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BABOONS AND MEDICAL RESEARCH In its commitment to upholding high standards of ethics in research, the University of Cape Town decided earlier this year that it will no longer use wild-caught baboons for medical research. Although the university has not been involved in either the trapping or housing of baboons, UCT made the commitment to purchase baboons that were intended for research purposes and to send them to the Centre for Animal Rehabilitation and Education (CARE), to whom financial assistance has been given for the building of a sanctuary to house the baboons.  BWC has agreed to cover the feeding costs of the baboons over the next 5 years, which translates into many thousands of Rands monthly. To this end, BWC needs your financial support to accomplish this. Please send your donation today to Beauty without Cruelty | Standard Bank - Branch: 025109 - Savings Acc: 077 491 645. Please include a ‘B’ in your reference line to ensure your donation goes directly to the care of these fragile animals. Beauty Without Cruelty is delighted with the decision made by UCT to release the Chacmas to the care of a sanctuary, and for their commitment to no longer make use of baboons for medical research. We commend all involved for their efforts in the success of this scientifically sound and humane decision. Beautiful Prizes were donated by FREE RANGE JEWELS
RHINO MARCH TO CT PARLIAMENT 22 SEPTEMBER 2011 Thursday 22nd September. 12-2pm, Meet at Fruit and Veg parking lot in Roeland Street, then walk down Roeland Street to Parliament. Cape Town. Wear something red ~ bring lots of sunblock and water. YOU COULD WIN THIS BEAUTIFUL PAINTING!  You stand a one in one hundred chance of winning; simply make an EFT deposit with your name + F as the reference, and e-mail proof with your full contact details to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it As soon as the 100th deposit is made, we will draw the winner, who will be notified by phone and the results will be sent immediately via e-mail and on FB, and later appear in Compassion. THE SEALS OF NAM BWC supports Sea Shepherd SA and Fur Free in their initiative to boycott Namibia as long as they continue to slaughter seals, including nursing pups for their fur, and in the case of the bulls, also for their penises for use in useless remedies, along with seal based Omega 3 oil. This action has gone global and the boycott action is being reported on around the world. Please visit Seals of Nam and read about the boycott, sign the petition and more. .   Steve Newman, CT music legend, and friends
 SAVING ANGELO Angelo and Mich are two white Bengal tigers at Jukani Wildlife Predator Park in Mossel Bay. In July 2009 a wildlife veterinarian specialist diagnosed Angelo the white Bengal tiger male with Progressive Retinal Atrophy, a genetic transferable and incurable disease that would leave him permanently blind. As a result of his disease he would need specialist and continued medical treatment, with a team of care takers that he trusts and accepts. We are delighted to report that suffient funds were raised to ensure their safe keep and care for the foreseeable future! BWC TO COVER COSTS OF RELOCATED BABOONS Since the university made the decision to end baboon research, the instituion felt an obligation to assist the few remaining baboons caught in the wild for research purposes. UCT was not alone in using baboons for research. Once this last group of baboons goes to the sanctuary, there should be no more baboons available for research, and they will live out their lives in peace. BWC has undertaken to cover the costs of the care of these Chacma baboons for the foreseeable future. Their care will require considerable funding and we appeal to you to assist by donating to BWC today! Donations Welcome - Beauty without Cruelty | Standard Bank - Branch: 025109 - Savings Acc: 077 491 645 Swift Number: SBZAZAJJ (for overseas donations)WORLD WEEK FOR ANIMALS IN LABORATORIES 21st April 2011 saw Beauty Without Cruelty up bright and early to hand vivisection information leaflets out to students arriving at UCT for the day, as they alighted from the busses. Over 1000 leaflets were shared and a couple of contacts made.
Non-animal testing methods are often more reliable, quicker and cost-effective. These include cell, tissue and organ culture; micro-organisms such as bacteria; molecular research; studies with post-mortem tissues; computer simulations, including QSARs; population studies (epidemiology) and clinical research with human volunteers. Why are these not automatically available? Why are students not insisting on non animal methods of dissection and vivisection? Two studies show that students who use non animal-methods for dissection retain more knowledge and attain higher test results. A student has the right to choose a non animal method of study.
 .jpg) WILD ANIMALS BELONG IN THE WILD Demonstrations in March 2011 in Diep River and Sunningdale in Cape Town, oustide McLarens circus, saw almost 40 attending each event., one on a hot day over a long weekend while the other was on a rather damp mid week evening. While the first was silent, in acqiescence to police request, the second saw rain drenched supporters singing 'Born Free' at full volume, chanting NO MORE CAGES and NO CIRCUS ANIMALS and handing out admittedly soggy pamphlets. Nothing could dampen the enthusiam of those present and the ages of the supporters ranged from mid 70's down to about 5 years old! Further action will take place in Malmesbury and Edgemead, and whereever else the circus goes to in Cape Town. Media coverage is ensuring that many households are getting to read about the controversy of wild animals in the circus. The NSPCA has recently launched their campaign agianst circus animals, Celebrate the Wildness of Wildlife and you can pledge to support animal free circuses. We appeal to parents to support circuses that emply human acts only! One hears of animals escapeing the circus, but never of animals running away TO the the circus! ANTI-SEALING DAY 2011 As part of the Anti-Sealing Day observed worldwide 15 March 2011, a press conference was held in Cape Town to create awareness of the annual massacre of around 85 000 nursing seal cubs in Namibia. Celebrity supporters include Verity, Siyabonga Beyile, Faizal Sayed, Mynie Grovè, Roxy Louw. We would like to stress that we love our sister country Namibia, and that it pains us to take any adverse action against it. We hope and pray that the leaders of Namibia will see the folly of the seal slaughter, and will take definite and immediate steps to end it.
As Gandhi said: 'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Organisations involved: Beauty Without Cruelty, Fur Free, Sea Shepherd SA and others
 This is down right cruel and immoral! I am shocked and do hope that all of those with power in the media and those who have voices, use theirs. Until everyone has the guts to recognize this kind of cruelty for what it is, as in this case the victim is an animal, who can not raise their voice, we will have to do so for them --we cannot expect any crime of any sort to be any better in this world if we don’t start with our animals.
We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such barbaric glee in killing, we set back the progress of humanity. Stand up now and stop this as it only goes down hill from here. Roxy Louw - Surfer, supermodel  Dear Namibia,
I have loved you since the 1st time I ever experienced your raw beauty, swam in the cold Swakop water, drank a fabulous cold beer on a searingly hot Windhoek morning, but I DON’T love the way you allow this completely SENSELESS seal cub slaughter. THIS IS NOT MY NAMIBIA!
Please answer:
There is NO logic in the ‘so-called’ blaming depleted fish supplies on babies who don’t cause it – you are in denial that ordinary people don’t know that! Why act stupid if that’s not what you stand for? · NOBODY in a fashion conscious world supports animal skins anymore – it is SO old fashioned!! Why do you support an outdated fashion material? · Why enable fur trade when it puts such a HUGE stain on the name of NAMIBIA? Don’t you care about your honour? · As an African Country, start doing the RIGHT thing and BE and example of responsible eco governance – why do you act like an uninformed entity and then pretend people don’t see through it? · Create an income and job creation from an Annual International Music Festival to make up for this crass business decision – don’t you wish to ‘celebrate your brand’ with something more palatable? Mother Nature has been SO good to you. Don’t you think after gaining your independence, you can start ACTING as an independent and make STRONG, RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE ECO decisions? What you are doing to Namibia’s brand and honour is SO CARELESS, SO CRUEL AND SO UNNECESSARY. Come on, every citizen, world burger and lovers of Good over Evil – Namibia is WORTH standing up for if they can get government and state department dealing with this issue to STOP IT NOW – REMOVE THIS BLEMISH FROM YOUR HISTORY BOOKS TODAY! DON’T do to these babies what you are doing to NAMIBIA. WHEN YOU STOP THIS, YOU START BEING THE NAMIBIA PEOPLE FOUGHT FOR! Respectfully, Mynie Grovè -Singer, Songwriter
 I feel really good that I'm standing against this seal massacre, I'm not doing it only to save the planet but I'm doing it for the future generation that will grace the earth when we are gone.
I personally feel that any killing is unacceptable. I find it difficult to fathom that any being has the right over any others life. Nobody has that right, period. We now look at this world or war, brutality, earthquakes, tsunamis and have yet to realize that after all this intelligence, technology and development we are still barbaric and guess what...we are actually going in reverse. Let's remind ourselves of the very old cliche, what comes around, goes around. The irony is, that it is us who have stopped this world from going around. Is our brutality turning against us?
Every single person who is informed on this violation, this cruelty, this barbaric practice, DOES HAVE A CHOICE to say that this is NOT OK. We have the choice to inform tourists visiting Namibia that this is how they treat their seal colony. We have the choice to use all means possible to raise our voices in outcry and the choice to be the voice for the 86000 seal pups and 5000 bulls that are destined for the cruelest imaginable death on July 1st. By making the choice to say that it's NOT OK and boycotting Namibia and hitting them where it hurts (their pockets) we may just make our plea heard and see this gross violation of animal rights stopped. Verity Singer Songwriter Verity's blog on the seal massacre 
Sign the Fourpaws petition now! NO FUR, NO ANIMAL SKIN DEMO SAT 11TH DEC 2010
BWC supporters turned out in red tees and animal masks for the No Fur No Animal Skin demo held outside the Cape Quarter Lifestyle Centre Saturday 11th, to mark the occasion of World Animal Rights Day which was 10th December. Young Ethan Miller was one of those who handed out Fur Free flyers to passers by and motorists. We often think of rabbits and foxes, cats and dogs when thinking the horrors of fur, but reptiles like snakes and crocodiles, while perhaps not cute and cuddly, are just as entitled to keep their skins! Snakes have also been known to be skinned alive after being impaled to a tree. One store has made the pledge to no longer sell fur. We will, of course follow up on this.
Those who may shudder at the thought of a wall mounted animal head may well be tempted to have a zebra or springbok skin on the lounge floor, to have a crocodile, snake, or ostrich skin bag or pair of shoes. It’s all the same. An animal died for a trinket. Please consider your purchases! We do not need bird shaped brooches made of deer skin, or animal toys made of rabbit, cat or dog for Fido or Kitty, or tops with fur trim!        Some 60 people turned out, some in wonderful costumes, on a perfect CT day, some with children in tow, to be part of Africa’s first Veg Pride parade in Cape Town. The parade ended at the BWC Awareness market which was held in conjunction with the Wellness Organic and natural market in Kloof Street.
You can watch a short video here!      Beryl Scott, BWC chairperson, sandwiched by the costume winners, Suzette Mathhews and Mada van Hoorn   BWC AWARENESS MARKET in conjunction with Wellness Organic and Natural Market 30 OCT 2010
 Heather Howe manning the stand at the market
EDUCATION
Some of the students from Bishop's Preparatory School giving the veggie "Hi V", with Heather Howe on the left and Di Smith on the right. They will be doing a module on animal awareness thanks to the insight of their teacher.
Presentations are given at various schools /groups throughtout the year. Pictured here are just two of the latest groups.
Heather and Di also had a presentation in November, prepared for a group of youngsters on a New Beginnings and Shechem outing, on a number of topics such as sentience, animal rights, compassion, the five freedoms, empathy and justice. Di Smith made some beautiful posters focusing on these topics and the kids were attentive and fascinated with the possibility that even cockroaches are sentient beings! There were 35 Cape Flats children from the ages of 10 - 18. After the presentation they were given a group task – each group was given a t-shirt outline on an A1 piece of cardboard and they had to design an animal rights slogan and also decorate the "T-shirt". There were some very clever and artistic designs!
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if you would like them to present an age appropriate talk at your school! Humane education, which we implement in schools by request, is the key to changing people’s attitudes towards animals; animals have lives that are meaningful to them and although they may be different from humans, that does not mean they are inferior! All life is valuable and BWC promotes respect and consideration for all species, including invertebrates. BWC works to encourage compassion, respect and care for animals, especially in young people, which will in turn lead to the humane treatment of humans and a more compassionate society for the benefit of all.
WORLD DAY FOR FARM ANIMALS 2 OCTOBER 2010
.jpg) In honour of World Farm Animals Day 2nd October, a few dedicated Capetonians spent a couple of hours handing out educational leaflets on the inherent cruelties of modern farming practices and the benefits of meat free Mondays, which helps reduce pollution, water and resource waste, benefits human health and reduces the numbers of animals slaughtered.
ROAR ANIMAL RIGHTS WEEK (Rhodes Organisation for Animal Rights)
Beauty Without Cruelty presented to faculty and students on vivisection and dissection at Rhodes University 7th October 2010. during their very successful awareness week.
 VEGAN SOCIETY ANIMAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE JOHANNESBURG
 Anne van Vliet presented at the full day event held 9th October 2010 in Johannesburg.
AWARENESS STAND AT SHOPPING MALL 8-10 OCTOBER
 BWC had an stand for three days at Canal Walk, where there was opportunity to hand out literature and discuss animal exploitation issues with the public.
VEGAN WEEK 25-31 OCTOBER
 This year national outlets Steers and Global Wrapps also participated.
HOGSBACK ANIMAL SYMPOSIUM MAY 2010  Beauty Without Cruelty had the opportunity to present on the History of Animals Rights at a symposium that included philosophers, legal minds and others involved with Animal Rights, at the stunning Fort Hare Conference Centre in the Hogsback, in August 2010 on a bracing 3 degree mornng.
MUSLIM WOMEN'S GROUP HIGH TEA, 24 APRIL 2010
 On Saturday 24th April, BWC was invited to give an Animal Rights / Women's Rights presentation to some 300 women in Athlone, Cape Town. The event was a fundraising High Tea. The presentation subject was Vivisection and Women's Health (or Women's Right to Health)
Beauty Without Cruelty now has a regular column in a new Cape Town publication whiich is going national in December 2010, The Islamic Times. The column addresses, amongst other things, animals rights and welfare within a Muslim context.
SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
 In Cape Town, Di Smith and Heather Howe, our Education Officer, have gone to several schools over the course of the year to do presentations that are age appropriate, by invitation. . The feedback has been extremely positive and a number of initiatives started at some schools as a result of the talks. Denis Fajans in Johannesburg has also been busy with school presentations.
MEAT FREE MONDAYS
If you are not already vegetarian or vegan, but concerned about your health, the state of the planet and animals, what you eat is an important tool in working to achieve environmental sustainability. Meat Free Mondays are an easy way to lower your own environmental impact and help ensure worldwide food security.
The demand for animal flesh / byproducts is expected to more than double by the year 2050. In order to meet this growing appetite, animals will no doubt be reared more intensively and cheaply with factory farming and aquaculture (fish farming) causing further pollution, water and land usage. If nothing is done, the devastating environmental impact of meat production can only increase.
 Pledge your support for theMeat Free Monday campaign, a Fry's initiative, in association with BWC, The Vegan Society, WESSA , ARA and the Animal Anti-Cruelty League and win! Also, you can support us with your purchase
of a shopper, bracelet or booklet
 ATTENTION VEGETARIANS if you are vegetarian, you can contribute by starting with one dairy and egg free Monday weekly - the milk and egg industry contributes significantly to pollution, and end-of-lay birds are destined for the slaughterhouse as are dairy cows who are unable to produce sufficent milk.
Turning a single chicken into meat at the abattoir takes an estimated 14 litres of water. Multiply this figure by the number of chickens slaughtered annually in South Africa (761 million). The water that drains away from chicken abattoirs is 10.6 billion litres annually - or 29 million daily!! This figure does not include the water required to rear the chickens or to grow the crops to feed them. It is simply the processing of the chicken. HERITAGE DAY
2010 A vegan braai celebrating life was held Thursday 23rd September aftre work, just before a long weekend. As with last year, the food was truly fabulous and our grateful thanks to Anel Clarke of Daisymeisie Catering and Deerpark Cafe for their support!  A vegan braai (barbecue) was held in September to celebrate Heritage Day and as a small fundraiser . The food was fabulous! Our first event of this nature and almost 3 dozen poeple supported the venture, which is to be an annual event at Deer Park Cafe in Vredhoek Cape Town.
In March 2010 BWC supporters gathered to protest seal slaughter, during the annual cycle tour in Cape Town which sees 35 000 cyclists on the road. Seen here are a few ardent and regular supporters who got up early on a Sunday morning to voice theor displeasure at the slaughter of innocents while wearing their BWC teeshirts. Seen from left are Peggi Kensley, Toni Brockhoven, David Raza and Anita Madhessian.
A PROTEST against fur was held at the V&A waterfront Cape Town in August 2009 nd there was a good response from BWC supporters! The reason for the demonstrations is not to change store owners minds or legislation (which would seldom occur) but to create a forum for public awareness and education by drawing attention to the issue and handing out educational material. Ensuring the public is aware of the source of many trinkets, trims and toys (usually cat and dog fur) is essential to reducing and ultimately elimination the sales of these horrendous items. THAT is what will work.
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