/13 @ 11 AM
Carriage Horse Protest - Sunday, 8/15 @ 2:00 PM
No Kill New York Meeting - Wednesday, 8/18 @ 7:00 PM
Guest Speaker - Anthony Marr - Wednesday, 8/25 @ 7 PM
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:31:53 -0400
From: < centcom@war-online.org>
Subject: 8/13 FRI World Day of Action Against Sweden`s Fur Farms in NYC
Organization: Win Animal Rights
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World Day of Action Against Sweden`s Fur Farms

Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 11:00 AM

Friday 13th August - World Day of Action against Sweden's Fur Farms

For many years Sweden has been seen as one of the bastions of the global fur farming industry, but that image is fast fading and may be about to change in a big way. Twenty years ago there were about 500 fur farms in Sweden, today there only 75 mink farms left and no fox fur farms at all, thanks to the hard work and dedication of anti-fur activists.

With a General Election in Sweden only weeks away, one of the big topics of the election campaign is a potential ban on all fur farms in Sweden, something which we could only have dreamed of just a few years ago. With similar campaigns in Finland, Norway and Denmark, it seems the tide is turning against the fur trade throughout Scandinavia.

In support of the campaign for a ban of fur farms, Swedish activists are calling for a World Day of Action against Swedish Fur Farms on Friday 13th August. Anti-fur activists throughout the world are asked to hold protests at their local Swedish Embassies and Consulates in support of a ban on all fur farming in the country.

Please organize a demo at your Embassy or Consulate in support of the campaign. For more details or to let us know you are organizing a protest, contact daniel@djurrattsalliansen.se < mailto:daniel@djurrattsalliansen.se >

Protest: Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 11:00 AM
Where: Consulate of Sweden in NYC @ 445 Park Ave. (56th St.)

If you cannot join the protest in New York City or anywhere
else around the world, you can call, write, e-mail:

Honorary Consulate General of Sweden
445 Park Avenue, 21st floor
New York, NY 10022

Phone:+1 212 888 3000

Email:newyork@consulateofsweden.org
< mailto:newyork@consulateofsweden.org >

Join Win Animal Rights for an entire day of action for fur bearers, animals in labs and animals exploited and killed for food. Wear your walking shoes as we will be moving around the city. Remember, it's Friday the 13th - SO BEWARE!

Coming WAR events: Mark your calendars NOW

Carriage Horse Protest - Sunday, 8/8 @ 2:00 PM
Int'l Solidarity Day - Sweden Fur Farms - Friday, 8/13 @ 11 AM
Carriage Horse Protest - Sunday, 8/15 @ 2:00 PM
No Kill New York Meeting - Wednesday, 8/18 @ 7:00 PM
Guest Speaker - Anthony Marr - Wednesday, 8/25 @ 7 PM
(see Yahoo calendar for details)

Visit the WAR Calendar for future events: http://calendar.yahoo.com/winanimalrights
Visit the WAR MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/winanimalrights
Visit the WAR Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Win-Animal-Rights/25169195791

For more info contact Win Animal Rights at: winanimalrights@optonline.net
Call: 646.267.9934 or visit the WAR website at: http://war-online.org

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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:53:31 -0400
From: Centcom
Subject: 8/13 FRI Reminder: World Day of Action Against Swedens Fur Farms
To: nyprotest@lists.riseup.net
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REMINDER:
World Day of Action
Against Swedish Fur Farms

Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 11:00 AM

Friday 13th August - World Day of Action against Sweden's Fur Farms

Note from WAR: For anyone who is coming to the protests on Friday, after the first demo at Sweden's Consulate Office, we will be going to a public meeting space where we will have lunch. You can either buy something to snack on or you can bring something from home ---- brown bag it ------after lunch, we will be doing another protest. Wear comfortable shoes as we will be walking.

Below you will find the Press Release for the undercover investigations of Swedish fur farms that prompted this day of outrage, along with links to videos.

PRESS RELEASE 2010-08-09

Undercover investigation reveals horrific animal cruelty at Swedish
mink farms ­ photos could bring an end to Sweden’s fur industry

During 2009 and 2010, the Animal Rights Alliance took undercover photo and video at one-
fifth of all of the fur farms in Sweden. Investigative materials show that mink on Swedish
fur farms live under miserable conditions ­ worse than previously recognized. The results of
the investigation could bring the fur industry in Sweden to an end. In 2003, a governmental
commission of inquiry gave mink farms until 2010 to comply with the Animal Welfare Act.
The commission of inquiry concluded that if the fur farms did not comply with the law, then
the farming of mink for fur should be partly or totally banned.

“Our investigative material clearly proves that the fur industry has done nothing to improve
conditions for mink on fur farms. At the majority of the farms that we visited, we found
evidence of stereotypical behavior, multiple cases of cannibalism, and countless mink
with gaping wounds, missing ears and rampant infections. The animals react to stress
and frustration in their extremely small cages by biting each other to death”, says Malin
Gustafsson, spokesperson for the Animal Rights Alliance.

She continues:

“Mink naturally spend more than half of their time in water; they would normally climb and
run several kilometers every day. The Animal Welfare Act in Sweden states that all animals
should be allowed to live according to their natural needs. Fur farms are a mockery of the law.
With only a month left until the 2010 national election, many Swedes are eager to know if the
Swedish political parties intend to respect the Animal Welfare Act and ban fur farming. We
certainly hope so”.

Beyond documenting violations of the Animal Cruelty Act, the Animal Rights Alliance also
documented many environmental offenses. Contrary to regulation, sewage from many farms
ran straight out into the surrounding environment and mink carcasses were not disposed of
properly.

For more information, film and photo:
http://www.sveketmotminkarna.se

Contact the Animal Rights Alliance at: +46 762 30 12 00

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http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen?videoId=1.1741898

even if it´s in swedish its worth seeing. in the end the reporter ask the farmer: so this was not what you wanted to show?
and the farmer who already look more then stupid just say with a low voice: no, it wasnt.

Today Djurrattsalliansen (Animal Right Alliance) exposed another Swedish fur farm, the biggest one in sweden, that has condemned the earlier exposed farms and that work on animal welfare issues in the Fur breeders association.
National TV went to his farm and he had to let them in and at once they found dead minks and really dirty cages. Also, Djurrattsalliansen has visited the farm and filmed lots of injuries and other bad things that can be seen here;

http://www.sveketmotminkarna.se/p%C3%A4lsfarmerna (choose number 18)

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Protest: Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 11:00 AM
Where: Consulate of Sweden in NYC @ 445 Park Ave. (56th St.)

If you cannot join the protest in New York City or anywhere
else around the world, you can call, write, e-mail:

Honorary Consulate General of Sweden
445 Park Avenue, 21st floor
New York, NY 10022

Phone:+1 212 888 3000

Email:newyork@consulateofsweden.org

Join Win Animal Rights for an entire day of action for fur beareres, animals in labs and animals exploited and killed for food. Wear your walking shoes as we will be moving around the city. Remember, it's Friday the 13th - SO BEWARE!

Coming WAR events: Mark your calendars NOW

Carriage Horse Protest - Saturday, 8/14 @ 2:00 PM
No Kill New York Meeting - Wednesday, 8/18 @ 7:00 PM
Guest Speaker - Anthony Marr - Wednesday, 8/25 @ 7 PM
(see Yahoo calendar for details)

Visit the WAR Calendar for future events: http://calendar.yahoo.com/winanimalrights
Visit the WAR MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/winanimalrights
Visit the WAR Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Win-Animal-Rights/25169195791

For more info contact Win Animal Rights at: winanimalrights@optonline.net
Call: 646.267.9934 or visit the WAR website at: http://war-online.org