yet again i was proud to be one of the thousands of supporters around australia who turned out to support oscar's law - the movement forged to fight for the abolition of puppy factories...
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| meet oscar, the boy whose rescue created a movement... |
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| hard to believe this is the same wee boy hey! |
debra tranter (founder of oscar's law, member of animal liberation victoria and writer of the blog prisoners for profit) brought many of us to tears, as did trish burke (founder of pets haven animal shelter)... one other speaker that i found incredibly inspirational was elizabeth anile, founder of ataac (australian teens against animal cruelty) when she spoke of the moment she 'made the connection' and decided to give up all animal products and fight against animal enslavement - hopefully she will inspire a generation with her vision...
there were other speakers - politicians not worth the mention (i don't believe any of their crap no matter what party they belong to), and derryn hinch (it's good that he supports oscar's law but he is always one to 'push his own barrow' at the same time!)... the main rally finished with a couple of 'the northshore boys' performing the song they wrote, named - what else - 'oscar's law' and then it was a march and gathering in the treasury gardens for stalls full of information on different campaigns to end animal brutality...
the lack of major news coverage is extremely disappointing - channel 7 had a short tv news piece where they stated 2,000 supporters rallied in melbourne - yet now if you read the story online that figure has been 'downgraded' to 350 supporters - even more disappointing was the abc which had nothing on the tv news, but an online article touted the lie of 350 supporters - i would have estimated around 3,000 from the view i had - i will be interested to hear the 'official' figure... sadly i guess that shows the power and might of the industry and the vested interests involved...
then there's the complicity of silence of the many who 'turn a blind eye' - 'if i don't see it, don't read about it, don't listen, it doesn't exist'... until people stop ignoring the reality of cruelty and exploitation, get outraged, get political and get out there and demonstrate in large numbers, nothing will change... we hold lives in our hands - help give voice to the voiceless!!
then there's the complicity of silence of the many who 'turn a blind eye' - 'if i don't see it, don't read about it, don't listen, it doesn't exist'... until people stop ignoring the reality of cruelty and exploitation, get outraged, get political and get out there and demonstrate in large numbers, nothing will change... we hold lives in our hands - help give voice to the voiceless!!
i was hoping there would be some clips uploaded of the rally by now - but no, not yet! but i did buy the wee petey an oscar's law bandanna and you can see her wearing it in this short, quick clip i uploaded when i got home - you also get an idea of how tiny she really is, standing next to the watering can - oh, the bandanna's quite large on her too - she's really not much bigger than oscar...
What a life she's going to have with you!
ReplyDeleteI'm involved in a walking group in the Yarra Valley and because of the group leader's association with Coldstream Animal Shelter, lots of rescued dogs have walked at different times. There's no lovelier thing than seeing a dog rescued from terror and hellish conditions gradually learn to be a dog. It's not quick, though, and takes very special owners.