We Bring Factory Farming Into The Open
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to prise open the doors of the secretive, factory farming
industry and to reveal what goes on behind the closed doors of these industrialised animal factories;
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to educate people on the benefits – to the animals, to ourselves, to the planet on which we depend – of a vegan lifestyle.
objectives
that is why...
...we at Animals Behind Closed Doors have chosen to lead
a vegan life.
A vegan lifestyle means living your life without harming any living being,
in so far as is possible or practical.
It means
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not eating any animals or the secretions of any animal;
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not wearing the skin, hide, wool, fur or feather of any animal;
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not using any products that contain animal ingredients or that have been tested on animals.
The vast majority of people wish to live in a kind and compassionate
world and to live what they believe to be an ethical life. Raising animals
and killing them so that we can eat them – when eating them is clearly
unnecessary – is neither kind nor compassionate. It is also immoral.
A BRIEF HISTORY
OF HOW ANIMALSBEHINDCLOSEDDOORS CAME TO BE
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In 1982, Channel 4 screened The Animals Film. The two-hour expose of the animal industry caused a furore in the UK and a massive backlash from those industries that relied heavily on exploiting animals.
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In the early 90s, several activists established an animal rights group called the Alliance for Animal Rights (AFAR). For many years, every Saturday, they assembled a large information stand outside the historic old parliament building on College Green. They had placards and posters, leaflets and petitions. The posters were graphic and hard-hitting. Dubliners had never seen anything like it.
Thousands of people saw their information stand every Saturday. The majority didn’t stop, yet everyone who passed was aware of what AFAR was calling for: the end of animal exploitation and abuse. Many people did approach the stand. They engaged in discussion, they signed petitions, they took away leaflets to distribute themselves. Some signed up as regular volunteers. Many arrived as carnivores and left an hour later as vegetarians or vegans.
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In 2020, the first Lockdown only weeks old, it was decided to get back into regular campaigning, specifically on the factory farming issue, intensive animal agriculture having grown exponentially in the intervening years. Over a twelve-month period, from November 2020 to October 2021, we did over thirty radio interviews, always on the issue of factory farming. When asked by the interviewer what the solution was, we said that people should stop buying animal products that came from factory farming. We also said that people could cut down on their meat consumption and only buy free range or organic.
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That initial period of ABCD campaigning is over. Now, when asked, we respond by saying that people should give serious consideration to giving up eating animals altogether. Higher welfare may alleviate some of the suffering but it is not the answer; the answer is to stop eating animals and adopt a plant- based lifestyle.
For the animals. For the planet. For your peace of mind.
A vegan lifestyle!