[Imc-leeds] Feature Proposal

[lordrich at riseup.net]

Hi,

I propose the following feature to appear on Indymedia Leeds/Bradford.
If there's no complaints I'll publish it in 24 hours.

Also, I've removed the oversize images
on /en/regions/leedsbradford/2008/08/407906.html and was about to
promote the comment with the resized images added. However, comments
seem to be broken at the moment - so somebody needs to promote the
comment once things have been fixed.

-- 
Rich


Topics: Animal Liberation
Region: Leeds/Bradford
Long Title: Grouse Shoot Sabbing
Author: IMC Leeds Bradford
Image: http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/images/2008/08/407907.jpg
Abstract:

On Friday, 15 activists held a visual and noisy demo outside
Bradford Council’s Head Office, Jacob’s Well, because of their plans to
allow grouse shooting to return to Ilkley Moor.

Banners were tied up and held and information given to all the members
of staff and visitors going in through the site’s main entrance.
Members of public were very supportive and many made comments about the
council not caring about the people of their town, never mind the
animals to be killed if bloodsports return to the moor. The constant
noise from the megaphone and chanting made sure that nobody could be
unaware of why we were there.

The demo then moved onto the town’s City Hal where campaigners went
inside the office and put the West Yorkshire Sabs website on every
computer screen. Outside the main entrance, activists climbed up the
gates and tied a banner across, much to the annoyance of the security
guards who begun shaking the gate whilst someone was still up it!

Other campaigners dropped banners of a nearby flyover to inform
everybody coming into Bradford about the council’s involvement in
animal cruelty and bloodsports.

Then on Sunday, West & South Yorkshire Hunt Sabs joined forces
yesterday to stop grouse shoots in the Holme Valley, near Holmfirth.

At the first shoot, over 25 sabs got between the beaters and the guns
and then blocked the shooting butts resulting in most of the
bloodsports enthusiasts cracking their guns and abandoning the first
drive. Obviously angry at their 'sport' being stopped, members of the
shoot assaulted one sab to try and get their video camera, rammed the
sab van and the owner of the shoot decided it would be a good idea to
put one of the front windows through on the vehicle. As per usual, the
police couldn't care less and were more interested in getting rid of
the sabs with laws they didn't even know themselves.

The next group of shooters, a bit further down the road, packed up
straight away when they saw the sabs arriving; however poor
communication meant that they couldn't tell the beaters who carried on
driving the grouse towards guns that weren't there. Realising they had
been made fools of, on of the head beaters begun shouting at the police
to enforce laws that didn't exist, to which they just told him the
truth.

The day's sabbing was a great success, with countless lives being saved
and two shoots stopped from killing.