Saturday 3rd April 2010 - Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Demo

Seven BARC voulenteers paid another visit to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm today to brave the rain and educate the punters about this scummy zoo. We were pleased to do this demo as part Zoo Awareness Weekend 2010 ( Saturday 3rd - Monday 5th April )

We were greeted by the cops,The Sunday Express, The Bristol Evening Pest and some of the zoo staff. As we handed out our leafletts the zoo staff gave out their counter leaflet. The zoo have been claiming that the recent council investigation into their animal abuse has cleared them but in reality 7 new conditions have been added to their zoo licence. More info can be found here.

The demo went really well with the usual support from passing motorists and a lack of a certain zoo owner who's rambling one way conversations were not missed. On the last demo the owner accused us of 'spreading the darkness' which is a phrase we've not heard before but it sounds kinda kool.

Our main problem with the zoo is their abuse of animals but many people do have a problem with the owners creationist veiws and the fact he has many signs/displays etc that question evolution! See for yourself,the following link is to the zoo's own website.

We will be outside the zoo again this monday from 10.30am - 2 pmish feel free to come along and get in touch if you want a lift. - barc@hotmail.co.uk

More info on the zoo campaign and bristol A/R collective can be found on our websites - http://closenaz.wordpress.com/   and    http://www.bristolanimalrights.org.uk/
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