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GLOBAL BOYCOTT PROCTER & GAMBLE DAY XIII
SATURDAY MAY 16 2009
Taken from : www.uncaged.co.uk
Please unite with fellow activists for our thirteenth Global Boycott P&G Day on Saturday 16th May 2009 to expose the callous animal testing practices of the world’s largest consumer goods corporation.
Our research shows the majority of people oppose testing cosmetics on animals and will boycott companies guilty of such practices. With your help, we can give millions of consumers the information they need to vote with their purses and help save innocent animals from deadly poisoning tests. Big business is the most powerful influence over animal testing. That’s why, if we want to protect animals, it’s so vital to empower consumers to pressure companies like P&G directly.
This report from a participant in last year’s Day of Action shows what an inspiring and effective campaign it is:
"I got a really positive response from shoppers... I was so enthused by the response that I would like to do this more regularly. Whatever happens next I am sure that we have certainly got the message out and people are responding. Together we can consign animal experiments to history!" Benjamin from Essex, England“Hurtful Essences”
This year, in order to ramp up the effectiveness of this day of action, we’re encouraging our fellow campaigners to focus on one of P&G’s most infamous brands – ‘Herbal Essences’. We launched the boycott of Herbal Essences (a P&G hair care brand) in July 2008 when we revealed that P&G scientists had poisoned and killed over a thousand animals and their babies in a gratuitous test for a chemical ingredient already in use by humans for decades (butylparaben).
We have found that targeting this recognised brand name has made a significant difference to the success of the campaign. Interestingly, narrowing the focus actually makes it easier for many more people to make the first step to compassionate enlightenment as they begin to discover the true horror of the whole animal testing industry.
What You Need To Do
Whether you are on your own or part of a campaign group, it’s easy to help the P&G Boycott. We – and thousands of defenceless animals – need you to get active with protests, stunts, street theatre, stalls and leafleting in town centres and outside supermarkets. You can also help by organising protests at P&G sites, or displays and information events at your school, college, library, health-food shop, or workplace, and/or by firing off letters to all your regional media and online forums.
With the vast majority of people against P&G’s animal testing, this is an unusually positive and effective campaign that will attract widespread interest and support from the public. For ideas, you can check out more photos and reports from last year’s Day .
Click here for a great example of a Boycott P&G campaign website set up by the fantastic Spanish organisation Equanimal. This is a great way of spreading the message further to people in your country or who speak your language.
Last year’s Day was the biggest ever with over 250 different actions across the world. Let’s make the 2009 event even bigger and bring renewed hope for those animals at risk from abuse at the hands of P&G and other animal testers. Remember, without YOU, animals are defenceless and vulnerable to the brutality of P&G.
Top Tips
We look forward to working with you to make the world a better place for animals.
- Click here for a wide range of downloadable Boycott P&G campaign materials in different languages.
- We are exploring the possibility of translating our English ‘Hurtful Essences’ leaflet into different languages. If you have any specific translation requests or can help, please get in touch!
- Please email me at dan@uncaged.co.uk to let me know your plans and register your participation, or if you are interested in participating and wish to join in with any events organised in your area!
- Please send us photos, videos and reports of your action!
With best wishes
Dan Lyons
Dr Dan Lyons, Director, Uncaged
www.uncaged.co.uk
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