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Monday 30 April 2012 - Noise demos hit AXA in Bristol
Today (Monday 30th April) activists visited two AXA offices in the city to protest the company’s involvement in the cruel vivisection industry. Read more...

Saturday 21 April 2012 - mmm vegan bake sale

	Our Vegan Bake Sale at Arc Bar in Broad Street was a huge success. Despite the dreary weather, people came into town to fill up on yummy vegan baked delights such as 'cheese'cakes, doughnuts, a variety of cupcakes, raspberry chilli chocolate cake, vegan cream eggs and vegan 'snickers' bars. Read more...

Sunday 15 April 2012 - Air France Demo
The main airline companies that still transport animals for viviesection are: Air France-KLM, Aeroflot, Japan Airlines, Air China, China Southern Airlines and Philippine Airlines.
Air France-KLM dominates this very lucrative market and is the main company transporting primates to laboratories in Europe. To demonstrate our disgust about this, we dressed as monkeys and picketed outside Bristol Airport. We had a lot of support from the public - many of whom hooted as they drove past.

Wednesday 11 April 2012 - AXA Demo
Here we are outside one of our least favourite office blocks in Bristol. Full demo report to follow shortly!

Monday 9 April 2012 - Anti-Zoo Awareness Weekend Continues...
Activitsts braced the rainy Easter Monday and leafletted outside Bristol Zoo and Bristol Aquarium to show our disgust at animals being held captive and used for entertainment.

Saturday 7 April 2012 - Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Demo
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Tuesday 13 March 2012
BARC activists held noisy lunchtime demos outside two city centre Axa offices, letting passers-by know exactly how they make their dirty money and reminding them that we and others around the globe will be protesting outside their premises until they stop funding animal torture in the laboratories of AstraZeneca and Huntingdon Life Sciences. Lots of people came to see what all the noise was about and ask questions, and some joined in with the demo. We'll be back soon, AXA.

Friday 8 March 2012 - Another Visit to AstraZenecca
We showed our disgust again about AstraZenecca, customer of Huntingdon Life Sciences, this morning, as workers started their day.

Saturday 3 March 2012 - Vegan Outreach Stall

We handed out a range of vegan food samples and recipes in Broadmead on Saturday, and had some great conversations with the public. Thanks to Redwoods Wholefoods, No Moo Chocolate and Arc Cafe Bar for their generous donations.

Wednesday 22 February 2012 - AXA Demo
We surprised AXA who invest in animal testing with a noisy demo today!

Thursday 2 February 2012 - vigil for the abolition of meat

	On a freezing cold Thursday evening, 10 -12 of us held a vigil to remember the 2.7mn animals killed in the UK alone each year for eggs, dairy and meat. Read more...

Wednesday 1 February 2012 - anti-meat and anti-vivisection demos
We did our regular anti-meat demo in Broadmead, followed by a demo outside AXA, who invest in animal testing. Keep an eye on our events page for more demo dates!

Friday 27 January 2012- AstraZeneca demo
It was an early start for BARC members as we met up to travel out to Avonmouth to be ready to 'welcome' the workers into AstraZeneca as they arrived for the day... Read more

Thursday 26 January 2012 - 5 Common Animal Testing Questions
Thanks to those of you who popped along to Andre Menache's talk on animal testing at Truth Juice last week. Here are the 5 common vivisection questions that he referred to during the talk

Saturday 10 December 2011 - Cruelty-Free Festive Fair
Thanks to all of you who popped along :)! View some photos here! Plus, a film soon to follow! In the mean time, please see our festive recipes and cake recipes! Here is the festive fair report!

Saturday 12 November 2001 - Vegan Outreach Stall
A busy food sample stall in Broadmead, with loads of interest in our vegan samples! Check out the recipes here!

Thursday 13 October 2011 - New Local Hunt Sab Blog Launched
Check it out here.

Tuesday 27 September 2011 - Vegan Pudding Party Fundraiser
Read more...

Sunday 25 September 2011 - South West Animal Protection Emails
If anyone would like to sign up to general email alerts about how to help animals for South West Animal Protection in the uk and abroad, please email southwestanimalprotection@yahoo.co.uk

Wedneday 7 September 2011 - AstraZeneca Demo, Avonmouth
This afternoon, we demoed the revolting company who is a customer of Huntingdon Life Sciences, and had loads of support from the public. Join us at our next one on 23 September from 3.30 - 5.30pm.

Sunday 4 September 2011 - Stall at St. Werburghs Picnic in the Park
We had interest, fun and sold lots of vegan cake at the picnic in the park on Sunday. But, its not all about picnics and fun, do have a look at some of our demo dates and join us if you can!

Tuesday 16 August 2011 - Animal Liberation Hallmarks
Bristol Animal Rights Collective has signed up to the Animal Liberation Hallmarks.

Saturday 12 August 2011 - Vegan Outreach Food Stall
While some of the group went to a march and demo in Derby against the proposed Foston Pig Farm the rest of the group hit Harbourside with a great range of vegan food samples. One person who met us on the stall described us as feeding the revolution! Download the recipes here.

Tuesday 9 August - Latest Version of Vegan Beginner Guide Launched
Download it here!

Thursday 4 August 2011 - Pigeons trapped and pecked by gulls at the BRI
Listen to our supporter on BBC Radio Bristol here from 1:16:30. See more about the campaign and what you can do, here.

Wednesday 27 July 2011 - Free Vegan Outreach Stall
Once again we hit the streets with a range of food samples to show the public how easy it is to be vegan, and as a reminder that it is the most compassionate choice of diet. Download the recipes from the stall here.

Saturday 2 July 2001- vegan outreach stall
The sun shone, and our food melted, as we promoted veganism to the masses! Download our recipe booklet from the day here.

Saturday 21 May 2011- Vegan Outreach

Here are some of the many delights handed out on Saturday to the public to show them how scrummy vegan food is! Get in touch if you fancy cooking for, or helping out at our next stall.

Tuesday 26 April 2011- But we're not AXA....
On Tuesday the 26th April activists paid an overdue visit to AXA in Bristol, armed with megaphones and placards they made a noisy arrival, and it didn't get quiet from there. Read more...

Monday 25 April 2011- Anti-Zoo Awareness Weekend
We handed out loads of leaflets outside Bristol Zoo and Bristol Aquarium to point out that animals should not be held in captivity. At least one couple turned away from Bristol Zoo. For more info about captive animals, visit http://www.captiveanimals.org/

Friday 22 April 2011- Vegan Cake Bake Sale
Muffins, vegan creme eggs, chocolate cake, carrot cake, cupcakes, flapjacks, marble cake, chocolate "cheese" cake, were just some of the many vegan delights on Stokes Croft on a day of post-riot quietness on Stokes Croft on Friday. Read more, and view pictures here...

Tuesday 19th April 2011- Badger Action!

On 19th April members of BARC had a stall in Broadmead to raise awareness about the proposed badger cull in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The people of Bristol were shocked to learn that the cull is due to start this summer and that badgers will be caught in baited traps then shot. We filled in almost all of our petition sheets and children and adults alike loved the adorable human-sized badger who handed out a huge stack of leaflets.

Sunday 3rd April 2011- Fish Pedicure Cruelty
Check out the article mentioning BARC on Jack FM's website.

Saturday 2nd April 2011- Free Vegan Food Stall - Bedminster

BARC hit the streets of Bedminster this Saturday to promote the vegan message. Shoppers were amazed at the range of vegan food available. Some people asked what vegan meant, and others stopped for a good chat about why we are vegan. We gave away hundreds of leaflets and recipe books, and promoted our cake bake sale on 22 April. See more pictures here.

Saturday 26th March 2011- Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Demo

Once again, families that had planned to go to the zoo turned away on our demo against Noah's Ark Zoo Farm on Saturday. As our regular street stalls confirm, the public are really on the animals side with this. Thanks to all of you for your continued support. Get in touch if you'd like to join us at the next demo.

Wednesday 23rd March 2011– You Make Profit, We Get Sick

The anti-vivisection tour of Bristol was more confusing than anyone could ever have predicted. One group of activists set of early to say good morning to the joyous staff of Astrazeneca as they prepared for another day in the miseries of Avonmouth. The only warmth in their welcome was in the cup of coffee,thrown over an activist by a worker. Read more...

Sunday 20th March 2011 - Money Raised for The Retreat Animal Rescue.
Nice one to those of you that supported our benefit gig last night. Together we raised £200 for The Retreat Animal Rescue.

Tuesday 8th March 2011 - AstraZenecca Demo
BARC activists returned to AstraZeneca to send the staff home for the day with a reminder about what goes on inside HLS. Read more...

Sat 19th March 2011- Noah's Ark Zoo Farm demo

BARC activists spent a few hours in the sunshine protesting outside Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. As usual we got loads of suppport from passing motorists - and cyclists! - with one particularly animated supporter shouting 'BEEP BEEP. They're all NUTTERS' as he peddled by! Another cyclist stopped for a chat and a leaflet. A family who had taken a leaflet on the way into the drive came back for a chat and more info and, before going in, confirmed with zoo staff that they would be able to get a refund if they saw anything they weren't happy with.

We'll be protesting outside the zoo regularly on Saturdays throughout the season, come and join us!

Sunday 20th March 2011 - Money Raised for The Retreat Animal Rescue.
Nice one to those of you that supported our benefit gig last night. Together we raised £200 for The Retreat Animal Rescue.

Saturday 5th February 2011 - Noah's Ark Zoo Farm New Season demo
BARC protestors demoed the zoo on its opening day. Hardly any peope went to the zoo today - what an anti-climax for them...! Two families who had planned to go turned away. Get in touch with us if you'd like to join us on Saturdays. See more about the campaign here.

Wednesday 25th January 2011 - The Black Fish Talk
Big thank you to The Black Fish for joining us at The Smiling Chair for an informative and interesting evening.

Tuesday 24th January 2011 - Chocolate Tasting Evening a Success. Read more...

Sunday 23rd January 2011 - Bristol Zoo Demo
Continuing the theme from our ongoing campaign against Noah's Ark Zoo Farm and our protest outside the Blue Reef aquarium earlier this month we decided to also pay a trip to Bristol Zoo to remind people that no animals should be kept captive for entertainment. Read more...

Tuesday 18th January 2011 - AstraZeneca Demo
A number of BARC activist returned to AstraZeneca's Avlon Works site at Hallen. Read more...

Sunday 9th January 2011 - Bristol Blue Reef Aquarium Demo
Whilst having a well earned rest from the campaign against Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (NAZF is closed for winter until early next month), members of BARC have been out and about to remind people that no animal should be kept in captivity for entertainment. Read more....

Friday 17th December 2010 - Report From Free Vegan Food Fair Launched
Nice one to our member who trawled through all 266 evaluation forms and wrote this positive and insightful report about the free vegan food fair that took place at the end of October. Download the report here.

Friday 10th December 2010 - Vigil for International Animal Rights Day

On Friday 10th December, a variety of activitists, aged 2 (well that was someone's dog) to 84, remembered the billions of animals killed each year for meat, vivisection, entertainment, blood sports, etc. Read more...

Monday 6th December 2010 - Restaurants Ditch Foie Gras Following Calls From BARC.
On the evening of Saturday 3rd December BARC supporters telephoned three Bristol restaurants which have recently been selling Foie Gras. Read more...

BARC activists took to the streets of Bristol and the surrounding area to remind workers and the public what goes on behind the doors of animal laboratories. Read more...

Wednesday 17th November 2010 - Anti-meat Demo
BARC hit Broadmead to remind shoppers what happens before the meat they eat hits their lips. We displayed some images from Animal Aid, which affected a number of people walking past.

Saturday 13th November 2010 - BARC Gets Around
Phew - what a day. A few of us did a stall in Broadmead and raised more awareness of the campaign against Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. In fact, its suprising how many people boycott the dreadful place already... Five of us went to the fur march in London, while some of the rest of the group went out hunt sabbing. Go BARC!

Sunday 7th November 2010 - Free Vegan Food Sample Stall - Broadmead
Still on a roll from last Saturday, BARC and friends handed out free vegan food samples and recipes in Broadmead to passers by who were suprised at the variety of delicious vegan food!

Sunday 31st October 2010 - Free Vegan Food Fair a Success
Yesterday's food fair was a success with approximately 670 counted through the door (and possibly more!). See more...

Tuesday 26th October 2010 - Podcast from Last Week's Shout Out Radio Show is Available
Listen to the show on 21st October about veganism: http://www.shoutoutbristol.org.uk/content/podcasts

Sunday 24th October 2010 - Launch of Our A-Z of Animal Rights Guide!
Take a sneak preview of the A-Z guide while we get the hard copies printed!

Wednesday 20th October 2010 - Vegan Cake Cooking Demo
Here is a preview of Jane Easton who'll be doing some more demos at our free vegan food fair!

Saturday 16th October 2010 - Demo Against Wurzels at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm

Saturday 9th October 2010
BARC returned to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm for our regular Saturday demo. Read more...

Saturday 9th October 2010
Whilst the usual Noah's Ark Zoo Farm demo continued, we did a free vegan outreach stall at the Harbourside. There was a range of delicious vegan food, and people were suprised (once again!) about how much us vegans can eat! It was also a great chance to promote the free vegan food fair to non-vegans (which is the whole point of the fair of course!).

Saturday 2nd October 2010
15 BARC members travelled together to the March for Farmed Animals in London yesterday. Keep an eye on the March for Farmed Animals website for photos to be uploaded shortly.

Wednesday 22nd September 2010 - Willmott Dixon Demo

On Wednesday 22nd Sept, members of Bristol Animal Rights Collective paid another trip to Willmott Dixon's office in the city centre. There were only a few of us, as most people were at work (contrary to popular belief and anti-protest propaganda!) but for two hours we made enough noise for a much larger protest. Read more...

Saturday 18th September 2010 - A Busy Day for BARC
Between us on Saturday, BARC managed to hold a free food stall in the city centre, help save foxes from hunts and hold a protest outside Noah's Ark Zoo Farm! And then in the evening we had a fundraising benefit gig at the Black Swan in Easton. Read more...

Thursday 16th September 2010 - Vegan Beginner Relaunched
See our latest edition here! Full of recipes, info about cafes, nutrition and campaigning contacts.

Saturday 4th September 2010 - Bath Vegan Fayre
Well done to Bath Animal Action for another fab vegan fayre. Read more...

Monday 30th August 2010 - Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Bank Holiday Demo

Today’s demo on Bank Holiday Monday 30th August saw sixteen determined and focused activists descended on our least favorite zoo/farm! Read more...

Wednesdsay 18th August 2010
Say no to elephants at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm online petition here. Please email to friends.

Saturday 14th August 2010 -Clothes Swap

Last night's clothes swap raised a bit of cash for the free vegan food fair. Thanks to all of you that donated some clothes, baked cakes and/or came along :)

Thursday 12th August 2010 - Free Vegan Food Fair Fliers and Posters Printed
Get in touch if you'd like some copies to hand out/display.

Thursday 5th August 2010 - Charities Join In Opposition to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Elephant Plans.
Leading animal charities have spoken out against plans by Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, near Bristol, to display elephants for the first time. Read more...

Monday 26th July 2010 - BARC Members Have a Tour of Noah's Ark Zoo Farm

On Monday 26th July, three members of BARC attended Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (NAZF) for a tour of the zoo. When we arrived at the zoo we were asked to sign a declaration that we would not use any visual or audio equipment to record our visit. We were distressed and saddened. Read more...

Friday 16th July 2010 - Wilmott Dixon Demo
BARC paid another visit to Willmott Dixon's office in Bristol City Centre to name and shame them yet again for their central role in the construction of the Leicester torture lab. Read more...

Tuesday 13th July 2010 - AstraZeneca Demo
BARC demoed AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical firm, who gives Huntington Life Sciences (Europe's largest animal testing lab), money to torture animals. We were able to tell the workers what we think of them as they drove home. For more information about the campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, click here. Join us for our next demo outside this horrid company on Tuesday 17th August. We'll be leaving Bristol at about 3pm.

Tuesday 13th July 2010 - Pembrokeshire Badger Cull Halted Read more...

Saturday 3rd July 2010 - Free Vegan Food Sample Stall at the Harbourside
Our food stall today was a great success, with a family deciding to have a vegan rather than meat barbecue tomorrow! Some other converts too. Our next one is on 7th August in Kingswood. Get in touch if you'd like to help.

Friday 2nd July 2010 - Thomson Ecology Demo
We had another great turnout for the Thomson Ecology demonstration on Friday and a huge amount of support from passing pedestrians and motorists. We'll be back before the end of the month, Thomson, unless you end your involvement in the badger blood bath. Read more...

Wednesday 30th June 2010- Willmott Dixon Demo
Activists from BARC paid another visit to Willmott Dixon on Wednesday, for two hours over lunch time we stood outside their offices in Bristol City Centre telling their neighbours and passers by about this company's involvement in animal torture. People walking past were really interested to learn more, and some said they knew all about Willmott Dixon building the Leicester lab as they had read the information that we were handing out last time we were there.

We've already made another date to return, Willmott Dixon, we'll keep coming back until you end your involvement in the Leicester hell hole.

Thursday 24th June 2010- Berwick Lodge Demo
Activists from BARC decided to pay Berwick Lodge a visit to let their customers know that they are profiting from the sale of cruel foie gras. As it happened, there were very few customers to let know. The whole time we were protesting at the end of their lane, only 2 cars went down to the lodge! if your premises is this unpopular, Berwick Lodge, maybe you should take foie gras off the menu before you lose your few remaining customers. We only stayed an hour, but in that time we had hoots of support from passing motorists, agreeing with us that birds should not be force fed by shoving metal tubes down their throats until their livers are so diseased they are 10 times the normal size - all this just to produce a 'delicacy' of fatty liver pate! if you find yourself at the computer with a few mins to spare, why not google berwick lodge and write some online restaurant reviews telling people not to go there until they take foie gras off the menu :-)
useful viva! link for info or to use in review:
http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/foiegras/index.html

Tuesday 22nd June 2010 - Chocolate Tasting Evening

Thanks to those of you who came along to our chocolate tasting fundraiser for the food fair in October. Read more...

Friday 18th June 2010 - Demo Against Thomson Ecology

On Friday 18th June, activists from Bristol and the South West travelled to Cardiff to join others for a protest outside Thomson Ecology, the company contracted to carry out the surveying for the Welsh Assembly badger cull due to start in the next few weeks

Wednesday 16th June 2010 - Badger Letter and Petition Thanks so much to those of you who helped last night's benefit to raise funds for the campaign against the badger cull to be such a great success. Here is a letter that you can send off to the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food regarding their discussions about possibly killing badgers again in England. And here is a petition against the Welsh badger cull, which you can print and ask people to sign.

Thursday 10th June 2010 - Demo Against Willmott Dixon

On Thursday 10th June, 12 activists descended on Willmott Dixon's Bristol Office for a very loud and lively protest to brighten up their lunch hour. Read more...

Monday 7th June 2010- Berwick Lodge Selling Foie Gras
Our undercover diner has spotted it on the menu. Please phone to complain: 0117 9581590.

Monday 31st May 2010 - Bank Holiday Demo Against Noah's Ark Zoo Farm

11 of us visited the zoo for a demo this Bank Holiday Monday. It was great to have this number of people and we were really visible from the road.  We had the usual numerous honks of support from passing motorists. Read more...

Sunday 23rd May 2010 - Free Vegan Food Stall by the Harbourside
A group of us hit the harbourside today to give out a range of vegan food samples to show how easy it is to be vegan. The vast majority of animal cruelty is due to people's dinner plates, and a simple way for people to save animals from being slaughtered, is (of course) to become vegan. This was the message activists promoted today.

Thursday 13th May 2010 - Berwick Lodge Does Not Have Foie Gras on Their Menu
Worth us all keeping an eye on them, but they appear to have taken if off their menu :)

Monday 10th May 2010 - Berwick Lodge Sells Foie Gras
It's come to our attention that Berwick Lodge near Cribbs Causeway, a rather posh looking place, sells foie gras. Why not give them a polite phone call to complain? Here is their number: 0117 9581590. There will be a demo there this Saturday from 6.15 unless they make a public statement on their website and in writing to confirm that they will not sell foie gras. In case you were in any doubt how cruel foie gras is, have a look here.

Sunday 2nd May 2010 - Thomson Ecology, Company involved in Badger Cull Named and Shamed.
Send them a letter or email to politely complain, or give them a ring on 01483 466000. A template letter can be downloaded here.

Saturday 1st May 2010 - More demos at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm

BARC activists have been to the zoo twice this week! Read more...

Friday 30th Apil 2010- More photos of World Day for Animals in Laboratories online here.

Saturday 24th April 2010- World Day for Animals In Laboratories March
36 people came on the Bristol coach to the World Day march, including activists from Bath, Swindon and Wales. The march was lively, with members of the public seen crying when looking at the photos, proving that people really were moved by the information they were given about the atrocities of animal testing. A full write up and film footage is online here.

Saturday 17th April 2010- Vegan Food Outreach Stall and Demo Outside Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
While the normal weekly demo was taking place outside Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (see more about the campaign here), the rest of us hit the streets of Broadmead to do an animal rights stall, plus a free vegan food sample stall. The vegan outreach stall was very popular with the shoppers in Broadmead, and despite some very melty chocolate, a great time was had by all! Photos to follow shortly.

Tuesday 14th April 2010 - Demo against proposed Elephant Enclosure at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
Read more...

Saturday 10th April 2010 - Taunton Vegan Food Fair
A few of our volunteers travelled to Taunton to help out with the vegan food fair. It was a successful day of vegan outreach, with some great stalls and yummy vegan food to impress the people of Taunton. The event was organised by Fairfoods and Green Garden Cafe. Keep an eye on their websites for photos and a report of the event.

Saturday 3rd April 2010- Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
Demo against Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. Join us on Easter Monday for another one! Read more...

Saturday 26th March 2010 - Benefit Gig
Thanks so much to the crew who organised the fab benefit gig last night in Bedminster, which raised enough money for us to make the coach to World Day for Animals in Laboratories possible, plus a bit extra to print some more Noah's Ark Zoo Farm campaign leaflets. Cheers guys!

Thursday 25th March - Inspectors Call For Noah's Ark Zoo Farm to Make Some Changes
Visit the Captive Animals Protection Society's website for more info. Join us on our regular Saturday demo this week if you can. Demos will continue every Saturday from 11am - 3pm.

Wednesday 24th March - Demo Against Schools Open Day at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
On hearing that Noah's Ark Zoo Farm was holding a free open day for headteachers, activists from BARC felt it would be rude not to go along too. Call us suspicious, but we couldn't help but wonder if our letters to all the local primary schools, letting them know what really goes on behind the scenes at Noah's Ark, might have had something to do with the sudden decision to hold this open day. People we know who work in local schools had never received such an invite before! Read more...

Saturday and Sunday 13th - 14th March 2010
Saturday the 13th saw six activists from BARC arrive to demo Bristol's crazy creationist zoo, Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. Sunday was a chance to promote the campaign at stalls in Weston-Super-Mare and in central Bristol. Read more...

Friday 12th March 2010 - BARC on BBC Radio Bristol
One of our supporters on BBC Radio Bristol talking about the proposed Elephant Enclosure at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. Listen here (at about 2 hours 20 mins through the show). Interesting that Noah's Ark representatives declined to go on the radio show.

Thursday 11th March 2010- BARC is now on Twitter! http://twitter.com/bristolarc

Monday 8th March 2010 - Demo Against Welsh Badger Cull Activists from BARC travelled to Cardiff for a protest outside the Welsh Assembly buildings against the badger cull due to start in west Wales in May. 200 people from various groups throughout Wales and England were present to voice their concerns against the cull. Read more...

Monday 8th March 2010 - Sponsor Dan
Sponsor Dan to Raise Money for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society . For more info and to pledge some money, visit: http://sponsordan.wordpress.com/

Friday 5th March 2010 - Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Proposal for Elephant Enclosure. Object online here.

Thursday 4th March 2010 - Raise Funds for Brook Farm Animal Sanctuary
Please sponsor one of our supporters to run 10k on Sunday 9th May 2010 in aid of Brook Farm Animal Sanctuary. All proceeds will go directly to the sanctuary.  For more information, visit www.brook-farm.org.uk . Thanks to Ethical Wares for donating running shoes for the event! Download the sponsorship form here.

Saturday 27th February 2010 - Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Demo and Press Response and Free Vegan Food Stall in Broadmead Today 6 activists from Bristol Animal Rights Collective ( BARC ) and Bath Animal Action ( BAA ) held another protest outside Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. Once again we were treated to a warm response from passing motorists who beeped in support,which was nice. Once again the owner Anthony Bush came out to talk to us...about his religion amongst other things,which wasn't so nice. We stopped at least one car going in simply by handing them a leaflet and talking to them. The numbers of visitors to this crummy and failing backwater zoo were pathetic and it was fun to watch the buzzards and talk to each other for ages on end without being interrupted by having to leaflet anyone going in the zoo. Its enjoyable and exiting to play our part in closing down this animal abusing institution. We were joined by a photographer from the Bristol Evening Post who have been covering all the farcical goings on at this 'zoo farm' and a interview with one of our group members was aired on the radio earlier in the day. Here's the link to that story ... Join us again next week - same time , same place, please get in touch if you want to come along.

Meanwhile, the rest of the group hit Broadmead shoppers to show them what a varied range of vegan food is on offer, and to push the message that being vegan saves lives. The next BARC vegan outreach stall will be on Saturday 3rd April. Please let us know if you would like to help out!

Thursday 25th February 2010 - Demo Against Oxford University Animal Testing
On Thursday 25th February, activists from BARC travelled to Oxford for the weekly SPEAK demonstration against the university's new multi-million pound animal lab. Read more...

Saturday 13th February 2010 - Demos Against Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Continue (and will do most Saturdays)
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm decided to celebrate Valentine's Day with a themed day at the zoo, so we thought it would be rude of us not to be there too. It was clearly not a popular event, visitor numbers were down on last Saturday, which wasn't many to begin with. Despite newspaper reports claiming 300 people were there last Saturday we know the true figure was a lot lower (we saw about 50 cars go in), perhaps they included the staff and the animals when they did the head count. Read more...

To mark the opening of the new season at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, activists from Bristol Animal Rights Collective (BARC) launched their new campaign against the zoo. A successful demonstration was held outside the zoo to remind the public of the findings of the recent undercover investigation. Read more...

Friday 29th January 2010 - Astra Zeneca Demo
Activists braved snow and wind to let Astra Zenaca workers at the Avonmouth site know that we won't let them forget about the animals inside Huntingdon life Sciences (HLS), the largest animal laboratory in Europe. We sent them home for the weekend with a clear reminder of exactly what their company is involved in at Huntingdon. They were made to think about their companion animals at home, and how they would feel if they were the subject of experiments at HLS. We also reminded them of the financial trouble that Astra Zenaca is in, the thousands of lay-offs and the fact that they are being sued by 14,000 people in the US over the side effects of their antipsychotic drug Seroquel. We won't go away Astra Zenaca, until you pull out of HLS and stop subjecting innocent animals to painful and pointless experiments.

Saturday 19th December 2009 - Free Vegan Food Fair Footage Online
http://www.youtube.com/user/Bristolanimalrights

Friday 18th December 2009 - Casamia takes foie gras off the menu!
Following demonstrations and public pressure, Casamia in Wesbury on Trym have signed a statement to say they will no longer sell foie gras.

Saturday 12th December 2009 - 1000 cats and dogs Abandoned in Bristol.Can you help out? Read the Evening Post article here.

Thursday 10th December 2009 - Candle Lit Vigil for International Animal Rights Day
A few of us took candles into town this afternoon and this evening to mark international animal rights day. Shoppers and workers stopped on their way home, to sign the petition for animal rights. Photos to follow shortly!

Sunday 6th December 2009 - Juniper Takes Foie Gras off the Menu!
In the lead up to planned demonstrations outside Juniper, in Cotham, the restaurant has pledged not to sell foie gras. Our attention has now turned to Casamia, who continue to sell foie gras.

Saturday 21st November 2009 - Free Vegan Food Stall
Following the success of the recent free vegan food fair, BARC hit the streets of Broadmead again, this time to do an open air food stall. Read more...

Saturday 7th November 2009 - Demo Against Primate Experiments
Animal rights campaigners were outside Oxford University again on Saturday to protest against the university’s horrific on-campus vivisection laboratory. Read more...
Saturday 31st October 2009- Free Vegan Food Fair a Success!
Hundreds of people interupted their early Christmas shopping to pop into BARC's first free vegan food fair this afternoon. The response was great, with many people saying that they hoped to become vegan. Read more here.

Monday 19th October- : Breaking News! Demo Against Noah’s Arc Zoo Farm Tomorrow (Tuesday) and Saturday. See Inside Out West Tonight at 7.30pm!
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm have been exposed.  Not only have they been supplying animals to the Great British Circus, they have been killing rabbits and disposing of dead animals (including tigers) illegally. Please join this important demonstration (where Press are likely to be present) on Tuesday. Meeting outside the X7 bus stop at Bristol Bus Station at 11am, or make your own way to Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm to arrive by 12 midday. Please bring enough money for your bus fare.View the BBC TV programme, Inside Out West online here.

31 August 2009 - Hotel du Vin Bristol takes Foie Gras off the menu
After just 5 days of protests, the Hotel du Vin has agreed to take the disgusting "delicacy" foie gras off of thier menu. Another win for Bristol Animal Rights, getting Bristol ever closer to being a Foie Gras-free city. Read more...

8 August 2009 - Free Vegan Cake Stall - Broadmead

18 July 2009 - Stall at St. Werburghs Community Centre Fair
BARC held a stall at St. Werburghs Community Centre Fair this Saturday. It was a well organised event, and we were pleased to have some potential new campaigners and vegan converts, and lots of information about animal rights and veganism was distributed.

11 July 2009 - Free Food Stall, Broadmead
The rain held off for an extremely lively food stall in Broadmead. The food was so popular, that it ran out sooner than expected, especially the delicious fairy cakes donated by a local company, Polly's Cakes. Thanks also to Yaoh and Redwood Wholefoods, for their kind donations.

17 May 2009 - Muller
A big cheer for one of our activists today as she single-handedly shut down a Muller promotional event in the centre on Sunday - with only a few (hundred) leaflets!

Want to Home a Hen?
10,000 hens need rehoming from battery farm in Norfolk which is closing-down. If you would like a hen or two or know someone who would please contact barc@hotmail.co.uk. Any not rehomed by 28 June will be slaughtered. Please pass this message on. Thank you.

All hens have been rehomed now - thankyou for your support!

25th April 2009 - World Day for Lab Animals
41 protesters joined BARC on the coach to World Day for Animals in Laboratories, a lively march in London. More info about the march can be found here.

23 April 2009 - Cruise
The fashion chain Cruise today gave a statement saying that they will no longer sell any fur in any of their stores, whether it is their own products or other brands which they stock. Read more...

19 April 2009 - Stray dog rescued
Yesterday Bristol Animal Rights Collective found a gorgeous golden retriever, which someone had mindlessly abandoned.  She is lively, young, and gentle, and would suit a family, or anyone with time to walk her twice a day and a back garden. We took her to Holly Hedge, a local animal sanctuary, who are looking for a home for her. If you could give her a loving home, please contact Holly Hedge. Holly Hedge need money and foster homes for a wide range of rescued animals. Please follow this link to find a donation form.
(update - this dog has been rehomed)

11 April 2009 - Demo Against Bristol Zoo
Bristol Animal Rights Collective (BARC) picketed and leafleted outside Bristol Zoo today as part of zoo awareness weekend. Read more...

14 March 2009 - Fur Demo and Food Stall continue...
Cruise was once again met with no less then 10 activists demoing with plaquards and leaflets right outside it's door. But when we were ejected by security gaurds, we made use of our megaphone at the two entrances on either side of Cabot Circus leading to Cruise. Meanwhile, while the fur demo was happening, BARC also did a vegan food sample stall. Read more and view the video footage...

7 March 2009 - Fur Demo's continue...
Saturday saw another demo at the cruise in Cabot Circus. The security were being quite friendly but the copper who turned up lost the plot! Watch the video footage here.

7 February 2009 - Vegan Outreach Stall in Broadmead Despite a week of blizzards and ice, Broadmead was surprisingly busy for the BARC free food stall on 7th February. We had a positive response from shoppers, who were happy to stop and taste a range of free vegan food samples including donations from Alpro Soya, Bute Island Foods and Clives Pies. Other food included carrot cake, ginger snaps, choc orange muffins, "cheese" straws, sausage rolls, vegan quiche, chocolate truffles and chocolate cake. We also gave away some very welcome soya hot chocolate to warm people up. As usual, people expressed surprise that cake can be made without eggs, and about the range of food vegans can eat. We gave away quite a few leaflets and recipes.

10 January 2009 – Vegan Food Sample Stall
The average meat eater eats thousands of animals in their lifetime. By giving up fish, meat, eggs and dairy, the average person saves 12.5 animals a month. Being vegan is the fundamental step to saving animals lives. This was the motivation behind the Bristol Animal Rights Collective (BARC) food sample stall on Saturday 10th January. Read more...

28 December 2008 - Chicken Run
Bristol Animal Rights Collective (BARC) successfully liberated 50 egg-laying chickens legally from a "free range" farm just outside Bristol on Sunday 28th December 2008.
Read more...

20 December 2008 - Fur Demo
Cruise, a company that has approximately 20 shops across the UK, continues to sell rabbit fur. There is a Cruise in Cabot Circus. Bristol activists held a lively demonstration against Cruise, and gave out hundreds of leaflets to passers by. For more information about the horrific fur trade, see www.caft.org.uk.

19 December 2008 - Bistro No. 5 takes foie gras off the menu
Well done to Bath Animal Action for continuing a short, but lively campaign against Bistro No. 5 in Bath who sell the bloated liver of force-fed geese, otherwise known as foie gras. Foie gras is outlawed in this country as it is seen as so cruel. However, it is still imported into this country to satisfy people's dinner plates. On Friday 19th December, Bistro No. 5 agreed to take foie gras off the menu. Another example of how public pressure can really make a difference in fighting animal cruelty. If you are free to attend anti foie gras demonstrations on Friday evenings, please contact us.

For more information about foie gras, visit
http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/foiegras/index.html

If you notice any restaurants in Bath or Bristol selling foie gras, please complain to them, and also let us know.