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Post by veggiewoman on Jul 17, 2007 10:38:23 GMT
Christian Aid (CA) launches a series of ‘Cut the Carbon’ rallies this weekend aimed at alerting the public to the devastating impact of climate change on people in the poorest parts of the world. The charity will point out that industrialised nations are responsible for some 80% of greenhouse gas emissions. Animal Aid will be at each of the rallies, highlighting CA’s own negative role on this issue. Supporters will be leafleting marchers and carrying banners reading ‘Cut the Crap’. Says Animal Aid Director Andrew Tyler: ‘Christian Aid’s emotive advertising has featured photographs of dead, bloated goats in barren landscapes. Cattle losses in regions such as Northern Kenya are as high as 93%. Yet Christian Aid encourages the public to give money so that more animals can be provided for communities that cannot support them. The number of hoofed animals in sub-Saharan Africa increased from around 275 million in 1961 to more than 655 million by 2005. In that same period, the levels of poverty and environmental destruction increased alarmingly. By providing more animals, Christian Aid will produce more human misery, more land degradation and ensure that more animals will die from starvation, thirst and exhaustion.’ SEE HERE FOR MORE DETAILS : www.christianaid.org.uk/www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_veggie/ALL/1621//IF THERE IS A RALLY NEAR YOU , PLEASE GO AND SUPPORT ANIMAL AID
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