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In response to yesterday’s article about dolphins and porpoises please see the current Early Day Motion going through UK Parliament about keeping these animals out of captivity. Visit theyworkforyou.com and contact your MP about this matter.

EDM 1342, Keeping of Cetaceans in Captivity

That this House welcomes the fact that no cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) have been kept in captivity in the UK since 1993, but is concerned that there is no legislation to prevent these animals being housed in captive facilities within the UK in the future; notes that cetaceans are intelligent, social animals with complex needs which cannot be met in captivity and that there is evidence to suggest that captivity causes serious physical and behavioural welfare problems, and that many cetaceans are still taken from the wild to supply captive facilities; furthermore, notes with concern the involvement of companies in the UK with overseas establishments which keep cetaceans in captivity; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation specifically prohibiting the keeping of cetaceans in captivity other than in cases which involve short-term rehabilitation with a view to a release back to the wild in the case of injured cetaceans.

The Food Programme on Radio 4 (usually exponents of veal and scoffers at raw food diets) have featured a programme about Jainism and vegetarianism.

Simon Parkes explores Jainism as one of the roots of Vegetarianism. Non-violence is the foundation of this religion and philosophy and determines the strict vegetarian way of eating and living. Simon meets Jains in India and in Britain and finds out how difficult it is to adhere to the principles in the UK of the 21st century.

Reading taken from Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found  by Suketu Mehta.

Simon Parkes is joined in the studio by author of 50 Great Curries of India,Camellia Panjabi and novelist and author of The Heretic’s Feast – A History of Vegetarianism, Colin Spencer.

Simon Parkes visits the Parekh family in Calcutta and talks to Devendra Parekh and his mother Karuna as lunch preparations are getting under way.

Simon Parkes visits the Jain Temple in Leicester during a 9 day fasting period which coincided with the birthday anniversary of Lord Mahavira. He talks to Usha Mehta at home in Leicester.

Further information
Masala Zone
9 Marshall Street
W1F 7ER
Tel: 020 7287 9966

Books
Maximum City : Bombay Lost and Found  by Suketu Mehta published by Headline Review; New Ed edition, ISBN-10: 0747259690, ISBN-13:978-0747259695

50 Great Curries of India  by Camellia Panjabi published by Kyle Cathie, ISBN-10: 185626128X

Vegetarianism: A history  by Colin Spencer published by Grub Street, ISBN 1-902304-58-6

A nice picture of a sheep talking art to break the relentless barrage of mutilated animals that make up the bulk of this site. The site admin are taking a break for a few weeks but please email if you have any articles you wish published in this arena.

From the pages of houtlust a set of posters about impulse dog buying for fashion. Not strictly a subject immediately linked to an anti-meat eating agenda but one which is actually tied closely to it. Attitudes towards animals as pets and servile property all tie into people’s attitudes towards animals as livestock to be bartered and killed rather than as free-thinking individuals with a right to self-determination. The bottom line is that despite what the law says, animals are not property any more than someones’ sister or mum belongs to another person.

What’s chique this season? A Labrador or a Cairn Terrier?
This new campaign from the Spanish F.A.A.D.A. the Foundation for the Adoption, Patronage and Defence of Animals, provided us with was absolutely decisive: 80% of the people who purchase an animal do it on impulse - people who act on the same impulses as those involved when buying a bag, a pair of earrings or a T-shirt.
For this campaign agency Contrapunto Barcelona from Spain used the layout of a fashion magazine, in which the most in-fashion accessories of the season appear, as a creative resource and where they include an animal as if it were just another item of purchase under the claim “A dog is not a fashion accessory.”
Agency Contrapunto Barcelona
Art Director: Deny Zatariano
Copywrite: Emma Piquer
Creative Directors: Tomás Oliva / Manuel Padilla
Photographer: Pere Ferrer

Related F.A.A.D.A. posts:
- A dog is not a toy
- Brutal break up